Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P are the best smartphones and it will be getting an update of Android O officially by Google and the best thing is they are getting the updates of Google Android developer previews. They can test these feature. We have seen random bootloop issues in the Nexus 5x and Nexus 6p. Today, in this article, I am going to tell you the way you can easily fix Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Bootloop issues.
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Now the developer XCnathan32 was smart enough and found the fix to get over the bootloop issues. This issue is caused by the boot.img which we can also call as the kernel and he developed a fixed which helps you to fix that issues. If you will take a quick look at the features and specifications of the Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P. You will see that both the devices have 8 core which we also called as Octa core processor.
Developer XCnathan32 did some changes in the boot.img file and disabled the 4 cores which were creating this issues. When the developer XCnathan32 modified this kernel it worked absolutely fine and the phone booted properly.
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Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Bootloop Fix Helps you to Finally Boot the Phone
If you are having Nexus 5x or 6P device then you can flash boot.img, TWRP, and Elemental X kernel which will help you to boot your phone properly and you won’t face any bootloop issues on your device. If you will boot this kernel on your device then you will find some issues but that is fine and you can make it work on your phone.
There are many developers who keep on working on the fix and the way they can fix this issues on their device. The only way you can fix this issue is by disabling the rest 4 cores from your device.
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There was a lawsuit filed for Nexus 6P on Google and as well as on Huawei. We have seen a lot of the phones having the issues which were not fixed and this makes it really difficult to use. If a user is buying a phone worth of 700$ approx then he should be getting something in return and that is quality and it matters a lot.
We have seen the issues in the Nexus 5x as well as in the LG G4 and it was really difficult for the users to fix this issues.
Requirements:
- Download the ADB and fastboot binaries from here: Download
- Install the Google USB Drivers from here: Download
- Unlocked Bootloader
- Recovery and Elemental X kernel for Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P
- If you don’t have PC you can use Flashify
Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Bootloop Fix
- Download the files and move it to your ADB binaries folder.
- Now, simply connect your phone via USB.
- Goto “Settings > About Phone > Build Number” and press it 7 times.
- This will turn on the developer option on your device and now make sure you enabled the USB Debugging option for your device.
- Open the ADB binaries folder and then press the Shift + Right click to open the terminal window.
- Simply, Open the command prompt and write the below command.
fastboot devices
- This command will show the device is attached to your device and now type the below command to unlock the bootloader.
fastboot flashing unlock
- If you will unlock the bootloader it will clear all the data from your phone so make sure you backup your data before unlocking the bootloader.
- Now, if you are having Nexus 5x you can write the below command.
fastboot flash boot N2G47Z_4Cores.img
- If you are having Nexus 6P you can write the below command.
fastboot flash boot N2G48B_4Cores.img
- If you want to flash the modified TWRP recovery then you can download it from below.
- If you are having Nexus 5x you can write the below command
fastboot flash recovery TWRP3_1_1_5X.img
- If you are having Nexus 6P you can write the below command.
fastboot flash recovery twrp3_1_1_4Cores.img
- Reboot your device by typing the below command.
fastboot reboot
Final Verdict:
The Nexus 5x method is untested so you can give a try to this method and you can fix Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Bootloop issues. I hope you love this article.
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Source: XDA