[Q] Rooted Nexus 4 refuses to encrypt. Resets itself. - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I cannot use the default "Encrypt Phone" option on the settings menu of my Nexus 4. When used, it just reboots the phone and I have done this process over 5 times with no success.
I used the Android Nexus 4 ToolKitv2.0.0 and the recommended root tools and am running obviously 4.2.2.
Any reason why it's doing this? Thanks.

Bubblewhip said:
I cannot use the default "Encrypt Phone" option on the settings menu of my Nexus 4. When used, it just reboots the phone and I have done this process over 5 times with no success.
I used the Android Nexus 4 ToolKitv2.0.0 and the recommended root tools and am running obviously 4.2.2.
Any reason why it's doing this? Thanks.
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Are you using a custom recovery - TWRP or CWM? You need to be using the stock recovery image to encrypt your phone. The nexus toolkit will allow you to re-flash the stock recovery.
One the stock recovery has been re-flashed, you should be able to encrypt your phone. I had to re-flash stock recovery, reboot the phone, then reflash the stock recovery again.
Once the device has been successfully encrypted using the stock recovery, you can re-flash either the TWRP or CWM as your recovery. TWRP supports reading data from encrypted devices, so it is probably the way to go (not sure if CWM dows now, but it didn't last time I looked).

Does encrypting the phone make a dramatic difference in speed (as in slow down) for the phone or does it mainly affect boot times?
Thanks for the tip about having stock recovery as I also wanted to encrypt phone as well. Would one have to de-encrypt phone then install custom recovery to update a custom Rom (I'm running paranoid android) then flash to stock recovery to encrypt phone again- seems long winded :-\
Just from reading the above post once flashed to stock recovery and then encrypted device, it's okay to flash back to TWRP and still have an encrypted device?
Is there another way to do this when running a custom rom?
Sent from my Nexus 4

randomvector said:
Does encrypting the phone make a dramatic difference in speed (as in slow down) for the phone or does it mainly affect boot times?
Thanks for the tip about having stock recovery as I also wanted to encrypt phone as well. Would one have to de-encrypt phone then install custom recovery to update a custom Rom (I'm running paranoid android) then flash to stock recovery to encrypt phone again- seems long winded :-\
Just from reading the above post once flashed to stock recovery and then encrypted device, it's okay to flash back to TWRP and still have an encrypted device?
Is there another way to do this when running a custom rom?
Sent from my Nexus 4
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I haven't noticed a difference in speed, however technically there will be a little bit of a slowdown.
I'm running stock Android, so I don't know how well it plays with custom ROMs, but you can re-flash a TWRP recovery after encrypting your phone with stock Android on it.
If the custom ROM installation wipes the data partition, it would remove the encryption.

I've tried flashing stock recovery using Nexus 4 Toolkit and recovery is back to stock. However the phone is still just rebooting when I press encrypt device. What am I doing wrong?

For some reason I had to reflash the stock recovery, reboot, then reflash the stock recovery again. No idea why, but it worked for me!
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Booted back into stock recovery device is still rebooting itself after hitting the encrypt button, Encryption did not happen.

Found the problem but I can't seem to fix it. Flashing the stock recovery doesn't seem to actually do it. When I boot to recovery when flashed to stock, it just shows the android mascot with an open chest and a warning symbol. Have reflashed many times over 5, and still doesn't work. It seems like I need the actual image recovery file. something like Recovery.img?

Bubblewhip said:
Found the problem but I can't seem to fix it. Flashing the stock recovery doesn't seem to actually do it. When I boot to recovery when flashed to stock, it just shows the android mascot with an open chest and a warning symbol. Have reflashed many times over 5, and still doesn't work. It seems like I need the actual image recovery file. something like Recovery.img?
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The android with a warning symbol is the normal symbol of stock recovery.
However, I wonder, if you could solve the problem? My nexus doesn't want to encrypt itself too. Flashed stock recovery already twice and it just keeps rebooting when I start the encryption process.

