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Hi, I rooted my phone and I erased the phone, so now the phone says that it is corrupt and I have tried to use fastboot to flash Android 8.1 but it is giving me a error saying no such partition, so now I am stuck.

yellk20 said:
Hi, I rooted my phone and I erased the phone, so now the phone says that it is corrupt and I have tried to use fastboot to flash Android 8.1 but it is giving me a error saying no such partition, so now I am stuck.
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Need help wiping phone for warranty..

I have been running Paranoid Android rom for for several months fine. However last week the calls stopped working (no audio) then constant crashing application. After some checking I found that the cache partition was corrupt. I reinstalled the factory image from google. The installed the Team Win recovery again. After serveral hours of use I started getting the same problem. Again the cache is corrupt. I tried again to to install the factory image using both the Nexus 4 toolkit and with my Ubuntu notebook. Bothe gave me can not write errors. The device shows up with adb and bootloader. I can boot into the TWRP recovery still but I can not write to memory at all now.
I need to wipe the recovery and if possible install stock recovery. I was oem unlocked but still have secureboot enable. Can not but the phone except recovery and bootloader.
Is there a way to wipe this completely using dd or anything? Obviously it is defective hardware. The phone would get very hot which I know is not that unusual but I think it is related to the failure.
Update: was able to erase recovery through bootloader.
Still ned to oem lock. bootloader oem lock first appears to work but when doing a reboot the phone still shows locked. Seems nothing can be written to flash on the phone.\
Any ideas of what to do before sending in for warranty?
Deleted-misread OP
Did you test a stock ROM to confirm it is not a bug with Paranoid rom?
johnciaccio said:
I have been running Paranoid Android rom for for several months fine. However last week the calls stopped working (no audio) then constant crashing application. After some checking I found that the cache partition was corrupt. I reinstalled the factory image from google. The installed the Team Win recovery again. After serveral hours of use I started getting the same problem. Again the cache is corrupt. I tried again to to install the factory image using both the Nexus 4 toolkit and with my Ubuntu notebook. Bothe gave me can not write errors. The device shows up with adb and bootloader. I can boot into the TWRP recovery still but I can not write to memory at all now.
I need to wipe the recovery and if possible install stock recovery. I was oem unlocked but still have secureboot enable. Can not but the phone except recovery and bootloader.
Is there a way to wipe this completely using dd or anything? Obviously it is defective hardware. The phone would get very hot which I know is not that unusual but I think it is related to the failure.
Update: was able to erase recovery through bootloader.
Still ned to oem lock. bootloader oem lock first appears to work but when doing a reboot the phone still shows locked. Seems nothing can be written to flash on the phone.\
Any ideas of what to do before sending in for warranty?
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Did you test a stock ROM to confirm it is not a bug with Paranoid rom?
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Yes. First time I had the problem I flashed stock rom. I started having the same problem on stock. After a short time I could no longer mount any partition through recovery. TWRP recovery showed error messages when trying to mount them. Also bootloader commands fail when trying to write anything to memory. Only erase command works.
At this poit I am mostly concerned with getting the phone to remain oem locked so I can return it to LG for warranty service.
try using the wugfresh toolkit. I've used to to return to stock and do an OEM lock.

