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I just got a NexusOne last night from someone who had already rooted it. So I went to erase all data on the phone and now it will not boot up. The phone will just stay at the boot animation. I do not have any of the software on my computer, nor do I know how to get it.
If someone on here can give a step by step instructions on how to fix this I would be super thankful. Also I have tried all of the volume down fixes. I just end up on a screen that says fastboot, recovery, clear storage,simlock with 3 little green droids at the bottom.
baileymeadows1 said:
I just got a NexusOne last night from someone who had already rooted it. So I went to erase all data on the phone and now it will not boot up. The phone will just stay at the boot animation. I do not have any of the software on my computer, nor do I know how to get it.
If someone on here can give a step by step instructions on how to fix this I would be super thankful. Also I have tried all of the volume down fixes. I just end up on a screen that says fastboot, recovery, clear storage,simlock with 3 little green droids at the bottom.
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Don't panic too much.
If you can get that far it isn't bricked.
I can only assume you have some sort of recovery also?
You need to put a rom on your SD card and boot into recovery and flash the rom.
Make sure you wipe again before hand, including the dalvik cache.
All should be good then.
1. Download selected ROM (Cyan, Modaco...etc)
2. Make sure it is on SD Card (root)
3. Boot phone into recovery
4. Wipe Dalvik and Data
5. Flash ROM
6. Reboot
7. Drool over it all day long.
HTH.
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baileymeadows1 said:
I just got a NexusOne last night from someone who had already rooted it. So I went to erase all data on the phone and now it will not boot up. The phone will just stay at the boot animation. I do not have any of the software on my computer, nor do I know how to get it.
If someone on here can give a step by step instructions on how to fix this I would be super thankful. Also I have tried all of the volume down fixes. I just end up on a screen that says fastboot, recovery, clear storage,simlock with 3 little green droids at the bottom.
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Okay, Here we go.. First press and hold down the trackball, then while doing that press and hold the power button. Now, here you should see a white screen with android's on skateboards... Choose the one that says bootloader, by pressing the power key as that selection is highlighted.
Now, Here you should see your bootloader.. Go To Cyanogen Site and thread for 5.0.3 and download the 5.0.3 rom, the gappspassion ere36b 2 file, and I once your done your good to go...
So this is how it goes. Download Files... Press Trackball and hold power.. As soon as you see the screen come up, Press the power button but assure that Bootloader is highlited in blue so thats the direction you'll go. Now after that, use the vol- button and scroll to revovery, once in blue and highlighted, press the power and your on your way to the best part...
Once here, you'll see a black screen with green letters, here choose, usb-toggle, press the trackball and you should see it come up as a disk on your cpu.. From here copy the files i told you to download.. TO THE ROOT OF YOUR SD CARD, MEANING THE WHITE OPEN SPACE, NOT A FOLDER. Once your done with that, eject the device and on the device press the trackball, this will get you out of the usb toggle.Now, scroll with the trackball to flash from sd..
Okay In this order.. FOLLOW THE ORDER...
Flash The 5.0.3 rom first, first do a wipe, (scroll to wipe/factory restore, wipe dalvik cache) now flash the rom, it's easy you'll know.. Once thats done, it'll say done... Flash the gapps-ere36b file.. once that is done... it'll say done... it will land on "Reboot" if it dosn't press the vol- unitl you do see it. Once you reboot your good...
You probably deleted the boot by mistake. Remeber this is just as sensitive as a MAC so be sure to listen to what I said.. You have one more task which is to flash the Radio, but your ok with the one on Cyanogens rom.. When ready PM me and I will continue to help you...
Okay, Here we go.. First press and hold down the trackball, then while doing that press and hold the power button. Now, here you should see a white screen with android's on skateboards... Choose the one that says bootloader, by pressing the power key as that selection is highlighted.
When I highlight bootloader and click on it I get up top in red Fastboot USB and then I get an error sound. It seems that my phone is not being read by my computer when connected via USB. Is there any other way to fix this at all? There are no actions that happen, I am unable to do anything.
Your Right.. On Your Way...
baileymeadows1 said:
Okay, Here we go.. First press and hold down the trackball, then while doing that press and hold the power button. Now, here you should see a white screen with android's on skateboards... Choose the one that says bootloader, by pressing the power key as that selection is highlighted.
