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[Q] Magic 32a Flashing problems

Hey you guys
I recently installed amon ra's recovery v. 1.7 on my magic 32a (radio 6.3.5 something) after I rooted my phone, of course.
Now, I thought that with the new recovery I would be easily able to flash a custom rom onto my magic. This was however not so easy, because the recovery behaves in a very weird way. Whenever I tell it to flash a new rom from a .zip image, or wipe the phone, or anything, it just reboots my magic and thats it. Also, the recovery happens to freeze quite regularly when I don't act very quickly. E.g. when I boot into recovery mode and don't touch the phone for the first 5 seconds, it wont respond any longer.
So, I'm probably doing something wrong here. I would appreciate any help from anyone. (and btw, i have the official android 1.5 sense rom installed on my magic, os I cant use rom manager either, since it only supports android 1.6 upwards.)

Look at the root guide in my signature..
Do step 0, 1, 2, 5 and 7 only.
It should flash the recovery partition one more time.
Hopefully it will fix your problem :0)

mumilover said:
Look at the root guide in my signature..
Do step 0, 1, 2, 5 and 7 only.
It should flash the recovery partition one more time.
Hopefully it will fix your problem :0)
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hey, thanks for the quick response. I still have a few questions though, since I am quite a newb. So when I type all of those commands into cmd, doesnt my device need to be connected to the computer somehow? I read somewhere earlier that I simply connect it using the "mount" funtion, the problem is that that doesnt seem to work anymore for my magic, because after I hit "mount" it simply goes back to "usb connected" without acutally mounting. So ..how do I connect the device to the PC while entering the commands?

ok... my bad..
Try to read the ENTIRE guide... then do the steps i mentioned above :0)
Don't mount it... just connected... but again.. read the guide.

thanks a lot
I didnt use your method to flash the image, but the hero recovery works way better than the one I had before. I managed to flash a rom now. So happy ;D

ok i think i just did a bad mistake
i installed rom manager after i had flashed an android 2.1 rom on my magic. THen i told it to flash some rom from my sd card and also wipe some data, or something. Now my magic gets stuck on the magic bootscreen, like it keeps looping. Did i brick my phone ..or is there a way to fix this? please help me, (

most likely is that the rom you flashed doesn't have a compatible kernel for your phone.
Just boot into recovery and flash a rom that is compatible.

cant boot into recovery ..it just keeps looping

Then you will need to boot into fastboot and reflash a working recovery.
Clockwork has issues flashing the clockwork recovery sometimes.

to boot into fastboot i need to hold power and back, right? ..that doesnt work either. again, it just keeps looping.

so, guys ..did i brick my phonne..?? :S

da robat said:
to boot into fastboot i need to hold power and back, right? ..that doesnt work either. again, it just keeps looping.
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you're probably not doing it right. you should still be able to get into recovery or fastboot and install a different recovery. i'm using RA-magic+v1.7.0.1 recovery it has bugs but pretty stable.

so what am i doing wrong??

just realized when i connect the phone to my pc over usb and then boot it, it connects to the pc for a second or less and then disconnects again. Dont know if this helps anyhow.

pull battery, put battery back in. hold back and push power.
Should be good.

tried that like 50 times. phone just keeps looping ..like, it restart over and over again.

What you have is what hundreds before you had when they used Rom manager.
The system will not boot into anything.
My advice is to never use Rom manager for 32A device.
The fix:
Keep pushing the back button while the system reboots... just mash the **** out of it..
I helped out someone before you, and he did it for over an hour or so...
It's a timing issue...
Good luck

haha ..so is there still hope?
cheers for all the answers ;D

i do have one question though, actually.
Shall i just press the back button continuously ...while it keeps looping, or should i rather restart the device after each loop and hold the back button?

just mash the back button.

Flashed a D802 on my VS980 Verizon G2

Alright like a idiot I downloaded a international rom and didn't pay attention...flashed in TWRP and went to reboot so it obviously doesn't work. Tried to use the Flashtool to revert back to the stock Verizon software and it throws the error of the Device Model is different. IMEI is right, BIN, DLL, SWV, SWOV all show the VS980 since I'm trying to flash that.
So have I killed it completely or is there a way to recover? Sure hope there is
I can get into the download mode still

Also appears that it boots into fastboot and can send fastboot commands via the command prompt

Wow this dropped quick...just putting this to the top so I can hopefully get it up and running quicker.

