I am following this guide: [\[GUIDE\] Unlock/Root/Flash for Nexus 6P][1] The bootloader is already unlocked. Now I'm trying to flash the **TWRP recovery**. (Section 2). As the device runs Android N, I first flashed the modified boot.img (like in the guide, also tried it with stock boot.img) and then I flashed the **TWRP recovery** like this: username@my_pc:~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools$ ./fastboot flash boot '/home/username/Downloads/boot.img' target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes sending 'boot' (12272 KB)... OKAY [ 0.333s] writing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.185s] finished. total time: 0.518s username@my_pc:~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools$ ./fastboot flash recovery '/home/username/Downloads/twrp.img' target reported max download size of 494927872 bytes sending 'recovery' (16932 KB)... OKAY [ 0.453s] writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.251s] finished. total time: 0.704s Then I rebooted to the **bootloader** again, and then booted to the **recovery mode**, like explained in the guide: >Use the volume keys to scroll and power key to select the Reboot Bootloader option. Once the phone has booted back into the bootloader you can use the volume keys to scroll and the power key to boot into your newly flashed recovery. It's now safe to disconnect your usb cable. However, it just hangs at the TWRP splash screen: The phone still works and can successfully boot to Android N. I know the bootloader is unlocked because of the unlock symbol at boot logo, and I rooted it (same guide) on Android Marshmallow. About phone (click for larger image):

Ever since I unlocked my Nexus 6p to root the device, I started getting the boot-loader unlocked sign with a big flashing yellow icon telling me to go to some link to reset my device. It is quite annoying when this happens. Is there a way to remove this icon without re-locking the device? Android: 7.1.1 Nougat (rooted w/ TWRP)

I am looking for the files that correspond to the recorded fingerprints on my Nexus 6P and a way to "reset" the fingerprint system. Something similar to how Android stores lock screen settings (pattern etc.) under /data/system/locksettings.db*, and you can remove the lock screen by deleting these files (if you have root access). The reason I am asking is because after a TWRP restore on a new Nexus 6P, my fingerprint hardware is not working anymore. The error message is **Fingerprint hardware not available**. Also see this question: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/146010/fingerprint-hardware-not-available-after-twrp-restore All five previously recorded fingerprints show up on the settings UI, but I am not able to delete them by clicking "Delete".

I've had a Nexus 6P for about 14 months now and recently I discovered the app AccuBattery , for those not familiar one of the features is to estimate the capacity of your battery by taking measurements on every charge (percentage indicated by your device and the charge measured in mAh). With using this app based on 122 charging sessions it estimates a full battery capacity of my device as about 2,300 mAh or about 68% of the originally designed capacity (3,450 mAh). So my question is this: Is this amount of capacity degradation considered "normal" or "acceptable"? The real world implication of this is that now I'm charging my device almost twice every day, which I suspect probably only amplifies the problem of degrading it faster. When I first got the device I could go roughly 2 days without having to recharge and I don't believe I changed my usage patterns since then.

I want to sell my Nexus 6P for parts, but I want to wipe it first. The screen of my Nexus 6P broke (internally, the touchscreen MIGHT be fine, idk). The phone is full-disk encrypted with a PIN and the bootloader is locked (no root). I can't fully boot the phone since it will be stuck on the FDE pin entry. As we know the Nexus 6P does not have external monitor support - so this is not an option. I do have ADB and Fastboot access, but commands like fastboot erase userdata are blocked, since the bootloader is locked. Also various adb shell commands did not work. ## What I tried: ### ADB Shell: Recovery --wipe_data adb shell recovery --wipe_data /system/bin/sh: recovery: not found [source](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14685721/how-can-i-do-factory-reset-using-adb-in-android) ### ADB Shell: Wipe Data adb shell wipe data /system/bin/sh: wipe: not found [source](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/175885/how-to-factory-reset-android-using-adb) ### Fastboot: Wipe adb devices # Check the phone is running adb reboot bootloader # Wait a few seconds fastboot devices # Check the phone is in bootloader fastboot -w # Wipe user data Erasing 'userdata' FAILED (remote: device is locked. Cannot erase) [source](https://stackoverflow.com/a/39357553/774398) ### Fastboot: Erase adb devices # Check the phone is running adb reboot bootloader # Wait a few seconds fastboot devices # Check the phone is in bootloader fastboot erase userdata Erasing 'userdata' FAILED (remote: device is locked. Cannot erase) [source](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/175887/48335) So the question is, what are my options to wipe my phone?

