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Hi all,
Sot of new to modding, think I screwed up and could use some help. Was doing this one click speed fix: forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7587405&postcount=417
It didn't appear to work the first time, as I received a message and exited the application, however the symbol was still in the notification bar. Re-ran it, and it seemed to have worked, mostly, as the phone was blazing fast. Went immediately to run quadrant and check the benchmark, but it force closed every time it hit the i/o section. tried to go to market, foreclose every time. Figured it may need a reboot, powered off, and that's was all she wrote.
I can get into the battery charging screen and have been able to get to recovery, but nothing else. I haven't used adb or ODIN at all yet, but any assistance is greatly appreciated.
The phone was already rooted, and i have titanium back up and nandroid backups, but don't really know how to get to them.
If you did a nandroid backup, just go in recovery screen and restore backup. If not, flash back to stock rom.
well maybe i dont know what im talking about then. I guess I thought i did a nandroid.
When i go into recovery i get four options: reboot system now, reinstall packages, clear all user data, clear cache data.
none of them work
Did you install clock work recovery via Rom manager?
well it has turned on now. removed sim and memory card and hit reinstall packages. ive got the standard twlauncher running but, it repeatedly gives me force close notifications that android.process.media has stopped and i cannot access the menu
s15274n said:
Did you install clock work recovery via Rom manager?
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yes, i did. i remember doing that precisely as shown in your tips and tricks thread
alright, so i got it into download mode, gonna reflash everything to stock and see where i went wrong as outlined here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
Will update with results, but would be nice to figure out where i went wrong so as not to repeat the error.
If you can get into recovery just wipe and reflash eugenes vibrant4.zip.
Alright, back to stock. unrooted also? gonna mess some more and see if i can get my clockword recovery to restore everything.
okay, so my theory is that the lag fix i used installed an update.zip that overwrote the clockword mod one. Now im just trying to restore using titanium backup, but it is telling me that it doesnt have root access. i know im rooted, as i just did it and reinstalled rom manager and drocap. hmmmmm.....
Thats not all thats funny. i cant find the superuser app anywhere on here. also, i cannot install one from the market.
and im having issues with root explorer.
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okay, so my theory is that the lag fix i used installed an update.zip that overwrote the clockword mod one. Now im just trying to restore using titanium backup, but it is telling me that it doesnt have root access. i know im rooted, as i just did it and reinstalled rom manager and drocap. hmmmmm.....
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DAKIDD236 said:
If you can get into recovery just wipe and reflash eugenes vibrant4.zip.
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I would re-root and then follow the flash the ROM mentioned above. There is a thread in the DEV forum.
Civil Disobedient said:
okay, so my theory is that the lag fix i used installed an update.zip that overwrote the clockword mod one. Now im just trying to restore using titanium backup, but it is telling me that it doesnt have root access. i know im rooted, as i just did it and reinstalled rom manager and drocap. hmmmmm.....
Thats not all thats funny. i cant find the superuser app anywhere on here. also, i cannot install one from the market.
and im having issues with root explorer.
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You need to root again to get the superuser on your phone. As for the one click lag fix, I used to original method and it went pretty well. No problems so far. I also flashed Vibrant4 by Eugene before doing the lag fix. Hope it helps
same thing happened to me. I'm stuck on the galaxy S boot screen. i can get into the samsung recovery screen but not the clockwork recovery. I backed up my nandroid and Rom but don't know how to get into the menu to restore. I only have the update.zip for the lag fix on the internal sd so can't restore that way. Any ideas? Much appreciated.
kwbdc said:
same thing happened to me. I'm stuck on the galaxy S boot screen. i can get into the samsung recovery screen but not the clockwork recovery. I backed up my nandroid and Rom but don't know how to get into the menu to restore. I only have the update.zip for the lag fix on the internal sd so can't restore that way. Any ideas? Much appreciated.
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There may be other ways around it, but I restored fully to stock, then re-rooted. I'm back up and running no problem now. Had some issues with titanium backup but got around that and its batch restoring as i type.
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There may be other ways around it, but I restored fully to stock, then re-rooted. I'm back up and running no problem now. Had some issues with titanium backup but got around that and its batch restoring as i type.
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Would you mind saying how you did that?
I tried wiping and flashing the stock via renaming it update.zip, and I'm still getting FC city. Mostly media, but, calendar, everything. I'm going to post a link to this in that thread, since many, it seems, were left hanging in a boot loop.
Janis said:
Would you mind saying how you did that?
