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[Nexus 5X General] jasimog:
New user here. Thanks for saving my Nexus 5X from the dreaded BLOD - I installed your July 18 version of the fix and the phone has been working fine again for 2 weeks :)

Now the phone is prompting me for the Aug 18 OTA patch. I haven't accepted it as I assume it could undo the BLOD fix, but I see you have posted the modified Aug 18 patch here. Advice please - will installing your latest patch require a full reset? I know the phone is near EOL for updates, so if it's just too much hassle resetting every month then I'll just wait until the final patch has been published later this year and flash then.
[Nexus 5X General] :
I personally would not update monthly as I know that people are losing their data when it doesn't boot well or they do mistake.

But if you use TWRP, take a backup and try to update to the latest.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
I flashed august update files but BSOD is back. I tried to go to recovery but it is not accessible. Looks like big cores are not disabled in mentioned files in first post. Only factory reset to july works for me
[Nexus 5X General] cell2011:
I tried the new api 27 do 8.1 with factory image then 4 CoreOreo it bootloops. I'll wait for your 8.1 4Core
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Refer the downloads/tutorial section in the second post. It's already uploaded. :)
[Nexus 5X General] cell2011:
Awesome works grt. Does the same 4core TWRP 3.1.1.1 work?
[Nexus 5X General] GTX90:
after 10h of loop the phone booted, i've done a reset from settings menù and now is working perfectly, i'm safe now?
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Of course!
[Nexus 5X General] cell2011:
I tried it the TWRP it didnt work.
[Nexus 5X General] _Ghost:
[MENTION=4524516]truekasun[/MENTION] could you post a encryption disabling version of 8.1 boot.img ?
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
You've to flash the 4 core version of the TWRP
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
The force encryption has already been disabled on the upload boot.img
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
I can't guarantee that. :/
[Nexus 5X General] mhdsanto85:
Working pretty well on 8.1 DP. Thanks.
[Nexus 5X General] Dave_code:
A doubt...

Hi, I'm new to this and I was wondering if I install Android 8.1 DP from OTA and then I only install the 8.14Core.img would it work. Thanks.
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
Yes that would work.
[Nexus 5X General] pk006458:
today on 27/10/2017 my phone has dead bootloop bootloop bootloop god saves remains
[Nexus 5X General] Weathered:
Does not boot

My phone does not boot after I update to 8.1. I have flashed 4 core version of the boot image and recovery image of Oreo 8.1 Developer Preview that you have provided. It is stuck at the boot animation.

The previous 2 updates worked properly, but not this one.

Edit: Never mind, A factory reset fixed the issue.
[Nexus 5X General] FynxSyndct:
any help on getting TWRP back? I've tried like 5 or 6 times w/ various DLd's of the img file. It is fastboot flash recovery twrp.img correct?
[Nexus 5X General] truekasun:
You got to flash the 4 core version of the recovery mate.

Download by [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION]
[Nexus 5X General] FynxSyndct:
Thanks, I'm back up and running. How did I miss that, but it makes total sense.
[Nexus 5X General] zo1021:
Thanks

I was able to update from September patch to October patch using this method. Great job! :good:

For those you cannot get to "install from ADB Sideload" from Recovery, just press Power button + Arrow Up key and it will show the options. Took me a while figure it out when I got stucked on "No command" after selecting Boot from Recovery.
[Nexus 5X General] BigDomTheFirst:
I've used this now to successfully bring back to life three 5x 16GB phones. No problems whatsoever. I decided to try with the two 32GB versions I have which have exactly the same issue but they have completely bricked and I can't even boot into fastboot :/ Has anyone else had trouble with the 32GB version, or is this just coincidence? What are my options? Thanks

edit: 8/11/17 [MENTION=4524516]truekasun[/MENTION] I've just tried this on another 32GB model and it has bricked it again. I have followed the instructions very clearly on every occasion. The fact I have managed to get three 16GB variants to work with no issues shows I understand what to do. Could the boot images be different for 16 and 32 gig variants? I tried exactly the same oreo updates and corresponding 4core images.... ok on 16GB, not on 32GB.
[Nexus 5X General] duckietm:
Same here :(
[Nexus 5X General] sody_1:
I can confirm August fix doesnt work. July one does...

