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Please help me save my Nexus 5!

Hi!
My N5 hung and shut down abruptly. I tried restarting it but it hung repeatedly at the start screen. Frustrated, I tried factory reset but again it hung repeatedly at the 'erasing data' screen.
I did some hunting and found a soltuion. I downloaded SDK & 4.4.2 image and did a fastboot (i dont know what it means but it seems to have helped everyone) Again, nothing happened (I did unlock the bootloader before doing all of this)
Now I tried factory reset again and just after selecting the "recovery mode" option, the "updates installation" screen appeared and this screen wouldnt go away, at all. I tried to go to the bootloader screen again using the volume down+start keys, but it restarted at the "update installation" screen again and didnt progress any further.
Please help me !
Thanks

psoni said:
Hi!
My N5 hung and shut down abruptly. I tried restarting it but it hung repeatedly at the start screen. Frustrated, I tried factory reset but again it hung repeatedly at the 'erasing data' screen.
I did some hunting and found a soltuion. I downloaded SDK & 4.4.2 image and did a fastboot (i dont know what it means but it seems to have helped everyone) Again, nothing happened (I did unlock the bootloader before doing all of this)
Now I tried factory reset again and just after selecting the "recovery mode" option, the "updates installation" screen appeared and this screen wouldnt go away, at all. I tried to go to the bootloader screen again using the volume down+start keys, but it restarted at the "update installation" screen again and didnt progress any further.
Please help me !
Thanks
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Did you follow the tutorial? If you flashed 4.4.2 that is the latest image available. What recovery are you using? Stock I take it if you flashed the factory images? If you turn the phone completely off and then held vol down plus the power it will go to the android guy with his stomach open and this is fastboot. As long as you can get here we are ok.
If you were stock and unrooted hopefully it didn't just tank randomly...

psoni said:
Hi!
My N5 hung and shut down abruptly. I tried restarting it but it hung repeatedly at the start screen. Frustrated, I tried factory reset but again it hung repeatedly at the 'erasing data' screen.
I did some hunting and found a soltuion. I downloaded SDK & 4.4.2 image and did a fastboot (i dont know what it means but it seems to have helped everyone) Again, nothing happened (I did unlock the bootloader before doing all of this)
Now I tried factory reset again and just after selecting the "recovery mode" option, the "updates installation" screen appeared and this screen wouldnt go away, at all. I tried to go to the bootloader screen again using the volume down+start keys, but it restarted at the "update installation" screen again and didnt progress any further.
Please help me !
Thanks
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Sounds like the bootloader partition is corrupted. Try holding the power button and both volume buttons with the phone off. That will take you to the backup bootloader. From there you should be able to run flash-all.bat.

BirchBarlow said:
Sounds like the bootloader partition is corrupted. Try holding the power button and both volume buttons with the phone off. That will take you to the backup bootloader. From there you should be able to run flash-all.bat.
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While writing 'bootloader' it gave a flash write failure and the phone is stuck at the same installation animation. I did everything in mac. Please help

psoni said:
While writing 'bootloader' it gave a flash write failure and the phone is stuck at the same installation animation. I did everything in mac. Please help
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I think rma is your option right now. Sounds like emmc is borked.

psoni said:
While writing 'bootloader' it gave a flash write failure and the phone is stuck at the same installation animation. I did everything in mac. Please help
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try to change usb port/cable

psoni said:
While writing 'bootloader' it gave a flash write failure and the phone is stuck at the same installation animation. I did everything in mac. Please help
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Did you try to boot the backup bootloader?

[Solved] Sony D2305 stuck on bootloop - Help plz!

Hello guys. This is the problem.
I made a bootloader unlock, did just great. Installed CWM 6.0.13, great too. But when I try to boot the phone just got stucked on Sony logo, and won´t pass from there. Sadly, I ran out of battery, so I searched the "fix low battery fastboot" bat, executed it, and the phone gives me this:
battery-voltage:
finished. total time: 0.000s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
finished. total time: 0.016s
< waiting for device >
As you see, there is no value in battery-voltage (is that ok?). After the device is rebooted, gives me a red light led followed by a green light led and then nothing for a couple of seconds. The bat just get there in "waiting for device", and the phone just gives me that led colours. If I need to reboot into fastboot everytime, I press the vol + so I can get into fastboot, and repeat the process of the bat. Besides, charging the phone just doesn´t work. Just restart the logo and won`t do nothing. But what I discovered is that pressing POWER button and vol + while charging, it vibrates, turns on red light led, makes 3 more vibrates, and restart.
Any help possible? Tried EVERYTHING, wiping cache, factory reset, everything.
Thank you for reading, have a great day
EDIT:
After fighting with this phone for 4 days, found on Sony official website that I need to hold the reset button for 120 seconds AND NO MORE. After that, charged the phone for 4 hours aprox. There is no animation of charge, just the logo of Sony but it´s charging.
Installed the S1 drivers so the phone can be recognized by the pc in fastboot. Plugged in the phone in fastboot (hold vol + while connecting to pc until you see a blue led light), downloaded the stock rom for this model (D2305) and installed the rom via flashtool. Restarted the phone after the flashtool finished succesfully and VOILA! Xperia logo and booting like a newborn baby.

