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[Q] Semi-bricked Nexus and not sure what to do

So I made a mistake and I tried to flash the newest aokp build 3 without a backup. I got my new phone a while back and never made a backup.
I flashed build 3 and (accidentally) some old gapps and I kept getting stuck on the Google screen.
Next I tried pushing files through the Gnex tool kit and manually through fastboot. I keep getting errors that there is no insecure boot or that the device is not connected. attempts at a temporary insecure boot on the tool kit fail.
Next I tried a wipe and then just installing build 3 without google apps so I could add the correct one after boot, but it is again stuck.
So now I'm really not sure what to do. Any suggestions?

Rule number 1 : STOP using toolkits!!
now, can you get into cwm recovery?

Yes, I can gt into twrp everything I did except for trying to push the last files was through twrp
by the way, I have a Verizon Nexus
And as a side comment: The tool kit was used as a last ditch effort. The toolkit had nothing to do with bricking the device. The toolkit has been extremely useful for unlocking and rooting multiple devices quickly.

You could eithther try to flash back to stock or you could boot into TWRP & adb push a different ROM. (You did try Wipe Data / Factory Reset right?)

MK17 said:
Yes, I can gt into twrp everything I did except for trying to push the last files was through twrp
by the way, I have a Verizon Nexus
And as a side comment: The tool kit was used as a last ditch effort. The toolkit had nothing to do with bricking the device. The toolkit has been extremely useful for unlocking and rooting multiple devices quickly.
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I think what thegtfusion was trying to say was: if you wouldn't have used a toolkit in the past, you would have known how to fix your bootloop.
Buy anyway:
1) Boot into recovery and plug into your PC
2) Open a command prompt (in the folder where you have adb.exe and fastboot.exe)
3) Push the ROM (and kernel if it doesn't come with it) you want to flash to your device: adb push /path/to/ROM.zip /sdcard/
4) Reboot into fastboot mode
5) Erase your old ROM: fastboot erase system
6) Erase your old kernel: fastboot erase boot
7) Reboot into recovery
8) Wipe /data and /cache
9) Flash your ROM & kernel in recovery
10) Reboot. Done.
EDIT: Ninja'd by 3rdstring!

Screwing up is part of the learning process. It's actually a great way to learn how your phone really works.

Thanks for the reply. For some reason I can't get my device to be recognized on my new computer. I downloaded drivers, adb and fastboot and rebooted everything but it didn't work. I'll have to retry again on my other computer tomorrow.

MK17 said:
Thanks for the reply. For some reason I can't get my device to be recognized on my new computer. I downloaded drivers, adb and fastboot and rebooted everything but it didn't work. I'll have to retry again on my other computer tomorrow.
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Try uninstalling all drivers and reinstalling them.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Drivers

Thanks for the drivers. I uninstalled all of the drivers and used the universal one. Everything seems to work until I run 'adb devices' and my Galaxy Nexus is not listed.
I feel that my device is not getting seen because of something I have wrong, but after adb, fastboot, and the correct drivers I'm not sure.
PS - Even with the universal driver I still have to run adb and fastboot from the original directory that I installed them correct? I don't run them from the driver in anyway correct?

MK17 said:
Thanks for the drivers. I uninstalled all of the drivers and used the universal one. Everything seems to work until I run 'adb devices' and my Galaxy Nexus is not listed.
I feel that my device is not getting seen because of something I have wrong, but after adb, fastboot, and the correct drivers I'm not sure.
PS - Even with the universal driver I still have to run adb and fastboot from the original directory that I installed them correct? I don't run them from the driver in anyway correct?
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did you install android-sdk (and added adb/fastboot to your $PATH) or are you using binary versions of adb and fastboot downloaded elsewhere?
if it's the latter, commands should be run from the directory where you extracted them.
about the drivers, i think you need to go to device manager and update drivers manually to the ones you installed (refered here in the post before mine), assuming you're on windows.
sent from my i9250

You're booted into TWRP when trying adb?

Fixed! I ended up booting into recovery and the device was recognized in adb there. I was able to push fresh copies of aokp build 3 and gapps (my original build 3 download started failing) and now I just got done initiating swagger!

MK17 said:
Fixed! I ended up booting into recovery and the device was recognized in adb there. I was able to push fresh copies of aokp build 3 and gapps (my original build 3 download started failing) and now I just got done initiating swagger!
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he didnt have usb debugging on.
sent from my i9250

Just for understanding, USB debugging is only activated through recovery?

