yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ifly4vamerica:
Yep, Odin back to stock, boot and do a factory reset in the stock recovery, flash cf autoroot in Odin, flash twrp 2.5.0.2 in Odin then ref lash ROM of your choice. Good luck.

SGS4 Sent
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] smizak:
Stock recovery says "can't mount /data" too. Crrrraaaappppp...............
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] smizak:
OK, so factory recovery data reset seems to have fixed it.

For my own sanity and curiosity, any thoughts on what happened here?

EDIT: and thanks to GiantJay and ifly4vamerica for straightening me out. Phone is good now.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] tigxu1:
I bought a unlocked and rooted AT&T LG Optimus G E970 from ebay. I tried to install CMW/TWRP recovery on it by adb and fastboot commands. When I typed "adb devices" the device model and serial number message showed on PC. But when I typed "adb reboot bootloader" or I manually press Volume+ and power key same time it couldn't be going to fastboot mode anyway. It just going to Android system. What is correct method and how do I do to get it into fastboot mode so that I will able to install recovery package? Is there any way to check bootloader? However, I read some different instrutions online for manually rebooting device to fastboot mode. I don't know what is right instruction for my phone. Thanks a lot!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Joecascio2000:
Unlocked and unlocked bootloader are not the same thing. You can download the Feegee app from the market and then unlock the bootloader and install a recovery all in one go.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Evolution11:
I was getting horrendous battery life on my new Nexus 7 stock and rooted / custom ROM.

I decided to wipe, install zero apps except Chrome and fire away at the battery. YouTube has streamed 3 hours worth of an HD video and I'm at 72%!!! Nice!!!!

I was using FB and FB messenger, Firefox beta and really that's about it. Needless to say I'll hold off on installing them until they've been optimized with 4.3

~A happy Nexus user :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] merkk:
fwiw - i have chrome, fb and ff beta also installed - no battery issues. I dont use FF messenger though.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
Its FB. Seriously. Its a horribly written website with horribly written apps. It sucks information all the time.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Ravynmagi:
I'm sure my battery life would be great with no apps installed too. I'm holding off on wiping mine though, because I'm sure after I root and reinstall my stuff, the battery life will go to crap again.

On my Nexus 7 Google Services has an inordinate amount of keep awake time. So I'm hoping updates will fix the issue.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
I've heard people uninstalling Google Services helps. Might cause issues elsewhere though. I think certain battery savers can limit specific apps from keeping the device awake. Im on CM and my device goes into deep sleep quite often. Like 86% of the time.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] BrianDigital:
Better battery stats always helps finding the culprit. I had some issues with suspend_backoff and it seems chrome was the issue for me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] weedy2887:
A thousand times THIS.

If you really want FB install tinfoil. You lose notifications, but it's FBs garbage constant notification polling that is keeping your device awake.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] albundy2010:
Not trying to defend Facebook but.... Its not like fb doesn't have the option to turn notifications off. Chat availability off. Refresh interval to never. Messenger location off.

At some point no matter how bad the app is it comes down to user error.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
It doesn't matter. I turn that crap off and while it probably helps, FB is always eating up tons of memory and keeping the battery drained.

I use APW Widgets, setup a Facebook widget, and click through to the mobile Facebook page using Next Browser. The Facebook app has some perks over this but using this method, I know its not leeching my contacts and mobile usage.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] wintermute000:
I believe you as I've had issues like this too with many apps.

What I don't understand is how two people with same hardware, same ROM, install same app, one will have drain and the other doesn't. For example I have FB installed on my N7 2013 and its fine (at least it doesn't pop up in the usage chart if I don't use it).
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] albundy2010:
Using memory doesn't = using battery,

With those settings the device should idle perfectly. Assuming the rest of your set up is well behaved of course.

While your device is up and running the process will run time to time but it shouldn't cause any noticeable battery drain.

Don't get me wrong I can go on and on about all the stupid things that app does but set it up that way and you should not suffer any battery issues / drainage.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] longjohn119:
Once the MBA and CEO Class got their hands on Facebook it was Game Over .....

Most MBA's and CEO's aren't well enough educated to run a technically/scientifically based operation .... Look what happened to Gateway, Yahoo, Dell and almost happened to Apple in the 90's before they brought the Brains back ....

Google is one of the few that haven't went that route which is why they are leading the pack on most things. .... As long as the Brains of Google keep majority share and thus control of Googler I'll stay invested but as soon as the MBA and CEO Class takes ovber (hopefully never) I'll dump all my Google stock just like I did with Yahoo in early 2000 .....