Quick update: After trying it several times in a row it finally worked (after the fourth time or so). I have no clue why it didn't work before as I haven't change anything.

c_m_l said:
Quick update: After trying it several times in a row it finally worked (after the fourth time or so). I have no clue why it didn't work before as I haven't change anything.
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Thanks for your perseverance! I spent half a day trying to encrypt my rooted Galaxy S4 with the similar problem as you:
I go into System Settings, click "Encrypt Phone", then I get the green android and the phone just reboots itself as normal.
What worked for me: AIRPLANE MODE.
I was rebooting it time after time with no effect (following your suggestion). Once I turned on the Airplane Mode, the encryption started working.
My Current Setup:
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition (GT-I9505g) rooted via CF auto root. + Full disk encryption!
Works perfectly!
Now I can have different passwords for disk encryption (long strong password) and for locker screen (simple)

JohnnyBBB said:
Thanks for your perseverance! I spent half a day trying to encrypt my rooted Galaxy S4 with the similar problem as you:
I go into System Settings, click "Encrypt Phone", then I get the green android and the phone just reboots itself as normal.
What worked for me: AIRPLANE MODE.
I was rebooting it time after time with no effect (following your suggestion). Once I turned on the Airplane Mode, the encryption started working.
My Current Setup:
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition (GT-I9505g) rooted via CF auto root. + Full disk encryption!
Works perfectly!
Now I can have different passwords for disk encryption (long strong password) and for locker screen (simple)
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Old thread, same issue, HTC One w/ OmniROM (m7att). My Nexus 10 did it as well.
The person saying to reflash stock? DOn't listen to that. Doesn't need to be done. Encrypted all my devices w/ TWRP installed.
Airplane mode DID work, though.

I just had this issue with my N4, too. I read on the Google Product Forum that this was because a process prevents from unmounting the /data partition. ("Nexus 5 is not going through encryption process" - can't post link due to being new)
With that in mind, I rebooted into safe mode and then tried again and it worked on the first try (At least it started the encryption process, it's at 10% now)

I had this problem for a looooong time. Thankfully, I seem to have discovered a solution for those still encountering this issue.
Turn off SuperSU (Settings -> More -> Application manager -> All -> SuperSU -> Turn Off)
Reboot into Safe Mode (How to)
Run encryption (Settings -> More -> Security -> Encrypt Device)
Turn on SuperSU after complete (Settings -> More - > Application manager -> Turned Off -> SuperSU -> Turn On)

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[ROGERS SGH-1337M] Wont Reboot Without FULL WIPE

INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Which ROMs are you installing? On I337M your best bet is T-Mobile ROMs and Kernels. I have Bell I337M and have no issues.
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Are you wiping with TWRP? I heard there are issues with using it to wipe and restore or loading a new rom after wipe. Just restore using Odin and then load a new rom (or restore a backup) without wiping. See if that solves your problem of bootlooping
kiru said:
Are you wiping with TWRP? I heard there are issues with using it to wipe and restore or loading a new rom after wipe. Just restore using Odin and then load a new rom (or restore a backup) without wiping. See if that solves your problem of bootlooping
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i just went through this all last night what a pita , problem is twrp , if you do a full wipe when you type the word yes , you can only bootup 1 time then it gets stuck next time you boot , theres no way to fix it , even going back to old version of twrp wont do it , you have to compleatlly remove root and return to stock , re root and install twrp again , then if your luck your nandropid backup will work , it took me 5 hrs to fuger this all out , stupid twrp drove me nuts .,...
in short , return to stock and reroot , then never do a full wipe where you have to type yes
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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i had the same problem, im with rogers so i downloaded the rogers rom 4.2 and i cant make any phone calls or listen to music or watch videos. my phone came with 4.3 does anyone have any ideas to help me?

