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Google Nexus 6P

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Partial Bootloader unlock + custom ROM

Difficulty

Moderate

Brick risk

Medium

Legal risk

Low

Not stock root. Needs an unlocked bootloader and a custom ROM.

Verizon and some carrier-locked Pixels cannot unlock the bootloader; factory/unlocked models can.

How-to

How to

LineageOS official build: unlock bootloader (fastboot/OEM), flash LineageOS recovery + ROM. Mainline Linux alternative via postmarketOS (testing).

Follow the specialist sources linked on this page. If this path is a jailbreak, unlock, or flash, the specialist wiki is the how-to — we do not copy those steps here.

Notes

Some TWRP and postmarketOS builds for this device are based on LineageOS device trees.

postmarketOS builds for this device are based on LineageOS kernel source.

Install with fastboot.

SourcesNot yet verified

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/angler/ wiki.lineageos.org
https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/tree/master/device/testing/device-huawei-angler gitlab.com

Author canirootit research

Google Nexus 6P

How-to

How to

Notes

SourcesNot yet verified

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