A new Start !! - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

A new Start !! - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello fellas,
After a long time I've decided to be back on Nexus, can't enjoy without nexus phones, ZF2 developement is stagnant as ASUS is not releasing src, a great HW stuck by OEM limtations.
So I've got my N6 today, I've learnt a few things before like not downgrading bootloader, had a post saying which versions are safe and ones that are not iirc <71.08 shouldn't be flashed onto 71.08 existing BL right or was it 71.10 ?? (idk why will anyone want to downgrade unless they want OTAs based on Fi, root is superior to all. Heard a few CM roms had BL packed into ROMs and the updte to 5.1.x + lower BL caused hardbrick, a.k.a bootloop + noTWRP with Fastboot lockedout ).
So here's my to-do list sorry to post this long but seems like this is start for me....Please correct me If I understood anthing wrong....as It's been a long time since I used a nexus (Maguro was my first nexus and things rapidly changed these days..)
1 - mFastboot for flashing
2 - OEM unlock check prior to unlock the phone (shipped with 5.1 LMY47D so I may need to do this before proceeding)
A few questions -
3 - Does NRT has mFastboot ? I have it in my computer tho.
4 - Can any one give me crash course for SuperSU + MultiROM with 5.1.1 (Need Xposed:silly, 6.x & Nexus 6 information....
a- Like If I OEM unlock my n6 now and use 5.1.1 CM based it has pre-root right ? So I shouldn't bother with SuperSU BETA 2.6x right, next is the systemless root is because of M's warning messages ? why all this hassle of
**root** as of lately with L and M, Is it because of SELinux policies + M's changes with System related messages ?
b - MultiROM working guide on 5.1.1 plus M latest release anyone, will try the official thread tho, any info on whre to start would be awesome !!
5- I should be good if I unlock the nexus and use an EX / Lean / Despair / Blu-Spark / or any kernels - these do have modified system so how about the M's warning msgs? are the custom ROMs on M are modded to avoid any nagging messages like that?
6- Please link me any useful posts/threads that are updated to reflect latest changes like SU or any old information that is essential !! thanks !!

Ashtrix said:
Hello fellas,
After a long time I've decided to be back on Nexus, can't enjoy without nexus phones, ZF2 developement is stagnant as ASUS is not releasing src, a great HW stuck by OEM limtations.
So I've got my N6 today, I've learnt a few things before like not downgrading bootloader, had a post saying which versions are safe and ones that are not(idk why will anyone want to downgrade unless they want OTAs based on Fi, root is superior to all). So here's my to-do list sorry to post this here but seems like this is start for me.Please correct me If I understood anthing wrong....as It's been a long time since I used a nexus (Maguro was my first nexus and things rapidly changed these days..)
1 - mFastboot for flashing
2 - OEM unlock check prior to unlock the phone (shipped with 5.1 LMY47D so I may need to do this before proceeding)
A few questions -
3 - Does NRT has mFastboot ? I have it in my computer tho.
4 - Can any one give me crash course for SuperSU + MultiROM with 5.1.1 (Need Xposed:silly, 6.x & a few Nexus 6 information, any useful links would do the job.
a- Like If I OEM unlock my n6 now and use 5.1.1 CM based it has pre-root right ? So I shouldn't bother with SuperSU BETA 2.6x right, next is the systemless root is because of M's warning messages ? why all this hassle of
**root** as of lately with L and M, Is it because of SELinux policies + M's changes with System related messages ?
b - Does MultiROM work on 5.1.1 plus M latest release ?
5- I should be good if I unlock the nexus and use an EX / Lean / Despair / Blu-Spark / or any kernels - these do have modified system so how about the M's warning msgs? are the custom ROMs on M are modded to avoid any nagging messages like that?
6- Please link me any useful links that are updated to reflect latest changes like SU or any old information that is essential !! thanks !!
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1.) I don't think you need mFastboot. I think you just want standard fastboot with Nexus phones
2.) I'm not sure what this means, but just follow the beginner guide in the General section to unlock the device
2a.) Follow the advice in answer 2 for fastboot information as well
3.) NRT installs standard fastboot and adb into C:\Program Files(x86)\WugFresh Development\NRT\Data\ folder
4.) Can't do it, I don't use multi-rom.
5.) There are special instructions for installing custom kernels. Follow the directions mentioned within the threads
6.) This information will be available in the custom ROM or kernel threads you choose to use

AlkaliV2 said:
1.) I don't think you need mFastboot. I think you just want standard fastboot with Nexus phones
2.) I'm not sure what this means, but just follow the beginner guide in the General section to unlock the device
2a.) Follow the advice in answer 2 for fastboot information as well
3.) NRT installs standard fastboot and adb into C:\Program Files(x86)\WugFresh Development\NRT\Data\ folder
4.) Can't do it, I don't use multi-rom.
5.) There are special instructions for installing custom kernels. Follow the directions mentioned within the threads
6.) This information will be available in the custom ROM or kernel threads you choose to use
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Thanks,
Last time I had a nexus 6 just for a couple of days which I returned for various reasons, I had the firmware error upon flashing the imgs from 5.0.x to 5.1.1, after googling a bit I used that mFastboot, but wanna confirm it..

Ashtrix said:
Thanks,
Last time I had a nexus 6 just for a couple of days which I returned for various reasons, I had the firmware error upon flashing the imgs from 5.0.x to 5.1.1, after googling a bit I used that mFastboot, but wanna confirm it..
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I'm pretty sure mFastboot is made directly for a Verizon variant, but since the Nexus 6 is unlocked and your Verizon SIM card dictates the network you are on, I would say stick with normal Fastboot for your flashing endeavors. Good luck and read twice, flash once :good:
Edit: Quick side note, love the avatar. Good choice.

Thankyou :highfive:
Just did an OEM unlock and wierdly after that, the bugdroid loading doesn't end at all. Did an factory img flash of 5.1.1 Shamu-LMY48Y and booted in less than a min Lol.
And yes the fastboot is working, wow things are definitely wierd with Shamu (volume normalization, mFastboot previous xperience, bootloader bricks...seems like Qcom fixed that after CM brickbug and no one can help the manual bricking) but I'm ok with all these , just love this device, massive, powerful and sexy looking piece
EDIT :
Well everything's going fine but this bugdroid loading doesn't seem to be fixed at all, after bootup 23Gb was there so I did a format and again stuck, this time around I tried using TWRP to flash (CM12.1)after doing fastboot commands - fastboot format userdata, cache. Now it says unable to flash on so&so data partition, So formatted from the OS and now MTP says generical heirarchial. I don't remember any device with that format...
EDIT 2 : Device won't boot with that bugdroid formatting the Data partition. Needs to be fastboot flashed else stuck there forever again same 23Gb bootissue if I do that & Using fastboot format userdata command it formats into the 64GB - 54Gb available space but with TWRP It fails to flash - the same error, can't flash on data parition. So repeat fastboot and it's a damn cycle. Will try to flash MM if it won't then. I may have to return again...OMG
EDIT 3 : http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...ys-formatting-data-yellow-text-any-ideas.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/help-stuck-formatting-data-t2737793

EDIT : Tried MM and after 10 mins formatted succesfully now gotta try a ROM or any, hope its fine !!

