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[Q] Need help with possible hard brick

For starters, if there is already an answer to this question, please point me in the right direction because I have looked all over the forums and cannot find an answer. I was wondering if anyone could help me return my Nexus S 4G back to stock. I was in the middle of using one click stock when my power went out and now my phone just sits at the bootloader saying "fastboot mode-no boot or recovery img" and one click stock does not work.; meaning, it will sit and ask me to put the phone into debugging mode. I have also tried manually flashing the files from fastboot but it sits at sending file but does not flash. Even let it sit at the sending screen for 3 hours but it never flashed.

Maybe a brick. The same thing happened to me once, no img's, fastboot not working and a broken power button. I just got it back from a free repair
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Well, is your bootloader locked/unlocked? and try to do it manually with fastboot, at least you know that things are done correctly.
unlock bootloader is : fastboot oem unlock
lock is: fastboot oem lock
you could try to switch once and try to push the recovery image so you can flash a new rom.

Thanks for the help. I relocked and unlocked the bootloader and it did the trick. I was able to manually flash everything back to the phone

Glad I could be of help
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FirePoncho86 said:
Maybe a brick. The same thing happened to me once, no img's, fastboot not working and a broken power button. I just got it back from a free repair
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Where did you get the free repair bud?
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[Q] Nexus 5 unable to go into recovery mode

Hi,
I got a Nexus 5 about 40 days back. The phone randomly switched off a few times. I performed a factory reset as suggested by the Google Support team and other forum posts here. Yesterday, the phone switched off. On going into the bootloader, I am able to view the different options. On selecting recovery mode, it just goes to a blank screen.
The phone is not rooted.
Please help me out.

Vignesh2810 said:
Hi,
I got a Nexus 5 about 40 days back. The phone randomly switched off a few times. I performed a factory reset as suggested by the Google Support team and other forum posts here. Yesterday, the phone switched off. On going into the bootloader, I am able to view the different options. On selecting recovery mode, it just goes to a blank screen.
The phone is not rooted.
Please help me out.
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Unlock bootloader and flash twrp recovery and tell me if u can go into recovery mode or not follow this guide => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905
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Hi mate,
Please unlock the bootloader as said by bro rahil3108
This will solve your problem
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rahil3108 said:
Unlock bootloader and flash twrp recovery and tell me if u can go into recovery mode or not follow this guide => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905
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Thanks for helping me out,
I did the steps as mentioned in the guide, but ran into a problem while unlocking the bootloader.
After entering the command, "fastboot oem unlock" the bootloader gets unlocked.
But on entering the next command, "fastboot reboot" it goes back to unlocked state.
How do I proceed?
thanks again

you said it went from unlocked to unlocked? did you mean goes back to locked?

Zepius said:
you said it went from unlocked to unlocked? did you mean goes back to locked?
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Yes, it goes back to locked.

Help
Hello ..did you solve your problem?? I have this same problem right now!! I'm stuck at google logo and when a try to get into recovery mode my scren goes black..same thing about unlocking the boot loader..please I will really appreciate your answer

juliomej99 said:
Hello ..did you solve your problem?? I have this same problem right now!! I'm stuck at google logo and when a try to get into recovery mode my scren goes black..same thing about unlocking the boot loader..please I will really appreciate your answer
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did u solve your problem ?? i have the same issue not even go in recovery mode ,unable to see anything on my screen

Is phone's bootloader unlocked? Tried flashing a stock ROM from fastboot or with NRT kit?

seems like corrupted emmc, try to rewrite emmc partitions with the qualcomm tool or get a new board, sorry
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Pull storage from damaged device

So I accidentally dropped my nexus 5 and I need to replace my display but unfortunately I haven't backed up my data (mostly pictures I'm worrying about the most). So is there a way to pull the storage from it? I've tried with adb and it doesn't work because it doesn't list my device.
I really hope there is a way to do it.

If USB works and its not detecting adb, then its set up wrong. Adb is the only way if both touch and display are broken.
Please click the link in my signature and read the adb and fastboot thread. It will tell you how to set it up properly
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Does it matter if I had an unlock code for my lockscreen?

dndwanted said:
Does it matter if I had an unlock code for my lockscreen?
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Yes it does.
Don't suppose you have a custom recovery do you?
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My phone was rooted and I had latest TWRP with latest Paranoid Android,

dndwanted said:
My phone was rooted and I had latest TWRP with latest Paranoid Android,
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Adb in recovery then. See the thread i previously told you about
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I can't seem to make it work.
In "adb devices", it shows a device listed but in "fastboot devices" it doesn't show any device. When I tried to boot into fastboot mode I couldn't tell if I booted correctly because it shows the same thing as when I boot it normally.
I tried using the command "adb pull data/media/0 C:\adb\sdcard_25082014" and it gave me the error "remote object data/media/0 does not exist".
What should I do?

dndwanted said:
I can't seem to make it work.
In "adb devices", it shows a device listed but in "fastboot devices" it doesn't show any device. When I tried to boot into fastboot mode I couldn't tell if I booted correctly because it shows the same thing as when I boot it normally.
I tried using the command "adb pull data/media/0 C:\adb\sdcard_25082014" and it gave me the error "remote object data/media/0 does not exist".
What should I do?
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You've not read my thread properly. Try again
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I installed the adb in 15 seconds thing and then I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/noob-read-adb-fastboot-how-hep-t2807273
Please tell me what have I done wrong because I can't seem to figure it out.

