yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo905:
Bought the wife the 128Gb 6P yesterday. I was waiting to see what the Pixel XL 128GB would cost but with taxes it is over $1,300. That is insane. No thanks. I bought the new 6P for almost half that. Google better tread carefully here.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ringochan:
How come there's no discussion on this thread anymore? I can't believe no one is discussing Nexus 6p vs Pixel XL on XDA anymore! Or am I missing something ... like my "search this forum" is not working?

In any case, I bought a 128gb XL and have been playing with it for 5 days now. And I am thinking about returning it to Google before my 2 week trial period is over.

So I need some advise before making this decision: Should I be getting a Nexus 6P instead?

128gb Nexus 6P is going for about $450-500 used, compared to close to $1000 for Pixel XL.

Please tell me anything relevant to making that decision!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
That's because there isn't much of a comparison. The Pixel is just better than the 6P. 6P is cheaper but you get what you pay for. My 6P didn't even last me a year before the emmc chip fried. Huawei won't fix it and square trade won't touch it either because it's a hardware malfunction. If you don't like the Pixel then you won't like the 6P. The 6P is a slower Pixel with less battery life and a sooner end of life date. The price to me is the only hesitation between the 2 for me but I'm glad I pulled the trigger. This is my experience and my opinion. YMMV.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mele:
Gee how much did you get paid for that Pixel Advertisement? Pixel XL is a marginal upgrade in hardware from the 6P, the design is flat out boring and pales in comparison to the 6P, the software is the only standout but the 6P can just about have all of the new features, as far as end of life for the 6P are you delusional or something, the 6P will be valid well into 2017-hell the Nexus 6 is not even at end of life. So in conclusion the 6P is the better choice for the money, at least until October of 2017, when will see what Google has to offer then.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itch808:
I've had my 6P since the beginning (Was an early adopter who pre-ordered). I've had ZERO problems with my phone. Been using a simple snap on case + TGSP. I would love a Pixel, but that's because I'm a junkie and my work has me using my phone a lot. I have no reason to upgrade though. With 7.1 developer preview this thing is blazing smooth and fast. I will probably wait for used Pixels to come out and buy lower.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ringochan:
Yes! Yes! Yes! I love you guys for the honest opinions!:laugh:

Is this a common problem with the phone? At least you didn't get burned like Note7 right?

I don't think "slower Pixel" is too much of an issue here. Because of the current situation, I have updated my old Note2 with the latest and greatest cm13 based rom and optimizations, and though it isn't as fast/snappy as the Pixel XL, it's still acceptable, runs all the apps, battery is removable, and no problem handling the 128gb class 10 micro sd card. Interestingly, they are about the same size and weighs almost the same.

If I don't get a new phone in a week, this is what I'll be using as a daily driver for a while.:laugh:

As long as the dev community keeps supporting the device, there won't be any "end of life" in a practical sense I think.

Actually, I also was gonna preorder the 6P last year, but instead waited for Galaxy S7 Edge. But Samsung quietly locked down the bootloader and, when we started complaining, they blamed T-Mobile asked for it. Of course it was a complete lie. I don't want to deal with dishonest companies. So I didn't even look at Note7 when it came out. With the recent exploding issues, they immediately blamed the batteries, refused to do a global recall until many governments got involved... So I'm happy with my decision.

But that doesn't lead me anywhere. I need a new phone:crying:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropical cactus:
Just got my 64 GB black version and really happy with it. I wanted a replacement for my Find 7 and decided this would be the one. I considered the OnePlus three but it was too light and I was looking for a bigger screen. The front facing speakers and the reduction in price were other deciding factors even though OnePlus was cheaper. Too dainty for my liking.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Sorry princess. Didn't mean to offend you. That was a nice little temper tantrum though. You feel better now? LMAO
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phistyle:
I wouldn't even call it a marginal upgrade. I think it's a pretty big upgrade coming from the ****ty snapdragon 810 on the 6p. The chip suck balls, heats up fast and throttles hard. Battery life on the 6p is pathetic and it only have 3gb of ram. Only downgrade I see from the pixel Xl is the price and the smaller screen size. Stop being a nexus 6p fanboy and look at it objectively.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoot0073:
I must be the only person that has had nothing but positive experiences with the 6P. Mine has never over heated and battery life for me has been great on 7.0 which I'm now on 7.1 to fresh of an install to say anything about battery life .