Again the GH FS is back with MTP and doesn't flash at all with TWRP. If I go for a re-lock and it it fails to boot with formatting properly...then bam nothing but a bricked Nexus !!
TWRP did the format but the device is messed up, sliptscreen issue..
I'm going to return this, enough of the hassle had me messed up totally :crying:
Seems like 6P seems better than having all these issues. Or wait for the 2016 device...
EDIT : Sorry for the GH format seems like it's normal, but the flashing issue is too wierd..

I dont know what the **** a bugdroid is.... But just use fastboot to flash things. Post up console messages and we can help.
If you flash userdata.img, its for the 32 gig model... But you can use TWRP to expand the partition to give your space back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/phone-gb-storage-to-factory-reset-t3225492
Just read, its really really easy.

scryan said:
I dont know what the **** a bugdroid is.... But just use fastboot to flash things. Post up console messages and we can help.
If you flash userdata.img, its for the 32 gig model... But you can use TWRP to expand the partition to give your space back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/phone-gb-storage-to-factory-reset-t3225492
Just read, its really really easy.
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I know this issue, just a factory reset fixed this thing on my old N6 that I had for 2 days, but this takes too much of time to format....Just had TWRP do the job and flashed the Temasek but ALAS !! Splitscreen issue.

Related

[GUIDE] Nexus 7 (2012) factory image w/root

I know a couple people asked for a guide and I didn't see anything concise had been posted (Mods feel free to remove if it's a duplicate.). Things are still a bit fresh, but this should be a short list of steps to perform the upgrade of your Nexus 7 (2012) WiFi to Lollipop.
As with other guides, I make no expressed or implied warranties - you break it, it's on you.
This is how I was able to get Lollipop working on my own Nexus 7 (2012). I was coming from a rooted factory image of 4.4.4.4 which was the previous most-recent factory image released by Google for this device. I like my device as bone stock as possible and wanted to upgrade and keep it that way.
I assume the following:
You know how to use both adb and fastboot and have already configured your system to use these utilities.
You have already performed an oem unlock on your device.
That out of the way, on to the guide...
It goes without saying, but I'll call it out anyway... Take a backup of your current device setup. Most likely this is within your custom recovery or TiBu. If your not familiar with how to do so, consult the help pages for those apps.
Download & unpack the requisite files
LRX21P factory image from Google.
CF-Auto-Root from Chainfire.
OPTIONAL Only if you're upgrading from a version of Android prior to the JWR66Y Android 4.3 factory image, download the KRT16S factory image from Google.
Start by rebooting your device to the bootloader.
Code:
$ adb reboot bootloader
OPTIONAL If you have ignored my assumption and haven't already done so, now would be the time to oem unlock the bootloader
Code:
$ fastboot oem unlock
Run the following commands to prep your device to install Android L. NOTE:This will erase your device
Code:
$ fastboot erase cache
$ fastboot erase recovery
$ fastboot erase system
$ fastboot erase userdata
OPTIONAL If you are upgrading from a version of Android prior to the 4.23 bootloader release which was originally released along with the Android 4.3 JWR66Y factory image, then you will need to upgrade the bootloader also. The bootloader included in the Android L factory image is not correct and will fail to install. Your best bet is to download the KRT16S factory image from Google and use the bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file from that factory image. Be sure whatever version of the bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file you use has the correct md5sum.
Code:
$ md5sum nakasi-krt16s/bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
df53028033c9eccf4fe5ba7bc198ce24 nakasi-krt16s/bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
$ fastboot erase boot
$ fastboot flash bootloader nakasi-krt16s/bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
Now, install the actual Android L system
Code:
$ fastboot -w update image-nakasi-lrx21p.zip
Your device will automatically reboot at this point and when it does, you will be running Android L (5.0) 100% stock and WITHOUT ROOT. This boot usually takes a very long time (~5-10 minutes) as it's performing the initial setup of the OS. When the device is back up fully, you will have to go through the setup steps as if it were a new device. Once that's done, proceed to the next step.
Now that Android L is freshly-installed, not only have you lost root, but you've also lost the Developer Options menu and the USB Debugging option contained therein. So, before we proceed, we need to enable Developer options & USB Debugging in the settings menu so that adb & fastboot will work recognize the device. Again, if you have any experience with running adb & fastboot, you will know how to do this. The process is exactly the same as with previous versions, so there should not be any surprises here.
Go to the Settings menu and scroll down to and tap on "About Tablet"
On the next screen tap on the "Build Number" field seven (7) times and you'll be presented with a message of "You're now a Developer!"
Hit the back "triangle" and go into the Developer Options menu and turn on USB Debugging.
Just be sure to accept the key on your device when you connect it to your computer.
Now, we can use adb to reboot the device so we can apply the CF-Auto-Root patches and SuperSU from the bootloader
Code:
$ adb reboot bootloader
Once in the bootloader you will need to apply the cf-auto-root. Use the following command.
Code:
$ fastboot boot image/CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img
NOTE: Windows users have reported that the file is in the same directory so just double-check the path to the file.
This will boot the device onto a custom kernel, install the kernel fix to allow root and also install the latest beta version of SuperSU (2.20) for Android L.
You will now end up with a device running Android L with root. I did not mention at any point about installing a custom recovery. These steps will remove a custom recovery, so if you want to install that, you will need to consult the instructions for your custom recovery of choice. I usually use the CM instructions for installing CWM as they're easy to find. This is not strictly necessary for root. Similarly, my main purpose for rooting was to use Titanium Backup. The current production version of TiBu doesn't support Android L, but the TiBu team has released a test version for L via their twitter feed. Here's a direct link or you can go to their twitter feed for more info...
Questions? Comments? Did I miss something? Let me know.
EDIT: Seems that the performance has really gone down over the past few days. Not really sure what the cause of the performance degradation is but it's quite severe. I noticed last night after having left it plugged in all night that the device wouldn't even turn on or took an inordinately long amount of time (many minutes) to wake from sleep. As it stands I attempted to play a game that's slightly intensive and after a short period of time the device got really hot and started really having performance issues to the point where it rebooted on it's own. Further, I noticed a number of things aren't working that probably should... Bluetooth & "Battery Saver" mode are the first two that come to mind.
Anyone else experiencing similar issues?

worked for me, with 2 changes:
- I had to enable developer mode on my first boot into L before I could execute the command "adb reboot bootloader"
- on my Windows machine, I had unzipped the root zip file, so I executed the command this way: "fastboot boot CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img", leaving out the "image/"
Thanks for your guide!

