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[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
Does the workaround Zip run with all roms?

If i want to run LOS15.1, i have to flash the workaround Zip in last to run on 4 cores, I'm right?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Yes, will work with all roms.

Yes, flash the workaround.zip after flashing Rom (and Magisk/custom kernel if using those).
[Nexus 6P General] HJain11:
i flashed the recovery file successfully but when i try to boot into recovery it goes back into loop.
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
well, Now I'm waiting the fist boot after having flashed TWRP, LOS15.1, and last the workaround.zip

hope this time the touchscreen and global fluidity will be ok...
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
I think it's dead for me.

Still bootloader, still need heat to boot, and when it boot, it's more laggy than with the 8 cores...

It should be another HW issue that I can't identify...

And the more strange IS that everything is smooth in bootloader, on reconvery also...

But the rom starts, here comes the lag of hell.
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Maybe try a custom kernel. ELEX is working well for me on RR (also using the Butterfly profile). And since you've gone from 8 to 4 cores you should expect a little more lag.

Also, make sure the lag isn't due to some setting in the rom you may have enabled, e.g. Live Display. Maybe you need a clean flash as well if you haven't in a while. Or try another rom.

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Hmm, not really sure. If your problem is only with the big cores then flashing the patched TWRP and then immediately rebooting back into it should work. There may be other things going on as well. So if the patched TWRP isn't working for you, for the heck of it, maybe try flashing the latest TWRP, immediately flashing the workaround.zip after that, and then reboot back into TWRP ?

Other than that maybe someone else has some ideas...
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
I ried to reflash stock rom to see if phone could reboot with a clean install.... but still bootloop.

And now my phone doesn't boot anymore with the hair drier (to unlock to bootloader)...

Is the hair drier solution limited?
[Nexus 6P General] ronald_loulan:
Same here, tried to fastboot boot the twrp but still failed...
[Nexus 6P General] HJain11:
I tried everything not even heating it up works.

Its probably dead. So just ordered a OnePlus 6
[Nexus 6P General] Hottot2:
I've had my 6p since it was released. The first thing I did when I got it was enable oem unlocking. No issues until today. I've been running stock the whole time, so I had to "fastboot flashing unlock" first. Then I followed your instructions and I am up and running. Thank you very much! This is way better than putting my sim in my old backup device and shopping for a new phone.
[Nexus 6P General] evertking:
damn.... cant believe I ended up in here. ****... I loved this phone!!!

Anyway... could someone tell me what to do if I still get the bootloop in recovery?? I am not able to sideload the zip.
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
Only heat enables to start phone by running the little cores.
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
I've used the freezer method before (put phone in plastic baggie to keep out moisture and put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes or so) and it worked.
[Nexus 6P General] evertking:
Thanks, this got my phone to boot. So I was off to flash a ROM and kernel and when I booted into the 4core TWRP it ask for a pin and will not let me access files. What should I do?

Again, thanks soooo much.

Ok, I have spent the last hour trying everything I could think of. I flashed it all again (stock and 4coreTWRP and the workaround) and everything worked fine. BUT when I go in recovery it will not let me decrypt data!! I fast boot formatted userdata and still nothing.

whats wrong? the phone is on 7.0 and using the recovery in the OP.
[Nexus 6P General] iakeco:
I can not get in recovery after flashing the 4core TWRP . Can I flash the workaround via fastboot
[Nexus 6P General] evertking:
I have manually flashed the latest factory img, flashed 4 core TWRP and loaded the work around and it boots and runs fine BUT TWRP still ask for a password!!! I formatted userdata and still nothing. What's up?
[Nexus 6P General] Profetorum:
What's the way to revert this patch?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Since the patch patches the boot and recovery images, you can flash them again so those are no longer patched with the patch.
[Nexus 6P General] kerry2020hinsen@gmail.com:
I tried using a recovery zip I seen for this and I think it made it worse. Could someone that has fixed the nexus 6p please message me. I'm really new to this and I don't want to mess with the kernel like I've seen suggested. Basically what mine is doing now is going to the screen that says to lock the bootloader and to Google. I use to be able to get in twrp until I used nexus toolkit and used the recovery zip

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I'm thinking it could maybe be other components that are affected as well and kinda thinking I should just buy a new logic board
[Nexus 6P General] PhilipBroughtonMills:
tips for new people

This method worked with my Nexus6P (thanks!), but here are a few extra tips for complete newbies like me:

* This will work with Android v8.1.0.

