Bricked after JB update

[key3thermal]

I don't know if i can call it bricked but its stuck on the google logo. I can press volume up and power and get into fastboot (i believe thats that its called).

Is there anything i can do or send it to Samsung?

I have no problem with rooting it if thats my only option.

Edit: when i try to go to recovery from fast boot i get the animation you get when its updating. After about 15 seconds it shows the android on its back with an exclamation.

 

[SamuelDebruyn]

I don't know if i can call it bricked but its stuck on the google logo. I can press volume up and power and get into fastboot (i believe thats that its called).

Is there anything i can do or send it to Samsung?

I have no problem with rooting it if thats my only option.

Ok, you'll need a Windows computer to fix this. Linux should work too but if you're using Linux I guess you could figure out what would be the instructions for Linux yourself. Mac would work too but I don't know how.

1. Download and install the Android SDK on your computer from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Open the SDK Manager (there should be a shortcut in your start menu) and install "Android SDK Tools" and "Android SDK Platform-tools" and "Google USB Driver" (it's in Extra).
3. Turn your phone off, take the battery out, look at the bottom of the phone and write down the model number.
4. Now go to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and download the factory image for your model for version 4.0.4.
5. You'll need something like 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) to open it.
6. Copy image-so....zip, radio-crespo...img and bootloader-crespo...img from the factory image to the platform-tools directory (on most computers it will be C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools and you'll need Administrator rights).
7. Now open the platform-tools directory from the Android SDK and right click on an empty space while holding the SHIFT button and select "Open command prompt here".
8. Put the battery back in your phone and press Power while holding the Volume-Up button so it will boot into fastboot mode. Then connect it to your pc.
9. If Windows starts complaining about drivers then point it your SDK installation directory (include subfolders) or use 7-Zip to unpack http://www.mediafire.com/?5a7gou9droidi53 and point Windows to the directory where you unpacked it. More info on http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/97061-driver-install-device-manager.html
10. When you type "fastboot devices" and press Enter in the command prompt you opened before it should list one device (being your phone).
11. If you haven't unlocked your phone before type "fastboot oem unlock" and press Enter. Follow the instructions on the screen on your phone to complete the unlock.
12. Next type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-crespo...img" (you can press TAB to auto-complete) and press Enter. (THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP, IF THIS GOES WRONG YOUR PHONE IS SCREWED. Don't continue if another step didn't succeed. If this works, then you can do anything with it.)
13. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
14. Next type "fastboot flash radio radio-crespo...img" (you can press TAB to auto-complete) and press Enter.
15. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
16. Next type "fastboot -w update image-....zip" and press Enter.
17. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
18. Next download http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.0.7-crespo.img and also put it in the platform-tools directory.
19. Then type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.0.7-crespo.img" and press Enter.
20. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
21. Now use the volume keys on your phone to navigate to the word Recovery and press the Power button to boot into recovery.
22. You're now in CWM Recovery, use the volume keys and the power button to go to Mounts & Storage > Mount USB Storage (you might have to scroll down). Now it will come up on your pc and you can transfer the update file for Jelly Bean to your phone. You can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27965168&postcount=1 (use the one for your model for IMM76D).
23. Unmount the usb storage, go back to the main menu and go to Install Zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard and open the update file you just transferred to your phone.
24. You can now go back to the main menu and choose "reboot system now". It will ask you if you want to remove the auto recovery installation, do that.
25. That's all, you now have a clean and working Jelly Bean installation.
    

Someone else wrote down the same instructions if mine are not clear enough: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785672

 

[key3thermal]

Ok, you'll need a Windows computer to fix this. Linux should work too but if you're using Linux I guess you could figure out what would be the instructions for Linux yourself. Mac would work too but I don't know how.

