[Q] Help! Galaxy Nexus Softbricked, Tried Everything I know of so far - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

While trying to fix signal issues with a Rom I was using, flashing to a restore point, During the wipe apparently my battery was not as filled as it said and just turned off. Now whenever I try to boot my phone I get the following errors and boots into clockworkMod R v6.0.4.3
E:Cant mount /cache/recovery/command
E:cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E:cant open /cache/recovery/log
E:cant mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I would provide a pic, but my phone is my camera
I can access bootloader screen, download screen, and recovery. We have tried using two different toolkits, Unified and Wugs, Ive flashed stock recovery, flashed new recovery, nothing. I have used Odin, to flash new stock, as well as a new clockwork recovery, still continues to stop booting into rom with the following error. I have even flashed Phils recovery i think it was with advanced recovery options, still continues. I have used a youtube video on the problem, which is why we tried the flashing a new recovery, still the error persist. Any ideas and help will be great appreciated. Thank you.

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sofia-captivate said:
, zip, , d ???
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Not very sure what u mean.

I have been trying to help though i have little experience with a nexus, but we tried to flash stock factory ROM through Odin and also a CWM recovery .tar via Odin, whatever the issue is is not being resolved by flashing through Odin. After extensive searching I've not found anyone with a nexus having this exact issue. Any help would be appreciated
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Fastboot is your way out. Don't use toolkits nor Odin.. First try to flash a new recovery via fastboot. If that doesn't solve it flash the factory image or recovery via fastboot.
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We're limited to a windows machine, and I personally have never used fastboot and he's several hundred miles away.. Is there a link you could provide that would give insight as to how to use fastboot? And I know you can do it from a Linux command prompt, is there a way to use it on a windows machine?
I prefer to buy phones that don't have locked bootloaders for this reason... Lol
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luna_c666 said:
We're limited to a windows machine, and I personally have never used fastboot and he's several hundred miles away.. Is there a link you could provide that would give insight as to how to use fastboot? And I know you can do it from a Linux command prompt, is there a way to use it on a windows machine?
I prefer to buy phones that don't have locked bootloaders for this reason... Lol
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You can use fastboot on a windows machine.
Follow the guide below obviously download the appropriate files for the device variant.
I know the guide says it's for Verizon but it works with all the different galaxy nexus.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13819-how-tovzw-return-to-factory-state-unroot-and-relock/

Awesome I will try to walk him through it and report our results
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Maybe Bricked phone

after installing Ubuntu on my phone, I'm stuck on this ROM because I have no other android ROM in my phone even though I have always access my recovery mode and download mode but I'm stuck anyway. I tried to flash my phone ave Odin closes by saying that it responds more and here I do not know how to copy a rom on my PC since I have more access to USB debug and I no access to copy from my PC.
Fastboot flash....
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thedudejdog said:
Fastboot flash....
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Not needed here, OP should be able to recover/push a ROM to /sdcard/ through ADB/custom recovery.
@OP, this has been answered many times before. RTFM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
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Thanks for help, my problem is solved with ADB cmd ))) thanks a lot

Roms won't boot TRIED ALL NIGHT

When I try to wipe or install any ROM it says
E: error opening /data/lost+found
E: unable to mount internal storage
And when the installing is done ROM never boots up.
I was in jellybean ROM but im trying to go back to touch wiz
Any suggestions please
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bstylz911 said:
When I try to wipe or install any ROM it says
E: error opening /data/lost+found
E: unable to mount internal storage
And when the installing is done ROM never boots up.
I was in jellybean ROM but im trying to go back to touch wiz
Any suggestions please
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I had that issue once. Even going back to bare stock didn't fix it.
If you restore a nandroid which you made I hope. Go to that folder /data you'll find there isn't a folder called lost+found
Create one. Reboot into recovery and you should be okay.
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i went to the folder and there is already one :\
bstylz911 said:
i went to the folder and there is already one :\
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Delete it and create it.
The time it happened to me the folder turned into a random file. One I read after a few min of googlefu
If your recovery is up to date, try flashing the prev version.
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Did you try formatting internal memory?
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[Q] Custom Recovery Help

