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hi there, i have a problem with my nexus 7 and i have searched around for some answers i cant seem to find any for my problem.
so the story goes:
i downloaded the nexus 7 toolkit by mskip and i used this to unlock the boot and root my device, this worked fine. I then decided to try another rom, so i copied the zip to the sdcard (or so i thought) and using the toolkit i used option 11 to install the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-grouper.img, (i selected option 1 intall in /boot, i assume this is where i screwed up) this too went fine. but i couldn't install the new rom as it was no longer there, and now i cant get my device to do anything except boot into cwm or i can go into fast boot.
any ideas on what i can do?
i have looked for the default .img to try installing that but i cant seem to find one.
thanks for looking.
SemnteX said:
hi there, i have a problem with my nexus 7 and i have searched around for some answers i cant seem to find any for my problem.
so the story goes:
i downloaded the nexus 7 toolkit by mskip and i used this to unlock the boot and root my device, this worked fine. I then decided to try another rom, so i copied the zip to the sdcard (or so i thought) and using the toolkit i used option 11 to install the recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-grouper.img, this too went fine. but i couldn't install the new rom as it was no longer there, and no i cant get my device to do anything except boot into cwm or i can go into fast boot.
any ideas on what i can do?
i have looked for the default .img to try installing that but i cant seem to find one.
thanks for looking.
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dont use a toolkits. download the rom via your phones browser, go into recovery and flash it. anyways, you should try twrp recovery, its better than cwm and not buggy
simms22 said:
dont use a toolkits. download the rom via your phones browser, go into recovery and flash it. anyways, you should try twrp recovery, its better than cwm and not buggy
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unfortunately i cant do this as i cant boot into the androis os, i have stupidly overwritten the original boot.img located in the /boot folder, i think i need a copy of the original boot.img to be able to get into android and then get me a new rom
SemnteX said:
unfortunately i cant do this as i cant boot into the androis os, i have stupidly overwritten the original boot.img located in the /boot folder, i think i need a copy of the original boot.img to be able to get into android and then get me a new rom
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Do you have adb on your computer? Fastboot?
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marty331 said:
Do you have adb on your computer? Fastboot?
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yes i do, but i get confused using those, which is why i used the toolkit to unlock and root my device. unfortunately i got a little carried away and installed cwm into the wrong directory and overwrote the boot img.
SemnteX said:
unfortunately i cant do this as i cant boot into the androis os, i have stupidly overwritten the original boot.img located in the /boot folder, i think i need a copy of the original boot.img to be able to get into android and then get me a new rom
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cant you reach your storage via your cwm recovery? you should be able to transfer files from your computer to device still.
simms22 said:
cant you reach your storage via your cwm recovery? you should be able to transfer files from your computer to device still.
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i've tried to do this, but it wont let me mount the /scdard, im not sure why, but it maybe has something to do with how i installed cwm on the device, or maybe im have driver issues
UPDATE = i fixed my device, my stupidity knows no bounds, i found an option in the toolkit to download and install the factory standard rom with all the gubbins attached including the boot img so i okay for now untill i find something else to screw up
SemnteX said:
i've tried to do this, but it wont let me mount the /scdard, im not sure why, but it maybe has something to do with how i installed cwm on the device, or maybe im have driver issues
UPDATE = i fixed my device, my stupidity knows no bounds, i found an option in the toolkit to download and install the factory standard rom with all the gubbins attached including the boot img so i okay for now untill i find something else to screw up
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No sir, how about reading this link!
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...ide-factory-image-restore-your-nexus-7-a.html
I'm sure there is something similar on xda but I have this link handy.
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Changing the title of this post to problem solved doesn't help anybody in the future with a similar problem
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Hello mates,
this morning my nexus 7-wifi (unlocked bot not rooted. w/ CWM) said me there is a system update for new android os. Kitkat.
Then i install the update without getting any CWM backup.
Zip file started to be installed in CWM and it processed all install. steps successfully.
However when the progress bar reach to %100, it said something like "...status 7.... installation aborted" (do not remember clearly).
And after reboot i come across a new boot animation (kitkat's new animation i think) which does not end up to a system start or an error message.
Now,
what should i do to complete installation of kitkat?
Thanks in advance.
cozgun said:
Hello mates,
this morning my nexus 7-wifi (unlocked bot not rooted. w/ CWM) said me there is a system update for new android os. Kitkat.
Then i install the update without getting any CWM backup.
Zip file started to be installed in CWM and it processed all install. steps successfully.
