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[Q] corrupt cache, can't format ext4

Last Friday I tried to flash android 5 lolipop to my Nexus 5. It froze in the erasing part.
Eventualy switched the phone off and on. There was a loop where you could only see the droid, even in recovery mode.
I got around that loop by flashing TWRP to the recovery partition.
Al recovery ROM's however all state that they can't mount /cache.
I formatted the hell out of it but sadly it didn't solve the problem.
So using adb shell I removed the cache partition, recreated it and formatted it.
So here is my partition table:
Code:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 524kB 67.6MB 67.1MB fat16 modem
2 67.6MB 68.7MB 1049kB sbl1
3 68.7MB 69.2MB 524kB rpm
4 69.2MB 69.7MB 524kB tz
5 69.7MB 70.3MB 524kB sdi
6 70.3MB 70.8MB 524kB aboot
7 70.8MB 72.9MB 2097kB pad
8 72.9MB 73.9MB 1049kB sbl1b
9 73.9MB 74.4MB 524kB tzb
10 74.4MB 75.0MB 524kB rpmb
11 75.0MB 75.5MB 524kB abootb
12 75.5MB 78.6MB 3146kB modemst1
13 78.6MB 81.8MB 3146kB modemst2
14 81.8MB 82.3MB 524kB metadata
15 82.3MB 99.1MB 16.8MB misc
16 99.1MB 116MB 16.8MB ext4 persist
17 116MB 119MB 3146kB imgdata
18 119MB 142MB 23.1MB laf
19 142MB 165MB 23.1MB boot
20 165MB 188MB 23.1MB recovery
21 188MB 191MB 3146kB fsg
22 191MB 192MB 524kB fsc
23 192MB 192MB 524kB ssd
24 192MB 193MB 524kB DDR
25 193MB 1267MB 1074MB ext4 system
26 1267MB 1298MB 31.5MB crypto
27 1298MB 2032MB 734MB cache
28 2032MB 15.8GB 13.7GB ext4 userdata
29 15.8GB 15.8GB 5632B grow
Notice the missing ext4 for partition 27. After deleting and recreating the partition I formatted it with the following command:
Code:
mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
this resulted in:
Code:
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
44832 inodes, 179200 blocks
8960 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=184549376
6 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
7472 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 29 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override
So at this point I wanted to check the my partition table again, but this time i got an error message:
Code:
Error: /dev/block/mmcblk0: unrecognised disk label
Mounting results in:
Code:
mount /cache
mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache on /cache failed: Invalid argument
Did I make any mistakes here? I did not rooted the phone (yet). Is this necessary?
The re partitioning part comes from a guide here originally for the kindle.
Current status is that I re flashed stock droid 4.4.4. It starts, but all Google applications crash and I have no cellular network .
Guess they all depend on the cache directory.
Any help on making the cache partition work again would be much appreciated!

Oh jeez. I guess by now you know what you've done wrong. In case you don't, you should have just flashed the stock cache.img via fastboot as the very first step.
When you say you flashed stock, how?
What is the output of fastboot flash cache cache.img?
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My bad! I should have mentioned that I had tried all the basic steps.
So I flashed the original cache.img many times. Because some say it takes more then 1 try to fix a corrupt cache.
Also tried a manual erase and a format of the cache partition.
Flashing the cache is somewhat strange, I have 2 variants. One is done in a heartbeat saying everything went well:
Code:
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4\image-hammerhead-ktu84p>fastboot flash cache cache.img
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.511s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.627s]
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.026s]
finished. total time: 2.169s
And then if I run it again it gets stuck at erasing:
Code:
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4\image-hammerhead-ktu84p>fastboot flash cache cache.img
erasing 'cache'...
I once left it overnight but the following morning it was still erasing...
All the time the result is the same. A phone with crashing apps and no cellular network.
To answer your other question. I used fastboot to do a flash-all from the stock image from Google (image-hammerhead-ktu84p (4.4.4)).
Also did the manual version where I manual erase the partitions and flash them.
After this I get a working 4.4.4 with the exception that all Google apps crash (including Play etc, so the basic needs) and I have no cellular network.
Resulting in a useless phone.

