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[Q] Phone will not boot, nor enter recovery mode HELP!

Was attempting to switch back to stock messaging app, and was using some old rom (mint jelly) with Titanium backup/rooted. I made the following changes :
unfreeze messaging app
restart bluetooth pairings
uninstall beauty face
uninstall best face
and then restarted my phone, and will not come back on? What the hell?
Will not enter recovery, at all. Just stays frozen on SAMSUNG. Not amused, please help if you can

Are you sure you are pressing the correct buttons? Volume UP + Power, when the device vibrates release the Power button and when 'Recovery Booting...' blue text appears release Volume UP button.
If you still can't enter the recovery mode there is only one option left: flash stock firmware with Odin!

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iJo09 said:
Are you sure you are pressing the correct buttons? Volume UP + Power, when the device vibrates release the Power button and when 'Recovery Booting...' blue text appears release Volume UP button.
If you still can't enter the recovery mode there is only one option left: flash stock firmware with Odin!
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bah thanks, i looked at like 6 different "how to trigger recovery mode" and they were all wrong
its been months since i've done it so I'd completely forgotton
their method for download mode all worked fine, so i was worried

Damani311 said:
bah thanks, i looked at like 6 different "how to trigger recovery mode" and they were all wrong
its been months since i've done it so I'd completely forgotton
their method for download mode all worked fine, so i was worried
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however there doesnt look like much i can do with recovery mode. the only backup is a year old and might as well be reflashing. is there some way to get into safe mode and maybe undo the changes i made in TitBackup?

To start Safe Mode you have to Power on the device with the Volume DOWN button pressed, until it boots up

[Q] Completely lost my device? (After flashing some ROMs)

Hello fellow people...
So, my lovely Android (LG P700) is stuck in a bootloop. So, here's the story of my phone:
1) I bought it and eventually managed to root it.
2) The same day I installed CyanogenMod 10. Everything worked so fine.
3) Later I upgraded to KitKat prime (Based on CM11). Pretty darn fine, but it was laggy like hell.
4) So I decided to downgrade back to CM10. It worked, BUT THEN - it ignored my SIM card completely and when dialed *#06# I found that my IMEI got torn off my phone.
5) So I installed AOKP KitKat. Was REALLY good but it didn't have some crucial-to-me options, so I found somewhat tasty...
6) And I installed the Pac-Man ROM. And something went quite wrong, because it only booted every third time, else it gave black screen, but everything worked really fine. But later, I noticed that Wi-Fi won't turn on, so guess what...
7) AND WHAM! MY WORST MISTAKE! Wait for it... I decided to install the Phenom kernel (Idiot me, it was made for CM10...), TADAA!
8) After the LG icon it gave me 3 random stripes distorted and pink in color. And the recovery is nothing but black screen.
9) So I tried to flash rooted v20d kdz to it... Nope. Only stuck on stock boot animation and the three button combo won't work, no recovery, no black screen, no data wipe option.
10) I used the official KDZ updater... Same sh* as 9).
11) Tried flashing rooted v10k... NOPE, the flasher is throwing the error: WParam: 4, IPARAM:1002.
NOTICE - Yes, I did data/cache/dalvik/system wipes everytime when I upgraded my ROM/changed kernels. I also used GApps every time.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks in advance!

