Hi XDA,
my brother got his GNex wet and gave it to me. I took it apart entirely and let it dry overnight, I assembled it back together today but I can't get into the OS.
Bootloader, Fastboot, Download-Mode, recovery and ADB sideload all work fine but if I want to boot into the OS it just keeps rebooting at the Google-logo with the little lock at the bottom.
What I've tried so far:
Reflash the stock ROM via the Nexus Root Toolkit
Repartition and reflash stock ROM via Odin
Flash CyanogenMod in CWM
I've tried all of the above multiple times, I can't get it to boot.
Could it be that the internal memory is defective? If so, is there any tool that I could use to test it? Can I partiton "around" the defective parts?
Thanks for your time and help.
Juat use fastboot and no toolkit. Flash the factory image..
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Juat use fastboot and no toolkit. Flash the factory image..
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That's essentially exactly the same, all the toolkit does is execute the commands automatically
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That's essentially exactly the same, all the toolkit does is execute the commands automatically
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Fastboot does too with less failure chance and more input on what went wrong.
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Fastboot does too with less failure chance and more input on what went wrong.
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Okay I just did that according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/how-to-return-to-stock-galaxy-nexus-t1626895 but it still doesn't boot properly. Any ideas?
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I just noticed that:
http://i.imgur.com/hUJPul7.jpg
Could it be that the Cache-partition is defective or something?
No ideas? :/
Err thats recovery. Not fastboot. But maybe your internal memory has died.. But I sont know sure yet.
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mrgnex said:
Err thats recovery. Not fastboot. But maybe your internal memory has died.. But I sont know sure yet.
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I can get to fastboot and download-mode as well, that's how I flashed the ROM and the stock recovery
No ideas? :/
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I wiped the sd card like a retard... and now don't have a rom to flash.
What do?
I can't find how to mount the sd card.
You have to adb push the Rom to your phone. Hopefully you have the android sdk installed, a quick Google search will provide you with instructions on how to push the file
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florelui001p said:
You have to adb push the Rom to your phone. Hopefully you have the android sdk installed, a quick Google search will provide you with instructions on how to push the file
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You can adb from recovery?
You can also use fastboot to recover yourself
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asb123 said:
You can adb from recovery?
You can also use fastboot to recover yourself
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Yup! It has saved me multiple times!
To OP this might be useful http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20166-adb-while-in-recovery-mode/
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It looks like you can use the GNex Toolkit to flash stock rom from fastboot mode (option 9).
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It looks like you can use the GNex Toolkit to flash stock rom from fastboot mode (option 9).
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Are you getting payed or something man?
Why are you suggesting a toolkit, which will then use fastboot, to reflash a whole rom, a stock rom at that, when he has access to a custom recovery, thus he can get himself out of this mess and learn a thing or two about adb (adb can do more than just a simple copy operation).
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iArtisan said:
I wiped the sd card like a retard... and now don't have a rom to flash.
What do?
I can't find how to mount the sd card.
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I flashed the stock back using odin.
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Adb sucks tool kits tool kits tool kits. I've grown sick of ADB. Just personal preference.
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Erased everything from twrp 2.20 now it doesnt get past the google logo it says i have no OS installed. Im rooted on 4.1.1 how can i install the OS???
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you formatted the system partition.
i assume you formatted your SD card. so you have 2 choices
1) you download whatever custom rom you want on your pc and use: adb push locationofrom /data/media/
2) you use fastboot to restore to stock.
How can i use fastboot to restore to stock?
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Adb push to move roms to the phone
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afgomar said:
How can i use fastboot to restore to stock?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
adding to that, adb only works in recovery. from fastboot, restart recovery, push a rom, flash it. no need to reflash stock images in this situation, imo.
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kyokeun1234 said:
Adb push to move roms to the phone
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how can i do this? it seems like its not too hard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
forgot to mention i have the sprint galaxy nexus
afgomar said:
forgot to mention i have the sprint galaxy nexus
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There is the nexus toolkit that has all you need. Its stickied in the sprint section. You can flash a ROM through there.
