Boot loop, can't get into adb mode - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

First off, I'm an idiot.
Nexus 4, 4.3 with Cyanogenmod. Working great until I decided to download Franco Kernel. I installed the latest then the colors inverted. I googled it and found out that the latest update didn't work well with Cyanogenmod and that #188 was the last that did work. I.. like an idiot decided to download and install #188 on top of #192 or whatever it was. Phone goes into **** mode, couldn't do anything on my phone without a popup telling me that android had stopped working so I decide to try factory reset, I don't know what I did wrong this time but now my phone won't even get passed the Google sign on boot up.
Bootloader and recovery still works. I cant push factory zip file to my phone without being in adb mode. What can and should I do?
Cheers

Sivi.N4 said:
First off, I'm an idiot.
Nexus 4, 4.3 with Cyanogenmod. Working great until I decided to download Franco Kernel. I installed the latest then the colors inverted. I googled it and found out that the latest update didn't work well with Cyanogenmod and that #188 was the last that did work. I.. like an idiot decided to download and install #188 on top of #192 or whatever it was. Phone goes into **** mode, couldn't do anything on my phone without a popup telling me that android had stopped working so I decide to try factory reset, I don't know what I did wrong this time but now my phone won't even get passed the Google sign on boot up.
Bootloader and recovery still works. I cant push factory zip file to my phone without being in adb mode. What can and should I do?
Cheers
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If you can get into recovery, my suggestion would be a FULL wipe. System/Data/Cache/Dalvik. Then start over from scratch!
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Berrydroidcafe said:
If you can get into recovery, my suggestion would be a FULL wipe. System/Data/Cache/Dalvik. Then start over from scratch!
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Have done this and am still stuck on Google sign, what should I do afterwards? I still can't push files to my Sd card.

Sivi.N4 said:
Have done this and am still stuck on Google sign, what should I do afterwards?
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If you can boot into recovery and/or the bootloader, half of your problem is solved. I'm not understanding exactly what is the problem. What I'm saying is, I fully understand what happens when you let the phone do its thing and it stayed on the Google logo, but what I'm NOT understanding is, you not being able to connect to the phone when it is in the bootloader.
Can you boot into the bootloader and connect to your computer?
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You need to be in fastboot mode to push install a new rom. Press the vol+, vol-, and power.

Berrydroidcafe said:
If you can boot into recovery and/or the bootloader, half of your problem is solved. I'm not understanding exactly what is the problem. What I'm saying is, I fully understand what happens when you let the phone do its thing and it stayed on the Google logo, but what I'm NOT understanding is, you not being able to connect to the phone when it is in the bootloader.
Can you boot into the bootloader and connect to your computer?
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Yes I can do that.
I am using a toolkit right now, and when I try to push the factory 4.3 I get told that I need developer tools on.

Sivi.N4 said:
Yes I can do that.
I am using a toolkit right now, and when I try to push the factory 4.3 I get told that I need developer tools on.
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Which toolkit are you using?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Which toolkit are you using?
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Using Unified Android Toolkit v3.1.0 by SkipSoft

Sivi.N4 said:
Using Unified Android Toolkit v3.1.0 by SkipSoft
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Not familiar with that one.
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Sivi.N4 said:
Using Unified Android Toolkit v3.1.0 by SkipSoft
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Are you able to see the phone on your computer?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Not familiar with that one.
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Are you able to see the phone on your computer?
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That's a shame.
No I am unable to see my phone on my computer, I can see it in the Device Manager but not under My Computer.

Sivi.N4 said:
That's a shame.
No I am unable to see my phone on my computer, I can see it in the Device Manager but not under My Computer.
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Sounds like a driver issue. Try first uninstall present drivers, plug the phone back in and see if your computer will reinstall the drivers. Oh, before you do that, switch to mtp see what happens.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Sounds like a driver issue. Try first uninstall present drivers, plug the phone back in and see if your computer will reinstall the drivers. Oh, before you do that, switch to mtp see what happens.
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I can't switch to MTP because I can't actually get onto my phone, it doesn't boot.
I'll try to reinstall drivers now, thanks.