* You will be erasing all files from your phone. So if there's something you really need then maybe grab it with the freezing/heating method first.

* To check whether USB connection has been established, enter "fastboot devices". If it returns nothing, you're not connected.

* If you receive an error message "device is locked", then enter "fastboot flashing unlock".

* When the device restarts in to the newly installed TWRP menu, you need to start the sideloading in TWRP before entering the console command on your computer.

* After sideloading and rebooting, my phone complained that it was corrupt, and I ended up in TWRP and had to do a wipe before my phone returned to normal.

My Nexus6P has now been working normally again, though a little slower, for 3 months.
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
this workaround zip seems to be a good solution to fix the 6P big cores BLOD.

is it necessary to also install the N2G48B_4Cores.img?

Normal TWRP or twrp-3.2.1-0-fbe-4core-angler.img?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
All you really need to do is flash the twrp-3.2.1-0-fbe-4core-img and the workaround zip as indicated in the OP. If you want to update your TWRP to the latest version afterwards, then flash the new TWRP and then immediately flash the workaround zip to patch it. Its all in the OP. Just follow the instructions and hopefully you'll be all set.
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
That's clearer, thanks
[Nexus 6P General] rehoni:
when i flash on my nexus 5x thw twrp it loops again which system do i install and when this ?
[Nexus 6P General] Pedz84:
Hi, I followed all instructions, and they all seemed to work (in that there was no error or anything,) but I seem to be stuck with the screen that says that it can't be checked for corruption. Any ideas?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Are you saying that you are stuck on that screen? Or only that you are getting that message? If you are only getting the message you can ignore it. That happens when you're bootloader is unlocked.
[Nexus 6P General] Pedz84:
It goes past that screen and then to a screen with Google and an unlocked padlock, but it does nothing from there.
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
If you followed all the instructions properly and its not booting, and its not rom, etc. related, then your little cores or other components may be corrupted. Just to be sure you may want to go into recovery and flash the workaround zip again and then try booting again.
[Nexus 6P General] Pedz84:
I tried it again and same. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Hard to tell not knowing exactly what you did and in what order, but if you followed the instructions then you should have done it correctly.
[Nexus 6P General] Pedz84:
If I was to somehow factory reset it, would I be able to start the process again as if I hadn't? If so, I could try that.
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Yes
[Nexus 6P General] Pedz84:
So... I was trying to work out how to factory reset it, but well, I now have the same problem as before, but now have the added bonus of being told there's no OS on the phone.
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Well, its hard to tell what's going on without knowing exactly what steps you took in this whole process. You may be best off by starting from scratch, that is, flashing the latest factory image and then going from there with the BLOD fixes.
[Nexus 6P General] gverm:
I want to start off by saying giving my thanks to all those involved. My Nexus 6P was revived using this method.

The only problem I have now is that Android keeps complaining that there is an update available, but it won't install because the bootloader is unlocked.

Is there any way past this? Because from what I've read I can't lock the bootloader while I have this TWRP custom recovery installed.
[Nexus 6P General] CityHunter004:
I by mistakenly flashed this zip in recovery all my cpus where functioning so is there a way to revert back???
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Reflash your original TWRP (assuming that you flashed the modified TWRP) and reflash your boot.img. Alternatively, you can reflash your original TWRP and then wipe /cache/dalvik/system and reflash your rom, GApps, etc...

