Nexus 7 2013 LTE Edition Soft Bricked (?) - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

Hi,
I had not used the tab for around 2-3 weeks. I tried to charge it up and boot it , but it is stuck at the Google logo. Then I try to boot into Recovery mode. It has TWRP installed, so I was able to enter TWRP mode, but then the touchscreen isn't working. Next I used a tool called Desktop Flasher, that I found here at XDA, and flashed the latest version of ROM available through Google here. developers[dot]google[dot]com/android/images#razorg.
Even this did not solve the issue. I'm still stuck at the Google logo and TWRP touchscreen issue.
Could this be a Hardware issue that the touchscreen has stopped working? But wouldnt the device boot up normally then?
Any help to recover the device would be appreciated.
Thanks

I would try to flash the latest factory Image from Google via fastboot.
By doing so the internal gets wiped, too.
So if you need things from tablet you need to backup them first.
Is your internal available in twrp on pc?
If not just use the flashall.bat.
If totally stock is not booting it has to be something else wrong.

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Desperate Help Needed!

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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Bootloop after Installing Nethunter 2.0 (Nexus 7 2013 Wifi)

Hello everybody,
i hope the xdadevs can help me with my problem.
Since two Days i try to recover my Nexus 7 form a bootloop.
A week ago i flashed Kali Nethunter 2.0 via TWRP on my Device (Nexus 7 2003 Wifi) - Everything worked fine till yesterday.
My device run out of energy so i loaded it and startet it shortly after that.
Then i regognized the bootloop. I tried to restart the device but it had no effect.
After that i tried to boot into the Recovery Mode with TWRP to restore my working backup. But it got stucked on the loading screen of TWRP too.
Now i tried to recover some images and fix the problem with some manuals which seemed promising. - no success
After a while i did something incredible stupid and locked my bootloader again (i wanted to try to lock and unlock it since some tools couldnt flash the stock rom).
The situation right now:
I cant boot up normaly: Stuck while "Google" is displayed
I cant boot in Recovery Mode (TWRP): Stuck on the blue TWRP Logo
If i try to use the Skipsoft Toolkit or something else it fails - or do i miss something
Recover the Stock rom by using the "flash-all.bat" fails because of this (pastebin. c0m/ie0dBv1D). I used the stock rom of Android 4.4.4(razor-ktu84p) because every other stockrom says this (pastebin. c0m/Dz31k8qu).
I wonder why the stock rom needs to get the bootloader unlocked... ive red so much about it that it just works out of the box..... am i doing something wrong ?
If i try to unlock again, the selection screen on the tablet shows up. I choose yes and hit the Power button. At the console the output <bootloader> erasing userdata" shows up and "freezes?!"... nothing happens afterwards.
Thats about it and this is where i am stuck. I would really appreciate if someone could help me ! I would even reward or spend some money on help.
I try to fix it meanwhile and update this post if something new happens.
I had to alternate the links because im a new member, im sorry for that !
Thanks in advanced and sorry for the spelling
did you try the nexus root toolkit ?
war your PC detecting (USB) the Nexus prior to this problem?
diehard2013 said:
did you try the nexus root toolkit ?
war your PC detecting (USB) the Nexus prior to this problem?
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Yeah i tried it but it couldnt fix my problems. Returning to Stock Rom will always tell me that i need the bootloader unlocked... and i cant unlock it.
My PC and Linux Notebook where recognizing before it was bricked. Now it only gets detected in fastboot because it wont start anymore.

TWRP BOOT LOOP has anyone found a solution (OTA update)

