Bricked nexus 4?

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nov1kk

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Jan 16, 2014
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So about 2 or 3 weeks ago, i rooted my N4 and installed TWRP. I used Nexus Root Toolkit. Everything worked perfectly until today.
I was using the phone and suddently it powered off. When I booted it up, it would stay forever in the loading screen.
I tried to go into recovery mode but it wouldn't load. After a few attempts, it finally loaded. I tried to do a factory reset, which failed with this log:
E:Could not mount /data and unable to find crypto footer.
E:Unable to mount '/data'
Updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/system'
E:Unable to mount '/data'
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount internal storage.
E:Unable to mount /data/media during GUI startup.
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
Full SELinux support is present.
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount /data/media/TWRP/.twrps when trying to read settings file.
E:Unable to mount '/data'
E:Unable to mount '/data'
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs function.
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
Updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/system'
E:Unable to mount '/data'
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount internal storage.

I tried to flash stock + unroot using NRT, but it also failed:
sending 'bootloader' (2203 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.075s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)

I even tried using force flash mode with no success.
What can I do?

Thanks in advanced,
nov1kk
 

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So about 2 or 3 weeks ago, i rooted my N4 and installed TWRP. I used Nexus Root Toolkit. Everything worked perfectly until today.
I was using the phone and suddently it powered off. When I booted it up, it would stay forever in the loading screen.
I tried to go into recovery mode but it wouldn't load. After a few attempts, it finally loaded. I tried to do a factory reset, which failed with this log:


I tried to flash stock + unroot using NRT, but it also failed:


I even tried using force flash mode with no success.
What can I do?

Thanks in advanced,
nov1kk

The flash memory might be corrupted, or have some bad blocks. In this case, I know no other solution except replacing the flash chip. But I'm not all knowing. Wait for other replies :D
 

DrFredPhD

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Oct 30, 2010
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Seems like it could be a hardware fault, but I would definitely try just flashing the stock rom the normal way without the toolkit first.
 

nov1kk

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Jan 16, 2014
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I sent it to RMA and even though it was unlocked and without any ROM at all, they sent me a new phone :)