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Nexus 4 No OS Installed TWRP

Guys I need your help.
I have Nexus 4 16GB pre owned. Bought it with Cyanogenmod 10.2 installed already and rooted. Then CM11 nightlies came and I installed it OTA but it seems that it has a lot of bugs so I rolled back to CM10. When I rolled back and rebooted, it does not come up (Google and Cyanogenmod logo only). I rebooted it to bootload mode, then recovery (TWRP) and accidentally wiped out everything including ROM/OS. I don't have that much knowledge in restoring my phone. I tried connecting it to PC (WinXP) and it does not recognize the device. Tried everything posted in different forums on how to connect my device to PC but to no avail. Cannot do USB debugging thing 'cause I can only utilize device's recovery mode (TWRP). I'm thinking now on having this device repaired by cellphone repair shop just to install OS.Anyone can help? Other forums look like too technical for me. Noob here, really.

Hi I've just had a quick look, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
It mentions about installing drivers and says the USB Debugging ones are not required.
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MyCanSeeYou said:
Hi I've just had a quick look, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
It mentions about installing drivers and says the USB Debugging ones are not required.
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Thanks! Still cannot connect my Nexus 4 to either Mac and Windows even after downloading/installing these drivers. PC/Mac still does not recognize my device. Changed USB cables etc and still cannot get through.

spitfiremaxtm said:
Thanks! Still cannot connect my Nexus 4 to either Mac and Windows even after downloading/installing these drivers. PC/Mac still does not recognize my device. Changed USB cables etc and still cannot get through.
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your bootloader is unlocked? (apologizes for my english, i'm from brasil but i'm trying to help, the same happen to me)
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spitfiremaxtm said:
Guys I need your help.
I have Nexus 4 16GB pre owned. Bought it with Cyanogenmod 10.2 installed already and rooted. Then CM11 nightlies came and I installed it OTA but it seems that it has a lot of bugs so I rolled back to CM10. When I rolled back and rebooted, it does not come up (Google and Cyanogenmod logo only). I rebooted it to bootload mode, then recovery (TWRP) and accidentally wiped out everything including ROM/OS. I don't have that much knowledge in restoring my phone. I tried connecting it to PC (WinXP) and it does not recognize the device. Tried everything posted in different forums on how to connect my device to PC but to no avail. Cannot do USB debugging thing 'cause I can only utilize device's recovery mode (TWRP). I'm thinking now on having this device repaired by cellphone repair shop just to install OS.Anyone can help? Other forums look like too technical for me. Noob here, really.
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Reported your post and recommended it get moved to the Nexus 4 Q/A section. This should allow you to get more accurate answers to your questions.

sconetto said:
your bootloader is unlocked? (apologizes for my english, i'm from brasil but i'm trying to help, the same happen to me)
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Yes, it's unlocked. Stuck at TWRP recovery mode and can't connect to either Mac or Windows.

spitfiremaxtm said:
Yes, it's unlocked. Stuck at TWRP recovery mode and can't connect to either Mac or Windows.
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try to put your n4 in bootloader mode, i think its volume down and power button, and connect your n4 to a windows pc with the nexus root toolkit openned, in nrt there is a section, i think is recovery section, select the soft bricked/bootloop, follow the instructions, this proceed solved my problem this option will wipe all your data and files, so you lost all the things you have in your n4. (again, sorry my english, just trying to help) hope i helped
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sconetto said:
try to put your n4 in bootloader mode, i think its volume down and power button, and connect your n4 to a windows pc with the nexus root toolkit openned, in nrt there is a section, i think is recovery section, select the soft bricked/bootloop, follow the instructions, this proceed solved my problem this option will wipe all your data and files, so you lost all the things you have in your n4. (again, sorry my english, just trying to help) hope i helped
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Thank you! Will try this and let you know if it worked. Thanks again.

Helped me too

spitfiremaxtm said:
Thank you! Will try this and let you know if it worked. Thanks again.
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ok i hope works
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Boot up holding vol down so you are at the android part.
Then attached your phone to your PC and use adb push to push a custom rom or download your source image from google.
Grab the google factory image here https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418.tgz
Then do adb shell
mkdir /sdcard/Download
exit
adb push /donwload folder/name of the zip /sdcard/Download
Then go to recovery twrp and install the zip
Should get you up and running
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Boot up holding vol down so you are at the android part.
Then attached your phone to your PC and use adb push to push a custom rom or download your source image from google.
Grab the google factory image here https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418.tgz
Then do adb shell
mkdir /sdcard/Download
exit
adb push /donwload folder/name of the zip /sdcard/Download
Then go to recovery twrp and install the zip
Should get you up and running

