[Q] Need help on how to fix soft brick on GoogleLogo - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I was on my merry way to flash a new rom and kernel but I was being careless and also formatted my sdcard and now I have nothing in the card to flash any type of file. Can anyone point me to a directory with a rooted/unrooted odin flashable JB for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus?
Is that the only way I can make my phone work? See the I can turn it on and put it into Recovery but it won't go anywhere else other than that... yeah i should have made a back-up but I never do and i never realized i would make a careless mistake. Please help as I now have no phone to use!
Thanks!!

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mrxtokki said:
I was on my merry way to flash a new rom and kernel but I was being careless and also formatted my sdcard and now I have nothing in the card to flash any type of file. Can anyone point me to a directory with a rooted/unrooted odin flashable JB for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus?
Is that the only way I can make my phone work? See the I can turn it on and put it into Recovery but it won't go anywhere else other than that... yeah i should have made a back-up but I never do and i never realized i would make a careless mistake. Please help as I now have no phone to use!
Thanks!!
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Don't use ODIN unless you have to. You seem to have a custom recovery, this usually offers the ADB interface. So, boot into recovery, use adb to push a ROM of your choice to the /sdcard/ and flash away.

namtombout said:
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I found couple posts that efrant has created but i can't figure out what to do.
currently, my phone is unlocked and rooted. i have CWM but how do i flash anything to my phone when i can't even run it?
i'm just very confused as I always had a phone with an external sdcard and if i was able to just put a rom inside of that... i would be able to use my phone again but I don't have the option.
i'm stuck with a phone with no rom and can't even send anything to the phone

Petrovski80 said:
Don't use ODIN unless you have to. You seem to have a custom recovery, this usually offers the ADB interface. So, boot into recovery, use adb to push a ROM of your choice to the /sdcard/ and flash away.
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with the custom recovery, ie, the CWM v6 , i went to the sideload option and it says... "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"
how do i push a rom into the phone? i'm a noob at this so i'm sorry.

mrxtokki said:
with the custom recovery, ie, the CWM v6 , i went to the sideload option and it says... "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"
how do i push a rom into the phone? i'm a noob at this so i'm sorry.
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You need to read Efrant's 101 & FAQ post first in order to get some basic Android knowledge. Follow the link in my sig.

Petrovski80 said:
You need to read Efrant's 101 & FAQ post first in order to get some basic Android knowledge. Follow the link in my sig.
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I have read it but, I still have no idea what I need to be doing.
I really just need a step by step on how to use the sideloader to send the roms through the CWM recovery
All of this is really confusing

mrxtokki said:
I have read it but, I still have no idea what I need to be doing.
I really just need a step by step on how to use the sideloader to send the roms through the CWM recovery
All of this is really confusing
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Don't use sideloading. You want to use adb push to send a ROM.zip to your /sdcard/. You already have a custom recovery, so you just need
- adb on your PC
- a ROM.zip to push
How to use adb and how to get it, is explained in Efrant's 101 & FAQ.

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How to get new ROM on phone without ability to boot?

Can anyone tell me how I can load another ROM onto the SD card without the ability to boot. I wiped all my cache and data, and tried to load GummyNex, but the phone refused to boot. Now I'm stuck in CWM. I tried ODINing the stock system, but I couldn't get my phone to boot into ODIN mode. Now my only option is to find a way to load another ROM and try to install that via CWM. But without an external SD card, I don't see how that' s possible.
Suggestions?
Stockmoose16 said:
Can anyone tell me how I can load another ROM onto the SD card without the ability to boot. I wiped all my cache and data, and tried to load GummyNex, but the phone refused to boot. Now I'm stuck in CWM. I tried ODINing the stock system, but I couldn't get my phone to boot into ODIN mode. Now my only option is to find a way to load another ROM and try to install that via CWM. But without an external SD card, I don't see how that' s possible.
Suggestions?
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could you just go to the bootloader and use fastboot?
Zepius said:
could you just go to the bootloader and use fastboot?
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How would I get the rom from the internet or my pc onto the device that can only load into cwm?
Stockmoose16 said:
How would I get the rom from the internet or my pc onto the device that can only load into cwm?
