Bootloop - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey guys, i got a bootloop. usually i can get into recovery through adb, but this time my device isnt showing. is there an alternative i can use likeodin or something?

bestofrhcp said:
hey guys, i got a bootloop. usually i can get into recovery through adb, but this time my device isnt showing. is there an alternative i can use likeodin or something?
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power + volume up, then use 'fastboot devices' in adb see if it comes up.

Billchen0014 said:
power + volume up, then use 'fastboot devices' in adb see if it comes up.
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Power+up is good for boot loops but if you have a recovery installed you can access it through the boot loader menu
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ebs512 said:
Power+up is good for boot loops but if you have a recovery installed you can access it through the boot loader menu
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No, stay on the bootloader interface, don't press anything, connect it to ur PC and type this in adb: fastboot devices see if you can see your phone's serial number.
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It doesn't show my device in the list on adb Command or fastboot
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bestofrhcp said:
It doesn't show my device in the list on adb Command or fastboot
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That's bad, I recommend to hand it in for repairs, since you can't even connect it to a PC nor boot into recovery.
oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S!

I got it going close one! Thanks anyways for giving the time to suggest some advice.
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bestofrhcp said:
I got it going close one! Thanks anyways for giving the time to suggest some advice.
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hey do you mind telling me what you did because the same thing just started to happen on my nexus , thanks in advance

hi.... i need help!!!!
i have the same problem stated above . my phone automatically switches on if the battery is inserted. i cant use the volume keys when in fastboot mode(even the power key doesnt work). any advice ??? i have done remedies to the best of my knowledge though...should this phone be brought to service (center)??? im running on stock ics 404

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Broken phone.

Hating life right now. Broken power button, once I get into fastboot it says 'No boot or recovery img' and fastboot doesn't respond and doesn't show up as a device during adb. Any tips or am I royally ****ed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524858
Kitch16 said:
Hating life right now. Broken power button, once I get into fastboot it says 'No boot or recovery img' and fastboot doesn't respond and doesn't show up as a device during adb. Any tips or am I royally ****ed?
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Step 1:
Download the appropriate factory image from: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojuimm76d and make sure you have a working fastboot tool on your computer.
The thing is. I can get to fastboot, but it just doesn't respond, I can't use the volume keys during it...
Kitch16 said:
The thing is. I can get to fastboot, but it just doesn't respond, I can't use the volume keys during it...
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Pretty sure your screwed. Same thing happened to me and there is nothing to do.
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xsteven77x said:
Pretty sure your screwed. Same thing happened to me and there is nothing to do.
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I'll send it back to Samsung. Hope they give me a new one :') doubt it though

Fastboot mode

I have a sprint nexus s 4g on ICS 4.0.4 still on stock never rooted or unlocked, and I can't put it into fastboot mode when I press the power and volume up button I get a menu with four options reboot bootloader, reboot, recovery, and power off. Am I missing something ? I tried to search and didn't find anything.
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Dovigoldberger said:
I have a sprint nexus s 4g on ICS 4.0.4 still on stock never rooted or unlocked, and I can't put it into fastboot mode when I press the power and volume up button I get a menu with four options reboot bootloader, reboot, recovery, and power off. Am I missing something ? I tried to search and didn't find anything.
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That's exactly what fastboot mode is. You did it!
So why when I type in cmd fastboot OEM unlock it says waiting for device?
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Dovigoldberger said:
So why when I type in cmd fastboot OEM unlock it says waiting for device?
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Because your device isn't recognized by your computer. Or in other words, you didn't install the drivers/install them properly.
polobunny said:
Because your device isn't recognized by your computer. Or in other words, you didn't install the drivers/install them properly.
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When I type in adb devices it does recognize it
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Dovigoldberger said:
I have a sprint nexus s 4g on ICS 4.0.4 still on stock never rooted or unlocked, and I can't put it into fastboot mode when I press the power and volume up button I get a menu with four options reboot bootloader, reboot, recovery, and power off. Am I missing something ? I tried to search and didn't find anything.
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Turn it off first. Then hold power & volume up.
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That's exactly what I did
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adb drivers are not the same as fastboot drivers sadly. Once you're in fastboot mode, check your devices in Device Manager and see if there are any unrecognized or anything like "Android Device" or something. One tip is install PDAnet on your PC, it will do fastboot drivers for you (it works for me but others have varying success)
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That's exactly what I did
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After reading your post again, I see that you were looking at the bootloader screen... I initially thought you were looking at an extended power menu.
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p1gp3n said:
After reading your post again, I see that you were looking at the bootloader screen... I initially thought you were looking at an extended power menu.
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So is that fastboot mode?
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Yes.
As a previous poster stated you don't got fastboot drivers installed.
Adb and fastboot are not the same
Looks like a problem solved just search the forum for fastboot drivers and you'll be good to go
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[Q] Recovery mode without power button