It's also under settings >> developer options so you can use adb while the android is running.

3rdstring said:
It's also under settings >> developer options so you can use adb while the android is running.
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Of course,but that is hard to get to when your phone doesn't boot

MK17 said:
Of course,but that is hard to get to when your phone doesn't boot
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USB Debugging needs to be enabled in Android for ADB to work in Android.
CWM and TWRP have USB Debugging enabled by default, so ADB will work fine in recovery with no other action from the user.

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Read this whole thread. THE WHOLE THING. Preferably thoroughly.

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AJThePwnapple said:
Even though I have a factory cable, do you want me to go into fastboot using your method?
I tried flashing the images but my computer doesn't recognize the device (can't install otter2-prod-04) and stays at <waiting for device>. Will it be different using your method?
Sorry if I come off a bit noobish, I'm brand new to this.
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you need the drivers (should have been mentioned on that thread.)
If you have a fbcable, use it. on windows, device manager, uninstall the current driver if there is any, and use KFU to install the fastboot driver. (only use kfu for the driver, don't do anything else.)

Nevermind, I resolved the problem. It was much easier than I thought, after hours of pulling my hair out.
I now have cm10.1 on my kindle.
Thanks so much anyway.

AJThePwnapple said:
Nevermind, I resolved the problem. It was much easier than I thought, after hours of pulling my hair out.
I now have cm10.1 on my kindle.
Thanks so much anyway.
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No problem, i'm happy to help

I had a similar problem when I did mine. (forgot to transfer the rom before wiping)
I could boot into TWRP so i just changed the permissions of the download folder and pushed the rom over from my PC

Same here...
obsolete1 said:
I had a similar problem when I did mine. (forgot to transfer the rom before wiping)
I could boot into TWRP so i just changed the permissions of the download folder and pushed the rom over from my PC
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I did the same. I wiped the rom when I was prepping for flash... I forgot I didn't have an SD card for the rom... Took me a few days to get ADB working on a Linux PC, then I sideloaded the rom.
Patience was key...

yudanjah said:
I did the same. I wiped the rom when I was prepping for flash... I forgot I didn't have an SD card for the rom... Took me a few days to get ADB working on a Linux PC, then I sideloaded the rom.
Patience was key...
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I deleted my data and so I can't install my ROM, my device read as Amazon Kindle Fire2 (I already installed CM10 and I'm just trying to update)and I can't sideload via TWRP since my device is not detected in adb, I can boot in fastboot, can I push the zip file from there? or any steps on how adb can recognize my device? I tried installing driver from KFU and updated my android SDK tools but still no devices found. I also tried to kill and restart adb and even amazon driver in extras via Android SDK.
Thanks for your help.

melvsmis ster said:
I deleted my data and so I can't install my ROM, my device read as Amazon Kindle Fire2 (I already installed CM10 and I'm just trying to update)and I can't sideload via TWRP since my device is not detected in adb, I can boot in fastboot, can I push the zip file from there? or any steps on how adb can recognize my device? I tried installing driver from KFU and updated my android SDK tools but still no devices found. I also tried to kill and restart adb and even amazon driver in extras via Android SDK.
Thanks for your help.
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I deleted my os with no backup and wiped all files but i could boot into twrp. I couldn't see my kindle or files when plugged into my computer. I booted into twrp and hit advanced then adb side load, I downloaded cm10 ROM into a new file named kindle on my computer renamed the ROM file cm, opened a command prompt in the file " kindle" and typed adb sideload cm.zip then enter and it pushed the file over rebooted and it was fixed. Not sure if anyone else recommended this, I did it about a month ago hope i didnt forget anything, good luck

gnandez said:
I deleted my os with no backup and wiped all files but i could boot into twrp. I couldn't see my kindle or files when plugged into my computer. I booted into twrp and hit advanced then adb side load, I downloaded cm10 ROM into a new file named kindle on my computer renamed the ROM file cm, opened a command prompt in the file " kindle" and typed adb sideload cm.zip then enter and it pushed the file over rebooted and it was fixed. Not sure if anyone else recommended this, I did it about a month ago hope i didnt forget anything, good luck
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My main problem with adb is it didnt recognize my device even i tried the ff:
-install driver from kfu
-install driver from amazon in extra via android sdk
-remove driver in device mngr then plug device to auto install driver
My fastboot is working but i didnt know the syntax to flash. Im thinking can i flash zip to system partition then just copy it to sd card via twrp file mngr? Or extract rom from zip then flash boot.img but im worried that twrp might be overwrtten?

