For starters, if there is already an answer to this question, please point me in the right direction because I have looked all over the forums and cannot find an answer. I was wondering if anyone could help me return my Nexus S 4G back to stock. I was in the middle of using one click stock when my power went out and now my phone just sits at the bootloader saying "fastboot mode-no boot or recovery img" and one click stock does not work.; meaning, it will sit and ask me to put the phone into debugging mode. I have also tried manually flashing the files from fastboot but it sits at sending file but does not flash. Even let it sit at the sending screen for 3 hours but it never flashed.
Maybe a brick. The same thing happened to me once, no img's, fastboot not working and a broken power button. I just got it back from a free repair
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Well, is your bootloader locked/unlocked? and try to do it manually with fastboot, at least you know that things are done correctly.
unlock bootloader is : fastboot oem unlock
lock is: fastboot oem lock
you could try to switch once and try to push the recovery image so you can flash a new rom.
Thanks for the help. I relocked and unlocked the bootloader and it did the trick. I was able to manually flash everything back to the phone
Glad I could be of help
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FirePoncho86 said:
Maybe a brick. The same thing happened to me once, no img's, fastboot not working and a broken power button. I just got it back from a free repair
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Where did you get the free repair bud?
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Hi. i have Nexus 5 sim free version. it was on 4.4 later upgraded to 4.4.1 followed by 4.4.2. till 4.4.2, it was great. a day before yesterday i received 4.4.3 OTA update and installed it. after installation,
1- phone started to hang a lot.
2- unless i push power button and re press it, phone remains hanged.
3- i tried flashing 4.4.2 but it stucks at boot loader screen as well and certainly i can't use power button to un freeze it.
4- phone starts well sometimes but there is no display but only colorful dots instead of screen, if i press and re press power button, start screen comes back.
plz help me to find a way so i can flash back some earlier android version.
thanks
kaleem11 said:
Hi. i have Nexus 5 sim free version. it was on 4.4 later upgraded to 4.4.1 followed by 4.4.2. till 4.4.2, it was great. a day before yesterday i received 4.4.3 OTA update and installed it. after installation,
1- phone started to hang a lot.
2- unless i push power button and re press it, phone remains hanged.
3- i tried flashing 4.4.2 but it stucks at boot loader screen as well and certainly i can't use power button to un freeze it.
4- phone starts well sometimes but there is no display but only colorful dots instead of screen, if i press and re press power button, start screen comes back.
plz help me to find a way so i can flash back some earlier android version.
thanks
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flash the factory img http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
and what do you mean sim free nexus 5? all nexus 5 have a sim card slot.
Flash the 4.4.3 factory image and give it another try. If it still has problems just flash an earlier factory image. And if it still doesn't work you have a hardware issue
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simms22 said:
flash the factory img http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
and what do you mean sim free nexus 5? all nexus 5 have a sim card slot.
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i have tried to flash another factory image. but phone freezes at bootloader screen also.
by sim free, i mean phone is not network locked.
jd1639 said:
Flash the 4.4.3 factory image and give it another try. If it still has problems just flash an earlier factory image. And if it still doesn't work you have a hardware issue
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i have tried to flash 4.4.2 factory image but phone freezes even at bootloader after 4-5 seconds. how can i flash image then?
kaleem11 said:
i have tried to flash 4.4.2 factory image but phone freezes even at bootloader after 4-5 seconds. how can i flash image then?
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What do you mean? Does it successfully flash but just never boot?
Did you Flash all the factory images? Or just system and boot?
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have you tried unlocking the bootloader? maybe try to unlock it then flash the factory img. or you can try unlocking it, flash a custom recovery, superuser, and a rooted stock rom(maybe this will work for you?)
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What do you mean? Does it successfully flash but just never boot?
Did you Flash all the factory images? Or just system and boot?
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no. i said that i had tried to flash. after turning the phone off, i restarted in bootloader mode. but phone froze in bootloader mode too, so i was unable to flash. bootloader is unlocked BTW.
kaleem11 said:
no. i said that i had tried to flash. after turning the phone off, i restarted in bootloader mode. but phone froze in bootloader mode too, so i was unable to flash. bootloader is unlocked BTW.
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OK but you Flash the images whilst in the bootloader mode. What does a frozen bootloader look like? What was the output error message when you used fastboot to flash the factory image?
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i have unlocked bootloader after couple of tries because phone kept on freezing even in bootloader mode. but as soon as i put phone in bootloader mode, it freezes. everything was fine before 4.4.3 OTA update. phone shouldn't freeze in bootloader mode. i think that 4.4.3 update has also corrupted recovery.
rootSU said:
OK but you Flash the images whilst in the bootloader mode. What does a frozen bootloader look like? What was the output error message when you used fastboot to flash the factory image?
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it looks like that nothing is working, neither touch nor physical buttons. i can't change options with volume button. i.e. start, recovery, etc etc. u know what i mean. once in bootloader, one can change the options via volume buttons but i can't. on pressing the power button, phone restarts.
kaleem11 said:
it looks like that nothing is working, neither touch nor physical buttons. i can't change options with volume button. i.e. start, recovery, etc etc. u know what i mean. once in bootloader, one can change the options via volume buttons but i can't. on pressing the power button, phone restarts.
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Boot to bootloader. Connect USB. Fastboot flash full factory images. If there is an error. Tell us what it is. If you cannot flash the full factory image, you'll need to send it for repair
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kaleem11 said:
it looks like that nothing is working, neither touch nor physical buttons. i can't change options with volume button. i.e. start, recovery, etc etc. u know what i mean. once in bootloader, one can change the options via volume buttons but i can't. on pressing the power button, phone restarts.
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even if i use toolkit, phone freezes showing no process of flashing image at the end where it says that phone is unlocked.
rootSU said:
Boot to bootloader. Connect USB. Fastboot flash full factory images. If there is an error. Tell us what it is. If you cannot flash the full factory image, you'll need to send it for repair
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yup. i think i have to send it for repair. as u have told me to boot into bootloader, i have tried it. after booting to bootloader, i m unable to change options. its like phone stops working after 3-4 seconds.
kaleem11 said:
yup. i think i have to send it for repair. as u have told me to boot into bootloader, i have tried it. after booting to bootloader, i m unable to change options. its like phone stops working after 3-4 seconds.
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Try and boot into your "backup" bootloader. You can get into this by holding Volume Down AND Volume Up AND Power. You'll notice it is different bootloader because the bootloader version is different from the one you get if you just hold volume down and power.
Maybe that will work?
kaleem11 said:
yup. i think i have to send it for repair. as u have told me to boot into bootloader, i have tried it. after booting to bootloader, i m unable to change options. its like phone stops working after 3-4 seconds.
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You could try download mode http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833
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bitdomo said:
You could try download mode http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833
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tried that. everything went smoothly but phone causing same problem. i think its some type of hardware issue.
kaleem11 said:
tried that. everything went smoothly but phone causing same problem. i think its some type of hardware issue.
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And what about what I said above? Try that. No luck? Send for repair
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And what about what I said above? Try that. No luck? Send for repair
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phone sent for repair. thank u for ur co operation
Hello everyone!
My phone got stucked on boot animation when in just rebooted my phone (i really didn't do anything).
I already have tried (A): Flashing a custom recovery and then a rom from there; and (B) a Factory Image with the procedure 1 and 2 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
I tried to flash KitKat and Lollipop images with both methods and all the roms do the same (Stuck on Boot Animation: Flying dots). Nothing seems to work. I'm really stuck on it. :crying:
My phone is a Nexus 5 Hammerhead D820(H) Baseband M897A-2.0.50.2.25
PD: The power buttons is OK
Edit: When i was writing this, i 'magically' solved it.
1. With my Phone plugged into the pc in Fastboot mode, i made a 'Factory reset'
with the next adb commands:
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
2. Then i flashed the Kitkat image.
3. It Works!
Hope it would be useful
Is this something that a non rooted nexus 5 can do?
Sticky92 said:
Hello everyone!
My phone got stucked on boot animation when in just rebooted my phone (i really didn't do anything).
I already have tried (A): Flashing a custom recovery and then a rom from there; and (B) a Factory Image with the procedure 1 and 2 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
I tried to flash KitKat and Lollipop images with both methods and all the roms do the same (Stuck on Boot Animation: Flying dots). Nothing seems to work. I'm really stuck on it. :crying:
My phone is a Nexus 5 Hammerhead D820(H) Baseband M897A-2.0.50.2.25
PD: The power buttons is OK
Edit: When i was writing this, i 'magically' solved it.
