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[Q] Messed up my Samsung Google Nexus S while updating

i had android gingerbread on my phone and wanted the ICS . .
i downloaded the ICS update file , switched off my phone
then switched it on with (Power + vol. up) combination and chose install update from sd card
it installed and i chose 'reboot system now' .. . .but now it wont reboot and phone is like it doesnt have a battery
please help me !
...
P.S
it might have happened because i unplugged its USB from comp. while it was updating , not sure though

I had the exact same problem.. you are bricked...
Sent from my Crespo using xda premium

Try flashing a different rom, that's what I do when I get problems.
Anyway good luck man
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA

bad update...and I guess u need to flash a stock rom all over again
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA

the phone cant boot. it wont turn on.. i had the same problem.. I'll link you to my debrick thread
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447040
follow instructions here OP

thegtfusion said:
the phone cant boot. it wont turn on.. i had the same problem.. I'll link you to my debrick thread
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447040
follow instructions here OP
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i managed to do exactly as above till step 12 , i lost it after that
how do i setup fastboot and get those images from ?
help out a noob please !

Here are all images (make sure you use the proper images for your device. If you are unsure, remove battery and check label):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
For fastboot, you basically need to follow the first part on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
It basically setting your machine with the proper drivers for Nexus S and installing SDK tools so that you can use fastboot and install bootloader, boot and recovery.

Oogway13 said:
Here are all images (make sure you use the proper images for your device. If you are unsure, remove battery and check label):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
For fastboot, you basically need to follow the first part on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
It basically setting your machine with the proper drivers for Nexus S and installing SDK tools so that you can use fastboot and install bootloader, boot and recovery.
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how do i do this , ' '9 - Boot the SNS into the Bootloader Interface, by holding Volume UP & Power button ' '
i cant get a thing on the screen !
thanks

draotic said:
how do i do this , ' '9 - Boot the SNS into the Bootloader Interface, by holding Volume UP & Power button ' '
i cant get a thing on the screen !
thanks
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Are you using a i9023? Are you sure you didn't update to ICS with it and just can't see it because the backlight bug in that release? If that is the case, it is possible you just didn't clear your cache before upgrading.

bozzykid said:
Are you using a i9023? Are you sure you didn't update to ICS with it and just can't see it because the backlight bug in that release? If that is the case, it is possible you just didn't clear your cache before upgrading.
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thanks , i will give everything another try . , else i am going to samsung . ..
are they gonna charge me if the phone's in warranty?

[Q] Please Please Help me..???

Today i Bricked my Phone i was upgrading from Android 4.0.4 to 4.1 in the recovery mode it says could not find the zip file so i reboot it and it was continuously rebooting i download heimdall one click to get back on stock uvkj6 but its not happening like that its not flashing and boot loaders option also not selecting I CAN NOT TAKE MY PHONE TO DOWNLOAD MODE WHEN I TRY PRESSING VOL + - POWER BUTTON IT ONLY SHOWS ME FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN KIES AND TRY AGAIN.
T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959v
Sorry For the English..

Turn off phone + hold volume up and down + plug in USB to pc = Download mode
No power button.
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Also. We do not have 4.1 don't try that again

TwitchyEye said:
Turn off phone + hold volume up and down + plug in USB to pc = Download mode
No power button.
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Also. We do not have 4.1 don't try that again
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Thanks it really help me out and i 4.1 is available you can check on
androidauthority . com / vibrant-sgh-t959-android-4-1-jelly-bean-port-install-100895

The Vibrant is a different phone. You're lucky you didn't brick your phone.
Posted from my SGS4G, thanks to Team Acid development

Know your model number, read, search.
jeffsf said:
The Vibrant is a different phone. You're lucky you didn't brick your phone.
Posted from my SGS4G, thanks to Team Acid development
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Technically, you'd only hardbrick with bootloaders. I flash bad kernels to my phone all the time, and haven't needed to resurrect since april.
As long as you flash stuff that doesn't flash bootloaders, you should always get to download mode.
But! It is possible to brick your phone in other ways, like flashing a kernel that does something to a 'like device' that doesn't work the same as the intended device. Say, a kernel that does a voltage workaround for the LCD with a different voltage value on one device may fry the LCD on your device (a board layout difference). Or like RaverX3X did once, and "bricked" his phone by accidentally putting another 0 in his gpu voltage values.
People that flash other phones roms and come to this forum for help, never read the stickies or searched.
Lesson #1, Always read and know your model number. Always Search all subforums of a device before posting.
The "I'm a noob help help help" subject almost always means "I didn't read or search, and I flashed a vibrant rom. Now what do I do."

