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So I accidentaly flashed the wrong root file thus making my systemui continuously crash. Any suggestions as to what I can do?
shahrukhraza said:
So I accidentaly flashed the wrong root file thus making my systemui continuously crash. Any suggestions as to what I can do?
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Stock recovery or TWRP?
Are you looking to undo what you did without having to do a complete wipe, or are you open to more drastic solutions? Because you can always run the toolkit to reset to complete stock by flashing the stock images over your current system. But that would of course perform a complete wipe.
Paddington said:
Stock recovery or TWRP?
Are you looking to undo what you did without having to do a complete wipe, or are you open to more drastic solutions? Because you can always run the toolkit to reset to complete stock by flashing the stock images over your current system. But that would of course perform a complete wipe.
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I dont really mind a complete wipe. And are you referring to this toolkit? http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...l-windroid-universal-android-toolkit-t3048099
if not could you please tell me which one?
And to clarify, I followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fPIYhzWlnw . The file that I flashed to attempt to root is in the description of that.
shahrukhraza said:
I dont really mind a complete wipe. And are you referring to this toolkit? http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...l-windroid-universal-android-toolkit-t3048099
if not could you please tell me which one?
And to clarify, I followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fPIYhzWlnw . The file that I flashed to attempt to root is in the description of that.
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I actually used this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/development/tool-moto-x-pure-edition-recovery-t2897819 when I was messed around, but I would imagine either would work. When I needed to return to unrooted stock, I believe that toolkit returned me to 4.4.4 unrooted stock, then I just ran the 5.0 OTA once the phone booted up.
The toolkit you referenced is the one I used to unlock the bootloader, flash TWRP, and root my phone. As long as you can get to recovery or fastboot, either toolkit should work to return you to stock. BUT I caution you, I have a pure edition, and these toolkits were made for the pure edition. If you do not have a pure edition, you'll want to read the disclaimers/instructions/other posts to make sure it will work on your phone.
Okay so this escalated quickly.
So here I am being my dumb self , I try to flash TWRP. That goes fine and then I try to wipe my data. After that I reboot it and as its turning on it foes black on the boot animation. and now I cant even get into freaking recovery mode. I dont know what I did but im pretty sure I messed up bad. I need some serious help now and anything is appreciated.
Paddington said:
I actually used this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/development/tool-moto-x-pure-edition-recovery-t2897819 when I was messed around, but I would imagine either would work. When I needed to return to unrooted stock, I believe that toolkit returned me to 4.4.4 unrooted stock, then I just ran the 5.0 OTA once the phone booted up.
The toolkit you referenced is the one I used to unlock the bootloader, flash TWRP, and root my phone. As long as you can get to recovery or fastboot, either toolkit should work to return you to stock. BUT I caution you, I have a pure edition, and these toolkits were made for the pure edition. If you do not have a pure edition, you'll want to read the disclaimers/instructions/other posts to make sure it will work on your phone.
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Yessir thanks for replying. However I now have a whole new problem. Do you have any suggestions for that? It is the post above^
shahrukhraza said:
Okay so this escalated quickly.
So here I am being my dumb self , I try to flash TWRP. That goes fine and then I try to wipe my data. After that I reboot it and as its turning on it foes black on the boot animation. and now I cant even get into freaking recovery mode. I dont know what I did but im pretty sure I messed up bad. I need some serious help now and anything is appreciated.
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Hey thats an easy fix just load into the boatloader and reflash the rom through mfastboot
edit: you should be able to get all the files you need from his website http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/ota-pure-edition-lollipop-5-0-t2932625
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Hey thats an easy fix just load into the boatloader and reflash the rom through mfastboot
edit: you should be able to get all the files you need from his website http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/ota-pure-edition-lollipop-5-0-t2932625
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Bootloader as in vol. down + power button right? Thats not working too. I also tried other combinations to no luck. And before it was turning on but now its not even booting to the boot animation. Thanks for the link though, if it does magically boot into the bootloader then i'll know what to do at least.
