Flashed CWMR 6.0.4.4 Touch so I could try to flash Gummy Rom on my friends VZW G2. As soon as I touched "Wipe" and chose to wipe...assuming it would be the same as TWRP option which is safe unless you click additional wiping options. It froze mid wipe which freaked me out. Finally when I gave up and rebooted the device, it wouldn't recognize the SD card but booted into his previous ROM just fine.
My question: Can I somehow use ADB to fix this without reverting to stock? I'm not sure Fastboot is an option unfortunately.
Thanks for any/all input. I'd prefer not having to revert to stock and then re-root as it's late and we both work in the morning.
EDIT: Was able to ADB sideload the ROM and Gapps. Just waiting to see if it reboots and shows the sdcard...is this pointless?
So it got stuck in a bootloop for the Gummy Rom after adb sideloading that and Gapps. Looks like returning to stock is the only option to fix this mess? Is it a common issue to have the Touch version of CWMR freeze when doing any wiping process?
Yes it is common, it takes so long to wipe cache. Only fix would've been to use twrp and select "use rm -f instead of make_extfs4" in settings
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Hello everyone!
I'm having a bit of an issue. apparently everything was deleted on my phone for some reason when i was using my phone. I decided that I should just Factory restore through TWRP and reinstall kitkat 4.4.1. when I went to go factory restore I see that on the commands it says "Unable to mount, failed to wipe dalvik, wipe complete Failed" I took off the -rf on the settings check mark and when I go to Factory reset, the phone stays on "Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs function" the progress bar is moving but after several minutes it's the same screen no changes no failed messages or anything. almost like it's still trying to format. - my phone starts to get kinda warm. I have tried sideloading a ROM but my computer doesn't seem to pickup my phone. Instead when I hit to sideload through adb in the device manager i see "Other devices g2" with a question mark.
I do have the LG usb drivers and also I believe I have adb installed.
What else can i do? My phone still tries to boot but all I get is the boot animation over and over again.I tried the "LG G2 Stock Firmware" thread but the program says wrong phone model.
I had installed Kitkat 4.4 with Wootever's version 6 kernel and my phone model is d800.
Thanks for all your help! Seems like flashing was a lot easier on my previous HTC One X+ lol
If ur adb can see ur phone in sideload mode then sideload kitkat Roms and gapps and the kernel.
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Install koush drivers as stock lg driver does not help pc see ur phone in recovery mode
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Alright, so i rooted my phone yesterday, And i made a mistake in downloading the OTA update and it turned off my phone. Now when i turn it on it boots into TWRP and when i reboot System it takes me back to TWRP. Pretty much everything takes me back to TWRP, and when i try to flash a ROM that also takes me back to TWRP. Im able to get my device recognized in adb devices and i tried using adb push to get roms on that way but it still takes me to TWRP. When i tried using flash tools to get it to flash a stock rom from my PC, it is unrecognized because it wont boot into download mode. Any ideas?
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Alright, so i rooted my phone yesterday, And i made a mistake in downloading the OTA update and it turned off my phone. Now when i turn it on it boots into TWRP and when i reboot System it takes me back to TWRP. Pretty much everything takes me back to TWRP, and when i try to flash a ROM that also takes me back to TWRP. Im able to get my device recognized in adb devices and i tried using adb push to get roms on that way but it still takes me to TWRP. When i tried using flash tools to get it to flash a stock rom from my PC, it is unrecognized because it wont boot into download mode. Any ideas?
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So I had this happen with an S4 I got for my son for Christmas. It was the first thing he did when he started it up. I immediately freaked out.
I plugged into a PC and got my drivers all set up. Got through on adb and did a fastboot reboot.
It let me boot back up (it can't flash the ota because of twrp).
Hope that works on the g2.
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So I had this happen with an S4 I got for my son for Christmas. It was the first thing he did when he started it up. I immediately freaked out.
I plugged into a PC and got my drivers all set up. Got through on adb and did a fastboot reboot.
It let me boot back up (it can't flash the ota because of twrp).
Hope that works on the g2.
