[Q] Bootloader bootloop problem - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

For a few days, my phone kept rebooting on and off. I thought maybe it was an unstable ROM or Kernel, and it was driving me crazy. No matter what ROM and Kernel I tried it kept doing it. I even restored the factory image to completely wipe everything on the phone and it still did it. Then less than a day later my phone just kept rebooting at the bootloader. I can't get it to the recovery or anything. I thought maybe it was a messed up power button, so I took it apart, removed the power button, put it back together and then tried to power it on with the button removed and it still reboots at the bootloader. How do I fix this? does it mean I have a bad motherboard?

godraistlin said:
For a few days, my phone kept rebooting on and off. I thought maybe it was an unstable ROM or Kernel, and it was driving me crazy. No matter what ROM and Kernel I tried it kept doing it. I even restored the factory image to completely wipe everything on the phone and it still did it. Then less than a day later my phone just kept rebooting at the bootloader. I can't get it to the recovery or anything. I thought maybe it was a messed up power button, so I took it apart, removed the power button, put it back together and then tried to power it on with the button removed and it still reboots at the bootloader. How do I fix this? does it mean I have a bad motherboard?
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It means your power button has problems (still after reassembly) or you have a motherboard issue.
Send it in for repair.

It does still sound like a bad power button. And if it keeps rebooting, you can't even try flashing stock. Tho, it's not software by the sounds of it.
Maybe take it to a repair center. Shouldn't be too much to fix.

Darth said:
It does still sound like a bad power button. And if it keeps rebooting, you can't even try flashing stock. Tho, it's not software by the sounds of it.
Maybe take it to a repair center. Shouldn't be too much to fix.
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I can tap the back of the phone a few times and it just reboots. A couple seconds into the boot animation, it shuts off.

Bad power button or battery connection may be lose and power is cutting in and out.
Definitely a hardware issue.
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Lethargy said:
It means your power button has problems (still after reassembly) or you have a motherboard issue.
Send it in for repair.
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Ninja! Lol

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Sleep of Death?

Phone is currently stuck in this state. Pretty much doesn't respond to anything.
Tried hard resting, connecting it to the charger, connecting it to my laptop and those methods didnt work. I have an insurance replacement coming, but I would like to recoup the money I put down as the deductible for the new phone. Anything else I could try to get it working again?
This was my only fear about buying a phone with a non removable battery.
Thanks.
Non-removable battery has nothing to do with it. Holding the power button for about 5 seconds is the same as a battery pull, and its hard coded to work in just about any situation. If this doesn't work, a battery pull wouldn't either.
Did you try to get into bootloader? Try running the RUU?
Did you do anything to get to this state (flashing ROM, other mods?), or did it just happen randomly on its own? Is the phone stock or not?
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If you can't go into bootloader or recovery, you might try what this guy did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31138376#post31138376
Phone was rooted.
Tried to get into bootloader and that didn't work either.
What got it into how it is was me just turning the screen off.
Oh wait, you were complaining about the non-removable battery, in the event its just a bad battery? That's possible.
But can also be some other hardware failure, or software.
redpoint73 said:
Non-removable battery has nothing to do with it. Holding the power button for about 5 seconds is the same as a battery pull, and its hard coded to work in just about any situation. If this doesn't work, a battery pull wouldn't either.
Did you try to get into bootloader? Try running the RUU?
Did you do anything to get to this state (flashing ROM, other mods?), or did it just happen randomly on its own? Is the phone stock or not?
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If you can't go into bootloader or recovery, you might try what this guy did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31138376#post31138376
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Interesting. I would copy that in notepad and save as a batch file, correct?
Edit: That probably won't work as the phone is recognized by the computer. Something must have failed in it or something.
This has happened to me twice since I've owned it. Thing is fine, charged, no problems. Then I go to wake it up and it just won't turn on. I pressed the buttons for a while in no particular sequence I can recall, but it came on eventually. Maybe holding down the power and vol-down buttons for like 10 seconds. Also, never tried calling the phone when it was in that state. Would be interesting to see those results.
Vendetta-NY said:
This has happened to me twice since I've owned it. Thing is fine, charged, no problems. Then I go to wake it up and it just won't turn on. I pressed the buttons for a while in no particular sequence I can recall, but it came on eventually. Maybe holding down the power and vol-down buttons for like 10 seconds. Also, never tried calling the phone when it was in that state. Would be interesting to see those results.
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Been trying trying that to no avail. I guess I'll keep trying.
Leave it on the wall charger overnight. Wall charger charges faster than USB, so use the wall charger. I've seen some phones (other XDA users) come back from a state like this, after charging for several hours.
Any luck?
FYI, mine did this AGAIN two days ago at about 10am. Then later that afternoon, it rebooted for no reason. And that evening at about 7:30, it rebooted again but this time never made it past the HTC splash animation. I suspect it had something to do with one of the Wi-Fi penetration apps I installed last week - because it had been acting a little squirrelly ever since.
Fortunately I had a full backup from a few days prior. Booted TWRP recovery, wiped the caches and system, restored that backup and my phone's been smooth ever since.
-V
NJGSII said:
Phone is currently stuck in this state. Pretty much doesn't respond to anything.
Tried hard resting, connecting it to the charger, connecting it to my laptop and those methods didnt work. I have an insurance replacement coming, but I would like to recoup the money I put down as the deductible for the new phone. Anything else I could try to get it working again?
This was my only fear about buying a phone with a non removable battery.
Thanks.
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Doesn't seem like it's SOD but more like QHDUSB_DLOAD brick... try this or see you at HTC service centre.. just got my One V back from Service Centre... replaced motherboard and battery.... for free :angel:

Infuse Veterans come in here, Charge Loop [VIDEO]

Phone was working good, i flashed a new rom, and everything went down hill. I odin'd back to gingerbread, and i was still get the never ending charge loop. I was able to get into download mode after 45 minutes of button pressing, i still had the same problem. Well i then decided it could be a hardware issue. I searched around on XDA, and i already seen the bootloop thread. I decided to desolder the power button, as the symptoms my phone was having were 90% similar. It was a no, i even soldered the button off. Well, i decided to order a new power button on ebay, i have to wait three days from now to install the new button, but as of now.......... could it be something else?
just same problem as you bro, it is a hardware issue as in the power button is stuck to "1"..
you really need to replace it, i just got my phone fixed from that..
lkirra said:
just same problem as you bro, it is a hardware issue as in the power button is stuck to "1"..
you really need to replace it, i just got my phone fixed from that..
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Where did you get your phone fixed at? What was done? was the power button replaced?
thanks for your input

Hard Bricked...

Last ditch effort for a solution here.
I have a 16gb white that's been performing just fine... i did unlock the bootloader and root, but had no issues. That was several days ago. Today, I installed a flashlight app from the play store. (Droidlight LED Flashlight by Motorola). Once I ran the app, the camera LED came on for about 2 seconds, and then both the LED and the screen went dark. The battery was at about 80% when this happened.
The device is now completely non-responsive. Holding down the power button and any combination of keys does nothing, and there is no charging indicator when it's plugged in. I've never bricked a device before, surprised this seems to be caused by a play store app (although if it's truly bricked, I suspect some sort of power issue).
Thanks for any advice anyone can provide before I have to RMA this thing. Any Ideas?
Can you get into the bootloader? Hold Vol down + power
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Nothing works? You might be the second brick of the day
You could try to remove the battery, maybe that'll help.
edit: ofc try RMA first.
kylgore said:
Last ditch effort for a solution here.
I have a 16gb white that's been performing just fine... i did unlock the bootloader and root, but had no issues. That was several days ago. Today, I installed a flashlight app from the play store. (Droidlight LED Flashlight by Motorola). Once I ran the app, the camera LED came on for about 2 seconds, and then both the LED and the screen went dark. The battery was at about 80% when this happened.
The device is now completely non-responsive. Holding down the power button and any combination of keys does nothing, and there is no charging indicator when it's plugged in. I've never bricked a device before, surprised this seems to be caused by a play store app (although if it's truly bricked, I suspect some sort of power issue).
Thanks for any advice anyone can provide before I have to RMA this thing. Any Ideas?
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Hook it to a charger for some time and then try to get in fastboot mode once in a while, then go to recovery and delete the cache and do a data factory reset and reboot. That is what i would do at least.
jd1639 said:
Can you get into the bootloader? Hold Vol down + power
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Nothing works? You might be the second brick of the day
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Can't get into the bootloader. I've tried the following combination of keys...
Vol+ and Power - nothing
Vol- and Power - nothing
Vol+, Vol- and Power - nothing
Power on it's own for 2+ minutes - nothing
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Contacted Google and they're getting me an RMA... regardless, I'd be careful about running that particular app, or possibly any flashlight app.
jd1639 said:
Can you get into the bootloader? Hold Vol down + power
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Nothing works? You might be the second brick of the day
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What do you mean with second brick, does this happen, if you install a Custom ROM?
maumaumau said:
What do you mean with second brick, does this happen, if you install a Custom ROM?
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I think he means someone else started a thread as well indicating that they also had a bricked phone. I read that thread before I created this one, as mine wasn't related to fastboot or recovery. My brick occured from actions that occured during runtime, and root wasn't even acquired by the app that caused the failure.
maumaumau said:
What do you mean with second brick, does this happen, if you install a Custom ROM?
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No it doesn't happen unless you don't do your homework and screw something up. If you read and learn it's very hard to hardbrick your phone. But this is the second one I've seen today. In both cases there are unique reasons it happened.
jd1639 said:
No it doesn't happen unless you don't do your homework and screw something up. If you read and learn it's very hard to hardbrick your phone. But this is the second one I've seen today. In both cases there are unique reasons it happened.
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I flash my Phone with custom ROMs since the beginning of the Nexus era. To root and to flash my Nexus one took me like 2 hours to complete it (I admit, that I received some help back then).
For me it doesn't look here like it happened because of anyone's fault. The phone is available since this week and he's already rooted. He doesn't look like someone, who is new to it.
drain and recharge
if you have a secondary phone use it for a few days and leave your Nex5 to drain. Should be completely drained in 2-3 days. Then charge it up and try to enter bootloader.
PS: you could also try to open the phone and manually disconnect and reconnect the battery...
agent47er said:
if you have a secondary phone use it for a few days and leave your Nex5 to drain. Should be completely drained in 2-3 days. Then charge it up and try to enter bootloader.
PS: you could also try to open the phone and manually disconnect and reconnect the battery...
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I'm going to let the battery drain, but there's literally no power running through the phone right now, it's doing nothing. Something was fried, I'm afraid it will take a lot longer than 2-3 days for the battery to naturally drain.
I'd love to pop the back off and unplug the battery (that was my first thought) but I'm not doing anything to risk getting the phone replaced. I'll RMA it.
kylgore said:
I'm going to let the battery drain, but there's literally no power running through the phone right now, it's doing nothing. Something was fried, I'm afraid it will take a lot longer than 2-3 days for the battery to naturally drain.
I'd love to pop the back off and unplug the battery (that was my first thought) but I'm not doing anything to risk getting the phone replaced. I'll RMA it.
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Just rma it. It's the best you can do at this point
Replacement phone leaves the warehouse in 3-4 weeks. arggh.
kylgore said:
Replacement phone leaves the warehouse in 3-4 weeks. arggh.
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Scratch that, for those interested, my replacement phone is already in hand. Google moved pretty fast on this one.

[Q]Nexus 5 boot loop at Google logo!

