Hi everyone.
I have the following problem with a Nexus 5: During an update, the system crashed. The phone is now stuck in an endless bootloop, trying to install the update. When left long enough, the update screens eventually come up, but you are immediately blasted with a ton of errors and no matter what you do, you are unable to complete the update. This, however, is not the problem.
I have tried various utilities in order to flash the phone back to factory settings. I have made use of Unified Android ToolKit, as well as Nexus Root Toolkit, but a problem with the phone itself is preventing me from flashing it and the problem is as follows: I can access the phone via USB, as well as the bootloader, but when I unlock the bootloader to start the flashing, it immediately locks itself again and I'm unable to start the flash process.
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
Mystical_Titan said:
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
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If the lock state reverts on a reboot, 99 times out of 100, it means the internal memory has an issue. RMA.
rootSU said:
If the lock state reverts on a reboot, 99 times out of 100, it means the internal memory has an issue. RMA.
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Thanks for the fast response. :good:
Mystical_Titan said:
Thanks for the fast response. :good:
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No probs. Sounds like the update got stuck at the bootloader flash and corrupted. It's probably not a fatal NAND issue, rather corrupt partition or two but it usually means sending it in.
You can try the LG flashtool as a last resort before doing so though, as you never know...
You can find a link to it in the sticky thread in my signature. Best to stay away from actual "toolkits" though and either use fastboot manually or LG flash tool, although fastboot probably cant help you here - just saying for future ref...
Mystical_Titan said:
Hi everyone.
I have the following problem with a Nexus 5: During an update, the system crashed. The phone is now stuck in an endless bootloop, trying to install the update. When left long enough, the update screens eventually come up, but you are immediately blasted with a ton of errors and no matter what you do, you are unable to complete the update. This, however, is not the problem.
I have tried various utilities in order to flash the phone back to factory settings. I have made use of Unified Android ToolKit, as well as Nexus Root Toolkit, but a problem with the phone itself is preventing me from flashing it and the problem is as follows: I can access the phone via USB, as well as the bootloader, but when I unlock the bootloader to start the flashing, it immediately locks itself again and I'm unable to start the flash process.
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
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happened to me while installing the new SNAPSHOT version of Cyanogenmod, I wiped everything and reflashed it and it works
BruKnowsBest said:
happened to me while installing the new SNAPSHOT version of Cyanogenmod, I wiped everything and reflashed it and it works
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Can anyone suggest some steps for me to try before I RMA the phone? Although, being unable to unlock the bootloader probably limits my options.
Mystical_Titan said:
Can anyone suggest some steps for me to try before I RMA the phone? Although, being unable to unlock the bootloader probably limits my options.
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I was stuck in the boot animation and when it opened there was a lot of system errors and it would reboot by itself over and over again.
what fixed it was to do a wipe cache and dalvik and reinstall it
BruKnowsBest said:
I was stuck in the boot animation and when it opened there was a lot of system errors and it would reboot by itself over and over again.
what fixed it was to do a wipe cache and dalvik and reinstall it
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I tried the 'wipe cache' as well, but it returns a bunch of errors as well. I'm starting to think the NAND is screwed. What is dalvik?
Mystical_Titan said:
I tried the 'wipe cache' as well, but it returns a bunch of errors as well. I'm starting to think the NAND is screwed. What is dalvik?
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Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
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rootSU said:
Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
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I completely forgot that you mentioned the LG Flashtool, I feel like such an idiot. I'll try that tomorrow as a last resort.
No worries
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rootSU said:
Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
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i thought about LG FLASHTOOL but decided to try reinstaling the rom cuz i had no other option since i forgot to leave a backup rom on the device. So I did it as if I was installing a brand new rom Wiped dalvik, cache and system then reflashed the rom and then the gapps. Even tho it was the same ROM file I had a different outcome. It's working fine now but I did go back to the nightlies after it started working again just to be safe.