I can confirm August fix doesnt work. July one does...
[Nexus 5X General] :
I will look at the issue in a few days..
[Nexus 5X General] EmmaSB:
Thanks for the August fix; unfortunately it doesn't work for me - so I went back to July's fix which is fine for now.

EDIT: Oh I see there is a few of us and you are looking at it - thank you - it is much appreciated. These fixes are really great.
[Nexus 5X General] :
Ok, sorry again for being late. Here is an image that should work:

https://mega.nz/#F!deA0CQCC!HFdpfQsi_x2iHauQpMKUKw
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Thx. This image works. Could you please attach recovery image too? Is encryption disabled in this images? I found python script which can be used to disable big cores. Is it usefull for as or not? Thanks
[Nexus 5X General] :
I don't think there is any changes in the recovery. You can easily use the old one.

I don't know about encryption. It should work I think.

This boot image has big cores disabled, so python script not necessary.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Ok. Python script can be used to patch original files from factory images not the attached files in this thread but I don't know if method is enough or not
[Nexus 5X General] Tabs78:
hi.

Sorry for my englsh!

i was into bootloop.

i flashed last oreo 8.1 firmware (august 2018)

i flashed fix

Ok system starts.

Questions:

1) if google will relese an update i can make the update from system and apply a new fix or i have to format phone all times i want update the system?

2) with this fix how core works?i can flash an twrp and after flash an kernel to speed up?which you suggest?

3) if i don't make updates i resolved my booloop problem forever or someone has the same problem after sometimes also after fix?

thanks
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Hello,

1) for me is enough to edit flash_all.sh file and remove -w param from

fastboot -w update image-bullhead-opm6.171019.030.e1.zip

to prevent lost of userdata (no wipe) and execute flash_all.sh

After flash security update file from Google I re-flesh fixed boot and recovery images

2) 2 big cores are disable and I don't have any problem to use it normaly (small decrease in performance but still alive :D)

3) sometime is problem when boot is flashed and BLOD is back but will be enough to clear cache as was described somewhere here

But September security update will be the last one :(
[Nexus 5X General] fyilmaz:
Thank you for your great work.

A couple days ago i found the the way of my bootlooping nexus 5x to life back thanks to the previous post. Finally my dead 5x is back to life. I was so happy and i thanked so much to the owner of the first post. In that post i had to flash stock 7.1.2 image and i have to say that it was very very slow than the original speed of the device. I dont know maybe my phone had a problem about that rom.

But today, I realized your post and i flashed August 2018 8.1 oreo rom with boot fixes images. And now i am using oreo 8,1 on my almost dead 5x. I have to say that with the Oreo 8.1 my 5x works very well and fast compared to 7.1.2. I can nearly use the phone with the same speed before bootlooping. So i thank you again and again.

I would like ask that on the factory images page of google we can find the September updated official rom of the Oreo 8.1, i mean after a while, do we have to repeat this process again to get september update? and every time we flash the rom and fixed image, we will lost the data ve apps on the phone. Can we do like this, for example if i update the system to the september security with OTA update (already it prompts to the september patch) and after that i flash only the fixed boot for the september rom, does it boot properly in this way ? Or do we have to flash completely the september official rom again? And how months do we need to do this.
[Nexus 5X General] jonno_ftw:
This method worked for me:

1. Put phone in freezer for 30mins

2. Connect to computer and turn on, eventually the phone will boot normally

3. Go into settings, enable developer mode and enable "unlock bootloader OEM"

4. Reboot into bootloader (hold power and volume down button while it's booting)

5. Download the latest bullhead and boot-fixed.img from the list in the main post

6. Extract the bullhead zip and run flash-all (takes about 130s). It will still bootloop at this point

7. Reboot into bootloader and run:

fastboot flash boot boot-fixed.img
fastboot reboot

Everything should work! This was after I failed to get the unblod program to work.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Once I tried regular update with reflashing boot + recovery but without success. I'm using this procedure:

1. download System image for Oreo 8.1 and fixed boot+recovery

2. extract System image for Oreo 8.1, edit "flash-all.sh" and remove -w param from last command to prevent data lost. File should look like this:

if ! grep -q dtbo.sig $(which fastboot); then
echo "fastboot too old"
exit 1
fi
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-bullhead-bhz31b.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash radio radio-bullhead-m8994f-2.6.41.5.01.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot update image-bullhead-opm6.171019.030.h1.zip

