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:crying:I am rooted using cf auto, i had twrp 2.6, but just now i put 2.5.0.2 zip on my sd card to flash, bc i was having problems with 2.6, i was about to flash my first custom rom, but i wanted to revert back to 2.5.0.2 first, so when i went to flash 2.5.0.2, i went into goomanager to boot into recovery, which was fine, then i went into my sd card to install 2.5.0.2, i swiped to install, then is said install successful, so i hit reboot, NOW i am STUCK IN DOWNLOAD MODE...i cant get out! please help...i took battery out, i dont know what else to do...:crying: :crying:

So when you put the battery back in the phone it automatically boots into download mode?
If not then hold power+home+volume down to boot into recovery.
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daniel4653 said:
So when you put the battery back in the phone it automatically boots into download mode?
If not then hold power+home+volume down to boot into recovery.
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nope, boots into download mode that way too....WTF??

TrickyD76 said:
nope, boots into download mode that way too....WTF??
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Sh%t I'm stupid. Its volume up not volume down to get into recovery mode. Try volume up+home+power.
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daniel4653 said:
Sh%t I'm stupid. Its volume up not volume down to get into recovery mode. Try volume up+home+power.
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That does not work either....ive tried volume up down sideways, home button, no home button...every which way takes me to download mode...there has to be another way...

If all it does is go into download mode. Then you are lucky in a way because you can Odin back to stock which fixes almost all issues. This will delete you data, more than likely. Which is only apps, messages, calls, not your pictures on internal storage.
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daniel4653 said:
If all it does is go into download mode. Then you are lucky in a way because you can Odin back to stock which fixes almost all issues. This will delete you data, more than likely. Which is only apps, messages, calls, not your pictures on internal storage.
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this is bulls*^%t...there has to be a better way....and can anyone tell me why this happened in the first place...what would have caused this to happen? what did i do wrong in trying to flash 2.5.0.2???

TrickyD76 said:
this is bulls*^%t...there has to be a better way....and can anyone tell me why this happened in the first place...what would have caused this to happen? what did i do wrong in trying to flash 2.5.0.2???
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It sucks. But stuff like this happens. And being rooted you have to know the risks of flashing and modding your phone. And its not that bad. Its exactly the same as wiping your phone to install a new ROM. You delete all the same stuff. Not hard to get back up and running.
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daniel4653 said:
It sucks. But stuff like this happens. And being rooted you have to know the risks of flashing and modding your phone. And its not that bad. Its exactly the same as wiping your phone to install a new ROM. You delete all the same stuff. Not hard to get back up and running.
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okay...now what? what do i do? connect to odin and what? thank you Daniel

TrickyD76 said:
okay...now what? what do i do? connect to odin and what? thank you Daniel
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Follow this video by QBKing77. Dow load the appropriate files.
http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
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daniel4653 said:
Follow this video by QBKing77. Dow load the appropriate files.
http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
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No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
SGS4 Sent

ifly4vamerica said:
No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
SGS4 Sent
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phewwww....thank you, i did not want to do this...how do i flash from odin??? thanks!

TrickyD76 said:
phewwww....thank you, i did not want to do this...how do i flash from odin??? thanks!
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download odin
download twrp 2.5.0.2 tar
click on the odin file
then click pda and select the twrp tar
boot phone into download mode
then connect phone
click start in odin
Get twrp here.
Get Odin hereOdin
I use odin 1.85, just make sure you have the drivers installed for odin to work also. That thread should give you all the info you need.

ifly4vamerica said:
download odin
download twrp 2.5.0.2 tar
click on the odin file
then click pda and select the twrp tar
boot phone into download mode
then connect phone
click start in odin
Get twrp here.
Get Odin hereOdin
I use odin 1.85, just make sure you have the drivers installed for odin to work also. That thread should give you all the info you need.
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can you help me find a twrrp 2.5.0.2 .tar file NOT from Techerrata...my computer is blocking that website (im at work ....OF COURSE

Try here

leaderbuilder said:
Try here
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thank you all!! especially YOU leaderbuilder....that link did the trick, and im am BACK!! thanks everyone!

