Accidentally deleted my OS backup - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I wiped my my whole SD card and I have a brick pretty much does anyone know how to put back the OS on your phone using fastboot or is there any other options
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Oh yeah I wiped my OS because I was installing a custom ROM so I have nothing
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Either use adb to push a ROM zip to your phone, or flash the stock images in fastboot
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Here's a link to flashing factory images
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
[TUTORIAL] How to flash a factory image | Return to stock | Unroot/SAVE your Nexus 5
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use fastboot to flash a recovery and then use the recovery to mount the sdcard on a computer so you can push a rom over. if you want stock fastboot can flash stock.

lart2150 said:
use fastboot to flash a recovery and then use the recovery to mount the sdcard on a computer so you can push a rom over. if you want stock fastboot can flash stock.
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Like a custom recovery?
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vegasdgk said:
Like a custom recovery?
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Yes.
You can also flash a rom from a usb stick by connecting it to the phone using an OTG cable.

Thanks guys for the help a moderator can close this thread now
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vegasdgk said:
a moderator can close this thread now
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Have you reported your thread or do you think moderators have the time to read every individual post?
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Factory reset

Hey guys
I seem to have goofed up trying to enable power save mode. I'm still on stock and s-off/root. Can I just go into the bootloader mode and do a factory reset?
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Rugged96 said:
Hey guys
I seem to have goofed up trying to enable power save mode. I'm still on stock and s-off/root. Can I just go into the bootloader mode and do a factory reset?
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Reboot to recovery wipe an restore your backup. That's the easiest way.
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Or Fastboot the Ruu that's available...
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Tigerstown said:
Reboot to recovery wipe an restore your backup. That's the easiest way.
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What if I haven't made a back up yet....
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Rugged96 said:
What if I haven't made a back up yet....
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Can you tells us little bit more about what's going? What's broken? Ect...would make it easier to help you since we aren't sitting there seeing the problems ?
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Rugged96 said:
What if I haven't made a back up yet....
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Go to pc download
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727831
Fastboot that an you will be back to out of box setup still a-off an unlocked.
No backup is not good.
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Rugged96 said:
What if I haven't made a back up yet....
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Or there is a pure stock twrp backup available you can download an place in twrp backup directory if you can still boot android. I would just flash Ruu myself.
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I went ahead and just flashed a stock rooted rom. Basically I had managed to corrupt the secure.db when I was trying to enable the power save mode.
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[Q] Root Flash then Revert Without a PC?

Just wanted to know if its possible to root (towel root) flash custom recovery and custom roms and then if I decide to later revert totally back to stock unrooted nexus without a PC. Ive attempted to read up on this but I'm a little confused that ill need to use SDK and ADB which i can't have access to at the moment or have the skills to use.
I've seen apps on google play to unlock boot loader once towel rooted but I'm just unsure if i can revert totally back to an unrooted nexus 5 with original recovery, without a pc as I'm using an iMac and having really unreliability with it :/
Id greatly appreciate any help :good:
cameracartwright said:
Just wanted to know if its possible to root (towel root) flash custom recovery and custom roms and then if I decide to later revert totally back to stock unrooted nexus without a PC. Ive attempted to read up on this but I'm a little confused that ill need to use SDK and ADB which i can't have access to at the moment or have the skills to use.
I've seen apps on google play to unlock boot loader once towel rooted but I'm just unsure if i can revert totally back to an unrooted nexus 5 with original recovery, without a pc as I'm using an iMac and having really unreliability with it :/
Id greatly appreciate any help :good:
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You may need a computer to return to stock but otherwise you shouldn't need a pc
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Could I not back up the stock ROM using twrp and then after using custom ROMs flash it back (stock) and flash stock recovery and in root and relock boot loader using super su and boot loader apk?
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cameracartwright said:
Could I not back up the stock ROM using twrp and then after using custom ROMs flash it back (stock) and flash stock recovery and in root and relock boot loader using super su and boot loader apk?
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Yes. If u can find all the right files to do that
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NBreunig3 said:
Yes. If u can find all the right files to do that
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think there on xda somewhere?
cameracartwright said:
think there on xda somewhere?
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Yes. What phone and carrier are you using?
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Nexus 5 on EE
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cameracartwright said:
Nexus 5 on EE
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EE?
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cameracartwright said:
Nexus 5 on EE
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The nexus devices are the easiest devices to get back to stock because Google supplies the stock images
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Yes EE it was the first 4g carrier in UK used to be T-Mobile and orange
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But I can only flash the images from Google using adb right?
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But I can only flash the images from Google using adb right?
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Not sure. I am not familiar with nexus devices
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This is a nexus thread?
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There are a couple different options.
I'm not sure if flashify requires a unlocked bootloader. Root, flash custom recovery with flashify, make a backup. When you are done either restore backup or if stock already use flashify to flash stock recovery, delete root apps, unroot via supersu.
Boot unlocker I have heard will work to lock and unlock boot loader but I'm not sure about resetting the tamper flag.
Using fastboot and adb is always going to be the surest and safest way to root etc. Unless you are going to be submitting your phone for RMA there should be no reason to unroot. You can always flash a stock rooted ROM and just leave it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47025283
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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Steps are;
-Download boot unlocker fr on play
-Download flashify from play (just in case)
-Download vomers stock ROM (number 6 in resources section in the link in my signature)
-Download stock recovery (number 7 in resources section in the link in my signature)
Firstly, flash the recovery zip via your current recovery and reboot
Then, reset The tamper flag and lock the boot loader
Finally, open SuperSU and use the full indoor option to remove Root
Good as new.
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Stock recovery?