3. connect device via USB and reboot to fastboot

adb reboot bootloader

4. via terminal execute command to flash System image for Oreo 8.1

./flash-all.sh

and wait until procedure will be done. Device will be rebooted so when this happend, immediately after reboot press volume down to go back to fastboot mode to prevent BLOD

5. flash fixed boot+recovery

fastboot flash boot boot_fixed.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery_fixed.img

6. reboot

The september security patch will be the last one because 5X and 6P reached EOL. I'm still waiting for last fixed images from [MENTION=7280252]T1mb3[/MENTION]. I have python script (founded somewhere in github) which can generate fixed images for us but it is not tested so I can't guarantee that will be working.
[Nexus 5X General] fyilmaz:
Thanks for your answer, every time you flash the rom and fixed images, do you also flash recovery again. I didnt flash the rocevery, just rom and fixed boot and it worked well. I don't think the recovery should be reflashed again.

So if the updates are finishing with September pacth we will only update last time with our phones so we can do it as a last time i think. I will try the way you show with the september update i hope it doesnt wipe my data and apps and we can use the phone until its life ends.

Happy days with your Nexus 5X but i want to say that this will be my last nexus or pixel phone.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
It is not necessary to flash Recovery but without fix will not be accessible. E.g. will not be possible to clear cache. After last flash of security update I'll lock bootloader :)
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Hello [MENTION=7280252]T1mb3[/MENTION]. Will be there last fixed files of september security patch?
[Nexus 5X General] :
Yes, in the weekend.
[Nexus 5X General] TheInvisible84:
Thanks for your great work to keep my Nexus alive and working.

Sure that September is the last one: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-extend-security-patch-nexus-6p-5x/ ?

Want to make sure its the last one and so can lock my device again. Some Apps make problem with unlocked bootloader.

Regards
[Nexus 5X General] Lughnasadh:
No. As the article says, Novemeber is the last one. But once in a while they will surprise you and add one later on as was the case with Hammerhead. After official security updates ended for Hammerhead, a couple months later they added one to fix a major security flaw (Might have been for Dirty Cow, but can't quite remember now).
[Nexus 5X General] CAOSandres:
A little consultation, to get me off the subject a little bit.

I want, finally, to change my nexus 4 with lineageos 15.1 and I was weighing to go for a used 5x (no other brand calls my attention). But I see that the bootloop theme leaves it badly stopped. Is it a generalized theme? Does it happen and will happen with all the 5x that exist? Or are there some who are not affected by this problem?

Excuse my English.
[Nexus 5X General] sody_1:
September update...

Thanka a lot,

even I had updates disabled I pressed by omission the update....Now my phone is bricked till you release the September update...

Waiting patiently...

Thanks a lot

Pavel
[Nexus 5X General] sody_1:
Any chance September update will be released today ? Thanks a lot
[Nexus 5X General] :
Yes. Today
[Nexus 5X General] :
September fix:

https://mega.nz/#F!ZGIBnSwB!eIFyiL9KVntqVglOgqRm9g

Same procedure as always. These are tested on my 5X, but it's blod is not too stable to be sure!

I will continue support as long as Google does, but my updates will be slow as I'm only home on some weekends. Please be patient!

More:

I'm quite sure that there is no much change going on in the ramdisk now that there is only security updates, so in case I'm late, one can try to use any old version of boot.img.
[Nexus 5X General] sody_1:
Thanks a lot...Just doesnt work for me ..Stuck in the Android animation....But thanks for the effort anyway Pavel
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Thanks. I'll try to flash these images but could you please provide more informations about: "... but it's blod is not too stable to be sure!"?
[Nexus 5X General] :
I meant that my device does have the issue, but not always. If I start using it daily, it will go to the bootloop after a while (when not using fixed software), but it does not happen immediately, which makes testing the images more difficult.
[Nexus 5X General] :
Did you wipe cache?
[Nexus 5X General] sody_1:
To be sure I am on September build I sideloaded September OTA. Wiped the Cache in Recovery menu...

Isnt the issue the same as there was with the original August release that didnt work and had to be fixed ?
[Nexus 5X General] :
This build should be fine. It boots on my device without issues.

