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My nexus won't root!

I've tried eveything, the Nexus toolbox, ADB, and even Chainfire's auto root. I've managed to unlock my bootloader, but whenever it comes to rooting (depending on which way I try to root) the command prompt will stay at "Downloading boot.img" or "Sending Recovery (7806 kb)" until i either reboot my Nexus or close cmd. How can i root this damn device? I'm going insane! Thank you!

AW: My nexus won't root!
Did you tried Wugs nexus root toolkit? Of not try it, you can't do something wrong it's sooo easy!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469
Tell me if it worked or not
Swyped from my beast the Nexus 4

Fast boot devices , check if a device comes up
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miniAndroidian said:
Did you tried Wigs nexus root toolkit? Of not try it, you can't do something wrong it's sooo easy!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469
Tell me if it worked or not
Swyped from my beast the Nexus 4
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Thank you. But it still sticks on "Booting modified boot.img to enable running privileged commands..."
I've just noticed that My Computer/Windows Explorer isn't showing my Nexus when its connected as MTP. Could that be the problem? And if so, do you know how to fix it? thanks.

okmijnlp said:
Thank you. But it still sticks on "Booting modified boot.img to enable running privileged commands..."
I've just noticed that My Computer/Windows Explorer isn't showing my Nexus when its connected as MTP. Could that be the problem? And if so, do you know how to fix it? thanks.
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Try doing the whole process again from step one using the toolkit and install that will guide you step by step in installing the proper drivers and such. I usually do everything manually but I went into lazy mode and did everything just fine and with little time as well. :good:

UZ7 said:
Try doing the whole process again from step one using the toolkit and install that will guide you step by step in installing the proper drivers and such. I usually do everything manually but I went into lazy mode and did everything just fine and with little time as well. :good:
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Thanks but I've even done that 3 times now. uninstalling & reinstalling drivers, unlocking & relocking. still, the sae problem persists :crying:

Try a new USB cord and port. Make sure USB debugging is on
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Go to androidrootz.com and try his method. Worked for me on a Mac and I am not very computer savy. He also has windows version for rooting.
Ian B

Censura_Umbra said:
Try a new USB cord and port. Make sure USB debugging is on
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+1 I'm betting usb debugging not turned on again after you unlocked bootloader.

clockcycle said:
+1 I'm betting usb debugging not turned on again after you unlocked bootloader.
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Usb debugging is on .
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It's a long process but i ended up having to use a Linux virtual machine (luckily i had one for work anyway).
No matter what toolkit or manual step to install drivers, i couldn't get Win7 to detect the phone, however, attaching it in VmWare to an Ubuntu guest system worked straight away. I got the adb/fastboot files by following instructions in a thread here on XDA and was rooted in minutes
May be worth a shot

Toolkits are a waste of space. Do it manually, it's only like four steps and you will see exactly what is happening and where (if anywhere) you're going wrong.

[Q] PLEASE HELP!!! Cannot connect to computer!!!

Hey everyone, thanks in advance for the help. I just got a nexus 4 yesterday, that was already updated to 4.3 when I got it. My problem is when I go to unlock the boot loader, it won't recognize the phone. It says "list of devices attached" but doesn't give a serial number. Also, before this, it was giving a serial number, but was saying it was offline. So I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. Any help is most appreciated.
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You might need updated adb/fastboot exe/dll's. Grab them from a toolkit, that's what I did.

meangreenie said:
You might need updated adb/fastboot exe/dll's. Grab them from a toolkit, that's what I did.
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I completely upgraded the whole SDK. Still no good.
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Try this... When you're connected to the PC , toggle USB debugging off and on.. It might ask for authorisation of ur PC in your phone.. Give yes.. Then do adb devices .. You might fight the offline thing gone
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badhri said:
Try this... When you're connected to the PC , toggle USB debugging off and on.. It might ask for authorisation of ur PC in your phone.. Give yes.. Then do adb devices .. You might fight the offline thing gone
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I did that, got it to boot into boot loader through adb, then my fastboot drivers wouldn't install. So I uninstalled everything and started from scratch and now I can't even get the serial number to come up.
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Enzopreme said:
I did that, got it to boot into boot loader through adb, then my fastboot drivers wouldn't install. So I uninstalled everything and started from scratch and now I can't even get the serial number to come up.
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Hmm.. doesn't it get shown as Android devices under device manager?
I too had a similar kind of problem with adb. I uninstalled the drivers manually and installed it again using Koush's Universal ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Driver for Windows. It has fastboot thing also. It worked for me.
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/BQ5iYJEaaEH
You can also try someone else's PC or something. Install the drivers using the above link and just fastboot. Sorry, if that is of not much help. I'm new, both to this place and to this Nexus 4 device as well. All the best.