However when the progress bar reach to %100, it said something like "...status 7.... installation aborted" (do not remember clearly).
And after reboot i come across a new boot animation (kitkat's new animation i think) which does not end up to a system start or an error message.
Now,
what should i do to complete installation of kitkat?
Thanks in advance.
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OTA Update cannot be flashed using CWM,you will need to use stock recovery.
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Ben Ling said:
OTA Update cannot be flashed using CWM,you will need to use stock recovery.
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Hi Ben,
what should i do now ? i downloaded a file of 360 MB into my PC, should i flash this file?
or
can i flash the file (~180 MB) which my nexus downloaded over wi-fi? if i am capable of using this file, in which directory should i look for this file ?
Thanks in advance.
cozgun said:
Hi Ben,
what should i do now ? i downloaded a file of 360 MB into my PC, should i flash this file?
or
can i flash the file (~180 MB) which my nexus downloaded over wi-fi? if i am capable of using this file, in which directory should i look for this file ?
Thanks in advance.
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What file have you downloaded ?
Ben Ling said:
What file have you downloaded ?
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tgz file of android 4.4 for nexus 7 2012 wifi. nakasig-krt16s
cozgun said:
tgz file of android 4.4 for nexus 7 2012 wifi. nakasig-krt16s
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you downloaded the factory image ?
yes Ben, the factory image.
Ben,
by the way i cannot open stock recovery. when i push power + v.down, n7 opening in CWM. it will be great if you can help on this as well.
Ben,
by the way i cannot open stock recovery. when i push power + v.down, n7 opening in CWM. it will be great if you can help on this as well.
I did the same
cozgun said:
Ben,
by the way i cannot open stock recovery. when i push power + v.down, n7 opening in CWM. it will be great if you can help on this as well.
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I did the same exact thing that you did and experienced the same error. Luckily, I came across a stickied thread, ""Flashing a factory image with fastboot / return to stock" and followed the instructions EXACTLY and.. it worked! It took me back to 4.3 which was great because at lease tablet was working again! (I had tried everything else I could think of!) What was funny was that within 2 minutes of the tablet up and running again I received the OTA push for 4.4!
I would strongly suggest following the instructions posted in the thread I mentioned above as they worked perfectly.
Boeing787Guy said:
I did the same exact thing that you did and experienced the same error. Luckily, I came across a stickied thread, ""Flashing a factory image with fastboot / return to stock" and followed the instructions EXACTLY and.. it worked! It took me back to 4.3 which was great because at lease tablet was working again! (I had tried everything else I could think of!) What was funny was that within 2 minutes of the tablet up and running again I received the OTA push for 4.4!
I would strongly suggest following the instructions posted in the thread I mentioned above as they worked perfectly.
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Hello buddy,
thank you for the feedback. But i do not want to lose my data in the tablet. So, first i will try to fix this without wiping data.
Currently i install adb files to my pc.
And i managed to find the zip file i need to upgrade from 4.3 to 4.4 without losing any data.
If i can flash this zip file via adb i will be ok. but i cannot flash it via adb, because of the recovery i am using (i think ). With CWM i could not do that. after adb sideload **********.zip command, it says "error: device not found"
now i am looking for a solution to this error.
But if i could have had my tablet open in stock recovery, it might already be solved.
PROBLEM SOLVED.
HERE IS THE STEPS TAKEN:
DOWNLOAD OTA FILE FROM 4.3 TO 4.4 (NOT FACTORY IMAGE).
DOWNLOAD LATEST SDK, RUN SETUP.
PUT THE OTA FILE IN sdk\platform-tools DIRECTORY.
SIDELOADING THE OTAFILE:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/
IF YOUR DEVICE IS NOT RECOGNIZED DURING SIDELOADING CHECK THIS:
http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode/
AFTER SIDELOADING, IF YOU GET STATUS 7 ERROR, TRY THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26&nocache=1&z=7376160805579275
NO DATA LOST IN THIS METHOD.
cozgun said:
PROBLEM SOLVED.
HERE IS THE STEPS TAKEN:
DOWNLOAD OTA FILE FROM 4.3 TO 4.4 (NOT FACTORY IMAGE).
DOWNLOAD LATEST SDK, RUN SETUP.
PUT THE OTA FILE IN sdk\platform-tools DIRECTORY.