Hi,
I've been using Nexus 5 since Nov '13, but this is the first time i'm facing a serious issue in my device.
I was browsing through Chrome and my Battery was 73%, all of a sudden my device rebooted and here comes the main issue/problem.
My device is suffering a boot loop only displaying the google logo for 3-5 seconds and again it reboots.
Occasionally the boot animation starts but no success, again it reboots.
I tried to enter fastboot menu, it enters but it doesn't stay there for not more than 2 seconds. So I can't make any choice over there.
I tried all the combinations (VOL UP+ Power, VOL DOWN+Power, pressing all the buttons), but its of no use.
My device is out of power now.
Even when I plug my device to charger/computer its not showing the battery charging animation instead the reboot loop occurs.
I suspect it can be a problem with the power button in the board.
What do you guys think?
Is there any Solution for this weird problem?
hoping for possible and positive replies.
My device details:
I'm running Stock Android 4.4.4 with stock kernel.(not modified any system files)
TWRP recovery V 2.7.1.1
UNLOCKED ( @present Locked)
ROOTED. @present Unrooted)
Try pressing the power button hard and see if it helps. Probably a power button failure.
vin4yak said:
Try pressing the power button hard and see if it helps. Probably a power button failure.
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Thanks for your suggestion, but I tried holding the power button for more than couple of minutes, No use of it.
While charging I can't even completely turn off the device, the bootloop occurs continuosly.
I've kept in charge for about 30 minutes but no change in its behaviour.
I haven't recorded the video, I searched youtube and found the exact problem.
here is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzj73qYg5HA
this is what happening to my device.
prvn234 said:
Thanks for your suggestion, but I tried holding the power button for more than couple of minutes, No use of it.
While charging I can't even completely turn off the device, the bootloop occurs continuosly.
I've kept in charge for about 30 minutes but no change in its behaviour.
I haven't recorded the video, I searched youtube and found the exact problem.
here is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzj73qYg5HA
this is what is happening to my device.
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As I said earlier, it's most probably a power button failure. RMA the device or get it repaired at a LG service center.
vin4yak said:
As I said earlier, it's most probably a power button failure. RMA the device or get it repaired at a LG service center.
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I think its the only solution available.
Can i claim warranty?
Because my device is unlocked and rooted.
prvn234 said:
I think its the only solution available.
Can i claim warranty?
Because my device is unlocked and rooted.
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Nope..Unlocking will void it.
gamer.11 said:
Nope..Unlocking will void it.
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No, it is not.
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prvn234 said:
I think its the only solution available.
Can i claim warranty?
Because my device is unlocked and rooted.
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Yes you can. Google don't care about root and unlock, just like LG in case of nexus 5 because it is a google phone.
prvn234 said:
I think its the only solution available.
Can i claim warranty?
Because my device is unlocked and rooted.
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If you've bought your phone from google play store, then RMA it. Google accepts rooted/unlocked devices as well. However, LG is a different story altogether. Here in India, they don't provide warranty if the bootloader is unlocked. Whether it's a nexus device or not. You will need to check it up.
Thanks a lot.
bitdomo said:
No, it is not.
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Yes you can. Google don't care about root and unlock, just like LG in case of nexus 5 because it is a google phone.
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vin4yak said:
If you've bought your phone from google play store, then RMA it. Google accepts rooted/unlocked devices as well. However, LG is a different story altogether. Here in India, they don't provide warranty if the bootloader is unlocked. Whether it's a nexus device or not. You will need to check it up.
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Thanks for clearing my doubts.
I have decided to reach the nearest LG care and look up for a solution.
