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Nexus 7 hard bricked?!

hey
i got my new nexus 7 and wanted to flash a new rom, so i just downloaded this and the flashing tool from this thread.
i didnt root/unlock bootloader or anything else, i just used the tool and did all the steps.
Boot into fastboot,
Wipe my Data,
Install Recovery + Kernel Ability
there were some more steps, but after this my nexus didnt do anything (maybe because of the missing root or the not unlocked bootloader or whatever?!)
it just was stuck in the mode with the android laying on the floor and giving error codes.
so i thought i softbricked it and googled some tutorials to restore a stock rom.
i foundthis and it seemed to work, but it was a bit outdated
i didnt get a .zip from the developers.google.com page, just a .tar, so i couldnt do
Code:
fastboot -w update image-nakasi-jro03d.zip
i just shut down the device then and thought it could maybe already work, because i updated/replaced the bootloader or something like this with
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-3.34.img
but after rebooting it just shows me a completly black screen with a white "Google" in the middle and an open lock on the bottom.
it isnt responding to anything im doing, like pressing on/volume-buttons or connecting usb
the computer cant dedect it via adb with
Code:
fastboot devices
....
what can i do now? do i have to wait, until the battery is dead? this can take days...
i know i did something really stupid
is there any way to restore my nexus 7?
please excuse my bad english and please help me
thank you very much

Hold Power and both volume buttons until it goes off, then power it on while holding both volume buttons. When you see the android, Open Fast boot or a Nexus 7 tool and flash a stock image. You can get them from the Google Dev site. Hope this helps.
Sent from a AOKP'd Nexus 7

MikeTheCat said:
Hold Power and both volume buttons until it goes off, then power it on while holding both volume buttons. When you see the android, Open Fast boot or a Nexus 7 tool and flash a stock image. You can get them from the Google Dev site. Hope this helps.
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thanks for your help.
when i press power and both volume buttons the screen goes black after a few seconds, but it immediately reboots

Keep holding to volume buttons the entire time. It should go into the boot loader.

MikeTheCat said:
Keep holding to volume buttons the entire time. It should go into the boot loader.
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ok, thank you, it did. im too impatient :laugh:
i connected it and it was dedected, thank your very much
i went to developers[dot]google[dot]com/android/nexus/images, is this the right google dev site?
i already downloaded this file and i only got a .tar when extracting it, but it seems like i need a .img

You could try and use the nexus toolkit. I haven't tried it, but it should be able to download and flash a stock img to your device from the bootloader.
Good Luck

John_Q said:
You could try and use the nexus toolkit. I haven't tried it, but it should be able to download and flash a stock img to your device from the bootloader.
Good Luck
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ok, im currently downloading a stock img with "Google Nexus 7 Toolkit v3.2"
lets hope the best, thank you
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yes! it works!
thank your very much guys!

Will pay to fix my A500

Not sure what happened exactly, but while flashing the newest update for a particular persons JB ROM (he will remain unnamed) everything went fubar. Bad. Wasn't recognizing my sd drive, couldn't flash a back-up, tried one of the solutions here on XDA.....now I am without recovery. The tab will boot up, but it gets to a password screen. I have no clue what the password is.
Though I can't pay a fortune, I am willing to pay someone to fix the tab. It's all based on trust since I will send you the tablet and trust that you will return it. Of course, I will pay for return shipping also. I love my tab, but it's useless to me currently.
Please PM me if you want to take on this task. Thanks.