I tried wiping and flashing the stock via renaming it update.zip, and I'm still getting FC city. Mostly media, but, calendar, everything. I'm going to post a link to this in that thread, since many, it seems, were left hanging in a boot loop.
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Just follow what I did through the thread.
I did this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475 to get back to complete stock, then i had to root it twice. Once did the one click, then the good root here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7150299&postcount=1
back up and running. had to research about titanium backup to get it up and running. I want to do the lag fix still, but im nervous from before.
Your nervous? I really would like to do this but i'm scared (cuss)less.
I've read what needs to be done and think that I've figured it out.
(pretty new to droid)... but, have also read the horror stories here
about bricking your phone...which nowadays can happen to any
phone you have....don't get me started on the apple pie!
But, really when it gets a simple as installing an .APK I'll be happy.
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Your nervous? I really would like to do this but i'm scared .......
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The galaxy s seems pretty hard to brick. I'd say just go for the lag fix. Worse thing that happens is you have to take like 15min to download and use odin to reflash to stock. The lag fix seems pretty safe as long as you stay rooted
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Vibrant Recovery Mode HowTo
THIS GUIDE WORKED ON USA T-MOBILE SAMSUNG VIBRANT BUT MAY VERY WELL WORK ON ALL SAMSUNG GALAXYS PHONES
After reading many XDA-Developers Forum Posts to try and figure out how to get into the Recovery Mode / Download Mode without any success, I gave T-Mobile Support a call.
After the usual noop run-down, "did you take the battery out" questions, I simply asked them how to get the Samsung Vibrant into recovery mode.
Unline the many tutorials that claim to require the Up or Down button pressed, along with the Home button then the Power, the true process is as follows:
1. Press the Up and the Down button at the same time (yes both). I too thought that button was a Toggle which only did either Up or Down, but found that in fact it does do both.
2. At the same time, press the power button.
3. As soon as the Samsung / Vibrant logo comes up on the screen, release the power button.
4. Release the Up and Down buttons.
5. PRESTO
On stock 2.1 from a brand new phone. Wanting to get a Bionix-V 1.2 rom installed to start with. (unless someone points out a more popular/stable/better rom to start with)
So I thought I was following the guide right but I cant figure out what.
NOOB GUIDE is what I was following. Here is where I think i messed up or got lost.
3 – Rom Manager / Clockwork Recovery
Now that you have your apps, system data & home settings saved, go to the Market to download Rom Manager (there is a paid and a free version, either will work, but I always suggest supporting developers if you can). We are going to use Rom Manager to install an alternate recovery, called Clockwork Recovery. This is what allows you to make a backup of your entire system (called a nandroid backup).
Once you download and install Rom Manager, open it, give it Root Access (Check to always remember if it's not already selected). At the top, click "Flash Clockwork Recovery" and after it has finished click to Reboot Into Recovery.
If this is your first time, you are very likely at the stock vibrant recovery (purple text)... click on Re-install packages. Your phone will reboot and should come back to the Clockwork Recovery (green text).
If at stock, click reinstall packages again (likely worked the first time).
Great, now you have a custom recovery. Scroll down (by using the volume buttons) and select (by using the power button) to backup your system. This will take about 5 minutes to complete. Once done, you have a complete snapshot of your phone that you should always be able to come back to.
I strongly encourage reading Koush's thread, you can find it here.
His installation instructions have more detail:
Installation instructions:
1.Download ROM Manager from the Market.
2.Flash Recovery.
3.Choose Vibrant as your phone.
4.Accept the Superuser prompt.
5.On the very FIRST boot of Clockwork, you may need to manually select "reinstall packages" if Clockwork does not start. You should only ever have to do this once. It will be automatic from then on.
6.Watch the backup go!
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The thing is when I try to reboot into Clockwork it still looks the same, nothing happens when i tell Rom Manager to backup, it just restarts to what looks like the original recovery screen. It looks something like this..
Android system recovery <2e>
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
Vol Up - up
Vol Down - down
Power - Selec item
Reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data
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Since this is my first flash I might just be overly paranoid but if this is not right I dont want to mess up my brand new phone by just plowing ahead without being sure.
Thanks for any help... yet again.
Try selecting reinstall packages. And then again a second time.
Tap volume down then push lock/power to select.
Try reinstalling packages.
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TY, guess I must not have told it to reinstall enough times.
Took me 3x reinstall packages before I actually got into cwm. You will know when you get tehre.
Caliga if you need more help or have questions send me an email I'm PMing u my email address.