[Q] Htc One S Black screen Brick

Hello... I was using CM nightly then i wanted to overclock my phone so i flashed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061577 Then everything was working fine but i wasnt able to enable the Wi-Fi it was grayed out on disabled.Then i wanted to fix it so i flashed another kernel(i will post what kernel about tomorrow it probably is for ICS)(yes im a noob i realised that later with an awesome facepalm)so... now im stuck in a black screen and i cannot hear anything from my phone. i cant boot it into bootloader and/or TWRP recovery there is only a black screen i can see that it works cuz if i have it connected on my laptop the laptop makes the USB connection sound and/or disconnection one so it is probably working (i tryed holding the power button for 10 and then VOL down to put it on bootloader after the 10 sec's my laptop made a sound but i wasnt able to make it work...) so im stuck here.
P.S.:I would really apriciate your help.Sorry for F*cking English Grammar
Thanasis,15,Greece.

man, you need to reduce your font
and you flashed a kernel for the one x
sorry about your situation, but you are going to have to read more stuff and more carefully
this happened to someone else forget solution if any
try a google on flashing one x kernel on a one s, unless someone replies soon
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btw i never saw much advantage to overclocking for me anyway
if you get this sorted, i would stay with stock kernels for now. have a nandroid and sdcard bu on pc.
i prefer twrp recovery, but not the latest one as it has issues
read all OP pages very carefully and i read first/last 20 pages or so of the thread
always include System as part of your full wipes
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also, hold vol- then pwr at same time until the soft keys blink 3 times. release pwr but continue holding vol-
hold it down til phone boots--give it a minute
you can try using adb if you have that set up on pc

rugmankc said:
man, you need to reduce your font
and you flashed a kernel for the one x
sorry about your situation, but you are going to have to read more stuff and more carefully
this happened to someone else forget solution if any
try a google on flashing one x kernel on a one s, unless someone replies soon
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btw i never saw much advantage to overclocking for me anyway
if you get this sorted, i would stay with stock kernels for now. have a nandroid and sdcard bu on pc.
i prefer twrp recovery, but not the latest one as it has issues
read all OP pages very carefully and i read first/last 20 pages or so of the thread
always include System as part of your full wipes
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also, hold vol- then pwr at same time until the soft keys blink 3 times. release pwr but continue holding vol-
hold it down til phone boots--give it a minute
you can try using adb if you have that set up on pc
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will do/try all of your tip's
about the vol- and then pwr... this just doesnt work cuz the second kernel i flashed was for ICS and they wont light up if they were lightning up it would be easy cuz i cound access bootloader and then all fixed :crying:

Sorry OP, but it sounds like you're bricked. You see QHSUSB_DLOAD when you connect your phone to the PC? You flashed a One X kernel, which is probably why.
You can try the steps in the development unbricking thread.

yeah, don't sound good
you didn't say is you know how to use adb from a command window on pc
you could try rebooting bootloader from there as a try before unbricking
or go the jtag route

well i tryed accessing adb even when unbricken but couldn't manage to make it work... (tryed enabling it from developer options&usb mode) i read somewhere that JB 4.2.2 has an extra security level and it wont be supported by cyanogenmod 10.1

you don't access it you need to have htc drivers on phone and install the adb and fastboot files onto your pc. put hem in a folder of your choice with only them there.
you then open a command window on pc and cd to that folder and type "adb reboot bootloader" with no quotes
if you meant that, sorry i misunderstood
most people install the android sdk if they plan on doing a lot of adb/fastboot commands

