yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5X General] lovfors:
Sorry, I could't really understand what the difference between what you said and what I have already done.

However, I was able to get wifi and sound working by flashing the full system image, and then the updated 4core boot image from here:

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

Thanks for your help though!
[Nexus 5X General] TheInvisible84:
What version were you using and can you provide step by step instructions?

Or just flash the stock firmware (latest 8.1 february?) via "flash-all" script and then flash over the 4core boot image?

For me there is also no sound and wifi working, thanks.

Update:

Its working here too now.

Steps:

1. Flash latest stock Android 8.1 February Update with "flash-all" Script

2. Flash 4core boot image from here: https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/nexus-5x-bootloop-death-blod-andorid-t3683926

Thats all, sound and wifi are working fine now : )

Thanks for all who made this possible.
[Nexus 5X General] Shotg1:
Hello im new in nexus 5x, is it possible to flash the modified twrp to official twrp of bullhead? And of possible to flash the 4cores boot img to stock feb. Patch?
[Nexus 5X General] dok85:
Hello, I'm Manuel from Italy, after trying many types of changes I finally found the ultimate solution to the problem of bootloop. I will take a video step by step as soon as possible. This is a very simple hardware change, I have been using the phone for 2 days intensively and for now the problem has not been found. My mail for information is manuel.doccula@gmail.com
[Nexus 5X General] ArsimV:
I flash january 8.1 files but when I turn on wifi my phone crash and reboot :(

Any solution for this problem ?
[Nexus 5X General] kriskris89090:
No WIFI

Hi the tool has worked for me but my WIFI doesnt work does anyone know if there is any fix for this yet i have seen lots of people saying the same thing but cant find an answer thanks guys
[Nexus 5X General] Shotg1:
My device is not in bootloop but unloced bootloader and custom recovery is it possible to flash the 4cores boot img to prevent the bootloop issue or this fixed is only for device that has a bootloop issue only
[Nexus 5X General] core720:
same question, Is it advisable to install to prevent the error?
[Nexus 5X General] akahitoarato:
Hello, I have nexus 5x device that stuck on boot animation and seems cannot enter fastboot mode (pressing power and volume down just straight boot the phone). Before entering this state, I followed this thread to flash boot.img https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/nexus-5x-bootloop-death-blod-andorid-t3683926. After flashing and restarting, my phone just stuck in boot animation and cannot enter fastboot.

Is there anyone that can advise me how to fix this? If I can enter fastboot, probably I can re flash my phone.
[Nexus 5X General] theGeekyLad:
Hey Dextor69, forgive me for the late reply but that attributes to a dead device. You might have to consider changing the motherboard else upgrade your handset! Thanks.
[Nexus 5X General] theGeekyLad:
Hey tinonetic, forgive me for the late reply but I'd like to clear this out for you. All solutions to this bug attribute to editing a few kernel files to tweak it to boot the phone on 4 of the smaller cores 'virtually' disabling the beefier 2 cores. For every recurring security update by Google, developers require manually editing and publishing updated (fixed for 4 cores) kernel (boot) images so that folks with broken Nexus 5xes benefit. Unblod is just an attempt to shift all that tinkering to user side (with just a few taps and a GUI) preventing unnecessary effort at developers' end.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5X General] Dextor69:
Thanks man, that's what I wanted to hear
[Nexus 5X General] jav92:
Hi everyone,. Just tried this solution but I think BLOD tool did not work for me.

Instead, I downloaded the 4 cores img for Android 8.1 directly from the link provided in the OP, and flashed it to my phone with ADB (fastboot flash boot boot-4core-bullhead-opm3.171019.016.img). I think it worked, but to be sure I will try out my phone a couple of days before confirming.

Also, I wanted to ask about the modified custom recovery. Like the above, I flashed it directly with ADB. However, when trying to enter into recovery mode the android lying in its back with the "stomach" open (don't know how to describe it in any other way, lol) appears with a text saying "No command". In short, the custom recovery is not working. Does anyone knows how to solve this?
[Nexus 5X General] Fururen:
Alright guys, this fix finally worked for me after a sudden BLOD yesterday. Kept my phone stock android since the beginning to avoid that sort of problem, but that was not counting on LG making apparently poor design choices.

