Won't boot past Google bootscreen, TWRP can't mount any partition - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I think my Nexus 5 is fried (hopefully not).
I went to check my phone (almost full battery last time I looked), and I notice it's on the boot screen (the google logo with the lock symbol on the bottom) but it won't go past it. Strange, hold power down until it restarts, same thing, stuck at the logo. I am able to get into recovery (TWRP 2.7.0.0). But it can't do anything, can't wipe cache, can't restore/backup, because it can't mount any partition.
I was on stock 4.4.4 rooted, with Franco kernel r54.
Have you guys seen this before!? What should I do?

Can you get into the bootloader? Vol down + power
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jd1639 said:
Can you get into the bootloader? Vol down + power
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Yes, that is how I got to recovery. Selected recovery from the bootloader. I can also see the device through fastboot in bootloader mode.

Flyview said:
Yes, that is how I got to recovery. Selected recovery from the bootloader. I can also see the device through fastboot in bootloader mode.
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Get the cache.img from the factory image and flash that in fastboot.
fastboot flash cache cache.img
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jd1639 said:
Get the cache.img from the factory image and flash that in fastboot.
fastboot flash cache cache.img
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Flashed cache.img from the factory image in fastboot, did fastboot reboot, and now it's doing the same thing, stuck at the Google logo.

Flyview said:
Flashed cache.img from the factory image in fastboot, did fastboot reboot, and now it's doing the same thing, stuck at the Google logo.
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I'd try the entire factory image then. You could try it without userdata.img to try and save your data
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jd1639 said:
I'd try the entire factory image then. You could try it without userdata.img to try and save your data
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I will try what this guy did here first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...o-repairing-corrupted-data-partition-t2577447
This is my lesson to not only do a nandroid backup BUT SAVE IT TO MY COMPUTER.....grrrrr.

jd1639 said:
I'd try the entire factory image then. You could try it without userdata.img to try and save your data
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Just noticed you're on that thread too. If it is the /data that's corrupt, or worse, all my partitions are corrupt, what's the best way to pull the data that's in there now? adb? What if I can't mount it?

Wow...it somehow just booted. I installed Philz' recovery and it was saying the same thing, coudln't mount /data, /cache or anything. Told it to reboot into bootloader, that didn't work so I go to power it on and it booted... :/

Flyview said:
Wow...it somehow just booted. I installed Philz' recovery and it was saying the same thing, coudln't mount /data, /cache or anything. Told it to reboot into bootloader, that didn't work so I go to power it on and it booted... :/
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Well, that's good. Hopefully it'll continue without problems. And, yea, I get around
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I left it overnight to backup everything off my phone onto the computer, and I wake up to it powered off, now it won't boot again, lovely! At least it let me copy everything!

Flyview said:
I think my Nexus 5 is fried (hopefully not).
I went to check my phone (almost full battery last time I looked), and I notice it's on the boot screen (the google logo with the lock symbol on the bottom) but it won't go past it. Strange, hold power down until it restarts, same thing, stuck at the logo. I am able to get into recovery (TWRP 2.7.0.0). But it can't do anything, can't wipe cache, can't restore/backup, because it can't mount any partition.
I was on stock 4.4.4 rooted, with Franco kernel r54.
Have you guys seen this before!? What should I do?
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I had the same problem a few weeks ago. If you don't care about losing your /data, just reinstall TWRP and whatever ROM you're using.

Sounds a bit like your emmc is corrupt

Flyview said:
I think my Nexus 5 is fried (hopefully not).
I went to check my phone (almost full battery last time I looked), and I notice it's on the boot screen (the google logo with the lock symbol on the bottom) but it won't go past it. Strange, hold power down until it restarts, same thing, stuck at the logo. I am able to get into recovery (TWRP 2.7.0.0). But it can't do anything, can't wipe cache, can't restore/backup, because it can't mount any partition.
I was on stock 4.4.4 rooted, with Franco kernel r54.
Have you guys seen this before!? What should I do?
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Just use wugz, it'll fix it. .

