HELP: I screwed up my Nexus 4 after fully formatting it. - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I feel kind of sick...
I hope someone can assist. I screwed up, big time.
I decided to full wipe my device and choose to flash stock using Toolkit. However, usb debugging isn't shown as being enabled (I think) and I'm unable to get back into a ROM to enable it, since fully wiping my entire storage.
I have tried reinstalling drivers on so many occasions, I've tried pushing files, using sideload. Nothing works. I literally cannot find a way to flash any rom onto the device. I have CWM recovery, but no way of getting zips onto the device. I cannot access usb debugging. Toolkit always reads the serial for fastboot but never shows any active devices for ADB.
I'm stumped and currently have no way of using my device.
I should've never tried to wipe it to begin with.
Thanks to anyone who might be able to assist. I'm sorry to burden you all.

if you can access via fastboot just flash your system.img to the phone with fastboot flash system system.img!
too bad google pulled the nexus 4 factory image

I have the factory image for the Nexus 4. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you the link to it on my Drive.

Use the nexus 4 toolkit to download the stock image for the phone and use keys on phone to boot to fastboot. Then connect phone to your PC and run the nexus 4 toolkit. It should detect your phone in fast boot mode and allow you to flash stock rom
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endursa said:
if you can access via fastboot just flash your system.img to the phone with fastboot flash system system.img!
too bad google pulled the nexus 4 factory image
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Many thanks for your response.
Where might I find my system.img? I've never needed to look for it before but would know how to flash it via fastboot if I could find it! :good: (as long as this would solve my issue?)
URPREY said:
I have the factory image for the Nexus 4. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you the link to it on my Drive.
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I've PM'd you. Thanks so much. Can the factory image be flashed via fastboot without ADB? Thanks so much for responding. I feel so stupid.

uberNoobZA said:
Use the nexus 4 toolkit to download the stock image for the phone and use keys on phone to boot to fastboot. Then connect phone to your PC and run the nexus 4 toolkit. It should detect your phone in fast boot mode and allow you to flash stock rom
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I did try it but received this error:
Download now starting
--2013-01-07 17:31:39-- http://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-jop40c-factory-cd
3dc140.tgz
Resolving dl.google.com... 173.194.41.66, 173.194.41.69, 173.194.41.67, ...
Connecting to dl.google.com|173.194.41.66|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2013-01-07 17:31:39 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Completed
Your image is now ready for flashing [your device must be in Fastboot Mode]
Do you want to flash the image now? [type yes or no]:
It doesn't actually download, despite attempting to. I'm not sure why.

Google pulled the files on Dec 12 hence no download. What toolkit are you using? The one from WugFresh has a link to the images on goo.im.
Otherwise look at this thread for a link in the first post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971169
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I was in your situation about a week ago I was in front of my PC for about 7 hours, until I downloaded wug tool kit funny enough the stock ROM that toolkit downloaded worked fine. When I saw my baby boot up I a bit of wee nearly come out. Try it and holla back :thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469
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djemgee said:
I was in your situation about a week ago I was in front of my PC for about 7 hours, until I downloaded wug tool kit funny enough the stock ROM that toolkit downloaded worked fine. When I saw my baby boot up I a bit of wee nearly come out. Try it and holla back :thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469
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There's a thread on here somewhere where a guys got googles stock ROMs if you can find it. I'll take a look aswell
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URPREY said:
I have the factory image for the Nexus 4. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you the link to it on my Drive.
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Many thanks man. The factory image worked like a charm. I didn't even have to extract it. I just flashed in via toolkit. I dropped the file into the put_google_factory_image_here folder and then flashed it using option 9. I'm so relieved to have a working device again.
Thanks to all that attempted to help my situation. I appreciate every effort made. Thanks for being so very patient.
Please feel free to use the thread to discuss similar matters further. I'm sure many in the future will find it very informative to refer to. It saved me and my N4 from a lifetime of despair! :good:
BIG LOVE!

hospital349 said:
Many thanks man. The factory image worked like a charm.
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Cool. Glad to help!

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[SOLVED] Unbrick Nexus 7?

