Possible Bricked Nexus 7 Please Help! - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I could really use some help. I have researched this for a couple hours and could not much information on the subject. I rooted my nexus 7 and I was attempting to flash a ROMbut I don't think I installed it right so I tried to restore it from the recovery tool but as the device rebooted it just got stuck on the Google boot screen/logo. The reason I was trying to recover it was because when I installed BAMF ROM through ROM Manager it would only me install one file at a time so I just installed the main ROM file and then I figured I would install the Google apps ROM file and the patch. The reason why I did this was because before I tried installing all the 3 files at the same time using twrp2 and it created same issue but instead it would go as far as the nexus logo and just hang. But I managed to restore/recover it. Well after I installed the BAMF ROM everything was working great EXCEPT there was no Google apps! It wouldn't let me setup my Google account and just download my old stuff. There was nothing on the screen except for a couple apps but I couldn't see the ROM manager or anything else. So I was stuck so I decided to just try and recover but I think something went wrong. Ok...now that all that is out of the way here is what I can do.. When I try to get into recovery or fast boot mode it works BUT then I try to access the recovery mode and it wont let me. It will just reset and go to the Google loading screen and hangs. If I plug the device into the USB I can hear the ding but I dont see it come up on "My Computer" under devices. I have read that you can still recover a bricked Nexus as long as it comes up as Android ADB Interface (Unspecified) and when I look at its properties it gives me a Hub and Port #. Is there anything I can do to fix it??? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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gr090401 said:
Hi guys,
I could really use some help. I have researched this for a couple hours and could not much information on the subject. I rooted my nexus 7 and I was attempting to flash a ROMbut I don't think I installed it right so I tried to restore it from the recovery tool but as the device rebooted it just got stuck on the Google boot screen/logo. The reason I was trying to recover it was because when I installed BAMF ROM through ROM Manager it would only me install one file at a time so I just installed the main ROM file and then I figured I would install the Google apps ROM file and the patch. The reason why I did this was because before I tried installing all the 3 files at the same time using twrp2 and it created same issue but instead it would go as far as the nexus logo and just hang. But I managed to restore/recover it. Well after I installed the BAMF ROM everything was working great EXCEPT there was no Google apps! It wouldn't let me setup my Google account and just download my old stuff. There was nothing on the screen except for a couple apps but I couldn't see the ROM manager or anything else. So I was stuck so I decided to just try and recover but I think something went wrong. Ok...now that all that is out of the way here is what I can do.. When I try to get into recovery or fast boot mode it works BUT then I try to access the recovery mode and it wont let me. It will just reset and go to the Google loading screen and hangs. If I plug the device into the USB I can hear the ding but I dont see it come up on "My Computer" under devices. I have read that you can still recover a bricked Nexus as long as it comes up as Android ADB Interface (Unspecified) and when I look at its properties it gives me a Hub and Port #. Is there anything I can do to fix it??? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
I attached some images for what its worth..
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Boot loader okay, plug into computer and try accessing recovery through boot loader again. It should work as there is a bug in the boot loader.
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You have to use the factory image Google has provide to get out of this. Google search on how to use the factory image. It will erase and reset your nexus 7 like if it was straight out of the box.
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nexus 7 help please

