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Root Nexus 4 soft brick

Banished Angel

Android Enthusiast
Jan 12, 2012
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IN, USA
I tried to flash Android 4.3 from the factory image so I wiped my device and after rebooting it would hang at the X loading screen. I rebooted into the bootloader and tried to flash Android 4.2.2 using Wug's toolkit, but I got this error:

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So now I'm stuck with a phone that can only boot as far as the bootloader and for some reason won't accept a flash. The drivers are working as Wug's toolkit verified the Nexus 4 just fine before attempting to flash. Any help would be appreciated.
 
I tried to flash Android 4.3 from the factory image so I wiped my device and after rebooting it would hang at the X loading screen. I rebooted into the bootloader and tried to flash Android 4.2.2 using Wug's toolkit, but I got this error:

huBBpBK.png


So now I'm stuck with a phone that can only boot as far as the bootloader and for some reason won't accept a flash. The drivers are working as Wug's toolkit verified the Nexus 4 just fine before attempting to flash. Any help would be appreciated.
Hope this helps, I did it on my phone, not because it bricked but because I was experimenting on things and my recovery lost the ability to install rom. :eek:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
 
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This phone is supposed to be almost brick proof and i've managed to do it twice now. I feel special.

jhawkkw, I verified the md5.

Don't feel bad, I managed to hard brick one :rolleyes:

Another possibility is that maybe this new bootloader doesn't allow downgrading. Or maybe the device repartitions with the update which throws the memory address off? I'm mobile currently, but when I get home I'll have a look at the files.
 
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I can flash system, data, boot, and recovery. It gives me an error if I try to flash the bootloader or radio and then everything I try to do after that returns an error. For example I can flash system and then reboot and flash something else, but if I flash the bootloader I'll get an error and then when I try to reboot it will return another error.
 
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