Now... people may have a different outcome when trying to solve this issue but this actually worked for me after having a minor heart-attack thinking I was gonna lose all my stuff
BruKnowsBest said:
i thought about LG FLASHTOOL but decided to try reinstaling the rom cuz i had no other option since i forgot to leave a backup rom on the device. So I did it as if I was installing a brand new rom Wiped dalvik, cache and system then reflashed the rom and then the gapps. Even tho it was the same ROM file I had a different outcome. It's working fine now but I did go back to the nightlies after it started working again just to be safe.
Now... people may have a different outcome when trying to solve this issue but this actually worked for me after having a minor heart-attack thinking I was gonna lose all my stuff
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Yes, but your issue is different to the OP's. His bootloader lock state reverts whenever he changes it. This is a pretty much "fatal" issue. What you did cannot help him unfortunately.
rootSU said:
Yes, but your issue is different to the OP's. His bootloader lock state reverts whenever he changes it. This is a pretty much "fatal" issue. What you did cannot help him unfortunately.
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oh ok, I misunderstood
rootSU said:
No worries
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It speaks about a KDZ file. What is it and where would I find it?
Mystical_Titan said:
It speaks about a KDZ file. What is it and where would I find it?
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Not sure, never used it. Are you following the Nexus 5 LG Flash tool guide? If not, have a look. You can get to it via my signature
rootSU said:
Not sure, never used it. Are you following the Nexus 5 LG Flash tool guide? If not, have a look. You can get to it via my signature
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Well, that's that. This phone is done.
Yup. RMA
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Everything is screwed for me. I can't even RSD back to stock. I can access TWRP, but can't wipe System or Data. Fastboot is just there and won't actually push anything. I already have a Moto X now, and I was talking about this issue about a week ago on the Android Development subcat, but I thought I would give it one last go on here to see if I can at least make it a backup.
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Everything is screwed for me. I can't even RSD back to stock. I can access TWRP, but can't wipe System or Data. Fastboot is just there and won't actually push anything. I already have a Moto X now, and I was talking about this issue about a week ago on the Android Development subcat, but I thought I would give it one last go on here to see if I can at least make it a backup.
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Maybe if you could give some more detail about what exactly you can and can't get the phone to do, what screens can be accessed, and what you did that lead to this condition, we could offer some advice.
Also, no offence to the devs, but twrp is the devil lol. Most issues I have had in the past have led back to it in one way or another, so I never use it. (Just my opinion)
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I can get to the Fastboot screen, I can access TWRP, and I can get the phone to bootloop at the boot animation screen.
I can't push anything through ADB or Fastboot, I cannot mount data or system in TWRP or otherwise. RSD comes back failed every time with every single stock build I use.
Literally two weeks ago, I was in bed, watching TV, with the phone charging. I unlock it to see if I had any notifications, and it kept saying that Nova launcher FC'd. So logically, I rebooted my phone and that's when it started boot looping.
I did nothing to the phone for a couple of hours, it was on the official CM 10.2 11/9 build. I had that ROM running fine for at least 24 hours before it went FUBAR.
kungpowchicken said:
Everything is screwed for me. I can't even RSD back to stock. I can access TWRP, but can't wipe System or Data. Fastboot is just there and won't actually push anything. I already have a Moto X now, and I was talking about this issue about a week ago on the Android Development subcat, but I thought I would give it one last go on here to see if I can at least make it a backup.
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Is it this problem?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47558893&postcount=47
If so use this solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47716278&postcount=57
scoobaspeaz said:
Is it this problem?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47558893&postcount=47
If so use this solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47716278&postcount=57
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Nope, my status us unlocked: 3. But when I get home, I'll try the mfastboot instead if fastboot.
kungpowchicken said:
I can get to the Fastboot screen, I can access TWRP, and I can get the phone to bootloop at the boot animation screen.
I can't push anything through ADB or Fastboot, I cannot mount data or system in TWRP or otherwise. RSD comes back failed every time with every single stock build I use.
Literally two weeks ago, I was in bed, watching TV, with the phone charging. I unlock it to see if I had any notifications, and it kept saying that Nova launcher FC'd. So logically, I rebooted my phone and that's when it started boot looping.
I did nothing to the phone for a couple of hours, it was on the official CM 10.2 11/9 build. I had that ROM running fine for at least 24 hours before it went FUBAR.
