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[Nexus 6  General] beta1204:
Hi,

I apologize for my ignorance.... can you explain the difference between wipe /system/cache/dalvik cache and just wipe /cache/dalvik cache?

If I flash beltz_8.1.0-180103 ZIP. I was using version beltz_8.1.0-171219 above. After, I get all my parameters back. So there's no problem to do wipe /system ?

the steps taken :

1. wipe /system/cache/dalvik cache

2. flash beltz_8.1.0-180103-shamu.zip

3. wipe /cache/dalvik cache

4. flash open_gapps-arm-8.1-nano-20171211.zip

5. wipe /cache/dalvik cache

6. flash Magisk-v15.2(1520).zip

7. wipe /cache/dalvik cache

8. reboot

Is that best pratices ?

Thansk!
[Nexus 6  General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=7078572]beta1204[/MENTION]: The difference is self-explanatory. One wipes the /system partition, the other doesn't. This of course means that there would be no copy of Android installed at this point. The key thing to keep in mind here is you're not wiping /data. Your settings and all your additional apps are in the /data partition, and flashing a ROM doesn't touch them.

Steps 3 and 5, while they won't hurt, are totally unnecessary. You did however forget step 0: take a nandroid backup before doing anything.
[Nexus 6  General] gcounts:
Your English is fine.
[Nexus 6  General] jujuwiwi:
Hi !

I try to chose a stable rom under Oreo for my new Nexus 6 and I found only 3 roms available : Nephilim, Beltz and ABCRom

Nephilim don't have NFC, "ok google" and battery drain ?

It's difficult to find some informations on Beltz ABCRom rom's. Some features do not work?

Do you use an other rom ? (Oreo 8.0 Custom ROM's popping up everywhere lol)

Thank you very much and I think your answers could help others like me to make the right choice
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
NFC and "Ok Google" work on Beltz.
[Nexus 6  General] alryder:
I'm really happy with Beltz. I don't do much customization so I really like the stock feel.
[Nexus 6  General] Blaiser47:
What gapps have you been using with beltz?
[Nexus 6  General] alryder:
I use the official gapps and edit the "installer.sh" file in the official gapps to work with 8.1 by changing:

req_android_sdk="26";

req_android_version="8.0";

to

req_android_sdk="27";

req_android_version="8.1";

I used the "pico" version the last time I flashed.
[Nexus 6  General] Markeee:
All the updated 8.1 GApps your'll even need here

https://androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=gapps&type=files&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC
[Nexus 6  General] Blaiser47:
Thanks. I know about those just know some people have had issues with certain gapps and getting ok google to work is all.
[Nexus 6  General] nick491:
Nitrogen OS works fine with OK google, NFC and BT.
[Nexus 6  General] jujuwiwi:
Thank you very much for your feedback :good: I had completely forgotten Nitrogen rom and since yesterday they had NFC fix, Color Manager and January security patch :good:

Beltz seems to be a complete and stable rom, but it misses a page with feedback of users, shame.

Nephilim doesn't have NFC and ABCRom no feedback, so in the first time I will try Nitrogen OS. :victory: (@Blaiser47: Nitrogen recommend 8.1 nano gapps. You can find the link on the rom's page)

:cyclops: Thanks everyone for running the Nexus 6 with the latest version of android :D
[Nexus 6  General] nick491:
You're welcome. I never tried Nitrogen until about 8 days ago. I am actually really impressed with it. I think this will be my new goto ROM. Installed GAPPs mini and Magisk 15.2 an haven't had a problem.
[Nexus 6  General] gcounts:
Nephilim 1.1 Running flawless and lean! Great balance of performance and options.
[Nexus 6  General] jujuwiwi:
Finally, I installed Nitrogen OS with 8.1 nano gapps and rooted it with Magisk 15.2 . Everything works perfectly.