The first output looks normal. Try and get it to that stage again so there is a successful flash, then try And fix persist partition as that has similar symptoms. Guide linked in my signature
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Thank you so much for your reply.
I followed this guide.
The repair did nothing so I entered:
Code:
make_ext4fs /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/persist
Since my dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name directory was empty is also did that same command for the cache:
Code:
make_ext4fs /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache
initially that looked like a good thing. The mounting error's where gone after i rebooted the phone.
But things took a turn for the worst. Where before i had a 50% chance on failing to erase the cache. I now have gained a 50% chance to fail at the writing stage.
Resulting in the device not being flash-able because there is more than one part that needs to be flashed.
Also, Philz is not usable. Although flashing states successful, It just won't boot into it. TWRP is the only thing that still works.
Did I do this myself by creating that cache bit? Or is corruption more likely?

Its hard to say. But I think it needs a professional repair now.
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I'm afraid you are right.
From what I'm reading on the internet, I'm very unfortunate. It seems that in almost all cases you can recover from a flash that has gone south.
Anyway, I'll give it one or two more tries and if it fails I will look if I can claim it under warranty.
Can you answer one more question. Was it a mistake to enter:
Code:
make_ext4fs /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache
Could this break things even further?
Thank you for all your help. It is much appreciated.

Dujinga said:
I'm afraid you are right.
From what I'm reading on the internet, I'm very unfortunate. It seems that in almost all cases you can recover from a flash that has gone south.
Anyway, I'll give it one or two more tries and if it fails I will look if I can claim it under warranty.
Can you answer one more question. Was it a mistake to enter:
Code:
make_ext4fs /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache
Could this break things even further?
Thank you for all your help. It is much appreciated.
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It cannot break things further. Have you tried dd zero out cache? If there is an I/O problem then that most certainly will break the dd command. You can also try to read back the cache partition with dd command to /data or to / if have enough space on / to confirm there are no I/O errors. If you havent find any I/O errors then I can imagine two things. Something got messed up in the gpt partition or the mmc is fauilty.

I'm a rookie, can you please explain how to "dd zero out" the cache?
P.S. I now have problems on other parts as well:
Code:
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.288s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 43.476s

Dujinga said:
I'm a rookie, can you please explain how to "dd zero out" the cache?
P.S. I now have problems on other parts as well:
Code:
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.288s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 43.476s
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Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p27
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Thank you for your reply. But running this command wil be a problem as it requiers Philz and ADB.
I can still flash Philz in the recovery, but it won't boot into the recovey afterwards
Guys, I want to thank you for all the help, but I'm giving up.
Gonna contact the supplier with the question how to resolve this issue.

Can't flash TWRP either?
What about
fastboot boot recovery.img
Where you don't flash but boot the recovery image from computer?
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Dujinga said:
I'm a rookie, can you please explain how to "dd zero out" the cache?
P.S. I now have problems on other parts as well:
Code:
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.288s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 43.476s
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rootSU said:
Can't flash TWRP either?
What about
fastboot boot recovery.img
Where you don't flash but boot the recovery image from computer?
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Pretty sure "FAILED (remote: flash write failure)" error means that the emmc is hosed.
It's best you claim warranty/insurance.
-Sent from a Lollipop'd Hammerhead!

Ok, so I flashed Philz again (btw TWRP always kept working but that one has a strange shell (limited)).
This time instead of booting straight into recovery after I flashed it, I turned it off and on again.
Now I could get into Philz.
So I ran:
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p27
Expecting it to fail, but this was the result:
Code:
dd: writing '/dev/block/mmcblk0p27': No space left on device
1433601+0 records in
1433600+0 records out
734003200 bytes (700.0MB) copied, 41.996465 seconds, 16.7MB/s
That seems OK to me
So I'm going to try a bit more. I already openend a case with the reseller though.
One way or another this will get resolved