Flyview said:
Wow...it somehow just booted. I installed Philz' recovery and it was saying the same thing, coudln't mount /data, /cache or anything. Told it to reboot into bootloader, that didn't work so I go to power it on and it booted... :/
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So after this happened I decided to completely reflash it with the stock 4.4.4 image. Now, 2 weeks later I wake up and my phone is off. Won't boot past the Google screen, again. Seriously!? I didn't undervolt it at all this time. Completely stock except root and Franco's r54 kernel.

soupysoup said:
Just use wugz, it'll fix it. .
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What option in there...? I don't want to lose my data.

Flyview said:
What option in there...? I don't want to lose my data.
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You probably will have to. Use the option to flash back to stock.

LuqmaanMathee said:
You probably will have to. Use the option to flash back to stock.
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Yea if I wanted to lose my data, it would be easy! It can all be done through fastboot.

Flyview said:
What option in there...? I don't want to lose my data.
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Try flashing a stock, rooted rom in recovery, just dirty flash it. You'll probably have to use adb to side load or push the rom to the device
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jd1639 said:
Try flashing a stock, rooted rom in recovery, just dirty flash it. You'll probably have to use adb to side load or push the rom to the device
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I will try that as a last resort, but considering that /data can't be mounted, I'm pretty sure that won't help since it'll just flash system right? The data partition is corrupt (just like last time). I'm trying the method of fixing the corruption through adb based on the link I pasted on the first page.

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Wiped system, cant get to recovery

Hey all, i wiped my system in TWRP recovery and when i hold power, home, and vol down, i get to the TWRP splash screen but then i reboot. Any suggestions?
bump please help
So it will not boot into TWRP fully? How many times have you tried cuz if you rebooted accidentally after wiping system (I've done this), it takes a few tries.
Alternatively, you could Odin flash TWRP (file is in Open1your1eyes0 root thread) and try booting into TWRP then. This increments your flash counter.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
So it will not boot into TWRP fully? How many times have you tried cuz if you rebooted accidentally after wiping system (I've done this), it takes a few tries.
Alternatively, you could Odin flash TWRP (file is in Open1your1eyes0 root thread) and try booting into TWRP then. This increments your flash counter.
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ive tried around 8 or so, its worked before on my second ot third try but im getting no dice this time around, ill check out the odin file, thanks for the reply man =)
VinBertinelli said:
ive tried around 8 or so, its worked before on my second ot third try but im getting no dice this time around, ill check out the odin file, thanks for the reply man =)
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No problem. You're saying its booting to the TWRP logo or booting to the Samsung logo? Just wanted to clarify.
Also, hold: power, home, and volume then once it boots release the power button. That seems to be the only way I can cold boot into recovery.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
No problem. You're saying its booting to the TWRP logo or booting to the Samsung logo? Just wanted to clarify.
Also, hold: power, home, and volume then once it boots release the power button. That seems to be the only way I can cold boot into recovery.
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Yeah i hold home, power, and vol down, then it goes Samsung screen > Samsung Galaxy SIII screen > blue TWRP splash screen > reboot to system and freezes. And another thing, if i odin flash this TWRP, will it wipe internal storage by any chance? Its happened one too many times to me
VinBertinelli said:
Yeah i hold home, power, and vol down, then it goes Samsung screen > Samsung Galaxy SIII screen > blue TWRP splash screen > reboot to system and freezes. And another thing, if i odin flash this TWRP, will it wipe internal storage by any chance? Its happened one too many times to me
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Hmm, weird. What were you doing before which led to this?
Nope, it doesn't wipe internal storage. Just overwrites your recovery partition. When Odin reboots your phone, pull the battery then try booting straight to TWRP. If you still can't boot into recovery try the same steps but flash CWM, flash a rom, and then reinstall TWRP via GooManager.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Hmm, weird. What were you doing before which led to this?
Nope, it doesn't wipe internal storage. Just overwrites your recovery partition. When Odin reboots your phone, pull the battery then try booting straight to TWRP. If you still can't boot into recovery try the same steps but flash CWM, flash a rom, and then reinstall TWRP via GooManager.
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Just flashed it and it still wouldn't fully boot TWRP. I'm about to try CWM now. What happened was i came from LiquidSmooth AOSP and I was ready to flash Hyperdrive Touchwiz so I wiped all the partitions and flashed the zip. The Aroma Installer froze before it started so i battery pulled and figured I'd retry. It wouldn't boot and now I'm where I am now.
SlimSnoopOS said:
Hmm, weird. What were you doing before which led to this?
Nope, it doesn't wipe internal storage. Just overwrites your recovery partition. When Odin reboots your phone, pull the battery then try booting straight to TWRP. If you still can't boot into recovery try the same steps but flash CWM, flash a rom, and then reinstall TWRP via GooManager.
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CWM WORKED! Thanks so much Slim, you're a life saver.
Always happy to help!
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Stuck at boot after enabling ART