1. With my Phone plugged into the pc in Fastboot mode, i made a 'Factory reset'
with the next adb commands:
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
2. Then i flashed the Kitkat image.
3. It Works!
Hope it would be useful
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I am totally unschooled in anything android, what is 'fastboot'? Can this be done / tried on fully stock Lollipop Google Nexus 5?
Im scared and very sad
Hey! Same problem for me with the nexus 5... is stuck on the colored balls... not turning on... i did pretty much everything.. its even unlocked (theres a unlock sign above "Google") and nothing... Can you please PLEASE help me? Nobody cares about it and i wasted my money... im desesperate please thanks.
WildSantiago said:
Hey! Same problem for me with the nexus 5... is stuck on the colored balls... not turning on... i did pretty much everything.. its even unlocked (theres a unlock sign above "Google") and nothing... Can you please PLEASE help me? Nobody cares about it and i wasted my money... im desesperate please thanks.
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Did you follow the steps in the first post?
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shri_chanakya said:
Did you follow the steps in the first post?
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Or read the stickied threads on General sub forum?
a manta wrote this.
I followed every step because i did the same
I dont know whats going on with my phone, i flashed the image, i restore everything, except the last part qhere you said that you "magically" solved it, i dont know how to get there, can you please help me???
Try this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576
My nexus 5 just turned off and is stuck on the boot animation. I am able to access the bootloader and have already tried to wipe cache and performed factory data reset but the phone is still stuck on the boot animation. I have tried to unlock the bootloader with 1-click-nexus-5-bootloader-unlock as well as CF-Auto-Root-hammerhead-hammerhead-nexus5 tools but after I accept to unlock thebootloader, the phone reboots and gets stuck on the boot animation. The bootloader status remains locked.
I really need to fix this issue and I would be grateful if anyone could help me out.
Thank you
Okay instead of using those tools can you please go into bootloader and try unlocking it using normal fastboot commands (I think it's "oem unlock" or something to that effect). See what happens after that.
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CalculatedRisk said:
Okay instead of using those tools can you please go into bootloader and try unlocking it using normal fastboot commands (I think it's "oem unlock" or something to that effect). See what happens after that.
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I tried the oem unlock method but it didn't work. Every time the phone reboots, it locks the bootloader.
thestar1992 said:
I tried the oem unlock method but it didn't work. Every time the phone reboots, it locks the bootloader.
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This is a common sign on Nexus Devices that the memory chip is failing or has failed. This means it is a hardware issue, and cannot be repaired without exchanging the device, or replacing the motherboard.
i have bootloader unlocked reset phone now i am stuck on white screen with dots. can not get it to boot back up to enable usb debugging to flash factory img and relock bootloader need to return phone to person i bought it from(long story) i can get into bootloader mode and when i go in recovery mode it has green logo with red thing says no command it there anythimg i can do please help i got screwed and need to get my money back from this phone
In recovery mode, press power button then volume up
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In recovery mode, press power button then volume up
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new problem got bootloader locked now i cant get into recovery got the red phone is corrupt prompt i can do fastboot commands but not adb think its a verizon one since i had to depixel8 to unlock it now all it does is the corrupt prompt can still get in bootloader mode. bought phone off craigslist and is just got imei blocked for lost or stolen guy i bought it from has agreed to take it back and refund me but in state that it was before. im at a loss have been long time since i have had nexus like phone used to samsung. if you know anything i will be so grateful
If you locked it with custom firmware on it, and it's a Verizon version, you're in a bad place that I don't think anyone has recovered from yet...
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danaff37 said:
If you locked it with custom firmware on it, and it's a Verizon version, you're in a bad place that I don't think anyone has recovered from yet...
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i was able to recover from it i was able to fastboot continue to get it booted again( after like 100 times never want to see boot up animation again LOL!) get usb debugging set again and bootloader unlocked again then i flashed the vbuild and back up and running. thanks for the help
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i was able to recover from it i was able to fastboot continue to get it booted again( after like 100 times never want to see boot up animation again LOL!) get usb debugging set again and bootloader unlocked again then i flashed the vbuild and back up and running. thanks for the help
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Glad you got it going! Were you actually running any custom mods or kernels? Or did it just get super stuck on stock?
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danaff37 said:
Glad you got it going! Were you actually running any custom mods or kernels? Or did it just get super stuck on stock?
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i was rooted with just the audio mods