[Q] GT-i9500 has no OS installed.

Hi everyone I just recently purchased a used S4 the GT-i9500. Everything seemed fine until I got home. It detected my T-Mobile Sim fine but I could only access 2G data and could not connect to any WiFi network I came across. The rom was stock 4.2.2 and the phone was rooted pre purchase. So after fiddling around for a few minutes I discovered the previous owner had flashed TWRP v2.4.1.0 as his choice for a Custom Recovery. Now at this point I had decided to flash on a Custom Rom and of course I first made a backup before flashing on WanamLite. Now after attempting to flash it I immediately received a failure. I tried turning off the signature verification and it did not flash. Now in my frustration i attempted to wipe everything and tried flashing Omega Rom v14. Now i was able to go through with the installation and choose what I wished to install and when I pressed Install things went along smoothly until I hit the app SecSafetyAssurance.apk where it freezes. This is a bump that I've run into at least 5 times already. I changed certain options I wanted to install and eventually made it past this and I am prompted to reboot. Now when I do this to my dismay I just receive a black screen. Upon pulling out the battery and attempting to reboot I still receive a black screen. when I boot back into the Recovery and attempt to reboot the system from within TWRP it warns me saying No OS Installed Are you sure you want to reboot. Im at a loss of what to do. I have read about other members suggesting to use ODIN but I am very confused about how to access Download Mode in order to flash a stock rom from SamMobile.com. I could use a few tips or maybe a few options that I'm left with in order to obtain the operation of my phone again. I would like to get my phone back and Im sure some users can relate to how Im feeling so any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advanced!
JmastahJay56 said:
Hi everyone I just recently purchased a used S4 the GT-i9500. Everything seemed fine until I got home. It detected my T-Mobile Sim fine but I could only access 2G data and could not connect to any WiFi network I came across. The rom was stock 4.2.2 and the phone was rooted pre purchase. So after fiddling around for a few minutes I discovered the previous owner had flashed TWRP v2.4.1.0 as his choice for a Custom Recovery. Now at this point I had decided to flash on a Custom Rom and of course I first made a backup before flashing on WanamLite. Now after attempting to flash it I immediately received a failure. I tried turning off the signature verification and it did not flash. Now in my frustration i attempted to wipe everything and tried flashing Omega Rom v14. Now i was able to go through with the installation and choose what I wished to install and when I pressed Install things went along smoothly until I hit the app SecSafetyAssurance.apk where it freezes. This is a bump that I've run into at least 5 times already. I changed certain options I wanted to install and eventually made it past this and I am prompted to reboot. Now when I do this to my dismay I just receive a black screen. Upon pulling out the battery and attempting to reboot I still receive a black screen. when I boot back into the Recovery and attempt to reboot the system from within TWRP it warns me saying No OS Installed Are you sure you want to reboot. Im at a loss of what to do. I have read about other members suggesting to use ODIN but I am very confused about how to access Download Mode in order to flash a stock rom from SamMobile.com. I could use a few tips or maybe a few options that I'm left with in order to obtain the operation of my phone again. I would like to get my phone back and Im sure some users can relate to how Im feeling so any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advanced!
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Well first thing is get the latest stock firmware for your variant from my sign and get odin 3.07
For download mode power off phone unplug,, press volume down home and power all together till something pops up and release then press volume up and connect to pc
Open odin click pda and select that firmware u downloaded start the process
For more info check my sign help thread link it has more options on the same
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JmastahJay56 said:
Hi everyone I just recently purchased a used S4 the GT-i9500. Everything seemed fine until I got home. It detected my T-Mobile Sim fine but I could only access 2G data and could not connect to any WiFi network I came across. The rom was stock 4.2.2 and the phone was rooted pre purchase. So after fiddling around for a few minutes I discovered the previous owner had flashed TWRP v2.4.1.0 as his choice for a Custom Recovery. Now at this point I had decided to flash on a Custom Rom and of course I first made a backup before flashing on WanamLite. Now after attempting to flash it I immediately received a failure. I tried turning off the signature verification and it did not flash. Now in my frustration i attempted to wipe everything and tried flashing Omega Rom v14. Now i was able to go through with the installation and choose what I wished to install and when I pressed Install things went along smoothly until I hit the app SecSafetyAssurance.apk where it freezes. This is a bump that I've run into at least 5 times already. I changed certain options I wanted to install and eventually made it past this and I am prompted to reboot. Now when I do this to my dismay I just receive a black screen. Upon pulling out the battery and attempting to reboot I still receive a black screen. when I boot back into the Recovery and attempt to reboot the system from within TWRP it warns me saying No OS Installed Are you sure you want to reboot. Im at a loss of what to do. I have read about other members suggesting to use ODIN but I am very confused about how to access Download Mode in order to flash a stock rom from SamMobile.com. I could use a few tips or maybe a few options that I'm left with in order to obtain the operation of my phone again. I would like to get my phone back and Im sure some users can relate to how Im feeling so any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advanced!
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Flashing through odin is one option.... some users have reported that there were some hiccups when installing omega 14 because of the aroma script.....try a different rom...there are many others to choose from....or you could flash stock via odin as said on the earlier comment good luck
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Today I attempted to use ODIN to flash now I am still currently attempting this. When I press the volume down key, power, and home button it takes me to the custom recovery TWRP instead of download mode. The phone did this when I first purchased it. When I still had what appeared to be the stock rom it would always take me to the recovery. When I would use the volume up instead of down it would take me to the factory test mode now mind you this happened when the OS was still installed. When i try that combination now i just receive a blank black screen. Are there any other ways to boot into download mode?

