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I think I bricked my nexus (my fault) please help!

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.
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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.
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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 ((((

Help!! Nexus s 4g stuck on "Google" icon

Followed these instuctions:
http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-root-nexus-s/
My phone is now stuck at the google logo and will not go past. After rooting and clockwork i was not able to load anything else but i would not boot.
Please help.. Thank You

seriously? there is like 4 threads on how to root it, and you go with one that you shouldnt.. lol

it had pictures.. lol
all the threads on here talk about specific phone models and i wasnt sure so i just went with it... Bad choice on my part..
hopefully someone can help

load up fastboot and try to get to recovery if you can then awesome.. try wiping everything and see if that fixes anything

Pull the battery, hold volume up and power and follow this post to get into recovery. Then like shabby penguin said, when you get into recovery wipe everything and you should be good to go. Again, the post I linked you to is the proper way to root the 4g...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13570498&postcount=5

i can get into recovery and i wiped the phone, but still doesnt help.

opie2l said:
i can get into recovery and i wiped the phone, but still doesnt help.
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Oh, guess I didnt catch that.

ok your best bet it to go into fastboot and flash the clockworkmod 3.0.2.4
did you do the oem unlock command?

yeah i did the oem unlock.

ok well assuming you followed the directions from this guy, then you have a diff bootimg on there i can toss a few files that may fix it, but no garuntees...
seriously tho
(You should see that “LOCK STATE” says “UNLOCKED”, meaning your Nexus S is rooted.)
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is posted on his site.. that would be a good indicator to me to stop listening to anything he said.. he then later in the comments was trying to help someone and told them if usb wasnt working then use a microsd adapter to put the files on..

yeah i am kicking my self in the a$$. Is there anyway do just get it back to stock?

well have you tried flashing a kernel? if it gets to bootani then its usually rom erros, freezing at spalsh screens is generally kernel images

is it possible to load a kernel when i cant see the phones memory from the computer???

someone has to have some idea of to fix this...
just got me to stock unrooted phone.. please

yes, download this
boot into fastboot and type in fastboot flash boot /path/to/natarchy.img
replace /path/to with where its located.. this should get you rollin again

thank you... thank you... thank you!!!!!!!!
i have learned my lesson and i wont stray from the xda forum next time.
Again thank you

I have a similiar issue as OP...I tried to flash netarchy kernel with kernal manager and then phone rebooted and got stuck at google logo.
I have installed SDK...google drivers, but when I try to flash the kernel I get waiting for device in command prompt. Same error when I type "fastboot oem unlock"
Any ideas?

Skillz1318 said:
I have a similiar issue as OP...I tried to flash netarchy kernel with kernal manager and then phone rebooted and got stuck at google logo.
I have installed SDK...google drivers, but when I try to flash the kernel I get waiting for device in command prompt. Same error when I type "fastboot oem unlock"
Any ideas?
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Waiting for device means Windows does not recognize phone. Reinstall drivers.

ok sounds like a driver issue, i used pdanet to install the drivers i needed. try fastboot devices, if it doesnt show anything then your phone isnt connected

Ok used my mac and was able to get cwm recovery on device. I could mount it. Now how can I flash back to stock. I9020A att 3G version. Booting now I see google and a lock.
Thanks everyone!

[Q] OUT OF IDEAS- Nexus 4 stuck on boot loop

Could someone please offer some advice, i really am stumped on this one. I have a nexus 4 which is rooted has an unlocked bootloader and is running on the stock version of kitkat. Last week i changed network and as bizarre as it sounds when i got disconnected from three my phone bricked and got stuck on the boot logo.
Since then i went home and got the skipsoft toolkit up and running to essentially put a fresh rom on. Unfortunately no luck, i have gone into the bootloader and recovery,factory/wipe reset -- still no luck it's stuck on the boot logo. Now i realised that adb isn't working only fastboot which has also limited my options. i have tried multiple version of roms/recoverys etc.. they install which confirmed by the change of boot logo but that's it just hangs again.
Is there something else i can try? I would really appreciate some direction on it. Thanks very much in advanced.

