Hey, guys! So I recently got myself the nexus 7 and downloaded a file manager off the market and was having a look seeing what folders I could delete as I didn't need them. Well, long story short I think I deleted something I shouldn't have because now I'm suffering random crashes and reboots with a fair bit of lag too! Most notably while in the android market clicking on apps, the animation after a selection is very choppy. Also get random popups saying "...Google services framework has stopped working"
My nexus is not rooted and is running Google's latest greatest jelly bean.
Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nobody has any suggestions? OK. Store return/exchange it is then. Cheers!
Try a reset. Although TBH I can't believe you could cause this while not rooted just by deleting stuff.
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showofdeth said:
Nobody has any suggestions? OK. Store return/exchange it is then. Cheers!
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No need to do that! Just head here and grab an official nexus 7 recovery image and follow the instuctions to flash it. That is the beauty of nexus devices. If you can get to bootloader (which you can) you can pretty much fix every software problem officially. If you don't feel confident doing it on your own, head over here and download the toolkit. Then you can use it to install required drivers on your computer and automate the recovery image download and flashing process.
Hopefully you haven't gone to the store already
jimbobvfr400 said:
Try a reset. Although TBH I can't believe you could cause this while not rooted just by deleting stuff.
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Tried that so many times today I've lost count. Done the cache wipe and everything. But believe it, everything was fine until I started messing with the file manager. Only deleted folders from the storage part but not the system section so I can't quite understand why or how. Cheers anyway.
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No need to do that! Just head here and grab an official nexus 7 recovery image and follow the instuctions to flash it. That is the beauty of nexus devices. If you can get to bootloader (which you can) you can pretty much fix every software problem officially. If you don't feel confident doing it on your own, head over here and download the toolkit. Then you can use it to install required drivers on your computer and automate the recovery image download and flashing process.
Hopefully you haven't gone to the store already
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All that would be cool if I had a PC haha otherwise I would be rooted and doing just what you suggested. I've already spoken to the store I got it from but they don't have any nexus 7s in right now so I'm stuck.
Is there anything I CAN do without a PC other than resetting and or restoring?
showofdeth said:
All that would be cool if I had a PC haha otherwise I would be rooted and doing just what you suggested. I've already spoken to the store I got it from but they don't have any nexus 7s in right now so I'm stuck.
Is there anything I CAN do without a PC other than resetting and or restoring?
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Sadly, I can't really think of anything that you can do. Sorry!
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Sadly, I can't really think of anything that you can do. Sorry!
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Didn't think so.
No worries, mate. Ya live ya learn. Will have to be more careful with the next one.
Thanks anyway
Sorry to be a pain but is there any chance someone could look at these screenshots and see if they look like they should? One is of the normal storage section of the file manager and the other is of the system folders/files. Both screenies were taken after a complete reboot and restore back to default. Cheers, guys.
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Not sure exactly what happened. I was using the tablet and all of a sudden the bottom three buttons disappeared as well as the top bar. The system kept getting force closes. I rebooted and it just sat in the reboot mode. I tried to recover from the system but that is not working. I cant seem to get the system to mount via usb now. I am in clockwork mod v5.8.0.2 and do not see an option. If I could mount it I could put an img file back on and get it to work. Any help would be great.
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Not sure exactly what happened. I was using the tablet and all of a sudden the bottom three buttons disappeared as well as the top bar. The system kept getting force closes. I rebooted and it just sat in the reboot mode. I tried to recover from the system but that is not working. I cant seem to get the system to mount via usb now. I am in clockwork mod v5.8.0.2 and do not see an option. If I could mount it I could put an img file back on and get it to work. Any help would be great.
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You could try to flash back the stock software to see if that helps? Look here for some help.
Are you running a custom ROM or anything else? ALSO, once you do manage to get everything fixed, I would upgrade your CWM to the most current version 6.0.1.0 by flashing this in the older (5.8.0.2) version.
