[Q] Recovery Mode Wipe data/factory reset loops after a while. What to do?

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johnajen

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Dec 22, 2010
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I experienced the infamous boot loop problem on my Nexus 5. I'm running stock android, and it started after the battery was depleted overnight - and after I recharged the phone.

First I tried to to just clear the cache in Recovery Mode. It went into a long loop where every other second a flash would appear on screen with the 'No Command' screen. I decided to abort that after 30 minutes and try a Wipe data/factory reset in recovery mode.

It seems to work fine in the beginning, but after a while it begins with the same loop, where it occasionally shows the 'No Command' screen.

Seems like there is broken hardware - or do you have any ideas what the reason may be and how to amend it?
 

Rip95

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Try to reflash all stuff with google factory images and check if your problems still exist.
 
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vin4yak

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What do you mean by "It seems to work fine in the beginning"? You're able to boot into the OS? Could be a faulty/broken power button which might be causing the bootloop as well.

Anyways, as mentioned above, flash the factory images to rule out the possibility of a software issue.
 

Волк

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I would recommend unlocking your bootloader, flashing a custom recovery, doing a wipe with that and then flashing a stock nandroid.
If you aren't good with adb, and you don't have an OTG cable, I would look into how to flash the factory images from Google first, then once you're all set with that do the above.
 

johnajen

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Thanks

Thanks guys. I decided that I would invoke my warrany from Google and get a new phone.

I hope someone else benefits from your suggestions, I would have if I didn't have my warranty... :)