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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
Maybe I'm missing a blindingly obvious step.

My exact steps are:

Starting phone into bootloader screen (Volume + Up)

Erasing the recovery (as of Mike's post above)

Flashing the recovery (ensuring the recovery file is named "recovery.img")

On success of that selecting the Recovery menu item.

Each time I get Google Splash screen.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asafru:
Try to use fastboot to go into recovery directly instead of flashing recovery and choosing it from the bootloader menu.

"fastboot boot recovery.img" and see how this goes.

Edit: try this recovery as well

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=988686
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
How long do you wait on the splash screen? I recall this happening to me once but I thinkbi just let it sit and recovery eventually showed up after a while.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
Thanks asafru,

I tried booting into recovery but again, no luck. I did it with one of the recovery builds you suggested (the cyan recovery but having trawled that thread I'm not sure what the difference is between the colours).
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
That's a fair point - I had expected to see the recovery screen fairly sharpish.

I've waited 15 minutes now on the splash screen for flashings of cw 3.0.2.4, 3.0.2.5 and the mysterious cyan build of 4.0.0.2.

I imagine this is an appropriate amount of time for the recovery to kick in?

I've tried all these recoveries using the Recovery menu item and also using the booting directly recovery method that asafru suggests above.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
I'm gonna drop the B-Bomb here... I'm sure you're all sitting down... but it looks like I've bricked a Nexus S, huh? That surely warrants some kind of recognition (beyond a sizable hole in my wallet). Like a badge or rosette? My pic on the wall in the Hall of Cabbages?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
Before the B word is the O word.... ODIN!!!! :eek:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
:D I guess I'll need to step up my ODIN game. My brief dalliance with it didn't have ODIN recognize the device but I'll go digging around - I'm sure someone else has had the same issue.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
Tried ODIN 1.82.

Loaded the PDA, Phone and Boot tar files from Stock-GRH78-Nandroid but the process goes AWOL at this step...

Tried just loading the Boot and PDA files separately, on their own, and that goes fine but fixes nothing.

Doing the Phone file goes AWOL...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icejagans:
You're meant to load bootloader file first on its own in PDA. Flash that. Once that flashes successfully remove battery and enter download mode.

The flash the PDA and phone files
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icejagans:
Also when using Odin its best to use full stock firmwares from samfirewares.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamb':
No, must flash all the files in the same time.

Link to latest build (GRJ22):http://hotfile.com/dl/120766766/b116630/I9023_XEN_I9023XXKD1_.zip.html
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icejagans:
The official samsung guide states bootloader first then the other two but then again I have never done it any other way.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
Thanks for the heads up. I downloaded the guide and see the order it specifies. It still gets the same result.... AWOL at the step...

The handset remains in download mode. The last message on it is "Write Success!" and a progress bar that's about 90% complete.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
Thanks Chamb. I didn't try that build because my phone is a 9020T. Also the 9020 firmware on Samfirmware is for the European version. I was under the impression that mixing regional versions is a cause for a number of problems?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hand_of_henry:
For the purposes of closure I got the handset looked at and the motherboard is boned.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bi11ys:
Nexus S stuck on google screen

I got the same problem but haven't yet found a reply matching my case...

I'll try to be as specific as possible...

-I have successfully rooted my phone using clockworkmod recovery v.2.5.1.8

-Installed a superuser.zip

-Everything was working properly

-I tried to install cyanogenmod7.0.3, after wiping anything I could.

-Wipe battery stats didn't produce a message verification.

-Something went wrong during intallaton, I got a message

...asserted failed... and installation aborted...

-From now on my nexus s is stuck on google screen...

-I can't turn it on so I can enable usb debugging mode so I can do a new flash...

-Though, I tried to flash anyway, I get the message waiting for devices...

-adb devices says devices attached no serial produced.