When I highlight bootloader and click on it I get up top in red Fastboot USB and then I get an error sound. It seems that my phone is not being read by my computer when connected via USB. Is there any other way to fix this at all? There are no actions that happen, I am unable to do anything.
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Okay, So you did the right thing.. Your not doing anything wrong.. Where it says fastboot usb in read it means your still in fastboot you haven't went to bootloader. Press the power button while bootloader is highlighted in blue, once you do that you should end up on the second screen whre you scroll down with the vol- button to highlight recovery.. once there press the power button.. From Here continue on where I left off above..
Don't worry buddy, almost there, NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR NEXUS, so don't panic there little one. You'll be on your way showing everyone diff roms and riding the android wave like your stupid... LOL
It is not working. Fastboot appears in Red. When ipress the power button when bootloader is in blue it just takes me back a screen.
Huh?
baileymeadows1 said:
It is not working. Fastboot appears in Red. When ipress the power button when bootloader is in blue it just takes me back a screen.
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Sorry, I was busy in the Modaco Section which i hope you get to it...
Alright.. Fastbootusb is suppose to be highlighted in red when first reach the fastboot screen i.e. skateboards... Here is where bootloader is highlighted in blue. Here is where you click the power button and it will take you to the next screen. *Here* if you just press the power button again it does take you back a screen to the start, but, YOUR suppose to use the vol- (down) button and scroll to recovery. Then press the power button up top. Then you'll see the screen wipe down and from there your on your way...
This section is recovery.. (the black screen Green letters) Here is where I told you flash the roms.
Wow... gotta love when people, who have no business modding their phones, leap before they look.
uansari1 said:
Wow... gotta love when people, who have no business modding their phones, leap before they look.
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You Should not be Stock Anymore Buddy... Modaco Relased the HTC Desire Sense UI 2.1 rom.. Completly ligit.. Now, i just done know what happened there with Dude.. Hope he's fine..
I'm trying to get my hd2 to stay on the tri-colored bootloader screen but it quickly goes to a white screen that says "this operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel".
Pressing volup and other keys does nothing. I assume this is because I have CWM installed and im using an android rom.
To clarify: I can boot CWM and my android from nand, but I am trying to run task 29 because my rom is messed up and I can't get the bootloader screen to stay. It thinks I'm trying to reset the data but I'm not.... Any help?
jeffrey92 said:
I'm trying to get my hd2 to stay on the tri-colored bootloader screen but it quickly goes to a white screen that says "this operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel".
Pressing volup and other keys does nothing. I assume this is because I have CWM installed and im using an android rom.
To clarify: I can boot CWM and my android from nand, but I am trying to run task 29 because my rom is messed up and I can't get the bootloader screen to stay. It thinks I'm trying to reset the data but I'm not.... Any help?
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Vol down and power button
Thats what I'm doing and it results in what i described in the first part of my post.
ive tried all sorts of button combinations and none work
Throwin this out there but could ur vol+ button be sticking???when u do vol +/- ull get that screen
i did a button test and all the buttons work like they should, except when i press vol up nothing happens but when i press menu it registers both menu and volup
but yeah volup by itself does nothing...
In order to get to the reset screen you must be pushing the Vol Up + Vol Down + Power on. To get to bootloader it is only Vol Down + Power on. Make sure that you press at the bottom end of the Vol button.
Ok so that means my volup is stuck or malfunctioning. Any ideas on how to remedy this?
Apart from getting a service, No. Sorry.
Not really bricked I would say, But i did fastboot oem unlock and pressed unlock and start and it just stays at the bootanimation logo no matter what i do. I tried to flash the factory image back, it says completed but then it wont boot still, i tried to re lock the bootloader and nothing, any ideas on what to do?
stealthj said:
Not really bricked I would say, But i did fastboot oem unlock and pressed unlock and start and it just stays at the bootanimation logo no matter what i do. I tried to flash the factory image back, it says completed but then it wont boot still, i tried to re lock the bootloader and nothing, any ideas on what to do?
