I want to restore my nexus 7 to a factory state and flash the stock rom using the nexus root toolkit ... so when i choose to " flash stock + unroot " with the option softbricked checked , it starts to download the image and flashes it but stops after successfully installing the bootloader and no further progress goes ... please tell me what i'm doing wrong ( trying to flash 4.4 for 2012 nexus 7 )
Did you not get the OTA update for 4.4, I only got it last night so if you leave it, it may come automatically
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Did you not get the OTA update for 4.4, I only got it last night so if you leave it, it may come automatically
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I actually installed the OTA but when the device rebooted , TWRP did the installation of the update and then i got stuck at the kit kat logo ) the circles ) .. so i'm trying to reinstall stock kit kat with Nexus Root Toolkit but the progres stops after installing the bootloader
I ran the "adb devices" command in sdk folder but can't recognize the device , is that the problem ?? and how to get adb to work with the device knowing that recovery fails and i only have fastboot
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Hi,
Regretting this now but was trying to try out a different ROM after a long day so probably missed a step somewhere....
The situation now is that following normal procedure, my Nexus was wiped of user data, new ROM zip file copied across and loaded using recovery mode. After that, it had some error setting permissions with the new ROM and did not install properly (loaded but blank screen, apps, settings etc would not load).
I tried the process again and the same result, but now, I cannot even get adb working, the device is coming up simply as an unknown device and I cannot force install the google usb driver to get adb working again - so now I cannot even copy stock across to the Nexus.
My question is, without adb working now, have I fully bricked it or can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
If you can get into boot loader you can fix it.
Home power up and down
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Update ur SDK to get adb working..I faced it for 4.2.2
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IRX120 said:
If you can get into boot loader you can fix it.
Home power up and down
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To elaborate a little, you'll want to get into the bootloader using the method quoted above, and then use fastboot (or nexus toolkit) to flash a stock image.
Thanks guys, managed to recover back to stock via fastboot and the command line just now .... this will teach me never to try flashing any ROMs when half asleep!
Thanks again :good:
My nexus 4 is rooted and is on 4.2.2 with rom paranoid android 3.5. Im not interested in root anymore. I want to update to 4.3. but everytime i try to update it ...it says 'verification failed'. Is there a way to update to 4.3 without going back to 4.2 unrooted nexus 4. I m passsed my modding days and dont have time to unroot it so looking an easy way to update to 4.3
thanks.
First thing this is not Q&A section. To update to 4.3 you have to be on stock rom since you on a custom ROM you'll have to flash the stock 4.3 images with fast boot
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So I tried THIS method... but in command prompt screen, it doesnt go beyond the second line of command prompt.
I also tried THIS method and i got stuck on installing the drivers.
I guess I need a really easy simple way of unrooting my phone.
I use "Nexus 4 toolkit" it works great you can do anything easy.. Just make sure it sees your phone while in android and fastboot (install the drivers with this toolkit)
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mrrtys said:
I use "Nexus 4 toolkit" it works great you can do anything easy.. Just make sure it sees your phone while in android and fastboot (install the drivers with this toolkit)
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Is this Nexs 4 tool kit you're talking about? Will it unroot my phone? coz i dont see it in the feature list.
Yes that's it. You can download stock 4.3 and flash it with this or just unroot...
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Don't use the toolkit, learn to do it yourself. Which drivers are you using? I use the ones from the SDK, they work fine even on Windows 8.
Once they are installed, it's just a case of following efrant's guide after downloading the 4.3 factory image from Google. It's really not that hard if you're willing to take 10-20 minutes to read up on it all. Once you have read up on it, you'll never need to use a toolkit
He asked for something easy.. Toolkit is fine and you can do a manual input...same thing
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EddyOS said:
Don't use the toolkit, learn to do it yourself. Which drivers are you using? I use the ones from the SDK, they work fine even on Windows 8.
Once they are installed, it's just a case of following efrant's guide after downloading the 4.3 factory image from Google. It's really not that hard if you're willing to take 10-20 minutes to read up on it all. Once you have read up on it, you'll never need to use a toolkit
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pl help.. i downloaded d update and it asked me to restart n install so then the install started and aborted with an error message.. what to do..? there was an error when i restored my stock recovery, dat mite b d problem.? and where is dat data dwnloaded?
I just wanted to be updated with no probs due to rooting. currently all stock.
Rohit02 said:
pl help.. i downloaded d update and it asked me to restart n install so then the install started and aborted with an error message.. what to do..? there was an error when i restored my stock recovery, dat mite b d problem.? and where is dat data dwnloaded?
I just wanted to be updated with no probs due to rooting. currently all stock.
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1. Please use proper English and not text/gangster speech.
2. Which update have you downloaded? Please list exactly what you've done
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1. Please use proper English and not text/gangster speech.
2. Which update have you downloaded? Please list exactly what you've done
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Sorry if you felt my English improper.. I have got used to texting..
So to start, I had rooted through framaroot and unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp through goo manager.
