[Q] Could not mount /data ! Phone Stuck! - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I flashed a CM based ROM, and decided to get back to Slimkat. Opened my recovery ( Philz CWM ) wiped everything, and now tried to restore my nandroid ! And suddenly Im on Can't mount /sdcard ! I can't even flash a new ROM or do anything, I get stuck on Google's boot logo if I want to get to the ROM.
Let's note that I had no USB debug checked as I was only checking out the newly flashed ROM. So am I literally in a dead situation? Anyone please may help ?

Ensifolk said:
I flashed a CM based ROM, and decided to get back to Slimkat. Opened my recovery ( Philz CWM ) wiped everything, and now tried to restore my nandroid ! And suddenly Im on Can't mount /sdcard ! I can't even flash a new ROM or do anything, I get stuck on Google's boot logo if I want to get to the ROM.
Let's note that I had no USB debug checked as I was only checking out the newly flashed ROM. So am I literally in a dead situation? Anyone please may help ?
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Clean fastboot install :/ Solved the issue for me

try and format cache. If still no luck, fastboot flash cache cache.img

rootSU said:
try and format cache. If still no luck, fastboot flash cache cache.img
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Can I still fastboot even if I have no USB debugging enabled? The phone will interact with the commands normally? ( Since as I mentioned before I flashed the ROM only to check out and played with no settings at all, didnt know this is going to happen )

Ensifolk said:
Can I still fastboot even if I have no USB debugging enabled?
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fastboot commands are done in the bootloader. USB debugging is an Android setting. The 2 are not related even in the slightest.

rootSU said:
fastboot commands are done in the bootloader. USB debugging is an Android setting. The 2 are not related even in the slightest.
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Thank you sir ! Im sorry to go further saying that I have never used fastboot even thought this is my third nexus device, the regular way of me having a Nexus is using a toolkit on day one to Unlock/Root and then the rest is always done to me on a Recovery !
I am currently downloading the Factory Image to flash it via fastboot ( There are instructions on how to do that ) But will delete everything on my phone.
Is there a way I can save myself right now without any loss? Via fastboot commands? And how can I do it? ( Im really sorry for taking your time and mixing my inexperience )
You'd be a life saver hehe

Ensifolk said:
Thank you sir ! Im sorry to go further saying that I have never used fastboot even thought this is my third nexus device, the regular way of me having a Nexus is using a toolkit on day one to Unlock/Root and then the rest is always done to me on a Recovery !
I am currently downloading the Factory Image to flash it via fastboot ( There are instructions on how to do that ) But will delete everything on my phone.
Is there a way I can save myself right now without any loss? Via fastboot commands? And how can I do it? ( Im really sorry for taking your time and mixing my inexperience )
You'd be a life saver hehe
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Dont flash the entire factory image.
just use the
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Then you won't wipe the device.
This is why not to use toolkits. fastboot is essential basic knowledge and using toolkits means you dont get to learn it

rootSU said:
Dont flash the entire factory image.
just use the
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Then you won't wipe the device.
This is why not to use toolkits. fastboot is essential basic knowledge and using toolkits means you dont get to learn it
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You are totally right about that I should learn about it ! Hahaha. Okay, I opened a command promt and I am in the bootloader, where should I get the cache.img from? And should I place it in a certain folder? cause apparently I tried doing this command and it didn't work, I guess i have to get the cache.img from somewhere ( Im really sorry mate...Thanks again )

Ensifolk said:
You are totally right about that I should learn about it ! Hahaha. Okay, I opened a command promt and I am in the bootloader, where should I get the cache.img from? And should I place it in a certain folder? cause apparently I tried doing this command and it didn't work, I guess i have to get the cache.img from somewhere ( Im really sorry mate...Thanks again )
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Have a read of the "how to flash a factory image" thread in general. Just remember, dont follow it blindly as you'll flash the whole factory image.

rootSU said:
Have a read of the "how to flash a factory image" thread in general. Just remember, dont follow it blindly as you'll flash the whole factory image.
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Promise this is the last question I hope. I am actually on that page. I have downloaded the factory image BUT when I extract it via Winrar I only get a one file as an output (hammerhead-kot49h-factory-02006b99)
EDIT: I renamed the extracted file to .zip and extracted again, now I have the files displayed on that page...Trying to figure out now how to flash the cache.img

Ensifolk said:
Promise this is the last question I hope. I am actually on that page. I have downloaded the factory image BUT when I extract it via Winrar I only get a one file as an output (hammerhead-kot49h-factory-02006b99)
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Extract it again.