Hello,
I'm fairly new to Android modding and whatnot, and I managed to root my Verizon HTC One. However, I am looking to install stock android on it to make it a google play edition. I've read that I need a custom recovery like TWRP or something. Can someone point me into the right direction on how to get stock android on my verizon htc one? Thanks!
Albavenger said:
Hello,
I'm fairly new to Android modding and whatnot, and I managed to root my Verizon HTC One. However, I am looking to install stock android on it to make it a google play edition. I've read that I need a custom recovery like TWRP or something. Can someone point me into the right direction on how to get stock android on my verizon htc one? Thanks!
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Just get on a custom recovery and then flash a ROM that is based on GPE, I think we have two available.
Albavenger said:
Hello,
I'm fairly new to Android modding and whatnot, and I managed to root my Verizon HTC One. However, I am looking to install stock android on it to make it a google play edition. I've read that I need a custom recovery like TWRP or something. Can someone point me into the right direction on how to get stock android on my verizon htc one? Thanks!
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Android Stock and Google Play Edition are a bit different so you will have to do some research and decide what ROM you want to go with.
For our device we have 2 recovery options, TWRP and Clockwork. Both can be found in the Origional Android Development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416273
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416431
I am not going to say one is better than the other. I use TWRP, but mostly because I am use to it from other devices.
Download TWRP to the external sd , the download flashify from the Google play store, select flash recovery, then browse to the file you downloaded to the externalSD. Easy as pie
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aer0zer0 said:
Download TWRP to the external sd , the download flashify from the Google play store, select flash recovery, then browse to the file you downloaded to the externalSD. Easy as pie
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Not sure how you got flashify to work but the HTC one isn't supported. The dev told me he doesn't own the phone so it's not likely to ever work.
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worked like a dream, lots of people on the forum have used it. HTC one works with flashify just fine
I couldn't get it to work
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djerk said:
I couldn't get it to work
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I just used flashify to install TWRP 2.6.3.3 less then a minute time.
Try this option. xda-developers - View Single Post - [RECOVERY] TWRP 2.6.3.3 touch recovery http://bit.ly/I2mP0P
Type: su
After that, cd to the location of the .img file: (i.e. if it was on the root of the sd card then...)
cd /sdcard/
Finally, flash the image to the recovery partition:
dd if=recovery-xxx.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p34
Here's the best place to start looking for answers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44905464
If coming from ios, realize there are a lot more people involved in the rom/themeing process so be more patient.
However, above all remember to search first. Probably 90% of whatever you are looking for has already been asked, so save yourself the heartache and try searching first.
After that, there are tons of people here to help you if the above tips don't work. Just understand that you have to put a little effort on your part first if you have an issue, that way it makes it easier for others to help troubleshoot.
Good luck and welcome to the community!
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I'm still lost, type:su where? I came from the razr with a locked bootloader, so it was hard to brick it, I love the one and don't need to flash roms at this time but I'd like to have the option to and to be able to wipe cache, thanks
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djerk said:
I'm still lost, type:su where? I came from the razr with a locked bootloader, so it was hard to brick it, I love the one and don't need to flash roms at this time but I'd like to have the option to and to be able to wipe cache, thanks
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In android terminal emulator.
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Hate to be a pain but I've never used terminal emulator before I need to know exactly what to type step by step line by line, spaces,anything that would help like a screenshot ,this is the recovery I downloaded as it appears in es file explorer.openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw.img sorry I'm a dummy
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djerk said:
Hate to be a pain but I've never used terminal emulator before I need to know exactly what to type step by step line by line, spaces,anything that would help like a screenshot ,this is the recovery I downloaded as it appears in es file explorer.openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw.img sorry I'm a dummy
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I followed the directions from a few posts above.
First, download android terminal emulator from play store.
Second, move the recovery file to the root of sdcard, noting the filename. (in my screenshot, the file is named the same as yours openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw )
Open terminal emulator. In first window, type in "su" without quotations in the command line and hit enter. Wait for the popup to allow root access and allow it. On the returned command line, type in "cd /sdcard/" without quotations and hit enter. The returned command line should say something like "[email protected]:/sdcard"
Type the command "dd if=openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p34" without quotations and hit enter.
Should look something like this:
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I keep getting this when I follow directions and it never asks for su permission
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You have a comma in your filename right after "twrp"
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I retyped and got the same thing,maybe my recovery image is wrong or in the wrong place
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Move the recovery image to /sdcard/
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That adb and fastboot drove me crazy. It was so much easier with Flashify. About 30 seconds. With flashify and Meenova sd card reader no more fastboot and adb for me.
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Don't know what I'm doing wrong but it just ain't happening for me, maybe got a bad image?
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This is as far as I get
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Help!!!! Possible brick fixing to happen in twrp