1. Download and install the Android SDK on your computer from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Open the SDK Manager (there should be a shortcut in your start menu) and install "Android SDK Tools" and "Android SDK Platform-tools" and "Google USB Driver" (it's in Extra).
3. Turn your phone off, take the battery out, look at the bottom of the phone and write down the model number.
4. Now go to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and download the factory image for your model for version 4.0.4.
5. You'll need something like 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) to open it.
6. Copy image-so....zip, radio-crespo...img and bootloader-crespo...img from the factory image to the platform-tools directory (on most computers it will be C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools and you'll need Administrator rights).
7. Now open the platform-tools directory from the Android SDK and right click on an empty space while holding the SHIFT button and select "Open command prompt here".
8. Put the battery back in your phone and press Power while holding the Volume-Up button so it will boot into fastboot mode. Then connect it to your pc.
9. If Windows starts complaining about drivers then point it your SDK installation directory (include subfolders) or use 7-Zip to unpack http://www.mediafire.com/?5a7gou9droidi53 and point Windows to the directory where you unpacked it. More info on http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/97061-driver-install-device-manager.html
10. When you type "fastboot devices" and press Enter in the command prompt you opened before it should list one device (being your phone).
11. If you haven't unlocked your phone before type "fastboot oem unlock" and press Enter. Follow the instructions on the screen on your phone to complete the unlock.
12. Next type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-crespo...img" (you can press TAB to auto-complete) and press Enter. (THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP, IF THIS GOES WRONG YOUR PHONE IS SCREWED. Don't continue if another step didn't succeed. If this works, then you can do anything with it.)
13. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
14. Next type "fastboot flash radio radio-crespo...img" (you can press TAB to auto-complete) and press Enter.
15. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
16. Next type "fastboot -w update image-....zip" and press Enter.
17. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
18. Next download http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.0.7-crespo.img and also put it in the platform-tools directory.
19. Then type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.0.7-crespo.img" and press Enter.
20. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
21. Now use the volume keys on your phone to navigate to the word Recovery and press the Power button to boot into recovery.
22. You're now in CWM Recovery, use the volume keys and the power button to go to Mounts & Storage > Mount USB Storage (you might have to scroll down). Now it will come up on your pc and you can transfer the update file for Jelly Bean to your phone. You can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27965168&postcount=1 (use the one for your model for IMM76D).
23. Unmount the usb storage, go back to the main menu and go to Install Zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard and open the update file you just transferred to your phone.
24. You can now go back to the main menu and choose "reboot system now". It will ask you if you want to remove the auto recovery installation, do that.
25. That's all, you now have a clean and working Jelly Bean installation.
    

Someone else wrote down the same instructions if mine are not clear enough: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785672

when i try to unlock bootloader i get an error.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: Erase Fail)
finished. total time: 5.419s

 

[SamuelDebruyn]

when i try to unlock bootloader i get an error.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: Erase Fail)
finished. total time: 5.419s

And did the unlock procedure show up on your phone?
Also, does fastboot say it's unlocked now? (example: http://miui-germany.de/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nexus-s-bootloader.png LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED)

 

[Athhar]

Don't worry my friend

Don't worry my friend
here is the solution.

1.first install nexus s usb drivers.

2.download cwm recovery for your nexus s

3.download fastboot


connect your phone in fastbootmode to pc.
go to this website


http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager


open command prompt from the fastboot folder by pressing shift+Mouse right click

type following commands

fastboot oem unlock

fastboot flash recovery you downloaded.img

remember u have to put recovery in the same folder as fastboot.

press thanks if this helps...

---------- Post added at 11:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 PM ----------

once in recovery go to mounts and storage

mount usb storage to pc

copy your zip file

flash it via cwm.

 

[SamuelDebruyn]

Don't worry my friend
here is the solution.

1.first install nexus s usb drivers.

2.download cwm recovery for your nexus s

3.download fastboot


connect your phone in fastbootmode to pc.
go to this website


http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager


open command prompt from the fastboot folder by pressing shift+Mouse right click

type following commands

fastboot oem unlock

fastboot flash recovery you downloaded.img

remember u have to put recovery in the same folder as fastboot.

press thanks if this helps...

---------- Post added at 11:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 PM ----------

once in recovery go to mounts and storage

mount usb storage to pc

copy your zip file

flash it via cwm.

Did you even read his problem and what he has already tried?

 

[albundy2010]

Check to see if fastboot is seeing your device. Enter the command fastboot devices. It should give you your serial number in the command prompt.

 

[maxx1601]

Had the same problem at first.
I just wiped and reflashed and worked like a charm

Sent from my Nexus S JellyBeanz using xda app-developers app

 

[key3thermal]

Had the same problem at first.
I just wiped and reflashed and worked like a charm

Sent from my Nexus S JellyBeanz using xda app-developers app

how do i wipe?