Sivi.N4 said:
I can't switch to MTP because I can't actually get onto my phone, it doesn't boot.
I'll try to reinstall drivers now, thanks.
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I assumed that since the phone showed up in the Device Manager.....
Can you boot into the recovery?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
I assumed that since the phone showed up in the Device Manager.....
Can you boot into the recovery?
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Yes I can boot into my bootloader and recovery, but not actual Android or whatever you would call it.. sorry.
Computer installed drivers automatically but I still can't see my phone under My Computer.
In CWRM what should be mounted/unmouted under "Mounts and Storage Menu"?

When you did a factory reset, did you do it from the settings on the phone or through recovery?
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Berrydroidcafe said:
When you did a factory reset, did you do it from the settings on the phone or through recovery?
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Through Recovery

Sivi.N4 said:
Yes I can boot into my bootloader and recovery, but not actual Android or whatever you would call it.. sorry.
Computer installed drivers automatically but I still can't see my phone under My Computer.
In CWRM what should be mounted/unmouted under "Mounts and Storage Menu"?
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I wouldn't worry about the mounts and storage, but I do believe this is where you can mount USB. Try that and see if that works.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
I wouldn't worry about the mounts and storage, but I do believe this is where you can mount USB. Try that and see if that works.
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When I press mount USB storage nothing happens but the menu resetting, it doesn't change to unmount USB storage like the other options do either. I feel like this phone is a goner
I've tried to sideload factory 4.4 but it didn't work, I googled the error and people were saying that it doesn't work for rooted devices. I'd unroot though I'm just afraid that I would break something else.

Sivi.N4 said:
When I press mount USB storage nothing happens but the menu resetting, it doesn't change to unmount USB storage like the other options do either. I feel like this phone is a goner
I've tried to sideload factory 4.4 but it didn't work, I googled the error and people were saying that it doesn't work for rooted devices. I'd unroot though I'm just afraid that I would break something else.
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It wouldn't change to unmount unless it was successfully mounted.
Phone might not be recoverable, but why not download and install NRT by WugFresh? At this point, it couldn't hurt. I would uninstall the first one you were using.
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would recommend making sure ur drivers are ok....also make sure u got adb on ur comp with fastboot. these 2 are the main things.
honestly skip other things n flash stock on ur own...just so u can be happy...u havent hard bricked the phone...its still working...
try to find universal naked drivers...smthng on that lines....n N4 is superb...its a Nexus...wont die soon

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[Q] HELP!! I wiped my whole N7 in recovery.