OK, so something has gone wrong. At first I thought it was all ok but now the more apps i try to open the more nothing seems to work. Going to try to go back to stock and see if i can start over but I cant seem to get this phone to go to the clockwork recovery menu. Every time i restart the phone and hold the keys it still boots like normal. guess its time for more research.
Had the same issue with my new Vibrant. Look for the 3e recovery fix listed in here. Solved my issues.
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^ he was on eclair (2e), the 3e recovery is not an issue here.
caliga4221 said:
OK, so something has gone wrong. At first I thought it was all ok but now the more apps i try to open the more nothing seems to work. Going to try to go back to stock and see if i can start over but I cant seem to get this phone to go to the clockwork recovery menu. Every time i restart the phone and hold the keys it still boots like normal. guess its time for more research.
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Apps don't work probably because you did not do a correct wipe when you flashed. Try: Wipe Data/Factory Reset - then Flash the ROM - then Wipe cache - then go to advanced and wipe Devil Cache - then Fix permissions from the same menu, go back and reboot.
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Apps don't work probably because you did not do a correct wipe when you flashed. Try: Wipe Data/Factory Reset - then Flash the ROM - then Wipe cache - then go to advanced and wipe Devil Cache - then Fix permissions from the same menu, go back and reboot.
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lol Devil cache.
Were you able to flash bionix? From CWM You just select install zip from sd, and select your file.
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lol Devil cache.
Were you able to flash bionix? From CWM You just select install zip from sd, and select your file.
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Ups, typo........ Dalvik Cache. I'm glad I made you laugh ferhanmm, i'm actually cracking up myself as I type. I must have been thinking of my boss when I posted....or maybe my wife!
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Sorry for delayed response. Towns wifi went down last night and someone just now got around to resetting it.
@ferhanmm: I did get bionix on but it was acting very flaky, system ended up getting stuck in what i thought was a brick but someone in my other thread helped me get it working again and now i have a fully working trigger rom.
Everything is up and going again now I would like to get a theme for it, but really the only thing i dont like is all the green icons. About to do some research and see if I can just replace icons somehow.
Hi i have a MyTouch 4G rooted with Virtuous Fusion ROM. Everything was working until when I tried to install Miui Music Player on it. I did adb push but after doing it when i unplugged the phone from my computer several Force Close came up then i rebooted my phone then the MYTOUCH Tmobile logo start up screen came then the HTC logo came then my phone will shut down. I tried to start my phone again the same thing happen. I did Hboot and tried recovery from there but it didnt work. I tried Factory Reset but it failed. I go to clockwork recovery mode if i do backup and restore or factory reset nothing happens. Does it mean my phone is gone? Is there anything i can do to fix it? Please anybody help Does this mean my phone i bricked
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Double posting is a big no no.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14051045
oh ok sorry i did not know
pching999 said:
oh ok sorry i did not know
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Are you getting any cache errors in recovery mode?
TeeJay3800 said:
Are you getting any cache errors in recovery mode?
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Since my phone doesn't start or load completely. I do the Hboot then i click the recovery so i will boot to clockwork recovery. In clockwork recovery any option i choose from the menu there is nothing happening clockwork is not responding. Im stuck at the menu. Do you have any ideas what can i do to make it work?
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Since my phone doesn't start or load completely. I do the Hboot then i click the recovery so i will boot to clockwork recovery. In clockwork recovery any option i choose from the menu there is nothing happening clockwork is not responding. Im stuck at the menu. Do you have any ideas what can i do to make it work?
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I don't get any cache errors
pching999 said:
Since my phone doesn't start or load completely. I do the Hboot then i click the recovery so i will boot to clockwork recovery. In clockwork recovery any option i choose from the menu there is nothing happening clockwork is not responding. Im stuck at the menu. Do you have any ideas what can i do to make it work?
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Are you clicking the trackpad to make the selection? I ask because some people have tried using other buttons to select and then thought their phone was bricked.
Are you using the trackball to make selections in clockwork?
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Are you clicking the trackpad to make the selection? I ask because some people have tried using other buttons to select and then thought their phone was bricked.
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no i click the power button to make selection and the volume bar to move up and down
pching999 said:
no i click the power button to make selection and the volume bar to move up and down
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Try clicking the trackpad...
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Try clicking the trackpad...
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9:43 and 9:44 same posted solution. lol, I think we may be on the same page TeeJay
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9:43 and 9:44 same posted solution. lol, I think we may be on the same page TeeJay
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Great minds think alike. Hopefully that was his only problem. I have to say though, there's something pretty funny about someone thinking their phone is bricked because they're using the wrong button to make selections in recovery! I'm not making fun of anyone, but it does make my chuckle a little.