Hi @ all,
after failed attempt to restore a backup ("can't not mount system"), my Nexus S won't start anymore...
Biggest problem: The power button is broken! :/ that means I cannot get in recovery, or even in download or bootloader mode!
Does anyone have an idea how to fix this, or at least get the data from the internal USB storage?
Really grateful for any help ...
Install quick boot from playstore, your phone must be rooted.
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dr.faramroze said:
Install quick boot from playstore, your phone must be rooted.
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The Phone is rooted, but won't start anymore... It remains on the google sign at startup :/
No problem. Boot into recovery by pressing volume and power button. Install your ROM.zip from recovery menu
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dr.faramroze said:
No problem. Boot into recovery by pressing volume and power button. Install your ROM.zip from recovery menu
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Thank You for answering... Like I said, the power button is broken and so I'm able to press "volume and power button"
Any other options?
$andman27 said:
Thank You for answering... Like I said, the power button is broken and so I'm able to press "volume and power button"
Any other options?
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You could get the power button repaired
...if you can make me a good offer
Can you access adb? If so just type "adb reboot recovery" or something like that
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30floh00 said:
Can you access adb? If so just type "adb reboot recovery" or something like that
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adb recognize the nexus (listed after "adb devices"), but as 'offline'...
Is there a chance to get the device 'online' by adb?
Have you tried to connect it and then tried to reboot. If theres any usable connection the PC should do something during boot..
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[Q] I accidentally used a fastboot "boot" command to flash a recovery img

