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Hi all
A bit new to posting in here but am really hoping to receive some help from you all. Last night I installed all the standard USB drivers i.e. Android SDK pack and followed them all as mentioned. Then using the root tool from ChainFire I got to the little android guy after going through the process of unlocking the bootloader and gaining root, but the phone never actually rebooted.
Now when I try to flash the original fastboot files using the WUG kit I get "FAILED: remote: flash write failure" The same is the case with writing the boot img and recovery img. See attached.
I can put the phone into Fastboot mode only and it says lock state is "unlocked" but it would seem that I can no longer write anything to the internal disk as nothing will work or boot. I also get a status on my PC saying that the driver QHSUSB_Bulk could not be found.
Has anybody had a similar problem to this? Is there any way to somehow get this working again? And if I RMA with Google will they say my warranty is voided now that it says the lock state in Fastboot is unlocked?
Many thanks in advance guys any help is appreciated.
Meakii said:
Hi all
A bit new to posting in here but am really hoping to receive some help from you all. Last night I installed all the standard USB drivers i.e. Android SDK pack and followed them all as mentioned. Then using the root tool from ChainFire I got to the little android guy after going through the process of unlocking the bootloader and gaining root, but the phone never actually rebooted.
Now when I try to flash the original fastboot files using the WUG kit I get "FAILED: remote: flash write failure" The same is the case with writing the boot img and recovery img. See attached.
I can put the phone into Fastboot mode only and it says lock state is "unlocked" but it would seem that I can no longer write anything to the internal disk as nothing will work or boot. I also get a status on my PC saying that the driver QHSUSB_Bulk could not be found.
Has anybody had a similar problem to this? Is there any way to somehow get this working again? And if I RMA with Google will they say my warranty is voided now that it says the lock state in Fastboot is unlocked?
Many thanks in advance guys any help is appreciated.
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Try flashing the factory images manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
Method 2.
Does fastboot work properly? What output does 'Fastboot devices" have?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Try flashing the factory images manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
Method 2.
Does fastboot work properly? What output does 'Fastboot devices" have?
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Thanks have tried flashing them manually but still the same error saying FAILED: remote: flash write failure
It as if nothing can be written to the phone at all.
Yea fastboot seems to work fine but sorry what do you mean by what ouput does fastboot devices have?
Thanks a lot
Meakii said:
Thanks have tried flashing them manually but still the same error saying FAILED: remote: flash write failure
It as if nothing can be written to the phone at all.
Yea fastboot seems to work fine but sorry what do you mean by what ouput does fastboot devices have?
Thanks a lot
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write "Fastboot devices" in CMD while phone is in fastboot.
What happens when you boot in recovery? Try that, and do a factory data reset.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
write "Fastboot devices" in CMD while phone is in fastboot.
What happens when you boot in recovery? Try that, and do a factory data reset.
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Ok see attached. Also it doesn't allow me to boot into recovery at all. I used the WUG kit to temporarily boot into TWRP and tried a factory reset there but it says there's no ROM installed. It's like everything has been wiped and it can't write anything to the internals to read from. Thanks for you help so far. Any other suggestions?
Meakii said:
Ok see attached. Also it doesn't allow me to boot into recovery at all. I used the WUG kit to temporarily boot into TWRP and tried a factory reset there but it says there's no ROM installed. It's like everything has been wiped and it can't write anything to the internals to read from. Thanks for you help so far. Any other suggestions?
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Just... stop using toolkits for a second here! These automated processes got you here in the first place.
Try this command:
fastboot erase userdata
Does it succeed?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Just... stop using toolkits for a second here! These automated processes got you here in the first place.
Try this command:
fastboot erase userdata
Does it succeed?
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Ok ummm see attached. I'm so gutted any further thoughts or advice?
Meakii said:
Ok ummm see attached. I'm so gutted any further thoughts or advice?
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It seems like a brick. Something got corrupted. I searched far an wide on XDA and other forums, but no one with this problem has found the solution.
It seems that your last chance is RMA.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
It seems like a brick. Your internal memory got corrupted. I searched far an wide on XDA and other forums, but no one with this problem has found the solution.
It seems that your last chance is RMA.
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Ok thanks for your help. How this happens simply rooting a device following step by step instructions having rooted many devices before I'll never know. There was no interrruptions or reasons for this to have happened. Do you think they will take one look at it and say warranty is voided?
