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[Google Pixel Themes, Apps, and Mods] kkjb:
Thank you works great. I don't use framework stuff so didn't test that. Great work, quick updates...

Thanks
[Google Pixel Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tulsadiver:
New Pixel Launcher Mod that is dark mode compatible and moddable.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1899786940962591390
[Google Pixel Themes, Apps, and Mods] kkjb:
Wow you have squared the permutations for Tulsa Mod's Thank You ! Pixel launcher not my first choice but with this I will use more often. Always use Nova but with P launcher "Q" actions getting better ....
[Google Pixel Themes, Apps, and Mods] kkjb:
Android 10 Oct factory flash image. Tulsa Mods 10 works fine. I only use framework, clock, traffic. No color changes to keep dark / light working well.

Thank You
[Google Pixel Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tulsadiver:
Posted December updates.
[Google Pixel Themes, Apps, and Mods] kkjb:
Excellent. I've tried on dec, since this is the end :( and I don't change anything beyond system ui base, activity arrows, up / down colors.... But now can try everything Again :)
[Google Pixel Themes, Apps, and Mods] kkjb:
Awaking my old pixels.... I know you have moved on, I use my 3 and 3a but with the never more factory images for Pixel ° thought to wipe all, flash both slots Dec (& tried oct factory) and latest magisk, (canary too!!) twrp 3.3.0-0 for the life of me I can't get a magisk module created. Where will finished file reside for inclusion into magisk module writing on reboot? I am wondering if mounting failures in latest are broken. Weird that when was my daily device all was fine. Even tried Q6mods file too.

Edit 1 so decided to go back to magisk 19.4, ran my usual basestock, traffic center, up/ down colors, alt gears battery. Works as before. Thank you, again.

Neon is nice too, reminds me of my clothes in the long ago past :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] ReallyBranden:
Is the Verizon version of the Samsung Galaxy S6 running the Android modified directly from Samsung or is it a modified version for Verizon? I apologize if this has already been asked butI could not find it in the forum. Thanks! :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Hi All,

Im pretty close now to throwing Nexus 6p into the wall. :( Im honestly desperate now.. Few weeks ago replaced battery and usb dock.. and now Im infected by malware which I cannot even remove. Trying different methods for a week now.

Ads pop up (saying Im won something most of the times) in chrome after factory reset without any apps installed, before I even log in to google or anywhere. Same happens on different wifi networks and 3g.

What I tried up to now:

1. Factory reseting through android,

2. Factory reseting and clearing system cache through bootloader

3. Flashing new image from https://developers.google.com/android/images. Im not very familiar with this so had few issues: during procedure "flash-all.sh" - it did not work - nothing happend after trying to run it. So I did (or at least tried) to use this tutorial https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t3252931 - Method no. 2. Managed to do almost everything apart these lines "fastboot flash userdata C:/images/userdata.img" and "fastboot flash cache C:/images/cache.img" because they are simply not in the zip file of image I got from google.

After all this, phone restarted fine, but still came up with ads as soon as I open any few pages in chrome.

Could you please help me this this to guide through what to do? :confused: I spent ages on google trying to find exact solution but some are old, some I dont get, some without clear instructions what to do...

Appreciate your time guys,
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
On one post I found that sequence what needs to be installed should be:

"fastboot flash bootloader C:\angler\images\bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xx.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash radio C:\angler\images\radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash boot C:\angler\images\boot.img

fastboot erase cache

(above command is unnecessary on Android 7.1.2 and above)

fastboot flash cache C:\angler\images\cache.img

(above command is unnecessary on Android 7.1.2 and above)

fastboot flash recovery C:\angler\images\recovery.img

fastboot flash system C:\angler\images\system.img

fastboot flash vendor C:\angler\images\vendor.img

On 7.1.2 and above you'll also need to boot into TWRP recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache. "

What does last line mean? What is TWRP recovery, dalvik cache?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exodusche:
What you need to do is backup all your downloads , music, pictures and anything you've saved in the internal memory. Then go to wipe in twrp and select everything inc internal. That is where it's probably hiding and factory reset won't erase your storage only with internal wipe. But remember you will loose everything so do a manual backup onto desktop or thumb drive. Then you can go flash whatever you please. I'm on the latest 8.1 April and it's working flawlessly. You don't have to wipe davlick and cache after factory flash just good practice to avoid any hiccups like hanging on first boot.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Is there a easier way to do this? As I understand I would need to have my phone rooted, to do this I need to to have twrp, to have it I need to install custum recovery through bootloader....

Is there a easier way to just to wipe all the internal data?