I didn't see that error. Yes, hosed.
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The first time always failes, if I rerun command after a fail it succeeds (or it says it does).
Anayway this happens to all sections, but I start with the bootloader. Can't mess much around there because without the bootloader you are defenatly toast
Code:
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.287s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 43.477s
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.286s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.398s]
finished. total time: 0.692s
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.287s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 43.473s
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.286s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.398s]
finished. total time: 0.692s
So I tried to get into Philz again, but it is FUBAR again. I give up ...... can't stand it ..... argggghh

Dujinga said:
The first time always failes, if I rerun command after a fail it succeeds (or it says it does).
Anayway this happens to all sections, but I start with the bootloader. Can't mess much around there because without the bootloader you are defenatly toast
Code:
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.287s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 43.477s
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.286s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.398s]
finished. total time: 0.692s
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.287s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 43.473s
D:\Downloads\hammerhead 4.4.4>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hh
z11k.img
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.286s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.398s]
finished. total time: 0.692s
So I tried to get into Philz again, but it is FUBAR again. I give up ...... can't stand it ..... argggghh
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It's a wild goose chase mate. Do you even know what the error stands for? "Flash write failure" means the emmc is toast and hence nothing can be written on it. It's kinda become read only now. Even if the flash is successful, a quick reboot will roll everything back.
It's best you take it up with your seller and claim warranty. There;s nothing you can do.
Good luck!

I got the return instructions. Gonna mail it tommorow.
Once again a huge thanks to all of you guys. :good:

[Q] Error flashing 5.0 (LRX21O)

I downloaded the image from google and flashed it manually. I checked the MD5 and it is correct. At the end of flashing it give me a space error (see log below). Does anyone get this too or i did something wrong?
EDIT: follow the link posted by simms22 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/getting-memory-error-flashing-5-0-t2937800) i am able to get my phone to work. Pretty much we have to flash all the files manually. The link above have a modified script. Just follow instruction there. It took almost 5 mins to finish loading at the boot screen. Give it some time.
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
malloc: Not enough space
Cannot generate image.
FAILED ()
finished. total time: 117.363s
Press any key to exit...

Getting the same error. redownloaded, re-unzipped using different programs, always the same result.
sumasage said:
I downloaded the image from google and flashed it manually. I checked the MD5 and it is correct. At the end of flashing it give me a space error (see log below). Does anyone get this too or i did something wrong?
Bootloader Version...: HHZ12d
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.21
Serial Number........: 06d18290f0e96e6d
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.099s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.099s]
sending 'boot' (8852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.500s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.761s]
sending 'recovery' (9552 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.582s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.790s]
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.335s]
sending 'system' (981596 KB)...
OKAY [ 32.305s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 66.348s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 12.875s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29236371456
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
malloc: Not enough space
Cannot generate image.
FAILED ()
finished. total time: 117.363s
Press any key to exit...
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Flash the img's manually, the script is corrupt

i have the same problem but it rebooted and now its booting

what software did you use? nexus roo tolkit is not working.

vlc_marcos said:
what software did you use? nexus roo tolkit is not working.
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minimal adb fastboot toolkitt
you should copy the files to flash to the folder and click flashall

Boot.img
I keep doing it with the fastboot on my phone and extracting the file from the zipped file and dropping them in to the platform tools and hitting flash-all batch file
and this in the pic is what I get everytime

Does your phone boot?

sumasage said:
Does your phone boot?
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yes it boots

Same problem here

yes mine boots as well but it just doesn't get beyond the missing boot.img error

cpvm said:
i have the same problem but it rebooted and now its booting
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what did you do to fix it?
I copied all the files to the platform-tool (fastboot location) and ran the flash-all.bat script

all you guys are searching for a fix, but it seems as the far majority arent even looking.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/getting-memory-error-flashing-5-0-t2937800

sumasage said:
what did you do to fix it?
I copied all the files to the platform-tool (fastboot location) and ran the flash-all.bat script
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then press power button to reboot, then the phone will do a factory reset and it should boot normally.

I read someone suggested to update your SDK. Has anyone done this and still got the error?

