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So I've been messing around with android phones for a while now and I'm stuck. I was on the oxygen 2.1.6 Rom then decided to make a back up. However instead of going into CWR it just went into fast boot. When I go into recovery it just says fast boot mode no reboot or recovery img. I tried to odin back to stock like I usually do but adb wont recognize my device like it usually does. Please don't tell me I'm bricked and that I messed up bad. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I tried reinstalling drivers etc etc. Somebody help me lol
futuralabs87 said:
So I've been messing around with android phones for a while now and I'm stuck. I was on the oxygen 2.1.6 Rom then decided to make a back up. However instead of going into CWR it just went into fast boot. When I go into recovery it just says fast boot mode no reboot or recovery img. I tried to odin back to stock like I usually do but adb wont recognize my device like it usually does. Please don't tell me I'm bricked and that I messed up bad. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I tried reinstalling drivers etc etc. Somebody help me lol
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It sounds like you flashed a bad recovery. Download a new recovery , boot into fastboot, and
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fastboot flash recovery yourrecoveryfile.img
adb wont recognize my device so how do I flash a new recovery
futuralabs87 said:
adb wont recognize my device so how do I flash a new recovery
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Adb only works when the phone is booted normally, provided usb debugging is on.
Use fastboot. If you want to make sure it's working, boot into fastboot mode and
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fastboot devices
If it's working, you will see your serial number.
If the other options can't help you get your problem solved try Odin.
www.samfirmware.com
get the right files for your device and Odin program itself. There are tutorials on here how to use it.
sorry I was being an idiot. I tried fastboot and it showed nothing connected. When I flashed a recovery it just hung waiting for device. I have all the drivers loaded on the computer but my device is still unknown and wont be recognized. I have all the odin files and I have used odin before. This sucks
btw appreciate the help guys
futuralabs87 said:
btw appreciate the help guys
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Try installing pdanet, that will install all the drivers you need for fastboot and Odin.
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Have you tried to run shabbys 1 click root to get the recovery in place? Assuming your on sprint that is
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dreamsforgotten said:
Have you tried to run shabbys 1 click root to get the recovery in place? Assuming your on sprint that is
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my one click works on both versions, as all it does it just gets you root. if you want cwm then use rom manager afterwards.
but for his problem no it relies on adb and fastboot
shabbypenguin said:
my one click works on both versions, as all it does it just gets you root. if you want cwm then use rom manager afterwards.
but for his problem no it relies on adb and fastboot
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Sorry I didn't say anything, it was a burp
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shabbypenguin said:
my one click works on both versions, as all it does it just gets you root. if you want cwm then use rom manager afterwards.
but for his problem no it relies on adb and fastboot
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Maybe not, but it does include some handy files. ;-)
Download and unzip Shabby's OneClickRoot
Install pdanet. (See the readme for which one.)
Reboot your computer.
Then try using his version of fastboot.
I'm assuming you are in fastboot mode (it will say so) and that you're using the usb cable that came with the phone.
I will give it a go now I do have PDA installed too
No luck boys just bought a sensation but still wanna fix my nexus s
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Like the title says.
I'm in recovery, I wiped it all (unfortunately even the ROM as zip I put on it) and now I don't have no ROM on it and no zip to flash a ROM.
Thought this was no problem, knowing from smartphone recoveries to mount sdcard and copying the file on it. But Nexus 7, well, has no sdcard.
What can I do?
As it is now, I don't have nothing on it and rebooting it wouldn't lead to anything useful.
I need help.
What can I do?
Thanks in advance.
l33ch0r said:
Like the title says.
I'm in recovery, I wiped it all (unfortunately even the ROM as zip I put on it) and now I don't have no ROM on it and no zip to flash a ROM.
Thought this was no problem, knowing from smartphone recoveries to mount sdcard and copying the file on it. But Nexus 7, well, has no sdcard.
What can I do?
