Hi, can someone point me to a fix for a Nexus 5 32.00 GB reporting 12.86 GB after going from stock, to custom, to stock then back to a custom rom?
Understand that its a common 'fault', but can't seem to find the fix.
Thanks, in advance.
Alex
alexdpaul said:
Hi, can someone point me to a fix for a Nexus 5 32.00 GB reporting 12.86 GB after going from stock, to custom, to stock then back to a custom rom?
Understand that its a common 'fault', but can't seem to find the fix.
Thanks, in advance.
Alex
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factory reset in stock recovery
GtrCraft said:
factory reset in stock recovery
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OK, so I have a customer recovery, TWRP.
Where do I acquire the Nexus 5 stock recovery and do I just reflash it to the device?
Are there any other things i need to do besides flash the stock recovery?
Thanks
alexdpaul said:
OK, so I have a customer recovery, TWRP.
Where do I acquire the Nexus 5 stock recovery and do I just reflash it to the device?
Are there any other things i need to do besides flash the stock recovery?
Thanks
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Pull the img files from stock rom here - https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
And fastboot the recovery img
Do the reset. Then fastboot back twrp
Actually you may find after extracting the img you probably can use twrp's flash img option to do it
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Ben36 said:
Pull the img files from stock rom here - https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
And fastboot the recovery img
Do the reset. Then fastboot back twrp
Actually you may find after extracting the img you probably can use twrp's flash img option to do it
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OK, reflashing stock recovery not going so well.
Have a red triangle showing on the recovery mode.
Now going to plan B, reflashing stock rom to (hopefully) get a working the stock recovery.
This could be a long night ..................
OK, now realise that the red triangle isn't an issue.
Managed the factory reset, and voila, there's the 26 GB storage back again.
Thanks for your help, Alex
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Hey guys,
Anybody else having their Nexus 5 32gb show up as only having 16gb available on the computer? I checked the box and it says 32gb, so I didn't get shipped the wrong one....
Did you factory reset it?
dicecuber said:
Did you factory reset it?
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I haven't tried going completely back to stock, did you have that issue and it fixed it?
Yes it fixed it for me. Do a google search first to confirm
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Yes it fixed it for me. Do a google search first to confirm
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I tried a google search about this and it gave me nothing haha, that's why I made this post. When you say factory reset do you mean back to stock? Were you on a custom ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535795
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535795
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Oh cool! So are you running a custom ROM with it working now?
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It's a common issue. You need to factory reset with stock recovery (or possibly format data with TWRP, unsure of that). Make a nandroid, copy it to your computer, flash stock recovery, factory reset, flash custom recovery, restore nandroid. Fixed.
This information is also hidden away in post #2 of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
Aerowinder said:
It's a common issue. You need to factory reset with stock recovery (or possibly format data with TWRP, unsure of that). Make a nandroid, copy it to your computer, flash stock recovery, factory reset, flash custom recovery, restore nandroid. Fixed.
This information is also hidden away in post #2 of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
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EDIT: Never mind, it worked
Hello,
My nexus 5 is currently stuck in a bootloop and TWR is asking for a password to decrypt my data and wipe cache/dalvik. Is there anything i can do to get it out of the loop or is my phone dead?
Thanks for reading, any advice is greatly appreciated.
Does your computer recognizing your device? Can you go into bootloader,if yes,try to go back to stock rom,and flash stock recovery.
Fastboot flash cache cache.img
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Simonna said:
Does your computer recognizing your device? Can you go into bootloader,if yes,try to go back to stock rom,and flash stock recovery.
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Thanks dude. Flashed stock rom + recovery and its working fine again.
rootSU said:
Fastboot flash cache cache.img
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Where do you get the cache img from?
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Ben36 said:
Where do you get the cache img from?
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The factory image, in there is a zip, extract it
I think Ben3.6 knew the answer and he was asking in place of the OP
so, for the OP, here are the factory images. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
My nexus was bootloader unlocked and rooted while on 4.4.2.
I OTA updated to 4.4.3 and lost my root.
Is there a way to re-root the phone without losing all my data or having to wipe?
Thanks in advance for the info.
Yes, flash a custom recovery or just boot into it and flash the supersu.zip.
vin4yak said:
Yes, flash a custom recovery or just boot into it and flash the supersu.zip.
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Unless you flash Philz recovery where you can just root from within the recovery menu
rootSU said:
Unless you flash Philz recovery where you can just root from within the recovery menu
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Yeah Philz for life! lol.
Well it seems like for some reason it reverted back to stock android recovery.
Could I still flash a custom recovery and go from there?
bloodletting284 said:
Well it seems like for some reason it reverted back to stock android recovery.
Could I still flash a custom recovery and go from there?
