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[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] player911:
Just got an email with 10% off secret sale

Use code "NEWNEX" during checkout.

I already ordered one at full price. Wonder if they'll apply it to my preorder?

[EDIT] They said no. Supposedly I bought one at the Introductory price ($5 off). Oh well. 10% off is still cool. It typically covers shipping.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] Zenelia:
hey thanks for sharing well one of my friend has also ordered a styli pen for his Nexus 7 from Fommy he also got the free shipping Now just waiting for the product to be delivered
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] Goobeedoo:
If you like their Facebook page they give you a 10% off coupon. I got one, but still deciding on a case. :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Hi all,

I think I just toasted my Nexus 7 3G while trying to upgrade the radio/bootloader, but before I toss it in the trash I wanted to see if many someone had any ideas I have yet to try.

Thanks in advanced to anyone who can help me!

The Problem:

Nexus 7 wont boot and is stuck on the Google logo with the unlocked bootloader icon. Cant boot to boot loader using Power + Volume Down. When I do Power + Both Volume Up and Down the screen goes black after showing the Google logo and my PC detects the device but cant find drivers and dont get anything out of fastboot commands. Power + Volume up does nothing.

Because the unlocked bootloader icon I doubt I could get away with sending it back.

What I did:

I was running CM10.1 with Bootloader unlocked

I installed the following 4.3 ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2381991

Rebooted <-- Everything was fine but running on older Radio/Bootloader

I started following the following instructions to upgrade radio + bootloader - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2175086

I used TWRP to install the Recovery zip

Rebooted to bootloader

Fastboot Flashed bootloader

<<Forgot to Flash Recovery>>

Rebooted <-- everything was working

Rebooted to bootloader

Fastboot Flashed Radio

Rebooted << TWRP launched instead of stock recovery

Rebooted to bootloader

Fastboot Flashed bootloader

Fastboot Flashed recovery << Did not reflash recovery zip first >>

Rebooted <-- seemed ok

Rebooted to bootloader

Fastboot Flashed radio

Rebooted <<No Recovery Showed Up>>

Stuck with Google logo with unlocked bootloader icon and cant get back into bootloader
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecspc:
Hi Mazeri,

I having the same issue as I explained in the original thread.

I was flash the bootloader recovery and radio. Recovery and Bootloader flashes seemed to be ok but the radio flash run ok but when the n7 rebooted got stuck in the google logo.

I have tried all kind of key combinations with no success.

Here is the transcript of my flash commands:

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.23.img
sending 'bootloader' (2100 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.258s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 4.140s]
finished. total time: 4.399s

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot flash recovery Recovery_Stock_Tilapia_4.3.img
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.223s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.453s]
finished. total time: 3.676s

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot reboot
rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.020s

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot devices
015d2XXXXXX0d	fastboot

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.18.0_0409.img
sending 'radio' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.943s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 4.760s]
finished. total time: 6.702s

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot reboot
rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.020s

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot devices

~/Downloads ⮀ fastboot devices

How do you detect the device in your pc? What command are you running?

Im on a mac os x. If I do a fastboot reboot recovery, I get a 'waiting for device' message but there is no information for any combination of key presses.

If you are on a PC, have you tried any toolkit? I've read in a couple of thread that Wug's toolkit have worked to unbrick some devices with issues with the bootloader.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
All I did was hold power until the screen goes black, then press and hold both volume up and down. The Google logo shows up and then the screen goes black. Windows then detects a device... but is unable to install a driver for it and it shows up as an unknown device.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Also, I tried with the Nexus 7 tool kit and it failed to detect ADB. Fastboot also does not see the device.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Wug Toolkit also does not seem to work as it requires ADB or Fastboot to be working.

If I could get the device driver to kick in that might work... but something we did while flashs is making the device show up without details such as no device name and no mfg info... so Windows just shuts it down and calls it unknown.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amakaru:
I've got the same prolem :( Wug or Nexus toolkits cannot detect my N7 .... hix

I just flash the radio and my N7 stuck at Google logo....
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecspc:
Maybe we should check what do ourt n7's have in common... It's strange that the flash worked for other n7 but not for ours.

Maybe that radio file is intended for certain devices (?).

Mine is a EU Nexus7 3G bought in early January this year. I guest is in warranty yet but because of the unlock icon in the start screen, the warranty is void :(

But I think this is not a problem related with the bootloader since the google logo appears and the unlock icon (so the n7 bootloader detects that it is unlock).

The flashing worked with the bootloader but it crashed when the radio was flashed for the three of us, so it is something related with the baseband. The OS installed should not be related since the bootloader and radio baseband are independent from the OS (Maybe you can get a soft brick, stuck in the colored X logo but bootloader should work).

