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[ HELP ] GSM Galaxy Nexus stuck on google logo

My galaxy nexus started rebooting 5-10 times a day about two weeks ago and then suddenly stocked on google logo and never booted. It was stock 4.0.2 with no root and recovery and unlock. the phone goes into fastboot and downloading mode, but It doesn't even boot into recovery, and when you choose the recovery through fastboot, It gets stuck on the google logo again!
I flashed the IMM76D for yakju through odin in downloading mode using chainfire's files in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807.
Odin shows everything is going fine and flashes the tar file , but again when the phone is trying to reboot it gets stuck on google logo.
then I tried flashing the ICL53F factory image through fastboot using fastboot command, I downloaded the file from the google site here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images , extract it with 7zip and flashed the bootlaoder. radio. and zip file through fastboot, again everything went fine both on the phone and fastboot window, but again while rebootin got stuck on the google logo!
I'm no new to android and samsung devices and flashing process on them, it's more than two years and had phones like moto milestone, sgs, sgs2, Nexus s, and flashing rom on them is one of my habits. I also used to solve my friend's problems with their phones and flash custom roms for them.
it's the first time I see a samsung device doesn't boot after flashing through odin , and the first time a google device doesn't boot after flashing through fastboot went OK!
I'm really out of ideas here and any help is so appreciated
PS: also I dont know if I should post this matter here in Q&A or in development section? so may the admin help me here

Have you tried flashing a custom rom? And I asume you have a GSM phone.
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msedek said:
Have you tried flashing a custom rom? And I asume you have a GSM phone.
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the phone doesn't boot in recovery!how can i flash a custom rom!
can the moderators help so more experienced devs or users see my topic? i want a confirmation if my problem is hardware related or not?
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Help with possible bootloop

Hey guys, I have a gnex, no problems. I've put codename android (multiple versions no prob) on mine. My brother got a gnex, I rooted using wugs, installed codename 1.6, and a few days later he stops by saying it won't turn back on. I try to get it to boot and it won't even power on. No recovery, boot loader or Odin. Finally get it to boot loader, get into cwm, and wipe, wipe, and reinstall codename. It will get to the multicolored tiles rotating, stop and start a few times, then reboot. Tried reistalling his backup I did from stock but it says bad md5. With wigs, how do I get back stock if all I can get in is boot loader or cwm? Thanks for the help.
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You can allways install stock with fastboot.
Download it here:
developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#yakju

[Q] Nexus Soft Bricked after Jellybean (Help Please!)

For those who want to keep it short, this is the short story:
After updating to Bellybean, Nexus hangs on Google Logo. I'm with the stock Android System Recovery but going to factory defaults wouldn't help. I think I need an official ICS image to flash but how to have it copied to my internal SDCard (cache dir)?
Full Story:
I tried to update to Jellybean from ICS on my Galaxy Nexus and at first attempt, I succeded. However, I could not get the phone to work, to I tried changing the Baseband.
No luck with the Baseband so I thought I'd try another Jellybean update and it trhew an error. I tried rebooting and that was it. Only the Google Logo showed up.
The phone only starts to boot mode when I press both volume up and down and Power.
Now the problem is that I don't have a firmware update in my internal SDCard and when I chose to go to Factory Defaults, it still gets frozen with the google Logo.
I think having an old ICS Firmware in the cache path would help but how to get it there?
Thanks for your help in advance.

Fastboot CWM or TWRP recovery, then boot into recovery and adb push a rom to /sdcard

Why don't you flash recovery from your PC, so you can restore latest CWMR or TWRP created backup?

Download the galaxy nexus toolkit. It will have an option to flash you back to stock
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bongostl said:
Download the galaxy nexus toolkit. It will have an option to flash you back to stock
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And this is what happens when newbies using XToolkits. Seriously. They can make life easier for experienced users (although i prefer doing everything manually), but Android newbies really should know the basic ADB commands and what to do in cases when phone won't boot up.

Thank you for your response.
Trying your suggestions. Fingers crossed!
Edit: It worked! Thank you so much!