Meakii said:
Ok thanks for your help. How this happens simply rooting a device following step by step instructions having rooted many devices before I'll never know. There was no interrruptions or reasons for this to have happened. Do you think they will take one look at it and say warranty is voided?
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Who knows? Try it!
I don´t think the reason was CF-auto root. There must be something wrong with the device´s flash from the beginning. My thoughts are that you´r flash has a corrupted area which surprisingly wasn´t used for the stock factory flash and CF-autoroot triggered it while flashing a specific partition. Maybe i´m completely wrong.
I hope you´ll get it exchanged :good:.
Meakii said:
Ok thanks for your help. How this happens simply rooting a device following step by step instructions having rooted many devices before I'll never know. There was no interrruptions or reasons for this to have happened. Do you think they will take one look at it and say warranty is voided?
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I don't really know what happened. I guess there are always risks when using tools like this. That's why I always recommend rooting using the manual method.
I have no idea how google will react. In theory, a simple unlocked bootloader won't affect warranty. In reality, anything can happen. Good luck, and sorry!
Meakii said:
Ok thanks for your help. How this happens simply rooting a device following step by step instructions having rooted many devices before I'll never know. There was no interrruptions or reasons for this to have happened. Do you think they will take one look at it and say warranty is voided?
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It's a mystery indeed, it might not be CF but best way is to stay away from toolkits and do it manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905
Does it respond to anything?
Will it turn on but just get stuck?
If it won't respond to anything at all then I doubt Google would say the warranty is void. They probably wouldn't know since it's dead.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
I don't really know what happened. I guess there are always risks when using tools like this. That's why I always recommend rooting using the manual method.
I have no idea how google will react. In theory, a simple unlocked bootloader won't affect warranty. In reality, anything can happen. Good luck, and sorry!
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Absolutely gutted but thanks so much for your help. I'll report back with Googles response.
pert_S said:
It's a mystery indeed, it might not be CF but best way is to stay away from toolkits and do it manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905
Does it respond to anything?
Will it turn on but just get stuck?
If it won't respond to anything at all then I doubt Google would say the warranty is void. They probably wouldn't know since it's dead.
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It will respond, but the memory won't flash. Major no-fix problem.
pert_S said:
It's a mystery indeed, it might not be CF but best way is to stay away from toolkits and do it manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507905
Does it respond to anything?
Will it turn on but just get stuck?
If it won't respond to anything at all then I doubt Google would say the warranty is void. They probably wouldn't know since it's dead.
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Hi nah it only boots into Fastboot mode where it says down the bottom in red "LOCK STATE - unlocked" . Have tried every trick posted on here but it seems that during the rooting process somehow corrupted internal storage meaning it can't write anything to the phone (therefore not being able to reset to factory etc etc).
What a disaster.
Would opening the command prompt window with administrative rights make a difference? Worth a shot.
Meakii said:
Hi nah it only boots into Fastboot mode where it says down the bottom in red "LOCK STATE - unlocked" . Have tried every trick posted on here but it seems that during the rooting process somehow corrupted internal storage meaning it can't write anything to the phone (therefore not being able to reset to factory etc etc).
What a disaster.
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Oh I see.
Well like abaaaabbbb63 said, in theory it shouldn't affect warranty.
They would have to show that unlocking the bootloader caused the fault I presume.
Make sure you tell Google that this happened when using a toolkit and a script when asking for a new phone free of charge.
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El Daddy said:
Make sure you tell Google that this happened when using a toolkit and a script when asking for a new phone free of charge.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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How would that help? I think pleading ignorance to how it happened would probably be best wouldn't it?
Thanks for all the replies.
It's sarcasm friend. ;3. Daddy isn't a fan of toolkits nor of people claiming new handsets after a problem occurs as a result of one.
Hey guys,
I have a rooted Nexus 5 and on Saturday it suddenly froze and when I restarted the phone it was stuck on a boot loop. I tried to go into my TWRP recovery and it asked for a password and it says that the internal storage is 0 MB. I have tried to flash stock rom using fastboot manually and it keeps saying (remote: flash write failure). Will someone please help me on this? I can't figure out what to do.
