Nexus 5 frozen on Google unlock screen
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Have Xubuntu Xenial 16.04 installed on laptop. Downloaded ubports .deb file with dependencies and installed. Have Nexus 5 phone with no personal data on it. Went into developer mode. Got as far as "reboot phone by pressing power and volume". Now the installer does not see the phone. Have tried 3x to manually install. Rebooted 4x. Phone is frozen on BSOD black screen with Google name and open padlock. Tried 2 USB cables. All the installer does is sit at "Waiting for Device." ubports installer ver. 0.8.8 beta. Help!
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@pelican9000 First thing I would check is that ADB and Fastboot see the device correctly. If they are ok then we can look elsewhere. One other thing is that if the device was not on stock android the install may fail due to the partitions having being altered.
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@lakotaubp The phone is not showing up in Ubuntu as a block device. On Thunar or even in gparted. The device is invisible to the installer and all I get is a black screen with the word Google and an open padlock. Booting and rebooting and restarting the installer have no effect. There is no other screen and how do I get to the fastboot screen or any other screen? Or do I have a brick?
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@lakotaubp forgot to mention the obvious. adb devices in the terminal brings up zilch
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Finally was able to reboot about 20 more times to get to the Android screen and install 2 of the Ubuntu Touch downloaded files. After 6 "Yikes" screens I was able to finally do an update of the parially installed system. Now works fine. This experience wasn't OS/2 but BSD might be easier!
