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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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.
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A few days back, my wife got me a shiny new nexus 10. This thing is cool for sure. However the one I'm using now isn't the one from a few days back. It is in fact, a replacement because after I hooked into my WiFi and loaded up the apps I have on my GNex off of Google backup, I got a notification for an android update. So I said "SHURE... I need that stuff" so I pushed the item in the notification and it said "push OK to restart...", so I did.... And it did restart to a DEAD ANDY ICON AND A "NO COMMAND" under him! I did a factory reset three times and never got further than the boot animation. The dude at google play support was a bit flummoxed but beyond a reset... Well... He pronounced it mostly dead. So rather than screw up the warranty, I took it back to where we bought it and got a new one.
So here I am again... I'm at JVP15P... And I've got a pending update downloaded and ready to fry my second N10! I've heard 4.2 has some kind of update issue just like this on the N10.... Is that true? What should I do? If this is true how do I get past this... I sure as s**t don't want to return anther one! Any suggestions are most appreciated.
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A short time ago, I was unable to update to 4.2.1 from 4.2, either from the automatic update, or from adb sideload. This was because I was using some older factory image (not sure what was wrong with it), but after downloading the latest factory image from Google and flashing it, I was then able to update without any issue
I finally did my updates.
Thankfully all went smooth. Although, my N10 ran as cool as ice before the updates. I could play games for a long time and it would barely get warm. Now it seems to run extremely warm. I wouldn't say hot, but it is noticeably a lot warmer and that is doing nothing but surfing the web.
Not sure what was in that first update, but it changed the way it runs. No other issues though.
What procedure did you use to flash? When you tried the ota updates, did your update attempts brick your tablet?
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I'm seeing the term "brick" used to lightly these days, but rest assured, the dead Android recovery is completely recoverable.
FYI for anyone reading, as it's becoming a pet peeve of mine ... "brick" means your device is TOTALLY dead, and as useful as a brick, if you get something (anything) on the screen, it's not a brick.
I think we should start lining up and shooting the people who throw that term around too lightly.
Anyway, back on topic, dead android screen with "no command" means the reboot to recovery flag is still set, but the device has no commend for recovery to perform, there are several ways out of it.
Worst comes to worst, and you want an easy way out, get the factory images from the dev site, flash them and you're golden.
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I'm seeing the term "brick" used to lightly these days, but rest assured, the dead Android recovery is completely recoverable.
FYI for anyone reading, as it's becoming a pet peeve of mine ... "brick" means your device is TOTALLY dead, and as useful as a brick, if you get something (anything) on the screen, it's not a brick.
I think we should start lining up and shooting the people who throw that term around too lightly.
Anyway, back on topic, dead android screen with "no command" means the reboot to recovery flag is still set, but the device has no commend for recovery to perform, there are several ways out of it.
Worst comes to worst, and you want an easy way out, get the factory images from the dev site, flash them and you're golden.
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Okay.... Soft-brick.... I stand corrected
I tried to do that using Wug's toolkit... But it didn't take. Did I need to unlock the boot loader first?
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Doctor Dedroid said:
Okay.... Soft-brick.... I stand corrected
I tried to do that using Wug's toolkit... But it didn't take. Did I need to unlock the boot loader first?
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It's a boot-loop, technically, but now I'm just being a pedant
I'm not too sure about the toolkits because I don't use them, but yes, you have to unlock to flash stock images.
Easiest way it do download the zip from the dev site, unlock manually, then just double click the flash-all script, that will take care of the rest, then just relock after and happy days.
I know it's a bit nerve racking when it won't boot, but that will get you out of most sticky situations, in the case of boot loops, a wipe/factory reset from recovery should normally solve the issue, if it doesn't just flash the images again as above.
Pesonally, if I'm messing i'll make sure my device is up to date and working, then fastboot boot TWRP (without unlocking or modifying my device) and backup to a USB drive, then, you can restore your system as is at any stage later if things mess up.
fastboot boot is fantastic because it lets you temp boot a custom recovery, and do all your usual stuff (including rooting etc) without replacing the stock recovery, and without unlocking, soon as you reboot, it's gone, cause it just boot the reovery into RAM.
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What procedure did you use to flash? When you tried the ota updates, did your update attempts brick your tablet?
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If you are talking to me, mine is stock and used regular updates that were DL and ready.
I talk to anyone willing to listen to my drivel! I have heard of similar issues on this device ... Not many to be sure but my concern is if is an endemic issue going from the JVP15P... to JRO... 4.2 . it's good to know that this works for some if not most folks.