Hi all!!
I have a huge problem i think.
Yesterday is was rooting my device, and i was about to start flashing a custom rom.
What happened is that in the proces of wiping dalvik cache etc. I by accident wiped the whole system!
So now if i want to reboot, recovery gives the error that there is no OS is installed. If i reboot my nexus 7 keeps hanging in the startup screen wich only displays Google...
It still can reboot in recovery or bootloader, but i cant figure out how to recover. I tried with 2 toolkits, but no succes! I made a nandroid backup but this doesnt work either.
Also i tried several solutions but none of them helped.
Does someone know how i can get my N7 to work again?? :crying:
Wugfresh's toolkit allows you to flash the stock image from the bootloader. Just make sure you check the box that states you cantvpower the device up.
Mskips toolkit, chose the option to flash Google image, it will download, and flash for you, if not your doing it wrong, push comes to shove your going o have to download a custom ROM and use adb to to push it on to your nexus 7 then fire up cwm and lash the rom, your nandroid will be gone unless you took it off/copied to a PC before you messed up.
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Jordanooo said:
Wugfresh's toolkit allows you to flash the stock image from the bootloader. Just make sure you check the box that states you cantvpower the device up.
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This^ i have done it a few times. When i flash a new rom i wipe all including system. Sometimes i get a bad download and i dont realise until i try to flash. Do as poster above says and you will be ok
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leelaa said:
This^ i have done it a few times. When i flash a new rom i wipe all including system. Sometimes i get a bad download and i dont realise until i try to flash. Do as poster above says and you will be ok
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I tried all those things named above with both toolkits..
When i try to flash to stock it keeps hanging at some point, or i get errors. What am i doing wrong?
I will try again what jordaanooo mentioned.. hope this time it will work.
If it doesn't work, does it help to post some screenshots with the error i get, or where it gets stuck??
Yeah, try it, make sure you state you cant boot it, and tell us what parts it stops/fails at
SMH dont use toolkits -_- so you're saying you "could" get into recovery? Why didnt you just adb push a rom
Code:
adb push name-of-rom.zip /data/media
Then flash that rom?
ÜBER™ said:
SMH dont use toolkits -_- so you're saying you "could" get into recovery? Why didnt you just adb push a rom
Code:
adb push name-of-rom.zip /data/media
Then flash that rom?
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Yes recovery does work. How do i push that? i have never done that...
TouchHD said:
Yes recovery does work. How do i push that? i have never done that...
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he just mentioned it in the post. do you know how to use adb? do you have it installed?
Fufu_the_Great said:
he just mentioned it in the post. do you know how to use adb? do you have it installed?
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i used it before for rooting my htc one x, so i think i have the needed files. but i don't know what i need for the n7 and how to start. I have been searching, but can't figure it out..
Jordanooo said:
Wugfresh's toolkit allows you to flash the stock image from the bootloader. Just make sure you check the box that states you cantvpower the device up.
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done something like this yesterday,worked :good:
TouchHD said:
i used it before for rooting my htc one x, so i think i have the needed files. but i don't know what i need for the n7 and how to start. I have been searching, but can't figure it out..
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pretty simple. if you know how to use adb then you just need to just a ROM to apply. wether it be the stock or a custom. once you know what ROM, the easiest thing is to paste it into your adb folder (usually platform-tools) and just push it onto your sd card
Fufu_the_Great said:
pretty simple. if you know how to use adb then you just need to just a ROM to apply. wether it be the stock or a custom. once you know what ROM, the easiest thing is to paste it into your adb folder (usually platform-tools) and just push it onto your sd card
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Thanks will try that this evening when i get home!
Jordanooo said:
Yeah, try it, make sure you state you cant boot it, and tell us what parts it stops/fails at
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I'm trying to flash to a stock rom at the moment with the wugfresh toolkit. it seems the process is stuck at the point where it is "sending 'system' to the device. it's "sending 'system'" for more than an hour now... is that ok?? or is there something going wrong?
the picture show's where it gets stucked
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper3.34.img
Fastboot flash all nakasijroo3d.IMG w/e its called
Do you have cwm or twrp installed? If so you can mount the 7 like a mass storage device to your computer. This will give you access to the SD card where you can transfer a ROM from your computer to your tablet....I'm not sued where the setting is.....just go into your recovery and dig around....I think its under advanced...
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I just checked...if u go under the mount setting. There's a USB mass storage option......def the easiest route....adb is easy ...if you know how to set it up right
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TouchHD said:
I'm trying to flash to a stock rom at the moment with the wugfresh toolkit. it seems the process is stuck at the point where it is "sending 'system' to the device. it's "sending 'system'" for more than an hour now... is that ok?? or is there something going wrong?
the picture show's where it gets stucked
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are you familiar/comfortable with the command prompt?
Fufu_the_Great said:
are you familiar/comfortable with the command prompt?
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no not really.. i'm a real noob with that.
TouchHD said:
no not really.. i'm a real noob with that.
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do you remember where you installed android sdk?
Fufu_the_Great said:
do you remember where you installed android sdk?
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Yes i do. C:\SDK

