yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Omni Q&A] hammerchucker:
So I installed the the 1/13/14 nightly as a fresh install. I stared messing around with advanced restore. When I restore only the /system folder that is when I lose all mobile cell services.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nocht420:
Okay, so first of all it's not my kindle, it's my mothers. I'm like the "tech guy" in my house. We have had our Kindle Fire for about 1 or 2 years, and today we tried to turn it on and it failed. We tried pushing the power button, holding it down, etc. It turned on after a few tries, but I am concerned it may not continue to "be good." any idea why it did this, or how to keep it from doing this in the future? the device is NOT rooted.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serendipityguy:
As an effort to assist you, have you tried to recharge the device, like over night .

As an effort to assist you, have you tried to recharge the device, like over night . . .

If so what is the current status?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broadwayblues:
I have a Kindle Fire here too that a family dropped off to see if I could fix it. The battery is dead and I tried the holding power button down for 30 seconds trick and nothing happened. I opened up the back and took the motherboard out and everything seems fine. I put it back together and tried plugging it into the USB power ports on my wall outlet. When power is applied a green light lights up. When I plug in the Fire, the light is steady for half a second and then flickers on and off many times a second. I don't understand what is failing inside the Kindle to cut the power off so many times a second.

Any ideas? The motherboard looks fine. No corrosion on the USB input for the Fire. Solder joints look fine. Disconnected the battery and put it back in. I'm thinking either the USB has cracks that I can't see without a magnifying glass or the battery is bad. Can a battery get so discharged that it won't charge back up?

I'm considering jump starting the battery directly, I've done something similar on my old galaxy nexus.

Any input is appreciated!

---------- Post added at 07:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

I wanted to add that the green power light on the Fire will not come on at all, and the green light I was talking about on the post above is on my USB wall outlet.

Thanks again
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheif_of_smoke:
any luck fixing it? it just happened to me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] domjd56:
Hey, everyone. I know this issue has been reported before, but NONE of the solutions are working for me. Perhaps I just have a bad Nexus.

I received the device for Christmas and it has worked perfectly fine. Super fast, fluid, responsive. Then, suddenly, I was using the device and it randomly rebooted. I thought, "whatever, this happens to all devices at one point or another". But then, after I turned it on, it got stuck on the Google startup screen for at least 5 minutes. I decided to restart and try again, but this time, it got stuck on the google screen, rebooted on its own and got stuck on the google screen again, repeating this cycle over and over.

So I went into Recovery mode to wipe the cache and do a factory reset. Not even this would work. The factory reset worked, but when I started up my tablet again, it froze at the Google screen. Eventually, it would just continue the cycle of freezing and rebooting. This is ridiculous. A brand-new, unrooted Nexus 7 on 4.4.2 should not be completely unusable. My warranty is up on the 18th, so I will probably just return it, unless someone has an idea.

Thanks.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] purephysics:
That'a your best option. If you haven't modified it in any way then use your warranty.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] oadam11:
I agree. Since you did not root it, there is probably something wrong with your tablet and you should get it exchanged while you can

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] BraddahBoi808:
I am going through the EXACT same thing and no one has been able to help.. What I did to fix it was re-flash the 03.15 bootloader and that allowed it to start. I think there's some tablets out there that "don't like" the new bootloader included with the KitKat update and I'm glad to see that it's not just me... At least you are able to return yours. I purchased mine back in August last year
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Damian2013:
So how does our camera compare to a old school one in the late 90s? In high school my sister used to be in photography and the pictures came out great.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biscuitownz:
Not even a comparison... 90s stuff just can't compete.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
Granted camera's itself is good because of the lens type and aperture of the camera

you're comparing a mobile device's camera to a full sized camera

its like comparing a mini van and a truck

but for the specific question id say the Nexus 5's camera is better than that 90's piece of ****

See this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49397833&postcount=1481

and this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49379625&postcount=1472
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
How does your Internet connection compare with the one you had in the 90's?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Sprinkles:
Are we talking SLR or point and shoot? An SLR is going to kick the N5's ass.