airrunner said:
Could someone please offer some advice, i really am stumped on this one. I have a nexus 4 which is rooted has an unlocked bootloader and is running on the stock version of kitkat. Last week i changed network and as bizarre as it sounds when i got disconnected from three my phone bricked and got stuck on the boot logo.
Since then i went home and got the skipsoft toolkit up and running to essentially put a fresh rom on. Unfortunately no luck, i have gone into the bootloader and recovery,factory/wipe reset -- still no luck it's stuck on the boot logo. Now i realised that adb isn't working only fastboot which has also limited my options. i have tried multiple version of roms/recoverys etc.. they install which confirmed by the change of boot logo but that's it just hangs again.
Is there something else i can try? I would really appreciate some direction on it. Thanks very much in advanced.
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What do you mean you changed network? What recovery are you using twrp or cwm hope it's twrp I think you need to search forums for wugfresh tool kit and start fresh which means going back to stock rom, recovery etc.. Wugfresh toolkit is the easiest method for you and even has videos on YouTube for step by step instructions you can't go wrong be patient and pay attention and you will be OK..www.wugfresh.com/youtube
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WelfareBaby said:
What do you mean you changed network? What recovery are you using twrp or cwm hope it's twrp I think you need to search forums for wugfresh tool kit and start fresh which means going back to stock rom, recovery etc.. Wugfresh toolkit is the easiest method for you and even has videos on YouTube for step by step instructions you can't go wrong be patient and pay attention and you will be OK..www.wugfresh.com/
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WelfareBaby said:
What do you mean you changed network? What recovery are you using twrp or cwm hope it's twrp I think you need to search forums for wugfresh tool kit and start fresh which means going back to stock rom, recovery etc.. Wugfresh toolkit is the easiest method for you and even has videos on YouTube for step by step instructions you can't go wrong be patient and pay attention and you will be OK
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I meant literally that i changed network from three to ee, which i also brought my original number over with it. The day my number transfered to ee my phone bricked and it's been stuck on boot loop since.
I have never used wugfresh before but i followed your instructions and spent sometime with it this morning. It's a very simple piece of software and i must admit i was feeling hopeful it might have fixed my boot-loop issue, but it hasn't. I have done factorywipes/wiped cache, flashed multiple version roms. As far as recovery i had TWRP running on my device, but for some reason i am no longer able to go into it only the bootloader. When i do click on recovery i got the android on its back with the exclamation mark, which obviously gives me the wipe options which i have done.
If there is anything else you can think of i would be greatly appreciative.

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I meant literally that i changed network from three to ee, which i also brought my original number over with it. The day my number transfered to ee my phone bricked and it's been stuck on boot loop since.
I have never used wugfresh before but i followed your instructions and spent sometime with it this morning. It's a very simple piece of software and i must admit i was feeling hopeful it might have fixed my boot-loop issue, but it hasn't. I have done factorywipes/wiped cache, flashed multiple version roms. As far as recovery i had TWRP running on my device, but for some reason i am no longer able to go into it only the bootloader. When i do click on recovery i got the android on its back with the exclamation mark, which obviously gives me the wipe options which i have done.
If there is anything else you can think of i would be greatly appreciative.
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I really have no clue what changing network to ee is did you not create a backup if so you could restore it but since you can't once you get in bootloader and scroll to recovery you get dead android use to toolkit I told you and flash stock+unroot option it should work
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I really have no clue what changing network to ee is did you not create a backup if so you could restore it but since you can't once you get in bootloader and scroll to recovery you get dead android use to toolkit I told you and flash stock+unroot option it should work
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If not pm me try to help you figure it out

I am very grateful you taking the time to help me with the boot issue. But i have actually just managed to sort it, finally!
It came down to me changing to an older radio version for 4.4.4., then i installed a 4.3 rom which it worked! I then upgraded to 5.01 and hey presto it's back to normal.
Thanks again nexus root tool-kit is definitely an essential

airrunner said:
I am very grateful you taking the time to help me with the boot issue. But i have actually just managed to sort it, finally!
It came down to me changing to an older radio version for 4.4.4., then i installed a 4.3 rom which it worked! I then upgraded to 5.01 and hey presto it's back to normal.
Thanks again nexus root tool-kit is definitely an essential
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Your welcome glad I could help we all been in some situation before since you back up and running don't forget to make a backup of current rom always good idea to have that handy in case.. Cheers...