Won't mount

Edit: Didn't mean to post this but since it's here... Anybody have a quick fix for no OS install but won't mount to push new file to tab?
Told you not to use the toolkit.
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Try disabling Android Debugging or mount USB in custom recovery.
Or since you just want to transfer a file from PC to N7 try AirDroid.
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ÜBER™ said:
Told you not to use the toolkit.
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Wasn't the toolkit, I accidentally formatted and erased the OS lol now im trying to get the OS back on... any idea how I can do it?
DirtyShroomz said:
Wasn't the toolkit, I accidentally formatted and erased the OS lol no im trying to get the OS back on... any idea how I can do it?
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Can you boot into fastboot mode? Flash the stock images via fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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ÜBER™ said:
Can you boot into fastboot mode? Flash the stock images via fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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Yeah, that's what I'm attempting now
Edit: Attempted to push and gave me an error while copying over... grrr. First time ever having issues rooting anything and i've worked on 20+ devices. I feel like a n00b all over again.
Edit 2: My friends computer was in read-only mode. I think i've finally found the issue... after 1 hour lol
Edit 3: No luck... *sigh* I think my brain has shut down for the day
Edit 4: Finally got device to mount, all is well again

[SOLVED] Unbrick Nexus 7?

Hey everybody,
Yesterday I tried flashing a theme to SmoothRom and got caught in a bootloop. In a panic, I accidentally factory wiped my sd card and lost my roms so now I can't flash another rom to my Nexus 7. I've tried adb pushing a rom to the sd card, but my Nexus 7 is not being recognized in adb devices. I've tried everything to my knowledge but I still cannot get anything to work, even tried working on Mac and PC computers and my Nexus won't show up in adb.
I'm ready to count my losses as it is my fault, but I figured you guys could help out. I love my Nexus so if you guys know anything I could do I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
tjonestmj137 said:
Hey everybody,
Yesterday I tried flashing a theme to SmoothRom and got caught in a bootloop. In a panic, I accidentally factory wiped my sd card and lost my roms so now I can't flash another rom to my Nexus 7. I've tried adb pushing a rom to the sd card, but my Nexus 7 is not being recognized in adb devices. I've tried everything to my knowledge but I still cannot get anything to work, even tried working on Mac and PC computers and my Nexus won't show up in adb.
I'm ready to count my losses as it is my fault, but I figured you guys could help out. I love my Nexus so if you guys know anything I could do I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Do you still have access to recovery? What about fastboot? What version of android were you on?
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Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
This worked for me: http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode
heavy_metal_man said:
Do you still have access to recovery? What about fastboot? What version of android were you on?
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Yeah I can still get into fastboot & recovery (Clockwork mod touch). I've tried mounting the sd card in recovery but nothing happens. Tried doing adb to sideload a rom but my device is showing up.
Nico_60 said:
This worked for me: ]
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I saw this while googling some stuff gonna try it out thanks.
tjonestmj137 said:
I saw this while googling some stuff gonna try it out thanks.
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images flash the one for your device (You will need to use fastboot)
Re: Unbrick Nexus 7?
You can go two ways here, either you can do as the above user posted and flash a stock image via fastboot or if you have a otg cable and a pendrive/removable media you can use that to install the rom
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Ok guys, I spent all last night trying to get this to work, and I'm still having problems. I tried adding the line to the driver inf file but nothing worked. I tried adding the PDANet drivers, but the Nexus of course is not showing up. I know that my Nexus is not doomed it's just something I'm not doing right, not gonna give up I'll keep at it. Thanks for the help guys, if anything have any suggestions let me know!
