So I got my nexus 4 less then a week ago. Then I tried not rooting it but I just couldnt resist, and than I got into a whole lot of trouble.
Basically I tried unlocking the bootloader without loosing data, this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41291371&postcount=28
And now Im in a bootloop, my bootloader is functional and unlocked, my recovery works but when I got into "install zip from sd card" it says that sd card cant be mounted, Ive tried cwm and teamWin and both have the same problem. Ive tried everything that came to mind:
-locking bootloader (fastboot works fine)
-changing a rom via ADB sideload (witch also works fine)
-changing recovery
-factory data reset and so on.
none of this works, storage is still not accessible and Im still in a bootloop (bootloop happens on a rom boot after the google logo). So Im suspecting that its bootlooping because it cant access sd card (It can access the system data)
Any suggestions? Ive never seen this happen, I cant seem to find anybody with a similar problem. Did I just ruin my 6 day old device?
Im scared as hell and pretty much out of mind.
Try to wipe data and cache.
Also try this if the above doesn't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
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failly said:
Try to wipe data and cache.
Also try this if the above doesn't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
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trying the stuff from the link, will report back
domiq123 said:
trying the stuff from the link, will report back
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Alright, Im curious if it worked!
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Alright, Im curious if it worked!
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Thanks, it did unblock my phone but Im having trouble turning it into 16gb, because now the system thinks its an 8gb model.
domiq123 said:
Thanks, it did unblock my phone but Im having trouble turning it into 16gb, because now the system thinks its an 8gb model.
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Great news!
This should fix your storage:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
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Unbricked with the guide you liked, and got my storage by messing around with everything Thanks man!
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domiq123 said:
Unbricked with the guide you liked, and got my storage by messing around with everything Thanks man!
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No problem, enjoy your N4!
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I have a 16gb nexus 4. I rooted my phone a few weeks ago and decided to DL flash cm 10.1 to my phone yesterday. But, it got stuck in a boot loop and I restored to the android backup I had.
The problem is, now my storage says only 435 mb free, but I had around 6gb free before. I have no idea what caused this or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.
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Nandroid backups?
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I don't think it's that. I only have one backup and it says it's only a few megabytes.
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Hopefully this answers your question;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
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So, of I do the fast boot and recover my data, it should clear up the storage space?
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This of screen shot of my storage capacity.
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This of screen shot of my storage capacity.
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Oh I misunderstood you, it is showing that you have 16gb its just that a lot of it is missing.
I would try deleting unneeded nandroids, especially if they are CWM as they don't get saved somewhere you can use a simple file manager to get to I don't think.
Also try clearing cache and davlik cache, if this doesn't work, I think you'll have to back up apps and factory reset through recovery.
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But the nandroids are only 7.38 mbs. I don't think they are the cause of the problem. I was researching the problem online and I think it might be the lost.dir folder, but I can't find it.
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Here's a screen shot of what android tuner tells me about my system space.
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Fazleee said:
But the nandroids are only 7.38 mbs. I don't think they are the cause of the problem. I was researching the problem online and I think it might be the lost.dir folder, but I can't find it.
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there's something wrong then. a nandroid will NEVER be 7.38mb
Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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there's something wrong then. a nandroid will NEVER be 7.38mb
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Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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which recovery did you use?
CWM goes to /data/media/clockworkmod
TWRP goes to /sdcard/TWRP/backup
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which recovery did you use?
CWM goes to /data/media/clockworkmod
TWRP goes to /sdcard/TWRP/backup
I think...
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Thank you so much.
I found it, deleted it, and got my space back.
But that leads me to another question. If I don't have a backup on my phone, how will I restore? Because yesterday, I was in a boot loop, and the ADB connection wouldn't work. The only reason I could restore was because I had the nandroid back up on my phone already.
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Thank you so much.
I found it, deleted it, and got my space back.
But that leads me to another question. If I don't have a backup on my phone, how will I restore? Because yesterday, I was in a boot loop, and the ADB connection wouldn't work. The only reason I could restore was because I had the nandroid back up on my phone already.
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If you were in a bootloop, get into recovery and choose sideload. Then you can push a rom file and flash it. Or you could just not remove the recovery. TWRP nandroid take less space.
I see. I just used CWM because I read that they were better. I'm still new at all of this. Thank you. You've been very helpful.
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I see. I just used CWM because I read that they were better. I'm still new at all of this. Thank you. You've been very helpful.
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No problem. It's not really.. accurate to say which is better.to each his own.
Hi, i rooted my nexus 7 and then i wanted to install a custom rom, so i downloaded it and gapps then went to recovery wiped everything, went to install, didnt find the rom file and forgot to nandroid backup, so what can I do now? Cant transfer files to the tablet, help please!
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naierakram said:
Hi, i rooted my nexus 7 and then i wanted to install a custom rom, so i downloaded it and gapps then went to recovery wiped everything, went to install, didnt find the rom file and forgot to nandroid backup, so what can I do now? Cant transfer files to the tablet, help please!
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You could probably use adb to side load a ROM and gapps, here's a example of how to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986
Thanks mates, fixed it by wugfresh
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For future reference, select factory reset, not wipe data.