ifly4vamerica said:
No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
SGS4 Sent
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Calm down sparky. Dudes going to wipe his phone no matter what to flash the rom.
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daniel4653 said:
Calm down sparky. Dudes going to wipe his phone no matter what to flash the rom.
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He specifically stated he didn't want to wipe. Plus why return completely to stock if there is no need. You SPARKY need to settle down and try to give useful information for a persons particular problem. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off for a simple recovery missflash. Then to try and bash me because I actually helped him not to have to set everything up again. What if he didn't have a proper nandroid or hadn't ran a recent TB backup. Then he would have lost all data. Now all is well. Check post 7 if you missed the part where he is asking for a better way.

ifly4vamerica said:
He specifically stated he didn't want to wipe. Plus why return completely to stock if there is no need. You SPARKY need to settle down and try to give useful information for a persons particular problem. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off for a simple recovery missflash. Then to try and bash me because I actually helped him not to have to set everything up again. What if he didn't have a proper nandroid or hadn't ran a recent TB backup. Then he would have lost all data. Now all is well. Check post 7 if you missed the part where he is asking for a better way.
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He didn't say he didn't want to wipe until after. He didn't say that when I told him to Odin back to stock. I am settled. Lol. At the time that was the only way I knew we to resolve this so I gave him that option. It was good that you guys knew about the tar version of the recovery.
Now I learned something new.
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[Q] LG G2 Bricked! PLEASE HELP!!!

i have the VZW G2 (VS-980) and its stuck in fastboot mode. ive tried all the different methods listed in these forums and nothing has worked. i cant get into download mode as everytime i try, download mode shows for a second then goes into fastboot mode again. PLEASE HELP!!

simon_lefisch said:
i have the VZW G2 (VS-980) and its stuck in fastboot mode. ive tried all the different methods listed in these forums and nothing has worked. i cant get into download mode as everytime i try, download mode shows for a second then goes into fastboot mode again. PLEASE HELP!!
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How the hell did you brick it? Give us some more background on what tweaks, root methods, flashing recovery methods did you use or else its hard to diagnose the issue.

ericdabbs said:
How the hell did you brick it? Give us some more background on what tweaks, root methods, flashing recovery methods did you use or else its hard to diagnose the issue.
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ok. i was on stock. rooted with the IO method. wanted to flash a ROM (clean rom). downloaded ROM, wipe dalvik/cache/data. after reboot, phone booted into recovery mode. tried going into download mode to revert back to stock and LG FlashTool failed. said phone was the wrong model number (D802). the ROM i Downloaded said it was for VZW G2. obviously it wasnt. so i finally ended up using fastboot to push boot image and it booted, but in about phone, it says it D802 model (i just got it to boot, where as before i was stuck in fastboot mode). now i need to return to stock, but dont know how. any ideas?

Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517649&highlight=bricked

Gnarfsan said:
Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517649&highlight=bricked
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well, i actually was able to restore a backup i had of my stock rom and that fixed the model number prob, however now i cant get into download mode so i can do a reflash :/

simon_lefisch said:
well, i actually was able to restore a backup i had of my stock rom and that fixed the model number prob, however now i cant get into download mode so i can do a reflash :/
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Even following the steps posted in that thread?

Gnarfsan said:
Even following the steps posted in that thread?
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yes. not sure why its doing that. is there any way that download mode can be deleted from the phone? also, how do you get into fastboot mode?
EDIT: nevermind. i finally got it into download mode!! (thank god!!) flashing right now. damn that was a pain in the ass. i was starting to freak out that i messed up my phone. this is my first LG phone so this process is a little new to me (been on moto for the last few years) thanks for trying to help me out. this was def a learning experience.