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with fastboot. you download the rom to your pc and then use commands for fastboot and it pushes the rom to your phone.
Zepius said:
with fastboot. you download the rom to your pc and then use commands for fastboot and it pushes the rom to your phone.
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Would you mind posting step-by-step directions on how to do that? I know how to get into fastboot, but don't know how to load the rom from my computer onto the SD Card. Please explain.
Stockmoose16 said:
Would you mind posting step-by-step directions on how to do that? I know how to get into fastboot, but don't know how to load the rom from my computer onto the SD Card. Please explain.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20311264
tells you how to get into fastboot mode from the device being off and the second post gives you some commands to at least install the stock rom.
Stockmoose16 said:
Would you mind posting step-by-step directions on how to do that? I know how to get into fastboot, but don't know how to load the rom from my computer onto the SD Card. Please explain.
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By not loading rom from computer to SD card.
You update the phone from the computer. No transfer of files to the phone.
No SD card is ever involved.
You use fastboot and fastboot only.
(That, or Odin, and that still involves zero SD card)
Fastboot was one of the reasons you got a Nexus. Now is the time to learn how to use it.
josteink said:
By not loading rom from computer to SD card.
You update the phone from the computer. No transfer of files to the phone.
No SD card is ever involved.
You use fastboot and fastboot only.
(That, or Odin, and that still involves zero SD card)
Fastboot was one of the reasons you got a Nexus. Now is the time to learn how to use it.
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I need more specific instructions. I have the AOKP_toro ROM, what do I specifically type in when I get into fastboot to get it loaded onto my phone?
Stockmoose16 said:
I need more specific instructions. I have the AOKP_toro ROM, what do I specifically type in when I get into fastboot to get it loaded onto my phone?
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Google restore toro to stock fastboot
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I did that. Didn't see any instructions.
Stockmoose16 said:
I did that. Didn't see any instructions.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20311264
read post #2
I did that. That has an explanation for how to use fastboot with stock recovery. I need to load a custom rom. I've unzipped the Toro .zip and cannot find any file that has the word fastboot in it. Please stop referring me to other links. A simple explanation would be much more helpful.
Stockmoose16 said:
I did that. That has an explanation for how to use fastboot with stock recovery. I need to load a custom rom. I've unzipped the Toro .zip and cannot find any file that has the word fastboot in it. Please stop referring me to other links. A simple explanation would be much more helpful.
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The fastboot-windows.exe file is in the GNex Toolkit... if you've actually read post #2 that was linked earlier, you'd see that explained very clearly.
You need the fastboot-windows.exe (assuming you're in Windows) in the same folder as your toro files.
I believe the entry in post #2 of "Q. How do I Update to the latest Google Stock Rom?" should be plenty of step by step for you.
This will put you back on a stock rom. From there, you should be able to easily copy the zip file for whatever rom you want onto the phone.
Stockmoose16 said:
I did that. That has an explanation for how to use fastboot with stock recovery. I need to load a custom rom. I've unzipped the Toro .zip and cannot find any file that has the word fastboot in it. Please stop referring me to other links. A simple explanation would be much more helpful.
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if you had read the links, you should've used your brain to figure it out....
im sorry for trying to help you. you're on your own now.
What the other uses are instructing you to do is correct. There are no roms compatible with flashing via fastboot to my knowledge. You will need to flash back to stock first. Then you can boot into your phone and download or copy the rom zip to your phone to flash via cwm.
But you will most likely need to flash stock first as a step in the process. Unless you had a nandroid backup...
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Newbie help with a failed (?) root

Hey guys, first of all I'm a complete n00b to all of this stuff, so please bear with me and consider using layman type language with me. Some of you may think I shouldn't even be messing with this stuff with my limited knowledge, but I'm determined to get the best out of my Galaxy Nexus and generally learn quickly and follow directions well.
Here's the bullet-point run-down of what happened:
- Bought a Galaxy Nexus that was "yakjuux" and wasn't getting updates.
- Read through a thread on here on how to flash to "yakju". Did so successfully.
- I then wanted to root since my device was already wiped from unlocking bootloader or flashing some partition or something
- Followed this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19583168#post19583168)
- Rebooted, saw the "Superuser" app and thought I nailed it.