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I talk to anyone willing to listen to my drivel! I have heard of similar issues on this device ... Not many to be sure but my concern is if is an endemic issue going from the JVP15P... to JRO... 4.2 . it's good to know that this works for some if not most folks.
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It was only a particular issue that caused the update problem from 4.2 to 4.2.1, due to different filesystem formats in the factory images presented by google dev site. You *should* only have experienced it if you had flashed stock images before they updated to fix them.
I havn't seen cases of it happening otherwise. Unlocking will however boot loop you device because it doesn't do the full factory reset like it used to on the XOOM et al. Simple factory reset from stock recovery, after an unlock gets you booting again on the N10.
alias_neo said:
It was only a particular issue that caused the update problem from 4.2 to 4.2.1, due to different filesystem formats in the factory images presented by google dev site. You *should* only have experienced it if you had flashed stock images before they updated to fix them.
I havn't seen cases of it happening otherwise. Unlocking will however boot loop you device because it doesn't do the full factory reset like it used to on the XOOM et al. Simple factory reset from stock recovery, after an unlock gets you booting again on the N10.
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Got it! To be sure when I tried to update I was around 60% on the battery level... Hopefully my issue was a fluke or due to a low battery.
Update: all updated and good to go. Thanks one and all!
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I was playing a game on my nexus 7, it froze then when rebooted it it just got stuck on google screen. Read a bunch of stuff, went into recovery and tried to recover, it would say erasing but never go any further, just sits there. got toolkit tried to restore factory with that, now when it boots I still just get google screen but I get the menu in corner for start/boot/recover/power off. still never boots, when I try to run recovery now it doesnt even go to erasing. Ive read everything I can find to restore it, got 2 toolkits, unfortunatly everything tells me to put it in debug mode, which is funny cause if I could boot up and go into settings to turn on bebug mode then I wouldnt be having these problems... Can someone please help, Im good with computers but dont know much of tablets. I did no messing with tablet besides downloading updates when they came out.
unlock bootloader
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I was playing a game on my nexus 7, it froze then when rebooted it it just got stuck on google screen. Read a bunch of stuff, went into recovery and tried to recover, it would say erasing but never go any further, just sits there. got toolkit tried to restore factory with that, now when it boots I still just get google screen but I get the menu in corner for start/boot/recover/power off. still never boots, when I try to run recovery now it doesnt even go to erasing. Ive read everything I can find to restore it, got 2 toolkits, unfortunatly everything tells me to put it in debug mode, which is funny cause if I could boot up and go into settings to turn on bebug mode then I wouldnt be having these problems... Can someone please help, Im good with computers but dont know much of tablets. I did no messing with tablet besides downloading updates when they came out.
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Also forgot to add, hen I try and run recovery from toolkit it tells me to unlock bootloader, when I try to unlock bootloadermy nexus asks me if I want to then when I hit yes, unlock it gives me neither usp nor cac partitions found.
Are you rooted?
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Are you rooted?
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My guess is no, I never messed with any of my system stuff. Everything was factory except for the updates it had me do as they came out.
How long you let it sit in recovery erasing before you rebooted it? Is there an option in boot loader or recovery for a factory reset? Beings you're not rooted I doubt those one click tool kits will work for you.
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How long you let it sit in recovery erasing before you rebooted it? Is there an option in boot loader or recovery for a factory reset? Beings you're not rooted I doubt those one click tool kits will work for you.
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It sat in erasing for 1 hour and didnt do anything. I was doing factory reset in recovery.
As long as the boot loader starts you can recover your Nexus. Check this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
If he can't unlock the bootloader then there's not a whole lot he can do. Run "fastboot getvar all" while in bootloader and tell us what it says please. If adb is seeing your phone in recovery, then run an adb shell and do "ls -l /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/" please.
Sorry I can't help further but I just got this and don't know much. I am glad others came in to give you more help.
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Damn... I didn't see he can't unlock the bootloader. This is going to be difficult.
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My guess is no, I never messed with any of my system stuff. Everything was factory except for the updates it had me do as they came out.
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Im exact in the same situation. No rooted phone, nexus wont boot anymore, cant dont anything in the bootloader section ...
I would be extremley thankfull for hints how to fix this issue.
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Just sayin, I think you guys need to pull the back cover and disconnect the battery for at least one hour.
I am really new at this but it helped me save mine twice. I think?
After you plug the battery back in try fast boot.
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Just sayin, I think you guys need to pull the back cover and disconnect the battery for at least one hour.
I am really new at this but it helped me save mine twice. I think?
After you plug the battery back in try fast boot.