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It gets stuck on waiting for device :/
That happened to me. It was a bad flash via CM updater and it was stuck in TWRP. I downloaded the ROM onto my computer then pushed it to an SD card (via a card reader). Then I inserted the card and flashed from the SD card and all was well. I have a Galaxy S3 so YMMV, but hope this helps.
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That happened to me. It was a bad flash via CM updater and it was stuck in TWRP. I downloaded the ROM onto my computer then pushed it to an SD card (via a card reader). Then I inserted the card and flashed from the SD card and all was well. I have a Galaxy S3 so YMMV, but hope this helps.
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ya, instead of a card reader, i just used adb push and i tried flashing a stock rooted rom for my device.. but it failed, so i was considering trying CWM instead of TWRP, which might help, but i dont know the command for flashing a recovery via terminal.
edit: i got CWM and tried installing CM-11 and it says successful like a normal flash and when i reboot system, it just boots straight back into recovery...
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It gets stuck on waiting for device :/
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Did you try to reboot while it was still plugged in?
All I'm trying to do is get your device to stop trying to flash the ota and that adds an additional command. That's why it continues to hop into recovery... Its looking for the stock recovery.
I'm on the hunt right now to see what I can find.
Has to be a command. Let me boot up my laptop, drop into download and see what command i can get through. No adb right?
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Did you try to reboot while it was still plugged in?
All I'm trying to do is get your device to stop trying to flash the ota and that adds an additional command. That's why it continues to hop into recovery... Its looking for the stock recovery.
I'm on the hunt right now to see what I can find.
Has to be a command. Let me boot up my laptop, drop into download and see what command i can get through. No adb right?
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YESSS! i got it to work!! i used this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
thank you so much for trying to help!
mods can close this thread or do whatever you guys do
This isn't my phone. It was just running the stock OS with root. I think what happened is that an update from tmobile was released, and got installed, which corrupted the ROM/OS. The only backup it has is a couple of months old. I've tried wiping data/system/caches and factory resets which did not work. I've also tried restoring from the backup; just system, then both data and system, and no results.
Currently it has no ROM on it that I can install.
No matter what I do it always reboots back to TWRP. It has TWRP 2.6.3.2
I've tried to mount the SD card from the Mount menu so I can push a ROM to it, which doesn't work.
I've tried using ADB sideload but it doesn't seem to start, and I'm not able to see the device from command line with 'adb devices'
I've tried using the LG PC Suite, but it also cannot detect the device.
Please help, thanks!
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This isn't my phone. It was just running the stock OS with root. I think what happened is that an update from tmobile was released, and got installed, which corrupted the ROM/OS. The only backup it has is a couple of months old. I've tried wiping data/system/caches and factory resets which did not work. I've also tried restoring from the backup; just system, then both data and system, and no results.
Currently it has no ROM on it that I can install.
No matter what I do it always reboots back to TWRP. It has TWRP 2.6.3.2
I've tried to mount the SD card from the Mount menu so I can push a ROM to it, which doesn't work.
I've tried using ADB sideload but it doesn't seem to start, and I'm not able to see the device from command line with 'adb devices'
I've tried using the LG PC Suite, but it also cannot detect the device.
Please help, thanks!
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sounds like you dont have lg drivers installed. can get them from the lg g2 official website.
freebee269 said:
sounds like you dont have lg drivers installed. can get them from the lg g2 official website.
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Is that what would prevent side load from working?
I've installed the drivers previously, and can use adb/USB storage with my LG G2.
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Is that what would prevent side load from working?
I've installed the drivers previously, and can use adb/USB storage with my LG G2.
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you said you see no adb devices, this usually means the adb drivers are not installed. no adb drivers = no sideload. also make sure you are in twrp when you are trying to use adb. also i'd recommend updating to twrp 2.6.3.3 from the official twrp site, it's much better than 2.6.3.2. also if you are using an outdated adb.exe that will give you adb problems. can get the latest from android website.