Ensifolk said:
Promise this is the last question I hope. I am actually on that page. I have downloaded the factory image BUT when I extract it via Winrar I only get a one file as an output (hammerhead-kot49h-factory-02006b99)
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Its a .tar file. Extract it again

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I successfully flashed cache.img But the problem is still there in my recovery, can't mound /sdcard
Think I have to flash the whole factory image ? :-/

Ensifolk said:
I successfully flashed cache.img But the problem is still there in my recovery, can't mound /sdcard
Think I have to flash the whole factory image ? :-/
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Maybe. Can you mount /data?
If so you can adb pull your photos etc off there from data/media/0 - otherwise no such luck
You can find instructions here if you need: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2534010

Ensifolk said:
I successfully flashed cache.img But the problem is still there in my recovery, can't mound /sdcard
Think I have to flash the whole factory image ? :-/
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I think you'v nothing to loose by flashing the whole factory image. If /sdcard can't be mounted in this situation, I think that's because you did (or a toolkit) did something wrong and break it. I don't think that you'll be able to save anything.
(It's my point of view. Maybe somebody else has an idea ?)

rootSU said:
Maybe. Can you mount /data?
If so you can adb pull your photos etc off there from data/media/0 - otherwise no such luck
You can find instructions here if you need: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2534010
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I cannot mount /data even after flashing cache.img - Hence I think I am dead by this stage and I can no more recover whatever I have on the phone. Factory image flashing then ?

Yep, I would

And there we go, I did it, phone back to life. Thank you guys ! A LOT! Appreciated ! pretty much !
Allow me to recall the scenario : I was on Slimkat, decided to try Mahdi Rom ( CM Based ), Backup before flashing, flashed, wanted to revert back. And this can't mount /sdcard there. No idea what could be it...
What recovery you guys recommend me to use ? - Lesson I learned today? I should know how to use fastboot and ditch the Toolkit galore.

Well, seems that you did'nt do anything wrong. Maybe a problem with the rom or something else occur.
Next time, maybe, do a backup and, then, copy it to your computer
For the recovery, I use CWM 6.0.0.4

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[Q] Nexus 5, internal storage 0Mb