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Are you able to access recovery at all? If your able to access recovery try preforming a factory reset to see if you can get past the boot animation. Also check out this information that may be helpful.
stealthj said:
Not really bricked I would say, But i did fastboot oem unlock and pressed unlock and start and it just stays at the bootanimation logo no matter what i do. I tried to flash the factory image back, it says completed but then it wont boot still, i tried to re lock the bootloader and nothing, any ideas on what to do?
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Following steps fixed this problem for me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34188192&postcount=32
shimp208 said:
Are you able to access recovery at all? If your able to access recovery try preforming a factory reset to see if you can get past the boot animation. Also check out this information that may be helpful.
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100% helped thanks for all the quick info!! if mods can delete this thread that would be great...
stealthj said:
100% helped thanks for all the quick info!! if mods can delete this thread that would be great...
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Always glad to hear that I was able to help someone out, but I'm always especially happy when I can help someone un-brick there device.
so the deal here is...
so once your in bootloader, hit recovery, then you will see the little dead droid with the triangle... this is where it gets tricky...
keep tapping ( DONT HOLD) the power and volume left ( dunjno which is up or down, so i say left, the one close to the power key)., or in somke cases just mash all the buttons till the menu pops up! then click wipe data then wipe cache and the device reboots itself... give it a try!
i dont knwo why the recovery menu doesnt pop up unjtil u keep pressing volume up/down and power buttons, just keep tapping them in the recovery menu weith the android triangle and u should see the menu pop up
stealthj said:
so the deal here is...
so once your in bootloader, hit recovery, then you will see the little dead droid with the triangle... this is where it gets tricky...
keep tapping ( DONT HOLD) the power and volume left ( dunjno which is up or down, so i say left, the one close to the power key)., or in somke cases just mash all the buttons till the menu pops up! then click wipe data then wipe cache and the device reboots itself... give it a try!
i dont knwo why the recovery menu doesnt pop up unjtil u keep pressing volume up/down and power buttons, just keep tapping them in the recovery menu weith the android triangle and u should see the menu pop up
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Very interesting to know, maybe you should make a thread in the general section with your findings so other people can easily find this useful information as this seems to be a common problem people run into.
stealthj said:
so the deal here is...
so once your in bootloader, hit recovery, then you will see the little dead droid with the triangle... this is where it gets tricky...
keep tapping ( DONT HOLD) the power and volume left ( dunjno which is up or down, so i say left, the one close to the power key)., or in somke cases just mash all the buttons till the menu pops up! then click wipe data then wipe cache and the device reboots itself... give it a try!
i dont knwo why the recovery menu doesnt pop up unjtil u keep pressing volume up/down and power buttons, just keep tapping them in the recovery menu weith the android triangle and u should see the menu pop up
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This ^
Works perfect. Thanks so much... :laugh:
I've actually heard that it's a fastboot problem (with the tool, not the firmware on your device). Downloading the latest version of platform-tools solved this particular problem in a hurry for me, and it's probably best practice in the long run.
Is there something I can do in this situation except i don't have stock recovery installed?
Nevermind had a moment
After unlocking the N 10 and pressing start it is stuck on the "cross".
I go back to the bootloader and I see the following message :
" downloading - do not turn off the target" either connected or disconnected from the pc.
In this case there is no up or down arrows the only choice is "start"
From here to go back to the bootloader without the message I have to press power and both volume.
Then I can select recovery. Once in recovery I cannot get into the recovery menu no matter the way I press power and volume.
If I leave the N 10 on recovery after a while it goes back to the screen with the "cross".
Of course in this configuration I cannot access adb and fastboot.
I would really appreciate the help of the forum members.
gunner1937 said:
After unlocking the N 10 and pressing start it is stuck on the "cross".
I go back to the bootloader and I see the following message :
" downloading - do not turn off the target" either connected or disconnected from the pc.
In this case there is no up or down arrows the only choice is "start"
From here to go back to the bootloader without the message I have to press power and both volume.
Then I can select recovery. Once in recovery I cannot get into the recovery menu no matter the way I press power and volume.
If I leave the N 10 on recovery after a while it goes back to the screen with the "cross".
Of course in this configuration I cannot access adb and fastboot.
I would really appreciate the help of the forum members.