How did you sideload the ota?
[Nexus 5X General] sody_1:
Classical Recovery and ./adb sideload filename...

I migrated to Nokia 8 right now as my primary phone. I will try to do frash factory install once more on Nexus for kids..

Thanks a lot anyway..It helped me a lot....

Pavel
[Nexus 5X General] :
But how did you install the update? Ota?
[Nexus 5X General] sody_1:
I thought that the update have installed via OTA. As the fixed boot image kept stuck in Android animation, I sideloaded OTA image from Google web to bu sure which version I am at, and applied fixed boot and recovery. and wiped cached. Still didnt help...
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Thx. For me works. I used procedure described there
[Nexus 5X General] smoke_007:
Thanks T1mb3, September fix worked great for me. I don't ever wipe cache.

Step by step directions to flash monthly update:

Current support URL - https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/nexus-5x-bootloop-death-blod-andorid-t3683926

To do monthly security patch updates, visit the top of the current URL. Download 3 required files: System Image .zip, boot .img file, and recovery .img file. Unzip the system image zip file. Copy the folder with all these files locally to your ADB folder.

Navigate within extracted zip file folder to find flash-all.bat file and edit. Find "fastboot -w update" line and delete -w so phone is not wiped on update. Only skip this step if you do want the phone to be wiped on update.

Boot phone into bootloader mode by pressing and holding volume down and power button from powered off state. From command prompt window, run flash-all.bat file to install update. Once done, the phone will bootloop again.

Boot phone into bootloader mode again by pressing and holding volume down and power button. Flash updated boot .img by running command with current boot .img file name, example:

fastboot flash boot boot-fixed.img

Flash updated recovery .img, if new one was provided this month, by running command with current recovery .img file name, example:

fastboot flash recovery recovery-fixed.img

Boot phone normal using Start onscreen option.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
I have fixed boot image of October security patch but I could not test it. Is there someone who can try it and send feedback to us? https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqbiop8k4i2d8tn/boot-fixed.img?dl=0
[Nexus 5X General] Zepheus:
Working good for me so far. Thank you!
[Nexus 5X General] pc-jedi:
[MENTION=7280252]T1mb3[/MENTION] Could you update for October security patch? Our just double check the version of wlad0.
[MENTION=5658982]wlad0[/MENTION] What about recovery?

As far as I know this will be the last security update anyway :-/
[Nexus 5X General] :
If there is November update, I will release it. If not, I will release October soon! Sorry, I have been away again.

Recovery is almost always the same. You can use older build without issues.
[Nexus 5X General] :
November patch coming in the weekend.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
November Security patch fixed files are here. Files were tested on my device and it looks like they working properly.
[Nexus 5X General] :
Hi,

November files are here: https://mega.nz/#F!QXJRyagT!obFHorBvcmCiiNtbQNZt7w

This is now end-of-life as there will be no more updates from Google! These files will remain in my Mega in case someone gets infected and needs a fix.
[Nexus 5X General] DaveRandom:
Hi,

My Nexus5X recently suffered the BLOD issue (which I have had for 3 years, so no warranty for me). I have been chasing various threads here and blogs posts trying to fix it.

I have tried what has been recommended here:

- flash-all.bat (of the Nov 2018 factory image from google)

- reboot, but BLOD

- reboot into fastboot mode

- fastboot flash boot boot-fixed.img (with boot-fixed.img downloaded from the link in the first post in this thread for Nov 2018 images)

- fastboot flash recovery recovery-fixed.img (with recovery-fixed.img downloaded from the link in the first post in this thread for Nov 2018 images)

- wipe cache

The BLOD goes away, but unfortunately the phone doesn't boot past the boot animation (I waited 8 hours). I did the same with the March 2018 files as well, and same result.

I have also tried using the Unblod tool (see "[TOOL] Unblod - Fix your Nexus 5X that's in the bootloop-of-death thread)", using the Nov 2018 stock boot.img).

(starting from stock images)

- adb sideload bullhead-ota-opm7.181105.004-1520cb0b.zip (I also tried flash-all.bat from the factory files)

- run unblod on boot.img

- fastboot flash boot boot-4-cores.img (I also tried flashing from the tool as well)

The BLOD goes away, and the device finishes booting!, but (as happened to many others) the wifi doesn't work, so it's not ideal.