I downloaded the latest files from here, unlocked OEM in recovery (I did enable that option in the developper menu in Android a long time ago because I had a similar problem with my Nexus 9, and vowed never to get screwed again with than in-software lock, don't know if it helped though), flashed the stock image with flash-all, flashed the 4 core boot (fastboot flash boot) and finally the recovery (fastboot flash recovery), and my phone finally booted and works like a charm. Note that I tried the UNBLOD exe, but it did kill my wifi, so I just used the files mentionned earlier. Thanks a lot for the hard work from the community, that's just what I absolutely love about Android !

A quick question though. Am I correct in assuming that OTA updates from Google are going to bring the BLOD back immediately ? If so, do I have to redo the whole procedure again (i.e. flash new system image, boot and recovery) and hence have to reload my backup and setup my apps again ? Or can I just flash the updated 4core boot image after the OTA update ?

I'm sorry if all these question were already adressed, but I don't have as much free time as I used to, sweeping through tons of threads ;)

Nevermind, I noticed that post that explains all that.

Cheers

---------- Post added at 11:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:33 AM ----------

As I said, I did the same thing, but did not try the new recovery. Sorry for the evident answer, but have you tried holding power and pushing the Vol Up key once on that screen (agonizing bugdroid on his stomach)? That usually brings the stock recovery up, but I agree that it doesn't do that with custom recovery like TWRP.
[Nexus 5X General] jav92:
Yeah, I tried that but the result was that my phone just booted normally. Thanks anyway!

Would appreciate if someone helps me with installing TWRP :good:
[Nexus 5X General] ATRAC3:
Can you explain something, thats confusing me? Mabye i'm dumb/stupid and i missed something from excitement, but anyway.. In step 2-2, where the download links for stock images are, i click the link, it takes me to the download page, and there are stock factory images, and then there are two files: boot-4core and recovery-4core... Are these already modified boot/recovery imgs, or i have to modify them myself?
[Nexus 5X General] keymapper:
When you're on this screen, usually combo hitting power btn+volume up btn does the trick.
[Nexus 5X General] jav92:
Yeah I tried that but it didn't work.

Anyway I solved it: entering into recovery right after installing TWRP (before booting into the phone) did the trick... Apparently when booting before opening TWRP, the stock recovery replaced TWRP

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5X mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5X General] slimsloum:
What can i do if my device is now "corrupt" and it can't go beyond the Google logo anymore?
[Nexus 5X General] EmmaSB:
This happened to me too - no wifi.

Just wanted to say thanks for these instructions - I'm a complete newby at this level of tech, and been flashing and reflashing things for a day or two - unblod helped the most, and actually got me into my phone but with no wifi - your simple list of files that needed flashing, and the order, sorted me out - thank you :D I think I misunderstood most of what I had been reading - finally the penny dropped here :D

Much appreciated!

I second this :D
[Nexus 5X General] joelphilippage:
I had the WiFi issue, but re-flashing the system images after it booted fixed it for me. Probably isn't helpful for those who don't want to start from scratch though.

[Edit] Never mind. This resulted in further boot loops after several minutes of using android.
[Nexus 5X General] Sreekumarts:
No sound/audio after installing Lineage OS 15.1 with unblod boot image.

lineage-15.1-20180326-nightly-bullhead-signed

radio-bullhead-m8994f-2.6.40.4.04

vendor-bullhead-opm3.171019.016

bootloader-bullhead-bhz31b

twrp-3.2.1-0-fbe-4core-bullhead

do anybody face this issue?

Edit: I've installed the Stock 8.1 by google and it's working fine... :laugh: :good: :) :)
[Nexus 5X General] peertje2:
My Nexus 5X is starting up !!!! Unfortunately WIFI isn't working ....... :(
[Nexus 5X General] Nashuim:
Hello, I've tried running this a few times but I keep getting the error "Could not find file 'sys\image-new.img'."

Is there anything else that I need?
[Nexus 5X General] aboutnoting:
Hi Guys. How do you access the unblod.zip file? When I click on the link in the attached files section it doesn't prompt any download. Sorry, I'm not a developer - just trying to fix my phone!

Edit: sorry, was my chrome issue. Link works in IE!
[Nexus 5X General] hyddro:
tried this, now phone wont boot at all.. :/ thanks i guess
[Nexus 5X General] rahatx7:
any fix for the Wifi yet ?
[Nexus 5X General] meatwad0222:
Just wondering if anyone has used this with the custom pixel 2 rom. Curious if it works for that.
[Nexus 5X General] suryaabadsar:
there is no fastboot mode in phone (qh-usb 9008)

is there any way to recover.?
[Nexus 5X General] Dragon's Fedora:
Will I still be able to change ROMs freely?