I'm going to try to work finding a solution... but personally Im not feeling very optimistic :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amakaru:
Now when I use three button (hold down power & vol + & vol - ) my computer show in device manager : "Android devices/ASUS Transformer APX Interfaces" :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ameinild:
Sorry to say, but unless you can get your devices to fastboot mode, I think you're out of luck. It sounds like it doesn't get completely into the bootloader, which is problematic.

It was discussed a while back, and APX mode is a programming mode, but we lack the proper drivers and software to be able to recover anything on the N7 from that. Sorry.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
I have a US Nexus 7 3G, got it right when they went on sale.

Bummer news :'( but I was expecting as much. If we don't find a fix, can we replace the main board to fix or is this problem beyond that point? Don't think selling a bricked device is worth it unless we have 0 options.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 775bt:
adb/fastboot commands

Another one bites the dust.

I should have followed the thread more closely. One of the steps (noticed this after the fact) is to "fastboot reboot", unfortunately this does not reboot the bootloader.

I should've noticed this yesterday after the initial fastboot reboot when I flashed the recovery image. Anywho, I believe the last step after flashing the radio should be "fastboot reboot-bootloader" not "fastboot reboot"? Maybe someone with more adb/fastboot experience could verify? Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambistt:
bootloop after radio update!!!

my nexus 3g is from poland!!!

please, help!!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Still no update guys, and no luck also :(

Right now I am thinking we will need to replace the main board, but I want to get that confirmed before buying a replacement.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eternal70:
I think that radio and bootloader must flashed first before upgrade to 4.3 . I do that with my N7 3G and now it works fine
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambistt:
my radiobands for device is for Poland Region

i hate myself

the only way is to flash radiomodule via APX, i have installed drivers, but have not .cfg and other parameters to flash Nvidia chip.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecspc:
There isn't a place to know the parameters or whatever we need?

What can we change physically (motherboard, or any specific chip) to solve this problem?

If we return it to Asus or Google can it be repeaired? How much does it cost? Assuming the warranty is void because of the unlock icon..

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That was not the reason. I didnt upgrade to 4.3 before flashing the bootloader and the radio and I got the same result. The bootloader is not connected to the OS, but the OS is connected to the bootloader. I mean that it doesnt matter the OS in order the bootloader to run. But maybe it is possible to have the n7 soft bricked if the bootloader installed is not compatible with your OS.

Softbricked is when you are stuck in the OS logo (in case of the stock version is the colored X). This is very easy to fix, just runt in fastboot mode and flash the new OS and that's all. Everyone has experienced this situation eventually.

Our n7 are hard bricked. This mean that the bootloader or the radio (or both) are corrupted or bad flashed. In our case is the radio band (since we can see the google logo that is the bootloader). The weird thing is that while the bootloader is running (we can see the google logo and the unlock icon), we can't enter in the fastboot mode. Since we cant put the n7 in fastboot mode then we cannot flash anything (not os, not radio, not bootloader).

For now, the only way to flash bootloader and radio chip of the n7 is via APX. the problem is the APX configuration to flash the nvidia chips has not been released (as far as I understand, correct me if im wrong), so there is no way to know how to do it.

The only hope is changing this chips physically. Because everything is integrated, that means to change the motherboard, my guess (you can find tutorials in iFixit). What's the downside? The motherboard is basically the N7 so if you change it you change everything (the storage, the 3G, etc). You can check for motherboards in ebay easily just with search: Nexus 7 Motherboards. Range price varies from 20$ for 8GB to 140$ for 3G . Another question is if we can put a 8GB or 16 GB motherboards in our 3G N7, but I think so... it would not be a problem.

Everything I said a personal opinions and I can be wrong, so correct me if I'm wrong.

I have to say, I still have a very very very little hope that could be a fix for this, since we can see the google logo. But I'm thinking in ordering a 8G motherboard just in case :eek:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambistt:
i`m thinking to give my n7 3g to my brother for parts and never buy tablet anymore, only ultrabooks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DomieMic65:
My brother had the same problem and he managed to flash 4.2.1 with the nexus 7 toolkit.

The device got back to life again and then took the 4.3 OTA.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambistt:
no and never`ll be

easyflash only for transformer pad

i think to easy buy new nexus 7 2 gen or never buy tablet anymore

347 $ in trash

the new PS4 console is selling ~ 399$ - i think, it better to purchase new console that tablet

---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 PM ----------

really? your brother flashed radio module?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DomieMic65:
I don't know. Sorry.

