I'm stuck on a bootloop on the Samsung custom screen and I can't get into recovery mode. I'm not exactly sure what happened because my it's my brothers phone he says he was clearing his cache. I looked around on the forums to see what to do but I got even more confused. I'm using a Mac, so would it be a bigger problem to fix it? If this was a waste of time and this was already posted before with an answer, feel free to delete it. Thank you.
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I just got it into recovery mode, any help is wanted, thank you.
Is the phone stock? Is it rooted? I have no idea what recovery (stock or custom) you're running. Need more details
Are you trying the 3 button combo to get into recovery?
Hold power +home+vol up. When the blue text in the upper corner shows, release power and continue to hold home+vol up.
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So I just rooted my device and then tried to install a lag fix... when I rebooted my phone after the script, I heard the T-Mobile jingle and then it came to a blank screen. When I pressed the power button there was no response. If I press any of the white keys at the bottom, they just light up. I CAN turn my phone off and go into recovery mode.
This thing has kind of shaken me up so I am willing to go back to an unrooted phone.
PLEASE HELP!
Nandroid, my friend.
Since you are able to boot into recovery, do a nandroid restore.
If you do not have your own nandroid backup There is a thread in the Dev forum you can dowload one from. Just search "[ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working)" (I can't hotlink yet. sorry)
This is all assuming you have installed clockwork recovery, which you should have done before you attempted any modding of any sort. Also always remember to create a nandroid of your current system before trying something that is still in beta.
i got same problem here and a don't have clockwork recovery :-(
Then you have to use odin if you don't have clockwork...
My phones have been flashed more than Girls Gone Wild..
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I think I found a fix that works...
I just went to recovery mode, and deleted all user data.
I then rebooted and still had a blank screen for about 10 seconds, and then my lock screen came up.
Worked for me! Thanks everyone.
nearblack said:
So I just rooted my device and then tried to install a lag fix... when I rebooted my phone after the script, I heard the T-Mobile jingle and then it came to a blank screen. When I pressed the power button there was no response. If I press any of the white keys at the bottom, they just light up. I CAN turn my phone off and go into recovery mode.
This thing has kind of shaken me up so I am willing to go back to an unrooted phone.
PLEASE HELP!
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Sorry to resurrect old posts, but I would like to know If after rooting and lag fixing it, it didn't show ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on boot screen and you were only able to hear the sounds and the buttons lit up...
I have a Vibrant on this situation and would like to know I this procedure can fix it.
Best Regards.
Just wait 10 mins if nothing do a battery pull...boot...wait another 10. It will boot after that. Had same issue on two vibrants.
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Happendd to me. Just let it sit there. It'll boot.
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This happen to me I tired volume up+down+ power nothing happen...... here's what I found...Unplug ur battery n plug it back in with ur usb n when it turns on use adb on ur computer..... adb reboot recovery n do a data wipe
Hope this helps
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Thanks for your answers, will try them all and report results.
Best Regards.
So my tab is unrooted...never flashed anything..in short completely clean..so as i was using it for my daily use...i was playing a game then without closing it i switched off the tab...now when i try to switch it on it is stuck on acers Logo...
Please help me what to do...im too afraid..
And yeah i have charged it so its not a battery issue..
Thanks
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If you don't have any important things, boot into recovery, data reset.
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I would try a factory reset first. Caution: All data on the tab will be lost!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k9HYj93zHc
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same situation
I'm in the same situation, with a similar method getting into the situation-- son playing game, I tried to back out, and powered down only to be unable to boot past Acer logo. (tab not rooted or reflashed, stock OTA for ICS)
I have tried factory reset to no avail. I contacted Acer support, but my tab is out of warranty. the tech mentioned I could get it reflashed for $99, but he also suggested I might try flashing a custom rom to see if that would work.
Any advice would be appreciated. I've only rooted a Droid Eris before, and it was with an app downloaded from the Play Store. Without being able to access the tab past the Acer boot screen, I'm not clear on how I might load a custom rom.