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But this will void my warranty right ?
They have no way in knowing you pulled your back cover off. Just be careful so not to leave pry marks. Only way they will know is if you tell them you did it.
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Ok, so I've looked through various threads today and cant seem to get a fix.
First, heres the symptoms- N4 (4.2.1) has massive battery loss/ something running in the background killing it (battery page says Android OS). I killed all the background apps and everything else it would let me kill and it still will not charge (tried different plugs, cables, outlets, etc). I've had it plugged in for the past 6 hours and I'm finally up to 9%.
The phone has been rooted, and I'm trying to flash it and return it to stock, but thats when I ran into problem 2. It won't recognize that it is plugged into a computer (running on a Mac, but tried XP machine, Win7 machine, and again different cords).
From here, I don't know where to go. I'm new to this Android ball game so I don't have a ton of background here, so hopefully I missed something simple.
PS by massive battery loss- I fully charged the phone last night, then went to class today with wifi/blue/gps off and always have 5 bars of AT&T here and after 1 Hr, I had 35% battery left with Android OS consuming almost all of it.
definitely pickup gsam battery monitor and better battery stats to monitor the battery usage. gsam might be able to tell you what app is causing the battery drain. bbs is more technical but might tell you more about what is going on. Make sure your maps app is not reporting your location.
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definitely pickup gsam battery monitor and better battery stats to monitor the battery usage. gsam might be able to tell you what app is causing the battery drain. bbs is more technical but might tell you more about what is going on. Make sure your maps app is not reporting your location.
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Thanks for the response. Downloaded it and the usage is 1%, so now I think its something more than that. Either hardware or some weird glitch??
It won't charge and isn't recognized by any computer?
I'd call it a hardware fault to be honest.
Try to get a stock rom on the device, re flash it and RMA it.
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It won't charge and isn't recognized by any computer?
I'd call it a hardware fault to be honest.
Try to get a stock rom on the device, re flash it and RMA it.
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Yeah, thats what I was thinking.... still stuck on how to get a rom on it without it recognizing being plugged in though?
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Yeah, thats what I was thinking.... still stuck on how to get a rom on it without it recognizing being plugged in though?
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Just let it die and RMA it anyways. They arent gonna bother to Charge it, then "look to see if you Rom'd it".
I'm gonna help ya out here...
1. download this app from the playstore and relock bootloader : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
2. download the stock ROM & recovery from this thread straight to your phone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006088
3. boot into recovery, full wipe, flash the ROM then the recovery. all done, back to stock:beer:
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lowrider262 said:
I'm gonna help ya out here...
1. download this app from the playstore and relock bootloader : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
2. download the stock ROM & recovery from this thread straight to your phone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006088
3. boot into recovery, full wipe, flash the ROM then the recovery. all done, back to stock:beer:
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Thanks man, really appreciate it! Man I hope this works, because I came from a i 4s and was about to slit my throat and buy an iPhone 5.
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Thanks man, really appreciate it! Man I hope this works, because I came from a i 4s and was about to slit my throat and buy an iPhone 5.
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just remember when you go to flash the downloaded files theyll be located in the /download folder (just in case you didn't know) and also by "full wipe" I mean factory reset + wipe cache
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Well now it seems I've hit another brick wall. After entering into, or trying to enter into Recovery mode, it comes up with an error message saying No Command. I swear, I'm not usually this bad with these things. Any ideas?
For future reference MTP doesn't work with Win XP, and you need a separate app for it to work on a Mac. Should be recognized on the Win 7 PC though.
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Well now it seems I've hit another brick wall. After entering into, or trying to enter into Recovery mode, it comes up with an error message saying No Command. I swear, I'm not usually this bad with these things. Any ideas?
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That means you currently have the stock recovery installed. First unlock the bootloader again with the Bootlock app. Then download Rom Manger from the play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager . open it up and select flash clockworkmod recovery. When its done re-lock your boot loader again with bootlock. Then boot back into recovery manually (or even easier,open rom manager again and push reboot into recovery) and proceed to flash the stock rom & recovery files. (Don't forget to wipe first)
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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
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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?
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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?
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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.
I really think I am going to be out of luck but here is my problem.
I was simply changing fonts using Rom toolbox on my rooted N7.
Rebooted and it boot looped. I let it go for a while but nothing. So i tried to reboot into recovery and i am stuck on the google logo screen. Nothing. Happens.
I can't do anything.
Any suggestions?
S.O.L. i think.
neiander said:
I really think I am going to be out of luck but here is my problem.
I was simply changing fonts using Rom toolbox on my rooted N7.