Unfortunately I don't know a solution to your problem, but your data shouldn't get lost when you replace the screen.
I replaced mine a week ago. Actually it was very easy. The most difficult part was removing the backcover.
The parts inside of the device are fixed with a little bit of glue which is not strong at all.
The whole replacement took me around 20 Minutes and I have never done something like that before.
After that everything was still on my phone.
And if your device doesn't get recognized from your computer in fastboot mode you should try the universal adb driver. This works perfectly for my Nexus 5.

@rootSU
I get this: http://imgur.com/ccw4lJ6
:/

ChickenNugget said:
Unfortunately I don't know a solution to your problem, but your data shouldn't get lost when you replace the screen.
I replaced mine a week ago. Actually it was very easy. The most difficult part was removing the backcover.
The parts inside of the device are fixed with a little bit of glue which is not strong at all.
The whole replacement took me around 20 Minutes and I have never done something like that before.
After that everything was still on my phone.
And if your device doesn't get recognized from your computer in fastboot mode you should try the universal adb driver. This works perfectly for my Nexus 5.
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He doesn't need fastboot mode, only recovery and adb seems to be working fine.
OP, try adb pull /data/media/0/ c:\blah blah
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jd1639 said:
He doesn't need fastboot mode, only recovery and adb seems to be working fine.
OP, try adb pull /data/media/0/ c:\blah blah
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Unfortunately I get the same error.

dndwanted said:
Unfortunately I get the same error.
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Are you SURE you're in recovery?
You got an error when you mounted data
Edit, well you got 2 errors...
The first error you got was the "usage" line. That means it thinks you typed "mount data" as an incomplete command. It IS incomplete if you're booted into android. Its not incomplete if you're in recovery. So I dont think you're in recovery.
The second error is "remote object doesnt exist". That's because you haven't mounted data.
To ensure youre in recovery, either:
1) Boot into android and then "adb reboot recovery"
2) From off, hold vol down and press power to get to bootloader. Press vol up TWICE then press power
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rootSU said:
Are you SURE you're in recovery?
You got an error when you mounted data
Edit, well you got 2 errors...
The first error you got was the "usage" line. That means it thinks you typed "mount data" as an incomplete command. It IS incomplete if you're booted into android. Its not incomplete if you're in recovery. So I dont think you're in recovery.
The second error is "remote object doesnt exist". That's because you haven't mounted data.
To ensure youre in recovery, either:
1) Boot into android and then "adb reboot recovery"
2) From off, hold vol down and press power to get to bootloader. Press vol up TWICE then press power
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http://imgur.com/KCoHxg8

dndwanted said:
http://imgur.com/KCoHxg8
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Unless you can get recovery to show up, you're screwed.
I don't know anything about twrp so I can't help there.
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Looking at my phone, I can't tell whether I'm in recovery or just booting normally or whatever because it doesn't show anything.
I guess I'll just have to wait until someone who knows TWRP can help me.
But thank you anyways

dndwanted said:
Looking at my phone, I can't tell whether I'm in recovery or just booting normally or whatever because it doesn't show anything.
I guess I'll just have to wait until someone who knows TWRP can help me.
But thank you anyways
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Try manually option 2
Otherwise you can fastboot flash philz recovery - which is a recovery I know.
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Doesn't work.

dndwanted said:
Doesn't work.
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In more descriptive terms please
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micromax_a066 bootloading problem

hello'!!
i have a micromax a066 running android 4.4.2 kitkat'!!
i have rooted my device using kingo root. now i am unable to unlock bootloader of my device. after pressing power+vol.up+vol.down button (recovery mode) the bootloading option doesn't appears. The recovery mode have option of updating rom(which stucks at half), setting up backup n rest. even though m unable to unlock bootloader through windows command prompt. Using the CP m able to start my device at fastboot mode but, it stucks in the 2nd step. that is unlocking. please help'!!

Probably it means that your bootloader is unlocked already just check it.
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it is not unlocked
droid_god said:
Probably it means that your bootloader is unlocked already just check it.
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no. it isn't
the device reboots and the black screen with"fastboot mode" appears after giving the first command. But after giving the second command it doesn't moves ahead, I mean the confirmation message doesn't appears in which we are supposed to select yes or no by pressing volume up and volume down key. So, evrytime i try to unlock bootloader i use to stuck at that black screen and left with no choice but unplugging the device and taking out the battery. After i unplug my device the command prompt shows up a message, somewhat like this- "error <source<too many links>"
:/ please help...

