I recently fixed an infamous bootloop i had by letting the battery die 100% (yeah I know it is bad), and then it booted. Well i went to flash a new rom and it never rebooted. I then went to flash stock from google. Still a bootloop. tried like 3 roms, still a loop. I then tried the killing my battery thing. Still a loop. Please, i know the phone isn't hard bricked, is there anything else i can do to boot it other than just flashing stock and factory resetting. Thanks.
Another thing, when i try to flash 4.2.2 the phone doesn't go to the boot logo.
Anybody? I need to fix this phone soon.
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YFBanana said:
Anybody? I need to fix this phone soon.
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Fastboot flash the factory image. Then boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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jd1639 said:
Fastboot flash the factory image. Then boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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unfortunately that doesn't work, i have tried it many times.
YFBanana said:
unfortunately that doesn't work, i have tried it many times.
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Then you have an issue with your device. What happens if you lock the bootloader and then reboot? Does it stay locked or is it still unlocked?
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jd1639 said:
Then you have an issue with your device. What happens if you lock the bootloader and then reboot? Does it stay locked or is it still unlocked?
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It stays locked. I am guessing thats a good thing?
YFBanana said:
It stays locked. I am guessing thats a good thing?
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Yep, if it didn't your emmc flash memory would be bad. I'd try re-downloading the factory image and trying again. Are you using the flash-all.bat to flash? You might try flashing all the components separately and see if any of them fail.
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You flashed stock firmware and it didn't work? What did it do when you flashed it?
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jd1639 said:
Yep, if it didn't your emmc flash memory would be bad. I'd try re-downloading the factory image and trying again. Are you using the flash-all.bat to flash? You might try flashing all the components separately and see if any of them fail.
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None of the flashes failed. I have tried redownloading and i have also checked the md5's, so i dont think that would be it. I have also tried reformatting through twrp, and then flashing stock. Still nothing.
flashing 4.4.4 separately got me on the starting apps step, but that seems to be the place where it gets stuck.
I need to decide if i wanna take another month trying to fix the nexus 4 or just get the nexus 5. Nothing is working and i think i should just leave it now. But at the same time, i just wanna fix it so i don't have to spend money on a new phone. I have run out of things to try and revive the phone so i don't know what to do anymore.
YFBanana said:
I need to decide if i wanna take another month trying to fix the nexus 4 or just get the nexus 5. Nothing is working and i think i should just leave it now. But at the same time, i just wanna fix it so i don't have to spend money on a new phone. I have run out of things to try and revive the phone so i don't know what to do anymore.
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so now you can boot to 4.4.4 ROM but your phone stuck at the "Starting apps" box rite?
groovepeppy said:
so now you can boot to the ROM? but never pass the "Starting apps"?
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I think it was just the order i flashed the img files that made it go to that point, but i am pretty sure starting apps is where it gets stuck every time.
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I think it was just the order i flashed the img files that made it go to that point, but i am pretty sure starting apps is where it gets stuck every time.
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You can fastboot your phone i believe, you should try [HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
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I hope you haven't tried it yet
groovepeppy said:
You can fastboot your phone i believe, you should try [HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
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I hope you haven't tried it yet
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I have tried it. Still no boot.
YFBanana said:
I have tried it. Still no boot.
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there's must be a way cause you can boot on 4.4.4 but unfortunately i'm not that good in these kind of problems
but i hope you can find the cure soon
You can obviously get into flashboot, have you tried booting the latest twrp, wiping /system /data /cache and sideloading something different, like Paranoid Android?
Bootloop fix
First thing is that you have use Wug's Tool and flash the 4.3 stock image. In the Wug's tool select the option 'SOFT BRICK or BOOTLOOP' option and then flash the stock image in the fastboot mode. Definitely, I hope the phone will launch without any problem. The same problem I had faced with my nexus 4 and I flash the 4.3 stock image with the help of Wug's tool. Try it I hope it will fix the problem.
