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100% Stock, Stuck at "X" Logo on boot. "Dead Android" w/ Exclamation (!) in Recovery

100% Stock, Stuck at "X" Logo on boot. "Dead Android" w/ Exclamation (!) in Recovery
Can someone please help me, PLEASE!!
I just want to be able to download the data from my phone, I don't care about getting android working again right now, I just want to download my photos and videos from the phone. I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus that's completely stock, including locked bootloader. I tried using the toolkit and I am able to have it see the device while it's in fastboot but I can't do any of the functions because it wants to unlock my bootloader which will erase all my data! I was just swapping the battery on my phone when this happened. I wasn't trying to do anything special, it was just supposed to be a normal boot up but it just got stuck on the "X". I'm running 4.1.1. My stock recovery shows a photo of a dead android and an exclamation point. It looks like this: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
Can someone please help me? I will seriously send you a paypal for your time, just please help me the data from my phone. I am somewhat savvy, like I said...I am in fastboot, my drivers are installed, and the toolkit can recognize my phone without any issue.
Thank you soooo sooo much in advance!

Why don't you just boot into stock recovery and just wipe cache. Maybe some rogue app is preventing your boot up.
You will not lose any data by only wiping cache.
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mariosraptor said:
Why don't you just boot into stock recovery and just wipe cache. Maybe some rogue app is preventing your boot up.
You will not lose any data by only wiping cache.
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My stock recovery shows a big "!" with a dead android. It looks like this.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG

I think this might be my only option once I get the phone working again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
What steps should I take right now though?
Thank you again so much in advance.

Don't fear....
Even if you unlock your boot loader your data is not actually gone. But let's cross that bridge if we get there.
First things first: take your battery out, take your sim card out, put your sim card in and put your battery in. Boot up the phone.
If that doesn't fix you then the next thing to do is try safe mode. Power off the phone. Then, press the power button and BOTH (yes both) the volume up AND the volume down buttons. Hold them until the phone boots up.
If that doesn't work write back. Don't worry though. Your data is safe.

Wartickler said:
Even if you unlock your boot loader your data is not actually gone. But let's cross that bridge if we get there.
First things first: take your battery out, take your sim card out, put your sim card in and put your battery in. Boot up the phone.
If that doesn't fix you then the next thing to do is try safe mode. Power off the phone. Then, press the power button and BOTH (yes both) the volume up AND the volume down buttons. Hold them until the phone boots up.
If that doesn't work write back. Don't worry though. Your data is safe.
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First, thank you so much for replying.
I should have been more clear in my original message, I took my battery out and sim card in and out over 10 times and I even let the phone sit there for 30 minutes while it was at the X animation to no avail.
I have now also attempted a safe mode boot 4 times with no luck. During my safe mode boot attempts, the phone vibrated a few times but the display just remained at the X animation. It even did it after I let go of the volume key. I'm not sure what to make of this but I attempted it twice with holding both volume keys down as soon as the "google" logo appeared and twice with just the volume down key as soon as the "google" logo appeared. Same thing all 4 times, just sits at the X animation.
What would you recommend as a next step to recover the data? I really only care about the DCIM folder, nothing else matters that much.

forumsid987 said:
What would you recommend as a next step to recover the data? I really only care about the DCIM folder, nothing else matters that much.
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So can you get into your boot loader at all?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy

forumsid987 said:
My stock recovery shows a big "!" with a dead android. It looks like this.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
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When you see this, press power+ vol up to get to the stock recovery menu. There is a wipe cache option there. It may take you a few tries to press both buttons at exactly the same time, but keep trying. No need to reboot in between tries.
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Winesnob said:
When you see this, press power+ vol up to get to the stock recovery menu. There is a wipe cache option there. It may take you a few tries to press both buttons at exactly the same time, but keep trying. No need to reboot in between tries.
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Thank you for your reply. I was able to get there and I formatted my cache. After that completed I chose the option to reboot the phone. I didn't do anything special during that reboot like trying to hold the volume down button as well for safe mode, I just let it go. It sat at the "X" animation for about 15 minutes before I gave up and tried it again holding the down volume button, again...no luck. I tried it a third time with holding the down and up volume buttons, no luck.
Any other ideas? Again, I know I've said this a few times but believe me when I say...I really appreciate your guys' help.

forumsid987 said:
Thank you for your reply. I was able to get there and I formatted my cache. After that completed I chose the option to reboot the phone. I didn't do anything special during that reboot like trying to hold the volume down button as well for safe mode, I just let it go. It sat at the "X" animation for about 15 minutes before I gave up and tried it again holding the down volume button, again...no luck. I tried it a third time with holding the down and up volume buttons, no luck.
Any other ideas? Again, I know I've said this a few times but believe me when I say...I really appreciate your guys' help.
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I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on. You'll lose your data when you unlock, but there is a thread in this forum on recovering that information. If you're already unlocked, just flash the boot and system images individually - it may clean up whatever is corrupt.
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Winesnob said:
I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on. You'll lose your data when you unlock, but there is a thread in this forum on recovering that information.
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Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy

Wartickler said:
Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
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Thanks guys. I will be attempting this now. Crossing fingers!