SIDELOADING THE OTAFILE:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/
IF YOUR DEVICE IS NOT RECOGNIZED DURING SIDELOADING CHECK THIS:
http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode/
AFTER SIDELOADING, IF YOU GET STATUS 7 ERROR, TRY THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26&nocache=1&z=7376160805579275
NO DATA LOST IN THIS METHOD.
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i try to do that
but when i trying to adb sideload ...zip says error:closed
its maybe im on twrp?
what can i do
plz help me im stuck in bootloop too
plz
pediashkavar buddy,
I am sorry, i have never used twrp.
cozgun said:
PROBLEM SOLVED.
HERE IS THE STEPS TAKEN:
DOWNLOAD OTA FILE FROM 4.3 TO 4.4 (NOT FACTORY IMAGE).
DOWNLOAD LATEST SDK, RUN SETUP.
PUT THE OTA FILE IN sdk\platform-tools DIRECTORY.
SIDELOADING THE OTAFILE:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/
IF YOUR DEVICE IS NOT RECOGNIZED DURING SIDELOADING CHECK THIS:
http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode/
AFTER SIDELOADING, IF YOU GET STATUS 7 ERROR, TRY THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26&nocache=1&z=7376160805579275
NO DATA LOST IN THIS METHOD.
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Does this work on a rooted nexus?
Only reason I'm asking is cause the sideloading link states "..to update nexus without root..."
Can someone help me with me problem?
I have a Nexus 4, its currently running 4.3 & want to update to 4.4 without loosing my data.
Its a stock 4.3 ROM, but my device has the bootloader unlocked, rooted & has Franco kernel installed along with TWRP recovery.
Recently, I've been getting the notification that 4.4 update is ready to install. I click ok & the phone re-boots into TWRP, after a few seconds the screen goes back to the main TWRP menu without installing the update.
So, I downloaded the latest factory image from here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images (Android 4.4 (KRT16S)) & extracted the 'image-occam-krt16s.zip' file from the 'occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418.tgz' download. I then booted into TWRP > Advanced > ADB Sideload.
and ran the following command from adt sdk tools: 'adb sideload image-occam-krt16s.zip'. This sent the zip file to the phone (took about ~1 minute) & the update started but failed almost straight away.
This is the error message I got:
Can anyone point me in the right direction why 4.4 wont install?
Thanks.
Thats not how it works. The factory image zip is not flashable...it contains the imgs for flashing via fastboot, not a recovery.
You can get the flashable ota zips from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
The ones found on that thread can be adb sideloaded.
Thanks for the update.
So, according to the link you provided I need to wipe everything & revert back to stock.
So, there's no way to install 4.4 if I have TWRP & custom kernel installed?
cmberry20 said:
Thanks for the update.
So, according to the link you provided I need to wipe everything & revert back to stock.
So, there's no way to install 4.4 if I have TWRP & custom kernel installed?
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No there is a way. Download the ota zip from that page and flash via TWRP. It should work, assuming that you are currently on 4.3 JWR66Y.
Chromium_ said:
Thats not how it works. The factory image zip is not flashable...it contains the imgs for flashing via fastboot, not a recovery..
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Not saying your wrong but theres a ton of links showing you how to install the factory image via adb sideloading.
http://phandroid.com/2013/11/21/dow...d-4-4-kitkat-krt16s-ota-directly-from-google/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...riants-of-nexus-7-2012-and-2013-and-nexus-10/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...16s-ota-manually-root-or-unlock-not-required/
What gives??
Chromium_ said:
No there is a way. Download the ota zip from that page and flash via TWRP. It should work, assuming that you are currently on 4.3 JWR66Y.
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Thanks, I'll give that a go.
cmberry20 said:
Not saying your wrong but theres a ton of links showing you how to install the factory image via adb sideloading.
http://phandroid.com/2013/11/21/dow...d-4-4-kitkat-krt16s-ota-directly-from-google/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...riants-of-nexus-7-2012-and-2013-and-nexus-10/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...16s-ota-manually-root-or-unlock-not-required/
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The links are not installing the factory image image by adb sideloading. They are using an ota zip (what i have provided you with above) and sideloading that.
Thanks.
Someone lead me down the wrong path with the OTA image. They told me to use the factory image one. Sorry about the dumbness!!
I've tried updating via TWRP install & adb sideload with the image from the link & it fails each time.
Seems that theres something not quite right with my phone. My phone is definitely running 4.3 JWR66Y with 3.4.0 Franco Kernel.
