After using the megapixel rom. I tried flash back to stock with root tool kit.
During the process it told me I had to manual boot in recovery to a factory restore. That would not work so I ended up soft bricking my phone. I was able to side load twrp and the latest build and flash it (thank god). No when I do oem lock boot loader, my nexus 6p won't boot. As soon as I oem unlock, it will boot. Any ideas what could be cause that?
If you did not restore the recovery it probably throws a flag and says the configuration is invalid. You need to restore completely (recovery, boot, system, vendor, etc) through fastboot so that it is truly stock.
Cheers,
B.D.
This is a perfect time to remind folks that "locking" the bootloader is something that should be done with great care. There are dozens, if not hundreds of "my phone is bricked" threads centered around locking their bootloader without understanding the requirements and risks. If you don't have a reason to do it, leave it unlocked. If I need to do it, I flash 100% back to stock using a full factory image before locking.
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BostonDan said:
If you did not restore the recovery it probably throws a flag and says the configuration is invalid. You need to restore completely (recovery, boot, system, vendor, etc) through fastboot so that it is truly stock.
Cheers,
B.D.
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So you wouldn't recommend using the Nexus toolkit to flash factory? Can you give me the string in order that I would use to flash factory via fastboot? Fast boot is also hit or miss with the commands for me.
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So you wouldn't recommend using the Nexus toolkit to flash factory? Can you give me the string in order that I would use to flash factory via fastboot? Fast boot is also hit or miss with the commands for me.
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No offense intended, but this always irks me quite a bit.
Absolutely DO NOT use toolkits for anything at all, ever. They're not easier, they're not faster. It's just doing fastboot / adb with a UI that has buttons you can click instead of typing in fastboot.
This. This is the exact reason you shouldn't use toolkits. Especially if you don't know the manual way. It borks something up and now you need to wait possibly hours to get a working phone again when the solution would only take about 15 seconds to fix.
You need to fully familiarize yourself with this guide here;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
ADB/Fastboot is absolutely not "hit or miss." If you have trouble with it then you need to make sure that your drivers are properly installed and you're entering commands correctly. Also make sure to ALWAYS keep your ADB & fastboot drivers up to date via the Android SDK. All of this is covered in the link above.
As far as your bootloader issue. You cannot return to a locked bootloader with anything other than 100% complete unadulterated stock factory images. No TWRP, no root, no Xposed, no Magisk, no build.prop edits etc., ...Nothing.
Use fastboot to flash your factory images you downloaded. You can use the flash all bat file or individually flash each separate. Again it's all covered in the link I posted above.
Also, what do you mean you couldn't wipe/reset from stock recovery? When you flash stock recovery and boot to it, you will see an Android on its back with an exclamation mark in a red triangle. You may or may not see text that reads "No Command". Either way, from that point hold down the power button and then press and release volume up. You will boot to stock recovery where you can wipe your data.
Not for nothing, but as mentioned above, people have hard bricked their 6P from locking bootloader's on combos besides stock. You got extremely lucky you didn't as well. Please take some time to read and fully understand what you're doing with your ~600$ device.
This is also, for the most part, pretty standard stuff as far as flashing / modding goes. At least since 2010 when I got into it. If you want to know the exact string of fastboot commands please read and use the guide I linked. It teaches you literally everything. There's nothing it doesn't cover and once you get used to it you will never use a toolkit again.
Hope I didn't come off rude, but basically since 2010 when I got into this across all my devices I try to help out in the Q+A sections. I've probably participated in hundreds and hundreds of "help, I used a toolkit and my phone is bricked and I have no idea how to fix it, I just wanted cool stuff on my phone" threads. They're absolutely 100% not worth the trouble and headaches from them. Especially if you have no idea what they're doing on the back end. Know Fastboot and ADB like the back of your hand and just prefer to use them? That's a different story, if something fails then you fix it yourself in 10 seconds. But for the love of God, please please please please please stop using toolkits if you don't know how to fix issues on your own. You will eventually hard brick. I've seen it happen dozens of times. Thread turns into a circlej*rk about whether toolkits are bad or not, OP hard bricks their phone and commits fraud, which is illegal by trying to RMA it. Just don't use them. It's simple enough without them. Why reinvent the wheel when it works just fine?
You should only lock bootloader when you are on stock factory image from nexus developers site. Either use flash_all script or flash everything manually. As others said keep away from toolkits.. You never know what can go wrong or what they re doing in background.
As I understand you restored TWRP and Megapixel rom and tried to lock the bootloader when you had that combination installed on your phone? That can not be done. You are either full stock (rom, kernel, recovery...) and locked bootloader or unlocked bootloader and any combo of kernel, rom, recovery that you want.
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No offense intended, but this always irks me quite a bit.