i tried installing the lastest ota update while i had twrp installed, i have tried everything to get out of this loop.
tried flashing the updated rom off the oneplus website and if gave me errors
just looked at my phone and now it wont turn on what so every getting really stressed please help
[SOLVED]
went back to stock recovery and side loaded the full 1.4 gb rom i will leave a link for tutorial that i used, i wanted to get back to complete stock and this was the one use
"https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-how-to-unroot-your-oneplus-3-and-go-back-completely-to-stock.456232/"
When you have TWRP you have to install full zip, not simply the eval OTA zip
bob_cheeseman5 said:
i tried installing the lastest ota update while i had twrp installed, i have tried everything to get out of this loop.
tried flashing the updated rom off the oneplus website and if gave me errors
just looked at my phone and now it wont turn on what so every getting really stressed please help
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Flash the stock recovery.
Get stock recovery from downloads.oneplus.net
I cant seem to flash the stock recovery. The device is not visible in adb devices or fastboot devices. im facing the same issue.
If you are using TWRP 3.0.4-0 - try a hard boot...hold down the power button for 20s...wait 20s, power it back on.
bob_cheeseman5 said:
i tried installing the lastest ota update while i had twrp installed, i have tried everything to get out of this loop.
tried flashing the updated rom off the oneplus website and if gave me errors
just looked at my phone and now it wont turn on what so every getting really stressed please help
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easy solution. Boot into fastboot
download this tool.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development/toolkit-oneplus-3-toolkit-unlock-t3398799
if newest version isnt working, download an older version with older twrp
than unzip the tool and run the .bat file and install twrp.
Thats it
There are many posts on Nougat not working with official TWRP (based on 6.0 build). Try booting into stock recovery. performing a system settings reset, then booting into fastboot and run the adb command, <fastboot boot TWRP-3.0.2-1.28.img>. From there you can do virtually anything you need to do. I recommend at least using a modified version of TWRP (such as 1.28). This has been posted many times before, please try and do a search for the answers first, it will help tremendously. Thanks
recovery
i had the same problem on my rooted OP3 when i used TWRP 3.0.2-1 , it worked to flash the full 4.0.1 rom but failed for everything else, flashing latest verion of twrp fixed it for me
Got the same problem (unrooted phone + device state locked, cannot access recover, but can access fastboot) with an added "benefit", USB debugging mode was off before it all went crashing and burning.
How to access my phone via PC? (all the guides I've found assume I had USB debugging mode on before the phone got soft-bricked, but as a normal phone user who never installed anything custom, I've never figured it is A MUST BE ON function).
Or simpler question - what tool to use to turn on the USB debugging mode? (if that is at all possible?)
Aislandas said:
Got the same problem (unrooted phone + device state locked, cannot access recover, but can access fastboot) with an added "benefit", USB debugging mode was off before it all went crashing and burning.
How to access my phone via PC? (all the guides I've found assume I had USB debugging mode on before the phone got soft-bricked, but as a normal phone user who never installed anything custom, I've never figured it is A MUST BE ON function).
Or simpler question - what tool to use to turn on the USB debugging mode? (if that is at all possible?)
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I have tried doing the installing of the newer twrp but cant find a newer version of it, i am on 3.0.2-1. i have the same problem as you that my USB debugging isnt on i dont think so when trying to use the op3 tool kit i can get it to pick up fast boot but nothing else.
have you found a solution to your problem yet?
bob_cheeseman5 said:
I have tried doing the installing of the newer twrp but cant find a newer version of it, i am on 3.0.2-1. i have the same problem as you that my USB debugging isnt on i dont think so when trying to use the op3 tool kit i can get it to pick up fast boot but nothing else.
have you found a solution to your problem yet?
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Noted that you solved your issue, but this post is about the new version of TWRP. Version 3.0.3 is available on twrp.me and it works with Nougat.
bob_cheeseman5 said:
I have tried doing the installing of the newer twrp but cant find a newer version of it, i am on 3.0.2-1. i have the same problem as you that my USB debugging isnt on i dont think so when trying to use the op3 tool kit i can get it to pick up fast boot but nothing else.
have you found a solution to your problem yet?
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Gave up trying and booked a session with OP technicians Will see how it goes in a week.

Android fails into TWRP, TWRP Won't Load Anymore, and Phone Not Recognized in Win10

