Nexus 9 bricked after Marshmallo 6.1 upgrade

[Thecoreman]

I was pushed the OS update a few days ago to my Nexus 9. After it finished installing and rebooted I got (and continue to get) a message saying my device may be corrupted. Has anyone else had this problem and if so is there a fix? I called T Mobile and they essentially told me I was screwed.

 

[maclancer]

Is your Nexus 9 rooted? Sometimes when devices are rooted and your applied the regular software upgrade, it will have some issues.

 

[Thecoreman]

Nope. Never rooted the tablet. This same thing happened with my Samsung phone when KitKat came out and again was told I was screwed, with Samsung saying it's Google's fault and Google and AT&T saying it was Samsung's fault. I don't care whose fault it is, I just want a working tablet that I paid for.

 

[maclancer]

Can you able to factory reset it? And them apply the software upgrade again.

 

[Thecoreman]

I've tried a factory reset and it goes through the deleting process and then I'm right back where I started in terms of not being able to get past the loading screen. Might be a lost cause.

 

[maclancer]

You will have to re-flash your Nexus 9 tablet. There are guides in XDA in how to do it.

 

[rhea]

I hope Thecoreman has enabled USB debugging and OEM unlocking or can access settings. @Thecoreman, did you try factory reset from the recovery screen? Sometimes it works when setting reset doesn't. This is a Nexus so there's still hope--especially if you can access your settings.