[Q] Everything is messed up - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

idk what happened i was using my phone as normal and was using snapchat, then my camera crashed and rebooted my phone. then i noticed that i didn't have signal so i went to the settings and noticed that everything that has to do with ril is gone like imei, imei sv.
i have tried taking the sim out and back in but it wont work,
also my camera wont work, google play store crashes, but one weird thing is that my modem version does not show in settings but it does in when entering the bootloader. i flashed stock 4.4.2 but still nothing is working
please i need help, have tried searching the forums but cant find any thing this similar sorry if this has been answered before (and i don't have a efs backup because im stupid..)

try reflashing your rom/gapps

Which mods did you have on your phone before it crashed?
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simms22 said:
try reflashing your rom/gapps
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already did that, but still no go, also it turns out i cant access my sd card on the pc nor on the nexus 5

nemofbaby2010 said:
Which mods did you have on your phone before it crashed?
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was using multirom with the sense 6.0 port, and xposed. that was pretty much it

FettleifIsMyUserName said:
was using multirom with the sense 6.0 port, and xposed. that was pretty much it
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did you flash the stock rom zip or did you use the actual factory images?
try using the factory images youll lose everything but you might get your phone back: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerheadkot49h

nemofbaby2010 said:
did you flash the stock rom zip or did you use the actual factory images?
try using the factory images youll lose everything but you might get your phone back: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerheadkot49h
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used the factory image didnt work, internal sdcard is gone, gonna try one more time

flashed the 4.4.2 factory image, still the same problems no imei or nothing and the sdcard is blank

FettleifIsMyUserName said:
flashed the 4.4.2 factory image, still the same problems no imei or nothing and the sdcard is blank
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Sounds like another flash memory failure. Call Google and see if they'll RMA it.

FettleifIsMyUserName said:
flashed the 4.4.2 factory image, still the same problems no imei or nothing and the sdcard is blank
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Have you flashed the cache.img? Try flashing it 2-3 times... Or just head over to stock recovery and format cache 2-3 times and then do a factory reset.. These things needs to be done via the stock recovery and not a custom one.
I had a similar problems some weeks ago and this solved it!

theesotericone said:
Sounds like another flash memory failure. Call Google and see if they'll RMA it.
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i live in norway we cant send them to google directly it has to go trough the company where u bought it, say for an example my carrier telenor which would then deal with the problem. but i bought mine of ebay because i wanted it faster (due to problems of the 2012s nexus 7 where we didnt receive it before november.) so i guess the phone is pretty much useless now?

vin4yak said:
Have you flashed the cache.img? Try flashing it 2-3 times... Or just head over to stock recovery and format cache 2-3 times and then do a factory reset.. These things needs to be done via the stock recovery and not a custom one.
I had a similar problems some weeks ago and this solved it!
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didn't notice your comment, ill try it and report back

nope...wiped the cache 3 times then a factory reset in stock recovery booted up still the same problems

Don't know if this will work in your case but it may be worth a try http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833

Give a try to this method too maybe it will work for you.:good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...o-repairing-corrupted-data-partition-t2577447

i had the same issue when running the Nexsense port. There was a known issue that it would break the sensors back when it first got released but the DL link got removed immediately. after that there was a post to correct the sensors. but there was another issue with it as well. seeing as it was a NAND backup, it was very possible it re-wrote you EFS partition on your phone which stores you IMEI and other data like that. The only possibility of getting that back, is if you did a backup of the EFS partition prior to having an issue. just a warning: DO NOT FLASH ANOTHER PHONES EFS PARTITION TO YOURS. the only way to get the phone to work again with a messed up EFS partition (from what i have seen) is through replacement device unfortunately

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52414651 to let all of you know it is solved
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[Q] Unrooted stock bootloop - need help

