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[Q] Nexus 7 won't boot up past the Nexus X logo

Today my Nexus 7 shut off because the battery died. So I plugged it in and left. When I returned it was on the Nexus X logo boot screen.
I now can't do anything. If I try to turn it off by hitting the power button nothing happens.
If I hold the power button for 20 seconds it just reboots back to the X logo.
If I hold the power button and volume up for 20 seconds it just reboots back to the X logo.
If I hold the power button and both volume buttons for 20 seconds it just reboots back to the X logo.
If I hold the power button and volume down for 20 seconds it boots into Bootloader.
From bootloader I have 4 options:
-Start: This just reboots back to the X logo.
-Restart Bootloader: This just refreshes the Bootloader but leaves me where I am.
-Power Off: This is the only way I can even turn my Nexus 7 off. But when I turn it back on it just boots back to the X logo.
-Recovery Mode: This just shows a android with his chest open with a red exclamation mark and it says "No Command". At that point I can only hold power for 20 seconds to get it to reboot to the X logo.
My Nexus 7 is completely stock.
What can I try? Any advice or ideas? TIA.

Chillin said:
Today my Nexus 7 shut off because the battery died. So I plugged it in and left. When I returned it was on the Nexus X logo boot screen.
I now can't do anything. If I try to turn it off by hitting the power button nothing happens.
If I hold the power button for 20 seconds it just reboots back to the X logo.
If I hold the power button and volume up for 20 seconds it just reboots back to the X logo.
If I hold the power button and both volume buttons for 20 seconds it just reboots back to the X logo.
If I hold the power button and volume down for 20 seconds it boots into Bootloader.
From bootloader I have 4 options:
-Start: This just reboots back to the X logo.
-Restart Bootloader: This just refreshes the Bootloader but leaves me where I am.
-Power Off: This is the only way I can even turn my Nexus 7 off. But when I turn it back on it just boots back to the X logo.
-Recovery Mode: This just shows a android with his chest open with a red exclamation mark and it says "No Command". At that point I can only hold power for 20 seconds to get it to reboot to the X logo.
My Nexus 7 is completely stock.
What can I try? Any advice or ideas? TIA.
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I had this EXACT same problem, what I did was use the process I found on theunlockr.com website, I would post the direct link but since I'm a new member it won't allow me to, hope this helps.
P.S. I googled "reset nexus 7 through fastboot" and it's the first option

khalum777 said:
I had this EXACT same problem, what I did was use the process I found on theunlockr.com website, I would post the direct link but since I'm a new member it won't allow me to, hope this helps.
P.S. I googled "reset nexus 7 through fastboot" and it's the first option
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If you just put a space in the link you can post it. Like so:
http: //theunlockr.com/2012/09/21/how-to-hard-reset-a-bricked-nexus-7-with-your-pc/
Thanks for the help. is there no easier way to do a wipe or restore? That seems unnecessarily complicated.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31931117:D
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Chillin said:
http://theunlockr.com/2012/09/21/how-to-hard-reset-a-bricked-nexus-7-with-your-pc/
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esema1o said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31931117:D
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Sorry but what exactly does that do for me?
It allows me to install a recovery, which I don't want to do.
It allows me to boot into recovery, which I can already do.
It allows me to install a custom ROM, which I don't want to do.
What am I missing?

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Hmmm?

Chillin said:
Thanks for the help. is there no easier way to do a wipe or restore? That seems unnecessarily complicated.
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Its really not as complicated as it looks. You could even copy and paste each command. But if its something more simple you are looking for then look in the development stickies. There are tools there to do the same stuff.
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Chillin said:
Hmmm?
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Just making it an actual link for other readers who want to click it.
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Gizmoe said:
Its really not as complicated as it looks. You could even copy and paste each command. But if its something more simple you are looking for then look in the development stickies. There are tools there to do the same stuff.
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Well you actually can't paste into a command prompt, so I can't cut and paste.
But it wasn't so much that it was complicated (certainly much easier than the rooting, unlocking, and flashing ROMs and basebands I've done on many devices), it was more so that it seems there should be an official proper way to restore your device like there is with many others.
Anyways I'm downloading the factory image and whatnot now.