My deviced turned on.... but after 5 minutes its off again
by making some irregular presses in the power button. the device turned on.
prvn234 said:
Hi,
I've been using Nexus 5 since Nov '13, but this is the first time i'm facing a serious issue in my device.
I was browsing through Chrome and my Battery was 73%, all of a sudden my device rebooted and here comes the main issue/problem.
My device is suffering a boot loop only displaying the google logo for 3-5 seconds and again it reboots.
Occasionally the boot animation starts but no success, again it reboots.
I tried to enter fastboot menu, it enters but it doesn't stay there for not more than 2 seconds. So I can't make any choice over there.
I tried all the combinations (VOL UP+ Power, VOL DOWN+Power, pressing all the buttons), but its of no use.
My device is out of power now.
Even when I plug my device to charger/computer its not showing the battery charging animation instead the reboot loop occurs.
I suspect it can be a problem with the power button in the board.
What do you guys think?
Is there any Solution for this weird problem?
hoping for possible and positive replies.
My device details:
I'm running Stock Android 4.4.4 with stock kernel.(not modified any system files)
TWRP recovery V 2.7.1.1
UNLOCKED
ROOTED.
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I have the same issue happening here. All the place I go searcing for an answer andthey say that it is related to software. I suspect too that might be something to do with the power button. I've tried to open it, took of the motherboard, but it seems to be okay.
I have a Black Nexus 5 16gb, 4.4.3. Unrooted Locked
provetti said:
I have the same issue happening here. All the place I go searcing for an answer andthey say that it is related to software. I suspect too that might be something to do with the power button. I've tried to open it, took of the motherboard, but it seems to be okay.
I have a Black Nexus 5 16gb, 4.4.3. Unrooted Locked
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It might be an issue with the power button.
In my case it was the power button, which tends to rattle and its not fit enough.
As I lost the copy of bill, i can't send the device to LG care.
So today morning I tried pressing the power button and as soon as the google logo appears I started to tap fast at the back cover with my finger right behind the power button.
SURPRISE! the device booted succesfully and was using for about couple of minutes.
Again it started to boot loop.
did the same procedure to boot. now my device is running for more than three hours and I don't know when it would again go to bootloop.
Its just the problem with my power button and I will soon get the bill copy from my retailer so that i will send the device for repair/replacement.
Meanwhile I've locked my device and set the tamper flag to false.
EDIT:- Now my device is back to normal. Thanks for your valuable responses. Its just the power button failure.
Useless service centers!
Today I went with my device to LG service center, but they were not ready to accept my words regarding this issue.
Surprisingly I found almost more than 6 peoples who bought their Nexus 5 for the same reason.
The technical person in the service center said that it might be due to software update and he suggested a silly solution, After each OTA update he asked me to uninstall each and every app and reinstall again.
I was repeatedly arguing him that it was a Hardware problem and its related to power button, he is not ready to take my words.
I also explained that when the problem existed in my mobile, in OFF condition if device is shaked too much it turns ON without even pressing the power button.
As many of them were waiting there with the same problem I just showed live demo of the problem.
Finally they said if again the problem occurs we should remove the cover and disconnect the battery and then again reconnect it.
Really frustrated spending a whole day in the service center. Main reason is the person in the service centers and technically backward and they were not able to understand the problem.
Is there any other solution available other than service center (Is there any possibilites of contacting google tech support directly) so that my power button gets repaired before the warranty ends!!!!!!
Progress
prvn234 said:
It might be an issue with the power button.
In my case it was the power button, which tends to rattle and its not fit enough.
As I lost the copy of bill, i can't send the device to LG care.
So today morning I tried pressing the power button and as soon as the google logo appears I started to tap fast at the back cover with my finger right behind the power button.