- Saw an update for Jellybean, it requested a reboot before install
- Upon reboot I got a dreaded android on it's back with a red exclamation, nearly wet myself. Took battery out, put back in, phone booted normally. It didn't update to JB anymore and when I check for updates it doesn't show. I figured it'll come around again.
- Went to "superuser" app to update, it said it "Failed!" upon trying to gain root access. Upon reading around, downloaded SU Update Fixer from the store, failed gaining root access. Read some more, downloaded "Root Checker" app and it said my device was not rooted.
So where do I go from here? I'm tempted to just follow the 'flash to yakju' thread again and go back to a clean ROM and forget rooting, but maybe there's something simple I can do from here.
** One side note, in that rooting thread I mentioned above, I did not understand step #7 (7. Using CWM recovery, install su.zip that you downloaded in step 1) too clearly. I didn't understand how my phone could even get the su.zip file. So after reading some other rooting methods, I copy and pasted the .zip into the "Internal Storage" drive under My Computer > Samsung Phone > Internal Storage. Then using CWM Recovery on my phone just selected to install it from sdcard (since the Gnex doesn't have an sdcard) and it seemed to be a success. But I'm not sure if that was right. I assumed it was since I got the Superuser app.
Another thing that felt kind of wrong is that, when I flashed to yakju, it wiped my phone clean. I expected rooting to do the same thing, but it didn't (I think because my bootloader was already unlocked?). So I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it either.
Please help. And remember to please refer to things in dummy form. I only know things that involve the above, like using the cmd and typing fastboot and flashing files from a directory, etc.
Thank you in advance.
BryMerc said:
Hey guys, first of all I'm a complete n00b to all of this stuff, so please bare with me and consider using layman type language with me. Some of you may think I shouldn't even be messing with this stuff with my limited knowledge, but I'm determined to get the best out of my Galaxy Nexus and generally learn quickly and follow directions well.
Here's the bullet-point run-down of what happened:
- Bought a Galaxy Nexus that was "yakjuux" and wasn't getting updates.
- Read through a thread on here on how to flash to "yakju". Did so successfully.
- I then wanted to root since my device was already wiped from unlocking bootloaderor or replace some partition or something
- Followed this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19583168#post19583168)
- Rebooted, saw the "Superuser" app and thought I nailed it.
- Saw an update for Jellybean, it requested a reboot before install
- Upon reboot I got a dreaded android on it's back with a red exclamation, nearly wet myself. Took battery out, put back in, phone booted normally. It didn't update to JB anymore and when I check for updates it doesn't show. I figured it'll come around again.
- Went to "superuser" app to update, it said it "Failed!" upon trying to gain root access. Upon reading downloaded SU Update fixed from the store, failed gaining root access. Read some more, downloaded "Root Checker" app and it said my device was not rooted.
So where do I go from here? I'm tempted to just follow the 'flash to yakju' thread again and go back to a clean ROM and forget rooting, but maybe there's something simple I can do from here.
One side note, in that rooting thread I mentioned above, I did not understand step #7 (7. Using CWM recovery, install su.zip that you downloaded in step 1) too clearly. I didn't understand how my phone could even get the su.zip file. So after reading some other rooting methods, I copy and pasted the .zip into the "Internal Storage" drive under My Computer > Samsung Phone > Internal Storage. Then using CWM Recovery just selected to install it from sdcard (since the Gnex doesn't have an sdcard) and it seemed to be a success. But I'm not sure if that was right. I assume it was if I got the Superuser app.
Please help. And remember to please refer to things in dummy form. I only know things that involve the above, like using the cmd and typing fastboot and flashing .img files from a directory, etc.
Thank you in advance.
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Re-install superuser the same way you did the first time. The OTA failed because you have a custom recovery installed. If you want to update to Jelly Bean, look into installing one of the JB ROMs in the development forums, or if you must have the OTA you'll have to flash the stock recovery and make sure everything else is stock as well. OTAs do not care if you are rooted or have an unlocked bootloader.
you can also install the OTA manually, heres my method
1) grab the link for yakju IMM76i > 4.1.1 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764536 and place that iin your sdcard. ALSO download this version of Superuser (chainfires one): http://download.chainfire.eu/197/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.93.zip and place that in your sdcard too.