So im stuck?
So im stuck? i cant do anything else i mean i cant get into the partitions and edit'em... probably not so my phone is over had it less than a month :crying:

xakersas said:
well i tryed accessing adb even when unbricken but couldn't manage to make it work... (tryed enabling it from developer options&usb mode) i read somewhere that JB 4.2.2 has an extra security level and it wont be supported by cyanogenmod 10.1
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Wait, how did you even manage to et into developer options if you're bricked??
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk 2

usaff22 said:
Wait, how did you even manage to et into developer options if you're bricked??
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk 2
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no i got in there before bricking the device

xakersas said:
no i got in there before bricking the device
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OK then. Have you tried the unbricking thread in the Android Development forum?
Some of the steps you don't need, since you are already bricked.
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk 2

here is the second kernel i installed (it is a donwload link couldn't retrive the download page i got this from google sync) http://www.mediafire.com/?acu5fiil0c4o0gu

usaff22 said:
Sorry OP, but it sounds like you're bricked. You see QHSUSB_DLOAD when you connect your phone to the PC? You flashed a One X kernel, which is probably why.
You can try the steps in the development unbricking thread.
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hello im back yes i can see QHSUSB_DLOAD what can i do?
Edit: i see i got at the unbrick thread but stuck at step step 4 (Enumerating) i dont know which one is my phone's

xakersas said:
here is the second kernel i installed (it is a donwload link couldn't retrive the download page i got this from google sync) http://www.mediafire.com/?acu5fiil0c4o0gu
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Yes. You flashed an unknown kernel, which just says CM10.1 nightly without reading what devices the kernel is for! It would be a good idea to check if it is for the One S, or Ville, since CM10.1 is available for more than 20 devices!
xakersas said:
hello im back yes i can see QHSUSB_DLOAD what can i do?
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You shouldn't be smiling too much, you have a bricked device
You will have to try and recover your device using the thread below. You can skip the "creating the brick" section, since you already have a brick. DO NOT USE THE UNLIMITED.IO tool to reset the phone, since it will not work and make the situation worse.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990043

[Q] Can't access fastboot...

Hey guys,
first of all, my powerbutton stopped working some weeks ago. I thought that not much of a problem, so I remapped this thing and perfect.
I noticed, if I turn off my phone, take battery out and back in, it restarts instantly. Seems to be stucked at "ON" or something.
Well I also noticed without touchrecovery, it's quite a problem to navigate through cwm recovery.
But there's still fastboot... naaah I couldn't find the phone in Windows to install drivers, thought that's a problem of Win8, but after that I tried same thing in ubuntu with manually installed drivers... still nothing.
Okay next thing, is, there are so many apps in the market, which install some recovery, autoflash stuff... Did that, (yeah I gave root access and so on) and still nothing happened, I'm still stuck with this cwm recovery and can't install new roms.
Now my Question(s):
Is there an Option to install some new recovery?
Is there a way to get Fastboot working?
Is there a way to get the Powerbutton in this state back to work?
Or kinda best worst case, is there an option to get my Nexus back to Stock and unroot to send it in, I still got warranty but this would require stock phone...!
Thanks!

30floh00 said:
Hey guys,
first of all, my powerbutton stopped working some weeks ago. I thought that not much of a problem, so I remapped this thing and perfect.
I noticed, if I turn off my phone, take battery out and back in, it restarts instantly. Seems to be stucked at "ON" or something.
Well I also noticed without touchrecovery, it's quite a problem to navigate through cwm recovery.
But there's still fastboot... naaah I couldn't find the phone in Windows to install drivers, thought that's a problem of Win8, but after that I tried same thing in ubuntu with manually installed drivers... still nothing.
Okay next thing, is, there are so many apps in the market, which install some recovery, autoflash stuff... Did that, (yeah I gave root access and so on) and still nothing happened, I'm still stuck with this cwm recovery and can't install new roms.
Now my Question(s):
Is there an Option to install some new recovery?
Is there a way to get Fastboot working?
Is there a way to get the Powerbutton in this state back to work?
Or kinda best worst case, is there an option to get my Nexus back to Stock and unroot to send it in, I still got warranty but this would require stock phone...!
Thanks!
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Yes, yes, yes... and yes!!! What you need is a shop that repairs phones or a store that sells new phones...
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