[Q] Unmodified Nexus 4- boot loop?

Hi,
I am writing this on behalf of my mother's phone. She has a completely stock Nexus 4 on Net10.
This phone hasn't been touched by a computer. Any development settings are also disabled.
I came home from work and my mom showed me that her phone wouldn't boot. It was boot looping on the "X" boot animation.
So I went ahead and accessed the boot menu and selected recovery and did a cache wipe. No help. I let the phone run out of battery and charged it back up, no help.
I have no clue what happened. The phone was working fine previously. Again, the phone has NOT been unlocked, rooted, etc. Completely stock Nexus 4.
I would like to fix her phone but I would also like to keep her data intact. She even told me it is very important to "keep everything on the phone".
Any assistance would be great.
xrawritsjack said:
Hi,
I am writing this on behalf of my mother's phone. She has a completely stock Nexus 4 on Net10.
This phone hasn't been touched by a computer. Any development settings are also disabled.
I came home from work and my mom showed me that her phone wouldn't boot. It was boot looping on the "X" boot animation.
So I went ahead and accessed the boot menu and selected recovery and did a cache wipe. No help. I let the phone run out of battery and charged it back up, no help.
I have no clue what happened. The phone was working fine previously. Again, the phone has NOT been unlocked, rooted, etc. Completely stock Nexus 4.
I would like to fix her phone but I would also like to keep her data intact. She even told me it is very important to "keep everything on the phone".
Any assistance would be great.
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Try the following:
- wipe cache and dalvik cache
- Flash a custom kernel
- See if boots
- Make a complete UROOTED backup and save it in the computer
- Flash factory image and relock bootloader
- Restore backup
Tell us if worked
By flashing a custom kernel it is required to unlock the bootloader which will wipe the entire phone.
Your only hope is to use stock recovery to install a signed OTA package (if it's on 4.3 wait for 4.4 ota package).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
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Trouble In Paradise