Hey guys I just rooted my s3 using towelroot and then dl twrp app and attempted to install recovery when it was finished I rebooted to twrp recovery and it says there's nothing on my phone no data or anything. Before I rebooted the system to figure out what happened it told me there was no OS on the phone so now I'm stuck in twrp. What do I do? Do I have to have a computer or can I fix it using another phone and moving sd cards?? Please help
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I've never used that app, does it auto select the recovery for you, or do you have to choose? If so which one did you try?
Did you wipe anything?
Have you tried to reboot even though it tells you there's no OS?
You may have to Odin the stock firmware. Yes you need a computer to do so.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I've never used that app, does it auto select the recovery for you, or do you have to choose? If so which one did you try?
Did you wipe anything?
Have you tried to reboot even though it tells you there's no OS?
You may have to Odin the stock firmware. Yes you need a computer to do so.
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Towelroot is a new way to root devices. I've only used it with my note 3. It only gives you root. And only downloaded twrp manager in play store and ran the install recovery script from inside the ago. I did all this because I don't have access to a computer right now. I was able to boot back into the phone without anything happening to it. Now I need to know why when I was in twrp recovery that twrp was not able to read or Mount any of my data or partitions...?
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You can use Towelroot for the S3 too. I have a thread about it in the General section.
As for the recovery issues, I'm not sure. What model is your device? What firmware is it running and what version of TWRP is installed? (I think the latest is 2.8.0.1. Try both that and 2.6.3.1.) You can get the recovery from my signature.
If those don't work, try philz recovery instead.
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[Q] Need help installing ROM please

I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod 11 ROM+kernel and I'm running into an issue. When installing the ROM from the micro SD card, I get an error in the file itself and it also says "Status 7" and then "Installation aborted".
Not sure what I'm doing wrong but I've tried a couple of other roms and it's doing exactly the same thing. I've already installed the latest Blaze radio since I'm using T-Mobile on the device.
Any help to get this thing up an going is greatly appreciated! The last ROM that was just in here kept crashing all the time, even after a fresh restore it would crash while trying to install it's initial programs.
No ideas?
What recovery are you using? Try TWRP 2.8.1.0
The newer roms will fail to flash if you're using an older recovery.
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DarkMatter_74 said:
What recovery are you using? Try TWRP 2.8.1.0
The newer roms will fail to flash if you're using an older recovery.
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Yep, that's probably the problem. TWRP's website is teamw.in.
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DarkMatter_74 said:
What recovery are you using? Try TWRP 2.8.1.0
The newer roms will fail to flash if you're using an older recovery.
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Not sure, it's been a long time since I flashed the ROM on there. How can I check?
Xyberz said:
Not sure, it's been a long time since I flashed the ROM on there. How can I check?
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Just boot into your recovery. If you're using TWRP, you'll see a splash logo that says TeamWin.
The screen after that will show your version at the top of the screen. You can update it if necessary at teamw.in
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DarkMatter_74 said:
Just boot into your recovery. If you're using TWRP, you'll see a splash logo that says TeamWin.
The screen after that will show your version at the top of the screen. You can update it if necessary at teamw.in
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Turns out it has CWM v5.0.2.6. Is this outdated and won't work either? Also I have problems trying to download Odin on Windows 8.1. The damn OS blocks the file from being downloaded to the computer. You guys have any idea how to stop this? I've tried even loading it from a SD card and it won't copy the file over.
Ok, thanks for the tip on installing the updated bootloader. Now I have CWM 6.0.4.3 for T-Mobile and installed the Blaze radio since I read it's the best for T-Mo.
I installed the latest version of LiquidSmooth 3.2 but it won't go past the splash screen. I see the animated water pouring and the words Liquid Smooth but it doesn't go past that and just reboots into the same thing.
Seems like I'm finally almost there but this damn thing is fighting every step of the way! What am I doing wrong?
Nevermind, seems like I finally got it.
Had to clear out caches, format memory, and all the erasing jazz each twice. Finally working now!
Thanks for the help guys!!!

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