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[Q] Reboot Button problem

OK, I'd appreciate some help here. I Just downloaded Zenmaster's Reboot button app. I probably made a mistake by going to ROM manager and its install from SD card option.
The install started out fine, but just stalled at installing update. Left it there for 30 minutes.
I did a battery pull and the phone went into recovery except it says at the bottom of the screen:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk01p1
(Invalid Arguement)
#MANUAL MODE#
The upper screen has the typical
reboot system now
Apply sdcard...
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Nothing happens with either reboot system now or apply from sdcard
So I really would appreciate...what now.

Are you rooted? Do you have Clockwork Recovery installed?
Are you hitting the "Home" soft button key on the Reboot option? That's the "Enter" key for the stock recovery screen, not the Power button like it is for Clockwork.
-Div

Diversion said:
Are you rooted? Do you have Clockwork Recovery installed?
Are you hitting the "Home" soft button key on the Reboot option? That's the "Enter" key for the stock recovery screen, not the Power button like it is for Clockwork.
-Div
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Thanks for your response.
Yes I'm rooted and yes I have CWM.
This is embarrassing now, because I WAS NOT hitting the home button, which I should have known to do, but obviously forgot. Did that and I'm back up. Old Droid habits die hard I guess.
My apologies for using up bandwidth and thank you again.

SteveC485 said:
Thanks for your response.
Yes I'm rooted and yes I have CWM.
This is embarrassing now, because I WAS NOT hitting the home button, which I should have known to do, but obviously forgot. Did that and I'm back up.
My apologizes for using up bandwidth and thank you again.
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That's okay, I believe I freaked out the first time I was in stock recovery as well not getting any response from the power button

SteveC485 said:
OK, I'd appreciate some help here. I Just downloaded Zenmaster's Reboot button app. I probably made a mistake by going to ROM manager and its install from SD card option.
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Yeah, that's not gonna work. The app is a .apk file, which gets installed via adb or Root Manager/Astro. It's not a flashable zip.
It's also now available on the market .

Zennmaster said:
It's also now available on the market .
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Bonus. That is fantastic news.

Well naming the .zip to .apk worked and Reboot Button worked. Sort of. I think what happened here was no fault of the app, but something related to the relationship between my phone and voodoo. I had never seen any particular problem on my phone, but I just wanted a way to disable the thing as I was contemplating flashing jt's ROM.
Well the disabling of voodo lost root on my phone. I use Launcher Pro and that was gone too. So I tried reinstalling that and entered a force close loop from hell. After installing the LP, the phone regressed to the same opening screen it had when out of the box, different from the static wallpaper I had.
There is a thread on this here:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/fascinate-roms-hacks/38029-how-escape-force-close-loop-hell.html
I followed that and got back to the out of the box Fascinate state. Only part of my apps, and not all of the paid ones showed up in Market, even after an overnight wait. The significant missing one is Documents to Go.
There was 0.00 space left on internal memory, so I did a factory reset.
This would not be a big deal, BUT the phone will not root, so I can't use Titanium Backup to restore stuff. The Samsung Drivers are installed, the USB cable is the one that came with the phone, and the computer recognizes the device. However, Odin seems to think the device is not connected.
So, I'm not sure what is going on with this phone of mine. Again, I don't think it is the app.
Edit; All is back to normal

MYTOUCH 4G HELP PROBLEM PHONE NOT STARTINGUP/LOADING COMPLETElY

Hi i have a MyTouch 4G rooted with Virtuous Fusion ROM. Everything was working until when I tried to install Miui Music Player on it. I did adb push but after doing it when i unplugged the phone from my computer several Force Close came up then i rebooted my phone then the MYTOUCH Tmobile logo start up screen came then the HTC logo came then my phone will shut down. I tried to start my phone again the same thing happen. I did Hboot and tried recovery from there but it didnt work. I tried Factory Reset but it failed. I go to clockwork recovery mode if i do backup and restore or factory reset nothing happens. Does it mean my phone is gone? Is there anything i can do to fix it? Please anybody help Does this mean my phone i bricked

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oh ok sorry i did not know

pching999 said:
oh ok sorry i did not know
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Are you getting any cache errors in recovery mode?