Looking at this Samsung Galaxy A8 question , I was looking to do something on my Nexus 6p. I would like to enable OEM unlocking, the developer setting. Due to the problems my device is experiencing, I would like to do this through the android root shell. What does "Enable OEM Unlock" do on the device, and how can I replicate that change using a terminal. It's on pure nexus, if that helps. For anyone who wants to know, this is the current state of my device, if there are other possibility: My recovery partition appears to be corrupted enough to be unusable, my main os (pure nexus) appears to be fine, but considers my phone to be corrupt and tries to reboot into recovery after I give it a password to decrypt my device (which I never set, and any password it calls correct and corrupted data). So, I have root access in adb, including shell access which as far as it looks from me is the full device. Using adb, I have tried opening the settings menu, which tells me that the current user(none) cannot change the "enable OEM unlocking" status. But, that setting must be doing something simple to allow the device to be unlocked, right? So, this is probably my fault, and will NEVER be done again, but I got to this state from trying to lock the boot loader after I got most of pure nexus working, as I just wanted to wipe it from any excess, figured I could kill 2 birds with one stone. Since then, I have tried every factory reset I could find out there, all either need a working recovery(for the side loading a google signed recovery) or need an unlocked bootloader.

I have a Nexus 6P 64 GB which is just 4 months old. I feel that the phone is getting hot more than normal, mainly the display. When I do browsing say for 10-15 mins or shoot videos (4K) 2-3 mins or take HDR photos 10-15 photos in succession, the phone gets hot from every nook and corner. My local service center is not very high tech. The only solution they suggested is to flash the OS. I do not to what extent this is going to help. I did nt buy the phone from Google Store but from other online partners in India. I sought help of people around here or users of Nexus 6P about their experience. Thanks.

When I connect my phone to my Windows 8.1 PC, I can select PTP mode on the phone and the phone immediately shows up under "This PC". However, I only see pictures related files, I wanted to see other media. So I try to select MTP on my phone, and as soon as I do the phone icon disappears from "This PC" and does not reappear. I don't see any error messages, prompts to install drivers, etc. I read somewhere that in Android, under settings -> storage to press the menu-button and choose usb-connection, but the menu only shows "Help & feedback". I have tried both with USB debugging enabled and disabled. On my Windows PC, under Device Manager -> Android Device I see "Google Nexus ADB Interface"; trying to update it says the latest version is already installed. I tried uninstalling it, and reconnecting the phone, but this just automatically reinstalled the same driver. I also looked under every other entry in device manager and there isn't anything else related to ADB or MTP. I don't see any kind of separate MTP driver though. If I try to update software manually and how compatible hardware, it shows: "Google Nexus ADB Interface" and "USB Composite Device" and nothing MTP related. I found my device under "Devices and Printers -> Unspecified". When I tried to troubleshoot, it says "Google Nexus ADB Interface is an older USB device and might not work with USB 3.0. Plug the device into an available USB 2.0 port..." But I've only got USB 3.0 ports! If I go ahead and have it finish the troubleshooting it says: Problems found: Google Nexus ADB Interface can't work properly with USB 3.0 (Not fixed) What?! The fact that PTP *does* work seems to contradict this, right? And since when has USB 3.0 not been backwardly compatible with USB 2.0 devices??? How do I get my PC to recognize the phone in MTP mode?

