G+_John Nichol Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 After 6 days of reboots and factory resets, I have to accept that trying to update to Android 5.0.2 has bricked my Nexus 9. I know I'm not the only one out there. But here's the thing - in a way I'm kind of glad to be shot of it. It was the most unstable tablet I've ever owned, and while I enjoyed the larger screen that wasn't enough to overcome the instability of Android L on it. I know that a lot of the problems that I saw came from having encryption turned on, but even still it was an awful experience. Thank god I kept my 2013 Nexus 7. Android L on that is a delight, and while it's a bit weird going back to a smaller screen it's once again going to be my main tablet. I'll see what Google announce at I/O before I decide whether to buy a new tablet over the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joseph Cappellino Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Have you tried flashing the factory images [1]? It may/may not help. If you need help flashing them, try using Nexus Root Toolkit [2]. It allows you to easily flash the factory images with a simple click through menu. [1] - https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images [2] - http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_L I Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Yes this happened to my OG Nexus 7 going from 4.2.x to 4.2.y or something like that - I had to install the factory images. It's a good skill to know. If I had known a little more about ADB at the time I might have also been able to save my data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Werner Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Also 5.1.1 is out for the N9 if you can get it back to a working state from the software brick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Nichol Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Joseph Cappellino Thanks for those. Neither worked, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_L I Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 John Nichol can you not get to fastboot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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