Absolutely DO NOT use toolkits for anything at all, ever. They're not easier, they're not faster. It's just doing fastboot / adb with a UI that has buttons you can click instead of typing in fastboot.
This. This is the exact reason you shouldn't use toolkits. Especially if you don't know the manual way. It borks something up and now you need to wait possibly hours to get a working phone again when the solution would only take about 15 seconds to fix.
You need to fully familiarize yourself with this guide here;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
ADB/Fastboot is absolutely not "hit or miss." If you have trouble with it then you need to make sure that your drivers are properly installed and you're entering commands correctly. Also make sure to ALWAYS keep your ADB & fastboot drivers up to date via the Android SDK. All of this is covered in the link above.
As far as your bootloader issue. You cannot return to a locked bootloader with anything other than 100% complete unadulterated stock factory images. No TWRP, no root, no Xposed, no Magisk, no build.prop edits etc., ...Nothing.
Use fastboot to flash your factory images you downloaded. You can use the flash all bat file or individually flash each separate. Again it's all covered in the link I posted above.
Also, what do you mean you couldn't wipe/reset from stock recovery? When you flash stock recovery and boot to it, you will see an Android on its back with an exclamation mark in a red triangle. You may or may not see text that reads "No Command". Either way, from that point hold down the power button and then press and release volume up. You will boot to stock recovery where you can wipe your data.
Not for nothing, but as mentioned above, people have hard bricked their 6P from locking bootloader's on combos besides stock. You got extremely lucky you didn't as well. Please take some time to read and fully understand what you're doing with your ~600$ device.
This is also, for the most part, pretty standard stuff as far as flashing / modding goes. At least since 2010 when I got into it. If you want to know the exact string of fastboot commands please read and use the guide I linked. It teaches you literally everything. There's nothing it doesn't cover and once you get used to it you will never use a toolkit again.
Hope I didn't come off rude, but basically since 2010 when I got into this across all my devices I try to help out in the Q+A sections. I've probably participated in hundreds and hundreds of "help, I used a toolkit and my phone is bricked and I have no idea how to fix it, I just wanted cool stuff on my phone" threads. They're absolutely 100% not worth the trouble and headaches from them. Especially if you have no idea what they're doing on the back end. Know Fastboot and ADB like the back of your hand and just prefer to use them? That's a different story, if something fails then you fix it yourself in 10 seconds. But for the love of God, please please please please please stop using toolkits if you don't know how to fix issues on your own. You will eventually hard brick. I've seen it happen dozens of times. Thread turns into a circlej*rk about whether toolkits are bad or not, OP hard bricks their phone and commits fraud, which is illegal by trying to RMA it. Just don't use them. It's simple enough without them. Why reinvent the wheel when it works just fine?
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I ended up using fastboot to flash factory. I then re locked bootloader and everything booted without and issue. I was happy about that. I re rooted and everything is working great. :good:
I can say I learned a lot from this experience. Thanks to everyone for your advice. I am now comfortable using the fastboot method. Almost bricking my phone was scary but it taught me a lesson. Cheers everyone.
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Hello all,
I think I may have bricked my nexus one. It is completely my fault for attempting things that I knew little about, so flame away But after the flaming, if anyone is willing to help I would be sooooo thankfull...
I successfully rooted my phone following the instructions on this page: (all links edited with a double asterisk as I don't believe I can post links)
h**p://theunlockr.com/2010/01/02/how-to-root-the-nexus-one/
Then successfully installed cyanogenmod (which is awesome!) following this page:
h**p://theunlockr.com/2010/01/08/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-nexus-one/
All was well, I even got the modaco desire rom up and running, and was happily switching back and forth using the recovery screen. I had nand backups for specific setups, etc.
Then I decided it would be good to know how to go back to stock, and found this page:
h**p://**w.androidspin.com/2010/05/06/guide-unrooting-your-nexus-one-its-like-it-never-happened-almost/
I followed the instructions to the letter (I think) except for erasing userdata (it said "failed: remote not allowed"). I thought that things would be ok, since I'd recently wiped, so I followed the page till the end.
The phone rebooted, and I got the original nexus boot animation - but it's in an endless loop! What's worse, it that now when I try to go to the bootloader or recovery mode, I get the exclamation triangle with the little android.
Is there any way through a command prompt (or other method) that I can fix this? I tried to re-flash the RA recovery image through the command prompt, but the response was, "waiting for device."
ANYTHING that anyone can suggest to help, I would be so thankful! I've been loving the nexus, and hate to think that I crippled it
Thanks in advance,
Randy
I doubt its bricked.
Noticed you didnt mention that fast boot doesnt work? (power button+trackball) try it.
Once you get to fastboot you can flash any ROM back. (fastboot flash **** commands from a command shell)
Did you ever perform a Nand Backup from Recovery?
It's not bricked, the only way to brick is to interrupt power when flashing a Radio image
Connect phone to PC. Open command prompt.
adb reboot recovery
Wipe, reflash.
So far, nobody has managed to brick a Nexus. There is no way as the fastboot mode can restore the whole phone and can't be messed with. Make sure you have the latest version of the SDK with correct USB drivers and fastboot. Then try and reflash the recovery image.
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nexus5894 said:
So far, nobody has managed to brick a Nexus. There is no way as the fastboot mode can restore the whole phone and can't be messed with. Make sure you have the latest version of the SDK with correct USB drivers and fastboot. Then try and reflash the recovery image.
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Actually...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6320068&postcount=404
Paul22000 said:
Actually...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6320068&postcount=404
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It worked!!!!!
It worked!!
britoso, thank you soooooo much! The only way that I knew to get into bootloader/recovery was via power button/volume down, but power/trackball brought up the bootloader screen, and I clicked on fastboot. I was able to flash the RA recover image through the command terminal via fastboot, then able to get into recovery. I had cyan and modaco sense on the sd, and was able to flash one of them on.
I never thought I'd be so happy to see "quietly brilliant"!!! I WILL buy you a beer, a case in fact as soon as money clears my paypal account.
I have learned my lesson, research research research. (I did do some, but not enough to feel comfortable with what I was doing - hence my cry for help!)
Other than the phone and OS itself, the thing I like most about the nexus is the fact that one CAN root, and then customize (sold a Telus moto droid because I could not do that very thing).
I digress... thanks again so much!
And Paul, thanks for your sense ROM; I've had HTC phones from the Touch to the the diamond to the Hero, and missed the UI!
Randy Malkoski said:
It worked!!
britoso, thank you soooooo much! The only way that I knew to get into bootloader/recovery was via power button/volume down, but power/trackball brought up the bootloader screen, and I clicked on fastboot. I was able to flash the RA recover image through the command terminal via fastboot, then able to get into recovery. I had cyan and modaco sense on the sd, and was able to flash one of them on.
I never thought I'd be so happy to see "quietly brilliant"!!! I WILL buy you a beer, a case in fact as soon as money clears my paypal account.
I have learned my lesson, research research research. (I did do some, but not enough to feel comfortable with what I was doing - hence my cry for help!)
Other than the phone and OS itself, the thing I like most about the nexus is the fact that one CAN root, and then customize (sold a Telus moto droid because I could not do that very thing).
I digress... thanks again so much!
And Paul, thanks for your sense ROM; I've had HTC phones from the Touch to the the diamond to the Hero, and missed the UI!
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Glad to hear it. You learn the most by trial and error.
I think i got the same problem. i tried to Unlock Bootloader and Root Google Nexus One which was successful but then i tried to superboot it and when it came to the part where you "double click the ‘install-superboot-windows.bat’ file" i clicked it but it did not go to the nnext screen where the superboot completes it just stayed at the "bootloader screen". i must hve not done something or done something wrong i dont know.
So then i unplugged the phone from the pc and rebooted it. when it reeboted i wasnt getting any network, the phone was slow and the notification bar would not slide down...also i noticed the phone restarting on itself...
/i tried all kinds of "restore to factory settings" but not solved. Can anyone tell me what to do tht will work. I coud not understand what was said in the above thread as i am new to this android n my first time rooting n stuff n i believe that solution would work for me too..if some one could please explain in simple tirms the steps i need to take would be good...
Really appreciate it....
revonomics said:
I think i got the same problem. i tried to Unlock Bootloader and Root Google Nexus One which was successful but then i tried to superboot it and when it came to the part where you "double click the ‘install-superboot-windows.bat’ file" i clicked it but it did not go to the nnext screen where the superboot completes it just stayed at the "bootloader screen". i must hve not done something or done something wrong i dont know.
So then i unplugged the phone from the pc and rebooted it. when it reeboted i wasnt getting any network, the phone was slow and the notification bar would not slide down...also i noticed the phone restarting on itself...
/i tried all kinds of "restore to factory settings" but not solved. Can anyone tell me what to do tht will work. I coud not understand what was said in the above thread as i am new to this android n my first time rooting n stuff n i believe that solution would work for me too..if some one could please explain in simple tirms the steps i need to take would be good...
Really appreciate it....
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Tell me what i need to download again and how to go about it...i really need my phone working again ((((
So, I lurked a couple different sites for android for a while. I just like to read the whats happening and such with tech, and I always read about root and how rooting pretty much makes a phone/tablet a whole different device, so today I rooted it (my Nexus 7)...
Well, I can't remember exactly what I did, because I have been searching every place on the internet to figure out exactly what I did and how to fix it.
Oh and I rooted it by manually doing it (with cmd and such)
When I try and get into recovery I get a android green dude laying down on his back with a red triangle with a ! in the middle that says "no command" below it. I have wiped and cleared cache. I have read a bit about this from searching the internet, but I have yet to find a way that works. I was thinking about trying to undo everything then reroot it, but I really no idea what to do. I did root it correctly (I believe), but I may have tried to update the recovery (maybe) and that may have done it. But like I said I can't remember what I did since it has been so long and I have read so much other stuff.
I can provide anymore info for anyone who wants to try and help.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I read that putting a new recovery on would probably take care of it, but when I try I get a message saying "installation aborted". How or why, I do not know.
Sorry, for rambling and the not too hot spelling and grammar. Been a while since I have posted on any forum.
I just keep forgetting things. I can still turn it on and do somethings. Things like the home softbutton/key (not sure what they are called) doesn't work, the notification bar only scrolls down on the one side, and no notifications show up there, I still have root according to the root checker app I used, so yeah.
Thanks.
The android dude lying on his back is the stock recovery.
Put your tablet in bootloader mode and
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name-of-your-custom-recovery-image-file.img
and proceed from there.
If you don't know what the above means you need to do some more reading - perhaps the fastboot/return to stock sticky thread.
PS: you should define what exactly you mean by "manually" as there are now two different rooting paths... my answer above presumes you rooted by unlocking the bootloader via fastboot. Up until recently, that was the most common method.
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The android dude lying on his back is the stock recovery.
Put your tablet in bootloader mode and
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name-of-your-custom-recovery-image-file.img
and proceed from there.
If you don't know what the above means you need to do some more reading - perhaps the fastboot/return to stock sticky thread.
PS: you should define what exactly you mean by "manually" as there are now two different rooting paths... my answer above presumes you rooted by unlocking the bootloader via fastboot. Up until recently, that was the most common method.
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OK.
I did that and I was able to get into clockwork, but I am still stuck with a non working home key and a notification bar that isn't working right. I think I would like to just go back to stock until I figure this out better, I thought I knew enough to root, but I guess I don't.
I did it that way (bootloader via fastboot). I just see people doing toolkits and stuff and I wanted to say I didn't use them, so people knew.
Thank you for the help.
Also, what sticky are you talking about? I'm not sure where it (the sticky) is located. If you could direct me to it or post a link, that would be awesome. I think I am going to hold off on the root. Just once I can get this back to stock.
Once again, thanks.
OK, I found the guide I used to help me along with rooting and I was going over it to redo the root, but during step 9 of it I got a problem.
C:\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1
-grouper.img
unknown partition 'recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-grouper.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-gro
uper.img'
C:\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>
I am actually getting 2 errors it appears:
C:\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.
3.1-grouper
error: cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.1-grouper': No error
C:\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.
3.1-grouper.img
error: cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.1-grouper.img': No error
C:\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>
I can't post a link until I get 10 posts, so once I get 10, I will post it.
I found the guide to get back to stock, so I think I will try that.
[GUIDE] Flashing a Factory Image with fastboot / return to stock Is what I found and I will try.
During the erase userdata part, it seems it has gotten stuck.
> fastboot erase boot
> fastboot erase cache
> fastboot erase recovery
> fastboot erase system
> fastboot erase userdata
> fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.18.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot -w update image-nakasi-jdq39.zip
So, I stopped the stalled cmd and I started another to try and get the userdata erased.
So, I skipped the step to erase userdata and went on to the next one and I got this:
C:\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.
18.img
error: cannot load 'bootloader-grouper-4.18.img': No error
C:\adt-bundle\sdk\platform-tools>
I cannot seem to find a way around this error I have gotten a bunch of times.
All taken care of, someone over at Androidcentral helped me out.
So, thanks for the bit of help and this thread is done.
Welldang said:
All taken care of, someone over at Androidcentral helped me out.
So, thanks for the bit of help and this thread is done.
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I would reccomend if you get any future issues use wugfresh nexus root toolkit.. I have used this many times to revert back to stock / full wipe or re root etc. Glad you sorted it dude. I hate it when something goes wrong but then learnng new stuff to do is always fun
I stepped out (it's the weekend!) so I just saw your posts now.
Congrats on getting it fixed.
The trouble you had with fastboot was that you did not use the correct number of arguments; the correct format is:
fastboot flash partition_name source_file
and you forgot to give the partition_name ("recovery")
In the future, I would recommend that you strictly avoid flashing the bootloader (not the "boot" partition, but the "bootloader" partition) unless it is absolutely, positively necessary. It is simply too dangerous - a mistake made here will cause a hard brick of your device.
cheers
I'm trying to update my wife's N7 to 4.3. She used a toolkit to root and has TWRP recovery. Everything else is stock. So first I downloaded the 4.3 update and attempted to flash, but immediately after choosing "install" I received a message the the flash failed. I thought maybe I got a bad download, so I rebooted the device and forced an OTA. The device downloaded the OTA, but then rebooted to TWRP and didn't install. Then I thought maybe I need to have stock recovery... So I unrooted, and installed stock recovery. I then forced the OTA again, downloaded, and began to install in stock recovery, and approximately halfway through it stopped and gave an error message. Then the device rebooted on it's own. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I was able to update to 4.3 on my N4 without any issues. Does anyone have a solution for me? Please let me know if there is some detail I left out. Thanks!
