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boot loop after flashing latest manhatten project rom

Ok have been running foxhound 1.1,tried a couple of other roms,kernels,etc and no problem. But now all of a sudden tried to flash manhatten and endless boot loop. I have tried to wipe from cwm several times but no luck. I dont want to lose my pictures from virtual sdcard. I have no access to adb but cwm and fastboot of course. I'm using linux so is there any way to use fastboot to erase everything but keep virtual sdcard. If that can you point me to instructions on how to from fastboot. I have the GSM version

Did you even bother installing another ROM prior to freaking out?
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
Format System
install ROM from sd card (please don't tell me you only kept one ROM on there)
your phone should now boot

Samsuck said:
Did you even bother installing another ROM prior to freaking out?
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
Format System
install ROM from sd card (please don't tell me you only kept one ROM on there)
your phone should now boot
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I have wiped several times reflashed foxhound 1.1 even reinstalled cwm recovery touch version but no go. Not sure what happened but why would going back to stock fix it??? I dont want to lose my pictures but if that is the only way. What the hell is causing the boot loop????

tman7510 said:
I have wiped several times reflashed foxhound 1.1 even reinstalled cwm recovery touch version but no go. Not sure what happened but why would going back to stock fix it??? I dont want to lose my pictures but if that is the only way. What the hell is causing the boot loop????
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You keep saying that you wiped but you're being vague.
Can you specify if you have WIPED DATA, CACHE, DALVIK, FORMATTED SYSTEM, and FORMATTED CAHCHE? If you have not, do that and THEN re-flash Foxhound
This does NOT wipe your internal SD card.

9 out of 10 times its human error when bootloop shows up..... go to the thread of the rom you flashing maybe you missed a important step
Verstuurd van mijn Galaxy Nexus met Tapatalk

Samsuck said:
You keep saying that you wiped but you're being vague.
Can you specify if you have WIPED DATA, CACHE, DALVIK, FORMATTED SYSTEM, and FORMATTED CAHCHE? If you have not, do that and THEN re-flash Foxhound
This does NOT wipe your internal SD card.
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I have formatted everything but davik cache but when I do that I get" E:unknown volume for path /sd-ext Dalvik Cache Wiped " then reflash foxhound and now I am back to the boot loop all I get is Google with unlock symbol at the bottom and it just loops. There has to be a way to get info off my virtual sdcard..I dont care how hard it is

demon2112 said:
9 out of 10 times its human error when bootloop shows up..... go to the thread of the rom you flashing maybe you missed a important step
Verstuurd van mijn Galaxy Nexus met Tapatalk
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I didn't use the gapps but the rom should still boot without that gapp version. Also shouldn't I be able to flash another rom without having this issue??? All I did was flash from clockworkmod. maybe the zip file I downloaded got corrupted but I am unable to fix the problem. I had installed the manhatten rom yesterday but went back to foxhound because lack of performance/undervolting settings that apperently are on the rom. just want it to work again..I'm unable to use adb becasue it wont boot. all I have is fastboot and cwm recovery

That error is normal as we don't have an "sd-ext" .
Are you wiping in the correct order? You're wiping all of that first, and then installing ROM correct?
Do you have a back up?
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If you have ADB installed, or can get to a computer with it.
You can pull your files from the SD card as our fake SD card is actually /DATA/MEDIA

Samsuck said:
That error is normal as we don't have an "sd-ext" .
Are you wiping in the correct order? You're wiping all of that first, and then installing ROM correct?
Do you have a back up?
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If you have ADB installed, or can get to a computer with it.
You can pull your files from the SD card as our fake SD card is actually /DATA/MEDIA
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how do I get adb to work if the phone will not boot into android???in fastboot mode if I type adb devices it lists nothing?? if I try adb in cwm recovery I get a bunch of questionmarks followed by no permissions....this is in linux. I can use windows if the toolkit can use adb while in clockworkmod recovery. I'll need detailed instructions becasue I have wiped in every order imaginable and nothing but boot loop???

"adb devices" will return nothing in fastboot.
The correct command is "fastboot devices"

tman7510 said:
how do I get adb to work if the phone will not boot into android???in fastboot mode if I type adb devices it lists nothing?? if I try adb in cwm recovery I get a bunch of questionmarks followed by no permissions....this is in linux. I can use windows if the toolkit can use adb while in clockworkmod recovery. I'll need detailed instructions becasue I have wiped in every order imaginable and nothing but boot loop???
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You can use ADB in CWM Recovery. I do it all the time in Windows.