Recently my Nexus s started bootlooping.
First it was happening if the phone was powered off due to finished battery, now it happens every time i power it off.
What happens is, it bootloop on the google logo. In order to over come that i pull the battery out and turn it back on. After a few time (3-10) it would start up normally and not bootlooping.
I run stock 4.0.3, not rooted.
Anyone has a clue ?
iglu said:
Recently my Nexus s started bootlooping.
First it was happening if the phone was powered off due to finished battery, now it happens every time i power it off.
What happens is, it bootloop on the google logo. In order to over come that i pull the battery out and turn it back on. After a few time (3-10) it would start up normally and not bootlooping.
I run stock 4.0.3, not rooted.
Anyone has a clue ?
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my only suggestion is maybe a factory reset, you might have some corrupted files somewhere. but, my fear/concern is that your internal sd storage card might be going.
And if a factory reset didn't work, I think you'll have to use ODIN to flash stock 2.3.6 ...
simms22 said:
my only suggestion is maybe a factory reset, you might have some corrupted files somewhere. but, my fear/concern is that your internal sd storage card might be going.
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What is lost on factory reset ? only the OS and installed apps, no SD data right ?
TheMatrix246 said:
And if a factory reset didn't work, I think you'll have to use ODIN to flash stock 2.3.6 ...
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You think it might be a result of ICS upgrade ?
iglu said:
What is lost on factory reset ? only the OS and installed apps, no SD data right ?
You think it might be a result of ICS upgrade ?
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Yes factory data reset only deletes all data on your phone not the SD card.
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simms22 said:
my only suggestion is maybe a factory reset, you might have some corrupted files somewhere. but, my fear/concern is that your internal sd storage card might be going.
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And if a factory reset didn't work, I think you'll have to use ODIN to flash stock 2.3.6 ...
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Okay, so i did factory reset and i'm still stuck on the bootloop. Need to remove the battery and turn back on until it doesn't bootloop.
Actually what happens is the google logo appear, then for a moment it turned off and comes back again.
simms22, why do you think it's internal sd damage ?
TheMatrix246, what's ODIN ?
Guys, you think if i root and switch ROM it could be fixed ?
I would appreciate some help here a bit lost.
One last thing before you contact Samsung:
Download Nexus S [i9020T/i9023] 4.0.3 Full ROM and copy to sdcard as update.zip
Go into bootloader
Recovery
Data/factory reset
Install update.zip (reflash all files of ICS)
Reboot and hope it works out fine
If this doesn't work for you i highly doubt rooting and changing ROMs will. This will reinstall the entire OS (format and install /system), bootloader, radio, kernel and recovery.
Do i need to be root user in order to do that ?
And just to make sure, this Full ROM is for i9020T ? correct ?
(mine says only GT-i9020 on the back, bought in Carphone Warehouse in England).
Yes, i9020T. If you get 3G with Orange, and you have the SAMOLED screen, you have the i9020T (and to my knowledge, 9020 on the back signifies i9020T).
Also, i don't believe you need to be root to do that. I'm pretty sure you can flash the same version ROM from stock recovery as long as it is signed, just not older versions.
First, thanks guys for the help.
After first doing the factory reset, it seemed the bootloop happens less often. At first i tought it was solved but then it rarely (1 to 5 reboots) yet happened.
Today i installed the Full ROM Harbb suggested and so far i have no reboot issues.
