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hi, my phone has stuck on the "google" icon when i start it. I have tried the "bootmode" you know when you hold volume and on/off button. There i tried to push on "reboot", "recovery", nothing is happening same thing. The only thing i have managed so far is installing driver usb for android phone in my computer, but i cant find the phonefolder in "My computer" to put reboot/update files to make the phone work.
How can i make the phone work? please help me im not so good at this.
please someone???
distortedloop said:
Everything you need should be in these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878786
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
The second one has pictures and is very easy to follow.
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Try this, thanks go to DistortedLoop
Check the links kenvan posted above.
You don't want to see the phone mounted as USB, you need to see it with the fastboot command from your DOS or unix terminal.
Then push ClockWork recovery to the phone.
From CW recovery you should be able to use it's tools to get you running again, or at least adb should work so you can mount storage and push files to it via adb.
I'd love to help you but I need a little more background... did you just buy the phone and this is happening? Or did you try rooting it and this is happening? Or did you just flash a different rom and this is happening?
somii87 said:
hi, my phone has stuck on the "google" icon when i start it. I have tried the "bootmode" you know when you hold volume and on/off button. There i tried to push on "reboot", "recovery", nothing is happening same thing. The only thing i have managed so far is installing driver usb for android phone in my computer, but i cant find the phonefolder in "My computer" to put reboot/update files to make the phone work.
How can i make the phone work? please help me im not so good at this.
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i have tryed this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
once i get to the phase where i select recovery in bootloader it just goes to the screen with the google logo and the unlocked padlock icon and it sticks there, any suggestions? i have tried to entering the recovery command again in the command prompt, still same problem =(
dinan said:
I'd love to help you but I need a little more background... did you just buy the phone and this is happening? Or did you try rooting it and this is happening? Or did you just flash a different rom and this is happening?
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nothing the phone started to hang/freeze and then vibrating for about 40 seconds, i took out the battery the it was stucked in on the google icon.
dinan said:
I'd love to help you but I need a little more background... did you just buy the phone and this is happening? Or did you try rooting it and this is happening? Or did you just flash a different rom and this is happening?
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kenvan19 said:
Try this, thanks go to DistortedLoop
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i have tryed this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
once i get to the phase where i select recovery in bootloader it just goes to the screen with the google logo and the unlocked padlock icon and it sticks there, any suggestions? i have tried to entering the recovery command again in the command prompt, still same problem =(
Ok since you say you have a padlock on the boot screen, I assume you know how you unlocked the bootloader.
Turn the phone on into fastboot (hold power and volume up), then connect the phone to the computer via USB. Flash clockwork recovery (3.0.0.5 preferred) and then you should be able to enter clockwork recovery assuming you did it correctly. Push this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093) to your card and flash it in recovery.
dinan said:
Ok since you say you have a padlock on the boot screen, I assume you know how you unlocked the bootloader.
Turn the phone on into fastboot (hold power and volume up), then connect the phone to the computer via USB. Flash clockwork recovery (3.0.0.5 preferred) and then you should be able to enter clockwork recovery assuming you did it correctly. Push this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093) to your card and flash it in recovery.
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Yes i know, can you be more specific`? step by step? im noob sorry for bothering you., how do i push to my card?
I have fixed my phone, my phone was liquid damaged. So i putted the hole mainboard in 100% alcohol and after 20 min i took it out and let it dry. And then it worked fine!
It just happened to me an hour ago. I tried for a few time to remove the battery and start it up (even with a new one). I also thought it might happen since the battery was drained so i let it recharge for a while with no success.
Eventually i attached the device to the computer's usb, waited and started it. and it worked.
Don't know if that was what solving it - but it back working.
Hi, basically i recently flashed the miui rom via rom manager on my nexus 7 and once it had flashed the rom it went to restart and it won't go past the mi boot screen. I also can't go into recovery via fastboot mode as it just goes the google screen.
What Should I do?
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Hi, basically i recently flashed the miui rom via rom manager on my nexus 7 and once it had flashed the rom it went to restart and it won't go past the mi boot screen. I also can't go into recovery via fastboot mode as it just goes the google screen.
What Should I do?
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I think you might still be able to re-install the stock ROM.
Go to this thread and scroll down to "Q. I want to send my phone back so I need to flash a stock rom and relock the bootloader". You should probably read the whole post in case I missed something.
Good luck
I don't know if this will help but from what I've read you can't get into recovery through fastboot unless you're plugged into a pc. What you can do is plug your tablet into the pc and then hold the volume up/down buttons as well as the power button. Then just select recovery and you should be able to get into it.