Sounds like it might be permission related, you could try a 'fix permissions' in recovery
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Permissions did not fix it. I am trying to figure out the ADB.
xndrxw said:
Permissions did not fix it. I am trying to figure out the ADB.
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Just do a bunch of reading! We were all noobs once
I keep getting the message "error: cannot load 'bootloader-grouper-3.34.img' . It seems like something is wrong with the file. Is there a way I could just flash another Rom on this way or even update the clockwork mod using adb?
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I keep getting the message "error: cannot load 'bootloader-grouper-3.34.img' . It seems like something is wrong with the file. Is there a way I could just flash another Rom on this way or even update the clockwork mod using adb?
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Did you download the nakasi file from the google site? You shouldn't have an issue with that. And you can update CWM using ADB, just check over in the Android Development section.
A lot of people have been having problems with the nexus 7, best bet is return it and get a new one
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Finally got it working. Now just need to install the new clockwork mod and move this thing to the GlazedJellyBean rom.
Boooty said:
A lot of people have been having problems with the nexus 7, best bet is return it and get a new one
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This is seriously not the advice to be giving out on the forums for a minor software issue on an unlocked and rooted tablet especially.
Boooty said:
A lot of people have been having problems with the nexus 7, best bet is return it and get a new one
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Worst advice i've heard, ever.
Sooo true.. You root/ unlock its yours NOT GOOGLES TO REPLACE
CharliesTheMan said:
This is seriously not the advice to be giving out on the forums for a minor software issue on an unlocked and rooted tablet especially.
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similar issue with TWRP.. I did temp root thru nexus root/recovery app (thanks dev) Then pushed cwm recovery to data/media.. Booted back into temp cwm from above and flashed up to date cwm.. will stick with cwm for now..
good luck OP .
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Finally got it working. Now just need to install the new clockwork mod and move this thing to the GlazedJellyBean rom.
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i'm having the same issue. how did you finally get it to work? i've redownloaded the file a bajillion times and still nothing. HELP
I had a question meanwhile so I am able to better protect my nexus 4. I had ceberus installed on my galaxy nexus, but really for anyone that has half a brain he would just flash the phone back from the boot menu. Is there a way to protect your phone from being flashed if stolen? Can you put a pass to even get into the boot menu? :crying:
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I had a question meanwhile so I am able to better protect my nexus 4. I had ceberus installed on my galaxy nexus, but really for anyone that has half a brain he would just flash the phone back from the boot menu. Is there a way to protect your phone from being flashed if stolen? Can you put a pass to even get into the boot menu? :crying:
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If you install cerberus via CWM (a system apk) it can survive a factory reset... And people who are about to steal your phone have no idea what CWM is... so you it should work!
Edit: I actually remove my CWM entirely and go back to stock recovery. Makes it even harder for them to get at it.
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If you install cerberus via CWM (a system apk) it can survive a factory reset... And people who are about to steal your phone have no idea what CWM is... so you it should work!
Edit: I actually remove my CWM entirely and go back to stock recovery. Makes it even harder for them to get at it.
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Thanks but wouldnt that mess with future ota updates?
There is hope?
ludeboye said:
I had a question meanwhile so I am able to better protect my nexus 4. I had ceberus installed on my galaxy nexus, but really for anyone that has half a brain he would just flash the phone back from the boot menu. Is there a way to protect your phone from being flashed if stolen? Can you put a pass to even get into the boot menu? :crying:
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It sucks that you lost your GNex.
If you are lucky enough you can still find it and recover it using AndroidLost:good:.
Its on the Play App store. This app can locate your phone, and take pictures of who ever is holding it and/or using it. You can lock your phone with it but any android power user can flash your phone from the boot menu. The idea is to get to your phone before anyone attempts to flash it in the first place, by locating it in 2 minutes using AndroidLost or any respectable Find My Device kind of apps. Worse case it will delete everything on your phone if you cannot locate it, as to keep preying eyes away from your data.
www.AndroidLost.com
Let me know if you need help with the App, I use it daily for almost a year now.
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Thanks but wouldnt that mess with future ota updates?
