[HOW-TO] The Nexus 6 All-In-One Beginner's Guide

[ktmom]

@ktmom You continue to be of great help.

I have dl AOSiP-8.1-Official-shamu-20180617.zip & AOSiP-8.1-Official-shamu-20180617.md5sum. It verified.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/aosip-8-1-official-t3801408
camcory the developer says, "These are local builds I do prior to official releases to test commits and or features."
So Do I have official release or no?

Another page hosting camcory
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=224503&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC
says AOSiP-8.1-Official-shamu-20180614.zip is the latest official release.

Are both 20180617 & 20180614 official releases?

As far as Open GAPPS. I'm not sure what platform I'm on. So I downloaded ARM 8.1 stock & micro. The micro seems more to my liking. Can I add apps not in micro, I'd think so?

Any harm in making a Nandroid anyways & having it in Internal storage for convenience sake? And what are the steps through TWRP? Or I just put shamu-n6f27m-factory-bf5cce08.zip in internal for CYA purposes?

I love XDA!

Either of those AOSiP releases are fine. I'm on 06/14. The 06/17 release was a minor bug fix.

ARM is correct for the N6. Micro gapps is fine. Don't use a Gapps package smaller than nano. Nano is ok, but less than that you don't get the framework you need. And yes, you can add apps from the play store that the package doesn't install.

No harm in making a nandroid for fun. When you are in TWRP, choose back up and accept the defaults. It will be stored in the user data partition (internal storage) in a TWRP folder then another folder that is the device ID.

Putting shamu-n6f27m-factory-bf5cce08.zip on your phone won't do any good. That is a file that is flashed through fastboot only.

BTW, when your doing all of this TWRP stuff, it's best to have your device charging. I never start with less than 50% battery and on a charger.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers

 

[zapjb]

I missed & just saw the 3rd file: optional Gapps config file.
Is this one ok?
https://gist.github.com/auberginehill/b3ee4ef123a589dd684c9760a0d8e845
If not would you please link.

Or this one?
https://gist.github.com/szhu/aad319f3f4ba75de51f58ae20edc0a8a

Should I put the txt or zip extension file?

Thanks.

 

[ktmom]

I missed & just saw the 3rd file: optional Gapps config file.
Is this one ok?
https://gist.github.com/auberginehill/b3ee4ef123a589dd684c9760a0d8e845
If not would you please link.

Or this one?
https://gist.github.com/szhu/aad319f3f4ba75de51f58ae20edc0a8a

Should I put the txt or zip extension file?

Thanks.

The only reason to use the config file is to fine tune the apps being installed. You can turn the stock package into a micro package with a single line command. It's really useful if you want some but not all of the apps from a stock package. You can't turn micro into stock (go up in # of apps) but you can always turn stock into something smaller.

I prefer to use the sources directly from Open Gapps wiki. This page will explain everything you need to know.

Or, you can just use the micro you downloaded and add apps from the play store.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers

 

[zapjb]

Awesome I'm rooted & on Oreo! Thank you ktmom & all of XDA.

Now I got to find some Oreo Tutorials. Any preferred tutorials XDA?
Otherwise I'm at the mercy of the internet & they suck compared to XDA.

 

[ktmom]

This is an overview of features: Meet Google’s Latest OS Dessert: Android 8.0 Oreo.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers

 

[zapjb]

...."Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers

@ktmom or other XDA'ers I need help. I updated the AOSiP 8.1 update dated 06.29.2018 through the AOSiP updater.

After success? in TWRP & selecting reboot. My N6 freezes at the b&w Google screen.
I hold the power button till phone reboots. It then loads all the way to the lockscreen. Though it shows a different lockscreen clock. Upon entering my pattern lock I can use the phone.
AOSiP Updater shows the 06.29.2018 update is installed. Tried several reboot cycles & complete power offs. So far same results - freezing at the b&w Google screen.
Am I doing something wrong? Can this be fixed or should I Flash my latest Nandroid?

My thanks.