Edit: Okay so theres the charging animation, so thats a start, I guess. Still no luck on the bootloader tho.
Okay got it into bootloader mode!
Now before I do any other stupid thing can somebody just confirm one thing for me? On Graffix's website, this is the img I should flash through mfastboot right
Lollipop 5.0 22.21.11 FULL IMAGE PACKAGE Zip
Just a confirmation because I dont really trust my judgement. Thanks again everybody
shahrukhraza said:
Okay got it into bootloader mode!
Now before I do any other stupid thing can somebody just confirm one thing for me? On Graffix's website, this is the img I should flash through mfastboot right
Lollipop 5.0 22.21.11 FULL IMAGE PACKAGE Zip
Just a confirmation because I dont really trust my judgement. Thanks again everybody
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Yes that's right remember you only have to flash system
Sorry that my Toolkit suggestion messed you up. I really thought that solution would work, not make it worse.
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Sorry that my Toolkit suggestion messed you up. I really thought that solution would work, not make it worse.
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Toolkit are never really a good idea it just makes people lazy and not learn how to flash or fix problems on there own.
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Sorry that my Toolkit suggestion messed you up. I really thought that solution would work, not make it worse.
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Nah man that didnt mess it up, some other stupid thing did it lol. Nothing on you, rather thanks for the help.
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Toolkit are never really a good idea it just makes people lazy and not learn how to flash or fix problems on there own.
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I agree that Toolkits can make you lazy and not learn how to fix things on your own, but when you need a quick fix and don't have time to figure out what is going wrong, it's always nice to just boot your phone into fastboot or recovery and fix things with a few keystrokes on your computer.
I got it to work guys! Thanks for all the help. It was much appreciated.
Just bought a brand new N6 and its not downloading any ota's, still on 5.0. The build is LNX07M which is a developer build and apparently will not download any ota's. Has anyone heard of this? Did a quick Google search and there is hardly anything about this build.
I have no access to a computer, am I stuck on this build and 5.0?
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Just bought a brand new N6 and its not downloading any ota's, still on 5.0. The build is LNX07M which is a developer build and apparently will not download any ota's. Has anyone heard of this? Did a quick Google search and there is hardly anything about this build.
I have no access to a computer, am I stuck on this build and 5.0?
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no access at all?
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no access at all?
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Not at the moment. What will I need to do?
This is my first nexus device and the last phone I rooted/flashed was the G1 way back in the day.
I was excited to get my phone today so this kind of sucks....
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Not at the moment. What will I need to do?
This is my first nexus device and the last phone I rooted/flashed was the G1 way back in the day.
I was excited to get my phone today so this kind of sucks....
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ohh.. that sucks. i remember my g1
i have a way that will probably work out fine, but this way is highly looked down upon on xda. would you be willing to try? btw, im one of those that would look down on this way, unless in certain situations..
simms22 said:
ohh.. that sucks. i remember my g1
i have a way that will probably work out fine, but this way is highly looked down upon on xda. would you be willing to try? btw, im one of those that would look down on this way, unless in certain situations..
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OK what is it and why is it frowned upon?
csdaytona said:
OK what is it and why is it frowned upon?
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because its not "proper", and normally isnt used properly. but ill explaine to you the proper way. you can try an app called kingsroot. you csnt get it at the play store, youll have to search google for it. after you install it, then run it, youll have root. but, youre not done yet. you will want to download the latest twrp recovery for the nexus 6 with your phone and keep it there. then you will unstall flashify from the play store. you will now use flashify to flash the twrp recovery. now, last thing, to get your bootloader unlocked. you will install any bootloader unlock apps, like boot unlocker or similar(that might delete everything from your phone), then youre done. ive never tried this on a nexus, but have on other devices, just so you know.
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because its not "proper", and normally isnt used properly. but ill explaine to you the proper way. you can try an app called kingsroot. you csnt get it at the play store, youll have to search google for it. after you install it, then run it, youll have root. but, youre not done yet. you will want to download the latest twrp recovery for the nexus 6 with your phone and keep it there. then you will unstall flashify from the play store. you will now use flashify to flash the twrp recovery. now, last thing, to get your bootloader unlocked. you will install any bootloader unlock apps, like boot unlocker or similar(that might delete everything from your phone), then youre done. ive never tried this on a nexus, but have on other devices, just so you know.
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That seems like a lot of work. If I can get to a computer tomorrow, what can I do then?
Btw, thanks for helping me out.
csdaytona said:
That seems like a lot of work. If I can get to a computer tomorrow, what can I do then?
Btw, thanks for helping me out.
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If you can get to a computer, download this: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/shamu-mra58k-factory-5b07088c.tgz
It's the Marshmallow (6.0) factory image for the Nexus 6. Run the batch file inside and it'll flash your phone. Note that this WILL wipe it.
Here's the actual Google-supplied information on it: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en
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If you can get to a computer, download this: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/shamu-mra58k-factory-5b07088c.tgz
It's the Marshmallow (6.0) factory image for the Nexus 6. Run the batch file inside and it'll flash your phone. Note that this WILL wipe it.
Here's the actual Google-supplied information on it: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en
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First time doing this, but it's OK to jump straight to 6.0?
csdaytona said:
First time doing this, but it's OK to jump straight to 6.0?
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It'll be fine. It's the complete system image, so it doesn't matter what you're on currently. Note that you will have to install all sorts of extra crap to get the Android SDK installed and working and the proper drivers, but it's not that hard, just gigs of downloads when everything is all said and done.
Like I said, it WILL wipe your phone completely.
csdaytona said:
That seems like a lot of work. If I can get to a computer tomorrow, what can I do then?
Btw, thanks for helping me out.
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if you can get to a computer..
you can unlock your bootloader with "fastboot oem unlock"
then fastboot flash twrp recovery
then flash a custom kernel wiyh the latest supersu in your new recovery.
and then boot up with root, an unlocked bootloader, and a custom recovery
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It'll be fine. It's the complete system image, so it doesn't matter what you're on currently. Note that you will have to install all sorts of extra crap to get the Android SDK installed and working and the proper drivers, but it's not that hard, just gigs of downloads when everything is all said and done.
Like I said, it WILL wipe your phone completely.
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Not worried about wiping the phone, I've literally only had it for a few hours and nothing is loaded on it.
Would be possible to just install an ota to get me on the right upgrade path? I'm just trying to do the quickest and easiest method possible.
csdaytona said:
Not worried about wiping the phone, I've literally only had it for a few hours and nothing is loaded on it.
Would be possible to just install an ota to get me on the right upgrade path? I'm just trying to do the quickest and easiest method possible.
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If it's not grabbing an OTA, not sure what else you can do, short of downloading all the OTAs and flashing via recovery. But no guarantee that'll work as you're on a development build... There probably isn't an OTA to go from your development build to a release build.
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I have no access to a computer, am I stuck on this build and 5.0?
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simms22 said:
no access at all?
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Not at the moment.
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That seems like a lot of work. If I can get to a computer tomorrow, what can I do then?
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Dude, come on... I know this is the Q&A section, and were supposed to be nicer here... But this lazyness is bull****.
You act like using a computer is impossible, then as soon as it takes some work.... You can get at one the next day?
Stop expecting to be spoon fed and at least try to learn something fist. There are a TON of write ups on how to do this. You spend how much money on a phone, and now you don't care to educate yourself on it?
Instead of expecting other to do all the work for you, read through the stickied index thread in the general section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/nexus-6-index-thread-t3229412
It has a newbie guide that literally holds your hand through the whole process. Post 2 has info on "how to flash factory images", use method 2 as method 1 in that thread will not work with the MM factory image.
