yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you can reflash your ROM, dirty, and won't lose any data. by dirty, I mean don't wipe a single thing. just reflash your ROM, gapps, SuperSU, and reboot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
well, theres no data when i boot into recovery mode. nothing anywhere. unable to mount to storage.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
anyone?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
twrp does have an option to mount, whichever partition you want. but it sounds as your bootloader is locked(I hope not), as recovery acts like yours is doing when the bootloader is locked. boot into your bootloader and see if it says locked or unlocked. also, you can use twrp to find that storage location if it just isn't showing properly.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
device is unlocked, status code 3.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
then you do not own a brick, you just need to do some work and research to get your phone back. flashing a factory image would help, if you can't figure out what's wrong with twrp, you might even try fastboot flashing twrp again.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
trying not to lose my data, what would be the safest thing to try first?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
a dirty flash of your current ROM, but you need to figure out twrp first. or you can try fastboot flashing only the system.img from a factory.img.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
wont even boot into recovery now.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scryan:
Will it boot into fastboot? That is all you need, and you have been told several times you can just flash system.IMG with that, or reflash recovery... I'd flash the system.IMG of what ever version you last updated your bootloader to, or if your up to date just flash the most recent system to repair the os and boot to repair any kernel issues...

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Why do you quote the solution to your problems, respond with "lol" then go back to asking how to fix it?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holeindalip:
Try reflashing your recovery or booting into it to see if that works
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
try fastboot flashing twrp again.. fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
sending 'recovery' (12004 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.378s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery

(bootloader) Failed to flash partition recovery

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 11.415s
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
neither boot.img or recovery will flash. both failed.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
tried to flash both, neither worked.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
i hate my life.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
now its acting like the bootloader is locked. I know its unlocked, but in fastboot try.. fastboot OEM unlock.

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I'm sure your life is fine, as I've had quite a bit of very serious sheet in my life, and I'm fine. but this is only a phone. I know, its a nexus, and it costs money, but there are many worse things that can happen. you're alright, that's what's most important :D
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
./fastboot OEM unlock

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall flash boot + recovery + system

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

erase <partition> erase a flash partition

format <partition> format a flash partition

getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable

boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel

flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it

devices list all connected devices

continue continue with autoboot

reboot reboot device normally

reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

help show this help message

options:

-w erase userdata and cache (and format

if supported by partition type)

-u do not first erase partition before

formatting

-s <specific device> specify device serial number

or path to device port

-l with "devices", lists device paths

-p <product> specify product name

-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline

-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id

-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address

-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default: 2048

-S <size>[K|M|G] automatically sparse files greater than

size. 0 to disable
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
about everything that could have went wrong today, did.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
./fastboot oem unlock

...

(bootloader) Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Developer Options.

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.002s
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
well.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
I'm sorry, but as I see it, your device is indeed a doorstop. poop happens, I know, but sorry again :(

BTW, your bootloader is locked, and can only enable that if you can boot up and get to developer options. try a root toolkit, some have a bootloop option that might get you to boot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
this makes absolutely no sense. an app downloaded in the background and somehow locked my bootloader even though it stills says its unlocked under fastboot?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paradoxxx:
Aint sure if locked bootloader allows that but,

try "fastboot boot yourrecovery.img" from fastboot.

Otherwise, I'm affraid youre bricked since you can't allow OEM Unlock thing..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
If the app could get root permissions then It might be able to prevent this by messing up the partitions. This is one of the risks of root.

I would be a bit more careful next time to be honest. If it downloaded in the back ground and installed then you had option still checked, when you should only enable it when needed. But the fact that it downloaded in the background says that you had already installed an infected app.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
how do you know that it was an app downloading in the background? what else are you not telling us that you know?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
n***wut.

i watched it in the status bar?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
yes, i understand you watched it download.. but how do you know that it was an app? why not an article. or a picture?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
because i was reading, not clicking anything. nothing has permission to download like that other than an app background update. AS SOON AS IT FINISHED GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES STOPPED ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER PROCESS CURRENTLY RUNNING.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
what was the name of the app?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
I will say this only once. Just because it stars it out doesn't mean you won't be banned for swearing. No place. For that type of language here
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
like i said, as soon as it finished everything crashed. i was unable to read anything because of the dialogue box "google play services has stopped"
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
is anyone able to explain to me why or how the bootloader relocked itsself when under fastboot it still says status code 3?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LegendaryMod:
Flash stock os
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Bootloaders don`t lock themselves ;) Users (un)lock bootloaders in fastboot with cmd ...