TeeJay3800 said:
Are you getting any cache errors in recovery mode?
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Since my phone doesn't start or load completely. I do the Hboot then i click the recovery so i will boot to clockwork recovery. In clockwork recovery any option i choose from the menu there is nothing happening clockwork is not responding. Im stuck at the menu. Do you have any ideas what can i do to make it work?

pching999 said:
Since my phone doesn't start or load completely. I do the Hboot then i click the recovery so i will boot to clockwork recovery. In clockwork recovery any option i choose from the menu there is nothing happening clockwork is not responding. Im stuck at the menu. Do you have any ideas what can i do to make it work?
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I don't get any cache errors

pching999 said:
Since my phone doesn't start or load completely. I do the Hboot then i click the recovery so i will boot to clockwork recovery. In clockwork recovery any option i choose from the menu there is nothing happening clockwork is not responding. Im stuck at the menu. Do you have any ideas what can i do to make it work?
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Are you clicking the trackpad to make the selection? I ask because some people have tried using other buttons to select and then thought their phone was bricked.

Are you using the trackball to make selections in clockwork?

TeeJay3800 said:
Are you clicking the trackpad to make the selection? I ask because some people have tried using other buttons to select and then thought their phone was bricked.
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no i click the power button to make selection and the volume bar to move up and down

pching999 said:
no i click the power button to make selection and the volume bar to move up and down
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Try clicking the trackpad...

TeeJay3800 said:
Try clicking the trackpad...
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9:43 and 9:44 same posted solution. lol, I think we may be on the same page TeeJay

lowandbehold said:
9:43 and 9:44 same posted solution. lol, I think we may be on the same page TeeJay
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Great minds think alike. Hopefully that was his only problem. I have to say though, there's something pretty funny about someone thinking their phone is bricked because they're using the wrong button to make selections in recovery! I'm not making fun of anyone, but it does make my chuckle a little.

TeeJay3800 said:
Try clicking the trackpad...
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I clicked the track pad it worked thanks. However what should i do next to fix my problem. Do i need to do back up and restore let me know know what to do next

pching999 said:
I clicked the track pad it worked thanks. However what should i do next to fix my problem. Do i need to do back up and restore let me know know what to do next
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If the ROM still won't boot, I would wipe data, cache, and Dalvik-Cache, and then flash the ROM again (assuming the zip is still on your SD).

TeeJay3800 said:
If the ROM still won't boot, I would wipe data, cache, and Dalvik-Cache, and then flash the ROM again (assuming the zip is still on your SD).
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do i have to wipe them three times

pching999 said:
do i have to wipe them three times
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Wipe each item once. I think the new recoveries wipe everything when you select 'data', but do the other items just to be sure. Dalvik-Cache is under the Advanced section.

Thanks a lot. My phone working now!
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Wipe each item once. I think the new recoveries wipe everything when you select 'data', but do the other items just to be sure. Dalvik-Cache is under the Advanced section.
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Hi thanks a lot for your help. Your Track pad solution is golden. My phone is working now. Take care and keep helping people

Glad I could help.

Haha I feel for you OP I had this problem at first (came from an EVO didn't have a trackpad) so I was confused. Didn't take much before I realized it was the trackpad inside. My new problem is my trackpad broke lol. So now I can't select anything (in the OS or in the Recovery) somehow I got the power button to work one time while I was in recovery (little white writing even came up like it does when you flash a rom that said "power button select enabled") never got this to happen again though, any ideas?

dcwiker05 said:
Haha I feel for you OP I had this problem at first (came from an EVO didn't have a trackpad) so I was confused. Didn't take much before I realized it was the trackpad inside. My new problem is my trackpad broke lol. So now I can't select anything (in the OS or in the Recovery) somehow I got the power button to work one time while I was in recovery (little white writing even came up like it does when you flash a rom that said "power button select enabled") never got this to happen again though, any ideas?
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ask teejay3800 the one who helped me may be he can answer your question?

Phone Surgery

Hi guys. I already downloaded everything required for the event that I upgrade from stock eclair to a custom rom. In this case I want to try this one... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253476
Well, this is actually my girlfriends phone. Anyway, yesterday, she was having this com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly and she's unable to use her phone as well as other force close message. Anyway, just want to know how do I go about this problem.
If I try to do the steps on the given link, would it help? I do hope for an answer because I'm gonna attempt it 7 hours later. Thanks in advance.

rekcah_ogami said:
Hi guys. I already downloaded everything required for the event that I upgrade from stock eclair to a custom rom. In this case I want to try this one... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253476
Well, this is actually my girlfriends phone. Anyway, yesterday, she was having this com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly and she's unable to use her phone as well as other force close message. Anyway, just want to know how do I go about this problem.
If I try to do the steps on the given link, would it help? I do hope for an answer because I'm gonna attempt it 7 hours later. Thanks in advance.
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Yes a new rom should fix the problem!!
Or a reboot will fix the problem too!!