I'm pretty sure I'm bricked now. Black ATT One X. Flashing updated twrp so I can flash 4.4 roms, but wasn't paying attention and typed boot instead of recovery out of habit. Now my phone only goes to htc splash screen and turns off again. I can't get into recovery or fast boot. I'm bricked aren't I?
Rcox100 said:
I'm pretty sure I'm bricked now. Black ATT One X. Flashing updated twrp so I can flash 4.4 roms, but wasn't paying attention and typed boot instead of recovery out of habit. Now my phone only goes to htc splash screen and turns off again. I can't get into recovery or fast boot. I'm bricked aren't I?
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I'm assuming you are holding down the power and volume down keys at the same time to get into the bootloader?
Sometimes you have to hold both buttons (power button and volume down button) for 10 to 15 seconds. I've had to do this multiple times in a row to get out of a bootloop in the past.
If the phone attempts to boot and you can see the splash screen then you are not bricked yet. Bricked means nothing happens when you push the power button.
Madcat8686 said:
I'm assuming you are holding down the power and volume down key at the same time to get into the bootloader?
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Yes. Doing that doesn't do anything until I take my fingers off, then it tries to do a normal boot and powers off again.
What command did you type exactly?
There is a fastboot command for just booting a recovery.IMG (fastboot boot recovery.img), but it wouldn't cause the problem you are having. It would just boot you into that recovery without actually flashing it.
Edit: what are your phone specs?... i.e. carrier, hboot version, etc...
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Black!Jack said:
What command did you type exactly?
There is a fastboot command for just booting a recovery.IMG (fastboot boot recovery.img), but it wouldn't cause the problem you are having. It would just boot you into that recovery without actually flashing it.
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yeah I typed "fastboot flash boot recovery.img" on accident, pretty sure I ****ed up
Rcox100 said:
yeah I typed "fastboot flash boot recovery.img" on accident, pretty sure I ****ed up
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Sounds like you flashed recovery to your boot partition.
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Black!Jack said:
Sounds like you flashed recovery to your boot partition.
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Yeah that's what I was assuming, and I'm also assuming this kills the phone.
Black!Jack said:
Sounds like you flashed recovery to your boot partition.
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Yes indeed. I was just about to type that most call it a "soft brick". I know how to fix this on other devices but not this one yet. I'm looking around for HTC specific info
Rcox100 said:
Yeah that's what I was assuming, and I'm also assuming this kills the phone.
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Can you connect to your phone via fastboot at all?
Edit: have you tried a hard reset... Holding the power button down until the lights flash like 12 times?
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Black!Jack said:
Can you connect to your phone via fastboot at all?
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No, cant get to bootloader or fast boot, and computer can't see it when its off
Madcat8686 said:
Yes indeed. I was just about to type that most call it a "soft brick". I know how to fix this on other devices but not this one yet. I'm looking around for HTC specific info
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Well its effectively a hard brick then if theres no info on solving it I guess
Rcox100 said:
No, cant get to bootloader or fast boot, and computer can't see it when its off
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When its at the splash screen does it recognize adb or fast boot?
Try adb devices and fastboot devices
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Try holding the volume down button while the phone is booting, keep holding it and when it begins the loop again hopefully it'll get you to bootloader.
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Black!Jack said:
When its at the splash screen does it recognize adb or fast boot?
Try adb devices and fastboot devices
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Its too fast for that
btw if a mod sees this can they approve me or something so I can reply more often
Rcox100 said:
Its too fast for that
btw if a mod sees this can they approve me or something so I can reply more often
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Did you try what timmaaa suggested?
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If what I suggested doesn't work and there's absolutely no way to get to the bootloader or get fastboot to work, you're kinda screwed. You'll probably have to try getting a jtag repair done, I think that'll be your only option.
I doubt a moderator is going to bump up a new user's status just because you need to reply more often, it doesn't really work like that.
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timmaaa said:
Try holding the volume down button while the phone is booting, keep holding it and when it begins the loop again hopefully it'll get you to bootloader.
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Ok i just pushed down the power and then quickly pushed down volume without pressing power and I'm in bootloader now! My device is recognized also.
Rcox100 said:
Ok i just pushed down the power and then quickly pushed down volume without pressing power and I'm in bootloader now! My device is recognized also.
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Good! You need to flash a valid boot.img to your boot partition. Absolutely do not reboot the phone until you've done that.
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Rcox100 said:
Ok i just pushed down the power and then quickly pushed down volume without pressing power and I'm in bootloader now! My device is recognized also.
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That is good news...looks like you are back on the road, congrats!
timmaaa said:
If what I suggested doesn't work and there's absolutely no way to get to the bootloader or get fastboot to work, you're kinda screwed. You'll probably have to try getting a jtag repair done, I think that'll be your only option.
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Agreed. Unless you can get fastboot access back to overwrite your boot partition, your in a pickle. In any event, hopefully this will serve as a lesson to you concerning the detail and care you need to show when it comes to altering your phones.
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Can't boot phone

Hey guys, I can't get my phone to boot up after flashing something that it didn't like and I can't get back into recovery because my volume buttons don't work. Anyone know of a way I could get it into recovery another way. When I turn the phone on it only boots to the warning about my bootloader being unlocked and that's it! Help, please!!
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jakereeves31 said:
Hey guys, I can't get my phone to boot up after flashing something that it didn't like and I can't get back into recovery because my volume buttons don't work. Anyone know of a way I could get it into recovery another way. When I turn the phone on it only boots to the warning about my bootloader being unlocked and that's it! Help, please!!
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Is it recognized by adb or fastboot?
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Well, whenever I tried adb I typed "adb devices" and nothing came up and then I tried the command to reboot recovery and it said there was no device, so I guess it is not recognized by adb :/
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jakereeves31 said:
Well, whenever I tried adb I typed "adb devices" and nothing came up and then I tried the command to reboot recovery and it said there was no device, so I guess it is not recognized by adb :/
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How bout
fastboot reboot recovery
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What'd you flash?
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the issue here is that the buttons are not working, try pressing power and volume with something like a toothpick to get through fastboot or recovery
Caseyk621 said:
How bout
fastboot reboot recovery
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It just says "waiting for device"
akellar said:
What'd you flash?
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It was some mod thing called Malivebooster.
Jaocagomez said:
the issue here is that the buttons are not working, try pressing power and volume with something like a toothpick to get through fastboot or recovery
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I don't think that's gonna work. I've already taken the whole phone apart and I got to where the buttons push and there were like no buttons there. I figured the little buttons should look like the power button, but they didn't.
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Guys, it just booted all the way up...it's been like this for the past week and I kept rebooting it and stuff and I rebooted it right now and it booted up for some reason!
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