[Q] Galaxy Nexus bricked after Android 4.3 upgrade

Hi guys!
As soon as Google released the factory images for our GNex I downloaded the yakju one and flashed it. All was running fine.
Then I tried to root with Galaxy Nexus Toolkit option for yakju 4.2.2
SuperSU was installed but said no su binary available.
After searching for a while I saw the Chainfire's root method was doing the job for the Galaxy Nexus with 4.3, and applied it to my Nexus.
I can't remember exactly but I think the first restart was fine but I'm not sure.
Now my Nexus is stuck in a boot loop and it can't pass the boot animation. The phone start and show the Google logo, then most of the times I can see the boot animation but suddenly it restarts and the process start again.
Things I've tried before posting:
- Full wipes
- Installing CM10.1 and Gapps from CWM Recovery.
- Restore a backup from CWM Recovery
- Clean install of factory images (takju and yakju, 4.1, 4.22, 4.3)
- Restoring the factory image with ODIN as said in the HOWTO guide in this forum.
- Factory reset with factory images (tajku and yakju, 4.2.2, 4.3) with Galaxy Nexus Toolkit
- OMAP Flash trying to restore some flash memory issues?
By now, nothing works and I'm starting to think that there might be a hardware problem with my Nexus.
So, what you think? Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance!

have you flashed the new bootloader #4?
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lovejoy777 said:
have you flashed the new bootloader #4?
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Yes, each Android stock version or custom ROM I've tried, was with it's bootloader.
I mean, bootloader #3 for 4.2.2 and #4 for 4.3

strange. i had issues here is what i did.
fastboot flashed #4 bootloader
then fastboot reboot-bootloader
factory reset in twrp
flashed 4.3 rom
flashed chainfires root-fix
reboot
hope this helps in some way. i will post a link of the rom i used incase your version is screwed.
cheers
steve
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=null
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lovejoy777 said:
strange. i had issues here is what i did.
fastboot flashed #4 bootloader
then fastboot reboot-bootloader
factory reset in twrp
flashed 4.3 rom
flashed chainfires root-fix
reboot
hope this helps in some way. i will post a link of the rom i used incase your version is screwed.
cheers
steve
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=null
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Thank you a lot, I read you in other posts from today and yesterday looking for a solution to my problem.
By now nothing solved it, but I'll keep on trying.
All your help is welcome, thanks!

Even after installing factory image takju jwr66v I'm stuck in the boot loop:
- Google logo -> boot animation -> restart.
- (sometimes) Google logo -> restart.
I've flashed it with flash-all.bat script and manually and nothing.
Any idea?

u tried odin flash? i
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paarthdesai said:
u tried odin flash? i
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Yes, I tried.
After 20 or more reboots, it showed the screen:
"Android is upgrading...
Optimizing app XX of XX"
And then, bootloop again.......
So extrange.

For me it's the same, after flashing 4.3. ALWAYS stuck at Google logo, I never even saw a bootanimation. And both TWRP and CWM can't restore a backup, when restoring data they suddenly show FAILED and they stop. Thank you Jellybean 4.3, just to try your laggy, choppy experience I'm now stuck at Google logo.

ledoweb said:
For me it's the same, after flashing 4.3. ALWAYS stuck at Google logo, I never even saw a bootanimation. And both TWRP and CWM can't restore a backup, when restoring data they suddenly show FAILED and they stop. Thank you Jellybean 4.3, just to try your laggy, choppy experience I'm now stuck at Google logo.
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So sorry to read another case.
In mine I can see the bootanimation most of the times.
I really can't understand how the Nexus can't boot properly even after a full wipe or a factory reset using the official factory images (or after ODIN)
As I told before, I'm starting to think about hardware problems, caused or not by the 4.3 upgrade.

i just wanna make sure.
when you are flashing the factory images. are you also doing a data wipe/factory reset?
what happens if you relock then unlock? are you able to even issue the fastboot oem lock/unlock commands?
also. there has actually been times where i thought my phone was stuck forever in the bootloop. then i just let it sit(full battery) and checked it once in a while to make sure it wasnt getting too hot, and it has fixed itself. i would get worried as heck thinking that i was screwed because all the methods i tried just refused to work(including a nandroid restore with the data error mentioned above) and somehow it fixed itself and finally booted up. then once it was booted fully i went with factory img restores.

ashclepdia said:
i just wanna make sure.
when you are flashing the factory images. are you also doing a data wipe/factory reset?
what happens if you relock then unlock? are you able to even issue the fastboot oem lock/unlock commands?
also. there has actually been times where i thought my phone was stuck forever in the bootloop. then i just let it sit(full battery) and checked it once in a while to make sure it wasnt getting too hot, and it has fixed itself. i would get worried as heck thinking that i was screwed because all the methods i tried just refused to work(including a nandroid restore with the data error mentioned above) and somehow it fixed itself and finally booted up. then once it was booted fully i went with factory img restores.
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Yes, I'm doing a wipe/factory reset before and after flashing stock factory images, and I've tried without doing any wipe and still nothing.
I can use all fastboot commands (lock, unlock included), flash custom recovery images, etc
Now, with CM10.1 without Gapps installed, sometimes the phone can complete a boot and show the lockscreen or even permit me navigate through the launcher but suddenly, it shows some airtfacts in the screen and restarts again.
Thanks!