If I root (towel root) install custom recovery then unroot and factory reset will I have stock recovery back?
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no, factory resets only wipe your user data, they dont magically reinstall software. but you will after you.. a. flash the factory img, or b. flash the stock recovery via fastboot.
all info and guides are linked in my signature. Lots of reading but lots to learn.
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You could extract the recovery.img from the stock rom and flash it
Just discovered flashify oh man its amazing
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la2o said:
You could extract the recovery.img from the stock rom and flash it
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They're all linked in the recovery zips thread in the resources section of my signature
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cameracartwright said:
Just discovered flashify oh man its amazing
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yea, its a great app. i use it for flashing boot.img files and updating my recovery
Yep. I like flashify too.
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android 5.1 flash stock kernel

Hello all,
I'm on android 5.1 and I'm facing the memory leak bug. Some users reported that flashing another kernel fixxes the problem for them, so I'd like to give it a try.. But, how do I flash the stock kernel if it doesn't fix it? Can I just flash boot.img to reflash the stock kernel? Does it affect other settings/data?
Greets,
swa100
Flashing boot.img worked. So, this thread can be closed!
Hi,
Am using nexus 5 rooted with custom kernel elementalX. But I forgot to backup my stock kernel. Can you upload the stock kernel for nexus 5 running 5.1? Please?
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KJ_1996 said:
Hi,
Am using nexus 5 rooted with custom kernel elementalX. But I forgot to backup my stock kernel. Can you upload the stock kernel for nexus 5 running 5.1? Please?
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Just extract it from the factory image.
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KJ_1996 said:
Hi,
Am using nexus 5 rooted with custom kernel elementalX. But I forgot to backup my stock kernel. Can you upload the stock kernel for nexus 5 running 5.1? Please?
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jd1639 said:
Just extract it from the factory image.
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its the boot.img in the factory img.
Which file? Sorry. Am noob.?
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I tried it before. I installed it with my twrp recovery and it showed that it installed successfully. But after booting it was still on elementalX kernel. Any solutions ?
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KJ_1996 said:
Which file? Sorry. Am noob.?
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I tried it before. I installed it with my twrp recovery and it showed that it installed successfully. But after booting it was still on elementalX kernel. Any solutions ?
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how do you expect to install it via twrp? lol! you can only flash it via fastboot. i know that twrp CAN flash .img files now, but you have to enable that function first. i dont know if itll flash a stock boot.img?
Pls pls pls, tell me how to flash it via fast boot? Sorry for being sooo noob.
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Temp-root to Perma-root?

Does anybody know of any ways to force a temp-root to a perma-root?
ate you using towel root
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Remove the temp root and do a perma root maybe
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most easy way is to flash a root update zip using any cuatom recovery. update.zip should de for your device
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Easiest way is to get a custom recovery and flash the SuperSU zip which is universal
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droid_god said:
ate you using towel root
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No, it's KingRoot.
None of the perma-roots work on this phone
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alvierahman90 said:
Remove the temp root and do a perma root maybe
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Ok permanent way is to flash a root update zip file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZiuaK2U388eVdYbGRpTzRUTUk/view?usp=docslist_api
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droid_god said:
most easy way is to flash a root update zip using any cuatom recovery. update.zip should de for your device
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No custom recovery for this phone (yet).
Is it not possible to flash zips through the stock recovery?
Blu8 said:
Easiest way is to get a custom recovery and flash the SuperSU zip which is universal
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Anyway to flash through stock recovery?
No the stock recovery can't flash zips made for twrp and the like, only updates from your sd card.
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Which phone do you have?
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droid_god said:
Ok permanent way is to flash a root update zip file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZiuaK2U388eVdYbGRpTzRUTUk/view?usp=docslist_api
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Two questions, why did that get flagged as a violation of ToS? And second, if that's the SuperSU zip, why are you uploading it and sharing it through Google drive?
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Blu8 said:
No the stock recovery can't flash zips made for twrp and the like, only updates from your sd card.
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Which phone do you have?
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Two questions, why did that get flagged as a violation of ToS? And second, if that's the SuperSU zip, why are you uploading it and sharing it through Google drive?
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Updates from SD card?
Phone is an Alcatel One Touch Pop Icon (A564C) though.
Like official updates, or if anyone ever figures it out you could get root by flashing a zip using the stock recovery. But that would have to be specifically made to work with the stock recovery.
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Stock recovery should have an option of flaahing update.zip.
Just rename the zip to update.zip and flash through stock one
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Just curious, what are linking to on Google drive? And that's unlikely to work, try it if you want op
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droid_god said:
Stock recovery should have an option of flaahing update.zip.
Just rename the zip to update.zip and flash through stock one
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Have you ever done this before?
Blu8 said:
Just curious, what are linking to on Google drive? And that's unlikely to work, try it if you want op
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Idk what he's linking. Pretty sure it's a supersu.zip or something...
Will what he's suggesting have a high chance of bricking my device?
It might but I don't understand why it's flagged or why he's making mirror links to what is the easiest to find rooting file on the Internet. Will it brick? Probably not, it most likely won't even flash successfully.
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droid_god said:
Stock recovery should have an option of flaahing update.zip.
Just rename the zip to update.zip and flash through stock one
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Renamed zip to update.zip but it wouldn't show up in stock recovery...is it supposed to be in a specific location? Tried with it in internal memory as well as onsd card...
While in recovery ended up on a screen with android laying down on back with a triangle with exclamation point...what exactly does that mean?

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