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No...All you need to do is copy the cerberus.apk to the system/app folder. OTA don't uninstall the app. If you are concerned, after an OTA update, check the folder and see if the cerberus apk is there. If it is, you are good to go, if not, just copy it back.
Id recommend downloading hidden version of Cerberus .... Found on their webpage
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?...
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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
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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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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
Hey Guy,
Need some quick advise. So I bought my N10 back when it launched and its been pretty great! I use it for watching videos, playing games, and teaching (Im a science teacher). Anyways, I use my tablet Daily... a lot... and its never given me any issues at all really. Well about a month ago I noticed it responding a little slow and really laggy for about 2-3 minutes, then it restarted itself. I figured it was no big deal cuz its done that before. Well this time it never turned back on and it just stayed at the Google boot up screen. So I restarted it manually and then it just stayed on the "X" screen forever... Never left either of these screens until the battery would die.
I reinstalled android using the Nexus Root Toolkit and it does the job every time. It works GREAT...but.... only for about 10 minutes, then it starts to get really laggy and then restarts again and gets stuck in the bootloop.
I have it under warranty through staples and they are telling me since its a software issue they want me to send it back to Samsung. If it was a physical issue like broken screen, they would have replaced it by now.
The Tablet isnt rooted. I always root my devices, but since this was a nexus I didnt think it was necessary...for me at least.
Thanks
socjdqcer said:
Hey Guy,
Need some quick advise. So I bought my N10 back when it launched and its been pretty great! I use it for watching videos, playing games, and teaching (Im a science teacher). Anyways, I use my tablet Daily... a lot... and its never given me any issues at all really. Well about a month ago I noticed it responding a little slow and really laggy for about 2-3 minutes, then it restarted itself. I figured it was no big deal cuz its done that before. Well this time it never turned back on and it just stayed at the Google boot up screen. So I restarted it manually and then it just stayed on the "X" screen forever... Never left either of these screens until the battery would die.
I reinstalled android using the Nexus Root Toolkit and it does the job every time. It works GREAT...but.... only for about 10 minutes, then it starts to get really laggy and then restarts again and gets stuck in the bootloop.
I have it under warranty through staples and they are telling me since its a software issue they want me to send it back to Samsung. If it was a physical issue like broken screen, they would have replaced it by now.
The Tablet isnt rooted. I always root my devices, but since this was a nexus I didnt think it was necessary...for me at least.
Thanks
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Smash the screen and get the replacement lol. Anyways I don't see now its a software issue when you flashed the factory image and nothing changed. Try downloading the new 4.3 factory image from Google and flash it manually instead of with the toolkit. If you still have the problem then I'm pretty sure its something to do with the hardware though I don't know how the hardware would affect it getting stuck at boot screen. This is a confusing problem. Anyways according to most people Samsung won't be much of a help and you'll get you're tablet back a week or two later in the same condition. Some people have had good luck with them and got a fixed device back so I guess if your out of options you might as well give it a shot
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abdel12345 said:
Smash the screen and get the replacement lol. Anyways I don't see now its a software issue when you flashed the factory image and nothing changed. Try downloading the new 4.3 factory image from Google and flash it manually instead of with the toolkit. If you still have the problem then I'm pretty sure its something to do with the hardware though I don't know how the hardware would affect it getting stuck at boot screen. This is a confusing problem. Anyways according to most people Samsung won't be much of a help and you'll get you're tablet back a week or two later in the same condition. Some people have had good luck with them and got a fixed device back so I guess if your out of options you might as well give it a shot
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Thanks a lot man. I just finished downloading the factory image now,but .... Noobie Question of the Day ... drum roll please ... how do I flash it manually? I transferred it to the device manually and then I opened up the bootloader then went to recovery mode then got into the stock recovery and the only options were Clear Cache...Clear Data... and ADB. Do I use ADB, If so Ill have to look that process up, I have never done that before. Sorry, Im not new to android or flashing or rooting, just new to Nexus I guess. My Samsung phones have corrupted me haha.
