The Gnex became very slow and there were apps and processes constantly crashing.
Did a factory reset, and the phone got bricked. The screen was just black, it didn't show a sign of life, not even the google logo.
Then I tried to unbrick it with OMAP flash or something, then it booted, showed the google logo, and then the nexus logo.
Then it crashed and rebooted.
I tried reflashing the stock rom using odin.
That didn't do a thing.
Next, I installed TWRP recovery and installed Cyanogenmod and Gapps.
And its still in bootloop.
I don't know what to do now, please help me!!
Is it still fixable??
Thanks in advance
DaanDeAap said:
The Gnex became very slow and there were apps and processes constantly crashing.
Did a factory reset, and the phone got bricked. The screen was just black, it didn't show a sign of life, not even the google logo.
Then I tried to unbrick it with OMAP flash or something, then it booted, showed the google logo, and then the nexus logo.
Then it crashed and rebooted.
I tried reflashing the stock rom using odin.
That didn't do a thing.
Next, I installed TWRP recovery and installed Cyanogenmod and Gapps.
And its still in bootloop.
I don't know what to do now, please help me!!
Is it still fixable??
Thanks in advance
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"Did a factory reset, and the phone got bricked. The screen was just black, it didn't show a sign of life, not even the google logo." - Why did you think it was "bricked"? Did the battery die? Also, why did you use OMAPflash before trying to recover the device with fastboot/factory images (or even odin)?
That said...
Are you 100% sure it flashed TWRP? Did you wipe data/factory reset before flashing CM/Gapps?
Anyways... boot to fastboot (device turned off, hold down both vol keys+power until you see the android flying, big "START" letters at the top, small letters on the lower left corner), then flash factory images. Don't use any toolkits, learn fastboot if you have too.
Wel,I thought the phone was bricked because it wouldn't boot up properly. I tried omap flash because it was the first thing I found about fixing a bricked Samsung. I know the bith volume Keys + power but the phone wouldn't do anything. It didn't even boot in fastboot.
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Hi,
I've attempted the JB update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737899..
fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.. which said all was well..
But now find that my phone will not boot up, doesn't get past the Google and unlock screen.
I've tried all combinations of volume buttons, I can get to the fasboot menu where I can choose either Recovery Mode, Power Off, Start or Restart bootloader.
None of these appear to do anything, recovery goes to the google a screen followed by an Android on it's back with an exclamation mark over it.. then goes to the Google and unlocked icon screen and stays there...
I fear my phone is bricked... Please help..
bevnet said:
Hi,
I've attempted the JB update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737899..
fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.. which said all was well..
But now find that my phone will not boot up, doesn't get past the Google and unlock screen.
I've tried all combinations of volume buttons, I can get to the fasboot menu where I can choose either Recovery Mode, Power Off, Start or Restart bootloader.
None of these appear to do anything, recovery goes to the google a screen followed by an Android on it's back with an exclamation mark over it.. then goes to the Google and unlocked icon screen and stays there...
I fear my phone is bricked... Please help..
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1.) Your phone is far from bricked at all. You have access to the boot loader (i.e. the screen with the options). The recovery you're seeing is stock recovery. All you need to do is go into boot loader and fastboot flash recovername (CWM) and you will have your custom recovery back to wipe data and reinstall a rom or restore a nandroid backup
Mine is doing the same thing, weird thing is, it was working since yesterday on jellybean, it just randomly froze this morning and and now won't boot..
im currently at work so i don't have admin rights to do a fastboot flash..
any idea why it would randomly stop working when i havn't flashed anything on it besides the jb rom?
Sorted..
Thanks for the comments.. yeah i was over-reacting a bit there..
I downloaded the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit, got a stock rom form gopogle, flashed it.. back to normal, well, it will be after i restore the CWM backup i took.. phew..
Thanks again
Ian.
Still stuck
I'm also stuck in the same situation(google with the unlock screen). I fear I'm a little more stuck. I also can see the recovery/restartbootloader screen. However, everything I try still comes back to that same google screen and gets hung up. Need some help!
this has happened twice today and i think it from using volume+
Steelbully said:
I'm also stuck in the same situation(google with the unlock screen). I fear I'm a little more stuck. I also can see the recovery/restartbootloader screen. However, everything I try still comes back to that same google screen and gets hung up. Need some help!
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Boot into recovery, wipe cache, Reboot
Hi guys,
I've got a big problem with my Gnex. I was running AOSPAL Paranoid SaberDroid ROM with Dirty V kernel and Nephilim's settings. Just the read ahead buffer was set as default so it was 512 I think. I think I just forgot to change it. Everything was ok and then I changed RAB to this value about 4000 (max). I started antutu benchmark and while it was running the phone restarted and got into boot loop. I don't know if it was the reason of the issue, but I wanted to tell you all the circumstances. When I tried to turn it on the Google logo appeared and then the system loading animation started, after about 3-5 seconds it restarted and so over and over again. I was able to enter recovery mode, so I wiped cache and dalvik cache. Nothing changed. I flashed Dirty V kernel again, thinking that settings would turn back to default, but it also didn't change anything. I flashed franco kernel, and also nothing happened. I returned nandroid backup but it also didn't help with this boot loop. Then I wiped cache, dalvik cache, system, data and clean flashed SaberDroid ROM with stock kernel and PA gapps. Nothing. I plugged my phone to computer and flashed Google factory image using WugFresh Toolkit, so it wiped everything unrooted my phone and flashed stock clean 4.1.2 android and everything. I thought that will solve my problem, but also it didn't help. Nexus is still in boot loop - it keeps restarting when there is nexus logo animation. I was scared at that moment. I forgot to mention, that I could get to fastboot mode, recovery and the battery logo was showing correctly when phone was plugged to charger. Then I locked the bootloader so it is completly stock right now, it just doesn't turn on...