I am on stock 4.4.3. I enabled ART, and then it powered down to reboot, now Im stuck at the nexus boot logo. I know ART takes some time to boot, but its been an hour plus now. Seems like Im stuck, is it possible to switch to dalvik through adb? Or will I be stuck reflashing stock image? BTW, I cant get into recovery, I get the dead android logo only aand cant vol up into it
cojomojo said:
I am on stock 4.4.3. I enabled ART, and then it powered down to reboot, now Im stuck at the nexus boot logo. I know ART takes some time to boot, but its been an hour plus now. Seems like Im stuck, is it possible to switch to dalvik through adb? Or will I be stuck reflashing stock image? BTW, I cant get into recovery, I get the dead android logo
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can always factory reset as well. what rom? are you using xposed?
At the dead android, just use vol up
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simms22 said:
can always factory reset as well. what rom? are you using xposed?
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I was stock. but now i remember that when i was restoring apps with Titanium Backup that it installed Xposed, hence my issue. I just flashed 4.4.3 factory image for other reasons as well.
jd1639 said:
At the dead android, just use vol up
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I was pressing vol up and it wouldnt let me into the recovery. Not sure why, but i ended up flashing factory images. thanks

Tried to Port Xperia remote play killed phone

Could someone please help, my nexus 5 is rooted and has twrp recovery.
I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/4-4-4-stock-xperia-devices-ps4-remote-t2868092
Flashed the zip file, then as I was wiping the dalvik cache my phones screen turned off and I was really scared, so pressed the buttons to get back into recovery volume down and power on, boot logo flashed up a twice and then a sigh of relief, then I realised I haven't got any signal on my phone, then looked into my files and they are all gone, I can't install any new apps. the phones internal memory is not showing up.
Just realized that it's not for twrp recovery it was for cwm.:crying:
How do I get out of this and back to normal
Edit -as the phone was wiping dalvik cache when the screen went off, I didnt know it was just turning the screen off, so I interupted it by reseting the device
thanks
Go into boot loader and flash stock
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EngineerNev said:
Could someone please help, my nexus 5 is rooted and has twrp recovery.
I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/4-4-4-stock-xperia-devices-ps4-remote-t2868092
Flashed the zip file, then as I was wiping the dalvik cache my phones screen turned off and I was really scared, so pressed the buttons to get back into recovery volume down and power on, boot logo flashed up a twice and then a sigh of relief, then I realised I haven't got any signal on my phone, then looked into my files and they are all gone, I can't install any new apps. the phones internal memory is not showing up.
Just realized that it's not for twrp recovery it was for cwm.:crying:
How do I get out of this and back to normal
Edit -as the phone was wiping dalvik cache when the screen went off, I didnt know it was just turning the screen off, so I interupted it by reseting the device
thanks
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Why did you flash something for the Xperia on your device. Try flashing the factory image in fastboot but you might have bricked your device
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jd1639 said:
Why did you flash something for the Xperia on your device. Try flashing the factory image in fastboot but you might have bricked your device
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Luckily the zip just contains /system files on this occasion.
/system/etc/permissions and /system/frameworks
...so flashing a Nexus 5 ROM should remedy the problem.

12.55GB available on my 32GB N5 after flashing official 5, how to fix?

