My Nexus 4 won't boot. It gets stuck at the spinning colored circles. I picked up my phone in the morning and the charge was down to 4%, and as I was entering my pin to unlock it powered off. I have lollipop and received the update OTA a couple of weeks ago, and it has been fine. I did not manually install lollipop.
I tried clearing the cache, and it still won't boot. Any ideas of what else I could try? I really don't want to do a factory reset.
Thank you in advance.
Is your bootloader open?
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simmac said:
Is your bootloader open?
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No, it is locked. Never rooted it either. Its straight stock.
Is it encrypted?
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Is it encrypted?
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Yes.
Oh, that would explain it.
It crashed while decrypting, and I fear, there is no option to save your data.
Maybe someone other has an idea, I don't have one, sorry.
simmac said:
Oh, that would explain it.
It crashed while decrypting, and I fear, there is no option to save your data.
Maybe someone other has an idea, I don't have one, sorry.
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Ya, that's what I was afraid of. I'm not sure if I finished entering my pin or not before it powered it self off.
unplug anything from the usb port , then give it another shot.
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Hi All!
I wonder if it is possible to restore nvram setting without going to motorola or at&t?
I tried to do hw resent and presse volume up in wrong place (erase nvram I guess).
I don't have much hope but still.
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Slava
Im going to assume you've already tried rsd 5 with the sbf?
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synergye said:
Im going to assume you've already tried rsd 5 with the sbf?
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No. Do you mind to throw the link to that stuff to me?
Thanks,
Slava
contik32 said:
No. Do you mind to throw the link to that stuff to me?
Thanks,
Slava
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072
Thanks for the link. Won't help me, unfortunately Volume Up + Power doesn't show anything on the screen
...and we are back
Just took the battery off, put it on. Switched on the device and voila - back to that stupid motoblur login (It was actually the reason - I tried to do hw reset to get rid of email/password since I entered random data there and now can't neither remember it nor reset the password)
contik32 said:
Just took the battery off, put it on. Switched on the device and voila - back to that stupid motoblur login (It was actually the reason - I tried to do hw reset to get rid of email/password since I entered random data there and now can't neither remember it nor reset the password)
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Ok sweet glad all is well at least =-D
A quick explanation of my stupidity, I unlock and load customer iOS builds on iPhones all the time. I decided to take on the task of loading a customer rom on my Nexus 4 for the first time thinking, "how much harder can it be!". I wanted to put Xylon onto my device. After getting into restore mode and wiping doing the factory reset command, the phone shut off. It will not turn on at all. I've tried hard resetting the device and get nothing. When plugged into my computer, I can see it recognizes it as a driverless Qualcomm USB device so I know the phone is on, it just shows absolutely nothing on screen. How can I get this back up and running? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Boot into bootloader and see if you can get fastboot to connect. If you can, it's fixable. Just flash the stock images until you work up the nerve to try again.
estallings15 said:
Boot into bootloader and see if you can get fastboot to connect. If you can, it's fixable. Just flash the stock images until you work up the nerve to try again.
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There is no booting into anything. Just black nothingness on screen.
mukzer0 said:
There is no booting into anything. Just black nothingness on screen.
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If you hold volume down while booting, what happens?
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If you hold volume down while booting, what happens?
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nothing
mukzer0 said:
nothing
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A round of applause for this guy.
You managed to brick your Nexus. Did you fastboot flash the wrong IMG to the bootloader or what? Tell us what you did so no one else does it.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm sorry for your loss.
I'd recommend letting it charge for a few hours, then try fastboot again.
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A round of applause for this guy.
You managed to brick your Nexus. Did you fastboot flash the wrong IMG to the bootloader or what? Tell us what you did so no one else does it.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm sorry for your loss.
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Everything was going smoothly. Got to the customer loader which is where I did the factory reset and then went to select the image I wanted and realized I didn't put it in the phones directory. I went to the menu and hit "restart" and that was the last breath of my Nexus
Did you by chance flash xylon for nexus 7 by mistake as I believe that will brick your nexus 4 faster than crap thru a goose.
kzoodroid said:
Did you by chance flash xylon for nexus 7 by mistake as I believe that will brick your nexus 4 faster than crap thru a goose.