You say its says code 3 and yhe BL is locked, could you post a picture of the fastboot screen?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
here is a photo attached
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Well if my eyesight isn`t giving up on me it says the bootloader is unlocked, which it should be with code 3.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
correct.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
So what is the problem?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
everything you're asking is outlined in the very first post of this thread.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
says locked when trying to flash. says it needs to be set to OEM unlock in dev options, like a locked bootloader.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
if i knew the problem, I wouldnt be asking for help. in all my years of tinkering with custom roms, kernels, xposed, i have never encountered anything like this.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Aand everything you need to know is in the stickies thread, but besides that just do what [MENTION=1811927]simms22[/MENTION] said in his last post.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
the phone doesnt boot. so... i cant. thanks for the input.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Can`t you flash stock firmware (img`s) to get the phone up and running again, start with fastboot erase system and then flash the rest. If it still doesn`t boot you have to data factory reset in recovery.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
lol, we are way past that now. since its acting as the bootloader is locked, there's not much that can be done. not even to fix a simple bootloop :(

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no, bootloader thinks its locked and asks to set the oem option in dev settings.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
Thanks, do you know of why this could be happening when device is still unlocked under fastboot? How can a device act as if it is locked when fastboot indicates otherwise?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Never tried it but can`t you flash firmware when oem unlocking isn`t enabled/checked?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Oke
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
I've had every nexus up to the n6, and been with android since day 1 in 2008, and I've never ever seen this happen. only thing I can think of would be your "phones storage" somehow corrupting.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
I have also never seen something like this. it makes zero sense and as stubborn as i may seem i refuse to believe my phone somehow bricked itsself. nothing was installed that is unusual. have been using the same rom for a month. nothing else was flashed, completely out of the blue. im too broke to buy another phone so at this point ill try anything to get it to boot. thanks for your help.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
only thing I can think of is something that I would normally not recommend, that's using a root toolkit that has a bootloop option. maybe it can get the phone to boot up at least, or maybe even try to factory reset the phone via twrp.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
any way i can back up the phones data (if not corrupted) prior? TWRP is not an option as it is unable to mount.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
no way that I can think of now, you can't flash anything with fastboot and you can't dirty flash with twrp.. one thing you can try is to fastboot format cache(and userdata, but you'll lose the data might get the phone to boot though).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scryan:
Make sure your fastboot binaries are up to date, but I would guess its a hardware failure of your internal flash storage or that the bootloader is messed up some how... My guess is the flash storage died...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
:/

Awesome.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
that's my guess as well.. but, its only a guess.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
okay so after some google searching, i found this:

https://plus.google.com/+WilWheaton/posts/jR4N7X6WyzS

excerpt from post:

Okay, I kept getting an error on the bootloader, and I couldn't get the new bootloader image to flash to my device. I tried everything I could think of, including all the thigns suggested by folks here.

So I decided to OEM lock and unlock it again, in the hopes that somehow that would kick loose (technical term) whatever was preventing fastboot from writing the new bootloader ... AND IT WORKED!

My device is currently restoring everything from yesterday's backup.

Thank you for your kindness and willingness to help, everyone!﻿

he seemed to have similar problems and fixed it by relocking and unlocking the bootloader. any suggestions on how i might go about this? thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
in fastboot while in the bootloader, type.. fastboot oem lock(to relock the bootloader) and fastboot oem unlock to unlock the bootloader.

and that was Will Wheaton, if you know who it is. he played on tv star trek, as the doctors son :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
(bootloader) Press VOL UP or VOL DOWN key to cancel state transition.

