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[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] carahul.368@gmail.com:
GA for Non Rooted Nexus 6P?

Hey All,

I have been going through all of the above posts.... Is there still no way to get the Google Assistant on my Nexus 6P without rooting my phone? I do not want to root my phone and lose all the OTA updates - the primary reason for which I went for a 6P in the first place!

I am new to this forum and If I am wrong about anything mentioned above, please do guide me! Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] ArmStrongDickPunch:
Disregard fixed the issue.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] mickdubs:
No issues here Running latest lineage build. Boot to recovery. Flash velvet than build.prop. wipe cache+dalvik reboot and profit
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Norwester:
Delete. Wrong thread.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] gdroid666:
why would anyone want to do this? are you masochists ? GA is GAY, it is a POS

completely worthless all it does is break ok google detection and nothing else it just breaks basic functionality and adds absolutely nothing and i am talking about official install on stock non rooted N

name me one reason or one benefit that this this crap has, i tried the official and it is pure $hit, immediately had to uninstall it because it broke ok google detection on my 6p ,why would anyone want to install this garbage can you even name me one practical use for this? it's just awful even worse and more pointless than now on tap and that is saying a lot

none of the commands even work like pay on or or cast to

what could this possibly do for you that justifies it breaking ok google detection?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Kappa Lamda:
If you don't like it or it simply doesn't match your needs then the answer is simple! Do not flash the mod. Or don't make the changes that mod does. So simple! There is no why at all! Why people test Android O or 7.1.2 beta and not waiting for the stable releases? Why is it so important for them to have the updates of google first and Day One? Just because! No right or wrong answer to this. So why would the want the google assistant when not able to have it? Just because!

Apart from that:

1) Google assistant is now available so no need for this mod.

2) Not everybody uses OK Google detection! So this mod may break a feature that I am not using. So why bother with a feature I do not use?

I can think many reasons! There is no why! Just because I want to have the latest feature or just because I want to try them. Whatever the reason, this is right or wrong. If it does not match your needs, this doesn't automatically means that it does not match mine.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] dratsablive:
View attachment 4085753

Because you can do this
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] gdroid666:
no i think you misunderstood me just a little i am not knocking the mod or users for wanting to try the mod or to get it on their phone, yes i know it has been officially released that is what i am knocking,

the official release , that is the one i have tried, i updated my google app and not even to get GA

then i noticed that ok google detection was not working ,i had to delete all google app updates to get it to work again

they do not even mention in the change log in the play store that they changed the app to get rid of now on tap and add GA instead they did not mention that will break or disable ok google detection either, they are the worst

company ever , this is no way to roll out a new service or feature they tell you NOTHING and they launch their new product/service with either bugs that break existing functionality or they deliberately make it remove already existing functionality and they give no warning to their users this is why i HATE google

i looked into this GA and i was a little intrigued that i could possibly use my phone as a sort of makeshift google home so i decided to give it a try but none of it works i tried to tell it to cast a youtune video to my CC but of course it does not work it just makes a google search out of everything you say ,i added the CC in the app and i tried 4 different commands suggested in an article about GA that says it will work on any device to do this , but it just doesn't and even if it did it would still be useless without ok google detection hat is kind of the whole point of it isn't it?

i am jst asking for suggestions as to how this is of any use at all to anyone and in anyway desirable i am asking for any real practical use scenarios because i can not figure out a single thing this is good for besides breaking already existing functionality, just like the new youtube G+ notification system and removing the reply button

they just keep on breaking things and removing the most basic functionality from all their products/services that users have come to expect, i just genuinely can't understand WTF is wrong with these people what goes through their heads to make them think these are good ideas?

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well that is all it will remain , just a crush

jarvis is way too good for GA , GA will never be anywhere close to jarvis it is more on par with a speak n' spell than a supercomputer, but the speak n' spell is probably much smarter still

it would never work ,like that family guy episode where stewie dates down syndrome girl
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Kappa Lamda:
Ok maybe I misunderstood or misread your post! How I saw it was a questioning about why somebody would want to use this mod and that the mod breaks the ok Google.

Didn't know that this was also broken on official release.

But I think this is the wrong section to discuss about GA in general.