Chillin said:
Well you actually can't paste into a command prompt, so I can't cut and paste.
But it wasn't so much that it was complicated (certainly much easier than the rooting, unlocking, and flashing ROMs and basebands I've done on many devices), it was more so that it seems there should be an official proper way to restore your device like there is with many others.
Anyways I'm downloading the factory image and whatnot now.
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Ctrl v will paste into prompt on linux. On windows 7 you just right click and paste. Check out wugs tool as well. May be worth checking out.
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Chillin said:
Well you actually can't paste into a command prompt, so I can't cut and paste.
But it wasn't so much that it was complicated (certainly much easier than the rooting, unlocking, and flashing ROMs and basebands I've done on many devices), it was more so that it seems there should be an official proper way to restore your device like there is with many others.
Anyways I'm downloading the factory image and whatnot now.
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Windows? You sure can paste into a command prompt. While ctrl+v won't work, you can still right click.

Gizmoe said:
Ctrl v will paste into prompt. Check out wugs tool as well. May be worth checking out.
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Actually no Ctrl-V just gives you "^v", but I just discovered that right-click Paste works. I never use right-click so I never saw that, so turns out you were right after all.
Anyways I was just kidding about the cut and paste, obviously that wasn't what was holding me back from doing it.
Thanks for trying to help suggesting something else, but I've already downloaded the necessary tools for this one, and like I said it wasn't that I wanted another tool it was that I wanted an Official way to do it.

najaboy said:
Windows? You sure can paste into a command prompt. While ctrl+v won't work, you can still right click.
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lol, ya windows. Like I just said in another post I just noticed that. I didn't notice before because I never use right-click.
And regardless I would never use it to copy 2 word prompts anyways. More trouble than it's worth.

Chillin said:
Actually no Ctrl-V just gives you "^v", but I just discovered that right-click Paste works. I never use right-click so I never saw that, so turns out you were right after all.
Anyways I was just kidding about the cut and paste, obviously that wasn't what was holding me back from doing it.
Thanks for trying to help suggesting something else, but I've already downloaded the necessary tools for this one, and like I said it wasn't that I wanted another tool it was that I wanted an Official way to do it.
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I edited my post to say what I meant more clearly. Linux is Ctrl v and windows is just right click and paste. I assumed you where using Linux and couldn't right click and paste. Hope it works out for you. I agree there should be like an ruu or Odin method. I've only been on the nexus for a couple of days and it is much different.
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Gizmoe said:
I edited my post to say what I meant more clearly. Linux is Ctrl v and windows is just right click and paste. I assumed you where using Linux and couldn't right click and paste. Hope it works out for you. I agree there should be like an ruu or Odin method. I've only been on the nexus for a couple of days and it is much different.
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Oh I see, gotcha. Never ever used Linux.
I have the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 and all have been quite good to me, this is my first real issue.

OK, no luck, none of the methods suggested here worked.
The method on theunlokr doesn't just says waiting for device.
The JROMFlasher says no device is detected.
Wugs tool says Fastboot device was not found.
Any other ideas or anything else I can try?