Thanks in advance!
They wouldn't even TALK to me on the phone because it was out of warantee... Just told me Too bad, so sad. and hung up.
As for fixing your issue. Double check that you're pressing the right button combonations. I know that sounds super silly but I had this messed up for days trying to get my tablet up. I thought it was cooked. Vol + (Button furthest away from power button) with the power button and flicking toggle switch is what you need.
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They wouldn't even TALK to me on the phone because it was out of warantee... Just told me Too bad, so sad. and hung up.
As for fixing your issue. Double check that you're pressing the right button combonations. I know that sounds super silly but I had this messed up for days trying to get my tablet up. I thought it was cooked. Vol + (Button furthest away from power button) with the power button and flicking toggle switch is what you need.
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I didn't try the phone. I posted in the support forum, and one of the Acer techs PM'ed me. He confirmed I was out of warranty, then advised trying to flash a new ROM, or send it in for official Acer reflash for $100.
I've gotten into three different modes on boot-up:
- Factory Reset (User data/cache erased) - still gets stuck on Acer logo
- Boot recovery (?? load update.zip from SD card) - updating Android bot turns into dead Android bot w/red exclamation point
- USB Bootloader mode - can't do anything in this mode that I'm aware of
Ok guys, I somehow managed to brick my beloved G2.
Not exactly sure how I managed to do it. I had just flashed the latest Paranoid Android rom and tried to reboot the phone and it locked up.
Here's what I'm getting when I try to boot the phone:
It very briefly flashes the pink/white LG logo then goes to a blank/black screen with the following info in the upper left of the screen:
[640] Fastboot mode started
[690] udc_started()
[850] -- reset --
[860] -- portcharge --
[910] fastboot: processing commands
Then it just sits there. I tried opening a command window and executing "fastboot reboot-bootloader". The phone responds and reboots, but gives the same info as above. Then I tried "fastboot continue". Here's what it spits out:
[76930] fastboot: continue
[76880] partition_get_size 16777216 bytes
[77050] Loading boot image (5564416): start
[77300] Loading boot image (5564416): done
[77350] ERROR: Appended Device Tree Blob not found
At this point I'm totaly out of ideas. And I don't want to mess things up any more than what I've already done.
So am I screwed? Or is this recoverable?
Oh, BTW, it's a Verizon LG G2, and I had TWRP installed. I had successfully been using TWRP and flashing a few other ROMs and I have a couple backups on the phone if I can get into recovery.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Have you tried the button combo to get into recovery and restore a back-up (I believe it's holding vol down and power until LG logo, then releasing and holding them again).
As a last resort, have to tried returning to stock (which will erase everything)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
Yeah, I tried the buttons but the phone just comes up into the screen that I mentioned before.
I didn't try going back to stock as shown in the link you posted, but I'm in the process of trying another method of unbricking the phone.
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370&highlight=bricked
Well that didn't work. I can get the phone into download mode and the LG software recognizes the phone but the phone doesn't do anything. It just sits at the update screen, at 0%.
Any ideas, guys?
My idea is to steer clear of these so called stable ROMs. ..I been check-in md5s like no bodies business on this phone. I only trust Scott and Jake right now.
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Did you try the vzw specific method to return to stock?
Not yet but I will give it a try. I'm currently downloading the rom's tot file. It's big and it's taking forever. I'll post back if I have any luck.
Thanks guys.
I have had a similar issue fast boot mode started black screen then stuck on boot loop. Have u resolved or want my steps?
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While on black screen hold power and volume down till u get lg screen
Then keep holding it will go black and led light flashes red like 10 times.
Then let go it should be powered off.
If it isnt or is hold same buttons down again. Depending on what it does I held same buttons till LG logo came up again. Either it will quickly flash or flash the logo for like 5 secs. If 5 secs then let go and quickly hold power button. If not hold all three buttons and see.