Also, why are we comparing the two?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
This :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Damian2013:
So an slr is still going to beat the nexus 5 camera in every situation? And internet Connection is a little different then a camera comparison.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
I'm so confused by this question.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemon871:
What exactly do you mean by an old school one from the 90s? Cell phone cameras have come a long way, no doubt but a 8MP camera is still not going to produce a picture that's as detailed and crisp as a DSLR camera. You might not be able to notice the difference on a small screen but try zooming in to a picture and you'll notice the difference
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pepdavies:
Wasn't everyone using film in the 90s? Better than a phone camera today if exposed correctly.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GadgetLady:
Digital in the 90's was a novelty. The cameras used a floppy disk! Not sure what the point of this thread is.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickoicko:
This post gave me cancer. The meme itself won't do justice on this post.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BNNEBULA:
Alright i got 6 hours before tmbobile store opens and i can HOPEFULLY get an exchange, but not banking on it. btw im new to rooting so i wasnt familiar with the process, but regardless i have hard bricked my NEXUS 5. Title says the problem. I followed wwjoshdew's guide to rooting on youtube, and rooted successfully. But i could'nt for the life of me figure out how to create nandroid. I ended up realizing i didnt download cmw recovery mode and downloaded it from the play store. the app took me to a button that said flash recovery and i hit it and my phone asked for permission from unknown source, i hit ok and it shut down, on 70% battery life. Not turning on please help
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruben8448:
Try to boot the phone into bootloader mode. Just hold volume down and the power button. From there try to cycle to recovery. You use your volume down to cycle through the options and power but as select. If you can boot into recovery and have that successfully installed then you can erase your phone and try to power it on from there. If you didn't successful install the custom recovery then you'll have the standard Android recovery. You can erase everything from that too.

These phones are hard to brick and not be able to fix it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BNNEBULA:
Doesn't turn on dude. No matter what. I am new to roms but i know what a hard brick is.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FuMMoD:
You should really read the guides and stickied threads at the top of these forums. The guides are very noob friendly and you wouldn't have bricked your phone. There's one to reset your device to stock as well. There's really no need for this thread and on top of that there is a sticky that says no questions in the General forums.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeekiz:
Determine your phone is actually off. Plug your phone into charge, if a battery sign appears in the middle of the screen then your phone is off.

If your phone is off, hold down the volume down button with the power button to start the bootloader, press volume down twice and press the power button to enter recovery.

If your screen remains black and doesn't show a battery logo, hold the volume up, volume down and power buttons at the same time for a minute, then let go and hold down the power button. Which should hopefully start your phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeekiz:
You should have been around long enough to know that when newbies break their new toys they go nuclear and dismiss all the information around them.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beauenheim:
You bricked a Nexus?

Hold down Volume Down, Up, and Power to get into fastboot mode. Restore from Factory Image.

Normally, to root a nexus, I fastboot Team Win Recovery Project.

Anyways what you did simply could not HARD BRICK the phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FuMMoD:
Seriously lol. Even though the guides are right there in their faces.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
HELP SOS

My Nexus5 doesn't flash the Led light or enter bootloader and software . I was flashing the based CM kernel and i followed the instructions nicely, while using TWRP Recovery i pressed reboot system after the flash and the phone suddenly died. I connected it to the PC and the installing drivers popup appeared and it didn't install them, problem(QHSUSB_BULK) it only appeared once. And since that, phone is dead. PLEASE HELP!!!!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Do you have a link to the kernel you flashed? I think you done bricked it good.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonna:
Were you using this method?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3beFx-3Ic4

If yes,I think then all Nexus 5 users should be warned about CF's autoroot issues,because I see more and more topics related to this issue. :eek:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I don't believe the issues you're seeing, appears to be failed emmc, is related to chain fire's auto root. Cf is probably the most popular method to root and it's a coincidence. I've seen these failures with other root methods too.