Hi everyone,
I am French and I use a translator to talk to you, sorry for language mistakes.
I just ask for your help because at last my nexus one days is blocked.
When I go into TWRP he asks me a passeword and my internal memory shows 0MB
Unable to flash a rom stock, steps go well but it does not change anything in the nexus.
Unable to update bootloader, the old version back
I focused in fastboot and recovery (TWRP)
Do you have a solution?
Thanking you in advance
Loïc
Sounds like uv messed up the partitions. unsure if theres a fix on this
Try
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Where cache.img is from the factory image
jd1639 said:
Try
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Where cache.img is from the factory image
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This is happening without any problems but it does not change the problem.
I'm lost ...
in TWRP i have
E:Unable to mount ' /cache'
E:Unable to mount ' /persist'
E:Unable to mount storage
Problems:
Internal-memory found in TWRP (internal storage: 0MB)
-In flash, everything seems to work well but the file does not replace those on the laptop (eg when I erase bootloader and flash I HHZ11K to replace HHZ11D there was the nexus, the ben 11D never deletes
-Unable to wipe dalvik Cache
TWRP-request a password, so I'm Cancel to use the recovery
Impossible to replace the recovery with a stock version everything seems ok but always returns TWRP
Thank you for your help
worfeur said:
Problems:
Internal-memory found in TWRP (internal storage: 0MB)
-In flash, everything seems to work well but the file does not replace those on the laptop (eg when I erase bootloader and flash I HHZ11K to replace HHZ11D there was the nexus, the ben 11D never deletes
-Unable to wipe dalvik Cache
TWRP-request a password, so I'm Cancel to use the recovery
Impossible to replace the recovery with a stock version everything seems ok but always returns TWRP
Thank you for your help
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What version of twrp are you using?
jd1639 said:
What version of twrp are you using?
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I use twrp 2.6.3.2
worfeur said:
I use twrp 2.6.3.2
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Try to flash this in fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. Where recovery.img is the file below. If it installs, wipe cache within it
http://d-h.st/nbu. It's 2.6.3.4
This very same thing happened to me this morning, and a friends Nexus 5 the other day. Not sure why but the fact that you are the third I have seen in the last few days is making me believe it's a common issue. It happened to me, I watched a movie, fell asleep, and woke up to "Type password to decrypt storage" message, and the same message you have in Recovery as well. To my knowledge, I never set a password, let alone while I slept.
What happened is somehow the "userdata" partition on the phone got corrupt. When this happens, for some reason it thinks the partition was encrypted. You can attempt to fix it with a repair utility, or
Go to the bootloader (Hold Volume Down and Power when turning the phone on) then install and use adb and type this
Code:
adb e2fsck /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
Or from recovery, run a command and and run
Code:
e2fsck /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
See if that works. If it does, your data will be fine. I did not find this fix until after I tried a full reset but it worked for my friend.
If that does not work, you will have to factory reset your phone. You will lose all data on the phone. Hopefully you have a backup. This worked for me.
Use tools from here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerhead
and follow instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
I see you mentioned you tried this, however you may want to try it again, and follow those steps, make sure to go to the Nexus 5's factory recovery after and "Reset to Factory". Likewise it needs to be run from bootloader, not recovery. And you must have unlocked bootloader.
**EDIT** What firmware were you running? CyanogenMod?
N5
1. you unlock it
2. recovery with software.
Thanks
Wergin said:
1. you unlock it
2. recovery with software.
Thanks
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What firmware were you using prior to this happening? I would like to know as me and a friend were on CyanogenMod11 (CM11) and this happened to us as well. If CyanogenMod or TWRP is causing it, it should be reported as a bug.
worfeur said:
Hi everyone,
I am French and I use a translator to talk to you, sorry for language mistakes.
I just ask for your help because at last my nexus one days is blocked.
When I go into TWRP he asks me a passeword and my internal memory shows 0MB
Unable to flash a rom stock, steps go well but it does not change anything in the nexus.
Unable to update bootloader, the old version back
I focused in fastboot and recovery (TWRP)
Do you have a solution?
Thanking you in advance
Loïc
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Why don't you try Clock work mod recovery. Sounds like twrp isn't meshing well with you device. I had issues with all the way to lastest version.Maybe CWM might help.
WoodburyMan said:
What firmware were you using prior to this happening? I would like to know as me and a friend were on CyanogenMod11 (CM11) and this happened to us as well. If CyanogenMod or TWRP is causing it, it should be reported as a bug.
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Sorry, I do not know the firmware that was installed
It is a device used
habitformer said:
Why don't you try Clock work mod recovery. Sounds like twrp isn't meshing well with you device. I had issues with all the way to lastest version.Maybe CWM might help.
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when I flash a custom-recovery (stock or cwn) TWRP 2.6.3.2 always returns
I had this same issue.
I went into fastboot and erased recovery and userdata, then ran the flashall.bat in the factory image.
TWRP had a Password. It happened after I tried to flash Cataclysm and it bootlooped (Forgot to check MD5's, not sure why a corrupt download flashed).
WoodburyMan said:
This very same thing happened to me this morning, and a friends Nexus 5 the other day. Not sure why but the fact that you are the third I have seen in the last few days is making me believe it's a common issue. It happened to me, I watched a movie, fell asleep, and woke up to "Type password to decrypt storage" message, and the same message you have in Recovery as well. To my knowledge, I never set a password, let alone while I slept.
What happened is somehow the "userdata" partition on the phone got corrupt. When this happens, for some reason it thinks the partition was encrypted. You can attempt to fix it with a repair utility, or
Go to the bootloader (Hold Volume Down and Power when turning the phone on) then install and use adb and type this
Code:
adb e2fsck /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
Or from recovery, run a command and and run
Code:
e2fsck /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
See if that works. If it does, your data will be fine. I did not find this fix until after I tried a full reset but it worked for my friend.
If that does not work, you will have to factory reset your phone. You will lose all data on the phone. Hopefully you have a backup. This worked for me.
Use tools from here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerhead
and follow instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
I see you mentioned you tried this, however you may want to try it again, and follow those steps, make sure to go to the Nexus 5's factory recovery after and "Reset to Factory". Likewise it needs to be run from bootloader, not recovery. And you must have unlocked bootloader.
**EDIT** What firmware were you running? CyanogenMod?
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thank you for your help
I have access to adb fastboot mode by boot recovery.img (recovery stock google)
and using the control slidload ADB
but impossible to get the command line
but when I type ADB Devices, my phone is found
otherwise I can not do a stock restoration because the bootloader does not update (KKX11D then I flashed back KKX11K) when I do well:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Beauenheim said:
I had this same issue.
I went into fastboot and erased recovery and userdata, then ran the flashall.bat in the factory image.
TWRP had a Password. It happened after I tried to flash Cataclysm and it bootlooped (Forgot to check MD5's, not sure why a corrupt download flashed).
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thank you I'll try it tonight but I think I already tried
worfeur said:
thank you I'll try it tonight but I think I already tried
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In twrp 2.6.3.4 go into wipe and format data. You will lose all your data but should fix your problem
jd1639 said:
In twrp 2.6.3.4 go into wipe and format data. You will lose all your data but should fix your problem
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the problem when another flash recovery is that the 2.6.3.2 version still returns
let me explain:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery TWRP 2.6.3.4.img
* I go into the recovery but still 2.6.3.2
I feel that TWRP to secure or encrypted my internal memory
worfeur said:
the problem when another flash recovery is that the 2.6.3.2 version still returns
let me explain:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery TWRP 2.6.3.4.img
* I go into the recovery but still 2.6.3.2
I feel that TWRP to secure or encrypted my internal memory
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Can you format data in 2.6.3.2? I'm thinking you have a bigger problem as you've already tried to flash the factory image and it did not work.