I'm not an expert on this but it has happened to me where I would get stuck at the google screen so I did a lot of reading about it. From what I understand, this is an issue with the bootloader. It was designed that way and this problem will continue as until google decides to fix it.
I hope this helps
bacon_n_icecream said:
I don't know if this will help but from what I've read you can't get into recovery through fastboot unless you're plugged into a pc. What you can do is plug your tablet into the pc and then hold the volume up/down buttons as well as the power button. Then just select recovery and you should be able to get into it.
I'm not an expert on this but it has happened to me where I would get stuck at the google screen so I did a lot of reading about it. From what I understand, this is an issue with the bootloader. It was designed that way and this problem will continue as until google decides to fix it.
I hope this helps
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It won't let me select recovery and when it did earlier it didn't work
Hello, I tried searching for this but came up empty. I have a completely stock Nexus 4, received the OTA push for 4.3. Phone has never been rooted. After going through the install process it showed the android on it's back with a red triangle and said error. After a restart the phone just sits at the Google screen!!! I'm I boned or is there a fix for this? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Jesmuris said:
Hello, I tried searching for this but came up empty. I have a completely stock Nexus 4, received the OTA push for 4.3. Phone has never been rooted. After going through the install process it showed the android on it's back with a red triangle and said error. After a restart the phone just sits at the Google screen!!! I'm I boned or is there a fix for this? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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Try going into fastboot and flashing the stock rom from google.
gmaxpwnage said:
Try going into fastboot and flashing the stock rom from google.
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Not sure what mode I entered, Held vlm down + power. Says Fastboot Mode in red with a big green Start at the top. Options it gives me is Start, restart bootloader, recovery mode, and power off. If I try to enter Recovery mode it says no command. Don't see anything that allows me to reinstall
Jesmuris said:
Not sure what mode I entered, Held vlm down + power. Says Fastboot Mode in red with a big green Start at the top. Options it gives me is Start, restart bootloader, recovery mode, and power off. If I try to enter Recovery mode it says no command. Don't see anything that allows me to reinstall
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Ok, found out on the no command screen I can hold power and hit vlm up and it brings me to system recovery with these options. Reboot system, apply update from ADB, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition.
Not sure what to do sadly
Try following step:
1. Press Vol up and down and powerbutton same time to get to the fastboot mode as you mention.
2. Choice Recovery Mode and press power button. If you got luck you will see an android guy with red mark on the screen.
3. Press Vol Up and Power button same time for while don't let go it will pop up a list of option clean the cache and do factory reset, then reboot system.
If this method not working. Then hard method is flash your Nexus 4 with fastboot. Search the forum there few people already post how to flash 4.3 ROM with fastboot
Johnsonyc said:
Try following step:
1. Press Vol up and down and powerbutton same time to get to the fastboot mode as you mention.
2. Choice Recovery Mode and press power button. If you got luck you will see an android guy with red mark on the screen.
3. Press Vol Up and Power button same time for while don't let go it will pop up a list of option clean the cache and do factory reset, then reboot system.
If this method not working. Then hard method is flash your Nexus 4 with fastboot. Search the forum there few people already post how to flash 4.3 ROM with fastboot
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Ok thank you, trying this now will update:good:
Didn't work Will try other method
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Didn't work Will try other method
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Sorry to hear this bad news Hope the other method work for you!
Well, first try, couldn't get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb. Was getting frustrated beyond hell and had to walk away for a bit. Came back about an hour later and for some reason it finally recognized it... Back to the start screen like when I first bought the phone. So far working ok, except for being able to log into my google account... 2-step verification giving me issues now lol. Thank you again for your assistance. Very much appreciated!!:good::good:
Jesmuris said:
Well, first try, couldn't get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb. Was getting frustrated beyond hell and had to walk away for a bit. Came back about an hour later and for some reason it finally recognized it... Back to the start screen like when I first bought the phone. So far working ok, except for being able to log into my google account... 2-step verification giving me issues now lol. Thank you again for your assistance. Very much appreciated!!:good::good:
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I had a similar experience (kind of). I had issues side-loading 4.2.2 -> 4.3 on my N4. After it finished update and rebooted I got a black screen and nothing more. I ran through it and tried to update to 4.3 again, and then it worked.
Even though it worked I've been noticing issues with it. For example, I now can no longer uninstall anything. When I attempt to uninstall any app, the phone reboots. I'm backing up now with Titanium and am about to flash. I was hoping there would be a quick fix here, but such is life. Viva la impatience.
