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[Nexus 5X General] jrotert:
OTA Released Before Factory Images?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Google typically release factory images first, and then OTA updates come later?

Reason for asking is because I'm currently running DP5, rooted, unencrypted, TWRP, and with EX kernel. I want factory images so I can update like I updated previous versions of N DP: via fastboot flash all imgs except userdata and recovery, flash TWRP (to make sure it sticks), flash SuperSU (I'm pretty sure SuperSu patches stock kernel to not force encrypt), boot into Android once to make sure everything works, i.e., still unencrypted and rooted , and then flash EX kernel through TWRP.

From this thread it looks like there's other ways of accomplishing official N update, but for my situation I'll just wait for factory imgs because I've never experienced any problems using aforementioned method.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Read somewhere that some of the OTAs were having issues so they are just making sure it's all working. Could be true or not, not entirely sure the source. If all is ok we should have it tomorrow I hope. I do the same thing as you do except for the root and twrp. I stay on stock recovery and need unrooted for Android Pay. But it's nice to know I can boot to twrp now for system functions and to flash a zip if I so desire.

I just thought of something. Can I flash an app that via zip will install as a system app if I'm not rooted? Anyone out there know?
[Nexus 5X General] jrotert:
Don't Think So

IMHO, I don't think you can modify system partition without elevated root access.
[Nexus 5X General] PiousInquisitor:
Flash via TWRP? Absolutely.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Thank you both. Looks like I'm going to have to try it out. ? I tried to flash the Nexus launcher zip and it didn't install. So I'm going to find something else tomorrow and try that. I'll be doing a full wipe soon so I'm not really worried.

Any ideas what to try? Stock recovery so I fastboot boot recoveryTwrp.img and flash the zip from that. Thanks.
[Nexus 5X General] Jsparta26:
I have a question. Does anyone know why OEM unlock in developers options is still greyed out?
[Nexus 5X General] PiousInquisitor:
Maybe you have to lock the bootloader in fastboot mode before the option is available in Developer options?
[Nexus 5X General] Jsparta26:
Perhaps. I'll give it a shot and report back if this changes. Thank you.

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I relocked the bootloader and your hunch was right. Thanks again. Something new to learn about thr nature of bootloader security on nougat. ??
[Nexus 5X General] Javi22:
Not working for me neither....:(
[Nexus 5X General] enzo_cz:
Did you come to final from the DP5? I am just thinking whether full OTA wouldn't fix this. I will try to sideload entire OTA to see whether it will fix this.
[Nexus 5X General] Javi22:
No mate, I installed the full Ota by sideload. Clean install

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[Nexus 5X General] enzo_cz:
I am wondering why there's not too much shouts about this. My bro has the same problem with the LED not working. Another pal as well.

I've read somewhere on here that full OTA might be fixing this. You're saying that it ain't. To me, it's not kinda fundamental bug but as I have

my phone silent almost all day the LED had been welcome thingie to see new mails, messages etc. Wanna crack this but not sure how.
[Nexus 5X General] Javi22:
For me LED is fundamental... I wonder too if people don't complain because it's working for them or because they don't care about it haha

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[Nexus 5X General] enzo_cz:
Not sure what's happened but after the restart LED starts up working now. WhatsApp, Email all good. I ticked this in setting before but it is working only now. So I am good :)
[Nexus 5X General] Javi22:
Happened exactly the same. Restart and it works :)

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[Nexus 5X General] matlala:
If you stay unecrypted and not format data. (I recommended reflash last system and vendor img from factory image marsmallow and boot.) Flash OTA with flashify, inject supersu with this and you can flash last EX kernel for DP5. I tried this yesterday and It's works fine, stay unecrypted, boot time more faster and all works correct without wipe something. :)
[Nexus 5X General] shero73:
Had anyone who has rooted N managed to get Adaway working? I am getting an error message "unable to build host files", tried several versions. Thanks
[Nexus 5X General] ChobbyNS:
Search google for systemless adaway,you have instructions in that thread.
[Nexus 5X General] parthabhatta:
I am trying N since DP1. One of my net banking app is not working in N. I thought it would work with N final release, but it doesn't. It says GPRS connection could not be established. Can anybody satu what may be the cause for this. BTW this app had not been updated since last two the months. I am unable to use N as my daily driver only for this.:(
[Nexus 5X General] joaoresende:
When will the factory image comes out omg... what are they doing --'
[Nexus 5X General] harryohh:
I'm getting impatient too.
[Nexus 5X General] Richard_10:
hhh +1. F5 every 30 minutes hahaha
[Nexus 5X General] pbailey212:
Why not use the OTA?
[Nexus 5X General] Richard_10:
it may be superstition, but I don't believe in OTA when upgrading system. like from M to N. I'd rather have a clean install with the new bootloader and vendor. no data leftovers or system apps issues do to data from older version of apps ... etc