Bricked Nexus 7

Hey guys,
a few hours ago I tried flashing the new Ldroid Rom onto my Nexus 7. After flashing the rom my tablet took ages to boot up and after the bootup it said i had to enter a password to encrypt the data (i never set encryption). after entering a random password android reported that the password was right but the data corrupt and i'd have to do a factory reset. after entering twrp i realized that the device couldn't mount anything except system. i wiped/formated everything except system and tried booting into android. this time i was stuck at the google logo. after entering recovery mode again now twrp couldn't mount system and sdcard. so i formated both and now i'm here with an absolutely empty nexus 7. i tried to use adb sideload to flash a new rom but my pc doesn't recognize the device and neither does fastboot. i tried reinstalling adb and fastboot drivers, i used universal drivers, i used drivers from toolkits, i did many many pc and tablet restarts, i reinstalled android sdk several times, i used different adb/fastboot locations, i even tried using a different pc trying the same steps. no change, only thing i get is that the tablet gets recognized by the device manager as an adb/fastboot device, nothing more.
Does anyone of you know a possible sollution for my issue?
Thanks in advance
P.S.: i've been researching the internet for this issue for the past hours and couldn't find any sollutions, so please don't say stuff like "use search function"
P.P.S.: My other devices get recognized without any issues with the same cable.

I would suggest using wugs awesome software you need to make sure all partitions are wiped and repaired to which ever format you are trying to use ext4 or f2fs and through wugs you can flash new ROM through fastboot wigs has save my ass a few times one should not try to do tedious tasks after a long night of drinking hope this helps let me know if ya need more
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Masterloki666 said:
I would suggest using wugs awesome software you need to make sure all partitions are wiped and repaired to which ever format you are trying to use ext4 or f2fs and through wugs you can flash new ROM through fastboot wigs has save my ass a few times one should not try to do tedious tasks after a long night of drinking hope this helps let me know if ya need more
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Thanks for the reply.
The thing is that the device doesn't get recognized in fastboot mode by the fastboot interface. But I'll try anyways as soon as I'm at home again...

Wugss also has a option to restore soft bricked devices that should do the trick for ya if all else fails
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Masterloki666 said:
Wugss also has a option to restore soft bricked devices that should do the trick for ya if all else fails
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didn't work :/ device doesn't get recognized by fastboot but it's shown as fastboot device in the device manager

OK check verify all partitions are set and you can try to use adb and you can push a new os I believe that should work
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Masterloki666 said:
OK check verify all partitions are set and you can try to use adb and you can push a new os I believe that should work
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how can i do that?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56749959 here's a post with syteps to fix and get you set up
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Masterloki666 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56749959 here's a post with syteps to fix and get you set up
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Will not work as my device doesn't get recognized by fastboot.

OK are you on the latest twrp recovery if so you can go into that and enable mtp get the ROM and gapps and all other files you want to flash and drop them onto your device the only thing is it for some reason won't let you transfer zip files that's fine just rename from zip to txt
And it should work sorry for the delay in response hope that works for you lol
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Excuse me I do not write good English. Today I had a similar problem. Tablet remained in bootloader and laptop does not see it
I used NRT function Back to Stock and click on Soft-Bricked / Bootloop.
Tablet runs on Lolipop
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Masterloki666 said:
OK are you on the latest twrp recovery if so you can go into that and enable mtp get the ROM and gapps and all other files you want to flash and drop them onto your device the only thing is it for some reason won't let you transfer zip files that's fine just rename from zip to txt
And it should work sorry for the delay in response hope that works for you lol
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no I don't even if I had, it wouldn't work because I have no system on the tablet...
wwarrel said:
Excuse me I do not write good English. Today I had a similar problem. Tablet remained in bootloader and laptop does not see it
I used NRT function Back to Stock and click on Soft-Bricked / Bootloop.
Tablet runs on Lolipop
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Will not work because you need fastboot for it which is not working for me...

Alright I used my macbook for adb/fastboot and there it somehow recognized my device and I could use fastboot to do a factory reset. I still don't know why two independent windows systems did not recognize my Nexus 7 but I got it fixed. Anyways thanks to everyone who tried to help me in this thread!

