yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord of Hell:
Tried it few days back, didn't work!

I have already tried this method. Flashed Indian Official Lollipop firmware and it received OTA updates till Jan 2017 security patch. No more update after that! When did you receive the notification?

I think Motorola has rolled back the OTA due to battery drain and other issues few people reported. Fingers crossed!:confused:
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitingarje24:
when you got nougat update please provide date if you remember
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord of Hell:
4th Oct

I got the update on 4th Oct. Tried it again on 5th, it disappeared!

When did you get the update?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhanuagarwal73@gmail.com:
May be they rolled back the update due to issues.

I got the update on 3rd October 2017.

I don't have any issues but yes Nougat battery is not as much effective than MM.

But its not draining like other people reporting.

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Kindly select based on region.

Updates will come based on combination of country & IEMI number.

If you are not from India and flashed the Indian version then it don't update further.

So make sure while flashing the ROM.

After flash check, should have stock recovery and ROM than only you will get the same.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord of Hell:
Guys! I have received the OTA update today again. Not sure where to capture the OTA. Last time I didn't find it in Cache partition. This time I was able to pull the OTA zip file from data partition. Will upload it this evening if anyone wants the OTA zip file.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitingarje24:
yes

thanks
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] AtomR:
Hi there,

I recently flashed NOS Oreo ROM. In MIUI, there was a built-in equaliser. But in NOS, there isn't any. Is there any good Equalizer which is easy to install? Please tell me different alternatives & correct procedure to flash, please. I don't wanna brick my device, but also need good sound output in earbuds.

Some users were recommending viper4android to me. Is it safe to install in Oreo NOS? Procedure, please. Also, what are some other alternatives?
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] zzman31:
Hi, I am now 1 week Proud owner of a HTC U11 Dual Sim.

I have the problem, for example, when playing videos in YouTube stopped the video after a few minutes (different). Then I have to press Play again to keep it running.

The same happens when I hear music. Both via the HTC speakers and via Bluetooth. It simply ceases after a short time. Again, I have to press Play to make it run. Have also tried other music apps (PowerAmp, DubMusik players), the same problem.

What could be the problem?

THANK YOU!
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] Huigie:
RUU it.
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] zzman31:
Okay ! thx
[Nexus 5X General] Deleted member 7280252:
[EOL] Nexus 5X Bootloop of Death (BLOD) - Andorid Oreo Monthly Security patches & fix

Warning:

DO NOT TRY TO APPLY ANY MODIFICATION HERE IF YOUR PHONE ISN'T A BOOTLOOPING DEVICE.

Read first:

This thread is based on the following thread & If you are new to the bootloop issue, please refer the below thread by [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION] to get your device fixed.

Nexus 5X bootloop of death fix (BLOD) | 7/30 Huge performance update! By [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION]

What this thread is about?

This thread is about BLOD fixes for monthly security updates (Probably OTA). I decided to start a separate thread for these updates since there are no BLOD fixes uploaded for update releases of the Oreo

Disclaimer

I do NOT hold any responsibility for bricking devices or any other harm on your devices by using my content since this work isn't based on any kind of monetization. Just to be simple, I do build these images for my device and just sharing with you all since everyone doesn't have the ability to build these images their-own. Each of the files I have uploaded here are tested on my device before posting (only partly, I don't have the time to test all functionality as bullhead is not my daily driver).

General pre-conditions (Pre-Requirements)

General knowledge about using fastboot & adb

A booltoop fixed device (with an unlocked bootloader/OEM unlocking enabled), as per the original thread by [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION]

fastboot & adb installed on the system (Windows platform preferred)

Downloaded files of your choice for the fix

Refer the pre-conditions in each update for more requirements

Guides/Downloads

Please refer the 1st post of this thread

Information

- Please let me know if you are unclear about anything regarding the process, steps or files. I will try to optimize the guide to make it user friendly with the time.

- Let me know if the provided links are not functioning. (I'm looking for a reliable hosting platform to upload future files)

- Please be kind-enough to share the knowledge with the community if you find any easy methods, workarounds or any other tricks while doing the process.