As it is now, I don't have nothing on it and rebooting it wouldn't lead to anything useful.
I need help.
What can I do?
Thanks in advance.
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If you have Android SDK installed, you can use adb push to push the zip file to your internal storage. Put the ROM zip file in your Android SDK - Platform Tools folder on your computer, reboot the N7 into Recovery (connected to computer of course!), open Command Prompt window and change directories to where ever you keep your Android SDK (for me, it's: cd sdk/platform-tools). Then type:
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adb push <name of ROM zip file> /sdcard
Wait, and after about 20 - 60 seconds it'll complete, then you can flash the ROM. It'll be on the root of your internal sdcard (/sdcard).
Sounds difficult for a bloody rookie like me - is there really no easier way? Like transfering via recovery by just telling recovery to mound internal-sd so that it'll pop up on my pc? (know that from CWM and 4Ext on my smartphone)
Or could you explain the steps so that even the bloodiest rookie of them all could understand it properly :-/
aaaw **** -.-
by the way, device is still in recovery
l33ch0r said:
Sounds difficult for a bloody rookie like me - is there really no easier way? Like transfering via recovery by just telling recovery to mound internal-sd so that it'll pop up on my pc? (know that from CWM and 4Ext on my smartphone)
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Maybe, I don't know. Have you tried it? What recovery are you using? I use TWRP.
RMarkwald said:
Maybe, I don't know. Have you tried it? What recovery are you using? I use TWRP.
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TWRP as well. Just unlocked, rooted and flashed recovery and now I wanted to have a custom rom.
I tried to mount data and what else there was in "advanced" - my PC doesn't show me anything
Edit: not in advanced, it's the point "mount"
Restock and reroot.You can use Wugfresh toolkit for this. You just install the toolkit and if you can boot in bootloader mode you're saved. That's what I did and it solved my problem.
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l33ch0r said:
TWRP as well. Just unlocked, rooted and flashed recovery and now I wanted to have a custom rom.
I tried to mount data and what else there was in "advanced" - my PC doesn't show me anything
Edit: not in advanced, it's the point "mount"
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How'd you root/unlock, toolkit of some type?
Using the adb command mentioned is the only way that I know of to push a file to your N7. It's not as difficult to do as it sounds.
RMarkwald said:
How'd you root/unlock, toolkit of some type?
Using the adb command mentioned is the only way that I know of to push a file to your N7. It's not as difficult to do as it sounds.
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Toolkit by WugFresh - I may try to get into bootloader and get back to stock - hopefully it works...
l33ch0r said:
Toolkit by WugFresh - I may try to get into bootloader and get back to stock - hopefully it works...
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Yeah that would work, as long as you don't re-lock via fastboot. That's what probably wiped out your sdcard, was the fastboot unlock of your device, as it wipes your sdcard.
andymihail said:
Restock and reroot.You can use Wugfresh toolkit for this. You just install the toolkit and if you can boot in bootloader mode you're saved. That's what I did and it solved my problem.
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Is it important which current status I choose?
There are 2 to be chosen: Soft-Bricked/Bootloop and Device is on/Normal
If "Device is on" means, that it's turned on, then this'll be my choice, right?
Totally shocked right now
This ain't even my device :-/
RMarkwald said:
Yeah that would work, as long as you don't re-lock via fastboot. That's what probably wiped out your sdcard, was the fastboot unlock of your device, as it wipes your sdcard.
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No, wiping of my /sdcard was all my fault. I guess I have to take all credit for that
Well downloading the Stock with the toolkit takes quite some time...
foolish me -.-
Thanks for your help so far.
I'll definetely report whether it worked or not
I've never used any of the toolkits out there, I've done it using adb/fastboot commands in a Command Prompt window.
l33ch0r said:
Is it important which current status I choose?
There are 2 to be chosen: Soft-Bricked/Bootloop and Device is on/Normal
If "Device is on" means, that it's turned on, then this'll be my choice, right?
