[Q] Bricked phone. No system. - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, my first post ever.
I sadly say i think my Nexus 5 is dead, it stops in the google logo.
Today my screen had random touches all over it while I was using it, I mean it cannot be used, so i thought it could be the ROM, so I changed to CM11, the problem was still there. My decision was to Wipe all data, but i did not check well and I marked the wipe SYSTEM, now my phone can not start.
Any help..

JrT7 said:
Hi, my first post ever.
I sadly say i think my Nexus 5 is dead, it stops in the google logo.
Today my screen had random touches all over it while I was using it, I mean it cannot be used, so i thought it could be the ROM, so I changed to CM11, the problem was still there. My decision was to Wipe all data, but i did not check well and I marked the wipe SYSTEM, now my phone can not start.
Any help..
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Try flashing the stock firmware from Google.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

JrT7 said:
Hi, my first post ever.
I sadly say i think my Nexus 5 is dead, it stops in the google logo.
Today my screen had random touches all over it while I was using it, I mean it cannot be used, so i thought it could be the ROM, so I changed to CM11, the problem was still there. My decision was to Wipe all data, but i did not check well and I marked the wipe SYSTEM, now my phone can not start.
Any help..
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chill out.... if the google logo comes up the device is not messed up just flash stock and you will be good to go.
Use this link here

JrT7 said:
Hi, my first post ever.
I sadly say i think my Nexus 5 is dead, it stops in the google logo.
Today my screen had random touches all over it while I was using it, I mean it cannot be used, so i thought it could be the ROM, so I changed to CM11, the problem was still there. My decision was to Wipe all data, but i did not check well and I marked the wipe SYSTEM, now my phone can not start.
Any help..
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flash the factory img via fastboot or adb push a rom to your phone(via adb while in recovery). i can't help you in how to do it, so search, its easy to find.

Thanks everybody, i am going to check all them.

Stock firmware helps!
Don't worry...

JrT7 said:
Hi, my first post ever.
I sadly say i think my Nexus 5 is dead, it stops in the google logo.
Today my screen had random touches all over it while I was using it, I mean it cannot be used, so i thought it could be the ROM, so I changed to CM11, the problem was still there. My decision was to Wipe all data, but i did not check well and I marked the wipe SYSTEM, now my phone can not start.
Any help..
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If you haven't wiped your internal storage, try restoring a nandroid backup if you have any...
else follow this thread...
read carefully before starting..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48605477&postcount=1

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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
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
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.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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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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Phone keeps rebooting, even in recovery?

