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Won't mount

Edit: Didn't mean to post this but since it's here... Anybody have a quick fix for no OS install but won't mount to push new file to tab?

Told you not to use the toolkit.
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Try disabling Android Debugging or mount USB in custom recovery.
Or since you just want to transfer a file from PC to N7 try AirDroid.
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ÜBER™ said:
Told you not to use the toolkit.
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Wasn't the toolkit, I accidentally formatted and erased the OS lol now im trying to get the OS back on... any idea how I can do it?

DirtyShroomz said:
Wasn't the toolkit, I accidentally formatted and erased the OS lol no im trying to get the OS back on... any idea how I can do it?
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Can you boot into fastboot mode? Flash the stock images via fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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ÜBER™ said:
Can you boot into fastboot mode? Flash the stock images via fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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Yeah, that's what I'm attempting now
Edit: Attempted to push and gave me an error while copying over... grrr. First time ever having issues rooting anything and i've worked on 20+ devices. I feel like a n00b all over again.
Edit 2: My friends computer was in read-only mode. I think i've finally found the issue... after 1 hour lol
Edit 3: No luck... *sigh* I think my brain has shut down for the day
Edit 4: Finally got device to mount, all is well again

I'm on my last legs

I've been trying to root my nexus for a few days and have had no luck i tried mskips tool kit and get this "rm failed for /system/bin/su no such file or directory" i have tried the [Guide] Ultimate Nexus 4 Root Guide and the win zip i have wont read the recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.1-mako.img says some thing about an iso and ive tried the zedomax youtube video way and my command window doesn't find the nexus root folder if anyone can help me i would appreciate it because i have given up all hope of getting this damn thing rooted

Why are you trying to open the recovery IMG with WinZip???
Step E from the first post in this thread, but read the entire first post to make sure you have the prerequisites, i.e. adb and the drivers, etc...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
You'll have no problem figuring the rest out.
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Could also just flash a custom ROM (most, if not all of them come pre-rooted with no effort). This isn't the first time this has happened either, but it's been a long time since it has happened...

@andrewhagood
have you tried with this tool? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469

kronos111 said:
@andrewhagood
have you tried with this tool? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469
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+1 Follow this link wugs toolkit is 2nd2none!!!!!!! The hardest part is making sure the drivers are installed correctly(Just plug in your N4 with Debugging on and checked plug in to your computer and windows should install the ADB drivers). After making sure the ADB drivers are installed and USB debugging is on and checked, you might need to toggle "MTP" to "PTP" for Wugs toolkit to see it. I have an issue with my win7 PC not installing the drivers for MTP I don't know if that will be your case just a heads up. I can pull and push using ADB no problem I just need to check PTP for it to show up under ADB. Search YouTube for "Root Nexus 4 Wugfresh toolkit" GL
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You guys using toolkits to root Nexus devices are doing it all wrong
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179
If you need a toolkit to root a Nexus, you probably shouldn't have a Nexus
If you promise to never again use a toolkit, feel free to PM me if you need help

trentreed said:
You guys using toolkits to root Nexus devices are doing it all wrong
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179
If you need a toolkit to root a Nexus, you probably shouldn't have a Nexus
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/This
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trentreed said:
You guys using toolkits to root Nexus devices are doing it all wrong
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179
If you need a toolkit to root a Nexus, you probably shouldn't have a Nexus
If you promise to never again use a toolkit, feel free to PM me if you need help
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This +1
And then there comes a bricked one!
Adb all the way, the Google way.
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trentreed said:
You guys using toolkits to root Nexus devices are doing it all wrong
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179
If you need a toolkit to root a Nexus, you probably shouldn't have a Nexus
If you promise to never again use a toolkit, feel free to PM me if you need help
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This post made my day. :highfive:

trentreed said:
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If you need a toolkit to root a Nexus, you probably shouldn't have a Nexus
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I agree,
Thou this one works.

do you have the android sdk installed? thats a must if you have a nexus you plan on modding. then follow the guide posted above to do it manually. it is really not hard and its good to know how to do some of the stuff if your rooted

Sideloading 4.3 help

Hi everyone,
So I am having trouble completing my 4.3 sideload update. My phone is connected to adb and everything is in the same path. I have attached a picture of what happens when I type the command. El daddy was helping me yesterday but we have not found a solid solution to this. Any help would be great!

myorks1127 said:
Hi everyone,
So I am having trouble completing my 4.3 sideload update. My phone is connected to adb and everything is in the same path. I have attached a picture of what happens when I type the command. El daddy was helping me yesterday but we have not found a solid solution to this. Any help would be great!
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Have you put it into sideload mode in recovery?

