Hello! I have been looking for a solution for this problem for several days now and decided to try to find an answer here. My nexus 5 keyboard was not coming up at times, and I looked around and was told to wipe data and see if that works. so, I went in recovery, wipe data, it started, I believe I tried to turn it on prematurely or something because when it turned on, all I saw was vibration, Google logo, , and endless flying dots. I tried going back in recovery, all I saw was a dead android with a red triangle and no it did not say "No command" under him. it was simply blank. I thought at first I was at a boot loop, but I do not think so as I can use power button fine and it does turn off. I tried draining battery, taking out SIM, doing the weird spam of pressing power to get it to work, but nothing has worked so far. I left the dots flying around for 2 hours, 6 hours, over night, still nothing has changed. What can I do?? This is a Nexus 5 (google) and it has Lollipop.
Thanks for reading!
help appreciated!
Thank you for using XDA Assist. When you get the dead Android in recovery press and hold power then press and release vol up. That should get you into recovery. Do a factory reset there.
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Thank you for using XDA Assist. When you get the dead Android in recovery press and hold power then press and release vol up. That should get you into recovery. Do a factory reset there.
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Oh wow! I did that before and i had typed up a response to what you were just saying but then I tried it again and held vol up for a little longer, then released, and it worked! thanks a lot!! I suppose the issue was i wasnt holding vol up for long enough!
Glad you got it fixed.
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Hey.. I was just about to root my phone and I came across this problem now >.>!!
I went into the boot loader menu to see what see the version of my base band is so that I could download the appropriate files needed for the root, but by accident I pressed recovery... and now its been sitting on that stupid screen with an exclamation mark for almost 4 hours and I can't tell if its doing something or not...
I've tried pushing all the buttons and powering it off but I haven't tried pulling the battery because I don't want it to corrupt any files or anything...
So can some SNS genius tell me what I should do?
Take the battery out.
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What you are seeing is the stock recovery, it's awaiting your input. Press Power + Volume Up in this order without releasing the other, it'll bring you to the recovery menu.
Thanks!
got really worried
I was on the phone earlier for a fair bit, when I hung up I noticed the battery at 4%. Got home little bit later and when I checked my phone again it was off, I hit the power button so it began to power on, and I them plugged it into AC charger right away while booting up. A couple of minutes later and I noticed it was still on the "One" boot screen (on a sense ROM at the moment, ViperXL 2.1.1). Tried holding power to reboot and it did the same thing.
Figured I leave it plugged in for a little bit, maybe battery was just really low. After about 30 minutes or so it was plugged in, still on the same screen (couldn't power it off it would just reboot). Tried to reboot again, and got stuck on the same screen. This time however I noticed the phone was quite hot, though it seems to be cooling down slightly since I've unplugged it, but not 100% sure.
What could be the issue/any ideas? I haven't flashed anything in over a week, last being ViperXL 2.1.1 and BeastMode Kernel 3.0. First time dealing with potential boot issues as I am always very careful when flashing. Any help is appreciated!
Try reading threads before you post. You may have read a thread that said don't post questions in General. There is a Q&A forum for this.
Anyways, try erasing the caches and rebooting.
Myrder said:
Try reading threads before you post. You may have read a thread that said don't post questions in General. There is a Q&A forum for this.
Anyways, try erasing the caches and rebooting.
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Yeah I was thinking this might not be the right place but wasn't totally sure, I apologize.
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure. After a straight system reboot from recovery did not work, I tried wiping cache's as you said and it booted fine! Much thanks.
Again apologies from rushing to make a thread, just got kind of frustrated with not being able to boot into even the bootloader or just power it down for awhile, for seemingly no reason. Someone can delete this thread if they'd like. Thank you though!
maybe your phone doesnt like the overclock. not all phones can handle high overclocks and some cant work with ANY overclock. i would try letting the phone charge and flashing the stock boot.img
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Who else in the world still use the manly Dell Venue?
who can help us upgrade it to 4.0?
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I think you're lost
Songlambr37 said:
Who else in the world still use the manly Dell Venue?
who can help us upgrade it to 4.0?
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Wtf,.. This is second thread I've seen that in,..
WR
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Chrysis said:
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure.
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Almost always a matter of pilot error (as long as you have a charge light coming on, it should go to hboot no problem). Correct way is to hold vol down rocker, don't let it go, then press the power button for 3 seconds or so. Release the power button (but keep holding vol down). Don't let go of vol down until the hboot screen comes up.
If the screen is on, you can do the same as above, with the only change being: holding the power button down for 5 seconds or so until the capacitive buttons flash, then release the power button.
WarRaven said:
Wtf,.. This is second thread I've seen that in,..