FrostyF7 said:
There is the nexus toolkit that has all you need. Its stickied in the sprint section. You can flash a ROM through there.
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good god no
learn to use adb and this wont be a problem
Instead of toolkit, I would Odin back to stock, and start over from there
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gagb1967 said:
Instead of toolkit, I would Odin back to stock, and start over from there
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how does odin work? is it easier than adb?
Zepius said:
good god no
learn to use adb and this wont be a problem
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im downloading adb right now
i cant use adb because the computer wont recognize the phone when plugged in since i can only get into recovery or bootloader
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Instead of toolkit, I would Odin back to stock, and start over from there
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God no, unless fastboot fails.
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afgomar said:
i cant use adb because the computer wont recognize the phone when plugged in since i can only get into recovery or bootloader
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adb is not the problem, your pc/windows is. adb is available IN recovery, not in bootloader, stop making that confusion jeez
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Problem solved fixed it using odin.
wow you guys are the best
this is why i love xda
thank you everyone for your help
Glad you fixed it. As you see, we all use different methods in the same situation, glad one of them worked for you.
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With android u don't have to worry about anything if it's software based problem. Every problem can be solved here. We've got the best devs here that make everything is just possible. That's what iphone users can't have. They have to wait for apple for every fixes while we don't.
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gagb1967 said:
Instead of toolkit, I would Odin back to stock, and start over from there
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Nice! This helped me out big time. Couldn't get my laptop to recognize my phone. Odin did it though. Thanks.
Phone stuck on loading animation, but can get into fastboot and Clockwork mod recovery. Unable to flash a new images using toolkit or adb as device not detected, please help?
You don't have any backups?
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Bricking your Gnex is not a easy task.
Just download the wugfresh's toolkit and click the 'back to stock' button with 'can't boot up' checked. That's it all you have to do now is just wait for a couple of minutes.
And finally you'll have your Gnex back to life.
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I do have a full adb backup but I can't see my device from my laptop.
[sarcasm]yeah yeah, your device is bricked[/sarcasm]
Have you tried usb jig? Gets your phone into dlmode.
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danishprakash said:
Bricking your Gnex is not a easy task.
Just download the wugfresh's toolkit and click the 'back to stock' button with 'can't boot up' checked. That's it all you have to do now is just wait for a couple of minutes.
And finally you'll have your Gnex back to life.
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This has worked a treat, thank you!
pliskin721 said:
Have you tried usb jig? Gets your phone into dlmode.
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NO. Only if you are REALLY bricked, cannot start bootloader, get into recovery, etc. That's actually quite hard to do. If you ever get stuck on the bootanimation or get bootloops:
1. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
3. If not working, re-flash ROM
4. If still not working, wipe data
5. If _still_ not working, go back to stock using any method.
Your welcome mate
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I have no OS right now because I did a "Format Data" in TWRP which wiped my internal storage, including the zip file. I'm doing this for a friend and not super familiar with the Nexus. Since there's no SD card, how can I get a zip file back onto the device to flash?
Current status:
TWRP
ADB drivers installed
Galaxy Nexus Toolkit can't do anything because it's getting that "USB Debugging is not enabled"
Currently trying this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Use fastboot and flash the stock nexus images provided by Google.
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USB debugging has nothing to do with recovery.
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Adb push a ROM.
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mrgnex said:
Adb push a ROM.
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Sdcard is formatted, I believe you need to boot up at least once to push files into it.
Fastboot stock ROM.
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Mach3.2 said:
Sdcard is formatted, I believe you need to boot up at least once to push files into it.
Fastboot stock ROM.
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No you can use adb in recovery.
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Ahhh... TWRP... you should use the nexus toolkit...
enricocid said:
Ahhh... TWRP... you should use the nexus toolkit...
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*facedesk*
a manta wrote this.
enricocid said:
Ahhh... TWRP... you should use the nexus toolkit...
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thanks for teaching the OP nothing.
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No you can use adb in recovery.
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*facefloor*
Of course you can use adb in recovery, what I'm trying to get across is that you may have to boot into android at least once to 'format' the sdcard, without a formatted sdcard, pushing a gazillion times won't work....
