Like the title says.
I'm in recovery, I wiped it all (unfortunately even the ROM as zip I put on it) and now I don't have no ROM on it and no zip to flash a ROM.
Thought this was no problem, knowing from smartphone recoveries to mount sdcard and copying the file on it. But Nexus 7, well, has no sdcard.
What can I do?
As it is now, I don't have nothing on it and rebooting it wouldn't lead to anything useful.
I need help.
What can I do?
Thanks in advance.
l33ch0r said:
Like the title says.
I'm in recovery, I wiped it all (unfortunately even the ROM as zip I put on it) and now I don't have no ROM on it and no zip to flash a ROM.
Thought this was no problem, knowing from smartphone recoveries to mount sdcard and copying the file on it. But Nexus 7, well, has no sdcard.
What can I do?
As it is now, I don't have nothing on it and rebooting it wouldn't lead to anything useful.
I need help.
What can I do?
Thanks in advance.
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If you have Android SDK installed, you can use adb push to push the zip file to your internal storage. Put the ROM zip file in your Android SDK - Platform Tools folder on your computer, reboot the N7 into Recovery (connected to computer of course!), open Command Prompt window and change directories to where ever you keep your Android SDK (for me, it's: cd sdk/platform-tools). Then type:
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adb push <name of ROM zip file> /sdcard
Wait, and after about 20 - 60 seconds it'll complete, then you can flash the ROM. It'll be on the root of your internal sdcard (/sdcard).
Sounds difficult for a bloody rookie like me - is there really no easier way? Like transfering via recovery by just telling recovery to mound internal-sd so that it'll pop up on my pc? (know that from CWM and 4Ext on my smartphone)
Or could you explain the steps so that even the bloodiest rookie of them all could understand it properly :-/
aaaw **** -.-
by the way, device is still in recovery
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Sounds difficult for a bloody rookie like me - is there really no easier way? Like transfering via recovery by just telling recovery to mound internal-sd so that it'll pop up on my pc? (know that from CWM and 4Ext on my smartphone)
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Maybe, I don't know. Have you tried it? What recovery are you using? I use TWRP.
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Maybe, I don't know. Have you tried it? What recovery are you using? I use TWRP.
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TWRP as well. Just unlocked, rooted and flashed recovery and now I wanted to have a custom rom.
I tried to mount data and what else there was in "advanced" - my PC doesn't show me anything
Edit: not in advanced, it's the point "mount"
Restock and reroot.You can use Wugfresh toolkit for this. You just install the toolkit and if you can boot in bootloader mode you're saved. That's what I did and it solved my problem.
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l33ch0r said:
TWRP as well. Just unlocked, rooted and flashed recovery and now I wanted to have a custom rom.
I tried to mount data and what else there was in "advanced" - my PC doesn't show me anything
Edit: not in advanced, it's the point "mount"
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How'd you root/unlock, toolkit of some type?
Using the adb command mentioned is the only way that I know of to push a file to your N7. It's not as difficult to do as it sounds.
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How'd you root/unlock, toolkit of some type?
Using the adb command mentioned is the only way that I know of to push a file to your N7. It's not as difficult to do as it sounds.
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Toolkit by WugFresh - I may try to get into bootloader and get back to stock - hopefully it works...
l33ch0r said:
Toolkit by WugFresh - I may try to get into bootloader and get back to stock - hopefully it works...
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Yeah that would work, as long as you don't re-lock via fastboot. That's what probably wiped out your sdcard, was the fastboot unlock of your device, as it wipes your sdcard.
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Restock and reroot.You can use Wugfresh toolkit for this. You just install the toolkit and if you can boot in bootloader mode you're saved. That's what I did and it solved my problem.
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Is it important which current status I choose?
There are 2 to be chosen: Soft-Bricked/Bootloop and Device is on/Normal
If "Device is on" means, that it's turned on, then this'll be my choice, right?
Totally shocked right now
This ain't even my device :-/
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Yeah that would work, as long as you don't re-lock via fastboot. That's what probably wiped out your sdcard, was the fastboot unlock of your device, as it wipes your sdcard.
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No, wiping of my /sdcard was all my fault. I guess I have to take all credit for that
Well downloading the Stock with the toolkit takes quite some time...
foolish me -.-
Thanks for your help so far.
I'll definetely report whether it worked or not
I've never used any of the toolkits out there, I've done it using adb/fastboot commands in a Command Prompt window.
l33ch0r said:
Is it important which current status I choose?