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i made a modified utility to fix the partition error but need someone to test it please. it should do the process previously suggested automatically through the script.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/987490ykl14j4t8/DROID_RAZR_HD_Utility_1.3.gpt_fix.rar
thanks
bweN diorD said:
i made a modified utility to fix the partition error but need someone to test it please. it should do the process previously suggested automatically through the script.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/987490ykl14j4t8/DROID_RAZR_HD_Utility_1.3.gpt_fix.rar
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Testing now.
UPDATE: Still no go.
kungpowchicken said:
Testing now.
UPDATE: Still no go.
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Well that sux.
Your problem is different than what I made this for but I was hoping it would work for you.
What did it do, fail all the way through?
When I tested it on my phone it reported flashing the partitions ok. There was actually extra text displayed while it was doing it that I didn't put into the script, that's how I knew it was working.
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Failed all the way.
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Failed all the way.
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im running out of suggestions
if you havent tried to put stock recovery back on yet, how about we try that and see what happens.
if you dont know how to do it through adb, just grab the 1.34 utility from the dev forum, it will push it through fastboot.
something is obviously wrong with twrp, maybe we can fix that first.
I tried flashing even the stock Recovery manually and through the 1.34 utility. Always comes up failed. :sad:
Did you try the manual steps that I posted in my links?
i hope that works, but im doubtful.
the utility essentially flashes exactly as you would manually.
he doesnt have a partition issue, im guessing something is wack with the permissions.
if twrp somehow screwed up the permissions to read only, i believe even the partition file cant overwrite it. i could be wrong.
So I think it has something to do with the Permissions of one or more of the partitions. I just noticed it keeps saying Permissions Denied when I try to fastboot or mfastboot.
kungpowchicken said:
So I think it has something to do with the Permissions of one or more of the partitions. I just noticed it keeps saying Permissions Denied when I try to fastboot or mfastboot.
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Are you sure you have the snapdragon fastboot? Can't hurt to reinstall it.
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Also have you tried flashing it manually? (fastboot flash system system.img, etc.)
penser said:
Are you sure you have the snapdragon fastboot? Can't hurt to reinstall it.
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Also have you tried flashing it manually? (fastboot flash system system.img, etc.)
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he defiantly has the right fastboot, its in the utility that has been downloaded thousands of times.
if its write protected some how, its not going to flash no matter how you try it.
what i was wondering is if recovery can fix permissions that deep, not sure he said he tried that.
What do you mean with recovery?
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What do you mean with recovery?
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go into twrp, advanced (i think thats the right section) and look for a line that says "fix permissions" and do it.
Keeps saying it can't mount anything.
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Keeps saying it can't mount anything.
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thats what i figured would happen
Hello XDA developers!
I hope you can help me with a serieus problem on my Nexus5 Device!
Let's tell you my little adventure with my Nexus5 :
First my Nexus5 Device worked perfectly, but then the radiobaseband and the sensors magically dissapeared!
https://db.tt/cdZiSukZ i've tooked some screenshots of it on dropbox.
Then I Flashed the factory image for my device by following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
And it started to work perfectly, till now........
after about a week i watched a unspecified video on Google Chrome and the screen freezed ( not literally )
So I hold the power button and turn it off, turn it back on and i got a infinity bootloop.
So I flash again the official factory image and it can't flash my system?
its look like this;
trying to flash system.img....
FAILED
the rest of the process flash succesfull until it reach system.img
and a friend of mine therinsem tried to add a custom recovery and it didn't work, so we flashed again the factory image and it still FAILED,
to flash system.img the rest of the process work until it reach system.img.
now it doesn't even boot? it's only going straight into fastboot-mode
and if i press in fastboot-mode recoverymode than it shows nothing? ( i think because we tried to flash a custom recovery )
- iv'e tried on a bunch of diffrent windows laptop's
- i can't access the internal storage of the device
- i can still '' side-load'' I think
so this is my problem with the nexus5, does anyone have a solution?:crying:
Download the factory image again and make sure the md5 checks. Then try again
There's another thread around here somewhere with pretty much the same issue. Sounds like bad memory. From fastboot try:
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fasboot format system
If that succeeds reflash the factory image. If that fails your most likely looking at RMA.
