Well, after trying to charge my Nexus in the car, it appears the USB has gone kaput and only charges the device now (although it doesn't actually say it's charging, the percentage just increases). Anyway, as it would appear a return is in order, I'd like to remove the unlocked sign on my bootloader to be able to send it back, but without USB, the conventional fastboot/adb method is out the window. Anybody got any suggestions? Thanks.
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Use wugfresh toolkit and Hitt the oem lock option
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The OP clearly said they are looking for a method that doesn't require USB. So your method suggesting he use wugs toolkit isn't the answer he's looking for. And honestly I don't think there is a way to do it without USB capabilities.
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I don't think you can.
I'm not exactly a pro at this, but as far as I know you need fast boot mode to lock/unlock the bootloader.
I installed twrp last night (got bored with cwm) and noticed it has a command line section. I don't know if you could use this to lock the bootloader. If you look up one of the manual guides to locking/unlocking maybe try whatever it says to type in a terminal there?
The only problem is then you couldn't put back the stock recovery.
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You can use this to install the stock ROM and kernel, there is also an option to unroot it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929270 (install zip in custom recovery)
I don't know how to OEM lock your tablet without a pc..
Hope this helps
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I would be really surprised if it is not simply a bad micro USB cable. Try another one, if you have it laying around, or pick one up for cheap. My unofficial cable would charge, but not write for some reason.
i had the same problem after using a car charger.After some days that i charged with original charger only, charging icon started working and also fastboot.But usb otg functions were still dead either in twrp recovery or inside the rom.
After i flashed ota update (i was in stock 4.1.2) for 4.2 it magically started fully working.First i thought that it was 4.2 that made it work,but i went back in 4.1.2 (nandroid restore) and it continue to work ok.Of course i dont use anymore 3rd party chargers.I see now that my bootloader is 4.13 but it work ok with 4.1.2 too,so i will not change it to 3.41
I've tried 4 or 5 different cables and no luck unfortunately. Going from my beloved PA 2.54 to stock 4.2 temporarily to see if it fixes it, fingers crossed!
Update: Unfortunately I've not been so lucky problem persists...
Adb over WiFi?
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And now I'm stuck on 4.2 with root not working, my recovery corrupt, and USB still not working :crying:
Looks like I'll be sending it back and hoping they ignore the little opened padlock on my splash screen
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Adb over WiFi?
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Adb won't do it, it has to be fast boot, and it has to be usb.
Cadabena said:
And now I'm stuck on 4.2 with root not working, my recovery corrupt, and USB still not working :crying:
Looks like I'll be sending it back and hoping they ignore the little opened padlock on my splash screen
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Hi ! I'm in the same situation and am thinking of returning it. How did it go ? Did they accept it ?
chuck_0 said:
Hi ! I'm in the same situation and am thinking of returning it. How did it go ? Did they accept it ?
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Accepted it no problem
However, they'd be well within their rights not to so I'm not guaranteeing. Best of luck!
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Hey Everyone,
So I was being impatient and wanted to change the Density of my LCD on my Nexus 7. I changed it from the stock DPI to 170 using LCD Density Modder on the Market. Ever since reboot I have not been able to get past the google screen when you first turn on device. I can get into bootloader as well. My bootloader is unlocked and device is rooted if that helps.
Is there any easy way to recover the device besides a adb, or fastboot method? If not, what are the adb, fastboot commands to flash the OTA image to device from my PC?
Thanks
Download the nexus root toolkit, it can turn everything stock.
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I have the nexus root toolkit, but don't you need the device powered on to put in usb debugging mode, etc? All I can do is hit google splash screen and get into bootloader, recovery.
There's buttons that say revert to stock, I believe those work in recovery.
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redmonke255 said:
Download the nexus root toolkit, it can turn everything stock.
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+1 just unlock and reflash
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Whenever I try to flash stock + unroot I get error message, "Windows cannot find 'C:\\data\gnexwug_DLnX.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
Im not trying to type in anything, all I am doing is trying to restore to stock.
did you make a nandroid backup?" i am goign through the same thing right now. I am goign to restore from backup.
To change the desinty, it must be manually done in build.prod i assume. LCD Density modder might not be compatible, yet.
edit: Crap, i cant boot to recovery for some reason :/
edit2: it seems the only way to boot into recovery now is from a ROM manager application. Ijust finished restoring using the Nexus Toolkit.
I finally figured how to get SDK going and restored via nexus root toolkit. Thanks guys!
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mheller91 said:
I finally figured how to get SDK going and restored via nexus root toolkit. Thanks guys!
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Hi,
I stupidly did the same thing and am now in the same situation. :crying:
Can you tell me how you finally got it sorted?
Cheers
damienleetobin1976 said:
Hi,
I stupidly did the same thing and am now in the same situation. :crying:
Can you tell me how you finally got it sorted?