||M^nnu|| said:
Yes, I'm doing a wipe/factory reset before and after flashing stock factory images, and I've tried without doing any wipe and still nothing.
I can use all fastboot commands (lock, unlock included), flash custom recovery images, etc
Now, with CM10.1 without Gapps installed, sometimes the phone can complete a boot and show the lockscreen or even permit me navigate through the launcher but suddenly, it shows some airtfacts in the screen and restarts again.
Thanks!
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its sounding more and more like the time i accidentally left mine in a freezer(worked in a kitchen. set it down after using in an industrial freezer that goes -10F !! for over and hour. it just wouldnt boot. after warming up it was as if /data was corrupted. i couldnt do ANYTHING.)
i was pleasantly surprised when it just fixed itself after insane amount of tries of wipes, installs, restores.
good luck! i hope it gets back in working order.
(im also wondering if it might have something to do with the supersu install, as ive read that there has been issues with it and people not being able to get to the symlinked /data things such as the legacy symlink. have you checked to see if there is a "supersu removal" zip you can flash? just in case that helps? or maybe try to fastboot boot the 4.2.2 boot.img? wondering if installing cm10.1 and then fastboot boot the CM stock boot img just in case something isnt installing right with that)

Try fastboot erase commands instead of factory reset in recovery

Maybe this can sounds stupid but, did you check MD5 of the downloaded image? I don't know, just to discard some reasons

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Try fastboot erase commands instead of factory reset in recovery
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just DO NOT fastboot erase bootloader
lol
just had to say it.
this was gonna be the next thing i mentioned also
especially the fastboot erase data

ashclepdia said:
just DO NOT fastboot erase bootloader
lol
just had to say it.
this was gonna be the next thing i mentioned also
especially the fastboot erase data
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Thanks haha..didn't think about anyone doing that but you never know lol.
MD5 check would be advised too.

just something to mention. when i tried to install 1st time then tried to return to 4.2 my twrp backups did not boot i tried alsorts and had to wait untill a good 4.3 rom was posted. my 1st 4.3 rom still gets stuck on bootloop. whos 4.3 have you tried?
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OP what computer OS are you trying to do this from? I am wondering if something isnt flashing right due to a windows issue and as others like Sdobron mentioned check the MD5 of the tar.

lovejoy777 said:
just something to mention. when i tried to install 1st time then tried to return to 4.2 my twrp backups did not boot i tried alsorts and had to wait untill a good 4.3 rom was posted. my 1st 4.3 rom still gets stuck on bootloop. whos 4.3 have you tried?
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i am using the shiny ota rom from baldwinguy
you can find it at rootzwiki. i dont know if its posted over here
i havent had any issues at all.(i am also now running faux kernel, he tweeted the 4.3 update just now. running awesome right now)
here is the link
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/36706-ro...tock-android-43-jss15j-no-bugs/page__st__4810

Phone stuck in boot loop

Hello guys,
So basically my phone shut down while I was using the app drawer. And it got into a boot loop. The phone is rooted, and it has Lean Kernel and Paranoid Android 3.6 installed on it. It tried to factory reset, wipe data, wipe cache, basically do everything in the recovery mode, but it still wouldn't boot. So then I formatted the sd card, and everything else there was to format. And now the phone is just stuck on the word Google. I understand (guess) that's because I've formatted the internal memory. How do I get to flash a rom to the phone now? The computer can't seem to get a connection via USB while the phone is stuck on the word Google. Thanks for your help

Isstatu1 said:
Hello guys,
So basically my phone shut down while I was using the app drawer. And it got into a boot loop. The phone is rooted, and it has Lean Kernel and Paranoid Android 3.6 installed on it. It tried to factory reset, wipe data, wipe cache, basically do everything in the recovery mode, but it still wouldn't boot. So then I formatted the sd card, and everything else there was to format. And now the phone is just stuck on the word Google. I understand (guess) that's because I've formatted the internal memory. How do I get to flash a rom to the phone now? The computer can't seem to get a connection via USB while the phone is stuck on the word Google. Thanks for your help
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Just ran in to the exact same problem on my girlfriend's phone. Please help. It turns on and I can get into bootloader mode and recovery but when I go to reboot, it just stays on Google startup screen. I did the same things, formatting and such. The sd card is empty with nothing to flash. Help!

