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Panicing - need help please!!

I have just rooted my Google Nexus and it went very well. I have installed the phone encryption which also went well... I installed an application that I bought on Google Play called phone locator Pro and it crashed when i opened it, so i submitted a bug report and decided to reboot phone, when the phone boots back up and I unlock it with my pin the msg phonelocator has crashed appears and it takes presidence of the screen and I cant select the OK button to get rid of it - so I cant use my phone at all!
I cant even restore my backup because the phone cant read the virtual sd card in clockwork recovery because its encrypted! How can I get around this, Im freaking out and my heart is beating at 200 bpm!
Thanks!!!!!!!!

Have you tried pulling the battery yet.
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herbzilla said:
Have you tried pulling the battery yet.
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yep, when I pull the battery the phone reboots and the same msg appears.

I think worst case that you might have to flash the phone again and you might lose your data. But with everything backed up to Gmail as far as contacts and things, you can recover. At least it isn't hard bricked.
I know that doesn't sound too reassuring but all is not lost! I would suggest when you get it back and running that you make sure everything works and do a reboot before encrypting it.
I assume you already have the toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
See if you can get into CWM from the toolbox.

cyberpyr8 said:
I think worst case that you might have to flash the phone again and you might lose your data. But with everything backed up to Gmail as far as contacts and things, you can recover. At least it isn't hard bricked.
I know that doesn't sound too reassuring but all is not lost! I would suggest when you get it back and running that you make sure everything works and do a reboot before encrypting it.
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I cant flash it though, because the phone is encrypted and in recovery it wont mount the volumes. I have a backup I can restore from if this worked for me....
Yup, I have the toolkit, used that to root my phone, but it will want to reboot the phone, I wonder if I can remove the APK somehow without being in recovery?

As one of the users pointed out, you have to reflash a custom rom again, you will obviously loose your contacts but it better than loosing your nexus.
1.get a custom rom, not stock because it will erase cwm.
2.transfer it to the SD card
3.boot into cwm using boot combination.
4. Wipe data/factory reset and cache.
5.choose *choose zip from SD card.*
6.reflash your rom then your gapps package if u have one.
If this doesn't help you will have to try fast boot method
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Most likely fastboot is the right method for you, I can't explain much as I'm mainly a cwm user
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krishneelg3 said:
As one of the users pointed out, you have to reflash a custom rom again, you will obviously loose your contacts but it better than loosing your nexus.
1.get a custom rom, not stock because it will erase cwm.
2.transfer it to the SD card
3.boot into cwm using boot combination.
4. Wipe data/factory reset and cache.
5.choose *choose zip from SD card.*
6.reflash your rom then your gapps package if u have one.
If this doesn't help you will have to try fast boot method
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I have http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400775 on my phone, but when I try to select it in recovery it cant see the partition because its encrypted.

Use fastboot to flash stock google images.

nodstuff said:
Use fastboot to flash stock google images.
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I dont know how to do that
How where I get the images from... I'm so freaking out.

Well I agree with a few people on here flash a custom rom how about a full factory reset
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herbzilla said:
Well I agree with a few people on here flash a custom rom how about a full factory reset
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How can I flash a custom ROM if I cant access my partitions in CWR!!
The phone has encryption...... It wont mount the partition where the ROM is and I cant do a factory reset because it fails when it tries to delete the data partition because its encrypted and the android secure partition.

Here are the stock images.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
Here is some reading material. Read it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Also no need to freak out, take a deep breath. Its a nexus, it'll be fine.

nodstuff said:
Here are the stock images.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
Here is some reading material. Read it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Also no need to freak out, take a deep breath. Its a nexus, it'll be fine.
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Thanks, would this be the same as selection option 8 on the nexus toolkit?
"extract and flash google factory ROM?" or would this method you linked above allow me to do it without worrying about phone ecryption?

the ginger god said:
Thanks, would this be the same as selection option 8 on the nexus toolkit?
"extract and flash google factory ROM?" or would this method you linked above allow me to do it without worrying about phone ecryption?
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I have no idea as I have never used a toolkit.
It sounds as if it may be the same so give it a try.

nodstuff said:
I have no idea as I have never used a toolkit.
It sounds as if it may be the same so give it a try.
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Will this need to boot into fastboot, if it will it wont work, since the partition that the ROM is on wont be visible, this gets decrypted later into the boot of the phone.