By the way, someone knows some nice Magisk's modules Oreo-compatible?
[Nexus 6  General] BobAzzon:
+1 Runs perfect, battery is great, all the features you need and most importantly everything works!! Frankie got a masterpiece.
[Nexus 6  General] jujuwiwi:
Everything works except NFC ;)
[Nexus 6  General] BobAzzon:
It works, he just hasn't added it back yet....and honestly I don't use any of that stuff anyways...:cool:
[Nexus 6  General] jujuwiwi:
So NFC is still not working. Since Beta 3 he planned to add NFC (from the changelog)

"*TO-DO LAST BUILD BEFORE HOLIDAY

ADD BACK NFC AND CUSTOM KERNEL"

On the other hand, the camera app is really basic on Nitrogen OS. On Nephilim the camera app is complete? (panorama, hdr ...)

Or do you know an other good camera app ? Nexus 6 runs ARM 32bits and google camera is now in 64bits since a while :(
[Nexus 6  General] pinkfloyd3:
what theme you use ?

i kind of like it !

sorry for my bad english
[Nexus 6  General] gcounts:
Nephilim theme in Play Store.
[Nexus 6  General] fkfmfz:
It works just need the NFC apk
[Nexus 6  General] Guapo613:
Easy Bob, your wound up a little tight. Lighten up a bit, I don't think the dude means no harm.
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
I loved S.I.X. Rom 7.1.2 tried yesterday Nephilim, running great, smooth and seems so battery efficient.

With Nitrogen I had battery leakage, almost never gone to sleep + missed some features Nephilim has, otherway great rom too.

BUT, what about sound processors? Does anyone works in Oreo (Dolby Atmos, Viper)?.

Did someone tried any magisk sound module?
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
And you didn't try the Magisk sound modules because ... ?
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
Because I read in a Dolby Atmos thread that for some reason doesn't work on Android O (yet).

I installed Nephilim yesterday and I didn't have enough time to set up the system and try Dolby or Viper.
[Nexus 6  General] fkfmfz:
search AFH for ViPERAudio_6.1 thats what i use
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
Any particular settings/modifications to do after installing ViPERAudio_6.1, or just install it and that's it?

I'm on your latest 1.1 Nephilim.

Thank you
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
Now we're talking!

Stellar sound with ViperAudio.

Many parameters to play with.

Especially at the headphones section.

Thanks again fkfmfz...
[Nexus 6  General] Kirankj1724:
I've been running on Nephilim v1.1 since a couple of days now.

I had quite a few freezes initially post installation. A couple of restarts fixed it.

I must say, it's been the smoothest and most efficient ROM I've tried till date on my Shamu!

Kudos to the Dev! :)
[Nexus 6  General] Markeee:
Nephilim v1.2 is out Dirt Flashed over 1.1 and so far all is well :)
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
That's nice!

Any visible changes?
[Nexus 6  General] Markeee:
Yeah an NFC enabled icon that wasn't there before change log says NFC is enabled in this release
[Nexus 6  General] jujuwiwi:
Since the fresh new Nephilim ROM v1.2 NFC is back (so it was not there!) Have a look to the changelog:

"Add Back NFC

NFC: Add checks to prevent NULL pointer

NFC: Replace pthread_exit with return to avoid memory leak

NFC: Hardcode nci_ctrl_size to Nougat value

NFC: Fix crash in userial_close_thread()

NFC: Fix chip id format strings

NFC: Add back BOARD_NFC_HAL_SUFFIX"

I need the NFC functionality to control my domotic installation so I'm not "better off". Not everybody have the same needs, can you understand that?

Regarding the camera it can be interesting to compare the features offered by different roms, no?

Do you know the developer personally to know what he uses?

Apparently it was not enough to add just the apk. Other changes needed to be made to avoid different issues. Nitrogen added the NFC not long ago and Nephilim just did it. This feature was requested by several users on several Oreo rom's pages since a long time.

Good news !

I tested Nitrogen during the past days and everything works properly. Maybe the battery is discharging a little faster.