my nexus 7 is stuck in bootloader with no recovery ive tried the flash back to stock and unroot option on the wugfresh nexus toolkit 1.5.3 and it works all the way til sending system the little - mark still flashes but i left it for like 20m and it still didnt work ive tried multiple times and i clicked cant boot up option, please help
Hold the power button for over 10 seconds and it will reboot its self
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Hold the power button for over 10 seconds and it will reboot its self
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it stops at the google screen and just freezes
How are you certain your recovery is gone? You might just be stuck in bootloop. Your best bet is to use toolkit to get you into recovery. Whether Twrp or CWM. From there youcan flash a new kernel and see if it fixes it or use it to restore a backup.
I had similar issue where it was stuck on boot screen. I ccouldn't enter recovery normally. Only way was hooking it up to a pc. Then using a toolkit to make the tablet go into recovery. Then from there, I could use recovery on tablet itself and restore a backup. From there I was good again. Problem solved for me.
Try one of the other toolkits, like Sambra one. Make sure drivers properly installed though.
demandarin said:
How are you certain your recovery is gone? You might just be stuck in bootloop. Your best bet is to use toolkit to get you into recovery. Whether Twrp or CWM. From there youcan flash a new kernel and see if it fixes it or use it to restore a backup.
I had similar issue where it was stuck on boot screen. I ccouldn't enter recovery normally. Only way was hooking it up to a pc. Then using a toolkit to make the tablet go into recovery. Then from there, I could use recovery on tablet itself and restore a backup. From there I was good again. Problem solved for me.
Try one of the other toolkits, like Sambra one. Make sure drivers properly installed though.
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i tried to flash cwm back to the tablet and it said couldnt not mount sd card when i went on to it
can you post a link for that samba toolkit please?
wait i just remembered i dont have a backup, any other ways to get it up and working? please help
xfrancis14 said:
wait i just remembered i dont have a backup, any other ways to get it up and working? please help
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It's an easy fix, just use wug's toolkit and flash the stock Nexus 7 image. It will be like brand new. I don't think you had a very major problem at all to begin with just a minor bootloop, but this far along I'd restore it to stock and start fresh.
CharliesTheMan said:
It's an easy fix, just use wug's toolkit and flash the stock Nexus 7 image. It will be like brand new. I don't think you had a very major problem at all to begin with just a minor bootloop, but this far along I'd restore it to stock and start fresh.
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ive tried that and it gets to sending system and i leave it for like 10 15 minutes and it just still says that when i come back
xfrancis14 said:
ive tried that and it gets to sending system and i leave it for like 10 15 minutes and it just still says that when i come back
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I had the same thing happen, but I ran it again and let it have its time and it went on and completed.
CharliesTheMan said:
I had the same thing happen, but I ran it again and let it have its time and it went on and completed.
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ive tried a few times ill try again tho
UPDATE its still going its been bout since i posted this last post im gonna leave it still but do you think maybe its my computer?
still not working please help
Try using a different cable or re downloading the image file
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i didnt do anythiing and now when i try to flash back to stock it gets to the bootloader thing and finishes that and then it says missing system file 420 000 something kb and then cancels the operation i tried downloading a new system image from google and it still says the same thing help :/ im really worried, i dont wanna broken nexus 7 :/
Please copy paste the terminal (i.e. What you typed in, what outputs it gave you back)
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Try locking the boot loader and unlocking it again, then rooting flashing and so on..
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now i got it to the point where it goes back to sending system but it still stops, if i do relock the bootloader how would i unlock it? and if i did root it it wouldnt make a difference cause i cant get back to an os

[Q] n7 wont boot

i tried to flash paranoid android on my n7 running stock 4.2( i was rooted and unlocked ) after flashing all i get is setup wizard has stopped repeatedly i can boot back to recovery but when i click on install zip there are no files there anymore and the backup i made is no longer there either im not sure what to do next i can get to bootloader and recovery but i cant mount sd card or do anything really any help would be greatly appreciated ive been googling for a couple of hours and cant find my specific problem thanks
Recovery > Factory Reset / Wipe
^ that should get it back to working
You can also "adb shell" in while in recovery and look if your backups are in a subfolder of /data/media, like /data/media/0 most likely.
And in the future always keep a copy of your backups on your PC
HellcatDroid said:
Recovery > Factory Reset / Wipe
^ that should get it back to working
You can also "adb shell" in while in recovery and look if your backups are in a subfolder of /data/media, like /data/media/0 most likely.
And in the future always keep a copy of your backups on your PC
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i tried recovery but it does nothing im trying to set up adb but it just makes no sense to me at all its almost like the computer doesnt even see the phone i know it has to be something simple as to why i cant access the files from clockwork recovery but for the life of me i cant figure it out
Download Google Nexus 7 Toolkit V3.2.0
choose option "9. Download, Extract + Flash Google Factory Stock Rom and follow the instructions..
i had the exact same problem with my nexus 7 and this worked like a charm
hope it helps.
Thanks for the help but I fixed the problem. I let it boot to the setup screen where it kept saying setup wizard has stopped. From there I could recognize the device on a computer and transfer files over even though it read grouper on full android and not nexus 7. Now I'm on eclipse and it seems to be working great but I'm going to get rid of clockwork and install twrp just so I can hopefully not have that happen again. One weird thing though when I look for my backup I made prior to all of this and even the paranoid android ROM and gapps I can't find them anywhere on my SD card its like they literally vanished.
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oogabooga912666 said:
Thanks for the help but I fixed the problem. I let it boot to the setup screen where it kept saying setup wizard has stopped. From there I could recognize the device on a computer and transfer files over even though it read grouper on full android and not nexus 7. Now I'm on eclipse and it seems to be working great but I'm going to get rid of clockwork and install twrp just so I can hopefully not have that happen again. One weird thing though when I look for my backup I made prior to all of this and even the paranoid android ROM and gapps I can't find them anywhere on my SD card its like they literally vanished.
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Where did you copy the files to? I have the same thing. The only folders I have are: Alarms, android, carbon, clockworkmod, dcim, digital editions, download, mobile systems, movies music notifications pictures podcasts and ringtones?
Unless there is a wy for it to be an actual drive right now it shows up as a music device in my computer.
when you did a wipe did you wipe all data? I know when I went to flash a ROM I wiped data like I did with my bolt and it erased everything on my n7.
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Hi guys, I hope this thread is still active...
I'm having the same problem here. I tried installing cyanogenmod onto my n7 and am now getting the same "unfortunately, setup wizard has stopped" message. I've tried wiping the data and rebooting, to no avail. I have the toolkit, but it won't recognize the tablet so I can't reboot from there. I have a backup on my PC, but can't get to it! Sigh...
Thanks in advance for the help

