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[Q] nexus s just shows google logo after rebooting

So i tried to root my phone using one of the tutorials and ended up with a padlock screen on my phone. after researching i ALOT i decided on hard reseting my phone from the recovery menu. but all i see now is the google logo i believe i have deleted the 2.3.4 while reseting. can someone guide me from here. i am a n00b and i have had this phone for just 2 days. thanks in advance

anyone who can help?

youngballer said:
anyone who can help?
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Please be more specific.
What tutorial did you use?
Did you download clockwork recovery?
Do you have the superuser zip?
If you can enable fast boot and fastboot flash recovery you should be able to mount your usb storage in CWM and then install a ROM and the su zip.

stuck on the nexus s boot screen
Babydoll25 said:
Please be more specific.
What tutorial did you use?
Did you download clockwork recovery?
Do you have the superuser zip?
If you can enable fast boot and fastboot flash recovery you should be able to mount your usb storage in CWM and then install a ROM and the su zip.
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i used the one mentioned in addictive tips website (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-nexus-s-with-a-single-click-using-superboot/). i basically followed what these guys had mentioned.
since this failed i read that the other option is to go through fastboot > recovery > and clear everything but this did not change anything.
can someone give me a step by step guideline on how to continue. i dont mind going back to the stock 2.3.4 android. i just bought the phone yesterday

Which version do you have? The sprint or t mobile? Check if you can go into fast boot hold down volume up and then powerbutton. If not you may have to Odin it if not. That super one click looks old..
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chewbz said:
Which version do you have? The sprint or t mobile? Check if you can go into fast boot hold down volume up and then powerbutton. If not you may have to Odin it if not. That super one click looks old..
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I am in Canada but the model is 19020 A. I can get to the fastboot mode but don't know what to do after that.

I have the 4g so I don't want to give you the wrong information and never encountered this situation so sorry dude. Hopefully a more experanced user can help you out.
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Btw if all fails you can Odin it
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its all good thanks for trying to help

If your ROM flashed incorrectly, it would lead to your phone being in a state where it just shows a GOOGLE with a Padlock; kind of like turning on a computer without an operating system.
You would have to read the instructions on rooting your phone, which involves using fastboot and flash recovery from fastboot (All this is in the rooting guide). Simply reflash the recovery so you boot up back in recovery and try flash the rom again.

The same happened to me, I fixed it buy flashing a stock boot.img
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thanks for the replies. how do i flash from the fastboot mode? when i plug it in to my computer i cant see the drive but my computer can detect the nexus s is plugged in

Set up adb first, they have the guides in the dev section, I used wolverines guide, you'll have to look for the software img, I don't know where it is at for the GSM model. Good luck
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

Sounds like you're rooted and have recovery installed, but your OS is hosed.
Flash a ROM.

thanks for the replies guys. i have the adb setup on my laptop. i took it to one of the stores and he said he cant reflash it for some reason. he said he needs to get some software off samsung and it will take him a day. my phone is brand new and i didnt wanna trust him. do u guys think i should use odin? one of my friend has a galaxy s and he said odin should work fine on my phone.

Can you get into the ClockworkMod recovery menu? Turn the phone completely off then hold VolUp and Power until you get into Recovery.
If you get there, you're golden. Just download a ROM (I recommend Deck's) and away you go.

i can get into recovery but it gives me option like wipe everything and i selected that. but when i reboot the phone the same locked screen pops up. anyone from toronto here who i can contact?

youngballer said:
i can get into recovery but it gives me option like wipe everything and i selected that. but when i reboot the phone the same locked screen pops up. anyone from toronto here who i can contact?
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Basically with those wipe commands you make the Rom unuseable. You have to flash a new one or apply it via Odin. There are various guides on this forum section. Odin requires less technical knowledge but is a bit more risky then flashing via recovery. Odin and the Roms for that method can be obtained from samfirmware.com. Zipped roms can be found in the development section here.
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[Q]Mobile network stopped working after Installing Custom Recovery!!! Urgent!!!