But i after the installation i saw OS wasn't reset. Does it suppose to (not) happen ?
iglu said:
First, thanks guys for the help.
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But i after the installation i saw OS wasn't reset. Does it suppose to (not) happen ?
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You're welcome. Also, all that file does is replace everything in the /system partition (OS). All apps besides the defaults that come from the factory are not in that partition so are not affected. Hopefully your problem is fixed permanently
But it's generally recommended to do a full wipe when switching ROMs. It could be that you encounter other problems because of the ROM change without wipe. But you could also be lucky to have no problems. Just to remind you, when you encounter something wierd.
Problem is still there ....
Hi guys,
First thanks for all the help, but the problem still there.
I did the upgrade using the Full ROM as Harbb suggested. For the first 10-12 times i rebooted (i rebooted again and again) it was alright, booting successfully ... but then it stated occasionally to bootloop and now it does it almost everytime. usually takes up to 10 times i remove the battery and start the phone so it will start up and not bootloop.
Also, I'm sorry the taking so long to respond, the nature of the problem compelling me to test it for a few days so i will know if it works or not.
Should i root the device ?
If so , how do i replace / rewrite the boot program ?
I would much appreciate any suggestion.
I had a similar problem, bootlooping, stuck on Google logo when running 4.0.3 in the end I took it back to carphone warehouse who repaired it and now it's ok. I found that heating it with a hair-dryer made it stop bootlooping (but that's what worked for me). However the repair seems to have fixed any issues and its all OK now.
BlatDinger said:
I had a similar problem, bootlooping, stuck on Google logo when running 4.0.3 in the end I took it back to carphone warehouse who repaired it and now it's ok. I found that heating it with a hair-dryer made it stop bootlooping (but that's what worked for me). However the repair seems to have fixed any issues and its all OK now.
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My problem is i bought the device also in carphone warehouse in the UK, but i live in Israel. Meaning i will have to send it to them by air-mail.
By any chance they mentioned what was the problem ?
also did they give you a refurbished device or a new one ?
iglu said:
My problem is i bought the device also in carphone warehouse in the UK, but i live in Israel. Meaning i will have to send it to them by air-mail.
By any chance they mentioned what was the problem ?
also did they give you a refurbished device or a new one ?
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Most likely its a refurbished one, as is the way of sending devices for warranty
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Sorry for slow reply - they said they 'flashed it' and it came back unlocked but I believe its still the same handset and I've no idea how they did it soz.
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BlatDinger said:
Sorry for slow reply - they said they 'flashed it' and it came back unlocked but I believe its still the same handset and I've no idea how they did it soz.
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Hey, thanks for the replay.
What does is mean to flash it ?
How do i do that ?
You noted it was returned unrooted, was it rooted before ?
Again thank you all for the help.
To be honest I'm a novice to these terms but know that they unlocked it(it was not unlocked when sent off) and reinstalled os 2.3.3 after a complete wipe. Details of how to unlock and flash (install a different os) are on the forums. If you follow the forum advice precisely the instructions work. I am now running a CyberGR rom of ics 4.0.3 that runs smoother than stock ics . Again found on these forums. Hope this helps.
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baseband unknown :((

