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[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
If you're unable to use the patched TWRP, perhaps you can try just flashing one of the pre-patched boot images. Just find the one that matches your current version.

Which patched TWRP image are you using?
[Nexus 6P General] doo_dah:
My 6P is bootlooping - it happened just as the warranty expired. I'm never buying a Google or Huawei phone again.

Anyway, I was just curious whether patching is worth the effort.
[Nexus 6P General] minhthang_dunia:
Thank you for your reply. I used 2 twrp file in your thread and some twrp in others.

TWRP

TWRP 3.2.0-0 - MD5: fdf4030d46a1be1af72777b02271fb21

TWRP 3.2.1-0 - MD5: 11c769711c02912abaa77cebf663e656

my 6p used to happen bootloop issue 10 month ago, and it happen again :( but now I can not do anything.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
I wouldn't say it takes a lot of effort. I guess it depends if you've already got the bootloader unlocked or ready to be unlocked ahha :D
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
yeah it seems to be the case when you get the bootloop again on 4 cores. :( RIP
[Nexus 6P General] Yakuman:
I'm running the BLOD fix on a new 6p. Would this work as a preventative measure or to save battery life? I don't notice it being slow on 4 cores.
[Nexus 6P General] D. I.:
Hi squabbi

Are you planning to release the patched boot image for the last security update (Dec 2018)? Or is it no different from the previous one? I am referring to the files hosted on basketbuild. Sorry, can't post a link as a new user.

Thanks a lot!
[Nexus 6P General] ncc8uetou5et:
You dont need any boot images any more since this here is out: https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/bootloop-death-blod-workaround-zip-t3819515

The thread here is not that usefull any more since the release of the linked solution above.
[Nexus 6P General] D. I.:
Thanks. I prefer to keep my phone as close to stock as possible by sideloading stock ROM with updated 4-core boot image and not making any other changes to it.
[Nexus 6P General] TAcrolimus005:
So I have been able to unlock bootloader, install twrp, and I have downloaded crDroidAndroid-8.1-20180103+4+Cores+Fix.img, ElementalX-N6P-6.01-4Core.zip, N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip, and magisk-v18.0.zip. I am a little lost from here: I go to twrp: install, select image, choose ccdroid, then it asks which partition to install to. I picked recovery. Install went fine, but the phone boots back to the warning message of it being unlocked and then back to twrp. What am I missing?
[Nexus 6P General] ncc8uetou5et:
You probably dont understand what the "4-core boot image" does. Its exactly the same thing you would have when you use the modern way i linked. You can think of it like "i create now the updated boot image on my phone".

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You dont need anything else then N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip you use TWRP to install with. This howto here on page 1 is dead and outdated. Use just this here: https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/bootloop-death-blod-workaround-zip-t3819515

1. Install TWRP (4 core version)

2. Install N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip

3. Done
[Nexus 6P General] TAcrolimus005:
I was looking to replace stock rom with custom build, now I am looking more at putting Pie on it... I’ll head over to that thread. I assume I will need the Pie image, have to unpack it and do the core fix as described in yet another post before flashing, but I gotta read more on all that. #suchconfusion
[Nexus 6P General] Tigran_:
Guys, I just have an update on my phone.

Here I shared my results on how to recover after 1st boot. It was successfull atempt. I used my phone after that for about 6 months. And accidentally it got boot loop again.

I knew there is no known way to recover it programmatically again.

I bought new phone (BTW very good one - I like it:) ) but nevertheless I decided to go further and take another step in Nexus 6p recovery.

I found experienced hardware engineers that claimed they fix Nexus 6p numerous times. It was quite expensive but worth it.

They fixed it and gave me guarantee.

Fix is in processor/memory reballing.

This is the only known way to fix our this phone after 2nd boot loop.

I'll keep you updated on how it goes on.
[Nexus 6P General] Tin_kelvin:
Thanks

Đây là cách làm của tôi xử lý bootloop

1. Làm lạnh thiết bị.

2. Download file factory angler opm7.181105.004.

3. Download file boot 4core opm7.181105.004. file recovery 3.2.1.0 fbe.

4. Extract file factory.

5. Open Flashtool.

1.Reboot your phone into the bootloader.

2.First update the bootloader: fastboot flash bootloader *drag in extracted bootloader image*.

3.Reboot back into the bootloader: fastboot reboot-bootloader.