Chillin said:
OK, no luck, none of the methods suggested here worked.
The method on theunlokr doesn't just says waiting for device.
The JROMFlasher says no device is detected.
Wugs tool says Fastboot device was not found.
Any other ideas or anything else I can try?
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There are a few different drivers for the nexus. Sounds like you don't have the correct drivers. Download the android sdk and install the Google drivers from the
SDK manager. When in fastboot type fastboot devices and it should list your device. If not then its a driver issue. The other two drivers are "USB driver r06 windows" from Asus website and "universal naked driver 072" which I found on Google. One of those should work but the one in sdk should work.
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Chillin said:
Well you actually can't paste into a command prompt, so I can't cut and paste.
But it wasn't so much that it was complicated (certainly much easier than the rooting, unlocking, and flashing ROMs and basebands I've done on many devices), it was more so that it seems there should be an official proper way to restore your device like there is with many others.
Anyways I'm downloading the factory image and whatnot now.
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I am very new to this but I might be able to help if you have USB debugging enabled on your nexus 7. I saved mine from a soft brick the other day, very frustrating, but I got it.
I am guessing your boot loader is unlocked and you are running a custom recovery?
Again hopefully USB debugging is enabled.
I recommend mskips nexus toolkit.
1. Remove the back cover of the nexus 7 and disconnect the battery. It's easy. Just follow the wires coming off the battery to the little black plastic connector. Once you locate it, use something small and plastic to push on the edge near where the wires go in. Push toward the power and volume buttons. Let it sit for an hour or so.
2. Very, very ,very ,important!!! Get into your device manager on your PC and uninstall all drivers on the PC that say android, Google or nexus. I mean all of them! Check USB drivers for this also. To many of these cause to many paths for the toolkit and PC to try and follow. Get them all off!
3.after the nexus sits unplugged for at least 1 hour. Reconnect the battery.
4. Get into fast boot mode-power/volume/up/down and plug the nexus into the PC. Let the drivers install. These need to be the only ones on the PC at this time!
5. Open mskips toolkit and check for serial number. Refresh toolkit and or switch USB ports on PC if serial number does not show. It will.
6. On the toolkit try option 5 first. Rename recovery.
7. Then option 6. Reflash custom recovery.( I had to do this three times).
8. Download and flash factory image.
9. Root using the toolkit.
10. Start flashing again.
When the toolkit gave me an error I went back and started over, this happened a few times.
This saved my nexus 7 from being smashed by a sledge hammer and thrown in the garbage. This was very frustrating for me but I got it.
Thanks to mskip
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tnt0303 said:
I am very new to this but I might be able to help if you have USB debugging enabled on your nexus 7. I saved mine from a soft brick the other day, very frustrating, but I got it.
I am guessing your boot loader is unlocked and you are running a custom recovery?
Again hopefully USB debugging is enabled.
I recommend mskips nexus toolkit.
1. Remove the back cover of the nexus 7 and disconnect the battery. It's easy. Just follow the wires coming off the battery to the little black plastic connector. Once you locate it, use something small and plastic to push on the edge near where the wires go in. Push toward the power and volume buttons. Let it sit for an hour or so.
2. Very, very ,very ,important!!! Get into your device manager on your PC and uninstall all drivers on the PC that say android, Google or nexus. I mean all of them! Check USB drivers for this also. To many of these cause to many paths for the toolkit and PC to try and follow. Get them all off!
3.after the nexus sits unplugged for at least 1 hour. Reconnect the battery.
4. Get into fast boot mode-power/volume/up/down and plug the nexus into the PC. Let the drivers install. These need to be the only ones on the PC at this time!
5. Open mskips toolkit and check for serial number. Refresh toolkit and or switch USB ports on PC if serial number does not show. It will.
6. On the toolkit try option 5 first. Rename recovery.
7. Then option 6. Reflash custom recovery.( I had to do this three times).
8. Download and flash factory image.
9. Root using the toolkit.
10. Start flashing again.
When the toolkit gave me an error I went back and started over, this happened a few times.
This saved my nexus 7 from being smashed by a sledge hammer and thrown in the garbage. This was very frustrating for me but I got it.
Thanks to mskip
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Thanks for trying to help but like I mentioned it was completely stock so I couldn't have done that. Regardless taking my device apart to fix a software issue seems rather extreme.

Gizmoe said:
There are a few different drivers for the nexus. Sounds like you don't have the correct drivers. Download the android sdk and install the Google drivers from the
SDK manager. When in fastboot type fastboot devices and it should list your device. If not then its a driver issue. The other two drivers are "USB driver r06 windows" from Asus website and "universal naked driver 072" which I found on Google. One of those should work but the one in sdk should work.
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I had the correct drivers according to Wugs, but I removed all of them (and dozens of other old ones from other phones and tablets) and then reinstalled.
Wugs still failed to do a wipe so I used it to unlock my bootloader instead (in hopes of re-trying to do a wipe afterwards) and then it finally booted up.
So it is now fixed. Yay!
Thanks.

[Q] I am bricked! please help!

I flash a wrong kernel (A Nexus 7 kernel), and my nexus4 become brick. No matter what I did, it still no response. I can't boot to fastboot, even i can't turn it on. Please help....

connect to PC, only show a QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager. But still can't turn it on. Please help, anything i can do to fix it??

Read through the ENTIRE other thread you posted in, all the info is there.

