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Nexus 7 - Flashing back to stock, a.k.a. what to do when it all goes horribly wrong


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Guest PaulOBrien

So you've got your shiny new Nexus 7, you've been tinkering with it and, disaster of disasters, the thing won't boot! You can't get into recovery for whatever reason, you didn't make a backup and - oh woe - you are out of ideas!

Fear not, as a Google device it's super easy to recover!

Simply...

  • Download the factory images from here
  • Linux / Mac - run the flash-all script
  • Windows - run the commands from inside the flash-all script
  • Profit

Simple eh? :)

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Guest jtc42

Definely should be pinned. Paul you are just the best! Much as I love XDA for the sheer amount of content, I find that if I actually want to get something done, Paul got me covered!

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Guest player911

Thanks Paulie!

I've somehow bricked my N7 so good that all I get is a APX driver. The Tablet itself is completely dead. I've had a G2x and TF101, which use NVFlash. I've tried some commands and it says Unknown device, so at least it is seeing it (so there IS hope!).

I think it is something to do with the bootloader.

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  • 4 months later...
Guest vlad7777

Hi,

I downloaded the factory image for my Nexus (which is "takju" model).

The downloaded file is a *tgz archive - when I extracted it - it has several files - including the bootloader and all th eother files needed to flash.

My Nexus is already bootloader unlocked and has fastboot.

Should I then only use the takju *.zip file and put in the root directory of the device in case I want to flash it using the "Volume down-Power" keys to get into bootloader and then restore from ZIP?

Or do I have to go through wiping clean in order to restore stock ROM?

Thanks in advance

Vladimir

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