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Thanks a lot man. I just finished downloading the factory image now,but .... Noobie Question of the Day ... drum roll please ... how do I flash it manually? I transferred it to the device manually and then I opened up the bootloader then went to recovery mode then got into the stock recovery and the only options were Clear Cache...Clear Data... and ADB. Do I use ADB, If so Ill have to look that process up, I have never done that before. Sorry, Im not new to android or flashing or rooting, just new to Nexus I guess. My Samsung phones have corrupted me haha.
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No, you don't use ADB to flash image files. Stay in bootloader where you see it say "Fastboot enabled". Extract the system, userdata, recovery and boot image from the package to C:\Program Files\WugFresh Development\data.
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No, you don't use ADB to flash image files. Stay in bootloader where you see it say "Fastboot enabled". Extract the system, userdata, recovery and boot image from the package to C:\Program Files\WugFresh Development\data.
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Thanks man, Ill give it a shot!
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Thanks man, Ill give it a shot!
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After that open the toolkit > Advanced Options > Launch CMD.
Your computer should recognize your device by entering
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fastboot devices
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After that open the toolkit > Advanced Options > Launch CMD.
Your computer should recognize your device by entering
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fastboot devices
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Well, I manually updated and it worked like a charm...for about 10 minutes. Then it restarted and is stuck at the boot "Google" page! This blows!!!!!!!!!
socjdqcer said:
Well, I manually updated and it worked like a charm...for about 10 minutes. Then it restarted and is stuck at the boot "Google" page! This blows!!!!!!!!!
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Rebooting into recovery and wiping the cache/dalvik cache usually works for me when it hangs on the loading screen.
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Rebooting into recovery and wiping the cache/dalvik cache usually works for me when it hangs on the loading screen.
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Yeah man, thats what I thought, so I have tried it a few times and whenever I go to wipe cache....The tablet doesnt really do anything and then all of a sudden it restarts. What would cause that?
try to use the toolkit to flash a factory image of 4.2.2 (mind it formats all data, files, music etc). See if it works fine. then unlock, root the device and install a custom recovery (all with the toolkit). If everything works you will have a rooted 4.2.2. Try the tablet and the recovery to see if everything works. If it does you can upgrade to 4.3
Well if your still having issues then just send it to Samsung and when it comes back if its still not working take it to staples and tell them Samsung said its a hardware issue or something. I'm pretty sure they'll replace it. I've always had good support with staples
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abdel12345 said:
Well if your still having issues then just send it to Samsung and when it comes back if its still not working take it to staples and tell them Samsung said its a hardware issue or something. I'm pretty sure they'll replace it. I've always had good support with staples
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Sounds good man! Thanks for the help!
Thanks EVERYONE! I tried everyone of your suggestions and the original issue still keeps happening. I can get the tablet to work for a little while, but the its back to bootloop.
Thanks
Shesh...the device been out for over a week now, im shock to see theres still not a official firmware image
immunityx said:
Shesh...the device been out for over a week now, im shock to see theres still not a official firmware image
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I agree. I wanted the stock images to test if my device got a bad flash from the factory causing all of the multi touch and freezing issues. I ended up just exchanging at BB and have yet to upgrade to JSS15 in case that is the culprit.
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I agree. I wanted the stock images to test if my device got a bad flash from the factory causing all of the multi touch and freezing issues. I ended up just exchanging at BB and have yet to upgrade to JSS15 in case that is the culprit.
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There is no official one but there is an unofficial one, when the TWRP bug got me, it saved my system. It would still be soft-bricked waiting on Google otherwise.
I know right we need that incase something goes wrong and we can restore right to that i know we have ones on here but i want official
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Hmmm nexus4 all over again
>^.^< Sent from meow HTC One which is like catnip to me atm
here's a flashable OTA image, is that not the same thing?
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3120
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here's a flashable OTA image, is that not the same thing?
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3120
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they want a factory google released image
Midnight_Rider said:
here's a flashable OTA image, is that not the same thing?