Totally shocked right now
This ain't even my device :-/
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I can't remember my choice, was a few months ago.
Don't think you can go wrong with either.
I would try device is on.
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RMarkwald said:
I've never used any of the toolkits out there, I've done it using adb/fastboot commands in a Command Prompt window.
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I would've used your solution immediately but I'm just too unfamiliar with this method
Toolkits are probably the easiest way - and it was pretty easy - who could expect me to wipe the zip, I just moved to the storage before flashing it?...
Why does this file has to be hosted on goo.im?
Goo.im gives me roundabout 120kb/s...
It took a while for me also, but in the end everything worked well.
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andymihail said:
It took a while for me also, but in the end everything worked well.
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I desperately hope to have the same luck...will the bootloader still be unlocked after that procedure? I understand that root definetely is gone, but that shouldn't be a problem at all.
l33ch0r said:
I desperately hope to have the same luck...will the bootloader still be unlocked after that procedure? I understand that root definetely is gone, but that shouldn't be a problem at all.
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It will remain unlocked until/unless you run the fastboot command: fastboot oem lock
If you don't run this, it will remain unlocked.
Whoaaaa I could scream!
Now that I downloaded the right one and try to flash it through the toolkit, it tells me, that there's no adb to be found. He doesn't recognize the device in bootloader.
What should I do?
OH THANK GOD! Tried it via recovery, he found it and restarted into bootloader
First of all: thank you so much guys - I was really shocked, but it all worked out
One more question before I make the same mistake again. Where should I put the zip which I wanna flash? When I have it connected to the pc, it shows me a portable device where the folders of the internal storage are (like Alarms, Android, DCIM, Download etc pp) - that's where I put the ZIP before.
Shall I keep it there?
And another question: what should I wipe in order to get it done properly?
Edit: Figured it out - got me CWM, much more familiar with that one
but thanks again for all your help guys
Hey everybody,
Yesterday I tried flashing a theme to SmoothRom and got caught in a bootloop. In a panic, I accidentally factory wiped my sd card and lost my roms so now I can't flash another rom to my Nexus 7. I've tried adb pushing a rom to the sd card, but my Nexus 7 is not being recognized in adb devices. I've tried everything to my knowledge but I still cannot get anything to work, even tried working on Mac and PC computers and my Nexus won't show up in adb.
I'm ready to count my losses as it is my fault, but I figured you guys could help out. I love my Nexus so if you guys know anything I could do I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
tjonestmj137 said:
Hey everybody,
Yesterday I tried flashing a theme to SmoothRom and got caught in a bootloop. In a panic, I accidentally factory wiped my sd card and lost my roms so now I can't flash another rom to my Nexus 7. I've tried adb pushing a rom to the sd card, but my Nexus 7 is not being recognized in adb devices. I've tried everything to my knowledge but I still cannot get anything to work, even tried working on Mac and PC computers and my Nexus won't show up in adb.
I'm ready to count my losses as it is my fault, but I figured you guys could help out. I love my Nexus so if you guys know anything I could do I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Do you still have access to recovery? What about fastboot? What version of android were you on?
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Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
This worked for me: http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode
heavy_metal_man said:
Do you still have access to recovery? What about fastboot? What version of android were you on?
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Yeah I can still get into fastboot & recovery (Clockwork mod touch). I've tried mounting the sd card in recovery but nothing happens. Tried doing adb to sideload a rom but my device is showing up.
Nico_60 said:
This worked for me: ]
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I saw this while googling some stuff gonna try it out thanks.
tjonestmj137 said:
I saw this while googling some stuff gonna try it out thanks.
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images flash the one for your device (You will need to use fastboot)
Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
You can go two ways here, either you can do as the above user posted and flash a stock image via fastboot or if you have a otg cable and a pendrive/removable media you can use that to install the rom
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Ok guys, I spent all last night trying to get this to work, and I'm still having problems. I tried adding the line to the driver inf file but nothing worked. I tried adding the PDANet drivers, but the Nexus of course is not showing up. I know that my Nexus is not doomed it's just something I'm not doing right, not gonna give up I'll keep at it. Thanks for the help guys, if anything have any suggestions let me know!
