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[Nexus 6P General] Coeur Brisé:
I just got the BLOD on my 6p 2 days ago and i tried this fix yesterday but it only worked for 10 minutes or so. I was running Ressurrection Remix 7.1.2. and decided to update to LOS 15.1 (Android 8) but when i tried flashing through twrp i got an error saying the package eas for device "angler" and my device is " ." Even though its the angler build and i successfully flashed RROS months before. I was confused as hell so i flashed my restore and when i hit reboot system it just looped. That was wednesday and yesterday went as follows: I downloaded Stock ota zip from google for 7.1.2 and flashed it through twrp (i dont have a charger for my laptop woth fastboot installed, do i used my mother's computer but she does not allow me to install programs so i couldnt install fastboot without her admin password, i just moved the files to my 6p) and a 4coreboot patched image i found on a tech website about fixing N6p BLOD to no avail. At this point i download pure nexus because OP says its a tested rom on 4 corr patch. Flash pure nexus, flash Pure nexus patched boot img, hit reboot and toss my phone on my bed as i go fill the kettle with some water and place it on the stove for a cup of tea. I come back and im happy to see my 6p on the google dots so i wait about 5 minutes and it acually boots up and tell me to update vendor image. I go through initial setup and i see there is no keyboard, just google voice input to enter wifi password and etc which i found strange (doubt thats just the pure nexus rom on first boot.) So i skipped through setup and when i get to whats supposed to be the launcher i coud see the colored wallpaper but just the words "Android is starting" if i remember with the loading circle but it wasnt loading anything and i could access settings, and recents i eventually shut it off again to try and move some apk files on to it from my mothers computer like pixel launcher and google keyboard but i forgot I wouldn't be able to access file manager to install them without the supposed launcher even started on the 6p already. By this point phone was already off so i pressed the power button but it was right back in BLOD. So thanks OP i guess the fix worked immediately temporarily but i blew it and now i cant get any combination of reseting, flashing rom, then patch, then kernel to boot past logo. I can only access recovery and fastboot menu. If theres any hope for me help would be greatly appreciated. I only owned this phone for 4 months almost. But i did get it at a low price knowing of impending doom ($150 mint condition in box with tempered screen protecter, and the 90 day google play music trial card (which was already expired so way out of warranty) i just't expect it to happen so suddenly
[Nexus 6P General] Rashad83:
[MENTION=6283941]Coeur Brisé[/MENTION], first of you need to be sure you have a BLOD case, what you describe could be the result of not flashing the correct needed files for the device.

So how do you know if you have a BLOD case?, a case of BLOD would be flashing a Stock Rom and not being able to boot normally simply a case of a continuous bootloop.

So I would advice you to go to this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

Follow guide number 10 exactly by flashing all the needed stock files, then boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset. If the device boots fine then I doubt you have a case of BLOD and you don't need the 4core patch zip.

Now if you can't boot to stock recovery do this:

1. Flash TWRP and then do a factory reset from TWRP and after that connect your device to the PC and transfer the 4core patch zip to the phone and flash it.

2.Reboot.

Hopefully everything runs properly.
[Nexus 6P General] Coeur Brisé:
I will try to flash stock firmware but i dont have access to a computer with fastboot i can only move files to my phone to flash with recovery. I tried flashing the stock oreo OTA from google and twrp says unable to install over my build which is newer (january 8 2018) because of modded boot image? And quick question if my 6p was able to boot into normal twrp 3.0.1 if i remember before i even flashed the modified one, does that mean i could be wrong and this not be the BLOD but i actually messed up during flashing?
[Nexus 6P General] siera_lion:
The day has finally come, but it is worse than I imagined... But here goes the millionth post about this issue. Few weeks back I had a battery change and my phone was working perfectly. Couple days ago the phone suddenly shut off and it never turned back on in. The only way I can somehow trigger the phone is by connecting it into a charger, but it just gets stuck on the google logo and keeps turning on/off, instead of charging (also the red light is blinking). Sometimes it will even show that it is indeed charging, but the phone still won't turn on. What is worse is that I can't connect it to my pc, the phone is just not reacting (I even tried other pc's), so I can't really flash anything. Maybe by a chance someone got into a similar situation and I have a chance to fix it? Or I just can say bye bye?

Tl,dr: Phone won't turn on, is only reacting to a charger (doesn't get past the google logo), pc is not recognizing it at all and neither is phone reacting to it (charging or anything similar)
[Nexus 6P General] Rashad83:
The BLOD is caused due to a hardware and not software issue with the device, specifically when the 4 cores for handling high level tasks are activated. In my BLOD case i cannot boot into system , i could enter the stock recovery maybe 1 time every 8 to 10 tries or so.

That's why if you have a BLOD case you have to flash the patched TWRP mentioned by the OP in the first page and not the "twrp 3.0.1" which is very old by the way, also i think you need to flash roms/custom roms with the last updated twrp which is version 3.2.0.1.

So here what you need to do:

1- Find a PC to do this with installed platform tools.

2-Flash either a Nougat or Oreo stock rom, afterwards see if you can start the phone without any issues.

3. If the previous step didn't work flash the patched twrp and afterwards the work around patch zip as the final step.

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Before connecting the phone to the PC you need to make sure there is enough charge in it then you need to "hold volume down and then connect the Phone to the PC at the same time", afterwards you should be able to enter the bootloader mode. Did you try that?

The PC can't communicate with the phone if it's not at least in the bootloader mode.
[Nexus 6P General] siera_lion:
No reaction, the phone still won't connect, and I can't really check how much charge it has. :mad:
[Nexus 6P General] Rashad83:
Weird, i am sorry i have no more suggestions other than trying in a later time after the phone is off and have cooled down.
[Nexus 6P General] u.of.ipod:
So I'm having a problem that is probably just a stupid oversight by me, but I can't figure it out. My phone was running Android 8.1 on T-Mobile in the USA completely stock (no ROMs/root/etc.) before it all began.

My Nexus 6p started BLOD. It had a locked bootloader, but I was able to unlock the bootloader and enable USB debugging by heating up my phone before it started bootlooping again. I then installed adb/fastboot/drivers on my Windows PC and can successfully communicate with my phone using fastboot through the Windows PowerShell/Cmd.

- I then tried flashing a modified boot image and restarted my phone, but it continued to bootloop.

- I then tried running the flashing script (https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/tool-utility-script-to-fix-bootlooping-t3761085) using the latest Android 8.1 boot image. However, even though it appears the script ran fine, the phone continues to bootloop.

- I then tried downloading the modified 4 core TWRP and flashed that. However, when I try to boot into the 'recovery mode', the phone continues to bootloop. I never see the TWRP logo, just the Google logo.

- I then tried individually flashing each image (bootloader, radio, boot (modified), system, vendor) from the latest Android 8.1, but the phone continues to bootloop.

- I have since then flashed so many images I don't even know what is on the phone any more, but at no point has it successfully booted into Android or TWRP.

Is there some very basic step I'm missing in this process? I was expecting to lose all my data and have Android boot into the 'new setup' dialog prompts as soon as flashing a new image, but instead it keeps bootlooping. I feel like I must be missing something very obvious here.

Any help is greatly appreciated :)
[Nexus 6P General] Coeur Brisé:
Thanks that helps a bit so i dont think its a BLOD case because i was able to boot into TWRP every time and bootloader as well but never system. I flashed twrp 3.2.1-0 modified to work on 4 cores because i thought that was my case as well as flashed a modified boot image. Is there any stock rom i could flash in TWRP because i wont have access to a pc with fastboot for God knows how long :(. Ive tried flashing pure nexus and gapps but it will still loop. When i flash xTraFactory rom it just hangs on the google logo forever and gets really hot.
[Nexus 6P General] dimequetedire:
i can´t install elemental kernel

Hi and thanks for your great effort in order to give us a second chance with our phones into this blod mess. I was able to bring back my phone from the blod issue but trying to install the Elemental kernel i just can´t do it. First trying to get the boot patched image from the original image (last one from march) i couldn´t finish the process, too complicated for me. Then in Assorted Downloads I saw the 4core-patch-boot-angler-opm3.171019.013.img, so I did all the process again with the blod installation but this time with the original rom angler-opm3.171019.013.img.

Now my phone it´s working ok, let´s install the Elemental kernel cause I have the right 4core-patch-boot-angler-opm3.171019.013.img for this rom, twrp...flashing 4core-patch-boot-angler-opm3.171019.013.img, after that flashing

ElementalX-N6P-6.01-4Core.zip...reboot system...and my phone don´t pass the boot anymation logo. Just stuck there forever.