Hello, I tried to install the rom Google PixelROM v7.3 for LG Nexus 5X[7.1.2] by argraurand, and now my phone will no longer boot into TWRP or the OS. I am running TWR 3.0.2-0, I didn't see anything about having to have that updated to the most recent for using this rom. I was able to install the rom fine from this TWRP, but now my phone seems to be bricked like. Sitting with the phone in the bootloader, I can't get windows/fastboot/adb to recognize my device connected to my computer, the google drivers are definitely installed as earlier it was being recognized fine by windows/fastboot/adb. My bootloader changed with this ROM being installed, but now the TWRP won't load either, and neither will the Android OS (it looks like it's about to load then just defaults into the TWRP loading screen, which just sits forever). I can get also into the download mode "firmware update" tool of the phone by pressing the volume up when booting, but even in this mode the phone isn't being recognized in windows anymore. Do I have any chance of restoring my phone, or should I start shopping? I've fixed other phones many times, but without being able to load/restore via fastboot I feel totally lost.
myselfalex said:
Hello, I tried to install the rom Google PixelROM v7.3 for LG Nexus 5X[7.1.2] by argraurand, and now my phone will no longer boot into TWRP or the OS. I am running TWR 3.0.2-0, I didn't see anything about having to have that updated to the most recent for using this rom. I was able to install the rom fine from this TWRP, but now my phone seems to be bricked like. Sitting with the phone in the bootloader, I can't get windows/fastboot/adb to recognize my device connected to my computer, the google drivers are definitely installed as earlier it was being recognized fine by windows/fastboot/adb. My bootloader changed with this ROM being installed, but now the TWRP won't load either, and neither will the Android OS (it looks like it's about to load then just defaults into the TWRP loading screen, which just sits forever). I can get also into the download mode "firmware update" tool of the phone by pressing the volume up when booting, but even in this mode the phone isn't being recognized in windows anymore. Do I have any chance of restoring my phone, or should I start shopping? I've fixed other phones many times, but without being able to load/restore via fastboot I feel totally lost.
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Try a different USB port. Maybe even a different pc. Fastboot tools was just updated. Make sure you have the latest one.
Maybe you can get a fastboot connection in Linux. Try this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3526755
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Thank you both, I tried both another computer, and running this linux version with the fastboot built in, nada! Guess I'm shopping for a new phone. Pixel here I come. Thanks for the help agian.