myorks1127 said:
Hi everyone,
So I am having trouble completing my 4.3 sideload update. My phone is connected to adb and everything is in the same path. I have attached a picture of what happens when I type the command. El daddy was helping me yesterday but we have not found a solid solution to this. Any help would be great!
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HI i have problem like this try to flash stock with NEXUS ROOT TOOLKIT its work for me .
i have an other issu my phone say i have 5.90G of memory i dont know why i think i will try again and see
if any one have solution for this they will be great
thanx

Rizy7 said:
Have you put it into sideload mode in recovery?
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Yes I did and it even says sideload next to my device number using the adb devices command...

myorks1127 said:
Yes I did and it even says sideload next to my device number using the adb devices command...
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Try Update.zip instead of update.zip
Also try update.zip.zip

Rizy7 said:
Try Update.zip instead of update.zip
Also try update.zip.zip
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Doesn't work still stuck on the cannot read 'sideload'

myorks1127 said:
Doesn't work still stuck on the cannot read 'sideload'
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what happens when you type adb devices

when u type fastboot devices it shows your nexus4? try to upgrade to the latest ADB.exe GL
i had trouble sideloading mako update.zip file 346megs , i had to install the zip from sdcard menu in CWM , sideloading didn't work for me but i didn't get error messages,
it said sideloading ...100% complete but NOTHING happened lol

Rizy7 said:
what happens when you type adb devices
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My device number shows and says sideload next to it, I must have a rare adb defect idk how else it would not understand sideload

I have the latest adb, I followed El daddy's tutorial exactly

myorks1127 said:
I have the latest adb, I followed El daddy's tutorial exactly
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try on windows 7 or 8 ? win8 nex4 adb drivers are PITA to install!
http://hippowise.com/how-to-install-adb-drivers-for-the-nexus-4-on-windows-8/

Kill and restart u your adb server
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My drivers are fine and I did the kill restart thing like 5 times

Tried everything today, still the same cannot read 'sideload' command. I am starting to think someone like Franco needs to figure this out lol.

I had the same problem. I used the sideload method in wugfresh toolkit instead. Its pretty much the same process. Do that instead. You'll have to rename the ota to "update.zip"...and when it confirms the file ...it'll then say "are you sure you want to sideload the "update.zip.zip" file....just say yes.
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myorks1127 said:
Tried everything today, still the same cannot read 'sideload' command. I am starting to think someone like Franco needs to figure this out lol.
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Try using the latest version of platform tools (contains adb and fastboot). There is a link available in my signature.
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http://50.23.216.69/showthread.php?t=1990405
Hope it helps
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So after randomly trying the framework trick again, I managed to get the OTA!! I'm relieved I don't have to worry about this stupid adb stuff now.

Boot loop, can't get into adb mode

First off, I'm an idiot.
Nexus 4, 4.3 with Cyanogenmod. Working great until I decided to download Franco Kernel. I installed the latest then the colors inverted. I googled it and found out that the latest update didn't work well with Cyanogenmod and that #188 was the last that did work. I.. like an idiot decided to download and install #188 on top of #192 or whatever it was. Phone goes into **** mode, couldn't do anything on my phone without a popup telling me that android had stopped working so I decide to try factory reset, I don't know what I did wrong this time but now my phone won't even get passed the Google sign on boot up.
Bootloader and recovery still works. I cant push factory zip file to my phone without being in adb mode. What can and should I do?
Cheers

Sivi.N4 said:
First off, I'm an idiot.
Nexus 4, 4.3 with Cyanogenmod. Working great until I decided to download Franco Kernel. I installed the latest then the colors inverted. I googled it and found out that the latest update didn't work well with Cyanogenmod and that #188 was the last that did work. I.. like an idiot decided to download and install #188 on top of #192 or whatever it was. Phone goes into **** mode, couldn't do anything on my phone without a popup telling me that android had stopped working so I decide to try factory reset, I don't know what I did wrong this time but now my phone won't even get passed the Google sign on boot up.
Bootloader and recovery still works. I cant push factory zip file to my phone without being in adb mode. What can and should I do?
Cheers
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If you can get into recovery, my suggestion would be a FULL wipe. System/Data/Cache/Dalvik. Then start over from scratch!
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Berrydroidcafe said:
If you can get into recovery, my suggestion would be a FULL wipe. System/Data/Cache/Dalvik. Then start over from scratch!
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Have done this and am still stuck on Google sign, what should I do afterwards? I still can't push files to my Sd card.