No idea how you accidently flash wrong a kernel for the wrong device.
Get into bootloader mode. (can you? Google on how to do it manually)
Or
Plug the phone in via usb if you had adb used on it and type adb reboot bootloader (hence if use toolkit you won't have this set up.)
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These guys are way to eager to flash any and everything on there devices

yyz71 said:
These guys are way to eager to flash any and everything on there devices
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It just seems impossible on finding kernel for other phones on a nexus 4 forum.
Oh what's this? A link to a flash able zip? Let's flash it without thinking.
Think before you flash op.... And dont use toolkits.
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zephiK said:
It just seems impossible on finding kernel for other phones on a nexus 4 forum.
Oh what's this? A link to a flash able zip? Let's flash it without thinking.
Think before you flash op.... And dont use toolkits.
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So true:good:

I can't connect PC with adb. I connect PC can't show the charge icon in my phone. And PC can only identify the device as QHSUSB_DLOAD.
So, what can i do..?

yatyuk said:
I can't connect PC with adb. I connect PC can't show the charge icon in my phone. And PC can only identify the device as QHSUSB_DLOAD.
So, what can i do..?
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Send that puppy back, & get a new one...
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rayford85 said:
Send that puppy back, & get a new one...
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I really dislike people recommending to send the phone back (RMA) to Google for a user's own (I'll be polite here) lack of awareness and understanding of what they are doing. This person should continue to look for solutions to get it working and if not.. well, to bad. Lesson learnt. Buy another Nexus 4.
Besides that fastboot should still be accessible. If OP can eventually get into fastboot then all will be well.

Go read read FAQ thread,will show yo proper way to get back to bootloader mood don't be lazy that won't help,agree getting to bootloader mode then fastboot proper n4 kernel.try it on other pc I'd you cannot in this pc,make sure you install the driver.
Read before you ask
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Zackconsole said:
Go read read FAQ thread,will show yo proper way to get back to bootloader mood don't be lazy that won't help,agree getting to bootloader mode then fastboot proper n4 kernel.try it on other pc I'd you cannot in this pc,make sure you install the driver.
Read before you ask
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Bro, i already read some thread... but still not work...i try any combine key with connection to PC, and only red LED appeared few sec and then off again. I think i had driver, because i can use toolkit, unlock and root via adb before. Or can u please give me the link which i need to read? I search about the "qhsusb_dload" problem. Some tell me can easy to fix it by using power+ Vol+/- with connection to PC. But i try many times, still not work... I know i can fix it, if i can enter bootloader. But now i can't turn my phone on.... any suggestion? Thank you.

yatyuk said:
Bro, i already read some thread... but still not work...i try any combine key with connection to PC, and only red LED appeared few sec and then off again. I think i had driver, because i can use toolkit, unlock and root via adb before. Or can u please give me the link which i need to read? I search about the "qhsusb_dload" problem. Some tell me can easy to fix it by using power+ Vol+/- with connection to PC. But i try many times, still not work... I know i can fix it, if i can enter bootloader. But now i can't turn my phone on.... any suggestion? Thank you.
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Its actually appalling the lack of support users get on here, instead being on point and helping the man out all they get is criticized.
Anyways Back to topic: yatyuk your device isn't bricked it still has life. I had the exact same issue before when connecting to the PC I was also getting the "qhsusb_dload" driver alert.
Click on the Link and Follow the steps if you can get into Fastboot Mode. Check the Post #241 of mine.
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Happy Recovery!

risktaker84 said:
Its actually appalling the lack of support users get on here, instead being on point and helping the man out all they get is criticized.
Anyways Back to topic: yatyuk your device isn't bricked it still has life. I had the exact same issue before when connecting to the PC I was also getting the "qhsusb_dload" driver alert.
Click on the Link and Follow the steps if you can get into Fastboot Mode. Check the Post #241 of mine.
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Happy Recovery!
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I read your post already bro!! Thanks for your help. But, i don't understand #241. How can I get into fastboot mode?
Is the first step "1) Once in Fastboot mode, through Nexus 4 Toolkit I flashed the Clock Work Recovery. " ?
Now I connect my phone to PC, then Power + Vol- for ~10sec, my phone will had red led for few second and then off again.

risktaker84 said:
Its actually appalling the lack of support users get on here, instead being on point and helping the man out all they get is criticized.
Anyways Back to topic: yatyuk your device isn't bricked it still has life. I had the exact same issue before when connecting to the PC I was also getting the "qhsusb_dload" driver alert.
Click on the Link and Follow the steps if you can get into Fastboot Mode. Check the Post #241 of mine.
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Happy Recovery!
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Bro, can you please teach me how to enter fastboot mode? I try using all combine key with connection to PC, but only red led appear for few second then off.