Hey everybody,
Yesterday I tried flashing a theme to SmoothRom and got caught in a bootloop. In a panic, I accidentally factory wiped my sd card and lost my roms so now I can't flash another rom to my Nexus 7. I've tried adb pushing a rom to the sd card, but my Nexus 7 is not being recognized in adb devices. I've tried everything to my knowledge but I still cannot get anything to work, even tried working on Mac and PC computers and my Nexus won't show up in adb.
I'm ready to count my losses as it is my fault, but I figured you guys could help out. I love my Nexus so if you guys know anything I could do I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
tjonestmj137 said:
Hey everybody,
Yesterday I tried flashing a theme to SmoothRom and got caught in a bootloop. In a panic, I accidentally factory wiped my sd card and lost my roms so now I can't flash another rom to my Nexus 7. I've tried adb pushing a rom to the sd card, but my Nexus 7 is not being recognized in adb devices. I've tried everything to my knowledge but I still cannot get anything to work, even tried working on Mac and PC computers and my Nexus won't show up in adb.
I'm ready to count my losses as it is my fault, but I figured you guys could help out. I love my Nexus so if you guys know anything I could do I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Do you still have access to recovery? What about fastboot? What version of android were you on?
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Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
This worked for me: http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode
heavy_metal_man said:
Do you still have access to recovery? What about fastboot? What version of android were you on?
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Yeah I can still get into fastboot & recovery (Clockwork mod touch). I've tried mounting the sd card in recovery but nothing happens. Tried doing adb to sideload a rom but my device is showing up.
Nico_60 said:
This worked for me: ]
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I saw this while googling some stuff gonna try it out thanks.
tjonestmj137 said:
I saw this while googling some stuff gonna try it out thanks.
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images flash the one for your device (You will need to use fastboot)
Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
You can go two ways here, either you can do as the above user posted and flash a stock image via fastboot or if you have a otg cable and a pendrive/removable media you can use that to install the rom
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Ok guys, I spent all last night trying to get this to work, and I'm still having problems. I tried adding the line to the driver inf file but nothing worked. I tried adding the PDANet drivers, but the Nexus of course is not showing up. I know that my Nexus is not doomed it's just something I'm not doing right, not gonna give up I'll keep at it. Thanks for the help guys, if anything have any suggestions let me know!
Sounds like you should find out if CWM touch can mount a USB flash thumbdrive via an OTG cable. You can avoid driver problems that way (as long as it works). The filesystem formatting of the USB drive with the highest probability of success will be a FAT format.
good luck
hello!sorry for hearing about your tablet!mine today fell of a chair and the glass is broken so if you try everything and you can't fix your tablet i would like to buy it for the screen cause it costs a lot for a replacement!!!thanks!
komakos96 said:
hello!sorry for hearing about your tablet!mine today fell of a chair and the glass is broken so if you try everything and you can't fix your tablet i would like to buy it for the screen cause it costs a lot for a replacement!!!thanks!
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There's nothing wrong with it... you just need to flash stock with fastboot or adb sideload it.
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Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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Good news.
Click the "Thanks" button on the posts of those that helped you - at the end of the year we'll be able to trade them in for something valuable - brownie points
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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Good stuff pal, it's handy to have otg eh?
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Then...
tjonestmj137 said:
Yeah I can still get into fastboot & recovery (Clockwork mod touch). I've tried mounting the sd card in recovery but nothing happens. Tried doing adb to sideload a rom but my device is showing up.
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Wipe data again, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and re-flash SmoothROM.
Good luck, a bootloop is not a simple thing...
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tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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If you have your problem solved, please put [SOLVED] at the start of the title of the thread, then the people will not post a solution.
Thanks.
Somehow I have screwed my nexus 7(16gb wifi only) up so bad that I cannot get back into fastboot or recovery mode. Any attempt at bootup is met with a blank screen. How do you suggest I proceed?
thefugugitive87 said:
Somehow I have screwed my nexus 7(16gb wifi only) up so bad that I cannot get back into fastboot or recovery mode. Any attempt at bootup is met with a blank screen. How do you suggest I proceed?
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If fastboot is really dead, then you're out of luck. Have you tried running fastboot commands, however, after trying to boot into fastboot? Sometimes the underlying software will run correctly, even if the screen is nonresponsive.
Rirere said:
If fastboot is really dead, then you're out of luck. Have you tried running fastboot commands, however, after trying to boot into fastboot? Sometimes the underlying software will run correctly, even if the screen is nonresponsive.
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So I assume this means my only hope is to replace the motherboard which houses the memory. Is that a good assumption?
HELP!
so i had the same thing happen to me. I had access to recovery still but instead of re flashing i tried to use nexus root toolkit to factory reset. somehow fastboot failed halfway through and now recovery is gone with everything else. The only thing i can get into is the bootloader mode....
My device is still listed as a fastboot device, but when i try to re-run the flash to stock i get this: (see attached picture)
Please help, I honestly have been working on this for days, but i simply do not know enough to fix it!
I will post a new topic if no one responds. Thanks
Help Needed
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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I'm having a similar problem. Present state of the device is that my N7 boots into the bootloader and then to the custom recovery. I've accidently erased the OS.
Can you tell me how you managed to unbrick via OTG. Should I move the factory image to usb flash drive and then mount it via OTG and then try to flash it via recovery???
Please help:crying:

[Q] Bricked Help Please!

Hi - I have had my Nexus for several months and its been great, using nightlies from CM and nothing too exotic.
Anyway - the latest nightly completely messed up my phone, can't make calls etc, so I tried to flash it back to a stable release - the problems were still there.
Then I tried another CM - and I entered the CM symbol on loop - so I knew something was wrong.
So I try for the complete factory image reinstall, I wipe EVERYTHING from the phone so all I have now is a blank phone.
So I can get into bootloader - I can get into recovery - but I can't do anything as there are no files on the phone (so recovery doesn't help).
I downloaded the Google Nexus 4 Toolkit - and when I try and connect the phone via USB - it can't even locate it - the program says "Waiting for device".
I'm a bit lost here lads! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I'm not sure but similar thing happened to me with my S3, I was bricked for days, something I tried was UNrooting the device, completely wiping it clean with stock firmware and doing few other specific things for my device, maybe try flashing a stock Rom to get it alive again and once your into your device then you can flash whatever else you want, another good thing to do is always make a backup of your rom Inc efs files, but try this now you may be able to get the stock firmware from here or online, hope it helps
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kamikaze702k said:
I'm not sure but similar thing happened to me with my S3, I was bricked for days, something I tried was UNrooting the device, completely wiping it clean with stock firmware and doing few other specific things for my device, maybe try flashing a stock Rom to get it alive again and once your into your device then you can flash whatever else you want, another good thing to do is always make a backup of your rom Inc efs files, but try this now you may be able to get the stock firmware from here or online, hope it helps
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I can't even get a PC to recognize its connected...
I had the same issue I installed the latest Samsung drivers onto the pc still had no joy and I'm sure I found a stock firmware from a site saved it to my external card n tried flashing it via recovery, it was ok after that, mine was an md5 file, try that also if it doesn't work with the drives, try using Odin, hopefully it should work, sorry I can't be more precise as my experience was with a different device, hopefully you'll get it working, gather as much information you can about unbricking, there's some videos on YouTube you may find one for your same device
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kamikaze702k said:
I had the same issue I installed the latest Samsung drivers onto the pc still had no joy and I'm sure I found a stock firmware from a site saved it to my external card n tried flashing it via recovery, it was ok after that, mine was an md5 file, try that also if it doesn't work with the drives, try using Odin, hopefully it should work, sorry I can't be more precise as my experience was with a different device, hopefully you'll get it working, gather as much information you can about unbricking, there's some videos on YouTube you may find one for your same device
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Unfortunately I believe your Odin is Samsung specific.
I think Im in a bit of trouble as I cant even use any PC based solutions given the phone is connected to the PC by USB and I have bootloader menu up.
Definitely going to need some help.
Definitely check out YouTube and xda threads there could be a solution out there already, make sure u have the correct gapps for the desired Rom also, good luck, sorry I couldn't be more helpful
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If you're using the tool kit there is an option to install the drivers. That should be the first thing you do. Try a different cable or port or PC until you get the right combination and fastboot sees the device. Good luck
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You should be in fastboot mode while you're trying to install the drivers, but follow the instructions in the toolkit. It's pretty much idiot proof.
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thedudejdog said:
If you're using the tool kit there is an option to install the drivers. That should be the first thing you do. Try a different cable or port or PC until you get the right combination and fastboot sees the device. Good luck
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You should be in fastboot mode while you're trying to install the drivers, but follow the instructions in the toolkit. It's pretty much idiot proof.
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I ended up searching for the drivers when I downloading the SDK from Google - seemed to recognize the Fastboot set up.
Then I followed these instructions to flash stock 4.3 on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Thanks for the advice though guys - I really appreciate it!

