[Q] Bricked my Nexus 4 - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I believe i've bricked my phone today.
I stupidly didn't have any backup. I had an encrypted phone, running L preview beta, another stupidity, I had some problems with the beta-2 i had flashed since yesterday, so i though of flashing beta-4 today. I rebooted in cwm and wiped data/factory reset, it failed, i formatted /system that worked. Tried flashing from zip, it couldn't access /sdcard. i thought let's reunlock oem, that will do the factory reset, i did. Now i don't have a working fastboot link, a corrupt cwm barely working and the screen's stuck at Google, when trying to boot. I can use adb, i've tried adb sideload, but it doesn't work ! The file is copied but the screen is still stuck at Google logo, without booting.
Can anything be done ? I've searched and couldn't find anything that works ! Any help is highly appreciated.

Are you able to boot into bootloader and push recovery image to your phone?
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KrisMurdrum said:
Are you able to boot into bootloader and push recovery image to your phone?
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yeah, i am able to boot into bootloader but it has limited access, and i can push files to my phone via adb.

I googled your problem and found this write up , there are some more tips in the comment section. Hope that can help you
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Thanks, I'm on it
EDIT :
It worked. I had to sideload the zip file, but mounting /sdcard helped me access it which i couldn't earlier.
Phone's up and working now. Thanks for the help. Appreciate it !

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[Q] Stuck at nexus logo, and more.

After i rooted/unlocked my phone I booted it up and it got stuck on the nexus splash screen. I did find a solution to the problem which was to put it back to factory settings. alright, great, problem solved, but when i go to do the reset i come across errors as seen in the picture. Anyone know how to fix?
I had that issue when downloading the file through the toolkit. I went and manually got the images from google, placed them in the correct folder within the kit and flashed successfully.
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dont use a toolkit. do it manually like what ^^ said
I recommend flash SuperSu zip file via CWM Recovery.
It's totally easy and safe.
I had this issue. Factory reset/clear caches should fix it.
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sporez said:
I had this issue. Factory reset/clear caches should fix it.
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factory resetting clears your cache, as well as dalvik cache.
Not sure what I did wrong.
Backed up phone
unlocked phone
downloaded CWM
put SU on phone
went into put loader and flashed ( I think ) CWM
then when I go into recover mode the phone gets stuck on google logo.
Cleared cache etc. but nada.
Downloading factory image now....on a very slow connection and will take 3 hours. Any way around this? What are my options.
I'm totally stuck here too. I have the exact same as the OP.
I've manually placed the stock image in the folder structure. It's starts to do stuff, reboots and then the toolkit says Waiting for Device (forever).
Nothing happens after this.
This all occurred while I was installing my Google Apps. I stupidly installed Chainfire3D, and installed the drivers. It restarted and this never ending cycle happened. I only read that they weren't compatible with ICS or Jellybean afterwards
Any help is greatly appreciated. :crying:
Hi guys
I am stuck on the google logo, I have cleared dalvik etc unmounted / mounted system but cannot get to data partion
I have wiped the SD card now I cannot connect to copy a rom back to the device... it just hangs on Google logo.
I can access recovery but still cannot access data partition to add rom.
any ideas?
thank you
ace9094 said:
Hi guys
I am stuck on the google logo, I have cleared dalvik etc unmounted / mounted system but cannot get to data partion
I have wiped the SD card now I cannot connect to copy a rom back to the device... it just hangs on Google logo.
I can access recovery but still cannot access data partition to add rom.
any ideas?
thank you
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flash stock recovery.IMG clear caches and boot
Burroveo said:
I'm totally stuck here too. I have the exact same as the OP.
I've manually placed the stock image in the folder structure. It's starts to do stuff, reboots and then the toolkit says Waiting for Device (forever).
Nothing happens after this.
This all occurred while I was installing my Google Apps. I stupidly installed Chainfire3D, and installed the drivers. It restarted and this never ending cycle happened. I only read that they weren't compatible with ICS or Jellybean afterwards
Any help is greatly appreciated. :crying:
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There is a file contain in the factory image download called flash-all.bat Double click on this file while your phone is connected in bootloader mode and it should automatically flash the stock image for you
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i also have this problem.
I tried to flash stock factory image with the .bat file but no success. I am stuck at the nexus bootlogo...
Can still enter recovery and fastboot.
Edit:
solved my problem. I went to CWM Recovery, and checked in "mounts and storage" that none of the partitions were mounted. Cache was mounted in my case. I unmounted Cache and rebooted.
Phone boots fine now!

