So is it normal for there not to be a unlocked bootloader warning once upgraded to Android 12? I have the unlocked NA variant, and after updating the warning is now gone. Not that I am complaining heh. It does take the phone just as long to boot; IE: extra ten seconds are added on sans the message.... UNLESS you do this: Power on phone by plugging it into a charger... Phone will skip right to the boot animation. Weird.
seems to only have the warninnginmg in android 11 ive noticed this as well i still get it with linage as well
I was wondering why it didn't display any warning on boot up after I unlocked the bootloader, I thought it was from my attempt at avoiding the automatic data wipe (Which, while I did bypass that part, I still ended up having to wipe the data, because it refused to boot normally and just kept returning to recovery until I wiped data)
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Sorry if the thread is not in the right place and not fancy written, I don't use forums a lot..
So I've had that phone for about 3 years now. I've never rooted the device, never installed any custom roms, nothing. Only did a factory reset/wiped data couple of times.
One day I woke up (on 2nd of January), looked at my phone (it was charging whole night) and it was showing the "Google" logo. After that it switched to "colorful X", then it turns off, vibrates and all over again.
I was doing it until I took out the battery for a half an hour. Plugged it back in, turned on... Same thing was happening.
I've removed the battery again and plugged it back in. Pressed the power + vol up + vol down buttons in order to get into the bootloader. Got to the "recovery" and wiped the data/factory reset, and wiped the cache.
Restarted, didn't work.
Got mad here and decided to first time to attempt installing a rom. I've got to the google developer website where there are factory images. There were a couple of versions of the Galaxy Nexus. I didn't know which one to pick, so I've picked the first one (GSM with google wallet latest version). (I've already had Android SDK) so I've followed the instructions by using the "fastboot oem unlock"
then "flash-all". It failed. And the reason is when it rebooted, the bootloader locked again and the script couldn't continue installing/flashing.
So every time I unlock the bootloader and reboot, it locks it again.
I've decided to flash every img individually. By using this pattern:
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash bootloader bootloaderblabla.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash...... and every single image including the radio, boot system, etc....
basically every time I flash and reboot, I unlock the bootloader.
That however didn't fix the problem, it was still remaining in the bootloop.
So I am not sure which version of the galaxy nexus I have, I've tried doing that will few versions of the factory images with no success.
So I came here, in a chance to get it fixed by some magic!
Please help?
I was on my phone when suddenly it just booted off for no reason, weird right? So now it just stays on the "LG" boot up screen and now do anything. I've tried everything and done everything right (as far as I know) before I get into that let me tell you what my device can do as of now:
Devices DOES have fastboot oem unlock done
Phone was rooted as well and working perfectly (or so I thought until this happened)
ADB doesn't seem to work, but fastboot when connected to the computer does.
Ex: ADB devices (blank)
but fastboot devices (shows phone connected)
I've tried rebooting into recovery (Power + down) doesn't do anything, however, {Power + down} then finger off power then {Power + down} again takes me to "factory reset" option, if done so the phone just hangs and removing battery on way to take it back to fastboot on pc, or bootloop again.
I've done the following steps using [LG-H901] Stock .img Files (Boot, System, and Recovery)
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
then
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and finally
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
I've tried booting the phone and still gets me stuck on bootloop, and doing the same {Power + down} gets to the same "factory reset" option only then freezes my phone if I agree to do so.
Is there something I've done wrong or incorrect? I will provide as much info as requested.
Thanks guys!
Update: Phone booted up to lockscreen after finishing "Android is starting..." procedures, then kept bootlooping and it is now doing "Android is starting.." procedures again. I'll keep it updated if it keeps doing so or anything of the sort.
Did you reply YES when trying to enter recovery? It will ask 2 times and bith times answer YES ... And if you DO have TWRP installed it will boot into twrp recovery.
Double0EK said:
Did you reply YES when trying to enter recovery? It will ask 2 times and bith times answer YES ... And if you DO have TWRP installed it will boot into twrp recovery.
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This is the weirdest thing, phone worked for a bit then shuts off and does the same thing. all files and everyhing was in tact. ANy main reason behind this? I am desperate not to delete everything because i have important photos on there that were still there when it re-started again right now.
So to recap: At the moment doing the {factory reset} got me as far as using phone for like 2 minutes before ****ting out and sending me on a bootloop yet again.
Important Questions:
On all my other devices I am able to connect via usb and read devices, but on this phone I get the message when connecting to my computer "LGE Android MTP Device: Failed" whats this about?
Is there any way to save internal photo album images other than getting this to boot up and pray it stays on long enough to transfer data?
UPDATE 2: Phone has booted up and not froze (yet)? Testing to see if it will keep working so far so good. Unfortunately all my **** was deleted which bummed me out, would have honestly prefered to lose a $600 phone than all the family, friend, ext photos I had on my phone I made the huge mistake of saving to internal memory and never backing up. Smh.
Update 3: Phone is back at it again with the bootloop. I have no idea what is wrong, I've repeated the steps twice and phone doesn't seem to let up. It's fine until I hit that restart or shutdown button then it goes into bootloop heaven. I'm guessing this phone is done for? On an unrelated note it did fall on me, but worked fine afterwards, it was just sudden when it started doing this. Unless anyone has more suggestions I'd be glad to hear them. As of right now, this phone is toast.