Can you boot all the way up into your android os?.. If so, you can use NEXUS ROOT TOOL KIT to flash to stock and relock it so it's "stock" for waranty..
http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNFr16--8W0o1xpv2Qtf0lDDwdGYJA

Setting.Out said:
Can you boot all the way up into your android os?.. If so, you can use NEXUS ROOT TOOL KIT to flash to stock and relock it so it's "stock" for waranty..
http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNFr16--8W0o1xpv2Qtf0lDDwdGYJA
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Well ADB works but when NEXUS ROOT TOOL KIT reboots into fastboot it looses connection... Tried that to change recovery... Seems to be the same with relocking isnt it?!
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app

30floh00 said:
Well ADB works but when NEXUS ROOT TOOL KIT reboots into fastboot it looses connection... Tried that to change recovery... Seems to be the same with relocking isnt it?!
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app
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Hmmm.... Ebay..

have you tried flash touch recovery with ROM Manager app?
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Edit:
Try capacitive buttons on your current recovery. On my current recovery the search button makes the same that the power button, so if in your recovery the button have the same behaviour then you can easily flash a stock rom

Okay, i just got told: "If the power button is always pressed, fast boot does not react on input from keys or over adb.."
Hope that's not the "notsolution" for my problem... ^^
mykos5 said:
have you tried flash touch recovery with ROM Manager app?
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Edit:
Try capacitive buttons on your current recovery. On my current recovery the search button makes the same that the power button, so if in your recovery the button have the same behaviour then you can easily flash a stock rom
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doesn't work, too....

30floh00 said:
Okay, i just got told: "If the power button is always pressed, fast boot does not react on input from keys or over adb.."
Hope that's not the "notsolution" for my problem... ^^
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On my recovery the capacitive buttons react even with the power button pressed...

Can you get into download mode ???if so http://db.tt/88pntL6T flash this twrp recovery in Odin make sure auto reboot is checked and not repartition it should boot you right into recovery and then do whatbu got to do .... if you can not get into download mode get a jig always a life saver with android I've had no power button for 3 years and when it dies I Odin the recovery every time :thumbup:
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

okay guys, just flashed touch recovery via Flash_image
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-custom-recovery-to-an-android-phone-device/
hope it helps you, if you cant access fastboot, too.. It's a bit tricky, but totally worth it

[Q] Please Help my phone got bricked it stuck on 'google' text page and a lock image

desperate for help, i know this is wrong place but need help,so tensed ,i tried to install custum rom Cataclysm in nexus 5 , i did it successfully when i was checking all apps, camera was not working. so i thought to re-install lolipop 5.0.1 copying files to my phone became difficult it will come 40-50% and stops or hangs. so i went to recovery (twrp) deleted cache/system/ few other files and then i restarted it says "no OS found" i was shocked and from then i cant get through recovery mode anything. it stuck on the screen where "google" and "screen lock" icon at the bottom is there. please help me out. please let me know any procudure to get back my phone.

Aaandd..that's what happens when you flash without reading and understanding the procedures.
You have no idea you have no /system to boot to since you've just said you wiped it.
It is interesting that even after messing up your device, you didn't bother to search but immediately ask in dev section although this post has nothing to do with development. This is sad.
Here is what you are looking for though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

I'll add, your phone doesn't get bricked. You brick it! Please read the stickies before you do anything with your device. All the info is there to make it an enjoyable experience.
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

kiran9 said:
desperate for help, i know this is wrong place but need help,so tensed ,i tried to install custum rom Cataclysm in nexus 5 , i did it successfully when i was checking all apps, camera was not working. so i thought to re-install lolipop 5.0.1 copying files to my phone became difficult it will come 40-50% and stops or hangs. so i went to recovery (twrp) deleted cache/system/ few other files and then i restarted it says "no OS found" i was shocked and from then i cant get through recovery mode anything. it stuck on the screen where "google" and "screen lock" icon at the bottom is there. please help me out. please let me know any procudure to get back my phone.
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Try using WugFresh's toolkit to flash stock and unroot
Click Here
^ I'm assuming your boot-loader is unlocked ^
Best of luck

Why use toolkits?

educk said:
Aaandd..that's what happens when you flash without reading and understanding the procedures.
You have no idea you have no /system to boot to since you've just said you wiped it.
It is interesting that even after messing up your device, you didn't bother to search but immediately ask in dev section although this post has nothing to do with development. This is sad.
Here is what you are looking for though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
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thanks for the reply, phone is not even goin to recovery mode it just sitting on the google screen. how can i proceed??

