Bricked Nexus 7, only bootloader works :/ - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there
i wiped data to install a new rom. But i wiped the recovery and also the rom so now i only see the bootloader
i see bootloader version 4.18
fastboot mode in red
lock state unlocked
The problem is : my computer won't recognize the n7 though ADB
when i try driver test with nexus root toolkit it says adb device was not found
Si now i'm stuck and i can't install any rom or recovery to boot in
please anybody help

adin59 said:
Hi there
i wiped data to install a new rom. But i wiped the recovery and also the rom so now i only see the bootloader
i see bootloader version 4.18
fastboot mode in red
lock state unlocked
The problem is : my computer won't recognize the n7 though ADB
when i try driver test with nexus root toolkit it says adb device was not found
Si now i'm stuck and i can't install any rom or recovery to boot in
please anybody help
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Somehow i managed to install a rom. It's Fixed

adin59 said:
Somehow i managed to install a rom. It's Fixed
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I hate to bring this thread back to life but, how did you manage to do it? I am in the exact same situation but bootloader 4.23. Did you manage to install the ROM through Nexus Root? Or platform tools?
Any help is appreciated.
I am attempting to flash the factory image. Found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
ADB devices does not list my device and Nexus Root tool says not found. Not sure what else to do at this point.

kktvr4 said:
I hate to bring this thread back to life but, how did you manage to do it? I am in the exact same situation but bootloader 4.23. Did you manage to install the ROM through Nexus Root? Or platform tools?
Any help is appreciated.
I am attempting to flash the factory image. Found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
ADB devices does not list my device and Nexus Root tool says not found. Not sure what else to do at this point.
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I'm assuming you're in the bootloader while trying to do this. ADB stands for "Android Debug Bridge". The bootloader really has nothing to do with the Android operating system, thus ADB isn't running. You need to use fastboot commands. Try "fastboot devices".

korockinout13 said:
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I'm assuming you're in the bootloader while trying to do this. ADB stands for "Android Debug Bridge". The bootloader really has nothing to do with the Android operating system, thus ADB isn't running. You need to use fastboot commands. Try "fastboot devices".
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Thank you very much, that worked for me. :good:

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[Q] Stuck in Bootloader

Hi all,
my nexus wont start after (failed?!) flashing with factory image. bootloader and recovery mode are accessable. i have no backup so i need to flash a new img, but my tablet wont be recognized by my computer anymore(adb drivers not working?!). i tried to deinstall and reinstall the adb drivers alrdy. Device manager shows nexus 7 as Android Phone with "Android Bootloader interface" i cant install adb drivers while in bootloader. in recovery mode i succeeded installing the adb drivers and the tablet is shown correctly in device manager... i need help dont know what to do :crying: .. any suggestions ?
ADB and fastboot drivers are different.
Pirateghost said:
ADB and fastboot drivers are different.
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yes .. what are u trying to tell me? dont get it.. i used nexus root toolkit to help me apply those drivers.. but it wont work for bootloader/fastboot mode.. i cant flash my tablet because my device wont be recognized by my pc.. im stuck at the bootloaderscreen/fastbootmode....
http://bit.ly/Zqk7pm
and what do u want me to type in there ? i alrdy used google for the last 7 hours ?
oads said:
and what do u want me to type in there ? i alrdy used google for the last 7 hours ?
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SMH
i filled it in for you.....
Pirateghost said:
SMH
i filled it in for you.....
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ok sry wasnt patient enough to see... ya well this all makes sense to someone who knows what hes doing but to a noob like me? i thought i alrdy installed fastboot drivers since i unrooted the device a month ago? do i need to deinstall the driver "Android Phone with "Android Bootloader interface"" in device manager first, before applying the new fastboot drivers? pls help me through this i think i damaged enough alrdy ..
no. ADB and fastboot require separate drivers. just install the drivers required for n7 fastboot. there was a link in that list.
there are tutorials here on xda, as well as youtube videos and tutorials on other sites. take a little initiative and learn the ropes. it will help you out later on.
oads said:
ok sry wasnt patient enough to see... ya well this all makes sense to someone who knows what hes doing but to a noob like me? i thought i alrdy installed fastboot drivers since i unrooted the device a month ago? do i need to deinstall the driver "Android Phone with "Android Bootloader interface"" in device manager first, before applying the new fastboot drivers? pls help me through this i think i damaged enough alrdy ..
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Just relax and take your time.
If your tablet can go into fastboot mode, it is fine and will get better; the only thing standing between it's current state and being brought back to life is a little learning on your part.
Now you see what the problems are with using a toolkit - because they hide all the gory details from you, when the smallest thing goes wrong you are totally helpless due to a lack of understanding about what things are going on underneath the hood. And as it turns out, what "goes on under the hood" isn't really all that complicated either if you do things the full manual way.
