https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/Google-streamer-stuck-at-G-logo-and-won-t-hard-reset/m-p/758409#M85473 <P>Hi there...</P><P>I bought a used google streamer the previous owner said that suddenly it was stuck at google logo so I thought I give it a try fixing...</P><P>It is frustrating when I try entering recovery mode and when I do I press hard reset and I get the following messages</P><P>Wiping data...</P><P>ERROR: recovery: [libfs_mgr] Failed to mount /metadata; formatting: File exists</P><P>ERROR: recovery: [libfs_mgr] fs_mgr_do_format: Format /dev/block/by-name/metadata as 'f2fs'</P><P>ERROR: logwrapper: Cannot log to file /dev/fscklogs/log</P><P>ERROR: recovery: Open failed: /metadata/ota: No such file or directory</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Anyone with any clue? The only thing I think of is that he messed up the internal files somehow and it is unfixable... No way to reinstall the firmware from scratch or any other way.....</P> Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:47:20 GMT Valvalele 2025-10-26T19:47:20Z https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/Google-streamer-stuck-at-G-logo-and-won-t-hard-reset/m-p/758409#M85473 <P>Hi there...</P><P>I bought a used google streamer the previous owner said that suddenly it was stuck at google logo so I thought I give it a try fixing...</P><P>It is frustrating when I try entering recovery mode and when I do I press hard reset and I get the following messages</P><P>Wiping data...</P><P>ERROR: recovery: [libfs_mgr] Failed to mount /metadata; formatting: File exists</P><P>ERROR: recovery: [libfs_mgr] fs_mgr_do_format: Format /dev/block/by-name/metadata as 'f2fs'</P><P>ERROR: logwrapper: Cannot log to file /dev/fscklogs/log</P><P>ERROR: recovery: Open failed: /metadata/ota: No such file or directory</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Anyone with any clue? The only thing I think of is that he messed up the internal files somehow and it is unfixable... No way to reinstall the firmware from scratch or any other way.....</P> Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:47:20 GMT https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/Google-streamer-stuck-at-G-logo-and-won-t-hard-reset/m-p/758409#M85473 Valvalele 2025-10-26T19:47:20Z https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/Google-streamer-stuck-at-G-logo-and-won-t-hard-reset/m-p/758420#M85474 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/807671">@Valvalele</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>Unfortunately, that is an issue we are unable to help with here in the community. I think you are correct that the previous owner did some file damage.</P> <P>You might want to try stack overflow or reddit to see if there is somebody that can help.</P> Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:51:17 GMT https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/Google-streamer-stuck-at-G-logo-and-won-t-hard-reset/m-p/758420#M85474 JillG 2025-10-26T20:51:17Z