WR
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Chrysis said:
Yeah I was thinking this might not be the right place but wasn't totally sure, I apologize.
I was having trouble getting it to boot into the bootloader as well, forgot to mention that originally, holding volume down and power wasn't working. However after not sure how many attempts I did get it somehow. Perhaps I was holding the buttons down incorrectly, I think I let go of power early the time it worked? Not sure.
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Future reference to boot into.downloader...
-lock screen like you would be putting phone in pocket
-hold power + vol down unroll screen goes off
-let go of POWER BUTTON ONLY right after screen goes off and continue holding vol down.
You'll boot into downloader just fine.
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Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but was there any solution to this? My phone just died last night and won't start back up. It just stays stuck on the loading screen. I went into recovery and deleted the caches just in case, but it hasn't fixed anything. I have a nandroid backup from a weeks ago that I can just if I have to, but I'd prefer not to since I'd lose the app data.
Any ideas?
Valohtar said:
Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but was there any solution to this? My phone just died last night and won't start back up. It just stays stuck on the loading screen. I went into recovery and deleted the caches just in case, but it hasn't fixed anything. I have a nandroid backup from a weeks ago that I can just if I have to, but I'd prefer not to since I'd lose the app data.
Any ideas?
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Reading the thread says wiping caches worked for the OP.
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Ah right missed that. Didn't work for me unfortunately. Would re-flashing the ROM without wiping work?
Valohtar said:
Ah right missed that. Didn't work for me unfortunately. Would re-flashing the ROM without wiping work?
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That was going to be my next suggestion. Its your best bet if you don't want to lose all of your app data.
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Hi there,
I posted this in General first. I think it should be here.
I have a Rogers Galaxy SGH-i727R. About three weeks ago, the phone started re-starting on it's own. I though maybe it was a sticky power key and had that replaced. The problem persisted. I then noticed that it was primarily upon receiving text messages that the phone would reboot. So it seemed it was a software issue. I am running the stable build of CM9.
Yesterday the phone rebooted and never got off the angry alien screen. I pulled the battery, charged it etc and still could not get it to fully boot up. I left it for over an hour. I finally decided to call it quits and re-flash the phone. Problem is, it will not boot into recovery at all. When I hold down Vol + - and Power, it jsut goes into a loop of vibrating every three seconds until I let go and then it tries a normal boot again. Once, I briefly got a screen saying I was trying to install custom software and to press volume up to do so, but before I could hit volume up, the phone cycled off.
I should also mention that the four buttons on the bottom of the screen do not work. I accidentally sliced the wires on the side of the phone when opening it up. I use a software button saver widget to access their functions. I wonder if that issue is related....
Thanks for any advice. I would like to get into recovery so I can load a new ROM or a stock ROM.
Get a new phone
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Get a new phone
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Thanks for the constructive reply.
read the sticky "read this b4 posting", btw its what you should of done as the answer is there, its above your post, goto near the end of op and do the test
Today I got my nexus 5, but unfortunately I have a lot of problems. After entering my Google account information and walk away for 5 minutes, my phone was locked. When I came back, I wanted to unlock my phone. My phone failed, and the screen remained black. I tried to play, what with the buttons, but the screen remained black. I received some weird stripes, and the phone was very hot. After a while the phone restarts, and came back in android. Then I got an update to 4.4.2, after restarting everything seemed to work well. After an hour I got the same problems again, phone failed, and the screen remained black and locked. I get a message about QHUSB_BULK driver is not installed, and MTP failed.
Phone is factory and nothing is installed, it was the first setup.
So now I'm still with a black screen and locked phone
First try a reset looks like a screen issue though
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First try a reset looks like a screen issue though
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How to reset, I cant shutdown the phone, the screen is black and I see no shutdown button.
Make sure it's charged. Press and hold the power button (for 15 seconds or so). But it sounds like you may need to RMA it. I'd be contacting Google if I were you.
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Make sure it's charged. Press and hold the power button (for 15 seconds or so). But it sounds like you may need to RMA it. I'd be contacting Google if I were you.
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The Nexus 5 sending for RMA and received a new Nexus 5, thnx
THANK YOU
marleyfan61 said:
Make sure it's charged. Press and hold the power button (for 15 seconds or so). But it sounds like you may need to RMA it. I'd be contacting Google if I were you.
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Friend, thank you for using help, comm was the same problem and following your instructions, the phone is working again Lol
sorry my english .. :laugh: :good:
My Nexus 5 is stuck in a bootloop. Each time through the loop, it gets to the Google logo, and then reboots. Each loop takes about 3-4 seconds. If I hold the correct keys to get to the bootloader, it still keeps looping, just looping to the bootloader screen, not the Google logo screen. I have tried letting go of the keys after different lengths of time, and I can never get it to stay at the bootloader, it just keeps looping.