Nice people have already spend a lot of time and effort documenting these things for you, as they are common questions. People like Simms and the other posters in this thread answer questions and offer support for free out of the kindness of their heart... Don't create extra work for them by ignoring all the effort already put out by other members, expecting it all to be regurgitated to you.
|Jason8| said:
If it's not grabbing an OTA, not sure what else you can do, short of downloading all the OTAs and flashing via recovery. But no guarantee that'll work as you're on a development build... There probably isn't an OTA to go from your development build to a release build.
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Fastboot, as described in the threads mentioned above, will completely overwrite the pertinent partitions, regardless of what was there... dev build or not. No need to flash and apply countless incremental updates. Google provides not only full system images, but the information to use them on their web page...
|Jason8| said:
If it's not grabbing an OTA, not sure what else you can do, short of downloading all the OTAs and flashing via recovery. But no guarantee that'll work as you're on a development build... There probably isn't an OTA to go from your development build to a release build.
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Gotcha. I'll try to flash 6.0 tomorrow. Wish me luck.
Thanks for the help!
scryan said:
Fastboot, as described in the threads mentioned above, will completely overwrite the pertinent partitions, regardless of what was there... dev build or not. No need to flash and apply countless incremental updates. Google provides not only full system images, but the information to use them on their web page...
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I linked him to that already. No need to be a **** about it. He was looking for an easy way to do it now, when he doesn't have a computer. **** got crazy, so he asked if it would be easier with a computer, which the answer is yes.
Wouldn't you be excited as **** if you had a new phone? Wouldn't you want to get it up and running as quickly as possible? Well... now he's gotta wait until he has a computer. Obviously installing an OTA and doing the incremental updates would be easier, which is what he was looking for. Since that's not an option, we laid out other ways to go about doing it. So he's getting to a computer tomorrow.
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csdaytona said:
Gotcha. I'll try to flash 6.0 tomorrow. Wish me luck.
Thanks for the help!
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No problem man. I wish you luck!
If you do plan on modding it/rooting it/romming it in the future, DEFINITELY unlock your bootloader before you set up the phone or that'll wipe it, too.
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Wouldn't you be excited as **** if you had a new phone? Wouldn't you want to get it up and running as quickly as possible? Well... now he's gotta wait until he has a computer. Obviously installing an OTA and doing the incremental updates would be easier, which is what he was looking for. Since that's not an option, we laid out other ways to go about doing it. So he's getting to a computer tomorrow.
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You act like I was born with a nexus 6... It was a new phone to me too. I was so excited I read as much as I could on it, thanking the people who were so gracious to spend their personal time writing guides so I could understand the process well enough to be comfortable with my phone and help others here.
scryan said:
Dude, come on... I know this is the Q&A section, and were supposed to be nicer here... But this lazyness is bull****.
You act like using a computer is impossible, then as soon as it takes some work.... You can get at one the next day?
Stop expecting to be spoon fed and at least try to learn something fist. There are a TON of write ups on how to do this. You spend how much money on a phone, and now you don't care to educate yourself on it?
Instead of expecting other to do all the work for you, read through the stickied index thread in the general section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/nexus-6-index-thread-t3229412
It has a newbie guide that literally holds your hand through the whole process. Post 2 has info on "how to flash factory images", use method 2 as method 1 in that thread will not work with the MM factory image.
Nice people have already spend a lot of time and effort documenting these things for you, as they are common questions. People like Simms and the other posters in this thread answer questions and offer support for free out of the kindness of their heart... Don't create extra work for them by ignoring all the effort already put out by other members, expecting it all to be regurgitated to you.
Fastboot, as described in the threads mentioned above, will completely overwrite the pertinent partitions, regardless of what was there... dev build or not. No need to flash and apply countless incremental updates. Google provides not only full system images, but the information to use them on their web page...
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i have absolutely no computer nor laptop access, so i completely understand(understood) his side as well.
scryan said:
You act like I was born with a nexus 6... It was a new phone to me too. I was so excited I read as much as I could on it, thanking the people who were so gracious to spend their personal time writing guides so I could understand the process well enough to be comfortable with my phone and help others here.