Already try to follow step in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771449 ?

Nashville99 said:
Already try to follow step in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771449 ?
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Thank you for your reply.
Holded the reset button by 120 secs, charged battery for 4 hours and flashed stock rom via flashtool. Worked like a charm.

Your welcome,love to hear it..hit "thanks" if my post is useful

Mate 8 bricked. Button combo's do nothing :(

I've foolishly tried coming back down from NXT-L29C636B585 ending up on NXT-L29C636B330 after using the roll back update mid-way. I then tried the roll back update again to then flash to NXT-L29C636B211 and now my phone does nothing but show the boot logo and get hot - which in this weather I could live without!
Power+up does nothing, power+down does nothing, and power+up+down also does nothing. I don't have TWRP on, and adb/fastboot commands do nothing as it can't get to recovery. I can't even turn it off!
Is it now a paperweight? The only way to turn it off is to let the battery run down I think as holding power down just makes it restart.

Confirmed - it only turns off if the battery runs out. On giving it charge it then pops up with the logo screen again, and again none of the buttons combinations do anything other than restart it. I think my only option now is to send it off to Huawei. Does anyone have any ideas other than having to send it off?

Did you connect it to a PC before trying power + volume down? Was the reason it didn't work for me before.

Yeah, hold Power + Volume down after connecting it to your computer via USB and you should see go into fastboot mode.

arvin2212 said:
Yeah, hold Power + Volume down after connecting it to your computer via USB and you should see go into fastboot mode.
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I'll give it a go when I get home! god I hope this works..

YES! FASTBOOT! Only issue now is i'm FRP unlocked, but PHONE locked.. I can use the tool to unlock the phone as I have my password from Huawei, but what then? use the tool to flash one of the recoveries?
Thanks for the advice so far - I was very nearly physically sick when i realised nothing worked..

Try unlocking the bootloader and flashing twrp

bootloader unlocked and I used the SRK tool to flash stock 4.1 so now getting messages about my phone not being secure. Next step I figure is build enough charge in it to try flashing B330 again assuming power + vol up/down is working

bootloader unlocked. twrp 3.0.3 flashed ok:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (23498 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.500s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.330s]
finished. total time: 0.834s
However TWRP is nowhere to be found.. I just get the 'Your device has been unlocked' waffle and can't get to recovery still. Left the phone to fully discharge, and on inserting a mains lead to charge it for a while it then auto starts up and goes to the same screen - I try power&up and it just goes to the red charging 'lightning bolt' screen - then back to 'Your device' etc. I have no way of getting into TWRP!
I've been flashing Samsung phones for years and I can't remember ever getting this infuriated on a flash procedure..
I think I may have to do everything through fastboot as that's the only screen I can get to - but the only thing I can alter which seems to make a visible change is locking or unlocking the bootloader.
Should I re-lock with TWRP supposedly on? I have tried, and all I get is the 'not enough charge' screen - regardless of how long it is left untouched on power. It's as if all the charge I am putting in is just going to heating up the back and showing me the flipping message - then it runs low enough on charge to blank the screen, reboot and then end up with the unlock screen.
All I want to do is hold down all the buttons and have it install B211 - B330 - B'anything' from the dload folder on the sdcard I have in there. If anyone could tell me what to do to get to that point i'd be super happy. Failing that is there a way to fastboot flash a rom file?

Make sure to unplug the usb cable in order to get to TWRP.

malekowsky said:
Make sure to unplug the usb cable in order to get to TWRP.
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At the moment i'm just struggling to get back to stock let alone a custom rom! If I ever get back to working phone in any way i'll be happy..
I've extracted out the boot, recovery and system from B330 and flashed them all through fastboot then re-locked the bootloader. It is still starting up with the Huawei logo as if booting up, and stays at that screen - It eventually then goes blank, pops up with the red circle with red charge pic in it, then after a while the Huawei logo reappears. I am essentially no further forward.
The more I flash things the more it pays no attention to me and sits on my work desk doing nothing.
I'm wondering if - in my epic screw-up - I managed to somehow destroy some part of the OS that governs charging, as it refuses to hold a charge while plugged in to the pc, powerbank or mains lead. At least thats what it is showing me.. It stayed powered long enough for me to fastboot flash the system.img, but that is when on the pc usb connection.
When I lock/unlock the bootloader through the SRK tool it finishes with the 'choose lock or unlock then press power' option which then promises a system reset.. and then it turns off with the red power screen. I can flash TWRP but because it is seeming not to hold a charge, I cannot then get into it without cables attached as it just boots back to the red charge screen.
Is there another file from the update.app I need to flash? should I just flash every single image and hope for the best? I really felt I was getting somewhere this afternoon..

Have you tried what I posted to you on?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=72758529#post72758529

Don Kronos said:
Have you tried what I posted to you on?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=72758529#post72758529
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I plan to in the morning at work!

