recently i rooted my nexus 7 16gb w/4.21 with the toolkit and did everything and installed all program and features that i needed and went smooth but then wanted to flash a custom theme to it and did it but then my nexus 7 tab froze in menu and wont load into menu dont know if bricked tried to unistall wipe lock and unroot everything possible but no luck now i cant even turn on without usb connected and receovery doesnt load properly so i can do anything could i get help on how to recover in to stock
if the theme was bad, all you had to do was reflash your rom. but you used a root toolkit and didnt learn about what you were doing. next time take a little bit of time to learn about the proper procedures and processes, and root your device the right way, without a root toolkit. when you learn how to do things right, youll see its much easier than a toolkit. get back to stock--> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
If all else fails, you can always download the stock factory image from Google and flash it onto your device via the toolkit or adb fastboot. This will install the stock ROM, recovery, and bootloader.
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Hi, It may not be completely bricked but as far as I am concerned it is. I tried to free up some space on the phone by formatting everything in ClockworkMod. Factory resets did nothing and the phone showed I had used over 10 GB. I figured formating was just going to clear out all the backups and old files.
As of now I can get into recovery but that's about it. When I try to reboot all it does is bring up the words GOOGLE. My PC wont recognize it as I cant enable USB debugging. I thought if I could just drag a new rom, gapps, zip file into the internal storage I would be good. I also thought I might be able to restore it to stock with a toolkit but again they request USB debugging on.
I am real new to this so any help would be greatly appreciated. Is there a way to bring this phone back to life in some sort of straight forward way?
PS. As of this morning things seem to have gotten worse. I used a toolkit to try and get things working and now I cant boot into recovery. All I get is the robot on its back with red triangle icon. I can press power, then volume up and get another menu but I am really at a loss. Any further help would be great. Thanks.
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You're definitely not bricked.
You must restore the factory image, which you can find from Google... Google "nexus factory image" and restore in bootloader mode.
I'm not going to go into detail on how to restore, there are dozens of threads on how to do that. Start by Googling "how to flash nexus factory images"...
I'm assuming that since you've dabbled with modifying your Nexus that you are familiar with the super duper important ADB/Fastboot procedures? If not, you've got a lot to learn before you start messing with your phone...
Edit: You can also attempt to ADB push a stock rooted ROM (only so you don't have to mess with gapps at the moment) through your custom recovery. Again though, do your due diligence and read before messing with this sort of thing.
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Just sideload a rom with adb.
adb push a ROM into your memory via cmd prompt. I think you can adb push data using the Nexus 4 toolkit in the stickies.
When you figure out how to push files into your phone, flash the new ROM.
Alternatively, use efrant's guide from my signature. The only correct & educative way of returning to stock. Avoid toolkits!
I was happy that I rooted the phone and got Japanese fonts working.. but I wanted the ability to adjust the gain/volume of my mic headset and tried to install a rom to do that. I used the Nexus Root Toolkit to root the phone and do an entire backup. Then I flashed the rom. It didn't take and I really had no idea why (being noob). So I go on youtube and see what i can find for flashing a rom. I see that you have to delete your old OS in order to install the new one.. ok.. risky but I did a full backup right? Well when I tried using Nexus Root Toolkit to install said rom the phone ended up with a screen with a menu with some options including to delete the OS. So I did that. Then I tried to install the zip file which was now on the phone thanks to Nexus Root Toolkit.. but it still didn't take. Okay. I gave up. I rebooted.
But I have no OS. And my Win7 machine can't see the phone. I tried deleting and installing drivers again and it doesn't work. I can boot to the fastboot screen (the one with the Start at the top and cycle through options like recovery mode). But the computer can't see the phone. Nexus Root Toolkit seems to be of the opinion that I need to enable USB tether debugging mode on the phone.. but there's OS to do that.
Is it hopeless?
btw I think this phone is great. I would prefer maybe a slightly smaller phone but i can't believe how cheap it is, beautiful screen, fast, responsive. Amazing.
Flash the stock image, comprehend what you are doing while you flash the images, and never use a toolkit again.
Here's all the info you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Sorry i accidentally clicked your thanks button. If you have a recovery installed then just flash a rom.
windows 7 can't recognize the device now
Thanks very much for the reply. I still am thinking it's hopeless... I followed your link and I'm attempting to follow the directions...but here's where the problem is. And basically why the toolkit can't help me either.. (I agree it's better to understand all steps and yet I'm lazy..)
Attempting to install drivers for Nexus 4...
*** cut and pasted from OEM USB Drivers install guide **
Locate and expand Other device in the right pane.
Right-click the device name (such as Nexus S) and select Update Driver Software. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard.
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The phone doesn't exist in device manager. Perhaps its lack of an OS keeps windows from realizing what the heck it is?
Do you have a custom recovery installed?
no custom recovery
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Do you have a custom recovery installed?
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Not on purpose. So probably not. Actually I doubt it. I am looking at Nexus Root Toolkit and I see the checkbox for Custom Recovery and I know I did not check it when I rooted.
soft brick?
The computer does acknowledge the device to the extent that it installs Android ADB (if memory serves which who knows).. but otherwise it doesn't know it's a Nexus 4. It thinks it's an MTP USB Device.