Which is not to say that you can not simply just use the toolkit again; if you previously successfully installed drivers that allowed you to talk to the tablet in all of these modes:
- fastboot
- adb w/ custom recovery booted
- adb with Android booted
then it is not evident that you need to be fooling with drivers.
I suggest you read this thread, from start to finish
[GUIDE] Flashing a Factory Image with fastboot / return to stock
Then, go over to your toolkit thread and read it from start to finish. You will see that there are & have been plenty of people in circumstances nearly identical to yours.
good luck
hey thx for ur replies! im a lil more calm now than i was 30 min !
the big problem i still have is that my tablet will show up as Androidphone/Android Bootloader Interface not as an unknown device or as the Nexus 7 it is when i plug it in.. so i cant install the drivers am i correct? well i tried it a few times .. deinstalled and reinstalled .. the problem persists? anyone familiar with that? when i change into Recovery Modus it will show up as Androidphone/Google Nexus ADB Interface.. so my first steps to get rid of this mess would be ...?
oads said:
hey thx for ur replies! im a lil more calm now than i was 30 min !
the big problem i still have is that my tablet will show up as Androidphone/Android Bootloader Interface not as an unknown device or as the Nexus 7 it is when i plug it in.. so i cant install the drivers am i correct? well i tried it a few times .. deinstalled and reinstalled .. the problem persists? anyone familiar with that? when i change into Recovery Modus it will show up as Androidphone/Google Nexus ADB Interface.. so my first steps to get rid of this mess would be ...?
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that does not sound like a problem to me at all.
You communicate with the device using the "fastboot" program when it is in bootloader/fastboot mode, and with the "adb" program when it is in custom recovery boot.
What you see in the device manager appears to be completely normal - In different modes it shows up in different places. It's not supposed to show up with the same driver in different modes.
Code:
fastboot devices
will show you whether you are communicating successfully with the device when it is in bootloader/fastboot mode, and
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adb devices
will show you whether you are communicating successfully with the device in recovery mode.
I suppose your toolkit has some stoopid menu or buttons someplace that will allow you to test for exactly the same thing. Now all you need to do is stop posting here and read a little bit.
good luck
bftb0 said:
Now all you need to do is stop posting here and read a little bit.
good luck
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well i did read quite a lot today :crying: i cant find my device when i type in adb devices, im pretty sure i have the right drivers installed since i followed the instructions step by step.
this guy seems to have the same problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808076
could someone tell me if this could be a possible solution :http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...e-over-usb-via-adb-devices-from-windows-7-x64
also would it be possible to just get into the bootloader (since thats the purpose of adb drivers and i can do this) and just proceed with fastboot commands ? if i type in fastboot devices the tablet will show up...
In your first post, you indicated that you couldn't connect to the tablet that was in bootloader mode with adb.
And then you were told - once vaguely and once quite specifically - that *nobody* can communicate with the tablet using adb when the tablet is in bootloader/fastboot mode.
As stated previously, use the "fastboot" program when the tablet is in bootloader mode, and use the "adb" program when the tablet is booted to the custom recovery (or the regular android boot if USB debugging has been enabled).
You can use either one of these modes to effect a rescue so long as they are working correctly - they don't need to both be working. Eventually you would want that to be the case, but for the moment why don't you just stick with what is working for you.
If you get a device ID printed when you execute "fastboot devices" when the tablet is in boot loader/fastboot mode, that is all you need to reinstall a factory ROM, using nothing but fastboot.
thx for pointing me in the right direction! so i started flashing with the fastboot commands... as soon i get to: fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1025.img
i receive:
error: cannot load 'radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1025.img': No error
any clues? thx in advance
edit:using 4.2.2 factory rom for nexus 7 3g
oads said:
thx for pointing me in the right direction! so i started flashing with the fastboot commands... as soon i get to: fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1025.img
i receive:
error: cannot load 'radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1025.img': No error
any clues? thx in advance
edit:using 4.2.2 factory rom for nexus 7 3g
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Well, I can't see what instructions you are following, and there is a possibility of sensitivity to an exact sequence. In particular, is a
fastboot reboot-bootloader
performed after the bootloader is flashed, but before the radio is flashed? It might be important that you are performing the radio flash from one bootloader vs. the other. Just a guess. (Along the same lines, do you see something unexpected happening, such as a boot to the recovery after the radio flash command?)
There are some other threads on this I think. (I have a grouper device not tilapia) But I thought that those threads were about problems with radio flashing when a custom recovery (rather than a stock recovery) was on the phone, but that was for applying the OTA package for tilapia rather than flashing directly from fastboot.
