How to Update Nexus 6P to latest Android 9.0 Pie with crDroid v5.0 ROM - Complete Guide

Android 9.0 Pie update for Nexus 6P is out now. However, this is not official update but a custom one. Continue reading this guide to update your Nexus 6P to latest Android 9.0 Pie. The latest Android version (Android 9.0 Pie) comes with new and improved features as well as offer better security. Nexus 6P have a good enough hardware that can run Android 9.0 Pie smoothly. However, to get that we must flash a custom ROM. In this article we will flash a custom ROM called crDroid v5.0. This ROM is based on Android 9.0 Pie AOSP and comes with various customization (features list) along with some LineageOS features.

Related: How to Update Nexus 6P  to latest Android 10 with crDroid v6.5 ROM - Complete Guide

Although Nexus 6P is capable enough to run Android 9.0 Pie but you can only able to upgrade it to Android 8.0 Oreo officially. Hence, you must install a custom ROM to get Android 9.0 Pie on your Nexus 6P.

Android 9.0 Pie comes with various new as well as improved features including, new gesture navigation, adaptive battery and brightness, improved security features, new Accessibility menu, new screenshot shortcut, easier screen rotation and many more. You can read more about it over here.

If all this excites you then you can follow this guide to update your Nexus 6P to latest Android 9.0 Pie via custom ROM crDroid v5.0.

Warning! We at ShizHub produce tutorial to help out fellow Android users but all this guide are educational purpose only. You should try this guide at your own risk. Neither we nor the developer should be responsible if your Android device experience damage after following this tutorial. Also remember, this guide is only applicable for Nexus 6P. Don’t try this guide in any other Android device. It may hard brick your device.

Prerequisite:

1. Although this method doesn't wipe your data but we still recommend you to back up it. You may follow our Android backup guide.

2. Make sure your device have at least 30% battery power.

3. You already have USB Driver installed for Nexus 6P in your PC. Windows OS usually download and install USB driver automatically when you connect your device first time. You can always manually download USB driver from our latest USB driver download page.

4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise you won’t able to transfer file between PC and mobile. You can follow our USB Debugging enable guide.

5. You have TWRP Recovery 3.0 or higher installed. You can follow our guide: Unlock Nexus 6P & Install TWRP Recovery 3.2.3-0 - Easy Tutorial

If you did everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install Android 9.0 Pie based crDroid v5.0 ROM on Nexus 6P.

File Required(Download by clicking on it)

1. crDroid v5.0 For Nexus 6P [Filename: crDroidAndroid-9.0-20190104-angler-v5.0.zip]
2. Gapps [Filename: open_gapps-arm64-9.0-pico-20190110.zip]

How to Update Nexus 6P to latest Android 9.0 Pie with crDroid v5.0 ROM

Step 1: Copy downloaded zip files to your device memory.

Step 2: Boot into recovery mode. To boot into recovery first turn off your Nexus 6P and then press and hold Volume Down and Power button and choose recovery. You can also boot into recovery without key combination.

Step 3: Create a Backup using TWRP Backup Option.

Step 4: Perform a Factory Reset (this will delete all apps and their settings and game progress). To do this, Tap on Wipe, then at the bottom of the screen do a Swipe on the ‘Swipe to factory reset‘ option.

Step 5: Finally, its time to flash the ROM file. Tap on Install, then browse to the location where you saved the files and tap on the crDroid v5.0 zip file. Then tap on Add More Zips, and add Gapps zip. Now at the bottom of the screen, do a swipe on the Swipe to confirm flash option to begin flashing.

Step 6: When the installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and tap on Reboot and then, tap on System to reboot your Nexus 6P and boot up into Android 9.0 Pie ROM crDroid v5.0. The first boot will take some time.

Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select Backup then through Restore option, restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.

That's it! You now have latest Android 9.0 Pie based custom ROM crDroid v5.0 installed on your Nexus 6P. You can root this ROM by following this guide: How to root Nexus 6P - Simple Safe Method.

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