How to Install MultiROM on Nexus 6
MultiROM for Nexus 6 is Available
The beauty of open source platform, Android is that it offers huge modification which other OS can’t. Android OS gives you the ability to reach the sky with it’s flexibility and mod system. You can install custom ROMS, mods, frameworks, kernels and patches and many other amazing things. If you are a proud owner of Nexus 6 then learn how to install multiROM on Nexus 6 from this thread.
If you are like me , like moding and flashing android devices then you and I , friend are leading a different and awesome way of life. There are people who never roots their phone, some never wants to do rooting and some who roots once , and stick to it for a long time. But we the people who loves rooting keep flashing our handset all the time. It’s not about money but passion.
MultiRom for android is like having more than one ROM installed at your device at a time. It’s like dual-boot of windows. MultiROM is a multi-boot mod for android devices. The beauty of this is that it can boot any android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu touch. It can even boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable also.
Good news for the Nexus 6 owners that they can enhance the flashing ROM’s enjoy with a powerful tool named MultiRIM. This awesome latest v32 version of MultiROM mod allows Nexus 6 to keep more than one ROM at booting.
Warning:
If you are not into rooting for a long time and have little knowledge about this stuffs then you need to back off. However, if you are well-aware of what we are going to do then you can proceed at your own risk. Remember, any failure may cause your data to lose and you may have to flash the factory images again to the device. Please proceed at your own risk.
How to Install MultiROM on Nexus 6
Method 1: Using MultiROM Manager
You need to have a rooted Nexus 6 and your Nexus 6 need to have unlocked bootloader.
Step 1: At-first you have to install the MultoROM Manager app on your Nexus 6
Step 2: Open the app and select MultiROM & Recovery on the Install/Update panel in the app. If you get ‘doesn’t have kexec-hardboot patch!” in the Kernel field then select Kernel too.
Step 3: Now, tap the Install button
Step 4: Then he selected files will be flashed in Nexus 6 and it will have the MultiROM mod installed in it.
Method 2: Install MultiROM Manually
Step 1: Download the modified TWRP Recovery & rename the file as “recovery.img” : TWRP_multirom_shamu_20150406-01.img
Step 2: Download the flashable MultiROM mod package and copy the file to the phone : multirom-20150407-v32a-shamu.zip
Step 3: Let’s download the patched kernal file (depending on the OS version ) : Link
Step 4: We need to flash the TWRP image now. We have to use Flashify app or just use the following fastboot command:
fastboot flash recovery.img
Step 5: Right after flashing the TWRP, reboot into the TWRP recovery and flash multirom-2-150407-v32a-shamu.zip using the install option in TWRP
Step 6: Flash the file patched kernel we downloaded previously in step 3
Step 7: Voila, you now have the MultiROM installed on your Nexus 6.
Now you can do awesome stuffs like:
- Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
- Restore nandroid backups as secondary ROM
- Boot from USB drive attached via OTG cable
To install or add the ROMs to MultiROM , reboot into the modded TWRP recovery, tap Advanced > MultiROM > Add ROM Option