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3120
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Nope. A factory image contains all the partitions, not just an update zip. Its used mainly to help devices that are completely broken (won't turn on), or people who want to unroot and go back to complete stock.
If it was there, it would be here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
That's what's keeping me from unlocking and rooting mine.
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I want/need that as a backup..... just in case....
gotcha, i understand the diff
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That's what's keeping me from unlocking and rooting mine.
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I want/need that as a backup..... just in case....
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It is extremely rare to have anything go wrong just unlocking the phone. You might as well go ahead and do it because eventually you will and it'll force a wipe data. Might as well do it now before you install too much stuff.
You can leave root and custom recovery until the images show up if you are concerned about borking your system.
sfhub said:
It is extremely rare to have anything go wrong just unlocking the phone. You might as well go ahead and do it because eventually you will and it'll force a wipe data. Might as well do it now before you install too much stuff.
You can leave root and custom recovery until the images show up if you are concerned about borking your system.
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Not the unlocking. The rooting...
danvee said:
That's what's keeping me from unlocking and rooting mine.
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I want/need that as a backup..... just in case....
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danvee said:
Not the unlocking. The rooting...
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this is what i did, after unlocking and rooting and installing TWRP go into recovery and make a nandroid backup and keep it safe off the device, keep it on the device, so if you need it you can restore it
That's what I'd be do once rooted, but it's the risk of the process failing without the factory image as a backup....
For example, rooting fails, no custom recovery flashed, OS hosed.....
I like having that safety net....
danvee said:
That's what I'd be do once rooted, but it's the risk of the process failing without the factory image as a backup....
For example, rooting fails, no custom recovery flashed, OS hosed.....
I like having that safety net....
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oh i gotcha, but you have your steps out of order. first you unlock the bootloader which doesn't flash anything to your device. then you push the recovery image to your device from your PC using adb. yes this step could go horribly wrong, but if you have everything in place you should be ok. this step is very easy as well, not much to screw up and doesnt take any time at all, none of this does.
then once the recovery is installed, reboot your phone so you know everything comes up fine. then reboot into the recovery and flash SuperSU and voila! you have a rooted phone. boot back into the OS and run an app that requires root (Root Checker is a good one to use as a test) to make sure all is well
i understand your concern, but of all the android devices i have owned, the new nexus has been by far the easiest one of all to root and it is meant to be that way so developers can play with it and customize it and learn from it
plus there's this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
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oh i gotcha, but you have your steps out of order. first you unlock the bootloader which doesn't flash anything to your device. then you push the recovery image to your device from your PC using adb. yes this step could go horribly wrong, but if you have everything in place you should be ok. this step is very easy as well, not much to screw up and doesnt take any time at all, none of this does.
then once the recovery is installed, reboot your phone so you know everything comes up fine. then reboot into the recovery and flash SuperSU and voila! you have a rooted phone. boot back into the OS and run an app that requires root (Root Checker is a good one to use as a test) to make sure all is well
i understand your concern, but of all the android devices i have owned, the new nexus has been by far the easiest one of all to root and it is meant to be that way so developers can play with it and customize it and learn from it
plus there's this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
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these are all wonderful points, but it doesn't change the fact that google should have released the image already
indianajonze said:
these are all wonderful points, but it doesn't change the fact that google should have released the image already
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agreed, but im sure they are waiting to make sure there are no major bugs reported so they can fix it first, then release it. it will be out
That would mean yet another update, then.
Midnight_Rider said:
agreed, but im sure they are waiting to make sure there are no major bugs reported so they can fix it first, then release it. it will be out
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Google has never waited before. The only thing that generally holds up posting factory images are licensing issues. They posted the 4.3 images for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012), and various Galaxy Nexus devices. There is no reason they didn't post the Nexus 7 images unless it is licensing related.
bozzykid said:
Google has never waited before. The only thing that generally holds up posting factory images are licensing issues. They posted the 4.3 images for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012), and various Galaxy Nexus devices. There is no reason they didn't post the Nexus 7 images unless it is licensing related.
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good point