In order to have another try I tested some others 4core-patch-boot images with the same stuck results.

Please, help
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
You're not missing anything, it's just that this is not guaranteed to work for everyone's phone unfortunately. :( You can try heating it up, but I think once you've gotten to the point where the recovery is not bootable, you may not have much luck after that.
[Nexus 6P General] u.of.ipod:
[MENTION=4752144]squabbi[/MENTION] I posted this a few days ago but forgot to tag you. Any ideas would be super helpful :)

So I'm having a problem that is probably just a stupid oversight by me, but I can't figure it out. My phone was running Android 8.1 on T-Mobile in the USA completely stock (no ROMs/root/etc.) before it all began.

My Nexus 6p started BLOD. It had a locked bootloader, but I was able to unlock the bootloader and enable USB debugging by heating up my phone before it started bootlooping again. I then installed adb/fastboot/drivers on my Windows PC and can successfully communicate with my phone using fastboot through the Windows PowerShell/Cmd.

- I then tried flashing a modified boot image and restarted my phone, but it continued to bootloop.

- I then tried running the flashing script (https://xdaforums.com/nex...oping-t3761085) using the latest Android 8.1 boot image. However, even though it appears the script ran fine, the phone continues to bootloop.

- I then tried downloading the modified 4 core TWRP and flashed that. However, when I try to boot into the 'recovery mode', the phone continues to bootloop. I never see the TWRP logo, just the Google logo.

- I then tried individually flashing each image (bootloader, radio, boot (modified), system, vendor) from the latest Android 8.1, but the phone continues to bootloop.

- I have since then flashed so many images I don't even know what is on the phone any more, but at no point has it successfully booted into Android or TWRP.

Is there some very basic step I'm missing in this process? I was expecting to lose all my data and have Android boot into the 'new setup' dialog prompts as soon as flashing a new image, but instead it keeps bootlooping. I feel like I must be missing something very obvious here.

Any help is greatly appreciated
[Nexus 6P General] magaivre:
[MENTION=4752144]squabbi[/MENTION] i did all the steps and phone is still looping i was on the latest Oreo version 8.1 with the latest security patch if there anything i missed or should i try with older version of android?
[Nexus 6P General] dushyant79:
It happened with me too. Note:- It will remove all your data. Can you access recovery mode? If not then, use the fastboot commands to format userdata and cache. And if you can access recovery then, flash the latest available TWRP image which is modified to use 4 cores then go to recovery and wipe all the data. Then flash the oldest stock rom available for 6p from google. Then follow the steps shown in the post. Hope this helps. And this is my first time here so I'm sorry if i was not thorough. I'm here if you want to ask anything. ?

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It shows some signs of life so it's not dead. There is still hope. I had the same problem with my bootloop. Try formatting all data. I don't remember exactly but you could try to flash twrp instead of recovery.img included in stock. Also, wait for atleast 15 mins before deciding anything

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@squabbi Hey, is there any way to improve the performance after this without overclocking? I read somewhere that overclocking could cause problems. Right now, even the keyboard takes a long time to show up. Thanks in advance.

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@squabbi Hey, is there any way to improve the performance after this without overclocking? I read somewhere that overclocking could cause problems. Right now, even the keyboard takes a long time to show up. Thanks in advance.

Also, TWRP asks for password and i tried using "default_password" but it didn't work. And I can't flash anything from twrp. I have to mount the storage first and to do that i need to decrypt data which i can't do without password. Is there any way to solve it without deleting my data??
[Nexus 6P General] blackhawk85:
Hi [MENTION=4752144]squabbi[/MENTION], would you be able to help me with recovering my photos from my bootlooping nexus 6p.

This happened to me about 2 days ago and I am reading all over the forums to find a solution. I just need to take save my photos and videos on the phone. I am not too sure if the USB debugging is on or the bootloader is unlocked. How can i go about recovering my files ?

