Fixing a Nexus 5X - and learning it’s impossible.
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2021 - Hello all! I have recently found my Nexus 5X I used in this blog, and I will continue to find a way to fix this bootloop. I will post a new update once I have successfully gotten it to work. ORIGINAL POST: In late 2015, Google announced the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P, the last Nexus-branded devices in their lineup. I switched from my iPhone 6, which I was rocking when it was announced, so I could give Android a try. It all blew me away. Android Marshmallow was quick and responsive and free of all the bugs I encountered in Lollipop, introduced “Now on Tap” (My FAVORITE feature of 6.0), and more. I used the 5X until Apple announced the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, the second glass backed iPhones equipped with the fastest Phone SoC, the A11 Bionic. I was reluctant to get rid of this phone, as I grew too close with Android, and I was getting started with learning about the internals. In the end, I sold it for $150, and put that money towards an iPhone 8 Plus, which I a...