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I tried to install a new rom after updating TWRP 2.3.0.0. after all was complete it stuck on the boot screen. I then tried with the Nexus Root Toolkit to use a restore from backup. Same problem. I then tried to flash stock and unroot. Same problem. I then tried a number of things through TWRP from backups I had their. Same problem. At present I have no OS and I can only boot into TWRP, turn if off or look at the GOOGLE screen. I have run out of ideas and would appreciate any help offered.

If you have tried everything else (flashing a ROM zip etc.) Then you should flash the factory image from Google.
Don't use the script/batch file as that will wipe your internal storage.
Just flash system and boot.
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Sometimes a rom takes a long time to boot for the first time, please be very patient. Also, try wiping everything from /system, and then re install a custom rom from your /sdcard partition. also make sure your roms are for the nexus 7 not galaxy nexus or other similar devices. ONE MORE THING 4.1.2 wont flash with 4.1.1 bootloader.

jmtend said:
I tried to install a new rom after updating TWRP 2.3.0.0. after all was complete it stuck on the boot screen. I then tried with the Nexus Root Toolkit to use a restore from backup. Same problem. I then tried to flash stock and unroot. Same problem. I then tried a number of things through TWRP from backups I had their. Same problem. At present I have no OS and I can only boot into TWRP, turn if off or look at the GOOGLE screen. I have run out of ideas and would appreciate any help offered.
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There was a bug in TWRP V2.3.0.0 use fastboot to flash V2.3.1.0 and then reflash the rom
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spaceman860 said:
There was a bug in TWRP V2.3.0.0 use fastboot to flash V2.3.1.0 and then reflash the rom
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Got it working. Thanks all for your suggestions.

jmtend said:
Got it working. Thanks all for your suggestions.
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How did you fix it? I have no OS and my internal SD card was erased too I don't know how to flash from fastboot

Adb push a ROM.
-Brought to you by Marino's Nexus 7-

AshleyPem28 said:
How did you fix it? I have no OS and my internal SD card was erased too I don't know how to flash from fastboot
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I know many people hate the talk about toolkits but I was in the same situation and I used Wug's toolkit and it saved me. I downloaded 4.1.2 image directly from Google, as the toolkit only has 4.1.1.
I tried to return to stock on my own and it just went from bad to worse. I would of spent more time trying to fix it on my own but I was on a very tight time constraint. It will unroot your device but it is easy to root again.
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Billchen0014 said:
Sometimes a rom takes a long time to boot for the first time, please be very patient. Also, try wiping everything from /system, and then re install a custom rom from your /sdcard partition. also make sure your roms are for the nexus 7 not galaxy nexus or other similar devices. ONE MORE THING 4.1.2 wont flash with 4.1.1 bootloader.
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THANK YOU the "ONE MORE THING" is all I needed to know for the same problem!

No boot after Font Change

Hello
I have a problem with my Nexus 7. I tried changing my font using font changer. It rebooted and now wont boot up. It gets stuck at the X.. left it there several minutes..
I tried to do a factory reset using Stock Recovery but that didnt change things. I was on Stock 4.2.2 unlocked and rooted.
What should I try now? Obviously I can get into fastboot mode.
Thanks in Advance
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AW: No boot after Font Change
In case anybody ****ed this up aswell.. i just flashed a stock image from fastboot, rooted again and everything was ok
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naien said:
In case anybody ****ed this up aswell.. i just flashed a stock image from fastboot, rooted again and everything was ok
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Hello, I have the same problem, but when I try getting into recovery mode, all I see is a dead android with red x sign and with no other option displayed. Where do I go from here?
Also, how do you flash stock image from fastboot? Thanks in advance!

njbee7 said:
Hello, I have the same problem, but when I try getting into recovery mode, all I see is a dead android with red x sign and with no other option displayed. Where do I go from here?
Also, how do you flash stock image from fastboot? Thanks in advance!
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That's stock recovery. You want to be in fast boot mode for fast boot flashing.
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Pirateghost said:
That's stock recovery. You want to be in fast boot mode for fast boot flashing.
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Sorry, but how do you get into fastboot mode? I can't use any toolkit to get into fastboot mode as my pc doesn't
recognize the device because it can't get past booting up.