I have not flashed a custom recovery or tried rooting yet, so stock everything and my storage available is wrong.
How to fix this?
Thanks
Raistlin1 said:
I have not flashed a custom recovery or tried rooting yet, so stock everything and my storage available is wrong.
How to fix this?
Thanks
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Go into the stock recovery, clear cache and then factory reset
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Revert to factory settings from the menu or wipe data from the recovery. You need the stock recovery
jd1639 said:
Go into the stock recovery, clear cache and then factory reset
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anshmiester78900 said:
Revert to factory settings from the menu or wipe data from the recovery. You need the stock recovery
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My stock recovery is broken, I am now doing factory reset from settings. Now I have to figure out why the stock recovery is broken, showing dead android with red triangle. Tried fastbooting the stock recovery again but same result.
Raistlin1 said:
My stock recovery is broken, I am now doing factory reset from settings. Now I have to figure out why the stock recovery is broken, showing dead android with red triangle. Tried fastbooting the stock recovery again but same result.
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Try
fastboot format cache
fastboot flash boot boot.img
To get into the stock recovery you need to hit vol up when you see the dead android
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jd1639 said:
Try
fastboot format cache
fastboot flash boot boot.img
To get into the stock recovery you need to hit vol up when you see the dead android
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Ok so factory reset from settings fixed the storage issue, thanks all.
But nothing fixes my stock recovery, this is so frustrating. Tried your suggestion with the cache and boot.im, even rebooted bootloader and tried and then even tried fastbooting the recovery.img again but nothing. No combination of any button pushes works.
Raistlin1 said:
Ok so factory reset from settings fixed the storage issue, thanks all.
But nothing fixes my stock recovery, this is so frustrating. Tried your suggestion with the cache and boot.im, even rebooted bootloader and tried and then even tried fastbooting the recovery.img again but nothing. No combination of any button pushes works.
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In recovery, hold power button and press vol up. That is what jd meant.
i have the same issue with the storage and stock recovery. followed the suggestion above (formatted cache and flashed boot.img) but did a factory reset from settings (not from stock recovery). This fixed the storage issue but stock recovery is still broken.
honeycured said:
i have the same issue with the storage and stock recovery. followed the suggestion above (formatted cache and flashed boot.img) but did a factory reset from settings (not from stock recovery). This fixed the storage issue but stock recovery is still broken.
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I thought my recovery was broken too (never kept my phone stock long enough to see it...) but you just have to push power, volume up, and volume down at the same time to make it show up.

What kind of Brick is that?

Hi,
i fashed the fresh RMA Nexus 5 of my friend with the latest 5.0.1 image from google. Now it is stuck at this screen.
I tried to reflash via fastboot and LG flashtool. I tried all the usual suspects (manual reflash etc.) but it refuses to boot. If I want to go into stock recovery it still displays the same screen. Please help!
ThX in advance!
Looks like the stock recovery. Press vol up then power. Then release power
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probably your bootloader flag wasnt clear, so the recovery is trying to do the usual things as you were flashing (wipe data, etc)
on fastboot
do a format cache
and format userdata
Sorry, but tried. I can get into fastboot but for recovery after vol+ then release Power I geht the same screen
Userdata and cache I did wipe
opssemnik said:
probably your bootloader flag wasnt clear, so the recovery is trying to do the usual things as you were flashing (wipe data, etc)
on fastboot
do a format cache
and format userdata
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Did both on fastboot: no change
Hi,
i tried flashing a different recovery via cf-autoroot. Still the same when I try to get into recovery. Any advice?
Edit:
TWPR and CMW it is all the same: Little Android with its open stomach and a spinning tetrahedon.
moesfeld said:
Did both on fastboot: no change
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833
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This was the first thing I did after the usual flash precedure failed. I´m guessing towards a hardware defect! The Device was a fresh RMA Google Nexus 5 running 4.4.4. It was unable to aquire network connection to LTE and 3g Networks and had random reboots from the start. So I tried upgrading, but now it is completely unusable
did you try booting while plugged in to AC charger? just a thought. seen that yesterday on a friends phone, that was behaving erratically.
beekay201 said:
did you try booting while plugged in to AC charger? just a thought. seen that yesterday on a friends phone, that was behaving erratically.
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Did that over Night. No chance

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