Google/angler/angler

8.1.0/OPM3.171019.016/4565142

re boot to bootloader does nothing

recovery mode boot does nothing

I tried clearing cache partition - No luck

When I press power and vol down I get below details

BL:angler-03.79

baseband: angler -03.85

product/Variant : ANGLER-ROW-VN1

serial number : bla bla

CPU: MSM8994 0x20001

eMMC : 64GB Samsung

DRAM : 3072MB HYNIX LPDDR4

Console : NULL

Battery : OK

Device is Locked

Qfuse Status : ENABLED

Off-mode-charge : ENABLED

Download mode: DISABLED

Connet USB Data Cable

Your input much appreciated

Thanks

blackhawk85
[Nexus 6P General] mnadhro:
Hi Guys,

Thanks

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Hello guys,

Thanks for the fix, at the beginning

Last week I had my Nexus 6P to bootlooping, I;ve tried the fix and worked (patched LineageOS 15.1 boot img), but today the bootloop has returned and I cant login ethier to TWRP or android,

I have tried several boot patched boot imgs and TWRP s but no chance, is the phone dead for good now :((
[Nexus 6P General] rcs4787:
Thanks guys, I see sunlight!

I'm alive and functioning with N2G48C, security patch 7.2, TWRP 3.1.1. Now I would like to update to 8.1 for 4 Core and the latest security patch. Also how do you know what OTA updates from ZIP to load manually? Thanks in advance...

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One more thing, when prompted to install TWRP App and install as a System APP, what do I do?
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Hey there! Sorry for the late reply. Since your bootloader is locked, unlocking it will erase everything. So recovering your photos is very unlikely :(

Were you not using something like Google Photos/Dropbox before?

Perhaps if you are able to boot into the recovery, you might be able to use ADB to pull your DCIM folder.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
You can try, but unfortunately it may not be enough for your phone. :( You may need a physical repair of the mainboard or SoC.
[Nexus 6P General] rcs4787:
ERROR: 1
[Nexus 6P General] rcs4787:
[MENTION=4752144]squabbi[/MENTION]

Hello,

When you say Flash BLOD Workaround ZIP, is that installing Zip from TWRP? I thought FLASH is related to .img files? I used TWRP to install workaround but " update process ended with ERROR: 1". Thanks for clarification.
[Nexus 6P General] Curiousrge:
Guys,

What about the antutu benchmark after BLOD process? For who's using only the little 4 cores, what is you performance on antutu?
[Nexus 6P General] shuli81:
U want to know exactly how much it sucks, huh?

Obviously terrible. It's visible. Don't need an app to tell you that. This is just a temporary workaround until we get a new phone it just dies completely.
[Nexus 6P General] jmaclean62:
I have a bootloop of death phone that has TWRP 4 cores running on it. I did have Pure Nexus 7.1.1 running, but decided I wanted stock. I was installing stock OTA over the TWRP ( and then going to reinstall TWRP/4 core ) and it didn't install right I guess. I can't figure out how to get anything on the device to reinstall an OS though. The phone will show up, but it won't allow me to copy anything to it. Phone is not recognized in Fastboot and continues to bootloop.

Any way I can revive my baby or is it time to move on?
[Nexus 6P General] Curiousrge:
I just asked cuz I got a nexus 6P yesterday and it is running like a Moto G3 lol, but on CPU Z shows that the 8 cores is running normaly. On antutu it got 68k. Cuz that I asked about the antutu for devices with 4 cores working, for compare with my result (68k).
[Nexus 6P General] rcs4787:
I tried using 8.1 (5.171019.019, Apr2018) to build my 4coreboot.img. following your YouTube video and everything appeared ok. My phone is now stuck on the rainbow Android boot screen. What do you suggest?
[Nexus 6P General] rcs4787:
Tried patching my own boot

[MENTION=4752144]squabbi[/MENTION]

Now that you've patched your boot image, the last step you need to do is share it! Post it as a reply here in this thread and I'll add it to the downloads post, just make sure to mention me using the '@' symbol. Or alternatively, send me a PM and I'll add it to the downloads post as well.[/QUOTE]

I used 8.1.0(OPM5.171019-019, April 2018) to pmake boot a 4Core but when I rebooted the phone I am stuck on the Android rainbow boot screen. What do you suggest? Thanks. :)
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
I used 8.1.0(OPM5.171019-019, April 2018) to pmake boot a 4Core but when I rebooted the phone I am stuck on the Android rainbow boot screen. What do you suggest? Thanks. :)[/QUOTE]

Was your phone working with a previous patched boot image before updating to the April update?
[Nexus 6P General] marktsadkin:
Thank you very much! I though you abandoned the Nexus 6P but thanks god you're still in!