Thanks for the feedback.
I got an update from her. When I told her to do a hard reboot, she told me that it got stuck on the logo. I'm gonna check it out later. But if that'd be the case, what should I do then?

rekcah_ogami said:
Thanks for the feedback.
I got an update from her. When I told her to do a hard reboot, she told me that it got stuck on the logo. I'm gonna check it out later. But if that'd be the case, what should I do then?
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What update???
A custom rom??
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I meant an update from my girlfriend. Anyway, I'm gonna proceed with the upgrade attempt. Wish me luck
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Okay, as of now, we're experiencing boot loop. I'm not able to access the phone settings. Is there a button combination I need to press in order for me to be able to access the "settings" Thanks

rekcah_ogami said:
I meant an update from my girlfriend. Anyway, I'm gonna proceed with the upgrade attempt. Wish me luck
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Okay, as of now, we're experiencing boot loop. I'm not able to access the phone settings. Is there a button combination I need to press in order for me to be able to access the "settings" Thanks
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Ok did you follow everything properly??
Ok so try and go into recovery!!
Hold home button while booting and you should
see a list of options. use the volume key to find your way.
Go to wipe cache and click yes.
then go to wipe data and click yes.
then go to advance and wipe dalvik cache and click yes.
go back using power button and reboot!!!
That shuld solve the problem!!!

I posted the results on the other thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18770109&posted=1#post18770109

Are handling bootloops and bricks on this phone any different then other phones??

Coming from a galaxy s4, i did alot of tweaking around, sometimes screwing up systemui and other things that would cause my phone to bootloop and get stuck... There was always an easy solution... Reboot the phone into recovery, wipe data, and flash the rom again, then everything would be ok.. ive never truely had my phone brick to a point where it was a nightmare to fix. Everything was easily accessible through TWRP
does that work the same on the g2??? If i flash a kernel that doesnt work, or do something that causes my rom (clean rom) not to boot up, is it as simple as booting the phone into recovery and flashing my rom again to start from scratch???
Just wanna know what im getting into before i risk screwing anything up.. thanks

looking around i see posts of people having nightmares to fix their phones... i dont know what fastboot is either.. cant you just boot the phone into twrp and reflash your rom???

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Coming from a galaxy s4, i did alot of tweaking around, sometimes screwing up systemui and other things that would cause my phone to bootloop and get stuck... There was always an easy solution... Reboot the phone into recovery, wipe data, and flash the rom again, then everything would be ok.. ive never truely had my phone brick to a point where it was a nightmare to fix. Everything was easily accessible through TWRP
does that work the same on the g2??? If i flash a kernel that doesnt work, or do something that causes my rom (clean rom) not to boot up, is it as simple as booting the phone into recovery and flashing my rom again to start from scratch???
Just wanna know what im getting into before i risk screwing anything up.. thanks
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I'm curious about this too. On rare occasions it has been necessary to pull the battery to reboot the phone. How does one handle those circumstances with a non-removable battery?

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I'm curious about this too. On rare occasions it has been necessary to pull the battery to reboot the phone. How does one handle those circumstances with a non-removable battery?
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thats exactly what i was wondering earlier... you would pull the battery when it bootloops... but.. we cant pull the battery, so what do we do??? And what is the purpose of fastboot, if we have TWRP??? i would assume you would easily just boot the phone into recovery and just flash the rom again to fix it, but why does it seem like people are having other issues??

Worrying gives grey hairs...what if we all die tomorrow? TRWP is God for the G2 stop worrying ?
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Thank for the reply. But the OP and I do not have the phone yet, and are looking for info. I've been burned before with a phone that was difficult and don't want to make the same mistake. Don't worry be happy and hakuna matata do not answer our specific concerns. I am very close to buying this phone but can't without specific info. That is why I posted here.
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almahix said:
Thank for the reply. But the OP and I do not have the phone yet, and are looking for info. I've been burned before with a phone that was difficult and don't want to make the same mistake. Don't worry be happy and hakuna matata do not answer our specific concerns. I am very close to buying this phone but can't without specific info. That is why I posted here.
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Have the latest recovery (2.6.3.2) installed!!! Turn off phone and then hold Vol- and power simultaneously till you see the LG logo then release the buttons for 1 second then press and hold Vol- and power again till you see the factory reset screen. Just select "Yes" twice and you will boot into recovery (don't worry about seeing this screen you won't lose any data unless you actually wipe from recovery)
If you don't have TWRP 2.6.3.2 installed then you can break your device attempting to do button combos so make sure you have this version!

almahix said:
Thank for the reply. But the OP and I do not have the phone yet, and are looking for info. I've been burned before with a phone that was difficult and don't want to make the same mistake. Don't worry be happy and hakuna matata do not answer our specific concerns. I am very close to buying this phone but can't without specific info. That is why I posted here.
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but i do have the phone....