I think the op flashed a kernel not for his device.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elf1967:
I am not a developer so bear with me. I'm just a guy in mpls with a completely stock N5 from Google Play that encountered similar issue as the original post. There was no damage or water issue, or other problem prior to going dead. It had about 50% battery and maybe 15 minutes after reading an email it was dead when I looked at it again. It just simply turned off while in my pocket. I could not get it to power on or enter bootloader or a recovery screen. After a week of trying to charge via USB and the original wall charger and countless attempts to hold power and volume buttons without success, I decided to pop the back off and disconnected the battery. I put it back together, but that made no difference either. Google play will send me a new phone, but I'd like to get it fired up and extract the last week or so of pics. Any ideas? Again, I am a complete noob and this 3 month old phone has not been modified in any way, other than auto updates from Google play. Thanks for any assistance or guidance.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
So, your phone doesn't turn on at all?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elf1967:
Correct. No symbols, no battery icon, no vibrate, etc.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I'm afraid there's nothing you can do. It would have to at least get into recovery or bootloader to have a prayer.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elf1967:
Thanks - was just hoping it was not a hardware failure given the posts about difficulty bricking N5. Any chance if I bought a new battery that came charged it would fire up or replacing the motherboard an option?

p.s. I am not the original poster so not sure if I ticked someone off or not, sorry if I did. Just looking for assistance
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
It sure sounds like a hardware failure. Doubt a different battery would help. And don't worry about being the original op. This thread is old
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elf1967:
I get the unknown device driver when hooked up USB to computer (QHSUSB_BULK). Think it is worth waiting a few weeks prior to returning it to see if there is a way to access the flash memory via a driver download? Searches for help showed similar unknown driver problem workable on samsung and HTC last year (QHSUSB_DLOAD)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
No, you won't be able to. The memory doesn't mount like a sd card would. For the future use something like drop box or Google drive too backup your photos as you take them.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
http://xdaforums.com/nexus-4/development/kernel-aufas-kernel-v10-kernel-3-4-76-t2576201?nocache=1

This is it !
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonna:
You flashed a kernel for Nexus 4?? O.O
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Nop, this is a very long one and clearly this guy doesn't know whats the fastest way to root the N5. I've used the Nexus Root Toolkit.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
This is for the nexus 4 not the nexus 5. Pretty sure you're hard bricked. Might try mobiletechvideos.com and see if they can jtag a nexus 5 yet.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Just a well meant advice: don`t use toolkits and learn to use adb/fastboot :).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
:eek: i just saw this !! But wait my friends N5 stayed on when he flashed with me :eek:

So ? ehm..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I thought your device won't turn on and you can't get to the bootloader?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Yes it won't
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
You are hard bricked. You flashed a kernel which is not for your device. There isn't anything you can do
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You can lock the bootloader again in a minute, open cmd and type: fastboot oem lock and its locked.

Look here for going back to stock http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2513701 and relocking BL/reset tampered flag and warranty is restored.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
If it won't even turn on no one is going to be able to see if it's locked our not
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
But the phone won't turn on or enter Bootloader, it's hard bricked
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
What happens if you continiously press and hold the power buttton for 15 or 20 seconds?

Yes, i`am sorry but forgot about the N4 kernel you loaded. Forget the above bro and good luck :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Nothing

---------- Post added at 01:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:11 AM ----------

What do you mean? What are they going to do to check what's wrong with the phone ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
If they can`t get it to boot they will probably repair the device, if they somehow should be able to boot it and it is flagged (locked BL and root) they may not repair it under warranty.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
So, when hard bricking the Android device. What exactly happens ? Like what is the part or hardware that is damaged and needs to be repaired ?

If it was a Motherboard, how much does it cost to replace it ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
By flashing the wrong kernel you messed up your partitions in the memory. With the right equipment, jtag, it can be fixed. Look up mobiletechvideos.com.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Ok, so i messed up my partitions in the memory, now when they wanna fix it, what are they going to check first ? Like how are they going to boot it up. How are they going to fix it ? What will they fix or replace ? PLEASE HELP!!! im very very very terrified
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
They`ll probably replace the motherboard and flash the firmware.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Does replacing the motherboard requires formatting the device ? Or does it format itself when they replace it ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
The mother board is the entire circuit board in the device. It will be formatted and most likely the newest operating system will be flashed on it. It'll be like when you got your phone new and started it up for the first time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
So, that means they won't know if my phone is BT Unlocked, right ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Correct
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Well, thanks for all the assistance of all you. And i'm........not worried right now
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
HELP!!

Hey, it's been 2 weeks now for my Nexus5 in hard bricked thing. And it's the first time i connected it to the charger since then, and the LED kept flashing red. Does this mean something ? HELP PLEASE
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitdomo:
It means that the phone is charging, but the battery level is too low to turn on the phone.