Rebooted and it boot looped. I let it go for a while but nothing. So i tried to reboot into recovery and i am stuck on the google logo screen. Nothing. Happens.
I can't do anything.
Any suggestions?
S.O.L. i think.
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Can you get into the bootloader?
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Can you get into the bootloader?
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No. it's really gone. Just spoke with google and getting a replacement. I really can't do jack....bleep...with it.
all this for changing a font with Rom toolbox.
Yeah, bricked, but I'll buy it for 30
So it's permanently stuck on the Google logo and you can't access recovery or bootloader? No boot animation?
I wonder why something so trivial as a font change caused this... I've had font changes cause bootloops but never a bricked device.
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neiander said:
I really think I am going to be out of luck but here is my problem.
I was simply changing fonts using Rom toolbox on my rooted N7.
Rebooted and it boot looped. I let it go for a while but nothing. So i tried to reboot into recovery and i am stuck on the google logo screen. Nothing. Happens.
I can't do anything.
Any suggestions?
S.O.L. i think.
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You aren't alone.
That app is made by the ROM Toolbox dev, lotsa complaining in the reviews about it bricking. You did connect it to your PC via USB and tried pushing the needed bits and starting from scratch didn't you? I'd even try one of the toolkits available for rooting and recovery.
After several several hours, I was able to reboot into recovery. It was very tricky and I had a bit of luck on my side. I have since vowed not to use rim toolbox again. Thanks
As long as you see something on the screen, it is not bricked.
I bricked my first N7 by drunk flashing an updated Galaxy Nexus bootloader on my N7. Needless-to-say the backlight wouldn't even light up. Even then it technically isn't bricked. I could use the NVedit tool if I had the right files and commands.
I'm glad I was able to fix it. My computer was not able to recognize the device while I was on the fastboot screen (android laying down.) THe only other screen I ever was able to get was the bootlooping screen. By chance I realized the computer was connected to the device only if it was on the bootloop screen. When I saw that, then I was cooking with fire.
Sounds like you should install your fast boot drivers
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I've only just got my nexus (first tablet) had it for two weeks, decided to root mainly because I hate adverts popping up everywhere, anyway I digress. I purchased toolbox pro for my hox ages ago and even though I haven't installed it, for the last few days I've been thinking of it so cheers buddy for bringing this to my attention
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player911 said:
As long as you see something on the screen, it is not bricked.
I bricked my first N7 by drunk flashing an updated Galaxy Nexus bootloader on my N7. Needless-to-say the backlight wouldn't even light up. Even then it technically isn't bricked. I could use the NVedit tool if I had the right files and commands.
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Best. Idea. Ever.
Also, with a Nexus device at least that was a shot. Many others would keel over and die for good if that sort of stuff happened.
neiander said:
After several several hours, I was able to reboot into recovery. It was very tricky and I had a bit of luck on my side. I have since vowed not to use rim toolbox again. Thanks
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Cool, and agreed with the above. If you can see stuff on the screen, it's technically not bricked.
Bricked an N7 once, it was stuck in APX mode, the lowest recovery mode for tegra chips I believe.
At the time there was no way recovering from it using NVFlash, maybe there is now though.
Mind telling us how you got yours back to life? Just curious
Cheers
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Was really luck. I was working on trying to get the computer to sees the device. Trying to load drivers. Anything I could do. The computer kept saying no adb device plugged in. Finally after deleting drivers and reloading drivers, I plugged in the device while it was bootlooping and heard the correct "connected" sound and saw the device in device manager. Then with toolbox, was finally able to reboot into recovery and wipe and reinstall rom. Didn't lose anything in the process.
Oh, the thing that was really the biggest mind blower was that there were 2 screens I could get to, bootlooping screen and what appeared to be the correct fadtboot screen, the computer would not recognize the device when I was on the fastboot screen. That was why I thought I was SOL.
player911 said:
As long as you see something on the screen, it is not bricked.
I bricked my first N7 by drunk flashing an updated Galaxy Nexus bootloader on my N7. Needless-to-say the backlight wouldn't even light up. Even then it technically isn't bricked. I could use the NVedit tool if I had the right files and commands.
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What is this NVedit tool? I cant seem to find that anywhere. I'm working on my buddy's N7 32GB Wifi, he tried to revert to stock from having CWR and CM10.1 using the Nexus Root Toolkit and now there is that problem happening you mentioned, backlight wont light up and computer doesnt recognize the device and I cant get into the bootloader either. Already checked the Screen itself and it works (disassemble and connected to my N7) and the battery has power, just no luck.