Please check the same thread about LG repair cost. It looks like you need to repair it. you have mismatch in model name in build.prop, so there is no solution as for now. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506208

Ya I saw that after this morning...was hoping it wouldn't come to that. Mine says rooted on the download screen so hopefully that doesn't cause a issue when I send it in.

have you tried pushing a .img using fastboot, as you seem to be able to get to it?

aliaksei said:
have you tried pushing a .img using fastboot, as you seem to be able to get to it?
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Nope as I'm not exactly sure which one I didn't want to attempt anything and break it further
If you could point me to the right one I would appreciate it

collins521 said:
Nope as I'm not exactly sure which one I didn't want to attempt anything and break it further
If you could point me to the right one I would appreciate it
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Hey man are you able to access recovery at all by holding down Vol down+Power, releasing it when the LG splash screen appears for a sec, and then immediately pressing it again? I saw someone a day or two ago was able to put a ROM on a flash drive and install it from there in TWRP.

Mine actually seems to be booting into fastboot when I hold down the power button and it reboots. I can't get it to turn off completely, I can get into download mode if I hold down volume up and power if it's plugged into the computer. If I hold down the power button it will reboot and seems to be in some sort of fastboot when it tries to power on

collins521 said:
Nope as I'm not exactly sure which one I didn't want to attempt anything and break it further
If you could point me to the right one I would appreciate it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270

aliaksei said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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Makes sense and should be easy enough except that thread makes it out that the boot.img really wouldn't change the device model. Unless it contains it in the img file
Which .img file would I be pushing? The boot.img?

I guess it would be more like which one? Would I be able to just used the one from say CleanRom?

Wohoo! Finally got it up and going...thought for sure it was toast.
I flashed the boot.img through fastboot and then was getting "secure boot unsuccessful" on the screen when it tried to boot. Kept trying to get it into the recovery and it finally did so when it went to the splash screen about pressing the power it put me into TWRP.
I tried to restore the backup that I had stored and it started to but then turned off, I'm not sure if it was because the battery was so low or if it was just the jacked up file structure but it wouldn't get any father than the LG splash screen. The LED would flash green then blue and it would just sit there.
That was when I thought for sure it was toast, let it sit and charge for awhile and still couldn't get back into the recovery but was able to get into download mode. Flashed the stock software via LG Tools and it finally booted.
Not sure if anyone else will run into this issue but now it's documented lol

help a bro
collins521 said:
Wohoo! Finally got it up and going...thought for sure it was toast.
I flashed the boot.img through fastboot and then was getting "secure boot unsuccessful" on the screen when it tried to boot. Kept trying to get it into the recovery and it finally did so when it went to the splash screen about pressing the power it put me into TWRP.
I tried to restore the backup that I had stored and it started to but then turned off, I'm not sure if it was because the battery was so low or if it was just the jacked up file structure but it wouldn't get any father than the LG splash screen. The LED would flash green then blue and it would just sit there.
That was when I thought for sure it was toast, let it sit and charge for awhile and still couldn't get back into the recovery but was able to get into download mode. Flashed the stock software via LG Tools and it finally booted.
Not sure if anyone else will run into this issue but now it's documented lol
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i did the same thing as you i loaded a d802 rom on my vs980 can you tell me how to load the boot .img so i can do what you did i didnt buy a warranty cause i figured i didnt need it so i have no alternative way of fixing it

Had to push the boot.img through adb

collins521 said:
Had to push the boot.img through adb
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What's the command input for the push
All I know is its the along the line of push/c:/(boot.img location)

It's more like "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can't push it via adb, unless you're already in TWRP.

NRGZ28 said:
It's more like "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can't push it via adb, unless you're already in TWRP.
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I have twrp installed but I can't boot to it I get stuck on the [800] fastboot mode started screen can I do it from download mode

Bricked D800, Cannot get to bootloader. Can get into recovery and AOKP

Hi all,
Heres the run down.
I was on CM nightly (latest so 2-11-13) CWR 6.0.4.4 Loki enabled.
Tried installed AOKP without full wipe , full wipe was hanging at wiping cache.
AOKP installed and nothing was working, not even internal storage.
Used CW to restore to old back of CM. everything is back to normal but still no bootloader!
did adb command and clicked boot into bootloader on recovery.
Its LG logo for about a minute, than restarts booting back into CM..
Is there a way to get bootloader back tho?
At this point a full system restore would make sense. And also in case I want to send it in for warranty.
I think its bc i flashed this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2497577
I didnt know about two firmware versions of d00 and d10. Is there hope?