2) install clockworkmod recovery again the same way you did before, using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, press vol down twice in the bootloader and go straight into the recovery.
3) install the OTA zip you downloaded and placed in your sdcard
4) clear cache and fix permissions (might not be necessary but you can do it just incase)
5) reboot, you should now have stock jellybean. the ClockworkMod recovery would be removed at this point because stock android has a file in system which replaces the stock recovery after every reboot, unless you delete that file.
6) go back into the bootloader, flash recovery as before and again boot straight into the recovery. this time flash the superuser zip you downloaded.
7) reboot. should be all sorted now
JaiaV said:
Re-install superuser the same way you did the first time. The OTA failed because you have a custom recovery installed. If you want to update to Jelly Bean, look into installing one of the JB ROMs in the development forums, or if you must have the OTA you'll have to flash the stock recovery and make sure everything else is stock as well. OTAs do not care if you are rooted or have an unlocked bootloader.
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Thanks for the fast response.
So basically, I just copy and paste su.zip again into my Internal Storage on my computer. Put my phone into Recovery Mode, plug it in, find and install that su.zip again, and then reboot?
Also, this is something I didn't know: So if you are rooted, you cannot update "normally"? I will always have to flash over the latest ROM?
Thanks.
BryMerc said:
So basically, I just copy and paste su.zip again into my Internal Storage on my computer. Put my phone into Recovery Mode, plug it in, find and install that su.zip again, and then reboot
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Yes.
BryMerc said:
Also, this is something I didn't know: So if you are rooted, you cannot update "normally"? I will always have to flash over the latest ROM?
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JaiaV said:
OTAs do not care if you are rooted or have an unlocked bootloader.
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They only care that the recovery and /system are stock, and even then (as I said) don't care if you're rooted. Rooting doesn't matter. Having a custom recovery does. They are not the same thing. Also, read through ||Nexus|| response.
IINexusII said:
you can also install the OTA manually, heres my method
1) grab the link for yakju IMM76i > 4.1.1 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764536 and place that iin your sdcard. ALSO download this version of Superuser (chainfires one): http://download.chainfire.eu/197/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.93.zip and place that in your sdcard too.
2) install clockworkmod recovery again the same way you did before, using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, but dont reboot this time, press vol down twice in the bootloader and go straight into the recovery.
3) install the OTA zip you downloaded and placed in your sdcard
4) clear cache and fix permissions (might not be necessary but you can do it just incase)
5) reboot, you should now have stock jellybean. the ClockworkMod recovery would be removed at this point because stock android has a file in system which replaces the stock recovery after every reboot, unless you delete that file.
6) go back into the bootloader, flash recovery as before and again boot straight into the recovery. this time flash the superuser zip you downloaded.
7) reboot. should be all sorted now
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OK, thank you so much. I'm going to do exactly this. When I "fastboot flash" these over again, will they just replace the old ones? Or do I have to uninstall the ones already on my phone or something. I feel like it may get cluttered or something lol, sorry if that's stupid.
BryMerc said:
OK, thank you so much. I'm going to do exactly this. When I "fastboot flash" these over again, will they just replace the old ones? Or do I have to uninstall the ones already on my phone or something. I feel like it may get cluttered or something lol, sorry if that's stupid.
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no, youre just reflashing the recovery which wont affect anything else. once you reboot it will revert back to the stock recovery anyway, so youll be able to get future OTA updates just fine.
edit: yes itll just be replacing the recovery, nothing else
IINexusII said:
no, youre just reflashing the recovery which wont affect anything else. once you reboot it will revert back to the stock recovery anyway, so youll be able to get future OTA updates just fine.
edit: yes itll just be replacing the recovery, nothing else
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Hey, I just installed the Jellybean but how do I do #4? Clear cache and fix permissions?
BryMerc said:
Hey, I just installed the Jellybean but how do I do #4? Clear cache and fix permissions?
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in clockwork mod recovery there should be a "Wipe Cache" option, and for fixing permissions go to "advanced" and "Fix Permissions"
BryMerc said:
Hey, I just installed the Jellybean but how do I do #4? Clear cache and fix permissions?
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Wait, actually I don't think the JB installed now that I'm staring at the screen properly.