Unrooted my phone for 4.3 update by restoring the kernel and recovery(was on stock rom). While restoring the recovery I got an error message with android and exclamation mark so I rebooted and all was fine..
So today I got the update and downloaded it and it said to Restart and Install I did that and while installing it aborted and gave a android with red triangle and error written under it..
Hope you don't find this English as gangster speech.
Rohit02 said:
Sorry if you felt my English improper.. I have got used to texting..
So to start, I had rooted through framaroot and unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp through goo manager.
Unrooted my phone for 4.3 update by restoring the kernel and recovery(was on stock rom). While restoring the recovery I got an error message with android and exclamation mark so I rebooted and all was fine..
So today I got the update and downloaded it and it said to Restart and Install I did that and while installing it aborted and gave a android with red triangle and error written under it..
Hope you don't find this English as gangster speech.
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Much better!
OK, the android with the red triangle is the stock recovery so all that seems fine. Did you modify and of the system files at all on the phone since rooting it?
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Much better!
OK, the android with the red triangle is the stock recovery so all that seems fine. Did you modify and of the system files at all on the phone since rooting it?
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No not at all.. I had only flashed kernels n radios thats it.
Thanks for your reply.. Can you please tell me can I flssh Pa based on 4.3 when it comes directly on rooting 4.2.2?
Flashing the kernel will affect the OTA as you have to have the stock kernel as well. I'd imagine the radio also has to be the 4.2.2 one as well
Heya...
On my 16GB Grouper I had installed the stock rooted 4.3 rom. Yesterday a system OTA update message appeared on my screen - 1.7 MB. I let it download and install over night and just went to bed. Came back in the morning to a boot loop where the device got stuck with the four colorful thingies animation. I can access the bootloader, but the recovery seems to be broken. Can't remember if I had anything other than the stock one... Anyways, now I'm strugling to get this thing going again. I am a zero at ADB but willing to learn whatever is necessary to get me started with a working recovery at least. No tool root box will do anything really for me...
Thanks for your help in advance
Hey!
Had a problem just like yours. If your running windows then install this program its called nexus tool kit. I'm a newbie here but if you Google 'nexus toolkit wug fresh' you can find it
All you need to do is plug your device in and open the program, then select flash OTA with the boot loop option and then follow the on screen instructions
That should put you back to normal with a fresh start meaning all you data will be lost. You can also root from there to.
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hettige677 said:
Hey!
Had a problem just like yours. If your running windows then install this program its called nexus tool kit. I'm a newbie here but if you Google 'nexus toolkit wug fresh' you can find it
All you need to do is plug your device in and open the program, then select flash OTA with the boot loop option and then follow the on screen instructions
That should put you back to normal with a fresh start meaning all you data will be lost. You can also root from there to.
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Yeah. It would be dumb to actually learn what you are doing to your device. You should totally use a toolkit.
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Honestly, I'm just showing the user one way, I anticipated him of being a newbie. For the record, it shows you all the process's happening.
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Thank you guys. You might not believe it, but I'm not a newb to Android or flashing. It's just that I've always been playing around with Samsung devices and there you'd normaly turn to Odin in case something went wrong. Here it's different.
Anyways, with this comprehensive guide I've been able to reflash a recovery image and my old rom. Unfortunately losing all of my data in the process, but there was no way to save it.
http://www.androidupdate.us/recover-bricked-device-fastboot/
In case this happens to anybody else.
Cheers
Hi,
I have a Nexus7(2012) I was previously running Paranoid Android and tried to update to 4.4.
I am using CWM recovery and I used the factory reset option in before I flashed.
The 4.4 ROM didn't work (because it was an ota update). When I tried to boot back into Paranoid Android it wouldn't go past the google screen, and after waiting on the screen it would put me back into recovery. I also don't have a backup to flash. I am also really bad with the fastboot and adb stuff. I just want to put 4.4 on my device, how do I do that?
(I can't transfer anything from my computer to nexus 7 because my computer won't recognise it. But it will make the USB connected sound.)
Thanks for any help!
It also happened to me but I was update via ota and its stuck in bootloader but I still manage to go into recovery mode. I also don't like using adb fasboot but I thing that is the only way that you can bring your nexus to 4.4. But that's only my advice. Maybe other great dev can give you another solution.
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when i was unlocking my nexus 4, the reboot process was taking far too long and a friend told me to restart so i held down the power button to restart it. After i did that, it would either bootloop on the colors or just stay on 'Google' screen! I have access TWRP but i can't fastflash anything! and when i look around TWRP, it says i have no OS installed! TWRP allowes the option to ADB but im not sure if it's properly installed. Please help!!!!
I'd re flash factory images with a tool kit
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I'd re flash factory images with a tool kit
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i have wugfresh's Nexus Root Toolkit installed on my computer and tried to use those options but it won't do anything cause i dont have fastflash
datninjakyle said:
i have wugfresh's Nexus Root Toolkit installed on my computer and tried to use those options but it won't do anything cause i dont have fastflash
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Google 15 second adb install xda. That'll setup fastboot on your pc. Then flash the factory image in fastboot
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Yup do that
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