[Q] broken N4

phone got wiped, os and all. can only get into team win recovery (no android with !). in recovery file manager there is NOTHING on the phone. can not get phone to be recognized by computer. used sdk to install drivers still nothing. can not activate usb debugging as there is no os. reboot in recovery gives warning no os on phone. there is nothing to restore, all folders in install tab are completely empty. is there anyway to save my phone? there is nothing on it...just enough for safe mode and recovery.

You need to get the computer to recognize your device. When booted into recovery and the device connected to your pc go to device manager and see what the issue is.
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jd1639 said:
You need to get the computer to recognize your device. When booted into recovery and the device connected to your pc go to device manager and see what the issue is.
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got drivers installed sees the device as "android bootloader interface...a link to what to do from this point would work or step by step instruction on how to get os on phone would be great.

Paltirian said:
got drivers installed sees the device as "android bootloader interface...a link to what to do from this point would work or step by step instruction on how to get os on phone would be great.
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You've got two options
1. Flash the factory image.with fastboot. You'll then have to re-install twrp amrd root
2. Push a rom onto your device using adb in recovery. Then flash that in twrp
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jd1639 said:
You've got two options
1. Flash the factory image.with fastboot. You'll then have to re-install twrp amrd root
2. Push a rom onto your device using adb in recovery. Then flash that in twrp
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ok...it is recognized in fast boot but not in recovery. as far as i knew i only need the usb drivers that come from sdk as it is a google device. is there another driver set i need from recovery. where could i find super simple instructions of how to flash image? and if i didnt care about re rooting could i just use fast boot to flash iamge and run with that?

Paltirian said:
ok...it is recognized in fast boot but not in recovery. as far as i knew i only need the usb drivers that come from sdk as it is a google device. is there another driver set i need from recovery. where could i find super simple instructions of how to flash image? and if i didnt care about re rooting could i just use fast boot to flash iamge and run with that?
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Simplest way is to download the factory image. Google nexus factory image. It's a .tgz file. Extract it using 7-zip. There's a flash-all.bat file in there. Boot into the bootloader and with your device connected to the pc just double click the flash-all.bat. It will wipe your device so if you can, backup first.
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You are my freaking hero. I'd give you a hug if i could. Will root tomorrow or so... Have you tried lollipop and would you recommend it over KitKat? Again ty so much

Paltirian said:
You are my freaking hero. I'd give you a hug if i could. Will root tomorrow or so... Have you tried lollipop and would you recommend it over KitKat? Again ty so much
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No problem, glad you got it working. I like lollipop. It looks different but once you get over the difference you like it. I'm running 5.0.1
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[Q] Tried to unroot, wont turn on

Hey guys. I tried to unroot my nexus 4 from cyangongenmod using the nexus root tookit and it was all dandy until my phone just cut out. It won't turn on. I got into recovery mode, but i cant figure out what to do from there. How do i know if its still rooted? or if all i need to do is lock it again? Can anyone help? I really need help. Thanks

amali7861 said:
Hey guys. I tried to unroot my nexus 4 from cyangongenmod using the nexus root tookit and it was all dandy until my phone just cut out. It won't turn on. I got into recovery mode, but i cant figure out what to do from there. How do i know if its still rooted? or if all i need to do is lock it again? Can anyone help? I really need help. Thanks
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This is why I don't recommend tool kits. I don't what you did to the device. I would try to do a factory reset in the stock recovery. It will wipe your device. Locking the phone won't do anything so don't bother with that.
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jd1639 said:
This is why I don't recommend tool kits. I don't what you did to the device. I would try to do a factory reset in the stock recovery. It will wipe your device. Locking the phone won't do anything so don't bother with that.
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So how would i do that? Sorry, Im rather slow with all this stuff. What i have so far is the zip file from google developer page. Should I flash that from the sd card? Or is there a better way?

amali7861 said:
So how would i do that? Sorry, Im rather slow with all this stuff. What i have so far is the zip file from google developer page. Should I flash that from the sd card? Or is there a better way?
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Boot into the bootloader. Then go to recovery and do a factory reset.
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jd1639 said:
Boot into the bootloader. Then go to recovery and do a factory reset.
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Just reset the phone. I can see that the screen is on, but it's staying black. And i tried to plug it into the computer, but it wont recognize the phone anymore. Any ideas?