SOLVED: Phew - problem solved! see https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/best-c636-rom-battery-life-t3623313#post72775720

Don Kronos said:
Have you tried what I posted to you on?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=72758529#post72758529
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Hey,
I unbricked my phone using the same method - thanks for mentioning it! But sadly I'm stuck again. Maybe you have a hint for me?

Patneu said:
Hey,
I unbricked my phone using the same method - thanks for mentioning it! But sadly I'm stuck again. Maybe you have a hint for me?
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Replied on that post! Probly not that useful though..

bricked - help please

WINDOWS 10 TERMINAL:
Desktop\7pro> fastboot devices
d###### fastboot
***TRIED FLASHING twrp-3.3.1-74-guacamole-unified-Pie-mauronofrio
Desktop\7pro> fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.3.1-24.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (30752 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.668s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: (recovery_a) No such partition)
finished. total time: 0.685s
My Device is GM1915
I understand GM1915 is a "branded phone" but maybe the same as a GM1917
i tried using FLASH-ALL.bat from the following zip file:
10.0.3-GLOBAL-OnePlus7ProOxygen_21.O.23_OTA-023_all_1912032357_76b445-FASTBOOT
everything seems to be working but the end result puts me in
QUALCOMM CrashDump Mode
dm-verify device corrupted Force Dump
kernel_restart
(because the phone was instructed to restart. If i try to 'start' phone from fastboot i'm taken to CrashDump Mode)
using MSMDownloadTool
when i can finally get the tool to recognize my phone.
a grew bar grew for 6 seconds.. .then "waiting on phone" status
i need to follow someone's steps and give a result
nothing seems to work

It's tricky to connect. Volume up & down + power.. then plug in to phone Keep trying. It may take many attempts before it connects. You're not doing anything wrong. It's tricky
csmooth2001 said:
WINDOWS 10 TERMINAL:
Desktop\7pro> fastboot devices
d###### fastboot
***TRIED FLASHING twrp-3.3.1-74-guacamole-unified-Pie-mauronofrio
Desktop\7pro> fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.3.1-24.img
target reported max download size of 805306368 bytes
sending 'recovery' (30752 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.668s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: (recovery_a) No such partition)
finished. total time: 0.685s
My Device is GM1915
I understand GM1915 is a "branded phone" but maybe the same as a GM1917
i tried using FLASH-ALL.bat from the following zip file:
10.0.3-GLOBAL-OnePlus7ProOxygen_21.O.23_OTA-023_all_1912032357_76b445-FASTBOOT
everything seems to be working but the end result puts me in
QUALCOMM CrashDump Mode
dm-verify device corrupted Force Dump
kernel_restart
(because the phone was instructed to restart. If i try to 'start' phone from fastboot i'm taken to CrashDump Mode)
using MSMDownloadTool
when i can finally get the tool to recognize my phone.
a grew bar grew for 6 seconds.. .then "waiting on phone" status
i need to follow someone's steps and give a result
nothing seems to work
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tool all in one
joeygee23 said:
It's tricky to connect. Volume up & down + power.. then plug in to phone Keep trying. It may take many attempts before it connects. You're not doing anything wrong. It's tricky
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trying "TOOL ALL IN ONE", for the first time it is recognizing my phone..
but still no luck.... tried flashing twrp but "TAIO" software was waiting for phone to reboot in twrp..
which of course didnt happen..
not sure what else i can do with "tool all in one"

joeygee23 said:
It's tricky to connect. Volume up & down + power.. then plug in to phone Keep trying. It may take many attempts before it connects. You're not doing anything wrong. It's tricky
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you're right it is tricky
i started MSMDOWNLOADTOOL
with phone off... (i know phone was off cuz i selected phone off in the fastboot mode that i've been looping in)
with phone off, i pressed volume up + volume down (w/o power button) counted to like 4 and a half then plugged in usb cord on phone side (cord already plugged in pc on usb side)
one of the COM ports in the msmdownload software is now connected
i clicked start and now a bunch of downloading to phone is happening
this is the most that has happened with my phone in a week.
it was after trying stuff on the TOOL ALL IN ONE SOFTWARE....
ugh all this software has me wanting to REinstall windows..
(prolly spyware.. dont mind me im suspicious of everything)
OMG phone just booted.... case closed (ugh, until i brick it again... fingers crossed)

Can't flash TWRP on Google Pixel

Trying to flash TWRP onto my pixel. I've already unlocked my bootloader, and I'm using platform-tools. I run the command prompt, check fastboot devices and see that my phone is connected and should be working (exactly as tutorials tell me to). Then when I run fastboot boot twrp.img, I see the line:
Sending 'boot.img' <26588 KB> OKAY [0.610s]
Booting OKAY [0.912s]
Finished. Total time: 1.570s
the times chance slightly but it's about that. From there, my Pixel begins booting immediately, which is where it goes wrong, as it doesn't bring me to the TWRP menu. I see the white screen with google, a la phone booting, but it lasts about 5 seconds. From there, my phone shuts off. It is also very difficult to turn back on, requiring me to hold the button for upwards of 30 seconds. once it does turn on, it stays on just like stock. i have no idea what's going on or how to fix it