AICP 13 Oreo ROM for Nexus 6p – Download and installation Guide

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Android Oreo 8.0 based AICP 13 for Nexus 6p is now available to download via an OFFICIAL build. This post provides the download link to the AICP 13 Oreo ROM for Nexus 6p and guides through the installation process of the same. This AICP 13 Oreo ROM for Nexus 6p is brought to you by developer semdoc.

If you want the OFFICIAL AICP 13 update or some more Android Oreo ROMs then stay tuned to the LineageOS 15 ROMs page or the AOSP Android Oreo ROMs devices list page.

DONATION TO DEVELOPER(S):

If you like this ROM then do contribute to semdoc for his hard work:
– Donate to semdoc

DISCLAIMER:
THIS IS AN INITIAL BETA BUILD. HAVE A BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING THIS AND TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK. Installing a custom ROM requires an unlocked bootloader on Nexus 6p, which may VOID your warranty and may delete all your data. Before proceeding further you may consider backup all data on the phone. Understand that you are the only person making changes to your phone and I cannot be held responsible for the mistakes done by you.

 

Content structure:

1. Status of this AICP 13 for Nexus 6p
2. Required Downloads for this AICP 13 ROM for Nexus 6p
3. Installing the AICP 13 on Nexus 6p
   • Installing AICP 13 on Nexus 6p for the first time
   • Upgrading the Nexus 6p on top of AICP 13 ROM
4. Rooting the AICP 13 ROM on Nexus 6p

Status of Nexus 6p AICP 13 Oreo 8 ROM:

WHAT’S WORKING:
– Almost everything

KNOWN ISSUES:
– No such known issues

 

REQUIRED LINKS AND FILES FOR Nexus 6p AICP 13 OREO ROM:

• TWRP recovery for Nexus 6p

  – Here is theTWRP update guide for Nexus 6p. This recovery guide requires an unlocked bootloader on the phone.

• ROM Download link of AICP 13 for Nexus 6p
• GApps Download for AICP 13 ROM

Root binary is NOT inbuilt in AICP 13 ROM, so you may need a separate SuperSu package or LineageOS su (because AICP is based on LineageOS) binary to install to gain ROOT access. Here is AICP 13 Rooting guide
If there is no in-built ROOT or it does not work for some reason then you can try SuperSU rooting guide to enable ROOT access.

HOW TO INSTALL/DOWNLOAD/FLASH/UPDATE THE Nexus 6p TO THE AICP 13 ROM:

Follow this if you are flashing AICP 13 on the Nexus 6p for the first time, or coming from another ROM:

Points to NOTE:
– Try to avoid restoring apps backup using Titanium Backup. It may break things up.
– Don’t restore system data using Titanium Backup! It will definitely break the current installation.
– It is also discouraged to Restoring Apps + Data using Titanium Backup.

• Boot into Recovery.
  Make sure to have a Custom recovery like CWM or TWRP or any other custom recovery. If not then download the recovery for Nexus 6p from above link and follow the Custom Recovery Installation Guide (it’s a generic guide which will work for TWRP as well as CWM recovery or any other recovery)
• Wipe data factory reset, Cache partition, Dalvik Cache and Format the System partition.
  – Here is a guide explaining how to wipe data using TWRP recovery.

  This will delete all your data on your phone. You may consider complete backup of your phone data or take a NANDROID backup of the current ROM
  – How to backup all data on your Android Device
  – how to take NANDROID backup using TWRP recovery

• Download and Copy the Oreo GApps and the AICP 13 ROM ZIP to the phone.
• First flash the Nexus 6p AICP 13 ROM ZIP from device. Then flash the GApps zip from your device memory.
  – Here is a post explaining how to install AICP 13 ROM
• Then reboot into recovery (don’t skip this) and flash the Gapps for AICP 13 package.
  – Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.
• Reboot and Enjoy Android Oreo with AICP 13 ROM on Nexus 6p.

Upgrading from earlier version of AICP 13 for Nexus 6p (angler):

• Copy the latest AICP 13 ROM ZIP file to the phone.
• Boot into Recovery.
• Flash the ROM ZIP that you copied.
  – Here is a post explaining how to install AICP 13 ROM
• Then flash the AICP 13 Oreo GApps package.
  – Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.
• Reboot and Enjoy

Complete the initial setup and enjoy Android Oreo 8.0 with AICP 13 on the Nexus 6p. After the installing the AICP 13 ROM, you may want to enable ROOT access on your phone and here is how you can do that:
How to Enable ROOT on AICP 13 ROM.

 

Stay tuned or Subscribe to the Nexus 6p (angler) forum For other Android Oreo, Nougat ROMs, AICP 13 ROMs, other custom ROMs and all other device specific topics.

 

If you have any issues on this ROM or you have found some BUG on this ROM, then you can ask help on the development thread created at xda forums.

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