Guys, don't use a tool kit. Just download the image, extract it then when booted into the bootloader with your device connected to your pc double click the flash-all.bat
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the script errors out just like the n9 release you need to manually flash the partitions with fastboot to everyone thats having issues.

me too
Buckii said:
I keep doing it with the fastboot on my phone and extracting the file from the zipped file and dropping them in to the platform tools and hitting flash-all batch file
and this in the pic is what I get everytime
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i had seen the state like that too.

I flashed the images manually through fastboot. After that, I booted into stock recovery and factory reset the phone. Booted up with no problems.

Stuck on boot animation after resetting to stock

Hi,
A friend asked me to look at his Nexus 5.
It seemed as though his son was trying to flash a custom rom but somewhere along the way things went wrong and it got stuck on the boot animation.
I tried resetting it to factory using this thread.
Followed method 2 and finished it up with "Wipe data/factory data" reset. I did not however relock the boot loader.
I used the factory image 6.0.1 (MMB29S).
Everything went well, no errors, but even after doing all that the phone is still stuck on the boot animation. I tried redoing the "Wipe data/factory data" reset, but the phone is still stuck on boot animation.
I left for around 20 minutes with no change.
All the other threads I have read seem to indicate doing the "wipe data/factory data" reset should correct this issue but it hasn't seemed to help.
I also found this thread. The last post could possibly be another option.
Is there anything I can try? or is there a log I can look?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

Boot the phone into fastboot and flash the userdata.img from the stock rom to the phone using the following command: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img. After flashing, boot into stock recovery using the volume and power button, wipe data and cache, reboot.

audit13 said:
Boot the phone into fastboot and flash the userdata.img from the stock rom to the phone using the following command: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img. After flashing, boot into stock recovery using the volume and power button, wipe data and cache, reboot.
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Thanks for the reply.
I did as you suggested, unfortunately I am still stuck on boot animation.
Output from command
Code:
c:\image-hammerhead-mmb29s>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 8.014s]
sending 'userdata' (137318 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.510s]
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 9.149s]
finished. total time: 21.673s
I was just looking at the contents of the zip I downloaded from the developer site. The data stamps on the images seem old. Most date back to 2009. Perhaps I have downloaded the wrong files?

Did the userdata.img file come from the mmb29s ROM? After flashing, did you immediately boot into recovery and perform a factory wipe?

audit13 said:
Did the userdata.img file come from the mmb29s ROM? After flashing, did you immediately boot into recovery and perform a factory wipe?
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Yes the userdata.img did come from the mmb29s ROM. I have no other ROM files downloaded.
Yes I did I believe, if I recall correctly, these were my steps:
Booted phone into fastboot by pressing the power and down volume key
flashed the userdata.img using the command provided
Used the volume rocket to select "Recovery"
When the dead Android appeared I pressed the power button and up volume rocker to display the menu
Proceeded to the option to wipe and reset data
Rebooted the phone
I am pretty sure those were the steps I used.
Should I have rebooted first before going directly into Recovery?

Yup, those are the proper steps.
When you wiped in recovery, did you see a line at the bottom that said something like "invalid format" or "could not mount" just before the data and cache partitions were formatted?

audit13 said:
Yup, those are the proper steps.
When you wiped in recovery, did you see a line at the bottom that said something like "invalid format" or "could not mount" just before the data and cache partitions were formatted?
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No I didn't notice any error messages unfortunately.
And I don't recall seeing any error messages during any of the other steps I have performed.
The commands all seem to successfully execute with no errors.
Does it at all make sense for me to go back and completely redo all the steps from the tutorial in my first post?
I can post the outputs from all the commands if you think that would at all be helpful?