El Daddy said:
"adb devices" will return nothing in fastboot.
The correct command is "fastboot devices"
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yes I know and I have no problem using what little I know of fastboot commands but is there a way to use fastboot to copy my virtual sdcard to my pc?????

Be sure to "mount data" in Recovery
adb shell
type su for superuser.
then ls to list the dirs
and cd to change
You might have to pull files one by one. I'm not sure if there's a way to pull the entire contents of it.

Samsuck said:
You can use ADB in CWM Recovery. I do it all the time in Windows.
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so how do I mount or do I just use the toolkit because it seems to tell me in bright green letters that I must be in android to use adb?? I guess that is a limitation of the toolkit. I'll try installing the android sdk to windows and see how that works. I will let you know how it goes thank you. Also do you have a link on how to restore it to a stock rom but not have to go through the whole rooting and unlocking process??? Thank you again for your help so far!!

Actually, do this.
Once you have the drivers installed for Windows, and your phone is being recognized "adb devices"
Run
adb pull /data/media/DCIM C:Urname\example\blah
Replace the C:Urname\example\blah with an actual directory of the Windows PC
It might take some time but that should drag your pictures and stuff.

Here's the link with instructions to return to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806

tman7510 said:
so how do I mount or do I just use the toolkit because it seems to tell me in bright green letters that I must be in android to use adb?? I guess that is a limitation of the toolkit. I'll try installing the android sdk to windows and see how that works. I will let you know how it goes thank you. Also do you have a link on how to restore it to a stock rom but not have to go through the whole rooting and unlocking process??? Thank you again for your help so far!!
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Hit, Install SDK on the toolkit. It will do it very quick and easy for you.
Since the SD Card on our Nexus is actually /data/media, like I said earlier, just mount data.

Gnex toolkit is a great tool. I'm wondering why I have permission issues with adb in cwm recovery in Linux. not complaining but I wish there was a kit like that for us linux users

any body know why in cwm recovery if run ./adb device in linux you get
devices listed
?????????? no permissions
any linux users out there? I'm saving my files thanks to a windows program gnex tookkit by mskip.
Special thanks to Samsuck for all his help and the rest of the forum

Help I hosed my Verizon Nexus

I tried to install Paranoid Android and GAPPS. It get force closing on setup so I booted back into recovery to try to fix it and now there is no OS. I can boot into Recovery and Fastboot only

so you wiped system in recovery?
why dont you provide us with EVERYTHING you did to cause this?
did you do a factory reset before installing PA? that would have prevented the force closes.
if all you can do is boot into recovery, then just do a factory reset and reflash your rom...its pretty simple

I had a similar issue and it was caused by not using the correct gapps package. Correct gapps for PA 4.2 http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps/pa_gapps-full-4.2-20130209.zip
I put it on a flashdrive and used an OTG cable to connect, then used "external SD" in TWRP.

Pirateghost said:
so you wiped system in recovery?
why dont you provide us with EVERYTHING you did to cause this?
did you do a factory reset before installing PA? that would have prevented the force closes.
if all you can do is boot into recovery, then just do a factory reset and reflash your rom...its pretty simple
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I forgot which app I used to download the new image and GAPPS. I figured ig GAPPS was the issue i could wipe, so from Team Win Recovery Console I did a wipe of Cache, Dalvik Cache. I* *may* have also chosen to wipe System and Format data but I can't remember right now.
So I can boot into the recovery console but nothing else. If I try to boot it sits on the white Google logo until I pull the battery

ElevyNJ said:
I forgot which app I used to download the new image and GAPPS. I figured ig GAPPS was the issue i could wipe, so from Team Win Recovery Console I did a wipe of Cache, Dalvik Cache. I* *may* have also chosen to wipe System and Format data but I can't remember right now.
So I can boot into the recovery console but nothing else. If I try to boot it sits on the white Google logo until I pull the battery
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you definitely wiped /system.
go back to stock from the return to stock thread in general. it's stickied.

