Hello,
I've been searching for a while now to solve my problem, but I haven't found anything yet and hope that you might be able to help me here.
My Galaxy Nexus doesn't boot anymore, it get's stuck everytime on the "Google"-screen. I haven't done any updates or anything else. The last night it was working I just switched to flight mode and went to sleep, leaving it with about 70 percent of battery. The next morning it didn't turn on and when I connected it to the charger, it showed me an empty battery and started charging as usual.
However, I'm running the phone in stock with the latest official update (Jellybean 4.3.1 Yakju Maguro I guess) and I haven't done any custom changes like rooting, unlocking etc.
It's still possible to access ODIN mode and the bootloader. I tried with cache wiping and reboot system, but it didn't work.
I have important personal data on the phone, which I can hopefully recover. That's why I didn't try the hard reset yet.
My computer still recognizes the phone when I connect it via USB. It just doesn't show up in Windows Explorer, so I can't transfer any data this way.
If you have any idea, how to recover my data and to rescue my phone I would be really grateful.
Thanks for any help and advise.
Search up for Google factory images and try to reinstall using the guide on their page
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macromoto said:
Hello,
I've been searching for a while now to solve my problem, but I haven't found anything yet and hope that you might be able to help me here.
My Galaxy Nexus doesn't boot anymore, it get's stuck everytime on the "Google"-screen. I haven't done any updates or anything else. The last night it was working I just switched to flight mode and went to sleep, leaving it with about 70 percent of battery. The next morning it didn't turn on and when I connected it to the charger, it showed me an empty battery and started charging as usual.
However, I'm running the phone in stock with the latest official update (Jellybean 4.3.1 Yakju Maguro I guess) and I haven't done any custom changes like rooting, unlocking etc.
It's still possible to access ODIN mode and the bootloader. I tried with cache wiping and reboot system, but it didn't work.
I have important personal data on the phone, which I can hopefully recover. That's why I didn't try the hard reset yet.
My computer still recognizes the phone when I connect it via USB. It just doesn't show up in Windows Explorer, so I can't transfer any data this way.
If you have any idea, how to recover my data and to rescue my phone I would be really grateful.
Thanks for any help and advise.
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I think it's in bootloop. Try flashing the stock ROM through fastboot using CMD.
It worked for me.
Android Wizard said:
I think it's in bootloop. Try flashing the stock ROM through fastboot using CMD.
It worked for me.
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Do you have any links with further instructions for me?
How about my personal data on the phone? Is there still a chance to recover it when I use this method?
Thanks.
I'm still looking for a solution...
I tried to flash with wugfresh Nexus toolkit, but it's not possible since the bootloader is locked.
Is there any way to get access to my personal data such as pictures???
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So I am the proud owner of a shiny, new Galaxy Nexus (GSM). Unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM recovery and was doing great. Today I decided to install the volume fix. Installed the zip through recovery, completed and rebooted. The phone got stuck in a bootloop over and over and over and over and would not boot Android at all. Did a ton of research here and everywhere and, in a panic, I booted into CWM recovery, reset the cache & did a full factory reset. NOW, the phone will not go past the Google bootscreen with the unlock symbol, no matter what I do. AND, I can't even flash the original google image because I can't get in to set USB debugging so my computer won't even recognize the phone (FYI, I'm on a Mac). I am at a complete loss and don't know what to do. If I could only get the computer to recognize the phone I could flash the original google image through Terminal, but alas, I can't. Any ideas? If I can somehow get this phone back up and running I would be eternally grateful. For now, I think I may be SOL. Thanks....
This happened to me, I was not able to solve the issue, even though I could push and pull data to and from the device via ADB. I could still not get past the google logo. I decided to lock the boot loader again and return to the store for a new device.
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/msg/2cd2b16ed56a7e84
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hartford said:
So I am the proud owner of a shiny, new Galaxy Nexus (GSM). Unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM recovery and was doing great. Today I decided to install the volume fix. Installed the zip through recovery, completed and rebooted. The phone got stuck in a bootloop over and over and over and over and would not boot Android at all. Did a ton of research here and everywhere and, in a panic, I booted into CWM recovery, reset the cache & did a full factory reset. NOW, the phone will not go past the Google bootscreen with the unlock symbol, no matter what I do. AND, I can't even flash the original google image because I can't get in to set USB debugging so my computer won't even recognize the phone (FYI, I'm on a Mac). I am at a complete loss and don't know what to do. If I could only get the computer to recognize the phone I could flash the original google image through Terminal, but alas, I can't. Any ideas? If I can somehow get this phone back up and running I would be eternally grateful. For now, I think I may be SOL. Thanks....
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Hey All,
New to XDA but been using this site years so my level of Android knowledge is not bad.