Also, no need to quote the whole OP :good:
[Nexus 6P General] CityHunter004:
Sry iam kinda new to xda :eek:
[Nexus 6P General] n.venasquez:
Here's what on my 6P, I'm Running a Custom ROM (Android P) then these past few weeks my phone's been rebooting on its own didn't bother about it since running a custom ROM had that kind of behavior sometimes, then ****s happens 3 days ago my phone was On waiting for some replies via Messages (using my phone that time) then suddenly my phone reboots itself then that's it endless bootloop, I tried flashing Stock ROM latest OREO it failed, then flash 4CoreImages still no luck and flashing the modified TWRP still no luck, tried everything followed all the instructions of [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION] and this OP still no luck, what am I suppose to do now? pls help
[Nexus 6P General] kiessla:
First of all I want to say a big THANK YOU to all people involved in this wonderful fix.

I have a question regarding the Step-by-Step instruction. I'm certain that I am able to execute the steps perfectly (I'm a techy) but the thing is that my girlfriend (who is on another continent right now) is not :D.

The phone boots perfectly into the already installed TWRP recovery. And therefore I'm questioning if the adb and fastboot commands described in the instructions are really necessary or if we can just boot into recovery, copy the ZIPs onto the phone and flash the them manually via TWRP recovery?

Is there any downside in doing it so or does it will have the same effect? It would greatly reduce the effort my girlfriend has to deal with.

Thank you in advance.
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
If you actually followed the OP and did the steps correctly you may be out of luck. I would give it one more try by flashing the modified recovery, then reboot into that and flash the workaround zip and either try to boot if you already have a rom installed, or flash rom, etc...

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If you can boot into TWRP already, then you can just flash the workaround zip and that will patch your recovery and boot images and you should hopefully be good to go. Remember, if you flash a new rom, kernel, Magisk or recovery you should flash the workaround zip last to patch all those before you boot.
[Nexus 6P General] kiessla:
Sorry, but I have to be 100% sure on this topic. So what you say also includes that I don't have to flash the provided TWRP image mentioned in the first post, right?

My old TWRP version that I installed a year ago, which wasn't the 4Core TWRP image, should be fine to use and I just have to flash the workaround ZIP, correct?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Yes, if you able to flash stuff in your current TWRP (and the problem is you just can't boot your phone) then all you need to do is flash the workaround zip and it will patch that TWRP and the your current boot.img. If you can't flash stuff in your current TWRP then you'll need to flash the modified TWRP, boot into that and flash the workaround zip.

Also, if you are using a TWRP version lower than 3.2.1-0 you might want to think about flashing a newer one or the latest. To do that, flash the new TWRP and then immediately flash the workaround zip so it patches that new TWRP, and then boot into the new TWRP.

Edit: I'm assuming your bootloader is unlocked already since you didn't mention it being locked.
[Nexus 6P General] satpakCA:
Thanks so much for your time and effort. Your method saved my Nexus 6P.

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Followed the above steps in addition to OP by author and it worked like a charm for me.

Below was the sequence I followed.

- My device was probably in version 6.x.x when it was in BLOD.

- Had to heat up the device for 10 minutes using a hair blower to temporarily bypass the BLOD screen and quickly enabled USB Debugging and OEM unlock.

- Had to install ADB and Fastboot on Mac first. No drivers needed since it was on a Mac, which was a relief as I couldn't get them to work on my PC.

- How to install ADB/Fastboot on a Mac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgM3yHImDR0&t=128s

- Downloaded 8.1.0 from the above link and followed the video steps.

- From OP, entered code and flashed TWRP on to device and went into recovery mode.

- Clicked ADB Sideload under TWRP 'Advanced' menu and ran it.

- On terminal, entered code as per OP to adb side load the BLOD ZIP file.

Hope this of help to someone else..
[Nexus 6P General] kiessla:
Okay, so we tried it today with only downloading the workaround.zip onto the phone and flashing it manually with TWRP.

What can i say, it worked perfectly :)

Thank you all very much. It's such a great job you do here :)
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Glad you got it going :good::)

But for the record, I have nothing to do with this workaround. All credits go to [MENTION=4544860]osm0sis[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5288606]XCnathan32[/MENTION] . They have done a fantastic job keeping our BLODed devices going :good:
[Nexus 6P General] satpakCA:
Phone is working great since the I followed the fix posted by OP. Has anyone ever had a device breakdown after this fix in place?