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Nothing happened, the phone didn't turn on
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitdomo:
That is why you see the blinking red led, because the battery level is too low to turn on the phone.

I checked the installer script of the nexus 4 kernel you flashed. It owerwriten your bootloader, but thankfuly nexus 5 has a backup bootloader.

Can you enter to fastboot mode by press and hold both volume buttons and power button?

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pain-N-Panic:
You're a douche. I hope you hard brick every phone you ever get from the same blatant ignorance you displayed in this thread.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FuMMoD:
+1 keep hard bricking
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
No, i can't enter the bootloader. As all of us know i ended up as hard bricking my phone
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Can i put it into Download Mode ?

I just connected it to the PC and it tried to install the drivers but it failed and said : QHUSB_BULK. What does that mean ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitdomo:
It means that the phone cannot make the bootloader work therefore it goes to that qhusb_bulk thing. If we would had the necessary files and progammes from qualcomm then we could revive your phone, but now you can only do 1 thing: send back your phone to the shop where you bought it for a repair

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
So, i'll just forget about it and go to Service Center. and a silly question, where can we get these tools and programmes from ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitdomo:
From a nice guy at the qualcomm who has the access to these files and he is willing to leak them us :D

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Shi!

---------- Post added at 01:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:05 AM ----------

Hey, i just plugged the device into the PC and kept pressing power down and up and the phone go into the boot loader for like 20 seconds and then it turned off i was like HOLY ****!!! what the hell ?????
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitdomo:
Then the secondary boot loader works, try to get to bootloader, and stay there then flash te factory images and your phone will be okay

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
I can't get it back on, but what do i if it happened again. I only have 10 seconds or more to act
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitdomo:
Connet phone to pc, open device manager, whatch the qhusb_bulk thing, press power button, when qhusb_bulk dissapier press both volume key

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
What if i try to enter the recovery ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitdomo:
You can go to recovery through bootloader, but it is useless to go recovery, you cant fix your phone in recovery.

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yazan Abzakh171:
Is there a way that i can get to Download Mode ? Yeah, i still didn't fix it because LG said it needs a Mother Board and i said i want a new one. So they gave me a report which i will show the Store i bought from and after one week, hopefully they will give me a new Nexus5.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] skywlkr559:
ok, I recently flashed cm 11 nightly on my galaxy s3 but now I want to flash a 4.3 stony based ROM. But every time I go to Twrp recovery to wipe data/factory reset, it takes way too long. I waited 30 mins and it still hadn't wiped . Any suggestions?

TWRP Recovery Vesion: 2.6.3.1-d2att.tar
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
There is no stock 4.3 ROM for the AT&T i747. You would have to install a 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 rom and upgrade from there to 4.3.

If you upgraded to a stock 4.3 bootloader in the past, do not flash any stock-based ROM that flashes an older bootloader.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kami_sama:
I want to install root in my new phone, but I've already installed a lot of apps and configured it.

Is there any way to unlock it without losing these things?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokkami:
No. Make a Backup.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kami_sama:
There's any way to do it on stock android or should I use an app?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1Pha:
adb backup ;)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creambyemute:
How about using the search engine?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xnickfx:
I have quite a few icon packs and lots of extra space on my system and not so much space in my storage. Would it be a good idea to convert all my installed icon packs to system apps with Titanium Backup Pro?

This may seem like a dumb question but I have had problems before when converting apps to system apps, so I just want to be sure this is a smart idea and not a risky one to my well kept ROM. Of course I will do a nandroid backup prior to converting all icon packs but I would still like some advice on this from the many experienced android users at XDA. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] clapper66:
OK I just noticed this spot on my screen where there is a White spot or if its a brighter color the dot becomes a brighter version of that color, but if I or black behind it you can't set it at all. It really does not bother me at all, but im just wondering if i should try running a stuck pixel fixer on it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] molski:
I think the title says it all ;)

How can I sort my contacts by First Name and then Last Name, that would be a lot better for me then sorting contacts on Last Name and then First Name
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ammar:
http://xdaforums.com/download.php?id=10230
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] molski:
Stylie! Tnx man!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] trustworthy:
I was also looking for a solution for that issue. Cheers, mate
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] asako:
i ran that cab and nothing happened...still sorting by lastname...

maybe i didn't do it right?