First time poster here.....in DESPERATE need of help!
So here's the rundown: After many attempts, I was finally able to update to KitKat 4.4.2 on my G2 with root intact. I wanted this for flashing the camera for 4k and 120fps modes. I attempted to install it today via TWRP but now I've basically bricked my phone.
Here's what I did:
- Installed FreeGee
- From inside FreeGee, I installed TWRP
- Installed TWRP Manager
- Copied .zip file to sdcard
- Booted into recovery mode
- Installed camera update
- Restarted and got a neverending LG Logo screen
I have since attempted every which way to recover from this. At this point, I don't even care about my data, I just want a working phone back! I am receiving no errors other than a frozen logo screen.
Here's what I've tried thus far with no success:
- ADB sideload (said phone was connected, got the dreaded "cannot read file" error no matter what I did).
- Factory reset
- Custom wipe of all but sdcard data
- LGFlashTools attempt to restore back down to 4.2.2 "o".....phone will not connect (read more below)
- Attempted fastboot flash from CMD prompt, just said "waiting for phone" forever
Some information......I CANNOT get the phone to be recognized on my PC when in "Download Mode". It never moves past the small Download Mode label into the "Firmware Update" with the big circular arrows circle. If I am in TWRP Recovery (which I get to by holding the Power and Volume Down button [original factory reset]), the PC does recognize the phone, but only under a new label called Android Phone, not Ports. I cannot change the COM ports at all as there is no option given under Properties.
I am at my wits end here. Any idea what I can do? It still appears to function normally under TWRP interface, but outside of that it's a brick. Please please PRETTY Please, anyone been in this situation and know what to do?
Thanks for any guidance.
Just wanted to give everybody an update here in case someone else is in the same situation.
So Sideload REFUSED to work even with the correct names typed. So I scratched that approach.
I anded up using the adb "push" method to send the zip file to the phone. I was having so much trouble with it at first, but I realized that was because I was going into sideload mode on the phone! You DO NOT turn on the sideload mode in TWRP if trying to push a file to the phone. You simply need the device recognized in the command prompt "adb devices" to say "23908hjf982j0e8jdf2 RECOVERY", or something to that effect. If you have sideload mode turned on, you will get the error, "error: closed". Well duh, it's closed for a sideload function! I should have caught this earlier.
ANYWAY, once I pushed a CyanogenMod 11 rom to the phone, it installed and booted right up! I didn't like it, however and wanted to go back to stock 4.2.2. So I downloaded the stock LG Jellybean rom and attempted to install it but it failed. Not sure why. I then downloaded KitKat 4.4.2 and installed it but that also failed, and this time it REALLY bricked it. I was getting loading errors on the LG Logo screen and it would shut off and act like it was turned off. At this point, I tried to restore to CyanogenMod from TWRP recovery, but it didn't work. Go figure.
I had a bricked phone. It wouldn't even boot into TWRP anymore due to the stock rom being partially installed (but failed).
Just when I thought all was lost, I attempted the old LGFlashTool reboot. I figured that maybe, just MAYBE....the Download Mode was fixed due to the partially installed stock ROM. I was right! I cleared all my old testing/configuration drivers on my PC and reinstalled the stock LGUnitedMobile 3.10.1 drivers, set the phone to download mode and VOILA! It FINALLY popped under a newly showing PORTS (COM & LPT) in my device manager. I configured it to COM41 as needed, configured LGFlashTool to load up the stock 4.2.2. jeallybean ROM, put the phone into Download Mode once again and LGFlashTool FINALLY recognized it and loaded up the stock ROM as it did the other day I tried it.
I am now on 4.2.2. rooted "q" (updated from "o" to "q" after installing SuperSU Pro and checked the Survival Mode option). I am moving up to KitKat 4.4.2. with Survival Mode on, which will keep my Root ability (Yes, it DOES work and have already verified it worked before all hell broke lose due to the xdabbeb's update on 4.4.2. (I probably did something wrong....not saying it's his fault!).
Anyway, just thought I would post this so that it may help someone else out.
Peace out gents.
goodlookin1 said:
I am now on 4.2.2. rooted "q" (updated from "o" to "q" after installing SuperSU Pro and checked the Survival Mode option). I am moving up to KitKat 4.4.2. with Survival Mode on, which will keep my Root ability (Yes, it DOES work and have already verified it worked before all hell broke lose due to the xdabbeb's update on 4.4.2. (I probably did something wrong....not saying it's his fault!).
Anyway, just thought I would post this so that it may help someone else out.
Peace out gents.
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If you eventually want to have recovery as well you'll need to go back to 10d as later versions (o,q) break loki and are not compatible with the custom kernel needed to load stock based KK roms. But if you just want root until the next ota you're set.
I tried to flash xdabbebs mod on KK using flash gordon flasher and it worked fine for me.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250555
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Android N OTA from 6.0.1 stock - Services crash and phone reboots every few minutes