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You're in a bootloop. While in recovery (without options) you need to press all 3 buttons on top at the same time. Don't hold them, just press them and release. Once or twice should be enough to pull up the recovery options. Once there, do a factory reset and you'll be all set.
Mine got pretty hosed when unlocking too. Couldn't even get into recovery. Had to use fastboot to flash recovery.img, then I could get into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Blueback22 said:
You're in a bootloop. While in recovery (without options) you need to press all 3 buttons on top at the same time. Don't hold them, just press them and release. Once or twice should be enough to pull up the recovery options. Once there, do a factory reset and you'll be all set.
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Thank you very much (I also press the right button).
At first I wanted to reply that even this option did not work though I tried it more than once. Instead of replying to your post I decided to give a final try and it worked. In my previous attempts I was obviously taking a nap on the 3 buttons.
Sorry if this post is redundant, but the methods I've seen haven't worked, so I can't be alone. Here is how to boot into TWRP if your phone is boot looping/soft bricked. (info pulled from here, of all places.)
1. Make sure phone is completely powered down.
2. Press and hold the Volume down button and the Power button.
3. When the LG logo is displayed release the Power button only then immediately press and hold the Power button again.
4. Release both buttons when the Factory Hard Reset screen displays.
5. Press the power button three times, like it says. Even though it says it will delete everything, it won't (I can confirm that if you are at least on v2.6.3.2).
6. After a "factory reset processing" appears, you should get the TWRP flash screen, and you are good to go.
Hope this helps someone besides currently frustrated me.
I LOVE YOU! I honestly didn't think this would work but it does and i'm so happy.
just about to make a thread asking how to do this. Glad I searched. way to make you jump through hoops tho.
thanks for this. for me the phone didnt even have to be completely powered off.
i wa sin a sleep of death so i held down power and vol down until lg logo appeared let go and then pressed power again. pressed power 3 more times and it booted into recovery
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This thread should be stickied in Q&A
jadengore said:
Sorry if this post is redundant, but the methods I've seen haven't worked, so I can't be alone. Here is how to boot into TWRP if your phone is boot looping/soft bricked. (info pulled from here, of all places.)
1. Make sure phone is completely powered down.
2. Press and hold the Volume down button and the Power button.
3. When the LG logo is displayed release the Power button only then immediately press and hold the Power button again.
4. Release both buttons when the Factory Hard Reset screen displays.
5. Press the power button three times, like it says. Even though it says it will delete everything, it won't (I can confirm that if you are at least on v2.6.3.2).
6. After a "factory reset processing" appears, you should get the TWRP flash screen, and you are good to go.
Hope this helps someone besides currently frustrated me.
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You're a lifesaver.
commissionerg said:
You're a lifesaver.
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Thank you, doing my best to help out.
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Awesome. Didn't know this!
Thanks
@jadengore : I was stick in a bootloop, and your thread helps me a lot !
Big thanks !
:good:
Also, if you're too scared to try that, I've had success using rom toolbox to reboot into recovery. Of course this is assuming you have a working system.
Thanks very much, but...
Hello,
I unfortunately dropped my VS980, cracked the screen, and the digitizer only works on the bottom portion of the screen. I have a new screen coming, which should fix this issue, however I would like to get my data off my phone (pics), but I can't as I have a password (draw a line/shape kind) and without being able to enter this in, it will not connect to my PC as mass storage.
I was hoping to be able to boot into recovery with hardware buttons and get my data that way, not sure if that is possible either, but at least try it. This I found to work to get me to the factory hard reset screen, but I am skeptical to push the power button and have it wipe my data!
I am open to other options to get to my data if anyone has any, including android device manager which is something I have thought of, but not sure if I can reset the security to nothing, or maybe as the bottom portion of my digitizer seems to work, I can enter in a space or a period for a password and enter that in.
Looking for any guidance!
Thanks!
Got it!
Redid the password with android device manager, which got me in, but I didn't even need to do that as I had the brainwave to plug a mouse in with a usb adapter. Works flawlessly, got my data, now just waiting for replacement screen!
Strange Problem
I am using F-320K[G2], Cloudy G3 Rom, when I hit boot into recovery it does bring me to TWRP but hardware buttons doesn't work. It just restarts the phone.