I like how all the people who manage to do something so idiotic to these phones band together and stick up for each other. There is no possible way to flash the wrong nexus kernel. any who, the solution has been posted plenty of times. Enter recovery then fast food.
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yatyuk said:
Bro, can you please teach me how to enter fastboot mode? I try using all combine key with connection to PC, but only red led appear for few second then off.
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To get into Fastboot:
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So for all the people with Bricked devices all hope is not lost. Follow this procedure to get into Fastboot.
1) Press the Power button for more then 5 seconds to do a Hard Reset. This is where you screen is completely turned off.
2) Now take your LG manufactured USB connect it to the PC. Do not connect it to the phone just yet.
3) Holding the Vol Down and Power together and NOW connect your other end of the USB connector to the phone and then your phone should give you a slight vibration and you should see the Fastboot screen (Android lying on the back)
NOTE: Make sure as soon as you see then fastboot mode Let go of the Vol and Power Button right away!
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risktaker84 said:
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I try many times.....but still can't turn on...
My situation is
1) Press the Power button for more then 5 seconds to do a Hard Reset. This is where you screen is completely turned off.
--->My phone is always turned off, when i disconnect to PC....
2) Now take your LG manufactured USB connect it to the PC. Do not connect it to the phone just yet.
--->This step is ok
3) Holding the Vol Down and Power together and NOW connect your other end of the USB connector to the phone and then your phone should give you a slight vibration and you should see the Fastboot screen (Android lying on the back)
---> when i connect the usb, the phone immediately Red LED on and no vibration. LED on few second, my phone off again and remind no response
Is that mean no hope

yatyuk, use this thread for further inquiry LINK. I don't want to go back and forth in between different threads with the same issues.
Try this,
Did you ever get a Battery sign when you had it connected to the PC or AC for power?
Try this, I don't know if its gonna work or not but plug your phone in the wall receptacle for AC Charge and leave it for a while. On AC, the phone most likely, if completely dead, will stay idle but most likely jump back to Battery sign showing its charging or not.
When that happens, leave like that for a hour or two.
Let me know what happens. Good luck.
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Thank you for your friendly help
I had read your post already, and i will keep on trying...

[Q] Fully Bricked n7?

Well to make it simple, the newest twrp is very buggy and to make a long story short i installed a new rom, and while it was restoring my data, my n7 shut off. its done this before so naturaly i held the power+volume down buttons too boot into the bootloader but it wont turn on. Any help/ suggestions?

Put it on the power supply and let it there for some time ... Then start again.
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AndDiSa said:
Put it on the power supply and let it there for some time ... Then start again.
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Thank you ill try that. it was at 33% battery when this happened though

Um... It probably didn't shutoff. There's a screen timeout.
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Um... It probably didn't shutoff. There's a screen timeout.
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i know about the screen time out, i tapped the screen for it to rewake and it didnt work, then i tried pressing the sleep button once for it to unlock and that didnt work. so it indeed shutoff

frap129 said:
Well to make it simple, the newest twrp is very buggy and to make a long story short i installed a new rom, and while it was restoring my data, my n7 shut off. its done this before so naturaly i held the power+volume down buttons too boot into the bootloader but it wont turn on. Any help/ suggestions?
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I'm confused. It's a little off-topic, but what does "restoring my data" have to do with TWRP in the context of flashing a new ROM?
Anyway, I would proceed with a dead battery or loose battery connector hypothesis first. It's not obvious why writes to /boot, /cache, /data, or /system would affect the bootloader.
Anything is possible at a low enough probability I suppose, but you should start troubleshooting operations with the high-probability scenarios first.
For instance - with the power off, will the "charging screen" display when you plug the tab in? How about APX** mode? (Plug in to PC and start with Power+Vol-up). If you didn't see either of those, it's likely a power supply or hardware problem.
good luck
** make sure you exit APX mode by holding down the power button for at least 20 seconds. I'm not sure if it shuts itself down after an inactivity timeout - you don't want to be draining power while trying to charge the tab.