Unable to mount Data issue

Hi, I have had this issue for a while now where my custom recovery looses the ability to mount data, this is the message I get,
E: could not mount /data to set up /data/media path. When the problem occurs which can be going into to recovery from any custom rom I just reboot the phone again which has always rebooted ok, but I am worried that it may not reboot ok some time in the future breaking my phone.
I have tried all 3 custom recovery's so I don't think it's a recovery problem, anyone have any ideas what the problem may be.
Usually a problem with /cache. Wipe it a few times or fastboot flash stock cache.img
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
rootSU said:
Usually a problem with /cache. Wipe it a few times or fastboot flash stock cache.img
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Thanks, can I fastboot flash stock cache.img on any rom ?
maxal said:
Thanks, can I fastboot flash stock cache.img on any rom ?
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Yeah, any ROM
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
rootSU said:
Yeah, any ROM
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Ok I have just done fastboot flash stock cache.img and I get a failed (remote: partition table doesn't exist) any idea what is wrong now.
maxal said:
Ok I have just done fastboot flash stock cache.img and I get a failed (remote: partition table doesn't exist) any idea what is wrong now.
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fastboot flash cache cache.img
Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
maxal said:
fastboot flash stock cache.img
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This wasn't the command. This was me telling you what to do. As you're already rooted, I expected you would know the command. See @bitdomo posted.
Please read up about fastboot
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rootSU said:
This wasn't the command. This was me telling you what to do. As you're already rooted, I expected you would know the command. See @bitdomo posted.
Please read up about fastboot
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Thanks fastboot command worked that time. I normally use adb and fastboot commands but I have never had to use cache.img command before, Thanks again :good:
Update: I tried what rootSU said but it didn't resolve my problem so I tried one last thing which was to flash a factory image using the LG Flashtool and so far every thing seems fine. So should anyone else have the same problem that I had with their recovery give the LG Flashtool ago. Should my original fault reoccur I will post an update.
For what it's worth, I had the same issue as the OP. I didn't want to flash the .tot, because my computer was being weird(it said COM41 was in use, because I already used the LGFT for my G2, didn't want to risk it). Basically I just RMAed it, because all fixes were failing. Using e2fsck, flashing stock cache, etc. I could temporarily fix it by flashing a factory image, but when I flashed a new ROM, it would happen again. So if it keeps happening, just send it back. :good:
I would like to add to what Koopa777 said that flashing a factory image was just a tempory fix as I tried this several times, but so far so good the data issue has not re occured since I used the LG Flashtool.
maxal said:
I would like to add to what Koopa777 said that flashing a factory image was just a tempory fix as I tried this several times, but so far so good the data issue has not re occured since I used the LG Flashtool.
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Cool, I'll keep that in mind in case the new one gets it. Could you try something for me though? PA 4.2 BETA 5 always set it off for me. It booted fine, but the recovery was always borked when I rebooted into recovery. If your's survives that, I think that it could definitely be the fix. :good:
Koopa777 said:
Cool, I'll keep that in mind in case the new one gets it. Could you try something for me though? PA 4.2 BETA 5 always set it off for me. It booted fine, but the recovery was always borked when I rebooted into recovery. If your's survives that, I think that it could definitely be the fix. :good:
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No problem I will test PA 4.2 beta tomorrow for you.
I had the same problem on an installation of a kernel that didn't boot atop a CM rom. When it bootlooped, I went into recovery and found the infamous could not mount /data. I tried rootSU's recommendation about wiping cache several times and flashing a cache.img but it didn't work for me. I was about to do the whole factory stock image thing (and thus wipe my sdcard) when out of desperation to avoid that, I tried something that surprisingly succeeded. The following steps are for a newbie but presupposes a working knowledge of how to use adb and fastboot commands.
1. Download and copy a known stable ROM's zip file into your SDK's platform-tools, renaming it ROM.zip
2. Boot you phone into (TWRP 2.7.0.0) recovery
2. Choose ADB sideload in Advanced
3. From your computer's DOS prompt in the SDK platform-tools directory, type adb sideload ROM.zip
When it's done sideloading, it will flash
4. Choose reboot system
It will boot and get a series of FC's of android process and dialer
5. Hard reset into bootloader (hold down the power button until screen goes off (in like 7 secs) immediately hit vol-down) and choose recovery
Voila! Rebooted into recovery for me with data mounted as normal. No need to flash factory images!
Hope this helps and good luck!
I know that this thread is nearly a year old, but just wanted to report that my phone soft bricked when I flashed a kernel (without flashing the rom). TWRP (2.8.5) was unable to mount data, storage, /data/media. When I went into TWRP/Advanced/File Manager there was nothing in the sd card. After an ADB flash cache cache.img it was still the same. I decided to follow the @reeper000 post and it booted into the ROM i flashed (Slim Lollipop version) and it came up with only a couple errors. I was then able to go into TWRP and restore a nandroid backup and all is fine. I was sooooooo close to erasing data/restoring to a factory image!!!!!! THANKS, @reaper000!
Glad all well. I had 2 nasty surprises yesterday. First I flashed a nandroid
, only one I had. It kept going past 100 %on loading the data. Went to 300%! I'd one rom with Gapps I'd not tried so I thought saved.. Aghhhhhh Noo when it came on said playstore support missing. Had to tap like mad to get it off the screen in between putting my acc in. 2 hours later it linked and downloaded the missing file. Thank god. Then my baseband went! I was at my wits end. Decided I'd nothing to loose with a factory reset which fixed it. Good job as the new battery came today! Now I test backups and have two different ones