Hi Guys!!
This is emergency!! I was trying to install recovery . I was successful in flashing recovery through the Nexus 4 Toolkit. After a while non of the networks are connecting. Wifi dosen't even startup, no mobile network! Please HELP!!
Thanks

In settings, does it display an imei number or is it 0's/garbage?

Maybe you need to input your apn settings for your carrier again? I know one of the tool kits I used had an option to backup apn settings probably for this exact reason. Try rebooting your phone also.

champ1919 said:
In settings, does it display an imei number or is it 0's/garbage?
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It says unknown

SysAdmNj said:
Maybe you need to input your apn settings for your carrier again? I know one of the tool kits I used had an option to backup apn settings probably for this exact reason. Try rebooting your phone also.
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I tried rebooting nothing works...I also tried master reset the phone.. Still no luck!

Did you make a backup of your efs folder? Or any backups? What you have is a missing imei number.

Ship it to me and I'll fix it for you.
Did you try flash the AOSP image from Google's website?

champ1919 said:
Did you make a backup of your efs folder? Or any backups? What you have is a missing imei number.
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Unfortunately i did not make any backup am i messed up ??

asawoszc said:
Ship it to me and I'll fix it for you.
Did you try flash the AOSP image from Google's website?
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Ah man!! Can you guide me to that link ??

Another weird thing, when i connect my phone in MTP mode the internal storage is completely empty!! what is happening ??? Please help guys!!

Download a toolkit, reflash stock system image. If you've got stuff on your SD back it up on the Toolkit, the flash and you're back to stock again
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

will444 said:
Download a toolkit, reflash stock system image. If you've got stuff on your SD back it up on the Toolkit, the flash and you're back to stock again
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Can you please provide me the link for the stock system image ? Thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34552123
All the info and resources you need are there.
Sent from my Nexus 4

What you did and don't realize is that you had to unlock the bootloader to root and install a custom recovery and by doing that you wiped your phones data, all of it. Unlocking the bootloader puts the phone back into the state when you first received it and it has to be setup all over again.
Flashing the stock image will also take you back to a state where the phone was when you first received it and you will have to set it up again.
I'm not absolutely sure you need to do that or just set the phone up again like you did when you first got it. If you can't get it working again then reflash the stock image and restart from there. To do it with the toolkit you have to download it manually then place it into the folder in the toolkit directory for flashing files. The toolkit should have instructions on how to do this.
Unfortunately at this point anything you had stored on the phone is gone for good.

El Daddy said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34552123
All the info and resources you need are there.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Thanks mate!! Giving it a try!!

kzoodroid said:
What you did and don't realize is that you had to unlock the bootloader to root and install a custom recovery and by doing that you wiped your phones data, all of it. Unlocking the bootloader puts the phone back into the state when you first received it and it has to be setup all over again.
Flashing the stock image will also take you back to a state where the phone was when you first received it and you will have to set it up again.
I'm not absolutely sure you need to do that or just set the phone up again like you did when you first got it. If you can't get it working again then reflash the stock image and restart from there.
Unfortunately at this point anything you had stored on the phone is gone for good.
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Dude i had already unlocked the boot loader. Now i am in the Start screen and the Lock Status Says : Unlocked. Luckily my Nexus is jus 1 day old and am yet to load stuff! So not much to bother about loosing data on the storage. I am downloading this : Factory Images "occam" for Nexus 4 - https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images i hope it is correct!! Thanks
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Re flashing the factory image fixed my problem. Thanks a lot guys.

Greed lead to Brick!

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.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

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...
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

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
Sent from my Nexus⁴ using Tapatalk 4 Beta

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.

Device wont boot

I just got my nexus today and i was willing to root it, so i followed this guide http://www.androidrootz.com/2012/11/how-to-root-nexus-4-on-windows.html?m=1 . Evrything went ok till i had to go to cwm, wipe data and reboot. But after that the device wouldnt boot anymore; its stuck ate that x logo. PLEASE HELP ME IM DESPERATE, IM ABOUT TO CRY

Xintorrim said:
I just got my nexus today and i was willing to root it, so i followed this guide http://www.androidrootz.com/2012/11/how-to-root-nexus-4-on-windows.html?m=1 . Evrything went ok till i had to go to cwm, wipe data and reboot. But after that the device wouldnt boot anymore; its stuck ate that x logo. PLEASE HELP ME IM DESPERATE, IM ABOUT TO CRY
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did you wipe the system?
boot into fastboot, and flash stock image.