I have same problem my stock 4.2.2 stuck x boot load , did vol up+dwn +power now stuck in "Download Mode" do not unplug the device until the process is complete .
oneguy77 said:
I have same problem my stock 4.2.2 stuck x boot load , did vol up+dwn +power now stuck in "Download Mode" do not unplug the device until the process is complete .
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This is what I eventually followed to get mine working. I just did scenario 2 and that worked perfectly for me, so far no issues, just having to get things back to where I had them before. The second link is actually more detailed. Just make sure you follow step by step. I guess i could have not done step D10 but wanted to make sure this route worked for me. Thank you again for those who pointed me in the right direction
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-to-android-4-3-jwr66v-and-root-it-right-now/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34552123&postcount=1
Jesmuris said:
Well, first try, couldn't get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb. Was getting frustrated beyond hell and had to walk away for a bit. Came back about an hour later and for some reason it finally recognized it... Back to the start screen like when I first bought the phone. So far working ok, except for being able to log into my google account... 2-step verification giving me issues now lol. Thank you again for your assistance. Very much appreciated!!:good::good:
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I have the exact same problem but not sure how to get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb mode...
FYI if you flash to stock android 4.3 and you have the 16 GB Nexus 4, make sure that after you re-flash you have the full 16 GB and not 8 GB (unless you want to re-setup your phone twice like me). If you get this problem you can wipe cache and data from recovery and voila, all of your free space is back.
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zpilot said:
I have the exact same problem but not sure how to get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb mode...
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If this is what I think it is, I was having the same problem. If I went into Control Panel on my PC and it would say that the driver is failing to load. To fix this I uninstalled the driver, rebooted, reinstalled Google USB Driver from the Android SDK Manager, restarted, and all was well after that.
I really have no explanation for why this fixed it, or it didn't work before, because other than fastboot, everything was working flawlessly with getting my phone to communicate with my PC.
Hey Everyone, just got my G2 today and already have a problem. So naturally the first thing I did was root it, and after a few hours researching the nuances of doing that on a VZW model I got that to work. Next I went and downloaded Titanium and moved my backup files onto the phone, and restored my apps no problem. Then I went to restore my system info (just call logs, sms/mms, bluetooth pairings) and rebooted the phone only to get stuck in a bootloop (the VZW animation would just play over and over.) So I powered off the phone thinking something just went wrong with the reboot. When I went to turn it back on I started to get worried...
No matter what key combo I pressed I could not get the phone to power on. I decided to plug it in and thankfully it did come back on, but once again went into the bootloop. So I did some researching and tried every way to reflash the stock VZW firmware, but nothing has worked. I tried the KDZ method mentioned here, but I cannot get the B2CAppSetup.exe program to install (looks like LG has moved or revoked access to csmg.lgmobile.com:9002). So I moved to this post, but I cannot get the LG Flash Tool to start the flashing (when as instructed I unplug the phone and restart it in download mode again and plug it back in the Flash Tool just says "Waiting for Connection" and doesn't do anything.)
At this point I am out of ideas. I have a feeling that since I cannot even power the phone on unless its connected to USB/Power Adapter something is seriously wrong, but I have no idea what Titanium could have restored to cause this.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Did the same thing myself and nearly crapped myself. Here's how I got out of it:
Power down the phone (hold down power button)
Turn on phone by holding power & volume down buttons
When the LG screen comes up, let go of the buttons and then hold them down again
You should then get options to factory reset.
I will say this, I was never able to restore SMS or call logs from Titanium. Doing a few factory resets just made me stop caring.
Thanks for the reply, however no matter what key combo I press I cannot get the phone to power on unless it is plugged into USB/Power Adapter so I cannot get into the stock recovery app.
Any other ideas guys?
TRDeal195 said:
Thanks for the reply, however no matter what key combo I press I cannot get the phone to power on unless it is plugged into USB/Power Adapter so I cannot get into the stock recovery app.
Any other ideas guys?
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This happened to me while flashing as well.
You have to keep trying, the timing of exactly when to release the buttons and press them again is very precise, meaning you don't have much time at all.
It took me several tries to get it back to recovery.
I also only released just the power button, not both,
Good Luck!
drice72 said:
This happened to me while flashing as well.
You have to keep trying, the timing of exactly when to release the buttons and press them again is very precise, meaning you don't have much time at all.
It took me several tries to get it back to recovery.
I also only released just the power button, not both,
Good Luck!
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Where you able to power your phone up by just pressing the power button (without it connected to anything)? That's what keeps throwing me off about this whole thing, without connecting it to something no matter what button(s) I press the phone simply will not do anything.