The only reason I ask is, I wanted to know if I can take any precautions to avoid a brick. I use this phone only for regular day-day use (mostly for SMS, mail checking, occasional calls here and there... that's it). From the OP, I understand gaming can further degrade solder and I don't game. I just charge using the provided OEM charger and the device gets a bit warm. I don't know if this would affect my device. Would a USB charge through a computer help?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
This fix is described as only temporary b/c it seems that with most BLODed devices the little cores or other components eventually fail. So yes, its best to keep the phone as cool as you can to enhance longevity (although that is certainly no guarantee). I personally underclock the little cores by 1 step to aid in that. USB charging would likely keep the heat down as well.
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
Is that possible to flash the workaround Zip

From fastboot instead of TWRP?

(TWRP IS hard to start because phone needs to be hot)
[Nexus 6P General] satpakCA:
This fix has made my Nexus 6p function again. The device is currently on Stock ROM 8.1.0. Recently I'm starting to get a system update notification. Pretty small update ~45MB. If I go ahead and update, would I have to re-do the whole thing in order for the device to be working again or I should be OK?
[Nexus 6P General] sumthingman:
cant get to recovery mode

I can not get to recovery mode. In fact, any of the options I select in the bootloader all revert it back to the same boot loop. It is rooted with magdisk and bootloader is unlocked.

Any thoughts on how I can get to TWRP or anything? I am going to try to freeze the device now to see if that helps. Any thoughts are appreciated.
[Nexus 6P General] osm0sis:
You both need to read the OPs, where your questions are already answered..
[Nexus 6P General] sumthingman:
so you are saying that I need to get in the phone and uninstall magik disk. I have tried flashing the default os and had TWRP already installed. Thanks for your research and continued support!
[Nexus 6P General] osm0sis:
No, the answer for what you describe, which you would find in the OP, is "sorry, but your device is dead."
[Nexus 6P General] Deborah_Gilbert:
Stuck with just recovery menu

Hi all

A big thank you to osm0sis for all his hard work.

I followed the guide and have successfully stopped the dreaded boot loop.

My only problem now is that i have TWRP installed (twrp-3.2.1-0-fbe-4core-angler) and I was able to adb sideload N5X-6P_BLOD_Workaround_Injector_Addon-AK2-signed.zip.

I am able to reboot into the new recovery but am struggling big time to copy any rom across to TWRP or even sideload one that I can then flash

Now, I am not blonde (well not strictly true - strawberry blonde) to be precise) anyway...am i missing something here to any ROM installed?

I have downloaded the angler factory image from Google but whenever i try to send it to my phone via power shell in windows 10, it completes 5% then hangs.

I have the correct USB driver installed and ADB DEVICES always shows the serial no. and fastboot.

I work in IT Admin so have a fairly basic understanding, though some of the guides allow me to cut n paste commands

Is their a ROM that i should be using specifically with the 2 files above?

I cant just flash a stock rom (the latest) can I?

Whenever i boot into TWRP and exit the program, it advises that i have NO OS installed (clearly i am struggling getting a rom across)

Can someone offer some words of wisdom, in lay terms, to assist me complete what is now becoming a minefield.

Are their any commands that will allow me to wipe everything and start again..... ?

Many thanks to all you clever folk (whom i suspect are mostly male, some with or without blonde hair lol)

Kisses

Debs x

Update:

hey...

I worked through all the steps up to #6

i just get write issues when trying to execute the flash-all.bat file

To freshen the device up again and prepare it for a rom install, is there such a command that will set the partitions up again on the device.

I believe the file tables for the partition must be screwed..thus preventing a write.

I have correct USB drivers.

I tried to sideload another rom but this wouldny copy too

Any help gratefully appreciated

xx
[Nexus 6P General] doo_dah:
Worked for me on my Nexus 6P! Thank you!