So i must have messed up my phone while using the all in one root unlocker and so on. Im not sure what i did, but i finally got my phone to boot, and now i get no service. Im on tmobile and it says i have no sim card. When i go into about phone it shows baseband unknown.
I really have no idea what to do. Ive never been stuck in this situation. Maybe someone more experienced can point me in the right direction?
any help would be appreciated!
aamzalag said:
So i must have messed up my phone while using the all in one root unlocker and so on. Im not sure what i did, but i finally got my phone to boot, and now i get no service. Im on tmobile and it says i have no sim card. When i go into about phone it shows baseband unknown.
I really have no idea what to do. Ive never been stuck in this situation. Maybe someone more experienced can point me in the right direction?
any help would be appreciated!
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so furthermore, it looks like i have no data partition anymore, i can go on my chromebrowser on the phone and browse the web but when i try to install anything it says no sdcard. I also cant move anything to the phone via windows, it just freezes even tho i can see the phone and go into the internal storage.
Im really screwed here. Ive also used the fastboot files to flash back to google stock, but for some reason continue to find everything borked.
HELP PLZ!!! ahah
Also, finding that i cant mount any partition, cache, data, anything liek that. It seems like my partitions have been messed up . Not sure how to resolve that
Well it looks like your the first one to brick the nexus 5. If your imei is missing your screwed.
P.S.A DON'T USE TOOLKITS
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Might be helpful to others to explain exactly what you did to your phone.
lafester said:
Might be helpful to others to explain exactly what you did to your phone.
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He used a tool kit. Who knows what it did to his phone
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I realize that maybe using the toolkit may not have been a good choice but considering im already here. Constructive advice might be a little more helpful... I know that with my old verizon GS3 if i lost my imei/ similar info, i could nv flash myself and get it back in certain cases. Does a similar thing not exist for the nexus 5? Id imagine that a truly unlocked device like this one should have a method to get back from anything?
aamzalag said:
I realize that maybe using the toolkit may not have been a good choice but considering im already here. Constructive advice might be a little more helpful... I know that with my old verizon GS3 if i lost my imei/ similar info, i could nv flash myself and get it back in certain cases. Does a similar thing not exist for the nexus 5? Id imagine that a truly unlocked device like this one should have a method to get back from anything?
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If you've flashed the stick images and it hasn't fixed it then you might be out of luck. With the n4 there is a thread on how to restore the phone with LG nv flash in download mode. I don't think the tools or files are available yet for the n5 tho
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i dont know what i did, but i restored the factory image one more time, then booted to stock recovery and wiped all partitions. The phone booted and my imei and baseband are back. Working 100% now. Gonna sit out the rooting and so on for now. time to relax for a bit
So you can't fastboot flash anything? Can you fast boot flash twrp recovery from the android SDK on a PC?
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aamzalag said:
i dont know what i did, but i restored the factory image one more time, then booted to stock recovery and wiped all partitions. The phone booted and my imei and baseband are back. Working 100% now. Gonna sit out the rooting and so on for now. time to relax for a bit
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That's how I fixed my N4. I flashed the factory images 3 times.
Glad it's working finally
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Ya, fastboot continued to work, and iw as able to flash the factory images.At first those werent fixing anything. the final time i flashed it right before it worked again, i let the phone sit and run the boot screen for about 30 minutes before i went to stock recovery and wiped. Then it booted perfectly.
The previous times i had flashed twrp and wiped which i believe was the cause in the first place.
Thanks all its working perfect now. The device is amazing,!
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The previous times i had flashed twrp and wiped which i believe was the cause in the first place.,!
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Sames just happened to me, but I didnt use a toolkit, i did it all manually.
Quick flash of the factory image sorted it. :victory:
UPDATE: Flashed TWRP again....All ok this time.
You guys unlocked the bootloader first right?
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This has just happened to me. I have installed the stock images 2 times now.
Is there anything you guys did differently to make it work?
My N5 decided to wipe the baseband and IMEI when I went to wipe the cache through recovery. Tried to reflash factory images 5 times and each time, when the phone boots up, hangouts, camera and gallery apps force close and I still have no network signal or IMEI/baseband.
Worst bit is all I did was wipe the cache partition, done that a million times and never had this problem
Anyone know what i can do?
I've relocked the bootloader for now but I can't call Google because my only phone is the Nexus 5 so that's out of the question.
Edit:
Managed to fix it by using a slightly different set of fastboot commands.
Here's what I did:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-HHZ11d.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-M8974A-1.0.25.0.17.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-hammerhead-krt16m.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
That worked for me
WRAITH07 said:
My N5 decided to wipe the baseband and IMEI when I went to wipe the cache through recovery. Tried to reflash factory images 5 times and each time, when the phone boots up, hangouts, camera and gallery apps force close and I still have no network signal or IMEI/baseband.
Worst bit is all I did was wipe the cache partition, done that a million times and never had this problem
Anyone know what i can do?
I've relocked the bootloader for now but I can't call Google because my only phone is the Nexus 5 so that's out of the question.
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After you flash the factory image, boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
You mentioned a cache wipe. Was this in CWM or TWRP? My N5 hung trying to do a cache wipe in CWM. After rebooting the sdcard was inaccessible. The solution was to flash TWRP from fastboot, and do an advanced wipe of only the cache, and give it TIME. Like 5-10 minutes. After another reboot I had the sdcard and radio back, but some write permission issues. One more reboot and everything was ok again.
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cmstlist said:
You mentioned a cache wipe. Was this in CWM or TWRP? My N5 hung trying to do a cache wipe in CWM. After rebooting the sdcard was inaccessible. The solution was to flash TWRP from fastboot, and do an advanced wipe of only the cache, and give it TIME. Like 5-10 minutes. After another reboot I had the sdcard and radio back, but some write permission issues. One more reboot and everything was ok again.
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I had this issue while wiping cache in TWRP 2.6.3.0
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[Q] Any way to recover lost EFS?

Ok, so I probably know the answer to this already :crying:
Brief story - stock rooted ROM with custom kernel. Made backup with TWRP. Flashed stock boot,img and system.img in fastboot, flashed downloaded update from 4.4 -> 4.4.2 in recovery. Wiped cache and dalvik - started but recovery locked up. Had to hold power to reboot phone. Booted fine but no network, no IMEI, no baseband.
And no I don't have and EFS backup
I take it the phone is now buggered.
Is there anything I can do to fix this??
Appreciate anything that might help this.
Cheesy Wotsit said:
Ok, so I probably know the answer to this already :crying:
Brief story - stock rooted ROM with custom kernel. Made backup with TWRP. Flashed stock boot,img and system.img in fastboot, flashed downloaded update from 4.4 -> 4.4.2 in recovery. Wiped cache and dalvik - started but recovery locked up. Had to hold power to reboot phone. Booted fine but no network, no IMEI, no baseband.
And no I don't have and EFS backup
I take it the phone is now buggered.
Is there anything I can do to fix this??
Appreciate anything that might help this.
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The same thing happened to me. Flash the latest version of TWRP, wipe your cache again, and your phone will be back to normal.
not true for all you may end up having to RMA I had my efs backup it still didn't fix it sorry to be the bearer of bad news but they make it sound like bringing it back is 100% but in some cases that's not true
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ddloco said:
not true for all you may end up having to RMA I had my efs backup it still didn't fix it sorry to be the bearer of bad news but they make it sound like bringing it back is 100% but in some cases that's not true
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In his case, if he just does what I said to do he'll be fine. He didn't lose his EFS, he rebooted in the middle of a cache wipe and his partitions got messed up. Updating TWRP and wiping the cache again will set everything straight. This is a fairly common issue with older versions of TWRP.
_MetalHead_ said:
In his case, if he just does what I said to do he'll be fine. He didn't lose his EFS, he rebooted in the middle of a cache wipe and his partitions got messed up. Updating TWRP and wiping the cache again will set everything straight. This is a fairly common issue with older versions of TWRP.
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I'm just saying the same thing happens to me and nothing that's suggested fixed it that's why I say its not 100% me and another guy both had the same problem and the only way was to RMA I also had my efs but even after doing everything from going back to stock updateubg twrp and reflashing my esf backup my phone would not correct its self so I'm not saying that this method doesn't work for some people but for me and another used it was a no go
So why are you guys still using twrp if it is causing issues?
Just use cwm instead!
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Elisha said:
So why are you guys still using twrp if it is causing issues?
Just use cwm instead!
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because the majority dont have any problems.
and people, take precautionary measures and back up your efs partition, its the first thing i did as soon as i had a custom recovery. it takes 2 seconds. and store it somewhere OTHER then your phones internal storage, like on a comp or dropbox
TheAtheistOtaku said:
because the majority dont have any problems.
and people, take precautionary measures and back up your efs partition, its the first thing i did as soon as i had a custom recovery. it takes 2 seconds. and store it somewhere OTHER then your phones internal storage, like on a comp or dropbox
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This is not an EFS issues. Simple matter of twrp messing up partitions.
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Elisha said:
This is not an EFS issues. Simple matter of twrp messing up partitions.
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i know, still doesnt hurt to be caution though
ddloco said:
I'm just saying the same thing happens to me and nothing that's suggested fixed it that's why I say its not 100% me and another guy both had the same problem and the only way was to RMA I also had my efs but even after doing everything from going back to stock updateubg twrp and reflashing my esf backup my phone would not correct its self so I'm not saying that this method doesn't work for some people but for me and another used it was a no go
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Yeah but did it happen to you the way it happened to OP? So far every single person that I have come across who was in this boat due to a bad cache wipe in TWRP was able to fix it by updating TWRP and re-wiping the cache. It's a well known issue.
_MetalHead_ said:
Yeah but did it happen to you the way it happened to OP? So far every single person that I have come across who was in this boat due to a bad cache wipe in TWRP was able to fix it by updating TWRP and re-wiping the cache. It's a well known issue.
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Thanks for the help guys. Got it up and running again more by accident than anything. Seems like MetalHead was correct, the partition was fine but just not readable. Unfortunately in order to get up and running again I flashed all the stock images in flasboot and did a full factory reset in the stock recovery which fixed the problem. Sounds like I could have done without the full wipe after all but at least it's all fixed now.
As for backing up the EFS, lesson learned. I had the 1st official TWRP on the phone which had no option for EFS backup like the current one. Guess what I'll be doing right now??
Anyway, happy man again and thanks to all that replied :good:
I must apologize for saying its not 100% but the truth is I had the exact same thing happen and no stock or fast boot cache fixed it I'm living proof that it works for the masses but under rare circumstances this just doesn't solve it oh man how I wish this would've fixed mine I been using a inspire 4g its killing me I feel like I jumped out of a beemer and landed in a pinto lol
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Glad that the OP got the issue resolved !
on a side note , can anyone tell me what is the safest version of TWRP there ? i.e without this cache wipse issue ( taking too long to wipe ? )
ddloco said:
I must apologize for saying its not 100% but the truth is I had the exact same thing happen and no stock or fast boot cache fixed it I'm living proof that it works for the masses but under rare circumstances this just doesn't solve it oh man how I wish this would've fixed mine I been using a inspire 4g its killing me I feel like I jumped out of a beemer and landed in a pinto lol
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Thats a bummer man. What kind of phone are you using now?
Lowresolution said:
Glad that the OP got the issue resolved !
on a side note , can anyone tell me what is the safest version of TWRP there ? i.e without this cache wipse issue ( taking too long to wipe ? )
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I believe 2.6.3.4 is the latest version. That's the one I'm on, works just fine.
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_MetalHead_ said:
Thats a bummer man. What kind of phone are you using now?
I believe 2.6.3.4 is the latest version. That's the one I'm on, works just fine.
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Got it , thanks mate Just upgraded my version of TWRP .
the nexus 4 is my phone I gave to my wife now that its hers I'm lucky to pick it up just to hop on xda but when its her Facebook time she hurrie up and kick me off lol the phone I'm using is an HTC inspire 4g it sucks
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[Q] Recovery is broken??? I Don't Know.. Please Help