Just wondering. With the cores of the processor being reduced, will I still be able to change ROMs as I normally would of? or would I need to chose ones that can accommodate for the change?

Thanks ;)
[Nexus 5X General] paradoxiumwind:
Any way at all to fix the BLOD if your bootloader is locked? surely there's a way to unlock it via ADB? it seems retarded that you need to load the phone ROM and go into settings to do it. surely there's another way to change that setting?
[Nexus 5X General] IMHashir:
I tried a lot of methods but my wifi wasn't working with any of them. Thanks a lot to this post:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75203390&postcount=1241

This method worked and everything (including WIFI) is working now.

For those who don't know:

1. Just flash stock oreo image with flash-all.bat

2. Flash TWRP from: https://www.dropbox.com/s/levla3p5npe24pw/TWRP3_1_1_5X.img?dl=0

3. Flash this patch from TWRP: https://basketbuild.com/filedl/devs...BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip

4. Done.

Original Directory of Patch:

https://basketbuild.com/devs/osm0sis/osmods
[Nexus 5X General] Mintjes:
Thanks a lot! This solution finally fixed my phone. Before that I noticed also constant crashes with the unblod fix beside the known wifi issue. I then flashed the original boot.img and the phone worked normal at least couple of hours before bootlooping again. Flashing another 4-kernel-fixes resulted in frozen booting screens.
[Nexus 5X General] doorknob314:
I have tried several fixes, but none of them worked. After installing the factory image, and flashing the modified boot.img, it starts booting, but during the 4 colored dot android animation it crashes and it gets back into the bootloop.

Does someone have experience with the same problem, and knows a fix? Thanks
[Nexus 5X General] billkbradley:
attachment wont download

hi, i cant download the attachment =, when i click it the page simply reloads. any advice?
[Nexus 5X General] BMWM3GTRE92:
This can sound a little bit crazy but I put my Nexus 5X into the fridge for about 20 minutes (into the ice camera) and then I was able to boot into OS and check the OEM lock option in settings.
[Nexus 5X General] felicioharley:
I am at the same situation. After using UNBLOD now the phone can get past the Google logo, but bootloops again at the colored dots or at the configuration screen (never get past WiFi configuration). Maybe this occurs when the little 4 cores starts warming up? That means the phone is dead?
[Nexus 5X General] zhoutao929:
This method fixes the wifi not turning on problem for me (I almost dumped the motherboard into freezer thinking it's a hardware issue).

Works perfectly, thanks a lot.
[Nexus 5X General] -Asskicker-:
Doesn't seem to work for me. I still can't get past the bootloop.

When I flash the patch, it reboots, goes to "Google" and just reboots again until eventually it stops doing that. :(

I managed to get it to boot, but now I always get the "encryption unsuccessful".
[Nexus 5X General] TheLucidEnhancer:
Just came here to say this worked for me, my NExus 5X that BLODed 2 years ago has just been reborn! Wifi working, everything seems fine for the moment :) Thank you!
[Nexus 5X General] Elric88:
BOOT TIME?

Can you please define "quite some time on the smaller cores"?

I did the whole process and after an hour im still stuck with the Google logo :(. Thanks for your reply
[Nexus 5X General] nexus4still:
Guys I need your help please!

I've tried a lot of steps on how I can fix my nexus 5x and still it bootloops! I've tried the UNBLOD, nothing. I tried the TWRP way, I successfully installed it but it still loops when I boot into recovery!

Please im begging you, please help me!
[Nexus 5X General] zyf0330:
I put it in a non-Chinese character path and it works.
[Nexus 5X General] cperinaz:
Except wifi everything works fine for my wife's phone. Someone has maybe any suggestion?

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 5X General] ®azor:
Is it really so hard to read 1-2 pages back every time you are going to ask something?
[Nexus 5X General] cperinaz:
Thank you for your helpful answer. But even though i read the posts, i couldn't fix the wifi problem.
[Nexus 5X General] sqs1shu:
This morning my Nexus 5X got boot looped. Managed to do Unblod process to be able to boot but WiFi did not work I then sideloaded N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip with twrp-3.2.1-0-fbe-4core-bullhead.img from [MENTION=4544860]osm0sis[/MENTION], but I still can not get WiFi to work. I have not tried to do full factory image step. I have a question: there is no step in doing Unblod (flash 4core boot image?) after factory image flashing in the [MENTION=5508853]IMHashir[/MENTION] instructions. Is this true or would it get boot loop again?