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superstition man hahaha
[Nexus 5X General] Nightshadow931:
It took me like 10mins to update through OTA, everything's great.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
I like to have factory images too and manually do it. Just in case something goes wrong I can always redo it. But if you just OTA over something else it's a dirty flash. How did you clean flash the OTA?
[Nexus 5X General] Nightshadow931:
Obviously if wasn't clean flash :)
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
It's not 100% obvious. Think about it. Let's say you booted into twrp and did a system/wipe/factory reset. Then you booted directly into bootloader and sideloaded the OTA. Clean flash or not?
[Nexus 5X General] milan187:
I did OTA and things are fine but I am still going to flash the factory image as soon as it's avliable. It's my belief as well that things will be cleaner.
[Nexus 5X General] funmerlin:
So just a quick note about my experience if folks are confused or haven't been paying much attention:

I was on a custom Marshmallow rom, TWRP, etc. I wanted to wipe all of that clean and start over with a factory image. So I backed up all my files on my local PC and prepared to blow everything away.

Since the 5X Nougat image isn't out yet, I flashed the latest 6.0.1 image via fastboot from my PC. (I actually had to update my PC's version of fastboot too, since apparently mine is was too old to work right with some of the image files).

Then from fastboot, I went straight into (the now stock) recovery mode, held down the power button and pressed the up volume key to get to the recovery menu.

Then got the phone in ADB sideload mode from the menu, and and ran the "adb sideload {nougat update zip file name}" command on ny PC. When that was done, just for extra oomph, I ran the "factory reset" option in recovery mode. Probably not necessary, but why not.

So the phone booted up as if it were brand new. I signed in with my Google ID, and about an hour later, all of my apps had been synced over and it's pretty much all restored.

I hadn't tried out any of the N dev versions yet, and my main impression is both about the same as MM, but with some nice UI tweaks. It also does seem to perform better (though a clean android install probably helped with some of that).
[Nexus 5X General] karmacop:
Heres a question, can I sideload the nougat OTA over a custom ROM, or would I need to flash factory marshmallow first?
[Nexus 5X General] funmerlin:
I tried this method first, via ADB sideload in TWRP. The phone DID boot up, but I had apps constantly crashing. It may be that if I cleared cache and/or uninstalled a bunch of apps that it would have eventually worked. But I decided it was just easier and probably better in the long run to flash the factory image.
[Nexus 5X General] karmacop:
Im not fussed about keeping any of my existing data, so maybe doing a factory reset before would work?
[Nexus 5X General] wind0zer:
To avoid upgrading OTA from M to N, I flashed the N preview 5, and from there it's only a 50MB update to final N.

http://storage.googleapis.com/andro.../preview/bullhead-npd90g-factory-7a0ca1bc.tgz

I did step 11 (How To Flash The Factory Images (Return To Stock But Leaving Internal Storage Intact))from the guide [GUIDE] Unlock/Root/Flash for Nexus 5X | LG Nexus 5X
[Nexus 5X General] gingus7:
Anyone know when the Nexus 5x will be getting the update Ota? Bought direct from Google.
[Nexus 5X General] joaoresende:
Already is getting but not all of them so the server doesn't brake xD
[Nexus 5X General] milan187:
If you want it faster sign up for beta on android.com/beta

You will get OTA update to official N build.

Then remove your self from Beta.

This method works.