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[Edit] whoops, wait a minute.... "cannot load"
When you run fastboot from the command line, the file names you give are relative to the current directory. Did you move those image files into the same directory that you are executing the "fastboot" command from?
Alternately you can specify the full pathname to wherever you unpacked the files, for instance
fastboot flash radio C:\myfolder\unpacked\googlen7\4.2.2\radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1025.img
hi! basically im following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796!
GSM/HSPA+ devices (nakasig)
Code:
> fastboot erase boot
> fastboot erase cache
> fastboot erase recovery
> fastboot erase system
> fastboot erase userdata
> fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.18.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1025.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot -w update image-nakasig-jdq39.zip
its all good till i want to flash the radio. The .img is in the correct folder, just tried it again... could it be broken? should i try a other factory update like 4.2.1?
oads said:
hi! basically im following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796!
GSM/HSPA+ devices (nakasig)
Code:
> fastboot erase boot
> fastboot erase cache
> fastboot erase recovery
> fastboot erase system
> fastboot erase userdata
> fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.18.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1025.img
> fastboot reboot-bootloader
> fastboot -w update image-nakasig-jdq39.zip
its all good till i want to flash the radio. The .img is in the correct folder, just tried it again... could it be broken? should i try a other factory update like 4.2.1?
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I would complete the rest of the steps first and see if everything is still working. Your device *should* still work just fine with an old radio firmware. (Boot it up and see what radio firmware the OS reports on the Settings... about device... status page).
I'll pull down the tilapia image and tell you what MD5 I observe for the radio image.
just to verify, you actually have the 3g/4g model? or just the wifi only model. if wifi only, there is no radio
Pirateghost said:
just to verify, you actually have the 3g/4g model? or just the wifi only model. if wifi only, there is no radio
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yes
SHA1
0798439d363beb145d9223a42ed9edf3de1a30f4 nakasig-jdq39-factory-0798439d.tgz
bb824d449f44d2ad43c5d2a463fe1244d2faf525 nakasig-jdq39/radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1205.img
f406ae9133c56200306d5c7d64d151f21e0be3c4 nakasig-jdq39/image-nakasig-jdq39.zip
MD5
ee8db1ed6ff1c007fe12136d4bc65cd8 nakasig-jdq39-factory-0798439d.tgz
276cb738e5b9e18a088b6a3eef8155ad nakasig-jdq39/radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1205.img
4cfa996b6513a7fa53db7cbfd1134396 nakasig-jdq39/image-nakasig-jdq39.zip
radio image is 16,777,216 bytes long
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the google - provided instructions (flash-all.sh) have 10 second sleeps after the bootloader resets - are you waiting long enough?
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.18.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 10
fastboot flash radio radio-tilapia-1231_0.17.0_1205.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 10
Also - something to check since you are rebooting the bootloader - does the device show up correctly in the Windows device manager? (Sometimes with soft reboots I have found the need to pull the USB cable and plug it back in to the PC).

Bootloop on brand new 4.2.2

I've encountered an unpleasantly unique problem (as far as the internet is concerned) with my Nexus 7.
It started when I wanted to upgrade my Nexus from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2. For whatever reason, the upgrade wouldn't install, gave me an error a quarter of the way through and booted me back into 4.2.1 with no repercussions.
Using WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit, I managed to get 4.2.2 onto there by flashing it over everything. It seemed fine, but went into a bootloop on the Google splash screen before it could start up and go through the first time setup.
I have tried everything. I tried flashing again with NRT, and got the image attatched, a hither-to unseen error that could not be fixed with a pc reboot or reinstall of NRT. I tried using the old Nexus Toolkit to boot into CWM recovery, but since USB debugging isn't (and can't be) turned on, that could do nothing. I've tried using the SDK command line to unlock it and flash it, but the device can't be found because it hasn't been booted up for that first time startup configuration. I've tried uninstalling all the drivers and trying all of that again, with nothing.
What's left is a nexus 7 with a brand new 4.2.2 that can't boot, no USB debugging, that is locked and unrooted. I can get into the bootloader, but there's no recovery installed.
I'm sorry if this has happened before. I'm sorry if this isn't new. But good christ almighty I just want my tablet to work.
tl:dr help me gods of the Android
If you can boot into the bootloader, can you use the SDK's fastboot tool to flash the stock recovery?
jfmcbrayer said:
If you can boot into the bootloader, can you use the SDK's fastboot tool to flash the stock recovery?
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Nope. It just says "<waiting for device>" and stalls indefinitely when trying to flash anything onto the device.
fudgyhoops said:
Nope. It just says "<waiting for device>" and stalls indefinitely when trying to flash anything onto the device.
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I suppose "fastboot oem unlock" doesn't work, either?
fudgyhoops said:
Nope. It just says "<waiting for device>" and stalls indefinitely when trying to flash anything onto the device.