 

[maxx1601]

Actually i didnt even reflash..
I just wiped then rebooted the phone

Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app

 

[key3thermal]

And did the unlock procedure show up on your phone?
Also, does fastboot say it's unlocked now? (example: http://miui-germany.de/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nexus-s-bootloader.png LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED)

yea it showed up on the phone. i did volume up to yes and then pressed power. It reboots. And gives error on CMD.
Also lockstate is still locked.

 

[The0Code]

Try using this tool: http://www.redmondpie.com/unlock-bo...d-nexus-7-with-all-in-one-nexus-root-toolkit/

I was unrooted and everything after I flashed a Jelly Bean rom and it seemed like nothin i did could get me CWM back so I used that tool and it pretty much did it automatically. It has an arsenal of commands that could work for you hopefully, good luck

 

[SamuelDebruyn]

yea it showed up on the phone. i did volume up to yes and then pressed power. It reboots. And gives error on CMD.
Also lockstate is still locked.

That means we can't use fastboot because the bootloader is still locked. And we can't use adb because we can't boot into Android. I guess that the partition table is f*cked up.

It's possible that you can use ODIN and download mode to fix it but I'm not sure. Because the Nexus has fastboot I barely use ODIN, I hope somebody who's familiar with ODIN and with what it does reads this and helps you.

Be careful with ODIN though, now I know what your problem is I would consider going to a Samsung service center. You didn't root or unlock it so they can't blame you for doing something wrong or voiding the warranty. Just tell them this happened after the OTA update and don't tell them you did it manually.

---------- Post added at 11:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:13 PM ----------

Try using this tool: http://www.redmondpie.com/unlock-bo...d-nexus-7-with-all-in-one-nexus-root-toolkit/

I was unrooted and everything after I flashed a Jelly Bean rom and it seemed like nothin i did could get me CWM back so I used that tool and it pretty much did it automatically. It has an arsenal of commands that could work for you hopefully, good luck

It does the same as the guide above, only sends fastboot commands so it wouldn't help.

Check to see if fastboot is seeing your device. Enter the command fastboot devices. It should give you your serial number in the command prompt.

Fastboot succesfully sent the command so that's not the problem.

Actually i didnt even reflash..
I just wiped then rebooted the phone

Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app

I think wiping wouldn't work because fastboot on the phone failed to wipe the data partition...

 

[xsteven77x]

That means we can't use fastboot because the bootloader is still locked. And we can't use adb because we can't boot into Android. I guess that the partition table is f*cked up.

It's possible that you can use ODIN and download mode to fix it but I'm not sure. Because the Nexus has fastboot I barely use ODIN, I hope somebody who's familiar with ODIN and with what it does reads this and helps you.

Be careful with ODIN though, now I know what your problem is I would consider going to a Samsung service center. You didn't root or unlock it so they can't blame you for doing something wrong or voiding the warranty. Just tell them this happened after the OTA update and don't tell them you did it manually.

I don't think we have download mode do we? If we do and he can find a pit file he will be golden.

Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

 

[SamuelDebruyn]

I don't think we have download mode do we? If we do and he can find a pit file he will be golden.

Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

Yes we do, I was surprised when I discovered that too

Anyway, here's more info and a possible fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396056

 

[key3thermal]

That means we can't use fastboot because the bootloader is still locked. And we can't use adb because we can't boot into Android. I guess that the partition table is f*cked up.

It's possible that you can use ODIN and download mode to fix it but I'm not sure. Because the Nexus has fastboot I barely use ODIN, I hope somebody who's familiar with ODIN and with what it does reads this and helps you.

Be careful with ODIN though, now I know what your problem is I would consider going to a Samsung service center. You didn't root or unlock it so they can't blame you for doing something wrong or voiding the warranty. Just tell them this happened after the OTA update and don't tell them you did it manually.

It did happen after the OTA update. I did not do anything manually. It showed up yesterday saying theres an update available.

 

[SamuelDebruyn]

It did happen after the OTA update. I did not do anything manually. It showed up yesterday saying theres an update available.