SuperSU is there. It does not complain about the binary. But TitaniumBackup can't find SU...
EDIT: Found the solution for TB in another thread.

petenatas said:
SuperSU is there. It does not complain about the binary. But TitaniumBackup can't find SU...
EDIT: Found the solution for TB in another thread.
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Would you mind pointing me to it?

If you're like me and haven't updated your bootloader to 4.23 you will need to do so... sadly that which is included with the most recent files is corrupt (yes the files from google.) download the krt16s version and overwrite your bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file. Then from the command line like before type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img" then "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and follow the directions above!
Enjoy!

jasoraso said:
worked for me, with 2 changes:
- I had to enable developer mode on my first boot into L before I could execute the command "adb reboot bootloader"
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- on my Windows machine, I had unzipped the root zip file, so I executed the command this way: "fastboot boot CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img", leaving out the "image/"
Thanks for your guide!
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Not sure about on Windows, but on Linux when I unzipped the root zip file, there was a directory layout as such...
Code:
cf-auto-root/
cf-auto-root/image/
cf-auto-root/image/CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img
cf-auto-root/root-linux.sh
cf-auto-root/root-mac.sh
cf-auto-root/root-windows.bat
cf-auto-root/tools/
cf-auto-root/tools/AdbWinApi.dll
cf-auto-root/tools/AdbWinUsbApi.dll
cf-auto-root/tools/fastboot-linux
cf-auto-root/tools/fastboot-mac
cf-auto-root/tools/fastboot-windows.exe
In any case, you were able to find it. Should be pretty obvious which file I'm referring to...

apocope said:
Would you mind pointing me to it?
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Added a link in the paragraph at the end.

Yes!
I needed my root. (The stock kernel underclocks like crazy, making the tablet nearly unusable.)

Thanks for the guide brother. You are awesome
I am now on a Rooted Android L tablet, thanks to the CF-Root 'boot.img' by Chainfire.
I have a question though. I wanted to ask ... this specific boot.img by chainfire seems to have automatically upgraded my SuperSU app to v2.20, so i didn't flash the 2.19 BETA. How did this happen? Any idea? (Did that CF-Root get updated after you made this guide?) i am curious to know

A very very very very usefull guide!!!!
All working fine!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!!

pyrostic said:
If you're like me and haven't updated your bootloader to 4.23 you will need to do so... sadly that which is included with the most recent files is corrupt (yes the files from google.) download the krt16s version and overwrite your bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file. Then from the command line like before type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img" then "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and follow the directions above!
Enjoy!
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OMG corrupted bootloader AGAIN.
GOOGLE what's wrong with you???

Thanks for the guide! Works fantastically on my aging N7.
Short rundown video by me on YouTube here:

Does it wipe internal storage?

abobobilly said:
Thanks for the guide brother. You are awesome
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:good:
I am now on a Rooted Android L tablet, thanks to the CF-Root 'boot.img' by Chainfire.
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:good::good:
I have a question though. I wanted to ask ... this specific boot.img by chainfire seems to have automatically upgraded my SuperSU app to v2.20, so i didn't flash the 2.19 BETA. How did this happen? Any idea? (Did that CF-Root get updated after you made this guide?) i am curious to know
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I made a mistake on the version number that I listed in my instructions. When I did my N7, I had originally just tried flashing SuperSU via the standard zip file method. The most recent version of SuperSU available in the SuperSU XDA thread is/was 2.19, so I just assumed that it was the same version being used in the CF-Auto-Root. But as you correctly point out, the process installs 2.20 not 2.19. I updated the version number in the guide. Thanks.

ToucherCD said:
Does it wipe internal storage?
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Yes, unfortunately it does.
I wouldn't recommend trying to upgrade without wiping user data. There may be internal changes to the file system and layout that could make a Kit Kat install (4.4.X) incompatible with this. Best to save off your data and start from scratch.

pyrostic said:
If you're like me and haven't updated your bootloader to 4.23 you will need to do so... sadly that which is included with the most recent files is corrupt (yes the files from google.) download the krt16s version and overwrite your bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file. Then from the command line like before type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img" then "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and follow the directions above!
Enjoy!
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Added a link to the KRT16S factory image which contains a proper bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file that you could use.

jetsaredim said:
Yes, unfortunately it does.
I wouldn't recommend trying to upgrade without wiping user data. There may be internal changes to the file system and layout that could make a Kit Kat install (4.4.X) incompatible with this. Best to save off your data and start from scratch.
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Hi. Good job on the guide. Very detailed. That's good.
Thanks for the tip with booting CFautoroot img. I was wandering why superSU 2.16 was not working and was looking for modified karnel all morning.
BTW. I know it's not recommended, even my Tapatalk signature says it
but I didn't wipe user data while upgrading. See my post here with details.
The Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: CLEAN FLASH.

Can I just ask about the bootloader?
I'm seeing alot of users reporting there's an issue within the bootloader that is included on the LRX21P image for Grouper, I performed a clean flash yesterday and flashed the leaked image for grouper, I haven't had any single issue flashing all of the images, even bootloader that came from the lollipop image doesn't seem to cause an issue.
Btw, everyone's suggesting to flash the bootloader from JB & KK on this lollipop build, is there any impact on the performance of why's that recommended to flash the old bootloader?
And I didn't really expect this but lollipop made it worst to run on this device! Even if it's a 2012 device, why's that it can't handle lollipop smoothly? I can't even drop the status bar down at a rate of 60fps as promised by Google, can't even swipe the screen smoothly and it's freezing as hell! It feels like something's wrong with this build.
We can't always tell the reason that this is a very old device so that it performs really bad, how come that my 2011 device with a CM11 installed that is still functioning well and smoothly performing operations on just top of its single core 1Ghz and 512 megabytes of RAM? Rather than this quad core tegra device that is WAY MORE faster supposedly?