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As long as you can get into fastboot, you should be able to use fastboot commands, sounds like you have a driver problem. Did you uninstall all the drivers and install the pdanet drivers? If the pdanet drivers don't work try naked drivers. It doesn't matter if debugging is enabled or not or if your device is unlocked and unrooted, you should still be able to do everything via fastboot commands. I recommend wiping everything via fastboot commands and than flashing the stock image. I recommend avoiding rootkits they are more trouble than they're worth, fast boot is a lot easier, faster and safer. You might want to try a different computer if nothing else works. You might have a defective bootloader though. Make sure you check the device manager on your computer to see if there are any errors with the drivers, it should show a yellow triangle if the driver is not working, if that's the case click on update driver and navigate to the SDK drivers.
http://www.androidegis.com/how-to/how-to-unbrick-the-nexus-7/
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Once you get the stock image flashed, unlocked and rooted, you can use goo manager to install the twrp recovery.
jfmcbrayer said:
I suppose "fastboot oem unlock" doesn't work, either?
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I was surprised when it did. I had done a full driver reinstall to prestige777's advice, and fastboot started working again. Ran into an error when trying to flash 4.2.2 and bootloader version 4.18 with mismatched signatures, but tried it on another computer (thank you prestige777 again) and it's booting!
Thank you both so much!
fudgyhoops said:
I was surprised when it did. I had done a full driver reinstall to prestige777's advice, and fastboot started working again. Ran into an error when trying to flash 4.2.2 and bootloader version 4.18 with mismatched signatures, but tried it on another computer (thank you prestige777 again) and it's booting!
Thank you both so much!
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No problem, I'm glad it worked for you.

[Q] Rom missing

So while i was rooting some stuff went wrong and now i have clockwork mod recovery on my nexus 4 and an unlocked boot loader but no ROM it appears like. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. I cannot access it on ADB (it doesn't appear as a device) and I can't access the files through windows. Also I was able to reboot the device into the bootloader using the fastboot command, I'm thinking I may be able to flash the stock rom with the fastboot command.
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So while i was rooting some stuff went wrong and now i have clockwork mod recovery on my nexus 4 and an unlocked boot loader but no ROM it appears like. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. I cannot access it on ADB (it doesn't appear as a device) and I can't access the files through windows. Also I was able to reboot the device into the bootloader using the fastboot command, I'm thinking I may be able to flash the stock rom with the fastboot command.
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Did you try "adb push"?
Anyhow, download the stock image and flash it through fastboot.

ZTE Open C (US) - brand new, bootloader won't unlock, rooted terminal?

just got the device today
followed the tutorial on unlocking the bootloader using the comebuy upgrade tool and checked the box for erasing "CEFS" and upgraded the firmware.
shell is now rooted.
however, rebooting to bootloader and trying any fastboot command gets "waiting for device"; fastboot devices shows nothing.
wth???
i'm an experienced dev / user, but i'm not going to be happy if this device i just got for developing purposes is locked down to where i can't do that.
also, trying to install the FFOS_to_android.zip that's widely available also does not pass signature verification in the recovery...
anyone got any ideas how i can unlock this thing???
stayboogy said:
just got the device today
followed the tutorial on unlocking the bootloader using the comebuy upgrade tool and checked the box for erasing "CEFS" and upgraded the firmware.
shell is now rooted.
however, rebooting to bootloader and trying any fastboot command gets "waiting for device"; fastboot devices shows nothing.
wth???
i'm an experienced dev / user, but i'm not going to be happy if this device i just got for developing purposes is locked down to where i can't do that.
also, trying to install the FFOS_to_android.zip that's widely available also does not pass signature verification in the recovery...
anyone got any ideas how i can unlock this thing???
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If you google "fastboot command gets "waiting for device"; you may find your answer, most likely driver problem, I use Linux so drivers aren't necessary for me.
vampirefo said:
If you google "fastboot command gets "waiting for device"; you may find your answer, most likely driver problem, I use Linux so drivers aren't necessary for me.
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i got it figured out. i use both linux and windows; mainly linux. in linux fastboot was acting the same way. it's not now. still have to use sudo though...
i had to dd your recovery, then rebooted to bootloader and ran fastboot oem unlock and it was done.
i was initially very frustrated though.
since i got that figured out i've been trying to port my touchnav recovery to the device but i've been getting an error when i try to fastboot boot it.
funny you replied cause i'm curious what you're using to build your recovery. are you just using the last jb repo or something newer?
stayboogy said:
i got it figured out. i use both linux and windows; mainly linux. in linux fastboot was acting the same way. it's not now. still have to use sudo though...
i had to dd your recovery, then rebooted to bootloader and ran fastboot oem unlock and it was done.
i was initially very frustrated though.
since i got that figured out i've been trying to port my touchnav recovery to the device but i've been getting an error when i try to fastboot boot it.
funny you replied cause i'm curious what you're using to build your recovery. are you just using the last jb repo or something newer?