Thank You
sounds like your internel memory went bad. youll need to replace it.
amalthomas994 said:
Hey guys,
I have a rooted Nexus 5 and on Saturday it suddenly froze and when I restarted the phone it was stuck on a boot loop. I tried to go into my TWRP recovery and it asked for a password and it says that the internal storage is 0 MB. I have tried to flash stock rom using fastboot manually and it keeps saying (remote: flash write failure). Will someone please help me on this? I can't figure out what to do.
Thank You
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Try to flash back only cache.img.
And if that doesn't work probably ur internal memory has some problem.
Nexus 5
varuntis1993 said:
Try to flash back only cache.img.
And if that doesn't work probably ur internal memory has some problem.
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Hey, when i do that it says (remote: failed to erase partition)
I am dying here i have been trying to fix this since Saturday.
Is there anything else I can try?
Thank You.
Nexus 5
simms22 said:
sounds like your internel memory went bad. youll need to replace it.
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Hey, where would I be able to buy that?
Thank You
this??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577447
going to search .. if i'll find something will post here
amalthomas994 said:
Hey, when i do that it says (remote: failed to erase partition)
I am dying here i have been trying to fix this since Saturday.
Is there anything else I can try?
Thank You.
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Sorry to say it seems like ur internal memory partition has gone corrupt.
U will need to send ur device back to google or to lg service center.
Nexus 5
varuntis1993 said:
Try to flash back only cache.img.
And if that doesn't work probably ur internal memory has some problem.
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By the way, what is the actual command to flash only cache.img, just making sure I did it correctly.
amalthomas994 said:
By the way, what is the actual command to flash only cache.img, just making sure I did it correctly.
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Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash cache cache.img
Nexus 5
enricocid said:
this??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577447
going to search .. if i'll find something will post here
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Hey, thank you, I tried that but this is what i get when i get to the adb part
e2fsck: unable to set superblock flags on /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name
/userdata
amalthomas994 said:
Hey, where would I be able to buy that?
Thank You
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no no no.. get your whole phone replaced. you wont have any issue doing it, its a known issue.
simms22 said:
no no no.. get your whole phone replaced. you wont have any issue doing it, its a known issue.
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But since it is rooted and i can't relock the bootloader, will they replace it?
amalthomas994 said:
But since it is rooted and i can't relock the bootloader, will they replace it?
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yes. if you bought it through google, they will generally replace rooted phones especially if its a hardware issue(has nothing to do with root). and if its not google, they wont boot it up anyways(i dont think).
amalthomas994 said:
But since it is rooted and i can't relock the bootloader, will they replace it?
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did you try flashing userdata and cache via fastboot?
Nexus 5
simms22 said:
yes. if you bought it through google, they will generally replace rooted phones especially if its a hardware issue(has nothing to do with root). and if its not google, they wont boot it up anyways(i dont think).
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Ok, thanks a lot, that atleast gives me some kind of hope lol
Nexus 5
samersh72 said:
did you try flashing userdata and cache via fastboot?
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Yep, no luck, keep getting write errors
thanks anyways
Nexus 5
Hey everyone,
I am able to get to adb and fastboot, so is there any way I can fix the corrupted files or anything?
amalthomas994 said:
Hey everyone,
I am able to get to adb and fastboot, so is there any way I can fix the corrupted files or anything?
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no, your storage is physically broken.
Nexus 5
simms22 said:
no, your storage is physically broken.
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Ok thanks for the reply.
But WOW.. how can something like that even happen..
I know it was not a mistake I did
amalthomas994 said:
Ok thanks for the reply.
But WOW.. how can something like that even happen..
I know it was not a mistake I did
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its actually a sorta common issue with the nexus 5. at least ive seen more than enough nexus 5 here with that issue. its a hardware issue, nothing you did.
Hi everyone.
I have the following problem with a Nexus 5: During an update, the system crashed. The phone is now stuck in an endless bootloop, trying to install the update. When left long enough, the update screens eventually come up, but you are immediately blasted with a ton of errors and no matter what you do, you are unable to complete the update. This, however, is not the problem.
I have tried various utilities in order to flash the phone back to factory settings. I have made use of Unified Android ToolKit, as well as Nexus Root Toolkit, but a problem with the phone itself is preventing me from flashing it and the problem is as follows: I can access the phone via USB, as well as the bootloader, but when I unlock the bootloader to start the flashing, it immediately locks itself again and I'm unable to start the flash process.
