Gnex wont update, hard reset / go into recovery - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I went to update my phone today as the 4.0.4 update popped up last night. I tried doing it a few times and each time it fully downloaded the 37MB update adn restarted the phone to install.
When it restarts the google logo pops up for a second before it vibrates, restarts again and continues to boot normally. I thought that i would do a hard reset and try again but when u selelct hard reset it does the same. Reboots, shows google logo for a second and resets again into normal boot.
So i thought i would go to recovery, but as soon as u select recovery it does the saem thing. So it seems my bootloader is dodgy. I have never rooted or changed the bootloader. How can i fix it so i can update / run recovery?

Wait so if you let it do its thing it restarts ?
Sent from my Gnex

Whatever you ask it to do, update, hard reset, go to recovery it simply reboots, the google logo pops up for a second, then it hard resets again, vibrates, google logo pops up and it contiunes to boot as normal. It just doesnt do anything.

alexpatrick86 said:
Whatever you ask it to do, update, hard reset, go to recovery it simply reboots, the google logo pops up for a second, then it hard resets again, vibrates, google logo pops up and it contiunes to boot as normal. It just doesnt do anything.
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Do you have stock recovery?
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Stuck on Google Screen after JB Update

Hi,
I've attempted the JB update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737899..
fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.. which said all was well..
But now find that my phone will not boot up, doesn't get past the Google and unlock screen.
I've tried all combinations of volume buttons, I can get to the fasboot menu where I can choose either Recovery Mode, Power Off, Start or Restart bootloader.
None of these appear to do anything, recovery goes to the google a screen followed by an Android on it's back with an exclamation mark over it.. then goes to the Google and unlocked icon screen and stays there...
I fear my phone is bricked... Please help..
bevnet said:
Hi,
I've attempted the JB update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737899..
fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.. which said all was well..
But now find that my phone will not boot up, doesn't get past the Google and unlock screen.
I've tried all combinations of volume buttons, I can get to the fasboot menu where I can choose either Recovery Mode, Power Off, Start or Restart bootloader.
None of these appear to do anything, recovery goes to the google a screen followed by an Android on it's back with an exclamation mark over it.. then goes to the Google and unlocked icon screen and stays there...
I fear my phone is bricked... Please help..
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1.) Your phone is far from bricked at all. You have access to the boot loader (i.e. the screen with the options). The recovery you're seeing is stock recovery. All you need to do is go into boot loader and fastboot flash recovername (CWM) and you will have your custom recovery back to wipe data and reinstall a rom or restore a nandroid backup
Mine is doing the same thing, weird thing is, it was working since yesterday on jellybean, it just randomly froze this morning and and now won't boot..
im currently at work so i don't have admin rights to do a fastboot flash..
any idea why it would randomly stop working when i havn't flashed anything on it besides the jb rom?
Sorted..
Thanks for the comments.. yeah i was over-reacting a bit there..
I downloaded the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit, got a stock rom form gopogle, flashed it.. back to normal, well, it will be after i restore the CWM backup i took.. phew..
Thanks again
Ian.
Still stuck
I'm also stuck in the same situation(google with the unlock screen). I fear I'm a little more stuck. I also can see the recovery/restartbootloader screen. However, everything I try still comes back to that same google screen and gets hung up. Need some help!
this has happened twice today and i think it from using volume+
Steelbully said:
I'm also stuck in the same situation(google with the unlock screen). I fear I'm a little more stuck. I also can see the recovery/restartbootloader screen. However, everything I try still comes back to that same google screen and gets hung up. Need some help!
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Boot into recovery, wipe cache, Reboot

[Q] Update ran and stuck in att logo

We my son was using my phone GS3 and pressed on to update. he thought it was a game update, but once it ran it boot then it will be stuck in the ATT logo. I kept tying to reset nothing it boots but once in att logo it stops. i also went in to clear the cach anf reset to factory and still no responds please help.....
Was the phone rooted? Does it have a custom recovery? These two things can cause an ota to fail.