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I'm confused. It's a little off-topic, but what does "restoring my data" have to do with TWRP in the context of flashing a new ROM?
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Well, you backup your data, Wipe data and cache, flash the rom, gapps, ect. then restore data, the charging screen wont dispaly, apx mode doesnt work, but the whole story: went to flash a newer version of my rom, install faills due to error in updater binary so i go to reboot and it says "No OS Installed! Are you sure you want to reboot?" i press dont reboot, go to install the older version of the rom, go to restore data and then it shut off.

frap129 said:
Well, you backup your data, Wipe data and cache, flash the rom, gapps, ect. then restore data, the charging screen wont dispaly, apx mode doesnt work, but the whole story: went to flash a newer version of my rom, install faills due to error in updater binary so i go to reboot and it says "No OS Installed! Are you sure you want to reboot?" i press dont reboot, go to install the older version of the rom, go to restore data and then it shut off.
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The lack of APX mode or the charger screen suggests a battery problem or a hardware failure, not a software problem. APX mode will be present even if the tablet has absolutely nothing in flash memory.
Having nothing in /system (no OS or even no filesystem) will not affect bootability of either the bootloader or the recovery.
I don't know why you would wipe data only to restore it after flashing a ROM. Usually wiping cache & dalvik-cache is sufficient for "dirty-flashing" a ROM upgrade as it is very unusual for ROM installs to diddle with the /data partition. (But making full backups is always a good idea.)
I would check (carefully) to see if the battery connector came loose before you decide to throw the tablet away.
good luck

bftb0 said:
The lack of APX mode or the charger screen suggests a battery problem or a hardware failure, not a software problem. APX mode will be present even if the tablet has absolutely nothing in flash memory.
Having nothing in /system (no OS or even no filesystem) will not affect bootability of either the bootloader or the recovery.
I don't know why you would wipe data only to restore it after flashing a ROM. Usually wiping cache & dalvik-cache is sufficient for "dirty-flashing" a ROM upgrade as it is very unusual for ROM installs to diddle with the /data partition. (But making full backups is always a good idea.)
I would check (carefully) to see if the battery connector came loose before you decide to throw the tablet away.
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Battery connector didnt come loose, still dosent work. guess it might just be broken
EDIT: I plugged it in to my pc and the google screen came up for about 20 sec then it shut back off. havent been able to get anything since

frap129 said:
Battery connector didnt come loose, still dosent work. guess it might just be broken
EDIT: I plugged it in to my pc and the google screen came up for about 20 sec then it shut back off. havent been able to get anything since
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Is it possible to enter Odin on the n7?
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Soldier 2.0 said:
Is it possible to enter Odin on the n7?
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Odin is Samsung only
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You can hold the power button for 10 seconds and wait till you see the Google logo. Then release and hold it 10 seconds again, when the screen turns off hold the volume down button and wait for it till it automatically boots again. You'll enter bootloader mode. Download wugfresh' nexus root toolkit and install it. When the program is loaded there is a flash stock option on the right side of the program. Select the soft brick / boot loop option under the flash button. While in boot loader mode connect your nexus and press the flash button.
This is all I know!
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NEXUS 7 Bricked - NO OS - tried everything but...
It's a catch 22 here. I can't get drivers installed and the nexus recognized and so when it comes to flashing/restoring via cmd prompt the PC won't recognize my device and so I can go only get so far. I have no OS installed as I wiped all like an idiot in twrp so how the hell can I get drivers installed on a nexus that has no OS installed? I can't enable usb debugging etc because, well, I have no way of getting the nexus to work so can't get into the settings to do so.
I have tried everything in twrp but there is nothing to restore - i can't get roms pushed onto it - God I give up. All I need is the PC to recognize my device and I know I can crack this. What do I have to do? Please help this idiot.