ElevyNJ said:
I forgot which app I used to download the new image and GAPPS. I figured ig GAPPS was the issue i could wipe, so from Team Win Recovery Console I did a wipe of Cache, Dalvik Cache. I* *may* have also chosen to wipe System and Format data but I can't remember right now.
So I can boot into the recovery console but nothing else. If I try to boot it sits on the white Google logo until I pull the battery
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if you selected wipe DATA, then your SDCARD is gone...you need to adb push your rom zip back to the sdcard and flash it. if you wiped system, then you have no OS installed any more...

Zepius said:
you definitely wiped /system.
go back to stock from the return to stock thread in general. it's stickied.
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I assume it's also the link in your sig and must be done from a PC. I won't have access to a PC until tonight but I do have access to a MAC this afternoon
Pirateghost said:
if you selected wipe DATA, then your SDCARD is gone...you need to adb push your rom zip back to the sdcard and flash it. if you wiped system, then you have no OS installed any more...
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Thanks.

ElevyNJ said:
I assume it's also the link in your sig and must be done from a PC. I won't have access to a PC until tonight but I do have access to a MAC this afternoon
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yes, but for a mac just change fastboot to ./fastboot in the terminal window. instructions are still the same.

Zepius said:
yes, but for a mac just change fastboot to ./fastboot in the terminal window. instructions are still the same.
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I'm at the screen with the android laying on it's back and the panel open. When I do ./adb devices it says list of devices attached but doesn't show anything.
I'm following the guide from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237

ElevyNJ said:
I'm at the screen with the android laying on it's back and the panel open. When I do ./adb devices it says list of devices attached but doesn't show anything.
I'm following the guide from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
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Because your phone is in fast boot.

063_XOBX said:
Because your phone is in fast boot.
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Sorry I'm being dense today

Ok phone is up and running again or shall I say limping. The 3G/4G indicator just shows bars.

[Q] Stuck trying to restore to stock

Hi guys,
I've been running custom AOKP rom and decided to return back to stock.
I have the rogers version of the M8, and intended to flash a stock TWRP backup of someone's rogers save.
I made the poor decision of relocking and unlocking the bootloader again, leaving me without a functional OS and with only fastboot and TWRP recovery available to me. As a result, I can't get the rogers backup folder onto my phone ( I don't have a miscro SD), and the only other option I see is to manually push each file in the stock TWRP recovery with ADB to my phone, but I'm horrible with anything that involves command lines.
Any suggestions to get me out of this situation would be great. My end goal is to get the stock ROM / kernel running so I can get OTA's.
Edit: Solved by doing an advanced wipe and format in TWRP, and I flashed a stock Rogers nandroid

Just adb push or adb sideload a stock rooted ROM to your phone. Just a single command line.
If you want OTAs, you will also need stock recovery. But my recommendation is that OTAs have no place on a modded device.

redpoint73 said:
Just adb push or adb sideload a stock rooted ROM to your phone. Just a single command line.
If you want OTAs, you will also need stock recovery. But my recommendation is that OTAs have no place on a modded device.
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I've tried flashing a ROM and unfortunately I get stuck on the boot animation.
Attempting to wipe my phone through TWRP before the zip install yields a failure:
E: Unable to mount '/data'
E: Unable to mount internal storage
Those two lines are repeated a couple times in the error screen.
It looks like I need to flash some form of backup but am not sure which one will hard reset my phone to stock from this scenario.

Flashnova said:
I've tried flashing a ROM and unfortunately I get stuck on the boot animation.
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Which ROM? How did you try to flash it (how did you get it on the phone, did you adb sideload?)/
Flashnova said:
Attempting to wipe my phone through TWRP before the zip install yields a failure:
E: Unable to mount '/data'
E: Unable to mount internal storage
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Select "Mount" in TWRP main screen and make sure data is checked (cache should also e checked by default). If so, and still getting this error, di you by chance try to factory reset in bootloader (not TWRP)?

redpoint73 said:
Which ROM? How did you try to flash it (how did you get it on the phone, did you adb sideload?)/
Select "Mount" in TWRP main screen and make sure data is checked (cache should also e checked by default). If so, and still getting this error, di you by chance try to factory reset in bootloader (not TWRP)?
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I flashed dirty unicorns 4.4.4. I had a 2gb SD card which managed to get it to the phone (the 2gb isn't enough to move the system backup).
I can't check Mount in the settings and it remains unchecked, and yes, I did hit the factory reset in the bootloader thinking that it would help me (I assume this was another bad decision).