 

[ktmom]

@ktmom or other XDA'ers I need help. I updated the AOSiP 8.1 update dated 06.29.2018 through the AOSiP updater.

After success? in TWRP & selecting reboot. My N6 freezes at the b&w Google screen.
I hold the power button till phone reboots. It then loads all the way to the lockscreen. Though it shows a different lockscreen clock. Upon entering my pattern lock I can use the phone.
AOSiP Updater shows the 06.29.2018 update is installed. Tried several reboot cycles & complete power offs. So far same results - freezing at the b&w Google screen.
Am I doing something wrong? Can this be fixed or should I Flash my latest Nandroid?

My thanks.

Others have reported similar problems in the ROM thread. I've have not, so all I can suggest is reverting to your nandroid and manually dirty flash the update. You can find it in /data/aosip_updates

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers

 

[zapjb]

Funny after many reboot cycles & complete power offs. A few times turning it off 10 mins.

Everything now works: reboots, from complete off to on & on to off. I reselected Deadpool lockscreen clock so that's the same again. Went to Google Google Play Store & was offered a Google Carriers Services update, updated & aok.

 

[asmoranomar]

It's been a while since I've rooted android. I've taken it slow and was able to take OTA 7.1.1, apply TWRP, and toss Magisk on it. I've rooted before, but it's been many years ago - I'm pretty sure I did everything I was supposed to, but I can't rule out that I've made a mistake.

Everything seems to be working fine, except that the phone refuses to boot normally, instead it will boot into android with CQATest enabled, which I assume is a Motorola diagnostic app. This prevents the cellular from working.

I've done a bit of research and some people have said that it shows up from time to time and it goes away, but this will not, even after a few days. I've tried disabling the app to prevent it loading during boot, but that doesn't fix the issue either.

The only thing that DOES fix the issue, is if I load bootloader, and then reset bootloader, then boot the phone into android. The CQATest app will not launch and the phone's cellular works normally.

Since this is beyond the guide, is anyone kind enough to point me in the right direction to fix this issue?

 

[totallybeachin]

~post moved to different thread.

 

[lord dredd]

Hi
Although I have , asked this questions at the ROM thread , Thought people here might be better equipped to help me
I was on a android 9 based Pixel experience ROM till about 15 days back and I had lost root somehow, tried flashing the latest SU zip but that made my phone stuck at the ROM logo .
so A few days back I flashed a Android 10 based ROm ( Cdroid) and flashed the latest SU again after flashing the gapps but still no root.


Can you great folks guide me how I can get the root back , need to edit the build prop
Thanks in advance


Edit
I re ran cf autoroot
As the device is unlocked it should flash root
But it gave some error
After downloading image

Any clues how i get get root back
Thanks

 

[Strephon Alkhalikoi]

Any clues how i get get root back

Are you using Magisk or attempting to use LineageOS SU? If the latter, switch to the former and try again. If I recall correctly LineageOS discontinued their root solution due to Android 10's system partition being set to read-only.

 

[lord dredd]

Are you using Magisk or attempting to use LineageOS SU? If the latter, switch to the former and try again. If I recall correctly LineageOS discontinued their root solution due to Android 10's system partition being set to read-only.

I didn't try magisk as a matter of fact, was flashing the su zip all along.
Another member at cdroid rok thread pointed me to magisk and viola, I have root.

But the things is i am unable to use volte and vowifi, which was the main purpose i wanted root back and edit build prop. But it seems i was pretty late to the party, none Android 9 or 10 roms it seems support These features..

Should i go back to some oreo roms, if yes could you guide which one which work best internationally and would I be ble to use magisk on oreo rom too or i ll need to flash su zip again

Thanks

 

[Strephon Alkhalikoi]

Should i go back to some oreo roms?

If it worked on Android 8, yes. If I recall correctly VoLTE doesn't work at all on Android 9 and 10 with the N6, and not even editing the build.prop fixes it. You CAN create a module for Magisk that uses a customized build.prop, but as mentioned, I don't think that will work.