4.Flash the updated Radio image: fastboot flash radio *drag radio image here*.

5.Flash the updated boot image: fastboot flash boot *file boot 4cores download*.

6.Flash updated system image: fastboot flash system *drag extracted system image here*.

7.Flash the updated Vendor image: fastboot flash vendor *drag extracted vendor image here*.

8.Flash the updated PATCHED TWRP: fastboot flash recovery *drag patched TWRP image here*.

9. fastboot format userdata.

10. Khởi động thiết bị nhiều lần đến hết pin. Sau đó sạc pin lại thì có thể phục hồi lại thiết bị của mình.

P/s nếu thiết bị vẫn không khỏi động hãy làm lạnh lại rồi khỏi động.
[Nexus 6P General] felixpaz1992:
Friend, I would like to ask you if your Nexus 6p did the Reballing or Rework process because they are 2 different processes, where did they do it and how much was the cost but it is a lot of hassle
[Nexus 6P General] Tigran_:
It was reballing. The cost was about ~85 USD. I did it in Russia, but I think they can work with international delivery.

You can refer to this post and google translate it into English to understand the whole process. There are pictures as well.

My phone works just fine for about 2 months after hardware fix. Hope that helps dude.
[Nexus 6P General] felixpaz1992:
Yes friend, it served me well since I have some experience in micro soldering and I wanted to do the procedure myself, since the cost of shipping and the procedure is a bit expensive for what the equipment sells here in my country. Ecuador
[Nexus 6P General] Danish Taurus:
Nothing works

I wish if i could make something out of my bricked nexus 6p , i tried all of the methods but seems like , it went into a permanent bootloop , never takes me to TWRP , i wish there was something i can do
[Nexus 6P General] st4rg33k:
Please help !

[MENTION=4752144]squabbi[/MENTION]

Hey hi! I have a Rooted Nexus 6P with Pixel Experience Rom July build. I rooted the phone and installed the rom watching your youtube video. Thanks for that video, it was really helpful. Everything was working fine just random reboots once in a month or two until yesterday it restarted and went into the bootloop. Since then I'am trying to revive it back but it wont.

I am not able to boot into recovery. I tried flashing the 4 core twrp recovery. Everything seems ok till I am flashing but it doesn't boot into recovery. I also tried patching the boot image from custom rom (from your youtube video) but still my phone keeps bootlooping.

I would be really thankful to you if you can help me on this one. I have my entire work data in it and i want to recover that. Hoping for a quick and positive response.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Hi! Sorry for the late reply! I'm sure the Pixel Experience thread will have a 4-core TWRP for you to flash or even boot directly. However, if you've tried booting the phone with the 4 core images, and you have even tried heating up or freezing your phone just so you can get it to boot up?

And I'll say this, not to bag you out because we all make mistakes, having backups of everything and anything you might need later is super important, silly things like phones bootlooping, getting lost or broken can happen. :(
[Nexus 6P General] juancapo1:
dude

hi

i cant enter in twrp

in bootloader, go to recovery and bootloop

i try with twrp 3.2, 3.1, 3.0.. 4CORES

anybody can help me??
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Try the TWRP from this thread if you haven't yet. If you still have the same problem you're device is likely at an end.
[Nexus 6P General] juancapo1:
Dude

Hi. thanks for answering.

I already tried the twrp here

I tried with both

and I can't get into the recovey. Restarts again
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Then your device is likely dead, unfortunately.
[Nexus 6P General] Victoroliu:
coming to the debate with my 6p in BLOD mode

I have a serious problem and it is that my device does not raise with any file, I have tried with all the .img but nothing, I am in MacOs, any suggestion to proceed correctly?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Did you try this method? All others are outdated.

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/bootloop-death-blod-workaround-zip-t3819515
[Nexus 6P General] Victoroliu:
I tried but again my phone does a new bootloop and does not enter the recovery.

Am I skipping something or is it that my device no longer has a solution?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Unfortunately, the latter.