Just look at the Damage the MBA and CEO Class did in the late 90's (The wrongly named Dot Com Bust) and in 2008 ..... Mainly because they are too poorly educated to work the technology and their insane belief in disproven Economic Theories like Supply Side that falls completely to pieces in the Tech World ....
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ANigerian:
so what did you do about chrome to fix it?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] BrianDigital:
Uninstalled it
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cobyman7035:
does a battery saver app like juice defender ultimate work or it just wastes 'more' battery?, i don't think my battery is all that great but i do have alot of apps installed

anyone installed snapdragon battery guru app?

gonna try to unistall chrome, but i find its the best looking browser interface for the sites i visit
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] eric00716:
I'm gonna tell you greenify changed my life, my battery life that is. Try it out and you will not be dissapointed.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Migamix:
an app that has not been used in over a day.. after a reboot yesterday should not be in top ten active apps and have near 7000 wakelocks when all notifications in the app are turned off. so yes, Facebook app sucks more than just itself

still. I'm at 22 hours unplugged, 4 and a half hours screen on time and only at 54% battery... I rate that as good

---------- Post added at 03:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 PM ----------

I would have recommended JD a few years ago.. its victims abandon ware for almost 2 years.. (never updated for ICS let alone JB) you are better off having tasked handle the same functions.. or just removing apps that are poorly writted
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Claghorn:
I haven't had any need yet on my Nexus 7, but I found Gemini App Manager to be a godsend on my Virgin Mobile phone. I can disable all the Intents that apps believe they ought to wake for and just allow them to respond to me actually running them. Much better battery life and more responsive phone without memory cluttered by all the bloatware that believes it needs to run all the time.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dalbig:
I just picked mine up yesterday and snapdragon was one of the first apps I looked for. Couldn't download because it's "not compatible with this version" I'm on stock BTW...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] BrianDigital:
so your saying that the app by default should run constantly in the back ground grab your location any time it wants. THen its user error that they dont dive in setting and change everything so it doesn't suck battery life

LOL yes its user error, now Im off to sound full of myself elswhere
[Sprint LG Optimus G] varem:
Flashed Lifeless last night. Everything was working fine, left the phone charging at 10% then today I wake up to a dead phone. Wont charge, wont boot. Only sign of life is holding the power button down for like 20 sec and the battery LED will turn on for like 20 sec but only if its plugged in. What gives? Anyone have any idea what might be going on?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Shelnutt2:
Plug into a 2 amp charger or do a battery pull.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Mexicouger:
Same thing has happened to me! I have done a battery pull as well with no avail. I am using a 1.2 A charger, the one that came with my phone and still nothing. I can get the red light as well but nothing else. I have pronounced the Phone as DEAD and have already bought a new phone(funds are tight so it was a was crappy situation). If ANYONE has a real working solution to this PLEASE tell us!(I'd greatly appreciate it)
[Sprint LG Optimus G] varem:
Man I bought a new phone too! Kinda sucks that I have this $200 paperweight now ...
[Sprint LG Optimus G] uncle_seuss:
You held the power button for 10 seconds? Try going to recovery or bootloader or download mode
[Sprint LG Optimus G] matt832:
Similar situation

I'm on stock but had the same problem. Phone totally discharged, plugged it into my car charger, phone got hot by camera but did not charge. Got home plugged it into stock charger, same thing. Battery charging on screen, phone hot, then dim light on screen. tried for a day or so, no luck.

Tried holding power button for 20-30 seconds, nothing, Vol up and down + power, nothing. By accident held power and vol up and charging light came on, held it for a minute, and it stayed on, let go, out it went. As a last resort, put two rubber bands around the phone to hold in power and Vol up and bingo! Charging light stayed on! left it overnight and found the phone completely charged in the AM, green light flashing. Been working fine for days, Willnot let it get too low of a charge in the future.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foofiebeast:
Dropped my nexus 4 yesterday and it fell right on the edge of the screen shattering it. First time I've broken a phone, and this one seems like a particularly bad one to have broken - no reasonable price screen replacement with the screen attached to the digitizer.

Anyway the phone boots up and charges fine, but I can't unlock it, which means my computer isn't connecting to it. Is there any way I can save all of my photos and other files?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Is USB debugging enabled?

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foofiebeast:
I believe so. But I have no way to check.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foofiebeast:
To be clear, I can't check because I can't get past the lock screen. I also have no way of turning the phone off, I just have to wait until the battery runs out and then I have one chance to turn it on. I'm wondering if there is anything I can do in recovery mode that might help?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Setup adb http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/

Plug the phone in while its at the lockscreen, and run "adb devices". If the command returns the serial number of the phone let me know and I'll give you further guidance. If it doesn't it'll take a bit more work but we should still be able to get it done.

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foofiebeast:
Thanks mucho, I will try to get that set up now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foofiebeast:
Set it up, but no devices listed :(

It's frustrating because it's so tantalizingly close. I have a pretty good idea that when I send it in to LG they are probably just going to send a different refurb back. I find it hard to believe that they do a 1 to 1 repair job on each phone that comes in.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Alright. This is what you'll need to do: unlock the bootloader, flash cwm recovery, boot into cwm, use adb to copy the contents of your SD card to your PC.