Nexus 4 stuck on boot screen after update

Need some help.
I just sideloaded the 4.3 update to phone and now it's stuck on the 'X' loading screen.
My phone was rooted, but all stock (including the bootloader). I used the sideload ADB command and everything went fine, but the phone now won't boot.
How do I fix this?
did you data wipe(factory reset) before flashing?? if not, you have too.
I applied the OTA...didn't think I had to
Any idea on how I fix it now?
Really don't want to lose all my data
Install a custom recovery and wipe or apply factory image
favaroooo said:
Install a custom recovery and wipe or apply factory image
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Is there a way I can fix it without wiping everything?
theprodigy85 said:
Is there a way I can fix it without wiping everything?
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I do not think because you have to change recovery you must unlock the bootloader and unlock bootloader wipe the phone
theprodigy85 said:
Is there a way I can fix it without wiping everything?
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no, its the data(and other stuff) causing it not to boot. same thing when flashing custom rom, you wipe when fkashing different roms. and going from android 4.2.2 to 4.3, theres many changes, enough to consider it a different rom.
Shoot...I should have done more research before doing this.
I did a factory reset through the stock bootloader...but it's still looping on the 'X' screen.
Can someone walk me through this or point me to a guide?
Bootloader is currently unlocked and I'm able to get into the factory recovery.
theprodigy85 said:
Shoot...I should have done more research before doing this.
I did a factory reset through the stock bootloader...but it's still looping on the 'X' screen.
Can someone walk me through this or point me to a guide?
Bootloader is currently unlocked and I'm able to get into the factory recovery.
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are you flashing a zip or an img file??
simms22 said:
are you flashing a zip or an img file??
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Initially, I flashed the OTA zip.
I'm okay with just restoring everything back to factory at this point...
Try to restore using the factory image
theprodigy85 said:
Initially, I flashed the OTA zip.
I'm okay with just restoring everything back to factory at this point...
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yea, the zip youd want to wipe data/factory reset, then flash the rom. dirty flashing wont help since the changes are big enough.
theprodigy85 said:
Initially, I flashed the OTA zip.
I'm okay with just restoring everything back to factory at this point...
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I bought my ole lady a Nexus 4 for Valentines day, anyway, today she got the OTA update and let it install the update. Now mind you she is 100% stock, adb debugging was not enabled, and her bootloader was still locked. (She would not let me touch her Nexus 4 lol) When the device rebooted it stuck on Android Upgrading finishing boot. So I said well let me see what I can do, this is what I did to fix it.
I use only Ubuntu so this may not work on windows i do not know. I Booted the device to the bootloader, connected it to my laptop via USB. I opened a terminal and typed in "sudo fastboot devices" and entered my password when promted and this gave me the device ID and fastboot letting me know fastboot was working. I then typed in "sudo fastboot reboot" and the device rebooted but was stuck on the bootanimation. I opened the internal storage up on my laptop in my file explorer and made a copy of her internal storage. Next I booted the device back into the bootloader then opened a terminal and typed in "sudo fastboot oem unlock" and the device gave me the unlock warning and the yes or no options. I selected yes so it would factory reset. After it did the factory reset the device reboot and booted to the setup welcome screen. Hope this helps others, also thanks to my good good friend Ljjehl for reminding me to use "sudo".
Edit: If you open the command promt with Administrative permissions in Windows this will work in Windows as well. Go to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe and right click on the cmd.exe file and select run as administrator. Then CD to the location with your fastboot.exe command. Thanks to another good friend TheBr0ken.
Thanks for the help...
I just ended up flashing each of the 4.3 components from the factory image. Just annoyed that I lost everything...
I'm stuck at the same screen. I received the OTA update, I didn't do anything special. My phone is unlocked and rooted (or WAS) but that was months ago, the rest is stock.
I think having encryption on my phone may have made it do this. I don't think Google anticipated doing the update properly for encrypted phones. Now I fear I've lost everything because even if I could connect, all data is encrypted...
similar problem
After starting to OTA update it was going smoothly, i was making breakfast, came back to find my screen at the "starting apps" screen frozen. The little circle that rotated wasnt doing anything so i left it there for awhile longer and still nothing. It would not move off that screen so i held power button down and restarted. now its stuck at the X screen also.
Yeah, I'm stuck there too. Already tried Factory Rest, didn't work. So what can I do?
I was on stock 4.2.2 and unrooted. I used the 'Google Services Framework' hack to force the 4.3 OTA update. The update downloaded successfully, phone restarted to apply the update and then restarted again. And now its stuck at the Google screen and keeps on restarting :crying:
I dont have the USB drivers installed on my PC too.
Same Problem
I have a nexus 4 (stock and unrooted),after 4.3 update,it is lagging during phone lock on/off (2 sec/5 sec).Hence I restarted my phone,and it stuck at "x" logo.Did clean data 3 times and then its working.
The problem is,in 2 days,I have experienced and done above thrice?
What could have gone wrong?
Hi guys,
I've just found how to correct this problem. All you have to do is to correctly wipe your phone before flashing factory image.
So :
Fastboot erase boot
Fastboot erase recovery
Fastboot format cache
Fastboot format system
Fastboot format userdata
I've just unbrick a n4 this way 15 minutes ago.
I have found the problem in recovery where you can see error log saying "cannot mount cache"
So formating correct the issue.
Hope it can help, fingers crossed.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Android N Update Failure: Stock Recovery Corrupted, OEM Unlock NOT Enabled

