Recent content by Michael Rife

It appears that the upgrade exacerbates the soldering issue or maybe it is just a timing issue. But there are a large amount of posts having this happen right after upgrading. I think I will just stay with Marshmallow for now.

Well, I found out on XDA that the bootloop issue sounds like a soldering issue with the early production models of which I have since mine was produced 01-OCT-2015. It appears that NOUGAT exacerbates the problem. It can actually occur with Marshmallow. 5x hardware bootloop cause / fix ? |...

I bought my Nexus 5x directly from Google in October 2015 with Nexus Protect insurance. It is my phone daily driver. I am running Marshmallow 6.0.1. It is running great. I am planning on getting a Google phone November next year and still have my Nexus 5 with a new battery. I read about the...

If the screen is dead, could you try booting it up with an HDMI monitor plugged into it?