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The reason is the OTA contained a recovery. You have to flash a recovery as already mentioned earlier in the thread
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Is it possible to boot a recovery image from the phone without flashing? If not is it ok to reflash backups of stock recovery? Tnx
and313 said:
Is it possible to boot a recovery image from the phone without flashing? If not is it ok to reflash backups of stock recovery? Tnx
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It is possible via android sdk. You can use command: fastboot boot twrp.img
where twrp.img is the name of the recovery that you downloaded and not twrp.img
Alexandar92zr said:
It is possible via android sdk. You can use command: fastboot boot twrp.img
where twrp.img is the name of the recovery that you downloaded and not twrp.img
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Yes i know but i would like to do it from the phone... There are tons of flash recovery apps but no boot recovery apps
ROM manager used to do it years ago until people got into trouble with it and it was removed.
If you intend on flashing things AMD backing up, flash a recovery. If you're not willing to flash a recovery, don't modify your phone
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and313 said:
Yes i know but i would like to do it from the phone... There are tons of flash recovery apps but no boot recovery apps
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Try flashify
AndreIrawan97 said:
Try flashify
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That flashes recovery. Clue is in the name.
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rootSU said:
ROM manager used to do it years ago until people got into trouble with it and it was removed.
If you intend on flashing things AMD backing up, flash a recovery. If you're not willing to flash a recovery, don't modify your phone
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The problem with flashing is that you loose the ota update ability. That's why i would like to keep the stock recovery and just boot into cwm when i need it... But i guess i can restore the stock recovery via flashify before the ota is being installed so thats a solution... I just dont like flashing this stuff via apps
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The problem with flashing is that you loose the ota update ability. That's why i would like to keep the stock recovery and just boot into cwm when i need it... But i guess i can restore the stock recovery via flashify before the ota is being installed so thats a solution... I just dont like flashing this stuff via apps
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1) you do not lose OTA update ability with custom recovery. Read "OTA help-desk" available via my signature
2] what's the big deal about OTA? Its the worst way of updating available to everyone. Why bother? If you rely on OTA, remain unrooted, unmodified. Rooting is not for you.
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Ugh lol OK, so worried about the ota? No worries, flash whatever recovery you want twrp,cwm,philz whatever floats your boat. Then when your ota comes out use Rashr to reflash stock recovery so you can update(you have to be on stock obviously).
I've done this numerous times, works every time.
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todorcim said:
Ugh lol OK, so worried about the ota? No worries, flash whatever recovery you want twrp,cwm,philz whatever floats your boat. Then when your ota comes out use Rashr to reflash stock recovery so you can update(you have to be on stock obviously).
I've done this numerous times, works every time.
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One of the problems with OTA is the slow delivery and partial nature.
If I wasn't rooted, i'd always update using factory images. But since I am, the best way is for flash a pre-rooted stock ROM via recovery. They're usually available within an hour of the factory image becoming available
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rootSU said:
One of the problems with OTA is the slow delivery and partial nature.
If I wasn't rooted, i'd always update using factory images. But since I am, the best way is for flash a pre-rooted stock ROM via recovery. They're usually available within an hour of the factory image becoming available
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Agreed 100%, I normally stay rooted,this most recent preview though I'm staying stock. After running L for the last couple months its hard to go back to KitKat(I've tried several times). I have no intention of flashing another rom atm, I'll worry about root after the 3rd.
As for buddy worrying about the ota, really you have two choices.
#1 root and flash a recovery then wait for someone to post a root stock ROM
#2 wait for the ota
The only real benefit I see in waiting for the ota is you will probably get to keep all your apps on your phone. Me personally? I'd just fastboot the preview and wait till the 3rd.
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Hi all,
I have a Nexus 5 that I'm trying to return to stock. I'd like to keep the bootloader unlocked, however. If I follow the instructions here (minus the bootloader lock part): https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images will I be all good to go with a completely wiped, good-as-new phone? Also, will this overwrite TWRP, which I currently have on the phone?
If you follow the instructions and flash everything, yes it'll go back to stock and replace twrp with stock recovery as well
If you flash the img files individually, you don't have to flash the recovery img if you want to keep twrp tho
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thephantom said:
If you follow the instructions and flash everything, yes it'll go back to stock and replace twrp with stock recovery as well
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Thanks! I think I'll just do that, but I'll keep the bootloader unlocked in case I need to flash more things later.
Powered_By_Linux said:
Thanks! I think I'll just do that, but I'll keep the bootloader unlocked in case I need to flash more things later.
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If you're flashing stock, remember there's a built-in behaviour that checks for stock recovery: if it's not there, it will overwrite whatever is there (twrp, in this case) with stock recovery, on every reboot.
You'll need to take care of this if you want a stock+twrp permanent combo.
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beekay201 said:
If you're flashing stock, remember there's a built-in behaviour that checks for stock recovery: if it's not there, it will overwrite whatever is there (twrp, in this case) with stock recovery, on every reboot.
You'll need to take care of this if you want a stock+twrp permanent combo.
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I never knew that!
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Ben36 said:
I never knew that!
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After looking at this guide, it says that you need to do a factory reset in the stock recovery after flashing all the images. Is this outdated information?
Ben36 said:
I never knew that!
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Yep, next time you're on stock checkout /system/install-recovery.sh and /system/recovery-from-boot.p files.
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