I wouldn't really since google will charge you twice for tampering with the imei
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dicecuber said:
I wouldn't really since google will charge you twice for tampering with the imei
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What? Who's taking about imei?
jd1639 said:
Download the factory image again and make sure the md5 checks. Then try again
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Thank you for a answer! i will try it and will give a update status soon.
jd1639 said:
What? Who's taking about imei?
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Judging from pictures, the stock imei is unknown. I'd refrain from rmaing it just yet
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dicecuber said:
Judging from pictures, the stock imei is unknown. I'd refrain from rmaing it just yet
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Sometimes it happens that you lose your imei. Flashing the factor image can bring it back. Nothing nefarious going on
dicecuber said:
Judging from pictures, the stock imei is unknown. I'd refrain from rmaing it just yet
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Ummmmm? That's why where trying to help the OP recover. lol OP you can also run this and see what the output is:
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fasboot getvar all
^someone suggested Op rma it. I suggested he refrain from doing that
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Ummmmm? That's why where trying to help the OP recover. lol OP you can also run this and see what the output is:
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fasboot getvar all
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theesotericone said:
There's another thread around here somewhere with pretty much the same issue. Sounds like bad memory. From fastboot try:
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fasboot format system
If that succeeds reflash the factory image. If that fails your most likely looking at RMA.
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Thank you very much for the answers! i will setup my laptop again and will use your advice, to recover my device! ( that rhymes! )
Tomorrow i will give a update, i am going to sleep! good night folk!
tomaszcs said:
Thank you very much for the answers! i will setup my laptop again and will use your advice, to recover my device! ( that rhymes! )
Tomorrow i will give a update, i am going to sleep! good night folk!
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Formatting system did not work.
I helped Tomasz doing this
Hi guys! I've looked all around and tried the fixes that people recommended, which is basically going back to stock.
So this is what happened to my brother's phone:
Was using the phone and all a sudden the phone freezes (He was on Android L) and he rebooted it. After rebooting, the phone went into bootloop. He downloaded some program that supposedly fixes softbrick and bootloop (by flashing stock ROM) Nexus Root Toolkit v1.8.7.
The phone was fixed.. Kinda.. He couldn't get any cell signal. Turns out his baseband and IMEI read unknown. He has the box the phone came in, to we know the physical IMEI number.
Is there a fix for this? I've tried this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/lost-imei-please-help-t2529103 but it didn't work.
Any ideas?
You_got_owned123 said:
Hi guys! I've looked all around and tried the fixes that people recommended, which is basically going back to stock.
So this is what happened to my brother's phone:
Was using the phone and all a sudden the phone freezes (He was on Android L) and he rebooted it. After rebooting, the phone went into bootloop. He downloaded some program that supposedly fixes softbrick and bootloop (by flashing stock ROM) Nexus Root Toolkit v1.8.7.
The phone was fixed.. Kinda.. He couldn't get any cell signal. Turns out his baseband and IMEI read unknown. He has the box the phone came in, to we know the physical IMEI number.
Is there a fix for this? I've tried this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/lost-imei-please-help-t2529103 but it didn't work.
Any ideas?
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Try to run the "fastboot earease cache" command in fastboot. Read the sticky thread in the general forum.
bitdomo said:
Try to run the "fastboot earease cache" command in fastboot. Read the sticky thread in the general forum.
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Sad to say, I've already tried that.. Even tried to flash stock cache image.
You_got_owned123 said:
Sad to say, I've already tried that.. Even tried to flash stock cache image.
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Also you said the baseband is unknown. Have you tried to reflash the radio/modem image?
bitdomo said:
Also you said the baseband is unknown. Have you tried to reflash the radio/modem image?
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I've flashed radio, but modem I have not. I'll have to try that!
You_got_owned123 said:
I've flashed radio, but modem I have not. I'll have to try that!
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It's the same thing!
restore fully to stock using LG Flashtool. See if that fixes...
rootSU said:
It's the same thing!
restore fully to stock using LG Flashtool. See if that fixes...
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Can you by any chance give me a link? Did a quick Google search and didn't find anything official.
You_got_owned123 said:
Can you by any chance give me a link? Did a quick Google search and didn't find anything official.
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See my signature
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You_got_owned123 said:
Can you by any chance give me a link? Did a quick Google search and didn't find anything official.
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Or check my signature.
Someone calls it modem and someone calls it radio.
rootSU said:
See my signature
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Hey! I was reading on a thread where you helped someone fix their phone!
Did a stock flash do it for them? I got the factory images and ran the flash-all scrip and still nothing.
You_got_owned123 said:
Hey! I was reading on a thread where you helped someone fix their phone!
Did a stock flash do it for them? I got the factory images and ran the flash-all scrip and still nothing.
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I help a lot of people. I cannot pick out individual instances.
Use LG flashtool
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You_got_owned123 said:
Hey! I was reading on a thread where you helped someone fix their phone!
Did a stock flash do it for them? I got the factory images and ran the flash-all scrip and still nothing.
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Also check if wifi mac address is changing after each reboot. Corrupted persist partition can cause problems like that and also other things like crasing apps
Check out my thread about it http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576. It worths a try. If it does not help then you have to buy a new motherboard or claim your warranty if you have any.
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Also check if wifi mac address is changing after each reboot. Corrupted persist partition can cause problems like that and also other things like crasing apps
Check out my thread about it http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576. It worths a try. If it does not help then you have to buy a new motherboard or claim your warranty if you have any.
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Perist will not mount. I hasn't seen factory image for persist partition.
You_got_owned123 said:
Perist will not mount. I hasn't seen factory image for persist partition.
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Because there arent any. It is unique for every device like efs.
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Because there arent any. It is unique for every device like efs.
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So is that a problem?
You_got_owned123 said:
So is that a problem?
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If you see that /persist cannot be mounted then it could be.
bitdomo said:
If you see that /persist cannot be mounted then it could be.
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I tried wiping cache and then it gave me a bunch or partitions that were errors. With persist being one of them. After a while, I was able to clear cache with no errors.
You_got_owned123 said:
I tried wiping cache and then it gave me a bunch or partitions that were errors. With persist being one of them. After a while, I was able to clear cache with no errors.
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Then it is up to you what are you going to do with the persist partition. You will lose nothing but time by formating the persist partition. If it not fix your problem then you have to buy a new motherboard for the phone to make phone calls either way because you dont have any efs backup.
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Then it is up to you what are you going to do with the persist partition. You will lose nothing but time by formating the persist partition. If it not fix your problem then you have to buy a new motherboard for the phone to make phone calls either way because you dont have any efs backup.
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Persist was the problem. Fixed that partition and was golden. Thank you so much all of you. Took 3 hours. So much Google.
You_got_owned123 said:
Persist was the problem. Fixed that partition and was golden. Thank you so much all of you. Took 3 hours. So much Google.
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It would be nice if you would post how did you solve your issue. Some will learn and it could help others having the same issue.
So let me start by saying I am 100% a noob, and I have read many threads trying to get to the bottom of my problem to no avail. I am sorry if there is a solution for my problem somewhere, I've been working on this issue for 24 hours and have yet to find it.
My girlfriend was apparently using google maps on here relatively new phone (running 5.0.1) and it crashed. Upon restarting it was stuck on the coloured dots screen for several hours. She has not installed any third party apps, only those from the playstore and not too many of them at that.
I tried factory reset and received a bunch of errors about failing to load the E:// or something like that. The phone still would not boot up.
I downloaded minimal fastboot thinger on my windows 8.1 laptop and tried to flash a new image of 5.0.1 on it, IIRC I received errors about E:// again
Got Wugfresh NRT and tried TWRP wiped all (still saw some stuff about E:// failing to mount and such) then tried to unroot flash stock with soft brick/bootloop checked.
Still bootlooped for over an hour when I started it up.
Tried flashing 4.4.4 instead. It worked. Phone booted up. Gallery/Camera do not work however at this point. Tried updating to 5.0.1.... phone restarted bootloop for 8 hours and counting.