Flashnova said:
I can't check Mount in the settings and it remains unchecked, and yes, I did hit the factory reset in the bootloader thinking that it would help me (I assume this was another bad decision).
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Yes, that was a bad decision. But probably not one that you could have known about. Doing a factory reset in bootloader on a modded M8 corrupts the internal memory. This is your main problem right there.
If you have a Windows PC, connect the phone, go to Device Manager and find the phone. Then select the option to format the memory.
In the future only do a factory reset within the OS (in Settings) or in recovery, not in bootloader.

If you've gone through this much, I'd highly recommend getting comfy with a few command line commands. These may very well save you some time and additional headache (speaking from experience).
After recently running into issues with my newly purchased Roger's M8, I needed to restore to stock as well. Honestly, I followed these instructions to the T and it got me out scrape-free.
But, note Step #6 may require you to "adb push" your unzipped folder. And that's it.
Once you've ADB'd the massive nandroid backup, you should be out of the woods (in TWRP, Restore, Select the pushed backup file).
Good luck, and as long as you've got recovery/hboot looking back at you, you should be fine.

redpoint73 said:
If you have a Windows PC, connect the phone, go to Device Manager and find the phone. Then select the option to format the memory.
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I'm not too sure where that option is located, would you know how to get there?
esuohe said:
But, note Step #6 may require you to "adb push" your unzipped folder. And that's it.
Once you've ADB'd the massive nandroid backup, you should be out of the woods
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After pushing the folder to my device I receive "protocol failure", so the push isn't working unfortunately.

Flashnova said:
I'm not too sure where that option is located, would you know how to get there?
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On Win7, go to Start Menu, use the search function at the bottom that says "Search programs and files" and type "Device Manager".
Or go to Start Menu>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound; and under "Devices and printers" you will see Device Manager.
Flashnova said:
After pushing the folder to my device I receive "protocol failure", so the push isn't working unfortunately.
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You aren't going to be able to write to the memory when its still corrupt.

redpoint73 said:
On Win7, go to Start Menu, use the search function at the bottom that says "Search programs and files" and type "Device Manager".
Or go to Start Menu>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound; and under "Devices and printers" you will see Device Manager.
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Device manager does not provide a format option. Perhaps you mean disk manager? If I do format it will I have to somehow reinstall the android system?

Flashnova said:
Device manager does not provide a format option. Perhaps you mean disk manager? If I do format it will I have to somehow reinstall the android system?
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I've often read it described as Device Manager. Can't personally say from experience as I've never actually had to do it myself, but seen this described on XDA quite a few times. If the option comes up in Disk Management, that should be fine, too.
Formatting internal storage should not affect the Android OS, as its a separate partition (note how Windows is only reading the internal storage as around 25 GB of the total 32 GB). But you have to re-install a ROM anyway, as you presently do not have one installed.

[Q] Device Encryption Failed - Can't Use Phone

Hi folks,
For some stupid reason, I tried to encrypt my phone from within TouchWiz Security Settings. I entered a password for the encryption, and as soon as I clicked start, the process stopped and an error saying "com.android.systemui has stopped" has appeared. If I click OK it pops up again. Restarting the phone gives the same error, and I can't actually use the phone at all, as the error message keeps popping up even if I try to enter the correct password.
I tried reflashing the rom, wiping data, cache and so on, and the same error message pops up as soon as TouchWiz loads up. I don't know how to transfer another rom from my computer to the phone from within CWM (I don't see my phone's storage from within windows).
I thought I'd do a complete unroot, but the stock firmware available for this device is older than 4.4 (which is what I have because I'm using Enewman's SRx 4.0). Everywhere I read it says "DO NOT DOWNGRADE".
I'm not sure what to do, and I have very limited expertise in this matter.
Thank you for all your help folks!

Were you rooted with cwm when you to encrypt? I did this with my s3. I was fortunate that process failed but I was still able to boot the phone.
Since you have cwm, did you try formatting the system before installing a new rom?

audit13 said:
Were you rooted with cwm when you to encrypt? I did this with my s3. I was fortunate that process failed but I was still able to boot the phone.
Since you have cwm, did you try formatting the system before installing a new rom?
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Yep, I was rooted and using CWM. The phone still boots to TouchWiz, but then the error comes up and I can't use the phone at all. I tried formatting the system before installing a new rom too...