But I will get the XL soon as they hit Swappa but i jus can't justify spending that much money for what the XL offers over the 6P.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
The 6P isn't bad. I would have kept it til next year until the Pixel 2 came out. That was actually my plan. Then it just died out of nowhere. My point was if you all ready have the Pixel there is no sense in downgrading to the 6P. Unless the price is too much to swallow. The 6P will have support by XDA well beyond Google stops releasing updates. That's what I mean by end of life. When Google stops updating it. The snapdragon 810 though is hard to ignore. It's a ****ty processor. It does overheat often and throttle the device pretty bad. The pixels battery really amazed me too. I thought it would be the same or worse than the 6P. But my first battery test I almost got 8hrs SOT and it was off the charger for almost 48hrs. There is no device that can do that to my knowledge. From my own experience I would say I don't trust the build quality of the 6P. The Pixel is really solid and even passes Jerry rig everything's tests. Yes the bad emmc is a common occurrence. I've read quite a few accounts just on XDA so you know it's got to be in the thousands. It's the fact Huawei won't fix it that mostly bothers me.

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Don't get me wrong. I really liked my 6P. Just bummed it dies of a hardware failure. Never had a device do that. And I've owned a lot of them. The Pixel is better though. How could it not be. It was designed and built this year. The 6P last year and in the midrange market. Doesn't take brains to see it's an upgrade. No matter how incremental one may make it out to be. Nexus was never meant to be high end. The Pixel is aiming to take that crown.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mele:
Awwww did I hurt your poor wittle feelings little Kylo (Nice Avatar). If you can't take criticism then don't comment LMAO. :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Veidas:
This ones especially for you and other delusional fanboys, who think that pixel is some kind of huge improvement and suddenly asking same money apple always did became acceptable.

https://youtu.be/dolIFwuKPu0

Laughing my ****ing ass off at that huge difference, pretty amazing that 6p is basically same speed with "****ty snapdragon 810" and "only 3gb of ram" lmao
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoot0073:
I started to order the XL but cancelled it bc of the price.

I decided to hold off until there were comparisons with the 6P.

To see if or what I was getting for the money was worth the upgrade

I probably watched 12 or more videos to get the facts compared to base my decision on 1 video and the one video I watched did make me wanna bite the bullet.

But after watching several other from different sources I then realized that it was enough for me to buy ATM.

But I decided that once they drop n price then I'll get one.

But I have been so happy and pleased with the 6P that it's helped me make the decision to wait.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Me offended. No I don't have feelings. I just thought your little self important rant was adorable. Made me laugh.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phistyle:
Funny that you think that's a real test. Do you understand anything about heat and throttling? Of course the 6p isn't going to throttle right away, it's when you start using the phone for a good bit and it heats up and that's when things start to slow down. I never said the pixel was worth the money they're asking for either. Like i said in my post earlier, the downsides is the pricing and it's smaller screen compared to the nexus 6p. Just because the pixel xl is faster doesn't mean I think it's worth the price.; if it was somewhere around the same price as the 6p, people would be riding the pixel's **** so hard and praising it like it was the second coming of jesus.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Veidas:
Of course thats a real test, and 6p would perform even better if it was on nougat. And i didnt say this test was about throttling. It was about everyday performance. 810does throttle, but mostly on heavy usage scenarios and over extended period of times. Average user would rarely feel that. And you can talk anything you want, open reviews of biggest android sites on web like androidauthority, androidpolice or gsmarena, by the time of release it was fastest phone available, even 6 months after release it was hailed as still one of the best and fastest android devices. Im not saying pixel is bad phone, but 1000bucks for better snapdragon, faster hdr, minus stereo speakers and worse low light camera? No thank you.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phistyle:
And you still fail to see the point...I never said the 6p was a bad phone, I said the chip inside it is ****ty. Average users is broad and what defines an average user? IMO an average user uses their phone a lot these days whether it's watching videos, playing games, surfing the web, checking email, making calls and doing these things on a daily basis, you will feel the sluggishness. If you think the average smartphone user just lets their phone sit all day and check emails, then you are surely mistaken. The 6p is a good phone, but I wouldn't call it a great phone. I never hailed the pixel as a great phone either, but if I had a choice over the pixel xl and the nexus 6p without taking price into consideration, I would choose the pixel xl any day. I would reiterate this again... for the price the pixel xl is going for, I do not think it's worth it, but you can't deny that the pixel xl is a BETTER phone of the 2 unless you really have to have those front facing speakers and bigger screen.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Veidas:
And you still fail to see my point. If that chip inside was as bad as you are describing this phone would have never been acknowledged as best of 2015 anf one of the best of 2016, despite being released year ago. Biggest android names in the world i mentioned(forgot to add mkbhd) all said the same thing, fastest phone they ever used, best android expirience(ofcourse prior to pixel), so yeah, im pretty sure they represent average user better than you, and their opinion is more valid than yours.