Now, I'm curious to test Nephilim! :D
[Nexus 6  General] fkfmfz:
Well in Nephilim all i was leaving out in the build was packages_apps_Nfc which is the apk, all the other system stuff is present.
[Nexus 6  General] jujuwiwi:
Thank you as well for these fixes:

NFC: Add checks to prevent NULL pointer

NFC: Replace pthread_exit with return to avoid memory leak

NFC: Hardcode nci_ctrl_size to Nougat value

NFC: Fix crash in userial_close_thread()

NFC: Fix chip id format strings

NFC: Add back BOARD_NFC_HAL_SUFFIX

I can't wait to test your Rom.

Thank you for your hard work !
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
Mlne does not work with the latest build of Nefilim ROM.

I dirty flashed it and when it boots, all the gapps apps are crashing one after another.

No harm done though, I restored my nandroid backup and waiting for the next build to clean flash it.

NFC is not so useful to me.
[Nexus 6  General] camcory:
Anyone who is building, this commit fixes video playback in Netflix Movies Anywhere etc.

https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/201731/
[Nexus 6  General] mezerr:
Yes. This has happened to me every time I've tried to dirty flash a nephillum update. Clean flash every update I guess.
[Nexus 6  General] fkfmfz:
Wipe system and both caches, flash ROM, gapps and root works fine for me. If you just flash over system partition it will create issues
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
I've just updated following your way and everything went the way it should be.

Thanks again...
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
I notice a small but noticeable battery drain, since yesterday using Latest 1.1 and 1.2 Nefilim builds.

Using BetterBatteryStats and KernelAdiutior, I see that after some use of the device, it doesn't goes to sleep.

It operates at 300MHz and rarely falls to sleep.

This behavior is not a "feature" of Nefilim only. Almost all ROMs 8.1 I tried, after 1-2 days of use behave like that.

I tried Greenify and Naptime but nothing changed.

I suppose is a specific app behavior, not yet optimized for 8.1 or a 8.1 issue with shamu.

Maybe a kernel issue?

Just thinking loud...
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
This hapens to me too, but only if i set sweep up to wake gesture, on all oreo roms. Sometimes after 1-2 hours, sometimes after 12+ hours. I'm trying almost everything, including clean rom, without apps and gmail account, set sweep up to wake, and phone not going to sleep..... weird.

On DT2W no problems, phone sleep like a baby.
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
I don't use Double Tap 2 Wake (where is this feature hidden, anyway?) and my nexus doesn't fall to sleep (aka insomnia!!!).
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
Use kernel adiutor app to enable dt2w.
[Nexus 6  General] runekock:
Great find [MENTION=325339]milos[/MENTION]r
[Nexus 6  General] yasan:
Are you thinking about opening a new thread for Nephilim Rom. It is very difficult to follow from this thread!

BTW Best O Rom for nexus 6. Thx [MENTION=2564710]fkfmfz[/MENTION]
[Nexus 6  General] garywojdan81:
You should follow it on Telegram
[Nexus 6  General] mezerr:
- I wiped CACHES, and SYSTEM.

- Flashed 1.2, and recommended GAPPS at the same time

- Rebooted into OS, and the home button doesn't do anything, the recent apps button doesn't do anything, and when pulling down from the top and clicking settings icon, it doesn't do anything. Something is weird with the notification pull down. Only the first level is there, and can't pull down to second level. The cell connection doesn't seem to work either. Strange.

- Restored back to 1.1, and repeated the above, and same issue.

WEIRD! Anyway.. not asking for help, I'll clean flash 1.2 and it'll prob work. Just stating my experience with dirty flashing this.

Edit: Clean flash working good.
[Nexus 6  General] Gysper:
I think theres a bug with the installed theme under Display settings. I changed it from Pixel to Nexus and it seems to work better.
[Nexus 6  General] EternalFlame:
New beltz build available lads. :good:

-- > https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75173442&postcount=20166
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
Does anybody know to whom belongs this ROM

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329072569

It's called NexusROM-v1.1-oreo-8.1-shamu.zip and it's posted by svlog.
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
The link is broken.