Vol down+Power till LG logo up, release and press and hold again and after few secs it restartsand came back to LG screen. If I continue to held it it just repeat restating.
hardware keys to enter recovery. voldown+power then volup+power
RevoDSG said:
I am using F-320K[G2], Cloudy G3 Rom, when I hit boot into recovery it does bring me to TWRP but hardware buttons doesn't work. It just restarts the phone.
Vol down+Power till LG logo up, release and press and hold again and after few secs it restartsand came back to LG screen. If I continue to held it it just repeat restating.
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steps to enter recovery that worked for my Sprint LG G2 on ZVC firmware.
1) hold power and volume down button till you see LG logo -- quickly release these buttons and
2) immediately hold power and volume up buttons to enter into factory reset menu.
Then 3 presses of power key to confirm wipe and enter TWRP recovery. :good:
I was going mad trying to enter recovery for an hour. It appears like different models/software versions have different key combinations for entering recovery mode.
My phone was stuck at lg logo screen and i didnt have nandroid backup of the phone. so couldn't try the TOT restore method too as i waned my phone data.
Another way to get to Custom Recovery
krezee said:
steps to enter recovery that worked for my Sprint LG G2 on ZVC firmware.
1) hold power and volume down button till you see LG logo -- quickly release these buttons and
2) immediately hold power and volume up buttons to enter into factory reset menu.
Then 3 presses of power key to confirm wipe and enter TWRP recovery. :good:
I was going mad trying to enter recovery for an hour. It appears like different models/software versions have different key combinations for entering recovery mode.
My phone was stuck at lg logo screen and i didnt have nandroid backup of the phone. so couldn't try the TOT restore method too as i waned my phone data.
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The way that let me get into custom recovery is different.
I hold 'vol up+power+vol down' to start from turned off state and keep holding it[Don't leave just keep holding the 3 buttons]. It doesn't show factory reset screen, it get me into TWRP[Custom Rom] directly. I heard 3 buttons gets u in safe mode IDK but I got into proper working TWRP.
RevoDSG said:
I am using F-320K[G2], Cloudy G3 Rom, when I hit boot into recovery it does bring me to TWRP but hardware buttons doesn't work. It just restarts the phone.
Vol down+Power till LG logo up, release and press and hold again and after few secs it restartsand came back to LG screen. If I continue to held it it just repeat restating.
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I have a F320S.
Hold Volume up and press the Power Button,when comes Lg Logo release the Power Button and start the TWRP
if anybody's looking for the information in this thread like i was, and the posted method doesn't work (it did not for me):
1. Power off
2. Hold volume down and power
3a. release both at logo AND press BOTH at logo right after releasing
4a. Enter recovery
You should enter recovery, but if not...
3b. Keep the buttons pressed (your phone might continue into the start animation, but if you keep the buttons press it will return)
4b. The first logo will appear. Release both and press BOTH
5. Enter recovery
hope this helps someone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45901939&postcount=3
jadengore said:
Sorry if this post is redundant, but the methods I've seen haven't worked, so I can't be alone. Here is how to boot into TWRP if your phone is boot looping/soft bricked. (info pulled from here, of all places.)
1. Make sure phone is completely powered down.
2. Press and hold the Volume down button and the Power button.
3. When the LG logo is displayed release the Power button only then immediately press and hold the Power button again.
4. Release both buttons when the Factory Hard Reset screen displays.
5. Press the power button three times, like it says. Even though it says it will delete everything, it won't (I can confirm that if you are at least on v2.6.3.2).
6. After a "factory reset processing" appears, you should get the TWRP flash screen, and you are good to go.
Hope this helps someone besides currently frustrated me.
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this worked omg...thanks a million...
Just wanted to contribute here in case anyone else had tried everything listed in this thread and still was unable to boot into TWRP.
I'm on Sprint, stock, rooted ZVE, and I have TWRP 2.7.
1. Power off phone, wait a few seconds to make sure phone is completely off.
2. Hold power and volume down.
3. As soon as LG logo appears, KEEP holding down power... BUT release volume down and SWITCH to holding volume up.
4. After a few seconds, screen appears saying "Recovery mode" and TWRP opens up after that.