Heya Nexus 6 Users,
In this thread, I'll help you to flash factory images on your nexus 6. This process will wipe your device, so please BACKUP YOUR DATA before going through the flashing process.
In this thread, I'll help you to flash factory images on your nexus 6. This process will wipe your device, so please BACKUP YOUR DATA before going through the flashing process.
You can backup your data from some well-known apps from Play Store
- Titanium Backup (Root)
- Super Backup (Non-root)
- Helium (Non-root) etc
Step 1 : Pre-requisite
==> Setup your workspace by following step two from this (Credits @xBeerdroiDx)
==> For MAC users, you can follow this thread (Credits @AshtonTS)
==> For Linux users, you can follow this thread (Credits @bloodychaos)
Step 2 : Downloading Factory Images
==> You can find Nexus 6(shamu) factory images from here.
Step 3 : Extracting Factory Images
==> Extract the archive you downloaded (First extract shamu-XXXXX.tgz and then extract shamu-XXXXX.tar). You can use WinRaR or 7z etc. It should look like this
Step 4 : Unlock the bootloader
==> Follow this thread. (Credits @xBeerdroiDx)
Step 5 : Flashing
==> Method 1 : (Short and Sweet)
- Power off your phone.
- Boot it in fastboot(bootloader mode) by pressing and holding Power Button + Volume Down at the same time.
- Connect your phone to your PC through your USB cable.
- Execute the flash-all.bat script (for Windows) or flash-all.sh(for MAC and LINUX) in the folder where you extracted the factory images.
**!!** For MAC: You'll have to edit the flash-all.sh, and add "./" before every fastboot command.
(For windows users)
- Wait for everything to flash.
- After everything finished, select "Recovery" using the volume buttons.
- When a small dead Android appears, press Power Button + Volume UP.
- Select "Wipe data/factory data reset"
- Reboot. Your phone should be stock.
==> Method 2 : (Long, but works always)
- Extract the image-shamu-XXXXXX.zip somewhere easy to access (On C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX for example).
- In the same folder, from the original archive, extract "bootloader-shamu-moto-XXXXXX.img" (rename it to bootloader.img) and "radio-shamu-XXXXXX.img" (rename it to radio.img). You will have the following files:
- Power off your phone.
- Boot it in fastboot(bootloader mode) by pressing and holding Power Button + Volume Down at the same time.
- Connect your phone to your PC through your USB cable.
- Open a CMD window.(By pressing shift key + right mouse click at same time)
- Type the following commands, in this order (If you have a different folder, change the path)
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX/bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX/radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX/system.img
fastboot flash userdata C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX/userdata.img
(Note: this command will wipe your device (including /sdcard), EVEN if your bootloader is already unlocked.)
fastboot flash boot C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX/boot.img
fastboot flash recovery C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX/recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache C:/image-shamu-XXXXXX/cache.img- After everything finished, select "Recovery" using the volume buttons.
- When a small Android appears, press Power Button + Volume UP.
- Select "Wipe data/factory data reset"
- Reboot. Your phone should be stock.
(Credits @abaaaabbbb63)
(Credits @Chirag_Galani for testing it
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Video Guides
Thanks Anuj Patel
For Windows:
For MAC:
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