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Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Um, no. It's done. No bootloader = No way to recover. Unless I'm missing something. Anybody?
Also, Samsung uses Odin.
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Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Only Samsung phones have Odin. LG does have a "download" mode' but I haven't seen the utility for it.
Currently I haven't read of anyone recovering from a N7 ROM or kernel flash.
Sorry, I think you're out of luck...
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mukzer0 said:
Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Someone else just did this a few days ago and I think there is no recovery from this.
kzoodroid said:
Someone else just did this a few days ago and I think there is no recovery from this.
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well this is dissapointing..
mukzer0 said:
well this is dissapointing..
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mukzer0 said:
well this is dissapointing..
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I can't find the other thread but it has something to do with where the Nexus 7 writes its files to that bricks the Nexus 4.
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Well, if I send it back to google saying it wont turn on, think they will actually check to see if it was tampered with? If so, should I send it on 3 second through a trip through microwave before sending it?
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I can't find the other thread but it has something to do with where the Nexus 7 writes its files to that bricks the Nexus 4.
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Makes sense. The system or boot partition is probably the same as our bootloader.
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Makes sense. The system or boot partition is probably the same as our bootloader.
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Yes it was something like that.
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mukzer0 said:
Well, if I send it back to google saying it wont turn on, think they will actually check to see if it was tampered with? If so, should I send it on 3 second through a trip through microwave before sending it?
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I don't think there is any way for them to check if it doesn't turn on. There have been a few others who have done the same thing and gotten an RMA form Google with no problems. I did it with an Incredible from Verizon about 2 years ago with no problems after bricking it trying to unlock the bootloader.
Just wanted to post a reply to my incident. Google replaced the device and there was no charge. Thank you all for your help
ok so i wanted to try this new kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596496
and i installed it but my nexus 4 wouldnt boot so i went back into recovery and installed my other kernel which was working before. but now it wont boot. stuck on bootlogo forever. what do i do.
Do you have a nandroid you can restore?
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There must be a misunderstanding, so I better ask: Are you stuck on the bootlogo or in bootloader mode? You can turn on/off your device right?
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There must be a misunderstanding, so I better ask: Are you stuck on the bootlogo or in bootloader mode? You can turn on/off your device right?
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yes sorry i meant on bootlogo. i can still go into recovery i think but whenever i reboot it never fully boots
Never mind.
Do you know Wug's Nexus Toolkit? Use this to flash a factory image. It is the easiest way if you arent familiar with adb and stuff.
Much better to learn how to flash a factory image with fastboot. You can probably save your data by flashing a cm compatible kernel in fastboot
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CCody said:
Never mind.
Do you know Wug's Nexus Toolkit? Use this to flash a factory image. It is the easiest way if you arent familiar with adb and stuff.
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ok so i decided to wipe the data. factory reset because there was nothing else i could do. now i am trying to re install cm thru my computer but do you think it will work even though the phone wont boot?
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Much better to learn how to flash a factory image with fastboot. You can probably save your data by flashing a cm compatible kernel in fastboot
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ok so i decided to wipe the data. factory reset because there was nothing else i could do. now i am trying to re install cm thru my computer but do you think it will work even though the phone wont boot?
dominiqueovalle said:
ok so i decided to wipe the data. factory reset because there was nothing else i could do. now i am trying to re install cm thru my computer but do you think it will work even though the phone wont boot?
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Yes, it will work if you did a factory reset. :good:
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Yes, it will work if you did a factory reset. :good:
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thank you for ur help. im so mad tho i lost all of my pictures and im on vacation so theyre all gone
but at least my phone works
dominiqueovalle said:
thank you for ur help. im so mad tho i lost all of my pictures and im on vacation so theyre all gone
but at least my phone works
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You'r welcome, mate. I'm sorry for your pics. Also happens to me once. That's evil, but a man must experience this once a life
Good morning all,
I am throwing this out here hoping someone can please help.