Deleted Bootloader on LeEco S3 X626

A couple weeks back I deleted the OS off of my phone while messing with TWRP recovery trying to install a custom ROM. I looked around the forums and i got my phone to the point where It booted into a stripped down version of android with stock recovery on it, although everything was mirriored and backwards. But when i tried to install the stock rom for my LeEco S3 with stock recovery it got stuck i a boot loop and I couldn't turn off the phone or boot into recovery or anything. So i let it keep booting until it ran out of battery and died. So then i decided i would put the stripped down version back on and start again.
So I went back to my sp flash tool and reinstalled all the partions except the boot and recovery partitions (according to the steps on the forum) but my phone still wont boot into anything, it is completely black and wont boot into recovery or fastboot, and im running out of ideas on how to fix this phone :crying:
After pretty much giving up all hope of fixing my phone, i figured i would try the format option in the flash tool and then reinstall all of the pattitions. I selected format all flash, not doing proper research first, and now i cant even reinstall partions, I get a STATUS_BROM_CMD_SEND_DA_FAIL error anytime i try to flash the partitions.

can you at least get the phone to fastboot mode?

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can you at least get the phone to fastboot mode?
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No I cannot, The screen is completely black and nothing comes on at all if I hold down the power button.

well damn, looks like a soft brick, it can be repaired but not gonna lie, it is a pain in the butt...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/help/bricked-le-s3-x626-flashing-twrp-power-t3715937
the guys have made an awesome guide on that thread.

microMXL said:
well damn, looks like a soft brick, it can be repaired but not gonna lie, it is a pain in the butt...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/help/bricked-le-s3-x626-flashing-twrp-power-t3715937
the guys have made an awesome guide on that thread.
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I have already looked through that thread, and i have done everything up to the flashing process, and then I get a STATUS_BROM_CMD_SEND_DA_FAIL (0xC0060003) Error. I looked it up but the only option I haven't tried to solve the issue is to remove the battery, which i cannot do currently because to remove the battery you need a heat gun to remove the screen to get to the rest of the phone. I think I've given up all hope on fixing this phone and may just begin saving for a new one.

Sgt.Collywobbles said:
A couple weeks back I deleted the OS off of my phone while messing with TWRP recovery trying to install a custom ROM. I looked around the forums and i got my phone to the point where It booted into a stripped down version of android with stock recovery on it, although everything was mirriored and backwards. But when i tried to install the stock rom for my LeEco S3 with stock recovery it got stuck i a boot loop and I couldn't turn off the phone or boot into recovery or anything. So i let it keep booting until it ran out of battery and died. So then i decided i would put the stripped down version back on and start again.
So I went back to my sp flash tool and reinstalled all the partions except the boot and recovery partitions (according to the steps on the forum) but my phone still wont boot into anything, it is completely black and wont boot into recovery or fastboot, and im running out of ideas on how to fix this phone :crying:
After pretty much giving up all hope of fixing my phone, i figured i would try the format option in the flash tool and then reinstall all of the pattitions. I selected format all flash, not doing proper research first, and now i cant even reinstall partions, I get a STATUS_BROM_CMD_SEND_DA_FAIL error anytime i try to flash the partitions.
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Help, pls I got the exact same problem... Pls any solution to it... I have been at it for a month now no solution, help

same problem. after twrp flash x626 not boot

device turns off when i try to boot in twrp

Hey all, its my first post in xda because i usually find my answer in an existing thread... i recently tried to root my A2017G and things went a little messed up. I followed controllerboys guide but didnt see it was only for android 6.x(7.0). So followed every step but when i try to boot in twrp the LED gets red for a second and it shuts off again. I have found a lot of threads where this was mentioned but the problem is every solution had to be done in fastboot... and im still sitting here with a locked bootloader. Already tried to flash a backup in edl.. but it didnt change anything. Help would be really nice! thanks!

kjinky said:
Hey all, its my first post in xda because i usually find my answer in an existing thread... i recently tried to root my A2017G and things went a little messed up. I followed controllerboys guide but didnt see it was only for android 6.x(7.0). So followed every step but when i try to boot in twrp the LED gets red for a second and it shuts off again. I have found a lot of threads where this was mentioned but the problem is every solution had to be done in fastboot... and im still sitting here with a locked bootloader. Already tried to flash a backup in edl.. but it didnt change anything. Help would be really nice! thanks!
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Use edl tool to unlock and flash latest twrp.
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