Signed up to Android N BETA, downloaded all okay. Rebooted and now into an eternal bootloop.
I can get into FASTBOOT mode okay, but when I select Recovery I get the Android passed out with a red exclamation mark on it's belly. "No command" is displayed.
As the phone is not unlocked I cannot flash a new recovery or new image.
I seem to be locked out of flashing a new recovery and new image. I tried to format cache and userdata but not allowed to as the phone is locked.
Is there a way to unlock the phone via command line? I don't believe there is, right?
How can I proceed? Any ideas?
check this thread and your problem will be solved http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexu...us-6p-t3382895
murphyjasonc said:
check this thread and your problem will be solved http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexu...us-6p-t3382895
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andrewinmelbourne said:
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Try this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/help-unbricking-nexus-6p-t3382895. Here is a link to the actual zip file you will need posted by @matt1515 https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../53bd5f816ce0706903d1a69d50bca6cd4f52b800.zip
You should be able to download that file and adb sidle load it to get back to stock marshmallow. I would strongly suggest unlocking your bootloader when you get back up and running.
Good luck.
murphyjasonc said:
Try this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/help-unbricking-nexus-6p-t3382895. Here is a link to the actual zip file you will need posted by @matt1515 https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../53bd5f816ce0706903d1a69d50bca6cd4f52b800.zip
You should be able to download that file and adb sidle load it to get back to stock marshmallow. I would strongly suggest unlocking your bootloader when you get back up and running.
Good luck.
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Thanks but adb does not recognize the device while in fastboot. I can't get to a recovery because it is corrupted.
andrewinmelbourne said:
Thanks but adb does not recognize the device while in fastboot. I can't get to a recovery because it is corrupted.
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I am pretty sure your recovery isn't corrupt. That's how it should look. On the screen with dead android and exclamation mark, press volume up or down to fully boot into recovery. Your only way of resolving this is through recovery, which is already linked before.
andrewinmelbourne said:
Signed up to Android N BETA, downloaded all okay. Rebooted and now into an eternal bootloop.
I can get into FASTBOOT mode okay, but when I select Recovery I get the Android passed out with a red exclamation mark on it's belly. "No command" is displayed.
As the phone is not unlocked I cannot flash a new recovery or new image.
I seem to be locked out of flashing a new recovery and new image. I tried to format cache and userdata but not allowed to as the phone is locked.
Is there a way to unlock the phone via command line? I don't believe there is, right?
How can I proceed? Any ideas?
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That's the way stock recovery works. When the 'No command' screen appears, press and hold the power button, and tap the volume up button once. You will then be able to access stock recovery. In there, try wiping the cache partition.
See if this fixes it. If it doesn't, go back to the stock recovery and do a factory reset.
Be warned that a factory reset will erase everything on your device, including internal storage.