Any idea how long the the fix will last?
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
If no possible to start recovery, does it exist any solution to flash the workaround Zip by another way instead of adb/sideload?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Well, since you mentioned wiping everything and starting over again.......I would suggest flashing the latest factory image via fastboot and then flashing the modified recovery and workaround zip:

The latest factory image (December 2018) can be found here... https://developers.google.com/android/images#angler (Sounds like you already have this). This has to be flashed via fastboot, not from your phone. (I wasn't clear on if this is what you did so I'll just leave these directions just in case).

To flash via fastboot if you don't know how (there are a few ways but I'll just give you what I think is easiest):

1. Extract the files in zip to your desktop

2. Open that folder and there should be 6 files.

3. Open a command prompt window in that folder

4. Boot your phone into bootloader (vol. down + power) and plug phone into computer

5. Type fastboot devices in the command window and you should see your phone recognized.

6. In command prompt, type "flash-all.bat" without the quotes. It will take a minute or two to finish. Once it does it will try to reboot but since you have the BLOD it likely will not, so...

7. Go back into bootloader (and connect phone to PC)

8. Follow the step by step instructions on flashing the modified TWRP and workaround zip in the OP of this thread.

9. Hopefully everything will work out and your phone will boot :) (And hopefully I didn't forget a step :silly: )

If all works out then if you want to try a custom rom (yes, this workaround works with any rom), you can just download the rom onto your internal storage and flash the rom, GApps, Magisk if desired, etc. via TWRP. Just make sure to flash the workaround zip after flashing the other stuff and before rebooting so it patches your boot and recovery images so it will boot.

Good luck :good:
[Nexus 6P General] Deborah_Gilbert:
Resolved !

Following Lughnasadh's advice, i purchased a usb to c lead, as i had tried various others around my flat.

It seems that this worked and i am able to write a stock image to my device :highfive::)

I just need to get TWRP across now and the BLOD fix...do i still bother with the 4core recovery?

Happy bunny :fingers-crossed::D
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Yep, just following the instructions in the OP on flashing the modified TWRP and workaround zip and hopefully all will go well :) , as per our PM discussions.

As an aside to others and to put this into context, she was getting a data transfer error while trying to fastboot flash the factory image and this was due to a bad/wrong type of cord. Sometimes you'll get this when using a USB C to USB C cord instead of a USB A to USB C cord.
[Nexus 6P General] bilatche:
About me, I give up...

After unlock BL, format userdata, flash "boot 4 cores img" and flash TWRP 4 cores, no way to reboot un recovery but still bootloop (in order to sideload workaround Zip)...

The only thing which works at this moment is to put the phone on a hot place, low boot, but Android starts veeeeeeeery laguy...
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
If you've fastboot flashed the modified TWRP and still can't boot into it, then you likely have other components that are separated (as stated in the OP) and your device is likely dead, unfortunately.
[Nexus 6P General] topdawg89:
I followed the instructions and all went well until I rebooted from twrp. Now I'm waiting on the colored dots animation and it's been at least 10 mins... I'll give it a few more minutes, but if it stays there what should I do ?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
If you booted from the modified TWRP and flashed the workaround zip before booting, try rebooting again (do a hard reboot by holding the power button until it reboots). If that doesn't work, and you are sure being stuck at the boot animation is not rom, Magisk, etc. related, then you may be at the end of the line, unfortunately.
[Nexus 6P General] topdawg89:
Rebooted, still stuck at colored dots logo.

I'm not sure if it's rom related, because the phone isn't mine. I have no idea what has been done to it before I got it.

Should I try to flash stock rom and give the fix another go just to be sure ?
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Absolutely. Flash the latest factory image and then do the fix again to be sure. After you flash the factory image it will reboot itself and likely be stuck or go into bootloop if you have the BLOD. If this is the case then go through the fix steps (go back into bootloader and fastboot flash the modified TWRP and install the workaround zip) and see if it boots.
[Nexus 6P General] topdawg89:
Thanks a lot! Both to you and osm0sis for the fix.

The phone is alive for now :)
[Nexus 6P General] Lughnasadh:
Awesome :)