Nexus 4 No OS Installed TWRP

Guys I need your help.
I have Nexus 4 16GB pre owned. Bought it with Cyanogenmod 10.2 installed already and rooted. Then CM11 nightlies came and I installed it OTA but it seems that it has a lot of bugs so I rolled back to CM10. When I rolled back and rebooted, it does not come up (Google and Cyanogenmod logo only). I rebooted it to bootload mode, then recovery (TWRP) and accidentally wiped out everything including ROM/OS. I don't have that much knowledge in restoring my phone. I tried connecting it to PC (WinXP) and it does not recognize the device. Tried everything posted in different forums on how to connect my device to PC but to no avail. Cannot do USB debugging thing 'cause I can only utilize device's recovery mode (TWRP). I'm thinking now on having this device repaired by cellphone repair shop just to install OS.Anyone can help? Other forums look like too technical for me. Noob here, really.

Hi I've just had a quick look, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
It mentions about installing drivers and says the USB Debugging ones are not required.
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MyCanSeeYou said:
Hi I've just had a quick look, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
It mentions about installing drivers and says the USB Debugging ones are not required.
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Thanks! Still cannot connect my Nexus 4 to either Mac and Windows even after downloading/installing these drivers. PC/Mac still does not recognize my device. Changed USB cables etc and still cannot get through.

spitfiremaxtm said:
Thanks! Still cannot connect my Nexus 4 to either Mac and Windows even after downloading/installing these drivers. PC/Mac still does not recognize my device. Changed USB cables etc and still cannot get through.
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your bootloader is unlocked? (apologizes for my english, i'm from brasil but i'm trying to help, the same happen to me)
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spitfiremaxtm said:
Guys I need your help.
I have Nexus 4 16GB pre owned. Bought it with Cyanogenmod 10.2 installed already and rooted. Then CM11 nightlies came and I installed it OTA but it seems that it has a lot of bugs so I rolled back to CM10. When I rolled back and rebooted, it does not come up (Google and Cyanogenmod logo only). I rebooted it to bootload mode, then recovery (TWRP) and accidentally wiped out everything including ROM/OS. I don't have that much knowledge in restoring my phone. I tried connecting it to PC (WinXP) and it does not recognize the device. Tried everything posted in different forums on how to connect my device to PC but to no avail. Cannot do USB debugging thing 'cause I can only utilize device's recovery mode (TWRP). I'm thinking now on having this device repaired by cellphone repair shop just to install OS.Anyone can help? Other forums look like too technical for me. Noob here, really.
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Reported your post and recommended it get moved to the Nexus 4 Q/A section. This should allow you to get more accurate answers to your questions.

sconetto said:
your bootloader is unlocked? (apologizes for my english, i'm from brasil but i'm trying to help, the same happen to me)
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Yes, it's unlocked. Stuck at TWRP recovery mode and can't connect to either Mac or Windows.

spitfiremaxtm said:
Yes, it's unlocked. Stuck at TWRP recovery mode and can't connect to either Mac or Windows.
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try to put your n4 in bootloader mode, i think its volume down and power button, and connect your n4 to a windows pc with the nexus root toolkit openned, in nrt there is a section, i think is recovery section, select the soft bricked/bootloop, follow the instructions, this proceed solved my problem this option will wipe all your data and files, so you lost all the things you have in your n4. (again, sorry my english, just trying to help) hope i helped
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sconetto said:
try to put your n4 in bootloader mode, i think its volume down and power button, and connect your n4 to a windows pc with the nexus root toolkit openned, in nrt there is a section, i think is recovery section, select the soft bricked/bootloop, follow the instructions, this proceed solved my problem this option will wipe all your data and files, so you lost all the things you have in your n4. (again, sorry my english, just trying to help) hope i helped
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Thank you! Will try this and let you know if it worked. Thanks again.

Helped me too

spitfiremaxtm said:
Thank you! Will try this and let you know if it worked. Thanks again.
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ok i hope works
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Boot up holding vol down so you are at the android part.
Then attached your phone to your PC and use adb push to push a custom rom or download your source image from google.
Grab the google factory image here https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418.tgz
Then do adb shell
mkdir /sdcard/Download
exit
adb push /donwload folder/name of the zip /sdcard/Download
Then go to recovery twrp and install the zip
Should get you up and running
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Boot up holding vol down so you are at the android part.
Then attached your phone to your PC and use adb push to push a custom rom or download your source image from google.
Grab the google factory image here https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418.tgz
Then do adb shell
mkdir /sdcard/Download
exit
adb push /donwload folder/name of the zip /sdcard/Download
Then go to recovery twrp and install the zip
Should get you up and running

my NEXUS 4 IS BRICKED AND I CANT FIX IT in any possible way

Hello
my nexus 4 is stuck in boot loader and i have costume twrb recovery and my pc wont recognize it in ant way and iam sure that the driver is installed correctly 100%
and i have wipe everything on my internal storage (system.usp-otg,cache data )everything
and try everything u said it in here
i cant pust any files to my phone what to do
help please i will get crazy​

Look at this thread. You can install a factory image and set everything to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312

flopower1996 said:
Look at this thread. You can install a factory image and set everything to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312
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this guide works only if your pc recognize your phone its wont work ant way

mhda19713 said:
this guide works only if your pc recognize your phone its wont work ant way
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Please reinstall drivers using @WugFresh 's Toolkit
And down to default font size please. It does nothing more to oversize this...