CarlKirshner1989 said:
It's a catch 22 here. I can't get drivers installed and the nexus recognized and so when it comes to flashing/restoring via cmd prompt the PC won't recognize my device and so I can go only get so far. I have no OS installed as I wiped all like an idiot in twrp so how the hell can I get drivers installed on a nexus that has no OS installed? I can't enable usb debugging etc because, well, I have no way of getting the nexus to work so can't get into the settings to do so.
I have tried everything in twrp but there is nothing to restore - i can't get roms pushed onto it - God I give up. All I need is the PC to recognize my device and I know I can crack this. What do I have to do? Please help this idiot.
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USB debugging doesn't mean **** when you are in a custom recovery. It has adb already. Your problem is your computer. Fix your computer by following one of the bajillion threads and posts about the nexus 7 drivers issues.
Installing drivers does not need android to be booted.
Your best bet is to put it in fast boot mode and follow Google's own instructions to flash it back to stock.
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CarlKirshner1989 said:
It's a catch 22 here. I can't get drivers installed and the nexus recognized and so when it comes to flashing/restoring via cmd prompt the PC won't recognize my device and so I can go only get so far. I have no OS installed as I wiped all like an idiot in twrp so how the hell can I get drivers installed on a nexus that has no OS installed? I can't enable usb debugging etc because, well, I have no way of getting the nexus to work so can't get into the settings to do so.
I have tried everything in twrp but there is nothing to restore - i can't get roms pushed onto it - God I give up. All I need is the PC to recognize my device and I know I can crack this. What do I have to do? Please help this idiot.
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I must admit I'm a little 'hazy' myself when it comes to ADB related issues... I've never had much cause to use ADB. (Think I've used 'adb pull' on a couple of occasions). And I've never been in the invidious position of not having a bootable Android OS on my Nexus 7 either - which does seems to happen a quite lot with TWRP users, less so with CWM users.
Anyway... just had a tinker... and you could try the following workaround... this seemed to work to for me.
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Locate the folder on your PC where you keep your FASTBOOT and ADB .exe files...
Copy whatever ROM .zip you want into this folder.
The following example uses SmoothROM-v5.0.zip ... There is nothing to stop you from renaming this to something shorter, for ease of typing later... so, in my case, just smooth.zip.
Boot your Nexus 7 into the BOOTLOADER (Vol down [hold] + Power button), and then into RECOVERY (TWRP) and hook it up your PC.
Open a command prompt window on the aforementioned folder... and type...
Code:
adb devices
...which should yield something like the following...
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List of devices attached
012345679ABCDEF recovery
(If you don't see a serial number... then you definitely have a driver problem...)
Otherwise, it's just...
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adb push smooth.zip /sdcard
Or whatever ROM you wish to 'push' to the emulated SD card.
This will likely take a fair few minutes for a 300Mb+ size file (typically the size of your average ROM)... on my Windows XP box it took 4 minutes (1328 KB/s, 32565894 bytes in 239.486s) to copy over. And there are no 'progress gauges' of any kind, either... So season your patience a liitle. You can always pull up another command prompt window and type adb devices again to ensure you still have an ongoing ADB connection.
Once copied over, and still in TWRP, you can just flash it.
Good luck.
Rgrds,
Ged.

Still nothing on mine. im just about to give up and wait to see if google releases the N7 second generation at the i/o

If You familiar with Linux, You can try to understand the logic of
changing the modes.
You need to run udevadm monitor in one terminal. Then press some
combinations of key/s and look for changes with usb-devices.
The better, if You run wireshark and sniff USB interface with your device.
Put attachment here, with a comments what was pressed.

since it seems to be a hardware problem, not software, im just going to send it to asus and see what they can do.

[HELP] Touch is broken

Hi guys!
I have a big problem with my LG Google Nexus 4: my touch is broken and i can't put the password. I tried to bypass the password searching solutions in forum of XDA Developers, but not successfully because i don't have root and USB debugging enabled. Any help for me? I can't use Factory Reset 'cause i don't have backup of my photos on my cellphone. This photos is really important and have a big emotional value for me.
Thanks for any help, guys!

Go into recovery and adb pull the photos from the phone and any other important files and proceed with wipe.
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TheNerd:] said:
Go into recovery and adb pull the photos from the phone and any other important files and proceed with wipe.
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Are you sure that this will not delete my photos?
Thank u

chiief said:
Are you sure that this will not delete my photos?
Thank u
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It will not delete them, just copy them off your device.
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
It will not delete them, just copy them off your device.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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First I press the volume button and power to enter in the Safe Mode? After this what's the next step?
Remembering that I can not back up through the computer because I need the PIN to unlock access.
Thanks guys! This is really important for me

chiief said:
First I press the volume button and power to enter in the Safe Mode? After this what's the next step?
Remembering that I can not back up through the computer because I need the PIN to unlock access.
Thanks guys! This is really important for me
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Boot into recovery. Then from a cmd window on your pc type adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/Camera c:\
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jd1639 said:
Boot into recovery. Then from a cmd window on your pc type adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/Camera c:\
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Ok. In Recovery i select "apply update from ADB"? And after this process what i do?