(bootloader) State transition confirmed!

(bootloader) Failed to erase partition

(bootloader) lock failure!

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 29.400s

i might cry.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
I wish I could let you borrow my shoulder to cry on.. you don't happen to live in NYC?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
thanks bud.

and no.

i live in the worst state of all.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
out of curiosity, what's the worst state?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
ILL-INOIS.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
hmm.. might be right, and I've been in every state in the continental US :eek:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
every other place ive visited is filled with people exceptionally more genuine than people in this area. and any of the good people i know in my area agree that people are much nicer everywhere else but here.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holeindalip:
Where at in Illinois, I'm about 1/2 hr east of Springfield
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
tri cities area, hour west of chicago.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H4X0R46:
Yea dude, bricking an expensive phone is definitely awful! And like Simms here, I don't usually recommend toolkits because I like to know EXACTLY what's being done toy device, but try wugfreshes nexus root toolkit! www.wugfresh.com and download that, this tool kit does have an option for bootlooping devices, give that a shot. Otherwise, I think you have some sort of hardware failure man :/ And don't quote me on this, but I believe it uses adb for bootlooping phones.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istperson:
And do tell me, is there anything this toolkit can do that you can't using adb and fastboot?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paradoxxx:
Wow, let me clear up the situation here.

You have an unlocked bootloader, but yet, it says that you are locked ?

I believe your EMMC got corrupted, and that download has nothing to do.

Hence why all the apps crashing cause your memory got somehow destroyed.

I'm not sure if theres anything you can do mate.

Sorry for your loss, but interesting case as I've never seen anything like this.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istperson:
Actually I've read once or twice that the emmc died in a N6 (or got corrupted to a level that even the partition table can't be found). I just don't know if it's a hardware issue, but it really looks like.

So yeah, unfortunately it's for rma, and an expensive one.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
it appears so. this sucks. bought it three months ago off craigslist.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
:(

well.

270 well spent i suppose.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H4X0R46:
Well obviously no, only reason I'm recommending a toolkit (I rarely do) is because it's a bit more noob friendly. Not everybody knows everything. Most of us know how to run these commands, some of us like OP I would assume wants a fast fix.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
i recommended a toolkit torward the end because the op has a doorstop instead of a phone. and its not "fixable". my only hope is that a toolkit with a bootloop option will at least get his n6 to boot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H4X0R46:
Exactly what I was getting at lol i only recommend them in these cases, last resort type deal. It basically is just adb and fastboot commands with a noob friendly GUI. Though it's definitely better to learn these things on your own.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottshebs:
Update:

whatever it was, definitely brick. probably EMMC or internal storage failure.

went to verizon, traded it in for droid turbo 2, which is one hell of a phone. went to nexus 6 from moto x, missed all the moto features.

so everything turned out pretty great and im happy.

thanks for all the help people,
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alryder:
Well, I didn't do anything to help but I'm glad you are happy with the end result. Enjoy your Droid Turbo 2!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardaalisahin:
My phone was in the same situation as your's,except mine showing locked in bootloader.I was able to flash different bootloader versions but not able to flash the other things.Now i am waiting for my friend to send it rma.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaztro1892:
I am having an issue with my GPS on custom roms only. On stock, works great. I have tried 4 custom roms and I can't get GPS to work at all. When I start Maps, the location icon never appears. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Any suggestions?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBlob69:
Have you enabled it in settings?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill2689:
If you have any information that can help will be welcomed!

I have a SM-N920V, and it has an annoying issue, while I'm use or even if the device is locked, it starts to notify that the device is "not charging" which is obvious because the device is not connected to any cable, some times it starts to connect and disconnect the USB also without even getting near to a cable.

Tks for your help!!