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Try clicking the trackpad...
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I clicked the track pad it worked thanks. However what should i do next to fix my problem. Do i need to do back up and restore let me know know what to do next
pching999 said:
I clicked the track pad it worked thanks. However what should i do next to fix my problem. Do i need to do back up and restore let me know know what to do next
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If the ROM still won't boot, I would wipe data, cache, and Dalvik-Cache, and then flash the ROM again (assuming the zip is still on your SD).
TeeJay3800 said:
If the ROM still won't boot, I would wipe data, cache, and Dalvik-Cache, and then flash the ROM again (assuming the zip is still on your SD).
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do i have to wipe them three times
pching999 said:
do i have to wipe them three times
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Wipe each item once. I think the new recoveries wipe everything when you select 'data', but do the other items just to be sure. Dalvik-Cache is under the Advanced section.
Thanks a lot. My phone working now!
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Wipe each item once. I think the new recoveries wipe everything when you select 'data', but do the other items just to be sure. Dalvik-Cache is under the Advanced section.
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Hi thanks a lot for your help. Your Track pad solution is golden. My phone is working now. Take care and keep helping people
Glad I could help.
Haha I feel for you OP I had this problem at first (came from an EVO didn't have a trackpad) so I was confused. Didn't take much before I realized it was the trackpad inside. My new problem is my trackpad broke lol. So now I can't select anything (in the OS or in the Recovery) somehow I got the power button to work one time while I was in recovery (little white writing even came up like it does when you flash a rom that said "power button select enabled") never got this to happen again though, any ideas?
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Haha I feel for you OP I had this problem at first (came from an EVO didn't have a trackpad) so I was confused. Didn't take much before I realized it was the trackpad inside. My new problem is my trackpad broke lol. So now I can't select anything (in the OS or in the Recovery) somehow I got the power button to work one time while I was in recovery (little white writing even came up like it does when you flash a rom that said "power button select enabled") never got this to happen again though, any ideas?
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ask teejay3800 the one who helped me may be he can answer your question?
Ok my battery was draining at a faster rate than normal so i figured I'd reboot my phone. Once I shut down my phone and hit the power button it boot into fastboot mode. I am literally the most basic Nexus 4 user meaning, I've never rooted, unlocked, flashed or done anything to my phone. I simply just don't know how to do any of this stuff so it's not like I was tinkering with anything.
I searched online and I went into recovery mode and tried to reset the phone and wipe the partition and it just reboots to the fastboot mode. I honestly have no clue what went wrong. Again, I know nothing about root and stuff but there must be a solution right or am I the first person to ever brick their completely stock phone by trying to restart it? I figure some of the awesome people on here what know what to do or to simplify some steps to fixing this. Thanks in advance.
Sounds like your volume down key might be stuck (as holding that when you power on is how you get to fastboot).
If it's not that then maybe you should try downloading the factory image from here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and letting that install.
I don't think the button is stuck.
Your device needs to be in fastboot mode, with the bootloader unlocked. The relevant key combinations and commands are documented on the page about building for devices.
You need to uncompress each download before use, which creates a new directory for that exact download. That directory contains a ./flash-all.sh script, which handles the various operations, installs the necessary bootloader, baseband firmware(s), and operating system. Note that this operation deletes all user data by default.
After restoring a factory image, it is recommended that you lock the bootloader, for security reasons.
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Sounds like your volume down key might be stuck (as holding that when you power on is how you get to fastboot).
If it's not that then maybe you should try downloading the factory image from here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and letting that install.
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Definitely not the volume down key. I'm able to navigate with volume rocker in fastboot.
Alex_Dreyk said:
I don't think the button is stuck.
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are u able to get to the bootloader and recovery
One3OneKing said:
Definitely not the volume down key. I'm able to navigate with volume rocker in fastboot.
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I picked an instrucktion form the link below.
As you have already wiped it do as in instruction
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are u able to get to the bootloader and recovery
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yes, I can get to recovery. can i get to the bootloader?how would i get there, no clue. lol
Bootloader = fastboot
Try the factory image flash.
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Bootloader = fastboot
Try the factory image flash.
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I kind of have an idea of how to do that but a link to a set of instructions would be great. I've looked but most people have rooted and installed computer programs so I didnt know what exactly I would need to do in my completely stock scenario.