You can use fastboot to erase your current partitions then manually flash the 4.3 stock images.
I've never used fastboot before. Plus another problem now... I tried to flash the stock image via toolkit, now the device is stuck on the bootloader.
chrisbo4 said:
I've never used fastboot before. Plus another problem now... I tried to flash the stock image via toolkit, now the device is stuck on the bootloader.
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On the bootloader or the boot animation? Big difference.
There was a recent change in fastboot that makes flashing the 4.3 images a little dicey if you're not using the latest fastboot executable, which I imagine could cause problems with various toolkits that bundle the executable.
Rirere said:
On the bootloader or the boot animation? Big difference.
There was a recent change in fastboot that makes flashing the 4.3 images a little dicey if you're not using the latest fastboot executable, which I imagine could cause problems with various toolkits that bundle the executable.
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On the bootloader. I can't get past the google splash screen, but it overlays the bootloader screen. I just want to get back to stock, then upgrade to 4.3. I've tried to install adb on my computer, but couldn't get the computer to recognize the device.
chrisbo4 said:
On the bootloader. I can't get past the google splash screen, but it overlays the bootloader screen. I just want to get back to stock, then upgrade to 4.3. I've tried to install adb on my computer, but couldn't get the computer to recognize the device.
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Install this through device manager.
http://d-h.st/kDu
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Install this through device manager.
http://d-h.st/kDu
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Okay, it's installed. I'm not sure what I should unzip though?
chrisbo4 said:
Okay, it's installed. I'm not sure what I should unzip though?
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You can either flash stock images with fastboot or install TWRP then flash stock zip file.
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I'm trying to update my wife's N7 to 4.3. She used a toolkit to root and has TWRP recovery. Everything else is stock. So first I downloaded the 4.3 update and attempted to flash, but immediately after choosing "install" I received a message the the flash failed. I thought maybe I got a bad download, so I rebooted the device and forced an OTA. The device downloaded the OTA, but then rebooted to TWRP and didn't install. Then I thought maybe I need to have stock recovery... So I unrooted, and installed stock recovery. I then forced the OTA again, downloaded, and began to install in stock recovery, and approximately halfway through it stopped and gave an error message. Then the device rebooted on it's own. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I was able to update to 4.3 on my N4 without any issues. Does anyone have a solution for me? Please let me know if there is some detail I left out. Thanks!
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First of all I do not intend to offend you. I am not lecturing. I just want to give you my opinion in order to try to help you.
In general to install an update the safest way is to have or re-install stock recovery prior to the installation of the update. There is no need to unroot for the stock recovery installation.
In your household you have Nexus products. It means that you will probably continue to acquire Nexus equipment. In this case, in the long run, you will be better off installing, learning, and using adb and fastboot methods. Toolkits are mostly a quick fix which works ...............or not. I am thinking that toolkits are useless in the sense that they do not bring knowledge and experience (in my area trash collection are Monday and Thursday:laugh.
The XDA forum is full of resources. It does not leave a stone unturned. Its a matter of reading, asking, and learning.
In your case, facing your problem, I would install adb through a program called "android-sdk- windows". Then I will take advantage of the experience and the knowledge of our forum members to install the JB 4.3 factory image.
here are two references among several:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250
But it is a long way for a beginner - which I was 2-3 years ago - to go this route. But what a reward!
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First of all I do not intend to offend you. I am not lecturing. I just want to give you my opinion in order to try to help you.
In general to install an update the safest way is to have or re-install stock recovery prior to the installation of the update. There is no need to unroot for the stock recovery installation.
In your household you have Nexus products. It means that you will probably continue to acquire Nexus equipment. In this case, in the long run, you will be better off installing, learning, and using adb and fastboot methods. Toolkits are mostly a quick fix which works ...............or not. I am thinking that toolkits are useless in the sense that they do not bring knowledge and experience (in my area trash collection are Monday and Thursday:laugh.
The XDA forum is full of resources. It does not leave a stone unturned. Its a matter of reading, asking, and learning.
In your case, facing your problem, I would install adb through a program called "android-sdk- windows". Then I will take advantage of the experience and the knowledge of our forum members to install the JB 4.3 factory image.
here are two references among several:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250
But it is a long way for a beginner - which I was 2-3 years ago - to go this route. But what a reward!
