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Possible bricked phone? Stuck at Android booting screen

My phone was glitching out today and the location services kept crashing, so I decided to reset.
I tried doing a factory reset by going to backup & reset, yet when I tapped "erase everything".. NOTHING happened.
So I went to recovery mode and did a device wipe/restore and it was stuck that mode for about 5 minutes or so.
It finally got out of that loop, but it's stuck in that boot logo of Nexus 5 (the 4 color circle one). I don't know what to do now Did I brick my phone?

You're not bricked. Can you get into bootloader mode?

jd1639 said:
You're not bricked. Can you get into bootloader mode?
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Actually I can. Right now I have the android guy on the side with "restart bootloader" in red. Is there a way to fix this?

Nephilim-Giant said:
Actually I can. Right now I have the android guy on the side with "restart bootloader" in red. Is there a way to fix this?
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I'd flash the factory image. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064

jd1639 said:
I'd flash the factory image. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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Ah thank god, there might be a way! I'll do this ASAP and get back to this post

Nephilim-Giant said:
Ah thank god, there might be a way! I'll do this ASAP and get back to this post
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Do you have ADB /Fastboot set up?
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0dBu said:
Do you have ADB /Fastboot set up?
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Nope. I just googled this and I didn't even know about this. I'll be definitely reading up more into this! Thank you!
jd1639 said:
I'd flash the factory image. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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I tried the factory image and it seemed to work fine until for the first 5 minutes or so, until I rebooted the device. Then it did the same google start up lock. I did another factor image and this time it worked perfect. Rebooted and it came back on. Thank you so much!
Edit: Also, this thread can be closed because my problem has been solved! Love XDA!

[Q] In a bootloop after flashing factory image

Hello guys,
so recently my Nexus 5 crashed while streaming some videos and got into a bootloop. I could access fastboot, so I tried flashing stock 4.4.2, wiping data, wiping cache. The phone tried to boot a few times and eventually managed to do so, only to start rebooting while logging with my Google account. After a few loops it managed to boot again, and for a while it seemed as everything was okay, until I tried to restart it. Now the phone is just looping and even after 10 minutes isn't able to boot successfully.
At first, most of the time the phone rebooted on the Google logo, but a few times it got to the animation, froze and then rebooted again. Now it's just the Google logo.
Do you have any suggestions what to do? The phone right now is on factory 4.4.2, unlocked, so I'm starting to be afraid it won't be fixable.
Thanks for any ideas or help.

how did you flash the stock images?

I followed this tutorial, through flash-all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701

Plobocz said:
I followed this tutorial, through flash-all.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
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Boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset. Problem solved

Wiping data/doing a factory reset is actually one of the steps in the tutorial, I already did that, it still doesn't work. Hell, I even tried it again now, still nothing.

Plobocz said:
Wiping data/doing a factory reset is actually one of the steps in the tutorial, I already did that, it still doesn't work. Hell, I even tried it again now, still nothing.
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How long are you Leung it boot? The first boot will take awhile, give it 5 minutes

I left it for about 10 minutes before, but to no success. It's not like it's actually doing anything, it just gets to the Google screen, turns off and tries again, over and over. I'll leave it running again, maybe it needs some really long time.

Plobocz said:
I left it for about 10 minutes before, but to no success. It's not like it's actually doing anything, it just gets to the Google screen, turns off and tries again, over and over. I'll leave it running again, maybe it needs some really long time.
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It's not boot looping if it turns off and back on again. You have something else going on. I'd re-flash the factory image again. I think something went wrong there.

Oh, sorry. I originally searched for rebooting related problems but only found bootloop, so I kinda assumed that's what it meant. Whoops.
I'll try the reflashing, then.

Plobocz said:
Oh, sorry. I originally searched for rebooting related problems but only found bootloop, so I kinda assumed that's what it meant. Whoops.
I'll try the reflashing, then.
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A boot loop is when it gets to the boot screen, the four Google colors and just hangs there without going any further.

Flashed again. The whole process goes smoothly, no problems at all. Did another factory reset as well. Phone is still rebooting.