P.S.: I was desperate and did many things I read on forums... I have formatted all folders apart from system folder...

plz... I need detailed instructions on how to make my phone work again...

sorry if I'm repeating a previous issue I have watched the threads but nothing was matching my case...

edit : I formatted all the choices I had...now it only starts in bootloader...

and a message on top says no boot or recovery img
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
Flash the latest clockwork recovery via fastboot. Then mount sdcard toggle USB and transfer a rom from your computer to the phone. Then flash rom through recovery and reboot.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bi11ys:
thnx for ur time and reply ...but now that I formatted the whole system I managed to enter the new flash and then I placed cyanogen and the phone works properly!

My phone is alive!!! I'm so happy!!! thnx again for ur assistance
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
Congrats! I'm glad you kept a level head and didnt panic and do something stupid :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polys_a:
Seems that you didnt install the drivers from the SDK
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqib727:
Hi,

I bought a Used Nexus S a month or so back.

I personally have not flashed anything on it. Don't know what the previous owner did.

Right now it gets stuck at the GOOGLE Boot Logo with a Unlock sign at the bottom.

I did not flash anything. It just HAPPENED Out of nowwhere

I can get into Recovery and FASTBOOT. Can't seem to find a way for Mass Storage.

I think its stock recovery not sure. says Android System Recovery <3e> and only

4 options.

Tried factory reset and Cache erase

HERRING

REV 11

BOOTLOADER V = I9020XXKA3

Baseband - I9020XXKF1

Carrier - TMB

Lock State - UNLOCKED!!!

ODIN won't recognise the phone.

This is the most relevant thread i could find.

please Advise. thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BumbleG:
You can flash Clockwork Mod Recovery from the bootloader screen, provided you have the correct drivers and such on your computer. From there you will be able to turn on USB storage etc. Follow one of the rooting guides on the forum compatible with your model to install CWM Recovery. If you're looking for a step by step video guide, look up zedomax's How To Root Nexus S on YouTube (this one might only be for the T-Mobile version but there are other links in the description). Note that you can skip the fastboot oem unlock step, since it's already been done, hence the unlocked icon at the bottom.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqib727:
Thanks for the Info.

Did that. Accessed CWM. Flashed a new Rom.

Still Couldn't get past the Google logo after waiting for 20 minutes.

and Now for some reason the CWM won't let me access mass storage mode again. It did before.

Tried flashing recovery again. still doesn't work.

This keeps getting weirder.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennyt67:
Stuck on google boot screen after installing ROMS

I am currently running:

Model number: SuperCM7 Nexus S 3G

Android: 2.3.7

Baseband Version: I9020AUCKF1

Kernel: Included in Htcclay SuperCM7 mod

Version: Htcclay's SuperCM7 Nexus S v.1.5.1

So this setup works fine other than a few hiccups here and there but what can you excecpt, its a very solid build and thanks to Htcclay. I like how it looks but would really want to run 4.0 ics. I have tried to install the superics mod from Htcclay and also tried to install the NexusBeam 4.1.0. I clear all cache's and do a factory reset, mount the system, and install the ROM.

It say successful install for each but here is the problem.

**When I reboot, it pulls up the google screen and sits there. I let the phone sit there for about 20 mins and it still didn't boot. I tried clearing and wiping 2 or 3 times each ROM, downloading each ROM 2 or 3 times, and still no cigar. With CM7 and SuperCM7, it stayed on the google screen for about 3 -5 mins or less and booted.**

The phone is not bricked yet because i can still hop into fastboot mode and either load my restore or put superCM7 back.

I don't know if i should just try a different kernel and install one of the ics ROM's listed above or should I just wait till *fingers crossed* grab me a stable version of CM9. I really don't know how else to install it and don't want to go through the ROM Manager because i think its too dangerous but seems like that might have to happen.

I didn't wipe the cache or Dalvick AFTER install so could that be the reason??

Thanks guys!!!

Great work! :P
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennyt67:
bump! anyone have any ideas??
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stillbreathing:
Nexus S – Unbranded

Product Name – Herring

HW Version – REV 52

Bootloader Version I9020XXKA3

Baseband Version I9020XXKF1

Carrier Info – EUR

Lock State - Unlocked

Hi, I rooted my phone and used many different ROMs for months and aside from the (i think) normal amount of random reboots I had no problems. My problem occured after I had the phone overclocked to 1,2 Ghz over night. At breakfast the phone powered off by itself three times and was stuck at the boot logo after the last try. Also there were green pixels lighting up randomly. In other cases the boot logo was only displayed half. The backlight was on all the time.