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Thank you for the information, and I'm not offended at all. I spent most of last night reading, and attempting to get adb running on my computer. I experienced issues getting drivers installed, and the computer recognizing the device. Also, trying to find the directories... I'll keep searching to see if I can get this figured out. Thank you again!
Thanks to everyone for helping me through this problem. After a lot of searching, research, reading, and video tutorials, I flashed stock images to the N7 via fastboot. I always thought that adb and fastboot was way too advanced for me (and it probably still is), but at least I got the basics down. Thank you all again.
Hey guys, I've run into an issue while attempting to flash a custom rom to my i337. First off, I was successfully able to obtain root and have verified that I have su privileges. My issue is happening when I try to install any type of boot loader. I've tried the following methods to install a bootloader:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494 (step 3- both methods)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297033
using odin to flash .img recoveries using this conversion method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281287
Whenever I install any recovery and I try to boot into it, I boot into odin/download mode. After this happens I am unable to boot into the stock rom (or any rom for that matter) until I use this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360859) method to restore my current rom.
Additionally, I have been unable to perform a factory or soft restore since I've had this issue. I can't boot into recovery so I can't do a hard reset, but every time I attempt to restore within the android OS, I boot into odin mode....
It's become quite frustrating and I'm unsure of where to go next.
Additionally, additionally, I do believe that I have the MF3 update installed. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty confident I do.
I just got this phone a few weeks ago and I'm still learning the ropes here... so forgive me for my lack of knowledge on the subject
Thanks in advance for any input
If you have mf3 you can not flash roms or put on a custom recovery. In fact you'll lucky you haven't bricked your phone. Don't try any more until an exploit is found.
Edit, in the mean time, do some more reading and research. You need to know a lot more before you are ready to flash anything if the devs find away to put a custom recovery on.
I just don't understand why people that don't even have a basic concept of how their phone works would do something to it that could (and probably will) turn it into an expensive brick? Is it really to difficult to do a little reading first? It's forum rules, it's common sense, and it can save you a lot of time and trouble. I'm not trying to bust the OP's balls, but if you don't take a little time to be responsible for your own actions (searching and reading and reading some more), you get what you deserve. Being "new" is never an excuse, it's just more reason to do some reading. Everyone, don't touch your phone until you learn about what it is you are doing to it first!
Good luck to the OP, I hope you decide to read (at least) the pinned threads in the General section (and hopefully a lot more) before you do anything else to your phone.
Sad but true
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Hi guys, I recently had the misfortune of getting my Nexus 7 bricked.
Right. So if I claim warranty, how do I go about it? I don't mean the contacting htem and stuff. But what do I say to them to ensure maximum chance of getting the warranty?
I mean, I have voided the warranty by installing custom software on my Nexus. But is there any way I could actually logically persuade them to give me warranty? Or is it just luck? Hoping you get a not-so-smart technician to verify it is suitable for warranty?
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Hi guys, I recently had the misfortune of getting my Nexus 7 bricked.
Right. So if I claim warranty, how do I go about it? I don't mean the contacting htem and stuff. But what do I say to them to ensure maximum chance of getting the warranty?
I mean, I have voided the warranty by installing custom software on my Nexus. But is there any way I could actually logically persuade them to give me warranty? Or is it just luck? Hoping you get a not-so-smart technician to verify it is suitable for warranty?
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Just call & request an RMA number. If it's truly bricked, they will not be able to ascertain that you installed a custom ROM.
Thank you for that answer but I thought RMAs were for when you returned the device within the first 15days?
And sadly, its obvious that there is a custom rom instAlled. Its hardbricked with an unstoppable bootloop, showing Clockworkmod recovery
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What if i do specify some hardware fault that my nexus did have? Like the ghost touch issue. could i get it replaced under that pretext?
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Sorry for bumping but I really do need some help. Please?
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nobody_nowhere said:
Thank you for that answer but I thought RMAs were for when you returned the device within the first 15days?
And sadly, its obvious that there is a custom rom instAlled. Its hardbricked with an unstoppable bootloop, showing Clockworkmod recovery
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Why do you say that it is hard bricked? It's near impossible to hard brick a Nexus device. If you see the Google logo when the device powers on, you should be able to go into fastboot mode. Then just use fastboot commands to flash TWRP or CWM recovery and then just flash a ROM from recovery.
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Why do you say that it is hard bricked? It's near impossible to hard brick a Nexus device. If you see the Google logo when the device powers on, you should be able to go into fastboot mode. Then just use fastboot commands to flash TWRP or CWM recovery and then just flash a ROM from recovery.
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Yea, it is hard-bricked. As it is stuck in a bootloop involving CWM-Fastboot-CWM------
It's a long story, which is actually in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468392
The circumstances of my bootloop are eerily similar, right down to the name of rom I flashed. Or it's probably because of that.