NEXUS 5 stuck at Google logo

Hi Guys,
After some cleanup in CMW i accidently format EVERYTHING. (formatted all single option in CMW, afterall a bad idea) So now i'm stuck at the google logo.
Now i have the 4.4.4 KTU.zip on my computer. Can i flash this via ADB sideload (as a renamed ''update.zip''? Or can i just copy the .zip file to my Nexus from a computer?
I'm @ work so i;m stuck guessing what i must do to get this thing work!
Thanks in advance guys
i dont know what it is, but if its a rom, sideload then flash away. your phine is empty right now, no rom or anything. you need to put something into your phone(sideload) then flash it.
Yes, the whole zip file is the stock ROM in a zip file.
Luckely i can't login as administrator here or else i could get my device working here
Thanks!
Why not just start the bootloader (fastboot mode) and execute the flash-all.bat? It'a the 'official' way to completely restore your phone. I've done it several times and it always worked great
experience7 said:
Why not just start the bootloader (fastboot mode) and execute the flash-all.bat? It'a the 'official' way to completely restore your phone. I've done it several times and it always worked great
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Thanks! Please tell me where to find the flash all bat. Find nothing specific on google...
Alfa Kenny One said:
Thanks! Please tell me where to find the flash all bat. Find nothing specific on google...
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
get the factory image here, unzip it, and run the flas-all.bat. make sure fastboot works correctly. it will flash your phone back to stock.

