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Android 7.0 Nougat is an upgrade for Android Marshmallow. The new OS has brought nifty features and a considerable number of fixes in it.

Google released the final version of Android Nougat on 22 August 2016. It is released for only compatible Google phones and will soon be available to other brands. However, the update has caused problems in some devices, particularly the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X.

The Nexus 5X is the first Smartphone to receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update. Besides the benefits of the firmware, some issues have been encountered with the update. Important among them is the boot loop issue.

What Are The Issues?

Bootloop

Nexus 5X customers started facing random reboot issue after installation of the update. This random reboot of software is called as bootloop.

Some users tried creating cache partition and also did a factory reset, but none of them helped to resolve the issue. Despite doing this, they came across a frequent restart of mobile with an inconsistent pattern.

In Nexus help forum, another customer wrote that even deleting all apps installed from the Play store does not help in solving the issue.

Orrin, a Google employee told that those facing these issues on their Nexus mobiles have to contact the place of purchase for repair options. This move of him suggests that these problems cannot be fixed by the users by themselves. Neither a software release from Google should be expected to sort out the issue. Either the warranty or a repair process is the only way to sort it out.

An easy solution is to downgrade to the previous Android version on their mobile. Let us know how to downgrade to 6.0 from 7.0.

How to Downgrade?

There's an easy way to revert to Marshmallow from Android 7.0 Nougat.

This process is customized by each manufacturer and those who want to roll back need a Marshmallow built stock firmware for their gadget. The installation process of stock firmware is different for every OEM.

For example, Motorola needs RSD Lite whereas HTC has unique RUUs for each device. On the other hand, Nexus devices are paired with factory images which are flashable via Fastboot.

You need to have the latest fastboot tool to flash image successfully. You can flash your device once you have the fastboot tool.

How To Flash a System Image:

• Choose the right system image suitable for your device and keep it in a safe location.

• Connect your device (mobile/tablet) to your computer using USB.

• Now start the device in fastboot mode using below technique. Shut down the device, then switch on the mobile and hold down the correctkey combinationof your gadget to get the device into fastboot mode.

• For Nexus 6P, when the phone is in boot mode, press and holds the volume down, then press and hold the power button to bring it into fastboot mode.

• You might need them to unlock the bootloader use either the command 'fastboot OEM unlock' or the command 'fastboot flashing unlock'. It is important to note that this action might clear all the data from the device.

• Once the bootloader starts running, go to the location where you archived the system image.

• Execute theflash-allscript. This step will install the required baseband firmware, bootloader, and OS.
• After the script runs the device will reboot. The next step now is to lock the bootloader thus providing maximum security for the device.

• Now, start the device in fastboot mode and execute the command 'fastboot flashing lock'.
  

The Take Away

Every update has the improved features and some bugs likewise Android N. It is still in Beta testing phase and needs some inputs, awareness of issues to solve the problems caused by it. Eventually, it should be given some time for resolving issues and let us hope that a better OS is awaiting the Android lovers in the coming future.