Here is what I tried since the problems occurred:

Flashing another Kernel already on the internal storage

→ failed: CWM gave me something about an error in E:/

Flashing another ROM already on the internal storage

→ failed: CWM gave me something about an error in E:/

Formatted sdcard, system, cache, data & boot through ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0

Tried copying ROM to the internal storage with linux

→ Error while copying

I/O Error

Tried to push stock ROM through fastboot (to system)

→ Bootloader: Invalid Magic Code! 0X04034b50

→ Terminal: renegade@renegade-ubuntu:~/android/tools$ fastboot flash system VQ8PQk_V.zip
< waiting for device >
sending 'system' (131106 KB)... OKAY
writing 'system'... FAILED (remote: Write Fail)

Tried to push stock ROM through fastboot (to boot)

→ Bootloader: Exceed blocks 0x00000201 > 0x0000001e

→ Terminal: renegade@renegade-ubuntu:~/android/tools$ fastboot flash boot VQ8PQk_V.zip
< waiting for device >
sending 'boot' (131106 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... FAILED (remote: Write Fail)

Tried booting stock ROM through fastboot

→ stuck at google bootscreen

→ Terminal: renegade@renegade-ubuntu:~/android/tools$ fastboot boot VQ8PQk_V.zip
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 134256640 bytes
< waiting for device >
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting...

I read this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1042452

→ motherboard damaged?

I also read that the internal storage is damaged → I/O Error.

Also: Is there any way to try the ODIN stuff (Linux Alternative?), since I can't turn on USB Debugging and I don't have the Windows Drivers for the Nexus S installed, since I always used Linux for this stuff.

Any help is much appreciated, thanks in advance.

I really can't afford to buy a new phone so I hope this can be fixed.:)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] svptheyear2011:
Sorry to be a bother...i had someone root my phone and I've decided to take the phone back....can anyone please tell me the easiest way to unroot it and restore all the bloatware? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] joedeveloper:
It's unlikely that they would check. Even if they did I doubt that would stop you from returning it. They usually just send it back to have it wiped and reset to factory defaults.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
Download bloater from market or get .apk file from the internet and that restores all your bloatware. As for rooting super one click 1.7 if you allready have the drivers on your computer or theres a beta 1.8 I believe allready has then. Select the ragethecage on the top right then plug your phone in and unroot
[Venue Pro General] erebusting:
I have just received my second DVP and i updated it....

now every time I try to use it with zune - zune ends up freezing (or it seems like its frozen...maybe it just slows down?) either way there is something wrong and I cannot seem to get it fixed...any ideas? anyone else with similar issues?
[Venue Pro General] frazell:
Zune on the PC or Zune on the Phone?
[Venue Pro General] erebusting:
PC...thanks for pointing that out!
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
Have that sometimes. I try to let Zune load up completely and make sure its running ok before I plug my phone in but doesnt always work and need to start again.
[Venue Pro General] erebusting:
that sucks, I have been doing the same...I hope someone comes across with some good insight on this one....It's hard to troubleshoot it also since it gets stuck and task manager even takes a while to end the task sometimes...so I understand how it's a pain to do so....
[Venue Pro General] raremage:
Couple of thoughts here - have you just added to your media library, or has Zune had time to properly import your media? I noticed this when I first loaded Zune, but after it had some time to inspect my media files and populate my collection, no real problems after that.

Also saw some lagginess the first time I synced my phone.

One last possibility, Zune seems to slow down if I have a bunch of dynamically building sync groups that need to be cleared and rebuilt when I sync my phone.