When you plug in the device via USB and hold the vol+key you should get the same prompt for a factory reset...
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When you plug in the device via USB and hold the vol+key you should get the same prompt for a factory reset...
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When I do this the only thing that happens is a small message comes up saying "Download Mode" and then the phone immediately goes to the firmware update screen....
TRDeal195 said:
When I do this the only thing that happens is a small message comes up saying "Download Mode" and then the phone immediately goes to the firmware update screen....
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were you running a custom rom?
or stock LG
Cyko.Tech67 said:
were you running a custom rom?
or stock LG
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Stock VS98011A_01 rooted via IORoot.
TRDeal195 said:
Stock VS98011A_01 rooted via IORoot.
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Here is my suggestion to you... try and push twrp recovery to your phone, theres a change you adb bridge might still be working, then id try flashing a rom once done with that... i can get you a link for the method on pushing twrp using the iOroot folder... will edit this in a min. once i find it
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Heres that link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
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if your having any troubles pushing twrp let me know
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Here is my suggestion to you... try and push twrp recovery to your phone, theres a change you adb bridge might still be working, then id try flashing a rom once done with that... i can get you a link for the method on pushing twrp using the iOroot folder... will edit this in a min. once i find it
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Heres that link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
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if your having any troubles pushing twrp let me know
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Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give this a shot now and let you know how I make out.
TRDeal195 said:
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give this a shot now and let you know how I make out.
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please do!
So I tried TWRP but ADB could not see the phone. As a last resort I tried the TOT restore method on the computer that I used to root it initially and it actually went through. Once 10B was restored it finally booted back up and OTA'd 11A and I was able to re-root it after that.
Lesson learned, next time I will not try to recover the phone using a difference laptop then I rooted it on.
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys!
TRDeal195 said:
So I tried TWRP but ADB could not see the phone. As a last resort I tried the TOT restore method on the computer that I used to root it initially and it actually went through. Once 10B was restored it finally booted back up and OTA'd 11A and I was able to re-root it after that.
Lesson learned, next time I will not try to recover the phone using a difference laptop then I rooted it on.
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys!
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Happy to hear you got it fixed! Now that you have got it working agian, your adb bridge should be working! so i would save that link in case of wanting to rom in the future! Hope i helped you!
Hi,
My brother is having trouble with his Nexus 4 and I was hoping I could get some help here.
The phone won't go past the boot animation, with the 4 floating balls.
It keeps showing that forever (left it for 20 minutes with charger, phone got really hot but did not get past the animation)
- Never rooted or changed firmware. Only updates from Google. (It was on 5.1.1/5.1/5.0.1)
- Sent to a shop, which claimed it can't be fixed (I do not know the reason they gave him).
My brother thinks it is because a weight was accidently dropped on the phone, but the problem only started 3 days after the incident.
No outer damage can be seen on the device, other then a small brake in the back glass.
Thanks in advance to anyone who will try to help
possibly?
Did you just update and it got stuck at the booting up????
opeller said:
Hi,
My brother is having trouble with his Nexus 4 and I was hoping I could get some help here.
The phone won't go past the boot animation, with the 4 floating balls.
It keeps showing that forever (left it for 20 minutes with charger, phone got really hot but did not get past the animation)
- Never rooted or changed firmware. Only updates from Google. (It was on 5.1.1/5.1/5.0.1)
- Sent to a shop, which claimed it can't be fixed (I do not know the reason they gave him).
My brother thinks it is because a weight was accidently dropped on the phone, but the problem only started 3 days after the incident.
No outer damage can be seen on the device, other then a small brake in the back glass.
Thanks in advance to anyone who will try to help
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Do you have data on it that you want to keep? If you don't you can try booting into the bootloader and unlock it. Then try flashing a factory image. This will wipe all the data on the phone though so that should probably be a last resort.
ChainFires Son said:
Did you just update and it got stuck at the booting up????
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No, it did not occur after an update.
theminikiller said:
Do you have data on it that you want to keep? If you don't you can try booting into the bootloader and unlock it. Then try flashing a factory image. This will wipe all the data on the phone though so that should probably be a last resort.
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I have no important data on it.
Which is the safest way to do this? I'd appreciate it if you would be detailed or refer me to a guide, as I want to be careful.
Where should I download the factory image from?
As the name of it states, I wish to get the one from Google, without any changes or addons from users.
Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312
You can download factory images from here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
opeller said:
I have no important data on it.