[SOLVED] Stuck in bootloop even after flashing back to stock

Hey everyone,
I've been tearing out my hair for the past 34 hours (with the exception of sleeping). I restarted my phone yesterday and it got stuck in the boot animation, for hours.
I have never unlocked my bootloader, or flashed any custom rom on this phone, so I was really shocked when this happened. So I took to these forums, because lurking here usually solves all my issues (thanks awesome people), and flashed the stock image as recommended-> bootloop -> factory reset in recovery mode -> bootloop-> repeated this all night and today with multiple flashing methods (fastboot using flash-all and flashing individually, no dice.
I was wondering if I was out of luck, seeing as though my phone just randomly did this to itself, without prior tampering, or if there was something I could try doing. I haven't tried any custom recoveries as I don't really know how that would help me if I am willing to flash back to stock and lose all my data.
I am able to boot into fastboot mode and go to recovery mode, so this indicates to me that my hardware is fine, unless I am wrong
Thanks, I would appreciate all the help I can get
Was fast boot one of those multiple flashing methods?
theesotericone said:
Was fast boot one of those multiple flashing methods?
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Yeah, both using Flash-all and flashing each individual, Ill update post
ChunksOfLemon said:
Yeah, both using Flash-all and flashing each individual, Ill update post
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And you didn't receive any errors at all while flashing them individually? If that's the case I'd fastboot format each partition first then flash it. If that doesn't work you're pretty much out of luck. Just so where on the same page it would go like this:
Code:
fastboot format system
fastboot flash system system.img
Then just repeat that for everything.
theesotericone said:
And you didn't receive any errors at all while flashing them individually? If that's the case I'd fastboot format each partition first then flash it. If that doesn't work you're pretty much out of luck. Just so where on the same page it would go like this:
Code:
fastboot format system
fastboot flash system system.img
Then just repeat that for everything.
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I'll try this now and let you know
theesotericone said:
And you didn't receive any errors at all while flashing them individually? If that's the case I'd fastboot format each partition first then flash it. If that doesn't work you're pretty much out of luck. Just so where on the same page it would go like this:
Code:
fastboot format system
fastboot flash system system.img
Then just repeat that for everything.
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Yeah, no luck there either
I guess I'll call LG in the morning
ChunksOfLemon said:
Yeah, no luck there either
I guess I'll call LG in the morning
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First reboot to recovery and wipe cache.
theesotericone said:
First reboot to recovery and wipe cache.
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Nothing is working, I'll check to see how much it'll be to repair
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Nothing is working, I'll check to see how much it'll be to repair
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Have you tried -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576 ?
beekay201 said:
Have you tried -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576 ?
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OMG YES THIS WORKS! Thank you, I read that thread in my initial search, but it didn't seem to apply. But I just tried it and my device booted in like five minutes.
Thanks for helping me guys, don't need to buy another phone

Soft bricked shield tablet PLEASE HELP!