I am currently having a huge problem with my Nexus. I used Google Apps encryption on it recently and that seems to have bricked my phone. I am unable to reset to factory settings to wipe the encryption as recommended by Google and I am stuck now with a bricked Nexus.
I also tried flashing stock roms with Odin which appears to work but the encryption still remains. All I am trying to do is put the stock back on my phone and re-root but I am having no joy. When using CWM to flash a new rom the system does not mount in recovery mode so I can't load any other roms. I have also tried the fastboot method but it stalls on waiting for device all the time.
If anyone has seen this and can help or if anyone just knows how to fix it please help me! I am stuck now with a useless Nexus. I should have just left it alone but as usual I couldn't.
Any help would be so appreciated. Thank you.
By some chance is your phone both rooted with CWM?
Hey, yeah it was so when I did a factory reset it could'nt use the stock bootloader so it didn't know how to wipe it. Unfortunetly once you apply encryption from a Google Apps the only way to remove is to factory reset.
I got around it by fastbooting the stock bootloader, radio and image from Google. Then I completed a manual reset using the original bootloader.
A world of hurt really! I have learned a lot but never going near Google Apps encryption again. It also slowed down the phone too.
Anyhow all sorted now, re rooted and running revolution rom now.
theres another thread with a guy who had the same problem. I wonder if vzw nexus has an issue with encrypting...
If the phone wasn't rooted I would have had no issues. It is simply a problem when it comes to loading roms. In CWM the recovery cant mount the data/system so you can't flash anything. Also doing a factory reset from settings doesnt work because the phone is looking for a stock bootloader which it doesn't have once you root. So I ended up in a loop and could do nothing. Fortunetly I learned all about adb and fastboot this morning, never heard of them before and that allowed me to reload stock and unroot. I still had to wipe the phone using the bootloader as I couldn't get into the phone or past the encryption.
If anyone is having issues with this I will gladly help as I really thought that my phone was bricked and was very frustrated. The only way I got help was from a guy on this tread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392037&page=3
Hi, I'm new to android and xda forum please don't mind if I'm asking some dumb questions.
I recently got the Galaxy S II T989D From telus and i upgraded from 2.3.5 to ICS 4.0.3 via Kies. The situation here is that everything was fine until I upgraded to ICS. The phone started acting weird with all sorts of glitches: it would auto reboot at times, battery won't charge when plugged in, phone when turned off auto turns on, and sometimes the phone enters into this 'random screen' on its own.
I would like to reflash back to Gingerbread 2.3.5 but I'm not sure what are the steps i should take, how i can back up my files, where to find the files for the stock rom and what some of the precautions i should realize before doing so. Thank you in advance, any input is greatly appreciated!
Do a factory reset.
Aww, i tried but now the phone has even more problems. The phone is not recognized when connect through USB, i tried everything to fix it but doesnt work. Now the phone wont even charge
kenn1029 said:
Aww, i tried but now the phone has even more problems. The phone is not recognized when connect through USB, i tried everything to fix it but doesnt work. Now the phone wont even charge
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Can you describe your problems in a bit more detail?
If your phone is rooted, download a stock Telus ROM (somewhere here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1332), reboot into recovery and make a backup. Then do a factory reset, wipe cache and then flash the ROM. Next, wipe Dalvik cache, fix permissions, and reboot.
It seems like you already did a factory reset so there isn't much point to backing up data now.
If you're new to flashing and etc, you can find guides for all the processes described or ask here.
Thanks Arcsine, I flashed the phone back to 2.3.5 yesterday I'm not sure if that fixed some of the many glitches i've been experiencing but time will tell. Again, thank you for your input; much appreciated.
Hi
My GNex (Unlocked GSM variant) is rebooting continuously. I'm on Resurrection Remix rom (not blaming the rom, just mentioning it), TWRP: 2.8.5.0
The phone boots up, shows the lock screen and reboots within 10 seconds. This is happening continuously....
I booted into Recovery and did a restore(of existing nandroid)/wiped/repaired/re-partitioned but nothing works, it'd just say successful but the ROM/Data doesnt change at all.
Tried flashing via ODIN, but it fails after transmitting system.img to the device. Tried using pit also. Used different cables/USB ports/machines just to be sure.
Once after the phone booted up, I somehow managed to disable the Wifi (in 10 seconds that the phone was ON)and it got disconnected. And after the auto-reboot the wifi somehow was still ON.
I assume that the memory blocks have gone to read-only mode.
Similar thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/xda-assist/galaxy-nexus-restarting-continuously-t3046586
I'm posting it here for visibility. Please help
Regards,
sasuketobi
Have you tried installing the latest factory image from Google?