replied to your 'other' post but i guess it should go here
from this thread here
a hard reset wipe userdata and cache
a manual hard reset will do the same thing if you do not have the unlocked bootloader
fastboot erase if you do have the unlocked bootloader
also a stock acer update.zip but I guess you've tried that, maybe a stock ics update.zip would work
I'd be happy to take a look at your tab for free, but being on the other side of the world doesnt make that feasible unfortunately!!
however I'm sure someone else closer to you will be more than willing to help
good luck with it m8
rgds
dibb
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and this from here
For anyone still having this problem, I don't see a fix on this page and I managed to figure it out for myself despite being a total noob to this stuff. To be clear, this is what happened to me: I wanted to roll back to 3.0.1 and needed to start by doing a factory reset. To do that, I followed some instructions in the A500 forum that said to do the following:
1. Power Down
2. Make sure the Screen orientation is off (slide to left while landscape mode)
3. Hold down the right volume key (Volume up (+)).
4. Hold down the Power Button.
5. When it buzzes let go of the power but keep hold of the volume up button (+)
rock the screen orientation switch quickly back and forth once.
6. Should say :
Erasing Userdata....
Erasing Cache...
After doing those steps, after I got the Erasing Userdata message I then got an error about an invalid boot file. Then when it powered back up it asked me for a password and it wasn't taking the password I previously had on the device. I was freaked out that I bricked my tablet in my very first attempt at moving to a custom ROM so I frantically searched the Internet to no avail. But then I stumbled into a help topic on the Acer UK website when doing a Google search. When I watched the video in the help topic (click here to see it) I found that this may have happened because the steps are slightly different in the video than what I was given. I used the steps below instead and successfully performed the factory reset (differences bolded):
1. Power Down
2. Make sure the Screen orientation is ON (slide to right in landscape mode so orange is showing)
3. Hold down the right volume key (Volume up (+)).
4. Hold down the Power Button.
5. When it buzzes let go of the power but keep hold of the volume up button (+)
rock the screen orientation switch quickly to the off position and leave it off (don't toggle it like the instructions above say to do).
6. Should say :
Erasing Userdata....
Erasing Cache...
This worked for me anyway; I got the Erasing Userdata then Erasing Cache instead of the error message and then a password request. I just wanted to document the solution in case anyone ever needs it again.

No luck. Doing any of these things always brings me to Skrilax's bootmenu mode, but selecting Boot Recovery just brings up Android with an exclamation point in it.
Damn.
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TFordham said:
No luck. Doing any of these things always brings me to Skrilax's bootmenu mode, but selecting Boot Recovery just brings up Android with an exclamation point in it.
Damn.
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u flashed the 3.2 stock so stock recovery,
normally u lose v8 too??
having v8 means no button combo wipe!
next test _ boot to fastboot mode and see if u can erase userdata and cache
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TFordham said:
No luck. Doing any of these things always brings me to Skrilax's bootmenu mode, but selecting Boot Recovery just brings up Android with an exclamation point in it.
Damn.
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And no luck with Fastboot? --Larry

Nothing. When I choose fastboot, it just shows "fastboot mode“ at the top of the screen, but just sits there.
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TFordham said:
Nothing. When I choose fastboot, it just shows "fastboot mode“ at the top of the screen, but just sits there.
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go to skrilaxcz bl thread u need to issue commands via PC. instructions for this in his op
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dibb_nz said:
go to skrilaxcz bl thread u need to issue commands via PC. instructions for this in his op
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Went there, and I'm screwed. Way to complicated for my little brain.
This sucks.

TFordham said:
Went there, and I'm screwed. Way to complicated for my little brain.
This sucks.
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Have faith grasshopper!!!! Its just like running adb commands
Boot to fastboot mode
connect yr cable to PC
open cmd prompt from fastboot.exe folder (which is included in the sdk with adb.exe)
type in "fastboot devices"
it should return a ? - this means you're all good!
type in:
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
to flash a recovery - u will need a recovery.img - I just used one out of civs nvFlash package
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
so now you should be fully wiped and have a recovery installed...if you get the dead android again, we'll head to the next step....and we'll need to know what rom you're actually running!!

dibb_nz said:
Have faith grasshopper!!!! Its just like running adb commands
Boot to fastboot mode
connect yr cable to PC
open cmd prompt from fastboot.exe folder (which is included in the sdk with adb.exe)
type in "fastboot devices"
it should return a ? - this means you're all good!
type in:
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
to flash a recovery - u will need a recovery.img - I just used one out of civs nvFlash package
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
so now you should be fully wiped and have a recovery installed...if you get the dead android again, we'll head to the next step....and we'll need to know what rom you're actually running!!
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I'm with you until "open cmd prompt from fastboot.exe folder (which is included in the sdk with adb.exe)" lol
Where do I find that folder?
When I plug in the cable to the PC, it just sits there in "fastboot mode".