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I have a N4 which was unlocked and rooted after updating to 4.3. I figured, I'd give Franco Kernel a shot so I proceeded to download the Franco Updater from Google Play.
Selected automatic flash and reboot and now it's stuck in a perpetual boot state. I attempted to proceed with a hard reset through the recovery mode; using ClockworkMod Recovery. I wiped my data, cache and dalvik cache and then went on to reboot system.
Up till' now, my N4 is on the boot Google screen. I tried doing the above steps multiple times but the results remain the same.
I'd appreciate if any help is directed on how I would be able to reset my device to factory settings. I don't mind going through the unlocking and rooting process again; I just need it to get through the boot screen
Go to the bootloader and run this tool: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamjwr66v
It works every time.
Something went wrong with the flash for sure, I can tell in many ways so wiping will not help anyway unless you flash an other kernel.
This will wipe EVERYTHING so I don't know if it is worth flashing or flash an other kernel, you choose.
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andyabc said:
Go to the bootloader and run this tool: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamjwr66v
It works every time.
Something went wrong with the flash for sure, I can tell in many ways so wiping will not help anyway unless you flash an other kernel.
This will wipe EVERYTHING so I don't know if it is worth flashing or flash an other kernel, you choose.
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Alright so I've downloaded the necessary file from your link, how do I go about running it? I apologize if this is a silly question to surface.
omgzam said:
Alright so I've downloaded the necessary file from your link, how do I go about running it? I apologize if this is a silly question to surface.
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Make sure it is Mako/Occam.
What ever android version you chose extract the file twice until you get to the contents and run flash_all.bat, if the script says that you are missing the Fastboot file you have to get it from the SDK.
Make sure your device is on the bootloader which is unlocked.
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andyabc said:
Make sure it is Mako/Occam.
What ever android version you chose extract the file twice until you get to the contents and run flash_all.bat, if the script says that you are missing the Fastboot file you have to get it from the SDK.
Make sure your device is on the bootloader which is unlocked.
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I'm guessing this doesn't work on Mac? Because I'm currently on my Mac machine at work. If it's only for Windows, I gotta try it when I get home later.
omgzam said:
I'm guessing this doesn't work on Mac? Because I'm currently on my Mac machine at work. If it's only for Windows, I gotta try it when I get home later.
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There is .sh has well which should work on Mac BUT you have to go though a lot with drivers.
FACT: Google Developers use Mac.
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andyabc said:
Go to the bootloader and run this tool: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamjwr66v
It works every time.
Something went wrong with the flash for sure, I can tell in many ways so wiping will not help anyway unless you flash an other kernel.
This will wipe EVERYTHING so I don't know if it is worth flashing or flash an other kernel, you choose.
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Just to be clear, this solution is just to flash your device back to stock.
I searched all the internet and can't find any soliution to this.
Here are some examples (didn't find any of N4, but these are the same):
Some additional information:
It happens only on 4.3 or later (including 4.4 port) ROMs or stock OS.
It started when 4.3 came, i updated it officialy (my phone wasn't rooted/unlocked yet)
There were some times on 4.3 stock when it booted after half an hour, but I couldn't boot it again after next shutdown.
I can get to the recovery mode.
I tried to wipe everything, bring it back to factory state, but this thing still, happens. The only way I can use my phone is to have 4.2.2 ROMs/stock (I use cyanogenmod).
Any ideas on how to fix it?
EDIT: Solved by:
1. Flashing stock 4.2.2
2. Trying to officially update
3. Phone doesn't install the update, but goes to recovery instead?!?
4. Flashing official 4.3 with flash-all.bat
Man, you are lucky I saw this. This just happened to me today too and I freaked out. You need to download the radio from 4.2.2. Then manually fastboot install. Once you've done that everything works again and no more bootloop. I guess I accidentally wiped the firmware when installing 4.4. Anyways look for that and I promise you'll find it. I'll look for the post I found and post the link. I promise that's the issue.