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In Linux you need to make user rules if you don't want to use sudo to fastboot, my .50 recovery is a straight pull from CyanogenMod's 4.4 tree.
other recovery straight pull from CyanogenMod's 4.3 tree

Lg v20 h91820h t-mobile bootloader cannot be unlocked - android 8 oreo

UPDATE:
I successfully unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp, rooted, updated kernel and roms, tweaking gpu cpu for performance in pubg etc, greenify, flashify, power nap everything.
xposed framework take you in bootloop for this device.
now i am on kernel mk2000, superv20 rom, h91810u, 7 nougat.
if in future anyone feels any problem i am always here.
remember: linus is your friend for this device, and windows 10 suck.
and
sudo $(which fastboot) did miracles for me....
old post:
Hello everyone.
i am new here and i am sorry in advance if i did something wrong. i will come directly to the point.
model number: LG V20 T-MOBILE VERSION, H91820H, NON USA, Currently on oreo android 8.
we are not talking about any kind of roms kernels roots or anything here. just a simple question. " can this model's boot loader be unlocked ? like ever ? or not "
cause i have tried everything, when i say everything i mean everything. followed several posts on internet videos on you tube posts on XDA, tried using multiple PCs, multiple data cables, multiple drivers but for some reason i don't know what, this model's boot loader cannot be unlocked.
THE ERROR:
<WAITING FOR DEVICE> till eternity.
what i have done till now ?
1. lg drivers installed.
2. adb drivers installed with adb fastboot files.
3. updating legacy android adb interface driver, done.
4. went in to boot loader then connected the data cable and updated driver, done.
5. usb debugging oem unlock options activated, done.
6. restarted pc multiple times to update drivers, done.
we all know all it takes is 3 easy commands to unlock bootlaoder
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot reboot
but in my case i always stuck at 2nd command. waiting for device is shown and nothing happens.
then i ran command, adb devices>> it shows
List of devices attached
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
LGH9182bfc6bdc device
next i put the command, fastboot devices and nothing is shown i just go to the next line... c:\adb>
so this is for sure that my device is not connected to the fastboot.
now my only question is, can this device bootloader unlock or not ? so that i stop pushing my limits.
any help will be appreciated.
regards.
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Hello everyone.
i am new here and i am sorry in advance if i did something wrong. i will come directly to the point.
model number: LG V20 T-MOBILE VERSION, H91820H, NON USA, Currently on oreo android 8.
we are not talking about any kind of roms kernels roots or anything here. just a simple question. " can this model's boot loader be unlocked ? like ever ? or not "
cause i have tried everything, when i say everything i mean everything. followed several posts on internet videos on you tube posts on XDA, tried using multiple PCs, multiple data cables, multiple drivers but for some reason i don't know what, this model's boot loader cannot be unlocked.
THE ERROR:
<WAITING FOR DEVICE> till eternity.
what i have done till now ?
1. lg drivers installed.
2. adb drivers installed with adb fastboot files.
3. updating legacy android adb interface driver, done.
4. went in to boot loader then connected the data cable and updated driver, done.
5. usb debugging oem unlock options activated, done.
6. restarted pc multiple times to update drivers, done.
we all know all it takes is 3 easy commands to unlock bootlaoder
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot reboot
but in my case i always stuck at 2nd command. waiting for device is shown and nothing happens.
then i ran command, adb devices>> it shows
List of devices attached
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
LGH9182bfc6bdc device
next i put the command, fastboot devices and nothing is shown i just go to the next line... c:\adb>
so this is for sure that my device is not connected to the fastboot.
now my only question is, can this device bootloader unlock or not ? so that i stop pushing my limits.
any help will be appreciated.
regards.