Hey Guys, I updated OTA to Android N from 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). After the upgrade all services crash (all google services including Messenger SMS) and the phone reboots every few minutes.
-Boot-loader is locked.
-No Custom Recovery Image.
-Oddly, entering stock recovery from boot-loader results in "No Command" error message.
Ideas??
Probably something went wrong in the update process and conflicted with something else.
Anyway: hard reset.
The "no command" screen is just a security screen and it's normal, you need to bypass it to enter to the recovery with a button combination (that now I don't remember, but I never remembered it even though I used to enter in recovery after pressing random buttons combinations lol).
Thanks dude. No worries.
Hard reset didn't work. Also tried to flash OTA from Recovery..
I was really hoping to avoid the stock ROM.
For now, I unlocked the bootloader, installed Recovery, and then loaded Stock ROM. All is well under Stock ROM.
Will try again tomorrow.
cybrdude said:
Thanks dude. No worries.
Hard reset didn't work. Also tried to flash OTA from Recovery..
I was really hoping to avoid the stock ROM.
For now, I unlocked the bootloader, installed Recovery, and then loaded Stock ROM. All is well under Stock ROM.
Will try again tomorrow.
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I've included full instructions on how to safely update in my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
(section 14)
cybrdude said:
Hey Guys, I updated OTA to Android N from 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). After the upgrade all services crash (all google services including Messenger SMS) and the phone reboots every few minutes.
-Boot-loader is locked.
-No Custom Recovery Image.
-Oddly, entering stock recovery from boot-loader results in "No Command" error message.
Ideas??
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Press power + volume up to get recovery menu.
Was having a similar issue. I'm all stock, unlocked bootloader. Signed for N preview and instantly got the OTA download. It installed and pretty much within a few minutes the bootloops started. couldn't even power down without it rebooting on its own. I got it to power down without turning itself back on through recovery/power down. I let it sit and cool down. Upon reboot.....was doing well, and started to boot loop again. I REALLY did not want to factory reset.
Heisenberg said:
I've included full instructions on how to safely update in my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
(section 14)
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Thanks dude, but not a newb. Not using my old account, which I should recover.
I had no issue restoring to stock after unlocking bootloader and flashing Recovery. Strange that the OTA via beta is unstable for some and not for others. Even after a reset of OTA, the services and reboot issues continued.
So for me, a factory reset and setting up a brand new phone (no backups of any kind....even from Google) have seem to do the trick. Unfortunate that I lose my wifi password backups. Asking some people for their wifi passwords again is a PIA. Especially the ones who don't know them, and it's a 27 key password from their cable company. Anyone know how to pull just the wifi backups from google?
My thought is one app or setting was causing my problem so I'm slowing adding everything one at a time. PIA really. I don't miss the Froyo days that's for sure.
cybrdude said:
Thanks dude, but not a newb. Not using my old account, which I should recover.
I had no issue restoring to stock after unlocking bootloader and flashing Recovery. Strange that the OTA via beta is unstable for some and not for others. Even after a reset of OTA, the services and reboot issues continued.
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What happened to your old account?

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