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[Nexus 6P General] Kushdawg:
A custom kernel did away with the lag for me

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Reboot into bootloader and try again and if you variated from any of the steps tell me which ones. Make sure you have both the modified boot IMG and latest twrp or it won't work.
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
I did all steps as in the above and i use the latest TWRP and Modified boot.mg .
[Nexus 6P General] Kushdawg:
Some people report that twrp 3.0-0.1 isn't working for them try 3.0-0.0 and also is your device encrypted? And what setup were you coming from?
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
If i do fastboot reboot recovery i get this :-
[Nexus 6P General] dex2grigg:
Sorted thank you! Bit annoying losing data but never mind lol

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What kernel?
[Nexus 6P General] Kushdawg:
I'm using kylo kernel

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What I recommend is flashing the factory recovery and boot IMG and after your first boot reboot into bootloader and then fastboot flash twrp and modified boot img

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Your device also has to be decrypted to use twrp. Start of trying twrp 3.0-0.0 first as more people are having a higher success rate with it
[Nexus 6P General] dex2grigg:
Are you using r8 uber 6.0?
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
Yeah because when i do the commands over again it's now saying it "cannot open recovery". Will try that.

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I was on PureNexus rom before.
[Nexus 6P General] Kushdawg:
R9 uber 6.0
[Nexus 6P General] Kushdawg:
If you haven't decrypted your device it won't work but in decrypting your device you will lose all of your data so I suggest backing everything up to your computer and then proceed to decrypt your device
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
Thank you, it was 3.0.0-1 that was the problem, 3.0.0-0 installed fine .
[Nexus 6P General] Kushdawg:
Glad you got it working![emoji3]
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
Is the unable to mount storage in TWRP normal for N ?.
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
That is because your device is encrypted.

Here: Disable Forced-Encryption and Decrypt Nexus 6P

Once you do that you will be able to use TWRP, perform root and all. Just a pre-tip, this will erase your complete storage, so make sure you have a backup. :cool:
[Nexus 6P General] yosef019:
i back to stable one aps random crash battery drain...
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
Thanks. To get back from N can i restore a backup of a Marshmallow rom or i have install Marshmallow from scratch ?.
[Nexus 6P General] ravedave2005:
Kylo Kernel seems to have fixed the lag, thanks for the suggestion !
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Yes of course you can. But do make sure to flash the MM vendor file too. :cool:
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
Ok thank you very much, after that wipe i think N is running great, might keep it for a while if i can get more roms up a running in MultiRom.
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Yes you can. As a matter of fact, I am preparing for that right now too. :highfive:
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
I had backup a few of my secondary roms and i'm trying to restore them but the get stuck on the google screen when i try booting. It seems if i'm booting in a secondary which is MM i have to flash the MM vendor over the primary rom and if i'm booting back to primary i have to flash the N vendor ?.
[Nexus 6P General] Michael in ATL:
You sir, are the man. Your help here and at your site have really aided me in getting N loaded with root, etc. Soooo - any chance you'll be developing a tutorial on your page for Multi-ROM once you get it running personally? :angel:
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Yes, this is exactly what needs to be done. :good:

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Well I already have covered MultiROM, in a general perspective of release and support for the 6P: http://www.droidorigin.com/enjoy-multiple-roms-with-multirom-on-nexus-6p/

And now when its comes to multi-booting with Android N, the trick is to flash the vendor image back and forth while switching between ROMs.

So when you are about to boot N, flash N Preview vendor image using TWRP. And the same goes when you'll be booting Marshmallow.

EDIT: And thanks for the appreciation. Means a lot.
[Nexus 6P General] Simer03:
That droid life guide helped a lot! Running great with root and all my apps I use work great so far. Things have been smooth as well but let's see how it fares after a few days

The biggest thing I'm going to have to get used to is the giant multitasking apps lol
[Nexus 6P General] GCbard:
question....I am tempted to enroll in the android beta program. If I want to reload marshmallow on my phone after updating to android n, does one have to update fastboot in order for it to be compatible with the android n bootloader? Or will fastboot work with the andriod n bootloader as much as it does with marshmallow?
[Nexus 6P General] barrackOBAMA:
Fastboot always works.

However. The easiest way is to be on stock/unrooted marshmallow.

Enroll in beta.