TheJCR said:
Try using WugFresh's toolkit to flash stock and unroot
Click Here
^ I'm assuming your boot-loader is unlocked ^
Best of luck
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Please refrain from recommending toolkits, especially to noobs who have already gotten themselves into a bind due to lack of knowledge. We need to try and encourage learning, not provide tools to get around it.
OP needs to flash a factory image with fastboot and then read up on flashing ROMs and the like before he attempts to do anything else, unless he wants to actually brick his device next time.
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kiran9 said:
thanks for the reply, phone is not even goin to recovery mode it just sitting on the google screen. how can i proceed??
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You don't need recovery to flash a factory image, just the bootloader. Hold volume down while powering the phone up. It'll boot into the bootloader and from there you can flash the factory image using fastboot.
And in the future, don't wipe /system. That's why you have no OS.

_MetalHead_ said:
Please refrain from recommending toolkits, especially to noobs who have already gotten themselves into a bind due to lack of knowledge. We need to try and encourage learning, not provide tools to get around it.
OP needs to flash a factory image with fastboot and then read up on flashing ROMs and the like before he attempts to do anything else, unless he wants to actually brick his device next time.
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You don't need recovery to flash a factory image, just the bootloader. Hold volume down while powering the phone up. It'll boot into the bootloader and from there you can flash the factory image using fastboot.
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its not even going to recovery mode, volume down,power button combination isnt working. any combination i tried just results to same google screen. is there any hope?

kiran9 said:
its not even going to recovery mode, volume down,power button combination isnt working. any combination i tried just results to same google screen. is there any hope?
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Are you continuing to hold volume down after pressing the power button or are you releasing it right away? You need to hold it until it boots into the bootloader.

_MetalHead_ said:
Please refrain from recommending toolkits, especially to noobs who have already gotten themselves into a bind due to lack of knowledge. We need to try and encourage learning, not provide tools to get around it.
OP needs to flash a factory image with fastboot and then read up on flashing ROMs and the like before he attempts to do anything else, unless he wants to actually brick his device next time.
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You don't need recovery to flash a factory image, just the bootloader. Hold volume down while powering the phone up. It'll boot into the bootloader and from there you can flash the factory image using fastboot.
And in the future, don't wipe /system. That's why you have no OS.
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thats what i am saying volume down/power button combination is also not working. it just coming back to same google screen, any hope please let me know

kiran9 said:
thats what i am saying volume down/power button combination is also not working. it just coming back to same google screen, any hope please let me know
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Please read and respond to my last question.

_MetalHead_ said:
Are you continuing to hold volume down after pressing the power button or are you releasing it right away? You need to hold it until it boots into the bootloader.
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yes i did the same like holding volume down +power button for some time, i know this step because i have done it many times. its always returning back to same screen.

If one guide was read this all could have been avoided
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

kiran9 said:
yes i did the same like holding volume down +power button for some time, i know this step because i have done it many times. its always returning back to same screen.
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Then you somehow managed to wipe your bootloader, I don't quite know how. Try holding both volume up and down while booting. Again, continue to hold both volume buttons until it boots. That'll get you into the secondary bootloader. If that doesn't work, then you're screwed.

_MetalHead_ said:
Then you somehow managed to wipe your bootloader, I don't quite know how. Try holding both volume up and down while booting. Again, continue to hold both volume buttons until it boots. That'll get you into the secondary bootloader. If that doesn't work, then you're screwed.
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what i did is when phone is getting restarted(very small time between screen on and that nightmare google static screen)i pressed volume up and power button for fastboot. it went successfully and using this tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701 i have flashed to stock andriod

kiran9 said:
what i did is when phone is getting restarted(very small time between screen on and that nightmare google static screen)i pressed volume up and power button for fastboot. it went successfully and using this tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701 i have flashed to stock andriod
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Is it working now?

Yes. Flashed to stock
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