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Accidentally formatted nexus 4

I have accidently formatted y nexus 4. Now there is no os in the device. how can i install os in my device now . Please assists what to do? I just have clockworkmod recovery v6.0.1.9 installed. I have tried to download and install the factory iamge from nexus 4 toolkit but it didnt work for me. Cause the tool kit could not download the factory image and install in my device.

if you can go to fastboot, then do it manually if you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Download the occam here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images (remember to choose the right model).
Then use the downloaded file for tools such as Nexus Root Toolkit.

opticaldh said:
if you can go to fastboot, then do it manually if you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Download the occam here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images (remember to choose the right model).
Then use the downloaded file for tools such as Nexus Root Toolkit.
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Thanks for the quick response. Yes i can go into the fast boot. And my bootloader is unlocked for your information. But what to do next from the fast boot? Please assists me step up step if you dont mind. I have downloaded the os and put in the push files to device folder in the nexus 4 toolkit and tried to pushed it to my device but it didnt work. Total knoob here . Please assist.
I have nothing in my device. Its totally emty.

jake220 said:
Thanks for the quick response. Yes i can go into the fast boot. And my bootloader is unlocked for your information. But what to do next from the fast boot? Please assists me step up step if you dont mind. I have downloaded the os and put in the push files to device folder in the nexus 4 toolkit and tried to pushed it to my device but it didnt work. Total knoob here . Please assist.
I have nothing in my device. Its totally emty.
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For the manual, Follow the instruction, step by step http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
For the toolkit, you dont have to push it to your phone, leave it in your computer, go to fastboot then use the Restock function in the toolkit to restock your phone.
If you didn't download the stock image by the toolkit, it will ask you to download the image, just choose an option that allows you to pick the img from your computer.

jake220 said:
Thanks for the quick response. Yes i can go into the fast boot. And my bootloader is unlocked for your information. But what to do next from the fast boot? Please assists me step up step if you dont mind. I have downloaded the os and put in the push files to device folder in the nexus 4 toolkit and tried to pushed it to my device but it didnt work. Total knoob here . Please assist.
I have nothing in my device. Its totally emty.
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If you download one of the images from the link inside it will be a batch file (flash-all.bat) you can just double click that and it will do everything for you.

U didn't format your Device. You prob screwed up your partitions or folders that contained system files. I would recommend what the other guy said.
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I really appreciate all the helps.Everything went well. But got stuck on the X animation. Os is not loading . I waited more than 20 mins.

Turn your phone off, then go to bootloader, choose the option to go to Recovery Mode. You'll see the android dude lying with a red triangle. Press power or power+up+down or some combinations like that, I dont really remember, to enter the Options of Recovery mode. Wipe cache and do a factory data reset. Reboot.

How on terra do you even managed to "accidentally" format your phone?

Everything good now. Got my nexus up and running again.

I'm more surprised on why people don't read up on everything BEFORE rooting the phone in the first place? Surely it's common sense to know how to recover the phone should something go wrong?...

EddyOS said:
I'm more surprised on why people don't read up on everything BEFORE rooting the phone in the first place? Surely it's common sense to know how to recover the phone should something go wrong?...
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XDA has went mainstream. Common sense is not practiced by the majority of the people here now.
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Sully6789 said:
XDA has went mainstream. Common sense is not practiced by the majority of the people here now.
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Very true...

Sully6789 said:
XDA has went mainstream. Common sense is not practiced by the majority of the people here now.
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We used to burn newbies for asking how to preform simple tasks such as rooting because the instructions are always in the stickies, but if we do it now everyone will think we are mean. *shrug*
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jake220 said:
Everything good now. Got my nexus up and running again.
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What you did to work?

ramadhani84 said:
What you did to work?
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Just restore a nandroid.

jd1639 said:
Just restore a nandroid.
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Did it several times and still with same problem...
Installed CWM Recovery, wiped cache partition, wiped data/factory reset and still with same problem...
Now it stucks in "Google" text... doesn't even show the "X" animation...

jake220 said:
Everything good now. Got my nexus up and running again.
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Hi sorry to bother but how were you able to get your nexus up and running? I am having the same issue. Thank you in advance

EddyOS said:
I'm more surprised on why people don't read up on everything BEFORE rooting the phone in the first place? Surely it's common sense to know how to recover the phone should something go wrong?...
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Common sense used to be practised by all the nexus community. Yet nowadays noobs are everywhere.
There's nothing wrong with being a noob but senseless noobs ?
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EddyOS said:
Very true...
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2many android devices with bloatware coming out what makes it, 70% shame on Samsung(they releases lots and lots of low end devices per country)
os, i know i registred in june of this year, but i use xda since 2011

