Install finished. Thank you for your time. Sorry.
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RE: Nexus 5 install file push fail
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RE: Nexus 5 install file push fail
Install finished. Thank you for your time. Sorry.
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RE: Nexus 5 install file push fail
The phone had a new android install on it.
My computer is running Ubuntu 16.04.
The installer came from a file called ubports-installer_0.1.12-beta_amd64.deb
/usr/bin/adb and /usr/bin/fastboot both seem to be on my machine. -
Nexus 5 install file push fail
I apologize for not finding my problem elsewhere on the forum. It seems pretty basic.
I got a used nexus 5. I put it in developer mode and enabled usb debugging. oem unlock was unavailable. I read that there's some kind of '7 day' wait for it.
I plugged it in, running the installer on ubuntu 16.04. The installer found it, asked me if I wanted it unlocked, and I did so on the phone. Then it downloaded some files and an error message popped up.
Yikes, cannot push files because blah blah blah (I hit retry without getting a screenshot first sadly). After hitting retry, it was just hanging there for a really long time. After a while I closed the program and tried again with a different usb port.
The installer now does not recognize the phone, and the phone is stuck like this: