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[Q] Hard bricked G2 after flash

Hi everyone
I may have bricked my G2. I use to have a Samsung Galaxy S which I flashed many times so I kinda know when I mess up with instructions. This time though, things look a bit more serious... Anyway, here is what happened:
I flashed the Cloudy G3 rom (1.0) for my G2 D802 32gb. Original rom was stock rooted 4.4.
I followed the instructions :
- Backup rom
- All wipes
- Flash kitkat baseband
- Flash rom zip
- Get through the aroma installer steps
But then, when it asked to reboot, the phone just shut down.
Now it won't turn on. All I have is a quick look at the LG boot logo, and then the screen goes all black (blacklit is still on) again.
All I managed to do so far is maintaining the LG boot logo a bit longer on screen by alternatively pressing volume + or - at random times.
I can't access recovery or download mode anymore.
Plugging the phone will only show the LG boot logo and do all the same.
The phone is no longer recognized by my computer.
When I plug it, I get 13 new windows asking me to format the device and one I can explore.
Inside, there is one folder named "Image", filled with 51,4 Mb of files...
Quite confusing.
I don't know what to do, so any help to get the phone back to work will be appreciated
Thank you in advance.

Eijo said:
Hi everyone
I may have bricked my G2. I use to have a Samsung Galaxy S which I flashed many times so I kinda know when I mess up with instructions. This time though, things look a bit more serious... Anyway, here is what happened:
I flashed the Cloudy G3 rom (1.0) for my G2 D802 32gb. Original rom was stock rooted 4.4.
I followed the instructions :
- Backup rom
- All wipes
- Flash kitkat baseband
- Flash rom zip
- Get through the aroma installer steps
But then, when it asked to reboot, the phone just shut down.
Now it won't turn on. All I have is a quick look at the LG boot logo, and then the screen goes all black (blacklit is still on) again.
All I managed to do so far is maintaining the LG boot logo a bit longer on screen by alternatively pressing volume + or - at random times.
I can't access recovery or download mode anymore.
Plugging the phone will only show the LG boot logo and do all the same.
The phone is no longer recognized by my computer.
When I plug it, I get 13 new windows asking me to format the device and one I can explore.
Inside, there is one folder named "Image", filled with 51,4 Mb of files...
Quite confusing.
I don't know what to do, so any help to get the phone back to work will be appreciated
Thank you in advance.
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same here after flashing the wrong kernel, and tried with the good one using fastboot....
please help!

darkflyer1983 said:
same here after flashing the wrong kernel, and tried with the good one using fastboot....
please help!
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At least I'm not alone :laugh:
I found this thread but haven't tried yet. Don't know if the problem is similar.
I really hope the phone isn't dead, it's almost brand new

This is exactly what I have . The main problem is we can not see phone partitions. Always the alarm "can not access " or "format" !Waiting for some body to help restaure our LG G2.

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Are you still under warranty. If you can't get into download mode that means that LG won't be able to either. You could process a return directly from LG.

Problem solved ...
Somehow I did manage to hard reset (vol - & power, wait for LG logo, release and then press vol - & power again) and then access recovery mode, so I did restore my backup (which had been renamed to ... 1970-05-01 ! lol) and my G2 is now back to life.
Weirdest thing ever... Kinda worried about flashing it again now !
Thing to remember : always have a backup file.

You are lucky man! I've done it but nothing after. I can access to hard reset but when I push power button the screen goes black as before ....

Is it actually in "Download Mode"?
GeneralMills777 said:
Are you still under warranty. If you can't get into download mode that means that LG won't be able to either. You could process a return directly from LG.
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So, if my G2 shows "Download Mode" on the screen with the little white dots, but it's not recognized by Windows 7, Ubuntu, or Knoppix, and is for all intents and purposes, non-responsive, does anyone know if it's actually in "Download Mode"?

Eijo said:
Somehow I did manage to hard reset (vol - & power, wait for LG logo, release and then press vol - & power again) and then access recovery mode, so I did restore my backup (which had been renamed to ... 1970-05-01 ! lol) and my G2 is now back to life.
Weirdest thing ever... Kinda worried about flashing it again now !
Thing to remember : always have a backup file.
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Peperepe said:
You are lucky man! I've done it but nothing after. I can access to hard reset but when I push power button the screen goes black as before ....
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In my case, it just stuck on the same screen. Nothing moves.

honest1212 said:
In my case, it just stuck on the same screen. Nothing moves.
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same problem here:
+ Download mode with some blue dot and nothing move, PC has no usb connection detected
+ Stuck on the LG logo screen with normal boot
+ NO recovery
+ it does FACTORY RESET but keep processing and nothing happen

Helped me, too.

Eijo said:
Hi everyone
I may have bricked my G2. I use to have a Samsung Galaxy S which I flashed many times so I kinda know when I mess up with instructions. This time though, things look a bit more serious... Anyway, here is what happened:
I flashed the Cloudy G3 rom (1.0) for my G2 D802 32gb. Original rom was stock rooted 4.4.
I followed the instructions :
- Backup rom
- All wipes
- Flash kitkat baseband
- Flash rom zip
- Get through the aroma installer steps
But then, when it asked to reboot, the phone just shut down.
Now it won't turn on. All I have is a quick look at the LG boot logo, and then the screen goes all black (blacklit is still on) again.
All I managed to do so far is maintaining the LG boot logo a bit longer on screen by alternatively pressing volume + or - at random times.
I can't access recovery or download mode anymore.
Plugging the phone will only show the LG boot logo and do all the same.
The phone is no longer recognized by my computer.
When I plug it, I get 13 new windows asking me to format the device and one I can explore.
Inside, there is one folder named "Image", filled with 51,4 Mb of files...
Quite confusing.
I don't know what to do, so any help to get the phone back to work will be appreciated
Thank you in advance.
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hi dude , i had the same issue , and i lost my g2 cause of it , please dont mess with the partitions , to all of you please dont delete the partitions , just turn off your phone , press volume up and push usb cable you ll get into download mode , from there yo can go back to stock by the .tot flashing method or kdz but dont mess with partitions , i deleted partitions and my phone wad totally dead , no one could repair it

Something happened to me today...
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[Q] cant get to recovery mod in lg g2 d802

dear friends
i messed with my device trying to root device and get new custom rom then i wipe everything and stuck in lg logo after many times to fix this finally i get my phone work again with stock kitkat
but my problem now i cant get to recovery mod only for downloading mod and written there rooted with red color
anyway to get into recovery mod again and make hard reset to make as new as i bought first time ????
by the way i flashed many times kdz stock rom and same problem exist
my phone is lg g2 d802 32gb

omarsalah007 said:
dear friends
i messed with my device trying to root device and get new custom rom then i wipe everything and stuck in lg logo after many times to fix this finally i get my phone work again with stock kitkat
but my problem now i cant get to recovery mod only for downloading mod and written there rooted with red color
anyway to get into recovery mod again and make hard reset to make as new as i bought first time ????
by the way i flashed many times kdz stock rom and same problem exist
my phone is lg g2 d802 32gb
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Did you pick normal flash or CSE flash? If you picked CSE you definitely will not be rooted after its done. Hard reset is vol down + power then vol up + vol down when lg logo comes up.

Art Vanderlay said:
Did you pick normal flash or CSE flash? If you picked CSE you definitely will not be rooted after its done. Hard reset is vol down + power then vol up + vol down when lg logo comes up.
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thanks for ur fast reply
i flashed last time by lg support tool its web upgrading but i need to figure out how to make it manually step by step again with ease , can u help me with some links to do so and get to recovery again as if i push vol dn + pwr not working anymore on my device !!
your help is much apreciated

omarsalah007 said:
thanks for ur fast reply
i flashed last time by lg support tool its web upgrading but i need to figure out how to make it manually step by step again with ease , can u help me with some links to do so and get to recovery again as if i push vol dn + pwr not working anymore on my device !!
your help is much apreciated
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Its really easy this time just look here
Download your regions firmware, run the flashtool as administrater and pick CSE flash. Thats all you need to do. As for the factory reset, try the steps that i wrote above, its a bit different from the old way.

Art Vanderlay said:
Its really easy this time just look here
Download your regions firmware, run the flashtool as administrater and pick CSE flash. Thats all you need to do. As for the factory reset, try the steps that i wrote above, its a bit different from the old way.
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i will try this later today and will give u feed back
thank u

All work good , I downgrade to 4.2.2 by .tot file then upgrade by flashing kdz 4.4.2 :thumbup:
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[Q] Flashed wrong kernel!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Q] LG d802 recovery hell

Hi All,
I hoping some kind soul will guide/lend a helping hand here?
Here's my problem, I own an LG G2 d802, running kk4.2.2, rooted via towelroot.
Today I decided to for the first time to delve into the world of custom ROM's and what a mistake it was
Basically I downloaded TWRP for d802(img), gapps(d802 version), and cm Resurrection Remix and then I made the fatal mistake of using Flashify to flash TWRP to my phone and rebooting. After doing this I can no longer enter download mode, recovery mode, and when I try to go to either I get the ERROR: boot certification verify: secure booting error.
When I i plug my phone into my computer (drivers & LG support tool installed) my computer recognizes my device, however it displays around 10 or so removable drives i.e f, g, r etc and lots of messages appear saying i need to format them before they can be used and Support tool doesn't recognize my phone as being connected at all
I have searched lots of threads and now realize that Instead of using Flashify I should have used Autorec(lesson learned), I have also searched for possible solutions and the only
one which looks remotely viable is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
My only problem is I have LG G2 d802 32gb model and the files in the above guide/solution are for the LG G2 d802 16gb 10a and even then if they was the correct files I think i would still have a very hard time following/using the files to make my phone live again and also have no knowledge/exp with Linux distro's.
I am a total noob/idiot and don't have a clue how I am going to fix my phone and have pretty much pulled out whats left of my hair in despair!!
Please help me.
Kindest regards, Dark.

darkrituals said:
Hi All,
I hoping some kind soul will guide/lend a helping hand here?
Here's my problem, I own an LG G2 d802, running kk4.2.2, rooted via towelroot.
Today I decided to for the first time to delve into the world of custom ROM's and what a mistake it was
Basically I downloaded TWRP for d802(img), gapps(d802 version), and cm Resurrection Remix and then I made the fatal mistake of using Flashify to flash TWRP to my phone and rebooting. After doing this I can no longer enter download mode, recovery mode, and when I try to go to either I get the ERROR: boot certification verify: secure booting error.
When I i plug my phone into my computer (drivers & LG support tool installed) my computer recognizes my device, however it displays around 10 or so removable drives i.e f, g, r etc and lots of messages appear saying i need to format them before they can be used and Support tool doesn't recognize my phone as being connected at all
I have searched lots of threads and now realize that Instead of using Flashify I should have used Autorec(lesson learned), I have also searched for possible solutions and the only
one which looks remotely viable is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
My only problem is I have LG G2 d802 32gb model and the files in the above guide/solution are for the LG G2 d802 16gb 10a and even then if they was the correct files I think i would still have a very hard time following/using the files to make my phone live again and also have no knowledge/exp with Linux distro's.
I am a total noob/idiot and don't have a clue how I am going to fix my phone and have pretty much pulled out whats left of my hair in despair!!
Please help me.
Kindest regards, Dark.
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I am literally going insane now is there no one here that can even be so kind to say if the above is even the correct way for me to go? or point out a way which may be better or a step by step/link to things I need?
I really don't have the exp/confidence or knowledge to be bale to know if its correct or not and really don't want to make things worse by trying something that may not be right
Can find threads and websites which have similar type situation but all seem to have slightly different to my own as most can seem to have download mode or still be able to boot their OS but i cant do either.
is this below method any use for my situation?
http://www.lg-phones.org/guide-to-flash-restore-unbirck-verizon-lg-g2.html

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You say in your original post you're running KK 4.2.2. 4.2.2 is Jellybean not KitKat, so which one are you running exactly?
If you didn't use AutoRec your bootloader should still be a Kitkat Bootloader since AutoRec's job is to downgrade your Bootloader to Jellybean.
There are 2 ways to access Recovery Mode on a G2 depending on the current Bootloader.
Method 1 (Jellybean Bootloader)
Turn G2 Off. Hold PWR + VOL DWN, when LG Logo appears let go and hold PWR + VOL DWN.
Method 2 (KitKat Bootloader)
Turn G2 Off. How PWR + VOL DWN, when LG Logo appears, let go and hold VOL UP + VOL DWN.
Do either of those work?