If you won't flash the stock boot/twrp images you won't lose any data. I just updated from 8.0 the way the OP did but with boot4core and twrp4core and TWRP didn't encrypt my phone and all the data was saved. :D
[Nexus 6P General] burduli:
Thank you, it worked.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Hm, perhaps I should have made it more clear. If you look through the commands that are used, nothing touches the userdata partition. Those steps listed there in the installation guide is exactly the same as updating a 6P using a factory image and fastboot. Here's a video if you want to see it in action: https://youtu.be/czMMp2M6SEo

There's no step to

fastboot format userdata

, nor do I say go into TWRP and do a factory reset. ;)

Once again, you can take a look at a video and see the exact same commands being used and my data is still there. :)

Edit: looks like someone beat me to it ;) Glad it worked out for you.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Awesome thanks for making and testing! :) :good:
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
It would seem like it unfortunately :( Perhaps give it a day or two to let it 'rest' and try again later.
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
Just use the one that comes with the factory image. Unless you're looking for a specific version, I have all the factory images downloaded so you can name the version and I'll have a look. :)
[Nexus 6P General] squabbi:
I'll be working my 6P for you guys until it dies! :highfive:
[Nexus 6P General] zameer hassan:
Million thanks to you...

Today night, my beloved nexus 6p gone into bootloop and then i came across your bootloop fix post here.Followed your each and every steps religiously and voila..!!!

God bless you.
[Nexus 6P General] v0ne:
Working for me mate. Im using aicp 13 (android 8.0) with your moded EX. But prior to that i used the moded EX 5.03
[Nexus 6P General] tjchuot287:
Too bad, didn't have a chance to try your mod.
[Nexus 6P General] Dantzor:
I flashfired the 8.1 OTA update and everything was working fine

Yestarday it started boot looping again.

Today I flashed the boot.img on this thread, no good.

Downloaded stock 8.1, flashed it, flashed 4 core boot.img from this thread again. no good

Unpacked boot.img from the stock 8.1, edited it following the steps described, no good.

Even tried repackaging the boot.img in the 8.1 zip and running the fastboot update again

Can't boot into twrp (neither the 3.1.1 nor 3.2)

Don't know what can I try next?

How royally ****ed is my phone?

edit: cant boot into recovery also, tried the 3.1.1 4 cores and the 3.2 twrp from this thread
[Nexus 6P General] fuadhdmini:
So if I flash any custom 8.1 rom, will flashing this kernel will boot the device? What I mean is, is this kernel universal for 8.1 roms ?
[Nexus 6P General] nicko_nicks:
Thanks for this help!. Now my 6p is on 8.0 with 4core fix, I'm having an update notification 8.1, is it safe to install the update(8.1)? And is it safe to flash magisk while on 4core fix?

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Do you mean your on 8.0 before with 4core fix? Then after you installed the OTA 8.1, it started bootlooping again?
[Nexus 6P General] Dantzor:
Yes, I was on 8.0 on the 4core fix, twrp 3.1.1 and Elemental kernel (from previous thread).

Flashfired the 8.1 OTA update, used phone for awhile with no problems.

Yesterday started bootlooping out of the blue and tried the fix on this thread

Since I can't enter recovery I can't flash the new kernel.

Should I try formating? Going back to 8.0? Dont know what to do
[Nexus 6P General] drshitalkiran:
I was in android 8 when boot loop started, i followed original work of [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION] or [MENTION=2004880]xls654[/MENTION] after that phone is stuck in google logo, I can not go into recovery mode also
[Nexus 6P General] W@r10ck:
Did you include the 4corefix.img for 8.1 when you did the flashfire? You will have to do additional steps for that as you've just replaced it back to the original boot thus the reason for the bootloop again.
[Nexus 6P General] nicko_nicks:
How about installing magisk on a 8.0 with a 4core.img fix? Is it safe?
[Nexus 6P General] W@r10ck:
There should be no problem. I've switched from supersu to magisk.
[Nexus 6P General] Dantzor:
I did not, but I did download the stock 8.1 rom and tried bundling the boot.img on this thread and manually altering the boot.img that came with the stock rom.

Both didn't work