I just mentioned this in case it may give you a clue.

I will ask and report.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyAdams:
You can add another hard bricked N7 to the list of broken devices, also after flashing the files here;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2175086

I've tried two toolkits and manually to fastboot or adb the device but nothing. The only think that works is APX mode which as previously stated here is useless.

I would however recommend trying an RMA, I do know of someone how was unlocked who got his replaced.

Edit: Mines an EU N7 3G brought direct from Google in the UK.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seneca1992:
I think i have the same problem, but i can enter the Recovery Mode (TWRP 2.5.0.0)

What do i do then?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambistt:
your are lucky

instal via fastboot even you want

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i can charge and see at charge animation and if hold power + volume+ button = reboot twice.

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i think to solder radio or disconect and maybe device skip this due boot
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seneca1992:
I'm using the Nexus Toolkit to install the Factory Stock Rom, but it doesn't start after that.

"booting failed" in the upper left corner. What should i do?

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyAdams:
Just contacted play support, apparently there are lots of bricked N7's after the 4.3 update and so they are replacing mine :)

Just awaiting the shipping label but there should be a new N7 in my play account that is released when my old one gets back.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Does yours have the unlocked bootloader icon when turning the device on?

edit: If yes, let us know if they fulfill the replace order.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyAdams:
Yes it did and I told the Play rep that the bootloader was unlocked, that didn't seem of concern to them.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
How did you contact support? Email or Call? Also, did you just say its brocked after upgrading to 4.3?

I will try and do this today.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyAdams:
By phone, told them I had tried to update to 4.3 and the result. Will keep you all informed on my progress.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Are they sending a unit or do you have to send yours first? I will love Google forever if they do in fact replace it :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badg79:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambistt:
yes it have icon
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brett91364:
I broke my screen but the rest is good wanna sell?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecspc:
Any updates?

Anyone has made any move?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Like Guyadams I ended up calling google play support and will be sending my device in and getting a new one.

It's still possible they will refuse and want to charge me for a new unit or to repair. Just have to wait and see. I will report on the final outcome.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecspc:
Did you say that it was unlocked or something about the unlocked icon?

Did you explain the process or just said it happened in a OTA update?

I've read that there are people who google repaired their unlocked n7s because the unlock "may" void the warranty.

Please report with any updates so we can follow your steps :)

Anyway, good luck with that! I hope it gets repaired.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krari:
Just called google UK support to make a swap.

The guy told me he couldn't support my device because it was rooted prior to the update...

I'm just really disapointed right now :(

Here is the email they sent me after the call :

"---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: <googleplay-support@google.com>

Date: 2013/8/4

Subject: RE: [6-4992000001394] Nexus 7 4.3 update to Rooted device

To: xxxx@gmail.com

Hello Adrien,

Thank you for contacting The Google Play Support Team. I understand your concern with your Nexus 7 and the update. I want you to know I am here to make sure to resolve any issues you may have with your Nexus 4.

As we discussed we are unable to support devices that have been rooted. If you can get into the bootloader and reset the device cache may help to resolve your issues. I have included the steps to reset the device below. Please try the following steps:

Ensure that the device is plugged into a power outlet or is at least 50% charged.

Restart the device Switch Wi-Fi off and on (Settings > Wi-Fi > OFF/ON).

Touch Wi-Fi to see a list of available Wi-Fi networks and ensure that you are connected.

Restart download by going to Settings > System > About tablet (or phone) > System updates.

If this does not resolve your issue, please continue with the following steps:

Conduct a forced shut off by holding Power button for 20 seconds; this will shut down and restart your device.

If the device is still not working correctly, you may need to conduct a wipe cache partition. This resets the phone's storage which may resolve any issues you are experiencing. Unlike a factory data reset, wiping the cache partition does not delete your personal data.

To wipe the cache partition, follow these steps:

Turn off the device.

Press and hold the Volume Up and the Volume Down and Power keys at the same time for about 10 seconds.

An image of an Android lying on its back will appear.

Press the Volume Down key twice until "Recovery mode" appears on the screen.

Press the Power key to restart in "Recovery mode."

An image of an Android with a red triangle will appear.

While holding down the Power key, tap the Volume Up key.

The Android System Recovery screen will appear. Release all keys.

Use the Volume keys to scroll to wipe data cache partition and press the Power key to select.

The phone will restart.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know by replying to this email and I'll be happy to assist you further. If you'd like, you can receive live support by simply calling (855) 836-3987 where we can help resolve the issue you're experiencing faster. I'd also like to let you know to expect a short anonymous survey about your support experience in the next few days; we keep trying to find ways to improve our customer support, and your feedback will definitely help.