Sivi.N4 said:
Have done this and am still stuck on Google sign, what should I do afterwards?
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If you can boot into recovery and/or the bootloader, half of your problem is solved. I'm not understanding exactly what is the problem. What I'm saying is, I fully understand what happens when you let the phone do its thing and it stayed on the Google logo, but what I'm NOT understanding is, you not being able to connect to the phone when it is in the bootloader.
Can you boot into the bootloader and connect to your computer?
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You need to be in fastboot mode to push install a new rom. Press the vol+, vol-, and power.

Berrydroidcafe said:
If you can boot into recovery and/or the bootloader, half of your problem is solved. I'm not understanding exactly what is the problem. What I'm saying is, I fully understand what happens when you let the phone do its thing and it stayed on the Google logo, but what I'm NOT understanding is, you not being able to connect to the phone when it is in the bootloader.
Can you boot into the bootloader and connect to your computer?
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Yes I can do that.
I am using a toolkit right now, and when I try to push the factory 4.3 I get told that I need developer tools on.

Sivi.N4 said:
Yes I can do that.
I am using a toolkit right now, and when I try to push the factory 4.3 I get told that I need developer tools on.
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Which toolkit are you using?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Which toolkit are you using?
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Using Unified Android Toolkit v3.1.0 by SkipSoft

Sivi.N4 said:
Using Unified Android Toolkit v3.1.0 by SkipSoft
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Not familiar with that one.
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Using Unified Android Toolkit v3.1.0 by SkipSoft
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Are you able to see the phone on your computer?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Not familiar with that one.
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Are you able to see the phone on your computer?
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That's a shame.
No I am unable to see my phone on my computer, I can see it in the Device Manager but not under My Computer.

Sivi.N4 said:
That's a shame.
No I am unable to see my phone on my computer, I can see it in the Device Manager but not under My Computer.
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Sounds like a driver issue. Try first uninstall present drivers, plug the phone back in and see if your computer will reinstall the drivers. Oh, before you do that, switch to mtp see what happens.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Sounds like a driver issue. Try first uninstall present drivers, plug the phone back in and see if your computer will reinstall the drivers. Oh, before you do that, switch to mtp see what happens.
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I can't switch to MTP because I can't actually get onto my phone, it doesn't boot.
I'll try to reinstall drivers now, thanks.

Sivi.N4 said:
I can't switch to MTP because I can't actually get onto my phone, it doesn't boot.
I'll try to reinstall drivers now, thanks.
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I assumed that since the phone showed up in the Device Manager.....
Can you boot into the recovery?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
I assumed that since the phone showed up in the Device Manager.....
Can you boot into the recovery?
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Yes I can boot into my bootloader and recovery, but not actual Android or whatever you would call it.. sorry.
Computer installed drivers automatically but I still can't see my phone under My Computer.
In CWRM what should be mounted/unmouted under "Mounts and Storage Menu"?

When you did a factory reset, did you do it from the settings on the phone or through recovery?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
When you did a factory reset, did you do it from the settings on the phone or through recovery?
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Through Recovery

Sivi.N4 said:
Yes I can boot into my bootloader and recovery, but not actual Android or whatever you would call it.. sorry.
Computer installed drivers automatically but I still can't see my phone under My Computer.
In CWRM what should be mounted/unmouted under "Mounts and Storage Menu"?
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I wouldn't worry about the mounts and storage, but I do believe this is where you can mount USB. Try that and see if that works.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
I wouldn't worry about the mounts and storage, but I do believe this is where you can mount USB. Try that and see if that works.
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When I press mount USB storage nothing happens but the menu resetting, it doesn't change to unmount USB storage like the other options do either. I feel like this phone is a goner
I've tried to sideload factory 4.4 but it didn't work, I googled the error and people were saying that it doesn't work for rooted devices. I'd unroot though I'm just afraid that I would break something else.

Sivi.N4 said:
When I press mount USB storage nothing happens but the menu resetting, it doesn't change to unmount USB storage like the other options do either. I feel like this phone is a goner
I've tried to sideload factory 4.4 but it didn't work, I googled the error and people were saying that it doesn't work for rooted devices. I'd unroot though I'm just afraid that I would break something else.
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It wouldn't change to unmount unless it was successfully mounted.
Phone might not be recoverable, but why not download and install NRT by WugFresh? At this point, it couldn't hurt. I would uninstall the first one you were using.
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would recommend making sure ur drivers are ok....also make sure u got adb on ur comp with fastboot. these 2 are the main things.
honestly skip other things n flash stock on ur own...just so u can be happy...u havent hard bricked the phone...its still working...
try to find universal naked drivers...smthng on that lines....n N4 is superb...its a Nexus...wont die soon