Get ota

Enjoy Android N

And whenever you're ready to go back to marshmallow you unenroll on Google and you'll get the marshmallow ota.
[Nexus 6P General] nadiros:
Android N(w) shares the same bootloader and baseband as the latest MM(i) release. To get back to MM just restore backup + MM vendor.
[Nexus 6P General] GCbard:
Thanks for all the input. One other question. Would you all use android n as your dailey driver. I am experienced in rooting and custom roms. I have just gotten fed-up with being an addict to trying out new roms when they come out and the need to constantly update. SO i am now back to stock MM on my 6p and love it. But the draw of android n is calling. This is my only device through....so what is your opinion in using android n as a daily driver at this point? Especially in light of the improvements of the latest ota?
[Nexus 6P General] cocchiararo:
My recommendation? Stay on MM.

I could not avoid going back to MM from the P release, and then back to N on the W release.

Tomorrow I am going back to MM.

The W release is way better, but still has many issues.
[Nexus 6P General] Basil 123:
To get google voice search working from any screen, even off not charging, follow this- http://www.xda-developers.com/get-ok-google-functionality-on-every-screen-without-root/

HTH

Baz
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Thanks for sharing. But it's way too old, and most of us know about it already. Also practically unrelated to Android N. :cyclops:
[Nexus 6P General] mrnovanova:
Anyone able to activate dark mode in ui settings? It's not sticking for me. When I turn it on it does nothing and when I go back it's back to off.
[Nexus 6P General] barrackOBAMA:
Worked for me first try on P

And took a couple times toggling on W to get it to stick.

Go to setting and turn all the switches on.

Hit home button.

Go to settings and turn all the stitches back on.

Hit home button.

Keep repeating this process but toggle the first two options off and on and toggle the ones on tint and brightness basically at random and then hit home and repeat.

finally

After three attempts or so you the button will say on and when it actually slides to the right it will work.

Then you can toggle tint and brightness for your preference.

Sorry, it is very difficult to replicate the exact steps to get the toggle to actually work.

Keep in mind you must so the similar process to actually turn off the dark theme if you choose to switch back to white.
[Nexus 6P General] Michael in ATL:
I really like some of the enhancements of N so far, but I just have too many apps that lock up when I open them. Phone becomes almost unusable, necessitating a restart. Back on PN for now, but will definitely be pursuing Multi-ROM solution so I can keep playing with N Preview.
[Nexus 6P General] jawonder:
Did you do a clean install ?. I didn't wipe data the first time i installed and most of my apps were force closing or freezing. After a clean install by backing up on my desktop and wiping everything and reinstall my apps from scratch from Playstore, i only had about 3 apps acting up.
[Nexus 6P General] force70:
Totally off topic but man your website is amazing!

sent from my Nexus 6P, Note 5, Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Nexus 6P General] AzraelsKiss:
I had to tap the switch multiple times before it took. I'd recommend tapping the switch on and off until the display changes. I also heard the quick settings toggle works better, but haven't tried it myself. Good luck!

Have a good one!
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Thank you so much :)

Its buggy right now. Hope to see it gets fixed with the next preview.
[Nexus 6P General] rbrenart:
Actually, the Android N update broke this for several of us and this brings it back so I'd call it relevant.
[Nexus 6P General] Michael in ATL:
I did, actually - I clean install 90% of the time, and used DJBhardwaj's guide from his page to completely erase all partitions, etc. Even before I rooted, etc., I was having issues. Anyway, I remain impressed and will likely try again via the next preview release. ;)
[Nexus 6P General] tarun123t:
Where can I find the option for Dark Mode?
[Nexus 6P General] steviemch:
Settings - System UI Tuner - Colour and appearance.
[Nexus 6P General] tarun123t:
I dont have any System UI Tuner option.

I am on NPC56W version
[Nexus 6P General] steviemch:
Pull down your quick tiles. On the "Settings" cog icon, long press (rather than tap) and System UI will be enabled.
[Nexus 6P General] tarun123t:
Got it!

Thanks for your help. :)
[Nexus 6P General] steviemch:
No problem. It's quite buggy to activate dark mode, you may have to toggle the setting a few times and reboot, but it'll eventually show up.
[Nexus 6P General] sam razzy:
Can I run this in multi ROM with Android M and N ?
[Nexus 6P General] force70:
I don't use multi so can't comment from 1st hand use but others in the thread have had it working.