Woke up yesterday to the Essential phone logo screen powered by Android... Unresponsive. Restarted with no luck. Went into recovery mode and factory reset. Went to start up animation for an hour but nothing. Device is locked (bootloader locked) and running on the latest build from Essential (7.1.1/NMJ88C/464). I have never unlocked nor flashed anything on the phone, only OTA updates directly from Essential. Just started it up again today and says your device is corrupt. Factory reset again and now cycling between logo screen and erasing circle.
Any ideas to fix the phone? Reached out to Essential but haven't heard back yet.
Thanks all!
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trsargent said:
Good morning all,
I am throwing this out here hoping someone can please help.
Woke up yesterday to the Essential phone logo screen powered by Android... Unresponsive. Restarted with no luck. Went into recovery mode and factory reset. Went to start up animation for an hour but nothing. Device is locked (bootloader locked) and running on the latest build from Essential (7.1.1/NMJ88C/464). I have never unlocked nor flashed anything on the phone, only OTA updates directly from Essential. Just started it up again today and says your device is corrupt. Factory reset again and now cycling between logo screen and erasing circle.
Any ideas to fix the phone? Reached out to Essential but haven't heard back yet.
Thanks all!
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do you have an adb option in your recovery ?
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do you have an adb option in your recovery ?
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Yes, I can get to an adb option in recovery
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trsargent said:
Yes, I can get to an adb option in recovery
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ok then you should try to flash stock rom from essential
nicoconepala said:
ok then you should try to flash stock rom from essential
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Am I able to do that with the device locked? Oem unlocking is not turned on I believe. I have never flashed anything on a phone before
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trsargent said:
Am I able to do that with the device locked? Oem unlocking is not turned on I believe. I have never flashed anything on a phone before
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You don't need to be unlocked to adb sideload the Oreo beta builds from essentials website.
Just follow their instructions
Wrong section.
NaterTots said:
You don't need to be unlocked to adb sideload the Oreo beta builds from essentials website.
Just follow their instructions
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Gave it a try, but it didn't resolve the issue. Got the your device is corrupt message. Any other ideas? Thanks!
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I'm searching for answers too! My essential is doing the dotted box to the dotted circle spin back & forth over & over ! I saw the dead robot with exclamation mark . The only thing on the essential website is to wipe phone ! Help. If the person that made this phone do this to people dies please let me know, so I can smile during this stressful time . If they r still alive I hope they are in agony over something thx!
Stock, up-to-date. Using my Facebook app, and phone seems to freeze. Black screen, with Google. I can access bootloader, but NOT recovery mode. My warranty expired like 5 days ago. Am I SOL?
Ronin3178 said:
Stock, up-to-date. Using my Facebook app, and phone seems to freeze. Black screen, with Google. I can access bootloader, but NOT recovery mode. My warranty expired like 5 days ago. Am I SOL?
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If your bootloader is unlocked you may not be. Search for items you can Flash to fix the bootloop issue. I don't have the URL handy sorry. If your bootloader is locked you might be in trouble. There are some tricks in the same fix post to tell you how to try to get back into your phone and then once you do get the bootloader unlocked quickly so you can load the fix
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funnel71 said:
If your bootloader is unlocked you may not be. Search for items you can Flash to fix the bootloop issue. I don't have the URL handy sorry. If your bootloader is locked you might be in trouble. There are some tricks in the same fix post to tell you how to try to get back into your phone and then once you do get the bootloader unlocked quickly so you can load the fix
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Yeah, I never unlocked the bootloader. I let it sit for a few hours, turned it on for S&G, tried and succeeded to get into Recovery mode for a few minutes, but because I forgot the way to access the menu. It dropped back into the bootloop. Going to try again in a few hours, now I know how to access the menu, I'll try wiping cache.
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Yeah, I never unlocked the bootloader. I let it sit for a few hours, turned it on for S&G, tried and succeeded to get into Recovery mode for a few minutes, but because I forgot the way to access the menu. It dropped back into the bootloop. Going to try again in a few hours, now I know how to access the menu, I'll try wiping cache.
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If your not gonna send for warranty I would unlock your bootloader. Also get your hands on the 4 core modified boot for your Android version. Find out more in the BLOD thread.