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Hub stuck on grey ‘g’ screen, factory reset not helped

Tizzle
Community Member

Hub stuck on g screen factory reset brings it back to g screen. Power off overnight, no change. 

1 Recommended Answer

Muddi
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey folks,

 

Thanks for sharing all the details about the issue. 

 

We understand this issue has been happening for quite some time now, but rest assured that our team is aware of this and looking into this issue at hand. Please try to plug in the device to a different power outlet, then attempt a reset.

 

If unresolved, perform the workaround below:

 

  1. At the back of the Nest display, unplug the power cord and wait for 10 seconds, then plug it back in and wait until the screen with the "G" logo shows up
  2. Repeat the first step, 10 more times.
  3. After the customer plugs the power cord back in, wait for the device to reset. The device announces "Welcome to Google Home" to signify that it's ready for setup.

Put your device to recovery mode:

 

  1. Put the device in Recovery Mode (Unplug the device, then perform a long press on the volume up and volume down buttons while the customer plugs the device back in. Once the device turns back on, release the volume buttons.)
  2. Once the device boots into Recovery Mode (a long press on both volume up and volume down buttons at the same time), attempt a factory reset.

 

If the above steps don't work, please reach out to us to get immediate support on this link: https://bit.ly/3adTfGB

 

Cheers,

Muddi

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Akulassv
Community Member

I’m also having the same problem, tried recovery mode and factory reset but still just rebooting to a grey screen with a G in the middle.

OllieChitty
Community Member

I have this exact same issue, my unit is 2 years old, it said it was updating and now it's just frozen 😞 tried resetting and leaving off over night but still I have the grey screen and G logo of doom 😞 can I get help with this? 

 

NaomiPrinsloo
Community Member

Hallo, i have the same issue with by google its only a few months old. Please assist if someone managed to figure it out?

Harishcommunity
Community Member

same issue for me. factory reset not helped

jamesmiao
Community Member

I believe they are playing game with customer... here is my Case ID: 0-############1998. waiting for too long for nothing... 

KevinE
Community Member

It certainly appears what you say is accurate.  This is a bad game for Google to play, yet it certainly seems as though this is the case.  It could cost them big time if this is accurate.

Balloonspoon
Community Member

Same problem here. Google nest hub 2 gen

Kenwall4663
Community Member

Hi all,

I clicked on a link that I found in a post from a community specialist and it took me to a form to fill out.  I ended up chatting with someone from google that was very helpful.  They walked me through some things to try and eventually had me send in pics of serial numbers and a case number that they sent me and they processed a replacement for me.  Hope this helps...

 

Ken

 

 I think this is specialist post that took me to the link...If not, scroll through the post til you find a community specialist instead of a community member....

frances 
Community Specialist

KevinE
Community Member

You may be one of the lucky ones, then again - perhaps not.  I filled out the form, nothing.  Others have gone thru the paces and then sent pictures, have been promised replacements - and still months later, nothing.  Seems like the luck of the draw to me, but you may also win the lottery.  After all, someone's gotta win, right?

helyx79
Community Member

Omg I’m so annoyed!! Never had an issue until tonight, and then I see here it’s unfixable!! Tried 4 times to RE rest, I use mine everyday! Just goes back to grey screen with g ?? 

mfears
Community Member

That's exactly what happened to mine - stays at the G no matter how many times I've reset it.  I'm so annoyed too!

Dc9795
Community Member

This happened to me as well. Noting is fixing it. Trash product. 

Shalini
Community Member

My Google Nest Hub not powering on and is on ‘G’ grey screen for a week. Same problem. Tried the online chat but it keeps saying problem with the form so can’t submit or request for a call. I tried calling but the line doesn’t go thru.

pauloabner
Community Member

Same issue gere.

pauloabner
Community Member

Not solved yet

MyWorldisHuge
Community Member

My Google Home Nest Hub (1st Gen) was stuck on G screen.  In order to access Reset to Factory Settings, I had to first put the unit into Recovery Mode (plugging in while holding down volume buttons).  I tried many variations of when to let go of the volume buttons after the 10 sec timer was up.  Those resulted in either rebooting to static G screen again or looping back to Factory Reset 10 sec countdown again.