And dont understand your point about which one to pick. I never said pixel is bad phone, and i never said i wouldnt pick it over 6p for the same price, but its real price is ****ing disgrace for what you actually get, which is basically 6p with sd821.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phistyle:
Of course it was a good phone at the time they reviewed it. Which other phone has pure android experience out of the box? There wasn't really much competition last year. The 6p is still a decent phone, but comparing what we have right now, it's what it is.. just decent. Fastest phone ever used? yea, every year a new phone comes out and that will become the "fastest phone" ever used. Best Android experience? well no sh*t, it's the only pure android phone released that year and the nexus 6p was mostly recommended before the pixel was even released. Hmm.. best pure android experience this year? Most likely the pixel xl. This thread is comparing the nexus 6p vs pixel xl and hands down the pixel is the BETTER PHONE. NOTHING TO DO WITH PRICE... PURELY HARDWARE-WISE.. PIXEL XL IS THE BETTER PHONE.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Veidas:
Half of those reviews are like 6months after 6p release, by the time sd820 was already out. Never said best pure android expirience, i said BEST ANDROID EXPIRIENCE, as in best android device. And this thread is not about hardware, i dont know where you get that from. Op clearly asked which phone would you buy, not which hardware is better, so that includes all things, PRICE also. And as if this moment i would definitely buy 6p, cause sd821 isnt worth extra 600dollars. And back to my main point, snapdragon 810 is nowhere near as bad as you are trying to picture it. This phone is still blazing fast and comparable to latest flagship devices, and all reviews and comparisons only confirm that.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quempas:
Relatively new to the 6p here. (I had planned to keep my old lg g3 a while longer but it died). I got the 6p on sale and was pleased with it. But I've been shocked by how snappy it is now that I'm running the pure Nexus nougat release. Battery life has gotten better on nougat too. I'm not much of a gamer, but for multitasking in other areas my 6p just flies.

I'm not feeling like I should have waited for the Pixel XL. Just my two cents- hope it's helpful.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quempas:
Any feedback from people who did or didn't make the switch?

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Or who switched and then switched back?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] equlizer:
No issues with mine. on latest 7.1.1 official. I don't plan on getting the pixel.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropical cactus:
Neither am I. I just love front facing speakers. I just don't understand why this feature hasn't taken off. Even HTC has given up on them. Google also chose to reduce the screen size. They should have kept the 5.7 screen.

With the numerous pixel mods, I don't think I'm missing out on much with the 6P. Low light pictures seem to turn out better, according to YouTuber Max Lee, who did a comparison between 6P and pixel xl.

