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Trying to Unbrick Nexus 7, stuck in Recovery Mode

Hi there,
I just bought the newest version of the Nexus 7 the other day, and decided I'd like to root it since I never bothered to with my old one. Big mistake. I followed what seemed like really simple instructions online, but after doing everything it said, my tablet is stuck in reboot mode. At first, it would show the Google symbol when I turned it on, with the little unlocked padlock at the bottom. Then it would show the circular colour symbol that would just keep moving -- no matter how long I left my tablet on it would just stay in this mode. Most things I've researched online so far just say "easy fix, go into fastboot mode and it will go back to normal". My problem is that sometimes it doesn't even let me see that screen, so I have to hold the power and volume button down several times in a row to see anything. Sometimes it will go straight to the Google symbol. When it finally did work, I pressed 'Recovery Mode' and the Google symbol appeared, this time without the padlock underneath it. Now it has switched from the circular colour symbol to the X colour symbol, but it still won't go past this. Also when I first reboot it, it shows the dead Android after the Google symbol, then a minute or so later the coloured X will appear.
Anyone know how to help? I've also read about restoring to factory settings and downloading all of these mirror images, but frankly I haven't found a solid 'how-to' yet. I am a Mac user so please only reply with someone I can fix with compatible software.
If anyone could help me this I would really appreciate it. I am stubborn and this will drive me nuts until I find a solution.

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Hi - i am a newbie to Android and have purchased a Galaxy S7 edge that is running a Samsung authorised Nougat Beta. Forgive me if this is wrong thread but help would be appreciated.
The phone still has 16 months warranty.
I spent a day configuring apps and understanding how to adjust settings etc and was really pleased with how well i had done and with phone and OS. i deliberately left it overnight with a low charge after my days work to see if any charge would be left overnight. Unsurprisingly there was not so had to recharge and boot up from fully powered down. When it came back to life i discovered that under these circumstances the fingerprint reader does not work and the password was required. There in was first problem as password was not recognised. i know 99.99% its the correct one as i use it on another secure site and am pretty sure when setting up Android Pay i needed to enter it to verify fingerprint reading option.
after a lot of head scratching and trying all amnner of variables and alternatives gave up and opted for factory reset. Pressing the combination of 3 buttons did nothing although my understanding was that it should be from a powered off state which was impossible to achieve as power button would only put phone into standby with date and time displayed on black screen. i eventually found 3 button press using volume down gave me a screen which seems to be downloading new software which i am guessing is new version of OS. its been doing it for over an hour now with no clue as to what progress.
can anyone give me ideas how to get phone back to life.
many thanks

pjn130752 said:
Hi - i am a newbie to Android and have purchased a Galaxy S7 edge that is running a Samsung authorised Nougat Beta. Forgive me if this is wrong thread but help would be appreciated.
The phone still has 16 months warranty.
I spent a day configuring apps and understanding how to adjust settings etc and was really pleased with how well i had done and with phone and OS. i deliberately left it overnight with a low charge after my days work to see if any charge would be left overnight. Unsurprisingly there was not so had to recharge and boot up from fully powered down. When it came back to life i discovered that under these circumstances the fingerprint reader does not work and the password was required. There in was first problem as password was not recognised. i know 99.99% its the correct one as i use it on another secure site and am pretty sure when setting up Android Pay i needed to enter it to verify fingerprint reading option.
after a lot of head scratching and trying all amnner of variables and alternatives gave up and opted for factory reset. Pressing the combination of 3 buttons did nothing although my understanding was that it should be from a powered off state which was impossible to achieve as power button would only put phone into standby with date and time displayed on black screen. i eventually found 3 button press using volume down gave me a screen which seems to be downloading new software which i am guessing is new version of OS. its been doing it for over an hour now with no clue as to what progress.
can anyone give me ideas how to get phone back to life.
many thanks
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*1 Force restart: “If your device is unresponsive, press and hold the Power key and the Volume down key simultaneously for more than 7 seconds to restart it.”
Factory reset:
Switch off your Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 edge completely.
Boot into Galaxy S7 recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up, Home and Power keys at the same time. (Works alswo in the moment the phone force restarts by the method *1 described before)
Release all three buttons when Samsung Galaxy S7 screen flickers and you see a warning sign.
Press Volume Up to continue to the main screen of Recovery mode.

L80+ Bello D331 (android ver. 4.4.2) stuck on "Just a sec..." loading screen

L80+ Bello D331 (android ver. 4.4.2) stuck on "Just a sec..." loading screen
Hello, I'm new to the community! :good:
I like to mess around with my old phones and LG Bello wasn't an exception. In this case what I did was root it using KingRoot, only to years later remove KingRoot (therefore root) from the phone. Afterwards I did a factory reset and now I'm stuck with the problem stated in the title-- after setting up my Google account the "Just a sec..." screen will pop up and it'll stay that way. I can go back to the previous settings before the "Just a sec..." screen but that's about it, it still won't let me access the phone's actual content.
I've done factory resets with this phone several times without any issues and I'm really confused on what the problem here is, but I'm assuming it's something to do with root being removed. I would try using PC to reinstall the corresponding ROM but there's another issue which is entirely my fault: the phone's volume buttons won't function anymore because I dropped it forever ago, therefore there is no way for me to access recovery mode (which normally would be accessed via pressing down the power button + the volume down button).
Pretty much what I want to know is if there is any way to salvage the phone at this point. If there isn't I don't really mind as, again, this is an old phone I didn't really use for much. But it'd still suck if there is absolutely no way for me to get it fixed.
Thank you in advance! ​

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I've got solutions for you:
1) You could replace the power, volume up down buttons by ordering a replacement part online (ebay, i'm not sure if amazon is selling it, ifixit etc.)
2) You can continue without the Google acc and then go to Chrome without logging in and install the KingRoot APK.
Regards,
Logilype​