[Solved] Alternating between TWRP and Samsung logo

Hi,
I was running LineageOS on my Galaxy Tab S tablet (SM-T800). I tried to update LineageOS. I went into the settings and downloaded the lastest version. However, the installation didn't go through. The download was successful, but an error message told me to try and manually install the update. I tried to go into TWRP mode to install manually the update. Instead of going in the recovery mode, I saw a TWRP app on the Google Play store. I tried and install that app. It went ok, however, I needed to reboot my tablet to finish. I did so, but after that, I got stuck in booting mode, between the TWRP logo and the Samsung logo. So the tablet was trying to boot in TWRP mode, but after about 5 seconds on the splash screen of TWRP, the spalsh screen disapear and then the tablet tries to boot in normal mode. It doesn't work, and the tablet reboots in TWRP mode, but, again, unsuccessful. It's a loop, alterning between the two splash screens.
I tryed to go into download mode and flashed the stock ROM (found on Updato) while using Odin on my computer. It worked. However, after the process, my tablet got stucked on the Samsung logo only. Now, it doesn't go in recovery mode (TWRP). I can only go in download mode or regular mode (but not working). Only the download mode works.
I don't really know waht to do. I tryed to redo the process with Odin and the custon ROM, but it didn't work better.
What can I do?
Thank you very much for your help!
Blaccko said:
Hi,
I was running LineageOS on my Galaxy Tab S tablet (SM-T800). I tried to update LineageOS. I went into the settings and downloaded the lastest version. However, the installation didn't go through. The download was successful, but an error message told me to try and manually install the update. I tried to go into TWRP mode to install manually the update. Instead of going in the recovery mode, I saw a TWRP app on the Google Play store. I tried and install that app. It went ok, however, I needed to reboot my tablet to finish. I did so, but after that, I got stuck in booting mode, between the TWRP logo and the Samsung logo. So the tablet was trying to boot in TWRP mode, but after about 5 seconds on the splash screen of TWRP, the spalsh screen disapear and then the tablet tries to boot in normal mode. It doesn't work, and the tablet reboots in TWRP mode, but, again, unsuccessful. It's a loop, alterning between the two splash screens.
I tryed to go into download mode and flashed the stock ROM (found on Updato) while using Odin on my computer. It worked. However, after the process, my tablet got stucked on the Samsung logo only. Now, it doesn't go in recovery mode (TWRP). I can only go in download mode or regular mode (but not working). Only the download mode works.
I don't really know waht to do. I tryed to redo the process with Odin and the custon ROM, but it didn't work better.
What can I do?
Thank you very much for your help!
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Have you tried to reflash twrp via odin ? If that works go into twrp reformat your partitions, then flash a custom rom.
Hi,
Thanks for your answer. I tried to reinstall TWRP with Odin on my computer. The process went well, but the reboot of my tablet that occurs at the end of the process got stuck again on the Samsung logo. It didn't get to TWRP mode. I tried to go manually into recovery mode by holding power+vol up+home, but it didn't work.
What else can I try? Thank you,
Blaccko said:
Hi,
Thanks for your answer. I tried to reinstall TWRP with Odin on my computer. The process went well, but the reboot of my tablet that occurs at the end of the process got stuck again on the Samsung logo. It didn't get to TWRP mode. I tried to go manually into recovery mode by holding power+vol up+home, but it didn't work.
What else can I try? Thank you,
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Are you trying to get to twrp from powered off state ? If not , get to power off state, then use key combo again to try to get into twrp.
Also when you flash twrp, in odi , there is a setting to prevent auto reboot, use that and try to get to twrp via key combo from download. Mode., finally tripple chech the key combo you are using is correct
Hi,
Thanks for the help. I tried to get to TWRP from power off state. The TWRP splash screen appears, and stays on for about 5-10 sec. After that, the splash screen disappear and the tablet reboot to get stuck on the Samsung logo again. It's like if the TWRP booting process doesn't go through...
Thanks again for your help,
Ouch !!
Looks like you got a real problem , and getting into territory I'm not expert in, Ashyx is the real authority with twrp for this device, you can try to pm him and hope he takes pity on you ( he has been helping guys on this qa thread tirelessly for over a year, and is prob taking a well deserved break ).
Otherwise a few more suggestions,
Maybe your PIT is messed up , ( but you prob would not make it to twrp splash screen in that case )
Twrp may still be trying to execute the script from the original linage update and not finding something bails ( total guess ).
Try flashing a stock ( downloaded from sammobile or somwhere you trust ) rom via odin, and see if you can get into the stock recovery. From there do a factory reset and see if you can get stock running.
Try getting into twrp with device connected to pc ( helped in some wierd cases, you never know lol ).
When TWRP splash screen comes up, try some key combos , maybe twrp checks for a script abbort key combo ?
Checkout the TWRP github issues page, see if your bug is there and a solution, create a bug report or mail a dev directly.
Have a look at the TWRP code, maybe some clues ??
Hi,
So not much development here...
I tried to download the stock ROM for my device from Sammobile and tried flashing it with Odin (JOdin actually, I'm on Mac), but it says it need a PIT file. I let Casual fin the PIT file and it finds it. Only, after that my device does not reconnect to Odin even though it's still plugged in my computer. I tried to unplug it then plug it back, but then Odin says the PIT file is corrupted. I tried to restart my device, but still not connecting to Odin...
I tried getting into TWRP with my device connected to my computer. Still the same problem of rebooting while TWRP is booting (while it's on splash page).
No combo key seems to work to keep TWRP open and loading...
Didn't find anything on TWRP github and I'm not saavy enough to look into TWRP code.
So, I'm still stuck with my initial problem. Do any of ou have some advices/suggestions or can help me with my problem please? At this point, I've been without my tablet for more than a month and it S**KS!!
Thanks in advance everyone,
Blaccko said:
Hi,
So not much development here...
I tried to download the stock ROM for my device from Sammobile and tried flashing it with Odin (JOdin actually, I'm on Mac), but it says it need a PIT file. I let Casual fin the PIT file and it finds it. Only, after that my device does not reconnect to Odin even though it's still plugged in my computer. I tried to unplug it then plug it back, but then Odin says the PIT file is corrupted. I tried to restart my device, but still not connecting to Odin...
I tried getting into TWRP with my device connected to my computer. Still the same problem of rebooting while TWRP is booting (while it's on splash page).
No combo key seems to work to keep TWRP open and loading...
Didn't find anything on TWRP github and I'm not saavy enough to look into TWRP code.
So, I'm still stuck with my initial problem. Do any of ou have some advices/suggestions or can help me with my problem please? At this point, I've been without my tablet for more than a month and it S**KS!!
Thanks in advance everyone,
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Use ODIN via Windows or a VM on your Mac.
Flash stock firmware then boot to recovery and factory reset.
Reboot and wait ten minutes.
Hi, thanks a lot for your time.
I will try that at work tomorrow as I don't have Windows at home. However, I did try to flash stock ROM with Windows initially (see first post for more info) and it didn't solve my problem. I wasn't able to access recovery mode after the stock ROM was flashed. Hope it's gonna work now and I'll be able to factory reset.
I'll let you know tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks,
ashyx said:
Use ODIN via Windows or a VM on your Mac.
Flash stock firmware then boot to recovery and factory reset.
Reboot and wait ten minutes.
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WOW!!! Thank you so much Ashyx. I can now finally use my Tab S. I'm so grateful!!! Thousand time thank you! I deeply appreciate your help for resolving my problem.
ashyx said:
Use ODIN via Windows or a VM on your Mac.
Flash stock firmware then boot to recovery and factory reset.
Reboot and wait ten minutes.
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