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[Q] Did I Brick my Verizon LG G2? Help?

Got my phone today and I rooted my phone and then installed TWRP. I held off installing the initial OTA update, but the phone installed it after a certain time. It rebooted and I am stuck in recovery mode in the TWRP interface. I don't have any custom ROMs installed to boot from. I did a factory reset but I'm afraid I may have deleted the stock ROM.
Is there any way to reboot back into the system? If not, how can I get the stock ROM back onto the phone through the computer?
I guess you can tell by now that I am new at this, but any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Please double check but I think you want this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
[GUIDE] INSTALLING TWRP on LGG2 (VZW, AT&T, TMobile, KT) [UPDATED]
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marleyinoc said:
Please double check but I think you want this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
[GUIDE] INSTALLING TWRP on LGG2 (VZW, AT&T, TMobile, KT) [UPDATED]
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Unfortunately, I rooted the phone first, then installed TWRP, and then I installed the OTA. So now when I turn on the phone or try to reboot, it boots into the TWRP touch screen.
I stupidly did a factory reset of the phone, so I don't know what I need to do next. I know I need to get the stock rom back onto the phone somehow, but I need to get the phone to be able to link my PC to get the rom onto the SD card.

Maybe grab a nandroid from someone on verizon and throw it back on your sd Card
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Rockliveson123 said:
Maybe grab a nandroid from someone on verizon and throw it back on your sd Card
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I poked around TWRP more and it seems my system is still installed on the phone (~2400MB). Don't know if that changes anything.

marleyinoc said:
Please double check but I think you want this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
[GUIDE] INSTALLING TWRP on LGG2 (VZW, AT&T, TMobile, KT) [UPDATED]
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Looked at the link in the link you provided. I was able to revert back using the twrp terminal. Thanks!

legoman822 said:
Got my phone today and I rooted my phone and then installed TWRP. I held off installing the initial OTA update, but the phone installed it after a certain time. It rebooted and I am stuck in recovery mode in the TWRP interface. I don't have any custom ROMs installed to boot from. I did a factory reset but I'm afraid I may have deleted the stock ROM.
Is there any way to reboot back into the system? If not, how can I get the stock ROM back onto the phone through the computer?
I guess you can tell by now that I am new at this, but any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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all hope is not lost
you need to sideload a rom on to your phone, see this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318497

[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
simon_lefisch said:
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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Need serious help fast

Running twrp rooted stock rom on verizon. Everythings been fine since Ive had this which has been around a month. All of a sudden my phone restarts by itself and goes into recovery. I tried to restart and it just stays in recovery mode. I only have about 8% battery left now and have no clue what to do. Just plugged my phone in and I cant tell if its actually recharging. Anyone know what to do? Ive tried a restore and its still stuck in recovery. V2.6.3.3 any help is very much appreciated. thanks

Camoxjeep said:
Running twrp rooted stock rom on verizon. Everythings been fine since Ive had this which has been around a month. All of a sudden my phone restarts by itself and goes into recovery. I tried to restart and it just stays in recovery mode. I only have about 8% battery left now and have no clue what to do. Just plugged my phone in and I cant tell if its actually recharging. Anyone know what to do? Ive tried a restore and its still stuck in recovery. V2.6.3.3 any help is very much appreciated. thanks
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Flash a new ROM... hopefully you have the zip of the one you are currently using?
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Jank4AU said:
Flash a new ROM... hopefully you have the zip of the one you are currently using?
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How do I do that? its the stock rom. I never loaded one a different one.

Oh, I thought you were just using one of the stock ROM's from xda... not the actual one that came with the phone. However, you can try to push a new one to your phone with adb and flash that. Do you still have the recovery zip? Maybe recovery just went bad and you can reflash it...?
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Jank4AU said:
Oh, I thought you were just using one of the stock ROM's from xda... not the actual one that came with the phone. However, you can try to push a new one to your phone with adb and flash that. Do you still have the recovery zip? Maybe recovery just went bad and you can reflash it...?
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any links how to do that with adb? Been out of the loop with flashing and came from a motorola phone so LG way is way different. thanks

Camoxjeep said:
any links how to do that with adb? Been out of the loop with flashing and came from a motorola phone so LG way is way different. thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2371634
Here's one thread. You should Google it for other I instructions but there are tons of them. Also try to find the adb and/or SDK download files.
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OK, still working on this. Dont have but a few hours here and there to get this running again. Been to tons of pages reading, reading and more reading. Downloaded and installed SDK manager. I guess it also installs ADB. I found it within the SKD Platform-tools folder but when I click on it all it does is open, goes thru a ton of commands then closes. I also found it in C:ADB folder. Does the same thing. Doesnt stay open so I can type anything in it? Ive got flashtool installed also. I cant get into download mode on my phone either.
Also trying to go this route LG G2 Stock Firmware (Go Back to Stock) in General section but dont know exactly which file to download. Right now downloading the VS98010B_13 file. Probably need the VS98011A_01 but man it takes an hour to download. Which one do I use? Also dont know if I have the D800 or D802? My box says LG-VS980. Dont know if that matters. But again I dont think I can use this method as I cant get into download mode.
I do download the KDZ files and not the TOT files right?
Any other help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

Try the return to stock method with the vs98010b file first. Sounds like ur phone took an OTA hence the recovery bootloop. If u can get back to stock I'd root right away and stop any of the OTAs. U can just flash the 12B ROM and radios after installing a recovery.
Don't flash or use any files for d800 or d802, Verizon model is vs980.
Sent from Verizon logo plastered G2 bastard

OK, kept googling different things and kept reading pages from here and ran across this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696 [FIX] Installed TWRP and now you're stuck after OTA under G2 Android Development. Man, that fixed it and wish I wouldnt have flashed that backup I had now, took me back a month where Ive changed a few things on my phone since but I do have my phone back. Still would like to know which file to download so I have it down the road.

If your in twrp have you tried to aideload a ROM then see if it flashes? Just need adb installed on PC and setup, drivers installed and ROM on hand.....

Help? Stuck on Download mode?

I was trying to go back to stock 4.2.2 from the OTA on my d802 and it's stuck on the screen that says "firmware update".
I was rooted before this.
Please help :crying:

Regithiel said:
I was trying to go back to stock 4.2.2 from the OTA on my d802 and it's stuck on the screen that says "firmware update".
I was rooted before this.
Please help :crying:
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Don't fret, try out this method, here's a link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45293512
Hopefully all goes well for you.[emoji4]
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TechGirl90 said:
Don't fret, try out this method, here's a link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45293512
Hopefully all goes well for you.[emoji4]
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I've tried that, unfortunately it doesn't go pass an error message on the LG tool. I've tried everyway I've read about to flash either TWRP and CWM but nothing's working. I think the bootloader is still locked, but loki doesn't work either. What am I doing wrong?
I wanted to flash back to stock because I thought that would fix my bootloader issue.

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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