JovieBrett said:
We can't always tell the reason that this is a very old device so that it performs really bad, how come that my 2011 device with a CM11 installed that is still functioning well and smoothly performing operations on just top of its single core 1Ghz and 512 megabytes of RAM? Rather than this quad core tegra device that is WAY MORE faster supposedly?
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Because Asus used chip silicon chips as requested by Google to bring the cost down. They degrade with time and slow down. My wife's 32GB Grouper is unusable in my standards (using Nexus 5 for list year and OnePlus One now), it lags as hell no matter what, F2FS or ext4, stock or custom ROM, it lags. I so much regret I didn't convince her to change it to N7 2013 last year, as she didn't feel the need to spend money...
I was so looking forward to N9, but not for the price they ask. 16GB is useless, so 32GB is the only option, but 489 EUR (=610 USD) they ask in Europe is way over what I'd spend on YouTube player (that's what she most uses it for) with, wait, wrong screen aspect to watch videos!
/rant
The Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: CLEAN FLASH.

Natakranta said:
Because Asus used chip silicon chips as requested by Google to bring the cost down. They degrade with time and slow down. My wife's 32GB Grouper is unusable in my standards (using Nexus 5 for list year and OnePlus One now), it lags as hell no matter what, F2FS or ext4, stock or custom ROM, it lags. I so much regret I didn't convince her to change it to N7 2013 last year, as she didn't feel the need to spend money...
I was so looking forward to N9, but not for the price they ask. 16GB is useless, so 32GB is the only option, but 489 EUR (=610 USD) they ask in Europe is way over what I'd spend on YouTube player (that's what she most uses it for) with, wait, wrong screen aspect to watch videos!
/rant
The Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: CLEAN FLASH.
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Yup, I all agree of what have you said. I tried ext4, f2fs etc etc, none of them improves the N7's performance or at least the stock one has the best performance and stability for me.
Heard alot of users blaiming about the tegra chip for this, they said that tegra chips are getting worst every year and if all of these are true, I have doubts about Nexus 9's performance since even the one of the famous 'Android Police' senior editors have found that there are unusual freezes and glitches from the device itself, idk if that happened on the latest build for N9.
The 2011 device I'm currently comparing to is an Xperia Mini, snapdragon chip with 1Ghz single core, 512MB of RAM, I'll look away from tegra based devices...
Btw, do you have an N7 2013? I'm planning to buy one this December to replace my 2011 device. Can I trust this 2013 model with snapdragon processor? I always trust these snapdragon based devices.

N6 5.1 assistance

I just bought a sim unlocked Nexus 6 from Amazon about a week ago and I need some help with it.... I guess I jumped the gun without gathering enough info on the N6
As soon as it was delivered I checked it out and found it had 5.0 on it.... I was unaware that there were two updates for it that increase battery life among other improvements, 5.1 and 5.1.1
( I had it search for updates 5 minutes out of the box, it said it was up to date, so I assumed it was)
So I rooted it and unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP... I used it for several days to find the battery didn't last much past 3pm so I started researching battery issues on the N6 to find out that there are two updates for my N6 that resolve the battery issue.
So tonight I set out to try and get the 5.1 or 5.1.1 on it for the better battery life in the new updates. That's when I discovered that rooted, it won't get any ota updates...
So after reading countless posts and watching videos on trying to get the updates on a rooted N6, I installed Scotts 5.1 Rooted DeOdex Rom
HTML:
http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=604
which is supposed to put me into a rom with the better battery life update.........
So now that 5.1 is installed I keep getting a pop up a notification that an update it available (5.1.1), I downloaded it on my phone and followed the prompts to "reboot and install"
when it reboots is goes into TWRP but I get an error message that the update failed..... So I am not sure how to install this 5.1.1 update OR if it is entirely necessary.
The error message in TWRP is as follows: "Package expects build fingerprint of google/shamu/shamu:5.1/LMY47D:user/release/keys; This device has google/omni-shamu:5.0.2/LRX22G/4:eng/test-keys.
Error executing updater binary in zip '/cache/updater.zip' E:Error installing zip file '/cache/update.zip'
Could somebody please shed some light on this for me.... I have spent hours here trying to figure this out to no avail....
Thank you
(Please don't beat me up to bad....I like to completely unlock my devices when I get a new one but I don't do this stuff very often)

jessepatty said:
I just bought a sim unlocked Nexus 6 from Amazon about a week ago and I need some help with it.... I guess I jumped the gun without gathering enough info on the N6
As soon as it was delivered I checked it out and found it had 5.0 on it.... I was unaware that there were two updates for it that increase battery life among other improvements, 5.1 and 5.1.1
( I had it search for updates 5 minutes out of the box, it said it was up to date, so I assumed it was)
So I rooted it and unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP... I used it for several days to find the battery didn't last much past 3pm so I started researching battery issues on the N6 to find out that there are two updates for my N6 that resolve the battery issue.
So tonight I set out to try and get the 5.1 or 5.1.1 on it for the better battery life in the new updates. That's when I discovered that rooted, it won't get any ota updates...
So after reading countless posts and watching videos on trying to get the updates on a rooted N6, I installed Scotts 5.1 Rooted DeOdex Rom
HTML:
http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=604
which is supposed to put me into a rom with the better battery life update.........
So now that 5.1 is installed I keep getting a pop up a notification that an update it available (5.1.1), I downloaded it on my phone and followed the prompts to "reboot and install"
when it reboots is goes into TWRP but I get an error message that the update failed..... So I am not sure how to install this 5.1.1 update OR if it is entirely necessary.
The error message in TWRP is as follows: "Package expects build fingerprint of google/shamu/shamu:5.1/LMY47D:user/release/keys; This device has google/omni-shamu:5.0.2/LRX22G/4:eng/test-keys.
Error executing updater binary in zip '/cache/updater.zip' E:Error installing zip file '/cache/update.zip'
Could somebody please shed some light on this for me.... I have spent hours here trying to figure this out to no avail....
Thank you
(Please don't beat me up to bad....I like to completely unlock my devices when I get a new one but I don't do this stuff very often)
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Can't OTA update with root or custom recovery. Have to be full stock. Will have to fastboot the factory image. Might as well do latest 5.1.1 for your carrier. If going to do root and recovery will have to forget about OTAs and flash factory images.