Flashed 4.4.4 again, Followed Full Driver Installation Guide in NRT exactly. Tried Flash Stock + Unroot with Device is on/Normal checked this time instead. Now it has been colored dots screen for about 20 minutes.
So I can load 4.4.4 but no matter how I've tried to install lollipop 5.0.1, it stays on booting screen forever.
What do?
Thank you so much in advance and apologies for being a noob.
EDIT: More googling today. Looks like my E:/Persist partition is corrupted or something, trying to figure out how to repair it right now.
Anjo_Smash said:
So let me start by saying I am 100% a noob, and I have read many threads trying to get to the bottom of my problem to no avail. I am sorry if there is a solution for my problem somewhere, I've been working on this issue for 24 hours and have yet to find it.
My girlfriend was apparently using google maps on here relatively new phone (running 5.0.1) and it crashed. Upon restarting it was stuck on the coloured dots screen for several hours. She has not installed any third party apps, only those from the playstore and not too many of them at that.
I tried factory reset and received a bunch of errors about failing to load the E:// or something like that. The phone still would not boot up.
I downloaded minimal fastboot thinger on my windows 8.1 laptop and tried to flash a new image of 5.0.1 on it, IIRC I received errors about E:// again
Got Wugfresh NRT and tried TWRP wiped all (still saw some stuff about E:// failing to mount and such) then tried to unroot flash stock with soft brick/bootloop checked.
Still bootlooped for over an hour when I started it up.
Tried flashing 4.4.4 instead. It worked. Phone booted up. Gallery/Camera do not work however at this point. Tried updating to 5.0.1.... phone restarted bootloop for 8 hours and counting.
Flashed 4.4.4 again, Followed Full Driver Installation Guide in NRT exactly. Tried Flash Stock + Unroot with Device is on/Normal checked this time instead. Now it has been colored dots screen for about 20 minutes.
So I can load 4.4.4 but no matter how I've tried to install lollipop 5.0.1, it stays on booting screen forever.
What do?
Thank you so much in advance and apologies for being a noob.
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If I can bet it must be a corrupted persist partition. Lollipop will not boot if its gets corrupted but kitkat will do. If you could tell what is the actual error you see in twrp or cwm recovery then we could identfy the actual problem. But I am 90% sure the mount error is about persist partition.
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If I can bet it must be a corrupted persist partition. Lollipop will not boot if its gets corrupted but kitkat will do. If you could tell what is the actual error you see in twrp or cwm recovery then we could identfy the actual problem. But I am 90% sure the mount error is about persist partition.
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You are correct sir I literally just identified that as the problem 5 minutes ago. Now the question is how do I fix it.
Anjo_Smash said:
You are correct sir I literally just identified that as the problem 5 minutes ago. Now the question is how do I fix it.
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I made a thread about it. Here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576
bitdomo said:
I made a thread about it. Here is it http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576
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I'm actually looking at that right now! Downloading Java and Android SDK atm. Of course still a little shaky on a couple terms in your guide hopefully I can sort it out. Really confused as to how Google Maps on a vanilla nexus 5 could corrupt a partition like that, its all google endorsed and official. They should be fixing my phone not me lol.
Anjo_Smash said:
I'm actually looking at that right now! Downloading Java and Android SDK atm. Of course still a little shaky on a couple terms in your guide hopefully I can sort it out. Really confused as to how Google Maps on a vanilla nexus 5 could corrupt a partition like that, its all google endorsed and official. They should be fixing my phone not me lol.
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If you want to make it quick then allow me to join to your pc through teamviewer. Send your ID and Passowrd to my e-mail: [email protected]
If you try to do it alone and you face a problem then I might not be here, because it is already past 11:30pm here.
bitdomo said:
If you want to make it quick then allow me to join to your pc through teamviewer. Send your ID and Passowrd to my e-mail: [email protected]
If you try to do it alone and you face a problem then I might not be here, because it is already past 11:30pm here.
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Thanks for the offer. I'll try on my own and get back to you maybe tomorrow if I can't get it down.
Alright so I am definitely having problems running adb shell. even if I change the directory in cmd to my adb.exe location (android\android-sdk\platform-tools) I keep getting the error adb shell is not a recognized blah blah blah....