[Q] Nexus 4 No OS. Only fastboot [SOLVED]

I recently tried to flash PA on my nexus.
Installed cwm on my phone. Then downloaded the PA ROM and moved to the device storage.
Rebooted into CWM and performed all the wipes.
I accidentally wiped the system and the internel partitions too.
when i tried to install ROM from sdcard. it says "NO FILES FOUND"
Iam stuck here. Phone wont boot into Android... any suggestions? please help!
How did you wipe system within CWM?
But since you say you wiped internal partitions too, it seems to me that you wiped your internal emulated sdcard... so I think your only option now is to flash stock images again... Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
If you don't want to flash the stock images you can also push a rom to your phone with adb while booted in a custom recovery
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
Thanks guys. Found a solution.
Flashed TWRP and sideloaded the ROM file. And flashed it.
Earlier the same process with CWM was not successful. Now the phone is loaded with PA ROM!
Thanks guys! and can u point me to the google stock images??
njarun said:
Thanks guys! and can u point me to the google stock images??
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Glad you solved it
Here are the stock OTA and images from google and mirrored http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971169
My dad said he knew how to fix this, and wiped my system, thats all, and now I can't boot. Any help on this?
mrjoeltan said:
My dad said he knew how to fix this, and wiped my system, thats all, and now I can't boot. Any help on this?
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wiped /system? have you tried simple re-flashing your ROM from the .zip ?
no worry... download the nexus 4 twrp latest img from their site, and flash it to your N4
what you needed:
twrp img file
some n4 rom
adb and fastboot
instructions:
boot to fastboot, vol key down + powerbutton when n4 is off.
on your comp, , dos/terminal - fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
reboot in recovery
select the adb side load from advanced tab in the twrp.
on your comp - adb sideload rom.zip
everything done....reboot phone.
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I have a same problem, but when i try to flash a Rom, it`s fail and said that no partition, how can i fix it? Thanks for read.
blackcatvn said:
I have a same problem, but when i try to flash a Rom, it`s fail and said that no partition, how can i fix it? Thanks for read.
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did you wipe using fastboot erase command? if so, you need to re-format to the android supported file system to access the partitions!
try installing the twrp recovery and perform 'FORMAT DATA' from wipe. then install ROM.
N4 no OS.
njarun said:
I recently tried to flash PA on my nexus.
Installed cwm on my phone. Then downloaded the PA ROM and moved to the device storage.
Rebooted into CWM and performed all the wipes.
I accidentally wiped the system and the internel partitions too.
when i tried to install ROM from sdcard. it says "NO FILES FOUND"
Iam stuck here. Phone wont boot into Android... any suggestions? please help!
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I need help, having the same problem you had with my N4. Cant seem to fix it. I had PA 3.69 for 3 weeks when I rebooted my N4 i had no OS on the phone. Just my Bootloader and Twrp 2500 was recently 2600 but cant do anything else. ADB works seems to fail when writing to N4. Im trying to get it back to stock. Any Ideas
Axel
Axelben said:
I need help, having the same problem you had with my N4. Cant seem to fix it. I had PA 3.69 for 3 weeks when I rebooted my N4 i had no OS on the phone. Just my Bootloader and Twrp 2500 was recently 2600 but cant do anything else. ADB works seems to fail when writing to N4. Im trying to get it back to stock. Any Ideas
Axel
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can u get into recovery? did u check changing your USB Cable? The original nexus usb cable sucks, try another one. If you can access the fastboot/adb then it will be pretty simple..
Same problem but...
Hi, I'm having the same problem with my Nexus 4 and I have TWRP V 2.6.3.0 but I'm not sure how to push any rom to my phone because it's not showing up under my computer in Windows. How do I push roms to my Nexus 4? I'm stuck at the Google boot screen when I try to boot (Flashed Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage, and normal cache) and I of course don't have any roms on my phone after I wiped all of the partitons. Help me plz
El Daddy said:
If you don't want to flash the stock images you can also push a rom to your phone with adb while booted in a custom recovery
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
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Got it working
Hi, I got it to work. No worries guys
xXDustinoXx said:
Hi, I'm having the same problem with my Nexus 4 and I have TWRP V 2.6.3.0 but I'm not sure how to push any rom to my phone because it's not showing up under my computer in Windows. How do I push roms to my Nexus 4? I'm stuck at the Google boot screen when I try to boot (Flashed Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage, and normal cache) and I of course don't have any roms on my phone after I wiped all of the partitons. Help me plz
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njarun said:
can u get into recovery? did u check changing your USB Cable? The original nexus usb cable sucks, try another one. If you can access the fastboot/adb then it will be pretty simple..
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i cannot get the thing to work this bloody adb command does not seems to work on my Windows 8.1
Can u please give a detailed intruction as i have my file in D Drive so where to keep this zip file
nickboy360 said:
i cannot get the thing to work this bloody adb command does not seems to work on my Windows 8.1
Can u please give a detailed intruction as i have my file in D Drive so where to keep this zip file
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you got it working? else pm me your mail id. ill send you the necessary files and detailed info, I once composed it for one of my friend!
njarun said:
you got it working? else pm me your mail id. ill send you the necessary files and detailed info, I once composed it for one of my friend!
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Thanks for asking mate i got it done... :good:

