Need help fast....stock galaxy nexus image available?

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 02:09 PM

Someone is getting ready to trade their Spritn Galaxy nexus for my iPhone 4s. I needed to know if there is a stock image available to flash onto the Galaxy Nexus Sprint version. His phone is stuck in fastboot recovery mode and it says "fastboot mode - no boot or recovery img". Will I be able to get the phone to work at all? I just want it for JellyBean anyway, so please help.

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 02:11 PM

Hello:

After browsing the usual places, I have been unable to find the "official" stock images.

I did find this, however.

**ajonesma** · 07-05-2012, 02:13 PM

There isn't for the Sprint Nexus, but I use ODIN to restore mine to stock. Here's the link to the tutorial on XDA:

It works very well and is super easy.

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 02:15 PM

so you're saying I shouldn't do it?

I've included a screenshot of his phone.

thanks for the quick replies btw...

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

so you're saying I shouldn't do it?

I've included a screenshot of his phone.

thanks for the quick replies btw...

Sprint's outside of my expertise. Read up in that ODIN thread and see what's what. Also, what does the top line (in red) say?

If you get images and have adb/fastboot setup, I can walk you through restoration fairly quickly.

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by dmmarck

Sprint's outside of my expertise. Read up in that ODIN thread and see what's what. Also, what does the top line (in red) say?

If you get images and have adb/fastboot setup, I can walk you through restoration fairly quickly.

the red says "fastboot mode - no boot or recovery img"

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

the red says "fastboot mode - no boot or recovery img"

Ok. That Wug's link should help you out. You can also download his Toolkit and see if you can go from there with it--I presume you can.

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by dmmarck

Ok. That Wug's link should help you out. You can also download his Toolkit and see if you can go from there with it--I presume you can.

Ok, gonna go ahead and meet up to trade with him. I just want to run Jelly Bean on this thing, as the voice commands kill Siri. I will miss the power of the GPU in the iPhone 4s though when playing Modern Combat 3 =(.....oh well....

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

Ok, gonna go ahead and meet up to trade with him. I just want to run Jelly Bean on this thing, as the voice commands kill Siri. I will miss the power of the GPU in the iPhone 4s though when playing Modern Combat 3 =(.....oh well....

You simply need to flash a custom recovery and then load a Sprint JB rom. That should do it

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**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by dmmarck

You simply need to flash a custom recovery and then load a Sprint JB rom. That should do it

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Sweet...looks like I'll have a Galaxy Nexus finally. Needed that NFC haha. Thanks for your help guys..

**ajonesma** · 07-05-2012, 03:01 PM

As far as a JB ROM for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus, I recommend the one by Dreamsforgotten over on XDA. I've got a thread in this forum with links to all the current JB ROMs for the Sprint GNex.

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 06:21 PM

Ok, I have a problem. I forgot to mention the way he got stuck on this screen. He accidentally flashed the Verizon radio, so when I go through the steps in Odin it fails every time. I put it in download mode, downloaded the SPH-L700.FD02.tar and put it in the PDA section and followed the steps and hit flash. It just fails every time after that.

Any help?

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by ajonesma

As far as a JB ROM for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus, I recommend the one by Dreamsforgotten over on XDA. I've got a thread in this forum with links to all the current JB ROMs for the Sprint GNex.

Good work with that. Feel free to take from mine anything you need :-).

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

Ok, I have a problem. I forgot to mention the way he got stuck on this screen. He accidentally flashed the Verizon radio, so when I go through the steps in Odin it fails every time. I put it in download mode, downloaded the SPH-L700.FD02.tar and put it in the PDA section and followed the steps and hit flash. It just fails every time after that.

Any help?

Can you get back to the bootloader? The thing that said fastboot mode.

I need to know what type of computer you/this guy has. Mac, Windows, or Linux/Ubuntu.

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**ajonesma** · 07-05-2012, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

Ok, I have a problem. I forgot to mention the way he got stuck on this screen. He accidentally flashed the Verizon radio, so when I go through the steps in Odin it fails every time. I put it in download mode, downloaded the SPH-L700.FD02.tar and put it in the PDA section and followed the steps and hit flash. It just fails every time after that.

Any help?

In the link I posted above there is also the sprint radio, which should help you solve that problem for you. You can flash the radio then the image.

other than that I'm not sure what else you can do...

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 06:45 PM

Ok I think I know what went wrong. I tried to flash F02 instead of F12 (there are so many files I didn't know which to flash). I'm downloading F12 now and seeing if that works...

Will update in a sec. Thanks guys for the help. I don't remember the forums being this quick when I use to have my Nexus S back in the day. I'm a Windows Phone guy now, but love having multiple devices and really like what I see with Jelly Bean...

UPDATE: Still doesn't work....