I just recently encountered a problem with my Nexus 6p where my music (and audio but haven't tested that yet) started Skipping beats and stuttering while I was playing it. This is something new and wasn't happening before. I restarted my phone but it still stuttered. My internet is fine too and this problem is true with all apps including Google play music, Pandora, and Spotify. Are there any fixes for this? System: Android 6.0.1 Carrier: Google Project Fi (Phone is not rooted) (Front facing speakers)

I am using Nexus 6P with Android 8.1 Oreo. I am not able to see the call history under the contact details. It used to display the most recent call history when opening the individual contacts. Below is the screenshot that I used to see the contact's recent call history (highlighted with a green rectangle). Assuming that I am not having a few permissions on the Contacts app but not sure what kind of permissions I should be granting. So far, I have tried clearing the cache of the Phone app & Contacts app. Also ensuring that the Contact App & Phone App has storage access.

I broke my Nexus 6P screen, so am replacing it - usually I would factory the phone. However, I can't as the screen is completely black. I power cycled the phone, but I am unable to enter the pattern to unlock the phone (fingerprint scanner only works after you enter the pattern after restart). I used Android Device Manager to wipe it, but as I can't decrypt it through entering my pattern, it isn't online, so can't be wiped. **However, does any of this matter if the pattern can't be entered after power cycling?** Surely the device is encrypted so my data is secure. And if anyone manages to guess my pattern, the device will be online and ADB will wipe it. Should I do anything else?

I have the problem of Substratum themes not applying on my Nexus 6P using Dirty Unicorns 12.1 (latest version). I can choose an installed theme in Substratum, choose all the settings I want, and hit compile - that's all going well. Substratum tells me it compiled everything correctly, then, when applying, it restarts the SystemUI and boom - nothing. Nothing has changed and when I check back in the Substratum app, it neither lists the theme as compiled nor as applied. This happens for all themes, I've tried a dozen or two. It's extremely sad, as themability is *the* reason for me owning an Android device with custom ROM. Info about DU: AFAIK, DU 12.1 has native built-in support for OMS.

I've got a nexus 6P running stock Android 8.1 which is rooted using Magisk (verified by runnign adb shell su). When turning airplane mode on/off using adb (as per these instructions: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40271379) the following exception is returned: $ adb shell settings put global airplane_mode_on 1 $ adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE Broadcasting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE flg=0x400000 } Security exception: Permission Denial: not allowed to send broadcast android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE from pid=6484, uid=2000 java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: not allowed to send broadcast android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE from pid=6484, uid=2000 at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.broadcastIntentLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:19204) at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.broadcastIntent(ActivityManagerService.java:19842) at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerShellCommand.runSendBroadcast(ActivityManagerShellCommand.java:621) at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerShellCommand.onCommand(ActivityManagerShellCommand.java:154) at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:96) at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.onShellCommand(ActivityManagerService.java:15021) at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:594) at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:492) at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub.onTransact(IActivityManager.java:4243) at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.onTransact(ActivityManagerService.java:2919) at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:697) What needs to happen for adb to be able to turn airplane mode on and off?

I purchased a used Nexus 6P on ebay to replace my current 6P, because the camera has failed. The seller indicates that the new phone has been factory reset, but I'd like to be sure that there is no spyware hidden deep in the system. On a desktop machine I would erase the hard drive, install the operating system of my choice, and be confident that most reasonable vectors of attack were removed. (Sure, he could've hidden something in the firmware of a device or whatever else, but I'm not worried about that level of sophistication). I'm not sure how Android factory resets work, but given that the phone's memory is never completely erased, I worry that a malicious actor could have put bad software into the image that the factory reset restores from. Is this a valid concern? If so, is there a way to address it and be sure that my phone is not sending all of my information to some one else (other than google)?