Note: I've made a video but can't post the link since I'm new user but if you want to see look for Note 5 USB issue
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill2689:
Please some moderator delete this Thread, I've made a mistake and posted it in the wrong section.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] KingKallis237:
Hi. I am new on this forum and don't know much about rooting and the requirements of such high complex stuff. But I have an ATT unlocked phone which I use on t mobile. It's lacks WiFi calling, whxih I want, and the signal is probably 1 bar lower than it should. Not to mention I can't update my software since ATT servers for the update won't communicate with my phone since I'm no longer and ATT customer and they are generally very slow with their updates

Anyway is it possible to put a international ROM, say the new marshmallow ROM, or even a T-Mobile ROM on my phone? How would one do that? I am aware of odin as I use it to update my software from time to time. Do I just get the international or T-Mobile ROM and flash it?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] kapooo3:
No way , at&t have a locked bootloader, ):
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] bunnycool:
international..any day..dont even think abt it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rascal00:
Been trying to do this forever. Still no luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] KingKallis237:
Anyway to unlock the bootloader? Would my best bet to sell the phone and just get the unlocked one?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] kapooo3:
AT&T no way , yes get the 925f
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] HUNS0L0:
Something strange here to me at least. Running Lollipop 5.1.1 from RWC on a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M. Previously was able to name any path/folder on internal OR external SDcard using Dolphin Browser. Now Dolphin Browser is giving me message that Google restricts writing to External SD card, however there seems there are workarounds for this by changing/adding some lines to the platform.xml file. I tried doing this with ES File Explorer PRO but got message: error occurred while trying to save. File not saved. So I downloaded Apps2SD from Google Play Store and it actually does change exactly the lines in the platform.xml file I tried to change AND files/media actually do download now and can open them with an appropriate app if and only if I tag the download notification BUT afterward CANNOT find the downloaded item anywhere using ES File Explorer PRO nor the stock file manager as both of these by default point to a path sd/0/ExtSdcard(Dolphin) / files and shows Empty folder but if I tag the Dolphin-browser menu/downloads it actually is showing but have no idea where. Any ideas, I am lost. Please and Thank You.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gimmezell:
Attempted to go back to stock ROM. From TWRP, I wiped everything except external and shutdown. Attempted to restart and nothing. Deader than or door nail. Pulled the battery and held down the power button for over a minute with no affect. Battery was 75% charged with I performed the wipe. I connect to phone to my pc and get a "USB Device Not Recognized"

Is the phone a lost cause?

Thanks,

Jeremy
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
If you wipe everything but extSdCard, you must flash something. Either flash stock tar update in Odin or flash a custom ROM in recovery.

Help any?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gimmezell:
Yes, I know. I was going to go into download mode to Odin stock ROM but the phone will not even turn on anymore.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
OK. Did you try a long battery pull and try again?

Edit: I may have misunderstood you but you did say you tried to restart. Did you mean download mode with long press of volume up, home plus power button combination.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gimmezell:
Sorry for any confusion. I pulled the batter for a good ten minutes and still unable to turn the phone on. Plugged the phone into a charger has no effects on it either.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
So download and recovery key sequence fails for both? Plugging in charger or USB to PC, no beep or display?

What version of TWRP were you using? If 3.0, did you get it from official site? How did you install it?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gimmezell:
Yes, both download and recovery key sequences fail. Plugging into charger, no charge LED comes, no haptic feedback, no beep or display. When I plug it into my computer it says "USB Device Not Recognized".

EDIT - I'm pretty sure my bootloader is hosed.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
Just curious about the TWRP version. There's been a couple or more cases like yours and it seemed to show up about the time users reported issues with TWRP update.

I think you should get the phone checked by a tech or engineer. Sprint has been helpful to users having hardware failure with issues like updates bricking the phone. With flagship phones not selling well and carrier wars, retention is key and nearly economical right now.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gimmezell:
Yeah, TWRP 3.0 did come up on my searches. I did have TWRP 3.0 installed that I got from their official site.

I did see the below post on how to unbrick that tells me it may be possible to a Note 4 image onto an sd card.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alakazamm:
Did this work for you? I also have twrp 3.0 and hope to not run into an issue like this.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
I'm using 3.0 too but I waited for the official version that worked and flashed in Odin. No issues for me. Hoping it stays that way.