1. Turn off your phone
2. While holding Volume Up plug in usb cable...

Lu$3r said:
1. Turn off your phone
2. While holding Volume Up plug in usb cable...
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No does not work. As i explained there is no bootloader. something is blocking it.

warlord420 said:
No does not work. As i explained there is no bootloader. something is blocking it.
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Sorry dude, youve flashed the wrong file and now I think you might have lock seized your bootloader. Take it to LG service, thats the only option left to you.

Bootloop?

My Nexus 10 has been acting up recently...the battery seemed to be draining A LOT quicker then it normally would.....the tablet would just shutdown in the middle of doing something. Fast forward a week or two, now when I turn it on it vibrates for a second, shows the "GOOGLE" logo and starts the boot animation for 4.4, vibrates and repeats the same. I manually formatted and flashed 4.4 (fastboot flash boot ...etc...) and still am getting the same issues...Any suggestions on what to try next?

Flash the newest factory image automatically via fastboot.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Free mobile app

Just did that to no avail....same issue as before...Anything else to try?
It almost seems like it is not charging but I would assume I could still get it to boot up while connected to the charger....correct?

Update....I flashed CWM and sideloaded gapps and a ROM...and tried that...still the result..."GOOGLE" logo comes up and then a vibration...then it goes back to "charging" (the white battery with the lightning bolt through it)

Nobody has anything? Damn...lol

cirenj said:
Nobody has anything? Damn...lol
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Sounds like it may be a hardware issue, since flashing the factory image didn't even help. I would say trying flashing the factory image using the flash-all method, and wiping data/factory reset right after. Couldn't hurt.

cirenj said:
Nobody has anything? Damn...lol
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You said you installed cwm -- I assume you mean the recovery rom... If I'm wrong ignore the rest.
I too have had this issue and it was not hardware. To fix this I booted into cwm (the recovery rom I use on my N10) and reinstalled a stock factory boot rom. Just for those that don't know to boot into the recovery rom, power off the tablet, then press and hold the power, volume up AND volume down simultaneously --- finally, use the volume button to scroll to the recovery menu.
uDude

texascwby1836 said:
You said you installed cwm -- I assume you mean the recovery rom... If I'm wrong ignore the rest.
I too have had this issue and it was not hardware. To fix this I booted into cwm (the recovery rom I use on my N10) and reinstalled a stock factory boot rom. Just for those that don't know to boot into the recovery rom, power off the tablet, then press and hold the power, volume up AND volume down simultaneously --- finally, use the volume button to scroll to the recovery menu.
uDude
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I have tried that as well...I am thinking it is a hardware issue as previously stated....amazing...spend $500 for a piece of hardware only to have it die a little over 12 months later....talk about pissed off....

cirenj said:
I have tried that as well...I am thinking it is a hardware issue as previously stated....amazing...spend $500 for a piece of hardware only to have it die a little over 12 months later....talk about pissed off....
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No shoot me a PM ..
Lets see if we can get you up and running again ..
If we do we can post what we did back here from all XDA users ..
Thx Josh

I am having the same exact issues. I too force flashed stock 4.4.4 and it still does not boot up. Any ideas on how to remedy this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

Hoping to hear something as well...but doesn't look good...

Can you access adb? To check logcat while it's booting (and possibly find out why it's bootlooping)?
What did you use to format the partitions?
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk

I can access adb on my laptop...and I used the "fastboot format" and "fastboot flash"
How would I check the logcat file?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274119

beekay201 said:
Can you access adb? To check logcat while it's booting (and possibly find out why it's bootlooping)?
What did you use to format the partitions?
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk
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I am unable to get my Nexus to show up in command prompt when I run "adb devices". Not sure what to do.

Any ideas? I've tried reflashing stock images and still have the same problems..

michaelearth said:
Any ideas? I've tried reflashing stock images and still have the same problems..
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Can you give more details about your issue? If its still about not connecting PC and tablet see this guide for help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112

demkantor said:
Can you give more details about your issue? If its still about not connecting PC and tablet see this guide for help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
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The problem is that my tablet will reboot constantly and it shows my battery being fully drained even after charging it overnight. I'm able to force flash stock images to my tablet and this has not fixed the issue. So at the moment my nexus 10 is an expensive paperweight.

What happens when booted to bootloader or recovery? Does it act normal or loop?

demkantor said:
What happens when booted to bootloader or recovery? Does it act normal or loop?
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When I boot into the bootloader it acts normal.