There are 2 to be chosen: Soft-Bricked/Bootloop and Device is on/Normal
If "Device is on" means, that it's turned on, then this'll be my choice, right?
Totally shocked right now
This ain't even my device :-/
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I can't remember my choice, was a few months ago.
Don't think you can go wrong with either.
I would try device is on.
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I've never used any of the toolkits out there, I've done it using adb/fastboot commands in a Command Prompt window.
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I would've used your solution immediately but I'm just too unfamiliar with this method
Toolkits are probably the easiest way - and it was pretty easy - who could expect me to wipe the zip, I just moved to the storage before flashing it?...
Why does this file has to be hosted on goo.im?
Goo.im gives me roundabout 120kb/s...
It took a while for me also, but in the end everything worked well.
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It took a while for me also, but in the end everything worked well.
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I desperately hope to have the same luck...will the bootloader still be unlocked after that procedure? I understand that root definetely is gone, but that shouldn't be a problem at all.
l33ch0r said:
I desperately hope to have the same luck...will the bootloader still be unlocked after that procedure? I understand that root definetely is gone, but that shouldn't be a problem at all.
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It will remain unlocked until/unless you run the fastboot command: fastboot oem lock
If you don't run this, it will remain unlocked.
Whoaaaa I could scream!
Now that I downloaded the right one and try to flash it through the toolkit, it tells me, that there's no adb to be found. He doesn't recognize the device in bootloader.
What should I do?
OH THANK GOD! Tried it via recovery, he found it and restarted into bootloader
First of all: thank you so much guys - I was really shocked, but it all worked out
One more question before I make the same mistake again. Where should I put the zip which I wanna flash? When I have it connected to the pc, it shows me a portable device where the folders of the internal storage are (like Alarms, Android, DCIM, Download etc pp) - that's where I put the ZIP before.
Shall I keep it there?
And another question: what should I wipe in order to get it done properly?
Edit: Figured it out - got me CWM, much more familiar with that one
but thanks again for all your help guys
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Hi all!!
I have a huge problem i think.
Yesterday is was rooting my device, and i was about to start flashing a custom rom.
What happened is that in the proces of wiping dalvik cache etc. I by accident wiped the whole system!
So now if i want to reboot, recovery gives the error that there is no OS is installed. If i reboot my nexus 7 keeps hanging in the startup screen wich only displays Google...
It still can reboot in recovery or bootloader, but i cant figure out how to recover. I tried with 2 toolkits, but no succes! I made a nandroid backup but this doesnt work either.
Also i tried several solutions but none of them helped.
Does someone know how i can get my N7 to work again?? :crying:
Wugfresh's toolkit allows you to flash the stock image from the bootloader. Just make sure you check the box that states you cantvpower the device up.
Mskips toolkit, chose the option to flash Google image, it will download, and flash for you, if not your doing it wrong, push comes to shove your going o have to download a custom ROM and use adb to to push it on to your nexus 7 then fire up cwm and lash the rom, your nandroid will be gone unless you took it off/copied to a PC before you messed up.
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Jordanooo said:
Wugfresh's toolkit allows you to flash the stock image from the bootloader. Just make sure you check the box that states you cantvpower the device up.
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This^ i have done it a few times. When i flash a new rom i wipe all including system. Sometimes i get a bad download and i dont realise until i try to flash. Do as poster above says and you will be ok
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leelaa said:
This^ i have done it a few times. When i flash a new rom i wipe all including system. Sometimes i get a bad download and i dont realise until i try to flash. Do as poster above says and you will be ok
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I tried all those things named above with both toolkits..
When i try to flash to stock it keeps hanging at some point, or i get errors. What am i doing wrong?
I will try again what jordaanooo mentioned.. hope this time it will work.
If it doesn't work, does it help to post some screenshots with the error i get, or where it gets stuck??
Yeah, try it, make sure you state you cant boot it, and tell us what parts it stops/fails at
SMH dont use toolkits -_- so you're saying you "could" get into recovery? Why didnt you just adb push a rom
Code:
adb push name-of-rom.zip /data/media
Then flash that rom?
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SMH dont use toolkits -_- so you're saying you "could" get into recovery? Why didnt you just adb push a rom
Code:
adb push name-of-rom.zip /data/media
Then flash that rom?
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Yes recovery does work. How do i push that? i have never done that...