Thanks alot.
[Nexus 5X General] sqs1shu:
ah, did not know N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip is for unblod. Here are my steps after using Windows Unblod tool to install modified boot image I had the WiFi problem (it can not be turned on):

1) device in fastboot mode, adb flash stock boot.img (I think this is not necessary if you did not attempt Windows Unblod tool)

2) fast boot twrp-3.2.1-0-fbe-4core-bullhead.img (I did not flash as I want to keep stock recovery)

3) in twrp, press Cancel when asking for password for decryption, swipe at right arrows, press Advance to get to sideload interface and swipe to be ready for sideload

4) adb sideload N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip

and now I can boot my Nexus 5X and WiFi works (be warned that above steps are not actual code, don't do copy and paste).

Thank you all for tools, package, instructions and discussion.

[By the way, my Nexus 5X patch level is June 2018]
[Nexus 5X General] hello.jpg:
Hello,

I managed to resuscitate my boot-looping N5X thanks to this thread. So a big 'thank you' to the original authors.

I did not want to format my data partition (I suspect 'flash-all.bat' does that) so I followed the steps outlined in 'how-to-install-android-monthly-security-updates' on the ElementalX website.

Tested and working with the June 2018 Nexus 5X Android image.

Pre-requisites:

(as a new user I'm not allowed to post outside links; just check the previous posts in this thread)

- Unlocked bootloader

- Android platform tools

- Latest N5X Android image

- N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip

- TWRP 3.1.1 4-core version

- [optional] ElementalX N5X 6.01 kernel fix

Steps:

1. Extract the Android image .zip file.

Extract image-bullhead-opm*.zip (June 2018 image: that file is named 'image-bullhead-opm6.171019.030.b1.zip')

Copy boot.img, system.img and vendor.img to your platform-tools folder (folder that contains fastboot.exe)

2. Copy TWRP3_1_1_5X.img and N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip to your platform-tools folder

3. Reboot to bootloader. Open a command prompt in your platform-tools folder and type the following commands:

fastboot flash recovery TWRP3_1_1_5X.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash vendor vendor.img

4. Reboot to TWRP. Skip the 'Decrypt Data' prompt, go to Advanced - ADB Sideload, check both 'Wipe Dalvik Cache' and 'Wipe Cache' then swipe to start sideload

5. Open a command prompt from your platform-tools folder and type the following command:

adb sideload N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip

6. Reboot the phone when ADB Sideload is complete. This may take a couple of minutes.

7. [optional]: Reboot to TWRP and flash ElementalX N5X 6.01 'kernel fix'

Notes:

- TWRP sometimes fails to decrypt the data partition for some reason. Restarting TWRP usually fixes this issue.

- I have not found a way to root the phone, flashing the latest SuperSU makes the phone boot-loop again.
[Nexus 5X General] maddave66:
Hi, a big thank you from France for your steps that helps me a lot.

Since I was already on June version, all I did was flashing the recovery with TWRP, apply the the workaround injector and then wipe my partitions (already done when I unlocked the fastboot but did it again just in case).

On reboot, I restored my cloud backup and voilà !

My 5X is now working flawlessly (but with 2 cores stopped according to CPU-Z). That lets me some times to find a new phone for replacement.
[Nexus 5X General] theBeachBoy:
So the original post allowed me to have the phone working.

But no WiFi...

So I did the steps you mentioned, WiFi worked, and now it's in bootloop again!

Would it be that the flashed boot.img reverts back to the "not good" version that uses all 6 cores?
[Nexus 5X General] jnannini:
Thanks!!!!

I followed the directions of many people, only your directions work for me!!!! my Nexus 5x is back!!!!......Many Thanks!
[Nexus 5X General] Crunkiii:
Nevermind
[Nexus 5X General] hello.jpg:
Mmh from what I understand side-loading N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip after flashing boot.img should result in a boot.img with the big cluster disabled (bootloop fix) and a fully functional wifi. One thing I forgot to mention in the original post is that these steps only apply to a stock N5X rom, is that your case?

Someone also posted a link to a pre-patched boot.img in this thread (I can't post the link because I'm new here). You might want to try and flash this boot.img and skip the 'injector' step altogether. Hope this helps.
[Nexus 5X General] wafflemaster:
Hey all

Have a boot looping Nexus 5x and have tried this fix but to no avail.