Also, you might wanna try out all your USB ports. For me fastboot/adb only works on some ports. Also while trying out the ports keep the device manager window open. This way you can easily see when and more importantly how the computer sees your phone.
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Marsou77 said:
Please reinstall drivers using @WugFresh 's Toolkit
And down to default font size please. It does nothing more to oversize this...
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i did

download ubuntu image, write it to a cd or pendrive, boot it,install stock inside unbutu(dont use toolkits)
ps: i know there is a easier way, but op is like "oh ma gawd i dunno how to google halp me phone bricked tried nothing and im all out of ideas", so no easy way for him

be calm buddy try installing different drivers, it will work. I had the same issue.

Bricked Nexus 7

Hey guys,
a few hours ago I tried flashing the new Ldroid Rom onto my Nexus 7. After flashing the rom my tablet took ages to boot up and after the bootup it said i had to enter a password to encrypt the data (i never set encryption). after entering a random password android reported that the password was right but the data corrupt and i'd have to do a factory reset. after entering twrp i realized that the device couldn't mount anything except system. i wiped/formated everything except system and tried booting into android. this time i was stuck at the google logo. after entering recovery mode again now twrp couldn't mount system and sdcard. so i formated both and now i'm here with an absolutely empty nexus 7. i tried to use adb sideload to flash a new rom but my pc doesn't recognize the device and neither does fastboot. i tried reinstalling adb and fastboot drivers, i used universal drivers, i used drivers from toolkits, i did many many pc and tablet restarts, i reinstalled android sdk several times, i used different adb/fastboot locations, i even tried using a different pc trying the same steps. no change, only thing i get is that the tablet gets recognized by the device manager as an adb/fastboot device, nothing more.
Does anyone of you know a possible sollution for my issue?
Thanks in advance
P.S.: i've been researching the internet for this issue for the past hours and couldn't find any sollutions, so please don't say stuff like "use search function"
P.P.S.: My other devices get recognized without any issues with the same cable.

I would suggest using wugs awesome software you need to make sure all partitions are wiped and repaired to which ever format you are trying to use ext4 or f2fs and through wugs you can flash new ROM through fastboot wigs has save my ass a few times one should not try to do tedious tasks after a long night of drinking hope this helps let me know if ya need more
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Masterloki666 said:
I would suggest using wugs awesome software you need to make sure all partitions are wiped and repaired to which ever format you are trying to use ext4 or f2fs and through wugs you can flash new ROM through fastboot wigs has save my ass a few times one should not try to do tedious tasks after a long night of drinking hope this helps let me know if ya need more
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Thanks for the reply.
The thing is that the device doesn't get recognized in fastboot mode by the fastboot interface. But I'll try anyways as soon as I'm at home again...

Wugss also has a option to restore soft bricked devices that should do the trick for ya if all else fails
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Masterloki666 said:
Wugss also has a option to restore soft bricked devices that should do the trick for ya if all else fails
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didn't work :/ device doesn't get recognized by fastboot but it's shown as fastboot device in the device manager

OK check verify all partitions are set and you can try to use adb and you can push a new os I believe that should work
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Masterloki666 said:
OK check verify all partitions are set and you can try to use adb and you can push a new os I believe that should work
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how can i do that?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56749959 here's a post with syteps to fix and get you set up
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Masterloki666 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56749959 here's a post with syteps to fix and get you set up
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Will not work as my device doesn't get recognized by fastboot.

OK are you on the latest twrp recovery if so you can go into that and enable mtp get the ROM and gapps and all other files you want to flash and drop them onto your device the only thing is it for some reason won't let you transfer zip files that's fine just rename from zip to txt
And it should work sorry for the delay in response hope that works for you lol
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Excuse me I do not write good English. Today I had a similar problem. Tablet remained in bootloader and laptop does not see it
I used NRT function Back to Stock and click on Soft-Bricked / Bootloop.
Tablet runs on Lolipop
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Masterloki666 said:
OK are you on the latest twrp recovery if so you can go into that and enable mtp get the ROM and gapps and all other files you want to flash and drop them onto your device the only thing is it for some reason won't let you transfer zip files that's fine just rename from zip to txt
And it should work sorry for the delay in response hope that works for you lol
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no I don't even if I had, it wouldn't work because I have no system on the tablet...
wwarrel said:
Excuse me I do not write good English. Today I had a similar problem. Tablet remained in bootloader and laptop does not see it
I used NRT function Back to Stock and click on Soft-Bricked / Bootloop.
Tablet runs on Lolipop
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Will not work because you need fastboot for it which is not working for me...

Alright I used my macbook for adb/fastboot and there it somehow recognized my device and I could use fastboot to do a factory reset. I still don't know why two independent windows systems did not recognize my Nexus 7 but I got it fixed. Anyways thanks to everyone who tried to help me in this thread!