Ok, the problem/solution doesn't change. If you would have done it manually you would have flashed it in recovery but the automatic update process does the same (it instructs the recovery to auto flash it on reboot).

 

[key3thermal]

Ok, you'll need a Windows computer to fix this. Linux should work too but if you're using Linux I guess you could figure out what would be the instructions for Linux yourself. Mac would work too but I don't know how.

1. You're now in CWM Recovery, use the volume keys and the power button to go to Mounts & Storage > Mount USB Storage (you might have to scroll down). Now it will come up on your pc and you can transfer the update file for Jelly Bean to your phone. You can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27965168&postcount=1 (use the one for your model for IMM76D).
   
   

Okay i got to the step where i would mount USB storage from CWM.
But when i choose it i get the message "E: Unable to write to ums lunfile )No such file or directory)"

You think there might be something wrong with the USB storage? Hardware issue?

 

[anand224patel]

Ok, you'll need a Windows computer to fix this. Linux should work too but if you're using Linux I guess you could figure out what would be the instructions for Linux yourself. Mac would work too but I don't know how.

1. Download and install the Android SDK on your computer from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Open the SDK Manager (there should be a shortcut in your start menu) and install "Android SDK Tools" and "Android SDK Platform-tools" and "Google USB Driver" (it's in Extra).
3. Turn your phone off, take the battery out, look at the bottom of the phone and write down the model number.
4. Now go to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and download the factory image for your model for version 4.0.4.
5. You'll need something like 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) to open it.
6. Copy image-so....zip, radio-crespo...img and bootloader-crespo...img from the factory image to the platform-tools directory (on most computers it will be C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools and you'll need Administrator rights).
7. Now open the platform-tools directory from the Android SDK and right click on an empty space while holding the SHIFT button and select "Open command prompt here".
8. Put the battery back in your phone and press Power while holding the Volume-Up button so it will boot into fastboot mode. Then connect it to your pc.
9. If Windows starts complaining about drivers then point it your SDK installation directory (include subfolders) or use 7-Zip to unpack http://www.mediafire.com/?5a7gou9droidi53 and point Windows to the directory where you unpacked it. More info on http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/97061-driver-install-device-manager.html
10. When you type "fastboot devices" and press Enter in the command prompt you opened before it should list one device (being your phone).
11. If you haven't unlocked your phone before type "fastboot oem unlock" and press Enter. Follow the instructions on the screen on your phone to complete the unlock.
12. Next type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-crespo...img" (you can press TAB to auto-complete) and press Enter. (THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP, IF THIS GOES WRONG YOUR PHONE IS SCREWED. Don't continue if another step didn't succeed. If this works, then you can do anything with it.)
13. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
14. Next type "fastboot flash radio radio-crespo...img" (you can press TAB to auto-complete) and press Enter.
15. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
16. Next type "fastboot -w update image-....zip" and press Enter.
17. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
18. Next download http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.0.7-crespo.img and also put it in the platform-tools directory.
19. Then type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.0.7-crespo.img" and press Enter.
20. Now type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and press Enter and wait for your phone to reboot into fastboot mode.
21. Now use the volume keys on your phone to navigate to the word Recovery and press the Power button to boot into recovery.
22. You're now in CWM Recovery, use the volume keys and the power button to go to Mounts & Storage > Mount USB Storage (you might have to scroll down). Now it will come up on your pc and you can transfer the update file for Jelly Bean to your phone. You can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27965168&postcount=1 (use the one for your model for IMM76D).
23. Unmount the usb storage, go back to the main menu and go to Install Zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard and open the update file you just transferred to your phone.
24. You can now go back to the main menu and choose "reboot system now". It will ask you if you want to remove the auto recovery installation, do that.
25. That's all, you now have a clean and working Jelly Bean installation.
    

Someone else wrote down the same instructions if mine are not clear enough: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785672

I have the same problem with my Samsung Nexus I9020T but it automatically come even i don't update the phone. my phone is original OS Loaded by Company
I can See Lock Status - UNLOCKED in Fastboot Mode.
When I turned on the phone The same screen will appears.
I Reached till Step 20 Successfully but when i try to Enter The "Recovery" Mode, When i try to do Step 21 it'll Stuck on Google Logo On Middle and a "UnLock icon" on Bottom.

Please Help me ASAP.