I flashed the entire image first, the flashed the modified boot image using the tool, but it's still boot looping, unfortunately.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Nexus 5X General] nepherneko:
new link please

Hi

If someone could provide a new link to download the Unblod.zip it would be great :)

I have tried other fix on my Nexus 5X but it failed every time. This topic seems nice but the zip file in attachment does not work.

Please help
[Nexus 5X General] casaufr:
Hello,

There are many threads on how to fix this issue. Here is my experience (with a H791 Nexus 5X OREO 8.1 in bootloop).

1) Flash with older stock ROM (bullhead-opm4.171019.016.a1)

-> Could boot once and Wifi worked well

2) Used method Unblod -> fix bootloop BUT no wifi

I also wanted to try a method involving a N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip, but could not even download that file from basketbuild.

Finally the method that worked for me :

1) Flash with older stock ROM (bullhead-opm4.171019.016.a1)

2) Flash recovery TWRP (TWRP3_1_1_5X.img) in case I need to root the phone

3) Flash boot (boot-fixed.img)

These steps are also described in https://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x-bootloop-fix-boot-phone/ (the names of the files might differ)

Thus, I really wanted the Unblod method to work, but each time I used the Unblod (load boot.img and run) the WIFI was finally disabled and I spent a lot of time trying to root or fix the MAC WIFI address. I can't count the number of "flash" commands or recovery actions...

Many thanks to all the xda developers, it was a nightmare to try and switch from many methods, when you are not keen on flashing, rooting, etc (I bought this Google phone while thinking I was buying serenity).

Now I can't update with OTA but at least the Nexus 5X revived ! Anyway, my problem appeared last month after the last official 8.1 update so I'm not planning to update. Even though there is a class-action filed against LG I see that Google did not really move a finger for all the annoyed people that trusted in a "Google-stamped" phone sold on the Google store.
[Nexus 5X General] TheHelplessUser:
Hello. My Nexus 5X got hit with BLOD a few days ago. I fixed it today (5.8.18), but now the wifi and sound doesn't work. The phone is running on July 2018 patch with Android 8.1. What do i do??

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Update: (6.8.18)

The phone got hit with BLOD again, even with the fix applied. It worked fine yesterday, booted up normally till now :(

Should i go for custom roms or something? I just want to turn it back to normal.

Note: Fastboot mode works fine, the bootloader is unlocked.
[Nexus 5X General] twister26:
If I flash a custom ROM after using this tool, do I have to repeat the process from the first post?
[Nexus 5X General] nishant21:
Suddenly one day my Nexus 5x hanged for a sec and then stuck on the boot loop then I follow this till flash all partition step then my phone worked for about an hour than I also enable the OEM lock that time but it again go in bootloop

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/help/guide-fix-bootloop-locked-bootloader-t3608679

Then I flashed it with v8.1 image(september update) but it worked for about 5 min then again.

And after I also did this

https://www.xda-developers.com/nexus...oot-phone/amp/

But phone is still in bootloop.

But then I read some comments of this above post and i try 7.1.2 version with 4cores.img but it didn't work either

So should I try your method directly or need to do something before that.
[Nexus 5X General] kDmG:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76932488&postcount=153. Thank you hello.jpg and all who got this fix possible.

Followed the post to the letter .. and am up and running.. all working. Phone not looped.. been switched on for 36 hours now.
[Nexus 5X General] smartywagh:
I was doing as you stated and i allow oem unlocking then power off. Later when i attempt t start it wont boot up. Even Computer not detecting it.

I tried cooling as before in freezer this time even for 4 hours yet not working.

Later i tried to heat up as before it worked for me many times. Now even after this its not booting up!

Please Help!
[Nexus 5X General] Maxicud:
Same problem here!

After applying this fix on my unlocked Nexus 5X, the phone does not power up. Looks like a brick now.

Could you please provide some help?

Thank you!
[Nexus 5X General] AlexTheTech1:
Cant record

Yo guys,

I wanna say thanks youse saved my ass with my parent's XD.

But now wifi ain't working nor are the speakers. Thus I can't record or play video otherwise the whole thing doesn't work.

Is it because the big chips have been disabled or is there another workaround XD.

Cheers Alex
[Nexus 5X General] kambr:
when my nexus 5x is already looped/stuck at google logo and does not start ,the how can I enable its usb degugging option in developer option. that is why Iam unable to oem unlock the device . can some one help me unlock it simply without enabling the usb debugging.