Not sure if its bricked or not

[Hank Harwell]

So, my Nexus 7 seems to be stuck in a boot loop, with a screen saying that it is "optimizing" the apps, then returning to the Android startup screen. I believe that I may be running Android 7 (8?).

Would a factory reset help, or should I look at other alternatives?

 

[ocnbrze]

So, my Nexus 7 seems to be stuck in a boot loop, with a screen saying that it is "optimizing" the apps, then returning to the Android startup screen. I believe that I may be running Android 7 (8?).

Would a factory reset help, or should I look at other alternatives?

a factory reset is probably all you can do at this point.

edit: another option is to flash a firmware update....not sure how that is done on a nexus device, however. nor do i know where you can get the firmware.

 

[Brian706]

For a Nexus device you can download firmware and everything needed directly from Google.

If you have a locked bootloader you might want to try the ota images which you adb sideload through the stock recovery.

I believe you have to have an unlocked bootloader to flash the factory images.

https://developers.google.com/android/images

 

[Hank Harwell]

UPDATE: I broke down and executed a factory reset. It seems to work for now, but now I need to find another tablet someone gifted me a few years ago that I've kept in storage, as my current one was functioning fine at the time. I think the Nexus 7 is beginning the slow descent to nonfunction.

 

[Hank Harwell]

Which is sad...it is still my favorite tablet!

I have loved it as well. It does just about everything I need it to do.