So I bought a Nexus 5 off of craigslist for a pretty good price about a week ago and he had already rooted and installed a custom recovery onto the phone. He had some sort of rom that I didn't like so I decided to flash my own. So I downloaded cyanogen mod (the latest nightly build at the time) and flashed it along with g apps and rebooted the phone. When I it was turning on it said "upgrading apps xxx out of xxx." I was very confused because coming from a Nexus 4 and flashing many ROMs I have never seen this before. When the phone finally powered on it started giving me errors every 5 seconds and I realized soon after that I had my previous apps from the old rom still installed and everything else was in place. I managed to get into settings after clicking ok to errors every 5 seconds and saw that my ROM did indeed change to Cyanogen Mod. I decided to try to factory reset the phone through the settings menu and that fixed the phone seemingly until today. I tried installing another rom but this one is giving me multiple errors and then rebooting my phone. I could not get into the settings to factory reset the phone through there.
I was thinking that maybe the recovery was broken but I'm not sure of how to fix it. I tried to find a flashable recovery but only found IMG versions which I don't know how to install. Is there a possibility of any other issues? I am resetting/wiping cache/wiping dalvik cache every time in that order. When I'm installing the roms it says something about e:/ volume not existing or not being found could that be the problem? I don't recall ever seeing this on my nexus 5. If anyone knows how I could fix this issue I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks, Alex:laugh::laugh:
alexdzk said:
So I bought a Nexus 5 off of craigslist for a pretty good price about a week ago and he had already rooted and installed a custom recovery onto the phone. He had some sort of rom that I didn't like so I decided to flash my own. So I downloaded cyanogen mod (the latest nightly build at the time) and flashed it along with g apps and rebooted the phone. When I it was turning on it said "upgrading apps xxx out of xxx." I was very confused because coming from a Nexus 4 and flashing many ROMs I have never seen this before. When the phone finally powered on it started giving me errors every 5 seconds and I realized soon after that I had my previous apps from the old rom still installed and everything else was in place. I managed to get into settings after clicking ok to errors every 5 seconds and saw that my ROM did indeed change to Cyanogen Mod. I decided to try to factory reset the phone through the settings menu and that fixed the phone seemingly until today. I tried installing another rom but this one is giving me multiple errors and then rebooting my phone. I could not get into the settings to factory reset the phone through there.
I was thinking that maybe the recovery was broken but I'm not sure of how to fix it. I tried to find a flashable recovery but only found IMG versions which I don't know how to install. Is there a possibility of any other issues? I am resetting/wiping cache/wiping dalvik cache every time in that order. When I'm installing the roms it says something about e:/ volume not existing or not being found could that be the problem? I don't recall ever seeing this on my nexus 5. If anyone knows how I could fix this issue I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks, Alex:laugh::laugh:
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Did you wipe data and cache before flashing the new rom?
This happened to me loading some ROM previously. You need to make sure that you do a factory reset and wipe the cache and dalvik. I also redownloaded the ROM just to be sure but I do not think that is necessary. It sounds like you dirty flashed. Is the recovery Team win? If so there is a setting under mount that you need to uncheck and it is called system.
edit: I re-read and saw that you are wiping the cache and dalvik cache, by resetting do you mean you are factory resetting? The img files are for you to do through the command line in fast boot and you can find out more by clicking this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905 and also this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701. <--- familiarize yourself with both of those threads and you will be better off than a lot of people that come asking for help. Not saying that you are not well off just knowing is good for the soul.
2nd edit: Since it sounds like he did not wipe the SD card were there good things on there?
I see your doing a clean install. I'd return it to stock and start over, especially considering you bought the phone used. Who knows what's been on it. See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
mistahseller said:
This happened to me loading some ROM previously. You need to make sure that you do a factory reset and wipe the cache and dalvik. I also redownloaded the ROM just to be sure but I do not think that is necessary. It sounds like you dirty flashed. Is the recovery Team win? If so there is a setting under mount that you need to uncheck and it is called system.