Hi. I was toolin' along doing real well on CleanRom 4.5 for several days. Starting yesterday, the phone would randomly reboot itself to the HTC screen. I figured I had a bad app or something. Today, I went to open an app (Draw Something) and the phone froze for a bit. Then it rebooted, and now I cant get it booted back up. I usually never make it past the HTC screen. Got into recovery once but it rebooted in the middle of clearing the cache.
Any advice?
Welp, just made it through cache and dalvik and rebooted in the middle of factory reset. I wonder if I'm doing more harm than good.
Got it recovered and wiped fully, but it still keeps rebooting. Starting to feel like a hardware issue.
hcricket said:
Got it recovered and wiped fully, but it still keeps rebooting. Starting to feel like a hardware issue.
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Wipe system than factory reset ....than flash a new Rom if u can without it rebooting :crying:
omario8484 said:
Wipe system than factory reset ....than flash a new Rom if u can without it rebooting :crying:
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Thank you for the reply. I have the battery recharging in recovery right now (which I am thrilled it is doing, lol). What does it do when you wipe /system? Clear off the OS? Would you move a new ROM over to SD card first?
hcricket said:
Thank you for the reply. I have the battery recharging in recovery right now (which I am thrilled it is doing, lol). What does it do when you wipe /system? Clear off the OS? Would you move a new ROM over to SD card first?
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So when u go into wipe menu in twrp it will show options : cache dalvic cache and external never press external unless u know what you're doing!
So do u have any Rom backups if so try restoring that and if not dl like clean Rom final version 5 and mount it sd in recovery and move that over and for the sake of itright now when your gunna install a new Rom in the wipe menu just choose factory reset ...your using twrp recovery right?
omario8484 said:
So when u go into wipe menu in twrp it will show options : cache dalvic cache and external never press external unless u know what you're doing!
So do u have any Rom backups if so try restoring that and if not dl like clean Rom final version 5 and mount it sd in recovery and move that over and for the sake of itright now when your gunna install a new Rom in the wipe menu just choose factory reset ...your using twrp recovery right?
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Thank you. I wiped everything, including /system and put CleanROm final 5 on it. Everything looked beautiful but I got to the setup screens and rebooted. I'm back in recovery and charging now. Oddly, it has stopped rebooting from recovery. The only other thing I can think of is a bad sim card? Can that make a phone go crazy?
hcricket said:
Thank you. I wiped everything, including /system and put CleanROm final 5 on it. Everything looked beautiful but I got to the setup screens and rebooted. I'm back in recovery and charging now. Oddly, it has stopped rebooting from recovery. The only other thing I can think of is a bad sim card? Can that make a phone go crazy?
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What's your battery at?
Removed the SIM card and it froze while booting, with lots of graphical tearing. *sigh*
hcricket said:
Removed the SIM card and it froze while booting, with lots of graphical tearing. *sigh*
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Keep that simmy in there..now what's your battery ....when does it reboot ...when trying to get into aroma installer?
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Worst case scenario you can relock the bootloader and run an RUU. But I think u can get out of this without having to do that
I replaced the SIM. Battery at 90% now, was 44% when I started. Fortunately, it is charging from TWRP.
It reboots all over the place - from fastboot, from recovery, from the boot.img, from the lock screen. I made it all the way to Android setup at one point and it rebooted. It most often just gets to the HTC screen and hangs - it reboots the least from recovery, just once in a great while.
hcricket said:
I replaced the SIM. Battery at 90% now, was 44% when I started. Fortunately, it is charging from TWRP.
It reboots all over the place - from fastboot, from recovery, from the boot.img, from the lock screen. I made it all the way to Android setup at one point and it rebooted. It most often just gets to the HTC screen and hangs - it reboots the least from recovery, just once in a great while.
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Dam so it's actually booting up and your getting to the rom... Umm what'd you do to your phone did u install something bad that's laying around on your sd or idk ! This is weird
omario8484 said:
Dam so it's actually booting up and your getting to the rom... Umm what'd you do to your phone did u install something bad that's laying around on your sd or idk ! This is weird
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Oy. Add reboot during aroma installer to that list. I just tried to flash again but no go.
hcricket said:
Oy. Add reboot during aroma installer to that list. I just tried to flash again but no go.
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Hold down your power button until your screen turns black and than see if it's still rebooting
Still no go. Thank you for your help - I've got it to 98% battery, powered it down, and I'm going to the bar, hah hah.
try flashing CM10 instead of a Sense rom. Aroma can cause freezes and reboots on its own. I would also be scared to run the RUU also since your phone freezes randomly. whats was your stock version?
It doesn't sound like you do, but if you installed a custom kernel that is overclocked then it could be that your device can't handle the higher CPU frequency. CleanROM 5 final I don't think has a custom kernel though. It could also be a bad CPU or memory hardware.
denversc said:
It doesn't sound like you do, but if you installed a custom kernel that is overclocked then it could be that your device can't handle the higher CPU frequency. CleanROM 5 final I don't think has a custom kernel though. It could also be a bad CPU or memory hardware.
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I have had this happen. Viper has stock kernel listed in post 4 I would try flashing that.
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kleeman7 said:
I have had this happen. Viper has stock kernel listed in post 4 I would try flashing that.
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I told him to flash a rom that doesn't use aroma. He is getting freezes all the time. TWRP used to freeze up on me all the time after the 2.20 ruu until twrp 2.2.2.0 was released. Phone still has trouble getting into recovery from the bootloader though. He should install CM10 or codefirex without using a custom kernel. Maybe run "fastboot erase cache" in bootloader then wipe cache,dalvik,factory reset,system,external in recovery then flash CM10 or codefirex and gapps. keep it plain until you find issues you can attribute to the rom or to the phone. i have had very few issues with latest builds of jb aosp roms besides some battery stuff.
Well, although I had fully charged it and then powered down, now that I am ready to work on it this AM, it wont start at all. I'm thinking she's gone, captain.
Thank you everyone for the replies.

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
Sent from my NEXUS 5
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
Sent from my NEXUS 5
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
Sent from my NEXUS 5
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?
Sent from my Nexus 7
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
Sent from my Nexus 7
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,!
aamzalag said:
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?
Sent from my SGH-I747
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] 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.
2nd edit: Since it sounds like he did not wipe the SD card were there good things on there?
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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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housry23 said:
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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Apps stop working

Hello everyone
I broke my phone so I took one of my friend's old Nexus 5 which was not working and I tried to make it work.
However, I'm a complete noob. The phone wasn't turning on, so I used Nexus Root Toolkit in order to flash Android 6.0.1 M4B30Z
I had a lot of troubles, got stuck in booting loops and I couldn't solve it, even by wiping the phone over and over. So I finaly decided to flash Pure Nexus Hammerhead, and the phone finaly turned on.
However, all the apps are crashing (I'm not talking about store apps, but the one on the phone. Let's say I want to go in my settings, then the "settings" app will crash.
Sometimes, apps don't crash but the phone just freezes.
I don't know what to do anymore, that's why I resquest your help. What should I do to have a working phone ?
Thanks
Anyone can help me and tell me what to try ?
Mouchoir said:
Anyone can help me and tell me what to try ?
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Sounds like you need to clean flash, factory reset as well as wipe system in advanced wipe in twrp before flashing ROM and gapps (I recommend Beans gapps minimal, not the full package) Make sure to wipe caches after flashing. Also make sure you're flashing an up to date build of Pure Nexus https://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-pure-nexus-substratum-t3477787
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/gapps-dynamic-gapps-t3487192
Hello,
So I went to TWRP and clicked "Wipe", checked everything and restarted. Now I only have the "Google" screen displaying, and I'm not sure what to do to solve that

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