So I used adb to sideload CyanogenMod, and flashed it. That seems to have helped the problem

So the in call volume in AOSP ROMs (tries carbon, quantum, cm11) is way too high. Tried reflashing any other kitkat based touchwiz ROM but immediately upon first boot I get prompted to insert the encryption password. When I do, it asks it again. Is there any way to somehow get a touchwiz ROM to work on my phone now? I alwaya do clean installs. Thanks guys

It is my understanding that encryption requires stock recovery.
What bootloader is on your phone?

Looks like I'm on the UCUFNE4. every touchwiz ROM I install asks for decryption, and all the other ROMs are installing OK..

Have you tried using Odin to flash a stock ATT KK ROM?
Edit: nevermind, looks like there is no 4.4.2 ATT ROM on sammobile.com. I assume you already tried wiping cache, dalvik, and data.

Yes I have tried to wipe everything. Even internal storage. So then I had to sideload a ROM using adb. I really appreciate your input!

It sounds to me like the data portion is still encrypted. Were you able to use fastboot commands to erase cache, data, and system before flashing a new ROM?

Well I used TWRP to erase data, cache and dalvik and system. Would that be equivalent to fastboot?

tequilaboom said:
Well I used TWRP to erase data, cache and dalvik and system. Would that be equivalent to fastboot?
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It might be but I have never compared the two methods.
Are you able to issue fastboot commands to your phone?

I have never done fastboot but I could try using it. What should I do with fastboot?

tequilaboom said:
I have never done fastboot but I could try using it. What should I do with fastboot?
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Boot the phone into download mode, connect the phone to the computer via USD, let it install the Samsung drivers. You will also need the necessary ADB/fastboot files from here: http://dottech.org/26188/usb-adb-and-fastboot-drivers-for-windows-for-all-android-phones/
Boot to an command prompt in Win7 or Win8. Navigate to the directory where you installed the ADB/fastboot files and type this: fastboot devices and press enter. Hopefully, your device will appear.

OK, and once I'm in fastboot, by formatting the data partition, and attempting to install a TW rom, you think it'll fix the problem? Is there something else I have to do in fastboot (what is the sequence of commands?)?

tequilaboom said:
OK, and once I'm in fastboot, by formatting the data partition, and attempting to install a TW rom, you think it'll fix the problem? Is there something else I have to do in fastboot (what is the sequence of commands?)?
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Here's a good guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225405

alright I followed the guide, but still no effect

Did the fastboot commands work?
Did you try erasing the userdata partition? Did you try formatting the userdata partition?

I apologize, I should have said that I had no success even after trying to follow the guide. I attempted to use fastboot but when trying to detect my device, nothing showed up in that command window. ADB works no problem (detects device). Again after several tries of formatting the data partition (and everything else), every touchwiz rom asks for the encryption password. However, now when I enter it, the green android with gear appears, and then the device restarts. touchwiz now asks for the decryption password once again....

So typing fastboot devices didn't list anything? Were you in download mode?

Nexus stuck in boot loop - unrooted - Backing up photos from bootloader or recovery

Hi.
Apologies if this is a very naive question, I am not particularly familiar with mods, roms and so forth.
I have rooted another phone in the past, but that is all.
The situation:
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
- Not rooted/unlocked. Stock android automatically updated to the latest Android version supported
- Android developer option NOT set in settings
- Stuck in a boot loop: boots to android and then after a few seconds reboots, so no time to do anything
- Not sure how it happened, I had it for years, it was in my pocket and suddenly started doing that.
- Android fastboot and recovery loads up no problem
- I have tried anything I could find online to fix it: deleted cache, rebooted in safe mode, removed battery for 10 hours
- Nothing seems to fix it, it keeps rebooting
- I want to try a factory reset, but my family photos are in the phone
- Google synch seems to have stopped functioning for this device a year ago, all my 2016-17 photos and videos are locked in the phone.
Admitting there is nothing to do about the loop problem:
Is there any way I can copy photos and videos via usb while in recovery mode?
After I will reset the phone via recovery menu, hoping it will fix it. IF that does not fix it, I will flash another rom in. But I really do not want to wipe my data before backing them up.
I am assuming the answer is no, you cannot access the internal memory in fastboot/recovery unless your phone is rooted.
But I would like an expert opinion before I resolve to wipe one year of photos and videos which I will regret losing.