[Q] flexrom - SOLVED-

I've been successfully using the new 4.3 ROM on my a500. After flashing the latest, it worked beautifully until I shut it down. Upon rebooting, it stays in a boot loop. I am able to get into TWRP 2.4.4, but cannot restore my backup or flash any ROM.
It looks like I accidentally deleted the flexrom folder from the tablet. I have not previously been successful flashing via USB. How can I recover my tablet?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
LPMatt said:
I've been successfully using the new 4.3 ROM on my a500. After flashing the latest, it worked beautifully until I shut it down. Upon rebooting, it stays in a boot loop. I am able to get into TWRP 2.4.4, but cannot restore my backup or flash any ROM.
It looks like I accidentally deleted the flexrom folder from the tablet. I have not previously been successful flashing via USB. How can I recover my tablet?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
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seems a bit strange u cannot do anything from recovery...what happens when u do?
Do u still have Skrilax_CZ bootloader?
Think I'd reflash the v8 bootloader/recovery pkge and go from there
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Managed to get apx working and flashed bootloader v9. Got to twrp 2.4.4 but could not flash a rom. Flashed an apx bundle with b/l v8 and Thors 1.7 cwm. Flashed a rom with aroma and it looked successful, but would not boot past the wifi screen. Says process failed.
The flexrom issue seems to be solved, but I had to repartition. Could that be it? Don't know what the proper partition sizes should be.
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LPMatt said:
... but I had to repartition. Could that be it? Don't know what the proper partition sizes should be.
Sent From Here
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U dont need to know the partition sizes??
Just run babsector. rar it does it for u and will flash bootloader/recovery as well...its in the root guide in my sig
Which rom are u flashing?
Make sure u do a full wipe.
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That did it! I'm back on 4.3 with the latest cwm for the a500. Wish I could use TWRP 2.6.1, but I still can't get that one to load. What I have is working great, though. Thanks for your help!
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That's awesome m8, sorry cant help with TWRP but glad you got yaself fixed up!!
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[Q] Cannot mount anything in TWRP, sdcard folder empty