TouchHD said:
Yes recovery does work. How do i push that? i have never done that...
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he just mentioned it in the post. do you know how to use adb? do you have it installed?
Fufu_the_Great said:
he just mentioned it in the post. do you know how to use adb? do you have it installed?
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i used it before for rooting my htc one x, so i think i have the needed files. but i don't know what i need for the n7 and how to start. I have been searching, but can't figure it out..
Jordanooo said:
Wugfresh's toolkit allows you to flash the stock image from the bootloader. Just make sure you check the box that states you cantvpower the device up.
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done something like this yesterday,worked :good:
TouchHD said:
i used it before for rooting my htc one x, so i think i have the needed files. but i don't know what i need for the n7 and how to start. I have been searching, but can't figure it out..
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pretty simple. if you know how to use adb then you just need to just a ROM to apply. wether it be the stock or a custom. once you know what ROM, the easiest thing is to paste it into your adb folder (usually platform-tools) and just push it onto your sd card
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pretty simple. if you know how to use adb then you just need to just a ROM to apply. wether it be the stock or a custom. once you know what ROM, the easiest thing is to paste it into your adb folder (usually platform-tools) and just push it onto your sd card
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Thanks will try that this evening when i get home!
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Yeah, try it, make sure you state you cant boot it, and tell us what parts it stops/fails at
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I'm trying to flash to a stock rom at the moment with the wugfresh toolkit. it seems the process is stuck at the point where it is "sending 'system' to the device. it's "sending 'system'" for more than an hour now... is that ok?? or is there something going wrong?
the picture show's where it gets stucked
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper3.34.img
Fastboot flash all nakasijroo3d.IMG w/e its called
Do you have cwm or twrp installed? If so you can mount the 7 like a mass storage device to your computer. This will give you access to the SD card where you can transfer a ROM from your computer to your tablet....I'm not sued where the setting is.....just go into your recovery and dig around....I think its under advanced...
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I just checked...if u go under the mount setting. There's a USB mass storage option......def the easiest route....adb is easy ...if you know how to set it up right
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TouchHD said:
I'm trying to flash to a stock rom at the moment with the wugfresh toolkit. it seems the process is stuck at the point where it is "sending 'system' to the device. it's "sending 'system'" for more than an hour now... is that ok?? or is there something going wrong?
the picture show's where it gets stucked
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are you familiar/comfortable with the command prompt?
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are you familiar/comfortable with the command prompt?
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no not really.. i'm a real noob with that.
TouchHD said:
no not really.. i'm a real noob with that.
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do you remember where you installed android sdk?
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do you remember where you installed android sdk?
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Yes i do. C:\SDK
Finally, i have solved it !!! A couple of days ago, i forgot my pattern and clicked on forgot pattern, but i didn't get a prompt to turn on wifi. So basically, i was stuck, unless i wanted to do a factory reset and lose all of my data. Here's my unique solution to this problem, :
First of all, you need to be rooted and to have usb debugging ON. Otherwise, it won't work.
Second, you need to install wug's nexus toolkit, because it gives you an option to boot with a modified boot.img which has root privileges, go to advanced, you'll see it (if you know of any other way to boot up such an image, use it, because when you get locked out with the ,,forgot pattern'', your root won't work, that's why you need this boot image).
Here's what i did:
First, i booted the modified boot image and by using either adb or the toolkit, i pulled /data/data and /data/app to my pc.
Second, I made a full wipe and set up my N7 as usual. At this point, you need a good root file explorer in order to get to the /data folder. I installed colornote (from the app backup i made, because i wan't sure that there was a new version and,if there was, it could be a possible failure, because i wasn't sure how it would behave with the last version's data) and rebooted (in order for colornote to get into the dalvik cache).
Third, i opened up colornote's folder in /data/data and just replaced the databases folder with the one from my backup and i went to /data/dalvik-cache and deleted the corresponding color note dalvik file. Afterwards, i just rebooted and voila, all my stuff that i had written in color note was staring at me.
Now, i want to mention that i've only tried this with colornote (as it was my foremost priority to get to the essays that were stored there) and i've tried this on only 4.1.2. I can't guarantee that it will work on other apps or that you won't get damage to your precious Nexus 7, so please, proceed with caution, and don't blame me if something unexpected comes up. Good luck !!!
P.S. If you get more than one device or emulator, it's because you have bluestacks, disable or uninstall it, and you're good to go !!!
