[GUIDE]Nexus 9 back to stock guide - Unbrick - Restore factory firmware

  • The aim of this thread is to make an easy guide to flashing stock firmware. Owners of previous nexus devices already know all this stuff, this thread is aimed at making the process as simple as possible for new users. This will work regardless of what modifications you've done to your device. Remember to backup all your important data and do this with the knowledge that all flashing activity carries some risk.


    Download
    Factory image here
    (for windows users) Minimal adb & fastboot
    (for mac users) adb & fastboot for mac
    Follow the instructions to install adb on your computer.


    Prepare your tablet

    Enable developer options in settings > about tablet and tapping build number 7 times
    Open developer options and enable usb debugging. (If you haven't unlocked your bootloader yet, tick enable oem unlock)


    Extract images

    Place the downloaded factory image inside your adb folder and extract with 7zip.
    A new folder will be there called something like volantis-lrx21. Open and extract "image-xxxxx-zip" to your adb folder. We are interested in these files:

    bootloader-flounder-xxxxxx.img
    boot.img
    recovery.img
    cache.img
    system.img
    vendor.img


    Place these files directly into your adb folder.

    # I recommend renaming the 'bootloader-flounder-xxxxxx.img' to just 'bootloader.img' to make it easier to type.

    Now that everythings set up, we can start flashing

    Plug in your device. Open the adb folder, hold shift and right click and select open command window here
    (if your having driver issues try using Pdanet)

    Run these commands one at a time
    adb devices

    adb reboot bootloader

    if you haven't unlocked the bootloader yet run
    fastboot oem unlock
    and follow the instructions using the volume keys to scroll through the menu. This procedure will wipe all data.

    Run the following commands one at a time
    fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-flounder-xxxxxxx.img
    (replace 'bootloader-flounder-xxxxx.img' with full name of bootloader image)

    fastboot reboot-bootloader

    fastboot -w

    fastboot flash boot boot.img

    fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

    fastboot flash cache cache.img

    fastboot flash system system.img

    fastboot flash vendor vendor.img


    (OPTIONAL) At this stage you can relock the bootloader if you want by running the command
    fastboot oem lock
    finally reboot the device by running

    fastboot reboot


    Thats it. Enjoy your tablet in factory condition


    adb & fastboot for mac

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