I am playing with Nexus Root Toolkit a bit (it did do the backup of the phone afterall... ) and it apparently flashed the stock kernel.. that's the 1st thing I've been able to do to between the phone and the computer. Now Toolkit is telling me to wait 7 minutes before assuming soft brick.
I am thinking it is soft bricked? gonna wait a few more minutes.
well I ignored the lack of nexus 4 drivers...
and just followed all the directions anyway for the command line install. When you go to the LGE website to get drivers.. you don't find any. At least I couldn't. Just manuals to download. But I got success messages all along and it rebooted when I told it to and stuff.. but it's just sitting at google. It isn't going past the google screen. The computer calls it an MTP USB device with a big exclamation point next to it.
clockword recovery
I might have it. It might have been installed when I did my full backup perhaps. If it's the reclining robot with a red triangle and an exclamation point then yes. I can wipe cache, wipe data/factory reset, and apply update from ADB, or reboot. I've wiped the cache and done a factory reset... I'm gonna try:
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Again.
And hope.
It's a new phone so I am still within the 14 days they give to return it.. of course if it's a brick when they get it back... heh. Okay it's a 100% brick it does turn on just not boot up...
it works omg
El Daddy said:
Flash the stock image, comprehend what you are doing while you flash the images, and never use a toolkit again.
Here's all the info you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Well 2nd time through was the charm.. and not worrying about nexus drivers too much.
Thank you very much for the link. I can't say I really understand everything more but I am happy that I seemed to have killed the phone in the worst way and yet still got it working.
I was going to go back to the iPhone 5 (and lose a lot of money haha). I'm glad this one is working. I genuinely like it more than the iPhone and I save several hundred dollars.
If anyone's googling in a similar situation.. what I did the 2nd time through was use recovery mode on the phone to restore factory default and clear the cache. Then I did all the steps outlined in the above link again. I think that if it doesn't work the first time it's worth doing it again carefully.. and maybe a third time if needed. Wow. It works XD.
kraemder said:
Well 2nd time through was the charm.. and not worrying about nexus drivers too much.
Thank you very much for the link. I can't say I really understand everything more but I am happy that I seemed to have killed the phone in the worst way and yet still got it working.
I was going to go back to the iPhone 5 (and lose a lot of money haha). I'm glad this one is working. I genuinely like it more than the iPhone and I save several hundred dollars.
If anyone's googling in a similar situation.. what I did the 2nd time through was use recovery mode on the phone to restore factory default and clear the cache. Then I did all the steps outlined in the above link again. I think that if it doesn't work the first time it's worth doing it again carefully.. and maybe a third time if needed. Wow. It works XD.
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Awesome! Glad you figured it out. Sorry I wasn't around to help you through it. I was out and about this evening.
Thanks for the beer, I appreciate it!
Okay, I gave this a shot.
I used the Nexus Root Toolkit and rooting the thing went pretty well. I downloaded a Cyanogenmod rom, actually 2, and that was the start of my issues I think. I accidentally loaded the nightly instead of the stable.
I also didn't realize that adb would not boot anymore with 4.2.2 so I was stuck. I checked in the settings of the Nexus and it loaded up various roms you could use. I would select them and it would start to load, but then show the error message with the little android on his back.
I followed the tutorial "Root and Install CWM On Nexus 7 Running JB 4.2.2" in an attempt to get some control back and it went well until I was supposed to find the zip on the device. I had copied it over, separate from any folder, but I could not find it while in bootloader.
I ended up manually putting it in bootloader and using the Nexus Root Toolkit to restore the stock rom.
I liked certain things about the custom rom, but it was a pain not having the Google Apps, and I could not get the Gapps to install either.
Obviously I knew just enough to get halfway there. I am not sure when I will try this again, although I would like to learn more. I guess I better read some more tutorials on here.
Why didn't you just flash gapps in recovery?
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Well first off there isn't Android 4.2.2 for the new Nexus 7, you must have followed a tutorial for the old one.
I used the nexus 7 toolkit.... There lies your problem
You used a toolkit not knowing what you're actually doing. Or what any of the terms mean / how and what they're used for etc.
Adb doesn't boot... Um what. Fastboot couldn't flash cm11...um what 4.2.2 um what
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?
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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"....
This is the third time trying to write this without my computer blowing up, so I'll be short. After five months of not using my N7 for certain reasons, I came home to update it to Kitkat as I was unable to do so before I came out. The OTA downloaded fine and, like updates before, I clicked install. Sadly, this time the installation did not work correctly, and I stupidly forgot to grab the error code that was thrown. After the failed installation, it went into a bootloop using the new boot screen, and with the boot screen graphic glitch I've seen other people complain about. I can get into Recovery Mode easy enough, which is running ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.2.3. The bootloader is also unlocked. I've tried to do a factory reset from CWMR, but it hasn't helped.
I've gotten quite rusty with my skills in this work (as if I had any in the first place), so I thought coming here would be a good idea. Any thoughts on how to get Kitkat on working and proper?
nexus root toolkit
Download nexus root toolkit or unified android toolkit to your PC .Install drivers etc and do a factory restore using the KitKat factory image or the restore options in the toolkit
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Download nexus root toolkit or unified android toolkit to your PC .Install drivers etc and do a factory restore using the KitKat factory image or the restore options in the toolkit
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Thank you so much! Took a few minutes to figure it out, but my N7 is back up and running!