I finally did an online chat with Google Support today and the tech had me walk through the steps again.  The differences were he had me enter Recovery Mode by pressing down both volume buttonsHe then had me wait about a minute before proceeding with the Factory Reset.  After holding down both volume buttons past the countdown I let go as soon as the white screen went to black.  The G logo came back up again, then it's brightness changed slightly, then it made some sounds and entered the Setup Screen.

I was able to connect it to the app and all is well.  I've been trying all options listed in this forum over the past two days (including unplug/plug in 11x) and nothing has worked except for the two minor variations I mentioned above.

eco
Community Member

Hello.

I’m having the same issue with my Google hub. Stuck on the g screen with recovery or factory reset not helping. 

MrSuade
Community Member

Im experiencing the same issue only difference is it factory resets right back into the G logo screen...ive attempted several factory resets several times

helyx79
Community Member

All of a sudden hundreds of google homes are stopping all at the same to be shipped to Hong Kong 🤔

Jbell1234
Community Member

Hi all I’m having the same issue. How do I contact google support? There is no chat or email function and I just keep getting sent to community forums. 😭

I used the chat function but was communicated from this email ######### hope that helps everyone. Had to take photos of serial number,  etc and send off, then received return information 

google

hyphen

support

 

AT

google

dot 

c.m

Secouri
Community Member

I'm having the same issue.  None of the solutions have worked.

Wills_home
Community Member

I’m having the same issue

Bill10
Community Member

Nothing has worked. My hub must be broken.

KevinE
Community Member

From what I can tell - Google's software update has bricked lots of their Home Hubs.  Why some and not others are curious for sure.  I have three that I bought at exactly the same time, two of the three are fine, one is bricked.

whitedsherri
Community Member

I also have a Google hub that is not working properly with the gray screen with the g on it. I have unplugged over night, factory reset, unplugged and plugged back and nothing is working on it at all.

Anonymous
Not applicable

I have the same problem. I have 

 

factory reset.  followed back one more test per Google Trouble shooting but it won't leave the grey screen of white G.

 

Has mij device gave up the ghost?

 

 

 

 

Tns67
Community Member

My first gen hub is also having this issue. It's been about 3-4 months since it first happened and I've swapped out to another hub that is working fine. Are we just stuck with a brick now? 

Whrd100
Community Member

Yeah mine is buggered. Same problem. 

FrugalSC
Community Member

Having the same issue, went through the reset steps, it appears to start the resetting process but when I let go of the volume buttons, the screen turns to a blank white screen.

Bpaver
Community Member

I have tried all of the possible fixes that I have been able to find on here, and none of them work!  Anyone else have a solution? 

 

Thank you

Pascal_h
Community Member

I am having the same issue. Google home not booting anymore, stuck on dark grey screen with white G.

Please help!

mbchristian
Community Member

Having the same issue. 

PyroYuy
Community Member

Just had this issue a few days ago after a power outage it wouldn't restart, even after several "factory resets". Still can't get it up and running.

Jet10a
Community Member

I have the same problem. I tried your solution steps and the problem is still the same. What next?

Marbur
Community Member

Having the same problem. Started overnight. Grey screen with white G. Tried resets but nothing

M65red
Community Member

Mine has now the same problem, Grey G screen, unplugged for several hours, factory reset, nothing has helped, what now? We use these at home for my disabled son to be more independent. Life just gets a little better then * wham * back to our reality 😕. Please tell me this can be fixed, not hopeful after reading how often this is happening. Thanks in advance 

DasRoshan
Community Member

Please solved my issue in google Nest hub,In Screen only 'G' logo is showing 

M65red
Community Member

How did you solve this?