Here is what I do:

1. I open Odin
2. Put my phone in download mode
3. Load up the CODE_I9250XXSPH-L700FC12 tar in the PDA section
4. Uncheck the reset time box
5. Plug in my nexus and hit start

I get a FAIL message everytime.

**ajonesma** · 07-05-2012, 07:05 PM

Well, I don't know about dmmarck, but I tried going back to ICS (AOKP Build 40) after using Jelly Bean on my Nexus and it just isn't the same. Also for us Sprint users, Jelly Bean somehow makes our data speeds faster. No one has any idea as to why, but a lot of people are reporting on XDA (with screenshots) that are getting over 1mbps download.

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by ajonesma

Well, I don't know about dmmarck, but I tried going back to ICS (AOKP Build 40) after using Jelly Bean on my Nexus and it just isn't the same. Also for us Sprint users, Jelly Bean somehow makes our data speeds faster. No one has any idea as to why, but a lot of people are reporting on XDA (with screenshots) that are getting over 1mbps download.

I have not gone back.

jrd - you could try flashing the images via the bootloader. How familiar are you with all of that?

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by dmmarck

I have not gone back.

jrd - you could try flashing the images via the bootloader. How familiar are you with all of that?

I remember doing this a while back. I have to download the SDK, do adb commands or something like that? We're going straight Linux here correct? I'll look for that route

**ajonesma** · 07-05-2012, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

Ok I think I know what went wrong. I tried to flash F02 instead of F12 (there are so many files I didn't know which to flash). I'm downloading F12 now and seeing if that works...

Will update in a sec. Thanks guys for the help. I don't remember the forums being this quick when I use to have my Nexus S back in the day. I'm a Windows Phone guy now, but love having multiple devices and really like what I see with Jelly Bean...

UPDATE: Still doesn't work....

Here is what I do:

1. I open Odin
2. Put my phone in download mode
3. Load up the CODE_I9250XXSPH-L700FC12 tar in the PDA section
4. Uncheck the reset time box
5. Plug in my nexus and hit start

I get a FAIL message everytime.

You could try the FD02 image, it's the most recent one.

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by ajonesma

You could try the FD02 image, it's the most recent one.

Thanks, but that's the first one I tried and it didn't work. I think i'm going to have to go the fastboot route...

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

I remember doing this a while back. I have to download the SDK, do adb commands or something like that? We're going straight Linux here correct? I'll look for that route

We can do anything. I'm on Linux right now so if you can set it up I can tell you what to do.

If you're on Windows, download Wug's Toolkit or the GNex Toolkit. Then choose the "take it back to stock" option (or whatever the analogue is).

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by dmmarck

We can do anything. I'm on Linux right now so if you can set it up I can tell you what to do.

If you're on Windows, download Wug's Toolkit or the GNex Toolkit. Then choose the "take it back to stock" option (or whatever the analogue is).

Thanks. I think i got it to work. I put the .tar in the "Phone" section and not in PDA and now it's flashing. Weird....

There is a blue bar loading on my Nexus, and I've so far flashed the lte radio. It is now on system.img, but it is taking FOREVER. I know it's only supposed to take like 3 minutes, but it's taking like an hour or longer. However, I'm seeing the blue bar showing progress, so I'll take it.

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

Thanks. I think i got it to work. I put the .tar in the "Phone" section and not in PDA and now it's flashing. Weird....

There is a blue bar loading on my Nexus, and I've so far flashed the lte radio. It is now on system.img, but it is taking FOREVER. I know it's only supposed to take like 3 minutes, but it's taking like an hour or longer. However, I'm seeing the blue bar showing progress, so I'll take it.

Yeah sometimes it's better just to let it breathe, ya know? Good luck and keep me/us posted!

**jrdatrackstar1223** · 07-05-2012, 09:10 PM

Yea it didn't work. It went through and said successful, and now it's right back to the screen with the opened up android stuck in fastboot "no boot or recovery image". The good news is I can get to fastboot mode (without this message) by holding all the hardware buttons. Problem is that my internet is messed up, so I'm typing this from my phone. I have the Android SDK downloaded, but I think it needs to download more files still through the SDK, correct?

Ugh...at least it powers on so I have some hope...

**dmmarck** · 07-05-2012, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by jrdatrackstar

Yea it didn't work. It went through and said successful, and now it's right back to the screen with the opened up android stuck in fastboot "no boot or recovery image". The good news is I can get to fastboot mode (without this message) by holding all the hardware buttons. Problem is that my internet is messed up, so I'm typing this from my phone. I have the Android SDK downloaded, but I think it needs to download more files still through the SDK, correct?

Ugh...at least it powers on so I have some hope...

Yes you need the fastboot binary. Wugs is simple because it does all of that for ya and you can use it to fastboot.

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