Good luck guys. :)

Source code: https://github.com/T1mpp4/4Core-Android-5X
[Nexus 5X General] Deleted member 7280252:
Step by step:

After flashing the modified images, clear cache via the stock recovery
[Nexus 5X General] cell2011:
What do you recommend for flashing a custom rom on top of this. What method? Ive tried on Google pixel rom it worked. Not sure why others dont
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
This should work on all custom roms that supports the stock kernel. I won't recommend a custom roms since I've not tested them personally. You guys can test and spread the news with the community. I'm totally cool with the stock rom that I can customize myself. :)
[Nexus 5X General] cell2011:
Is that why this one works on your 4 core method? Gapps are included and i think its same stock kernel. Ive tried this rom but some lag because 4 core i guess. [ROM][OPR6.170623.013][AOSP]Google PixelROM v8.0a for LG Nexus 5X[8.0.0][2017/08/30]. Would this have something to do with vendor img and bootloader and radio? Shouldnt i be able to flash any 8.0 rom?
[Nexus 5X General] vrench:
Wifi issue

Hi, it's possible that After the update with this 4core boot the wifi work?

Edit: the phone try ti obtain the ip but It can't
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
It has nothing to do with this boot. Wifi is working fine with my device. Try forgetting the network and connect again.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
My 4 core image doesn't differ from the stock version other than the number of cores used for tasks and I see that you are referring to an older version (OPR6.170623.013) that may not fully compatible with the October release.
[Nexus 5X General] vrench:
Solved

yeah i rebooted the phone and now it work fine, thanks:)
[Nexus 5X General] cell2011:
No i was saying i do have this rom on my phone. It did work. But i think only roms that gapps included. And that one for Oreo seems to be the one only included that works and stock rom
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Cool, thanks for sharing the news. :good:
[Nexus 5X General] suku_patel_22:
My 5X was lying at my desk and all of a sudden, it wont boot up any more. I booted to bootloader and flashed the boot image 4 core file.

Now it wont start up, nor does it keep rebooting..
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Oops! Bad luck for you. Could you go through all the steps in the guide or you just flashed the boot image? I need more information to think of what has happened.

Anyway I don't think flashing this boot image makes any sense on wont booting up your device since I have tested it on my device before upload.
[Nexus 5X General] garleest:
Am I missing something?

Downloaded 8.0.0 (OPR4.170623.009, Oct 2017) - Google system image of the October patch from this thread.

Installed 8.0.0 (OPR4.170623.009, Oct 2017) Phone booted to Wecome/let's go screen

Setup the phone

Flashed boot-img-4core-opr4.170623.009.img

Now it"s stuck on the spinning circles for the last hour.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
No you didn't miss a thing as far as I see.

But please enlighten me, Why did you flashed the 4 core boot image if you could boot up the phone without flashing it? :eek:
[Nexus 5X General] garleest:
the phone is usually in a bootloop unless I put the motherboard in the oven, After the oven treatment it the phone works for a good couple of days then it goes back into a bootloop.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Ohh I've never faced a situation like that. Well, did you try factory reset from recovery? It might help. First, try with wipe only the cache partition.
[Nexus 5X General] suku_patel_22:
I did the following

1. Flashed System image for October release.

2. Flashed 4 core boot image

3. For safety erased cache

The phone won't start up now and is still not going past the Google logo.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
[MENTION=4227271]garleest[/MENTION], [MENTION=4144597]suku_patel_22[/MENTION]

I wonder why your device failed. I just built the October build for you again (Tested with my own device again).

boot-img-4core-bullhead-opr4.170623.009.img

recovery-img-4core-bullhead-opr4.170623.009.img

Flash the October system image and then, boot (and recovery - optional). Please try this boot image and let me know if it get booted so I can replace the original files with this.
[Nexus 5X General] joenun:
@ truekasun do you plan to continue with your work updating Oreo with 4core boot images?
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
If no one is willing to do it, yes I will. But I will not be able to test the images on my device since it's dead from yesterday. :(

If you have any plan on starting a thread for the same, that would be a great help for the community that has bootloopig devices.
[Nexus 5X General] RAVruS:
Hi, thank you for your work, I was already thinking about dropping my smartphone and came across this topic!

It's a pity that your smartphone does not work anymore ...

But I really want to get the working version 8.1 DP2 and wait for the release 8.1.

Now I have an upgrade icon up to 8.1 DP2, but I'm afraid to put it, I'll wait for someone to do it for 4 cores.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
I'll update the OP within an hour from now. :)

Update: Downloads are ready... But I didn't test as I've mentioned.
[Nexus 5X General] adilau:
Can I perform wipe data/factory reset from fastboot?

I can get into recovery...

Send from Google Nexus
[Nexus 5X General] joenun:
[MENTION=4524516]truekasun[/MENTION] thank you so much for your efforts. I have to report that 8.1 preview 2 wifi is broken and ui/system sounds do not work either.

if i can be any help testing fixes i will gladly test.
[Nexus 5X General] raaghuu:
8.1 DP2

Wifi is broken for DP2
[Nexus 5X General] stanimir_:
I installed Android 8.1 with Android O DP6, Ex Kernel 5.03 and TWRP 3.1.1 but when shows up boot animation, automatically boot into recovery mode. Where is the problem ?
[Nexus 5X General] joenun:
the way i do it is to flash 8.1 let it bootloop. Now reboot to bootloader and flash modified boot.img and restart bootloader. Next make sure it will boot before flashing modified twrp and modified ex kernel.
[Nexus 5X General] RAVruS:
[MENTION=4524516]truekasun[/MENTION] Is it possible to correct the described problems with Wifi in DP2?
[Nexus 5X General] stanimir_:
I installed Android 8.0, and now the phone boot, but when it is loaded the phone get's stuck and again in bootloop. How to fix this problem permamently ? I can't be without a phone and I don't want to buy a new one. I like Nexus 5x and I want to fix it.
[Nexus 5X General] virtualkev:
Safe to relock Bootloader after patch, or no?

Truly, this is a brilliant fix. Just applied to the November security update, worked a charm, phone still fast / performant, too! Many many thanks.

ONE QUESTION: I assume it is NOT safe to relock the bootloader, given we just applied a custom patch?

If it's NOT safe, please put that warning up in big red bold, else a bunch of folks will likely relock and brick devices.

(If it IS safe to relock bootloader, gosh, please post too, as it'd be nice to remove the annoying Google corruption warning at boot that freaks out my spouse :)
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
I'm very sorry buddies, Without my device I'm unable to test the builds and unable to find-out what caused the issue. In the 4 core builds, the only things I've changed is limiting the cores to 4 and removing the force encryption but nothing else. So the probability of having other issues such as wifi, system UI etc are minimal.

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If someone else can do this builds hereafter, I'm more than happy to transfer this thread over his account since I will not have any Nexus 5X devices (already I have 2 dead) in future.
[Nexus 5X General] squabbi:
You are correct, please do not relock the bootloader. If your phone has had that boot loop issue I wouldn't ever put my phone back in a locked state :)
[Nexus 5X General] dhanmohan:
I'm currently on November security update (stock) what files should i flash.. op confused me a bit so asking :p
[Nexus 5X General] adilau:
With firehose file, nothing yet?
[Nexus 5X General] joenun:
If you are only trying to boot November 8.0 download and flash boot-img-4core-opr6.170623.023.img
[Nexus 5X General] dhanmohan:
after flashing oreo my device didn't boot and i flashed the modified boot image.. do i must boot the device first and flash boot.img after booting or i could just flash right after flashing stock rom?
[Nexus 5X General] joenun:
Right after if you like.
[Nexus 5X General] dhanmohan:
i did it but nothing happened and still same :(
[Nexus 5X General] :
Make sure you flash the boot image for the correct system. They are not compalatible with each other.

Can someone who confirm this image works:

https://mega.nz/#!JKAxBQqL!YH-tNcN2-MBy1vPuurCAbB1rwy3wFX0TYqZJEISnyl4

I may soon continue this work
[Nexus 5X General] dhanmohan:
yeah i have latest November patch and i flash latest nov. boot image from op it didn't work
[Nexus 5X General] :
Yes forgot to mention.

For 8.0 november
[Nexus 5X General] calvxrr:
Hi.

My friend gave me his n5x with blod. I'd like to try install latest oreo. Can you tell me if steps mentioned below are ok?

1. Install Latest 023 oreo

2. Install 4core 023 version

3. Install twrp (is it possible?)

4. Install ex kernel.
[Nexus 5X General] :
Looks good.

I first had to flash the google images, boot, flash 4core image, boot and then twrp, boot and finally ex

Also make sure ti disable encryption if you want to backup etc. This is done by wiping data in twrp. it is annoying to wipe data after everything is set up and you try to make a backup:highfive:
[Nexus 5X General] joenun:
[MENTION=7280252]T1mb3[/MENTION] do you have a test image for 8.1 dp2 I'd be willing to try it.
[Nexus 5X General] calvxrr:
[MENTION=7280252]T1mb3[/MENTION], do I have to boot every image flash? Booting oreo without 4-core fix will cause bootloop.
[Nexus 5X General] :
I depends. But you can try.
[Nexus 5X General] :
I will do it for the release 8.1.