Sounds like you should find out if CWM touch can mount a USB flash thumbdrive via an OTG cable. You can avoid driver problems that way (as long as it works). The filesystem formatting of the USB drive with the highest probability of success will be a FAT format.
good luck
hello!sorry for hearing about your tablet!mine today fell of a chair and the glass is broken so if you try everything and you can't fix your tablet i would like to buy it for the screen cause it costs a lot for a replacement!!!thanks!
komakos96 said:
hello!sorry for hearing about your tablet!mine today fell of a chair and the glass is broken so if you try everything and you can't fix your tablet i would like to buy it for the screen cause it costs a lot for a replacement!!!thanks!
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There's nothing wrong with it... you just need to flash stock with fastboot or adb sideload it.
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Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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Good news.
Click the "Thanks" button on the posts of those that helped you - at the end of the year we'll be able to trade them in for something valuable - brownie points
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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Good stuff pal, it's handy to have otg eh?
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Then...
tjonestmj137 said:
Yeah I can still get into fastboot & recovery (Clockwork mod touch). I've tried mounting the sd card in recovery but nothing happens. Tried doing adb to sideload a rom but my device is showing up.
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Wipe data again, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and re-flash SmoothROM.
Good luck, a bootloop is not a simple thing...
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tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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If you have your problem solved, please put [SOLVED] at the start of the title of the thread, then the people will not post a solution.
Thanks.
Somehow I have screwed my nexus 7(16gb wifi only) up so bad that I cannot get back into fastboot or recovery mode. Any attempt at bootup is met with a blank screen. How do you suggest I proceed?
thefugugitive87 said:
Somehow I have screwed my nexus 7(16gb wifi only) up so bad that I cannot get back into fastboot or recovery mode. Any attempt at bootup is met with a blank screen. How do you suggest I proceed?
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If fastboot is really dead, then you're out of luck. Have you tried running fastboot commands, however, after trying to boot into fastboot? Sometimes the underlying software will run correctly, even if the screen is nonresponsive.
Rirere said:
If fastboot is really dead, then you're out of luck. Have you tried running fastboot commands, however, after trying to boot into fastboot? Sometimes the underlying software will run correctly, even if the screen is nonresponsive.
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So I assume this means my only hope is to replace the motherboard which houses the memory. Is that a good assumption?
HELP!
so i had the same thing happen to me. I had access to recovery still but instead of re flashing i tried to use nexus root toolkit to factory reset. somehow fastboot failed halfway through and now recovery is gone with everything else. The only thing i can get into is the bootloader mode....
My device is still listed as a fastboot device, but when i try to re-run the flash to stock i get this: (see attached picture)
Please help, I honestly have been working on this for days, but i simply do not know enough to fix it!
I will post a new topic if no one responds. Thanks
Help Needed
tjonestmj137 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Unbricked it with OTG cable that came in the mail yesterday!
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I'm having a similar problem. Present state of the device is that my N7 boots into the bootloader and then to the custom recovery. I've accidently erased the OS.
Can you tell me how you managed to unbrick via OTG. Should I move the factory image to usb flash drive and then mount it via OTG and then try to flash it via recovery???
Please help:crying:

[Q] No ROM on my Nexus 4. Is there a way to recover without backup?