Plobocz said:
Flashed again. The whole process goes smoothly, no problems at all. Did another factory reset as well. Phone is still rebooting.
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So it tries to boot, shuts down probably vibrates and then restarts all over again? Have you tried to re-download the factory image? It could be a bad download. Also use 7-zip to extract it.

Are some phones maybe over heating, I wonder if you cooled phone off, if it could finish booting then?
I might try that, shut off phone, let it cool or help it cool with fridge in sandwich bag or something then retrying in 20 minutes or so?
That is, if you haven't had success yet.
I'm not sure how to read last sentence if successful or not?
WR
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jd1639 said:
So it tries to boot, shuts down probably vibrates and then restarts all over again? Have you tried to re-download the factory image? It could be a bad download. Also use 7-zip to extract it.
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Yes, it gets to the Google logo, turns off, vibrates and starts again. The weird thing is I actually managed to make it work before making this thread (it restarted a few times, froze and restarted on the colors and like the 10th try was successful), but after turning it off I'm not able to turn it on again. So the image should be ok. I can try it, of course.
WarRaven said:
Are some phones maybe over heating, I wonder if you cooled phone off, if it could finish booting then?
I might try that, shut off phone, let it cool or help it cool with fridge in sandwich bag or something then retrying in 20 minutes or so?
That is, if you haven't had success yet.
I'm not sure how to read last sentence if successful or not?
WR
Sent from my Nexus 5
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The phone is still not working, but the temperature isn't high - it gets more heated when I'm charging it, right now it has room temperature, so that shouldn't be the problem.

are you using the flash-all.bat file?
try erasing each individually and flashing each image individually.

Zepius said:
are you using the flash-all.bat file?
try erasing each individually and flashing each image individually.
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Yeah, I was using the flash-all.bat. Tried flashing individually, still the same problem.

Plobocz said:
Yeah, I was using the flash-all.bat. Tried flashing individually, still the same problem.
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And everything completes without any errors?

Plobocz said:
Yeah, I was using the flash-all.bat. Tried flashing individually, still the same problem.
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and you're erasing each partition before flashing?

jd1639 said:
And everything completes without any errors?
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Yeah, no errors at all.
Zepius said:
and you're erasing each partition before flashing?
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No, I've been just flashing them. I thought overwriting it would be enough.
Is it safe to go simply fastboot erase partition, then fastboot flash partition? Or are there some I should not be erasing?

Plobocz said:
Yeah, no errors at all.
No, I've been just flashing them. I thought overwriting it would be enough.
Is it safe to go simply fastboot erase partition, then fastboot flash partition? Or are there some I should not be erasing?
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You can erase then all. System, cache, boot, userdata, recovery. You'll flash then all too. The order doesn't matter.

[Q] Imp:Phone wont start up.PLS HELP

Hi,
So i decided to install NOVA launcher and kept it as default launcher.
No when i wanted to go back to google launcher the system was getting crashed and some error like : "systemui" is not working was poping up.
Meanwhile i was getting notifications of whatsapp messenger and i could use it but when i was trying to exit the app , again the problem occured.
Thats when i decided to reboot the phone to my bad luck it is not going further after "FOUR CIRCLES(red,green,yellow and blue) which comes after google logo.
I had previously owned S2 and when i used nova launcher and tried to switch back ( aftr uninstalling nova) it automatically use to use google launcher.
Please help.
Thanks & Regards,
V

If it won't boot you may have to fastboot the factory image can you get into recovery and do you have a custom recovery If so try clearing cache in it
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jd1639 said:
If it won't boot you may have to fastboot the factory image can you get into recovery and do you have a custom recovery If so try clearing cache in it
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I went into recovery and tried factory reset as well as wiping cache but it takes for ever.
So again , i just have powered off the phone and waiting for suggestions.
I guess i need to flash factory image ?
Thnks
V