chiief said:
Ok. In Recovery i select "apply update from ADB"? And after this process what i do?
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You have the stock recovery, this probably won't work. But just boot into recovery and then connect your device to the usb and run the adb command
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
You have the stock recovery, this probably won't work. But just boot into recovery and then connect your device to the usb and run the adb command
Sent from my Nexus 5
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I tried this and doesn't work. After run the adb command I should seek where the photos? C:?
Are you don't have other method?

Any help?

If your bootloader is currently unlocked you can flash a custom recovery and pull stuff off, otherwise you're out of luck.

Have the exact same problem!!! I made a thread on it but no replies. atm my phone is working, screen started functioning randomly again... it cant be a software prob cos im on complete stock (root), must be hardware but it still randomly works

[Q] Broke my screen, anyway to get photos back?

Hello everyone
Just yesterday I accidentally dropped my nexus 4 and the screen cracked. The touchscreen no longer responds to anything I do but I can still change the volume and use the power button. However the screen is still visible and I have usb debugging turned on, so I wondering if there was anything I could do in order to recover my photos.

SPLv100 said:
Hello everyone
Just yesterday I accidentally dropped my nexus 4 and the screen cracked. The touchscreen no longer responds to anything I do but I can still change the volume and use the power button. However the screen is still visible and I have usb debugging turned on, so I wondering if there was anything I could do in order to recover my photos.
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Ohhh, bad luck! When connected to a PC it doesn't mount as external disk? If yes, you should be able to read the data.

ebaschiera said:
Ohhh, bad luck! When connected to a PC it doesn't mount as external disk? If yes, you should be able to read the data.
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When I connect it to a computer it comes up as empty.

O&O data recovery, google it

SPLv100 said:
When I connect it to a computer it comes up as empty.
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Is your bootloader unlocked? If it is you have options.
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

Check out this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395047
[Q] Turn on USB debugging with broken screen & digitiser
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MOEMBAMBA said:
Check out this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395047
[Q] Turn on USB debugging with broken screen & digitiser
Sent from my SM-G920W8 using XDA Free mobile app
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You're on the right track, but you're not going to use Odin on a nexus device.
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jd1639 said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? If it is you have options.
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Yes I have bootloader unlocked.

jd1639 said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? If it is you have options.
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What can I do with bootloader?

SPLv100 said:
What can I do with bootloader?
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Here's what I'd try.
Form your PC, Google nexus 4 teamwin, you want to download a twrp image file.
Google 15 second adb install xda, that will install adb and fastboot on your pc
Boot your device into download mode and connect it to your pc via usb
Open a windows command prompt in the same folder as you've downloaded the twrp image file Use shift right mouse click in an open area of that folder and it'll give you an option to open a command window
From the windows command window run the command, fastboot boot twrp.img Note that twrp.img is the full name of the twrp image file you downloaded
Once you've booted into twrp you should be able to access your files on your device from your PC.

jd1639 said:
Here's what I'd try.
Form your PC, Google nexus 4 teamwin, you want to download a twrp image file.
Google 15 second adb install xda, that will install adb and fastboot on your pc
Boot your device into download mode and connect it to your pc via usb
Open a windows command prompt in the same folder as you've downloaded the twrp image file Use shift right mouse click in an open area of that folder and it'll give you an option to open a command window
From the windows command window run the command, fastboot boot twrp.img Note that twrp.img is the full name of the twrp image file you downloaded
Once you've booted into twrp you should be able to access your files on your device from your PC.
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Thank you so much. I managed to get my photos back but I guess my phone is useless now. Also do threads need to be closed on this website or anything?

SPLv100 said:
Thank you so much. I managed to get my photos back but I guess my phone is useless now. Also do threads need to be closed on this website or anything?
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You can replace the screen. I've never done it but many others have. Google nexus 4 ifixit. See if you feel comfortable tearing your device apart and putting it back together.
No need to close threads
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