d00lz said:
You say in your original post you're running KK 4.2.2. 4.2.2 is Jellybean not KitKat, so which one are you running exactly?
If you didn't use AutoRec your bootloader should still be a Kitkat Bootloader since AutoRec's job is to downgrade your Bootloader to Jellybean.
There are 2 ways to access Recovery Mode on a G2 depending on the current Bootloader.
Method 1 (Jellybean Bootloader)
Turn G2 Off. Hold PWR + VOL DWN, when LG Logo appears let go and hold PWR + VOL DWN.
Method 2 (KitKat Bootloader)
Turn G2 Off. How PWR + VOL DWN, when LG Logo appears, let go and hold VOL UP + VOL DWN.
Do either of those work?
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Hi d00lz,
Thanks for your reply, my mistake its 4.4 and definitely kitkat . I have tried the above and I get LG logo then boot verification error message then black screen.
When i do download mode key sequence with USB lead I get black screen backlit.

darkrituals said:
Hi d00lz,
Thanks for your reply, my mistake its 4.4 and definitely kitkat . I have tried the above and I get LG logo then boot verification error message then black screen.
When i do download mode key sequence with USB lead I get black screen backlit.
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Well since you can't access Recovery Mode, you can't access Download Mode and your receiving a Boot Error, It sounds like your only option here is to follow this tutorial.
As for the files you need, you have a 32GB D802. Download this .7z package and extract it. You'll find all the .img files you need. Now follow the tutorial .

d00lz said:
Well since you can't access Recovery Mode, you can't access Download Mode and your receiving a Boot Error, It sounds like your only option here is to follow this tutorial.
As for the files you need, you have a 32GB D802. Download this .7z package and extract it. You'll find all the .img files you need. Now follow the tutorial .
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Hi again d00lz,
Thanks again for your speedy reply and also for the help , tutorial and for the files, extremely appreciated
I will have a go and hopefully it will be good news either way will post here my experience and outcome.
Many thanks again.
Dark.

darkrituals said:
Hi again d00lz,
Thanks again for your speedy reply and also for the help , tutorial and for the files, extremely appreciated
I will have a go and hopefully it will be good news either way will post here my experience and outcome.
Many thanks again.
Dark.
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No worries hope everything goes well If you're unsure if any commands just send me a message or post here.
Note: It's nice to hit the "thanks" button under my posts if you are thankful Saying thanks without clicking the thanks button is like a slap in the face .

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No worries hope everything goes well If you're unsure if any commands just send me a message or post here.
Note: It's nice to hit the "thanks" button under my posts if you are thankful Saying thanks without clicking the thanks button is like a slap in the face .
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Quick update just before i commenced with the tutorial , i once again tried the key sequence for Download mode and recovery mode and to my surprise got a different result to yesterday!
I now can do factory reset which wouldn't let me do yesterday , have started it but now worried as its been the little green android man with blue spinning cogs in his chest for about for 15 minutes now and fear i may have made things worse

darkrituals said:
Quick update just before i commenced with the tutorial , i once again tried the key sequence for Download mode and recovery mode and to my surprise got a different result to yesterday!
I now can do factory reset which wouldn't let me do yesterday , have started it but now worried as its been the little green android man with blue spinning cogs in his chest for about for 15 minutes now and fear i may have made things worse
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Android man screen has now gone thank god but now in its lace is the dreaded black backlit screen, and when powered off and on again still get the dame LG logo and boot verification/security error oh well was worth a try i guess and back to the tutorial you gave with the files

Phone bricked, help

Edit: I fixed it. I had the old KK kernel on the phone storage, so I went into recovery and just flashed it. Everything works now
I downloaded the DorimanX OTA and the went to update my kernel via the app (long story short - it downloaded a LP kernel & I use a KK rom). The phone went to recovery and then the screen went black. Now when I try to turn it on (by holding the power button) I get the LG logo for a second or two, and then it returns to the black screen. I can access both the recovery and download mode.
Can someone please help me solve this issue by walking me through the steps I need to take to fix this, please? Should I just do a factory reset?

Nixx13 said:
Edit: I fixed it. I had the old KK kernel on the phone storage, so I went into recovery and just flashed it. Everything works now
I downloaded the DorimanX OTA and the went to update my kernel via the app (long story short - it downloaded a LP kernel & I use a KK rom). The phone went to recovery and then the screen went black. Now when I try to turn it on (by holding the power button) I get the LG logo for a second or two, and then it returns to the black screen. I can access both the recovery and download mode.
Can someone please help me solve this issue by walking me through the steps I need to take to fix this, please? Should I just do a factory reset?
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Try SRK tool 2.1.
... if that does not work try flashing official firmware with TOT method( you will be back to stock)

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663369
Try this.