Otherwise you will get it within in a few days likely.
[Nexus 5X General] gingus7:
K Thanks.
[Nexus 5X General] carm01:
Going from M to N directly ( root )

All,

I seen a few people trying to get the update, and I will reference you to this post of mine in a thread

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68322783&postcount=4
[Nexus 5X General] ubcjack:
Anyone has modified boot.img available?
[Nexus 5X General] PiousInquisitor:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=68328497
[Nexus 5X General] iamterence:
For what it's worth, I flash-all'd back to stock, then OTA'd up to final N, and then factory reset within Android cause I didn't feel like ADBing the commands. Performance has been absolutely stellar so far. No issues.
[Nexus 5X General] ibilln:
Battery? Thx
[Nexus 5X General] StakMak99:
Wugfresh NRT updated with needed files ,got no force encrypt from A.A ,I'm running rooted 7.0 Nougat
[Nexus 5X General] tohtorin:
WTF Is going on? WHERE is those factory images? Its been 3 days since release and sources are online already.
[Nexus 5X General] crian:
There is no need to flash a stock ROM to upgrade to final N. I came from Dirty Unicorns, did a advanced wipe (wiped everything except internal storage) in TWRP so I got no OS installed and then flashed the full OTA via sideload in TWRP. After that I got a nice clean Android N running.

To get root and TWRP back, I just boot and set up everything. Then back to fastboot mode and flashed newest TWRP version, which is working fine with encryption. Flashed SuperSu zip in TWRP. Bam I'm rooted systemless with encryption enabled.

So I think that decryption is not longer needed with Android N.
[Nexus 5X General] milan187:
It's still best to do a clean load from stock. Glad it worked for you, however a bunch of people have been getting bootloops they can't get out of.
[Nexus 5X General] miksontije:
i updated first from dp5 with ota,secound time from stock mm. instal latest twrp,superuser(only way twrp will stick),reboot phone working. then try to uninstall some rom apks(maps,gmail,calendar,g+,music,games,) with tb, and phone stuck at boot.
[Nexus 5X General] thrutheeyes:
For anyone that didn't get it, I just signed up to the beta and enrolled my phone then got an instant notification to download the 50mb update.

It was dirty upgrade from DP5 so i guess it's best to do a factory reset now?

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For anyone that didn't get it, I just signed up to the beta and enrolled my phone then got an instant notification to download the 50mb update.

It was dirty upgrade from DP5 so i guess it's best to do a factory reset now?
[Nexus 5X General] Oblox:
Yes at the least id factory reset.

I clean flashed MM then the OTA to N then relocked my BL as the full N image wasnt available. Fixed a huge battery drain issue id had since DP5 so all working nicely on Nougat now.
[Nexus 5X General] iamterence:
Why would you relock your bootloader?
[Nexus 5X General] joniburz:
It works for me. The only issue was a "no command" message in recovery after flashing first time. Just reflashed and enjoy :good:

Thank you very much!
[Nexus 5X General] Metoo18:
Is there advantage or disadvantage of decryption?

Can I decrypt Nougat via TWRP?
[Nexus 5X General] crian:
You need a modified boot.img to get decrypted.
[Nexus 5X General] thrutheeyes:
Haha I thought I had installed the official 7.0 upgrade from DP5 but my phone restarts and just says 'error'
[Nexus 5X General] myawan:
I understand patience is required but then what makes you different than a Samsung user? They wait and you also wait. The word 'wait' does not exist in Nexus user's dictionary, we got Nexus over anything else because we hated waiting on our Samsung devices :)

I may sound childish but that's how I am and I want my voice heard.

It was better if they didn't release anything than this half confusing release. I am using Nougat OTA on my Nexus 5x but I am not sure why there is no factory image released, which makes me think that I may be using a buggy release. :(
[Nexus 5X General] enzo_cz:
The question is what real benefit you see about that. I have systemless root with latest twrp and still being encrypted and don't feel like I am missing something. Are you?
[Nexus 5X General] valeron94:
Does somebody know about the fact of the notification bug regarding whatsapp and telegram? I can only see one message in the notification bar even if I received more from one person. On Facebook messenger it works just fine. This is very irritating to me. Do you think we need to wait for those apps to be updated?
[Nexus 5X General] peltus:
Slightly offtopic but has anyone had problems connection to their work networks since using N? The legacy dhcp option has disappeared on me!

Googling did not give me any ready solution, other than it disappeared in N.
[Nexus 5X General] Javi22:
I formatted data, installed ota with sideload and I'm decrypted, why you say modified boot is needed?