I accidently deleted everything on my internal storage of my Nexus 4 which had the gapps and custom ROM at the same time wiped out my stock ROM. Is there a way for me to recover? My phone is rooted with Team Win Recovery Project v2.4.1.0. I heard ADB might be able to save my phone but I do not know how it works. My computer cannot find my device whatsoever thus I cannot put any form of ROM onto my Nexus 4.
Go back to stock and start again...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Recovery mode
EddyOS said:
Go back to stock and start again...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Does ADB Sideload work in Recovery Mode?
Should do if you're using the latest version of the custom recovery but you also need adb working to use it
EddyOS said:
Should do if you're using the latest version of the custom recovery but you also need adb working to use it
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Before the incident happened I'm pretty sure ADB connection worked. But now the computer can't even detect this device.
vinnchou said:
Before the incident happened I'm pretty sure ADB connection worked. But now the computer can't even detect this device.
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Try a different USB port, and check in Device Manager to see what Windows sees the unit as. If ADB/fastboot won't work you're stuck
EddyOS said:
Try a different USB port, and check in Device Manager to see what Windows sees the unit as. If ADB/fastboot won't work you're stuck
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Well the thing is when I plug it in nothing shows up or says that I've plugged anything in. It sees nothing. So is Fastboot another option?
Get your phone into fastboot and plug it in the PC. If it is seen by the PC then you can go back to stock. If not, you'll have to try another PC to rule out something your end. If that doesn't work either then you might have to RMA it
EddyOS said:
Get your phone into fastboot and plug it in the PC. If it is seen by the PC then you can go back to stock. If not, you'll have to try another PC to rule out something your end. If that doesn't work either then you might have to RMA it
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Just to clarify, adb won't see the phone but fastboot will. The command "fastboot devices" is what you want. This is for flashing a new OS on the phone.
EddyOS said:
Get your phone into fastboot and plug it in the PC. If it is seen by the PC then you can go back to stock. If not, you'll have to try another PC to rule out something your end. If that doesn't work either then you might have to RMA it
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Yes! The connection is seen by the computer and it is just recognized as a SAMSUNG Android Phone. So what is RMA? Or do I not need to worry about that? What do I do from here? Maybe there's hope!
fenstre said:
Just to clarify, adb won't see the phone but fastboot will. The command "fastboot devices" is what you want. This is for flashing a new OS on the phone.
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Why you quoting me? I don't have the problem!
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vinnchou said:
Yes! The connection is seen by the computer and it is just recognized as a SAMSUNG Android Phone. So what is RMA? Or do I not need to worry about that? What do I do from here? Maybe there's hope!
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That's fine, it shows the fastboot driver is installed. You can flash the stock factory image by following the guide I posted earlier in the thread. Once back to stock, you can then see if the PC will find the phone in ADB
fenstre said:
Just to clarify, adb won't see the phone but fastboot will. The command "fastboot devices" is what you want. This is for flashing a new OS on the phone.
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How exactly do I FastBoot? I'm on the Screen that says FASTBOOT MODE. What do I do from here?
EddyOS said:
Why you quoting me? I don't have the problem!
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That's fine, it shows the fastboot driver is installed. You can flash the stock factory image by following the guide I posted earlier in the thread. Once back to stock, you can then see if the PC will find the phone in ADB
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Ok Thank you! I will try my best! If Fastboot shows does it mean I have the correct drivers already installed?
vinnchou said:
Ok Thank you! I will try my best! If Fastboot shows does it mean I have the correct drivers already installed?
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Try running 'fastboot devices' and see if anything comes up. If it does then you're good to go!
EddyOS said:
Try running 'fastboot devices' and see if anything comes up. If it does then you're good to go!
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So I got stock ROM 4.2.2 back on my phone and the storage is only 5.6GB why is that?
EddyOS said:
Get your phone into fastboot and plug it in the PC. If it is seen by the PC then you can go back to stock. If not, you'll have to try another PC to rule out something your end. If that doesn't work either then you might have to RMA it
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Why would he RMA it? This isn't Google's fault.
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Adb push a ROM?
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vinnchou said:
So I got stock ROM 4.2.2 back on my phone and the storage is only 5.6GB why is that?
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There is a bit about that in the back to stock thread under the instructions, it happened to me as well
Looks like you got it working again but another option is using the nexus toolkit v1.63 I think (its under the development thread). The toolkit can push a ROM on your PC directly to the phone and flash via recovery. It only took 5 mins for me to get my phone working when I had this exact same problem.
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otariq said:
Looks like you got it working again but another option is using the nexus toolkit v1.63 I think (its under the development thread). The toolkit can push a ROM on your PC directly to the phone and flash via recovery. It only took 5 mins for me to get my phone working when I had this exact same problem.
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But now the OP has the knowledge of how to do it manually, which everyone should know as relying on a Toolkit is lazy

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

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