Please post questions and issues in Q&A
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Thanks
FNM

Wartickler said:
Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
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I tried this, it recovered only 36 files out of a 28 GB data file, and the files it did recover were all just files that have been on the phone since I unlocked the bootloader, flashed a custom recovery and flashed a stock OS so I could boot up and do all this. Frankly it seems like the files recovered were all the ones that were on the phone since I flashed a rom, none of my previous data are there. I followed the instructions to a T. Am I doing something wrong? Is the recovery software limiting me somehow because I am not using the paid version?
You have been so kind and helpful thus far, please assist me in figuring out what else I can do.
Thank you!

How the hell..
You can unlock your bootloader using omap flash, doing so will not cause you to lose tour data..................................
There is a thread on it..
Beamed from my Maguro.

Mach3.2 said:
How the hell..
You can unlock your bootloader using omap flash, doing so will not cause you to lose tour data..................................
There is a thread on it..
Beamed from my Maguro.
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Where were you 24 hours ago??? I am so sad right now, I cannot even begin to describe it. I searched like crazy before I did this, or so I thought.

forumsid987 said:
Where were you 24 hours ago??? I am so sad right now, I cannot even begin to describe it. I searched like crazy before I did this, or so I thought.
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Wasn't around..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016628
It's legit.
Figured out it's easier to download from dropbox as compared to rapidshare.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y0aouzpuppdnivo/OMAPFlash_tuna.zip

No matter how many darn times I try or how many different recovery software suites out there I try, I am getting nothing back. This is so disappointing. Can anyone please recommend something to me? A better data recovery solution? A better way to extract the data from the phone? Anything. I am desperate. I am contemplating going to a legit data recovery center and paying the $500 cause I don't know what to do anymore but I don't even know if they'll be able to do anything.

forumsid987 said:
This is so disappointing. Can anyone please recommend something to me? A better data recovery solution? A better way to extract the data from the phone? Anything. I am desperate.
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Which phone are you using? Make sure you are pulling from the correct partition for the userdata of your phone.
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Winesnob said:
I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on...
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Not sure of the need to flash a new image. May do more harm than good....
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You could have just transferred files using adb and then a factory reset on your phone with the recovery.

[Q] Unresponsive Screen + Bootloop

I brought my phone in to have the charger port replaced. It worked fine ad then all of a sudden the phone boots up, stays booted for a minute and then reboots. also the screen is unresponsive.
I have used a gnex kit to get into CWM and erase cache and dalvik cache and fix permission and the problem is not resolved.
with out the gnex kit i can't even get into CWM and all i get is a little droid guy with an open stomach hatch with a red mark.
i would erase all data and factory reset as a last option but i have some work photos on the device that are extremely important for me to extract. I should also mention that with the CWM kit I am unable to find the files I wish to pull yet for the few seconds I am able to boot into android my photos are there in the album.
can someone please help me find a way to extract those files so I can try to wipe the device and move on?

cardozanick said:
I brought my phone in to have the charger port replaced. It worked fine ad then all of a sudden the phone boots up, stays booted for a minute and then reboots. also the screen is unresponsive.
I have used a gnex kit to get into CWM and erase cache and dalvik cache and fix permission and the problem is not resolved.
with out the gnex kit i can't even get into CWM and all i get is a little droid guy with an open stomach hatch with a red mark.
i would erase all data and factory reset as a last option but i have some work photos on the device that are extremely important for me to extract. I should also mention that with the CWM kit I am unable to find the files I wish to pull yet for the few seconds I am able to boot into android my photos are there in the album.
can someone please help me find a way to extract those files so I can try to wipe the device and move on?
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With factory reset your sdcard will not be touched. You will have all your files (unless youre in stock recovery I think). You can use adb pull /sdcard/ to get all youre files.
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mrgnex said:
With factory reset your sdcard will not be touched. You will have all your files (unless youre in stock recovery I think). You can use adb pull /sdcard/ to get all youre files.
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so what you're saying is if I boot into CWM with the kit, do a factory reset, all my photos will be there? can you please elaborate?