Need Urgent Help, Phone not powering

Alright so where i'm at now is basically the aftermath of a failed attempt to install a cyanogen unofficial rom for my phone.
I have a p9 lite VNS-L23 dual sim and well basically, i unlocked the bootloader and i rooted it with twrp and installed superuser using the srk tool. Everything worked fine up to this point until i booted into recovery, cleared cache and data etc to do a clean install and the install failed with an error code 7.
I thought doing a twrp backup before the flash was effective but because it didnt take any length of time, i sort of thought it definitely wasnt a full backup but i didnt pay it any attention and tried to flash it anyway since iv'e never had probs flashing anything with other of the phones ive had before which was my main mistake.
Usb debugging was enabled before trying to flash. I thought it failed because i didnt change my file system but i had no idea how to do that so i avoided it and tried to install a newer version of twrp to see if the rom would work with the updated version instead. When flashing the twrp img file, it asked where i wanted to install and i think i selected bootloader instead of boot cause there were only 2 options.
After than finished and i chose to restart in recovery, recovery never loaded. I was getting erecovery but that couldnt help me either. I was just stuck with no os and a phone stuck on the bootscreen. I tried to unbrick my phone by installing the update file for the international version firmware which i downloaded which was the only one not to fail after trying 2 others before it before realizing the error i was making. I read online that it would restore my phone back to ofw and that was great considering i had no os installed. Now, after the update, i think i reached like 100% then it went blank. I tried to wait a couple seconds to see if it was rebooting but nothing happened. tried all button combinations with and without the charger for varying lengths of time but no luck. I hear a sound when its connected to my laptop tho so idk if that matters. Its a bit frustrating right now and i have no clue how to fix this problem and i havent even had the phone for a long time. If someone. anyone can help me, id more than appreciate it
So far, nothing is responding to anything. No lights, no vibrations and i dont see anything when it conencts to my laptop, my laptop just makes the connected sound. I see Fastboot 2.0 detected but the srk tool cannot detect any emulators or devices :/ im so depressed at this point. More or less just bought the ****.
Sounds bad, try using the dload method and if that doesn't work you are ******.
What is the output of "fastboot devices"
vidra said:
Sounds bad, try using the dload method and if that doesn't work you are ******.
What is the output of "fastboot devices"
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its the dload method that has me in this mess. It didnt reboot from the upgrade and since then i think ive been in fastboot mode. I get a response with the fastboot devices cmd and i manage to flash the boot, recovery and system of the stock firmware but still no luck. Think my only option is to use dc phoenix but i cant buy credits for that
bessonster said:
its the dload method that has me in this mess. It didnt reboot from the upgrade and since then i think ive been in fastboot mode. I get a response with the fastboot devices cmd and i manage to flash the boot, recovery and system of the stock firmware but still no luck. Think my only option is to use dc phoenix but i cant buy credits for that
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Have you tried flashing MM with dload?
vidra said:
Have you tried flashing MM with dload?
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not getting to the upgrade screen with dload, the phone restarts but nothing on screen. I can use fastboot only to flash and unlock bootloader, check specifications but thats it. I flashed the stock image which is mm thru fastboot but no luck. I read that i might wait for my battery to drain since my battery isnt rly made to be removable. Can i still use dload without any on screen response?
Have you also tried flashing vendor, cust ... partitions ?
vidra said:
Have you also tried flashing vendor, cust ... partitions ?
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Fastboot doesnt flash certain img's such as xloader etc, no vendor img included inside the update but i doubt i'd be able to flash it anyway, but i flashed everything i was allowed to incl. cust, boot, recovery, system, cache, . Everything else is giving error: command not allowed. I've hit a brick wall so far til my battery drains or i take it to a repair shop which is i guess, last resort. Can't seem to find help anywhere on the internet, nothing returns anything to the screen.
Looks like a hard brick, take it to an official repair shop. But remember: unlocking the bootlader does NOT void the warranty.

Installing angler image failed

Hello, I tried to install an os image on the Nexus 6P Android. In addition I downloaded the Angler Image where the flash-all batch is. I'm afraid that the files will not be transferred to the phone at all. For example, if I try to install TWRP in the bootloader and then reboot the phone, I am stuck with the Google logo and with the warning "Your device software can not be checked for corruption cant open bootloader" (Which is quite normal if you have unlocked the bootloader).
I'm not so good with it and hope someone can help me with it.
Please don't blame me if it is obvious. I'm a ****ing noobie
shoXy-. said:
Hello, I tried to install an os image on the Nexus 6P Android. In addition I downloaded the Angler Image where the flash-all batch is. I'm afraid that the files will not be transferred to the phone at all. For example, if I try to install TWRP in the bootloader and then reboot the phone, I am stuck with the Google logo and with the warning "Your device software can not be checked for corruption cant open bootloader" (Which is quite normal if you have unlocked the bootloader).
I'm not so good with it and hope someone can help me with it.
Please don't blame me if it is obvious. I'm a ****ing noobie
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From your description I'm not sure exactly what you did. Did you fastboot flash the factory image? Did you fastboot flash TWRP? You need to do it that way if you didn't. See this guide...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
So im using flashboot flash recovery twrp.img and after that i reboot the phone and im getting the same problem that im stuck on the warning message.
shoXy-. said:
So im using flashboot flash recovery twrp.img and after that i reboot the phone and im getting the same problem that im stuck on the warning message.
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after flashing the factory image
let phone boot up into system for a minute
boot into your bootloader
boot into your bootloader using fastboot the twrp.img
once in twrp, flash the TWRP.ZIP file on you sdcard
then you can install cust kernel or magisk, or just reboot to system

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