edit: I re-read and saw that you are wiping the cache and dalvik cache, by resetting do you mean you are factory resetting? The img files are for you to do through the command line in fast boot and you can find out more by clicking this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905 and also this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701. <--- familiarize yourself with both of those threads and you will be better off than a lot of people that come asking for help. Not saying that you are not well off just knowing is good for the soul.
2nd edit: Since it sounds like he did not wipe the SD card were there good things on there?
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jd1639 said:
I see your doing a clean install. I'd return it to stock and start over, especially considering you bought the phone used. Who knows what's been on it. See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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I'll try this then if it doesnt work ill try the factory reset/ relock whatever, thanks.
mistahseller said:
This happened to me loading some ROM previously. You need to make sure that you do a factory reset and wipe the cache and dalvik. I also redownloaded the ROM just to be sure but I do not think that is necessary. It sounds like you dirty flashed. Is the recovery Team win? If so there is a setting under mount that you need to uncheck and it is called system.
edit: I re-read and saw that you are wiping the cache and dalvik cache, by resetting do you mean you are factory resetting? The img files are for you to do through the command line in fast boot and you can find out more by clicking this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905 and also this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701. <--- familiarize yourself with both of those threads and you will be better off than a lot of people that come asking for help. Not saying that you are not well off just knowing is good for the soul.
2nd edit: Since it sounds like he did not wipe the SD card were there good things on there?
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no its CWM
You didn't wipe/factory reset.
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mistahseller said:
This happened to me loading some ROM previously. You need to make sure that you do a factory reset and wipe the cache and dalvik. I also redownloaded the ROM just to be sure but I do not think that is necessary. It sounds like you dirty flashed. Is the recovery Team win? If so there is a setting under mount that you need to uncheck and it is called system.
edit: I re-read and saw that you are wiping the cache and dalvik cache, by resetting do you mean you are factory resetting? The img files are for you to do through the command line in fast boot and you can find out more by clicking this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905 and also this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701. <--- familiarize yourself with both of those threads and you will be better off than a lot of people that come asking for help. Not saying that you are not well off just knowing is good for the soul.
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housry23 said:
You didn't wipe/factory reset.
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Yes, I did. I said it in my post.
alexdzk said:
Yes, I did. I said it in my post.
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I see. Well, if you really did do a factory reset before flashing a new Rom, then maybe you have an old version recovery, or something is borked with your phones partitions. Honestly, buying a used one like that, I would do a full factory restore by flashing the stock images(sticky in general for directions) but don't relock the bootloader. This will erase everything and repartition the phone. Then install recovery and flash away.
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I see. Well, if you really did do a factory reset before flashing a new Rom, then maybe you have an old version recovery, or something is borked with your phones partitions. Honestly, buying a used one like that, I would do a full factory restore by flashing the stock images(sticky in general for directions) but don't relock the bootloader. This will erase everything and repartition the phone. Then install recovery and flash away.
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I fixed the issue by flashing a new recovery through adb already and it works fine now thank you. I guess it was really my recovery that was broken.
alexdzk said:
I fixed the issue by flashing a new recovery through adb already and it works fine now thank you. I guess it was really my recovery that was broken.
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Good. Glad you got it worked out. Was probably an old build of whatever recovery and because of the way KitKat changed things, there were a lot of problems wiping when the phone first came out. If you find any more good deals on your local Craigslist, PM me. I want a black n5 instead of my white one.
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Lost Touch After Restoring