Stuck at google logo, recovery mode doesn't work?

I seem to have messed up the process. I successfully unlocked and rooted my Nexus 7 but during wipe process using JROM flasher something didn't go right and now I'm stuck at the google logo screen forever. I can boot into fast recovery mode but that's about it. I can't do anything.
I've had this done before on my nexus phone but it seems I managed to f it up this time.
I thought I had a rom zip file copied on to the Nexus 7 but it doesn't show in the menu. Now I'm stuck at the logo screen not having access to any roms to install. How do I reset all of this to factory? I've already checked most of the threads regarding this and haven't been able to find a solution yet.
calavera-pw said:
I seem to have messed up the process. I successfully unlocked and rooted my Nexus 7 but during wipe process using JROM flasher something didn't go right and now I'm stuck at the google logo screen forever. I can boot into fast recovery mode but that's about it. I can't do anything.
I've had this done before on my nexus phone but it seems I managed to f it up this time.
I thought I had a rom zip file copied on to the Nexus 7 but it doesn't show in the menu. Now I'm stuck at the logo screen not having access to any roms to install. How do I reset all of this to factory? I've already checked most of the threads regarding this and haven't been able to find a solution yet.
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before you do anything, use your recovery to see if the rom zip is located in /data/media/0/. if its there, flash it from that location.
Are you able to boot into recovery?
If yes, it could be as simple as plugging your tablet into the computer and mounting the usb, drag and drop the rom, and flash it without using a toolkit (only recovery). I'm not familiar with jrom flasher, but i will say the more variables there are, the more chance of a problem.
If no, you're best off running the stock factory image through your computer, found here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasi. I had your problem at one point, and could not even boot into recovery. After trying to install cwm through adb (which failed), and a number of toolkits, the factory image was what brought my nexus back to life.
I remember reading that sometimes a wipe can delete your recovery as well as your system (and whatever else you have on your n7), although i dont know if that was ever fixed, as i got my tab replaced a month or two ago and havent rooted it again yet. There was some type of command or .zip or something that should be used to keep recovery after wipes. When i expirienced problems such as yours, it was also from a bad wipe from a toolkit. Using just the recovery afterwards, i never expirienced any issues, even without the recovery fix.
I would definitely try simms suggestion first if you can access recovery. If that fails, try one of the above processes.
PS, even if you can access recovery, if at this point you just want to go completely stock, the factory image will work regardless.
cheers
Thanks for the help guys, I've been struggling for the past 3~4 hours but I found a solution.
What I did was use JROMFlasher and upload a rom zip to the sdcard directly and go from there.
calavera-pw said:
Thanks for the help guys, I've been struggling for the past 3~4 hours but I found a solution.
What I did was use JROMFlasher and upload a rom zip to the sdcard directly and go from there.
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Guys..I have the similar problem..I am not able to upload rom zip to sdcard using JROMFlasher..Also USB mounting is not working for me ..
Is there any other way to move ROM to sdcard?:crying:
appoos said:
Guys..I have the similar problem..I am not able to upload rom zip to sdcard using JROMFlasher..Also USB mounting is not working for me ..
Is there any other way to move ROM to sdcard?:crying:
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ADB
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Pirateghost said:
ADB
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This dint work in my windows 8
appoos said:
This dint work in my windows 8
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You're holding it wrong. ADB works on my Win8 machine
Pirateghost said:
You're holding it wrong. ADB works on my Win8 machine
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can you tell me the procedure..
appoos said:
can you tell me the procedure..
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no.
in the other thread that YOU created, you were given links to follow and the instructions are already there. i dont hold hands
I could do it with ADB..thanks guys

[Q] Help!