You should have it if you have flashed the patched bootloader if not then see attachment:
extract the zip to say, C:\android (good idea to keep all yr flashing stuff in a folder like this)
dont actually open the folder where fastboot.exe is located, you want to press down
"shift" & right click on the folder itself to open cmd prompt -

dibb_nz said:
You should have it if you have flashed the patched bootloader if not then see attachment:
extract the zip to say, C:\android (good idea to keep all yr flashing stuff in a folder like this)
dont actually open the folder where fastboot.exe is located, you want to press down
"shift" & right click on the folder itself to open cmd prompt -
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You my friend, are a FREAKIN' genius!!!!
I love you! (Well, you know what I mean)
That did it! I may not ever flash a ROM again now since I'm flash-scared.
It's currently downloading the official updates from Acer.
I can not thank you enough!

TFordham said:
You my friend, are a FREAKIN' genius!!!!
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no not me m8 just spent lots of time 'unbricking' and reading everything on here
The real geniuses are the devs who made fastboot possible for us in the first place. I hate to name names cos you invariably miss someone out but posts by Skrilax_CZ, vache, strra, civato, drellisdee, waydownsouth, yaworski - have all helped me to learn more about what our tabs can actually do....as you found yourself the really hard part is understanding the language these dudes use!!!! it hardly seems 'english' at all, lol
I love you! (Well, you know what I mean)
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aww shucks!!!! and yeh i know what u mean!!!
That did it! I may not ever flash a ROM again now since I'm flash-scared.
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i give you a day or two before the bug strikes...
It's currently downloading the official ICS from Acer.
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darn, make sure you can get your cpuid, see the cpuid OP in my sig - method 7 - do it as soon as you're set up.
If u need root use blackthund3rs ICSRoot-link is in that post too.
I can not thank you enough!
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you're more than welcome, I must say its easier to help when you can be "on-call" so to speak - just pleased I got rained off from work today so I could help

[Q] Stuck in bootloop after trying to go back to stock.

Okay so I was on pa 3.0 and wanted to unroot my device and return to stock. So I used this method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039162, and I finished all the steps but now my device gets stuck in the splash screen. Any help here?

hoose23 said:
Okay so I was on pa 3.0 and wanted to unroot my device and return to stock. So I used this method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039162, and I finished all the steps but now my device gets stuck in the splash screen. Any help here?
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Go into recovery and factory reset but the stock recovery will wipe your sdcard partition
Sent from my Nexus 4

spaceman860 said:
Go into recovery and factory reset but the stock recovery will wipe your sdcard partition
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Thanks for the reply, and I'm able to get into fastboot mode and whenever I boot into recovery, I just get the dead android sign. And its fine if I lose all my memory because I've backed everything onto my computer.

hoose23 said:
Thanks for the reply, and I'm able to get into fastboot mode and whenever I boot into recovery, I just get the dead android sign. And its fine if I lose all my memory because I've backed everything onto my computer.
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That's the stock recovery splash screen just press and hold power then press volume up and then let go both buttons and it will bring up the menu screen
Sent from my Nexus 4

Had the same problem use fast boot and flash OEM lock the OEM unlock and then reboot the phone
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spaceman860 said:
That's the stock recovery splash screen just press and hold power then press volume up and then let go both buttons and it will bring up the menu screen
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Thanks a million!! This worked!!
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[Q] Nexus 7 stuck