I am not a moderator but I think it would be best if you opened a new thread in General Section and ask or discuss about GA
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] gdroid666:
yes you are probably right but i did not find any other existing threads about GA in general here, and i figure if anyone will know a way to fix it it will be the people who have been installing it un officially

i am just wanting to know if anyone has even got it working for google home automation or to make it cast youtube videos to CC by voice command or if anyone here has got any clues about how ok google detection could be patched to work again with GA

also i am sure people here would be interested to know that ok google detection breaking might not be a result of them installing GA unofficially and that that is probably just how it is supposed to work, not sure if this was intentionally disabled by google or if it is just a bug , google is like the USSR ,they tell us nothing so there is no way to know i guess

does anyone know if ok google detection works with screen off on the pixel? did they just decide to disable it on all other hardware besides the pixel,or is it a defect in my 6p? a bug that they plan on fixing? or the intentionally make it break ok google

i really would like to know but my gut feeling is that google is a shifty shady company that does these things deliberately then remains silent and ambiguous so that they can intentionally break the functionality of older devices to get you buy the failed google pixel while not admitting it or taking any responsibilty
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
Yes, they try to use new APIs that we don't have.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
I completely broke the camera app at this point. I manually changed my build.prop API level to 25, installed the newest google camera apk from the pixel dump, changed my API back to 24, and the camera app is just gone. Completely off of my phone.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
Go to /data/app and delete the camera APK.

If it doesn't exists, move your Camera apk on /system to another location, reboot, and restore the apk.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] darabo:
Has anyone figured out a way to get the camera app to work as well as take a screenshot (like in Now on Tap)?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Only one person has and he's on CM14. He only changed these three lines:

ro.product.model=Pixel

ro.product.brand=google

ro.product.manufacturer=Google

Somehow he got that to work, but no one else has been able to get the google assistant to show with those changes. I'll edit this post if mine starts working.

Edit: looks like you only need:

After the two lines are added/changed, the assistant should show up and the camera should work. You shouldn't need the ro.product.brand or the ro.product.manufacturer lines changed.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] darabo:
To get the camera and Assistant to both work?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Yeah. I haven't gotten the assistant to show up yet, but it might just take time. The camera still works, I'm just waiting for the assistant to show up.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Yasharkhan:
Can this mod work on nexus 6?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] david279:
Clear data for the Google app
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Looks like you only need:

After the line is added/changed, the assistant should show up and the camera should work. You shouldn't need the ro.product.model, ro.product.brand, or the ro.product.manufacturer lines changed.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
Could you please post you're working version of the build prop please? I'm kinda confused what to do lol
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
If you have the stock build.prop, just add ro.opa.eligible_device=true to the bottom of it and reboot.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
And this has a working camera and Google assistant??
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
You only have to add ro.opa.eligible_device=true and the assistant will work. You don't have to edit anything in the build.prop other than adding the one line.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] abbz123:
Can confirm this works! Thanks man!
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] jaben2:
Does Android pay still work if you only add the one line?

I'm guessing no but would like to know ahead of time if possible.

Thanks
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
If you're rooted without suhide or something similar, no, but if you just add the line through ADB or TWRP, yes.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
I just tried this and it reverted me back to google now on tap...should I clean the data again?

Edit: I tried cleaning the data and still no assistant
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
That should work. Make sure you reboot too. If it doesn't show, check the google app's settings and toggle search screen or toggle the google assistant if you see that option.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
No luck...could it be because I'm using tupac4u's stock+ ROM?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
Adding only the line ro.opa.eligible_device=true Google Assistant works for a few minutes only. To keep it working you need to replace the device model.

EDIT: Seems like now it's working. (Maybe because I booted for the first time with the Pixel build.prop?) The download link is now updated.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
No, I'm running it too, but I have a stock system.img. try to use my build.prop. It's named assistantbuild.prop in the attached .zip. You'll have to rename it.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] abbz123:
I used your build prop first and got everything working. Then I went back to original build prop with the one edited line and it's stuck for over an hour now.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Good catch!
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
Just tried it and still no luck :confused: :(
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Try changing the ro.product.model line to ro.product.model=pixel
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] david279:
Yea I just got it to work. Had to change the model to Pixel
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Nekromantik:
hope the devs get this to work on AOSP roms.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Just had to add model name, erase google data, and reboot.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
Tried or and don't work :( noticed the op updated his build prop so I'm gonna give that a try
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Citizen_Snips:
Can't get this to work on WETA ROM, downloading the factory image now.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Try deleting google app data.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
For custom ROMs check this guide: http://xdaforums.com/android/software/guide-how-to-enable-google-assistant-t3477879
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
You should add the model name change in there too. It seems to keep google assistant on.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
Now I'm using just the ro.opa.eligible_device=true line and works fine. We need more testing to know exactly what triggers Google Assistant.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Citizen_Snips:
Tried several times wiping the app data and rebooting, but no luck.