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*facedesk*
a manta wrote this.
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LMAO! I got a genuinely good laugh from that... :silly:
Back on topic... OP, can you boot into bootloader? Why not follow this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895 Its saved me on more than one occasion.
I use a tool kit called wugfresh nexus root toolkit it has everything you need this same thing has happened to me before.
sonic147862 said:
I use a tool kit called wugfresh nexus root toolkit it has everything you need this same thing has happened to me before.
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Thanks for perpetuating ignorance.
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like few others mentioned, connect your devices to PC push a rom and flash it, as far as i understand when you format the data, it formats the DATA, which means /data is formated so you can push a rom using ADB.
EDIT: PS: I might be wrong, but i'm no expert either so.
Hi all
i just bricked my nexus , it started to hang when i am in the browser a few months ago , every now and then but tolerable but as time went on it became worse and worse to the point that it was unbearable ,i cant even on it now , i formatted my phone but the problem is still here
i decided to sent it to a shop to repair and that man charged me 20bucks to do it , and ...it did nothing my phone is still in the same state i find him again and he said it might be caused due to some problems with the FLASH IC ...what? he said it's very costly and adviced me not to ...
so any help?
problems
phone hangs at '' google ''
computer can't detect my phone
cant enter recovery , only a dead android
Formatted it a few times but problem presist
tohno said:
Hi all
i just bricked my nexus , it started to hang when i am in the browser a few months ago , every now and then but tolerable but as time went on it became worse and worse to the point that it was unbearable ,i cant even on it now , i formatted my phone but the problem is still here
i decided to sent it to a shop to repair and that man charged me 20bucks to do it , and ...it did nothing my phone is still in the same state i find him again and he said it might be caused due to some problems with the FLASH IC ...what? he said it's very costly and adviced me not to ...
so any help?
problems
phone hangs at '' google ''
computer can't detect my phone
cant enter recovery , only a dead android
Formatted it a few times but problem presist
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You're stock?
That means the dead Android in recovery isnt that bad. Or is it fastboot mode? This isnt a bad brick only a softbrick..
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mrgnex said:
You're stock?
That means the dead Android in recovery isnt that bad. Or is it fastboot mode? This isnt a bad brick only a softbrick..
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when the restarting problem occurred i was using PA , then i formatted to stock 4.3 , the dead android was in recovery , i can enter fastboot , i tried a formatting called OMAP , my phone restarted and was able to get into the OS for like 3 seconds? then it went ape **** again btw whats a flash ic?
tohno said:
when the restarting problem occurred i was using PA , then i formatted to stock 4.3 , the dead android was in recovery , i can enter fastboot , i tried a formatting called OMAP , my phone restarted and was able to get into the OS for like 3 seconds? then it went ape **** again btw whats a flash ic?
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Did you try to flash the Factory image?
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mrgnex said:
You're stock?
That means the dead Android in recovery isnt that bad. Or is it fastboot mode? This isnt a bad brick only a softbrick..
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Did you try to flash the Factory image?
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yea i tried flashing to factory 4.2.2 and 4.1 , they are all okay for like 5 minutes then they go back to a bootloop
tohno said:
yea i tried flashing to factory 4.2.2 and 4.1 , they are all okay for like 5 minutes then they go back to a bootloop
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How did you flash them?
A toolkit? Or manually? Or the flash-all.bat?
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mrgnex said:
How did you flash them?
A toolkit? Or manually? Or the flash-all.bat?
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Hello, i have the same problem i can't use manually or flash-all.bat , just via ODIN i've tried to flash stock but when i turn off and turn on again phone go to odin mode automatically ???
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Hello, i have the same problem i can't use manually or flash-all.bat , just via ODIN i've tried to flash stock but when i turn off and turn on again phone go to odin mode automatically ???
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You cant use or dont know how to?
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mrgnex said:
You cant use or dont know how to?
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i tried a official rom i downloaded from sammobile after flash phone turned on and touch does not work cannot turn off i remove the battery when i turn on show me odin mode
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How did you flash them?
A toolkit? Or manually? Or the flash-all.bat?
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i m using galaxy nexus toolkit