Phew, I'm glad to hear that. Some day I will be in the same situation
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Just a quick question. Why would you even need to go into download mode to flash a Rom? Never once have I done that. Really, just curious.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.

trickster2369 said:
Just a quick question. Why would you even need to go into download mode to flash a Rom? Never once have I done that. Really, just curious.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
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I was thinking the same thing. It's best to stay out of those modes. Get a recovery installed ASAP and do everything that you need to do from there. I recommend TWRP Recovery.
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Maybe because when flashing stock rom download mode is needed (atleast in my old sammy phone, maybe same in moto phones)

What's wrong with restoring the backup of the stock rom that should have been made before wiping and flashing a different rom? Not sure what I'm missing here.
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Download mode is useful to flash the entire phone back to stock using the OEM tools. It's not just for the stock ROM. It's everything. It's useful if you get a bit carried away in TWRP and wipe partitions you really shouldn't be touching. Or if you somehow manage to bork your recovery, or at least can't get into it. It's also good if you want your phone to be completely stock to sell it or to send it in on warranty. I'm sure someone could come up with other scenarios where it's useful.
But yes, it is a good idea to keep a backup of your stock ROM. And as always, know what you're flashing, make sure it's for your phone and check md5s. And be mindful of what you're doing in recovery. You should be able to avoid most issues. Download mode is indeed something you shouldn't be using often but as I said above there are situations where it is useful or necessary. It's actually something I suggest you know how to use. I say it's always a good idea to know how to get back to complete stock for warranty stuff, selling, or if something just goes majorly wrong.

The Rom I was trying to flash was apparently for a different model number, yet it was under the Verizon thread. There was no md5 to cross reference. In the end I ended up finding the proper boot image/twrp files and pushed them via fastboot (since I was unable to use adb) which then allowed more to restore a backup of the original Rom. Just took me all night to finally get back to stock. Then I decided to restore to out-of-the-box stock just to make sure all files weren't corrupted our anything.
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Not for nothing, but I ran the LG flash tool without putting the phone in download mode and it worked fine.

Semantics said:
Not for nothing, but I ran the LG flash tool without putting the phone in download mode and it worked fine.
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Hmm.....interesting. I may try that next time I have to flash to stock.
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Same Problem
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The Rom I was trying to flash was apparently for a different model number, yet it was under the Verizon thread. There was no md5 to cross reference. In the end I ended up finding the proper boot image/twrp files and pushed them via fastboot (since I was unable to use adb) which then allowed more to restore a backup of the original Rom. Just took me all night to finally get back to stock. Then I decided to restore to out-of-the-box stock just to make sure all files weren't corrupted our anything.
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Can you fill me in on how you used fastboot to install twrp? I am in the same boat right now...

i'm stuck as well in Fastboot and can't figure it out

emmur0 said:
i'm stuck as well in Fastboot and can't figure it out
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I sent you a pm

You can you adb side load which is the same for flashing rom, pushing, or pulling file from the phone which is the first thing to learn before flashing anything to the new device that you got and know nothing about.
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Link to Stock Recovery needed

I have twrp installed and would like to reinstall the stock recovery. Anyone have a link?
I have Verizon VS980 (I assume i have a D802-anyone know how to tell?). thanks

Camoxjeep said:
I have twrp installed and would like to reinstall the stock recovery. Anyone have a link?
I have Verizon VS980 (I assume i have a D802-anyone know how to tell?). thanks
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That would be very helpful to have. I have a D801.
Thanks for suggesting it.
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Damn! I once backuped original recovery via flashify but now going to flashify app or to its data on internal memory, I cannot find anything anymore! That most certainly happened when I changed roms between stocks and AOSPs...
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Life Engineer said:
Damn! I once backuped original recovery via flashify but now going to flashify app or to its data on internal memory, I cannot find anything anymore! That most certainly happened when I changed roms between stocks and AOSPs...
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How do you do it using flashify so someone here can get us a copy? thanks

If you are rooted but still on stock recovery, you go into flashify and go to backup/restore tab! From there you choose "backup current recovery".
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Camoxjeep said:
How do you do it using flashify so someone here can get us a copy? thanks
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I have a Flashify VS980 stock recovery image backup on my sdcard if you want to give it a shot. Obviously the old I don't take responsibility if something applies here. Lol. I've never tried to restore it. Let me know and I'll try to PM you a link to my box account so you can download it.