[Q] boot.IMG issue

I have a razrm xt907 the ROM I am currently running is deadrage and I wanna flash in the liquidsmooth ROM but every time I attempt to flash liquid smooth in it does work but the old deadrage boot.IMG remains I have wiped everything more than three times and the old logo still remains any help to resolve this would be useful I'm sure its a stupid fix but I am a newbie in this

Musiv said:
I have a razrm xt907 the ROM I am currently running is deadrage and I wanna flash in the liquidsmooth ROM but every time I attempt to flash liquid smooth in it does work but the old deadrage boot.IMG remains I have wiped everything more than three times and the old logo still remains any help to resolve this would be useful I'm sure its a stupid fix but I am a newbie in this
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Goodies! stockboot logo.zip
flash from recovery

Musiv said:
I have a razrm xt907 the ROM I am currently running is deadrage and I wanna flash in the liquidsmooth ROM but every time I attempt to flash liquid smooth in it does work but the old deadrage boot.IMG remains I have wiped everything more than three times and the old logo still remains any help to resolve this would be useful I'm sure its a stupid fix but I am a newbie in this
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DeadCalm(Rage) has the boot logo in 2 locations. The normal place, system/media, and another, I think in system/data. Use a file explorer to find the one that's NOT in the system/media folder and just delete it. You're looking for something by the name of "bootanimation.zip."

I have looked in the file you stated I have had no luck finding it
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Musiv said:
I have looked in the file you stated I have had no luck finding it
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Sorry, it took me a while to respond. I had to try to figure out if I told you correct locations. The boot animation should be in system/media, however I told you it could also be in system/data on this ROM. However, I looked around a little and I think it's actually in data/local or data/media. I saw this in another thread, but I wasn't able to check in phone because I'm running a different ROM. Delete the one in data/local and leave the other one in system/media.

boot.img issue
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Sorry, it took me a while to respond. I had to try to figure out if I told you correct locations. The boot animation should be in system/media, however I told you it could also be in system/data on this ROM. However, I looked around a little and I think it's actually in data/local or data/media. I saw this in another thread, but I wasn't able to check in phone because I'm running a different ROM. Delete the one in data/local and leave the other one in system/media.
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thank you for responding
is it possible that the deadrage logo was somehow embedded between the rom and recovery and thats why i cannot delete it and if so how do i get rid of it
btw are you one of the original developers of the rom
i have attempted to delete the file in the location you stated but to no avail

Musiv said:
thank you for responding
is it possible that the deadrage logo was somehow embedded between the rom and recovery and thats why i cannot delete it and if so how do i get rid of it
btw are you one of the original developers of the rom
i have attempted to delete the file in the location you stated but to no avail
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So this did not work?
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...calm-v14-7172013-412-base/page-30#entry340420

Musiv said:
thank you for responding
is it possible that the deadrage logo was somehow embedded between the rom and recovery and thats why i cannot delete it and if so how do i get rid of it
btw are you one of the original developers of the rom
i have attempted to delete the file in the location you stated but to no avail
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Sorry, I'm a little dense sometimes, it just clicked in my head that you were talking about the image and not the animation. This needs to be flashed in recovery. There is a thread on Droidrzr.com and, I think on here, that have flashable boot images. Again, I apologize for being slow.
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Oh believe me I am not complaining thank you for the help I believe I know what to change
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Musiv said:
Oh believe me I am not complaining thank you for the help I believe I know what to change
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Here's the thread on DroidRzr. It gives you two options, you can make your own or you can DL the flashable .zip. Personally, I take the easy way and choose the flashable .zip. Just DL and flash in recovery.
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/23376-mega-collection-of-bootlogos-request-thread/

Bricked nexus 10? Help mee

Okay So I unlocked bootloader via NRT..
So after unlocking I got into recovery and earsed the data(as mentioned in the instructions)..
Now basically the tablet doesn't boot up to home.

First. Dont use toolkits. No disrespect to the dev but it is way better to do it manually.
Second which recovery did you use?
Third what exactly did you wipe?
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mrgnex said:
First. Dont use toolkits. No disrespect to the dev but it is way better to do it manually.
Second which recovery did you use?
Third what exactly did you wipe?
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I wiped everything..
There is no OS in my tablet now.. :/

theserpent said:
Okay So I unlocked bootloader via NRT..
So after unlocking I got into recovery and earsed the data(as mentioned in the instructions)..
Now basically the tablet doesn't boot up to home.
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You can re install the rom by going to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#mantaraykot49h and picking the image you need.
Just hold the power button and the both volume buttons down at the same time to get into the fastboot mode before you run the image restore
program. I hope this helps. Good Luck
Make sure you go down to the Factory Images "mantaray" for Nexus 10.