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Thanks mates, fixed it by wugfresh
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Damn sorry forgot bout wugfresh......so much easier, good to hear it's fixed!
No no, thats fine, thanks for your advice and help!
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Isnt factory reset, just wiping cache and dalvik? If yea, then dirty install isnt the best, depends on rom that im moving from.
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Isnt factory reset, just wiping cache and dalvik? If yea, then dirty install isnt the best, depends on rom that im moving from.
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factory reset wipes /cache, and /data (without wiping /data/media <--thats where all your pictures and rom zips are stored)
factory reset is needed when moving between completely different ROMs (you can get away with dirty flashes between SOME roms, but its rare)
Oh yea yea, I didn't wipe the internal, something went wrong and the file was deleted, but gapps was there and all my data was there, anyways fixed and got the new nexus 7, enjoying it, much faster and better!
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Hi guys,
Since the 4.3 update, I have only 6GB of internal space on my Nexus 7 device, even though I have the 16GB version
Do you guys now what can be the source of this problem and how can I solve it?
Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2382756
Total space 6gb, tells me the partition size is wrong. What would cause that, I dunno. I'd have to guess you played with more than just updating to 4.3. Anymore more to tell us?
Mine did this. I ended up formatting everything and flashing a new ROM.
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Mine did this. I ended up formatting everything and flashing a new ROM.
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How did you keep everything you needed?
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RodMyers said:
How did you keep everything you needed?
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Backup to PC?
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lars1216 said:
Backup to PC?
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Using adp?
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Using adp?
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No backup all stuff first than completely reset and flash a new rom. (backing up just like you normally would via MTP)
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I had to pull everything I wanted to keep then formatted every partition clockwork had to offer, flashed a ROM through adb sideload then moved it all back.
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budapestkave said:
Hi guys,
Since the 4.3 update, I have only 6GB of internal space on my Nexus 7 device, even though I have the 16GB version
Do you guys now what can be the source of this problem and how can I solve it?
Thanks!
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it looks like you bought a 8gb version
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it looks like you bought a 8gb version
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Well, I'm sure op knows if it's an 8 or 16gb tablet lol. Mine is a 32gb tablet, and had been for over a year. When I upgraded to 4.4.4, mine did the same thing, it showed 6gb free, usable space. I formatted & reflashed everything but it didn't help.
What did help was locking & unlocking the bootloader. I also updated the bootloader but that wasn't necessary. For some reason, re-locking & then unlocking the bootloader reset the available computed space. I'd recommend anyone facing a similar problem on a nexus 7 after an update try the same thing, because for some unknown reason, the device defaults to thinking & reporting it's an 8gb tablet when it's really not.
Good evening/morning
I got my n4 today and wanted to root it/put the latest stock rooted rom on it so i went ahead and downloaded wugz nexus root tool kit and proceeded to follow the steps
all seemed well until i flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010887
booted fine first time, after setup i rebooted and it didnt come back.
i thought it might be one of the apps i restored from google backup and so i decided to wipe data and start again
booted fine and i didnt restore any apps, instead it started updating the default google apps.
I rebooted and again it got stuck on the google screen.
I thought i best wipe system and data and try flash the rom again but it seemed to delete my rom from my folder.
I now cannot flash a rom, root toolkit now hangs when i try to push files or flash once it reboots and i cannot manually adb push to sdcard as it says the file system is read only
any ideas how to fix this as im at a complete loss.
i can still boot to bootloader and recovery but even the brickfix in the toolkit doesnt work
Follow this thread step by step. Ditch the toolkit. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183555
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El Daddy said:
Follow this thread step by step. Ditch the toolkit. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183555
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cheers will do mate, thank you
Sorry. Wrong thread. App fail. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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El Daddy said:
Sorry. Wrong thread. App fail. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Thanks mate this brought it back to life
Great! I'm glad you got it up and running.
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Hi all
I just updated to 4.4 but only have 5 gigs of space on 16gig nexus4....
I should have like 11 gigs of storage space.
Anyone else having this problem?
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Formatting data in recovery should fix it (NOT a factory reset).
wipe cache 1st, then try data reset.
I wiped cache and did data reset....that didn't fix it
How do I wipe recovery from cwm?
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seems like this problem resolved here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
How does one boot into stock recovery? Do I flash the recovery.img that comes with the Google factory image (flashboot flash recovery recovery.img ???)
(I've never played with stock recovery, just cwm or twrp)
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bigfamine said:
How does one boot into stock recovery? Do I flash the recovery.img that comes with the Google factory image (flashboot flash recovery recovery.img ???)
(I've never played with stock recovery, just cwm or twrp)
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U pdated to 4.4 but only have 5 gigs of storage space on 16gig
bigfamine said:
Hi all
I just updated to 4.4 but only have 5 gigs of space on 16gig nexus4....
I should have like 11 gigs of storage space.
Anyone else having this problem?
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Well this link will probably solve your problem:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=35119185
Even I had faced the same problem but after following the guidelines got my full 12+GB of storage.
Fixed. Thank!
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bigfamine said:
Fixed. Thank!
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quick one your problem is plastered on xda daily... If you even have any future issues take some time out and search to find answer. Thats truly how this forum can help you and others out.
Glad you got it fixed