Hi there,
Today I restored an old copy of my data but when it finished I lost the ability to touch de screen, everything works (like software and hardware buttons) but touch screen doesn't. I have TWRP so I can't use the recovery either. Please help me!
Thank you in advance!
What data did you restore? I would flash the system.img from the factory image in fastboot.
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jd1639 said:
What data did you restore? I would flash the system.img from the factory image in fastboot.
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Restored an old backup made by the same recovery, can't understand why this happened. Will try that when I get home! Thanks.
jpmrno said:
Restored an old backup made by the same recovery, can't understand why this happened. Will try that when I get home! Thanks.
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a backup wouldnt do that. and even if it did(if it was a software derp), it wouldnt affect the recovery. the recovery has its separate software, and a separate kernel. a hardware issue would affect both. id try reflashing the factory img, if it does not help, then it is a hardware issue.
simms22 said:
a backup wouldnt do that. and even if it did(if it was a software derp), it wouldnt affect the recovery. the recovery has its separate software, and a separate kernel. a hardware issue would affect both. id try reflashing the factory img, if it does not help, then it is a hardware issue.
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Yes but the problem is that it was working correctly until the backup finished restoring. After it finished, I couldn't touch the restart buttom on the TWRP screen so I turned off and on again the device and discovered that the touch wasn't working. Kind of weird.
Restored everything to stock and still doesn't work. Should be a hardware issue but can't understand how it happened, it was working correctly until the TWRP restore.
Restored everything to stock and still doesn't work. Should be a hardware issue but can't understand how it happened, it was working correctly until the TWRP restore.
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Probably just coincidence but if reassuring to stock didn't cure it it probably is a hardware issue.
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jpmrno said:
Restored everything to stock and still doesn't work. Should be a hardware issue but can't understand how it happened, it was working correctly until the TWRP restore.
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it could have been just a coincidence. ive had those kind before, where i swear it was one thing but turned out another.
simms22 said:
it could have been just a coincidence. ive had those kind before, where i swear it was one thing but turned out another.
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jd1639 said:
Probably just coincidence but if reassuring to stock didn't cure it it probably is a hardware issue.
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Well I tried everything, it's probably hardware, too bad. Thank you anyway!

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