Thank you very much. I for one appreciate the specifics. The only remains question I have is what can one do when the phone becomes frozen or locked up. Normally I would pull the battery but we know that isn't an option here.
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Walter21026 said:
Have the latest recovery (2.6.3.2) installed!!! Turn off phone and then hold Vol- and power simultaneously till you see the LG logo then release the buttons for 1 second then press and hold Vol- and power again till you see the factory reset screen. Just select "Yes" twice and you will boot into recovery (don't worry about seeing this screen you won't lose any data unless you actually wipe from recovery)
If you don't have TWRP 2.6.3.2 installed then you can break your device attempting to do button combos so make sure you have this version!
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thanks for the info....
i do have twrp 2.6.3.2 so i guess im good to go.... Now... if the phone is in a bootloop, how do you turn it off to be able to boot into TWRP? you obviously cant pull the battery.
edit:: i was ninjaed with this question! lol

joemagistro said:
thanks for the info....
i do have twrp 2.6.3.2 so i guess im good to go.... Now... if the phone is in a bootloop, how do you turn it off to be able to boot into TWRP? you obviously cant pull the battery.
edit:: i was ninjaed with this question! lol
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if I remember correctly you should be able to hold the power button down for a few seconds then as soon as the LG screen comes up it should power off.
if you can't get it to power off, just try the button combination from where you are and follow through with instructions.

ok because as soon as we get a system dump of sprints g2, i will be making a fix to make google wallet work on all other devices, but i expect several bootloops till i get it right lol

joemagistro said:
ok because as soon as we get a system dump of sprints g2, i will be making a fix to make google wallet work on all other devices, but i expect several bootloops till i get it right lol
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I have brought up this issue before about booting into recovery via key combo till I finally was told how to do it. The Devs who got us TWRP still haven't updated it in the thread because it can still possibly cause issues but I haven't seen any yet as I've tested it several times too, so be careful guys.

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I have brought up this issue before about booting into recovery via key combo till I finally was told how to do it. The Devs who got us TWRP still haven't updated it in the thread because it can still possibly cause issues but I haven't seen any yet as I've tested it several times too, so be careful guys.
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so i did what you said....
it brought me to a screen about a hard rest.. asking me if i wanted to permanently erase ****... press power to continue, and anything else for no.. and i didnt go through with it, then it booted the device up..... do i wanna hit yes instead???

joemagistro said:
so i did what you said....
it brought me to a screen about a hard rest.. asking me if i wanted to permanently erase ****... press power to continue, and anything else for no.. and i didnt go through with it, then it booted the device up..... do i wanna hit yes instead???
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Again, you want to hit "Yes" twice. Don't worry you won't lose any data unless you erase it inadvertently from TWRP. just go on in click "Yes" twice to the factory reset you will be fine. It will boot you into recovery from there and it WILL NOT wipe your phone.

SOLVED!!!!! After an OTA update, I keep on booting into TWRP. Running WETA.

Hi All! I have an H918TN running the latest WETA (software version J). This morning I awoke to find an OTA update available for install (It must have happened overnight. Don't know why it appeared and don't know the size). I installed it and now I keep booting into recovery even after wipes and re-installs of backups and full installs. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work. Anyone know of a solution or link to one? I have access to ADB/Fastboot (still shows device) and the "J" KDZ file. For the record, I've tried "Restore v20 to 100% Stock (!!even for bricked devices!!" but LGUP (Version 1_14_3) says it doesn't recognize the model. TIA and later.

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Hi All! Have an H918TN running the latest WETA (software version J). This morning I awoke to find an OTA update available for install (must have happened overnight. Don't know why it appeared). I installed it and now I keep booting into recovery even after wipes and reinstalls of backups and full installs. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work. Anyone know of a solution or link to one? I have access to ADB/Fastboot (still shows device) and the "J" KDZ file. TIA and later.
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I got the same update but i turned off automatic updates in Dev section

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I got the same update but i turned off automatic updates in Dev section
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No offense brother, but that's an after the fact solution. I was going to open a new thread to describe the update. Not likely, for now. What I need is a solution to my problem. Sorry if I sound pissy, but I didn't need this freakin' update to screw up my phone. Most importantly, I should have known not to update a custom with a stock update. Dumb mistake.
Regards, JT

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Hi All! I have an H918TN running the latest WETA (software version J). This morning I awoke to find an OTA update available for install (It must have happened overnight. Don't know why it appeared and don't know the size). I installed it and now I keep booting into recovery even after wipes and reinstalls of backups and full installs. Nothing I've tried so far seems to work. Anyone know of a solution or link to one? I have access to ADB/Fastboot (still shows device) and the "J" KDZ file. TIA and later.
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The same has happened to me. Did you figure this out?