I would recommend to download the toolkit and flash stock image. Make sure to backup all your files; it will wipe out everything.
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Man, you are lucky I saw this. This just happened to me today too and I freaked out. You need to download the radio from 4.2.2. Then manually fastboot install. Once you've done that everything works again and no more bootloop. I guess I accidentally wiped the firmware when installing 4.4. Anyways look for that and I promise you'll find it. I'll look for the post I found and post the link. I promise that's the issue.
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Nope, doesn't work
badboy47 said:
I would recommend to download the toolkit and flash stock image. Make sure to backup all your files; it will wipe out everything.
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This one doesn't work too
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This one doesn't work too
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Does your baseband show "Unknown" in the phone settings?
I had the same problem some weeks ago. Fixed it by flashing the stock 4.3 image again and again. The 3rd time it worked.
Here is a photo of my Fastboot screen :crying:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5xdyftiv9ua0c3/IMG_20131103_223244.jpg
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Does your baseband show "Unknown" in the phone settings?
I had the same problem some weeks ago. Fixed it by flashing the stock 4.3 image again and again. The 3rd time it worked.
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Hello,
thahts My first post/replay but i hope it will be fine.
I have the same problem for 2 day's now.
My baseband is: M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1700.84
I've flashed the stock 4.2.2 and 4.3 with Wug's toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469&page=94 sevral time's and it did't work
Now i'm stuck on the X logo after Google boot...
Any idea's how to get Nexus back to work ???
!!!!!! I DID IT !!!!!! :victory::victory::victory:
I just got to work My Nexus after following this steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
IMPORTENT - please follow the instructions writen in RED color as a NOTE after flashing stock. It starts like that: "Note that some users indicate that they can't get past the X on boot...."
PS
Now back to customizing My Nexus
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Here is a photo of my Fastboot screen :crying:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5xdyftiv9ua0c3/IMG_20131103_223244.jpg
Hello,
thahts My first post/replay but i hope it will be fine.
I have the same problem for 2 day's now.
My baseband is: M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1700.84
I've flashed the stock 4.2.2 and 4.3 with Wug's toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469&page=94 sevral time's and it did't work
Now i'm stuck on the X logo after Google boot...
Any idea's how to get Nexus back to work ???
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use the guide "ubrick your nexus 4 as long you can get in the bootloader" it reformats everything in download mode or something like dat.
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Does your baseband show "Unknown" in the phone settings?
I had the same problem some weeks ago. Fixed it by flashing the stock 4.3 image again and again. The 3rd time it worked.
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No, it shows the one I flash. Did you flash using flash-all.bat or in recovery or using adb, and which one jwr666y or jwr66v?
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Did you flash using flash-all.bat or in recovery or using adb?
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Flash-all.bat. The other way is through Fastboot. You can't install images through adb or recovery directly.
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use the guide "ubrick your nexus 4 as long you can get in the bootloader" it reformats everything in download mode or something like dat.
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If you are talking about this, tried, didn't work.
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Flash-all.bat. The other way is through Fastboot. You can't install images through adb or recovery directly.
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After many re-installs still not working...
EDIT: Working
i have the VZW G2 (VS-980) and its stuck in fastboot mode. ive tried all the different methods listed in these forums and nothing has worked. i cant get into download mode as everytime i try, download mode shows for a second then goes into fastboot mode again. PLEASE HELP!!
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i have the VZW G2 (VS-980) and its stuck in fastboot mode. ive tried all the different methods listed in these forums and nothing has worked. i cant get into download mode as everytime i try, download mode shows for a second then goes into fastboot mode again. PLEASE HELP!!
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How the hell did you brick it? Give us some more background on what tweaks, root methods, flashing recovery methods did you use or else its hard to diagnose the issue.
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How the hell did you brick it? Give us some more background on what tweaks, root methods, flashing recovery methods did you use or else its hard to diagnose the issue.