You tube how to bake phones in the oven.
It could fix some potentially loose solders..or since everything was already wiped you should get a warranty replacement.. Should still be under factory warranty.
Double0EK said:
You tube how to bake phones in the oven.
It could fix some potentially loose solders..or since everything was already wiped you should get a warranty replacement.. Should still be under factory warranty.
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I am thinking the warranty route. Is there anything specific I should do before doing so? I hear having "fastboot oem unlock" {Bootloader Unlocked} voids the warranty. Is this true that you might know of? Either way thanks I appreciate the information.
Sorry so late..
But you can try to fastboot oem lock it.
So I recently got a Nexus 9. I think it was affected by the battery issues with android nougat. I rooted and used greenify and got much better battery life but decided I wanted to unroot and see if over a couple days the battery life would have gotten better. So I connected to my computer and stupidly sent the "fastboot flashing lock" command and now my Nexus is stuck in a boot loop because of TWRP. I knew that locking the bootloader would initiate a factory reset but didn't take into account that TWRP may affect that so now I can not use my Nexus. The device says it is a developer edition and not intended for personal use and I don't I know what to try. Just letting everyone know I only tried to sideloading and flash. I appreciate everyone who takes the time to read this and try to help.
Have you tried following instructions from google to flash a factory image ?
https://developers.google.com/android/images
I have but I can't flash due to the bootloader being locked and I can't sideloading because every time I tried it just errors or does nothing
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I have but I can't flash due to the bootloader being locked and I can't sideloading because every time I tried it just errors or does nothing
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Did you try booting your nexus to fast boot and execute fastboot oem unlock?
I have, it just send me an error message
Update, I was able to finally get into the custom recovery and tried to flash the stock recovery and now it just boots into fastboot mode but I got rid of the custom recovery (as far as I know) and the boot screen that said the tablet was a developer device
Same problem here in May 2017, the OTA update prompted by Google sent the device into a bootloop. As the Bootloader was locked and there was no way to change to USB debugging mode it wasn't possible to use Recovery mode or to flash an OTA. Wiped data cache, tried all options in HBoot menu, tried flashing OTAs and full block OTA didn't work either. Just stuck in bootloop.
Repair shop encountered same problems so they then suspected the logic board. They heated it up to reflow the solder and success! Logic board may fail again through dry joint but I believe this risk can't be avoided by switching manufacturer as they all use the same component-to-board soldering practice.
i had my amaze repaired (power IC, bad data cable caused it to not charge or even boot up or go in bootloader). Now within 30 seconds off booting up it used to restart. and i cant get into the recovery( shows logo and powers off when going into recovery from bootloader). i cleared the cache from bootloader and its now stuck at boot animation( not boot logo) and wont boot completely. before clearing cache after logo it used to show 4ext recovery boot screen then screen off, now it just shows logo and screen off. really need help i got this phone fixed after 1 year. im s-off and running any 4.4.4 rom (dont remember which rom, i think pacman rom)
so basically i can get into bootloader and use fastboot commands (no adb, authorized device). cant do anything else on the phone. is there a way to fix the phone?
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i had my amaze repaired (power IC, bad data cable caused it to not charge or even boot up or go in bootloader). Now within 30 seconds off booting up it used to restart. and i cant get into the recovery( shows logo and powers off when going into recovery from bootloader). i cleared the cache from bootloader and its now stuck at boot animation( not boot logo) and wont boot completely. before clearing cache after logo it used to show 4ext recovery boot screen then screen off, now it just shows logo and screen off. really need help i got this phone fixed after 1 year. im s-off and running any 4.4.4 rom (dont remember which rom, i think pacman rom)
so basically i can get into bootloader and use fastboot commands (no adb, authorized device). cant do anything else on the phone. is there a way to fix the phone?
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reflashed recovery for the 4th time and it worked. it said the cache partition is corrupt. formatted it. phone works now. updating apps caused system ui stopped working error. going to flash other roms.
Arsalanzahoor said:
reflashed recovery for the 4th time and it worked. it said the cache partition is corrupt. formatted it. phone works now. updating apps caused system ui stopped working error. going to flash other roms.
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Glad you got your phone working--your persistence paid off.
Be sure to make a backup before flashing other ROM's.
Hey guys,
so my Nexus 5x all of a sudden shut itself down all of a sudden and was stuck in a bootloop (in this case I'm talking about the thing always booting until the Google logo and then restarting itself). Fortunately for me the device was still unlocked (but for some reason I didn't have TWRP installed anmore...) so I tried to install an earlier factory img. Turns out I didn't have enough space on my phone to unpack, so being a smartass I thought 'Hey, locking the device wipes all of my stuff.' Well... Should have thought about how to unlock it again.
Current state is:
1 the phone boots until Google logo and then is stuck (no more rebooting though)
2 when I try to enter Recovery mode it boots until Google logo and then reboots to state 1
3 the device is locked so I can't flash anything from my PC
So does anyone have an idea what's left to do other than smashing the thing against the wall, burning it to ashes and dancing around the fire? I am currently messing around with those instructions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/guide-fix-bootloop-locked-bootloader-t3608679
but it doesn't seem I can unlock the phone from my PC (which was what I guessed but I'm pretty much clutching at any straw now...)
Thanks in advance