Nexus 5- Stuck In Bootloop - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Nexus 5 keeps rebooting
Hi,
2 hours ago, my Nexus 5 suddenly started rebooting. I've read about the solution that can solve the problem (clear the cache).
Unfortunately I'm not able to do that, because every time I press the power and volume button, I see the screen with the android dude with his ''belly'' open, but at that point, it just reboots.
How can I solve this problem? I really need my phone tomorrow!
Thanks in advance!

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Nexus 5 stuck in "no command" Boot Loop

I disabled Google Search on my Nexus 5 (32GB Black) running the latest 4.4.2, and restarted the phone in an attempt of getting rid of the google search bar on the home screen.
However, my phone is stuck on the boot logo where the 4 colored circles keep playing on the screen. I cannot get past that. My phone isn't rooted, and I don't wish to root it either.
I tried going into the recovery mode and doing a factory reset/wipe all data thing.
But the screen still is stuck on the circles.
I am a former iOS user, and new to Android.
Please help!
Nachiket Kulkarni
use the button combo (power and vol down) to go into fast boot and from there to recovery (by using vol up and down to choose and power to select) and you should be able to reset the phone.
nachiket12345 said:
I disabled Google Search on my Nexus 5 (32GB Black) running the latest 4.4.2, and restarted the phone in an attempt of getting rid of the google search bar on the home screen.
However, my phone is stuck on the boot logo where the 4 colored circles keep playing on the screen. I cannot get past that. My phone isn't rooted, and I don't wish to root it either.
I tried going into the recovery mode and doing a factory reset/wipe all data thing.
But the screen still is stuck on the circles.
I am a former iOS user, and new to Android.
Please help!
Nachiket Kulkarni
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Next time go to Google play and download nova launcher you will not be sorry.it has nothing to do with root ,just a great home replacement app
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Same Problem
Hi all,Same happend to me today,
got few hours ago my new Nexus 5 white 16 Gb.
I treid to stop GOOGLE SEARCH service and my device stuck saddenly on Google boot logo,
I done full factory reset and it solved the problem
Thanks
google search is responsible for a whole lot more than the search bar in kitkat, and the launcher/homescreens are part of it as well.
nachiket12345 said:
I disabled Google Search on my Nexus 5 (32GB Black) running the latest 4.4.2, and restarted the phone in an attempt of getting rid of the google search bar on the home screen.
However, my phone is stuck on the boot logo where the 4 colored circles keep playing on the screen. I cannot get past that. My phone isn't rooted, and I don't wish to root it either.
I tried going into the recovery mode and doing a factory reset/wipe all data thing.
But the screen still is stuck on the circles.
I am a former iOS user, and new to Android.
Please help!
Nachiket Kulkarni
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I experienced the same random boot loop problem while trying to set an alarm. What confused me even more was that it would not respond while discharging, whereas when I plugged it in, it would go into bootloop. The bootloop did not give me enough time to go into recovery but in the 30 mins i spent trying, I managed it once, only to see the TWRP page for 2 secs before the phone restarted.
The solution ? I tampered with my nails at the power button and it fixed it !?!
Who knew....
I have a similar problem
Hello everyone I am very new to this area of computing (and this forum). However I have still ended up in the same hole as you guys are describing although it happened for a completely different reason. (BTW: I am rooted)
one day I tryed to play the android game NOVA 3 on my Nexus 7 on the highest graphical setting so I went and researched how to do this. I was pointed towards some kind of app called 'ChainFire 3D', Once I pressed the install button inside this app the Nexus 7 switched off and the next time I tried to turn it on I got the X logo of death (boot loop)http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/mad.gif. I then tried to enter recovery and I got the annoying 'no command' errorhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/crying.gif. I cant seem to remember how I rooted this thing but I do have access to the fastboot stuff ONLY (inside cmd).
if there is anyone who has any idea how to go about fixing such an issue without wiping everything on my nexus could they please get back to me ASAP.http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
Thanks in advance.http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/fingers-crossed.gif
This is not a nexus 7 forum. Chainfire 3d hasn't worked for many android versions. Please post on your device forum. We cranny answer questions about other devices
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I have another question
rootSU said:
This is not a nexus 7 forum. Chainfire 3d hasn't worked for many android versions. Please post on your device forum. We cranny answer questions about other devices
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BTW: is there any otherway of changing android game settings such as high graphics etc (this is in general).
Gloftking said:
BTW: is there any otherway of changing android game settings such as high graphics etc (this is in general).
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define settings, define high.
Android doesn't have a specific device-wide option called "game settings".
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wat 2 do if even the factory reset doesn't solve the problem?? anybody knows the reason??
kalaivani said:
wat 2 do if even the factory reset doesn't solve the problem?? anybody knows the reason??
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What issues are you having? You might have to flash the factory image
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it stucks at the 4 circles screen. can't able to turn it off again. so i did the factory reset. But its taking hours. how to flash the factory image?
kalaivani said:
it stucks at the 4 circles screen. can't able to turn it off again. so i did the factory reset. But its taking hours. how to flash the factory image?
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Hold the power button until it shuts off. Then follow this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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thank you so much:good::good:
Solved for me
nachiket12345 said:
I disabled Google Search on my Nexus 5 (32GB Black) running the latest 4.4.2, and restarted the phone in an attempt of getting rid of the google search bar on the home screen.
However, my phone is stuck on the boot logo where the 4 colored circles keep playing on the screen. I cannot get past that. My phone isn't rooted, and I don't wish to root it either.
I tried going into the recovery mode and doing a factory reset/wipe all data thing.
But the screen still is stuck on the circles.
I am a former iOS user, and new to Android.
Please help!
Nachiket Kulkarni
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Ok, same thing happened to me, I disabled the Google search (on Kitkat 4.4.4) cause it was draining battery and then my homescreen disappeared. I restarted my phone and it got stuck on the four circles.
-Possible solution-
As strange as it might sound, once you have the four circles displayed, have someone call you and then the call screen will suddenly appear. Answer the call and hit the speaker button, so you could access your phone. When in call screen, just slide the home button up to access Google Now and preform an update through Google Play(it will offer you to update to a newer version). Once the update is completed you should see the homescreen again - (unfortunately you have to rearrange it...)