I read the topic about omap flashing, but as I understand it is for those devices, which can not turn into fastboot mode (and mine does) and then the solution is to flash google factory image, what I did... When phone is turned off and plugged to computer the device menager shows for 2 secs omap4440, and when it is in fastboot mode and plugged to comp it shows normally as Android Phone (Google Galaxy Nexus BootLoader Interface, because I had drivers installed to use the Toolkit.
It is all what I could do and I don't know what else could be done to ressurect my loved Gnex .
Do You guys know what's going on?
Please help me.
I think I have read somewhere in the Dirty V thread that some bug in the kernel was causing the Google logo boot loop. Have you tried using 0sm0sis' Emergency Kernel Cleaning Script listed in his signature? I remember him telling someone to use that script in the kernel thread.
osm0sis's zip only restores kernel tweaks and settings to default. I didn't try it, but now I don't have to, because I don't have any custom kernel right now. My phone is pure stock.
Yesterday I tried omap flashing, and it run properly, but also didn't change anything. I also flashed Google factory image again after omap flashing.
Any other tips? It doesn't look optimistic ;/. Maybe it's hardware? But I thought reboot loops are connected to software and it is soft brick, which can be repaired.
NOTE: This device is not mine, it belongs to my girlfriend and I am the one troubleshooting for her.
here goes:
Yesterday, while a friend of my girlfriend's was playing with her Galaxy Nexus (my GF's), it suddenly rebooted itself without warning.
From what I understand, Nexus bootloops that are caused by faulty flashing usually loops at the "Google" logo (correct me if I'm wrong). Her's is a different story, her Galaxy Nexus is pure stock, locked bootloader, un-rooted and definitely nothing custom on in; literally pure stock. Instead of looping at the "Google" logo, her GNexus loops at the "X" logo, my assumption is that there is something, maybe a rogue app, that is causing her device to bootloop upon reaching startup phase.
I know this isn't a software/ROM level issue since we were able to get to her lockscreen a few times and then the phone reboots after a few seconds. I've tried wiping cache but didn't work, and she won't let me try wipe data/factory reset because she has a lot of important files on her phone. So odin flashing and wipe data/factory reset is out of the question.
so here are some details that might be of interest:
1.) Her phone is not rooted and is pure stock android 4.1.2
2.) does not have custom recovery
3.) does not have usb debugging enabled (not sure, but I assume it's not enabled)
4.) can still boot to fastboot/recovery/download mode
5.) reboots at the X logo
So the basic troubleshooting methods are out, now I'm thinking of using adb pull to extract files from her phone via adb, but problem is, usb debugging is off! Is there any way of recovering her files at least without booting to the ROM itself so I can flash another version of android on it (via odin)?
I've also read about "safe mode" that boots the device without starting up 3rd party apps, only the core essentials. I'd like to go down that route if possible, but we've tried most of the guides on how to boot into safe mode but to no avail. There was one time though that the device booted up and she managed to: open power menu > hold power off > reboot to safe mode, but nothing happened, it just rebooted only to get stuck at the X again.
I may be overthinking this, so I've turned to XDA for help. I know you guys don't like people asking n00bish queries but I've exhausted everything I can think of and I'd like to try everything before I go down the route where I can possibly do even more damage.
I really need help with this, anyone have any ideas? We'd really appreciate it!
Unlock, flash custom recovery, wipe system, data, cache, dalvik cache and flash 4.3 factory image. Problem solved.
i have a stock rooted nexus 7 2013 wifi running 5.1.0 that i attempted to do a full reset on in twrp. it wiped everything ok, booted past the splash screen but from there i just got a blank screen. if i hit the power button i could see the backlight going on and off, but that was all. if i held the power button the power down menu would pop up and i could power down, this behavior persisted through a reboot. so i fired up my skipsoft toolkit to flash the latest factory image and it failed part way through, the screen got cleared before i could see what the error was. no big deal, ill just try it again except that now my device isnt recognized. i can get to fastboot and recovery, but if i try to boot it just stays on the google logo. when i plug the device into my computer (win 8.1) it tells me device not recognized. it recognizes my girlfriends nexus 7 just fine, identical hardware. what can i do now? thanks!
anyone?
Try to flash a factory image. Though this is not a Nexus 7 topic, the procedure is similar:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3115981
Hey guys,
So I've been running on stock EPD1 and everything had been running smoothly. Last night my phone randomly shut down, even though it was at full battery. After trying to restart it, I got stuck in almost a boot loop. It would boot, and during the Samsung animation, it would freeze and restart. This would happen twice until the phone gave up I guess and the phone stays at a black screen with either a constant blue LED, or a blinking whitish-purple LED. I have tried using ODIN to flash back to stock EPD1 and EPF1. Both were successful in ODIN, but didn't solve anything. I can flash TWRP, but flashing any ROMs doesn't help. Wiping Data, System, Cache, and formatting hasn't done anything as well. I also used the Smart Switch and Kies emergency software recovery and initialization features. Again, both said they were successful, but didn't change anything. Sometimes the boot gets to the point where it says "Android is optimizing apps," but once that finishes, it crashes again. Am I 100% screwed? Thanks to anyone that can offer some advice.
Small update: After using the emergency recovery feature in Kies once more, the phone booted to the green "Android is starting..." screen and it counted through 35 apps and said it was starting. It crashed at that point. Not sure if that's progress.