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[Nexus 5X General] Midomad:
I'm on stock MTC20F rooted+EX with xposed,

What would be the best way to instal Nougat NRD90M?
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Well I'm not sure why they would release an image for dp6 which is what we're running now. I'm hoping the next security release in September will be 7.0. This is clearly not it. Yes, I'm being facetious but perhaps there is some truth to it.
[Nexus 5X General] Psychofrantics:
Apart from a slightly bad battery and some apps not being optimized yet, I can't, for the life of me, find any deal breakers.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
You should check the 6P forums. They're not doing well over there.
[Nexus 5X General] behzad.bz:
I never had this issue or any issue with final 7. I did a factory reset immediately after upgarading and never had a single problem. I love my phone much more now[emoji5]
[Nexus 5X General] milan187:
Safest way would be use factory image to load all partitions (flashall) but remove -w not to wipe your data partition. Then OTA.

I did this. Worked well.

You can likely use flash fire and other methods to side load OTA. It's a little more risky though.

Some have had great success and some got stuck in a boot loop.
[Nexus 5X General] cusitosr:
Hello, can any one post it on android file host or other server, we can download it from google because we are in Cuba, thank you for your help.
[Nexus 5X General] iamterence:
The hell they are not, over there dude. Sometimes I like to pop into the 6P forums just for fun and to see what's going on over there, but those guys are having some major issues with things and cursing Google's name. Meanwhile, my little Nexus 5X is just soaring with performance :D
[Nexus 5X General] lethalboy:
Installed... will report later ??
[Nexus 5X General] jrotert:
Got Tired of Awaiting Factory Images....

Dirty-flashed below from XDA 5X Development Section:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/development/rom-debloated-busybox-fast-stable-t3398617/page22

Everything seems to work, and I flashed latest EX Kernel no prob. Still rooted and decrypted with no data loss.
[Nexus 5X General] AG22:
I'm full stock here (still on MM). This Android N final release really has LED notifications and bluetooth bugs or it is happening only with few people?
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
I'm not having any serious issues atm, but I'd like to clean 'er up a bit with the factory images. Reload the programs I need and leave off the ones I do not. Battery is not a good as I'd like it, but other than that nothing major. I still think they are revisiting this release which is why the delay. Or maybe they are just waiting for the Marlin announcement to release the whole shebang. Could be anything at this point. I do wish they would say something, however.
[Nexus 5X General] iamterence:
Hmmmm. Have you thought about flashing Tupac's stock N ROM? Closest thing to a factory image we have as of right now, and it's debloated.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
I looked at it quickly but I didn't like the fact it was pre-rooted. I'm using android pay daily and I don't need busybox or an insecure boot image. I really just want a completely stock device other than unlocked bootloader. I even keep stock recovery although I do like having twrp options now.
[Nexus 5X General] arturo108:
If I sign beta program to update to N, and after the update to NRD90M I delete my subscription, will the program send the OTA to reset my phone to MM or not?
[Nexus 5X General] iamterence:
What? No. That doesn't even make sense.
[Nexus 5X General] cc999:
Side Loading

I bit the bullet and did a factory reset - then side loaded the zip file.

I have a feeling this is just not the same as flashing the factory image. Am i wrong in assuming?

Also is flashing the zip by ADB just as good as a fresh install?

CC
[Nexus 5X General] Hayth:
No, because you're on the latest stable version it won't wipe. I've just done it myself
[Nexus 5X General] Aman301582:
No bluetooth or LED bug for me. Its same as marshmallow (for me).
[Nexus 5X General] ttakacs:
I flashed the OTA zip, did a factory reset. My issue with bluetooth is that timing of podcasts is not shown on my car's header unit. Timing was not working well in preview 5, but worked in earlier previews.
[Nexus 5X General] AG22:
Thanks, i'm thinking about try if they don't release the factory image.

Got it. Maybe they fix this in the next update, i guess.

Thinking about try the 7.0 with ExKernel.
[Nexus 5X General] ttakacs:
I decrypted in order to use TWRP with the N previous. But with the latest TWRP now supporting encryption, how do I (re)encrypt?
[Nexus 5X General] RobbieCrash:
Settings > Security > Encrypt phone
[Nexus 5X General] crian:
Factory image is ready for download https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/bullhead-nrd90m-factory-d215f148.tgz
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Can I give you 10 thanks?
[Nexus 5X General] iamterence:
Lit!
[Nexus 5X General] ttakacs:
Yes, I saw that. But what happens when I re-encrypt? Do I need to be unrooted first (as one Web site said)? Will data be wiped? Will internal storage be wiped? I can deal with these, but I'd like to be prepared for them if necessary.