It went Installing update...
assert failed: file .........blah blah
Installation aborted.
Also, the drivers I thought I had for my phone seem to be messing up and in device manager it says "Full" with an exclamation point. I'm not sure why.
Sorry for the late responses as a n00b I'm stuck with 5 minute intervals here.
which country are you from?
IINexusII said:
which country are you from?
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Canada.
I just tried reinstalling the drivers and everything and for some reason it's not working. I flash Clockwork Recovery, I see the JB.zip, but when I click to install it it says "assert failed" and has the dead Android. Not sure if it's a driver issue, but I redid the Universal Naked one I had before that worked.
BryMerc said:
Canada.
I just tried reinstalling the drivers and everything and for some reason it's not working. I flash Clockwork Recovery, I see the JB.zip, but when I click to install it it says "assert failed" and has the dead Android. Not sure if it's a driver issue, but I redid the Universal Naked one I had before that worked.
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After selecting "Install zip from sdcard" I see an option "apply /sdcard/update.zip". Is that anything maybe I need to do or something?
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AOSP 2.99 beta5 (five) Reboot loop! bricked

The problem I encountered must be the worst problem ever! For some reason my nexus reboot randomly and its not just a regular reboot but it reboot as a DEEP FREEZE. So basically once it rebooted, it goes back to a same specific point of time. I can't even delete stuff from the phone, for example if I deleted 1GB of music off my phone, after few second the phone will reboot automatically OR if i reboot the phone myself the 1GB of music would be back in my phone. Like WTH? I am completely lost. I have no idea how it happened, but I know it happened after I installed Paranoid Android AOSP 2.99 beta5. I was fine when flashing Paranoid Android 1,3,4. ALSO I cannot do a factory reset or install a factory rom. It just go back to 4.2.1 AOSP 2.99 beta5...
please guys, if anyone can help me that would be great. If you guys need more explaining please email or PM me. I will be glad to write a whole essay on what you guys need to know to help me out. Thank you
Go back to stock and start fresh.
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bk201doesntexist said:
Go back to stock and start fresh.
Sent from my i9250
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That didn't work either. I tried going back to stock but it didn't do anything, I keep booting into 2.99 beta5. I was able to get into recovery mode but I think that when it load the "Google" boot up screen, that's when it start the deep freeze process. Do you get what I mean though? I can post a video to show you guys what I mean. So like if I wanted to flash another ROM I have to go into recovery, but before getting to recovery, you have to go through the "Google" loading screen correct? Then when I get into recovery to flash, the ROM is not there..
Yellowfriedrice said:
Then when I get into recovery to flash, the ROM is not there..
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Which "ROM" is not there? Do you have any flashable zip of any ROM on your internal sdcard to flash?
I think you should go ahead and post a video so it will be much easier to understand what is going on exactly then hopefully we can help you here
ahmadallica said:
Which "ROM" is not there? Do you have any flashable zip of any ROM on your internal sdcard to flash?
I think you should go ahead and post a video so it will be much easier to understand what is going on exactly then hopefully we can help you here
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You cant brick a nexus! Try making a jig with this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKRrTZayRxU Then get download odin and an img file of whatever rom you want and flash it through odin. Problem should be solved.
Yellowfriedrice said:
That didn't work either. I tried going back to stock but it didn't do anything, I keep booting into 2.99 beta5. I was able to get into recovery mode but I think that when it load the "Google" boot up screen, that's when it start the deep freeze process. Do you get what I mean though? I can post a video to show you guys what I mean. So like if I wanted to flash another ROM I have to go into recovery, but before getting to recovery, you have to go through the "Google" loading screen correct? Then when I get into recovery to flash, the ROM is not there..
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man what i think is you should download nexus toolkit , i think its latest edition is 10. something and try to reflash your stock image and recovery . just try that.
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did something work out
khuzema9 said:
man what i think is you should download nexus toolkit , i think its latest edition is 10. something and try to reflash your stock image and recovery . just try that.
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Based on the language used in the OP I think he used a toolkit to root/unlock his Nexus and that's why he knows nothing about his device and how to fix it.