[Q] Problems with Galaxy Nexus please help :o

The Gnex became very slow and there were apps and processes constantly crashing.
Did a factory reset, and the phone got bricked. The screen was just black, it didn't show a sign of life, not even the google logo.
Then I tried to unbrick it with OMAP flash or something, then it booted, showed the google logo, and then the nexus logo.
Then it crashed and rebooted.
I tried reflashing the stock rom using odin.
That didn't do a thing.
Next, I installed TWRP recovery and installed Cyanogenmod and Gapps.
And its still in bootloop.
I don't know what to do now, please help me!!
Is it still fixable??
Thanks in advance
DaanDeAap said:
The Gnex became very slow and there were apps and processes constantly crashing.
Did a factory reset, and the phone got bricked. The screen was just black, it didn't show a sign of life, not even the google logo.
Then I tried to unbrick it with OMAP flash or something, then it booted, showed the google logo, and then the nexus logo.
Then it crashed and rebooted.
I tried reflashing the stock rom using odin.
That didn't do a thing.
Next, I installed TWRP recovery and installed Cyanogenmod and Gapps.
And its still in bootloop.
I don't know what to do now, please help me!!
Is it still fixable??
Thanks in advance
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"Did a factory reset, and the phone got bricked. The screen was just black, it didn't show a sign of life, not even the google logo." - Why did you think it was "bricked"? Did the battery die? Also, why did you use OMAPflash before trying to recover the device with fastboot/factory images (or even odin)?
That said...
Are you 100% sure it flashed TWRP? Did you wipe data/factory reset before flashing CM/Gapps?
Anyways... boot to fastboot (device turned off, hold down both vol keys+power until you see the android flying, big "START" letters at the top, small letters on the lower left corner), then flash factory images. Don't use any toolkits, learn fastboot if you have too.
Wel,I thought the phone was bricked because it wouldn't boot up properly. I tried omap flash because it was the first thing I found about fixing a bricked Samsung. I know the bith volume Keys + power but the phone wouldn't do anything. It didn't even boot in fastboot.

Soft-Bricked M9

I've had an M9 for 2-3. After the first year I got my phone, I installed a custom recovery and rooted it but later uninstalled root and custom recovery. It has been fine ever since except recently. Last month, my phone randomly crashed for the first time and got stuck in the infinite bootloop. It was as if everytime it tries to boot up, it crashed during it. If I hit the power, vol up, and vol down button, I make it to the screen with the option to go into recovery, download, etc. But when I actually try to go into either bootloader, recovery, or download mode from that menu, it crashes and goes back to the white htc logo. I've have gotten the phone to bootup a couple times by leaving it in the freezer as it tries to boot up but after using it for 1-5 minutes, it crashes again. If I don't use the phone at all, then it usually wont crash. After a day or 2, the phone fixed itself. Then one morning, my notifications got stuck together and my screen became unresponsive. So I took my death sentence and restarted my phone and now my phone has been doing the same exact thing for a week. I don't know how to fix this problem because getting it crashes trying to go into recovery and trying to do a factory reset is risky since it could crash during the reset. If also manage to make it into safe mode thinking maybe an application or virus is causing this but the phone crashed in SAFE MODE so I don't know what the problem is. I doubt there is any saving this phone because is probably a hard ware problem but who knows. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you.
Flash back to stock. Stock firmware fixes all sorts of issues.

It is a sign of bootloop?

Hi,
When i use my 5x for a hour or so, then try to reboot it, it stucks at the google logo. When i restarted with the physical button, its usually starts, but not always. There was a time when i couldn't make it work for at least 30minute, then i waited a hour and it started finally.
Every time when i stucked at google logo, i'm able to get to twrp. Tried with stock rom, locked bootloader, stock recovery too, but its same. When i use it for a long time and its get hot, its stucks at google logo when restarting.
But it never restarted automatically. I can use it for 10hours if i want, just if i restart it, its stucks.
Is it because faulty motherboard or what do you think?
Because it dont stuck forever, and i can access recovery mode.
That's probably some random issue, the BLOD happens like this:
You do your stuff on the N5X,
everything freezes for several seconds,
phone restarts itself and doesn't get past google logo,
can't access recovery, however you can access bootloader, which is very laggy,
starting up again is nearly impossible, you can hold the button for an hour and the phone won't even get to the google logo.
ZLevente said:
Hi,
When i use my 5x for a hour or so, then try to reboot it, it stucks at the google logo. When i restarted with the physical button, its usually starts, but not always. There was a time when i couldn't make it work for at least 30minute, then i waited a hour and it started finally.
Every time when i stucked at google logo, i'm able to get to twrp. Tried with stock rom, locked bootloader, stock recovery too, but its same. When i use it for a long time and its get hot, its stucks at google logo when restarting.
But it never restarted automatically. I can use it for 10hours if i want, just if i restart it, its stucks.
Is it because faulty motherboard or what do you think?
Because it dont stuck forever, and i can access recovery mode.
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I had the same issue when I flashed the newest bootloader version (bhz31b). Issue resolved when I reverted to bhz31a.
Wakamatsu said:
I had the same issue when I flashed the newest bootloader version (bhz31b). Issue resolved when I reverted to bhz31a.
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Thanks, i'll try bhz31a thanks
(I'll write in some days if it worked or not)
Wakamatsu said:
I had the same issue when I flashed the newest bootloader version (bhz31b). Issue resolved when I reverted to bhz31a.
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Which bootloader is bhz31a? I tried the bootloop fixes, none worked. Only have access to bootloader, no recovery.
edit: i see bullhead-opm1.171019.011-factory-3be6fd1 has the bhz31a bootloader. I tried this, with no luck on my end. Even with the 4core modified recovery/boot. I must have one of the unfixable BLOD.
I tried that bootloader too, same
My phone can boot, just sometimes it's stucks at google logo, but i can access recovery every time, even if it's stucked at google logo.
Usually every 2. reboot stucks.

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