prdog1 said:
Can't OTA update with root or custom recovery. Have to be full stock. Will have to fastboot the factory image. Might as well do latest 5.1.1 for your carrier. If going to do root and recovery will have to forget about OTAs and flash factory images.
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I appreciate the reply..... that is exactly what I have come to learn.... (the hard way)
I guess I need to figure out:
1) if the 5.1.1 is much of an improvement over the 5.1 I have now
2) Find the correct 5.1.1 image for my N6
3) Learn how to fastboot it.... I seem to have issues getting the commands right....
Do you know of a step by step I can follow with all the proper commands?
You guy will have to forgive me as I am very novice in this and although I thoroughly enjoy knowing I did it, the pure terror of possibly bricking my $600 phone scares the hell out of me.

jessepatty said:
I appreciate the reply..... that is exactly what I have come to learn.... (the hard way)
I guess I need to figure out:
1) if the 5.1.1 is much of an improvement over the 5.1 I have now
2) Find the correct 5.1.1 image for my N6
3) Learn how to fastboot it.... I seem to have issues getting the commands right....
Do you know of a step by step I can follow with all the proper commands?
You guy will have to forgive me as I am very novice in this and although I thoroughly enjoy knowing I did it, the pure terror of possibly bricking my $600 phone scares the hell out of me.
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Look here for how to flash a stock rom (in parts) http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008 step 2.
Look here for all Nexus 6 Images https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images.
What carrier do you use? For: T-Mobile 28E, Verizon 47E, ATT/US/International 47Z.
BTW batterylife is mainly determined by the setup of the phone and usage of the user, not so much by roms and kernels

jessepatty said:
I appreciate the reply..... that is exactly what I have come to learn.... (the hard way)
I guess I need to figure out:
1) if the 5.1.1 is much of an improvement over the 5.1 I have now
2) Find the correct 5.1.1 image for my N6
3) Learn how to fastboot it.... I seem to have issues getting the commands right....
Do you know of a step by step I can follow with all the proper commands?
You guy will have to forgive me as I am very novice in this and although I thoroughly enjoy knowing I did it, the pure terror of possibly bricking my $600 phone scares the hell out of me.
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More than likely your battery is being ate by something you have loaded on phone. There is a T-Mobile based rooted rom here. If want to try it can just flash in recovery but wipe everything including data in TWRP. Full wipe will make a big difference. System, dalvic, cache.and data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59561445&postcount=1
If know how to fastboot here is how to do it.
Drag and Drop or Copy/Paste Images to {}
STEP #1
fastboot flash bootloader {bootloader.img}
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio {radio.img}
Step #2
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot format vendor {don't need for phone}
fastboot format cache
fastboot format userdata {optional}
Step#3
fastboot flash recovery {recovery.img}
fastboot flash system {system.img}
fastboot flash boot {boot.img}
fastboot flash vendor {vendor.img}
fastboot flash cache {cache.img}
fastboot flash userdata {userdata.img}
fastboot reboot
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Look here for how to flash a stock rom (in parts) http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008 step 2.
Look here for all Nexus 6 Images https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images.
What carrier do you use? For: T-Mobile 28E, Verizon 47E, ATT/US/International 47Z.
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Verizon is also the Z image as per today. I updated tonight.

prdog1 said:
More than likely your battery is being ate by something you have loaded on phone. There is a T-Mobile based rooted rom here. If want to try it can just flash in recovery but wipe everything including data in TWRP. Full wipe will make a big difference. System, dalvic, cache.and data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59561445&postcount=1
If know how to fastboot here is how to do it.
Drag and Drop or Copy/Paste Images to {}
STEP #1
fastboot flash bootloader {bootloader.img}
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio {radio.img}
Step #2
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot format vendor {don't need for phone}
fastboot format cache
fastboot format userdata {optional}
Step#3
fastboot flash recovery {recovery.img}
fastboot flash system {system.img}
fastboot flash boot {boot.img}
fastboot flash vendor {vendor.img}
fastboot flash cache {cache.img}
fastboot flash userdata {userdata.img}
fastboot reboot
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Verizon is also the Z image as per today. I updated tonight.
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Thans for the info, didn`t know that. Image is not up yet atm on the Google dev site.

gee2012 said:
Thans for the info, didn`t know that. Image is not up yet atm on the Google dev site.
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http://www.droid-life.com/2015/07/01/verizon-says-android-5-1-1-lmy47z-is-ready-for-its-nexus-6/

Ok guys, I appreciate all the info. It helped allot. Thank you
I did manage to get CyanogenMod 12.1 nightly on it which is 5.1.1 but now I have run into another issue that I cannot figure out....
Whenever a notification calls for one of my added notification sounds to play, it doesn't play the sound and a pop up comes up and says "Server died" when it tries to play the sound.... It plays all the preinstalled sounds and all my added music, it's just notifications in the wav format that it keeps giving me the "Server died" error on and it's not all the wav's I added, just a few... It makes no sense to me... I've taken them back off, rebooted the phone, added them back on and it will not play them at all.. These are the same notification sounds I have used for years on all my previous android devices and never had this issue with them working before... Everytime I get a new device I just transfer them over....

Can't load recovery after flashing Stock image 5.1.1

Hi all-so I decided to flash back to stock since my 32GB Nexus was down to about 14GB from flashing ROMS and such.Everything seems to have gone smoothly however when I try the oem unlock command I am told that the device is already unlocked.I proceeded to root and then I tried to flash TWRP but I get permission denied.
Also,my Play Store just crashed when I try and type in an app to search for.
The question is-how do I know which factory image is right for my device?
There are a number of 5.1.1 images,I selected the one marked for all carriers except T-Mobile.Could I have selected the wrong image to be causing some of these problems?
Or should I just go ahead and jump up to 6.0.1-there is only 1 image for that release.
I would't think the image mattered that much but something is wrong here.
I got the phone last week from the Amazon sale and I activated it no problem on Verizon and flashed several ROMS no issue.
Advice is much appreciated.