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He googled his build number and didn't get many hits on it. So he's asking if there's a way to get it up and running tonight without a computer. Seems valid to me. You jump into the thread offering no help at all and start talking **** about the guy. That's the exact opposite of what you're saying you strive to do. I don't get it.
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i have absolutely no computer nor laptop access, so i completely understand(understood) his side as well.
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At that point its a legitamate question. This is a very different situation that is not well covered here, and requires a unique solution not many would come up with.
But "I absolutely have no computer nor laptop access" is pretty different then "I can access one TOMORROW. Sheesh, having something 1 day away is pretty far from it not being a possibility.
And I think you would agree it would be a significantly better idea to wait that day then to proceed with the method you gave (not that it was bad of you to give it... but you tried to differentiate and he held out to avoid being told to do it the hard way)
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He googled his build number and didn't get many hits on it. So he's asking if there's a way to get it up and running tonight without a computer. Seems valid to me. You jump into the thread offering no help at all and start talking **** about the guy. That's the exact opposite of what you're saying you strive to do. I don't get it.
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We are told time and time again that their are no bad questions. Truth is there are more bad questions then good ones.
Him asking about a build that provides few google hits is very legitimate.
Him asking about doing it without a computer because he doesn't have one is legitimate.
It only becomes an issue when he doesn't get the answer he wants, and all of a sudden he does have computer access.
And given that he is going to proceed in a computer... It becomes nothing more then "How do I update my phone?", which is VERY well documented.
I not only gave him the link to the information he needed, AND even corrected the information pointing out that the flashall script fails and that he would need to use the second method listed in the instructions I linked him to (since I know he will likely have limited time to fail and figure out whats wrong)
"That's the exact opposite of what you're saying you strive to do. I don't get it."
Then let me explain.
Would you skip your homework, ignore your textbook, then show up to class asking your teacher to explain it again? We are here to help... but how or why should I care more about it then he does? With no attempt made to learn, how much should I care to teach him?
Its a pretty big **** you to all those who have spend countless hours documenting this stuff to help new people to ignore their work and tell someone to do it again.
I still haven't received the OTA and Marshmallow update, and am starting to wonder if something is wrong with my device.
I'm in England, my N6 is unlocked, my SIM is "3".
Is anyone else here still waiting for Marshmallow? Or can anyone offer any advice, please?
Unlocked and 100% stock?
danarama said:
Unlocked and 100% stock?
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I'm sorry, I don't understand your response. The answer to my question was not mentioned in the opening posts of the thread I posted in, which is why I posted!! Are you saying I missed a thread? In which case my apologies, and I would be grateful to know which thread that is. Otherwise I don't understand what you're trying to tell me.
AidanBell said:
I'm sorry, I don't understand your response. The answer to my question was not mentioned in the opening posts of the thread I posted in, which is why I posted!! Are you saying I missed a thread? In which case my apologies, and I would be grateful to know which thread that is. Otherwise I don't understand what you're trying to tell me.
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You said your phone was unlocked. I am asking if it is 100% stock? Stock means unmodified.
danarama said:
You said your phone was unlocked. I am asking if it is 100% stock? Stock means unmodified.
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I do apologise. Your signature about XDA mantras was so huge that I actually missed your question above it!!
The answer is yes, it's 100% stock, unmodified. The only thing that may be pertinent is that I'm on the Marshmallow developers preview. I've had all three previews; numbers two and three came across over the air perfectly. There's just no sign now of the official build.
AidanBell said:
I do apologise. Your signature about XDA mantras was so huge that I actually missed your question above it!!
The answer is yes, it's 100% stock, unmodified. The only thing that may be pertinent is that I'm on the Marshmallow developers preview. I've had all three previews; numbers two and three came across over the air perfectly. There's just no sign now of the official build.