Just hold down vol. Up and down and power at the same time.
Type fastboot devices into terminal on your computer and see if it shows.
The partition should be visible, just not the data on it.
And it should only be the data partition that is encrypted anyway.

nodstuff, it worked!!!!!
Send me your PayPal please..... I will sort you out. I was seriously freaking - thank you!!!

the ginger god said:
nodstuff, it worked!!!!!
Send me your PayPal please..... I will sort you out. I was seriously freaking - thank you!!!
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I don't have one and anyway its not about money so enjoy your phone and remember that it is really hard to brick a nexus so don't give yourself a heart attack next time something happens, it can always be fixed.
Read about adb and fastboot, so valuable.

nodstuff said:
I don't have one and anyway its not about money so enjoy your phone and remember that it is really hard to brick a nexus so don't give yourself a heart attack next time something happens, it can always be fixed.
Read about adb and fastboot, so valuable.
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Thanks for the all the info..
I did similar with my HTC Desire and learnt fast! Appreciate the advice too - I got the phone just yesterday
I am now just reapplying the custom ROM I use and NEVER using encryption again.

Upgrade from 4.1.2 to 4.2.X Fail...

So I attempted to upgrade my girlfriend's Galaxy Nexus from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 (this is on Verizon. Was using a Xenon HD version from last August and attempted to update to the newest version).
Well, since I'm an idiot, I didn't read up on the file system changes and now I can't figure out how to get everything working properly. I have the sdcard/0 now and haven't been able to move the files over from sdcard/0 to the sdcard.
All I want to do at this point is just restore a nandroid backup and start over from scratch. Any help would be greatly appreciated.... I'm also having driver issues, so if there's any way to do this without using ADB, that would help immensely.
Thanks in advance.

The SDcard/0 is supposed to exist. Take 10 minutes to do the tiniest bit of searching and all your problems will solve themselves.

can you boot into recovery? what do you mean you cant get things working properly

slimb9 said:
can you boot into recovery? what do you mean you cant get things working properly
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Yeah I can get into recovery but when I try to restore nandroid it says there are no files, and I know there is a backup.

I did a half hour of searching, but thanks for the help. I must not be searching for the right thing....

so can the phone turn on? or can you only boot into recovery

slimb9 said:
so can the phone turn on? or can you only boot into recovery
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Yeah I can turn it on. Gapps didn't install, though, so I don't have a keyboard and can't install goomanager from the play store to update recovery. I also can't move files in the file manager because it times out very time.

if you still have the old xenon rom .zip file on the phone you could just flash that after wiping/clearing everything. then from there boot into recovery and see if you can see your nandroid backup of the old xenon she was on. not sure if this will help but worth a try. looks like the new xenon rom required a full wipe so something may be messed up that you could fix by flashing an older version

Asterdroid said:
Well, since I'm an idiot, I didn't read up on the file system changes and now I can't figure out how to get everything working properly. I have the sdcard/0 now and haven't been able to move the files over from sdcard/0 to the sdcard.
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063_XOBX said:
The SDcard/0 is supposed to exist. Take 10 minutes to do the tiniest bit of searching and all your problems will solve themselves.
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As 063_XOBX said, sdcard/0 is supposed to exist. Considering your comment later in the thread about not being able to find old backups, it sounds like you have an outdated recovery that doesn't understand the new file structure. Update your recovery rather than screwing with Google's intended file structure.
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I'm also having driver issues, so if there's any way to do this without using ADB, that would help immensely.
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What driver issues? You haven't been overly clear with the actual problems that you're having. You said you had a problem with Gapps. Why not download and flash a Gapps package?