Cheers
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Personally,
i booted into fastboot (all buttons if i remember correctly), then hit up the Tool Kit, go to advanced > temporary recovery, From there, i just restored my nandroid backup, or if you have any roms on there, just flash that.
You could do that, or once in fastboot and connected, you could just unlock, which will wipe everything.
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Personally,
i booted into fastboot (all buttons if i remember correctly), then hit up the Tool Kit, go to advanced > temporary recovery, From there, i just restored my nandroid backup, or if you have any roms on there, just flash that.
You could do that, or once in fastboot and connected, you could just unlock, which will wipe everything.
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Hi,
I tried this and went for the Unlock route but after a restart it now just seems to be stuck at the google splash screen.
Is it usual to take this long?
Cheers
So what program is everyone using to change the DPI without getting a black screen?
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So what program is everyone using to change the DPI without getting a black screen?
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Just using a file explorer (specifically, solid explorer but root explorer should also work), navigating to /system/build.prop, and changing the number ro.sf.lcd_density.
changing that particular number's easy, and the last app I tried somehow managed to make a second build.prop inside the same file. So yeah.
Don't forget to backup your build.prop (preferably externally as well, in case you need to flash it) before trying this. And/or make a nandroid.
damienleetobin1976 said:
Hi,
I tried this and went for the Unlock route but after a restart it now just seems to be stuck at the google splash screen.
Is it usual to take this long?
Cheers
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Im not sure, i dont want to advise something that is wrong, but, no, it doesn't take extraordinarily long. How long has it been?
I would boot into fastboot again and try the other route (provided you have a rom on the device or hopefully, better yet, a nandroid)
If you're using the cwm recovery from the toolkit you must be plugged in to usb to access cwm from the bootloader menu. From there you can reflash whatever you want to fix it.
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If you're using the cwm recovery from the toolkit you must be plugged in to usb to access cwm from the bootloader menu. From there you can reflash whatever you want to fix it.
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Yep, this is how it got it back and running last night.
I then used root explorer to edit build.prop and it worked like a charm.
Thanks all
So here is my dilemma. I was having problems with my Google apps for whatever reason. Manually updated to 4.2 and still has the same problems. Did a factory reset and the problems went away. Decided I wanted to get rid of root and relock the bootloader since I'm going to give her thus one because I'm upgrading to the 32GB model. Wanted to get rid of the superuser icon in the app drawer mainly. I went to googles site and downloaded the factory images for 4.2. Used it in conjunction with the nexus 7 toolkit. Long story short for whatever reason the process didn't complete. Pretty sure I don't have a factory image at all at this point. I tried to use the nexus 7 toolkit but of course now it won't see my device. My tablet is still unlocked. I'm assuming I'm going to have to manually push the image to the phone. If any body can start me off in the right direction it will be greatly appreciated. Especially if someone were able to provide links to the info I may need. In the mean time I'm looking around on Google. Haven't found anything concrete yet. As a side note if anyone could tell me how to actually turn off the tablet do I can preserve the battery it would be appreciated. I can only get it to show fast boot mode or the Google screen. Can't power down.
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Nexus 7 toolkit?
Fastboot mode?
That's all you need.
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Alejandrissimo said:
Nexus 7 toolkit?
Fastboot mode?
That's all you need.
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Dunno... after trying to update yesterday, twrp, cwm, stock wasn't having it, had to put stock boot loader back on, everything wiped, not a problem....nandroid backup....toolkit shows it working but nothing, toolkit said everything was there....only unlock and root worked, everything else was borked.
And I had to use Windows for the tool kit. Doh.
Toolkit has been a bane for me, finally got 4.2 using root keeper.
Off-topic.... maybe.
Lesson learnt... definitely.
Motorola Atrix (AOKP JB)
Nexus 7 (Stock+ Root)
Desire HD ~ overheating rebooting.
N900 ~ usb broken off.
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Nexus 7 toolkit?
Fastboot mode?
That's all you need.
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Can't use the toolkit bcuz it doesn't see my device. Can't enable USB debugging. Unless there is a way around that?
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Hi I have a problem with my Nexus 7 (32 gb wifi only version).
My son in his infinite wisdom decided to install ubuntu on the tablet.
I went to try and restore this back to the android version but all it did was to wipe off ubuntu itself
I then went on jayceooi.com and used the nexus toolbox to see if I could reflash the images etc.Howveer although all the files were downloaded I canot get the laptop to recognise the nexus itself (even though it sems to charge the tablet). There is no menu at all to check whether or not usb debugging is ticked or not..
Im now left with the tablet without no apparent operating system. At the moment all it shows is the green android with fastboot mode but when I hit start it says booting failed.
Could someone help please before I do any more damage and I brick it completly (although I may have already done so)
thankyou for any help
Use wugs tool in dev stickies and make sure right drivers are installed.
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Use wugs tool in dev stickies and make sure right drivers are installed.
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thanks it mentions it being a root toolkit. I didnt actually want to root so is it still ok to use to restore back to stock android?