Regards,

Patrick

The Google Play Support Team"
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
I just said it happened after upgrading to 4.3.

There is a real chance they will find the device out of warranty, but its worth a shot as the device is dead otherwise.

I will keep this updated as I learn more, I sent my N7 back today so it could take up to 30 days to hear back.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Just a quick update for any1 watching this still.

Google did end up sending me a replacement device as stated above. It has been around 15-20 days since I sent my bricked Nexus 7 3G back.

I have not heard anything from Google, and there have been no charges to my account.

I am not sure how long it takes them to review returned devices, but I am hopping that everything went smoothly.

As I said above all I did was call in and say that after upgrading to Android 4.3 my device would no longer book and was stuck on the Google logo screen.

I hope other have success with this aswell.

I for 1 will never try and upgrade my radio manually, ever again :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyAdams:
Yeah my new one arrived and it's been 19 days since my old one arrived at the service centre, nothing from Google except a "how's our service" survey.

I hope you guys have the same luck.

Sent from my Nexus 7 3G
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecspc:
Glad to hear that. Btw did you buy your n7 directly from Google?

In my case I bought it in a fnac so I guess I should call fnac instead of Google or maybe Asus.

Anyway I'm happy for you guys!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazeri:
Direct from google for me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyAdams:
Yeah I purchased direct from Play also.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raqun:
Has anyone found a solution for this? My Uncle bricked it in exactly the same way.. such a shame.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyAdams:
There is no solution currently other than getting it replaced.

The only other option is APX mode which is a nvidia feature that currently no one has any information on or any tools to make use of it :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erovia:
Technically there IS a tool for the 2012 N7. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2455927

Too bad it needs an existing backup of your device to be able to revive it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limaunion:
I'm having exactly the same problem with a new nexus 7 (2012) after trying today to install the SmoothROM, can't access the bootloader, the only difference is that it's not a 3G, only WIFI.

Is it the same situation if it's a 3G device or not, right?

---------- Post added at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:09 PM ----------

Please disregard.

With some help I managed to take control again (middle volume button + power for 15").

Obviously it was not the same problem.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusciolino:
guys take a look to this guide
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecspc:
Hi Cusciolino, could you post the link to the guide please?

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusciolino:
https://www.androidroot.mobi/pages/g...ash-jellybean/

this is only a trace from start

---------- Post added at 11:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:20 AM ----------

https://www.androidroot.mobi/pages/g...ash-jellybean/

this is only a trace from starting
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NEmazas:
it fix to me

all i did was same thing as you on Nexus 7 (2013). I didin`t know what to do... so after 30min i jus holded power button about 30s it just turned on :laugh: ! sorry for bad english i am from Lithuania...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shubham1277:
Hello mates.....

I am newbie ....so i just made this thread just for asking that is dual booting system is possible for our nexus 4 ......is there any kernel which supports it...???

Sent from my $uperphone Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopezk38:
Nope. Use search next time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Napvid:
Has anyone found a real fix yet for the Hulu DRM problem on rooted phones? I have searched high and low and have tried everything I can with no luck so far. I am running the Blu Kuban rom. Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC Rezound] Man Hammer:
Well, I used my free upgrade 3 months before my contract was up. Seeing I really dont use my phone as often as I though, I was wondering what would be the easiest possible way to keep my phone but not have a contract service. I did look up the straight talk method that was posted in the general forum but I have 0 phone skills outside of have A+, Network+, C++ Programming certifications.

My point would be, I want to keep my phone but dont want to have a contract service anymore. What are my options

Thanks and I did my best to look up where and how to do it but I got directed here from a friend.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
You do understand that using your free upgrade extends your contract an additional two years from the original expiration date, correct? Or are you saying that 2 yrs ago you used your free upgrade?
[HTC Rezound] Uzephi:
Only way of getting off contract early is paying the ETF (early termination fee). It starts at $350 and drops over the course of the two years
[HTC Rezound] Man Hammer:
Question

I had done both actually, I was on a family plan and used my free upgrade and exteneded my contract another 2 years. Well, the family I was on decided to take me off the plan because the main user is actually using 95% of the minutes and cant afford any overages. They have been with verizon since 1995 and have been in very good standing and "VIP" accounts. They spend 450 a month for all the lines they have and Verizon cancelled my line no charge to them. Now I have a new phone with no service.
[HTC Rezound] Man Hammer:
Hm

Long story short, my family pays alot of money and are "VIP" Verizon agreed to drop my line without cancellation fees. They have never been late on payments and pay around 450 a month for all there lines.
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
Cool story