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Jakemeow said:
Hello fellow people...
So, my lovely Android (LG P700) is stuck in a bootloop. So, here's the story of my phone:
1) I bought it and eventually managed to root it.
2) The same day I installed CyanogenMod 10. Everything worked so fine.
3) Later I upgraded to KitKat prime (Based on CM11). Pretty darn fine, but it was laggy like hell.
4) So I decided to downgrade back to CM10. It worked, BUT THEN - it ignored my SIM card completely and when dialed *#06# I found that my IMEI got torn off my phone.
5) So I installed AOKP KitKat. Was REALLY good but it didn't have some crucial-to-me options, so I found somewhat tasty...
6) And I installed the Pac-Man ROM. And something went quite wrong, because it only booted every third time, else it gave black screen, but everything worked really fine. But later, I noticed that Wi-Fi won't turn on, so guess what...
7) I decided to install the Phenom kernel (Idiot me, it was made for CM10...)
8) After the LG icon it gave me 3 random stripes distorted and pink in color. And the recovery is nothing but black screen.
9) So I tried to flash rooted v20d kdz to it... Nope. Only stuck on stock boot animation and the three button combo won't work, no recovery, no black screen, no data wipe option.
10) I used the official KDZ updater... Same sh* as 9).
11) Tried flashing rooted v10k... NOPE, the flasher is throwing the error: WParam: 4, IPARAM:1002.
NOTICE - Yes, I did data/cache/dalvik/system wipes everytime when I upgraded my ROM/changed kernels. I also used GApps every time.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks in advance!
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I had almost the same problem yesterday. My phone could go to emergency mode. If yours too then try this. Download the V20a ROM with root and CMW (it's really important to use this one): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214717 (thanks Homero2 so much!),
- Installed the msxml file in the KDZ folder
- Run KDZ_FW_UPD.exe as administrator
- Set it to 3GQCT and DIAG, open the V20a kdz file and press "Launch software update"
- I still got a lparam error, but here's the great thing about this ROM. Even though I still got a bootloop, I MANAGED TO GET INTO RECOVERY! Instructions: Press the power button and the volume - button at the same time. When capacitive buttons turn up, press the menu button. When LG logo appears, release the power button. (REMEMBER: VOLUME "-" BUTTON AND MENU BUTTON NOT HOME....
- Recovery shows up.
- After that, I pushed a downloaded ROM (zip file) to my SD card and installed it via CMW succesfully!
Use CPA rom for p700/005 this time, it bugless and remember to factory data reset.
Hope it helps you!

mandeepsingh said:
I had almost the same problem yesterday. My phone could go to emergency mode. If yours too then try this. Download the V20a ROM with root and CWM (it's really important to use this one): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214717 (thanks Homero2 so much!),
- Installed the msxml file in the KDZ folder
- Run KDZ_FW_UPD.exe as administrator
- Set it to 3GQCT and DIAG, open the V20a kdz file and press "Launch software update"
- I still got a IParam error, but here's the great thing about this ROM. Even though I still got a bootloop, I MANAGED TO GET INTO RECOVERY! Instructions: Press the power button and the volume - button at the same time. When captive buttons turn up, press the menu button. When LG logo appears, release the power button. (REMEMBER: VOLUME "-" BUTTON AND MENU BUTTON NOT HOME....
- Recovery shows up.
- After that, I pushed a downloaded ROM (zip file) to my SD card and installed it via CWM successfully!
Use CPA ROM for p700/705 this time, it bugless and remember to factory data reset.
Hope it helps you!
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Thanks a lot, but... recovery won't turn on, everytime I try to push vol-/menu/power button combo nothing happens and the phone tries to boot up as it would normally leaving it in an infinite bootscreen... Btw, my home button is broken and the vol- button is brokenish and I need a few tries to press it normally AND the captive button lights, well... they won't turn on anytime, just dark touch-able areas and that's all. I'll try to get to recovery though.
EDIT: BTW, you sure it's DIAG not EMERGENCY?

mandeepsingh said:
I had almost the same problem yesterday. My phone could go to emergency mode. If yours too then try this. Download the V20a ROM with root and CMW (it's really important to use this one): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214717 (thanks Homero2 so much!),
- Installed the msxml file in the KDZ folder
- Run KDZ_FW_UPD.exe as administrator
- Set it to 3GQCT and DIAG, open the V20a kdz file and press "Launch software update"
- I still got a lparam error, but here's the great thing about this ROM. Even though I still got a bootloop, I MANAGED TO GET INTO RECOVERY! Instructions: Press the power button and the volume - button at the same time. When capacitive buttons turn up, press the menu button. When LG logo appears, release the power button. (REMEMBER: VOLUME "-" BUTTON AND MENU BUTTON NOT HOME....
- Recovery shows up.
- After that, I pushed a downloaded ROM (zip file) to my SD card and installed it via CMW succesfully!
Use CPA rom for p700/005 this time, it bugless and remember to factory data reset.
Hope it helps you!
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Hey, it worked! Thanks, I managed to get to recovery! *Psst, admin, you can lock this thread or whatsoever*

Happy to help You!!!
Jakemeow said:
Hey, it worked! Thanks, I managed to get to recovery! *Psst, admin, you can lock this thread or whatsoever*
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Lol I thought its just me whose home button and volume- button isn't working!!!!! But I pressed the button hard and it went into recovery!!!!! Glad to help you!!!! ENjoy!!!!!