In recovery there should be an advance option inside that you have reboot to bootloader option.
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droid_god said:
In recovery there should be an advance option inside that you have reboot to bootloader option.
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when i start recovery mode' it shows an android doll(the green one) with open stomach :silly: and "no command" written over the screen... then after pressing power button it shows up 8 options'!!
1) reboot system now
2)apply update from adb
3)apply update from sdcard
4)apply update from cache
5)wipe data/factory reset
6)wipe cache patition
7) backup user data
8)restore user data..
hence, the option you mentioned above is not available'!! :/ :/

Ok.
You must be using adb oem unlock command to do that previously.
In fastboot mode

droid_god said:
Ok.
You must be using adb oem unlock command to do that previously.
In fastboot mode
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exactly'!!
can you help'??

Please tell me what you want to do after unlocking your bootloader

droid_god said:
Please tell me what you want to do after unlocking your bootloader
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i want to install a new ROM'!! (Xperia-Z4 android 4.4 KITKAT{cyanogen})

Hmm you can do it without unlocking that also

droid_god said:
Hmm you can do it without unlocking that also
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i tried to do so...
i tried to install update through sd card_ but it stuck at half and displayed "error"
even i have tried after wiping data/factory reset and wiping cache, but the same thing happened'!!:/
and according to lifehacker.com it is compulsory to unlock bootloader first'!!

Which error does it gives can you tell

droid_god said:
Which error does it gives can you tell
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the blue bar stops filling at half' and the updation process of rom stops and iv'e been taken to the main screen(the screen with 8 options.. as mentioned in the comment above) and it displays "error"
_________________________________in this manner__________________________________
(at background of those 8 options... below the green android doll lying down with open stomach )
and here's the message => Error!
--Install/sdcard/android
Installation aborted.

Hmm it seems that its a serioua problem.
Are you confirm about the rom is not corrupted or damaged

droid_god said:
Hmm it seems that its a serioua problem.
Are you confirm about the rom is not corrupted or damaged
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i have tried twice'!! by using two different roms...
but m ready to give it a third chance...
can you give me a link of any properly working rom'?? (which you have used)

I have a different device.
Its important to usd custom rom for your device only otherwise it fails to install.
But i will try to find one for you

droid_god said:
I have a different device.
Its important to usd custom rom for your device only otherwise it fails to install.
But i will try to find one for you
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you mean we can't install any rom'?? :/
i mean we have to use roms(official or unofficial) which are especially designed for our device'?? :/

Yea you got it man.
Every device is different so their custom roms also.
Do install those roms which are made for your device.

droid_god said:
Yea you got it man.
Every device is different so their custom roms also.
Do install those roms which are made for your device.
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hmm... thanx for the help buddy'!!
but this device is not so famous so the ROM's are not available even at the XDA-DEVELOPERS
but next time i'll make sure that i'm buying a famous one'!!
actually... i was planning to buy a "HTC Desire 826"
in next few days.. so i decided to learn rooting, flashing n all other techniques in this BOLT'!! so that i'd have less risk while flashing HTC but it cannot be done now'!!
any was thanx for the help'!! ^_^

Your bolt is not waste just find a person having same device and if he is roited say him to make a nandroid backup of his rom on your sd card and done. Take your sd card and restore from that. Your device will work like a new set and you will have both the sets

Bricked Nexus 5 - Cant unlock the bootloader

My nexus 5 just turned off and is stuck on the boot animation. I am able to access the bootloader and have already tried to wipe cache and performed factory data reset but the phone is still stuck on the boot animation. I have tried to unlock the bootloader with 1-click-nexus-5-bootloader-unlock as well as CF-Auto-Root-hammerhead-hammerhead-nexus5 tools but after I accept to unlock thebootloader, the phone reboots and gets stuck on the boot animation. The bootloader status remains locked.
I really need to fix this issue and I would be grateful if anyone could help me out.
Thank you

Okay instead of using those tools can you please go into bootloader and try unlocking it using normal fastboot commands (I think it's "oem unlock" or something to that effect). See what happens after that.
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CalculatedRisk said:
Okay instead of using those tools can you please go into bootloader and try unlocking it using normal fastboot commands (I think it's "oem unlock" or something to that effect). See what happens after that.
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I tried the oem unlock method but it didn't work. Every time the phone reboots, it locks the bootloader.

thestar1992 said:
I tried the oem unlock method but it didn't work. Every time the phone reboots, it locks the bootloader.
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This is a common sign on Nexus Devices that the memory chip is failing or has failed. This means it is a hardware issue, and cannot be repaired without exchanging the device, or replacing the motherboard.