Sounds like you should find out if CWM touch can mount a USB flash thumbdrive via an OTG cable. You can avoid driver problems that way (as long as it works). The filesystem formatting of the USB drive with the highest probability of success will be a FAT format.
good luck
hello!sorry for hearing about your tablet!mine today fell of a chair and the glass is broken so if you try everything and you can't fix your tablet i would like to buy it for the screen cause it costs a lot for a replacement!!!thanks!
komakos96 said:
hello!sorry for hearing about your tablet!mine today fell of a chair and the glass is broken so if you try everything and you can't fix your tablet i would like to buy it for the screen cause it costs a lot for a replacement!!!thanks!
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There's nothing wrong with it... you just need to flash stock with fastboot or adb sideload it.
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Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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Good news.
Click the "Thanks" button on the posts of those that helped you - at the end of the year we'll be able to trade them in for something valuable - brownie points
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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Good stuff pal, it's handy to have otg eh?
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Then...
tjonestmj137 said:
Yeah I can still get into fastboot & recovery (Clockwork mod touch). I've tried mounting the sd card in recovery but nothing happens. Tried doing adb to sideload a rom but my device is showing up.
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Wipe data again, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and re-flash SmoothROM.
Good luck, a bootloop is not a simple thing...
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tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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If you have your problem solved, please put [SOLVED] at the start of the title of the thread, then the people will not post a solution.
Thanks.
Somehow I have screwed my nexus 7(16gb wifi only) up so bad that I cannot get back into fastboot or recovery mode. Any attempt at bootup is met with a blank screen. How do you suggest I proceed?
thefugugitive87 said:
Somehow I have screwed my nexus 7(16gb wifi only) up so bad that I cannot get back into fastboot or recovery mode. Any attempt at bootup is met with a blank screen. How do you suggest I proceed?
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If fastboot is really dead, then you're out of luck. Have you tried running fastboot commands, however, after trying to boot into fastboot? Sometimes the underlying software will run correctly, even if the screen is nonresponsive.
Rirere said:
If fastboot is really dead, then you're out of luck. Have you tried running fastboot commands, however, after trying to boot into fastboot? Sometimes the underlying software will run correctly, even if the screen is nonresponsive.
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So I assume this means my only hope is to replace the motherboard which houses the memory. Is that a good assumption?
HELP!
so i had the same thing happen to me. I had access to recovery still but instead of re flashing i tried to use nexus root toolkit to factory reset. somehow fastboot failed halfway through and now recovery is gone with everything else. The only thing i can get into is the bootloader mode....
My device is still listed as a fastboot device, but when i try to re-run the flash to stock i get this: (see attached picture)
Please help, I honestly have been working on this for days, but i simply do not know enough to fix it!
I will post a new topic if no one responds. Thanks
Help Needed
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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I'm having a similar problem. Present state of the device is that my N7 boots into the bootloader and then to the custom recovery. I've accidently erased the OS.
Can you tell me how you managed to unbrick via OTG. Should I move the factory image to usb flash drive and then mount it via OTG and then try to flash it via recovery???
Please help:crying:
Hey guys
I thought I'd just let you all know that my ambition to get 4.3 and lack of knowledge, led to my phone getting bricked today. I'm so devastated. I was following efrant's guide and flashed everything correctly and then as usual I lost half my storage and I followed the other guide to restoring the lost storage, once again i followed everything but i didn't get the storage back, then i did some cmd commands like the guide did. Next thing you know I may have done something wrong and I was at the bootloader screen and I couldn't reboot or go to recovery. Read and read nothing helped, called Google and they couldn't help me. I am now getting a replacement. SO there you go guys, just the greed of getting 4.3 caused me to brick my phone as well as my lack of knowledge I guess. Can't complain. Thought I'd share this with you all.