njbee7 said:
Sorry, but how do you get into fastboot mode? I can't use any toolkit to get into fastboot mode as my pc doesn't
recognize the device because it can't get past booting up.
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Stop using toolkits and start reading. There are instructions here that walk you through the entire manual process.
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njbee7 said:
Sorry, but how do you get into fastboot mode? I can't use any toolkit to get into fastboot mode as my pc doesn't
recognize the device because it can't get past booting up.
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You can do it manually... by pressing buttons.
Take a look here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133986
(Really... this should be made a 'sticky' somewhere).
Rgrds,
Ged.

i'm just curious, but how come you guys are unlocked and rooted and not running a twrp or cwm recovery? if you had one of those recoveries instead of stock, a nandroid restore instead of a system image reflash would have put you back to where you were before you did the font change as long as you did a backup right before you tried doing that. highly recommend if you're gonna play around with the system, install some kind of decent recovery, not stock.

t1.8matt said:
i'm just curious, but how come you guys are unlocked and rooted and not running a twrp or cwm recovery? if you had one of those recoveries instead of stock, a nandroid restore instead of a system image reflash would have put you back to where you were before you did the font change as long as you did a backup right before you tried doing that. highly recommend if you're gonna play around with the system, install some kind of decent recovery, not stock.
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And alongside this you can do all the same things as stock recovery.
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[Q] Need some help please

I have a Nexus 7 wifi, It is stuck at the Google screen boot looping. It is unlocked and has TWRP 2.5 which I can access. I have tried every tool kit to no avail. Need some help please!

dont use a toolkit
get to a command line and figure out whats wrong by trying to flash a factory image, or run factory reset in recovery and see if it fixes it.

Pirateghost said:
dont use a toolkit
get to a command line and figure out whats wrong by trying to flash a factory image, or run factory reset in recovery and see if it fixes it.
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I tried factory reset but it fails. I tried to flash a factory image through side load but it fails.
If I go to advanced wipe and do them one at a time they all work except data.
It appears to have nothing on intrenal or external storage.
One other thing is when I try to mount the system in twrp it asks for a password?
I have never setup a password so I don't understand this.
Thanks

Did you encrypt your device?
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No, not at all that's what's so strange.
I purchased it new and it started locking up and after an attempted factory reset here we are.
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Factory reset would wipe data partition leaving nothing in data. Makes sense that it wouldnt let you wipe that when there is nothing there.
Try flashing a factory image from fast boot. Not from recovery.
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Would it not have to be loaded on the device? I tried it with a tool kit and it gets to the end and fails on verification.
I don't remember what version it was so that doesn't help. I think it was 4.1.2
But not positive.
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Pirateghost said:
Factory reset would wipe data partition leaving nothing in data. Makes sense that it wouldnt let you wipe that when there is nothing there.
Try flashing a factory image from fast boot. Not from recovery.
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Okay seems to be a problem with twrp 2.5 as far as the password I'm downloading 2.6 now.

Use fastboot to flash new recovery and system partition. You run fastboot commands from your computer not from recovery and your device needs to be in bootloader not recovery. It does not require you to load it onto the device prior
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Pirateghost said:
Use fastboot to flash new recovery and system partition. You run fastboot commands from your computer not from recovery and your device needs to be in bootloader not recovery. It does not require you to load it onto the device prior
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After reading more I decided to go with CWM for the recovery. I flashed it in fast boot and it works fine but what now?
Thanks for your time!

ugadawg67 said:
After reading more I decided to go with CWM for the recovery. I flashed it in fast boot and it works fine but what now?
Thanks for your time!
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personally i would flash a stock system image in fastboot, root it, and use it....or pick from the hundreds of ROMs available around here.

Pirateghost said:
personally i would flash a stock system image in fastboot, root it, and use it....or pick from the hundreds of ROMs available around here.
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What would I use to flash the stock image in fast boot? a toolkit? I have the stock img downloaded already.

ugadawg67 said:
What would I use to flash the stock image in fast boot? a toolkit? I have the stock img downloaded already.
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you dont need a toolkit
you use fastboot command to flash.....