Hi,
my Nexus 7 (2013) is stuck on Google screen...
a few days ago I downloaded a lot of movies via utorrent, and utorrent kept crashing. So i forced stop, removed the app, reinstalled it from google play and continued.
My nexys then suddenly freezed for about 1-2mins before i shut it down via the power buttom, and since then it wont start...I've tried almost everything.
The device is stuck on Google screen. I've tried to boot it through the bootloader, recovery mode etc, but it's still stuck on the google screen. downloaded the nexus root toolkit to unlock my device, but it keeps tellin me i've to enable USB debugging. which I can't since my device won't start.
I've downloaded the SkipSoft Android tookit, but not too familiar with the tookit so haven't really tried anything yet (also not sure which android version i'm running)..
Is there ANYTHING i can do?
EDIT: tried using skipsoft android tookit to unlock bootloader, but when coming to the stage where i've to chose yes or no, the device get stuck and the power button does not respond => I can't chose Yes..
EDIT: So I've tried a few things but nothing seems to work..
downloaded a new adb+fastboot directory from another thread. Fastboot commands seems to work, but when i try and erase boot/cache etc the cmd does nothing...had this line for about 10min:
erasing 'boot'..
nothing happens.. when i unplug my device an error message shows (too many links).
so, fastboot won't erase my boot nor my cache, so i tried to fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img, and it says my bootloader is locked.
fastboot oem lock --> bootloader is alrdy locked
fastboot oem unlock --> stuck at "YES", just as i was when trying with different toolkits.
fastboot -w update image-razor --> Error, failed to load 'img-razor'
soo i'm getting kinda desperate here...
remeber, this was all from a stock rom, no root, no custom rom, just from a freeze when dl movies from utorrent...

i have been stuck like that before. get into to the bootloader screen from where its hung at the google splash screen. once there you can fastboot a factory image.
from the google screen:
1. hold volume up, volume down and power until you get to the screen with the android and its belly open
2. connect to pc
3. download factory image from HERE
4. unzip the tar file you just downloaded and place the contents in your platform-tools folder
5. double click the file named flash-all.bat
6. wait for it to finish and it should boot up just fine.

jase33 said:
from the google screen:
1. hold volume up, volume down and power until you get to the screen with the android and its belly open
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say what? Hold vol.up, vol.down and power until i get to bootloader?
when i press vol up, vold down, and power, holding them all in together from the google screen the device shuts down..
Do you have a youtube tutorial gudie or something?
EDIT:
Also, I've never rooted or done anythign with this tablet except downloading a few apps etc...this crash happened when downloading from utorrent...

The key combination is to be used from being powered off.

Fuzzra said:
The key combination is to be used from being powered off.
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Yeah, and from what i can read it also needs an unlocked bootloader, which i don't have..

just keep holding the keys down. it will shut down. keep holding it will try to boot back up and take you to the bootloader screen. you do not need an unlocked boot loader. all my nexus devices have locked bootloaders, are rooted and run custom roms.

jase33 said:
just keep holding the keys down. it will shut down. keep holding it will try to boot back up and take you to the bootloader screen. you do not need an unlocked boot loader. all my nexus devices have locked bootloaders, are rooted and run custom roms.
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shuts down, then nothing... tried holding it down for about a minute.

skampflens said:
shuts down, then nothing... tried holding it down for about a minute.
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like this

jase33 said:
just keep holding the keys down. it will shut down. keep holding it will try to boot back up and take you to the bootloader screen. you do not need an unlocked boot loader. all my nexus devices have locked bootloaders, are rooted and run custom roms.
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also, should add that i tried to unlock oem via the cmd, tried to flash boot.img but nothing..
when typing fastboot oem unlock, it got stuck at "Yes" when trying to unlock bootloader, and when typing flash boot, it said error, cannot flash boot.img..
AND i'm not running a custom rom, just the standard stock rom

one step at at a time. lets get you to the bootloader screen first. all good things happen from there.

jase33 said:
one step at at a time. lets get you to the bootloader screen first. all good things happen from there.
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uploading a video....
only way i can access fastboot is via volume down and powerbutton..and that's when the device is shut down
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SRfrjR9Y8fI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

OK. but you can get there. yes?

jase33 said:
OK. but you can get there. yes?
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Yes, I can access bootloader (fastboot mode).
tho i don't know which version i'm running..
it's either 4.4.2 (KOT49H) or 4.4 (KRT16S).
however, when running flash-all it says "fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRfrjR9Y8fI&feature=youtu.be

dont worry about version. it does not matter. lets focus on your connection to the device. do you have ADB setup on your pc? if you dont, go to THIS thread and get minimal ADB & fatboot from shimp208. install it and run it.

jase33 said:
dont worry about version. it does not matter. lets focus on your connection to the device. do you have ADB setup on your pc?
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Yeah, at least i think so.. downloaded the adb bundle pack..

plug in your device and type "fastboot devices". tell me if you see a serial number display

jase33 said:
plug in your device and type "fastboot devices". tell me if you see a serial number display
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nope, it says "fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command, oparable program or batch file.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLjLdHxuENg&feature=youtu.be

ok. you dont have fastboot. go and install Minimal ADB and Fastboot

jase33 said:
ok. you dont have fastboot. go and install Minimal ADB and Fastboot
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serial nr does show!

great! have you downloaded the factory image for your device yet? get it HERE if you have not. make sure you get the right one. if your device is wifi only select that one, if it had mobile data and a sim card get the one for mobile..

Nougat Recovery Mode

So I tried going into recovery mode and ever since the update it won't allow me. Just shows the android laying down and says "no command" what am I doing wrong? Just trying to wipe cache.
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you need to hold the power button and hit the volume keys from that screen to get to recovery.

uicnren said:
you need to hold the power button and hit the volume keys from that screen to get to recovery.
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That's what I did and I selected "recovery Mode" which was highlighted in red. Then it says no command.
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krntehknik303 said:
That's what I did and I selected "recovery Mode" which was highlighted in red. Then it says no command.
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You need to do that after you select recovery mode.

Sounds like a missing recovery... might need to reflash TWRP

Me too. Untethered Recovery. What can I do?
Sr for my English.

Boot into bootloader then scroll to recovery and press power button to select recovery.
Then u press and hold the power button and click volume down then it will open the recovery options.
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krntehknik303 said:
So I tried going into recovery mode and ever since the update it won't allow me. Just shows the android laying down and says "no command" what am I doing wrong? Just trying to wipe cache.
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Woo hoo! If U using NRT, when U flash recovery, U need uncheck "Also flash pem-recovery-singed.zip"! I think it is problem!
Sr for my English.

truongtuanvu0407 said:
Woo hoo! If U using NRT, when U flash recovery, U need uncheck "Also flash pem-recovery-singed.zip"! I think it is problem!
Sr for my English.
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That's not the problem, it stops morons from accessing it and messing with it then calming that it deleted all their stuff which it's their fault not anyone elses.
@scoot0073 said the exact steps.

Download the latest twrp from twrp.me to your computer. Once you have that boot your phone to the bootloader - power and volume down. After that simply plug in your phone, open a cmd/terminal in the folder where the twrp-xxx file is. then run this.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img
If that version doesn't work, try 3.0.2
That's my suggestion! Hope it works.
PS: The last time I was on Android N I had to decrypt. Not sure if that is still required.

When you see the Android lying on its back, you are in recovery mode. From there, your need to hold power and tap volume up. That will give you the different recovery menu options like install from adb, wipe, etc.
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I have a solution for this..
As it happened with me as well..
Just.. Press and hold the power button
Then.. double click the volume button..
This will surely work for u..!!