NVM got it working. Whenever I get frustrated enough to make a post I end up finally finding a solution.
ALRIGHT I have Lollipop up and running thanks to your guide on fixing persist partition. Thank you so much! Question: I have a nexus 5 and it does not have an sd card. I'm not sure how to proceed in doing the steps you described involving mac addresses. I did use a hex editor and make those files, but not sure where to put them in my phones internal storage, and how to direct adb to said location. Any help with that?
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ALRIGHT I have Lollipop up and running thanks to your guide on fixing persist partition. Thank you so much! Question: I have a nexus 5 and it does not have an sd card. I'm not sure how to proceed in doing the steps you described involving mac addresses. I did use a hex editor and make those files, but not sure where to put them in my phones internal storage, and how to direct adb to said location. Any help with that?
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Just copy them to the root of your internal storage, then follow the guide.
I mean you just open the phone's internal storage from your PC and you dont open any folder. You just copy it there.
The guide is for nexus 5, but some people refer to the internal storage as sdcard too. I know it is a bit confusing. Thanks to point it out. I will make clear in my guide now.
AH I see ok I will do that tonight. Ran in to another problem though it may be related to the mac address thing I haven't done yet, not sure how that all works. The phone randomly restarts every few minutes and it won't connect to the carrier either. Also if it matters I left the boot loader unlocked for now until the phone is working properly, if that affects anything.
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AH I see ok I will do that tonight. Ran in to another problem though it may be related to the mac address thing I haven't done yet, not sure how that all works. The phone randomly restarts every few minutes and it won't connect to the carrier either. Also if it matters I left the boot loader unlocked for now until the phone is working properly, if that affects anything.
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The lock state of the bootloader does not matter, but this random reboots after a few minutes is something to worry about. Your phone should not do that after formating persist partition.
bitdomo said:
The lock state of the bootloader does not matter, but this random reboots after a few minutes is something to worry about. Your phone should not do that after formating persist partition.
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Should I try formatting it again?
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Should I try formatting it again?
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Give another try formating persist, but I am here now. So, if you want I can do everything for you through teamviewer. You just have to send the log in informations to my email address.
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Give another try formating persist, but I am here now. So, if you want I can do everything for you through teamviewer. You just have to send the log in informations to my email address.
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Ok I'm going to install team viewer then.
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Give another try formating persist, but I am here now. So, if you want I can do everything for you through teamviewer. You just have to send the log in informations to my email address.
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I'm all set up, so let me know when you are available friend, thanks for your help.
Anjo_Smash said:
I'm all set up, so let me know when you are available friend, thanks for your help.
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I am here, send the login infos -> [email protected]
My phone randomly shut off and then I when I turn it back on. the infinite boot logo appear. I installed clockworld. tried to reformat everything and reinstall stock image and still nothing.
Need more info. What does still nothing mean? Flashing the stock images failed?
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See here for a possible (probable) solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-stuck-boot-loop-lollipop-t3098632
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Need more info. What does still nothing mean? Flashing the stock images failed?
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Sorry I should of added more information.
I followed the guide that google gives to flash the ROM using the original stock image cant post link since I am a new member
it failed still having the endless boot animation.,
also my problem is I didnt had usd debugging enabled. So its make hard to use some of the ADB Commands
Google's guide (flashing the zip file) often fails, not sure why. Look in my guide for a better way to do this. Though if you have a persist partition corrupted, flashing Lollipop will not help. You will still not be able to boot. See my guide. Good luck!
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Google's guide (flashing the zip file) often fails, not sure why. Look in my guide for a better way to do this. Though if you have a persist partition corrupted, flashing Lollipop will not help. You will still not be able to boot. See my guide. Good luck!
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(when I do ADB devices. Dosent display my device. I was able to do everything from the guide I am at the part where I have to fix the partition persit) NVM ABOUT THAT
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See here for a possible (probable) solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-stuck-boot-loop-lollipop-t3098632
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it worked thanks!!! I was about to send it to LG
darthzash said:
it worked thanks!!! I was about to send it to LG
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Great!