I really don't understand why anyone would flash to an old version of a ROM. I appreciate that people have different tastes (e.g. don't like material design) or perceive different characteristics (e.g. better battery life) but in general each new ROM brings advantages, stability, security, improvements, so why stick with an old one when you can have new?
Me, I'd definitely go for a full clean install of MMB29K.
And if you insist on root, be aware of the issues with Marshmallow - you need a different kernel (Elementalx is popular) or alternatively flash TWRP and install Chainfire's SuperSU 2.62. I say 2.62 rather than 2.65 because there are numbers of people reporting that root doesn't work with 2.65, which isn't the case with 2.62, and from personal experience 2.62 works absolutely fine on my 6.0.1 N6.

dahawthorne said:
I really don't understand why anyone would flash to an old version of a ROM. I appreciate that people have different tastes (e.g. don't like material design) or perceive different characteristics (e.g. better battery life) but in general each new ROM brings advantages, stability, security, improvements, so why stick with an old one when you can have new?
Me, I'd definitely go for a full clean install of MMB29K.
And if you insist on root, be aware of the issues with Marshmallow - you need a different kernel (Elementalx is popular) or alternatively flash TWRP and install Chainfire's SuperSU 2.62. I say 2.62 rather than 2.65 because there are numbers of people reporting that root doesn't work with 2.65, which isn't the case with 2.62, and from personal experience 2.62 works absolutely fine on my 6.0.1 N6.
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Thanks for the detailed response. I was running 5.1 initially because that is what the phone booted with and I like full-featured ROMS like BlissPop. I guess I'll give 6.0.1 a whirl.It just seemed like it was too new to be rock solid. I had as many features on my old S3 running 4.4.2 as I have seen since then if not more actually. I am curious about Google Now On Tap however.
Hopefully this gets me fixed up.Cheers.

chiadrum said:
Hi all-so I decided to flash back to stock since my 32GB Nexus was down to about .......
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It is possible that the issue is caused because you downgraded the bootloader by flashing 5.1.1.
Flash the complete latest stock 6.0.1 images.

Flashing 6.0.1 now. Both times the CMD window has showed me archive does not contain boot.sig and recovery.sig. I am guessing that is normal?
The 5.1.1 started working fine after an update all but I still couldn't install TWRP fyi.
Let's see how Marshmallow tastes!

The "does not contain boot.sig and recovery.sig" is standard. I have no idea why it continues to appear version after version, but it has no effect on the installation.

chiadrum said:
Flashing 6.0.1 now. Both times the CMD window has showed me archive does not contain boot.sig and recovery.sig.
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Same on my N6 when flashing 6.0.1. When 6.0.1 is running, you can flash TWRP recovery in fastboot mode.

NLBeev said:
Same on my N6 when flashing 6.0.1. When 6.0.1 is running, you can flash TWRP recovery in fastboot mode.
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Thanks guys.

chiadrum said:
Thanks guys.
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Ok more strangeness.pPhone is working fine,no issues.However I am unable to unlock bootloader using the fastboot OEM unlock command.
The message is "Not supported command in current status".
Yes,OEM unlock is allowed in Dev Options.I tried turning that off in case the indicator was faulty and then I couldn't even attempt to unlock,immediate failure.
Tried this several times after reboots as well.
Build MMB29K.
Any ideas?

Would it be too simple an answer to say that it's because the phone is already unlocked? You couldn't install a new ROM with a locked bootloader.
I myself have been a bit surprised by the peremptory & derogatory comments of some of the very senior members in these forums when people ask what seem to be questions with obvious answers, and I'm beginning to see their point...
Still, I also recognise that an "easy" question is one that you know the answer to, and I don't want to put people off asking questions. Being knocked back myself several times hasn't stopped me asking.

That's actually a very good point.Perhaps the image came boitloader unlocked.I'll see if I can flash TWRP and install something. I haven't loaded any roms since the initial flash,I was following protocol to unlock,root and then flash.Appreciate the help.Sometimes obvious seems too easy.

chiadrum said:
That's actually a very good point.Perhaps the image came boitloader unlocked.I'll see if I can flash TWRP and install something. I haven't loaded any roms since the initial flash,I was following protocol to unlock,root and then flash.Appreciate the help.Sometimes obvious seems too easy.
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Confirmed I am an idiot.Device is unlocked already. Wasn't expecting that.The people way smarter than me who prepared that image took care of it for me.

Not an idiot at all. Like I said, an easy question is one that you know the answer to. Experience counts...
It's not the image that is unlocked - it's the device. Once unlocked, you have to specifically lock it again, but it's neither simple nor a good idea. An unlocked device gives you a far better chance to recover from errors.

[STOCK][DUMPS][FIRMWARE] Essential stock firmware and rom dumps

I am not responsible if you break your phone in any way, these are here for your aid. I will help as much as i can, but it is on YOU, the user to read the OP and understand exactly what it is you are doing at ALL times.
READ THIS: http://mata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ LEARN FROM IT, DONT EVEN CONTINUE UNLESS YOU HAVE READ THIS
These can be used to return to 100% stock as long as you can get into fastboot mode on the device, and have unlocked the bootloader and critical partitions. All images contained in the zips are directly from the essential Fastboot zips and OTA's, and dumps for the rest
Prerequisites:
1. Working fastboot environment in bootloader: (test using the command fastboot devices should return your s/n) Windows drivers are at the bottom of the OP.
Essentials windows drivers contain working ADB/Fastboot and places an environment variable to link to these binaries, i would HIGHLY recommend ditching any and all adb/fastboots you may have (minimal, HTC, etc) and use what is supplied by essential, they just work (Not gonna help you either if your hellbent on using your adb/fastboot).
The zips contain all the firmware (19 Images), TWRP11.img (the latest version), and a stockboot.img (so you can conveniently place on your phone and flash in twrp) when rooting with magisk, and boot.fix.red.img (In case you kill verity).
2. Bootloader unlocked: run the command fastboot flashing unlock in bootloader (THIS WIPES USER DATA, BACKUP BEFOREHAND), conversely fastboot flashing lock will relock the bootloader. I dont recommend this, as there are lots of bricks from messing up a flash and locking yourself out afterward.
3. Critical partition unlocked: run the command fastboot flashing unlock_critical in bootloader (THIS WIPES USER DATA, BACKUP BEFOREHAND), conversely fastboot flashing lock_critical will relock the critical partition flashability. I dont recommend this, as there are lots of bricks from messing up a flash and locking yourself out afterward.
4. Common Sense: Use IT!!!!!
Downloads
Android 10 BTS Folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/10
Q Beta BTS Folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/Q-Beta/
Pie BTS & Novendor Folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/Pie
P Beta BTS: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/P-Beta/
Oreo BTS & NOVENDOR: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/Oreo/
The Files below are OLD as dirt BTS
OPM1.180104.010 mega.nz (oreo 8.1 beta1)
OPM1.170911.254 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta3)
OPM1.170911.213 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta2)
OPM1.170911.130 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta)
NMK32F AFH (latest nougat 7.1)
NMJ88C mega.nz (nougat 7.1)
NMJ51B AFH (nougat 7.1)
NMJ32F AFH (nougat 7.1)
NMJ20D mega.nz (nougat 7.1)
NMI81C AFH (nougat 7.1)
Drive Folder of Patched Essential Boot images Credit Goes to @dazeone
Some OLD AS DIRT Novendor zips aswell... if anyone still cares
OPM1.180104.010 mega.nz (oreo 8.1 beta1)
OPM1.170911.254 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta3)
OPM1.170911.213 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta2)
Windows Drivers
drivers
Unzip this and check out the flash-all.[bat,sh] scripts for win/lin (they're identical but provided for easier flashability).
They're set up to flash to both slots. Most people will want to do this on a back to stock mission, but they can be adjusted if your goal is something else.
If coming from some other rom, you're also going to want to wipe your data, or you're not going to boot. This can be accomplished by the command in the bootloader: fastboot -w keep in mind there are multiple scripts to wipe for you in the zips.
These can also be used to make custom roms/rooted boot images/etc too, so have fun with it!
Thanks:
@invisiblek - aer0zer0 stole his thread, he put most of it together
@aer0zer0 - i stole the thread from aer0, his 2yr old son makes more use of the PH-1 than he does.
@bmg1001 - Root thread, found here root
@dazeone - Provides independent patched boot images and has an awesome YouTube Channel of Guides! DazeOne Youtube Channel
Enjoy