Hi All
I am in the process of flashing Cyanogenmod 11 onto my TF300T however I am in a world of hurt. First I updated to the latest TWRP (2.6.3 -4.2). When i boot up into TWRP it is asking me for a password which I do not know. If I press Cancel i cannot see any contents of /sdcard. Also if I insert a microSD card, again cannot see any contents. TWRP is telling me there is no operating system installed and if i reboot it just comes straight back into TWRP.
I apologise if this question has already been asked but I just cant figure this one out.
What bootloader version do you have? What helped me was to reboot into the boot loader (using volume down+power, has three options RCK, cold-boot linux, Wipe data [dont ever ever ever wipe data]) and select cold-boot linux (the android guy in the middle) and it would boot back into my ROM. If you cant get in that way, you are going to have to use ADB on your computer and use the "adb reboot-fastboot" command. If you get in, back up your files, because you're at the event horizon of losing all your data. If your bootloader is 10.6.1.8 youre going to need to flash the latest asus stock firmware from their website.
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Lyshco said:
Hi All
I am in the process of flashing Cyanogenmod 11 onto my TF300T however I am in a world of hurt. First I updated to the latest TWRP (2.6.3 -4.2). When i boot up into TWRP it is asking me for a password which I do not know. If I press Cancel i cannot see any contents of /sdcard. Also if I insert a microSD card, again cannot see any contents. TWRP is telling me there is no operating system installed and if i reboot it just comes straight back into TWRP.
I apologise if this question has already been asked but I just cant figure this one out.
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u should back to twrp 2.5, or u should use scanno twrp.
Tunameltsalad said:
What bootloader version do you have? What helped me was to reboot into the boot loader (using volume down+power, has three options RCK, cold-boot linux, Wipe data [dont ever ever ever wipe data]) and select cold-boot linux (the android guy in the middle) and it would boot back into my ROM. If you cant get in that way, you are going to have to use ADB on your computer and use the "adb reboot-fastboot" command. If you get in, back up your files, because you're at the event horizon of losing all your data. If your bootloader is 10.6.1.8 youre going to need to flash the latest asus stock firmware from their website.
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I am using bootloader 10.6.1.3. When I cold boot linux it just continually boots up into TWRP.
Whenever I try to run an ADB command i get "error: device not found". I have installed the android SDK, tried to install the USB drivers but no luck (possible windows 8 issue?).
It doesnt matter if I lose all data on it, i dont keep anything really important on it.
I have rolled back to 2.5.0 TWRP and it still asks me for a password.
I've switched over to my Mac now and have been able to push the CM-11 ROM into the sdcard directory. However when I attempt to flash it, it fails immediately with the log saying.
E:Unable to mount '/system'
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
Lyshco said:
I've switched over to my Mac now and have been able to push the CM-11 ROM into the sdcard directory. However when I attempt to flash it, it fails immediately with the log saying.
E:Unable to mount '/system'
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
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I had something similar, tried many things but nothing worked so i ended up flashing stock ROM again with fastboot.
If you need help on how to do that just let me know.
rtfm
and more serious:
cm11=android4.4=new PITs(like with 4.1 to 4.2)
solution:
flash scsnnos twrp 2.6.3.0 from his omni thread and it works.
cheers
buster
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Buster99 said:
rtfm
and more serious:
cm11=android4.4=new PITs(like with 4.1 to 4.2)
solution:
flash scsnnos twrp 2.6.3.0 from his omni thread and it works.
cheers
buster
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Ok this morning I have tried the following:
1. Flashed Scanno's TWRP from the OMNI thread using this command:
> fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img
2. Booted up into TWRP, again /sdcard is empty.
3. Pushed the OMNI ROM onto /sdcard using:
> adb push omni-4.4.2-20131218-tf300t-HOMEMADE.zip /sdcard/
4. Went to Install and selected the zip then it immediately fails saying:
Unable to mount '/system'
Am I missing something here? From above i see that i flash 'recovery'. Do I need to flash 'system' with fastboot?
no, but maybe your PITs are corrupt. do you still have an older nandroid backup you could try to restore first?
oh just read that twrp asks for password. is that still the case?
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Yep it's still asking me for a password.
What are PITs?
I'm not sure if I have a backup. When in TWRP if I go to restore it can't find any. It's like the whole tablet is wiped. Does this have something to do with not having the ability to mount anything?
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Ok, Buster99 I followed your instructions over at this thread and am now back up and running with stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&nocache=1&z=9056634965818376
For me to go to KitKat, can I just flash the OMNI ROM now?
EDIT: Nevermind, I am all back up and running, thanks so much for the help, i was getting a bit worried that I had bricked it!
HELP
So I just tried getting cm11 on my tf300t, i installed TWRP 2.5 and rooted my device, everything went well. I then did a factory reset and wiped cashe. I tried installing then cm11 zip file with no success. I get the message that it failed. And now im on a device with no ROM to boot into and no working ROM to flash on the device.
Since there is a SD card slot on the device, would it be possible to put another ROM on there and then flashing that?
Please help me!
ollemolle said:
So I just tried getting cm11 on my tf300t, i installed TWRP 2.5 and rooted my device, everything went well. I then did a factory reset and wiped cashe. I tried installing then cm11 zip file with no success. I get the message that it failed. And now im on a device with no ROM to boot into and no working ROM to flash on the device.
Since there is a SD card slot on the device, would it be possible to put another ROM on there and then flashing that?
Please help me!
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in order to install CM11, you need a special TWRP modded for KK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48508679&postcount=7
You can copy a CM11 nightly and the TWRP onto a SD card and flash from there, or use fastboot.
cmendonc2 said:
in order to install CM11, you need a special TWRP modded for KK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48508679&postcount=7
You can copy a CM11 nightly and the TWRP onto a SD card and flash from there, or use fastboot.
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Hello, i have a similar problem, i wanted to install CM11 on my TF300T, i downloaded the latest version of TWRP from their site for the tablet, installed via Fastboot and everything seems to be ok, when i try to flash it (via CM OTA) it ask me for the password and it didn´t mount any data, but when i reboot the tablet it just keep loading twrp and i can't get to fastboot nor adb nor APX, so i have no idea on how to restore or boot back to the OS, or i just bricked the device?
thanks
josush said:
Hello, i have a similar problem, i wanted to install CM11 on my TF300T, i downloaded the latest version of TWRP from their site for the tablet, installed via Fastboot and everything seems to be ok, when i try to flash it (via CM OTA) it ask me for the password and it didn´t mount any data, but when i reboot the tablet it just keep loading twrp and i can't get to fastboot nor adb nor APX, so i have no idea on how to restore or boot back to the OS, or i just bricked the device?
thanks
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What stock bootloader are you on?
cmendonc2 said:
What stock bootloader are you on?
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i'm not really sure about the number but it was the latest one from ASUS, i was on the official 4.2.1 ROM when i moved to CM10 a few months ago
josush said:
i'm not really sure about the number but it was the latest one from ASUS, i was on the official 4.2.1 ROM when i moved to CM10 a few months ago
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When you restart you tablet, and hold the vol down key while rebooting it will give you a bootloader number: 10.6.x.x.x
cmendonc2 said:
When you restart you tablet, and hold the vol down key while rebooting it will give you a bootloader number: 10.6.x.x.x
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that's the point, it doesn't do anything, is like i'm not holding or pressing it, it just show the ASUS Logo screen and in the top left it says that the bootloader is unlocked as usual, i don't think is a wardware problem because it was working the last time it booted on Android
josush said:
that's the point, it doesn't do anything, is like i'm not holding or pressing it, it just show the ASUS Logo screen and in the top left it says that the bootloader is unlocked as usual, i don't think is a wardware problem because it was working the last time it booted on Android
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Once it goes to recovery, adb will be accessible. Then follow Buster's recovery method.