cardozanick said:
so what you're saying is if I boot into CWM with the kit, do a factory reset, all my photos will be there? can you please elaborate?
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Yes that is correct. You can wipe everything as long as you dont wipe /sdcard. I am not a 100% sure since you are on stock but I know sure for 99%. Google is your friend
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mrgnex said:
Yes that is correct. You can wipe everything as long as you dont wipe /sdcard. I am not a 100% sure since you are on stock but I know sure for 99%. Google is your friend
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Alright,
alright, we have 50% success!
I was able to get all the files off that I was looking to get, albeit during 20 second intervals in which the phone would allow me to before rebooting....
which brings me to my next point - Phone is stuck in bootloop after following (successfully) this guide to flash stock and unroot which, needless to say, seems strange to me.
Now I supposedly have a fully formatted i9250 maguro with a fresh flash of stock running and i'm stuck in a boot loop which if i leave sitting long enough will eventually get to the "Welcome" [choose your language] screen with an unresponsive display panel until it reboots after about 30 seconds.
please help.
EDIT: I flashed the Factory Image Android 4.2.2 (JDQ39) and still stuck in bootloop with unresponsive screen. maybe this is better as a paperweight??

cardozanick said:
Alright,
alright, we have 50% success!
I was able to get all the files off that I was looking to get, albeit during 20 second intervals in which the phone would allow me to before rebooting....
which brings me to my next point - Phone is stuck in bootloop after following (successfully) this guide to flash stock and unroot which, needless to say, seems strange to me.
Now I supposedly have a fully formatted i9250 maguro with a fresh flash of stock running and i'm stuck in a boot loop which if i leave sitting long enough will eventually get to the "Welcome" [choose your language] screen with an unresponsive display panel until it reboots after about 30 seconds.
please help.
EDIT: I flashed the Factory Image Android 4.2.2 (JDQ39) and still stuck in bootloop with unresponsive screen. maybe this is better as a paperweight??
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Thats strange. But you have your files and you are on completely stock unrooted. If you still have warranty you can send it back. Maybe you can try this: http://xda-university.com/as-a-user/how-to-recover-from-a-bootloop
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Strange Fix reveals deeper issue
good news and bad news
Alright, so I have swapped the motherboard with an old gnex i had laying around that has a broken screen that wouldn't turn on at all..
I found out that the motherboard on the old phone must be dead because it won't work in the newer phone so I put the guts of the newer on into the broken screen phone and it worked perfectly - albeit with a huge crack in it. so i then thought maybe the issue was solved and put the guts that worked back into the original phone and it is unresponsive and reboots... I've come to the conclusion that the screen is the issue on that device.
but is this fixable??? i have taken the whole thing apart and can't see how that screen could be shorting the device and cause it to reboot nor can i understand why it wouldn't be responsive to the touch for no reason.
anybody have a clue how i can fix that?

Galaxy Nexus refuses to work properly

Hello. So my problem is as follows : out of the blue, my galaxy nexus started to reboot after getting to android (10-15 seconds after booting into the OS). I tried to uninstall some apps, but couldn't because i would get a FC and then the device would freeze.
After i got sick of that, i tried to reboot into CWM and do literally everything to try and fix the phone (this includes sideloading a different rom,factory reset, cache wipe, formatting all of the partitions) but to no avail, the device keeps returning to the same state ! (even after restarting and turning off 3G or wifi the device wouldn't register the command).
Needless to say, i cant backup my phone and cant reach a state that the internal SD will be visible under windows.
What can i do ? i am completely hopeless and would love for some tips on what to do.
P.S - because the phone remembers the last state he was in, and wouldn't write any new information, i believe the problem is with the internal sd memory, but i hope to god i'm wrong. And factory reset from android is impossible because selecting anything instantly reboots the device.
Please, please..help me.

aschlon4 said:
Hello. So my problem is as follows : out of the blue, my galaxy nexus started to reboot after getting to android (10-15 seconds after booting into the OS). I tried to uninstall some apps, but couldn't because i would get a FC and then the device would freeze.
After i got sick of that, i tried to reboot into CWM and do literally everything to try and fix the phone (this includes sideloading a different rom,factory reset, cache wipe, formatting all of the partitions) but to no avail, the device keeps returning to the same state ! (even after restarting and turning off 3G or wifi the device wouldn't register the command).
Needless to say, i cant backup my phone and cant reach a state that the internal SD will be visible under windows.
What can i do ? i am completely hopeless and would love for some tips on what to do.
P.S - because the phone remembers the last state he was in, and wouldn't write any new information, i believe the problem is with the internal sd memory, but i hope to god i'm wrong. And factory reset from android is impossible because selecting anything instantly reboots the device.
Please, please..help me.
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Have you tried wiping everything through Fastboot? There are a few steps that can wipe the bootloader, boot, userdata, and other components. That could help you out.
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TheMan0790 said:
Have you tried wiping everything through Fastboot? There are a few steps that can wipe the bootloader, boot, userdata, and other components. That could help you out.
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I tried using fastboot just now, through CWM (sideload), but i think the phone needs to be in the os and connected as a MTP..problem is i can't reach that state.
P.S - Does the phone need to be in android for fastboot to work ?! because otherwise i'm back to square one.