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Thanks for thanks for replying on a short notice I have seen this post there is no reason to follow any of the post because the very first stage is to unlock the bootloader but as I cannot unlock the bootloader there is no point in following any of the posts my problem is what ever way I follow I am unable to to unlock the bootloader in fact what I can see is whenever I try to type in command ADB devices IC e my phone but when I type fastboot devices nothing happens it's like my phone is not in the fastboot that is why why I cannot unlock the bootloader I have tried every possible step mentioned on the internet and on various forums I also go through some videos on YouTube those guys follow the same steps and unlock their bootloader but my device cannot unlock for some reason so if you lovely people can help me out and figure out what exactly I am doing wrong as I have followed every step of unlocking the bootloader I've installed all the drivers I have updated all the drivers I have done exactly e all three steps which has been asked but still no luck thank you
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To be very precise after following the first step while unlocking the bootloader in the second step when we type fast boot devices it should show some hexadecimal numbers and it should confirm us that our device is in the fastboot mode but in my case whenever I type this command nothing happens that means my device is not recognised to go in the bootloader this is the main problem there is no point in following any of the posts if you cannot complete the very first stage of unlocking your bootloader if you can figure out what exactly is the problem I will be thankful to you because I have followed every step possible I've updated every ADB drivers LG drivers but nothing is helping out as even before starting the procedure of unlocking the bootloader my device is not going in the fast boot also I noticed one thing when I try to go inside the bootloader screen before that in my device manager it is shown as composit device but after that I think it gets disconnected fastboot oem unlock cannot work as it gives a message of waiting for the device after going are using the command ADB reboot bootloader so my problem is the command fastboot oem unlock is pretty useless as it waits for the device and it's stuck there forever please help me out if you can I will be thankful to you regards
X_BlackBurn_X said:
To be very precise after following the first step while unlocking the bootloader in the second step when we type fast boot devices it should show some hexadecimal numbers and it should confirm us that our device is in the fastboot mode but in my case whenever I type this command nothing happens that means my device is not recognised to go in the bootloader this is the main problem there is no point in following any of the posts if you cannot complete the very first stage of unlocking your bootloader if you can figure out what exactly is the problem I will be thankful to you because I have followed every step possible I've updated every ADB drivers LG drivers but nothing is helping out as even before starting the procedure of unlocking the bootloader my device is not going in the fast boot also I noticed one thing when I try to go inside the bootloader screen before that in my device manager it is shown as composit device but after that I think it gets disconnected fastboot oem unlock cannot work as it gives a message of waiting for the device after going are using the command ADB reboot bootloader so my problem is the command fastboot oem unlock is pretty useless as it waits for the device and it's stuck there forever please help me out if you can I will be thankful to you regards
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Did you downgrade to software version H91810P? Because that should be the first thing you have to do to get everything else to work afterwards.
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Did you downgrade to software version H91810P? Because that should be the first thing you have to do to get everything else to work afterwards.
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Thanks for the reply.
Can you please clear me one thing. To downgrade from h91820h to h91810p you need to unlock bootloader if i am not wrong. And in that case we will be back to square 1.
Its not about installing custom rom kernel recovery root or anything. Its only about unlocking the bootloader which i cannot do.
I hope you understand my pain.
I just want to unlock my bootloader thats it.
It used only 3 commands.
1. Adb devices - shows my device.
2. Fastboot devices - no fastboot device found.
This is the problem. When you cannot find any fastboot device even updating driver by going inside the bootloader the entire mission gets failed.
I cant find any solution for this. I dont know for what reason my device cannot be listed in fastboot mode.
X_BlackBurn_X said:
Thanks for the reply.
Can you please clear me one thing. To downgrade from h91820h to h91810p you need to unlock bootloader if i am not wrong. And in that case we will be back to square 1.
Its not about installing custom rom kernel recovery root or anything. Its only about unlocking the bootloader which i cannot do.
I hope you understand my pain.
I just want to unlock my bootloader thats it.
It used only 3 commands.
1. Adb devices - shows my device.
2. Fastboot devices - no fastboot device found.
This is the problem. When you cannot find any fastboot device even updating driver by going inside the bootloader the entire mission gets failed.
I cant find any solution for this. I dont know for what reason my device cannot be listed in fastboot mode.
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fastboot doesn't work when the phone is booted up
adb reboot bootloader
followed by fastboot devices
Note: flashing the 10p kdz does not require the bootloader be unlocked
it requires you have patched LGUP
Example:
D:\fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
LGUS99740047103 device
D:\fastboot>adb reboot bootloader
D:\fastboot>fastboot oem device-id
...
(bootloader) ----------------------------------
(bootloader) Device-ID
(bootloader) F3D7DE171C893D55082EAE38270125EF
(bootloader) DA7CB3E78B1DB5709A2CA8********
(bootloader) ----------------------------------
OKAY [ 0.060s]
finished. total time: 0.060s
D:\fastboot>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.008s
D:\fastboot>adb reboot bootloader
D:\fastboot>fastboot getvar unlocked
unlocked: no
finished. total time: 0.003s
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X_BlackBurn_X said:
Thanks for the reply.
Can you please clear me one thing. To downgrade from h91820h to h91810p you need to unlock bootloader if i am not wrong. And in that case we will be back to square 1.
Its not about installing custom rom kernel recovery root or anything. Its only about unlocking the bootloader which i cannot do.
I hope you understand my pain.
I just want to unlock my bootloader thats it.
It used only 3 commands.
1. Adb devices - shows my device.
2. Fastboot devices - no fastboot device found.
This is the problem. When you cannot find any fastboot device even updating driver by going inside the bootloader the entire mission gets failed.