Its happed to me like 3 or 4 times and thru trial and error i managed to get white hard reset screen then hit power. Or security error screen and i used the same steps. Let me know
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It finished downloading while I was asleep so I haven't actually finished this method. Yeah, before I go any further, what did you do to fix your phone? I'd really appreciate it!
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It finished downloading while I was asleep so I haven't actually finished this method. Yeah, before I go any further, what did you do to fix your phone? I'd really appreciate it!
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Doh! It was right in front of me, in your post, if I'd just read the entire thing!!
Anyhow.....OMG!! Got it the first time. Just like you described it. Just for anyone else that falls into this problem:
Hold power & down volume buttons until it powers off....and stays off, then release buttons. Then hold same buttons again (power & down volume) until the LG logo comes up and stays up. (You'll know it's going to stay up......because if it doesn't....the logo is only visible for a second at most before it goes back to the black fastboot screen.) Then release and hit power button again. It came up to a white factory reset screen, as razrlover described. Hit the power button to accept the factory reset......... At this point my phone booted into TWRP and I was able to restore a previous backup. Boom.....just like it didn't even happen!!
But here's the big question....what happened??????? I know I'm not alone with this problem now. What did we do to get stuck like we did??
Anyone with any ideas? Hopefully we can figure this out so no one else has this problem.
All right, I've spent a couple of hours not trying to sort this out, searched countless threads and articles but still have no found a fix.
Have the S4, was rooted and was attempting to put a custom recovery on it philz_touch to be specific. It passed in Odin perfectly fine, but when I went to reset it, it just reads "Recovery Booting...." and does absolutely nothing at all. I've tried holding Vol Up+Home+Pwr same thing, Vol Dn+Home+Pwr same thing, and finally I've tried powering it on regularly but with the same result. My PC will not recognize it and I'm pretty much at a loss as to what to do. Any threads I found point to wiping everything in recovery... but it won't go anywhere at all from the Recovery booting screen. Did I really just essentially destroy the phone? If I could at least get odin to recognize it... Well I'm going to try and convince myself to head to bed and let this wait till morning. Many thanks in advance for any help.
once booting into recovery appears try letting go of volume up ..hope that helps
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You need to provide more info to get help. Did you update to the latest MJA software and then try to install recovery? Are you on MF9 still? Etc., we can't help if we don't have all the details on what you were doing.
Hey all,
I recently was playing with some ROMs with my LG G2, seeing which was the best for me, and along the way, I messed up and now I am stuck in a fastboot screen, with nothing but a little bit of white text on a black background that says "Fastboot mode started, udc_start()". I have no clue what to do, and I really need some guidance. I played around for a bit and now I believe the phone is completely wiped. Can anyone help?
bump, can anyone help? Im dying here.
Hold down power for 15 seconds. Then hold power and volume down till white screen appears. Press power 3 times. Should be in recovery now if you had recovery installed.
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If this does not work you can revert to stock by downloading orginal firmware in .kdz format and flash it with Flashtool
Siinestar said:
Hey all,
I recently was playing with some ROMs with my LG G2, seeing which was the best for me, and along the way, I messed up and now I am stuck in a fastboot screen, with nothing but a little bit of white text on a black background that says "Fastboot mode started, udc_start()". I have no clue what to do, and I really need some guidance. I played around for a bit and now I believe the phone is completely wiped. Can anyone help?
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help.. i tap something that i forgot in ... may be in "##4433386368# - Developer menu*" or somewhere(Sprint Dialer Codes) now i can't connect to my computer... i'm not allowed to post ... so ....anyone can help me ?
You need to first download the kdz and lg flash utility with drivers.
Install drivers
The factory reset deleting system, cache, internal sd.
Then shutdown your g2.
Start to downloaded mode connecting your g2
Flash kdz & voila... Done
I too bricked my phone before. My flashing stuck at 49%. Recovered using above method, all is well now
This works 1000%. I bet on it. Just remember to wipe the phone completely before flashing. You will return to stock with unrooted status in download mode. U will have your warranty back too
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