Quote from the OP: "f no 4core recovery boots for you then you definitely have more components than just the performance cores separated, sorry but your device is a brick."
[Nexus 6P General] Victoroliu:
even if my device falls into fastboot mode is it not a symptom of it being a brick?

are there other ways to test solutions on macos?
[Nexus 6P General] Dantzor:
is it in this thread? can you reply or pm me the link? is it a different fix than squabbi's?
[Nexus 6P General] W@r10ck:
You can try use his fix i think it's pretty much the same.
[Nexus 6P General] roshanmoolya89:
can i just execute the flash all command

is it okay to run flash all command
[Nexus 6P General] Dantzor:
tried going back to 8.0

still boot looping, can't even go into twrp

guess i got a brick now :(
[Nexus 6P General] zameer hassan:
If after trying different work out,still it doesn't boot.Then, try flashing stock image.img,vendor.img,bootloader.img and most essential must flash modified 4cores boot.img in order mentioned in this thread.Even if it doesn't boot then may be some other hardware issues.

Mine was having issues because of 4 majore cores out of 8 cores was not working.

So,luckily after flashing modified 4cores boot.img.I revived my nexus 6p back to life.you may notice performace lag due to 4 majore cores not working only when multi-atsking,playing hd video,games etc.

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Hello everyone,couple of days before i fixed BLOD (boot loop of death) issues in nexus 6p and thinking of flashing latest elementalx kernel for android 8.1.0.

So,my question is,

1. what benefits i would get after flashing the modified elementalx kernel?

2. can i use my nexus 6p without flashing elementalx kernel if i am not heavily using my nexus 6p for games,hd video,heavy multi-tasking???
[Nexus 6P General] W@r10ck:
Im using everything as stock and have had no issues except my battery wasnt as good as previous 8.0
[Nexus 6P General] Tipeur:
Hello,

I followed your Youtube tutorial video, but when I'm trying to repack the img, I have an error in the cmd.exe :

"Signing new image . . .

Using signature: AVB boot

Error!"

I've done it 5 times and still having this issue. Any help ?
[Nexus 6P General] mmpbel:
Thanks but it didn't help

Hello,

I have "Bootloop of Death". I did all the steps (see the log below) but still can't pass google logo. When I heated up the phone it was able to start. Any ideas what else can I try?
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
That should be OK, I've had that happen to images that I've built using Linux. Try it and see how it goes.
[Nexus 6P General] superviked:
Hey, guys!

My phone died and bootlooped all of a sudden and kept restarting after the Google logo. I flashed the four core image and followed everything as is but it still bootloops, however, I tried the hair dryer method and after 5 minutes it booted back up, but the problem I have now is that the phone randomly turns off at night and won't boot again unless I use external heat for about 5 minutes even with the four core patch. All my big cluster cores are offline (checked via EX Manager) I flashed the mdified EX kernel, 4 core boot image, and patched TWRP. Can anyone shed some light as to why the phone still bootloops even with the four core patches installed?

When it bootloops, I can only access fastboot and nothing except that. Also when I select "Power off" in Fastboot, it does not power off but keeps rebooting instead. But when the phone is heated up the "Power off" turns off the device.

My battery seems to be working fine as long as it's on. I don't see any major drain. It appears to be the same as before (before BSOD)

My bootloader is unlocked.

I'm sorry for having written this very disorderly, but any help is much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
[Nexus 6P General] chait:
Hi,

My Nexus 6P went into Bootloop even with Oreo4Cores.img. Can it be revived or is it just a brick?

Thank you.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Perhaps you can try only using 2 cores or 3 and see if that works for you. I would start looking for a replacement device honestly as this fix should only be temporary. :(
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Was your phone working before when using the patched Oreo boot image?
[Nexus 6P General] chait:
Yes it was working perfectly fine with Oreo 4 core image
[Nexus 6P General] superviked:
Gee, golly, snap. I took your advice and moved on to the OP5T. Guess this is goodbye. Thank you for all your help Squabbi, your YT vids are great. So much for your time and patience. Salt of the earth.

I take a bow!
[Nexus 6P General] Humpie:
Thanks for modifying the 8.1 boot.img, however I can't make my 6p boot using it. I was already on 8.1 and since this morning my phone won't boot past the Google logo, both in recovery and normally. I tried flashing a lot of things and eventually the latest stock image with your modified 8.1 boot.img but even that won't boot. Any tips?

Edit: I also tried modifying it myself using your video, but it still won't boot unfortunately
[Nexus 6P General] ok2ok:
Is the Magisk root tool a requirement to successfully to use this fix? If this is optional, I encounter this:

I follow the instructions in Post 2, and step by step fastboot-flashed required (patched) images from Android Oreo (8.1) 8.1.0 (OPM1.171019.011, Dec 2017) - MD5: d1f34010ada50a34b446ab23d2cf850a, factory image for 8.1, and modified twrp recovery, too.