If not, just download it (I cannot post links now, because I have less than 10 posts, but you can google it by yourself - galaxy nexus factory image)
For GSM maguro, use yakju or takju with Google Wallet support.
Extract zip somewhere to your PC, connect your Nexus with your PC in bootloader mode and run flash-all.bat.
After this, you will have fully working 4.3 stock Android.
Then you should try again flashing recovery, custom rom and kernel.
LamarrCZ said:
Have you tried installing the latest factory image from Google?
If not, just download it (I cannot post links now, because I have less than 10 posts, but you can google it by yourself - galaxy nexus factory image)
For GSM maguro, use yakju or takju with Google Wallet support.
Extract zip somewhere to your PC, connect your Nexus with your PC in bootloader mode and run flash-all.bat.
After this, you will have fully working 4.3 stock Android.
Then you should try again flashing recovery, custom rom and kernel.
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Hi,
I've tried this and also using the flashboot commands separately but with no luck. Thanks for your suggestion though.
sasuketobi said:
Hi
My GNex (Unlocked GSM variant) is rebooting continuously. I'm on Resurrection Remix rom (not blaming the rom, just mentioning it), TWRP: 2.8.5.0
The phone boots up, shows the lock screen and reboots within 10 seconds. This is happening continuously....
I booted into Recovery and did a restore(of existing nandroid)/wiped/repaired/re-partitioned but nothing works, it'd just say successful but the ROM/Data doesnt change at all.
Tried flashing via ODIN, but it fails after transmitting system.img to the device. Tried using pit also. Used different cables/USB ports/machines just to be sure.
Once after the phone booted up, I somehow managed to disable the Wifi (in 10 seconds that the phone was ON)and it got disconnected. And after the auto-reboot the wifi somehow was still ON.
I assume that the memory blocks have gone to read-only mode.
Similar thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/xda-assist/galaxy-nexus-restarting-continuously-t3046586
I'm posting it here for visibility. Please help
Regards,
sasuketobi
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If every attempt to revive your phone fails, then I'm afraid that you will have to replace the motherboard in your phone
Wish39 said:
If every attempt to revive your phone fails, then I'm afraid that you will have to replace the motherboard in your phone
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Yeah, I've been thinking the same. Tried everything that I can and it's still in the same state.
Hi,
today my Galaxy Nexus started doing the same things you described. All trys to factory reset the phone or to flash a new rom were worthless. Did you get a solution for the Problem or did you change the motherboard?
Thank you for your help
Jochen
Even my keeps on rebooting continuously.. did any one find any solution...Please help..Thanks in anticipation of your cooperation..
same here, if anyone could help I would appreciate
Hey! Need a little help. I updated to Android 11 Beta 2. Now my phone is stuck on a boot loop. A li'l different though, phone boots up normally and stays on the lockscreen and alive. Can receive calls. But once I unlock with the pattern it shows ' Phone is starting' works for a good 2 seconds and then ends up on infinite bootloop until I Power down. How do I access my files on PC ? If I can get just few files out of it then maybe I can perform a factory reset . Please HELP!
kkrazzyyguy said:
Hey! Need a little help. I updated to Android 11 Beta 2. Now my phone is stuck on a boot loop. A li'l different though, phone boots up normally and stays on the lockscreen and alive. Can receive calls. But once I unlock with the pattern it shows ' Phone is starting' works for a good 2 seconds and then ends up on infinite bootloop until I Power down. How do I access my files on PC ? If I can get just few files out of it then maybe I can perform a factory reset . Please HELP!
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some older app is causing the loop you mayneed to factory reset through recovery or flash factory images to ur devices ,( please backup your all data and i will advice you to remove the screen lock if possible as it may cause issues after flashing older or newer images
That's what I am asking. How do I backup?
kkrazzyyguy said:
That's what I am asking. How do I backup?
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I use this tool in my computer to update my phone.
Make sure to follow and read the instructions.
Since you're phone is in boot loop, put your phone in into bootloader
https://flash.android.com/welcome?continue=/custom
Facing the same trouble, did it help?
Hi, I finally managed to solve this!! Was able to get the phone working with data intact.
So I got exactly the same problem yesterday and was looking around for a solution when I bumped on this thread, the solution suggested to use Android Flash Tool can work only if the bootloader is already unlocked, USB debugging is on and you edit the flash.bat file to remove -w from the command line, which would not work in my case since my bootloader is locked and unlocking through ADB would wipe all data
So the only good solution is to do an OTA UPDATE USING ADB SIDELOAD, I just downloaded the OTA file, connected the phone to computer, booted into recovery and used ADB to sideload the OTA and boom, the phone is its pristine self again, with ALL DATA intact