[Q] Back button freezes and becomes unresponsive in all apps

My Nexus 5 has been experiencing this issue for months now. It happens in all apps (especially Facebook, WhatsApp and Jeffit). I press the back button and it freezes, meaning I can't press anything other than the home button to exit the app. This will then repeat itself time and time again until I eventually turn the phone on and off. This will solve the issue for a few minutes until it starts again.
I tried factory reset and it was fine for a short while and then began again. I've tried to see what app it could be, but from Google searches it seems like other people have it too and no one has a solution? There didn't seem to be a thread on it on XDA so wanted to see if anyone has managed to fix it?
I haven't got anything custom on my phone and it isn't rooted. It's so frustrating and it's ruining and otherwise flawless experience with the Nexus 5. I'm pretty sure it started after the Kit Kat update.

Nexus 5 Keeps restarting

Hey guys,
I've found others complaining about the same issues but no resolutions. My phone constantly restarts itself after updating to 5.0
Attached is a video of my phone constantly looping: never mind I can't attach the link because i'm a new user. If you search nexus 5 keeps restarting on youtube you'll see it
Someone posted a trick where if you constantly tap the power button it'll turn on. It works for me, but it only delays the restarts, as soon I stop it turns off. I seriously need some help this is getting out of control. I've tried booting it in safe mode and no luck either, it still restarts itself. I've restored the phone as well, no luck. Hoping for a magic trick or something.
alexkarim said:
Hey guys,
I've found others complaining about the same issues but no resolutions. My phone constantly restarts itself after updating to 5.0
Attached is a video of my phone constantly looping: never mind I can't attach the link because i'm a new user. If you search nexus 5 keeps restarting on youtube you'll see it
Someone posted a trick where if you constantly tap the power button it'll turn on. It works for me, but it only delays the restarts, as soon I stop it turns off. I seriously need some help this is getting out of control. I've tried booting it in safe mode and no luck either, it still restarts itself. I've restored the phone as well, no luck. Hoping for a magic trick or something.
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How did you solve this problem ? i have the same problem.
Sounds like the power button is stuck. It is not a software issue.
I had the exact problem yesterday. I fixed it by pressing the power button a bit harder than normal (you may have to disassemble the device as I did), and the button works normally again.

Is this the end of the line for my N5?

I'm a serial lurker here and hate to ask for help, but want to reach out (and finally start hitting thanks).
My N5 was on MMB29S 6.0.1, SuperSU version 2.65 for root, xposed v79 (gravitybox, APM+, snapprefs), and ran perfectly fine up until a few weeks ago when I started having issues. Apps would sometimes FC, and (not always right after) system would hang and then reset. Sometimes the screen would go black but notification light still would blink.
Upon reset, it would either (a) get stuck at google screen and bootloop or (b) get stuck at some point during the boot animation. If the phone did start, it would usually work for a variable amount of time - minutes, hours, but usually not more than a day. Other times, the phone simply would not start and required a slowly increasing amount of time to boot while holding down the power button, sometimes not even booting at all. The phone would sometimes be unresponsive to holding the power button for up to 12 hours before the phone booted up again. Not saying I help the power button that long, but tried frequently over that period of time.
Over the past few days I've taken to troubleshooting in the ways I could think of and what I've read here on xda (I can link to any of the threads if you are curious) and the rest of the web. I started by disabling xposed, restoring stock boot image and removing root, and have since flashed completely to stock MMB29V and have followed the advice of @audit13 to even flash the userdata.img file and perform a factory wipe before booting the phone for the first time.
Nothing works. Even after being bone stock now there are still random resets, with the power button having to be held down for quite some time to power back on (if at all). The only difference is that it hasn't been getting stuck on the boot animation when it does power on.
I'm a bit sad, and realizing that this is probably the end of the line for my venerable Nexus 5, but any help/suggestions are welcome. Thank you in advance!
Download the Nexus Root Toolkit for your computer to try to restore your Nexus.
Could be a power button issue that's causing the resets? Have you tried removing the motherboard and quickly pressing and releasing the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal?
audit13 said:
Could be a power button issue that's causing the resets? Have you tried removing the motherboard and quickly pressing and releasing the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal?
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I have yet to try that, but will try that in the next couple days. Might not get to it tomorrow as I have an upcoming exam.
I'm not completely sure if that's it though since the system seems to hang/freeze before powering down, but I can give it a shot. Thank you for the idea!
FelipeRodrigo said:
Download the Nexus Root Toolkit for your computer to try to restore your Nexus.
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As a last resort I could try that -- how do you think that would solve my issue? Thank you!
Maybe a battery problem? I'm just guessing at the different things that may cause a boot problem or resets.

Bluescreen and restaring moto g

hello, i have problem with my moto g,i have used since 2 years ago.now my phone restaring and show bluescreen after that, anyone have same problem ?
*sorry for bad english
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Same here, XT1033. It started yesterday. Blue screen, restart, blue screen, restart, and it keeps going until I hold the power button for 10 seconds for a forced restart, then it boots normally, until it happens again sometime later. Anyone know any solution? I did a full wipe and flashed a different ROM, but the problem persisted. It would even help a lot to know if it's software or hardware related.
Thank you!

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