@mcaldo DON'T DO FACTORY RESET, EVERYTHING WILL BE LOST
which recovery are you using..?
if it's TWRP, then it's easy..
- boot into TWRP recovery
- go to "Mount" tab
- find "enable/disable MTP" button at lower options.. (enable it )
then connect your phone to that PC, where you always connected in past, ( to eliminate driver installation stage, all drivers will be preinstalled )
Regards

____Mdd said:
@mcaldo DON'T DO FACTORY RESET, EVERYTHING WILL BE LOST
which recovery are you using..?
if it's TWRP, then it's easy..
- boot into TWRP recovery
- go to "Mount" tab
- find "enable/disable MTP" button at lower options.. (enable it )
then connect your phone to that PC, where you always connected in past, ( to eliminate driver installation stage, all drivers will be preinstalled )
Regards
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Thanks for your reply!
By recovery, I meant 'android system recovery'
It gives me the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from USB drive
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Is any of the above useful?
Unfortunately, I do not have any alternative recovery software available
Edit: Googling I found this: "Apply update from ADB: The Android Debug Bridge allows you to plug your device into your PC and issue commands from there. "
If I can issue commands through ADB, perhaps there is a command to copy data from my phone to my computer?

mcaldo said:
Thanks for your reply!
By recovery, I meant 'android system recovery'
It gives me the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from USB drive
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Is any of the above useful?
Unfortunately, I do not have any alternative recovery software available
Edit: Googling I found this: "Apply update from ADB: The Android Debug Bridge allows you to plug your device into your PC and issue commands from there. "
If I can issue commands through ADB, perhaps there is a command to copy data from my phone to my computer?
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Yes, you can copy through adb commands..
Get and extract Minimal ADB and Fastboot from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
From PC, run CMD to extracted folder directory.
Connect phone to PC, go to update from ADB(in recovery),
Type "adb device" , it will show serial number and connected..
Then "adb pull /sdcard " (if you know particular directory of data then write it like /sdcard/photos,, otherwise writing /sdcard will copy all folders from your phone. )
it will start copying to same adb folder ..

____Mdd said:
Yes, you can copy through adb commands..
Get and extract Minimal ADB and Fastboot from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
From PC, run CMD to extracted folder directory.
Connect phone to PC, go to update from ADB(in recovery),
Type "adb device" , it will show serial number and connected..
Then "adb pull /sdcard " (if you know particular directory of data then write it like /sdcard/photos,, otherwise writing /sdcard will copy all folders from your phone. )
it will start copying to same adb folder ..
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Thanks for the advice.
I followed the instructions closely, and nearly got there.
adb devices returns
#serialnumber sideload
so all good
but adb pull /sdcard returns
adb: error connect failed: closed
I tried several other commands with no success
kill-server and start-server work fine but do not solve the problem
adb usb returns
error closed
So, I am starting thinking that the problem is in the bootloader being locked.
However, if I unlock it, it will be wipe all my data, I understand?
Googling about it, I found this:
The behavior is status-by-design. Your stock recovery is not designed to grant shell access. Your only choice here is to somehow manage to flash a custom recovery. – Firelord Dec 30 '15 at 14:19
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To achieve something similar to what @FireLord suggested: TWRP can be booted on many devices without being installed. For that, find a matching image, then boot to the bootloader and run fastboot boot twrp.img. Btw: you can check with fastboot devices resp. adb devices whether a device is visible to the corresponding tool. – Izzy♦ Jul 8 '16 at 19:40
So I understand one could boot TWRP without installing it, but I am not sure if that means I could do that with the bootloader locked?
I found WugFresh nexus root toolkit which seems to do that, among many other things, but again it warns that the phone must be unlocked (using the android build "Android *.* Any", I did not know what else to choose, not sure if that makes any difference as for locked/unlocked requirements)
EDIT: my fastboot screen reads "FASTBOOT STATUS - Failbootloader locked" as the last line, when trying to run TWRP without installing.

Yes, unlocking bootloader will wipe everything..
What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex.