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
Mystical_Titan said:
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
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If the lock state reverts on a reboot, 99 times out of 100, it means the internal memory has an issue. RMA.
rootSU said:
If the lock state reverts on a reboot, 99 times out of 100, it means the internal memory has an issue. RMA.
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Thanks for the fast response. :good:
Mystical_Titan said:
Thanks for the fast response. :good:
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No probs. Sounds like the update got stuck at the bootloader flash and corrupted. It's probably not a fatal NAND issue, rather corrupt partition or two but it usually means sending it in.
You can try the LG flashtool as a last resort before doing so though, as you never know...
You can find a link to it in the sticky thread in my signature. Best to stay away from actual "toolkits" though and either use fastboot manually or LG flash tool, although fastboot probably cant help you here - just saying for future ref...
Mystical_Titan said:
Hi everyone.
I have the following problem with a Nexus 5: During an update, the system crashed. The phone is now stuck in an endless bootloop, trying to install the update. When left long enough, the update screens eventually come up, but you are immediately blasted with a ton of errors and no matter what you do, you are unable to complete the update. This, however, is not the problem.
I have tried various utilities in order to flash the phone back to factory settings. I have made use of Unified Android ToolKit, as well as Nexus Root Toolkit, but a problem with the phone itself is preventing me from flashing it and the problem is as follows: I can access the phone via USB, as well as the bootloader, but when I unlock the bootloader to start the flashing, it immediately locks itself again and I'm unable to start the flash process.
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
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happened to me while installing the new SNAPSHOT version of Cyanogenmod, I wiped everything and reflashed it and it works
BruKnowsBest said:
happened to me while installing the new SNAPSHOT version of Cyanogenmod, I wiped everything and reflashed it and it works
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Can anyone suggest some steps for me to try before I RMA the phone? Although, being unable to unlock the bootloader probably limits my options.
Mystical_Titan said:
Can anyone suggest some steps for me to try before I RMA the phone? Although, being unable to unlock the bootloader probably limits my options.
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I was stuck in the boot animation and when it opened there was a lot of system errors and it would reboot by itself over and over again.
what fixed it was to do a wipe cache and dalvik and reinstall it
BruKnowsBest said:
I was stuck in the boot animation and when it opened there was a lot of system errors and it would reboot by itself over and over again.
what fixed it was to do a wipe cache and dalvik and reinstall it
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I tried the 'wipe cache' as well, but it returns a bunch of errors as well. I'm starting to think the NAND is screwed. What is dalvik?
Mystical_Titan said:
I tried the 'wipe cache' as well, but it returns a bunch of errors as well. I'm starting to think the NAND is screwed. What is dalvik?
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Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
rootSU said:
Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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I completely forgot that you mentioned the LG Flashtool, I feel like such an idiot. I'll try that tomorrow as a last resort.
No worries
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rootSU said:
Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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i thought about LG FLASHTOOL but decided to try reinstaling the rom cuz i had no other option since i forgot to leave a backup rom on the device. So I did it as if I was installing a brand new rom Wiped dalvik, cache and system then reflashed the rom and then the gapps. Even tho it was the same ROM file I had a different outcome. It's working fine now but I did go back to the nightlies after it started working again just to be safe.
Now... people may have a different outcome when trying to solve this issue but this actually worked for me after having a minor heart-attack thinking I was gonna lose all my stuff
BruKnowsBest said:
i thought about LG FLASHTOOL but decided to try reinstaling the rom cuz i had no other option since i forgot to leave a backup rom on the device. So I did it as if I was installing a brand new rom Wiped dalvik, cache and system then reflashed the rom and then the gapps. Even tho it was the same ROM file I had a different outcome. It's working fine now but I did go back to the nightlies after it started working again just to be safe.
Now... people may have a different outcome when trying to solve this issue but this actually worked for me after having a minor heart-attack thinking I was gonna lose all my stuff
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Yes, but your issue is different to the OP's. His bootloader lock state reverts whenever he changes it. This is a pretty much "fatal" issue. What you did cannot help him unfortunately.
rootSU said:
Yes, but your issue is different to the OP's. His bootloader lock state reverts whenever he changes it. This is a pretty much "fatal" issue. What you did cannot help him unfortunately.
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oh ok, I misunderstood
rootSU said:
No worries
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It speaks about a KDZ file. What is it and where would I find it?
