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DirtyDroidN3xusV

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i accidentally erased every thing on my nexus 5 accidentally everything even the os and i need to unbrick it fast please help me send me videos im a visual learner and reading wont help me much in or download links anything im desperate !!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

i recently tried to install the lg g 3 keyboard on my nexus 5 (unlocked) and then it made everything very small and crash-y then the keyboard wouldnt pop up and i accidentally re formatted the data on my phone it deleted EVERYTHING
it is in a bootloop i guess and it says NO OS Installed can anyone help me fix it
 
Hey there! I was the guy on G+ trying to help ya.

So basically you wiped everything in TWRP and we need to get you back to a working device. This is easily done by restoring you to stock. Its important to note you aren't bricked, your device just doesn't have an OS installed to boot into

You'll need to download our forums mini-SDK containing fastboot, which we will need to communicate with your device.
http://androidforums.com/attachment...13-adb-guide-updated-2013-05-21-sdk-tools.zip

You will also need to download the phones factory image, available here:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/hammerhead-ktu84p-factory-35ea0277.tgz

I will work on typing up the steps needed to restore it while you are downloading those
 
1) Extract the SDK into a location where you know it is. For the purpose of this mine is in C:\Android\platform-tools.

The SDK includes :
adb.exe - Windows adb utility
fastboot.exe - Windows fastboot utility
fastboot-windows.exe - Windows fastboot utility
AdbWinApi.dll - adb link library for Windows
AdbWinUsbApi.dll - adb link library for Windows

2) Extract the factory image using a program like winzip or 7zip.
Upon completion, you'll need to extract it again to get to the files we actually need.

When its fully extracted youll see:
bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
flash-all.bat
flash-all.sh
flash-base.sh
image-hammerhead-ktu84p.zip
radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.16.img

The important ones are:
bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.16.img
image-hammerhead-ktu84p.zip

Unzip image-hammerhead-ktu84p.zip. It contains your system. cache, data, and boot partitions

3) Move the following into your C:\Android\platform-tools folder (where you have your miniSDK files):
bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.16.img
boot.img
cache.img
system.img
userdata.img

4) Now hold power+volume down on your phone to enter fastboot. Plug your device into the computers usb port.

5) Enter a command line pointed to your fastboot tool location. If you have a windows 7 or newer computer you can do this easily by going to the folder, and shift+right clicking and selecting "open command window here"

opencommandprompt.png


Or you can navigate manually using the command cd

manualcmd.png


When the command window is open and pointing to the correct place, type "fastboot devices" and hit enter

If it spits out a series of numbers/letters under "connected devices" we know the computer is correctly communicating with your phone. If nothing shows up, your command prompt is either in the wrong location or you have a driver issue.
 
Once the device is communicating correctly with the computer you are only a few commands away from a working device.

Enter them one line at a time into the command window and hit enter between them

Code: 
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.16.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

Following the last command, reboot your phone and you'll be good to go!:) Back to 100% stock unrooted
 
DirtyDroidN3xusV said:
i accidentally erased every thing on my nexus 5 accidentally everything even the os and i need to unbrick it fast please help me send me videos im a visual learner and reading wont help me much in or download links anything im desperate !!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

i recently tried to install the lg g 3 keyboard on my nexus 5 (unlocked) and then it made everything very small and crash-y then the keyboard wouldnt pop up and i accidentally re formatted the data on my phone it deleted EVERYTHING
it is in a bootloop i guess and it says NO OS Installed can anyone help me fix it
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There's no band-aid that will make it all better in one second.
 
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