I'd guess comparing what was done between the boot image from this thread and the Unblod boot image, might reveal something important about why neither works as well as it could.

I also tried flashing TWRP and ElementaryX kernel (both from the "Nexus 5X bootloop of death fix (BLOD) | 7/30 Huge performance update!" thread), but that didn't even fix the BLOD issue.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Nexus 5X General] :
You propably have more broken cores than the 2.

November update worked for me and March update was at least reported to work.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Hello,

I used these tools to fix october and november boot images:

AIK - to unpack and repack boot image (images are accessible here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b9ggb8ndoenrqpa/AACi6bpLbq8k23-ay2pC2ri1a?dl=0)

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2073775

Github of [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION]

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

Brain

If you are stucked on boot logo is there possibility that you have another problem or as [MENTION=7280252]T1mb3[/MENTION] wrote you have corrupted more cores. You can try step by step instructions from this post:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77597297&postcount=794
[Nexus 5X General] Yousie642:
I'm getting a boot loop on with the November update + fix, but I went back to the September update + fix, and it works fine.
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Which filese were used? From first page? If yes, could you try these files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b9ggb8ndoenrqpa/AACi6bpLbq8k23-ay2pC2ri1a?dl=0
[Nexus 5X General] Yousie642:
I've tried both sets of files. I actually didn't realize at first, but after the first loop, it boots into recovery and says that System is corrupt, and asks to factory reset. After factory resetting, it continues to loop
[Nexus 5X General] wlad0:
Factory reset overrides fixed boot image with factory one. Could you please describe procedure of updating to november?
[Nexus 5X General] serconn:
Nov update USB issue.

Used files to update image, then applied fix and then recovery. Phone booted up as expected and seems as though all is fine.

Needed to download some photos and it seems that my Win10 system is not recognizing the N5X any longer.

Rebooted everything 2x, changed ports and cables and still not recognizing my phone.

Also tried a different computer with no results.

Battery indicator does show charging when plugged into computer.

Any ideas or suggestions?
[Nexus 5X General] rehoni:
your lucky im stucked at the google logo again and see no life..
[Nexus 5X General] cyrusharding:
Is LG still taking returns on these phones?
[Nexus 5X General] DaveRandom:
So using the unpackimg.bat and repackimg.bat that came with Unblod (saved me having to figure out Android Kitchen), I've been experimenting with changes to the ramdisk, using xcnathan32 github page as a reference.

To ensure I was starting from scratch I did a flash-all.bat from the factory image (and confirmed BLOD was present). I then unpacked the stock boot.img, and made the same changes to boot.img-cmdline and init.bullhead.rc from xcnathan32's github page, however I did not make any changes to fstab.bullhead (as when I unpacked the Unblod boot.img it didn't have this change). I repacked the files and flashed the new boot.img.

My phone no longer got stuck on the boot animation and successfully booted to the OS. I was extremely happy, until I noticed the wifi wasn't working. And that is where I am at, a Nexus 5X with no wifi, which is not ideal. This was the same result I had using the Unblod tool directly.

Has anyone who has suffered the wifi not working, managed to get it working?
[Nexus 5X General] Yousie642:
I used the commands from Method 2 in this post https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/tutorial-flash-factory-images-unroot-t3231627/

At first I just replaced the stock boot and recovery files with the fixed files, but then I also tried flashing stock boot + recovery first and then fixed, but still get the "system corrupt" screen
[Nexus 5X General] serconn:
Update to this issue.

Used September files in same manner and USB issue is resolved. Not sure what is is with my N5X. Tried November files a second time and still had USB problems so I am sticking with September update for now.

---------- Post added at 01:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:49 AM ----------

I contacted Google on this phone in January when this issue began as some people suggested there was some assistance being offered. Since the phone was out of warranty there was not help and their advice was to return to LG for PAID repair.

---------- Post added at 01:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:54 AM ----------

I contacted Google on this phone in January when this issue began as some people suggested there was some assistance being offered. Since the phone was out of warranty there was not help and their advice was to return to LG for PAID repair.
[Nexus 5X General] RAVruS:
Hello to all!

Good smartphone and camera, pity that it happened so.

Thanks to this chat thread for providing support until the last update!