Did you try any of the suggestions offered to you in the other thread you started on this topic?
They seem like way less effort and some of them don't involve any wiping.
BTW when you do an adb pull you lose all file ownership and mode information; it is important to restore those correctly.
iAndroidOS said:
Second, you need to install wug's nexus toolkit, because it gives you an option to boot with a modified boot.img which has root privileges, go to advanced, you'll see it (if you know of any other way to boot up such an image, use it, because when you get locked out with the ,,forgot pattern'', your root won't work, that's why you need this boot image).
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You can do whatever you want with the custom recovery - it is unaffected by the lock condition. You are complicating things by using a toolkit.
good luck
If you have USB debugging enabled you can just use adb to delete the pattern file and then unlock the tab.
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NIMBAH said:
If you have USB debugging enabled you can just use adb to delete the pattern file and then unlock the tab.
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I tried that and it didn't work
bftb0 said:
Did you try any of the suggestions offered to you in the other thread you started on this topic?
They seem like way less effort and some of them don't involve any wiping.
BTW when you do an adb pull you lose all file ownership and mode information; it is important to restore those correctly.
You can do whatever you want with the custom recovery - it is unaffected by the lock condition. You are complicating things by using a toolkit.
good luck
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Thank you for reminding me, it is imperative to restore the permissions
iAndroidOS said:
I tried that and it didn't work
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Weird I've done it a few times and its always worked. How did you do it ?
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NIMBAH said:
Weird I've done it a few times and its always worked. How did you do it ?
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I dunno, i went into adb and used the adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
command and as soon as it finished, i unplugged my N7 and rebooted it, and the login prompt was still there.
Hey so yesterday I mucked around with the mounting/unmounting/formatting stuff in fastboot. Now it's not booting up, it's stuck at the GOOGLE logo. I left it on overnight, and it's still stuck there. I can still turn off the device and enter fastboot mode. Anyone know what's wrong?
Thanks
How do you want to know what's happening to your device if don't tell us which commands you have done exactly with fastboot and why ?
Nico_60 said:
How do you want to know what's happening to your device if don't tell us which commands you have done exactly with fastboot and why ?
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Sorry
I went to the fastboot menu and unmounted everything, and formatted everything. Then I deleted all user data and the cache partition. I'm running xenon HD rom.
Thanks
You were running xenon rom before you formatted everything! Now if you want to stay with xenon you have to push the rom in your device using adb and install it with recovery.
Nico_60 said:
You were running xenon rom before you formatted everything! Now if you want to stay with xenon you have to push the rom in your device using adb and install it with recovery.
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I could care less about the rom. I just want to turn on the device...
It could be stock, I'll just root it again.
I'm kind of a beginner with this, how exactly do I push the rom
Anyways, thanks
nicetaco said:
I could care less about the rom. I just want to turn on the device...
It could be stock, I'll just root it again.
I'm kind of a beginner with this, how exactly do I push the rom
Anyways, thanks
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I can't push it because it's not being recognized on my computer
Anyone help please?
92 views an only 1 person helping..
I would say to get Wug's tool kit and use that to unbrick/flash back to stock. To get your computer to recognize the tablet you likely need to install the proper drivers, which are included with the toolkit and instructions on installing them.
Edit: link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
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Волк said:
I would say to get Wug's tool kit and use that to unbrick/flash back to stock. To get your computer to recognize the tablet you likely need to install the proper drivers, which are included with the toolkit and instructions on installing them.
Edit: link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
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The problem is, I don't have USB debugging on, so it's impossible to install the drivers.
Go in bootloader/fastboot mode and then type "fastboot devices" to see if your device is recognized
Nico_60 said:
Go in bootloader/fastboot mode and then type "fastboot devices" to see if your device is recognized
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Sorry if I sound stupid, but I don't think I can type in bootloader mode...
Nico_60 said:
Go in bootloader/fastboot mode and then type "fastboot devices" to see if your device is recognized
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This may sound stupid, but I cant type in bootloader mode
You did already use fastboot commands no?
Nico_60 said:
You did already use fastboot commands no?
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No, I didn't...
nicetaco said:
No, I didn't...
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Please help I think I'm going crazy o.0
nicetaco said:
Please help I think I'm going crazy o.0
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OK never mind I fixed it. I just installed the ROM through a USB from a OTG cable. Thanks a lot for your help though!