Use the search function to find those posts :thumbup:

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[Nexus 6P General] ManMOuntain:
Loving android N so far, haven't encountered any show stoppers to stop using it.
[Nexus 6P General] cocchiararo:
Use time?

A week showed me enough slowdowns (not P release level tho), and many apps with disappearing ui or broken pop-ups, like the Chromecast button)
[Nexus 6P General] Simer03:
I'm liking it as well. I'll probably go back to marshmallow over the weekend but for now it's very stable for me. Snapchat works which surprised me. All my apps work. Only thing is battery is not as good so that might make me go back but for now I'm good
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
I was talking about linking the guide, that actually only helps you enable OK Google everywhere. Its a feature that needs to be enabled for use. Doesn't matter you use Marshmallow, or N, you will need to enable it. I have it perfectly operational on my 6P running the preview.

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Yes. But I just removed all my secondary ROMs.

Anyways, what you do is:

Install N as primary, then decrypt and install multirom TWRP and installer. Flash ElementalX or another kernel that supports kexec-hardboot.

Now start installing Marshmallow ROMs as secondary and so on. The final trick is to flash the corresponding vendor through TWRP, each time that you boot. So supposedly, you're going to boot Marshmallow ROM(s), flash the MM vendor, and the same goes when booting N as primary.
[Nexus 6P General] ManMOuntain:
Around two weeks.
[Nexus 6P General] dukat0s:
I m using N since day 1 i was completly stock for a few days and i take the ota update not even clean install.i m on W everything works great 0bugs so far or glitches or apps dissapear as u said.only a few "libraries failed" at apps msg cause they dont update for N version.(0 crash apps works as it should im daily using fb,messenger,instagram,youtube,whatsapp,viber,xda premium,chrome,and many others like escore or games and i m very happy with overall speed battery life.only glitch is at settings and some predicts like "data is off" "do not disturb" etc
[Nexus 6P General] dukat0s:
Here is the only "glitch/bug" i was refering above
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
That's not a glitch, but a feature. Here is my overview of major Android N features, that you will come around: www.droidorigin.com/android-n-features/

EDIT: However, if you swipe them away/remove them, they might show up again. Which I think should be taken care of.
[Nexus 6P General] dukat0s:
Well i know its a feauture i mean it 'glitch/spike" when it appear thats all ;) something like it slow the animation etc ;) cant explain it.i m very happy with N and i use it as my daily driver
[Nexus 6P General] cocchiararo:
My issues:

Battery % disappears on reboot

Chromecast selection pop-up breaks an needs a reboot

Emby 2.6.03 does not load (newer versions have a bug not related to N)

If I don't close apps regularly, phone slows down

Some ui elements disappear until app is relaunched or sometimes a reboot is mandatory

Random library errors

Tibu can't install apps, only restore data

No deal breakers, but MM is constantly faster. I do miss the new stuff
[Nexus 6P General] androidbuff123:
I would say yes. Battery life improvement is a big one. For some reason the very first alpha build was causing huge battery drains for me but the newest build seems to have resolved that. Battery life is insane that is if you don't run your screen on continuously.
[Nexus 6P General] sam razzy:
I see your WhatsApp eating the battery quiet alot. It shows 27% battery drain and 3% screen on. Does that mean a good battery life. Please explain. I'm planning to upgrade too
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Yeah, a little wierd battery chart that is. Anyways, are you using a custom kernel [MENTION=4231160]androidbuff123[/MENTION] ?
[Nexus 6P General] androidbuff123:
Nope. 100% stock.
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
That's good. :good:
[Nexus 6P General] androidbuff123:
Screen on time is about 100 minutes. If I unplugged from the charger and after more than a day I'm left with over 40%, to me that is excellent. I dont play games or constantly watch videos. But once in a while I watch. YouTube video or two.
[Nexus 6P General] todorcim:
Wow, no way am I getting battery like that. I'm a heavy user though also, and I find battery is definitely not as good as marshmallow. Went from getting around 5-6 hours SOT to 3-4.5 after N. Like I said though I'm a heavy user, if you don't do anything I can see battery like this, hell my play services has been running at 10-16% for weeks now.
[Nexus 6P General] Michael in ATL:
How did it go for you? I reloaded N today, and successfully installed MultiROM. The problem I'm having is that the modified version of TWRP doesn't seem to like flashing add'l ZIP files. I flashed PureNexus, but couldn't flash the GAPPS, receiving an 'Error 7'. It also failed to boot past "Google" screen. A search for guidance here for this setup seems to focus on much older scenarios, so I didn't have much luck finding solutions.