Heck ya

Yesssss

Ill be giving this a shot in a few days hoping to return my phone back to complete stock.

Hot diggity... been fun reading/watching you all work on this through Discord, think I'll go ahead and unlock it while I still have my S8 in case I trash things

Anyone planning on trying to make some custom roms for this phone? I am waiting to see if there will be any decent dev community for this phone before I actually buy it.

vekenti said:
Anyone planning on trying to make some custom roms for this phone? I am waiting to see if there will be any decent dev community for this phone before I actually buy it.
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Lineage okay for you lol?
You've got one of the top devs on Lineage working on this so I think you're good.

Thank you! I'll be rooting now that we have a safety net!

I am trying this out now got a lot of errors saying:
FAILED (remote: Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions
However the main partitions like modem and system seem to work fine.

invisiblek said:
So as we're still waiting for Essential to release official factory images, I thought it'd be helpful to link the dumps that we've produced. These can be used to return to 100% stock as long as you can get into fastboot mode on the device.
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Thanks for this. My fingerprint sensor was not working for some reason after rooting and I thought i would go completely stock. This thread helped me to go completely stock and get the fingerprint back to working.
Thought I haven't locked the bootloader yet. Will try it later.
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sarcoptic said:
I am trying this out now got a lot of errors saying:
FAILED (remote: Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions
However the main partitions like modem and system seem to work fine.
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For flashing to critical partition you need to unlock them. The command is similar to unlock boot-loader.
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
And to lock it again
Code:
fastboot flashing lock_critical

The unlock_critical command worked fine....have you tried updating to the latest build from essential? I tried a couple times and I keep getting a installation problem.

sarcoptic said:
The unlock_critical command worked fine....have you tried updating to the latest build from essential? I tried a couple times and I keep getting a installation problem.
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New zip on the way. I know why that is. The system image was modified (I had forgot I mounted it once which broke its signature).
I'll update once its ready. Sorry about that.
EDIT: OP updated with new link. Again, sorry about that. Slight oversight. With the new zip the OTA will take fine.

invisiblek said:
New zip on the way. I know why that is. The system image was modified (I had forgot I mounted it once which broke its signature).
I'll update once its ready. Sorry about that.
EDIT: OP updated with new link. Again, sorry about that. Slight oversight. With the new zip the OTA will take fine.
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Freaking rockstar thanks!

invisiblek said:
New zip on the way. I know why that is. The system image was modified (I had forgot I mounted it once which broke its signature).
I'll update once its ready. Sorry about that.
EDIT: OP updated with new link. Again, sorry about that. Slight oversight. With the new zip the OTA will take fine.
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Thanks mate.

Thanks for the dump! Just yesterday I was trying to figure out how to do the adb backup command but I gave up cause I couldn't get a good reliable connection to my phone (driver issues, then to failed to connect to device, then to using the adb shell and a mouse on recovery, fun times.)

Great

please can someone guide on how to root it

chambar said:
please can someone guide on how to root it
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I'm not sure how you missed this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/es.../guide-rooting-essential-ph-1-magisk-t3701976

charlie.s said:
I'm not sure how you missed this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/es.../guide-rooting-essential-ph-1-magisk-t3701976
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Much appreciated, indeed dunno how i missed it.

free XDA points for @invisiblek .......Thanks for putting it all together, hopefully you can get a teiko sports watch when you turn all the points in, LOL
Seriously, thanks for putting it all together

[ROM] Stock November Hybrid Rom (T-Mobile)(SPRINT)

AS OF RIGHT NOW THIS IS ONLY FOR T-MOBILE AND NOW SPRINT!
This is a stock rom for the retail brazil MotoZ(2) force ported over to our phone.
This is stock with only encryption and dm verity removed for support with twrp. (No more boot image including.)
Flashing instructions.
NOTE: CLEAN FLASH! This is a rom from another phone. I cant help you if you write me and say system fc's or any other fc's and you didnt clean flash.
1. Download rom and place it on sd card or internal.
2. Download oem.img and flash it (fastboot flash oem oem.img)
3. Reboot to recovery
2. Wipe system data cache.
3 Flash rom.
4. Reflash whatever root you had. (Magisk)
5. Profit.
As far as I know this does have all the latest fixings (KRACK,Bluebourne, ECT)
Includes VOLTE
Includes WIFI Calling
Usually all roms are pretty stable. IF there is any bugs post below and ill get to working on it.
Sprint install guide
Guide for Sprint users:
Go into Bootloader
Flash This oem.img (courtesy @joemossjr) "fastboot flash oem oem.img
Go into recovery
wipe system and data.
Flash rom
Tested this on my Sprint phone and everything works just fine and with Pantheon, you will pass Safetynet if you flash the image in bootloader.
note: for Sprint users, we NEED to flash the oem.img to not have dialer issues, so I will stress, flash that oem image and if you don't want the bloat, you can delete everything but oem.prop from /oem folder through root or recovery's file manager after you mount OEM.
FLASH ALL
Flash all has been made this includes T-Mobiles Modem with stock everything else. you wont be able to take otas on it due to modified Modem. But updates for thes roms come a lot faster then ours so when one comes out ill update it. Please flash the latest twrp. This is going to encrypt you so your gonna have to format data in twrp and flash this Unencrypt Zip
This will format data. Treat it as a flash all to get back to stock also if you dont want tmobile bloat. This rom in it self with twrp will pass safetynet without magisk as long as you dont modify oem partition. Other then that happy flashing. Download for flash all is below
Downloads: November
oem.img
November Flash all
CREDITS
Motorola Firmware Team
@SuperR. for providing a bad ass platform for Rom making.
@Uzephi for testing the Sprint side of things lol

First! ?