Maybe a personal build?

Στάλθηκε από το Nexus 6 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329072569

My bad
[Nexus 6  General] mal13:
Is there lineage os 15.1 unofficial roms somewhere?? Haven't found anything. Just one at afh sometime ago but it's bit old now.
[Nexus 6  General] genti.b:
Hi [MENTION=5379942]setiawanjimmy[/MENTION]. Can you please tell what's the difference between ABC and Beltz? I mean in terms of features and such.

Keep up the good work and thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
ABC has a little more customization, great rom btw, but nfc seems doesn't work, on beltz everything is working and is a little bit faster.Thats is my opinion.
[Nexus 6  General] equlog:
It's mine, just a personal rom for my devices n4/n5x/n6... but extra settings are only in spanish.
[Nexus 6  General] garywojdan81:
The latest beltz is rock solid and smooth, with everything working.
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
I liked Beltz but it lacks of customization and features. Otherway, really nice ROM.
[Nexus 6  General] garywojdan81:
Yeah, but I've gotten to the point where less is more.
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
I will not argue with that.

Personal taste, is almost a sacred thing!

Our device is blessed with enough ROMs to choose from.
[Nexus 6  General] genti.b:
Giving a go to ABC ROM. Using since yesterday and so far so good. Has enough customizations, NFC not working, but I don't use it, so doesn't bother me. Let's wait and see for a couple of days how it goes.
[Nexus 6  General] setiawanjimmy:
Just wondering, what customization and features do you miss from beltz?
[Nexus 6  General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=5379942]setiawanjimmy[/MENTION]: Having a keyboard that doesn't call up the godawful full screen window when trying to type in landscape. I use the Google Keyboard right now, so if this feature is present in Beltz' AOSP keyboard I'm not aware of it. The only other thing I'd like to see is Expanded Desktop baked into the ROM. Though I personally can get away with using an app for the purpose, it's nice to be able to have the option without needing an app.
[Nexus 6  General] adm1jtg:
I know this wasnt directed at me but I will give my 2 cents. I also love beltz but its missing for me a few key features:

Battery and notification LED control (aka pick the colors and all)

Expanded desktop (tiles apk mostly fills this need but not for hangouts which i use constantly)

Longpress back to kill in order to easily kill/fc apps

Weather on lockscreen

Double tap navbar for screen off (I prefer navbar over the included status bar)

Still having some issues with bt... previous version has a lot of trouble pairing to car for me and fc's alot when trying to pair, newest version I am getting bluesleep wakelock 100% of the time so phone never sleeps even though BT is off.

Trying to better diagnose the issues so I can better help get it resolved or remove the offending thing on my end.

Keep up the great work, love the rom. Please do not take the above as negative I was simply giving my opinions and will continue to test and use your rom.
[Nexus 6  General] garywojdan81:
Have you tried disabling Bluetooth under location scanning?
[Nexus 6  General] adm1jtg:
Yes i always disable location scanning. Since no one else has had this issue I suspect I must have a rouge/misbehaving app
[Nexus 6  General] kgiri247:
I just switched from Beltz to Nephilim. Really impressed with it after a few days and it has the features your looking for. Everything works and battery life is slightly better then I was seeing with Beltz. Might be worth checking it out.
[Nexus 6  General] Blaiser47:
Back to kill is there. Just set it up under accessibility, nav bar options
[Nexus 6  General] adm1jtg:
Thanks didn't see that, that not only solves back to kill but with smartbar also solves the navbar double tap screen off
[Nexus 6  General] EAK128:
Also having the Bluetooth issues mentioned, clean install. But everything else is running nice and smooth for me, great ROM for sure.
[Nexus 6  General] adm1jtg:
Which BT issues? The bluesleep wakelocks or the fc when pairing?
[Nexus 6  General] EAK128:
sorry the wakelock issue, haven't paired it to my car yet to test the connection issues you mentioned.
[Nexus 6  General] setiawanjimmy:
Im using google keyboard too. And tbh the never type in landscape. Shamu isn't big enough to do that. :P

Isn't led on shamu kinda borked? It doesn't blink right? Or some roms have figure it out?