Then I use fastboot to format userdata, use twrp to wipe dal. cache, cache and internal strorage, and I reboot the phone. Surely the boot bypasses Google logo. The animation shows for a few seconds, however, the phone freezes and reboot into loops again.

The phone won't pass the Google logo unless I manually wipe cache through twrp. I don't know what might be wrong here.

I only tried Android 8.1 (OPM1.171019.011, Dec 2017) here. I will try flashing an Android 8.0 build for some time.

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Have you ever use other fix builds, maybe an Android 8.0 patched img with 8.0 system, when your phone has BLOD?

My phone has got BLOD yesterday. And just now I tried patched Android 8.1. The phone really can pass Google logo, but the animation lasts only maybe 4 or 5 seconds before the phone begin bootloop again.

I think I could ask some simpler questions after I've read the last few posts here.

[MENTION=4752144]squabbi[/MENTION] suggests using a 2- or 3-cores boot images for some condition. So does this mean my phone maybe has more failed cores? If so, the software fix would be helpless to revive the phone as a daily essential phone.

Nevertheless, many thanks to the developers here to help and shed light. Thanks!
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
I know that the 8.1 boot image has worked for some people, but maybe you can try going back to 8.0 and stay there for now, unless your phone is at the end of its rope. :(
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Did you end up testing 8.0? I was thinking that potentially further reducing usable cores we could get those who have started bootlooping again on the 4-core images. It would be handy to get someone to test that out.

Also, Magisk shouldn't be a requirement to use this.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
If you are able to get the motherboard replaced, I would try that out, but you may get the BLOD eventually on your new board. If you're using images from the other thread, it's harder to help as I don't know which build of Android Oreo that boot image was made from. Try using the appropriate one from post 2 and see how that goes.
[Nexus 6P General] Humpie:
I tried 8.0 as well, in multiple ways, however I wasn't able to get my 6p to boot... I've declared it total loss (The battery, motherboard and screen had to be replaced) and ordered a pixel 2 xl (as in Germany it was discounted till yesterday).
[Nexus 6P General] ok2ok:
With what I've flashed yesterday, which is the patched 8.1 boot image and twrp recovery, I can't get into twrp recovery now. This might suggest more failed cores, or other hardware failure.

Though, I tried flashing the patched 8.0 boot image and the whole factory images except the original boot, and patched twrp recovery. The end is not surprising, the phone still boot into loops, just can't get pass G logo. Twrp recovery fails too. Seems it's the end of my Nexus 6p.

OK, still have to try 1 or 2 or 3 cores to see if the device can survive. Is there any way to set the phone use specific, non-sequential CPU core(s), maybe core 0, 2, 4?

Earlier this day, I've contacted an engineer from Taobao who says he can repair bootloop problem of 5x and 6p by rewiring CPU to the motherboard according to him. I would give it a try if more flashing patched boot image should fail.

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It's great to see you move on to pixel 2. My Nexus 6p is just like yours, failing to boot with both 8.0 and 8.1. I'm considering to send it to an engineer providing service in Taobao to have the CPU rewired to the motherboard, and also buy a pixel 2.
[Nexus 6P General] ok2ok:
Just have tried modify the three files as shown in your repo. I use Android 8.1 as base, leave fstab untouched (the same as in your repo), and use cpu cores 0, 0-1, and 0-2, all failed to boot pass the Google logo. I'm not sure this is true that all CPU cores get wrong?

Well, I don't know what to do now. But one thing is suspicious. Since I can't get to the recovery, the /data partition has been never wiped or formatted after the last successful passing Google logo run (though the boot failed finally). However, I tried using `fastboot erase data`, the phone responded with "permission denied". I've no clue with how to clear the /data partition, which maybe can make the phone boot again.
[Nexus 6P General] Truechunks:
Many thanks! I thought my 6p was toast. It hasn't woken up for a week since the first BLOD. I tried some other tutorials with no luck. Then this. Flashed stock 8.1 and bingo. Who knows what will happen now. It booted but it's been all of five minutes. Still - indications are good. My wife bought me a new Pixel 2 XL, too. :) I can't decide whether to risk telling her the 6p has drawn breath again.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Clearing the /data from the bootloader can be done using "fastboot format userdata" :)

Perhaps your 6P has been all used up by now. :( You can try downgrading to 8.0 and using the appropriate 4 core boot image and then formatting the userdata.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Awesome! From what I hear, you should look towards getting a replacement device as some other users cannot even get their phone to boot using the pacthed images. Hopefully you got your data if you had any left. :P
[Nexus 6P General] Truechunks:
So, a question. Excuse me please if I ought to understand this already. I like to be as certain as I can about what I'm attempting. There are not many alternatives to stock 8.1 but at least one I think. I'd like to try it.