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Preview doesn't get official build OTA's
You'll have to flash the stock system and boot.img of the official build
danarama said:
Preview doesn't get official build OTA's
You'll have to flash the stock system and boot.img of the official build
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Oh, I never knew that. Thank you very much.
This is a pig for me, then, as I don't have much experience in flashing and was hoping very much not to have too. However, that appears to be my only option, therefore can anyone please point me in the direction of a step-by-step guide for flashing Marshmallow onto a Nexus 6 (including making sure I choose the right version in the first place!)?
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This is a pig for me, then, as I don't have much experience in flashing and was hoping very much not to have too. However, that appears to be my only option, therefore can anyone please point me in the direction of a step-by-step guide for flashing Marshmallow onto a Nexus 6 (including making sure I choose the right version in the first place!)?
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The same way you got the dev preview on there I guess.
See the first post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008 In step 5, use Method 2
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This is a pig for me, then, as I don't have much experience in flashing and was hoping very much not to have too. However, that appears to be my only option, therefore can anyone please point me in the direction of a step-by-step guide for flashing Marshmallow onto a Nexus 6 (including making sure I choose the right version in the first place!)?
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Did you actually buy your phone with M Preview?
AidanBell said:
This is a pig for me, then, as I don't have much experience in flashing and was hoping very much not to have too. However, that appears to be my only option, therefore can anyone please point me in the direction of a step-by-step guide for flashing Marshmallow onto a Nexus 6 (including making sure I choose the right version in the first place!)?
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Just fastboot flash the system and boot images.
Go to Nexus 6 General > Sticky roll-up thread > adb and fastboot. What is it?
This will tell you how to set up fastboot and what it is (and how to use it.). Then flash the system.img and boot.img
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I'm sorry, I don't understand your response. The answer to my question was not mentioned in the opening posts of the thread I posted in, which is why I posted!! Are you saying I missed a thread? In which case my apologies, and I would be grateful to know which thread that is. Otherwise I don't understand what you're trying to tell me.
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Nah, that's his big sig, The message is one line, the sig is many lines and huge font
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Nah, that's his big sig, The message is one line, the sig is many lines and huge font
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Huge for a good reason
danarama said:
Huge for a good reason
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Many thanks for the help and comments, guys.
Yes, I bought the phone from the Phones Show Chat forum. So it was the previous owner who flashed the first preview build, not me.
I guess I have no choice, then, but to have a go at flashing the official build.
I'm not a complete newbie or an idiot, I'm confident that I can do it, but I would have preferred a step-by-step guide that doesn't presume any prior knowledge or experience. The one recommended by Jj14 still assumes a little too much for my liking. If I step a single foot off the correct path, I'll have no idea how to recover. If anyone can recommend another, safer, version I'd be most grateful.
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I'm not a complete newbie or an idiot, I'm confident that I can do it, but I would have preferred a step-by-step guide that doesn't presume any prior knowledge or experience. The one recommended by Jj14 still assumes a little too much for my liking. If I step a single foot off the correct path, I'll have no idea how to recover. If anyone can recommend another, safer, version I'd be most grateful.
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You can find the factory images here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en#shamu
There are the instructions how to flash it, but ignore the last step of locking the bootloader. If something goes wrong, and can't boot it, you can have a nice brick in your hands.
Save all your data! The flashing process will wipe it completely.
There's not magic needed, just fastboot. Turn your phone off, press down and power, until the "Fastboot flash mode" screen comes up. Then follow the instructions.
A couple of things explained:
1. The bootloader for the M preview and MRA58K were the same, but the MRA58N one might be new. I didn't try it.
2. if you unpack the "flash all" zip file, you can do the flashing by hand yourself, you can skip userdata if you don't want your device fully wiped, but then you must do a factory reset.
And if something is not clear, please feel free to ask anything. It's better to be sure than being modest and have a nice brick.
Edit: The bootloaders are the same bit for bit as the preview.
And the three official packages 58k, 58n, and 58r have the same radios.