Just a few ideas and/or observations, hopefully they help.
[Venue Pro General] alodar1:
I tested this today. My Zune synced nice and fast. So I added 4 sync groups, pictures. Not only did it slow way down, but impacted laptop performance. After a couple of tries I erased the media and let it do a very simple sync....speed was back. I have an idea or, but I'll look at them tomorrow . Good call mage .
[Venue Pro General] pjfan75:
Next time it happens, check Task Manager to see if ZuneEnc.exe (maybe not that exact name) is using a lot of CPU. It's a process used by Zune to encode videos to the format used by the phone.
[Venue Pro General] erebusting:
I have not tried the recent suggestions, but I would like to say that I have tried the 'Zune Media Collection Reset Tool' and had no luck still with that...

I know when I had my 8gb dvp zune seemed to work fine...but now with my refurb (which is a 16gb) I have these issues....

I also noticed when I use wifi it seems to freeze up my phone...maybe related? idk...maybe the phone just desperately needs a firmware fix? or zune needs a fix? idk?..

I will return to this thread later when I have some more insight or info...
[Venue Pro General] erebusting:
I have Windows 7 64 Bit by the way...

I tried a samsung focus and it works fine...

it seems to be something with my DVP and ZUNE on this computer specifically... I have tried another comp with XP 32 and its fine and now I will try a comp with Vista 32....
[General Questions and Answers] kevmoney265:
i have a sprint htc hero i have never upgraded it since i bought it still running the firmware it cam with i think 1.5 the phone seems like it sucks and im hearing all this talk about upgrading to 2.3 or something i just want my phone to run better and i wanna be able to do all the thing this phone is supposed to do!!! like i said im totally new to all this so please dont bash me just slide me in the right direction!!! thanks guys!:confused:
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamo86:
Angry birds seasons new version and the older version not working.

angry birds not working.

I'm running 2.2 o2 uk network.

However angry birds rio is working.

Old version seasons is working (the one with egg icon).

Chinese version angry birds working very old version.

Any solutions.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussianSolja:
unmount your memory card from your phone settings and reinstall the app. ;-)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamo86:
Thanks alot.

its working
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fab4272:
Hi All,

I am using Vega 5.1.1 ROM on my tablet and have installed Twonky Mobile Server to access my NAS video avi's via DLNA.

When I was using TnT Lite, when I selected the video in Twonky, it would ask if I would like to use Rockplayer Lite (installed) or the default Twonky video player.

With Vegan 5.1.1, I don't get this notification, it defaults to the Twonky video player. I want to use Rockplayer as it displays videos using the correct ratio.

Any ideas? And thanks in advance.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaffeesnob:
I don't know anything about twonky, but if you have more than one video player installed you might have to clear defaults in that player's application info in settings - applications - manage application.

You should then get the choice again next time you start a video.
[General Questions and Answers] da619king:
I was using rom manager to download new software and after i did and rebooted my phone it is stuck on the android screen until i pull up the clockwork recovery page does anyone no what i can download to get the original software back on my phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx
[General Questions and Answers] Shabihbhai:
what phone do you have ?
[General Questions and Answers] da619king:
Hauwei ascend from cricket
[General Questions and Answers] zeemar007:
u cant the original software dude!!!

only if u have a nandroid backup then u can get them back!

else try download a firmware file from the manufacturer's site but its doubtful if they will release firmwares to public.. some companies do and some dont!!!

OR BETTER STILL TRY TO USE ANOTHER ROM!
[General Questions and Answers] Extreme125:
I got a phone HTC aria 2.1 and I cant install .apk files it says my phone is set to block installations that are not from the droid market wat can I do? my phone is from AT&T
[General Questions and Answers] scott.ragan:
Settings -> applications -> check the box on "unknown sources"
[General Questions and Answers] deliriousDroid:
+1 what he said. Learn your settings well, and android will be so much easy'r to use :)
[General Questions and Answers] fowenati:
1.Is your phone rooted? If not you should root it (find it in your phone's specific forum).

2. Then after you root it and make sure BusyBox, and SuperUser are installed.

3. Go into settings (as stated above) then Settings>Applications>Development>Unknown Sources (make sure it is checked).

You should now be able to install third party apps no matter what since ATT completely blocks this feature by default and you must enable S-OFF and Root to enable it. Also with root you can

A: Install a custom ROM (new look and better speeds)

B: Overclock

C: Speed up your phone in many more advanced ways.

