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Before proceeding, be sure to backup your data (all data will be lost when this process is done). Also note that there are risks when you modify any phone, no matter how small...proceed with caution! Here's the walkthrough:
- Download the factory image for the Nexus 4 from the Google Developers site (see Related Links)
- Unzip the file and put all the .img files in one folder, preferrably the same folder that has the "fastboot" file in the SDK folder.
- If you haven't done so already, download the Android SDK software (for Windows or MAC OS). The link to it is in the Related Links portion.
- Rule-of-thumb is to have the phone at least around 50% charged.
- Turn off the phone, then re-boot the phone to the recovery mode screen (long press Volume Down and Power button at the same time). Navigate to the "fastboot mode". Or, if you have custom recovery installed, then go to the fastboot mode screen. Plug the phone via USB to your computer.
- Get into the terminal window, then you would need to type commands to take you to the folder with the fastboot and factory images.
- To make sure fastboot recognizes the Nexus 4, type "fastboot devices" on the command line (" ./fastboot devices" for Mac OS, "sudo fastboot devices" for Linux). You should see a list of attached devices and a string of numbers.
- You will then need to fill out the following command lines, followed by pressing the Enter key after each line. This will delete all your data, so you've been warned. The command lines are: fastboot erase boot, fastboot erase cache, fastboot, erase memory, fastboot erase system, fastboot erase userdata
- Next, these commands will flash the factory image to your device, pressing enter after each line before moving on:
- --fastboot flash bootloader bootloader_xxxx.img (replace bootloader_xxxx.img with the actual file name)
- --fastboot reboot-bootloader
- --fastboot flash radio radio_xxxx.img (replace radio_xxxx.img with the actual file name)
- --fastboot reboot-bootloader
- --fastboot flash system system.img
- --fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
- --fastboot flash boot boot.img
- --fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
- --fastboot format cache
- --fastboot oem lock (this will re-lock your Nexus 4's bootloader. You will have to start all over again if you unlock your bootloader in the future.)
- --fastboot reboot
If you're still not clear on this process, you can also look at the XDA Developers' walkthrough (see Related Links). Good luck!
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