braider said:
You can re install the rom by going to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#mantaraykot49h and picking the image you need.
Just hold the power button and the both volume buttons down at the same time to get into the fastboot mode before you run the image restore
program. I hope this helps. Good Luck
Make sure you go down to the Factory Images "mantaray" for Nexus 10.
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I'm sorry im a complete noob in all this..
Sorry to trouble you,but how do I
run the image restore
program
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You download the file from Google and unzip the *.tgz into a folder on the computer, then you run the flash-all.bat from the folder you unzipped the file in.
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Good advice but for a noob needs a bit more about being in command line with the adb and fastboot commands in path. I use Linux desktop. I bricked a n7 last week due to a dodgy connector socket/cable during a flash and had to type the flash-all script commands myself a few times til it worked.
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braider said:
You download the file from Google and unzip the *.tgz into a folder on the computer, then you run the flash-all.bat from the folder you unzipped the file in.
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Okay,Did that But sending system is not completing at all,I waited for like 2-3 hours No USE :/

theserpent said:
Okay,Did that But sending system is not completing at all,I waited for like 2-3 hours No USE :/
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On my bricked N7 I pulled cable reinserted and retried. Keep retrying each command in the script. Worked eventually for me.

nigelhealy said:
On my bricked N7 I pulled cable reinserted and retried. Keep retrying each command in the script. Worked eventually for me.
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Will give it a few last trys.
Last option,I'll send my nexus 10 with my uncle back to USA.
Will they charge to fix it?

Hi,
You may want to seek for the guide in the Nexus 10 Q&A regarding flashing stock again.
Can you please go a little further in details about how "bricked" it actually is? What exactly happened? There seem to be missing some important info regarding your issue.
Please be a little more descriptive and maybe I can help you .
~Lord
"All I Ever Needed Was A Little Piece of Hope" - World of Fantasy (Helloween)
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Thanks for all the help guys,The tablet booted

i'm ok
the same problem, but perfect, i see the reply, and my device is ok new!:good::good:

Trouble Updating S4 AT&T

So I've had this problem for a while and I think at one point I knew what the issue was, but things came up and I guess I lost my place. I have a GS4 running 4.3 on AT&T, but if I recall correctly it took a long time (longer than it was supposed to in US) for even that update to become available to me. I'm not sure if this phone is set as a different country or something, but I seem to think that had something to do with it when I checked last time. Now when I check for updates, it does say I have an available update (KitKat?) but fails when attempting to update. Download is successful, but install is not. Baseband is I337ucuemk2 if that helps anything. Any help here would be appreciated, thanks.

Install is failing as some of the files it is trying to update has been modified. You would have to be on stock for the update to work.
Remember that there is no direct root method for KitKat yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 for more info
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jmjoyas said:
Install is failing as some of the files it is trying to update has been modified. You would have to be on stock for the update to work.
Remember that there is no direct root method for KitKat yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 for more info
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I'm actually not rooted, already stock and still having errors still...any idea why that would be?

Anyone have any advice?

Anyone have any advice?
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Have you changed any system files and do you have xposed running? They'll break the ota.
Edit, I should have read closer. I think there is an update.zip file you could flash in the general forum. I'll look and see if I can find it.
See post 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
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jd1639 said:
Have you changed any system files and do you have xposed running? They'll break the ota.
Edit, I should have read closer. I think there is an update.zip file you could flash in the general forum. I'll look and see if I can find it.
See post 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
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Thanks for the link, so I should just flash the md5 with Odin? Appreciate the help.

Imnice777 said:
Thanks for the link, so I should just flash the md5 with Odin? Appreciate the help.
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No, flash the update.zip in the stock recovery
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jd1639 said:
No, flash the update.zip in the stock recovery
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Ok cool, thanks again...however now another issue. I've tried several times, I can not boot into recovery. Any time I try to the phone just goes black until I let go and then reboots. Even if I get the blue print in the top left, the phone does not boot into recovery. Any idea why this would be?

Imnice777 said:
Ok cool, thanks again...however now another issue. I've tried several times, I can not boot into recovery. Any time I try to the phone just goes black until I let go and then reboots. Even if I get the blue print in the top left, the phone does not boot into recovery. Any idea why this would be?
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If you can get into download mode you may be better off flashing the md5 and Odin. Don't know why you can't get into recovery
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jd1639 said:
If you can get into download mode you may be better off flashing the md5 and Odin. Don't know why you can't get into recovery
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Me either, guess I'd just flash normally like I would a rom? Or would an update be different. I haven't done this in a while.