vzuwOw said:
I went into recovery and tried factory reset as well as wiping cache but it takes for ever.
So again , i just have powered off the phone and waiting for suggestions.
I guess i need to flash factory image ?
Thnks
V
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How long is forever? Give it a good 10 minutes, maybe longer
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vzuwOw said:
Hi,
So i decided to install NOVA launcher and kept it as default launcher.
No when i wanted to go back to google launcher the system was getting crashed and some error like : "systemui" is not working was poping up.
Meanwhile i was getting notifications of whatsapp messenger and i could use it but when i was trying to exit the app , again the problem occured.
Thats when i decided to reboot the phone to my bad luck it is not going further after "FOUR CIRCLES(red,green,yellow and blue) which comes after google logo.
I had previously owned S2 and when i used nova launcher and tried to switch back ( aftr uninstalling nova) it automatically use to use google launcher.
Please help.
Thanks & Regards,
V
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I need you to answer a few questions before anyone can help...
Do you have a custom recovery installed? (Eg. TWRP or CM?)
- If not, are you rooted?
- If you do, have u made a Backup through your custom recovery?
- If you're not rooted, do you have warranty?
- If you don't have warranty, how long have you had you're phone for, because Google provide warranty for a certain amount of time with your phone.
Basically, if you have a custom recovery installed or are not rooted with warranty, don't panic.
In not an advanced user but I know done stuff... And there's always a way!
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jd1639 said:
How long is forever? Give it a good 10 minutes, maybe longer
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Gave good 10 + mins
Will try it one more time.I guess it should hardly take about 30 secs or so.

Oh, and also, see if you can fastboot by pressing the power button and volume down whilst booting up. If you can't, then try pressing power button + volume up + volume down whilst booting up.
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ProVickers said:
I need you to answer a few questions before anyone can help...
Do you have a custom recovery installed? (Eg. TWRP or CM?) - NO,2 month old phone , full stock.
- If not, are you rooted? NO
- If you do, have u made a Backup through your custom recovery? NO,I dont mind if my data is lost
- If you're not rooted, do you have warranty? YES,but now i stay in different country.so count it as NO
- If you don't have warranty, how long have you had you're phone for, because Google provide warranty for a certain amount of time with your phone. have been using since 2 months
Basically, if you have a custom recovery installed or are not rooted with warranty, don't panic.
In not an advanced user but I know done stuff... And there's always a way!
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ProVickers said:
Oh, and also, see if you can fastboot by pressing the power button and volume down whilst booting up. If you can't, then try pressing power button + volume up + volume down whilst booting up.
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I can do that , it is showing me options over there like recovery,poweroff,bootloader recovery,etc.

If factory reset doesn't work then you option is to flash the factory image. Have you unlocked the bootloader?
Edit, you'll want to review this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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jd1639 said:
If factory reset doesn't work then you option is to flash the factory image. Have you unlocked the bootloader?
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No,I hav'nt modded my phone.
Just tried using nova launcher and uinstalled so this prob.
PS: I this any how to do with google search.Because i had disabled it from settings.

vzuwOw said:
PS: I this any how to do with google search.Because i had disabled it from settings.
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This is probably why it crashed. Your phone doesn't have a launcher to boot into. That's the reason it is boot looping. As mentioned earlier, you'll have to flash the factory image.

jd1639 said:
If factory reset doesn't work then you option is to flash the factory image. Have you unlocked the bootloader?
Edit, you'll want to review this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
Sent from my Nexus 5
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UPDATE : i can go into fastboot by pressing power + volume down
There earlier when i clicked on recovery it showd me option for cache wipe and data factory reset but instead of that i see a red triangle which has a exclamation mark on a sleeping android logo.
I have nt unlocked the bootloader.

El Daddy said:
This is probably why it crashed. Your phone doesn't have a launcher to boot into. That's the reason it is boot looping. As mentioned earlier, you'll have to flash the factory image.
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Yea, i feel the same. I forgot it was google launcher and its a nexus phone.
If it would have been some other trebuche launcher(like in samsung) , this problem would'nt have persisted.

vzuwOw said:
UPDATE : i can go into fastboot by pressing power + volume down
There earlier when i clicked on recovery it showd me option for cache wipe and data factory reset but instead of that i see a red triangle which has a exclamation mark on a sleeping android logo.
I have unlocked the bootloader.
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That is the stock recovery. You can press both volume buttons at the same time, to show the recovery options.
Flashing the factory image is very easy. You put your phone in fastboot mode, plug it into your computer, and simple run the Flashall.bat (or .sh depending on your OS.)
Touchwiz Home in Samsung devices does not rely on google search. Our Nexus has a launcher that requires google search to run. Otherwise you can install AOSP launcher.