Believe me, I have googled but I can't find answers.
[Nexus 5X General] chrishin:
NRD90M for bullhead has been released https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
[Nexus 5X General] crian:
You're coming too late to the party ?
[Nexus 5X General] chrishin:
Right. I saw the previous comments a bit too late. Just flashing. Let's see :o

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1st attempt: stock 6.0.1, twrp, systemless su, dirty with flashfire.

Root okay, LED, bluetooth, project fi, wifi - all work fine. Looks good so far. I will check the battery tomorrow morning.
[Nexus 5X General] blinkin:
Do you guys know whether there is any difference between this factory image and the latest OTA (I've sideloaded that >1gb file shared here before)?
[Nexus 5X General] behzad.bz:
No difference. Both are NRD90M. So no difference
[Nexus 5X General] andQlimax:
It's only me or the nexus 5x is now really flying?

I flashed the 7.0 factory image (without wipe) over the 6.0 stock (just rooted) and from the first boot I can see that everything is smooth and no micro lags anymore, it's not only a sensation but it's really got faster!

This android 7.0 seems a good improvement for us!
[Nexus 5X General] iamterence:
Yes! Nougat is proving to be really good so far. I mean I used to have some minor micro lags on M that I had gotten used to, but N really flies on this thing. I love it.
[Nexus 5X General] cntntn:
I've found this procedure to install Nougat:

Is this equivalent to the OTA update that appear on the phone?

will this delete all the phone data?
[Nexus 5X General] Thargorsson:
Hi,

has everyone with a 32 gb version got the same fault that after installing 7 factory images only 10.55 gb are available?

I fixed it with rezising data in twrp but why google ships out the 16 gb version factory images which are causing that(the userdata has the wrong block image size)?

Any ideas?
[Nexus 5X General] thrutheeyes:
Hmmm so I get the OTA update and then install it but the phone restarts and says 'error' then goes back to my home screen. Only for the notification that there is an update available...looks like it isn't being installed?
[Nexus 5X General] 5ageman:
Sorry if this q was allready answered here, but is it possible to flash this in TWRP? I'm on Pure Nexus ATM. Is it ok or will I get a bootloop? I want to try dirty flash, I know it can cause issues. If it fails I'll do a clean install afterwards.
[Nexus 5X General] Javi22:
I formatted data then flashed ota with sideload and factory reset, and I still noticing a bit microlag, for example with tapatalk.

Much better than 6 but still having a bit

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[Nexus 5X General] mxrider97:
I update my phone using OTA file and as previously said - the phone is really flying. There is a significant performance improvement, however, the battery life is much worse to what I've had on M. Did anyone notice it?
[Nexus 5X General] thenessus:
Nope not here. I get 4 hours SOT with the fullest Google experience on (hot word, location, wireless scanning, google now, cards, et).

On M that was usually 2.5 hours SOT, 3 if i'm lucky, and that includes any ROMs and mods in existence.
[Nexus 5X General] Oblox:
I had issues with battery in DP5 not sure what caused it but has gone away since final release (I did full MM flash and OTA update).

Battery usage idle overnight normally 100% down to 94/5% but with the bug I had it don to 85% ish most nights with nothing outstanding in battery stats for the drain.

On DP5 id been rooted running Force Doze and Greenify (no xposed) so not sure if one of those interfered in some way.
[Nexus 5X General] milan187:
Anyone that did dirty flashes should use the factory image and load. Start fresh. The restore function from google cloud worked great. Device is flying now and I got over 6GB of free space on my 16GB after all my apps which take up 4GB.
[Nexus 5X General] andQlimax:
Tapatalk sometimes seems laggy because in the way it fetches data which is wrong, in past was a nightmare superlaggy app, now is getting better
[Nexus 5X General] myawan:
Can anybody please confirm me the bootloader and modem version of NRD90M? I want to verify my end.

My bootloader version: BHZ11e

Baseband version: M8994F-2.6.33.2.14
[Nexus 5X General] Tiehard:
Flash with flashfire

Is it possible to flash the factory image with flashfire? I have TWRP and systemless root atm.
[Nexus 5X General] Displax:
All correct.
[Nexus 5X General] Zach1928:
Does anyone know if the standard OTA has been pushed? I'm in the US if that makes a difference