Imnice777 said:
Me either, guess I'd just flash normally like I would a rom? Or would an update be different. I haven't done this in a while.
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If you flash the tar in Odin it's going to wipe your device so backup what you can. You'll need to download the tar file to your pc and download Odin to it too if you don't already have it. You run Odin from the pc
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jd1639 said:
If you flash the tar in Odin it's going to wipe your device so backup what you can. You'll need to download the tar file to your pc and download Odin to it too if you don't already have it. You run Odin from the pc
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Ok so I finally got into recovery, but am I supposed to rename the file or anything? It keeps telling me:
"-- Verify the file type of MD5, Before Install /sdcard ...
-- Install /sdcard"

Imnice777 said:
Ok so I finally got into recovery, but am I supposed to rename the file or anything? It keeps telling me:
"-- Verify the file type of MD5, Before Install /sdcard ...
-- Install /sdcard"
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Anyone ever see that error before?

Imnice777 said:
Anyone ever see that error before?
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Are you trying to flash the update.zip? I'd re-download it. It could be a bad download
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jd1639 said:
Are you trying to flash the update.zip? I'd re-download it. It could be a bad download
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So... pretty unhappy. Downloaded the update.zip and flashed in stock recovery, it wiped my whole phone and still didn't update. I saw a couple error messages appear as it was "updating" so now I'm still on old firmware and lost everything on my phone. Luckily I did a Kies backup but still pretty ridiculous. I still lose all save data from apps and all convenience that there was from using my phone for as long as I did. Just wanted to update, shouldn't be this big of a mess. Not sure what to do next.

Imnice777 said:
So... pretty unhappy. Downloaded the update.zip and flashed in stock recovery, it wiped my whole phone and still didn't update. I saw a couple error messages appear as it was "updating" so now I'm still on old firmware and lost everything on my phone. Luckily I did a Kies backup but still pretty ridiculous. I still lose all save data from apps and all convenience that there was from using my phone for as long as I did. Just wanted to update, shouldn't be this big of a mess. Not sure what to do next.
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Well that sucks. No idea how it works wipe you're device. It shouldn't touch the userdata. If it's truly wiped I'd Odin the nb1 tar at this point. Get it updated and start over
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jd1639 said:
Well that sucks. No idea how it works wipe you're device. It shouldn't touch the userdata. If it's truly wiped I'd Odin the nb1 tar at this point. Get it updated and start over
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That's what I did and I'm finally updated, but pretty disappointed that it took all that just for an update. Hopefully things like that don't continue in future updates...

[Q] Nexus 4 randomly rebooting

Dear friends,
My nexus 4 randomly reboots about 90 times for no reason and this issue is seen since Saturday. I am on stock lollipop 5.0.1 and did a factory wipe from Recovery~ still issue persists.
Sometimes it does not get past even the Google logo and sometimes it just hangs on the boot screen saying optimzing apps bla bla etc
I got my lollipop update almost a month back, so im at a loss to find out why this issue is happening now.
I am planning to do an ADB side load to rule out a corrupt OS issue, before sending my phone for mainboard repair.
Do u guys have any other suggestions to resolve this issue?
Note: Stock Lollipop Rom, stock kernel and recovery as well. Everything is stock

It sounds like it could be a stuck power button. I would try flashing the kk factory image and see if you still have the problem. If you do it's most likely hardware related.
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jd1639 said:
It sounds like it could be a stuck power button. I would try flashing the kk factory image and see if you still have the problem. If you do it's most likely hardware related.
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JD Sir,
I am trying to downgrade to a lower version say kitkat 4.4.4,but it simply fails when i do flash.all
Can u pls tell me what i am doing wrong?

darkkid85 said:
JD Sir,
I am trying to downgrade to a lower version say kitkat 4.4.4,but it simply fails when i do flash.all
Can u pls tell me what i am doing wrong?
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I would try flashing each image individually to see if any of them fail specifically. Inside the file you downloaded and extracted is a zip file. Extract that too and you'll find the rest of the image files.
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jd1639 said:
I would try flashing each image individually to see if any of them fail specifically. Inside the file you downloaded and extracted is a zip file. Extract that too and you'll find the rest of the image files.
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Does that ADB/Fastboot folder need to have the 4.4.4 (KTU84P) image?
I have dumped it there and run.
But, ADB side load and also fastboot flash-all.bat both fail with "waiting for device"
I am out of ideas now ( pls help

darkkid85 said:
Does that ADB/Fastboot folder need to have the 4.4.4 (KTU84P) image?
I have dumped it there and run.
But, ADB side load and also fastboot flash-all.bat both fail with "waiting for device"
I am out of ideas now ( pls help
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It sounds like the usb drivers aren't Sry up correctly. Google 15 second adb install xda. That'll set up usb drivers and the latest fastboot.
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