D: Delete Stock Apps

E: Much Much More
[General Questions and Answers] fowenati:
ATT Blocks this, you must root to enable it, otherwise he would've gotten a popup asking him to allow 3rd party apps.
[General Questions and Answers] CheeseMcGee:
The Aria doesn't have a check box for "unknown sources" ATT blocked the phone from allowing non-market apps.

If you have some skills, you can try this fix --> http://www.xda-developers.com/android/install-non-market-apps-unsupported-resources-on-android/

Or you can try this easier fix --> http://forum.androidcentral.com/and...40770-ac-sideload-wonder-machine-windows.html
[General Questions and Answers] deliriousDroid:
Wow, what a douchy move
[General Questions and Answers] fowenati:
Yeah, ATT has a reputation for douchebaggery here in the US.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zohawkish:
I want to share with u guys something weird but a good tip if someone can confirm what l experienced. I flashed my phone with a jva stock and backed to js7 stock whith partition enabled pit 813 and here ...believe me l have never feel this responsivness on my phone .... very smooth ...quick as hell...and l suspect the new bootloader is behind these things also l noticed the data is not wiped after flashing my device with js7 !!! can someone confirm ?? l have no attention to enable laxfix !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] karmacode:
I guess you meant "lagfix" with "laxfix" :D joking man.

However, it can be possible. To be honest, I'm not going to try this because I decided to avoid changing roms very often (Android phones are customizable but too many mods could affect phones' lives in my opinion), but it's interesting. Now, with these Gingerbread roms, I think they implemented these "bootloaders" (not sure about that).

I'm not gonna say anything about it because I don't really know the topic :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zohawkish:
Files system are in rfs also l got a bad quadrant score.......but l have now a supersonic phone !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] karmacode:
You could be more precise and specify which changes you can evidently notice, it could help people to know more about this strange - but interesting - fact :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zs6wdl:
Same here. Flashed jvk and then went back to js8 without changing the base, and the phone felt much more smoother and responsive.

Smile - It's the same in all languages
[Galaxy S I9000 General] karmacode:
Mmh, that's quite interesting.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zohawkish:
l confirm l did it again same results but there is somthing wrong with framework !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] karmacode:
As I said in a post before, you should tell us something more specific if possible...

We want details :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pikachu01:
I'm back with ZSJPK after using JVB for 3 days, and it's smoother on my side too. Though, I would attribute the smoothness to ZSJPK being initially smoother than JVB.

It's your mind playing tricks on you that JVB was smoother in the first place :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DeKootsj:
We'll give it a go here thnx for the tip!
[Defy General] bmpvieira:
Edit:

Solved bootloop by flashing stock 2.51.1 full sbf.

Then to install CyanogenMod7:

1-rooted with SuperOneClick

2-installed sd-recovery

3-restored 3.4.177-005 nandroid

4-flashed 3.4.177-005 fixed sbf

5-applied CyanogenMod zip in recovery

Hi!! This is my (sad) first post! :'(

My Defy was never flashed and had this stock rom:

JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1_BLUR_P3_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA030.0R_USAJORDANRTFR_P043_A010_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf

I used sbf_flash with 3.4.2_155-Fixed.CEE_DEBLUR.sbf and now my Defy is in reboot loop...

I need to remove the battery to make it stop, because if I put the battery back on, the phone immediately starts to boot!

When I press "power+vol up" to enter recovery, I see a logo like software installing from a box into the phone and then the logo switches to a triangle with an exclamation mark.

When I press "power+vol down" to enter download/usb flash mode, I can see the android robot with the same triangle, like the usual background of recovery mode, but when I touch the screen nothing happens...

Please help me!!! :'(
[Defy General] Mdfy:
You should have flash a nandroid first of 3.4.2_155 before the fixed SBF.

But anyways, you could get out of boot loop by flashing the "full" SBF of 3.42_155 or other leaked froyo rom. Refer to walter's thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=966537 and download the rom.

After flashing go into stock recovery mode(power+vol down) when the exclamation mark appears press vol up + vol down. Wipe then reboot.