Hi guys i recently rooted my nexus 7 and then i tried to download a custom rom (i think it was Cyanogen Mod 10.1 4.2.2 but i`m not sure and now it`s stuck on cyanogen mod logo and then it says unfortunately setup wizard has stopped...i am a noob so could you explain to me how to fix this ?(my PC doesn`t recognizes it )
bobolin said:
Hi guys i recently rooted my nexus 7 and then i tried to download a custom rom (i think it was Cyanogen Mod 10.1 4.2.2 but i`m not sure and now it`s stuck on cyanogen mod logo and then it says unfortunately setup wizard has stopped...i am a noob so could you explain to me how to fix this ?(my PC doesn`t recognizes it )
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You also need to install the Google Apps package.
That won't help. It is not required to install for a working ROM. You only need Gapps if you want the Google apps like the play store. It sounds like a bad flash or a bad download. Try to reflash through recovery, if that doesn't work, boot into recovery and mount your tablet. I don't know what recovery you are on, so i can't give you info on how to do that.
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I don't use CyanogenMod but sometimes flashing a patch is also need afterwards. Nonetheless, before continuing with experimenting different ROMs, it would be wise to flash back to stock then make a Nandroid backup on your device, one on your PC and one in the cloud. Installing MultiRom is also highly recommended.
My guess is that someone didn't factory reset in recovery before flashing.
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Manually boot into recovery by holding power and volume up and volume down at same time. Then when you see the around laying down select recovery with volume key. Try restoring a backup or flashing another rom in recovery.
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[Q] "Bootloop" Nexus 7

I panicked and probably did something quite stupid...
So I tried to flash the new cyanogenmod rom to have a taste of kit kat, but then I had the status 7 error.
This never occurred to me before, I didn't keep a backup to fall back onto... ( yes, I am an idiot, I learned my lesson, the hard way)
Than the device won't boot, it shows the Google logo twice, and then goes into the clockwork mod, where you choose to flash roms
and I am stuck.
I tried Nexus Root Toolkit, doesn't help because my device is not booting up, no way can it install the drivers properly...
and I think I did something more ingenious... I just tried anything on the Toolkit, and I got my rooted Nexus 7 locked...
But it's still the same, I am stuck at the clockwork mod thing just as before... Wiped whatever I can. and even formatted the sdcard and system...
Some Android Wizard out there... Please help...
If at boot you go to recovery directly... You have had to flash new version of recovery in wrong partition. You must flash it last version of recovery with "fastboot flash recovery yourrecovery.IMG" (see 'recovery' as partition to flash). Then flash boot and system partitions from factory image (in XDA have you multiples threads about it) if you want to keep your data. If not, flash factory image from usual ways (this wipes your data) and then flash recovery like I say above.
After that, try to flash CM again.
PS: I recommend TWRP instead of CWM.
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but its more serious than that... My computer doesnt recognize the tablet because of some driver issues... I am not sure, at this moment, whether the USB debugging thing still works
i can only get to the clockwork mod page, bootloader and thats it.
I cant flash anything, I cant transfer files from the PC to tablet....
please, please help.
bump!,
Im in a similar boat. I bricked my tablet while trying to force an update. It wouldnt autoupdate (there was always an error about cant find zip file...) so I tied to install it with Skipsoft program. After 20 minutes i realize my computer has frozen....So I waited 2 hours and nada. So I had to reboot my desk top. At that time my tablet is now bricked....what do we do?
Vishnuisgod said:
bump!,
Im in a similar boat. I bricked my tablet while trying to force an update. It wouldnt autoupdate (there was always an error about cant find zip file...) so I tied to install it with Skipsoft program. After 20 minutes i realize my computer has frozen....So I waited 2 hours and nada. So I had to reboot my desk top. At that time my tablet is now bricked....what do we do?
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hello friend.
1. we can pray
2. i think we have to look at some software that can do something more "fundamental" than wugus nexus tool kit, and communicate with the tablet
i am just guessing, i crashed my tablet, so....
dangercl0se said:
hello friend.
1. we can pray
2. i think we have to look at some software that can do something more "fundamental" than wugus nexus tool kit, and communicate with the tablet
i am just guessing, i crashed my tablet, so....
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I think I got it!!!!!!!!!!
using the skipsoft,
first i did option 1, install usb settings; then
I used option #6 force recovery.. I think i did stock rom.
now Im update with kitkat and it updating to 4.4.2
Vishnuisgod said:
I think I got it!!!!!!!!!!
using the skipsoft,
first i did option 1, install usb settings; then
I used option #6 force recovery.. I think i did stock rom.
now Im update with kitkat and it updating to 4.4.2
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hey
can you post links to where u got the stuff?
coz looks like the skipsoft homepage is not working
dangercl0se said:
hey
can you post links to where u got the stuff?
coz looks like the skipsoft homepage is not working
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it was already on computer....
make sure you look for "android tool kit"....

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