I have an unlocked HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus imported from the UK to the US. Ordered from Negri Electronics.
It's not rooted or modded in any way.. Mainly because I don't know how to. As far as I know, it's running stock ICS.
I was using it normally, (using the fb messenger app if it makes any difference) when it suddenly rebooted by itself. The Google logo comes up, then the start up animation, and sometimes the home screen will appear but is not touch sensitive (i cannot slide it to unlock), and then it 'hangs' and the screen goes black. Repeat.
I've tried to fix this by myself and there's a video on youtube (sorry, noob here. can't post links. video is by robbidwv and title is "my galaxy nexus won't boot..") of the same problem that I have, but the posted solution doesn't work for me.
So far, I have entered Coin Mode and pressed Start. Entered Fastboot mode and gone into Recovery Mode (no options appear after that. it just starts booting up and the loop begins), and I've also tried Restart Bootloader.
I've almost given up. Now all I want is to extract my SMS, if they're still on my phone. I can't access the folders on my computer because it won't boot up and connect. Is there a way that I can extract my SMS by using DOS in either Coin Mode or Fastboot mode?
Or even better, does anyone have a solution to this boot loop problem? I'll contact Negri Electronics tomorrow and hopefully they can send me a replacement.
Please help!! Thanks
that problem just started happening with me an hour ago!!
i hate this!!
we need a solution please!
Hey guys, sorry about the issue.the major problem I see here is you wanting to retrieve your txt messages, which might be possible with a little Modding, but if yourwilling to lose them to get a working phone back, then this is what your going to have to do. Make sure your phone is completely off. Hold the 2 volume buttons and the power button together. You will get into a mode with an android Guy. Press the volume button up or down until it says reboot recovery at the top. Press the power button. It will rebootand come to a screen with an android. Hold volume up,down and power at the same time. A menu will come up. Go down to wipe data. Click it, and after it is done reboot. Your phone should work now.
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Hey!
Thanks. Yeah I 'fixed' it already. I was just about to post something similar. After a while I just gave up on trying to recover my data. Good thing that Google syncs everything so the only issue would be recovering my messages, which I decided weren't worth sending it in for a repair which would probably not be able to recover anything anyway.
The thing I didn't know about was to press power + volume up WHILE on the recovery screen. I thought navigating to the recovery screen was it!
Still, this kind of sucks. I love my GNex, but I can't help but be slightly pissed seeing that my crappy iPhone 3GS never did this in the 2 years I had it. Oh well, hope it doesn't happen again!
hey guys! i also did a complete wipe on my phone and got it working again!
but i wonder why this happened in the first place?
last application i installed before the crash was double twist, i dunno why but i feel that it was the reason behind the boot loop!
Sorry for reviving this thread, but I just had this happen to me TWICE!
It happened to me first last Monday, the 23rd - the phone crashed when trying to send an email with an attachment - and went into a boot loop - Google logo would appear, no make it to the animation, and reboot....
I performed a full reset and things worked again. I didn't install all the apps I had before - figuring it must have been due to some app messing with the OS.
Well, it happened again to me yesterday! I was connecting to my bluetooth headset when the phone crashed and went into the boot loop. Full reset worked again, and I've installed even fewer apps - essentially only those that I use on a daily basis.
My phone is still on 4.0.1 and I'm hoping once 4.0.4 is pushed this may get resolved? I have a canadian GNex from Negri. I will call them again (I called the first time, but when the full reset worked I never contacted them again).
I would like to this this is a software issues, and not hardware.
I have the same problem. If you figure it out let me know.
Today my phone also entered a boot loop: [Google logo]->[black screen]->[vibration]->[Repeat]
I tried Recovery Mode, but this is what happens: (sorry for the link but I am not trusted with powerful tools such as outside links apparently, as I have not yet reached the maturity of a person with eight posts... )
dl(dot)dropbox(dot)com/u/53568097/Android.jpg
This is what I see when I navigate to Recovery Mode
For a split second I can see an image of an Android with spinning cogs in his innards, but then this little sad fellow appears. WTF is this?
EDIT:
Oh, and I'm running Android stock 4.0.2, never rooted or unlocked, Swedish. At the time when the phone started doing this, I was using Endomondo, and was about to set off on my bike when it died on me.
Stock ROM galaxy nexus bootlooping after wiping data also.
Hi,
My GNex went into a bootloop so i searched xda and found that factory reseting would be helping my prob. But after wiping the data also its still in going through the loop . Please help .:crying:
I wanted to solve this problem on my own but after almost 6 hours I just can't figure it out. Its either totally bricked or I'm just missing something simple. I've seen many people complain about this problem but none of them seem to have had the same problem I do. Thing is I was just really starting to love the way I had the phone set up. DAMN!
I used this thread to root: (CF)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/help/q-root-galaxy-s5-sport-sm-860p-t2859473
SPRINT GALAXY S5 SPORT SM-G860P
Android 4.4
I had CW recovery installed
(wish I had more info about the software)
Here's whats happening:
START
(vibrate)
RECOVERY BOOTING...