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The same has happened to me. Did you figure this out?
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Not yet. Try LG Bridge->Software Update->update-error-recovery. I tried but my notebook only has 2gb memory and a 25gb SSD. Unfortunately, LG Bridge is looking for 10gb of storage (Internal. You can't use external for some friggin' reason) to download the file, etc. which I don't have available. Follow the instructions in the thread "Restore v20 to 100% Stock (!!even for bricked devices!!" in "LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion". Good Luck!

The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.

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The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.
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That did it! You are a lifesaver!

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That did it! You are a lifesaver!
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No offense taking...i should of been more helpful..i wasn't Tryna to cone off disk-ish...
What was the update? If i can ask

midmadn said:
The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.
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You're the man! Worked like a charm. LG Bridge said the update was triggered but failed on a partial install. That's just an FYI, not trying to rain on your parade. In any case, thanks again and your thanks-o-meter just jumped up a notch!
Regards, JT

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No offense taking...i should of been more helpful..i wasn't Tryna to cone off disk-ish...
What was the update? If i can ask
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Don't worry man, it was me just being pissy. My apologies. You were right. I should have disabled auto-installs. All's well now though.:good:
As for what it is, I have no idea. Since it had already downloaded I also don't know what the size was. Maybe a new security update or possibly 7.1.2. In any case, I'll wait until WETA gets updated. Not going back to stock.
Regards, JT

LG update requires stock recovery to install updates. You have twrp in place of stock so it can't do anything but throw you into a recovery loop.
If you had done the factory reset before restoring backups and stuff you should have seen no changes in your phone.
The update files need to be deleted from your fota folder or you can end up in the twrp bootloop again.

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LG update requires stock recovery to install updates. You have twrp in place of stock so it can't do anything but throw you into a recovery loop.
If you had done the factory reset before restoring backups and stuff you should have seen no changes in your phone.
The update files need to be deleted from your fota folder or you can end up in the twrp bootloop again.
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I re-installed WETA and the update reappeared. The files were supposedly downloaded, but not installed. I canceled the install and blocked all notifications as well as stopping auto-updates. I checked the fota in cache, per your advice, but found not a thing. Not sure where it could be. If you have any suggestions as to where it might be, I would appreciate it. Thanks for the advice.
Regards, JT

jt1954 said:
I re-installed WETA and the update reappeared. The files were supposedly downloaded, but not installed. I canceled the install and blocked all notifications as well as stopping auto-updates. I checked the fota in cache, per your advice, but found not a thing. Not sure where it could be. If you have any suggestions as to where it might be, I would appreciate it. Thanks for the advice.
Regards, JT
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Found it! Right in front of my freakin' eyes. Wasn't in the fota folder, as I thought, though it was in cache by its lonely self. Used ES File Explorer Pro and found the size to be 148mb. Looks to be a security update. If anyone wants it, and understand I have the T-Mobile variant H918TN, I'll try to upload it.

May all that is good and holy bless you. Google kept giving me results to do ADB stuff that was giving me "no such folder" or somesuch error after typing out long strings of stuff I wasn't confident I typed correctly (being dyslexic)... even tried plugging into the computer and copy-pasting what was supposed to be the fix so my dyslexia wouldn't be a part of the problem and nothing for over an hour of me getting more and more snappish at my kids interrupting me. This fixed the recovery loop in a couple seconds. I don't care if I have to redo everything on the phone (it's new anyway, stupidly accepted an OTA update of CM14.1 nightly just as I was about to be done setting the darn thing up). Now I can chill with my kiddos a bit until bedtime then mess with the darn phone again without worry that I'll screw something up by forgetting where I was in the process.
Bless. You. Muchly.
midmadn said:
The update probably didn't even install.
It should have just triggered a TWRP bootloop.
Easy fix.
Power off or pull battery for a sec.
Hold vol down and power button - as soon as you see LG logo - release and immediately re-press power button only while continuing to hold vol down.
Factory reset screen will come up if you did it right. Use vol down to select YES twice to factory reset. ( It won't really reset anything but the recovery boot trigger ).
You'll end up in twrp. Just select reboot system and profit.
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