Pirateghost said:
you dont need a toolkit
you use fastboot command to flash.....
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Sorry I need a little more help with that. Are you talking about from a command prompt?
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you need to do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796

Pirateghost said:
you need to do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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thanks!

okay I removed my sdk folder and started over. I followed the instructions on the link and it says failed cannot load bootloader. It performs all commands until that one.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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Pirateghost said:
you need to do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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okay I removed my sdk folder and started over. I followed the instructions on the link and it says failed cannot load bootloader. It performs all commands until that one.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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nexus 7 doesn't startup!!

hi everyone:laugh:,as in the title,if I turn on my nexus he stay on nexus logo freverrrrrrr!!
this photo explain that:
http : // goo.gl /8pb2Q5
delete distances^^
*I tried to flash stock rom by Nexus Root Toolkit,but profitless.
*I also used format factory reset from recovery,but profitless:crying:.
please is there any solution??
**I'm sorry for my English
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now the device wihtout recovery*_*​

Use nexus root toolkit to temporarily boot into recovery and wipe everything, then flash a ROM, or download a factory image from Google and run the flash-all.bat
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datallboy said:
Use nexus root toolkit to temporarily boot into recovery and wipe everything, then flash a ROM, or download a factory image from Google and run the flash-all.bat
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Does not work

salmn23 said:
hi everyone:laugh:,as in the title,if I turn on my nexus he stay on nexus logo freverrrrrrr!!
this photo explain that:
http : // goo.gl /8pb2Q5
delete distances^^
*I tried to flash stock rom by Nexus Root Toolkit,but profitless.
*I also used format factory reset from recovery,but profitless:crying:.
please is there any solution??
**I'm sorry for my English
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Can you get to the bootloader? If so, fastboot flash the factory image.

charesa39 said:
Can you get to the bootloader? If so, fastboot flash the factory image.
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yes I did,but doesn't work.

salmn23 said:
yes I did,but doesn't work.
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If you need help we need more than "doesn't work".
What exactly happens? Error message? Does it flash normally but once you reboot goes into bootloop again? Be precise, I know english doesn't seem to be your first language but we need to know more

charesa39 said:
Can you get to the bootloader? If so, fastboot flash the factory image.
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MidnightDevil said:
If you need help we need more than "doesn't work".
What exactly happens? Error message? Does it flash normally but once you reboot goes into bootloop again? Be precise, I know english doesn't seem to be your first language but we need to know more
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yes yes "it flash normally but once you reboot goes into bootloop again"
this is my peoblem^_^
Thank you for your response

salmn23 said:
yes yes "it flash normally but once you reboot goes into bootloop again"
this is my peoblem^_^
Thank you for your response
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After flashing it, did you go into the stock recovery to factory wipe data before booting it up? You have to do this or else you will get stuck at the Nexus bootup screen. Happened to me once. Apparently you have to do this on the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 because flashing it doesn't properly wipe the partition.

charesa39 said:
After flashing it, did you go into the stock recovery to factory wipe data before booting it up? You have to do this or else you will get stuck at the Nexus bootup screen. Happened to me once. Apparently you have to do this on the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 because flashing it doesn't properly wipe the partition.
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Hloo m.charesa,of course I wipe data,partition after flashing many times(I watched the clip in youtube does that),But unfortunately due to the nexus logo.

It seems that the problem is not to activate the USB debugging , because after opening bootloader or installing stock rom returns the device to its origin and must be activate (usb debugging) again .. Question: Is there a way to activate it without the operation the system (because its not operation originally)??​

salmn23 said:
It seems that the problem is not to activate the USB debugging , because after opening bootloader or installing stock rom returns the device to its origin and must be activate (usb debugging) again .. Question: Is there a way to activate it without the operation the system (because its not operation originally)??​
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USB Debugging is only necessary if you are trying to use ADB when the phone is on and booted into the OS already. It's not necessary when you are in Fastboot mode (at the bootloader). Not sure why it's not working flashing the factory image. This is why I prefer not to use toolkits and do everything manually. That way, you know where things went wrong.

[Q] always reboot into twrp recovery - no boot to system possible

hello everybody
i don't know why but my lg g2 always boot the the twrp recovery. a normal boot to the android system is not possible. i also restored my phone with a backup but no chance. the phone still boot to the twrp recovery.
i tried to find a thread to solve my problem but i couldn't find one.
i hope there are some experts out there who can help me.
thanks!

andi88468 said:
hello everybody
i don't know why but my lg g2 always boot the the twrp recovery. a normal boot to the android system is not possible. i also restored my phone with a backup but no chance. the phone still boot to the twrp recovery.
i tried to find a thread to solve my problem but i couldn't find one.
i hope there are some experts out there who can help me.
thanks!
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Sounds like something got corrupted, maybe tot/kdz to stock and try again?
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in the meantime i found a solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696

andi88468 said:
in the meantime i found a solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
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You probably could've mentioned that you had downloaded an OTA.