Edit: Guess it might help if I flash the MM vendor image...>.<
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Okay, so this is what I am currently doing.

I started off by flashing the N Preview. Decrypted it and further flashed MR TWRP. Next, I also flashed the MR Installer package.

Then, I added PureNexus ROM, and flashed the GApps over it.

Now, over to booting. If you're about to boot N, use TWRP to flash the N vendor image. Or, in case of Marshmallow, use the corresponding Marshmallow vendor image. So now, every time you have to boot one of the ROMs, you will need to flash the vendor first.

I personally have renamed both my vendors to 'n_vendor.img' & 'mm_vendor.img', and copied them to my phone's storage.
[Nexus 6P General] Michael in ATL:
I renamed my vendor files, and tried flashing it before and after trying to flash GAPPS. In both cases I get the Error 7. I'll try to find some info on that error, I reckon.
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
First, renaming is just for the convenience. Next, flash the latest Marshmallow vendor, and then flash the GApps.

If nothing works, you can try re-downloading the GApps, and make sure that you are using the ones meant for ARM64. Let me know if any of these work for your situation.
[Nexus 6P General] Michael in ATL:
Right, regarding renaming - I should've clarified I'd already done that. So, I redownloaded both the latest version of PN GAPPS (same file that has worked multiple times), as well as fresh copy of Vendor image. Following directions above, but getting same error. I wonder if Elemental 3.0 is causing issues with MM/PN GAPPS? I'll try stock Kernel, and give it another shot.
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Sure, worth a try.
[Nexus 6P General] Michael in ATL:
I help real n00bs (Senior Citizens) 40 hours per week, who cannot follow the simplest directions to get connected via LMI. Well, apparently it's contagious! I didn't flash MHC19I_vendor.img before my initial attempt to load PN/GAPPS, and that turns out to be the culprit. I did that, and then reflashed both PN and PN GAPPS, and no errors. That is with stock Kernel - cannot say about ElementalX yet.
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Good to know. Enjoy multi-booting N with PN. :cool:
[Nexus 6P General] RomyRodriguez:
Can i flash the system.img using twrp to update to the latest preview?

Enviado desde mi Nexus 6P mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
TWRP do have an option for 'System image', but I am not sure about it, since I haven't personally used. Someone else would be able to answer better.
[Nexus 6P General] force70:
Yes it works just fine,that's how I updated to N.

Flashed system, vendor and modded boot.img (to stay decrypted in my case) in twrp.

sent from my Nexus 6P, Note 5, Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Nexus 6P General] RomyRodriguez:
Thank you, i fastboot flash everything but good to know that i can do it next time

Enviado desde mi Nexus 6P mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P General] nickmilla15:
Hey guys, could you give me some feedback on the latest build? I tried the original N build, and my biggest issues were the occasional slowdowns (said to be addressed in the new build), the chromecast button bug, and the camera quality was sometimes a bit weird. How is it running for you? Does franco kernel help performance, and/or restore the led light and quick charging? Thanks a ton in advance! :)
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Performance and lags are fixed to a point, in the NPC56W update. Camera quality is quiet fine too, actually same for me, comparing to MM. I however, am not a Chromecast user, so I can't provide any feedback about the same.

I have ran both, Franco's kernel and ElementalX, of which, EX works the best, at least for me. If you're worried about using it as a daily driver, you should definitely go for it, if and only if, you don't care about a little app compatibility.
[Nexus 6P General] nickmilla15:
Thanks man! If you're not a chromecast user, you should be! They're super fun. If camera and performance have been improved, I think I'll be good to go as a daily driver. The only app I actually had issues with was the Phillips Hue app, but I have other devices to control them from. Do you get fast charging on EX?
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Yeah, I plan on getting Chromecast real soon. :)