And so, I cannot access recovery.
I should not that this is the phone's behavior while it is plugged in. If it is unplugged, it immediately ceases the bootloop and just goes completely dead, unresponsive.
Any ideas, guys?
Thanks!
If you can access the bootloader it's fixable. Flash the factory image.
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My Nexus 5 is stuck in a bootloop. Each time through the loop, it gets to the Google logo, and then reboots. Each loop takes about 3-4 seconds. If I hold the correct keys to get to the bootloader, it still keeps looping, just looping to the bootloader screen, not the Google logo screen. I have tried letting go of the keys after different lengths of time, and I can never get it to stay at the bootloader, it just keeps looping.
And so, I cannot access recovery.
I should not that this is the phone's behavior while it is plugged in. If it is unplugged, it immediately ceases the bootloop and just goes completely dead, unresponsive.
Any ideas, guys?
Thanks!
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Leave out on the charger for a couple of hours and try again
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I had same problem. The power switch is stuck and needs to be replaced. BTW did you drop your N5 and after that this problem occurred ?
I got mine replaced at LG service center.
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Thanks for the info. Nope, I hadn't recently dropped it.
Deivore said:
My Nexus 5 is stuck in a bootloop. Each time through the loop, it gets to the Google logo, and then reboots. Each loop takes about 3-4 seconds. If I hold the correct keys to get to the bootloader, it still keeps looping, just looping to the bootloader screen, not the Google logo screen. I have tried letting go of the keys after different lengths of time, and I can never get it to stay at the bootloader, it just keeps looping.
And so, I cannot access recovery.
I should not that this is the phone's behavior while it is plugged in. If it is unplugged, it immediately ceases the bootloop and just goes completely dead, unresponsive.
Any ideas, guys?
Thanks!
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hi i have the same problem... i just kept fidgeting with the power button and tryin to pull it outwards till the phone actually switched onn..
i feel this usually happens on the weekend lol
are u on any ROM ... im on PA dunno if thats what causing this ?!
it may be the power button since that makes sense .. but i managed to turn my phone on past 3 weekends .. so it could be a software problem as well ??
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hi i have the same problem... i just kept fidgeting with the power button and tryin to pull it outwards till the phone actually switched onn..
i feel this usually happens on the weekend lol
are u on any ROM ... im on PA dunno if thats what causing this ?!
it may be the power button since that makes sense .. but i managed to turn my phone on past 3 weekends .. so it could be a software problem as well ??
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Software can't stop your phone from turning on If pulling out the power button allows it to boot.
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jeetash said:
hi i have the same problem... i just kept fidgeting with the power button and tryin to pull it outwards till the phone actually switched onn..
i feel this usually happens on the weekend lol
are u on any ROM ... im on PA dunno if thats what causing this ?!
it may be the power button since that makes sense .. but i managed to turn my phone on past 3 weekends .. so it could be a software problem as well ??
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It's the power button. I had the same issue on another device. It went away for awhile and then came back. Replacing the power button fixed it
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Same problem
rootSU said:
Software can't stop your phone from turning on If pulling out the power button allows it to boot.
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I am also facing same problem..
wat should I do ??
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I am also facing same problem..
wat should I do ??
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I think all the answers are in this thread already.
If it wont boot to bootloader and keeps rebooting, its power button issue and needs to be repaired
rootSU said:
I think all the answers are in this thread already.
If it wont boot to bootloader and keeps rebooting, its power button issue and needs to be repaired
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Is it possible to get the phone replaced ?
I bought it from Australia but am using it in India.
Is it possible to get it replaced it in India ?
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Is it possible to get the phone replaced ?
I bought it from Australia but am using it in India.
Is it possible to get it replaced it in India ?
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I.couldn't tell you. May be best to contact LG
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rootSU said:
I.couldn't tell you. May be best to contact LG
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Thanks
I will connect with Google Play Store.
jd1639 said:
It's the power button. I had the same issue on another device. It went away for awhile and then came back. Replacing the power button fixed it
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Yeap. Had the same problem. Saw this post. Used a multimeter to check the Power Button failure. Terminals are shown to be shorted, even when it is not clicked. Swap the button out with a newer button. Problem solved
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Yeap. Had the same problem. Saw this post. Used a multimeter to check the Power Button failure. Terminals are shown to be shorted, even when it is not clicked. Swap the button out with a newer button. Problem solved
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If you don't mind me asking, where did you purchase your newer button?
hi everyone
also had a boot loop issue.as soon as i plug in the power cable to charge it boot loops
got the power button replaced but its still not booting up?
any other ideas?
i can get into bootloader i can reboot or power off from there fine
if i chose recovery tho.it doesnt go into recovery>
help please
Mayur