58n is the security patch it is noted in the AOSP source too, and nobody knows what 58r is, but it can be for Verizon. But I'm not sure.
Continued thanks.
Still very nervous and somewhat out of my depth, but here goes nothing.
And ... fell at the first hurdle!
Can someone please tell me which version I need; "MRA58K", "MRA58N" or "MRA58R"?
Always the newest. MRA58K was the first Marshmallow factory image. MRA58N is the 1st November securty update, and so far nobody knows what 58R is. People are guessing here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/mra58r-build-t3242328
I found this excellent step-by-step guide, and followed it carefully. Result ... I now have official Marshmallow.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-install-android-factory-image
So, I recommend that page to anyone else who, like me, needs a guiding hand. And I thank very much everyone in this thread for your help and encouragement.
Cheers,
Aidan
I'm stuck on LVY48I ( 5.1.1 )
don't know why it's too long to get the update !!
My Nexus totally stock.
The title explains it all. I got this phone knowing I could root and install CFW, but wanted to just "use" it for a few days in stock. I don't mind stock, I would jsut prefer a custom firmware. I'm having trouble figuring out what I need to do to downgrade to Lollipop so I can flash TWRP and begin using CFW. A simple set of instructions would be very appreciated. Thanks to anyone who can help!
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The title explains it all. I got this phone knowing I could root and install CFW, but wanted to just "use" it for a few days in stock. I don't mind stock, I would jsut prefer a custom firmware. I'm having trouble figuring out what I need to do to downgrade to Lollipop so I can flash TWRP and begin using CFW. A simple set of instructions would be very appreciated. Thanks to anyone who can help!
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There appear to be guides here for doing those things with 6.0 installed, such as MicroMod777's guides.
After a few more hours of digging, I figured it out. I may draw up a cleanly laid out guide referencing the posts that helped me for people in the position I was.
Thank you!
No, you don't need to downgrade, just go ahead and install TWRP & CFW.
Careful with downgrading, becuz H811 has Q-Fuse enabled, if you mess up you'll end up with a 9008 hard brick
im having a similar issue im trying to root/unlock 20p and its not finding any device in fastboot it just sits there saying locating any device and never locates anything adb see's the phone just fine anyone know anything about that? thanks for the help in advance
Rooting stock G4H811 already on 20p?
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After a few more hours of digging, I figured it out. I may draw up a cleanly laid out guide referencing the posts that helped me for people in the position I was.
Thank you!
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Yea, I'm trying to root my new updated G4 that's on 20p. I have one that's soft bricked already that I'm trying to fix and don't wish to brick another.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Im in the same boat. No devices found after fastboot. Any advice?
Hey there, I decided to try out the beta but I'm looking to revert to stock Oreo so I can get Pie through OTA. However I have no clue how to do it, I've read a couple threads referencing this but I can't seem to piece together what needs to be done.
Would someone be so kind to post step by step instructions on what I need to do? I'm pretty techy so just basic instructions would be a great help. Thanks and have a great day!
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Hey there, I decided to try out the beta but I'm looking to revert to stock Oreo so I can get Pie through OTA. However I have no clue how to do it, I've read a couple threads referencing this but I can't seem to piece together what needs to be done.
Would someone be so kind to post step by step instructions on what I need to do? I'm pretty techy so just basic instructions would be a great help. Thanks and have a great day!
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Download CRK1 with the SamFirm tool
Flash it with patched ODIN 3.13.1
Spectrah said:
Hey there, I decided to try out the beta but I'm looking to revert to stock Oreo so I can get Pie through OTA. However I have no clue how to do it, I've read a couple threads referencing this but I can't seem to piece together what needs to be done.
Would someone be so kind to post step by step instructions on what I need to do? I'm pretty techy so just basic instructions would be a great help. Thanks and have a great day!