For other features, I still dont think it's important enough for me.

I'm using BT for my smart watch but I don't pair it to my car. Here's today usage. I was mobile the whole day. Driving for about 2 hours. And it still sleep fine.
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
This awake (screen off) is more than deep sleep, its because you paired your smartwach?
[Nexus 6  General] genti.b:
LOL, good point. Not that I'm using SiX ROM (still not daily driver material), but NFC is supposed to be fixed on the newest 2.0 version.
[Nexus 6  General] stinger4321:
I upgraded to 2.0.. when i toggle nfc it slides but stays grey..android beam says nfc is disabled
[Nexus 6  General] mnsiw:
Try Velocity, seems like NFC is working :)
[Nexus 6  General] dramalicious:
Links please?
[Nexus 6  General] mnsiw:
I think it's not on XDA, so please google 'velocity shamu' and follow first link.
[Nexus 6  General] EpicKip:
Using 2.0 of S.i.X. rom and NFC is working fine, I already tested it by scanning etc.

Did you clean flash or dirty?
[Nexus 6  General] mnsiw:
I just tested Android Beams it's working perfect on Velocity.
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
Sorry to reply here, but do you have problems with chrom widget doesn't loading on S.I.X 2.0?
[Nexus 6  General] stinger4321:
Did dirty first than a clean install.. he posted 2 versions of 2.0 one with audio fix.. thats what i used. You?
[Nexus 6  General] EpicKip:
One with audio fix aswell (PROPER)

--edit--

Do use sigma kernel (somehow my mic wont work without), maybe that made a difference
[Nexus 6  General] EpicKip:
I don't use that myself but I've tested it and it won't work for me either
[Nexus 6  General] stinger4321:
I never changed kernels.. particular kernel or is N and O same?
[Nexus 6  General] EpicKip:
You need version 10 of the one I mentioned that's the O version.
[Nexus 6  General] stinger4321:
Got.. that was it . Thanks
[Nexus 6  General] stinger4321:
Hmm.. Still seeing random reboots
[Nexus 6  General] KobySam87:
That's been a major bug for most custom Oreo builds out there... Some are minimal and others come with random reboots and freezes.

You just have to try your hands on a few to see which one is best for you.
[Nexus 6  General] camcory:
How random. :D
[Nexus 6  General] stinger4321:
Lol.. 4 reboots today with 1 freeze and reboot
[Nexus 6  General] stinger4321:
Tried lineageOS Nougat... Running great.. holding off on 8 for now
[Nexus 6  General] wolfballz:
Using 2.0 also and its pretty damn solid. I'd say solid enough for a daily driver and its barely sipping at my battery. That being said I would still love to see a PN Oreo build.
[Nexus 6  General] setiawanjimmy:
Tbh, I'm not sure. When i plugged my phone off charger this morning, BT is already on and paired with my watch. So pretty sure it still goes to deep sleep.

Edit :

I just noticed the wifi always on is because the wifi scanning.
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
Im asking, because i have problems with deep sleep also on your latest rom, without Bluetooth....
[Nexus 6  General] stivakos:
That's the main reason I am stick with 7.1.2 SIX ROM. Every 8.1 ROM I tried (and I tried a lot) had experienced battety drain after a couple hours from reboot.

I suppose is a particular app issue but it's impossible to try every of 90 apps I've installed for this issue.
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
On latest nitrogen i have zero problems, same apps, same setup, phone sleep well.
[Nexus 6  General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
The N6 hardware doesn't support a blinking LED. ROMs simply drop in a modified lights_shamu.so to enable the LED. Then they provide an interface to change the colors.