Yes that will help... What I've learned from my previous phone, i.e. Sony Ericsson Walkman W8 is never wipe data/ factory reset your phone until you have a ROM ready for it...!! I had the same issue with it but I could pull out the memory card and put a custom ROM into it... So then I flashed the ROM.. And had no problem booting! So... I downloaded a ROM for my nexus 4 before rooting it!!
Just shared my experience... Someone might benefit from it!

VikramW8 said:
Yes that will help... What I've learned from my previous phone, i.e. Sony Ericsson Walkman W8 is never wipe data/ factory reset your phone until you have a ROM ready for it...!! I had the same issue with it but I could pull out the memory card and put a custom ROM into it... So then I flashed the ROM.. And had no problem booting! So... I downloaded a ROM for my nexus 4 before rooting it!!
Just shared my experience... Someone might benefit from it!
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Doing a factory reset doesn't affect the ROM.
Anyway, flash the factory system image and you'll be good.
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I'll certainly flash the stock image then. But whats the best way to do it? Is there any tutorial you recommend? Im a total noob with this device

Xintorrim said:
I just got my nexus today and i was willing to root it, so i followed this guide http://www.androidrootz.com/2012/11/how-to-root-nexus-4-on-windows.html?m=1 . Evrything went ok till i had to go to cwm, wipe data and reboot. But after that the device wouldnt boot anymore; its stuck ate that x logo. PLEASE HELP ME IM DESPERATE, IM ABOUT TO CRY
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First of all dont panic! Nexus its not easy to brick.
Just concentrate and read carefully.
Check this tool here for easy rooting /flashing etc and follow all instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk 4

I managed to successfully flash the factory image and now my device is working 100%. Thank you guys, love you.

korockinout13 said:
Doing a factory reset doesn't affect the ROM.
Anyway, flash the factory system image and you'll be good.
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Well it happended with my vwalkman. And also with my brother's xperia ion while rooting. I put CWM on it. And by mistake after the factory reset I rebooted the system and it got stuck on the sony logo... Even the recovery was gone... I had to fix it by pushing a custom kernel with a recovery in it.. Also it happened with my friend's htc explorer... It was stuck on the htc logo.. Cz he wiped the system after flashing the supersu file and then rebooted.. But he still had the recovery..! But that was fixed by simply inhaling a ROM!! I never posted this anywhere as I couldnt find any similar threads...

[Q] Nexus stucked in Bootloop and is dead

Hello,
i have the problem that my Nexus 4 got stucked while i was updating to 5.0.1 and now im only in Bootloop and cant do anything. My Data on the Phone is really important, I only need a method to safe them . But the second problem is that my Bootloader is locked and i dont have rooted my Phone, so is there any chance to safe the phone with any method?
Greets,
Durood

If you can define the procedure you followed for updating to Android 5.0.1, then I can think of something.

gautam.is.sharma said:
If you can define the procedure you followed for updating to Android 5.0.1, then I can think of something.
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two weeks earlier, i updated to 5.0, worked just fine.
i followed the normal procedure. got a message from my phone that a new update is available, donwlowded it and then clicked on install. then it started installing and nothing more happend, after 5 hours it was still in process and the 4 dots were spinning.

any ideas?
i need my phone working asap

durood said:
any ideas?
i need my phone working asap
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Well, your phone isn't dead but you might have to wipe your phone. I'd start with doing a factory reset in the stock recovery. That will wipe your device
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Go to stock recovery and you can trying wiping /cache first, and then reboot. If that does not work, go back and do a full wipe.
Did you use the toolkit? If so, this happens everytime for some reason. Your phone is not broken. Just give it some time after rebooting and should bring you to the setup menus.