[Tip] How to apply substratum without flashing Vendor. img - Nexus 6P General

Hey
Many of us after the feb update cannot apply themes
The solution is to go to system select overlay folder
And create link in the vendor folder
Navigate to System folder using your root Explorer
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Hold down Overlay folder
Three dots menu : link to this file
Navigate to vendor folder
Hit create link
Reboot and viola!

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eraser0 said:
Hey
Many of us after the feb update cannot apply themes
The solution is to go to system select overlay folder
And create link in the vendor folder
Reboot and viola!
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Where is the overlay folder? Also how do you even do it?

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Big thanks to OP for sharing the tip, it works
Here's how I was able to follow OP:
1.) Using a file manager (I used solid explorer), navigate to /system
2.) Long-press the overlay folder within /system then press the 3-dot menu and choose "Create Symlink'.
3.) From within the window set location by pressing "Browse", go back one step to root location then choose the vendor folder and press "Select".
4.) The result should look like what's on the pic. Hit "Create" then reboot.
Note: If for whatever reason you apply a theme in the wrong manner and end in a boot loop (ex. flashing a theme not compatible with substratum legacy on stock 7.1.1), flashing the substratum rescue zip to undo the changes will also remove the symlink, so you will have to re-create it again.

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blitzkriegger said:
Big thanks to OP for sharing the tip, it works
Here's how I was able to follow OP:
1.) Using a file manager (I used solid explorer), navigate to /system
2.) Long-press the overlay folder within /system then press the 3-dot menu and choose "Create Symlink'.
3.) From within the window set location by pressing "Browse", go back one step to root location then choose the vendor folder and press "Select".
4.) The result should look like what's on the pic. Hit "Create" then reboot.
Note: If for whatever reason you apply a theme in the wrong manner and end in a boot loop (ex. flashing a theme not compatible with substratum legacy on stock 7.1.1), flashing the substratum rescue zip to undo the changes will also remove the symlink, so you will have to re-create it again.
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Man you are better in explaining things

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boutsism said:
What do you mean "create link in the vendor folder"? how are you doing this?
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DEVILOPS 007 said:
Where is the overlay folder? Also how do you even do it?
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You may check the updated post!

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Yeah that looks great. Luckily I don't need to worry a out that for now because it seemed to be a problem with my kernel. I was using flash kernel and getting the problem but then I switched to Chad's faster angler and that sorted it. Thanks so much for sharing the solution.