SURPRISE! the device booted succesfully and was using for about couple of minutes.
Again it started to boot loop.
did the same procedure to boot. now my device is running for more than three hours and I don't know when it would again go to bootloop.
Its just the problem with my power button and I will soon get the bill copy from my retailer so that i will send the device for repair/replacement.
Meanwhile I've locked my device and set the tamper flag to false.
EDIT:- Now my device is back to normal. Thanks for your valuable responses. Its just the power button failure.
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THANK YOU!!! This is the most helpful tip I've found so far! I started tapping its back part while charging the battery, and then I was able to turn it on, but when I quit tapping it the phone shuts down. It is really something related to the power button because the phone was locking itself constantly while it was working. I made some progress and I will keep trying until I make it work permanently. If you have any more helpful tip, please, share it with us! I've been trying to fix it for 3 weeks and Im getting crazy with this! Also, I moved to Brazil and there's no warranty here, so that's why Im trying to fix it by myself.
Did you contact Google and get it finally fixed?
Thank you and good luck!
i faced the exact same problem..
initially i thought it's a software problem..but in reality it was a hardware fault.. power button was stuck may be..
after repeatedly pressing the power button phone finally booted up..
thanks for the tip
I have the same problem I don't know if I can give the phone to LG care cause I'm in Mexico and I shop my nexus in usa. I have noticed that if I unplug the phone to the charger while Google logo is on the device turns off
Started happening to me a few hours ago....
tapping close to the power button seems to work but it shuts down once u stop.
attempted to repair it myself but im not seeing anything physically wrong with the tiny power button (inside).
leaving the phone off for a few hours. hope that works.....anyone else found a solution besides returning it to Google?
edit: I solved the problem!!!! (voided my warranty as well. lol)
the physical power button (internal) was stuck.
1. I opened the nexus 5 (using any repair guide)
2. I located the internal power button (very tiny)
3. I gave it a few taps with the base of my screwdriver (not too hard but not too soft either)
after re-assembling (partially) the phone came on for about 10 minutes but the problem started happening again so i disassembled it once more.
THE FOLLOWING MAY NOT BE AN ACTUAL FIX (I PROBABLY JUST GOT LUCKY)
4. (looking from above) the power button is square (half is white and the other half is yellow).......i used a razor blade and gently separated the two halves....not completely separated, just a tiny bit. completely separating the white from the yellow would destroy it.
5. gave it a few taps again and now the phone is working fine.
I hope this helps someone who is unable to return their phone to Google.
I tried to explain what I did as clearly as possible. I will be happy to answer any questions asked.
Same problem
Hey Guys. Same problem here. I was sending a whatsapp message and boom. OFF. I tried to connect it to power but it turns on for a few second, shows google logo and the unlocked bootloader and turns off and again and again..it was at 52% battery charge....I'm unlocked, rooted and on cm11. Reading here, i have understand that it's a hardware issue, and i've bought it since 8 months, so can I RMA it? I'm in Italy and i've bought it from play store..
SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH
prvn234 said:
by making some irregular presses in the power button. the device turned on.
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What did you finally do? I have the same problem.
Workaround to keep your data
I had the same problem already twice. It appears that the cache partitions on the phone is corrupted and therefore Android won't boot. As long as you have an unlocked bootloader you can bring your phone back to life without loosing your personal files. If your bootloader is locked, you have to unlock it first( see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905). This is how it worked for me:
Connect your phone to the PC and bring it into fastboot mode
Download the Factory Android image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
extract the images from the zip
run "fastboot flash cache cache.img"
restart phone
Done
I hope this can be of help.