So I bought my shield tablet back in March, used it until about may I think. Was browsing the internet then it suddenly crashed and got stuck on the Nvidia boot screen. tried to reboot several times. Nothing. So I forgot about it and thought I would just google the reset option later when I had time. Now since June I have tried everything! From factory reset to fast boot and adb my pc won't even recognize my tablet. Also I never turned on usb dbugging cause I didn't even know what that was. I even gave it to the IT guys at work and they couldn't fix it. Now after reading everything there is to read on this problem and trying to fix it myself I'm stuck on the no command screen with the dead android robot. And now I hear there is a recall do to the battery, I can't even check what type I have. So if someone can please help me I would be much appreciative. Also this happened after updating to the latest OS.
okay so i was able to unlock the bootloader and start flashing but from fastboot flash recovery.img and beyond it says failed to write. any ideas of why?
Ace0169 said:
okay so i was able to unlock the bootloader and start flashing but from fastboot flash recovery.img and beyond it says failed to write. any ideas of why?
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Can you flash twrp and boot to it?
Ace0169 said:
okay so i was able to unlock the bootloader and start flashing but from fastboot flash recovery.img and beyond it says failed to write. any ideas of why?
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Hello,
Did you use "Fastboot flash recovery.img" as your command line??
I believe it is "Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
If you were able to unlock bootloader you're on the right track.
Sent from a Locked Bootloader
Yes I used "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" but every command after that keeps telling me "failed to write file"
danjull said:
Can you flash twrp and boot to it?
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I'm a complete noob when it comes to this stuff, what is twrp? Haha
Ace0169 said:
I'm a complete noob when it comes to this stuff, what is twrp? Haha
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TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) is a custom recovery that you can flash on your device. You can flash it like the stock recovery over fastboot. With TWRP you can make full system backups, installing roms or other stuff, wipe partitions and more. Keep trying to install the drivers on your pc. Try to use another usb slot or boot your pc into test mode to install the driver. If you can still access the bootloader, you have really good chances to rescue your device.
Okay will try that. Thanks man.
Ace0169 said:
Okay will try that. Thanks man.
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I see what your doing wrong. You probably don't even have the recovery img to flash. That's why it's giving you a write error.
There is a tutorial in the general section, that should have all the files and links, etc etc that you'll need to flash TWRP/CWM recovery and root the device if you want
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shi...k-recovery-images-ota-library-guides-t2988881
Sent from my Nexus 5
Mojar7070 said:
I see what your doing wrong. You probably don't even have the recovery img to flash. That's why it's giving you a write error.
There is a tutorial in the general section, that should have all the files and links, etc etc that you'll need to flash TWRP/CWM recovery and root the device if you want
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shi...k-recovery-images-ota-library-guides-t2988881
Sent from my Nexus 5
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If your referring to the recovery images from Nvidia website I have dowloaded that, also the correct drivers. Maybe there is something else I'm missing?
Ace0169 said:
If your referring to the recovery images from Nvidia website I have dowloaded that, also the correct drivers. Maybe there is something else I'm missing?
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First off, let me ask, what is your end result for the tablet?? Are you trying to just go a Complete stock tablet or are you trying to do anything custom (ex. Custom rom, recovery etc etc)
I'm assuming that since you unlocked your Bootloader, your trying to do something custom.
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Ace0169 said:
If your referring to the recovery images from Nvidia website I have dowloaded that, also the correct drivers. Maybe there is something else I'm missing?
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Those official nVidia recovery images come with smaller .img files such as recovery.img, system.img, etc. You'll need to flash those one by one ("fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", then run "fastboot flash system system.img", etc. etc.) or you can just run the flashall script that I think is included in the nVidia images.
Otherwise, if you want to flash TWRP, you'll need to download the TWRP recovery (you can rename it to "twrp-recovery.zip"). Then you'll need to "fastboot flash twrp-recovery.zip" in order to flash the twrp recovery to your tablet.
Mojar7070 said:
First off, let me ask, what is your end result for the tablet?? Are you trying to just go a Complete stock tablet or are you trying to do anything custom (ex. Custom rom, recovery etc etc)
I'm assuming that since you unlocked your Bootloader, your trying to do something custom.
Sent from a Locked Bootloader
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I want my tablet to boot again, it's completely unusable in its condition I've heard re flashing will fix it.
Ace0169 said:
I want my tablet to boot again, it's completely unusable in its condition I've heard re flashing will fix it.
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OK. Then the link I gave earlier should help flash stock software onto your tablet.
However, that guide is only to go back to factory "state" Operating System wise. It may not help with hardware. Once your flash everything correctly but device still doesn't boot, its probably not software related.
Sent from my Nexus 5
Mojar7070 said:
OK. Then the link I gave earlier should help flash stock software onto your tablet.
However, that guide is only to go back to factory "state" Operating System wise. It may not help with hardware. Once your flash everything correctly but device still doesn't boot, its probably not software related.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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so ive followed the steps in the link, and ive executed all the commands but when i get to fasboot flash system system.img it says write failed. also all the commands beyond that one. ive got to be missing something. i have the image from nvidia developer, all the drivers, and my fastboot recognizes my device. has anyone encountered this before?
Ace0169 said:
so ive followed the steps in the link, and ive executed all the commands but when i get to fasboot flash system system.img it says write failed. also all the commands beyond that one. ive got to be missing something. i have the image from nvidia developer, all the drivers, and my fastboot recognizes my device. has anyone encountered this before?
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After you unlocked the device but before trying to flash anything else on the device, try putting the shield into Fastboot mode. At the bootloader, select fastboot using the volume buttons.
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After you unlocked the device but before trying to flash anything else on the device, try putting the shield into Fastboot mode. At the bootloader, select fastboot using the volume buttons.
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Select "fastboot protocol"? Is that correct?
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Select "fastboot protocol"? Is that correct?
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So i selected "fastboot protocol" it blipped for a second then brought me back to the bootloader. tried flashing again and once i reached the fastboot flash system system.img it said write failed again. did it not engage the "fastboot protocol"?
Bringing you back to the bootloader was expected behavior. The "write fail" is a mystery to me. Sorry, that is all that I can offer.
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Bringing you back to the bootloader was expected behavior. The "write fail" is a mystery to me. Sorry, that is all that I can offer.
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@Ace0169 Same, not sure what else to tell you. Sorry sir.
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