i p.m. him without a response. im sure he figured out he was doing something wrong. it helps to read instructions

[Q] TWRP Recovery Will Not Flash or Restore

I really hate to start a new thread but I really can't find a reason/solution to this issue. It's just as the title says. I tried flashing the MIUI ROM just as any ROM and got a failed error. Then went to do my nandroid restore and it just hangs on the splash screen (boot screen). Anyway I thought there could be a bad download so I took out the SD and redownloaded synergy on my laptop, then put it back in the phone and nothing but the nandroid should let me restore. I even tried moving the files to the internal SD and nothing. The only thing I can think of is to Odin back to stock? Is it the same method as rooting? I'm sure I can find that out, but I'm just confused why it seems TWRP doesn't want to work. Thanks for any help, it's 4 a.m. here and I'm dog tired.

Are you on the latest TWRP?
If all else fails you could go back to stock and root again.

DarkManX4lf said:
Are you on the latest TWRP?
If all else fails you could go back to stock and root again.
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I think so. Yeah, just didn't want to go throught it all, and didn't know why.

jtadak said:
I think so. Yeah, just didn't want to go throught it all, and didn't know why.
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Can I just reflash recovery from the state I'm in, or do I still need to unroot? I've moved some of my files to the ext SD within recovery but some things won't move and I really don't want to wipe it.

jd14771 said:
Try wiping everything 3X, then go to the reboot menu, and reboot system, wipe both the cache and dalvik cache and try to restore.
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Do you mean reboot recovery? I can't reboot system. Sorry, not trying to split hairs, just trying to be specific.

Odin back to stock seems like the best option.
Sent from a galaxy note 2 far far away...

are you able to flash a different rom, say a stock rom? It's possible you got a corrupted TWRP download.
Since they just released another update 2.4.3, you might want to try and download the zip file, wipe cashe and davick (may want to do it three times). Reboot back into TWRP 2.4.3 and see if it gives you some better luck.
I've had Nandroid backup that didn't work for whatever reason. I didn't test it prior to needing it, and got burned. It just wouldn't show up in the restore menu.
On a side note, what error did you get when you tried flashing MIUI?

Try rebooting recovery when you are in recovery already once before flashing/restoring anything anything.

mexiking713 said:
Odin back to stock seems like the best option.
Sent from a galaxy note 2 far far away...
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Yes, that's what I did. I'm just bummed I had to wipe storage. Oh well, it's inevedible... I dig that sig though, with phone line up.

lovekeiiy said:
are you able to flash a different rom, say a stock rom? It's possible you got a corrupted TWRP download.
Since they just released another update 2.4.3, you might want to try and download the zip file, wipe cashe and davick (may want to do it three times). Reboot back into TWRP 2.4.3 and see if it gives you some better luck.
I've had Nandroid backup that didn't work for whatever reason. I didn't test it prior to needing it, and got burned. It just wouldn't show up in the restore menu.
On a side note, what error did you get when you tried flashing MIUI?
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I tried multiple ROMs, but not a stock one. Hmm, I was on 2.3.2.3. I did'nt get a special error, just said a red message saying failed.

Evo_Shift said:
Try rebooting recovery when you are in recovery already once before flashing/restoring anything anything.
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Tried that. Did'nt work.

jd14771 said:
no, i meant reboot system, the recovery will warm you that there is no os installed but go fourth with it, it will turn off and reboot back to recovery. at that point in time, wipe cashe/dalvik cache and try to install.
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Ok, I was'nt sure. I just went back to stock. I just wanted to know what exactly was going on and why.

The only thing different on my phone is I got a 32 gig SD card. I transfed some of my files a couple days before doing anything of this. That's the only thing I can think of. Even after root/unroot it STILL won't do my nandroid restore. I had so much time and work into the apps I set up, games, ect. Really freakin sucks. I even went into the the TWRP backup folder and made sure the backup files were there before doing anything. I never even got to flash many ROMs, I kinda just stayed on Jellybomb.