It's coming in a day or so.
[Nexus 5X General] Danish Fayaz:
My phone was working fine today till evening, suddenly it restarted and this boot loop started. I was on PixelRom (Oreo 8.0)

I tried flashing Factory image of 8.1 final release via fastboot. Its still not booting. Keeps restarting.

Any help?
[Nexus 5X General] Jrobah:
Android 8.1 out, waiting for an update
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Links has been updated. Refer the OP. Images has not been tested. If you can test these images, please let me know the status.

Good luck! :)
[Nexus 5X General] ompo:
8.1 Broken Wi-Fi and media playback

[MENTION=4524516]truekasun[/MENTION] Tested 8.1 images - got broken Wi-Fi and broken media playback.

This was the same with DP2 as well. DP1 was okay.

See logs below.

Wi-Fi Error (On Enable)

12-06 10:30:08.651 409 409 I android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service: Wifi HAL started
12-06 10:30:09.215 409 409 E android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service: Failed to write wlan fw path param: No such device
12-06 10:30:09.215 409 409 E android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service: Failed to change firmware mode
12-06 10:30:09.215 681 2906 E HalDeviceManager: executeChipReconfiguration: configureChip error: 9 ()
12-06 10:30:09.420 409 409 I android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service: Wifi HAL stopped
12-06 10:30:09.421 681 2906 E WifiNative-wlan0: Failed to start HAL for client mode
12-06 10:30:09.426 681 681 E WifiController: WifiControllerWifi turn on failed
12-06 10:30:09.426 681 2906 I WifiVendorHal: Vendor Hal stopped
12-06 10:30:09.426 681 2906 D WificondControl: tearing down interfaces in wificond
12-06 10:30:09.428 681 705 I WifiService: getWifiEnabledState uid=10019

Media Playback Error

12-06 10:36:56.127 2941 3195 I Avrcp : Skipping update due to invalid playback state
[Nexus 5X General] WizardBGR:
Same for me. Spotify and Google Play Music works fine, but no YouTube, no local media playback. Ringtones do not work, too. Wi-Fi refuses to be switched on - after a couple of seconds it switches back off.
[Nexus 5X General] Addicted2Bass:
Wifi is also broken here on 8.1 but now on 8.0 dec update to?
[Nexus 5X General] adilau:
Why if we do a factory reset, after the phone was starting with modified 4core image(8.0 Nov patch), it won't boot again...only bootloop?
[Nexus 5X General] darryl242:
Broken WIfi in 8.1 Update

Just a "me too" regarding the broken WIfi in the latest 8.1 update. I had to install 8.0 (OPR6 170623.023) to get Wifi working again. Otherwise, works great! Thanks a lot for doing this work as it has saved me having to splash the cash for a new phone. I love my Nexus 5X and don't want to "update" yet, especially considering this phone is only a year and a half old.
[Nexus 5X General] Addicted2Bass:
indeed did the same :) mine is 2years old now but also dont want to buy another phone.. love this one to, hope to have it for 2years more
[Nexus 5X General] merothh:
My 5X bit the dust yesterday. I've got my bootloader locked. There's not much i can do without repairing ?
[Nexus 5X General] kevo02:
So, Wifi and mediaplayback problem its a general issue on this release?
[Nexus 5X General] darryl242:
Same happened to me, but I was able to get it by just letting the phone boot-loop all day until eventually it started-up properly. I was then able to, very quickly turn-off Wifi, unlock the boot-loader and then power-off the phone. Then you can program it from fastboot.

---------- Post added at 09:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 PM ----------

Not sure how wide-spread the problem is, but there are at least 3 or 4 others above (including me) who have reported that Wifi and media playback doesn't work after the latest 8.1 update... There is no harm in trying the 8.1 update... if it doesn't work for you, just downgrade and wait -- perhaps there will be a fix in the future and you can upgrade then. At least you'll have a working phone again until then.
[Nexus 5X General] merothh:
ah sadly mine stops bootloops get after two attempts or such. Then it's kinda random sometimes I'll have to go-to recovery and reboot or force reboot.

I'll probably fry it in an oven or get a hair dryer
[Nexus 5X General] RAVruS:
Is there an update for December 8.0?

I understand this last was in November, and now release 8.1 with all the latest patches for December.