Beauenheim said:
That is the stock recovery. You can press both volume buttons at the same time, to show the recovery options.
Flashing the factory image is very easy. You put your phone in fastboot mode, plug it into your computer, and simple run the Flashall.bat (or .sh depending on your OS.)
Touchwiz Home in Samsung devices does not rely on google search. Our Nexus has a launcher that requires google search to run. Otherwise you can install AOSP launcher.
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Done.
Phew
Thanks a lot everyone.
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@jd1639
@Beauenheim
@ProVickers
@El Daddy
Thanks a lot all of you Cookies are in transit
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vzuwOw said:
@jd1639
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Glad you got it working
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Repeated Post.

vzuwOw said:
Repeated Post.
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@vzuwOw if you run into this problem again just fastboot flash the system.img, not the flash-all.bat. it would have kept the rest of your settings and you wouldn't have to redo your while phone.
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I also have bricked my M8

So I was playing around trying to get Sound MOD to work(dont ask me y..I was bored) And I have bricked my phone. I am stuck on the white HTC screen the one at the begining of the boot..the one that says this build is for development purposes..blah blah. and it is just stuck there. Adb wont find device or nothing..I am truly screwed..yes?

Well, ADB wouldn't be able to do anything at that point anyway. It's not fully booted, or in the bootloader.
Have you tried powering it off, and booting to the bootloader? From there recovery, do a factory reset, and see if it boots then?

BDogg718 said:
So I was playing around trying to get Sound MOD to work(dont ask me y..I was bored) And I have bricked my phone. I am stuck on the white HTC screen the one at the begining of the boot..the one that says this build is for development purposes..blah blah. and it is just stuck there. Adb wont find device or nothing..I am truly screwed..yes?
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If your screen shows something you are not bricked.
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sfreemanoh said:
Well, ADB wouldn't be able to do anything at that point anyway. It's not fully booted, or in the bootloader.
Have you tried powering it off, and booting to the bootloader? From there recovery, do a factory reset, and see if it boots then?
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They is no way of powering it off..its just stuck on that screen. No buttons do anything. Guess ill just have to let the FULLY CHARGED..lol..battery run out then try to get into bootloader.

Have you tried holding down the power button for around 10s? That usually does it.

sfreemanoh said:
Have you tried holding down the power button for around 10s? That usually does it.
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yep..no dice

1ManWolfePack said:
If your screen shows something you are not bricked.
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Well Im something..lol

ok..so I got it to go into hboot..And Im trying to factory reset..but it just keeps taking me to twrp again. and everytime I try to do something in there in just boots back to that htc screen. I am noticing when it first boots into hboot it quickly says something about wrong image.

BDogg718 said:
ok..so I got it to go into hboot..And Im trying to factory reset..but it just keeps taking me to twrp again. and everytime I try to do something in there in just boots back to that htc screen.
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Which menu options are you selecting in TWRP? And to factory reset, you would WANT to be in TWRP, so I don't know why you're making it sound like that's a bad thing...

sfreemanoh said:
Which menu options are you selecting in TWRP? And to factory reset, you would WANT to be in TWRP, so I don't know why you're making it sound like that's a bad thing...
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I cant do anything in twrp. I can factory reset but when i go to install anything or restore a backup it boots right back to that HTC screen

BDogg718 said:
I cant do anything in twrp. I can factory reset but when i go to install anything or restore a backup it boots right back to that HTC screen
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So you've tried doing a factory reset, and afterwards it still just gets stuck during boot? And do you mean it boots back to the HTC boot screen after restoring an image and rebooting, or you select "Restore image" (or whatever) and it instantly reboots and gets stuck?

sfreemanoh said:
So you've tried doing a factory reset, and afterwards it still just gets stuck during boot? And do you mean it boots back to the HTC boot screen after restoring an image and rebooting, or you select "Restore image" (or whatever) and it instantly reboots and gets stuck?
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Yep and now I really have a brick..I cant even get it to turn on. If i hold the power and volume down button for ten sec i get htc scren for 3 sec then phone goes bye bye. Im screwed. Thanx for the help guys.