I have Leviticus 1.3 viper mod and the sound is great. I'm glad I waited before buying the 6P. You have tons of reviews, a reduced price and hardware and software bugs have been mostly dealt with.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhs39:
I would get a Pixel if I could actually afford one because it has more powerful hardware and works well with VR. The 6p also seems to have issues for many people with the battery and random reboots that popped up after the phone was out of warranty. That said I'm still happy with my 6p. I'm running a rom with Pixel mods (Cortex). My phone is fast and smooth and so far I haven't experienced the shutdown/reboot bug. My battery life also improved a bit after I installed a custom kernel. The 6p is still a solid phone but Google and Huwai support for it are pretty poor--especially now that Google has abandoned the Nexus line in favor of Pixel.
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] n1ck75:
After Bricking my Elephone P9000 because of SP_Flash_Tool crashing halfway through a recovery flash, i got the UMI Super as its a comparable spec

Neither can be unlocked via fastboot oem unlock, because when you try the UP Volume button doesn't seem to work allowing you to continue

i would much prefer this method as it takes away layers (imho) that aren't needed. Why use a GUI & scatter txt when you could load a recovery straight from fastboot? And then flash ROM's
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] essayn:
Same here. When´ve been asked to confirm with Vol+ nutin happens...Vol- also. So I cant get OEM Unlock on my ZTE Blade L6... :/
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] lexuz:
From hat I've been reading it seems that doesn't work on mediatek processors. That's why we have to use that gui spft.
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] uptwolait:
I have a Blu Studio Selfie 2 with the Mediatek MT6580 chip, and I'm running into the same problem where the Volume Up key doesn't work after the adb command "fastboot oem unlock." I haven't seen anything else on the internet about this being a problem for devices with the Mediatek chip, where did you see that?

More importantly, what do you mean by "we have to use that "gui spft"?
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] lexuz:
Spft is a tool that works with mediatek processors. I've flashed twrp with and it's really easy. Just search with Google and do research. ?
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] uptwolait:
Oh, okay... "spft" is "SP Flash Tool."

Thanks, but I have used Google search and xda search until my fingers are numb. Nothing seems to work with my BLU Studio Selfie 2, including SP Flash Tool. I only found ONE thread on this entire forum where someone else was asking how to root this same phone, and no one ever answered him. I posted a new thread recently, and no one answered me either. I have yet to find anyone claiming that they have positively been able to root this phone (with Android 6.0), and/or give steps to do it correctly.
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] leskivra:
i can't seem to get my umi super into twrp, when i flash the recovery image with spft, it says download OK, but when i try to boot it with power and vol+ i get the umi welcome screen twice and the phone boots. if i try again it goes into a menu that says no command i really don't know what to do, any assistance will be appreciated.
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] noobp:
Hello! What is your rom version??

Take a look at here .
[UMi Super Questions & Answers] leskivra:
my rom version is v7.01_20170308

thank you so much i will try it out now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khaled Hasan:
I need help to root my symphony ZVII (3GB RAM) .

Searched online but haven't found any root system by which i can success ...... please

Some Details here>>

Model- ZVII

Android version- 6.0

androind security patch level- august 5,2016

CPU- Octacore A53, 1.3GHz

Ram- 3GB

Baseband version- MOLY..LR9.W1444.MD.LWTG.MP.V79.P10.2016/08/18 17:07

Kernel version- 3.18.19 MON AUG 29 21:29:07 CST 2016

Kernel architecture- armv81

Software Version- ZVII_HW1_V15

Hardware- MT6735

Please help me How can i root this phone...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaserOP:
Have you tried all the one click root apks and the respective pc versions? e.g. Kingoroot, SRSroot, Towelroot, iRoot, etc.

Also, you can always try to manually root your phone - threads like this one contains the instructions for it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2684210
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khaled Hasan:
I have tried all one click root apps...bro.... no work :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiyan Rabbi Tasin:
Twrp making for ZVIi

I can help you

Quick message me here: https://www.facebook.com/Demon987

My name _ Raiyan Rabbi Tasin
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiyan Rabbi Tasin:
Twrp test

Quickly message me ,you can root ur phone using supersu flash using twrp
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiyan Rabbi Tasin:
Check this post for rooting :http://xdaforums.com/android/help/how-to-root-symphony-xplorer-zvii-t3501157
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiyan Rabbi Tasin:
Hi Friends!