I cant find any solution for this. I dont know for what reason my device cannot be listed in fastboot mode.
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As clsA said, flashing firmware does not require an unlocked bootloader.
Look at parts 1 and 2 of the other step by step guide here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/step-step-guide-lg-v20-h918-unlocking-t3808258
clsA said:
fastboot doesn't work when the phone is booted up
adb reboot bootloader
followed by fastboot devices
Note: flashing the 10p kdz does not require the bootloader be unlocked
it requires you have patched LGUP
Example:
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Thanks for the solution. May be this is it. All the time i have been doing it wrong.
Solution : flashing the 10p kdz does not require the bootloader be unlocked
it requires you have patched LGUP.
I will downgrade from 20h to 10p now and will give you feedback on this soon. Thanks a ton for showing a noob like me the right direction to work.
X_BlackBurn_X said:
Thanks for the solution. May be this is it. All the time i have been doing it wrong.
Solution : flashing the 10p kdz does not require the bootloader be unlocked
it requires you have patched LGUP.
I will downgrade from 20h to 10p now and will give you feedback on this soon. Thanks a ton for showing a noob like me the right direction to work.
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No problem the link @C D posted above seems to have all the working links for you
clsA said:
No problem the link @C D posted above seems to have all the working links for you
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well we have a new problem now.
lgup error 0x2bc invalid command response code = 0x80000202 at 4 percent while flashing.
did i just brick my phone now ? as it says dont unplug until you are done and we have been getting same error again and again.
used the provided kdz file flashing as an upgrade.
ok so the new problem is... may be i was trying to flash h91810p naugaut on to a oreo h91820h
and if i am not wrong at this stage i messed up pretty bad my phone is stuck in donwload mode wont boot up and i need to flash back 20h again to get out of this mess. can anyone hlp me ....
i just wanna know h91810p downgrading from 91820h is possible or not ? cause one is naugaut and one is oreo.
UPDATE:
i was flashing wrong h91810p thats why it was showing error. on another website i got the file compatible to my phone t mobile version and flash was successful.
now i am on h91810p software version andriod 7.
problem UPDATE:
i still cant unlock bootloader. same problem as before downgrading from h91820h.
adb devices shows device.
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices gives no result.
phone cannot enter in fastboot mode. the problem still remains the same even after changing the software.
kindly help guys
clsA said:
fastboot doesn't work when the phone is booted up
adb reboot bootloader
followed by fastboot devices
Note: flashing the 10p kdz does not require the bootloader be unlocked
it requires you have patched LGUP
Example:
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hello clsA
"
D:\fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
LGUS99740047103 device
D:\fastboot>adb reboot bootloader
D:\fastboot>fastboot oem device-id
after this it only says waitng for device"
now i am on h91810p as i was instructed. can you please help.
its all happening the same way it was happening when was on h91820h.
fastboot devices cannot be found.
once it reboots in bootloader then it should detect a fastboot device but it doesnot and adb is also lost there.
kindly help.
NEW UPDATE:
my lg v20 now on software h91810p is actually a T MOBILE version. and when i researched more about it i found out T MOBILE deliberately locks the boot loader of many devices and its unlockable.
possible work around can be if the software version installed on your phone can some how be an international version of your ROM, then only you can unlock the bootloader else none of your commands will work. now i am trying to flash this phone using an international ROM version if i succeed i will update. but according to my knowledge flashing other roms other than t mobile ones will definitely give errors in LGUP.
X_BlackBurn_X said:
NEW UPDATE:
my lg v20 now on software h91810p is actually a T MOBILE version. and when i researched more about it i found out T MOBILE deliberately locks the boot loader of many devices and its unlockable.
possible work around can be if the software version installed on your phone can some how be an international version of your ROM, then only you can unlock the bootloader else none of your commands will work. now i am trying to flash this phone using an international ROM version if i succeed i will update. but according to my knowledge flashing other roms other than t mobile ones will definitely give errors in LGUP.
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Do not flash another model's firmware onto the H918! Doing so will permanently brick your phone. The H918 in particular is incompatible with all other variants' software. Also, flashing H918 firmware onto any other model will also brick that phone.
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Do not flash another model's firmware onto the H918! Doing so will permanently brick your phone. The H918 in particular is incompatible with all other variants' software. Also, flashing H918 firmware onto any other model will also brick that phone.