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you said you see no adb devices, this usually means the adb drivers are not installed. no adb drivers = no sideload. also make sure you are in twrp when you are trying to use adb. also i'd recommend updating to twrp 2.6.3.3 from the official twrp site, it's much better than 2.6.3.2. also if you are using an outdated adb.exe that will give you adb problems. can get the latest from android website.
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Well, I have no way to transfer any files to the phone, so I can't install the new recovery. All I need to do is be able to push a ROM file to the phone, I think, so I can install it.
I am using adb sideload from recovery. I'm not aware of another location to do so. It just sits at the prompt saying starting sideload...
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Well, I have no way to transfer any files to the phone, so I can't install the new recovery. All I need to do is be able to push a ROM file to the phone, I think, so I can install it.
I am using adb sideload from recovery. I'm not aware of another location to do so. It just sits at the prompt saying starting sideload...
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that's because you have no adb connection. no connection = no pushing files. that's why i said you need to get adb working first.
I installed the universal adb driver and now 'adb devices' does show the device, and I'm transferring the ROM with adb sideload 'filename', so hopefully this will work.
Thanks!
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I installed the universal adb driver and now 'adb devices' does show the device, and I'm transferring the ROM with adb sideload 'filename', so hopefully this will work.
Thanks!
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good news. hope you get up and running now. still update your twrp.
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good news. hope you get up and running now. still update your twrp.
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Okay I got the ROM transferred and I have installed it successfully.
Using this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2598361
But when I reboot it goes straight to recovery.
A factory reset fails. I'm only able to advanced wipe of system/data, also it fails when I wipe cache or dalvik.
So I've tried wiping system/data, then installing the ROM again, and it just reboots straight back to recovery.
I sideloaded TWRP 2.6.3.5 for tmobile. Verified it shows 2.6.3.5 TWRP now. I'll try to sideload/install the ROM again.
Edit: When trying to factory reset it says failed to mount cache.
Okay so I have successfully installed the ROM with TWRP 2.6.3.5 and when I reboot it still goes straight into recovery.
What next?
Thanks
Edit: Is there perhaps something wrong with the bootloader, or what? I'm thinking part of the issue is because I can't mount or wipe cache/dalvik?
I'm in the exact same position with the d800. Stuck in twrp. I think we need to sideload a working boot.img. Idk. I was working on it all night reading everything I could about adb because although I had the lg drivers and my PC recognized my phone was connected it would give me a driver error. Thus I couldn't use the flash tool. Can you get to download mode?
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rawb123456 said:
I'm in the exact same position with the d800. Stuck in twrp. I think we need to sideload a working boot.img. Idk. I was working on it all night reading everything I could about adb because although I had the lg drivers and my PC recognized my phone was connected it would give me a driver error. Thus I couldn't use the flash tool. Can you get to download mode?
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How do you start download mode?
I was able to mount cache now, after unchecking format setting (use rm instead of -rf), but after doing factory reset and advanced wipe (everything except internal storage), then installing ROM, it still reboots straight back into recovery. Damn.
Any luck? I tried flashing CM11 on TWRP 2.6.3.2 (per XDA instructions) and it failed. Now I am stuck in recovery and can't ADB new recovery
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How do you start download mode?
I was able to mount cache now, after unchecking format setting (use rm instead of -rf), but after doing factory reset and advanced wipe (everything except internal storage), then installing ROM, it still reboots straight back into recovery. Damn.
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As per the title, I accepted the system update on my rooted ls980 (didnt know it would mess anything up). Ended up putting me into a boot loop to TWRP recovery. Tried to restore all my backups and none of them yielded a different result. Thought i would try a quick wipe but i accidentally wiped everything... For some reason when i try to install the newest USB drivers it tells me the install worked but never recognized the phone. I have done all the steps in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 but not everything installs when plugged in from download mode. Also could not get LGflashtool to register properly. I'm not exactly sure where to go from here, I have no roms, backups, or adb access. what do?
Well if u can boot ur rom into recovery, then connect s pen drive with s flashable rom inside to ur mobile via OTG cable, and then flash
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i had the same prob. only way out foe me was to flash via sideload