#####ROOT + TWRP PROCESS FOR Symphony Xplorer Zvii######

( supersu 2.78 download করে memory card এ রাখবেন।)

First download these essential driver in your computer :

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Mtk usb driver : https://androidmtk.com/download-mtk-usb-all-drivers

Ei link theke sob driver download den : http://gsmusbdriver.com/symphony-zvii

Download latest version driver of given link........After restart your computer

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phone এ super-su er zip file download করে রাখুন: http://downloadmirror.co/Uld/SuperSU...9qUZTMTK0ow=

-----------*********Starting**********-------------

Twrp link: { Recovery.img :http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/QolPVhDe/file.html

Scatter : http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/z1rycq7O/file.html

((Paste recovery.img and scatter into new folder,,( folder er name zvii)

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Sp flash tool link: http://spflashtools.com/windows/sp-flash-tool-v5-1640

Open sp flash tool and select scatter from the zvii folder and click & check the recovery box option ( যদি ক্লিক করা না থাকে)

(select downloaded zip recovery.img) click download on sp flash tool

sp flash tool e download e click deyar age phone off kore usb দিয়ে connect করেন ( যদি flash শুরু না হই,তাহলে download এর আগে usb cable দিয়ে connect করে battery খুলে download এ ক্লিক করেন। তারপর battery লাগান)

( phone na pele phone er volume down cepe thakun)(battery khula gele battery khule connect korben)

After boot in to twrp flash supersu.zip

twrp e boot নেয়ার পর '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''

direct flash supersu zip SuperSU v 2.78 then reboot sytem

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Twrp তে বুট নেয়ার পর super-su এর zip flash করে reboot sytem দিবেন

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Root এর প্রব্লেম দেখা দিলে kingroot apk use করতে পারেন( কিন্ত supersu 2.78 flash এর পরে)

Only flash supersu 2.78, because this will patch boot.img

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( Not bootloop risk)

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_./→Credits Go to:::::::::::::::

> Neenan Adnan [ For testing twrp and giving stock kernal & ramdisk ]

>Amar Nokol Id [ For testing twrp and giving prove ]

>Raiyan Rabbi Tasin [ For made this twrp 3.0.2 recovery]

>This recovery can be port on mt6753 chipset with 3.18.22+ kernal

>Have a nice day & Bye
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobertGabriel98:
error

When i conncet phone to pc flash tool says : PMT changed for the room; it must be downloaded.Please select format all + download scene. How to fix without formatting my phone ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanimjacky:
bro amio same problem e asi
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toha.shikder:
bro amar zvii(2gb) er mtk mt6735

but apni mt6753 er twrp share korecen..

ami ki ei twrp flash dte parbo?

jodi na pari tahole amar phn er jonno twrp/cwm/phillz er download link dte parben ki?

thanks in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raiyan Rabbi Tasin:
Hardware duitari mt6735,,,chipset mt6753

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Only use for Symphony ZVII . If you're getting this problem for ZVII then download your stock ROM at your Ram version and use scatter from that rom

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfIK-LHW6Zk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nafiul829:
Symphony zviii

pls make a color os custom rom and twrp custom recovery for my device,

Device Specification:

Device Name: Symphony ZVIII

Model Number: ZVIII

CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, MSM8937

Octacore coxtex-A53, 1.4 GHz

Ram: 3GB

Android Version: 6.0.1

Android Marshmallow

Baseband Version: O.1.2.c2-00073-8937_GENNS_PACK-1

Kernel: 3.18.24-perf-ge672886-dirty

android@ubuntu #2

Sat Dec 17 17:7:18 CST 2016

Build Number: MMB29M release-keys

Custom Build Version: ZVIII_HW1_V5
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prosis:
It's probably similar to Samsung's Knox which can't be reset but once you unlock the bootloader, is it possible to relock it and have its status back to 1 without a warning message every time you boot (and without having to install a logo.bin file that makes my fastboot look and behave weird and buggy)?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScardracS:
It's not possible. We have already tried in different ways but We aren't able to relock to the very first status