I personally use method 1. Method 1 will cause the phone to reboot after flashing each partition and will probably cause the phone to be stuck at the boot logo. Press and hold the power button to force the phone to shut down. After finishing method 1, boot into fastboot mode and type these fastboot commands:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Boot into recovery. At the bottom of the screen, you should see the statement "E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)". Choose the wipe data/factory reset option, then select wipe cache partition, and reboot.

audit13 said:
I personally use method 1. Method 1 will cause the phone to reboot after flashing each partition and will probably cause the phone to be stuck at the boot logo. Press and hold the power button to force the phone to shut down. After finishing method 1, boot into fastboot mode and type these fastboot commands:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Boot into recovery. At the bottom of the screen, you should see the statement "E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)". Choose the wipe data/factory reset option, then select wipe cache partition, and reboot.
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Okay perfect. I will give method 1 a try tonight (I am unfortunately at work right now).
I will report back tonight... hopefully with good news

audit13 said:
I personally use method 1. Method 1 will cause the phone to reboot after flashing each partition and will probably cause the phone to be stuck at the boot logo. Press and hold the power button to force the phone to shut down. After finishing method 1, boot into fastboot mode and type these fastboot commands:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Boot into recovery. At the bottom of the screen, you should see the statement "E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)". Choose the wipe data/factory reset option, then select wipe cache partition, and reboot.
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Sorry for the late reply on this.
I got around to doing the steps above.
Unfortunately I am still stuck on the boot animation screen.
Here is the output from the commands I ran
Code:
C:\Temp\hammerhead-mmb29s-factory-6bfcdfa4\hammerhead-mmb29s>flash-all.bat
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3120 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.297s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.500s]
finished. total time: 0.797s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.063s]
finished. total time: 0.078s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45425 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.540s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 3.125s]
finished. total time: 4.665s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.063s]
finished. total time: 0.063s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor.img'
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 13725835264
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8144
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 3351034
Block groups: 103
Reserved block group size: 823
Created filesystem with 11/838832 inodes and 93654/3351034 blocks
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: HHZ12k
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.28
Serial Number........:
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.094s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.109s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.094s]
sending 'boot' (9154 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.500s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.781s]
sending 'recovery' (10012 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.562s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.828s]
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.297s]
sending 'system' (1020413 KB)...
OKAY [ 32.163s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 69.508s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 8.326s]
sending 'userdata' (137318 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.500s]
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 9.138s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.672s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.625s]
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.078s]
rebooting...
finished. total time: 130.775s
Press any key to exit...
////// -------- AFTER COMPLETE POWER OFF AND REBOOT -------- \\\\\\\\
C:\Temp\hammerhead-mmb29s-factory-6bfcdfa4\hammerhead-mmb29s\image-hammerhead-mmb29s>fastboot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.625s]
finished. total time: 0.641s
C:\Temp\hammerhead-mmb29s-factory-6bfcdfa4\hammerhead-mmb29s\image-hammerhead-mmb29s>fastboot erase userdata
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 8.384s]
finished. total time: 8.399s
C:\Temp\hammerhead-mmb29s-factory-6bfcdfa4\hammerhead-mmb29s\image-hammerhead-mmb29s>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 8.220s]
sending 'userdata' (137318 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.516s]
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 9.156s]
finished. total time: 21.892s
Everything seemed to go okay.
Does everything in the output above look okay?

Everything looks fine. Did you boot into recovery and perform a factory wipe after flashing userdata.img?

audit13 said:
Everything looks fine. Did you boot into recovery and perform a factory wipe after flashing userdata.img?
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Yes I did do that and did the clear of the cache as well since it posted that error message like you said it would.
So I did both as you explained.
I took a picture of the phone itself after the userdata wipe.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k05s06avrha1lfv/IMG_20160206_153435.jpg?dl=0

Hmm, I'm not sure what is wrong because you did exactly what I do every time I need to fix a bootloop.

audit13 said:
Hmm, I'm not sure what is wrong because you did exactly what I do every time I need to fix a bootloop.
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Well that sucks!
I had read that in some cases this can be caused by a hardware issue. Any chance it could be that?
Btw, the links I provided to the stock Google images, were they the correct images?

These are the stock images: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerhead
Did you try flashing a stock 4.4.2 or 5.01 image too?

audit13 said:
These are the stock images: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerhead
Did you try flashing a stock 4.4.2 or 5.01 image too?
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hi,
sorry for my late reply. I got sick and just didn't have it in me to try anything new.
I tried flashing 5.0.1 tonight and unfortunately wound up in another boot loop. I will have to try the steps again where you manually reflash userdata. Hopefully I will have time tomorrow!