OP- look up fastboot images nexus and follow what you read. Basicly you should download the fastboot images and flash them all in fastboot. Then start from scratch again
altimax98 said:
OP- look up fastboot images nexus and follow what you read. Basicly you should download the fastboot images and flash them all in fastboot. Then start from scratch again
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That's right and probably the cleanest way of going out of this mess. Here is a thread that can help you accomplish that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Read the instructions carefully because this will delete all your data including the internal (and only) sdcard of your GNex, so consider the backup part of that thread very well.
Good Luck
still didn't work
ahmadallica said:
That's right and probably the cleanest way of going out of this mess. Here is a thread that can help you accomplish that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Read the instructions carefully because this will delete all your data including the internal (and only) sdcard of your GNex, so consider the backup part of that thread very well.
Good Luck
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I couldn't use the driver from the thread you sent, it says "access denied" and I tried to disable windows signature verification but that didn't work either. So I thought maybe I'll use the driver from Nexus toolkit. I manage to complete all the steps from the instruction to the core except for the driver but it still didn't work. It would not erase the 2.99 beta5 and so I cannot go back to stock. Perhaps I should try to use the driver from the thread but I just don't know how to get pass the signature verification when installing the driver. Assist me if you can please. Thank you
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I couldn't use the driver from the thread you sent, it says "access denied" and I tried to disable windows signature verification but that didn't work either. So I thought maybe I'll use the driver from Nexus toolkit. I manage to complete all the steps from the instruction to the core except for the driver but it still didn't work. It would not erase the 2.99 beta5 and so I cannot go back to stock. Perhaps I should try to use the driver from the thread but I just don't know how to get pass the signature verification when installing the driver. Assist me if you can please. Thank you
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I really have not done anything to my GNex via Windows becuse I am using Ubuntu Linux so I have not experienced installing these drivers on Windows. I also have neither returned my phone to stock before nor used the Nexus toolkit. I am doing everything manually.
I think you are referring to the drivers in this page. If you are using Windows 8 then there are some steps mentioned on how to get pass the driver signature enforcement.
If you are on Windows 7, then look here.
Just to confirm something else because I did not read that you have done it, did you try wiping system, factory reset, cache and dalvik cache from the recovery then install any other flashable zip of a ROM on your sdcard (if you have) and still nothing is erased and you are stuck on the same ROM?
ahmadallica said:
Just to confirm something else because I did not read that you have done it, did you try wiping system, factory reset, cache and dalvik cache from the recovery then install any other flashable zip of a ROM on your sdcard (if you have) and still nothing is erased and you are stuck on the same ROM?
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Yes, I have but that didn't seem to work either. I put a flashable ROM into the internal memory when it was rebooted, when I tried to go into recovery the file is not there anymore. Its because the phone erases everything that was placed into the internal during the Google reboot process. I even tried using the nexus toolkit to flash a stock ROM, the procedure went through successfully but it still loads 2.99 beta5.
I will try to post a video as soon as I buy a webcam.. But a webcam is cheaper than a nexus phone right now so I don't mind. lol
Yellowfriedrice said:
Yes, I have but that didn't seem to work either. I put a flashable ROM into the internal memory when it was rebooted, when I tried to go into recovery the file is not there anymore. Its because the phone erases everything that was placed into the internal during the Google reboot process. I even tried using the nexus toolkit to flash a stock ROM, the procedure went through successfully but it still loads 2.99 beta5.
I will try to post a video as soon as I buy a webcam.. But a webcam is cheaper than a nexus phone right now so I don't mind. lol
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You may try to boot into recovery then use "adb push" to send the file to your sdcard from your computer. If the file is sent successfully, then you can find it in the recovery and install it thus escape the reboot problem.
Hope this works!
ahmadallica said:
You may try to boot into recovery then use "adb push" to send the file to your sdcard from your computer. If the file is sent successfully, then you can find it in the recovery and install it thus escape the reboot problem.
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still no good.. used the recovery sideload to push but it still didn't work.
tried odin but that didn't work either.
Yellowfriedrice said:
still no good.. used the recovery sideload to push but it still didn't work.
tried odin but that didn't work either.
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Was there any progress of pushing the file then it did not appear in your recovery or it did not show any progress at all of being pushed?
