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Help Nexus 9 bricked after April update

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JoeNoir

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I dowloaded and started to run the Google Nexus April update. The tablet rebooted but then got into a loop and would not complete the installation.

It is now stuck on the loading screen. I have even tried to wipe the tablet using factoy reset.

I get a red warning saying the system is unsable and now the tablet never completes the boot.

it was an unrooted tablet with no special modifications.
 
Problem is, it sounds like he won't have usb debugging enabled as it was a completely stock device. Also, oem unlocking is probably not enabled in the developer options either. Which means, I don't know if a factory image would even be an option.

You might be in the perfect situation to try this out: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/W...s4A2IIyNBMcFi09shzvV3aZ258j0zyK1NlFYe=h900-rw

Google recently released some OTA zips that include full system.img
As long as you can access the devices recovery mode you should be able to re-install the system. The only problem is that it will put you on the Android N preview, but once you have a working system, you would be able to unlock the bootloader and then flash factory images back to the latest Marshmallow. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#instructions
 
I've used it once on co-workers N7. USB debugging off and bootloader still locked. After input info into tool kit,connected in fastboot, tool kit did the rest.
 
Jfalls63 said:
I've used it once on co-workers N7. USB debugging off and bootloader still locked. After input info into tool kit,connected in fastboot, tool kit did the rest.
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Cool! That would probably be the easiest. I just assumed it wouldn't work on a device that never had the options ticked in developer options.

Does the soft brick option use factory images? Because I thought you had to be unlocked to use factory images?

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I think that the process in the toolkit unlocked the bootloader. That would make sense to me that it would work on a pre-lollipop device because they didn't used to require you to enable oem unlocking in developer options to unlock the bootloader.

It might be worth a try, but I just don't see this working on Android 5.0+
 
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The N7 that I did looped on MM 6.0 update and toolkit got it going again. At work now, think I have notes at home.
 
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