[Q] BIG MISTAKE!! Wiped the OS, Please Help

I was trying to wipe everything from Nexus 4 because i sold it and was going to ship the phone. I did this in the recovery mode (Team Win) and i had cyanogenmod installed.
It turns out i also wiped off any backups and also the OS on the phone. Now the phone has no operating system on it and only boots into recovery mode. I can't even transfer any backups to the phone because for some reason the phone isn't recognised as a storage device on my PC anymore.
What should i do?? I need to install any type of OS before i ship the phone
Please help

Flash factory images with a tool kit
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Zehlek said:
Flash factory images with a tool kit
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Could you please elaborate a little bit?? i'm new to this.
What do you mean by "tool kit"??

Done this 2 weeks ago dont freak out. If u are a twrp user u can sideload the from into the device using adb. Make sure u have all the adb drivers on ur pc. Put the rom file into the folder where the adb files are. Now go to ur recovery/twrp advanced then choose sideload. Plug the phone into ur pc. Now go back to the folder whre adb is. Hold shift , right click and choose start open command wndow here. Now the black cmd box will appear type "adb devices" dont include the quotemarks. It should show device with serial and would say sideload at the right. This means ur phone is connected properly, then type adb sideload (nameofrom).zip and it pushes the file into ur phone it will be named sideload.zip. now reboot phone to recovery and flash awayyy. Sorry for the messy instructions
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jyuuken said:
Done this 2 weeks ago dont freak out. If u are a twrp user u can sideload the from into the device using adb. Make sure u have all the adb drivers on ur pc. Put the rom file into the folder where the adb files are. Now go to ur recovery/twrp advanced then choose sideload. Plug the phone into ur pc. Now go back to the folder whre adb is. Hold shift , right click and choose start open command wndow here. Now the black cmd box will appear type "adb devices" dont include the quotemarks. It should show device with serial and would say sideload at the right. This means ur phone is connected properly, then type adb sideload (nameofrom).zip and it pushes the file into ur phone it will be named sideload.zip. now reboot phone to recovery and flash awayyy. Sorry for the messy instructions
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Thank you,
Do i download the rom from here ?? developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamkot49h
And then not extract, just copy that file to the phone using ADB?

If u want flash any custom rom, for the n4 i recommend purity or cataclysm.
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jyuuken said:
Done this 2 weeks ago dont freak out. If u are a twrp user u can sideload the from into the device using adb. Make sure u have all the adb drivers on ur pc. Put the rom file into the folder where the adb files are. Now go to ur recovery/twrp advanced then choose sideload. Plug the phone into ur pc. Now go back to the folder whre adb is. Hold shift , right click and choose start open command wndow here. Now the black cmd box will appear type "adb devices" dont include the quotemarks. It should show device with serial and would say sideload at the right. This means ur phone is connected properly, then type adb sideload (nameofrom).zip and it pushes the file into ur phone it will be named sideload.zip. now reboot phone to recovery and flash awayyy. Sorry for the messy instructions
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Why not just flash it all through fastboot? I find that a lot better/easier than using twrp's adb push.

True , but i am more used to sideloading. U can guide him thru fastboot if u want
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jyuuken said:
True , but i am more used to sideloading. U can guide him thru fastboot if u want
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OR I can make a big guide with pictures and all for folks like him if there isn't one already... Is there?

Fast boot requires installing android adb if I am not mistaken. It can get messy if OP doesn't already have it installed.

If you're gonna ship it and sell it. Use this software to restore stock software: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...olkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-8-0-t2015469

If you're still stuck , i can help you via teamviewer.

Just use this to return to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34552123

calvinpl said:
OR I can make a big guide with pictures and all for folks like him if there isn't one already... Is there?
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Rather than sounding sarcastic. If ur trying to implicitly bash some1 for not searching well enough atleast have the decency to post a link.
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If you're still stuck , i can help you via teamviewer.
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Great suggestion! Only a few wud do this for a stranger. Thanks bro
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jyuuken said:
Rather than sounding sarcastic. If ur trying to implicitly bash some1 for not searching well enough atleast have the decency to post a link.
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Actually, I wasn't sarcastic at all... Sorry for making myself seem like an asshole. (happens to me sometimes...)
I just didn't have time to write a long post, explaining it to him + didn't he already solve his problem through adb?

The same problem happened to me but after thinking it through I found a solution. Just used wugs toolkit and flashed back to stock and selected the option soft-bricked. got me back to stock in no time. Just putting this out there if anyone else is reading this thread and dont/cant use adb.