Ronbo19 said:
I have a Flashify VS980 stock recovery image backup on my sdcard if you want to give it a shot. Obviously the old I don't take responsibility if something applies here. Lol. I've never tried to restore it. Let me know and I'll try to PM you a link to my box account so you can download it.
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Yes that would be great. thanks and I'll try it. if anything I'll have to reinstall trwp

ok, flashed the stock recovery image you sent thru flashify. Seemed to work but when I try to go to recovery it shows LG then at the top seems to give options then screen goes black and nothing. I did hold the power button for 10 seconds till it vibrated and rebooted. Phone restarted then I decided to defrost the app that checks for OTA. Now I'm stuck on the recovery section with a black screen I think all because I forgot to temp unroot before I decided to try and take the OTA:crying: Doesnt seem like the flash worked correctly either so I guess I'm going completely back to stock and lose all my info unless someone has a workaround?
THanks

Camoxjeep said:
I have twrp installed and would like to reinstall the stock recovery. Anyone have a link?
I have Verizon VS980 (I assume i have a D802-anyone know how to tell?). thanks
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MarkAtHome said:
That would be very helpful to have. I have a D801.
Thanks for suggesting it.
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I have since found a source here: http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G2

Bricked lg g2-d802! Help!

So, I was going to do a clean flash... but I accidentaly checked "Internal Storage" and now I only have TWRP and Download mode working... I have the International Model (D802) and the phone is charged at 100%. With the LG Mobile thingy is reveals the LG G2 D802 has a LGV500 (a G Pad, really?) WHAT DO I CAN DO? ç.ç :crying:

Hey Bro.
Don't worry, I got you
Follow this thread closely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
If it's any comfort, I made the same mistake first time I had to reflash my rom.
So calm down and focus. Don't plug the USB our when doing this, it will brick your phone completely.
Best regards, vPro.

vPro97 said:
Hey Bro.
Don't worry, I got you
Follow this thread closely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
If it's any comfort, I made the same mistake first time I had to reflash my rom.
So calm down and focus. Don't plug the USB our when doing this, it will brick your phone completely.
Best regards, vPro.
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OK, when I was waiting for your answer, I just tried to flash with ADB Sideload... and it actually works! I've flashed the baseband of cloudyg3's... but when i want to flash the rom it says "cannot read "cloudyrom.zip""
So what do i do to flash the rom with adb?

0144walter said:
OK, when I was waiting for your answer, I just tried to flash with ADB Sideload... and it actually works! I've flashed the baseband of cloudyg3's... but when i want to flash the rom it says "cannot read "cloudyrom.zip""
So what do i do to flash the rom with adb?
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You need to type the name exactly as it says on the zip.

vPro97 said:
You need to type the name exactly as it says on the zip.
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I'm a noob... but not so much to make that error... I rename the zip because I was thinking that the dots (CloudyG3_[2.1] <---- these dots) is making adb not read the zip, so I rename it to a simple "cloudyrom" and it doesnt work anyway.... but I'm a little more happy because I know that I can still make the phone work

What's the command you're using?

vPro97 said:
What's the command you're using?
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The same comand that I used for kk_baseband
"adb sideload cloudyrom.zip"

0144walter said:
The same comand that I used for kk_baseband
"adb sideload cloudyrom.zip"
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i have the same problem here (crying::crying:
maybe you cant flash cloudyrom via sideload because it aroma installer try cyanogenmod 11

AJDA said:
i have the same problem here (crying::crying:
maybe you cant flash cloudyrom via sideload because it aroma installer try cyanogenmod 11
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I solved the problem flashing stock ROM with LG Flash Tool 2014, and now I've got again CloudyG3 and somehow the complete wipe made the telephone more faster lol , but there is a little bit of battery drain... Don't know what to do now, but its working good!
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0144walter said:
I solved the problem flashing stock ROM with LG Flash Tool 2014, and now I've got again CloudyG3 and somehow the complete wipe made the telephone more faster lol , but there is a little bit of battery drain... Don't know what to do now, but its working good!
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I'm happy to hear that
and im fix my g2 too hahhaha