I had the uTorrent app installed and I noticed that it changed a lot of files with the "u" in front that the uTorrent app has. Anyone know why that is?
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This is what it did to a lot of my files. But not the ones I tried to flash.
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[Q] got cwm installed but.....

ok so i got cwm installed on my ouya and i backed up the rom. when i clicked to reset i failed to remember to click no when asked to fix. what consequences will happen because of this? do i need to restore to stock at any time? if so is it possible?

yes you can reinstall OTA without problems. you just need to enter into recovery mode sideloading your ota and thats it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292712

bmayne said:
ok so i got cwm installed on my ouya and i backed up the rom. when i clicked to reset i failed to remember to click no when asked to fix. what consequences will happen because of this? do i need to restore to stock at any time? if so is it possible?
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you're good. you'll just be back to the stock recovery. all your backups will be there still.
just.
adb boot bootloader
fastboot boot /PATH/TO/CWM.IMG
then,
install zip from sdcard
zip from sdcard
pick the CWM.ZIP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295645
(i obviously take no credit for this info, just spreadin the word)

can you show me the options in the menu? i cant see anything... purple screen of death :S
I tried again following all the steps and i cant do this :S

well friend, i would, but if CWM is giving you the purple screen, i will not advocate using it in that condition. it is very obvious that something is not right, and to use it while in that state is unwise. one slip-up can mean the end of your ouya days without you even knowing what you did.
try again to get CWM to work properly, then go from there. if you can't get it, post in the CWM thread, you're not the only one to have this problem. be patient and read everything. use the search function- very important.

Can you show us some images from the CWM? for some reason I can not see anything because I just see an purple screen with the texts are aligned to the left

[Q] serious problem, flash failed

Hey guys, I have a serious problem and need my phone for work...
I downloaded multi rom update, was already running it... i was going to do a clean install and wiped everything... now when I try and flash it, it says failed... I still had the previous version of the rom and and tried to flash that and it failed as well, now I am stuck in TWRP and I scared to try and reboot.
Please help and fast
Also I didn't realize that i had an old version of jelly bomb but it failed as well

Try rebooting recovery. Then your normal wipe and flash process.
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mike.too.cool said:
Hey guys, I have a serious problem and need my phone for work...
I downloaded multi rom update, was already running it... i was going to do a clean install and wiped everything... now when I try and flash it, it says failed... I still had the previous version of the rom and and tried to flash that and it failed as well, now I am stuck in TWRP and I scared to try and reboot.
Please help and fast
Also I didn't realize that i had an old version of jelly bomb but it failed as well
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Pull battery and start over.

I pulled out the battery and tried it again but it is still not working. Is there any way to connect my phone to a computer with no ROM so that I can attempt another ROM? I have tried but cant figure out how to access the files

mike.too.cool said:
I pulled out the battery and tried it again but it is still not working. Is there any way to connect my phone to a computer with no ROM so that I can attempt another ROM? I have tried but cant figure out how to access the files
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you use twrp? make sure you havent clicked a box that asked for a signature that can make it fail if i remember right.take a look around in recovery for a bit and see what you can find

mike.too.cool said:
I pulled out the battery and tried it again but it is still not working. Is there any way to connect my phone to a computer with no ROM so that I can attempt another ROM? I have tried but cant figure out how to access the files
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you might want to try using one of the "one-click" ODIN files to get back to rooted stock, if anyone elses advice fail you.
patrao_n said:
Try rebooting recovery. Then your normal wipe and flash process.
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for future ref, always remember this step. srsly.

evolving said:
you use twrp? make sure you havent clicked a box that asked for a signature that can make it fail if i remember right.take a look around in recovery for a bit and see what you can find
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go into settings tab and make sure nothing is checked

Evolving thanks, you are a pro! the first option was checked, I think it had to do with a signature, anyways thanks I am no longer stressed!:good:

mike.too.cool said:
Evolving thanks, you are a pro! the first option was checked, I think it had to do with a signature, anyways thanks I am no longer stressed!:good:
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far from a pro my man just spend to much time on xda.glad i could help.