[Q] Nexus 5 Brick/Soft Brick

Quart77 · Aug 29, 2014

Hey guys,

New to this forum so I hope someone can help me out with this issue.

Status: Bircked/Soft Bricked..
CM11
Running ART
TWRP installed
Rooted
Unlocked bootloader.

CM11 has been running fine for me for quite a while until i switched it over to ART. It ran for a few days and then all of a sudden..BAM... it dies and wont boot into the OS or the TWRP now. I can get into the CM11 start screen and even to the point where it says"updating apps" it boots into the phone but starts giving me phone errors and then reboots itself into the CM11 logo screen..yadda yadda yadda.

Also, I cannot boot into TWRP. I get to the TWRP screen and it freezes on the TWRP initial screen, the screen without the options.

when I run fastboot and run a "Adb devices" in the command prompt i get the "emulator-5554 offline" error.

I have tried flashing twrp and even CWM onto the nexus 5, nothing seems to happen

Im in a jam and i hope someone can help me through this.

Thanks guys

Simonna · Aug 29, 2014

Hmm.Did it work for you?
http://androidforums.com/application-development/5398-android-help-emulator-5554-disconnected.html
Or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVS6n6HWK10

Quart77 · Aug 29, 2014

I looked at the Droid@screen and was not able to download the program, keep getting a bad gateway off their site.

I also opened up Eclipse and found my emulator is offline, im still trying to figure out how to use it as we speak.

jd1639 · Aug 29, 2014

Quart77 said:
I looked at the Droid@screen and was not able to download the program, keep getting a bad gateway off their site.

I also opened up Eclipse and found my emulator is offline, im still trying to figure out how to use it as we speak.

Try flashing the factory image in fastboot.

Also, adb commands are not going to work in the bootloader. You need fastboot commands.

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Quart77 · Aug 29, 2014

This is the error I get when i try and flash a new system image

shhbz · Aug 29, 2014

Quart77 said:
This is the error I get when i try and flash a new system image

have you installed adb and fastboot drivers http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

or read this thread this may help for sure http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701

and about your error https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVS6n6HWK10

Quart77 · Aug 29, 2014

Yah I installed the adb drivers, or at least I believe they are installed. I checked off the ones that needed to be installed. The device is showing up on Device manager as well

jd1639 · Aug 29, 2014

Quart77 said:
Yah I installed the adb drivers, or at least I believe they are installed. I checked off the ones that needed to be installed. The device is showing up on Device manager as well

What happens if you lock the bootloader then reboot? Does it stay locked?

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Quart77 · Aug 29, 2014

What command would I give in Fatboy to do that? Sorry still new to this game

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jd1639 · Aug 29, 2014

Quart77 said:
What command would I give in Fatboy to do that? Sorry still new to this game

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fastboot oem lock

Then reboot into the bootloader and then

fastboot oem device-info

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Quart77 · Aug 29, 2014

Here is what i get:

Also, when i give the lock command it locks the bootloader.

As soon as I reboot the loader, it says LOCK STATE: UNLOCKED again

jd1639 · Aug 29, 2014

Quart77 said:
Here is what i get:

I was afraid I'd see that. The bootloader didn't lock. That usually means you emmc flash memory is bad. You'll have to rma the device.

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Quart77 · Aug 29, 2014

Will they RMA a device that is modified?

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jd1639 · Aug 29, 2014

Quart77 said:
Will they RMA a device that is modified?

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Hopefully. Google seems to be pretty cool about it. If you have to go through LG they'll probably charge you.

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Quart77 · Aug 30, 2014

So I guess there is no way to unroot it at this point? I called google and they want me to unroot it to return it.

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jd1639 · Aug 30, 2014

Quart77 said:
So I guess there is no way to unroot it at this point? I called google and they want me to unroot it to return it.

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I don't think there is going to be a way. But I'd try this. Download the bootunlocker script from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40409356

Also have the twrp recovery image on your PC. Then boot into the bootloader. Try

fastboot boot recovery.img. Where recovery. img is the twrp recovery image. If that works it'll boot into twrp.

If it works adb push the bootunlocker script to your device and install it in twrp

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Quart77 · Aug 31, 2014

So just an update, they are going to RMA the device. I told them everything I did to it and they are still going to take it back. Let's hope it is that emmc flash memory, it should be covered under the warranty as a hardware defect. Well I'm assuming it is

.

Thanks for the help, unfortunately nothing seemed to fix it. Ah well we tried. I will update everyone on the process, so ppl in the future know if Google will honor that warranty.

Cheers

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jd1639 · Aug 31, 2014

Quart77 said:
So just an update, they are going to RMA the device. I told them everything I did to it and they are still going to take it back. Let's hope it is that emmc flash memory, it should be covered under the warranty as a hardware defect. Well I'm assuming it is .

Thanks for the help, unfortunately nothing seemed to fix it. Ah well we tried. I will update everyone on the process, so ppl in the future know if Google will honor that warranty.

Cheers

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Good luck on it!

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Quart77 · Sep 12, 2014

So an update: Google did not charge me for the return and the new one is up and going. Amazing, this is why I will continue to buy their products.

Cheers guys

jd1639 · Sep 12, 2014

Quart77 said:
So an update: Google did not charge me for the return and the new one is up and going. Amazing, this is why I will continue to buy their products.

Cheers guys

Glad to hear it. Enjoy your new device!

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