I flashed a new ROM (Kaos Droid 7.0.0) and the fitting gapps some minutes ago from CWM Touch. Everything worked as supposed, no errors, no warnings, nothing. Then I rebooted the Nexus 7 and now it's stuck in the worst bootloop I have seen so far:
The Google Screen appears, stays for some seconds, then I see a screen with the CWM Logo and the text "ClockworkmodRecovery 6.0.38", after this the device seems to reboot and the sequence starts from the beginning again.
I can not get into recovery, I can connect to my PC via USB but connection and disconnection happens every few seconds (because of the bootloop).
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But I'd rather you answered my questions about warranty since this problem seems totally unfixable. It doesn't respond to any keypress I make except for long-press power.
nobody_nowhere said:
Yea, it is hard-bricked. As it is stuck in a bootloop involving CWM-Fastboot-CWM------
It's a long story, which is actually in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468392
The circumstances of my bootloop are eerily similar, right down to the name of rom I flashed. Or it's probably because of that.
But I'd rather you answered my questions about warranty since this problem seems totally unfixable. It doesn't respond to any keypress I make except for long-press power.
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Weird. But if it's rather obvious that you voided the warranty, I don't think they'll send you a new one.
That's the problem. The Google logo does appear and technically I'm supposed to be able to use my fastboot commands to undo the issue. But it doesn't work. Since the nexus doesn't respond to a single button press. So I cannot enter fastboot mode proper.
Yea, I knew that. But what if I get it replaced on some other reason than that?
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BrianXP7 said:
Did you somehow interrupted a bootloader flash or wrote "fastboot erase bootloader"? If not and the "Google" logo still appears, you really don't need an RMA.
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No. It's like when you type reboot recovery. It just goes directly into cwm. And then it reboots and again. And again.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12668781/Nexus7_bootloop.mkv
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Since you can't access MTP, you can try ADB Sideload. (It's a feature in later versions of ClockworkMod Recovery and Team Win Recovery. Why are you still using CWM by the way?) It'll transfer the flashable ZIP to the root of /sdcard and it'll flash immediately after.
RMAs should be only used for last resort bootloader bricks if you don't have access to the proprietary blobs. Luckily, you're fine.
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Mate, my nexus does not respond in any way to the keypresses I make. So I cannot access clockworkmod, or fastboot mode, or even try to force a regular boot. It just bootloops on and on, completely unimpressed by my presses
BrianXP7 said:
Oh, my mistake. I didn't see your video. Sorry about that. (Bootlooping might be incorrect terminology for recovery. I'm not sure.) Try reflashing another recovery image like TWRP instead? That's the best I can give you for now.
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Okay, I love that you're atleast trying to help. But the point is I literally have no way of flashing anything on it. I cannot do anything to it, bro. Whatever I do it just keeps bootlooping on and on. If I could access fastboot, I could easily fix this problem but I can't so.
I'd love your feedback concerning what I should do with regards to warranty
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Again, it's not a bootloader brick. You don't need an RMA. In the video, you simply left it booting normally (then falling back to recovery). Also, it's not recovery's issue. It's probably the internal ROM that's made unbootable by some kind of OTA update.
To enter Fastboot mode, turn off your device completely. After, hold Power + Volume Down. Release Power (keep holding Volume Down) when "Google" displays. If done successfully, it'll display an Android lying down. That's Fastboot mode.
Unless you somehow damaged your hardware keys, you might be completely screwed. In order for your RMA to be accepted, you need to remove any trace of modification and relocking the bootloader. If you did restore it to an RMA acceptable state, it's already usable. (Screwing with the bootloader completely, or APX mode, will be accepted as they can't detect if you unlocked the bootloader or not.)
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hmmmm. Is there a way of completely disabling the bootloader or something?
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Yes, but you need access to Fastboot. If you did have access Fastboot, might as well fix it yourself. Basically, you flashed an incorrect bootloader image or interrupt the writing process. (Just don't think about it unless you have a bootloader backup.)
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Okay, Can you do something for me?
Type su and then reboot recovery on the terminal.
Now when the Google Image is shown in the beginning, can you try to put it in Fastboot mode instead? Power + Volume Down, like you said.
Tell me if it works
BrianXP7 said:
What? I think you're over-complicating things. You don't even seem to try.
Just turn your device off. (Forced, normally, however you want.) Hold Power + Volume Down until "Google" appears. (That's when you release the power button but keep holding Volume Down.) If you see an Android laying down with a few options such as "Reboot normally", you're in Fastboot mode.
After that, just flash the stock factory images. It's as simple as that.
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Did you try to do that for me?
I need You to do that for me. And tell me if it works. My Nexus 7 simply cannot be saved. Whatever I do, It doesn't respond. I know all about Fastboot mode, and recovery mode, and flashing factory images. I'm not a n00b like you seem to think. I do have a problem, but it seems to have been caused by random hardware fault rather than a fault on my part. But the result is the same.