I have experienced this and used to push the file two times (one after another while still in recovery mode) in order to successfully find the file in recovery. Give it a try and good luck
ahmadallica said:
Was there any progress of pushing the file then it did not appear in your recovery or it did not show any progress at all of being pushed?
I have experienced this and used to push the file two times (one after another while still in recovery mode) in order to successfully find the file in recovery. Give it a try and good luck
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I pushed it before and while it was in recovery mode. Tried both ways but I didnt see any file in there.
I also just noticed that all the files within the folders are missing. The folders are there but when I go into any folders, it said no files found within the folders.
ahmadallica said:
I have experienced this and used to push the file two times (one after another while still in recovery mode) in order to successfully find the file in recovery. Give it a try and good luck
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Thank Goodness im not the only one who has this issue... Bugs the crap outta me lol..
To the OP:
Try this, 1: make sure your an admin on your PC. From the sounds of it you may not be if it said 'access denied'. 2: Plug your nexus in while in the 'device manager' section of windows. 3: Find the new device and delete it. Delete anything that says Android ADB or Android anything or galaxy Nexus or Galaxy phone. Just delete them. Windows will warn you but do it anyways... 4: reboot the pc. 5: Plug your nexus back in, it should either install the device or fail. At that point find and download the newest samsung naked drivers and use the option on windows to install driver from disk and navigate to your unzipped folder.
That is the sure fire way to get it working again. Sorry to say if you still have driver issues then your doing something wrong. Do alot of reading and the answer will show itself.
1. Can you boot your phone into fastboot mode?
2. If so, once in fastboot mode, what happens when you connect the phone to the computer?
It is very very difficult to brick a nexus, so don't worry... .
Yellowfriedrice said:
I pushed it before and while it was in recovery mode. Tried both ways but I didnt see any file in there.
I also just noticed that all the files within the folders are missing. The folders are there but when I go into any folders, it said no files found within the folders.
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Sorry for not being able to help you better. I'm sure that others who are familiar with Windows can help you overcome your earlier issues with drivers and so on thus be able to return to stock and start fresh
Good Luck
It is very very difficult to brick a nexus said:
challenge accepted!!
But yes I can get it into fastboot mode. Nothing special happen? What are you trying to look for to happen? It look like it functioning normally in fastboot mode.
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OKAY i tried everything.. nothing seem to work.. selling my nexus!
Yellowfriedrice said:
challenge accepted!!
But yes I can get it into fastboot mode. Nothing special happen? What are you trying to look for to happen? It look like it functioning normally in fastboot mode.
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Help will be appreciated

Okay I cant flash a custom rom to my galaxy nexus.
heres how it started i flashed paranoid android 2.99 beta7onto my device with the wrong version of the gapps, my phone would get errors when it would try to set things up on its first boot. okay i restarted my phone again into recovery and made a big mistake of wiping everything from my phone including the rom. now I have a phone that I cant connect to my computer via usb to flash another custom rom via clockwork mod recovery.
is there away to put a rom zip file in my internal memory via clockwork mod? cuz i cant seem to do that :/
I tried everything in the toolkit to reverse my problem. but it doesnt work
curse you google for not supporting micro sd cards anymore.
if i use the factory image will i be able to reboot successfully into my phone?
Well...if u really wiped everything, including ur storage, just download and flash stock image
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follow this guide to return to stock then start flashing again, and be careful this time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
you cant push files from fastboot, thought you could
Just use a toolkit to flash stock Image, make sure to be in fast boot
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How to copy files to/from your device using ADB
Note: you should have adb access in a custom recovery
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right answer right here.
you could just use the gnex toolkit i had the same problem and that worked for me
You guys suggesting the toolkit: you dont seem to get it. He (OP) doesnt need to reflash stock. And pushing a rom to /sdcard/ cant get any easier than using adb to push it.
Again, be reminded that only custom recoveries allow for adb to be used fully (mount /system rw, for example).
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bk201doesntexist said:
You guys suggesting the toolkit: you dont seem to get it.
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People who suggest toolkits typically only know how to use toolkits.

[Q] HELP accidentally deleted os and now stuck in twrp

Hi Xda,
I am really freaking out now. I was going to do a backup but i accidentally deleted my os. I really need help guys, if anyone can tell me how to send a rom to my phone from the computer, that would be really helpful. My phone is stuck on twrp and i am stuck with no os. At least can anyone help me flash anything so i could boot up my phone at least with step by step instructions. PLEASE HELP ME I A FREAKING OUT!!!