[Q] Flashed wrong kernel!!!

i Was trying to get rid of the hissing noise on my
Lg g2 D802
i had TWRP installed
I read in a trhead that flashing the dorimanx kernel should fix that problem.
So i tried flash it, but instead of flashing the D802 i flashed the D800, i know i'm an idiot :/
I had a backup stock kernel but i think that's a wrong one too, again i'm an idiot
Now my phone boots into a black screen within the left top corner:
[2800] Fastboot mode started
[2850] udc_start()
i cannot boot into twrp anymore, it's basically bricked.
Can anyone help me recover my phone? i loved that thing, you will be my hero.
i promise when this is resolved i will never mess around with roms and kernels ever agian, i'm freaking out

henny420 said:
i Was trying to get rid of the hissing noise on my
Lg g2 D802
i had TWRP installed
I read in a trhead that flashing the dorimanx kernel should fix that problem.
So i tried flash it, but instead of flashing the D802 i flashed the D800, i know i'm an idiot :/
I had a backup stock kernel but i think that's a wrong one too, again i'm an idiot
Now my phone boots into a black screen within the left top corner:
[2800] Fastboot mode started
[2850] udc_start()
i cannot boot into twrp anymore, it's basically bricked.
Can anyone help me recover my phone? i loved that thing, you will be my hero.
i promise when this is resolved i will never mess around with roms and kernels ever agian, i'm freaking out
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Try to flash back to stock with kdz, as far as I am hearing this you kinda soft bricked it but not hard so it's still recoverable, you could also maybe try to flash your recovery back with fastboot since your in fastboot mode but I never tried that so I suggest you to go back to stock with kdz flashing

ye try enter download mode and follow this (use search) i think its volum up and connect usb to pc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476

wulsic said:
Try to flash back to stock with kdz, as far as I am hearing this you kinda soft bricked it but not hard so it's still recoverable, you could also maybe try to flash your recovery back with fastboot since your in fastboot mode but I never tried that so I suggest you to go back to stock with kdz flashing
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thank you for your response, but i am kind of noob and have no idea how to do that correctly, could you link something or explain it?

henny420 said:
thank you for your response, but i am kind of noob and have no idea how to do that correctly, could you link something or explain it?
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Try the link above mentioned by Overclocked

OverClockeD_GR said:
ye try enter download mode and follow this (use search) i think its volum up and connect usb to pc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
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Thank you for your reply, i tried to get into download mode, but failed every time, i can only press the power button for 5 sec and the Lg logo apears, then i get the same screen.

did this way?
Your phone must be turned off before starting the steps from this guide.
So, press power button and select “power off”.
Then, press the volume up button on your LG G2.
While you are holding the volume up button, plug in your phone’s USB cable.
Keep pressing the Volume up button until the download mode is being displayed.
Now the phone will install some drivers – it should take around 10 minutes to complete; the best will be to let your device install the mentioned drivers.

OverClockeD_GR said:
did this way?
Your phone must be turned off before starting the steps from this guide.
So, press power button and select “power off”.
Then, press the volume up button on your LG G2.
While you are holding the volume up button, plug in your phone’s USB cable.
Keep pressing the Volume up button until the download mode is being displayed.
Now the phone will install some drivers – it should take around 10 minutes to complete; the best will be to let your device install the mentioned drivers.
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the problem is, i can't turn it off (very weird) it instantly gives me the logo for 1sec and turns back to the same screen.

you can also try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
just use search mate like i do now... its soft brick i think relax and you will find it many had same prob before

henny420 said:
i Was trying to get rid of the hissing noise on my
Lg g2 D802
i had TWRP installed
I read in a trhead that flashing the dorimanx kernel should fix that problem.
So i tried flash it, but instead of flashing the D802 i flashed the D800, i know i'm an idiot :/
I had a backup stock kernel but i think that's a wrong one too, again i'm an idiot
Now my phone boots into a black screen within the left top corner:
[2800] Fastboot mode started
[2850] udc_start()
i cannot boot into twrp anymore, it's basically bricked.
Can anyone help me recover my phone? i loved that thing, you will be my hero.
i promise when this is resolved i will never mess around with roms and kernels ever agian, i'm freaking out
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I did the same thing today by accident. I still can boot into recovery tho, TWRP. Copied the correct kernel file via OTG but it just reboots the recovery and doesn't install the kernel. Have you find any solutions?
EDIT: I actually managed to flash the right kernel and the problem is now fixed. Check everything before flashing something guys, caution