Read this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2266654 . only follow the parts to unlock the boot loader and flash clockworkmod custom recovery. Make sure that you flash the recovery right after unlocking (without rebooting in between) otherwise data will get wiped. )

After that boot into your newly flashed recovery and use "adb pull /data/media/" . this should copy everything on the internal sdcard of the phone.

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziddey:
Search for how to unlock the bootloader without wiping all your data. Would be moot otherwise...

Of course if all that's been done in the past and you already have cwm/twrp, just boot to that and you'll be able to adb in.

Also, you can hold onto the power button for 10s to force it to power down.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foofiebeast:
EDIT: restarted and tried again, making some progress now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziddey:
Again, that's why we go into cwm/twrp. Insecure debugging is enabled there.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foofiebeast:
Awesome, it appears to be copying everything over now!

Can't thank you enough! Just saved a years worth of pictures and videos, that pretty much chronicle the start of my current relationship up to the present.

Of course right now it is just pulling all of the EA real racing data, but I assume it will eventually get to the pictures, haha.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] likidd:
hey umm is there a way to get my contacts from the phone as well my phone is in the same situation thank you in advance
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackergnome:
Make a nandroid backup in cwm, copy the backup to pc, then to another rooted phone, and use Nandroid Manager app to restore contacts
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziddey:
you don't save as google contacts?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc1908:
Hi guys, sorry to hijack a thread but i have followed the instructions above as have same issue; broken screen, no usb debugging, completely stock nexus 4. Have managed to install adb, got it working in cmd. I ran bootloader, unlocked it, DIDN'T REBOOT, just flashed my custome recovery CWM 6.0.3.6 and booted it. So now i am inside the recovery but i can't pull my media???

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

TMc1908
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
You need to be more specific for us to help you. What do you mean by "i can't pull my media" ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc1908:
Apologies, i was a bit rushed. So i'm trying to get all my pics/data off my phone as my screen is smashed and i had a pattern lock on. My phone did not have usb debugging enabled. So i unlocked the bootloader, didn't do a reboot, flashed a custom recovery and then entered the recovery. However, my device isn't recognised in windows once i enter recovery and as such when i run "adb devices" no device is listed.

In the original instructions, it says:

After that boot into your newly flashed recovery and use "adb pull /data/media/" . this should copy everything on the internal sdcard of the phone

So how come once I load my recovery, when in cmd prompt, "adb pull /data/media" doesn't seem to work?

I'll be honest, i'm a little lost at this point and just really don't want to lose all my pics and thought i could get them this way before sending my phone for repair/replacement (it is insured) :(

Thanks for your help

TMc1908
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Before you can run the adb pull command, you'll need to get your phone recognized by "adb devices". Try installing Koush's adb driver.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc1908:
Ok so when i installed that driver it said unplug device which i did. It installed fine

So what do i need to do? Can i just unplug and reconnect my phone then (leaving it in recovery mode) and try adb devices?

Thanks

TMc1908
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Yep. Plug it back in after installing the drivers, then run adb devices and hope that your phone shows up. :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc1908:
Unfortunately still not showing :mad:

I mean, the phone showed fine in fastboot mode within the cmd prompt so i'm not really sure why adb not working. Have I definately done everything correctly? The current image on my phones screen is a black background with blue writing at the top. At the bottom it says:

Clockwork Mod Recovery v6.0.3.6

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

Warning: No file_contexts

(then has numerous lines about not being able to open/mount cache/recovery/log)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
So when the phone is in fastboot mode and you run "fastboot devices" it shows up? That indicates that your drivers are installed correctly afaik.

Maybe try fastboot flashing TWRP and see if your phone is detected from there.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc1908:
Well ye, when i was on the fastboot screen it showed up, hence how i was able to install CWM etc. How do i get back to the bootloader menu without wiping my SD?

Thanks

TMc1908

Let me just say that whilst the custom recovery is still loaded, fastboot devices doesn't show anything
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Fastboot isn't meant to work in recovery.

As for being scared of rebooting...don't worry. As long as you flashed your recovery immediately after unlocking the bootloader (without rebooting in between) you're data should be safe.

So just power off, go back into the bootloader, fastboot flash twrp, boot into twrp, try adb from there.

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc1908:
Ok, so i have flashed TWRP and loaded it. On my screen now is a keyboard and it is asking for a password?

Nothing listed when i run adb devices
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc1908:
So....i reinstalled the usb drivers as when i watched what happened in device manager when i entered recovery, i noticed that there was a question mark next to the device. I can now see the device listed when i do "adb devices", however, i enetered "adb pull /data/" and it said building file list then said "0 files pulled, 0 files skipped"????