Pantheon works on this rom.
Edit: kernel upstream has KRACK and blueborne fixes in it ?
Edit: tried same install instructions. Works for Sprint phones and activates them
Edit 3: well had to do some dialer stuff, but everything else worked. Will give guide in the morning to get the rom 100%

Sprint install guide
Guide for Sprint users:
Go into Bootloader
Flash This oem.img (courtesy @joemossjr) "fastboot flash oem oem.img
Go into recovery
mount oem. (you can delete everything using file manager in /oem besides oem.prop)
wipe system and data.
Flash rom
Tested this on my Sprint phone and everything works just fine and with Pantheon, you will pass Safetynet if you flash the image in bootloader.
Edit: for Sprint users, we NEED to flash the oem.img to not have dialer issues, so I will stress, flash that oem image and if you don't want the bloat, you can delete everything but oem.prop from /oem folder through root or recovery's file manager after you mount OEM.
Edit 2: Wifi Calling will not work, that file is in sprint's OEM partition and it FC's when adding it or using sprint's oem.img, so if you want this rom, I advise WiFi calling will not work until further notice.

updated thread
ADDED Stock oem image
ADDED Sprint support per @Uzephi

joemossjr said:
updated thread
ADDED Stock oem image
ADDED Sprint support per @Uzephi
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WiFi calling currently doesn't work for Sprint. Technical details: Sprint uses a different WiFi calling setup where a special Google dialer is in /oem to work. If you use this dialer or the included wifi dialer.jar file, it will just continuously FC and you can't do anything. To get Sprint models working we have to use the stock dialer which doesn't work with Sprint's WiFi calling. We will put a poll up to see interest in WiFi calling since this will take a bit of hackery to get working. I want to gauge interest before I take on this task.

My new T mobile Moto Z2 Force still has stock August image on it. I am waiting for my screen protector and case to arrive before I transfer my account to this phone. I am also waiting to unlock the bootloader and root the device. Now, should I flash your new Nov image since I want KRACK and blueborne fixes OR should I first flash the August image first, then upgrade to Nov image.

kendallgreen said:
My new T mobile Moto Z2 Force still has stock August image on it. I am waiting for my screen protector and case to arrive before I transfer my account to this phone. I am also waiting to unlock the bootloader and root the device. Now, should I flash your new Nov image since I want KRACK and blueborne fixes OR should I first flash the August image first, then upgrade to Nov image.
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Either or honestly lol you can go to August for the updated firmware

So going from a brand new device on NCX26.7, how do we go about getting our phones ready to flash this? Unlock bootloader, root, then flash this and reroot? Then follow the instructions for TWRP in your other post?

swidger said:
So going from a brand new device on NCX26.7, how do we go about getting our phones ready to flash this? Unlock bootloader, root, then flash this and reroot? Then follow the instructions for TWRP in your other post?
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Unlock bootloader, install TWRP, follow instructions in OP.

Moto Z2 Force Edition - T-Mobile
Unlocked Bootloader
TWRP 3.2.0-0
I keep trying to flash this ROM, and have succeed in the flashing process. However, whenever I boot up, I get "TMOConfig has stopped" and then I can close it. I notice, that cellular data is not active. I continue through setup as normal until the Moto Permissions screen. When I try to go through this screen, whether I accept or decline, "com.motorola.tmo.setupext has stopped" comes up. The only option is to open app again and it takes me to the prior screen for Google setup and gets stuck in this loop until I restart the phone.
I've followed the instructions exactly MULTIPLE times just to verify I got it right. I'm clean flashing as well, so no it's not cuz of that. I've even redownload the files three times just to ensure it wasn't the result of possible file issues. Anyone else having this issue? I'd greatly appreciate a second pair of eyes on this!

champ784 said:
Moto Z2 Force Edition - T-Mobile
Unlocked Bootloader
TWRP 3.2.0-0
I keep trying to flash this ROM, and have succeed in the flashing process. However, whenever I boot up, I get "TMOConfig has stopped" and then I can close it. I notice, that cellular data is not active. I continue through setup as normal until the Moto Permissions screen. When I try to go through this screen, whether I accept or decline, "com.motorola.tmo.setupext has stopped" comes up. The only option is to open app again and it takes me to the prior screen for Google setup and gets stuck in this loop until I restart the phone.
I've followed the instructions exactly MULTIPLE times just to verify I got it right. I'm clean flashing as well, so no it's not cuz of that. I've even redownload the files three times just to ensure it wasn't the result of possible file issues. Anyone else having this issue? I'd greatly appreciate a second pair of eyes on this!
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you still have OEM stuff - you need to wipe oem partition and then flash.

byt3b0mb said:
you still have OEM stuff - you need to wipe oem partition and then flash.
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Does formatting help wipe that? I've done wipes and formatting just to be safe

Gotta flash the oem.img then reflash

joemossjr said:
Gotta flash the oem.img then reflash
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Just tried redoing everything again. I get cellular now, and it boots. But now the phone will randomly freeze after a few minutes and restart
Sorry for being such a noob... This is my first dual partition device I've worked with... I've gotten spoiled with OnePlus and Nexus devices lol

champ784 said:
Just tried redoing everything again. I get cellular now, and it boots. But now the phone will randomly freeze after a few minutes and restart
Sorry for being such a noob... This is my first dual partition device I've worked with... I've gotten spoiled with OnePlus and Nexus devices lol
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Sorry I meant which slot/ota are you on

joemossjr said:
Sorry I meant which slot/ota are you on
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To check this, go to TWRP and in the reboot menu it will tell you which slot you're on like the below screenshot of me on slot B

For sprint users, there is a poll to end on dec 8th asking if WiFi calling is a must for your rom. please answer it. I have tried a few methods but all fail. any further would require editing the framework.jar file in oem and some trickery that needs some serious coding done to work correctly. So I will take on the task if enough vote for it. (I do this in my free time for free and if not enough interest is given, I'd rather not waste the time as another update might break it, and it also takes me away from my EAS project which has a lot of interest.)

joemossjr said:
Sorry I meant which slot/ota are you on
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Mine shows Slot A. Am I correct in assuming that should be Slot B?

champ784 said:
Mine shows Slot A. Am I correct in assuming that should be Slot B?
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Slot A has less bugs than Slot B. I would stay slot A if you can. I would suggest wiping oem in TWRP, mount oem, wipe oem, then reboot to bootloader and flash the oem img in OP.

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