Mystical_Titan said:
It speaks about a KDZ file. What is it and where would I find it?
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Not sure, never used it. Are you following the Nexus 5 LG Flash tool guide? If not, have a look. You can get to it via my signature
rootSU said:
Not sure, never used it. Are you following the Nexus 5 LG Flash tool guide? If not, have a look. You can get to it via my signature
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Well, that's that. This phone is done.
Yup. RMA
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Hello all,
During the update to lollipop, my phone turned off on the "updating your apps" step. After a while with no response, I pressed the power button to turn it on and now its stuck on "Google". Tried restarting multiple time at no avail. When trying to put it in recovery mode I get a screen with "no command" written.
Are there any alternatives that can be used at this point? If it helps, my phone was on developer mode, no rooting or anything like done.
Appreciate the support
Sounds like a full factory flash (including wipe data) may be in order
rootSU said:
Sounds like a full factory flash (including wipe data) may be in order
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Thanks for the quick reply rootSU. Any way to backup data prior to flashing? Had some information not backed up, unfortunately.
Is your bootloader unlocked?
rootSU said:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
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Nope. Phone is/was completely stock
jrbab said:
Nope. Phone is/was completely stock
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In which case there's no way to back up and no options to fix it without losing data.
You can try a wipe of cache only in stock recovery but I really doubt that will help. Sorry.
Unlocking BL and flashing stock factory seems your only option, but maybe the hardware is fried. Maybe warranty?
I can't get past the "updating your apps" screen either. I made a topic about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/boot-freezes-crashes-flashing-images-t2940402/
rootSU said:
In which case there's no way to back up and no options to fix it without losing data.
You can try a wipe of cache only in stock recovery but I really doubt that will help. Sorry.
Unlocking BL and flashing stock factory seems your only option, but maybe the hardware is fried. Maybe warranty?
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Unfortunately I bought the device in an UK store; warranty isn't valid for Brazil (where I live). So I'm on my own. Will try unlocking BL and flashing stock image.
To think that I thought I was avoiding trouble by keeping stock... Thanks for the help rootSU. Will let you know how it goes
jrbab said:
Unfortunately I bought the device in an UK store; warranty isn't valid for Brazil (where I live). So I'm on my own. Will try unlocking BL and flashing stock image.
To think that I thought I was avoiding trouble by keeping stock... Thanks for the help rootSU. Will let you know how it goes
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Hey, I bought my Nexus 5 in New York, but I'm in Brazil too
Maybe that has something to do with the freezing on the updating apps screen?
rootSU said:
In which case there's no way to back up and no options to fix it without losing data.
You can try a wipe of cache only in stock recovery but I really doubt that will help. Sorry.
Unlocking BL and flashing stock factory seems your only option, but maybe the hardware is fried. Maybe warranty?
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So, basically the issue I'm facing is on formatting / mounting the data. On stock recovery it gets stuck on "formatting data". With the clockwork recovery I get the following :
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open/cache/recovery/log
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open/cache/recovery/last_log
Trying to force flashing the image gets me an error on writing bootloader (remote flash write failure)
Any ideas on what to do?
mrcoco99 said:
Hey, I bought my Nexus 5 in New York, but I'm in Brazil too
Maybe that has something to do with the freezing on the updating apps screen?
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I doubt location could affect this... think its just a weird coincidence. Have your device return to functionality?
Nope, it still freezes at the boot animation or at the updating apps screen
But I guess our issues aren't the same, since you are receiving error messages while I'm not
So... after trying once again to flash the stock rom, phone shut off... and I got a hard brick on my hand, amazing!
Guess I'm on a lucky strike
Anyway, contacted google to complain; but as bought from UK, only UK warranty is eligible... will ship to a friend of mine there to fix it and I can get next time I'm around. Hopefully warranty won't give me a hard time to repair/replace.
Hi all, first post to the forums so forgive me if I'm forgetting some sort of forum etiquette.
My brother's Nexus 5 stopped working a while ago, it'd just go straight to the Google screen on start up and sit there indefinitely. Recovery mode? Non-existent. I could get into the bootloader easy as, but selecting recovery mode just resulted in a black screen that would not accept any commands. So since I've reflashed my own Nexus 5 with various flavours of Android before I decided to just reflash his too, as I figured there's no reason that shouldn't work.
500 attempts later and uh, yeah, I don't think it's working.