Nexus 5 reboots itself to google logo

Hey, I really hope someone can help me with my phone. A few weeks ago my phone got stuck and shut by itself and since then it has been working alternately until the beginning of this week when it wouldn't turn on. What happens is that the device gets stuck (freezes for 1-2 seconds and then reboots itself) and when it tries to boot back it hangs on the google logo or get stuck on the boot animation. If I wait some time (10-20 minutes) the phone will boot and work untill it gets stuck again and refuse to turn on and so forth. I flashed the system image and also did a factory reset. Thats why I think it's probably a hardware problem.
Did anyone come across this or know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can help!
Possible power button issue?
audit13 said:
Possible power button issue?
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Thanks for your reply,
It's very unlikely because of the way it freeze, the way it wouldn't turn on, I also took it apart and saw no reason to belive the power button was faulty (feels quite clickable).
Even if the button is clickable does not mean it is not a power button issue. If you have a multimeter, you could check it.
Could also be a battery issue?
The bootloader remains unlocked after rebooting into fastboot? Tried various stock Roms? Flashed userdata.img file when flashing a stock rom?
audit13 said:
Even if the button is clickable does not mean it is not a power button issue. If you have a multimeter, you could check it.
Could also be a battery issue?
The bootloader remains unlocked after rebooting into fastboot? Tried various stock Roms? Flashed userdata.img file when flashing a stock rom?
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The battery is quite new, I actually replaced it myself, but even connecting back the old one didn't show any change so no signs of life there. I'm not sure how can I check the button, isn't it plastic? And yeah I flashed the images as they appear in google site.
You can use a multimeter to test the contact points. The power button works by momentarily complete the circuit or creating a temporary short. There should be three solder points near the power button.
It reboots on kk too?
audit13 said:
You can use a multimeter to test the contact points. The power button works by momentarily complete the circuit or creating a temporary short. There should be three solder points near the power button.
It reboots on kk too?
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I will try to test the multimeter and report back. I flashed kitkat and it rebooted as well. Thanks for the help!
It's very likely the power button issue. My Nexus 5 was exactly like this (Boot into Google logo/bootloader repeatedly ). I replaced the power button on the motherboard and it works perfectly fine now.

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