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ok. i was on stock. rooted with the IO method. wanted to flash a ROM (clean rom). downloaded ROM, wipe dalvik/cache/data. after reboot, phone booted into recovery mode. tried going into download mode to revert back to stock and LG FlashTool failed. said phone was the wrong model number (D802). the ROM i Downloaded said it was for VZW G2. obviously it wasnt. so i finally ended up using fastboot to push boot image and it booted, but in about phone, it says it D802 model (i just got it to boot, where as before i was stuck in fastboot mode). now i need to return to stock, but dont know how. any ideas?
Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517649&highlight=bricked
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Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517649&highlight=bricked
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well, i actually was able to restore a backup i had of my stock rom and that fixed the model number prob, however now i cant get into download mode so i can do a reflash :/
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well, i actually was able to restore a backup i had of my stock rom and that fixed the model number prob, however now i cant get into download mode so i can do a reflash :/
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Even following the steps posted in that thread?
Gnarfsan said:
Even following the steps posted in that thread?
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yes. not sure why its doing that. is there any way that download mode can be deleted from the phone? also, how do you get into fastboot mode?
EDIT: nevermind. i finally got it into download mode!! (thank god!!) flashing right now. damn that was a pain in the ass. i was starting to freak out that i messed up my phone. this is my first LG phone so this process is a little new to me (been on moto for the last few years) thanks for trying to help me out. this was def a learning experience.
Phew, I'm glad to hear that. Some day I will be in the same situation
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Just a quick question. Why would you even need to go into download mode to flash a Rom? Never once have I done that. Really, just curious.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
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Just a quick question. Why would you even need to go into download mode to flash a Rom? Never once have I done that. Really, just curious.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
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I was thinking the same thing. It's best to stay out of those modes. Get a recovery installed ASAP and do everything that you need to do from there. I recommend TWRP Recovery.
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Maybe because when flashing stock rom download mode is needed (atleast in my old sammy phone, maybe same in moto phones)
What's wrong with restoring the backup of the stock rom that should have been made before wiping and flashing a different rom? Not sure what I'm missing here.
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Download mode is useful to flash the entire phone back to stock using the OEM tools. It's not just for the stock ROM. It's everything. It's useful if you get a bit carried away in TWRP and wipe partitions you really shouldn't be touching. Or if you somehow manage to bork your recovery, or at least can't get into it. It's also good if you want your phone to be completely stock to sell it or to send it in on warranty. I'm sure someone could come up with other scenarios where it's useful.
But yes, it is a good idea to keep a backup of your stock ROM. And as always, know what you're flashing, make sure it's for your phone and check md5s. And be mindful of what you're doing in recovery. You should be able to avoid most issues. Download mode is indeed something you shouldn't be using often but as I said above there are situations where it is useful or necessary. It's actually something I suggest you know how to use. I say it's always a good idea to know how to get back to complete stock for warranty stuff, selling, or if something just goes majorly wrong.
The Rom I was trying to flash was apparently for a different model number, yet it was under the Verizon thread. There was no md5 to cross reference. In the end I ended up finding the proper boot image/twrp files and pushed them via fastboot (since I was unable to use adb) which then allowed more to restore a backup of the original Rom. Just took me all night to finally get back to stock. Then I decided to restore to out-of-the-box stock just to make sure all files weren't corrupted our anything.
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Not for nothing, but I ran the LG flash tool without putting the phone in download mode and it worked fine.
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Not for nothing, but I ran the LG flash tool without putting the phone in download mode and it worked fine.
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Hmm.....interesting. I may try that next time I have to flash to stock.
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Same Problem
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The Rom I was trying to flash was apparently for a different model number, yet it was under the Verizon thread. There was no md5 to cross reference. In the end I ended up finding the proper boot image/twrp files and pushed them via fastboot (since I was unable to use adb) which then allowed more to restore a backup of the original Rom. Just took me all night to finally get back to stock. Then I decided to restore to out-of-the-box stock just to make sure all files weren't corrupted our anything.