lg g2 bircked

I was flashing the KDZ after i got stuck a boot loop and it won't go into recovery, the LG tool showed ???? for all text then it crashed and my phone powder off and now i am unable to get into download mode. when i try to go into download mode it just goes onto a blank screen and mounts drives f ~ Q on my computer.
imgur links below (can't add links yet)
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EDIT: I have tried everything even opening the phone to short the testing pins but nothing worked. looks like i have to get a new phone it's sad to say goodbye

vorticalbox said:
I was flashing the KDZ after i got stuck a boot loop and it won't go into recovery, the LG tool showed ???? for all text then it crashed and my phone powder off and now i am unable to get into download mode. when i try to go into download mode it just goes onto a blank screen and mounts drives f ~ Q on my computer.
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EDIT: I have tried everything even opening the phone to short the testing pins but nothing worked. looks like i have to get a new phone it's sad to say goodbye
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WAIT, your phone can still be fixed. Use srk tools to unbrick your device. If you see multiple disk drives your phone is still revivable.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
WAIT, your phone can still be fixed. Use srk tools to unbrick your device. If you see multiple disk drives your phone is still revivable.
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I tried the tools the unbrick didn't work. the device isn't showing up like it does in the video see my second screen shot. I will try it again though.
edit: right went and did it again and I still have no download mode but I can get the recovery menu, I replaced the recovery img in the folder to tWPR to try boot it but again black screen when I try. I will try replacing the files with the .img form my current rom and see if she boots
Edit 2: I see lots of disks like above but still no download mode when connecting via USB, just about to give up on this darn phone

vorticalbox said:
I tried the tools the unbrick didn't work. the device isn't showing up like it does in the video see my second screen shot. I will try it again though.
edit: right went and did it again and I still have no download mode but I can get the recovery menu, I replaced the recovery img in the folder to tWPR to try boot it but again black screen when I try. I will try replacing the files with the .img form my current rom and see if she boots
Edit 2: I see lots of disks like above but still no download mode when connecting via USB, just about to give up on this darn phone
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hold on what phone model do you have?

xmayhemreturnsx said:
hold on what phone model do you have?
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I have d802, I found a different tool that worked just fine got my phone up and working now.
EDIT: ok so after getting back to stock KitKat I now can't flash custom ROM's tried flashing cloudy g3 and it went back to brick mode

What tool did you use to unbrick your phone?

fabiosilva said:
What tool did you use to unbrick your phone?
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I used forum.xda-developers(.com)/lg-g2/general/unbrick-lg-g2-qhsusbbulkqualcomm-9006-t2939627
I have a working phone on kit Kat and that's ok.

vorticalbox said:
I have d802, I found a different tool that worked just fine got my phone up and working now.
EDIT: ok so after getting back to stock KitKat I now can't flash custom ROM's tried flashing cloudy g3 and it went back to brick mode
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In order to flash cloudy g3 lollipop you need to flash the KitKat baseband before you install it.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
In order to flash cloudy g3 lollipop you need to flash the KitKat baseband before you install it.
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Yeah it was a late one last night spending all day trying to fix it lol thanks for the help.

xmayhemreturnsx said:
In order to flash cloudy g3 lollipop you need to flash the KitKat baseband before you install it.
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I love you, man! So simple, and yet it solved my problem flashing CloudyG2 3.3! I tried flashing it from stock KK, and couldn't do it no matter what, until I did what you said. When reading other posts, I understood KK baseband is needed when you flash from JB. Didn't realize the same applies when you are coming from stock KK. Jeez...
Anyway, big THANK YOU! :good:

kt-Froggy said:
I love you, man! So simple, and yet it solved my problem flashing CloudyG2 3.3! I tried flashing it from stock KK, and couldn't do it no matter what, until I did what you said. When reading other posts, I understood KK baseband is needed when you flash from JB. Didn't realize the same applies when you are coming from stock KK. Jeez...
Anyway, big THANK YOU! :good:
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No problem, I'm glad I could help.
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