One3OneKing said:
I kind of have an idea of how to do that but a link to a set of instructions would be great. I've looked but most people have rooted and installed computer programs so I didnt know what exactly I would need to do in my completely stock scenario.
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Dear if you have not rooted it. your stock rom has not gone any where...
Goto recovery and then press volume up key and power button. keep holding for like 10 secs and u will be get into the system. However, check that your volume down key is not pressed
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Dear if you have not rooted it. your stock rom has not gone any where...
Goto recovery and then press volume up key and power button. keep holding for like 10 secs and u will be get into the system. However, check that your volume down key is not pressed
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No luck. This is crazy, I literally don't know what happened...:crying:
Have u downloaded the sender image file as described in previous posts
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Ok my battery was draining at a faster rate than normal so i figured I'd reboot my phone. Once I shut down my phone and hit the power button it boot into fastboot mode. I am literally the most basic Nexus 4 user meaning, I've never rooted, unlocked, flashed or done anything to my phone. I simply just don't know how to do any of this stuff so it's not like I was tinkering with anything.
I searched online and I went into recovery mode and tried to reset the phone and wipe the partition and it just reboots to the fastboot mode. I honestly have no clue what went wrong. Again, I know nothing about root and stuff but there must be a solution right or am I the first person to ever brick their completely stock phone by trying to restart it? I figure some of the awesome people on here what know what to do or to simplify some steps to fixing this. Thanks in advance.
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Being that you haven't unlocked or rooted the phone its most likely a hardware problem. If you bought it from Google RMA
From my BLACKED OUT N4
Before RMA'ing try the factory image. You don't need instructions, you just run a .bat file while in fastboot. What have you git to lose?
if you wiped your partitions, then you dont have a rom on your phone. flashing the factory img via fastboot would fix that.
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if you wiped your partitions, then you dont have a rom on your phone. flashing the factory img via fastboot would fix that.
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You can't wipe /system from stock recovery, so he didn't do that.
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You can't wipe /system from stock recovery, so he didn't do that.
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i havent seen the stock recovery in a loooooooooong time, just going by what he wrote in his post :angel:
heres his quote, and thats what happens exactly when you dont have a rom stalled on the device..
I searched online and I went into recovery mode and tried to reset the phone and wipe the partition and it just reboots to the fastboot mode
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i havent seen the stock recovery in a loooooooooong time, just going by what he wrote in his post :angel:
heres his quote, and thats what happens exactly when you dont have a rom stalled on the device..
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I'm guessing he wiped data and/or cache. If he truly is stock like he says then he didn't wipe his /system partition.
My phone got messed up once and I couldn't make or restore nandroids nor boot past the CM boot image, and it ended up being because my /data partition got corrupted. No idea how. I had to flash stock Google images to get it to boot. it happened during normal use of the phone.
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I'm guessing he wiped data and/or cache. If he truly is stock like he says then he didn't wipe his /system partition.
My phone got messed up once and I couldn't make or restore nandroids nor boot past the CM boot image, and it ended up being because my /data partition got corrupted. No idea how. I had to flash stock Google images to get it to boot. it happened during normal use of the phone.
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yea, if had my data partition get corrupted too, wouldnt finish booting. flashing the stock img fixed it quick. but it was my own fault.. bennchmarking at 1890mhz with fsync turned off
I ended up just taking advantage of my warranty and I'll get a new one. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and tips. I'm still trying to figure out why simply turning off the phone to restart it caused this to happen. It makes no sense.
Hi All! I have an H918TN running the latest WETA (software version J). This morning I awoke to find an OTA update available for install (It must have happened overnight. Don't know why it appeared and don't know the size). I installed it and now I keep booting into recovery even after wipes and re-installs of backups and full installs. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work. Anyone know of a solution or link to one? I have access to ADB/Fastboot (still shows device) and the "J" KDZ file. For the record, I've tried "Restore v20 to 100% Stock (!!even for bricked devices!!" but LGUP (Version 1_14_3) says it doesn't recognize the model. TIA and later.
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Hi All! Have an H918TN running the latest WETA (software version J). This morning I awoke to find an OTA update available for install (must have happened overnight. Don't know why it appeared). I installed it and now I keep booting into recovery even after wipes and reinstalls of backups and full installs. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work. Anyone know of a solution or link to one? I have access to ADB/Fastboot (still shows device) and the "J" KDZ file. TIA and later.
