Hello people,
I have a German Nexus 4 and it gets stuck in bootloop whenever I turn the power on.
I've had issues with the phone since the last few months - i.e. random reboots, random program crashes.
But recently I tried to root it in order to install the Android L developer preview. It was during the booting process, when my Nexus crashed and it has been unable to boot ever since.
When I push all three buttons (power + 2 volume rocker buttons) simultaneously, I get the fastboot screen.
Choosing the following options has these effects:
Start --> phone tries to boot but gets stuck in bootloop forever and ever
Restart bootloader --> restarts the fastboot screen
Recovery mode --> phone shows the robot with an opened belly and a red warning sign (see photograph)*
Power Off --> turns the power off
Also, it is NOT detected or recognized by my Macbook when I connect the Nexus via USB cable. So it's impossible for me to access the phone via my Macbook.
*This is the screen shown when I try to go into Recovery mode in fastboot:
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So this leaves me with no options as I never get further than the 4 turning circles forever and ever.
Is my Nexus 4 broken or is there still a chance to unbrick it? (I have a MacBook, so Windows programs won't work for me)
Of course it's not possible to recognize it when OS is not running.
Download WugFresh toolkit, ADB drivers (Universal) and the factory image. Enter fastboot, connect USB and flash the image
Your phone is not hardbricked, because it boots into the bootloader.
It might be recovered if you can access it with fastboot.
Try uninstalling all related drivers and install the Naked Universal Driver.
Thanks for your replies!
Unfortunately, the programs you mentionned don't work on my Mac (they seem to be Windows-only).
Also, how can I install stuff on my Nexus? Since it is not recognized by my MacBook, I can't load any files onto my Nexus.
And since any command on the fastboot screen only leads to the phone powered off, restart of the fastboot screen or the mentionned bootloop, I cannot perform any actions on the Nexus ...
Go to a friend with Windows.
Problem solved!
Somehow after the 1000th bootloop I finally reached the screen where I could wipe the phone.
And then it finally booted! Now all the data are lost and it's like a new phone, but at least it's working again!
How long was the boot loop? Was it the new boot animation from L?
Because when you flash L, the first boot up may take up to 15 minutes, leading you into thinking it's a boot loop.
Where to begin, well I'll start with the most pressing issue. While flashing the oldbootloader it was disconnected from the USB (USB cable needs to be held a certain way for it to conect to the tablet) and froze on the bootloader screen so I held both the power and volume down buttons to reset it. The problem is that now I'm stuck with a black screen however when I plug the tablet into my PC it makes the noise to notify my that there is a device plugged into it but it doesn't recognize the nexus. I was restoring the tablet because it switched of yesterday for no reason then began to bootloop when I turned it back on so I went into cwm recovery and got the "E:Can't mount" error. That is what led me to restore the tablet and how I got here, with a black screen nexus that connects to PC but isn't recognized an can not be booted into recovery mode. Can anyone help or is this hopeless?
Also the device was running 4.4.4 kitkay and was rooted before all of this.
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If it's connected to PC when I try to boot, after the ASUS screen at the start, a USB logo with a white bar shows up and stays there. Afer some time, the bar turns red.
If I try to boot without PC connected to it, the USB logo and white bar flash, the white bar turns red, and my phone switches off. When I try to charge my phone, it shows the battery for a second, then the USB, then it switches off.
Right now my device is rooted and has fastboot working.
PLEASE SAVE ME
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