amali7861 said:
Just reset the phone. I can see that the screen is on, but it's staying black. And i tried to plug it into the computer, but it wont recognize the phone anymore. Any ideas?
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It's sounding like a hardware problem. I would try flashing the factory image with fastboot. Is your device recognized by your pc when you're booted into the bootloader? If not, go to device manager on your pc. Is there a device with a yellow exclamation mark. If so right click on it and go to where it lets you choose from a list on your computer. Choose android adb composite interface.
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jd1639 said:
It's sounding like a hardware problem. I would try flashing the factory image with fastboot. Is your device recognized by your pc when you're booted into the bootloader? If not, go to device manager on your pc. Is there a device with a yellow exclamation mark. If so right click on it and go to where it lets you choose from a list on your computer. Choose android adb composite interface.
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You, my friend, are a lifesaver. Thank you so much for all of your help.

amali7861 said:
You, my friend, are a lifesaver. Thank you so much for all of your help.
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No problem!
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Frustrating TWRP Issue

Hey, so today I wanted to install a new ROM on my SM-N900 Note 3. I flashed TWRP, and rebooted. Then I booted into TWRP and opened Android File transfer on my Mac. It kept saying please connect USB device. Other parts of the system do not read the device, however TWRP says the device is charging from my Mac's USB port. I moved to my Windows computer and connected the device. Still nothing. I tried multiple USB cables both 2.0 and 3.0. Nothing works! Can someone help me? I have no OS installed! I don't want to use ODIN or download mode because I would prefer to the install the ROM I'm trying to install because it seems silly that I have recovery access but can't access the file transfer.
Thanks, Justin

No SD Card?
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Hey, so today I wanted to install a new ROM on my SM-N900 Note 3. I flashed TWRP, and rebooted. Then I booted into TWRP and opened Android File transfer on my Mac. It kept saying please connect USB device. Other parts of the system do not read the device, however TWRP says the device is charging from my Mac's USB port. I moved to my Windows computer and connected the device. Still nothing. I tried multiple USB cables both 2.0 and 3.0. Nothing works! Can someone help me? I have no OS installed! I don't want to use ODIN or download mode because I would prefer to the install the ROM I'm trying to install because it seems silly that I have recovery access but can't access the file transfer.
Thanks, Justin
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via PC, Odin is the easiest way.
va Mobile, Recovery + ROM in SD card is the easiest way.

nijom said:
via PC, Odin is the easiest way.
va Mobile, Recovery + ROM in SD card is the easiest way.
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I've used ODIN before but I had thought was incompatible with zips. I'll try it today though. And no, I don't have an SD card. I'm trying to move the files into my internal storage.
Thanks, Justin.

MTP doesn't work with TWRP. You'll have to use adb and push the zip to your internal storage. Then flash it through TWRP.
There are many guides on how to do this, it is very simple. Good luck
Edit- i see you're using a mac, not sure if adb works on there.. never tried myself.. always installed linux on any apple product i've owned
I haven't researched it so it might work straight away, but if not just create a vm with xp, ubuntu or something and use adb through there
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celderic said:
MTP doesn't work with TWRP. You'll have to use adb and push the zip to your internal storage. Then flash it through TWRP.
There are many guides on how to do this, it is very simple. Good luck
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That's strange, I'm pretty sure my old Nexus 7 could do this. Oh well.
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adb devices
does not work. It doesn't show the device in recovery. File transfer and ADB only work while the OS is booted up.

justinxfan said:
That's strange, I'm pretty sure my old Nexus 7 could do this. Oh well.
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Same with my old S2
It's a bug with TWRP for the n9005, i posted in the thread 4 or 5 months ago.
Sorry i've just finished work, will be back in an hour or two.
I thiught there was an ADB button in TWRP?
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celderic said:
Same with my old S2
It's a bug with TWRP for the n9005, i posted in the thread 4 or 5 months ago.
Sorry i've just finished work, will be back in an hour or two.
I thiught there was an ADB button in TWRP?
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There's a button in TWRP called disable MTP or enable MTP. It has no effect. I cannot find any sign of a ADB button.

justinxfan said:
There's a button in TWRP called disable MTP or enable MTP. It has no effect. I cannot find any sign of a ADB button.
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ADB sideload, under the advanced tab.
https://twrp.me/faq/ADBSideload.html
I just looked myself and it is there.. if there's a way of taking screenshots in recovery, somebody let me know and i'll post a pic here
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Ahhh I've seen that button before. Didn't jnowbwhat it did so I didn't touch it. Now that I understand it, I'll give it a try.
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Ahhh I've seen that button before. Didn't jnowbwhat it did so I didn't touch it. Now that I understand it, I'll give it a try.
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Good luck! Let me know if you run into any problems.
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Nope. Not working. Started ADB sideload from TWRP and tried to push in a random zip from my computer (about 2 mb). it said error: device not found.

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Someone can clarify this?