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Can you fill me in on how you used fastboot to install twrp? I am in the same boat right now...
i'm stuck as well in Fastboot and can't figure it out
emmur0 said:
i'm stuck as well in Fastboot and can't figure it out
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I sent you a pm
You can you adb side load which is the same for flashing rom, pushing, or pulling file from the phone which is the first thing to learn before flashing anything to the new device that you got and know nothing about.
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Hey can't really figure this issue out. I gave my girlfriend my old Nexus 4 when I purchased the Nexus 5 and it was running perfect... stock but unlocked and rooted. Recently she was letting her little cousin play with it, it somehow went into airplane mode and she restarted it and now it just gets stuck at in a boot loop at the Nexus logo. It will sit there for HOURs. I've now flashed it to stock twice, once using the .bat file and the other time just doing it with adb commands and still nothing. WTF happened?
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Hey can't really figure this issue out. I gave my girlfriend my old Nexus 4 when I purchased the Nexus 5 and it was running perfect... stock but unlocked and rooted. Recently she was letting her little cousin play with it, it somehow went into airplane mode and she restarted it and now it just gets stuck at in a boot loop at the Nexus logo. It will sit there for HOURs. I've now flashed it to stock twice, once using the .bat file and the other time just doing it with adb commands and still nothing. WTF happened?
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Are your erasing the cache and flashing all 6 img files?
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Are your erasing the cache and flashing all 6 img files?
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Yep. Might try to install clockwork with a custom ROM next and see if that does anything but I really want stock Android on it.
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Yep. Might try to install clockwork with a custom ROM next and see if that does anything but I really want stock Android on it.
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Personally, I like TWRP on the N4. I've never had any problems flashing custom ROMs with it.
Personally, I would use fastboot and follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Personally, I would use fastboot and follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Yep did that step by step and still the same thing.
ok so i wanted to try this new kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596496
and i installed it but my nexus 4 wouldnt boot so i went back into recovery and installed my other kernel which was working before. but now it wont boot. stuck on bootlogo forever. what do i do.
Do you have a nandroid you can restore?
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There must be a misunderstanding, so I better ask: Are you stuck on the bootlogo or in bootloader mode? You can turn on/off your device right?
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There must be a misunderstanding, so I better ask: Are you stuck on the bootlogo or in bootloader mode? You can turn on/off your device right?
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yes sorry i meant on bootlogo. i can still go into recovery i think but whenever i reboot it never fully boots
Never mind.
Do you know Wug's Nexus Toolkit? Use this to flash a factory image. It is the easiest way if you arent familiar with adb and stuff.
Much better to learn how to flash a factory image with fastboot. You can probably save your data by flashing a cm compatible kernel in fastboot
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Never mind.
Do you know Wug's Nexus Toolkit? Use this to flash a factory image. It is the easiest way if you arent familiar with adb and stuff.
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ok so i decided to wipe the data. factory reset because there was nothing else i could do. now i am trying to re install cm thru my computer but do you think it will work even though the phone wont boot?
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Much better to learn how to flash a factory image with fastboot. You can probably save your data by flashing a cm compatible kernel in fastboot
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ok so i decided to wipe the data. factory reset because there was nothing else i could do. now i am trying to re install cm thru my computer but do you think it will work even though the phone wont boot?
dominiqueovalle said:
ok so i decided to wipe the data. factory reset because there was nothing else i could do. now i am trying to re install cm thru my computer but do you think it will work even though the phone wont boot?
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Yes, it will work if you did a factory reset. :good:
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Yes, it will work if you did a factory reset. :good:
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thank you for ur help. im so mad tho i lost all of my pictures and im on vacation so theyre all gone
but at least my phone works
dominiqueovalle said:
thank you for ur help. im so mad tho i lost all of my pictures and im on vacation so theyre all gone
but at least my phone works
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You'r welcome, mate. I'm sorry for your pics. Also happens to me once. That's evil, but a man must experience this once a life