Will the patched boot image boot any 8.1 room - so that I could wipe system, data and cache, extract and flash only system and maybe vendor from a custom rom, and avoid overwriting the boot sector that flashing a custom zio in twrp would do, and this would boot up - or is it necessary to extract and patch the boot image from the custom rom and use that? Has anyone tried this?

Thanks.
[Nexus 6P General] SkinlessMage006:
Freezes on Google logo

Hello,

I tried this guide and I would like to thank you for getting me this far. I am now hanging on the Google logo (note it doesn't reboot). Is there a fix to this I've missed?

Cheers

EDIT: I don't know if I used a bad boot image, but patching it myself fixed it. It's available upon request (Android 8.0.0)
[Nexus 6P General] ok2ok:
Tried the 8.0 and 7.1.2 build the other day, all failed. Also, clearing /data, /cache didn't help. Maybe it's dead now. I've sent it to a repair shop hours ago, hope anyone there can fix it.

Thanks for your help anyway.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Oh yes please! I'd love to see what was different or even if it's the same I'll put it up in the OP if that's ok with you.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
I would say it's necessary to extract the boot image from the ROM and patch that.
[Nexus 6P General] SkinlessMage006:
Sure thing :) I meant Android 8.0.0 (amended in OP)

drive.google.com/open?id=1kmNRohqXAGkcizd-TY_1Q3PsObnXkv1g

EDIT: Now patched Android 8.1.0 boot file as well: drive.google.com/open?id=13dgOsOHA-prRAyxcGl1OIYFj9UgRemg7
[Nexus 6P General] sharpz811:
Ok I'm gonna try these boot images because the current ones in this thread and in another thread refuses to boot past three logo for me both 8.1 and 8.0 both using correct boot images
[Nexus 6P General] SkinlessMage006:
Exactly what happened to me. Let me know how you get on :D
[Nexus 6P General] Jfelips:
How do I flash paranoid Android (lastest)? Should I just flash the zip and gapps on twrp? Or anything else? I'm on stock 8.1 but I can't barely do 2:30 hours on Screen
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Is this with your phone that bootloops?

You'll need to flash the zip, GApps and the patched boot image for your ROM.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Thanks for sharing! :) What build of Android were each of the images based off of? The same ones in post #2?
[Nexus 6P General] TheToto318:
SuperXE OPM2.171019.012 4 cores boot image

Hi guys,

I someone would install the SuperXE based on the OPM2.171019.012(8.1.0_r2) i have build a boot image ! You should flash it after install the normal ROM package :)

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291698822
[Nexus 6P General] Jfelips:
I flashed paranoid Android, then gapps, and then the modified flash kernel ... Is this method correct?
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
You would need to patch the boot image for Paranoid Android beforehand. Follow post #3.
[Nexus 6P General] Jfelips:
And will I get a bootloop again if I don't ? I mean I'm already on Paranoid Android using the method I described. Is it bad?

I would like to test aicp 13(Android oreo) so i would have to patch the boot image same way, right?

Sorry for so many questions... I just don't wanna make this phone unusable again.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Oh right, I was under the impression that you were wanting to go to Paranoid Android. I didn't exactly get the method that you used to get PA running.

Whatever you did with PA, you should be able to do for AICP. :)
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
I'll add this to post #2 when I get home. :)
[Nexus 6P General] Jfelips:
When I wrote the post I was still on stock oreo, minutes later I went to paranoid android. But on my other phone AICP makes an extremely good battery life so I want to try it on nexus.

On the other thread made by XCnathan32 about the boot loop fix, there are also a modified kernel that according to him works on almost every custom rom... So I just flashed the modified 4core kernel for nougat and worked on paranoid.. now I might go to aicp
[Nexus 6P General] TheToto318:
Thanks ! :)