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Did you try to do that for me?
I need You to do that for me. And tell me if it works. My Nexus 7 simply cannot be saved. Whatever I do, It doesn't respond. I know all about Fastboot mode, and recovery mode, and flashing factory images. I'm not a n00b like you seem to think. I do have a problem, but it seems to have been caused by random hardware fault rather than a fault on my part. But the result is the same.
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@GedBlake;, you're the only person who understood my problem and tried to help me before. Could you perhaps do the same again?
nobody_nowhere said:
@GedBlake;, you're the only person who understood my problem and tried to help me before. Could you perhaps do the same again?
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Hi, nobody_nowhere..
I will try, but I'm not quite what it is you're asking of me...
If it's concerning RMA, then I don't think I'm going to be of much help, I'm afraid... as I don't know the procedure for claiming under warranty (ie., RMA), having never done it myself.
My own Nexus 7 is just a liitle over a year old now, and I've so far been fortunate in having only had minor, and easily recoverable softbrick/bootloop type situations.
In your second post on this thread, you suggest that RMAs were time limited to just 15 days. I'm not completely sure, but I think this is incorrect. In most countries/jurisdictions, warranties usually run for 12 months. This is certainly the case here in the UK.
The thread you mention, well, having read it yourself, you'll know that I attempted to resolve the problem experienced by the OP of that thread... and it all came to nothing in the end.
There seems to be two recognisable categories of 'brick'... hardbrick, typically caused by a damaged, corrupt or wholly erased bootloader... and softbrick, which can have any number of causes, but is usually always resolvable - principally by accessing fastboot mode. Fastboot mode, is a sort of a 'get-out-of-jail' free card... and I've used it many times in the past.
But if you can't access fastboot mode (apropos of your current predicament), but the bootloader still works (if it didn't, NOTHING AT ALL would happen), your technically not hardbricked.
You have an unrecoverable soft brick... semi-hardbrick maybe? - a third category of 'brick'??
With regard to claiming under warranty... as I've already said, I really have no idea how to go about doing this, but I assume some sort of 'phone conversation would initially start the ball rolling and some questions would be asked of the owner of the Nexus 7...
...but, if it is unambiguously clear (and it sounds like it is, with CWM boot looping), that you've installed custom software, then there's no point in being disingenuous. As soon as they receive the device, they'll know. It you're honest with them, you might have a fair chance of them fixing it. If you lie outrightly, your credibility suffers.
Your best bet, I think, is to emphasize that's it's a hardware issue - emphasize the buttons aren't working properly. Emphasize that you're a knowledgeable Android user, and you're familiar with fastboot, and flashing custom software. The idea, here, is to make it more of a hardware problem, than a software problem - because it then throws the ball back into their court. And personally, I happen to think it is a hardware problem. I have no idea if this will work or not - I'm really just guessing here.
Whether installing custom software itself is sufficient to void warranty is a discussion that could fill an entire thread many pages over, such is the ambiguity of the issue.
It's generally considered, though, that unlocking the bootloader alone, is enough to leave your warranty in tatters... but flashing a Google factory stock image requires the bootloader to be unlocked anyway. So, I'm not quite sure how that contradiction squares itself away!
Indeed the flash-all.* script, that ships with factory stock images, unlocks the bootloader as matter of course. Of course, Google recommend re-locking the bootloader afterwards.
And what of Nexus 7 Jellybean 4.2.2 users, several months ago, who could root without unlocking the bootloader at all, using the motochopper "exploit".
Does rooting with an exploit count as installing custom software... you're messing with /system after all?
Ultimately though, I think that you may have to face an unpalatable truth - that tinkering with your device, does sometimes go wrong... in ways that leave even the most experienced users baffled (and I'm not even close to that level of knowledge and expertise).
There are some posters, here on XDA, who have in their sig., a list of previously owned devices... crossed out... and the word BRICKED next to them. These are the guys with thousands of posts to their name... and their 'graveyard' of dead devices are their metaphorical battlescars.
As soon as you type fastboot oem unlock, you're tacitly accepting that this may happen to you some day... you've effectively 'removed the back' of of that expensive clock/watch/HiFi system or Nexus 7... in the belief you can make it 'go' faster or perform better. Most of the time, you will be successful, and you will make it perform better, with whatever Custom ROM or kernel you've chosen to install.
But sometimes, something will go so horribly wrong... that there is no way back.
And all that is then left is the capriciousness of the company you have warranty with (via RMA)... and you're own negotiating skills.
I really do wish there was some button sequence, or command line I could suggest... but when dealing with the warranty people... you're on your own, sorry to say. Ultimately, and essentially... they may choose to repair it, or not. And beyond that, there's not much else I can add.
Except... best of luck.
Rgrds,
Ged.