melvsmeister said:
My main problem with adb is it didnt recognize my device even i tried the ff:
-install driver from kfu
-install driver from amazon in extra via android sdk
-remove driver in device mngr tn plug devicle to auto install driver
My fastboot is working but i didnt know the syntax to flash. Im thinking can i flash zip to system partition then just copy it to sd card via twrp file mngr? Or extract rom from zip then flash boot.img but im worried that twrp might be overwrtten?
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Sorry, I posted that because I'm just learning fast boot and adb and I looked for another way.. So I used the cmd prompt on windows to push my ROM onto my kindle sorry if I gave the impression I could help with fastboot. our problems seemed the same so I thought another way could help

gnandez said:
Sorry, I posted that because I'm just learning fast boot and adb and I looked for another way.. So I used the cmd prompt on windows to push my ROM onto my kindle sorry if I gave the impression I could help with fastboot. our problems seemed the same so I thought another way could help
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I guess I'm missing some steps here or maybe I need to do something to make it work since my adb is not detected in TWRP but I can have it if I let it boot to blue kindle logo. I'm still having a hard time in pushing ROM due to "No space left on device" error and even though I can push gapps I can't find it in TWRP. I'll just wait for someone who might had the same issue and have other solution to resolve this problem. Thanks for your help!:good:

[Q] adb Device Offline

I have been searching all over xda and google to try and solve this problem and I'm stuck. I'm trying to unlock the boot loader for my Nexus 7 (2013) that I just got yesterday and I have been following the video guide.
The problem I'm having is that when I do command "adb devices" it shows that my Nexus 7 is connected to my PC (windows 7) but it says "offline" and when I do "adb reboot bootloader" I get the error "device offline".
I have my device in developer mode and I enabled USB debugging in the settings already. In my search throughout the forums and followed the steps to make sure that my drivers were up to date. I tried doing it by manually selecting the drivers and by using the SDK Manager to install the Google USB drivers, neither of these fixed the problem.
I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, please help!

Have you tried rebooting into the bootloader manually then if "fastboot devices" work?

If you aren't seeing a popup on your tablet when adb tries to communicate with it, then you need to upgrade your adb client to the latest version.
They added some RSA verification step to the adb connection and if you have the old client it just says device offline.
You can update "platform-tools" in the sdk manager or find a download of just the adb, fastboot client and 2 libraries. If I remember the link I'll add it.
Here's the link for just the new ADB and libraries.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43842630#post43842630

Have u checked camera instead of mass storage? That's how I have to do it.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

Sounds like a driver issue.
Make sure you've got the correct drivers installed. Open up Device Manager in Windows 7 and manually update the driver - http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html

Read the tutorial and watch/follow the video: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2382051

Got this on a Mac today, on the first time I connected this device.
Updated to latest android-sdk, re-installed platform-tools, and it worked fine.

sfhub said:
If you aren't seeing a popup on your tablet when adb tries to communicate with it, then you need to upgrade your adb client to the latest version.
They added some RSA verification step to the adb connection and if you have the old client it just says device offline.
You can update "platform-tools" in the sdk manager or find a download of just the adb, fastboot client and 2 libraries. If I remember the link I'll add it.
Here's the link for just the new ADB and libraries.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43842630#post43842630
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Thanks for the response! I got the ADB part working and now I'm trying to finish with the rooting process.
edit: Only getting "database error" when trying to download the TWRP flashable zip

Forgot10- said:
Thanks for the response! I got the ADB part working and now I'm trying to finish with the rooting process.
edit: Only getting "database error" when trying to download the TWRP flashable zip
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Are you saying you have a download problem or a flashing problem?
The twrp archive I used wasn't a flashable zip. It was just a zip file with twrp.img archived.
You need to unzip and flash the twrp.img (it has a longer name) using
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

[Q] MTP USB Device: ADB lists no devices

Hi guys.
The phone is Xperia S.
I have installed CWM and wiped all partitions (except for sdcard) in order to prepare the phone for CM12.1 install.
Now I understand that my CWM version is outdated (5.5.0.4) and I need to install TWRP (which I had had installed before).
The problem is that when I plug in the phone, Windows registers it as MTP USB Device and I cannot uninstall/change drivers. adb devices lists no devices and I cannot do anything with the phone now.
Also, I have twrp.img on sdcard, but I'm not sure how to install it from CWM. When I was running TWRP before, adb was working fine.
So, I guess my problem can be fixed in two ways:
Install TWRP from CWM. I have twrp.img on sdcard, but CWM won't let me install it, I can't see it listed in file list.
Uninstall/change drivers for "MTP USB Device" so that adb works again.
Any help would be appreciated, as I cannot install anything on my phone now, and all I have is a CWM recovery on it.

Witchunter said:
Hi guys.
The phone is Xperia S.
I have installed CWM and wiped all partitions (except for sdcard) in order to prepare the phone for CM12.1 install.
Now I understand that my CWM version is outdated (5.5.0.4) and I need to install TWRP (which I had had installed before).
The problem is that when I plug in the phone, Windows registers it as MTP USB Device and I cannot uninstall/change drivers. adb devices lists no devices and I cannot do anything with the phone now.
Also, I have twrp.img on sdcard, but I'm not sure how to install it from CWM. When I was running TWRP before, adb was working fine.
So, I guess my problem can be fixed in two ways:
Install TWRP from CWM. I have twrp.img on sdcard, but CWM won't let me install it, I can't see it listed in file list.
Uninstall/change drivers for "MTP USB Device" so that adb works again.
Any help would be appreciated, as I cannot install anything on my phone now, and all I have is a CWM recovery on it.
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The MTP is fine, You don't need to uninstall it. Try following the method from here to flash the ROM.

Mirhawk said:
The MTP is fine, You don't need to uninstall it. Try following the method from here to flash the ROM.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
When I turn off the phone, press and hold UP button and then connect the phone to PC, the blue light lights up as it should. However, after ~10 seconds, blue light goes away and the phone goes to CWM recovery.
Therefore, I'm unable to execute adb commands during this short time period.
How to prevent CWM from starting up while in fastboot mode?

Witchunter said:
Thanks for the suggestion.
When I turn off the phone, press and hold UP button and then connect the phone to PC, the blue light lights up as it should. However, after ~10 seconds, blue light goes away and the phone goes to CWM recovery.
Therefore, I'm unable to execute adb commands during this short time period.
How to prevent CWM from starting up while in fastboot mode?
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Then Your fastboot drivers are not installed.
Disconnect Your phone from PC.
Open command prompt and run this command:
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SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
and then open device manager, Choose View, Show Hidden Devices. Then uninstall any device with Xperia S and/or android in it. Then install the flashtool, fastboot, and every Xperia S related drivers from drivers pack in flashtool. I see that You use Windows 8/8.1, hence You need to follow a different method to install drivers. You can find that method here. Then follow the method I mentioned before.

Mirhawk said:
Then Your fastboot drivers are not installed.
Disconnect Your phone from PC.
Open command prompt and run this command:
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SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
and then open device manager, Choose View, Show Hidden Devices. Then uninstall any device with Xperia S and/or android in it. Then install the flashtool, fastboot, and every Xperia S related drivers from drivers pack in flashtool. I see that You use Windows 8/8.1, hence You need to follow a different method to install drivers. You can find that method here. Then follow the method I mentioned before.
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While waiting for your answer, I found the video detailing instructions to install drivers on Windows 8.1 x64:
Nonetheless, thank you for your answer, now I can continue to try to install CM12.1.

Why Does Sideloading ALWAYS fail?

Everytime I try to sideload the zip files from OnePlus 3 downloads it fails. always. Updated the drivers on my computer, I'm not rooter, no custom roms. What am I doing wrong?

I had the same issue. Delete ALL of your adb drivers, and (re)install the Oneplus drivers, and try adb again. Hope it works for you.

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Same error, with android N, still not find solution.

I do say wrong drivers. Although I have the issue aswell. I have a work around, I manually push it with ADB then I flash it with TWRP.

Puddi_Puddin said:
I do say wrong drivers. Although I have the issue aswell. I have a work around, I manually push it with ADB then I flash it with TWRP.
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First Deselect Drivee singn on pc...
Thans install driver.. If not founs your phone or filed.. and you think driver ok...
Thans first load a file on CMD. adb sideload filename... when strart loading than connect phone on pc ? and Your Befire connect pc u On slideload yes button from recovery