Out if curiosity how did you get to this state by trying to flash a sound mod?
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wtoj34 said:
Out if curiosity how did you get to this state by trying to flash a sound mod?
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I was trying to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2737498 and after doing what issue 1 said I rebooted and got a unauthorized device warning. was finally able to get back to hboot and recovery but nothing would work..wiping, factory resetting..nothing. I just had to order new one. I hate mistakes that cost $..lol
Its my own dumbass fault. I shouldve just let it alone. Was running great on viper 1.6

Have you tried flashing any Rom? You can't boot into the OS following a factory reset in TWRP, you will always end up with what you're getting
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richii0207 said:
Have you tried flashing any Rom? You can't boot into the OS following a factory reset in TWRP, you will always end up with what you're getting
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It is impossible for me to flash a rom. Cant get into a recovery to do it.
Ok so update: I was SOMEHOW able to get into recovery(TWRP) but no matter what i try to do it just reboots back into recovery..any ideas?
EDIT: gonna try verizon RUU. Fingers crossed

Just a thought here. TWRP can install from USB. I have flashed from a thumbdrive in the past on an S3. You may be able to do same. I know this is a shot in the dark but may help.

Will it just sit at the recovery screen or does it boot before you touch anything? If it will sit at the TWRP main screen you should be able to boot into hboot via adb and try a reflash of twrp or CWM. Your recovery may be corrupt.

You're definitely not bricked. You're catching breaks left and right.
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Would a moderator kindly close this thread as I have fixed my problem. Thank you!
After toying around with it for HOURS! Somehow I was able to get it to boot into hboot. Which from there was ablt to fastboot an RUU and profit! Funny thing is I had already made a claim with the Big Red V. Called them back to say that I had found my phone...too late claim already in..lol. Now I have a brand new phone on its way and a mini-tab and dev device I guess..lol

Constant Bootloop

A very weird thing happened to my phone. I was texting and the phone shut off and started to bootloop.
It only boots to the "Google" and about 1 second or 2 into the colorsplash boot animation
THEN it boots back to the "Google" and loops from there.
Has anyone had this problem before?
Also, plugging in to charge the phone causes it to bootloop as well.
I am on stock google rom.

vicorama said:
A very weird thing happened to my phone. I was texting and the phone shut off and started to bootloop.
It only boots to the "Google" and about 1 second or 2 into the colorsplash boot animation
THEN it boots back to the "Google" and loops from there.
Has anyone had this problem before?
Also, plugging in to charge the phone causes it to bootloop as well.
I am on stock google rom.
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This is called a bootloop and nothing short of a factory reset or a reflash of stock will fix it.

Sandman-007 said:
This is called a bootloop and nothing short of a factory reset or a reflash of stock will fix it.
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It actually got to a point where I could do a factory reset.
But it still does this.
So I dont know what to do next.

So you've reflashed stock?
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rootSU said:
So you've reflashed stock?
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Yes the phone actually got stable enough for me to use Nexus RooToolkit to flash back to stock & unroot. and now it still goes into the "GOOGLE" Bootloop

i dont want to scare you, as i can be very wrong here.. but i have ran into a few more users and phones who kept bootlooping no matter what. and every single one of them eventually found out it was an issue with their storage.

simms22 said:
i dont want to scare you, as i can be very wrong here.. but i have ran into a few more users and phones who kept bootlooping no matter what. and every single one of them eventually found out it was an issue with their storage.
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SO how would I remedy this situation?

vicorama said:
SO how would I remedy this situation?
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Wipe your storage

vicorama said:
SO how would I remedy this situation?
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if that is the situation, only a rma. if you can get it to boot, go into your storage with a fike explorer, check if its alright.