-Kevin
Enjoy my thanks
same case with me...
my nexus 7 3g now stuck on google screen
buncit8 said:
same case with me...
my nexus 7 3g now stuck on google screen
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what did you do before it was stuck at the Google logo?
Nico_60 said:
what did you do before it was stuck at the Google logo?
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i want to install xenonHD rom but failed with error bla bla bla... (status 7).
so i try to wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and format system
when i do reboot, it stuck on google logo
really need help,
Did you reflash the ROM and gapps after doing the wipes? Otherwise, try: factory reset, format system, flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot.
My nexus 7 has a serious bootloop problem.
i have been researching threads on fixing it and watched many a video and nothing seems to work.
when i boot up i will get google logo and nothing after that.
i have gone into the bootloader and gone into recovery mode and done a factory reset multiple times with no results.
connected to computer and run both NRT and nexus toolkit and tried multiple options.
flashing a new rom wont work because wont boot up and let me turn on usb debugging.
my last cahnce would be to try to get it replaced but it was a gift so do they fix those?
please help i think im going crazy!
What did you do to erase your ROM?
Your rom has been erased, as your device has no system to boot into. Your must have formatted your system. Just flash a rom and you should be fine. If needs be push the zip to your device through adb if you don't have a rom stored in your device, or if the current one is corrupted (which may be why it's not booting), and always check your md5.
All you need to do is flash the factory images through fastboot, or a custom ROM through recovery. There is nothing stopping you from taking either of those actions.
thankyou
i think the problem is actually my computer so i will try it on another one. thanks for the help this is all new to me
Username invalid said:
What did you do to erase your ROM?
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i just did the factory reset from the recovery bootloader then it just bootlooped forever...
annoyingduck said:
Your rom has been erased, as your device has no system to boot into. Your must have formatted your system. Just flash a rom and you should be fine. If needs be push the zip to your device through adb if you don't have a rom stored in your device, or if the current one is corrupted (which may be why it's not booting), and always check your md5.
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i tried to push files with nexus root toolkit but i cant without powering on and allowing usb debbugging, is there anything i am missing? or is there another way to do it?
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i tried to push files with nexus root toolkit but i cant without powering on and allowing usb debbugging, is there anything i am missing? or is there another way to do it?
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Yes and USB debugging is not needed.
asaman96 said:
i tried to push files with nexus root toolkit but i cant without powering on and allowing usb debbugging, is there anything i am missing? or is there another way to do it?
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You can adb push files while in recovery. You need to choose the option in recovery first though.
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Hey guys
I thought I'd just let you all know that my ambition to get 4.3 and lack of knowledge, led to my phone getting bricked today. I'm so devastated. I was following efrant's guide and flashed everything correctly and then as usual I lost half my storage and I followed the other guide to restoring the lost storage, once again i followed everything but i didn't get the storage back, then i did some cmd commands like the guide did. Next thing you know I may have done something wrong and I was at the bootloader screen and I couldn't reboot or go to recovery. Read and read nothing helped, called Google and they couldn't help me. I am now getting a replacement. SO there you go guys, just the greed of getting 4.3 caused me to brick my phone as well as my lack of knowledge I guess. Can't complain. Thought I'd share this with you all.
Div
P.S Moderators if this isn't suitable you guys can delete it no harsh feelings
Hey don't feel bad we all learn the hard way at some point. 4.3 is a minor update not worth it.
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If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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Just flash the stock android image again, after all you have access to the bootloader, everything is fine
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If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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fabrizziop said:
Just flash the stock android image again, after all you have access to the bootloader, everything is fine
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This. You're totally not bricked.
Please follow the instructions in this thread:
[HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Yeah, Nexus is hard to brick.
What is the best way to brick the Nexus 4? Maybe trying to flash HTC bootloader on it?
Fataldesain said:
Hey don't feel bad we all learn the hard way at some point. 4.3 is a minor update not worth it.
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it's totally worth it
nqk said:
Yeah, Nexus is hard to brick.
What is the best way to brick the Nexus 4? Maybe trying to flash HTC bootloader on it?
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Perhaps
Code:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
Thats not greedy, your just too excited for 4.3
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If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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So I tried doing this but, in the command prompt window that opens up with the toolkit when unrooting and going to stock it says
Archive not found recovery.sig
Archive not found system.sig etc.
and it fails....
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So I tried doing this but, in the command prompt window that opens up with the toolkit when unrooting and going to stock it says
Archive not found recovery.sig
Archive not found system.sig etc.
and it fails....