Can someone please just give quick sequence what after what needs to be done? Taking into account I got stock non rooted android 8.1. (I dont give a .. about photos and videos, whats the simplest way to make phone functioning as it supposed to again)

Thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exodusche:
I suppose you can use fastboot command "fastboot format userdata". I'm not sure if it would effect your current install but shouldn't.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Hi.

Flashed image again and ran command: "fastboot format userdata".

However again no luck.. still same anoying advert after doing few clicks in browser.. View attachment 4475982

Any ideas?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
My opinion/idea/fix:

1. Unlock bootloader

2. Backup your recovery stock thing (Using Nexus Toolkit, google it)

2. Flash Custom Recovery (TWRP recovery zip, using adb)

3. Boot to Recovery (TWRP)

4. Wipe everything EXCEPT bootloader and recovery

5. Flash the 2nd step backed up recovery.img using TWRP recovery, to recovery partition.

.....

Procced with the stock steps you followed earlier and failed.

Not sure if I am clear.

Also not sure if you know how to do the steps.

I can help you try the solution I described tho, let me know!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Hi, Thank you for responding!

Before you posted your message thats what I did:

1. Replaced/reflashed recovery.img with twrp

2. Inside TWRP (opened trough bootloader holding power + down...) in advanced wipe options, wiped everything possible

3. Rebooted into bootloader and using ./fastboot commands flashed bootloader, radio, boot, recovery, system, vendor with stock image

4. Replaced/reflashed recovery.img with twrp again

5. Wiped cache and dalvik cache

Still the same problem..

What I can understand I pretty much did what you suggested, correct? I dont have access to Windows pc untill Monday so cannot use Nexus Toolkit. But thanks for recomending it! I'll look into it
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Yea, it's the same idea/thing.

Good luck ... Professionals of XDA community should help you clean this malware.

It is obviously a strong **** ...

It obviously can draw attention !!

---------- Post added at 07:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:56 PM ----------

Worth the double post, yolo.

Is there a chance that someone is having access to your network? Manipulating the html requests? :fingers-crossed:

(:crying: it combined the posts )
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
I thought of it aswell, tried at home wifi network, 3g, work wifi network, but exactly same type of ad pop-ups come up on every network. FYI it happens like I said even on completely clean/fresh factory reseted phone before putting any logins or installing anything
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
:D It is the real thing !!!

Good luck you will find it, it is an html request for sure!

Or not? ;)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Thank you for your encouragement :D I'm getting more and more annoyed.. Another few days without luck and I'll be buying my first iphone if I wont find solution :D:D

Let me know if you get any other ideas :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Can you have a look into text file and tell am I doing everything correctly? Its copy of terminal of how I flashed image last time. After this I wipe system data inside recovery and reboot.

Are these 100% correct steps Im doing?

Thanks !!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Not in the mood, I have soo long time to flash OTA full or updates .zip(s) anyway, really.

I can give you a solution tho, preety good to go with.

1. Choose between those 2 -stock enough- custom roms:

(MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE)

--- Pure Nexus 7.1.1 (Older Android - Faster - Solid AF)

--- SuperXE 8.1.0 (Latest Android - Slower and maaaybe a little worst battery life - Still Solid, I am using it atm as main ROM)

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Let me know If I should keep writing, so we can try from zero the attempt I previously mentioned (wiping and reflashing).

In my opinion if you follow the steps I am about to write you SHOULD not believe in your eyes if you still see the virus, or consider that the malware is actually something else, somewhere else and not in your smartphone's ROM or Storage.

(If you wanna go for it, start downloading the ROM files you choosen, it will save you/us time, find them here on XDA Nexus 6P section)

(I will edit this post)

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2. Follow the steps [MENTION=582392]Cile[/MENTION]381 gives on SuperXE thread, if you have any questions I will respond/help instantly, just use [MENTION=7712705]Pipiou211[/MENTION] so I will receive the notification.

BE VERY VERY VERY CAREFUL with your bootloader, radio and recovery sections, if you leave one of them empty, flash wrong .zip/.img or unplug your smartphone while flashing you will HARDBRICK your device.

Especialy Bootloader.

Update them to be ready for Oreo Android and move to next steps (vendor and rom).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Yes, If you just have time I would be very interested to go through your method! I'm downloading SuperXE 8.1.0 as we speak, but speed is not very consistant from the server (says it could take between 20min and 4 hours to download..) But please guide me through the process if you can. Thank you!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Sure, updating previous post ....

---------- Post added at 04:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:21 PM ----------

1.2GB file right? (flashable zip actually) [MENTION=5165400]BenasJ[/MENTION]
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Yes, 1.28 GB. Got it from here: https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/development/rom-t3488519
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
[MENTION=7712705]Pipiou211[/MENTION]

Quick few question I got:

According to SuperXE instructions I need to:

- Reboot to recovery (Question 1: by recovery it means twrp? do I need to root my phone to do this or just simply replace recovery with twrp using "fastboot flash..." commend like I did before?

- Take necessary backups

- Wipe system/data/cache

- Flash the appropriate vendor.img

- Flash Rom.zip

- Reboot to system

Question 2: Would these be correct - more detailed instructions how to install "Zip" not "IMG" ?

7. How To Install A ROM with TWRP Recovery

Prerequisites: unlocked bootloader (section 1), TWRP recovery (section 2).

Installing a ROM is a pretty straight forward and easy process. Before you install anything you should make a nandroid backup (instructions above).

Download a ROM and appropriate Gapps package and place on your device. You'll also need to find out what build your ROM is based on and download the vendor image for that build, you'll find the latest in my index here.

Boot into your custom recovery.

Perform a full wipe.

Select the wipe option from the TWRP home screen.

Select advanced wipe.

Check the system, data, cache, and dalvik cache options.

Swipe to wipe.

Install the ROM.

Select the install option from the TWRP home screen.

Navigate to where you have the ROM zip stored on your internal storage and select it. You can hit the "add more zips" button now to queue up your gapps package to be flashed after the ROM zip.

Swipe to install.

Most ROMs will run an installer script at this point but some ROMs have what is called an Aroma Installer which allow you to choose some install options before the script runs.

Hit the home button once everything has finished installing.

Install the appropriate vendor image.

Select the install option from the TWRP home screen.

Click the "install image" button in the bottom-right corner.

Navigate to where you have the vendor image stored on your internal storage and select it.

You'll now be asked which partition to flash the image to, select vendor.

Swipe to install.

Once you've installed all necessary zips/images you'll have an option to wipe cache/dalvik and an option to reboot system, hit the reboot system button and you'll boot into your new ROM.

If Yes, Question 3: What is Gapps? Do I need it?

Found answer myself for this: Realised that it was shortening for Google apps. As I understand I need ARM64-8.1 android-stock. Correct?

Thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
1. (YES to Question 1)

Flash TWRP (latest) to recovery partition.

2. PowerButton+VolumeUp and access TWRP.

3. Flash bootloader (the one cile381 "tell you" to)

4. Flash vendor (the one cile381 tells)

5. Wipe>Advanced check everything except Bootloader, Vendor and Recovery (already installed TWRP in our case)

6. Flash SuperXE ROM (chill and have fun with the Aroma Installer guidance, if unsure leave everything unticked and just NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, NEXT!!)

7. Reboot and check for the malware, after first-time-setup (wifi google account and so on).

DO NOT restore application data from previous "phone".

(8. If we get softbrick) Flash latest radio.img, will tell you the way if we get softbricked, we probably dont need that.

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(Response to Question 2.)

Step 3. and 4. are .img flashing.

Step 6. is .zip file flashing.

To flash .zip file just tap Flash in the TWRP and tap the 1.28GB .zip file.

To flash .img file(s) tap Flash, then a button like 'Image' or something, you will see it there are just two buttons, including 'Back', then tap the .img file and tap the partition you wanna flash/install it.

Am I clear? My english is not the best sorry about that.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
[MENTION=7712705]Pipiou211[/MENTION] All clear apart section 3:

3. Flash bootloader (the one cile381 "tell you" to)

In their page cile381 provides only ROM and Vendor. Where do I get bootloader from?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Let me backup mine and send you, brb

Use this one

http://kantjer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/bootloader-angler-03.79.img

We probably need this one (radio) too:

http://kantjer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/radio-angler-03.85.img
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
[MENTION=7712705]Pipiou211[/MENTION]

Got all files from you. Thank you.

Next question I got stuck at: Inside TWRP when I select Install Image - I select bootloader and it asks which partition i want to flash image to: Boot, System Image, Vendor Image or Recovery.

What I understand:

Bootloader goes to Boot partition

Vendor goes to Vendor Image Partition

Radio goes to ?? where it supposed to go?

Thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Radio needs the old school method of flashing, I dont remember atm the commands, proceed and leave it last, in my opinion.

Oh ****, just remembered you don't have windows right now, right?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
No, just mac. Can bring windows laptop back from work tomorrow.

Another thing: Wipping inside twrp does not have even option to select Bootloader, Vendor and Recovery. It has options: Dalvit/ART cache, system, data, internal storga, cache. What I would need to choose?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
It is ok, "flash" means "wipe and rewrite" anyways.

Sorry if I make a little "messy" the guidance and thanks for asking valuable questions!

I mean "GJ"*
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
I know its a lot of questions, thanks for staying with me. I try to google as much things as I can find but sometimes get stuck. Aprreciate your time.