As for the N6 not being big enough for typing in landscape, haha. ?
[Nexus 6  General] islandfever2009:
Any chance someone knows of a full or stock 8.1 gapps for arm? Nexus 6 here, and all I can find is a nano. I use mostly Google apps for alot, and that's the only thing keeping me from flashing an 8.1 ROM. Thanks!
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
https://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-3/development/gapps-opengapps-t3720449
[Nexus 6  General] nixie2121:
i believe you can install any app not in Gapps from the play store
[Nexus 6  General] adm1jtg:
For other features, I still dont think it's important enough for me.

I BELIEVE both the expanded desktop and the led control are fairly simple commits to add, as they only add an interface to a feature that is already included in the sdk
[Nexus 6  General] EAK128:
Well I don't know what I did last night, but this morning I checked the phone and it didn't have the bluesleep wakelock issue anymore. Only thing I can think of is toggling on/off Bluetooth scanning and Bluetooth itself and turning on data saver, no clue if any of those did it or not.

Thanks for the great ROM.
[Nexus 6  General] adm1jtg:
Mine disappeared as well after a full re-install.... Thats the good news the bad news is I am still being plagued with bt issues. Trying to pair to my car I get bt has stopped and fc's. After 3 or 4 tries I FINALLY got it to pair and was streaming music via BT. I received a call again over BT answered and finished my conversation, without issue. After the call disconnected the music started streaming again on the phone speaker, bluetooth had completely disconnected and refused to reconnect. I had to delete the pairing and force it to pair again, which it again didn't do easily. Its working now ... probably until i take or make another phone call.

Not sure what to do to try and get this fixed. Phone does all the above things without issue on velocity and nephilium just fine.
[Nexus 6  General] Markeee:
Anyone seeing a new Nephilim 1.3 yet?

I see the change log for it but not the rom
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
Could you, please, share the link for the changelog?
[Nexus 6  General] vlaf:
https://github.com/NephilimRenown/changelog/blob/oreo-810/Changelog.md
[Nexus 6  General] wavedashdoc:
Same issue with Bluetooth here. Takes about 5-8 tries to pair to my deck. Also while trying to pair I get the Bluetooth has stopped error. I know in the past flashing ElementalX has fixed the issue, but the stock rom kernel pairing is to good to change. Let me know if you need any logs.
[Nexus 6  General] xconwayx:
Glad that this just isn't me. I just clean flashed my phone again to make sure I didn't screw anything up. As I go to sign in Bluetooth stopped.
[Nexus 6  General] mezerr:
Just popped up on his Google+ community.
[Nexus 6  General] mezerr:
I see that Nephilim is no longer using AutoSMP. Any reason for the change? Curious is all.
[Nexus 6  General] islandfever2009:
What it's the name of his community on Google+? I can't seem to find it? Thanks!
[Nexus 6  General] alryder:
If found it by searching Nephilim Renown. https://plus.google.com/communities/104401050580313496153
[Nexus 6  General] EAK128:
On initial setup with my car Bluetooth did fc and turn off, but then after turning it on it paired fine. Everything was working fine except the music data wasn't showing on the car's media screen and every time I tried changing music through the car controls it would just stop playing music, but using the phone to change worked fine, anyway I got that fixed by turning the car off then back on again and after it paired fine on it's own everything mentioned above was resolved and no connection issues so far, will see how it goes next couple days.
[Nexus 6  General] adm1jtg:
Try this if you would as this is where I had trouble after I finally got it paired...

Start streaming music via BT in your car I was using Pandora

Have someone call you and pick up the call in the car over BT

End the call when your done

Bt will disconnect and start playing music on phone speaker and wiull not pair back up with car unless you forget the pair and start fresh
[Nexus 6  General] EAK128:
Actually took multiple calls and called multiple times today and music wasn't effected for me. Also had maps/nav running in the background too.