Hi
My phone has the exact same problem as stated by OP. I even tried flashing kitkat and lollipop but the problem persist. The phone still stuck at boot animation screen. PLS help.

Boot into ffastboot, relock the bootloader, and then reboot into fastboot. Does the bootloader remain unlocked?

audit13 said:
Boot into ffastboot, relock the bootloader, and then reboot into fastboot. Does the bootloader remain unlocked?
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The bootloader is now locked. Still, I can't boot the phone completely. stuck at Google boot animation.

At this point, I would conclude that something is wrong with the memory chip.

no command & no drivers

hello
my phone stuck on the circles dots that spins i gave it like 30 mints and nothing, when i try to plug it in the PC i dont have the drivers and when i try to get in the recovery mode i get the no command massage
i really dont know what to do now...
ty for your help

When you boot to recovery, you don't see the dead android on his back?

when i try to get to recovery i see the dead android with no command
but i have access to boot loader (not really helping)

When you see the dead android, press and hold power button, then press volume up.

audit13 said:
When you see the dead android, press and hold power button, then press volume up.
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together or one after another?
what i should see?

One after the other and it will take you I to stock recovery.

ok got to there
when i try to make wipe i get stuck and the the died android get flashing(same as cache)

What happens when you factory wipe? How do you get back to the android?

when i factory wipe i see the dead android flashing like every 5 sec for 1 mili sec
and if i want to get back to boot loader or something else i press power button and up\down
i think its the cache that doing the problem becuas when i do the factory rest its saying:
--Wiping data...
formatting \data...(1-2 minuts wait)
formatting \cache...
after 5 sec flashing of dead android
and if i do wipe of cache i get the flashing like 5 sec after...

Try flashing a stock rom via fastboot. Make sure to perform a factory wipe before booting the rom for the first time.

audit13 said:
Try flashing a stock rom via fastboot. Make sure to perform a factory wipe before booting the rom for the first time.
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how can i flash a rom if i dont have any drivers and the Pc dont recognize the phone when i press on "update from ADB"...?

Did you install the drivers before connecting the phone? You can't use stock recovery to flash a stock rom, you use fastboot mode.
Have you tried different USB cables, USB ports, computers, and operating systems? Is the bootloader unlocked?

ok so this is the deal with the phone.
i didn't touch this phone for the last 3 mounts and now i am thinking to buy new one or to fix this(prefer to fix).
the pc that i am using dont have the driver and the phone wont start(stuck in loop-dots circle) so i cant really install the drivers properly.
the phone is unlock-root dont remember if it have superuser and i cant think of a way to fix it
i dont have fast boot mode
thank you for your help i realy need him alive

Not sure how the phone can't have fastboot mode. What happens when you try to boot into fastboot mode?

i got the driver on the PC and tryed to install the factory rom
after he finished the phone starts to go up but still stuck on the circle dots(waited all day)
after that tried to wipe again and nothing..

After flashing the stock ROM, boot back into fastboot mode, flash userdata.img file, immediately boot into recovery from fastboot mode, perform a factory wipe, reboot.

"flash userdata.img file, immediately boot into recovery from fast boot mode"
need more info for that please its new to me...
how i can flash it if i dont have recovery mode?
i am using nrt program to install the images, if you have any other why i would like to know

just tried Flashing the factory images using method 1 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
but no success. got this error in the cmd line, GOT any suggestions?
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (2506 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.284s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote flash write failure)
finished. total time 0.490s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.106s]
finished. total time 0.109s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (42033 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.496s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote flash write failure)
finished. total time 2.725s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.102s]
finished. total time 0.104s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor.img'
Creating filesystem with parameters
Size 13725835264
Block size 4096
Blocks per group 32768
Inodes per group 8144
Inode size 256
Journal blocks 32768
Label
Blocks 3351034
Block groups 103
Reserved block group size 823
Created filesystem with 11838832 inodes and 936543351034 blocks
Creating filesystem with parameters
Size 734003200
Block size 4096
Blocks per group 32768
Inodes per group 7472
Inode size 256
Journal blocks 2800
Label
Blocks 179200
Block groups 6
Reserved block group size 47
Created filesystem with 1144832 inodes and 5813179200 blocks
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version... HHZ12h
Baseband Version..... M8974A-2.0.50.2.26
Serial Number........ 04b3d59122d76e25
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
checking version-bootloader...
FAILED
Device version-bootloader is 'HHZ12h'.
Update requires 'HHZ11d'.
finished. total time 0.547s
Press any key to exit...

Is the bootloader unlocked before the flashed process starts?

the phone is ulocked and if i try to get in bootloader i get the died android, in the prosses of the flash of the factory imege the phone stayes in the same state(in fastboot) after its finished i get all the failers and then the phone restarts and stuck on the dots spin

NEXUS 5 Stuck @ Boot Animation, Possible EMMC Failure?

Hi guys,
I woke up to find my Nexus off, still plugged in, which was strange. When i tried to turn it on, the Google Logo appeared, then the 4 Dots as per Marshmallow Boot animation...only they remained there 35 mins after I attempted to put on the phone.
I figured something was up with the boot, so I left it for a while after restarting, but and it was still stuck.
Since then I've tried reloading Stock Roms, (From KitKat to Marshmallow), installing custom recovery and trying anything I could find online to try to get this to work, but sadly I haven't been able to.
If i try to Reset, I get failed messages on some partitions.
I'll attach some logs showing the messages from some of these attempts.
Can anyone assist or help diagnose?
Attempt at Flashing KitKat with Nexus Root Toolkit
Flash Stock + Unroot [WugFresh Development]
------------------------------------------------------------------
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.285s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.487s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.129s]
finished. total time: 0.130s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45409 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.627s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 2.854s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.119s]
finished. total time: 0.120s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'boot' (8700 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.494s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.733s]
finished. total time: 1.230s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.211s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.629s]
writing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 1.023s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (9284 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.504s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.687s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.115s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 13725835264
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8144
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 3351034
Block groups: 103
Reserved block group size: 823
Created filesystem with 11/838832 inodes and 93654/3351034 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'userdata'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.186s
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: failed to erase partition)
finished. total time: 0.214s
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.003s
If you require more information, ask and I will provide where I can.

did you try to flash the factory image?
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Terfysgol said:
did you try to flash the factory image?
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Yup, I tried flashing Stock Roms aka Factory Images for KitKat, Lollipop and Marshmallow as indicated in my original post.

Did you flash the userdata.img file and immediately boot to recovery to perform a factory wipe before booting the rom for the first time?

audit13 said:
Did you flash the userdata.img file and immediately boot to recovery to perform a factory wipe before booting the rom for the first time?
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I did, and this also produces the Fails as before.

Could be a failed emmc issue.
If erasing the cachce, userdata, and factory reset don't work, it doesn't look good for the memory chip.

audit13 said:
Could be a failed emmc issue.
If erasing the cachce, userdata, and factory reset don't work, it doesn't look good for the memory chip.
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I'm beginning to think this may be the case

Have you got an old nandroid that you know that works?
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I had similar issue but at least I could boot into bootloader to do this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
I had the failed also then went to step 2 and did that:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash bootloader C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\system.img
fastboot flash userdata C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\userdata.img
(Note: this command will wipe your device (including \sdcard), EVEN if your bootloader is already unlocked.)
fastboot flash boot C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\boot.img
fastboot flash recovery C:\image-hammerhead-krt16m\recovery.img
*tip* Substitute lastest images by dragging and dropping them into cmd window, tip** hit arrow up on keypad to enter in last text to save a bunch of typing
It took FOREVER to boot but it did come back. BUT I have weird fc's and rando0m turn offs so I suspect new phone is coming.
I did phone the google and they connected me with LG for a repair option which will come back in max 9 days but I think even 100 bucks or whatever the cost ( they will phone with tally ) is more than the phone is worth.
Read the whole of the link I sent and Thank abaaaabbbb63 for his work
YMMV HTH
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