Div
P.S Moderators if this isn't suitable you guys can delete it no harsh feelings
Hey don't feel bad we all learn the hard way at some point. 4.3 is a minor update not worth it.
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If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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Just flash the stock android image again, after all you have access to the bootloader, everything is fine
teambestyrandy said:
If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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fabrizziop said:
Just flash the stock android image again, after all you have access to the bootloader, everything is fine
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This. You're totally not bricked.
Please follow the instructions in this thread:
[HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Yeah, Nexus is hard to brick.
What is the best way to brick the Nexus 4? Maybe trying to flash HTC bootloader on it?
Fataldesain said:
Hey don't feel bad we all learn the hard way at some point. 4.3 is a minor update not worth it.
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it's totally worth it
nqk said:
Yeah, Nexus is hard to brick.
What is the best way to brick the Nexus 4? Maybe trying to flash HTC bootloader on it?
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Perhaps
Code:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
Thats not greedy, your just too excited for 4.3
teambestyrandy said:
If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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So I tried doing this but, in the command prompt window that opens up with the toolkit when unrooting and going to stock it says
Archive not found recovery.sig
Archive not found system.sig etc.
and it fails....
Dvash27 said:
So I tried doing this but, in the command prompt window that opens up with the toolkit when unrooting and going to stock it says
Archive not found recovery.sig
Archive not found system.sig etc.
and it fails....
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In this particular situation i wont recommend you using a toolkit. Is much esier with a good guide if it fails with the toolkit (btw while i flashed 4.3 factory image the cmd told me also about "missing recovery and system.sig" but now ive got a fully working 4.3 ROM on my N4.
You can do it via ADB. You just setup ADB on your computer. And put all the files from the factory image in the "platform-tools" adb folder. If your phone is in the bootloader menu and its recognized by your computer you just run a file that is called "flash-all.bat" and it should flash the 4.2/4.3 image on your phone. Thats how i did it a few hours ago.
Have a look at this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
But remember all the files in this guide are for the Nexus 7 so use the N4 factory images and the proper commands for your device (i mean the last step of this guide which shows various commands. you shouldnt use them becuz they are for the N7 and the proper commands for the N4 are written in the "flash-all.sh" use those commands or use the "flash-all.bat" which is included in the 4.3 factory image [i dont know if its included in the 4.2. f.i.]. All those files have to be in the "platform-tools" folder in order to let the .batch file do its job.
I hope u understood what i wrote. If not let me know.
miniAndroidian said:
In this particular situation i wont recommend you using a toolkit. Is much esier with a good guide if it fails with the toolkit (btw while i flashed 4.3 factory image the cmd told me also about "missing recovery and system.sig" but now ive got a fully working 4.3 ROM on my N4.
You can do it via ADB. You just setup ADB on your computer. And put all the files from the factory image in the "platform-tools" adb folder. If your phone is in the bootloader menu and its recognized by your computer you just run a file that is called "flash-all.bat" and it should flash the 4.2/4.3 image on your phone. Thats how i did it a few hours ago.
Have a look at this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
But remember all the files in this guide are for the Nexus 7 so use the N4 factory images and the proper commands for your device (i mean the last step of this guide which shows various commands. you shouldnt use them becuz they are for the N7 and the proper commands for the N4 are written in the "flash-all.sh" use those commands or use the "flash-all.bat" which is included in the 4.3 factory image [i dont know if its included in the 4.2. f.i.]. All those files have to be in the "platform-tools" folder in order to let the .batch file do its job.