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hello
thanks for the reply.
i know we cannot flash any other phones firmware on to this model.
i was thinking of flashing specifically lg v20 h91810p international stock firmware, one is t mobile and one is international stock rom of same model.
cause t mobile is not allowing me to unlock the bootloader but an international stock rom will.
i have seen people doing on t mobile on youtube videos i dont know how they are doing it.
my problem is :
" as in message sent to various senior on this topic"
LG V20 H91810P, T MOBILE BOOTLOADER CANNOT BE UNLOCKED
HELLO
can you please help me out on a quest to unlock my bootloader of lg v20 h91810p. i have downgraded from h91820h to h91810p and still all the adb commands fail to make my phone go in to fastboot mode. i just cannot enter in fastboot mode,
adb devices shows my device
|but fastboot devices in bootloader mode doesnot show my device at all.
updated all the drivers used multiple pcs usb ports but no luck at all.,
what am i possibly doing wrong can you please help me out? i will be thankful to you.
on a side note i think t mobile has lockedd my bootloader so that i canoot unlock it,
regards
X_BlackBurn_X said:
hello
thanks for the reply.
i know we cannot flash any other phones firmware on to this model.
i was thinking of flashing specifically lg v20 h91810p international stock firmware, one is t mobile and one is international stock rom of same model.
cause t mobile is not allowing me to unlock the bootloader but an international stock rom will.
i have seen people doing on t mobile on youtube videos i dont know how they are doing it.
my problem is :
" as in message sent to various senior on this topic"
LG V20 H91810P, T MOBILE BOOTLOADER CANNOT BE UNLOCKED
HELLO
can you please help me out on a quest to unlock my bootloader of lg v20 h91810p. i have downgraded from h91820h to h91810p and still all the adb commands fail to make my phone go in to fastboot mode. i just cannot enter in fastboot mode,
adb devices shows my device
|but fastboot devices in bootloader mode doesnot show my device at all.
updated all the drivers used multiple pcs usb ports but no luck at all.,
what am i possibly doing wrong can you please help me out? i will be thankful to you.
on a side note i think t mobile has lockedd my bootloader so that i canoot unlock it,
regards
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Did you make the Linux USB boot stick
Are you following the guide at all?
PART 3: CREATING A BOOTABLE LINUX USB USING FWUL
DOWNLOAD FWUL_v2.7_x86_64_15GB.zip FROM THE LINK BELOW AND EXTRACT THE IMAGE FILE SOMEWHERE IN YOUR PC.
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=214529
DOWNLOAD RUFUS FROM BELOW AND INSTALL
https://rufus.akeo.ie/
INSERT A PEN DRIVE IN YOUR PC AND RUN RUFUS.
INSIDE RUFUS SELECT THE IMAGE FILE AND SELECT START (AFTER SELECTING START SELECT DD MODE IN THE DIALOGUE BOX) TO CREATE A BOOTABLE PEN DRIVE (WARNING: THIS WOULD FORMAT YOUR PEN DRIVE)
NOW YOU SHOULD BOOT YOUR PC FROM THE BOOTABLE USB STICK WHICH YOU HAVE JUST CREATED
THIS WOULD MAKE YOUR PC RUN LINUX OS
TYPE PASSWORD AS linux AND ENTER
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clsA said:
Did you make the Linux USB boot stick
Are you following the guide at all?
PART 3: CREATING A BOOTABLE LINUX USB USING FWUL
DOWNLOAD FWUL_v2.7_x86_64_15GB.zip FROM THE LINK BELOW AND EXTRACT THE IMAGE FILE SOMEWHERE IN YOUR PC.
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=214529
DOWNLOAD RUFUS FROM BELOW AND INSTALL
https://rufus.akeo.ie/
INSERT A PEN DRIVE IN YOUR PC AND RUN RUFUS.
INSIDE RUFUS SELECT THE IMAGE FILE AND SELECT START (AFTER SELECTING START SELECT DD MODE IN THE DIALOGUE BOX) TO CREATE A BOOTABLE PEN DRIVE (WARNING: THIS WOULD FORMAT YOUR PEN DRIVE)
NOW YOU SHOULD BOOT YOUR PC FROM THE BOOTABLE USB STICK WHICH YOU HAVE JUST CREATED
THIS WOULD MAKE YOUR PC RUN LINUX OS
TYPE PASSWORD AS linux AND ENTER
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thanks again for the showing me the right direction. i was talking about unlocking the bootloader in step 1.
i will go through your links and try to study this.
just one more question.
does this method unlocks the bootloader ?
if yes please reply yes i will be thankful to you.
i will follow this step now.
regards
X_BlackBurn_X said:
hello clsA
"
D:\fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
LGUS99740047103 device
D:\fastboot>adb reboot bootloader
D:\fastboot>fastboot oem device-id
after this it only says waitng for device"
now i am on h91810p as i was instructed. can you please help.
its all happening the same way it was happening when was on h91820h.
fastboot devices cannot be found.
once it reboots in bootloader then it should detect a fastboot device but it doesnot and adb is also lost there.
kindly help.
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Why does adb show your device as a 997 which is the Sprint variant
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