Search the forum on how to sideload a ROM from the computer to your device. I believe that there are tons of guides out here..
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speedsolve said:
Hi Xda,
I am really freaking out now. I was going to do a backup but i accidentally deleted my os. I really need help guys, if anyone can tell me how to send a rom to my phone from the computer, that would be really helpful. My phone is stuck on twrp and i am stuck with no os. At least can anyone help me flash anything so i could boot up my phone at least with step by step instructions. PLEASE HELP ME I A FREAKING OUT!!!
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Hi,
Try this toolkit; toolkit will help you flash stock rom / unlock / boot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614827
Or else you can always try to flash stock images.
Download a ROM boot into recovery and adb push to /sdcard flash profit. Or you can also mount the SD card in twrp. You're really not in a sticky situation you should be able to fix this in little time.
Another easy way is if you have USB OTG cable(very cheap... Got mine for $4) you can throw a ROM&gapps zip onto flash drive and should be able to flash via recovery from that.
No need to freak out buddy, whether you wanna setup SDK on ya PC to easily use fastboot & adb to restore device or even push/sideload zips, or use toolkit, there is tons if options.
Did you wipe ALL /data im guessing? Instead of factory reset which leaves your /sdcard(aka /data/media) untouched? And also wiped /system?
I've been there. Haha many of us prolly have. You'll be up and running again in no time! Dont fret!
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Also, I'd be happy to help you via private messages with step by step if you absolutely need it. There are a few very well written stickies in this forum that can help also that have step by step in them
speedsolve said:
Hi Xda,
I am really freaking out now. I was going to do a backup but i accidentally deleted my os. I really need help guys, if anyone can tell me how to send a rom to my phone from the computer, that would be really helpful. My phone is stuck on twrp and i am stuck with no os. At least can anyone help me flash anything so i could boot up my phone at least with step by step instructions. PLEASE HELP ME I A FREAKING OUT!!!
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install 4ext somehow
enable smartflash
flash rom
profit
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fire_kid2003 said:
install 4ext somehow
enable smartflash
flash rom
profit
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Is 4ext even available for Gnex?
Why go thru that when you can just sideload right now?
i ran into this issue again as well. I have nandroids on my phone, but when I wiped data, the rom I was going to flash didn't get put on from my computer. I sideloaded through adb to /data/media/0 and it pushed fine, but still won't show up in my install section of TWRP, only the file manager in advanced. Anyone else have problems sideloading with TWRP?
t1.8matt said:
i ran into this issue again as well. I have nandroids on my phone, but when I wiped data, the rom I was going to flash didn't get put on from my computer. I sideloaded through adb to /data/media/0 and it pushed fine, but still won't show up in my install section of TWRP, only the file manager in advanced. Anyone else have problems sideloading with TWRP?
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Why bother pushing it first? Isn't there a dedicated sideload option in the Advanced section of TWRP?
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AndyYan said:
Why bother pushing it first? Isn't there a dedicated sideload option in the Advanced section of TWRP?
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
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I never even noticed that. But how does the sideload work? When I click on it, it asks if I want to wipe either or both dalvik and cache, and says swipe to start sideload. after you swipe you just use adb sideload filename.zip and that's it?
t1.8matt said:
I never even noticed that. But how does the sideload work? When I click on it, it asks if I want to wipe either or both dalvik and cache, and says swipe to start sideload. after you swipe you just use adb sideload filename.zip and that's it?
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Yup. First start the sideload on your phone, then connect it to a computer with working adb (should be easy). After that, open a command prompt window and execute "adb sideload your-rom-name-and-position.zip". Your ROM should then be pushed to the root of storage and flashed.
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
ashclepdia said:
Another easy way is if you have USB OTG cable(very cheap... Got mine for $4) you can throw a ROM&gapps zip onto flash drive and should be able to flash via recovery from that.
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This is so fool proof!:good:
ashclepdia said:
Is 4ext even available for Gnex?
Why go thru that when you can just sideload right now?
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i think so
thats why i said install 4ext "somehow"

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