Any ideas

Thanks

TMc1908
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Try "adb pull /storage/sdcard0/"
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrewgrace:
Hi Guys,

I seem to be stuck with the same problem. My mate dropped his phone and the digitizer only works on the bottom half of his Nexus 4.

He has a pattern lock screen and can only input half of the pattern. He only needs his photos from the phone. The contacts were synced to his Google account.

Here's what I've done so far:

Unlocked bootloader

Directly flashed CWM onto the phone

Entered recovery mode

The above actions were completed through the Nexus 4 Toolkit Professional 2.3.8. I used option 3 to unlock the bootloader and option

6 to flash CWM touch.

Now when I enter the command: "adb devices" the phone serial pops up and "recovery" is displayed next to it.

So far so good.

Problem is, when I try to pull the files off the phone I keep getting the following:

pull: building file list...

0 files pulled. 0 files skipped.

I get that regardless of using adb pull /storage/sdcard0/ c:/nexus4sd or adb pull /sdcard/ c:/nexus4sd

If anyone can spare the time, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

Andrew
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pascuals:
try just typing adb pull /sdcard
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tub_girl:
Hi, I am in the same boat over here and I have unlocked and flashed clockwork mode following the instructions (did not reboot). I am now at the stage where I can seemy nexus 4 when executing a 'adb devices' command, but I cant seem to get any data at all, the error is always either "0 files pulled, 0 files skipped" or "remote object does not exist"

I have tried every combination including the below:-

adb pull /data/

adb pull /data/media

adb pull /sdcard

adb pull /storage/sdcard0/ c:/bacup

adb pull /sdcard/ c:\backup

Can anyone help??? It seems like a few of us here are having the same problem??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArcrossTech:
THANK YA!

Just here to give a BIG thank you to "Chromium" for all his precious posts in this thread. I manage to save 2 (yes TWO!) broken/cracked Nexus 4´s. :D :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opssemnik:
adb remount

adb pull /data/media/0/ c:\backp
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoSlack913:
this didn't work for me, I'm able to get to this stage like everyone else, but when I do any of the pull (or ls) it is all empty. is there a mount command for the sd that needs to happen?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opssemnik:
on adb shell.

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/msm_sddc.1/by-name/userdata /data
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaleira:
I got the same problem. My Nexus 4 dropped, the screen is cracked, lower half of the touch screen is not working. I am trying to at least pull teh data from the phone... I unlocked the device, installed CWM 6.0.4.3. adb lists the device, but I cannot pull /data/media in recovery. adb reports "0 files oulled. 0 files skipped".

One thing I noticed: In CWM when trying to mount /data on the phone, it says "Error: Mounting /data".

Any ideas on how I can get my /data/media folder from the phone?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Not sure if it's necessary, but have you tried mounting data from within CWM?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaleira:
Yes I did.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anubiszx:
I have the same problem, but my device is recognized in adb devices but shows as offline. Is there a way to access it?

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deep44:
I've got the same problem. Have you found a solution?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anubiszx:
No :(. Nothing yet. I've bought a nexus 5 and my nexus 4 is sitting on my table, waiting to get homefixed haha.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deep44:
ah... it is problem!! So I don't know if I have to start or not the manipulation to backup my files... Actually, you are not sure if it remains some files in your phone ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wattorama:
My first try at this

Late to the party, due to my own foolishness this morning. Please note, I already had ADB, drivers and CW Mod v6.0.4.7 installed. I was running CM 11 (not as if that part matters) latest build, and was both rooted and unlocked.

So, it begins. I will outline the steps that I took.

1: Created the folder C:\bump <Name isn't important but I don't know if ADB will create the directory on its own>.

2: Put the N4 into recovery mode.

3: Connected my phone via USB.

4: Started ADB via command prompt.

5: Ran "adb devices" to ensure I was both connected and in recovery. Output should look like < "S/N ######" recovery >.

6: Ran "adb pull /data C:\bump".

At this point, my IE broke and seemed to be drawing all of my computers resources. Not sure if its unrelated. Ergo,

7: Close everything else if you already haven't.

Depending on your level of storage use, it may take a while.

The end result?

29348 files pulled. 0 files skipped.

453 KB/s (1619045384 bytes in 3484.164s)

If you have it, set up a Bluetooth keyboard and pair it, enable developer mode, authorize your computer, make backups! I had most of the items available, but didn't set them up after my latest update :( Also, may be worth getting OTG working and keeping a powered hub around. I couldn't get it to work. Best of luck to anyone trying this!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KellyJ1:
Am I correct then in understanding that with ADB not seeing any devices, I should be able to get "fastboot devices" to work after entering recovery mode?

My Nexus 4 has a cracked screen and dev mode is not enabled. I followed the steps to enter recovery mode, but can't get ADB or Fastboot to see it.

Kelly