cannot get out of recovery

I do not have any back ups because i backed up on clockwork and i now have twrp. I have 3 roms on my phone but 2 say failed and aokp just puts me in bootloop. I cant do anything .please help. Thank you!
So nobody can help or what???????
kkurtz78 said:
I do not have any back ups because i backed up on clockwork and i now have twrp. I have 3 roms on my phone but 2 say failed and aokp just puts me in bootloop. I cant do anything .please help. Thank you!
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Have you try to do a full wipe? In any case, yoy can download other rom that works sure and put in the sdcard using adb when you are in recovery mode...
Check if when you flash the rom, you are getting an error related with loky-... (Something like this)...
Why don't you try to install back cwm if you still have your cwm backup. Then after that restore your backup.
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mrm43 said:
Why don't you try to install back cwm if you still have your cwm backup. Then after that restore your backup.
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How can i install back to CWM? if i cant get out of Recovery?? I would just download another rom but computer wont show my phone since stuck in recovery, As you can tell i have limited access to computer privileges due to using a work computer, so I do not have any of the tools on the computer.
lomunet said:
Have you try to do a full wipe? In any case, yoy can download other rom that works sure and put in the sdcard using adb when you are in recovery mode...
Check if when you flash the rom, you are getting an error related with loky-... (Something like this)...
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Yes i did a full wipe, when i flash AOKP 2/16 its successful but stays boot looping, but PA and CM11 says failed, but nothing mentioning loki.
Can you not mount in twrp? Or go into download mode and adb push another ROM onto the phone? If your in a bootloop just wipe everything twice. Mount or adb push a new ROM AFTER checking md5. Both those have worked for me :$
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Is your TWRP out of date? You can update TWRP while in TWRP. Or just adp sideload another ROM.
How do you update twrp while in recovery? When flashing the other two roms its saying something about binary?? And how do you side load, yes im real new to the g2 root game, my nexus's were so much easier and never delt with adb sdk really, ill have more luck tomorrow when im on computer i can actually download stuff , when i flash aokp i see all the files through file manager but just won't boot
kkurtz78 said:
How can i install back to CWM? if i cant get out of Recovery?? I would just download another rom but computer wont show my phone since stuck in recovery, As you can tell i have limited access to computer privileges due to using a work computer, so I do not have any of the tools on the computer.
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By using ADB. If your pc does not detect phone. Try installing lg drivers or those on pdanet drivers.
Link for universal drivers to get ADB working.
http://koush.com/post/universal-adb-driver
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Adb is the way to go if your stuck in recovery. And even if you're a newb its easy to learn as there are countless tutorials out there. Just read up on it and then you can either push a new ROM or push cwm and restore your old backup
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