I hope u understood what i wrote. If not let me know.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It WORKED! I realised that I didn't flash the zip, I was flashing the the individual images in the zip and that wasn't working. THANK YOU, I couldn't even sleep knowing I potentially bricked my phone
Dvash27 said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It WORKED! I realised that I didn't flash the zip, I was flashing the the individual images in the zip and that wasn't working. THANK YOU, I couldn't even sleep knowing I potentially bricked my phone
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Glad to know that it helped you mate
What about content on phone
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
leiftorem said:
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
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Is your bootloader unlocked? Was your phone 100% stock before updating? How did you update? Can you reach bootloader by holding power and volume down button?
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TToivanen said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Was your phone 100% stock before updating? How did you update? Can you reach bootloader by holding power and volume down button?
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My phone was stock, it is locked in all mathers I can reach the bootloader...
And I have ADB installed....
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leiftorem said:
My phone was stock, it is locked in all mathers I can reach the bootloader...
And I have ADB installed....
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I can see my phone listet under "Advanced Utility, but I cannot seem to pull the files from my phone!
I am getting really frustrated here now!
Anyone??
leiftorem said:
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
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Flash ClockworkMod or TWRP and using one of them wipe cache, dalvik cache and data (not storage). Apps and settings will be gone, but your music and pictures will still be there.
Mr. Kostik said:
Flash ClockworkMod or TWRP and using one of them wipe cache, dalvik cache and data (not storage). Apps and settings will be gone, but your music and pictures will still be there.
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This sounds GREAT! Where can I download them! And, will my texts be gone?? (That is not the worst thing, still annoying...)
leiftorem said:
This sounds GREAT! Where can I download them! And, will my texts be gone?? (That is not the worst thing, still annoying...)
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Oh well you should look in one of those threads on how to root and so on, flashing a recovery using a toolkit should also work. Texts will be gone.
Or from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Note that some users indicate that they can't get past the X on boot. If this happens to you, reboot into the bootloader and select recovery. Then, when you see the Android with the red exclamation mark, hold power and press volume up to take you to the menu. Wipe cache. If that still doesn't work, boot back into recovery and do a factory reset.
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But at some point you'd need a custom recovery anyway.
So I managed to break the digitiser on my Nexus 4 last weekend. I have most things off it anyway but there are a couple of apps I need to run to get the data I need. I would like to be able to use android screencast to run the couple of apps or use it to set up my bluetooth mouse so I can use that as the screen itself still views fine. However, I need to enable USB Debugging in regular operation.
My phone is rooted, has CWM as the recovery and I have the ADB platform tools downloaded to my mac. This for a Nexus 7 is the closest I have come to an answer of how to do it. However, I can't find these files so I guess they are somewhere else to change these settings?
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
If you have cwm, not into recovery and use adb to pull files you want off your device
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jd1639 said:
If you have cwm, not into recovery and use adb to pull files you want off your device
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I can't seem to find build.prop to be able to edit it. I can find default.prop but when I do adb pull /system/build.prop it doesn't work just says 'does not exist'.
mike_dangerous said:
I can't seem to find build.prop to be able to edit it. I can find default.prop but when I do adb pull /system/build.prop it doesn't work just says 'does not exist'.
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In your recovery, I use twrp, mount system. It should work then.
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Works! Brilliant thanks! Hopefully the rest of this works!
So I have managed to Brick my phone into a boot loop of the cyanogenmod startup symbol. What can I do now?
Can someone confirm what the file permissions should be for settings.db and build.prop?
mike_dangerous said:
So I have managed to Brick my phone into a boot loop of the cyanogenmod startup symbol. What can I do now?
Can someone confirm what the file permissions should be for settings.db and build.prop?
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Permissions should be rw-r-r. There's always the factory image to flash. You're not bricked!
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Permissions should be rw-r-r. There's always the factory image to flash. You're not bricked!
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OK so I'm stuck how do I flash a factory image then? And I can't wipe my data or else the exercise is moot. Is there a way I can flash an image with the USB Debugging I require enabled? That would make my life much much simpler!
mike_dangerous said:
OK so I'm stuck how do I flash a factory image then? And I can't wipe my data or else the exercise is moot. Is there a way I can flash an image with the USB Debugging I require enabled? That would make my life much much simpler!