Black screen except for camera? J7 Crown. no USB debugging. Recovery mode access

Situation: Samsung Galaxy J7 Crown. Never messed with. USB Debugging not enabled No special permissions (no ADB). I am able to access the Android Recovery screen. Obviously wipe cache partition didn't help, nor Lacking storage booting. Other than the Recovery and download screen: I get the Power/Restart icons when booted normally. Reset works, but power doesn't turn the phone off. No phone calls, Yes notifications. Camera from lock screen comes on (triple click on home button) and touch screen works.
I've tried to trace out the lock pattern in the hopes its still working outside this specific situation. No indication that it is.
All i want is a few sentimental pictures. Although after an entire day of frustration, finding out that the only thing that works is the camera is kinda funny and ironic.
Ive looked on XDA forums, but I'm having no luck w/ exact situation, although I'm sure someone has been in the same situation or similar enough.
Spent all day looking at options (Odin?) and nothing looks like it would work out for me.
Knowing the camera works, makes me hopeful that a mirror would work? No reaction to lock screen pattern makes me think not.
Additional (maybe irrelevant) info. Shows up on home WiFi while Find My Mobile said it was offline (makes sense with Notifications/no calls)
Any advice? Just point me in the right direction if there is one.
If not i hope you appreciate the Irony here. Thanks
(I used to be not so bad tech support, but haven't been keeping up as of late, and today was a painful reminder. Take pity on me.)

Black Screen Except Camera - Galaxy J7 Crown
Hey there anick22! I was so glad to see a search result with something referencing the camera working, on an otherwise completely black screen! I was super bummed to see that noone had replied to your plea for help with this insane problem!! I hope you found a solution by now!!
My 2 month old Galaxy J7 Crown suddenly went black on me one day, and it didn't happen as a result of a drop, or spill, or any other damage. I don't recall having put any new or different apps on it, recently, either.
The triple click of the Home button does open the camera, and the screen lights right up, perfectly. It takes it's usual beautiful pics, and I'm able to use all of the camera functions. I'm even able to view any photos I took during that particular session, buy not any prior pics, because I'm unable to unlock the phone.
"Hey Google!!" also reacts, and will display the result of any question that I may ask it, but I'm unable to go into the answers, without the ability to unlock my phone.
I have been able to get the phone into safe mode, while attempting to power it off, by pressing the power button, and then tapping on "power off" (although this hasn't worked every time I've tried). While in safe mode, "safe mode" is displayed in the bottom left hand corner, but nothing else appears on the screen.
Upon powering up the phone, all of the normal things happen. It shows "Samsung" and goes on to the blue screen to show the "Trac Fone" logo, but once the phone is booted up, the screen is black!!
PLEASE tell me that you were able to find a solution to this!!! I went and purchased a new Moto G7, (since I had a Droid Turbo 2 in the past, and it was amazing!!), and I'm beyond ready to get back to my J7 Crown!! PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks so much!!!
By the way, I'm a newbie here, as If you couldn't tell!!

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 G355M stuck on "samsung" screen

Greetings!! before anything else, my english is pretty basic so apologies for murdering the language.
This morning i found my very old and beloved Samsung Galaxy Core 2 G355M turned off, i thought the battery depleted during night for leaving some app open like steam or chrome, anyway this happened so many times in the past so i just plugged the phone to charger, turned on and it was stuck on "samsung" screen for more than 2-3 minuteS, that was very unusual and it never happened before so i restarted hoping it was just some random malfunction but nope, the phone still stuck in that samsung screen.
I removed the battery and that didn't fixed it, neither removing the SIM card/chip and/or MicroSD.
I watched some videos (and dozens of websites) about the "hard reset" method pressing and holding home button, power button and volume up button... let me show you exactly what i mean with a couple of videos in spanish, the model they have is the exact same as mine the G355M.
then, what's the problem? well when i do it, my phone shows the green android robot with a red warning sign and then it just restarts, no matter how many times i've tried, soon as the little android guy shows up, the phone restarts, it doesn't show the "android system recovery options" like you can see in the videos above.
BUT WAIT!!! i kept trying and sometimes android succesfully loads (no system recovery tho) and then im at phone initial configuration options, you know, with some "welcome" screen, when it asks for your name, google account, samsung account, wi-fi connection and all that stuff you must fill with a brand new device. I thought the "hard reset" worked somehow but nope, now the next problem is that several android and google services crash while doing this "initial configuration" and sometimes the phone restarts itself and if it doesn't i can't continue because those "services" were crucial and the phone stays in some infinite loop trying to validate either wi-fi connection, google account or my name.
What do you thing happened with this phone? it was working just fine last night, i woke up and saw it was turned off then this permanent "samsung" screen.
Is there any PC software that can access the internal memory or fix the entire phone? maybe i can save some old SMS messages or stuff stored there which now is locked or deleted (coz i did this "hard reset?")
I know nothing about flashing, odin3 and that sort of stuff but im very familiar with PC stuff so i guess thats the only thing lef to do, mess around with the phone, there's too much info around so id appreaciate if you guys point me in the right direction (odin3 tutorial, trusty websites with firmwares, roms and that stuff for ancient samsung devices). Meanwhile gonna read everything about odin and how to flash, thx in advance.
BTW this user had almost the same problem like me...
Samsung Galaxy Core 2 (SM-G355M) - Recovery mode does not work.
Helo! I'm new here at FORUM. In a desperate attempt I decided to create an account here and try to solve my problem with a Samsung device. It all started when I received a Samsung Galaxy Core 2 device to fix. It is stuck on the Samsung screen...
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