Is my version of TWRP ok - I have 2.6.3.0. I didn't know if this had any issues with flashing 4.4? I've tried updating it through Goomanager but i doesn't seem to want to download the latest version.
edit, just manually install 2.6.3.3 & update is still failing.
cmberry20 said:
I've tried updating via TWRP install & adb sideload with the image from the link & it fails each time.
Seems that theres something not quite right with my phone. My phone is definitely running 4.3 JWR66Y with 3.4.0 Franco Kernel.
Is my version of TWRP ok - I have 2.6.3.0. I didn't know if this had any issues with flashing 4.4? I've tried updating it through Goomanager but i doesnt seem to want to download the latest version.
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You are definetly using this right?: http://android.clients.google.com/p....signed-occam-KRT16S-from-JWR66Y.d1b99704.zip
Instead of sideloading try pushing it to the phone manually then flashing it.
Nope, not working. It just doesnt want to know.
I wonder if its the custom kernel? I'll try flashing the OEM one see if it makes a difference.
it will not work, otas check for fils remember?.
hes using custom kernel so no work.
to upgrade to 4.4 download factory images of 4.4. extract and then u open image-occamikrt16s.zip(or whatever the name is), delete userdata.img and recovery.img, then u restart your n4 into fastboot mode, connect to pc, and run flash-all.boom, but u will need to re flash the kernel with a krt16s compatible one.
Well, i made the mistake to delete the OS when trying install another rom, and now, I can´t connect my Nexus 7 to the PC.
I have tried pushing the zip file to my storage via adb and fastboot, but it says that there are no devices attached.
How can I solve this?
Thanks in advance
(I´m using TWRP 2.6.3, I don´t know if that´s important..)
Boot into recovery, then try ADB push or sideload.
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@closercloud: Read my comment here.
Yesterday I took a crash course in understanding how to root the Nexus 4.
I've been following the directions:
1. Download the Android SDK to PC.
2. Push the openrecovery TWRP 2.6.3.3 mako img to the Nexus.
3. Unlock the device (device was previously not unlocked.)
Step 4 should be pushing the SuperSU v1.69 to the device, but the pce cmd won't let me do this as it doesn't recognize the device.
I was able to get the TWRP interface to load on the device.
When I turn device on, it launches the google screen, but then it shows the 4 colored discs, but will not advance from there-so that's not right.
When I attempt to reboot to recovery, the TWRP launches (success) but I am unable to move the SU zip to the device to launch.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA.
smw718 said:
Yesterday I took a crash course in understanding how to root the Nexus 4.
I've been following the directions:
1. Download the Android SDK to PC.
2. Push the openrecovery TWRP 2.6.3.3 mako img to the Nexus.
3. Unlock the device (device was previously not unlocked.)
Step 4 should be pushing the SuperSU v1.69 to the device, but the pce cmd won't let me do this as it doesn't recognize the device.
I was able to get the TWRP interface to load on the device.
When I turn device on, it launches the google screen, but then it shows the 4 colored discs, but will not advance from there-so that's not right.
When I attempt to reboot to recovery, the TWRP launches (success) but I am unable to move the SU zip to the device to launch.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA.
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You messed something up along the way if it doesn't boot. You may have to flash the factory image, but I'd start with just flashing the system image in fastboot.
The su version your using is really old, the latest is 2.0.1. Google, supersu zip and you should find the latest. If you can boot your device you can just download it to your phone rather than using abd push.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34744793
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Thanks.
Can you advise on how to flash the system image in fastboot? Or flash the factory image? Is this within the TWRP program? Or?
Thanks for the headsup on the SU version, I will check that out.
jd1639 said:
You messed something up along the way if it doesn't boot. You may have to flash the factory image, but I'd start with just flashing the system image in fastboot.
The su version your using is really old, the latest is 2.0.1. Google, supersu zip and you should find the latest. If you can boot your device you can just download it to your phone rather than using abd push.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34744793
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So, I had some success. I flashed 4.4.4 which I downloaded from Google directly. What's not explicit in tutorials that I saw is that one has to extract files twice! So once I figured that out, I was able to grab all the necessary image files and run the flash-all command. The rest was a breeze.
smw718 said:
So, I had some success. I flashed 4.4.4 which I downloaded from Google directly. What's not explicit in tutorials that I saw is that one has to extract files twice! So once I figured that out, I was able to grab all the necessary image files and run the flash-all command. The rest was a breeze.
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Just an fyi, you don't need to extract it twice to run the flash-all.bat. You only extract the zip file if you want to flash system, boot, recovery, etc individually in fastboot. Just extracting the .tgz is enough to run flash-all
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