Try to cool it in the refrigerator, I read protracted cases.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
December patch links are updated in the OP. :)
[Nexus 5X General] joenun:
does this mean you fixed wifi issue?
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Android 8.0 (December patch) shouldn't have the wifi issue but the 8.1 will have..
[Nexus 5X General] tylerdurden83:
Isn't it quite odd how a simple disable of the force encryption flag / big cluster can cause so many issues in apparently unrelated areas?
[Nexus 5X General] Marcel_Rohrbach:
Android 8.0 (December) wifi does not work for me either. Same as with 8.1 think December is due to fix because of WiFi Crack.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5X mit Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] TXKSSnapper:
I just modified the boot image myself using the code from the original post and my wifi is working fine.

[MENTION=4524516]truekasun[/MENTION] do you have the source code for your changes posted anywhere? I'd be curious to see what you did differently than I did.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
No I don't upload the code anywhere yet. Can you post the working boot image here so everyone can test the image. :)
[Nexus 5X General] TXKSSnapper:
8.1 Working boot.img

8.1 boot.img:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=17x50uNBszznaOonIRc8IIaPswKRE4aFq

TWRP 3.2.0-0:

[Removed] I've seen multiple complaints in other places that there are issues with 3.2 on the 5x right now. I haven't done enough testing to see it for myself, but i'd rather avoid spreading a file that will cause people issues.

I tried modifying the latest elementalX Kernel also, but I can't get it to boot.

Changes are the same as were made here:

https://github.com/xcnathan32/4Core-Android-O-5X/commit/a4814e7e9c05e09d41ad1621f9d95f7eea409d77

Also, make sure that you are flashing all of the new images when updating. 8.1 includes a new bootloader, radio, vendor.img, system.img, boot.img, and recovery.img.
[Nexus 5X General] WizardBGR:
Works like a charm so far! :) Both Wi-Fi and sounds are present :)
[Nexus 5X General] RAVruS:
It turns out all the difference in this bootloader, and everything else you can take from the post # 2 is the theme?

System image for Oreo 8.1 (OPM1.171019.011, Dec 2017)

4 core version of the recovery.img of Oreo 8.1

I ask this, because I use all the regular components, no TVRP and other changes.
[Nexus 5X General] TXKSSnapper:
Glad to hear its working for more than just me. On a side note, the elementalX kernel I modified works if you flash it over the stock-modified kernel, but not if you flash it over the stock kernel. I think its a problem with the edit ramdisk script.

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Yes. I only included the twrp image in case anyone else wanted/needed it. If you use that boot.img with the stock google files everything should work.
[Nexus 5X General] gerhart.steiner:
GREAT - This boot.img works perfect :)
[Nexus 5X General] ompo:
boot image by [MENTION=4442084]TXKSSnapper[/MENTION] fixed both WiFi and media playback for me.

[MENTION=4524516]truekasun[/MENTION] please consider updating the other images with broken Wi-Fi so guys don't get stumped.
[Nexus 5X General] sorrysmurf:
Sadly doesn't work for me.

Flashed 8.1 System Image and after that the boot image with adb and im still stuck in the booting animation.
[Nexus 5X General] adilau:
Working like charm for me...I have 2 devices!

Thanks [MENTION=4442084]TXKSSnapper[/MENTION] good job! [MENTION=8771384]sorrysmurf[/MENTION] did you flash recovery image 4core after ?

Send from Google Nexus
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
I have updated the OP with the given link from [MENTION=4442084]TXKSSnapper[/MENTION] after seeing multiple confirmations that the image is working fine.

Credits goes to [MENTION=4442084]TXKSSnapper[/MENTION]

Thanks :)
[Nexus 5X General] sorrysmurf:
[MENTION=5912657]adilau[/MENTION]

No, just did System Image -> Boot Image (also tried [MENTION=4442084]TXKSSnapper[/MENTION] boot img). Maybe my phone is not saveable anymore.
[Nexus 5X General] adilau:
Flash recovery image not TWRP...this is the problem... give it a try

Send from Google Nexus
[Nexus 5X General] RAVruS:
Thank you [MENTION=4442084]TXKSSnapper[/MENTION] I was able to upgrade to 8.1 on 4 cores!

I have a new question, after updating to 8.1 (OPM1.171019.011). I was a member of the beta test 8.1, now I have a notice that will update to 8.1.0 (OPP6.171019.012), how do I get rid of it or what should I do next?
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Hi guys,

Just to be clear. Can someone please flash this boot.img on Oreo 8.1 and confirm me if the wifi and media playback is working?

This will help me to continue this work since I don't have a device now. :)

boot-img-4core-opm1.171019.011-v2.img

Thanks
[Nexus 5X General] sorrysmurf:
[MENTION=5912657]adilau[/MENTION] now i got it to boot into the system, but after like 20 seconds it starts bootlooping again.

All help is appreciated.