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In this particular situation i wont recommend you using a toolkit. Is much esier with a good guide if it fails with the toolkit (btw while i flashed 4.3 factory image the cmd told me also about "missing recovery and system.sig" but now ive got a fully working 4.3 ROM on my N4.
You can do it via ADB. You just setup ADB on your computer. And put all the files from the factory image in the "platform-tools" adb folder. If your phone is in the bootloader menu and its recognized by your computer you just run a file that is called "flash-all.bat" and it should flash the 4.2/4.3 image on your phone. Thats how i did it a few hours ago.
Have a look at this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
But remember all the files in this guide are for the Nexus 7 so use the N4 factory images and the proper commands for your device (i mean the last step of this guide which shows various commands. you shouldnt use them becuz they are for the N7 and the proper commands for the N4 are written in the "flash-all.sh" use those commands or use the "flash-all.bat" which is included in the 4.3 factory image [i dont know if its included in the 4.2. f.i.]. All those files have to be in the "platform-tools" folder in order to let the .batch file do its job.
I hope u understood what i wrote. If not let me know.
miniAndroidian said:
In this particular situation i wont recommend you using a toolkit. Is much esier with a good guide if it fails with the toolkit (btw while i flashed 4.3 factory image the cmd told me also about "missing recovery and system.sig" but now ive got a fully working 4.3 ROM on my N4.
You can do it via ADB. You just setup ADB on your computer. And put all the files from the factory image in the "platform-tools" adb folder. If your phone is in the bootloader menu and its recognized by your computer you just run a file that is called "flash-all.bat" and it should flash the 4.2/4.3 image on your phone. Thats how i did it a few hours ago.
Have a look at this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
But remember all the files in this guide are for the Nexus 7 so use the N4 factory images and the proper commands for your device (i mean the last step of this guide which shows various commands. you shouldnt use them becuz they are for the N7 and the proper commands for the N4 are written in the "flash-all.sh" use those commands or use the "flash-all.bat" which is included in the 4.3 factory image [i dont know if its included in the 4.2. f.i.]. All those files have to be in the "platform-tools" folder in order to let the .batch file do its job.
I hope u understood what i wrote. If not let me know.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It WORKED! I realised that I didn't flash the zip, I was flashing the the individual images in the zip and that wasn't working. THANK YOU, I couldn't even sleep knowing I potentially bricked my phone
Dvash27 said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It WORKED! I realised that I didn't flash the zip, I was flashing the the individual images in the zip and that wasn't working. THANK YOU, I couldn't even sleep knowing I potentially bricked my phone
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Glad to know that it helped you mate
What about content on phone
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
leiftorem said:
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
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Is your bootloader unlocked? Was your phone 100% stock before updating? How did you update? Can you reach bootloader by holding power and volume down button?
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TToivanen said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Was your phone 100% stock before updating? How did you update? Can you reach bootloader by holding power and volume down button?
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My phone was stock, it is locked in all mathers I can reach the bootloader...
And I have ADB installed....
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leiftorem said:
My phone was stock, it is locked in all mathers I can reach the bootloader...
And I have ADB installed....
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I can see my phone listet under "Advanced Utility, but I cannot seem to pull the files from my phone!
I am getting really frustrated here now!
Anyone??
leiftorem said:
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
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Flash ClockworkMod or TWRP and using one of them wipe cache, dalvik cache and data (not storage). Apps and settings will be gone, but your music and pictures will still be there.
Mr. Kostik said:
Flash ClockworkMod or TWRP and using one of them wipe cache, dalvik cache and data (not storage). Apps and settings will be gone, but your music and pictures will still be there.
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This sounds GREAT! Where can I download them! And, will my texts be gone?? (That is not the worst thing, still annoying...)
leiftorem said:
This sounds GREAT! Where can I download them! And, will my texts be gone?? (That is not the worst thing, still annoying...)
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Oh well you should look in one of those threads on how to root and so on, flashing a recovery using a toolkit should also work. Texts will be gone.
Or from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Note that some users indicate that they can't get past the X on boot. If this happens to you, reboot into the bootloader and select recovery. Then, when you see the Android with the red exclamation mark, hold power and press volume up to take you to the menu. Wipe cache. If that still doesn't work, boot back into recovery and do a factory reset.
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But at some point you'd need a custom recovery anyway.