Ok, so I've managed to flash another rom. But it only shows me the boot animation and back to the Google logo...

Isstatu1 said:
Ok, so I've managed to flash another rom. But it only shows me the boot animation and back to the Google logo...
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Flash the stock kernel from The Rom package.
It will boot up.
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ADDICT.ANK said:
Flash the stock kernel from The Rom package.
It will boot up.
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I tried installing this kernel and this rom. But it still doesn't boot up. It seems that the kernel is installed on the phone, but the rom isn't, because the command line on the phone doesn't actually write Done or anything else, it just sits there for a while doing nothing.

why dont you flash back to stock using fastboot?

Been there and the "Nexus Root Toolkit" by WugFresh really came in handy. Used the software to go back to stock and since then no problem

Isstatu1 said:
I tried installing this kernel and this rom. But it still doesn't boot up. It seems that the kernel is installed on the phone, but the rom isn't, because the command line on the phone doesn't actually write Done or anything else, it just sits there for a while doing nothing.
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Via fastboot flash the recovery first and restore from there
and then see..
it should boot up..
or
just flash a stock rom too then.
check the link for stock kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44521651
and post here

Ok, so I'm trying the Nexus Root Toolkit right now to get back to stock. But the log shows that archive does not contain:'boot.sig' , 'archive.sig', and 'system.sig'. The process was finished, and it says that stock was isntalled on the phone, but it still stuck in boot loop. It says in the CMD that it might be stuck in boot loop for 5-10 minutes, but it will eventually boot. But the phone still doesn't. And I've also tried to install each .img file through fastboot using this guide. But it still seems to be stuck in bootloop. I've been waiting for 5 minutes, but I'll keep it on for longer...
Update:
Ok, once it showed that :"apps are updating x out of y" and then it started looping again, and then another time it booted until the place where I could choose my language, aaaand it started looping again.

Isstatu1 said:
Ok, so I'm trying the Nexus Root Toolkit right now to get back to stock. But the log shows that archive does not contain:'boot.sig' , 'archive.sig', and 'system.sig'. The process was finished, and it says that stock was isntalled on the phone, but it still stuck in boot loop. It says in the CMD that it might be stuck in boot loop for 5-10 minutes, but it will eventually boot. But the phone still doesn't. And I've also tried to install each .img file through fastboot using this guide. But it still seems to be stuck in bootloop. I've been waiting for 5 minutes, but I'll keep it on for longer...
Update:
Ok, once it showed that :"apps are updating x out of y" and then it started looping again, and then another time it booted until the place where I could choose my language, aaaand it started looping again.
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Well that is a progress
Try to update the recovery using Nexus Root Toolkit. Push the stock ROM using the advanced option and then flash the stock again using recovery. Wipe cache and dalvik cache then reboot.

Isstatu1 said:
Ok, so I'm trying the Nexus Root Toolkit right now to get back to stock. But the log shows that archive does not contain:'boot.sig' , 'archive.sig', and 'system.sig'. The process was finished, and it says that stock was isntalled on the phone, but it still stuck in boot loop. It says in the CMD that it might be stuck in boot loop for 5-10 minutes, but it will eventually boot. But the phone still doesn't. And I've also tried to install each .img file through fastboot using this guide. But it still seems to be stuck in bootloop. I've been waiting for 5 minutes, but I'll keep it on for longer...
Update:
Ok, once it showed that :"apps are updating x out of y" and then it started looping again, and then another time it booted until the place where I could choose my language, aaaand it started looping again.
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try to lock your bootloader. if its still unlocked after you reboot your phone, your emmc chip is fried.

Having the bootloop. I've tried the Universal Nexus Tool for Linux and get no boot SIG and recovery SIG error.
I can't get it to boot at all. :/
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Zepius said:
try to lock your bootloader. if its still unlocked after you reboot your phone, your emmc chip is fried.
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I locked it with "fastboot oem lock" and after taking out the battery it says that the bootloader is locked. So I guess the emmc chip is fine?
By the way, is emmc memory related in anyway to the Lagfix(fstrim) app that I've got from Google Play to speed up my Nexus? Maybe the problem is somewhere there?
Also, If I'd locked the bootloader and took it to the Sprint store, would they try to fix it even though I had the phone for more than a year?

I've tried everything and still a bootloop. No matter if I recover to stock or flash a custom ROM.
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Fixed the problem by buying a Nexus 5...