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  Omapflash Tuna Zip Hedda Tillmon <tillmonhedda@gmail.com> - 2023-12-16 00:59 -0800

#57225 — Omapflash Tuna Zip

How to Unbrick Your Galaxy Nexus with Omapflash Tuna Zip
If you have a Galaxy Nexus that is bricked and not recognized by your computer, you may be able to revive it using a tool called Omapflash Tuna Zip. This tool allows you to flash the bootloader and recovery of your device using the OMAP mode, which is a low-level interface that can communicate with the device even when it is not booting normally. In this article, we will show you how to use Omapflash Tuna Zip to unbrick your Galaxy Nexus.


What You Need

A Windows PC with administrator rights
A USB cable
A Galaxy Nexus that is bricked and shows up as "OMAP 4460" or "OMAP 4430" in Device Manager
The Omapflash Tuna Zip file, which you can download from 

here [^1^] or 

here [^2^]
The Samsung USB drivers, which you can download from here

What You Need to Do

Extract the Omapflash Tuna Zip file to a folder on your PC
Install the Samsung USB drivers on your PC
Turn off your Galaxy Nexus and remove the battery
Connect your Galaxy Nexus to your PC via USB cable while holding the volume up and volume down buttons simultaneously. This will put your device into OMAP mode.
Open Device Manager on your PC and look for "OMAP 4460" or "OMAP 4430" under "Other devices". If you see it, right-click on it and select "Update driver software". Then choose "Browse my computer for driver software" and point it to the folder where you extracted the Omapflash Tuna Zip file. This will install the OMAP driver for your device.
Open a command prompt window as administrator and navigate to the folder where you extracted the Omapflash Tuna Zip file
Type "install.bat" and press enter. This will flash the bootloader and recovery of your device using the OMAP mode.
Wait for the process to finish. You should see a message saying "Done!" when it is completed.
Disconnect your Galaxy Nexus from your PC and insert the battery back
Boot your device into recovery mode by holding the volume up, volume down and power buttons simultaneously. You should see a screen with an Android logo and a red exclamation mark.
Use the volume buttons to navigate to "apply update from adb" and press the power button to select it
Download a stock ROM for your Galaxy Nexus from here
Rename the downloaded file to "update.zip" and copy it to the same folder where you extracted the Omapflash Tuna Zip file
Open another command prompt window as administrator and navigate to the same folder
Type "adb sideload update.zip" and press enter. This will transfer and install the stock ROM on your device.
Wait for the process to finish. You should see a message saying "Install from ADB complete" when it is done.
Select "reboot system now" from the recovery menu and press the power button to confirm it
Your Galaxy Nexus should boot normally now. Congratulations, you have successfully unbricked your device with Omapflash Tuna Zip!


Tips and Warnings



This method may not work for all devices or situations. Use it at your own risk.

This method will erase all data on your device. Make sure you have a backup before proceeding.



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