[Nexus 5X General] Dragon's Fedora:
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Nexus 5x BLOD fix (OPM2.171019.029)​

I recently purchased a Nexus 5x from ebay; it had the BLOD issue and, after many days I managed to fix it.

So I have decided to update the boot image to the 'latest' android factory image; this will allow people who have applied the patch to use a later version of Android or a custom ROM.

A huge thanks to [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION] for the original fix!

The steps below will wipe all data from your device!

For Rooting Information and Google Pay fix, see 2nd post.

Changelog

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02/05/2018 - Updated method and added custom ROM method.

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01/05/2018 - Updated TWRP from version 3.1.1.0 to 3.2.1-0.

What does this do?

There are two versions;

The first process will install the 'newest' stock version of Android onto your device; it will then install a custom recovery, and finally flash the updated boot.img file.

The boot.img has been modified slightly to only use 4 out of the 6 cores on the processor, this fixes the overheating issue with the Nexus 5x devices.

The other version is similar except using a custom version of Lineage OS.

Instructions

For detailed instructions and more info please visit the original thread.

Please make sure to have all of the downloaded file ready.

First Method - Stock Image

1. Boot into fastboot mode.

2. Extract factory image zip file and go into its directory.

3. With the phone in fastboot mode and connected the computer, open 'flash-all.bat'.

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3a. Let the process finish; the device will reboot.

4. Go back into fastboot mode.

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4a. [optional] you may wish to flash a custom recovery. If so move into the directory where you have the custom image downloaded. follow step 6a and type in

fastboot flash recovery [filename].img

5. Now move into the directory in which you downloaded the boot.img file.

6. Once inside; shift-right-click in the file manager and select 'open in powershell' or 'open in cmd'

7. Once the command window has opened: type in

fastboot flash boot boot.img

8. Now reboot the device!

Second Method - Custom ROM

1. Boot the device into fastboot mode

2. Download the ROM [linked below].

3. Download the GAPPS package [linked below].

4. Download Magisk [linked below].

5. Download the stock factory image; this is important as it contains the newest version of the bootloader, radio and vendor images, which is needed for Lineage to work [linked below].

6. Extract the stock factory image and go into it’s directory.

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6a. There should be a file called ‘flash-all.bat’ - double-click to run it (Make sure phone is plugged in and in fastboot mode!).

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6b. Let the process finish; the device should reboot.

7. Once the device has rebooted, again make sure it’s in fastboot mode.

8. Now download the custom version of TWRP; go into it’s directory then shift-right-click and select ‘open with cmd’ or ‘open with powershell’.

9. Then type the following:

fastboot flash recovery [filename].img

10. Once that process has finished (it should only take a sec), boot into recovery mode by selecting it via the volume up & down keys; the using the power button to select.

11. Once in recovery;

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11a. Copy and paste the ROM zip archive, Magisk and the GAPPS package to the phone. You should be able to view your phone in the file explorer. If not please install the adb & fastboot drivers.

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11b. Once done; go to ‘Install’ -> the select the zip file you transfered. It will now ask you to confirm, drag the bar across to accept the flash.

12. The ROM will now be flashing; leave it until it is done!

13. Once that process has finished; go back into the install section.

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13a. Now you need to flash the GAPPS package.

14. Once the GAPPS has finished flashing; you now need to flash Magisk. This allows you to root your device and use services like Google Pay.

15. Now reboot!

If all is good then the device will reboot. You should see a boot animation (This can take up to 30 mins, so please wait!), after you should now see the android setup process.

Downloads

The fixed boot image can be downloaded from here.

The factory image: please make sure the version you are downloading matches the updated boot images'. It can be found here.

Modified Lineage OS ROM (boot image updated to the fix); it can be found here.

Magisk -> here.

GAPPS -> here. (Download for ARM64).

A fixed version of TWRP created by [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION] and updated by me to work with the 4-core boot image. Download Here.

Disclaimer

I will not be held responsible for anyone that decides to proceed with the steps listed above. If there are any issues please post them below with as much detail as you can. I will try my best to answer them, but I do have real-life stuff to deal with.

The original mod was not created myself! I have simply updated it.