aschlon4 said:
I tried using fastboot just now, through CWM (sideload), but i think the phone needs to be in the os and connected as a MTP..problem is i can't reach that state.
P.S - Does the phone need to be in android for fastboot to work ?! because otherwise i'm back to square one.
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Yes. Turn the phone off. Hold the volume down button while turning the phone on. Keep holding the button down until you see "Starting Fastboot Protocol" and then you can do what you have to do.
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TheMan0790 said:
Yes. Turn the phone off. Hold the volume down button while turning the phone on. Keep holding the button down until you see "Starting Fastboot Protocol" and then you can do what you have to do.
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I tried to do what you said, but i just get the message "downloading..do not turn off target". I also tried Odin through fastboot but recieved a fail message 4 times in a row (after changing computers,usb ports etc..)
Is there anything else i can do ?

I don't understand what the hell is going on..I tried to flash stock firmware through Nexus Root Toolkit, and it said that the flash was successful and i saw how i deleted all my user data and formatted the sd card, but when the device restarted, it was back in the state it was and nothing was altered or changed in any way.
Is this even possible ?!

Nexus X bootloop

Ok so here it is. I never post things on XDA because usually if you take the time to read and do some searching through google you can resolve your problems.
Anyways here's my problem. I traded my Blackberry Z10 (piece of sh**) for a Galaxy Nexus at a pawn shop. :highfive:
I was pretty happy to get my hands back to an android device and start flashing custom Roms and all that buzz.
It was instantly rooted when i got home, flashed a slimkat rom on there and had fun for a bit. :good:
Then my data connection was not working, so i flashed an AOKP Rom over top of the old rom without wiping anything previously. I did make a backup through TWRP but then i couldn't touch the screen in TWRP (power button still locked it though) so i gave up with that and tried CWM. NOTHING.
Now, 5 fuc***g days later, after searching, downloading, flashing stock images, following directions. I am still staring into this annoying as hell "X" boot loop.
I swear to you that i have tried absolutely everything I can possibly do to get it to stop.
-downloaded about 3 different google factory images
-tryed to un-root and re-root
-tryed to wipe the boot.img, system.img, userdata, bootloader, recovery, cache
-re-locked and un-locked bootloader (oem)
-I have tryed two different toolkits (Wugg's and Skipsoft) and i swear i have pushed every god damn button on both toolkits by now
-I even called google just to see what they would say, they just got me to go into the stock recovery and factory reset and clear the cache part.
-then google support told me to call samsung , just so they could tell me to do the exact same thing as google.
-the drivers are all installed correctly, but it will only recognize it in fastboot
-I cant even try an adb logcat command to see what is happening because USB Debugging is not on (not like i can turn it on)
Please if you think there is something that i have not tried go ahead and shoot at me with some kind of direction
***UPDATE**** to anyone who is reading this
I have fixed the bootloop. all thanks to legija (SEE- (http) forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f634/unbrick-dead-samsung-gt-i9250-galaxy-nexus-gt-i9100g-gt-i9300-1465412/)
it had somthing to do with Omap. - LINK for omapflash- (http) d-h.st/XNv
if you may have the same problem as me follow these steps
1. Download the zip file created by Legija
2. Extract zip to whatever location you're comfortable with (I used Android directory)
3. Open up Device Manager (Hold down Windows Key, press R, the type in devmgmt.msc and press OK)
4. Go to actions menu, select Add Legacy Hardware
5. Choose install manually, then have disk. Browse to where you extracted the zip, select the 'inf' file in usb_drv_windows
6. Choose OMAP, you'll get a popup if on Win 7, continue anyway (driver not signed)
7. Once completed with driver, pull battery out of phone, then plug it into USB
8. Double click omap4460_tuna_hs_pro.bat to start the process. Once you see "Press any key to continue..." close the CMD window and proceed to step 9
9. Unplug from USB, put battery back in, and power-up!
10. Extra step - depending on what's been done, it may 'brick' again - suggest to do a restore or a wipe reinstall afterwards to be certain (mine bricked again next reboot)