Nexus 4 No OS Installed TWRP

Guys I need your help.
I have Nexus 4 16GB pre owned. Bought it with Cyanogenmod 10.2 installed already and rooted. Then CM11 nightlies came and I installed it OTA but it seems that it has a lot of bugs so I rolled back to CM10. When I rolled back and rebooted, it does not come up (Google and Cyanogenmod logo only). I rebooted it to bootload mode, then recovery (TWRP) and accidentally wiped out everything including ROM/OS. I don't have that much knowledge in restoring my phone. I tried connecting it to PC (WinXP) and it does not recognize the device. Tried everything posted in different forums on how to connect my device to PC but to no avail. Cannot do USB debugging thing 'cause I can only utilize device's recovery mode (TWRP). I'm thinking now on having this device repaired by cellphone repair shop just to install OS.Anyone can help? Other forums look like too technical for me. Noob here, really.
Hi I've just had a quick look, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
It mentions about installing drivers and says the USB Debugging ones are not required.
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MyCanSeeYou said:
Hi I've just had a quick look, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
It mentions about installing drivers and says the USB Debugging ones are not required.
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Thanks! Still cannot connect my Nexus 4 to either Mac and Windows even after downloading/installing these drivers. PC/Mac still does not recognize my device. Changed USB cables etc and still cannot get through.
spitfiremaxtm said:
Thanks! Still cannot connect my Nexus 4 to either Mac and Windows even after downloading/installing these drivers. PC/Mac still does not recognize my device. Changed USB cables etc and still cannot get through.
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your bootloader is unlocked? (apologizes for my english, i'm from brasil but i'm trying to help, the same happen to me)
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spitfiremaxtm said:
Guys I need your help.
I have Nexus 4 16GB pre owned. Bought it with Cyanogenmod 10.2 installed already and rooted. Then CM11 nightlies came and I installed it OTA but it seems that it has a lot of bugs so I rolled back to CM10. When I rolled back and rebooted, it does not come up (Google and Cyanogenmod logo only). I rebooted it to bootload mode, then recovery (TWRP) and accidentally wiped out everything including ROM/OS. I don't have that much knowledge in restoring my phone. I tried connecting it to PC (WinXP) and it does not recognize the device. Tried everything posted in different forums on how to connect my device to PC but to no avail. Cannot do USB debugging thing 'cause I can only utilize device's recovery mode (TWRP). I'm thinking now on having this device repaired by cellphone repair shop just to install OS.Anyone can help? Other forums look like too technical for me. Noob here, really.
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Reported your post and recommended it get moved to the Nexus 4 Q/A section. This should allow you to get more accurate answers to your questions.
sconetto said:
your bootloader is unlocked? (apologizes for my english, i'm from brasil but i'm trying to help, the same happen to me)
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Yes, it's unlocked. Stuck at TWRP recovery mode and can't connect to either Mac or Windows.
spitfiremaxtm said:
Yes, it's unlocked. Stuck at TWRP recovery mode and can't connect to either Mac or Windows.
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try to put your n4 in bootloader mode, i think its volume down and power button, and connect your n4 to a windows pc with the nexus root toolkit openned, in nrt there is a section, i think is recovery section, select the soft bricked/bootloop, follow the instructions, this proceed solved my problem this option will wipe all your data and files, so you lost all the things you have in your n4. (again, sorry my english, just trying to help) hope i helped
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sconetto said:
try to put your n4 in bootloader mode, i think its volume down and power button, and connect your n4 to a windows pc with the nexus root toolkit openned, in nrt there is a section, i think is recovery section, select the soft bricked/bootloop, follow the instructions, this proceed solved my problem this option will wipe all your data and files, so you lost all the things you have in your n4. (again, sorry my english, just trying to help) hope i helped
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Thank you! Will try this and let you know if it worked. Thanks again.
Helped me too
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Thank you! Will try this and let you know if it worked. Thanks again.
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ok i hope works
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Boot up holding vol down so you are at the android part.
Then attached your phone to your PC and use adb push to push a custom rom or download your source image from google.
Grab the google factory image here https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418.tgz
Then do adb shell
mkdir /sdcard/Download
exit
adb push /donwload folder/name of the zip /sdcard/Download
Then go to recovery twrp and install the zip
Should get you up and running
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Boot up holding vol down so you are at the android part.
Then attached your phone to your PC and use adb push to push a custom rom or download your source image from google.
Grab the google factory image here https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418.tgz
Then do adb shell
mkdir /sdcard/Download
exit
adb push /donwload folder/name of the zip /sdcard/Download
Then go to recovery twrp and install the zip
Should get you up and running