This hasn't been addressed in other 6P threads. Nexus 6P running Nougat can connect to my 5Ghz Wifi network in my home. I'll connect to my 5Ghz band of my wifi network, but the status on the phone will either say "connected, no internet" or even "connected" but the internet wont work. Phone shows good signal strength and link speed, but browsing or trying to download anything doesn't work. Everything on LTE works fine though. And I have other devices connected to my wifi network (on the 2.4Ghz band) and they work fine as well. Plus my desktop has no LAN issues, so I'm guessing it's not a router problem. Here are the solutions I've tried thus far with no avail: - With or without VPN - 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz bands - Restarted in Safe Mode, same problem. Will connect to my networks but internet wont work - Powered off, waited a minute, powered on - Disabled security authentication for the network on the router - Re-enabled security authentication - Factory reset router - Factory reset Nexus 6P

I have to scroll right 63 times from the home screen to get to the page where icons are placed for new apps installed on my phone. Is there some shortcut to get there? Some gesture I can enable or an icon I can put on my home page or something? Google Now Launcher 1.4.large, Android 8.1.0, Nexus 6P I just found a faster way to scroll through the pages. If I tap and hold on an empty space on a page then the page will get smaller and it will scroll multiple pages at once when I swipe.

I got a Nexus 6P and it received the Oreo update yesterday. After installing the update, there were few errors like "Gboard stopped working" etc., That happened only once and the device was working normally for few hours. Now suddenly, I keep getting "Google keeps stopping" in the launcher screen. When I close the popup, the launcher is reloaded and the popup appears again immediately. Phone is currently kind of unusable. Tried to open Settings, but that got closed as well. Tried checking Play Store for the latest updates, but got none. Anyone else got this issue? Any idea if this can be resolved?

On any other device, I was able to go to Settings, scroll to Developers Options and toggle it On/Off. On Nexus 6P, this toggle does nothing. If I turn it off, next time I look at it, it shows as on even though I turned it off minute ago. I am building Android app so I do need Developer Options. I dont want to disable or hide it, I just want to be able to use the toggle to turn it on or off as I need. Just as I did with many other android devices. Anyone else noticed this? I tried suggestions from this link http://visihow.com/Disable_the_Developer_Options_on_Nexus_6P but that did not resolve anything. I would also like to note that until very recently, perhaps 3 months ago, I was able to disable Developer Options by simply going to Settings->Developer Options -> Turn toggle Off

I need help with my Nexus 6P. Because of a bootloop, I was trying to flash a new boot image. I went to the Google download page for factory images and tried using the "flash-all.bat" file. I don't know how to exactly explain this but, here is the full command prompt line from the flash-all batch file. Note: It also says my device is corrupt while trying to go into recovery mode. I don't know how to fix, please help :(

Sending 'bootloader' (3544 KB)                     OKAY [  0.136s]
Writing 'bootloader'                               OKAY [  0.215s]
Finished. Total time: 0.405s
Rebooting into bootloader                          OKAY [  0.108s]
Finished. Total time: 0.113s
Sending 'radio' (48728 KB)                         OKAY [  1.511s]
Writing 'radio'                                    OKAY [  2.174s]
Finished. Total time: 3.741s
Rebooting into bootloader                          OKAY [  0.007s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: angler-03.68
Baseband Version.....: angler-03.81
Serial Number........: 84B7N16109000032
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product'                                 OKAY [  0.018s]
Checking 'version-bootloader'                      OKAY [  0.018s]
Checking 'version-baseband'                        OKAY [  0.018s]
extracting boot.img (12 MB) to disk... took 0.033s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
fastboot: error: Couldn't parse partition size '0x'.
Press any key to exit...

Flashing vendor, system, and recovery individually works but boot doesn't. When flashing boot image on its own, it also says the same thing. ```C:\Users\zqk9\Desktop\platform-tools>fastboot flash boot boot.img fastboot: error: Couldn't parse partition size '0x'.

As you guys may know, the Nexus 6P has a notorious bootlooping issue. After trying multiple flashes, and even going to WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit, I had no avail for any signs that my device was fixed. I can't go to recovery mode either because it bootloops there too. My question is that is my device gone forever? Can I no longer fix it? Thanks in advance.