Steps I've done up to now:

1. Inside TWRP flashed bootloader

2. Inside TWRP flashed vendor

3. Insite TWRP wiped everything apart from internal storage

4. Inside TWRP flashed vendor again

5. And finally flashed new ROM (zip file)

6. All installed normal, went trough different steps to choose (or not to) install different apps. Just clicked next...next.. as you said without choosing anying.

7. Have not signed in anywhere. Now trying to see will same adds pop-up...

If I still getting ads, I'm buying Iphone... :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Cool, send me as a gift your Nexus 6P too, with that huuge screen and stereo speakers, I will find a way using it just like a tablet! :good:

Let me be honest, I agree, we are about to get new smartphone, but b*ch please, go get the new Oneplus 6 when it will get released !!!

Where else will you find all those rights to make your ROM suit you?

Where else will you find people (and better or kinder) like me supporting your OS?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Do you mean Google Account? Yes I do, you can skip it and do it manually later, it is supposed to be exactly the same thing.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exodusche:
Maybe not when you sign in from first install might be restoring your data from previous that was infected. If you sign in after skipping at first boot won't restore anything.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Guess what.. Adds again... same type... Im not loged in anywhere... I won another galaxy s8, iphone x, and 1000$ walmart vouncher... I'm so close to smashing this phone to the wall...:D

Thats the reason I love(D) nexus 6p.. screen is huge and amazing, stereo speakers is the best thing.. and it doesnt feel old even after 2 years... I even replaced battery and usb port month ago... Cannot believe I got malware I cannot get rid of... Thats the reason I stopping believing that android is secure...

I know regarding XDA community and people like you! I really appreciate your and everyones help! But how da f****g hell to remove this f***er.... :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
Man wait a second, you will drive us insane.

Try downloading a new browser! Like Opera or something

Also try using Packet Capture (by Grey Shirts), download it through Play Store, hit run and spectate, we might get some info.

Does the malware works without internet? It gives 404 or does not popups at all?

What about a paid antivirus thing?

*lastoption*

Try backup-and-wipe your userdata while doing the previous steps (SuperXE installation), where else can the virus be? Da fak
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Thanks for Packet Capture idea, I'll definetely try that.

I dont know answer to your second question. But its good idea though, I'll try to have chrome browser open without any internet connected. However, once I got "Internal server error" error written inside page with strange html link.. I though it was some sort of their malware server issue or something..

I tried once malwarebytes (which is recomended by google) and add poped-up white it was running no problem.. I will try to play around more with wipping system data inside TWRP during different steps while flashing image.

I'm not completely familiar with all android "tree" how its running and which thing is responsible for what... but in my opinion it must be somewhere in very roots (In Bios if talking in pc terms ;D). Other Idea I have it could be something related to google apps. Every single time I start fresh android without even logging in anywhere or anything, phone download 7 apps: like slides, google docks, slides, notes...etc..(there is no way to stop it) I'm thinking maybe its hidden somewhere there, just not sure how it transfers from one ROM to another..
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
I still cannot believe wtf is going on,

In my opinion copy/paste the whole Nexus 6P storage to your pc and wipe it (userdata), then flash bootloader, vendor, wipe system-cache-davlik and install superxe again!

We must be sure we tried eeeverything we could.

I know, userdata are just files ... but what if there's an overridden file, related to html requests?

Edit:

BIOS is actually bootloader+recovery in our case, if I am right.

What I am saying is that we are already deep inside, there might be even deeper parts, but we are talking about hardcored-enough **** for sure.

Mess around and when you feel you are out of choices, go for full wipe, including userdata.

You probably just need to backup only DCIM, Downloads and Music folders anyway.

Maybe some emulator folders/saves too if you are a gamer dude!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
I got one more question: Is it correct that I still see bootloader, radio, vendor, ROM.zip file in my phone storage after flashing new image?

Okay, can you give me a start how to completely wipe phone through PC? what sofwtare do I need to use, because when I simply connect it, I see only usual DCIM, Music, Movies folders but not the system

PS. Im not interested at all in saving any of my data. everything is in the cloud now.. I just want to have fresh clean android now.. :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pipiou211:
It is correct yes.

Cool, just follow the steps you've done before, but include Internal Storage when wiping.

It should take you 15 minutes from now, including the procedure of re-inserting the bootloader, radio, vendor and SuperXE.zip in your smartphone's storage.

I repeat NEVER leave RECOVERY or BOOT partition empty!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenasJ:
Thank you for your help today, I'll let you know tomorrow how did it go to. I'll try to get ad-pop up and make o a copy of what packets it shows. And my next step will be reflashing and wiping everything again.

I'll let you know tomorrow how did it go. I need to get prepered for work tomorrow so wont have much time today.

Huge thanks for your help today! :good: ;)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bstsms:
Try re-flashing factory image with Unified Android Toolkit.