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Yes, unlocking bootloader will wipe everything..
What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex.
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What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
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A very good question, to which I have no answer, unfortunately.
The phone was used by my wife for 2 years and then by me for other 2. I recently changed the battery.
Never rooted or unlocked. No unusual apps installed. I am a very basic user, as you might have guessed, and being my only phone at the moment, I really would not risk experimenting with it.
It went very slow over the last 4 months, so I was planning to reset it.
I put in my coat pocket for a few hours, when I took it out it had a train ticked stuck to the screen and was quite warm and on the lock screen. It froze, so I took the battery out and restarted it. From then on it is stuck in a loop, not sure why really.
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex
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That's good to know. I'll research more than.
It seems there might be a problem with the fastboot drivers on my computer, even selecting them from device manager did not work. Win7 refuses to install. The ADB drivers in theory work fine though.

If you have done nothing modification to system, then wiping data should work, but i have doubt if it also wipes personal data too, on TWRP it wipes data excepting /data/media/ which contains all personal data.. but don't know about wiping on stock recovery...
I hope you will find solution as soon as possible..
Regards.
PS. I can install stock recovery and try wiping /data.. and check what things get wiped.. but i need little time for that experiment...

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If you have done nothing modification to system, then wiping data should work, but i have doubt if it also wipes personal data too, on TWRP it wipes data excepting /data/media/ which contains all personal data.. but don't know about wiping on stock recovery...
I hope you will find solution as soon as possible..
Regards.
PS. I can install stock recovery and try wiping /data.. and check what things get wiped.. but i need little time for that experiment...
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Thanks so much.
Looking at google's documentation on the nexus:
You can remove data from your Pixel phone or Nexus device by resetting it to factory settings. Resetting to factory settings is also known as formatting the device or doing a "hard reset".
If you're factory resetting your device to fix an issue, make sure that you've tried all other troubleshooting options first. Find out how to troubleshoot your issue.
Important: Performing a factory reset will erase all data from the device.
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It would seem that indeed all data will be removed.
This point, I will research a bit more into drivers, in case that is what it's preventing adb pull from working.
I really need a working phone, so if that fails I will hard reset, then unlock, root, flash in an alternative bootloader and perhaps a rom, and put ubuntu touch in dual boot. That will hopefully prevent me from loosing data in the future.
Sorry, this is out of topic to my question, but, , could you suggest any stable, solid rom for the nexus?
I read good things of CM12, and I ran into one which seemed to do to quite well with split windows, but I do not remember the name right now.
EDIT: I remember the name of the rom now, it's https://omnirom.org/about/

A last question if you can..
I tried to solve my boot loop problem by sideloading an update from google (maguro yakju yakju-jwr66y-factory-4cadea65.zip)
It loaded it fine but then failed because the installation it says it is not signed.
Basically, being a stock bootloader recovery from Samsung, it will only sideload OTAs from samsung, not the stock ones from google..
I cannot find the samsung ones anywhere, not for the nexus anyway, just the newer devices..
By any chance do you know where I could download proper Samsung OTA zip updates for the nexus?

Well, I talked with an android developer who confirmed that, unless you have a friend working in criminal forensic technology or similar, there is no way to get around a lock on this phone to pull data out.
So, sadly, I have wiped my phone by unlocking it, flashed TWRP and then omnirom with gapps.
My photos are gone, including a bunch of stuff my kid had made and asked me to photograph for safeeping. Very safe indeed
He kept asking me why they make the lock like that, instead of allowing some kind of password, perhaps he has a point.
So, it is quite unlikely that somebody who knows as little as I did will ever read this *before* finding themselves in the same situation.
But if you do, back up your data, unlock and flash TWRP, clockworks or some alternative, and thank yourself if and when disaster strikes..

@mcaldo wiping data/factory reset in STOCK RECOvERY will wipe everything... There is very few chances to get backup...
And yeah i found something interesting..
You can flash system.img.. only system files will be corrected not anything else..
Get appropriate zip from here : https://developers.google.com/android/images
Now take system.img to ADB/Fastboot folder ( i assume you know how it works )
Just go "Fastboot flash system system.img"
It will rewrite system partition..
Another one:
See downloads on this thread..
One says NON-WIPE, if you want me to try that zip, i will again require time for that. See here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-restore-to-stock-unbrick-galaxy-t2065470
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I don't saw your reply, it was on next page.. its sad... Sorry i am late..