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Download this firmware crk1 from here https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603879881 extract the files and you'll see inside of the extracted folder more files that have .md5 on the end of them right click on the files and click rename and just delete the .md5 part only and leave it so it still has the .tar on the end then use the REGULAR NEWEST version of Odin NOT the patched one and then load the files in their respective places AP to AP, BL to BL etc. etc. Then just flash it to the phone while the phone is in download mode and after the successful flash boot into recovery mode and select factory reset so everything is the way it's supposed to be.... Finished!
I really appreciate the help! I'm a bit confused because Mr. Orange is saying use patched ODIN but MrMike is saying not patched version. I'm not sure which version to use then.
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I really appreciate the help! I'm a bit confused because Mr. Orange is saying use patched ODIN but MrMike is saying not patched version. I'm not sure which version to use then.
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The patched one may not work and you'll be forced to start over.. The newest version of odin is for the newer bootloader versions and the patched one isn't updated for the newer bootloader versions but you can try it if you want if it doesn't work then start over.
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The patched one may not work and you'll be forced to start over.. The newest version of odin is for the newer bootloader versions and the patched one isn't updated for the newer bootloader versions but you can try it if you want if it doesn't work then start over.
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Hmm, is there any advantage to using the parched version? It sounds like there's an official version that will get me the desired results from what you're saying.
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Hmm, is there any advantage to using the parched version? It sounds like there's an official version that will get me the desired results from what you're saying.
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The patched version is usually used to switch from N950U to N950U1 or the other way.. I would just use the official version if I were you because I ALREADY flashed from 5DRL7 back to N950USQS5CRK1 and it's working perfectly.. But if you want to mess with the patched version you can but like I said if it doesn't work then you have to start over.
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The patched version is usually used to switch from N950U to N950U1 or the other way.. I would just use the official version if I were you because I ALREADY flashed from 5DRL7 back to N950USQS5CRK1 and it's working perfectly.. But if you want to mess with the patched version you can but like I said if it doesn't work then you have to start over.
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I'm gonna use the patched version, thanks so much for all of your help!
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I'm gonna use the patched version, thanks so much for all of your help!
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Must be something wrong with you obviously.. You go and ask for help and then the person who gives you the most details on how to do it and you'd rather listen to someone who gave you a one line answer. LMAO. Actually this is probably my own fault because I should have known better that when someone asks for step by step instructions basically asking someone to hold their hand through the process that they're a problem..
I used the patched version and it works perfectly on the N950U.
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I used the patched version and it works perfectly on the N950U.
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Well others in the other thread complained that it didn't work but that's why I said it may or may not work I didn't outright say it doesn't work.
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Well others in the other thread complained that it didn't work but that's why I said it may or may not work I didn't outright say it doesn't work.
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I never said you did. Is there a particular reason you're being so confrontational and taking things so personal? You just bit the OP's head off and called him "a problem," because he didn't take your advice exactly. I didn't even mention you, quote, or refer to you. I was just sharing my experience, yet you jump on and defend yourself. Try to realax a little and have fun.
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I never said you did. Is there a particular reason you're being so confrontational and taking things so personal? You just bit the OP's head off and called him "a problem," because he didn't take your advice exactly. I didn't even mention you, quote, or refer to you. I was just sharing my experience, yet you jump on and defend yourself. Try to realax a little and have fun.
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That's because too many folks on here want someone to hold their hand through the entire process instead of actually spending the time to learn how to do it on their own and then when you go spend your time to give them the best answers so they don't waste their time running into possible problems that others have stated that they did and then person just decides to go do the opposite then it's like what did you even ask for help for then? I agree that I was a bit of a jerk but that's from constantly dealing with that on here.
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Must be something wrong with you obviously.. You go and ask for help and then the person who gives you the most details on how to do it and you'd rather listen to someone who gave you a one line answer. LMAO. Actually this is probably my own fault because I should have known better that when someone asks for step by step instructions basically asking someone to hold their hand through the process that they're a problem..
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Unfortunately that was a typo and I meant the non patched version. Obviously you went above and beyond in making sure I was prepared and I really appreciate that. Sorry about the confusion.