[L7] Bootloop

Hi,
Its my first time with lg
My brother has l7 and it was very laggy. He was still on ics, so i flashed jb using kdz (i also debranded it). So i was on v20d, but with only system apps it gives ~100mb of free ram, so i thought about cm.
I got v20d rooted+cwm+unlocked bl, flashed it, than cm10.2 - everything was fine, cm booted, but i found oc kernel for 4.3, tried it and after that i got stuck on LG logo (i got lg bootloader logo->black screen->lg bootloader logo second time, but this time bootloop).
So i flashed rooted one v20d again, but got stuck on rom logo (this one with sound and blinking part). So i tried nonrooted one, but the same happen.
I know that i had cwm, but couldnt boot into it using buttons (it should be vol+ + vol- + home + power, but it just stuck me in lg bootloader logo).
It seems that i cant make wipe, coz only buttons method is available, and that method brings lg bootloader logo bootloop.
However every where i find that wipe combination is vol+ + vol- + home + power. Is it right?
PS. I tried this combination one more time and got "recovery mode"
Thanks in advance

ch3mn3y said:
Hi,
Its my first time with lg
My brother has l7 and it was very laggy. He was still on ics, so i flashed jb using kdz (i also debranded it). So i was on v20d, but with only system apps it gives ~100mb of free ram, so i thought about cm.
I got v20d rooted+cwm+unlocked bl, flashed it, than cm10.2 - everything was fine, cm booted, but i found oc kernel for 4.3, tried it and after that i got stuck on LG logo (i got lg bootloader logo->black screen->lg bootloader logo second time, but this time bootloop).
So i flashed rooted one v20d again, but got stuck on rom logo (this one with sound and blinking part). So i tried nonrooted one, but the same happen.
I know that i had cwm, but couldnt boot into it using buttons (it should be vol+ + vol- + home + power, but it just stuck me in lg bootloader logo).
It seems that i cant make wipe, coz only buttons method is available, and that method brings lg bootloader logo bootloop.
However every where i find that wipe combination is vol+ + vol- + home + power. Is it right?
PS. I tried this combination one more time and got "recovery mode"
Thanks in advance
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flash the kdz (non root)
now - http://www.hard-reset.com/lg-optimus-l7-p700-hard-reset.html
Now it should boot, hopefully!

Thanks. It worked. I saw this site, but choose lg.com for lg p705 (no real difference with p700) and i dont know why (there is vol- + power + menu) I rad it as vol- + vol+ + home + power (i should ask myself).
Good that i always made backup so now it was really fast to get back to working cm10.2
Thanks again

It worked, but i again had a problem. I flashed cm and wanted few mods, but got bootloop. It happens, so as i cant get to recovery using combination I flashed stock rom, so I need to do factory reset, but when phone boots, bottom doesnt light up, so menu doesnt work. Tried flashing nonroot kdz few times, but nothing help...
EDIT: When using vol+ with power the bottom lights up, but with vol- doesnt...

ch3mn3y said:
It worked, but i again had a problem. I flashed cm and wanted few mods, but got bootloop. It happens, so as i cant get to recovery using combination I flashed stock rom, so I need to do factory reset, but when phone boots, bottom doesnt light up, so menu doesnt work. Tried flashing nonroot kdz few times, but nothing help...
EDIT: When using vol+ with power the bottom lights up, but with vol- doesnt...
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Hmm, I'm no good at L7. @F4uzan can help you maybe. He had once told that the recovery entering combination depends on a few factors.
Which recovery do you have BTW?
Sent from my Moto G XT1033 using Tapatalk

Im not sure of recovery version (it was part of the kdz) and i didnt thought that it will be needed so I didnt remember it, but i think it was 6.0.3.x (dont remember last number).
PS. Maybe someone has kdz, which works for him/her and knows recovery/factory reset combination on it, so I could try it on my phone?