Just trying factory images at this point.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
It turned off last time I had just the one line. I do agree though, more testing would be great.

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Try rebooting with just the one line in. With the model line in, assistant stays on after reboot.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Citizen_Snips:
OK so it randomly started working on WETA ROM 9.2 for me.

I added the eligible device line and changed model from Nexus 6P to Pixel. Wiped Google app data and rebooted. No luck, tried rebooting a few more times along with clearing the app data and still nothing. No new settings in Google app either. Finished an episode of Breaking Bad on Netflix and I held home and it went through the assistant tutorial. Just give it a little while after changing the build.prop.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
It worked for a second and then went away with the op's new prop :crying:
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
For me still works across reboots with only the OPA (ro.opa.eligible_device) line.

Oh, I don't know why, but Google uses the term "OPA" for the personal assistant on the source code of the Google app. Just a fact.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Try adding the model line again, remove data, reboot, and wait.

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So, it seems that if only the eligible_device line is added, the assistant will disappear after a reboot. If the model line is changed also, it seems to stay.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
Do I type pixel with a capital p or lowercase?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
I don't think it matters, but it has a capital in the pixel buidlprop so i would do a capital.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Edgardo2556:
I seem to only get it to work properly when I edit the entire build.prop I have tried just changing the two lines with no luck if I change the entire build.prop and decide to flash a new update to a rom or flash a completely different ROM do I have to keep updating the build.prop all the time?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] G4 Man2:
Running CM14 and I was able to get assistant working by just adding the `ro.opa.eligible_device=true` line. Didn't need to clear any caches and it's persistent across reboots. No need for the pixel model.

EDIT: Would not recommend setting the pixel model, seems to be breaking things for other devices of mine. I don't think having it set even works. I would recommend trying just the "opa" line, clearing the google cache, rebooting, and even clearing the dalvik cache.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] hachem28:
added ro.opa.eligible_device=true and changed model to "Pixel" and then cleared Google app data. Rebooted, and nothing. went to recovery and wiped cache and Dalvik/Art cache, rebooted and it worked!

I'm Running latest PureNexus btw.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
you'll want to manually edit the build prop that that ROM includes since all ROMs have different build props.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
Still no luck
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
What has it broken?

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Try to wipe cache/dalvik
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] G4 Man2:
Broke some device specific apps and would no longer let me download/update some device specific things from the play store, an example is the "Motorola Contextual Services" I could no longer download/update. The model being changed could break things even worse than that for other people and really shouldn't be used seeing as the opa line seems to work for everyone either at first or after reboot or erasing cache.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Falitheman:
This did the trick! Tysm :good:
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Although its probably a Moto thing (I had victara and it was really picky), I do agree. It'll probably break something for someone that doesn't know how to fix it.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Edgardo2556:
I'm also on purenexus and I tried you're method verified it works even tried rebooting a couple times and its still there thank you
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] fystrified:
what data to wipe after replacing?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Open CWM or TWRP, go to wipe, and wipe cache and ART/DALVIK Cache. Also erase all of the google app's data.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] flytomars:
I think if we want to have Pixel's exclusive Google Photos unlimited photo backup and Pixel's camera with new algorithm which will be ported to Nexus phones in the furture, if possible, we have to change the product name to "Pixel XL" and more to make all ported exclusive features working.;)
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
The camera crashes with the method 2 because the app tries to use a new HDR mode of the Pixel, so porting will take a lot of time (or may be impossible).
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
I don't think we'll ever get the unlimited photo backup. Thats a serverside thing that'l be too hard to tap into.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tdg2k15:
Reason why method 2 fails with camera is for what you stated and these lines in build.prop

ro.build.flavor=marlin-user

ro.product.name=marlin

ro.product.device=marlin

ro.product.board=marlin

Change them all back to angler camera opens.. Hope this helps with future reference on direct ports of pixel ROMs.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] brianelv:
I was talking about the new features of the camera. If you don't set those props the camera won't load the Pixel features, and that's what we need.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tdg2k15:
Then theirs flags in google camera calling upon those lines in build.prop... So im pretty sure we would need to look at google camera apk and set those flags as on by default. This way the Nexus 6P can still load camera with its own build.prop..Hope that makes sense.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
I think the best way would be having the new android 7.1 camera app installed and finding the workaround with that, since the current camera app might not have all of the pixel's features supported.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] fystrified:
my phone stuck in google logo, any solution?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
You mean boot loop?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] fystrified:
i can boot into twrp tho, im not sure
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
What ROM are you on? Are you running stock?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] fystrified:
yeap running stock with the latest security with flash kernel
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
Ok, adb push your build's system.img then use twrp to install it. You did something wrong in the build prop.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tweeny80:
OK - I'm using PureNexus 6P ROM. I added the one line (ro.opa.eligible_device=true) wiped Google app data, rebooted to recovery & wiped cache & dalvik:

-Waited 10 mins, rebooted, checked Google app settings and no assistant.

-Checked again and.... voila I get the assistant wizard.

- I close Google app then reopen and....it's reverted to Google Now.

Regarding adding 2nd line renaming device to Pixel...shall I replace my existing build.prop line where it says 'ro.product.device-angler' ?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
No, change ro.product.model=angler to ro.product.model=Pixel
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Jallerton00:
I just tried. Boot loop. My pc doesn't recognise for adv? Any ideas? I just get to the Google logo in boot.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
You could try to wipe system from TWRP but I don't think that'll do anything.

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You could boot into bootloader and flash system through fastboot.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] fystrified:
thanks alot worked like a charm, just wondering is there any video guide to this mod?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
This isn't my mod, but so far I don't think there is. I know that there probably will be one soon due to how requested the Google assistant on Nexus is.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Citizen_Snips:
Is there any way to take a screenshot using assistant? I liked using it on Now on Tap since trying to take one with both of the hardware buttons is kinda wonky. Usually ends up just changing volume, doing nothing or taking a bug report. The button placement is literally the only thing I don't like about the 6P. So far assistant either gives me tips for taking a screenshot on PC or Mac, or finds apps to do it on the Play Store. Am I missing something obvious here?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AXelzero1:
I don't think there is one, you can use some 3rd party app if you need to though. I think there's a way to get a screenshot button in the quick tiles.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] flytomars:
You are right. But currently we don't have Android 7.1 on Nexus 6P so we are unable to install camera apk from Pixel phone. I think when Google releases the AOSP code of Android 7.1 and when we have 7.1 for Nexus 6P, we will at least know which Pixel exclusive feature can be ported and which can't be ported.:)
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] chikess:
Something is strange with the new Solution, i Set the 2 method and activated the Assistant. After replacing with the new build prop is was gone, wiped the Data of Google App, the Setup came up but After that now on tap come Back again.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6P mit Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Jallerton00:
I never installed TWRP.

It says connect USB Data Cable - my computer and phone don't think the phone's connected. I'll try on another pc, but any other ideas to get it to connect?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] ajeesh vijayan:
I Read about this ..added ro.opa.eligible_device=true to build.prop

installed latest Google app

wiped data

reboot

when I long pressed home button assist came up..basic steps..

after voice setup reverted to now on tap

I don't expected it to work anyway..

Nexus 5 AOSP build
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] steslatt:
Can anyone help me? I don't have root or TWRP, can I still do this?

I tried using adb but when I enter this: adb shell 'mount -o rw,remount /system'

I get the error message: '/dev/block/dm-0' not user mountable in fstab
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] chikess:
changing ro.product.model=angler to ro.product.model=Pixel helped me in this case
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] kingofdirt:
I have the same problem and get stuck at the Google logo.

Installed the build.prop from OP (method 2, renamed from heavybuild.prop to build.prop of course) with ES file explorer, booted to TWRP, wiped data (without media) und rebooted. But got stuck at the logo.

What's wrong?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] david279:
Did you change permissions?

Sent from my Nexus 6P
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] kingofdirt:
Do I have to change build-prop permission after moving the file to /system? 644?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] whojabacod6:
All you have to do is add the ro line and change the device model to Pixel wipe all data for Google app reboot and done just hold home button and you can set it up
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Aaran Stone:
everything is working fine but when i say Ok Google it brings up the voice recognising setup again and again i have completed it but still can some one help me out with this ?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] fystrified:
u are having bootloop then,get the system.img from ur security patch then ad push command to ur twrp and flash it
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] vladniko:
You have to mount /system, copy the build.prop to /system, then chmod 644 on the build.prop
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Zavon:
Works on CM14. Just ad ro line and changed model name