Bricked nexus 10? Help mee

Okay So I unlocked bootloader via NRT..
So after unlocking I got into recovery and earsed the data(as mentioned in the instructions)..
Now basically the tablet doesn't boot up to home.
First. Dont use toolkits. No disrespect to the dev but it is way better to do it manually.
Second which recovery did you use?
Third what exactly did you wipe?
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mrgnex said:
First. Dont use toolkits. No disrespect to the dev but it is way better to do it manually.
Second which recovery did you use?
Third what exactly did you wipe?
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I wiped everything..
There is no OS in my tablet now.. :/
theserpent said:
Okay So I unlocked bootloader via NRT..
So after unlocking I got into recovery and earsed the data(as mentioned in the instructions)..
Now basically the tablet doesn't boot up to home.
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You can re install the rom by going to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#mantaraykot49h and picking the image you need.
Just hold the power button and the both volume buttons down at the same time to get into the fastboot mode before you run the image restore
program. I hope this helps. Good Luck
Make sure you go down to the Factory Images "mantaray" for Nexus 10.
braider said:
You can re install the rom by going to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#mantaraykot49h and picking the image you need.
Just hold the power button and the both volume buttons down at the same time to get into the fastboot mode before you run the image restore
program. I hope this helps. Good Luck
Make sure you go down to the Factory Images "mantaray" for Nexus 10.
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I'm sorry im a complete noob in all this..
Sorry to trouble you,but how do I
run the image restore
program
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You download the file from Google and unzip the *.tgz into a folder on the computer, then you run the flash-all.bat from the folder you unzipped the file in.
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Good advice but for a noob needs a bit more about being in command line with the adb and fastboot commands in path. I use Linux desktop. I bricked a n7 last week due to a dodgy connector socket/cable during a flash and had to type the flash-all script commands myself a few times til it worked.
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braider said:
You download the file from Google and unzip the *.tgz into a folder on the computer, then you run the flash-all.bat from the folder you unzipped the file in.
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Okay,Did that But sending system is not completing at all,I waited for like 2-3 hours No USE :/
theserpent said:
Okay,Did that But sending system is not completing at all,I waited for like 2-3 hours No USE :/
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On my bricked N7 I pulled cable reinserted and retried. Keep retrying each command in the script. Worked eventually for me.
nigelhealy said:
On my bricked N7 I pulled cable reinserted and retried. Keep retrying each command in the script. Worked eventually for me.
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Will give it a few last trys.
Last option,I'll send my nexus 10 with my uncle back to USA.
Will they charge to fix it?
Hi,
You may want to seek for the guide in the Nexus 10 Q&A regarding flashing stock again.
Can you please go a little further in details about how "bricked" it actually is? What exactly happened? There seem to be missing some important info regarding your issue.
Please be a little more descriptive and maybe I can help you .
~Lord
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Thanks for all the help guys,The tablet booted
i'm ok
the same problem, but perfect, i see the reply, and my device is ok new!:good::good:

Help with Fastboot, Nex4 wont boot any further

I've aquired this Nexus 4 from a friend who has somehow wiped the recovery and rom, I can boot into fastboot, but that's it, if I go to the recovery option through fast boot it gives me the android with the exclamation point, implying there is no functional recovery.
So! I've finally borrowed a friends laptop and am having trouble getting fastboot setup, Drivers/Fastboot has always been my downfall.
I recently used this same computer to root a nexus 5 so I should have proper **** for that, would that work? can anyone maybe help me out a little.
I check device manager (Windows 7) and there's no category that has anything to do with the nexus 4 or removable devices. I've tried installing drivers a couple different ways, but am having no luck of course. I would try to delete the previously installed drivers but I have no entry to device manager to click, The only will only boot as far as fastboot so I'm just kinda stuck as fastboot hasn't really been my thing, I have fastboot.exe on this pc from previous use, I tried to go to the folder and "open command prompt here" and type adb devices to see if it would show the device and got nothing so I'm kinda lost, someone please help me out as I only have this laptop for as long as my friend is here and theres no others near to me use. Please and thank you
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I check device manager (Windows 7) and there's no category that has anything to do with the nexus 4 or removable devices. I've tried installing drivers a couple different ways, but am having no luck of course. I would try to delete the previously installed drivers but I have no entry to device manager to click, The only will only boot as far as fastboot so I'm just kinda stuck as fastboot hasn't really been my thing, I have fastboot.exe on this pc from previous use, I tried to go to the folder and "open command prompt here" and type adb devices to see if it would show the device and got nothing so I'm kinda lost, someone please help me out as I only have this laptop for as long as my friend is here and theres no others near to me use. Please and thank you
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If you can only boot into fastboot use fastboot devices, not adb. adb only works in recovery. Adb and fastboot are different
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Thank you so much. If you're really nice will you subscribe to this thread and help me out a little more.
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Shponglized said:
Thank you so much. If you're really nice will you subscribe to this thread and help me out a little more.
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What are you trying to do?
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jd1639 said:
What are you trying to do?
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You'll probably need to flash the factory image, get it from here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Un- zip it and inside you'll see a flash-all.bat. while you're booted into the bootloader double click on the bat.
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My thoughts are since the recovery is screwed I just need get fastboot functional and flash a recovery, I'm a custom ROM kinda guy. So if that's all I need than cool, (I currently have a nexus 5) I know mako has other bootloaders and radios and **** and I'm not sure exactly what version of android this is on or anything. Bit my situation is definitely having a phone that'll only go to fastboot, when I try to boot regularly it just sits at the Google logo.
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Shponglized said:
My thoughts are since the recovery is screwed I just need get fastboot functional and flash a recovery, I'm a custom ROM kinda guy. So if that's all I need than cool, (I currently have a nexus 5) I know mako has other bootloaders and radios and **** and I'm not sure exactly what version of android this is on or anything. Bit my situation is definitely having a phone that'll only go to fastboot, when I try to boot regularly it just sits at the Google logo.
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Not sure if just flashing the recovery will work, but download the factory image and unzip it. Inside is another zip, unzip that too. There you'll find the recovery.img
In fastboot use fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Thanks a lot man. I can't get the damn laptop charger to work now so I can't even get it on!! But still thanks.
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Okay, I'm about to hand the phone off to a noob whom has a PC, and link him this thread, what all will I have to do/download/install to be able to properly use a fastboot command?
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Shponglized said:
Okay, I'm about to hand the phone off to a noob whom has a PC, and link him this thread, what all will I have to do/download/install to be able to properly use a fastboot command?
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Google tool 15 second adb xda
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So I really don't need any commands, I just need fastboot functional and to double click the flash all file (with phone connected and in fastboot) afterwards I can handle installing a recovery.
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Shponglized said:
So I really don't need any commands, I just need fastboot functional and to double click the flash all file (with phone connected and in fastboot) afterwards I can handle installing a recovery.
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If all you want to do is flash the factory image just use the flash-all.bat that's inside the factory image. Extract the image then with you device in fastboot mode and connected to the pc, just double click the batch file
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jd1639 said:
If all you want to do is flash the factory image just use the flash-all.bat that's inside the factory image. Extract the image then with you device in fastboot mode and connected to the pc, just double click the batch file
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Also, when you've booted into recovery and you have that dead droid, have you hit the vol up key? This'll probably get you into recovery
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That did get me into the stock recovery. Which I did a factory reset in there for ****s and giggles but it still sits at the Google logo (not a surprise) this phone used to be on PA, with CWM. And all that. What do you think he did to it? Haha
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Actually. It eventually went to the boot animation. But the "stock" android one. It just might boot after a while, I dont know.
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That did get me into the stock recovery. Which I did a factory reset in there for ****s and giggles but it still sits at the Google logo (not a surprise) this phone used to be on PA, with CWM. And all that. What do you think he did to it? Haha
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Not sure what he did. I would flash the factory image and start over again. Google nexus 4 custom recovery xda. That should get you everything you need to get rooted and running custom roms again
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I definitely plan on flashing the factory image but I don't have a PC handy and my friend has an evil dog. So I'll have to just hope that he can succeed once I hand it off.
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Success by the way. Thanks a lot.
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Shponglized said:
Success by the way. Thanks a lot.
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Your welcome
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Alright, I'm gonna wake this back up, I've had the nexus 4 for a while and have just been using the stock modem becuse when I tried to hybrid ones I'd either lose mobile data or the phone would sit at the splash screen for at least 10 minutes before booting.
Which modem should I be using?
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I have a nexus 4. On 4.4.2 running a very recent cyanogenmod nightly however I usually run pa, I can't really think of any other relevant information to give you to help.
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