[Q] Stuck in boot-loop and recovery mode doesn't work on stock android

I have a Samsung galaxy note 4 with stock android. My phone shut itself off while I was listening to pandora, and when I tried to turn it back on, it got stuck rebooting.
It gets to the Samsung splash screen, and no further. Even when I try to enter recovery mode using volume up + power + home, the splash screen appears with 'RECOVERY BOOTING..." in the corner, but it just reboots again.
I have tried turning the phone off completely using the power button, then turning it on again. I have tried removing the battery, letting it sit, and trying to restart again. I have tried charging it to see if that was the problem, but it's not. If I use volume down + power + home, I can get to the custom OS options, but I have not rooted my phone, so I don't know what the 'continue' options does.
How can I get my phone working again?

Turn off the phone. Enter download mode instead of recovery (volume down + home button + power) and open Odin on your PC and under AP add your .tar file (via Sammobile) and hit OK in order to get stock Touchwiz on your Note 4 again.

vasilyivanovich said:
I have a Samsung galaxy note 4 with stock android. My phone shut itself off while I was listening to pandora, and when I tried to turn it back on, it got stuck rebooting.
It gets to the Samsung splash screen, and no further. Even when I try to enter recovery mode using volume up + power + home, the splash screen appears with 'RECOVERY BOOTING..." in the corner, but it just reboots again.
I have tried turning the phone off completely using the power button, then turning it on again. I have tried removing the battery, letting it sit, and trying to restart again. I have tried charging it to see if that was the problem, but it's not. If I use volume down + power + home, I can get to the custom OS options, but I have not rooted my phone, so I don't know what the 'continue' options does.
How can I get my phone working again?
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hi
firstly ,
If you cannot "factory reset " in recovery ....then and if nothing else works ? and you don't want to take phone to service provider /Samsung service centre .............
last resort is to( but you have to know what you doing !!!!)
is to reflash your device /phone current stock ROM,(that you were on),with Odin /pc..laptop
If you are unsure "how to flash ?" i suggest to Google /search for an straight forward video ,on web /Youtube ?
if so and you can get into download mode ( phone off ,pull battery..... insert battery , volume down + power + home button ) When in download mode ,volume up again and follow normal procedure to flash your stock ROM with Odin
Remember ..that above to flash stock Rom with Odin ,you don't need root.
Also ,in your post above you refer i quote......
"I can get to the custom OS options, but I have not rooted my phone, so I don't know what the 'continue' options does"
i think what you actually mean that you can get into download mode ,???...................
and the volume up is when you" ready " to flash your device and connected to pc/laptop with Odin ...
Also make sure if you know how to reflash ..... that before reflashing with Odin ,you have ticked correct boxes in Odin( .....and how Odin works )
Bottom line ...if nothing else works ,
a reflash of your correct phone ( current stock ) Rom you were on ,should fix it .
good luck

Installing superman rom. Red screen, french voice.

Never had this issue with any android device I've installed custom roms on. But when I had installed superman and rebooted it just went to a red screen. The buttons are responsive and sometimes a french voice says something. It's been like this for ~35 min and I can't do anything so i cant re-flash etc.
Does anyone have any suggestion? Rip phone?
Thanks!

Likely you flashed the wrong kernel, S7 Flat on Edge or the opposite I think. Try to force reboot your device with 3-button combo (vol down+home+power for 8 seconds) it should go into bootloader, then do the 3-button again and without releasing other buttons just press vol up at the same moment which phone turned off and go into recovery.

yeah that happen to me. I flashed 930 rom on 935. once I pick the right one..no red screen

I concur with Abstra and Uber, it's due to the wrong kernel choice in Aroma as I've done it once as well. I also did what abstra suggested, by rebooting with 3 button combo, going into bootloader and then going into TWRP recovery from there.
( Quoting abstra - Try to force reboot your device with 3-button combo (vol down+home+power for 8 seconds) it should go into bootloader, then do the 3-button again and without releasing other buttons just press vol up at the same moment which phone turned off and go into recovery.)
Then from TWRP flashing the Superman ROM again, In aroma choose correct Kernel, happy days...