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I got the same update but i turned off automatic updates in Dev section
bountyman334 said:
I got the same update but i turned off automatic updates in Dev section
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No offense brother, but that's an after the fact solution. I was going to open a new thread to describe the update. Not likely, for now. What I need is a solution to my problem. Sorry if I sound pissy, but I didn't need this freakin' update to screw up my phone. Most importantly, I should have known not to update a custom with a stock update. Dumb mistake.
Regards, JT
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Hi All! I have an H918TN running the latest WETA (software version J). This morning I awoke to find an OTA update available for install (It must have happened overnight. Don't know why it appeared and don't know the size). I installed it and now I keep booting into recovery even after wipes and reinstalls of backups and full installs. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work. Anyone know of a solution or link to one? I have access to ADB/Fastboot (still shows device) and the "J" KDZ file. TIA and later.
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The same has happened to me. Did you figure this out?
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The same has happened to me. Did you figure this out?
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Not yet. Try LG Bridge->Software Update->update-error-recovery. I tried but my notebook only has 2gb memory and a 25gb SSD. Unfortunately, LG Bridge is looking for 10gb of storage (Internal. You can't use external for some friggin' reason) to download the file, etc. which I don't have available. Follow the instructions in the thread "Restore v20 to 100% Stock (!!even for bricked devices!!" in "LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion". Good Luck!
The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.
midmadn said:
The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.
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That did it! You are a lifesaver!
ctalbot said:
That did it! You are a lifesaver!
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No offense taking...i should of been more helpful..i wasn't Tryna to cone off disk-ish...
What was the update? If i can ask
midmadn said:
The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.
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You're the man! Worked like a charm. LG Bridge said the update was triggered but failed on a partial install. That's just an FYI, not trying to rain on your parade. In any case, thanks again and your thanks-o-meter just jumped up a notch!
Regards, JT
bountyman334 said:
No offense taking...i should of been more helpful..i wasn't Tryna to cone off disk-ish...
What was the update? If i can ask
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Don't worry man, it was me just being pissy. My apologies. You were right. I should have disabled auto-installs. All's well now though.:good:
As for what it is, I have no idea. Since it had already downloaded I also don't know what the size was. Maybe a new security update or possibly 7.1.2. In any case, I'll wait until WETA gets updated. Not going back to stock.
Regards, JT
LG update requires stock recovery to install updates. You have twrp in place of stock so it can't do anything but throw you into a recovery loop.
If you had done the factory reset before restoring backups and stuff you should have seen no changes in your phone.
The update files need to be deleted from your fota folder or you can end up in the twrp bootloop again.
midmadn said:
LG update requires stock recovery to install updates. You have twrp in place of stock so it can't do anything but throw you into a recovery loop.
If you had done the factory reset before restoring backups and stuff you should have seen no changes in your phone.
The update files need to be deleted from your fota folder or you can end up in the twrp bootloop again.
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I re-installed WETA and the update reappeared. The files were supposedly downloaded, but not installed. I canceled the install and blocked all notifications as well as stopping auto-updates. I checked the fota in cache, per your advice, but found not a thing. Not sure where it could be. If you have any suggestions as to where it might be, I would appreciate it. Thanks for the advice.
Regards, JT
jt1954 said:
I re-installed WETA and the update reappeared. The files were supposedly downloaded, but not installed. I canceled the install and blocked all notifications as well as stopping auto-updates. I checked the fota in cache, per your advice, but found not a thing. Not sure where it could be. If you have any suggestions as to where it might be, I would appreciate it. Thanks for the advice.
Regards, JT
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Found it! Right in front of my freakin' eyes. Wasn't in the fota folder, as I thought, though it was in cache by its lonely self. Used ES File Explorer Pro and found the size to be 148mb. Looks to be a security update. If anyone wants it, and understand I have the T-Mobile variant H918TN, I'll try to upload it.
May all that is good and holy bless you. Google kept giving me results to do ADB stuff that was giving me "no such folder" or somesuch error after typing out long strings of stuff I wasn't confident I typed correctly (being dyslexic)... even tried plugging into the computer and copy-pasting what was supposed to be the fix so my dyslexia wouldn't be a part of the problem and nothing for over an hour of me getting more and more snappish at my kids interrupting me. This fixed the recovery loop in a couple seconds. I don't care if I have to redo everything on the phone (it's new anyway, stupidly accepted an OTA update of CM14.1 nightly just as I was about to be done setting the darn thing up). Now I can chill with my kiddos a bit until bedtime then mess with the darn phone again without worry that I'll screw something up by forgetting where I was in the process.
Bless. You. Muchly.
midmadn said:
The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.
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