It can do more then just root
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jswarb001 said:
thanks it mentions it being a root toolkit. I didnt actually want to root so is it still ok to use to restore back to stock android?
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Yes it can do restore back to stock. Just follow the guide to unlock bootloader so it can flash stock image then just re lock bootloader. It covers the process in op.
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Ok thanks all. Seemed to be doing everything ok but its been stuck on"waiting for your device to finish booting back up" for about 30 minutes now. It did say it would take 5 to 10 mins but should i carry on waiting or abort and start again do you think?
thanks
I would reset it see if that helped
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If your son re did the partitions for Ubuntu that could have messed things up pretty good. I have only had my nexus for a few days so I couldn't tell you how to fix the formatting quite yet. I would search around on how to verify and correct the partitions if needed.
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Heya...
On my 16GB Grouper I had installed the stock rooted 4.3 rom. Yesterday a system OTA update message appeared on my screen - 1.7 MB. I let it download and install over night and just went to bed. Came back in the morning to a boot loop where the device got stuck with the four colorful thingies animation. I can access the bootloader, but the recovery seems to be broken. Can't remember if I had anything other than the stock one... Anyways, now I'm strugling to get this thing going again. I am a zero at ADB but willing to learn whatever is necessary to get me started with a working recovery at least. No tool root box will do anything really for me...
Thanks for your help in advance
Hey!
Had a problem just like yours. If your running windows then install this program its called nexus tool kit. I'm a newbie here but if you Google 'nexus toolkit wug fresh' you can find it
All you need to do is plug your device in and open the program, then select flash OTA with the boot loop option and then follow the on screen instructions
That should put you back to normal with a fresh start meaning all you data will be lost. You can also root from there to.
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hettige677 said:
Hey!
Had a problem just like yours. If your running windows then install this program its called nexus tool kit. I'm a newbie here but if you Google 'nexus toolkit wug fresh' you can find it
All you need to do is plug your device in and open the program, then select flash OTA with the boot loop option and then follow the on screen instructions
That should put you back to normal with a fresh start meaning all you data will be lost. You can also root from there to.
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Yeah. It would be dumb to actually learn what you are doing to your device. You should totally use a toolkit.
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Honestly, I'm just showing the user one way, I anticipated him of being a newbie. For the record, it shows you all the process's happening.
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Thank you guys. You might not believe it, but I'm not a newb to Android or flashing. It's just that I've always been playing around with Samsung devices and there you'd normaly turn to Odin in case something went wrong. Here it's different.
Anyways, with this comprehensive guide I've been able to reflash a recovery image and my old rom. Unfortunately losing all of my data in the process, but there was no way to save it.
http://www.androidupdate.us/recover-bricked-device-fastboot/
In case this happens to anybody else.
Cheers
Hello All,
About 2 days ago i tried to root my google nexus 4, I dont know what i did, but now when i turn it on it shows the google logo then goes to where it shows an android with a red exclamation mark, does anyone know how this can be fixed, any help would be much appreciated!!
Can you be a bit more specific on what you did? Or what guide you followed?
Rooting is quick and easy on a nexus
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Then flash ROM of choice in recovery
Reboot
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Ok, i had successfully rooted my phone, i then went to put on a new rom so i could use OTG storage. That got me completely stuck, i tried toget back to my normal phone but didnt know how. I foolishly went into recovery mode, and wiped everything off it. and just now i cant even do anything it just has a red light flashing at the bottom, i hope this has helpt in some way.
Do you have a custom recovery? Use adb sideload to flash the ROM, or if you have a working otg cable this should be fine too
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UPDATE: The red light has gone (was just low on power) But the phone is still stuck in recovery mode. i have tried to "apply update from ADB" with my mac but it doesnt work and im not sure if i am doing it propperly.
I am pretty new to this kinda stuff, so i dont know what a custom recovery is, and i honestly have no idea what to do, im not really bothered about the root anymore i would rather just have my phone back to normal.
Please dont take this the wrong way and I mean no disrespect, but maybe we should just get your phone up and running and then maybe a few months from now after you've done a whole lot of reading you can consider rooting again. The n4 isn't the most expensive phone in the world but it would still be a shame to brick it, as much as I believe all androids are best to be rooted the user really needs to understand fully what s/he is doing, 95% of "help my device is bricked" threads come from lack of homework, which is easily 100s of threads a day across xda alone
OK, sorry for the lecture I've just ran into this a lot lately, and I'd be glad to help
I try not to use apple products as a whole so I can't say for sure why its not connecting with adb, is this for sure set up properly? As in has adb or fastboot worked fine in the past? Also is device currently unlocked? By a custom recovery I mean nonstock, not an oem, like twrp or clockwork.
If you want root let's download the latest twrp image for the n4, if you want factory than download latest from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=de
Let me know how you want to proceed
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
This will get u up and running.
Next time make sure u know what u are doing.
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