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This going to get some what experimental but it won't wipe your date. I assume your bootloader is unlocked Just flashing the factory image will wipe your data but.... Download the factory image and extract it using winrar or 7-zip. Inside is a zip file, extract that too. You should find a system.img file in there. Flash that in fastboot
fastboot flash system system.img
Hopefully that'll get you past the boot loop
Edit, I'd forgotten that I made this. It'll get you up and running too. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=533289
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jd1639 said:
This going to get some what experimental but it won't wipe your date. I assume your bootloader is unlocked Just flashing the factory image will wipe your data but.... Download the factory image and extract it using winrar or 7-zip. Inside is a zip file, extract that too. You should find a system.img file in there. Flash that in fastboot
fastboot flash system system.img
Hopefully that'll get you past the boot loop
Edit, I'd forgotten that I made this. It'll get you up and running too. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=533289
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Your link doesnt seem to work?
mike_dangerous said:
Your link doesnt seem to work?
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53766885
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jd1639 said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53766885
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Thanks a lot, I have now successfully unbricked my phone, enabled usb debugging and through a series of key strokes turned on bluetooth and connected my mouse. However, somewhere in the process I appear to have lost all my app data which was the points of trying to get in there in the first place. What could have done this? All my data e.g. photos is there but my SMS are gone!
mike_dangerous said:
Thanks a lot, I have now successfully unbricked my phone, enabled usb debugging and through a series of key strokes turned on bluetooth and connected my mouse. However, somewhere in the process I appear to have lost all my app data which was the points of trying to get in there in the first place. What could have done this? All my data e.g. photos is there but my SMS are gone!
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You most likely wiped the data partition while trying to fix the bootloop.
Would the data partition not be where everything else is stored?
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53766885
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Is this image modified so that USB debugging is ENabled?
Background: I'm in the same situation as OP. Broken screen/digitizer, USB debugging is DISabled, unlocked, rooted, CWM recovery. I need to ENable USB debugging, otherwise I just keep getting told "error: device offline".
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Is this image modified so that USB debugging is ENabled?
Background: I'm in the same situation as OP. Broken screen/digitizer, USB debugging is DISabled, unlocked, rooted, CWM recovery. I need to ENable USB debugging, otherwise I just keep getting told "error: device offline".
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If you boot into recovery and then type adb devices is it still offline? It shouldn't be. You can recovery data while in recovery if that's what you're trying to do
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Yes, when I attempt to run adb while in recovery I still get told that the device is offline.
Not sure what the best solution is. I was thinking about trying to flash a modified factory image that is already set up to have USB Debugging Enabled because I can probably flash that without wiping data. However, I don't know if such images exist or, if necessary, how to make my own.
Clearly the OP got around it but I can't seem to be able to and I'm not sure what to do.
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Yes, when I attempt to run adb while in recovery I still get told that the device is offline.
Not sure what the best solution is. I was thinking about trying to flash a modified factory image that is already set up to have USB Debugging Enabled because I can probably flash that without wiping data. However, I don't know if such images exist or, if necessary, how to make my own.
Clearly the OP got around it but I can't seem to be able to and I'm not sure what to do.
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I would start by flashing a twrp recovery in your current cwm recovery. I.know you don't need usb debugging checked in trwp.
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jd1639 said:
I would start by flashing a twrp recovery in your current cwm recovery. I.know you don't need usb debugging checked in trwp.
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Well I'll start there and keep you posted. Thanks!
I was able to get TWRP running as my recovery. When I run adb, my device appears as "recovery", however, I'm not able to access the "build.prop" file to edit it so I can ENable USB Debugging. I think this is because I'm not able to remount "system" as read/write. Not sure what my issue is, but when I run adb root, it claims to be already in root, however when I run su in adb shell, it claims it can't find su. Any ideas?