Which is the safest way to do this? I'd appreciate it if you would be detailed or refer me to a guide, as I want to be careful.
Where should I download the factory image from?
As the name of it states, I wish to get the one from Google, without any changes or addons from users.
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First we should check if you can boot into the bootloader at all. First turn the device off. Then hold down both the volume buttons and then press and hold the power key. Keep holding all the buttons until you see some different colored text. If that happens we should be able to install a factory image, if it still gets stuck on the Google logo I unfortunately don't have any more ideas.
Tried pressing both volume keys and power button. Google logo show for a second, then black for 2 second, thank flashing red notification light every 1/2 second until I let go of the buttons.
When I release the buttons, the phone goes back to charging battery screen.
I see people suggesting that the red light flashing means a battery problem, but the device keeps trying to boot up while it is not plugged to the charger, unlike what happened to them
Any Ideas why this is happening or what the red light means in this case?
You need to press volume down+power button to get into bootloader. Unplug the charger before doing this.
harishmenace said:
You need to press volume down+power button to get into bootloader. Unplug the charger before doing this.
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Oh it was just volume down, not both. Heh, sorry.
Use the Nexus Root Toolkit (NRT), it's the easiest way to unlock, root, flash and manage your SuperUser needs!
http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
Not sure, but maybe?
You can try using the nexus root kit & unlock your bootloader and see if a factory reset can work. If it does you can always relock it again ☺..Flashing a factory image can work too also ...
Tried volume down+ power button while unpluged from charger.
Google logo show up with vibration, then goes away after 2 seconds, like before, but then the screen goes blank. But red led not flashing.
What should I do now? Even just to use the Nexus Root Toolkit I have to allow Developer mode, which I can't as the phone will not boot up.
opeller said:
Tried volume down+ power button while unpluged from charger.
Google logo show up with vibration, then goes away after 2 seconds, like before, but then the screen goes blank. But red led not flashing.
What should I do now? Even just to use the Nexus Root Toolkit I have to allow Developer mode, which I can't as the phone will not boot up.
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I'm you can't get into the bootloader then I am unfortunately not aware of any way to help you. If you can't even get into the bootloader I think it is a high probability that it is a hardware problem.
I understand. Thank you for your attempt to help me so far, I apriciate it
Anyone else has any Idea what I can try?
opeller said:
I understand. Thank you for your attempt to help me so far, I apriciate it
Anyone else has any Idea what I can try?
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First you have to ensure "The Situation" of your phone, diagnostic is very important to decide the kind of medicine or treat. Your N4 booting, stuck on google-logo with red blink, then black screen.
To check : Connect your N4 to PC on linux check on terminal command $ lsusb if output
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode),
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on windows (XP/Vista/7)
Qualcomm something QDL Mode or something like this on "device manager"
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there is a big hope to revive but very long journey. You are lucky since N4 is very popular device.You can obtain required file like MPRG8064.hex and friends
x1123 said:
First you have to ensure "The Situation" of your phone, diagnostic is very important to decide the kind of medicine or treat. Your N4 booting, stuck on google-logo with red blink, then black screen.
To check : Connect your N4 to PC on linux check on terminal command $ lsusb if output
on windows (XP/Vista/7) there is a big hope to revive but very long journey. You are lucky since N4 is very popular device.You can obtain required file like MPRG8064.hex and friends
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Hi, thank you for your will to help.
When I turn on the Nexus 4 and connect it to my pc, it show the device as Nexus 4 in device manager.
What do you want me to do?
opeller said:
Hi, thank you for your will to help.
When I turn on the Nexus 4 and connect it to my pc, it show the device as Nexus 4 in device manager.
What do you want me to do?
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detected as Nexus 4 mean your device well alive. any respons from the phone if you check with adb command ? if the phone give respond to adb you can ask phone to turn to recovery $ adb reboot recovery ...
opeller said:
Tried volume down+ power button while unpluged from charger.
Google logo show up with vibration, then goes away after 2 seconds, like before, but then the screen goes blank. But red led not flashing.
What should I do now? Even just to use the Nexus Root Toolkit I have to allow Developer mode, which I can't as the phone will not boot up.
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That sounds like the battery is completely empty. Put the device on charger over a night and try then to boot into the bootloader.
Once I had these symptoms (red light flashing) on my N4, it was enough to charge the battery for one hour. Then it booted properly. It's worth trying.
x1123 said:
detected as Nexus 4 mean your device well alive. any respons from the phone if you check with adb command ? if the phone give respond to adb you can ask phone to turn to recovery $ adb reboot recovery ...
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How do I do that?