Hi,
I don't guaranteed if this works but maybe you could try Odin and reflash through your PC
Išsiųsta naudojantis Galaxy Nexus Tapatalk 4 Lt

xamxamas said:
Hi,
I don't guaranteed if this works but maybe you could try Odin and reflash through your PC
Išsiųsta naudojantis Galaxy Nexus Tapatalk 4 Lt
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I can put into odin mode, but if i plug it into my computer the device inst recognized. It just stays at the "downloading... do not turn off target" screen. So im not to sure how i would go about re-flashing it.
But thank you for the reply. Sir:good:

Was your bootloader still unlocked when you tried to lock it?
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mrgnex said:
Was your bootloader still unlocked when you tried to lock it?
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yes it was. would it make a difference?
Honestly i have even tried the ODIN program 2 different ways (just as xamxamas suggested) and now im thinking that the kernal has something to do with it.

Well I think you have a fried eEMMC (your internal storage is dead). When you reboot everything was as it was before no matter what you did?
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[Q] Help! Stock Nexus 7 (2013) bricked?

Ok, so I have a 32gb 2013 Nexus 7 which is now bricked and i didn't do anything to brick it! Really!
It's stock, not even rooted... nothing. Never got around to doing anything to it... just left it alone.
So last night it was having trouble connecting to my home wifi so I rebooted it. When it came back up, it got stuck at the white "Google" logo, and ... nothing... no animation, no nothing.
I left it for the day and came back, and it's still doing that.
So - dug a little and decided I'd do a hard reset.... i can get into recovery (stock), i cleared the cache... but now when I try to wipe data/factory reset... it gets stuck there too.
I've got the Android guy with "Erasing..." below him. A blue progress bar that is NOT MOVING and text ...
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
and that's it just sits there.
have tried it twice already and nothing.
Any suggestions?

Download this: http://www.mediafire.com/download/2cg91ny5uidzodw/NRT_v1.8.2.sfx.exe
http://www.mediafire.com/download/xuozv5l1o5q14yi/PdaNetA4150.exe
You can use it to restore to stock without using recovery mode. As you open it you have to download some packages(just accept).
I will attach an image below to show you what it should look like.
Secondly you need to enter bootloader mode as shown in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1ffMCXRg4 (Skip to 2:30)
Basically you make sure the tab is off then press the volume up button then press the power button and hold both.
Back to the Nexus Root Toolkit. Click Flash Stock+ Unroot while having the Status as: Soft Bricked/Bootloop just like in the picture below.
Just accept all the request made by the program and you should be fine.

@kenrothman don't worry, your N7 will be fine. Our device has a bit "nervous" /data partition. The method from the post above should work.
Alternatively, you could also do some other methods with price of data lost but try this first.
tetakpatalked from my N7100

can't seem to do this because my bootloader is locked.
100% stock, this one is.
i tried to unlock the bootloader, because at this point it's ok if i have to wipe everything...
but it just hangs on the "yes" "no" page after i select "yes" and hit the power button.
ugh.

kenrothman said:
can't seem to do this because my bootloader is locked.
100% stock, this one is.
i tried to unlock the bootloader, because at this point it's ok if i have to wipe everything...
but it just hangs on the "yes" "no" page after i select "yes" and hit the power button.
ugh.
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Did you ever use ADB / fastboot? I prefer to do such things manually as the tools might do something else than I want.
If you didn't use it yet, there is an excellent guide by comminus for N7 2012 how to flash factory image with fastboot.
Find it and in the beginning is the part with installing drivers, SDK etc. That part is identic for the N7, also bootloader unlocking.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7

Any updates yet? In the bootloader (if you can get to it) does the line "LOCK STATE" say locked or unlocked?

Localhost798 said:
Any updates yet? In the bootloader (if you can get to it) does the line "LOCK STATE" say locked or unlocked?
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fastboot oem unlock
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Try to ADB Sideload the files to the nexus If your pc can't detect a device or the drivers are not set up correctly.
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Wugs Tool kit
Why not use it to fix your device.
Heres the link: http://www.wugfresh.com/

sorry, didn't have much time over the weekend.
i had previously tried to use 'fasboot oem unlock' on my mac, but that hangs as well.
i'm beginning to think this may be a hardware issue... i did a support chat session with google who basically told me i had done everything they could think of and they sent me to Asus. I haven't tried with them yet.
I'm willing to completely wipe the thing to bone stock at this point... i mean, i hadn't even rooted it... never felt the need to.
The "factory reset" from recovery really should just stomp on it, but that hangs too.
I will probably give Asus support a shot... esp if it's hardware and needs to be replaced or whatever.