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Hi --
Nexus 5 on Sprint.
I'm running into a boot loop issue when trying to restore a Nandroid Backup built on a fresh N5 about an hour after a clean install.

Details are:
I just this week updated from Stock KK (4.4.4 I think) to Stock LP (5.0.1) -- I've been waiting because of needing/wanting XPosed framework....

• After unrooting and returning to stock recovery on KK 4.4.4,


• I did the LP OTA followed by a Full Erase after the OTA to start fresh. (Note: I have subsequently experienced the same exact problem after installing the LP using the flash-all.bat from the Nexus 5 image extracted to the SDK/platform-tools folder.)


• After completing the login and google's restore process perfectly... All things LP appear to be working well and my phone is set up the way I want. So...


• I then installed CWM recovery 6.0.4.5 using fastboot.


• I then used the CWM recovery to root with SuperSU v2.40


• I then used CWM recovery to make a Nandroid backup... (after completing a rooted power up and returning to the recovery)


• Long story short (kind of), within the first several hours I messed something up (install of Nine email app AFTER the Nandroid didn't work and was leading to android.process.acore stopping issues. Nine has since told me that the app is not compatible with my company's MDM security solution Maas36). So , I wanted to return to the Nandroid point in time and just put my company exchange email into GMAIL - Acore issues continued after removing Nine.-- but were NOT happening at the time point where I created the backup. So I booted into CWM Recovery and selected to restore and picked the backup I had made of the fresh device.


• Restore via CWM recovery proceeds fine and completes. However, it goes into the flying circles boot loop (I tried leaving it go for upwards of 2.5 hours at the longest time


• I can easily recover from this with a flash-all.bat in fastboot


• I have done this numerous times today and it is completely repeatable. Same thing happens each time.

I have definitely restored from Nandroid previously using this process on KK. But so far no Nandroid restore possible for me on LP. To be clear, the LP install works fine, but just can't be recovered from the Nandroid backup. I guess I'm OK with that, but I'd rather not fly without a backup safety net.

Hopefully that's enough detail for someone to comment. If I've missed any helpful details, let me know.

So, have I done anything wrong? The only thing I can think of at this second is possibly needing to unroot before attempting the restore? Is that it? I don't think I've done that before.

Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can provide.

greenawayj