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
(Also on Screen are the logos)
Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport
Powered by Android
This stays on for about 10 seconds.
Then blank screen (2 seconds)
(vibrate)
Screen still blank (2 seconds)
REPEAT (Auto reboot and goes back to start)
Other notes:
Trying to boot into recovery (home+vol up+power) Nothing Happens
Try to power off and nothing happens.
Pulled battery, did the 30 sec and restarted no change.
I have all updated usb drivers.
Odin will not see the device because its not on long enough. (Kies didn't see it either.)
Plug into PC via usb - Nothing Happens, device doesn't even show up because its not on long enough (win 8.1 and 7)
Pull battery to get it to stop, once battery goes back in, it auto starts again.
I TRIED AS MANY SD CARD / BATTERY/USB CABLE/POWER CABLE/BATTERY PULL/BUTTON COMBINATIONS AS I COULD FIND ONLINE AND THEN SOME. No Luck with anything.
I know this isn't a "help desk" I just wanted to give as much info as possible hoping to help you help me!
Please point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
Try to hard-reset your phone. There is a button combination for that., search it over the internet.
Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately the hard reset combo does nothing. I've tried every button combination that I have been able to find with no luck. Factory reset, hard reset, etc. etc. no luck. I've also searched for a possible "hidden" button underneath the back cover or something of the like...nothing.
hmmmm
At least, it is not hard-bricked. So there is hope.
Have you checked if it is entering the download mode? If not, then try it. You can use this mode to flash file via the PC.
Check this link
It worked! Obviously I didn't search or try as many things as I thought I did. : / I can't thank you enough! wow. Amazing!
Thread closed.
I have looked through the forum threads and all over the internet im sure I might have missed it but.. I have a Kobo Arc 7 (which I loooove!) I rooted it and got rid of the kobo apps to give me some room but... I did the bone head thing of deleting the tapestry file which I believe is what shows you the icons for the applications, all that I see when I restart my kobo is the time the drop down and the 3 icons at the bottom. I had the usb debug on but I think I turned it off. I have tried to use the adb function in the system (when you hold down lower volume and power on) and used other roms that errors during the adb slideload ?? cannt remember the name now. doing a factory reset doesn't do anything neither does clearing the cache.
any suggestions?? even if extreme lol if its dead its dead but would mind doing something with it.
Thanks for any suggestions in advance
Hi guys looking for some advice for some problems I am experiencing with my Tesco Hudl 2. I was directed here by a friend of my mothers, so I am new here. I have searched and searched for a possible solution and haven't had any luck however I sincerely apologise if this question has already been asked.
So onto my problem I have a roughly 2 year old Hudl, other than the current problem it is in good condition, never been out the case or dropped and I haven't rooted it. This is the first problem I have had. A few months ago a friend was using it and despite me telling her not to, she played some Facebook games on it. After that it started coming up with crash reports and error messages and within a few hours was switching itself off. I had a quick search for some help at the time but as I have very little experience with android devices and couldn't find any kind of help I switched it off and left it at that. I realise now being switched off for that few months may not have helped.
Yesterday I tried switching it on to see if I could get it working, on switching it on with a full charge, it goes as far as the powered by android logo, sits for a minute, switches off and then tries again. I have attempted to perform a reset using the power button only, this done nothing.
I also attempted to bring up the Android system recovery menu using the power and volume up buttons. This brought up and error message stating that the 'efi hard drive boot failed', the next error message was 'no bootable device, hit any key' '[ok]', from here I can do nothing. The touch screen and the volume buttons are unresponsive.
Holding the power button eventually powers off the device.
I know this means that my boot partition is corrupted as I have previously performed boot partition fixes on a pc when a Linux clean install went haywire but I have very limited Android experience. The advice I received was that I have to factory reset the device and install a new copy of my boot partition, using abd on my laptop and to come here to XDA-developers forum for help with the process. I am using a windows 7 laptop currently. To be honest I don't know where to start and any advice would be hugely appreciated! Thanks in advance and sorry about length!
Hey guys,
I spent about 2 days reading through every piece of guide I can find in here to resolve my issue and now, here I am. So the thing that started this whole pileup is that I did a cache and dalvik wipe. After which it booted to till the bootanimation and stayed there............Forever. I understand this is fixable, but here is the real problem. My volume button doesn't work. So I cannot go into recovery or download mode (download mode was accessible for a while until that button failed too). So then I tried rebooting with adb. But then it says that the device in unauthorized (I remember that the USB debugging option was set to ON a long time ago). In a desperate attempt to fix things, I opened the phone and checked out the volume buttons to see if anything can be done. The buttons are like fully damaged from the wear and tear over the years and I'm not just talking about the button but also the contacts. It still boots up to the bootscreen. At this point I'm only interested in getting my data back. My last backup was done a month ago.
Can someone please help me?