I've tried installing the official versions of 4.3, 4.4, and 5.0, but Fastboot results in "failure to write" errors. I even tried sideloading with TWRP and Clockwork, but both of those give me error messages saying failure to mount /cache or /recovery or whatever.
I've spent an entire day (that should have been spent working on certain assignments :s) trying to fix this and looking around forums for a solution yet can't seem to find anything.
If anyone has any idea on how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated, I'm not too sure Google would honor the warranty on this anymore...
D0UBLEJUMP said:
Hi all, first post to the forums so forgive me if I'm forgetting some sort of forum etiquette.
My brother's Nexus 5 stopped working a while ago, it'd just go straight to the Google screen on start up and sit there indefinitely. Recovery mode? Non-existent. I could get into the bootloader easy as, but selecting recovery mode just resulted in a black screen that would not accept any commands. So since I've reflashed my own Nexus 5 with various flavours of Android before I decided to just reflash his too, as I figured there's no reason that shouldn't work.
500 attempts later and uh, yeah, I don't think it's working.
I've tried installing the official versions of 4.3, 4.4, and 5.0, but Fastboot results in "failure to write" errors. I even tried sideloading with TWRP and Clockwork, but both of those give me error messages saying failure to mount /cache or /recovery or whatever.
I've spent an entire day (that should have been spent working on certain assignments :s) trying to fix this and looking around forums for a solution yet can't seem to find anything.
If anyone has any idea on how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated, I'm not too sure Google would honor the warranty on this anymore...
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Is your bootloader unlocked?
Are you getting the images from here, and following all the instructions: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
krs360 said:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
Are you getting the images from here, and following all the instructions
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Yes, yes and yes.
Like I said, everything went fine with reflashing my own Nexus 5, but my brother's one is just being so, so, so uncooperative.
D0UBLEJUMP said:
Yes, yes and yes.
Like I said, everything went fine with reflashing my own Nexus 5, but my brother's one is just being so, so, so uncooperative.
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Try locking the bootloader in fastoot. Reboot to bootloader. If the bootloader still says unlocked you have a bad emmc chip.
theesotericone said:
Try locking the bootloader in fastoot. Reboot to bootloader. If the bootloader still says unlocked you have a bad emmc chip.
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Bootloader always relocks when the phone restarts :/
It's a hardware error, a bad emmc chip. Your only choice is to exchange it under the warranty.
BirchBarlow said:
It's a hardware error, a bad emmc chip. Your only choice is to exchange it under the warranty.
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Do you know if Google will still exchange it? It's within the warranty period, but I have been reflashing it and unlocking the bootloader which I doubt they're too excited about. Or is this a sort of special case since it's a hardware error?
D0UBLEJUMP said:
Do you know if Google will still exchange it? It's within the warranty period, but I have been reflashing it and unlocking the bootloader which I doubt they're too excited about. Or is this a sort of special case since it's a hardware error?
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if your emmc is corrupt i don't think they will be able to find out you have been messing with your device and if your bootloader is locked that should do fine. Only thing that i'm not able to confirm is about the tamper flag
nexus.freak said:
if your emmc is corrupt i don't think they will be able to find out you have been messing with your device and if your bootloader is locked that should do fine. Only thing that i'm not able to confirm is about the tamper flag
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I believe you can reset the tamper flag with a bit of luck by booting twrp from fastboot ( fastboot boot twrp.img ) then sideload and flash the tamper resetter.
That being said , anyone know what's the incidence of bad emmc chips on our devices ? And/or if there's a trigger to them ?
Niflheimer said:
I believe you can reset the tamper flag with a bit of luck by booting twrp from fastboot ( fastboot boot twrp.img ) then sideload and flash the tamper resetter.
That being said , anyone know what's the incidence of bad emmc chips on our devices ? And/or if there's a trigger to them ?
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Woohoo! Flag reset!
Judging by what I found when I was looking around it doesn't seem like bad emmc is too common, couldn't find many suffering the same issues as me.
As for triggers, my brother's Nexus worked completely fine just like mine, then powered off, powered on, and broken. So...I guess the message of the story is to never turn them off (or try reflash) and they'll be fine?
If you bought phone of play store you can send it to google, there was a tread here some time ago and it said that google accept to replace phones with temper flag and unlocked bootloader.
Good luck