Nexus 7 in Reset Cycle

[ngorr]

Started up my Nexus 7 this morning from an off state. The Google screens displays followed by the glowing X. After about 5 seconds the glowing X animation freezes and then the device restarts. This reset cycle repeats continuously. I tried restarting the device into Recovery Mode (by holding the power and +/- volume buttons) but after selecting recovery mode it just sticks at the Google screen. Any suggestions would be most appreciated!

 

[moonkeh]

I'm having almost exactly the same problem.

Bit of background:

I have NOT done any rooting/bootloading etc with my Nexus 7. It's pretty much out-of-box except for a bunch of apps and videos I'd downloaded.

I gave it a full charge when I received it (Wednesday). The battery still hadn't fully drained by last night (Thursday) so I left an HD video running to drain it fully (Indie Game: The movie, in case anyone was curious >_<). After a while, I left it turned off and plugged it in to charge overnight.

This morning (Friday) I turned it on, and now it's stuck in an endless boot load. Mine gets further than ngorr's, in that it boots all the way to the lock screen but literally 4/5 seconds later it crashes (I can actually unlock the screen and move the desktop panes very briefly before it freezes and then reboots).

I can break the reboot cycle by going into bootloader (power + vol up + vol down) and use that to "Power Off" the device. As like ngorr's device though, if I try to boot into recovery mode it hangs on the "Google" logo indefinitely and I have to perform a hard reset, at which point it goes back into the endless reboot cycle.

Any suggestions? Again, I haven't attempted to load any custom roms, or root the device etc. All I can think of is that, while I was playing the video to drain the battery a firmware upgrade may have tried to install, but halfway through the battery died? But if that was the case, I doubt it'd get to the lockscreen/desktop pane.

HALP! >_<

P.s. sorry for potentially unecessary amount of detail.

[EDIT: Called Google on 0800 328 6081, tech support couldn't help me so they're sending a replacement. Not a satisfactory solution in my opinion, having had to wait a week longer than people who didn't pre-order etc etc]

 

[islobodan]

I just had my self exactly the same problem as @moonkeh did.
I was using my Nexus 7 couple of days with no issues, it was half charged (about 40 %) and all of the sudden it just went off while I was reading news. Nexus logo was gloving.
I waited until login screen was shown, but 3-4 seconds it restarted it self again, and it continued to reset on and on
This is so frustrating, because it is clearly some sort of software error.

I've searched inter-webs til I found nexus 7 help home and this page: Reset your tablet to factory settings - Nexus Help
I have performed "wipe data/factory reset" as described on help page, afterwards I turned off device - turned it on finished setup and voila it works again !

But I'm pissed, this can happen again any time, and worst part is that I don't know what caused reset cycle to start, I can't wipe my data every time it is ridiculous

That's about it