The charge time is almost the same, but it will not show 'Charging Rapidly' on the lockscreen though. Now since the fast charging module is related to the Snapdragon chipset that we have, I don't think there would be any difference between charging time, on MM and N Preview.
[Nexus 6P General] nickmilla15:
Right. There seems to be a lot of confusion on that, but I don't see why they'd disable it. Thanks a bunch for your help! :)
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
I don't think it's disabled. But some device-specific code needs to be added for that, that's what I assume.
[Nexus 6P General] mistermojorizin:
Can you flash n radio on marshmallow?
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
The radio and bootloader seems to be the same on N and latest MM build.
[Nexus 6P General] force70:
Yes it is the same, been on both N builds and latest MM.

sent from my Nexus 6P, Note 5, Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Nexus 6P General] kenshiroSG24:
Is the next build coming out tomorrow?
[Nexus 6P General] JonasVFC:
don't count on that
[Nexus 6P General] Basil 123:
Where did you hear that?

Cheers
[Nexus 6P General] DJBhardwaj:
Google can tell. The fact that their is going to be an April preview, doesn't mean it would come out at the first day. My assumption, is that their would be a 1 month cycle. So expect the next preview the same date around, when the first preview came in March.

Yeah, Google may just try to fool you with an April fools though.
[Nexus 6P General] kenshiroSG24:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/android-n-...a-preview-build-marshmallow-successor-1548613

Doesn't say when but would probably be the same time as they released the march update.
[Nexus 6P General] DDHBanger:
Been on N preview for a few days Tried to go back to my rooted stock backup. Restored OK, but gets stuck on Google logo when reboot. Any ideas what has caused it. Never had this issue before when switching from N to backup.
[Nexus 6P General] force70:
Need to flash the right vendor again likely.

Which MM release did you restore to also? The latest has the same BL and radio as the N previews. The previous do not

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[Nexus 6P General] DDHBanger:
I restored to MHC19I.
[Nexus 6P General] force70:
Which twrp version are you using, I went back to 19I also no issues.

I only backup/ restore: System, boot, data.

Then flash vendor .img again.

sent from my Nexus 6P, Note 5, Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Nexus 6P General] DDHBanger:
Using 3.0.0-1 Twrp. Will flash vendor IMG and see if it boots.

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Booted.?
[Nexus 6P General] casonswag:
Ok i flashed twrp thrpugh fastboot and now when i boot into recovery its saying something about password what password?? When i press cancel my storage says 0 but its not wiped though
[Nexus 6P General] flex360:
factory image can be downloaded from google

http://developer.android.com/preview/download.html#top
[Nexus 6P General] todorcim:
Unfortunately my laptop won't allow me to flash factory images, stupid Ubuntu lol,
[Nexus 6P General] Smallsmx3:
I'm also wondering this.
[Nexus 6P General] Pmmac:
I am getting an error while flashing system. It states "error: cannot load" and then location of system.img

I have tried re-downloading multiple times.
[Nexus 6P General] motoridersd:
I noticed this too. It could be related to this sticky http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/psa-twrp-backups-lockscreen-security-t3245070

I also noticed I never flashed the N recovery.img, yet when I booted into recovery, TWRP was gone. I flashed TWRP again, and after another reboot, the system restored the stock recovery. This is new to me.
[Nexus 6P General] todorcim:
anyone have another link? this keeps failing
[Nexus 6P General] caifan:
Yes..anyone have work around for this? My storage says 0. Also, TWRP is lost of reboot.
[Nexus 6P General] SlimSnoopOS:
Just a heads up, there is an even newer 6P 6.0.1 factory image available today.
[Nexus 6P General] akellar:
You realize Google suggests using Ubuntu for aosp building? Pretty sure whatever issue you have is yours not Ubuntu's.
[Nexus 6P General] htr5:
Hi, can you show me how to install this on a Samsung Galaxy S4?

thx in advance
[Nexus 6P General] deskjet390:
You absolutely can not be serious....
[Nexus 6P General] todorcim:
Lol I think you need to do some more reading before you even think of flashing anything
[Nexus 6P General] azsl1326:
Sure ....

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+brick+your+phone
[Nexus 6P General] t2jbird:
Well after making a backup I'm downloading the system update from the beta program. FYI I'm on DU ROM with the latest TWRP. I'm going to attempt to update.. Don't anticipate being successful. It will most likely fail in TWRP. Wish me luck though.