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Hey Everyone, just got my G2 today and already have a problem. So naturally the first thing I did was root it, and after a few hours researching the nuances of doing that on a VZW model I got that to work. Next I went and downloaded Titanium and moved my backup files onto the phone, and restored my apps no problem. Then I went to restore my system info (just call logs, sms/mms, bluetooth pairings) and rebooted the phone only to get stuck in a bootloop (the VZW animation would just play over and over.) So I powered off the phone thinking something just went wrong with the reboot. When I went to turn it back on I started to get worried...
No matter what key combo I pressed I could not get the phone to power on. I decided to plug it in and thankfully it did come back on, but once again went into the bootloop. So I did some researching and tried every way to reflash the stock VZW firmware, but nothing has worked. I tried the KDZ method mentioned here, but I cannot get the B2CAppSetup.exe program to install (looks like LG has moved or revoked access to csmg.lgmobile.com:9002). So I moved to this post, but I cannot get the LG Flash Tool to start the flashing (when as instructed I unplug the phone and restart it in download mode again and plug it back in the Flash Tool just says "Waiting for Connection" and doesn't do anything.)
At this point I am out of ideas. I have a feeling that since I cannot even power the phone on unless its connected to USB/Power Adapter something is seriously wrong, but I have no idea what Titanium could have restored to cause this.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Did the same thing myself and nearly crapped myself. Here's how I got out of it:
Power down the phone (hold down power button)
Turn on phone by holding power & volume down buttons
When the LG screen comes up, let go of the buttons and then hold them down again
You should then get options to factory reset.
I will say this, I was never able to restore SMS or call logs from Titanium. Doing a few factory resets just made me stop caring.
Thanks for the reply, however no matter what key combo I press I cannot get the phone to power on unless it is plugged into USB/Power Adapter so I cannot get into the stock recovery app.
Any other ideas guys?
TRDeal195 said:
Thanks for the reply, however no matter what key combo I press I cannot get the phone to power on unless it is plugged into USB/Power Adapter so I cannot get into the stock recovery app.
Any other ideas guys?
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This happened to me while flashing as well.
You have to keep trying, the timing of exactly when to release the buttons and press them again is very precise, meaning you don't have much time at all.
It took me several tries to get it back to recovery.
I also only released just the power button, not both,
Good Luck!
drice72 said:
This happened to me while flashing as well.
You have to keep trying, the timing of exactly when to release the buttons and press them again is very precise, meaning you don't have much time at all.
It took me several tries to get it back to recovery.
I also only released just the power button, not both,
Good Luck!
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Where you able to power your phone up by just pressing the power button (without it connected to anything)? That's what keeps throwing me off about this whole thing, without connecting it to something no matter what button(s) I press the phone simply will not do anything.
When you plug in the device via USB and hold the vol+key you should get the same prompt for a factory reset...
Cyko.Tech67 said:
When you plug in the device via USB and hold the vol+key you should get the same prompt for a factory reset...
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When I do this the only thing that happens is a small message comes up saying "Download Mode" and then the phone immediately goes to the firmware update screen....
TRDeal195 said:
When I do this the only thing that happens is a small message comes up saying "Download Mode" and then the phone immediately goes to the firmware update screen....
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were you running a custom rom?
or stock LG
Cyko.Tech67 said:
were you running a custom rom?
or stock LG
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Stock VS98011A_01 rooted via IORoot.
TRDeal195 said:
Stock VS98011A_01 rooted via IORoot.
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Here is my suggestion to you... try and push twrp recovery to your phone, theres a change you adb bridge might still be working, then id try flashing a rom once done with that... i can get you a link for the method on pushing twrp using the iOroot folder... will edit this in a min. once i find it
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Heres that link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
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if your having any troubles pushing twrp let me know
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Here is my suggestion to you... try and push twrp recovery to your phone, theres a change you adb bridge might still be working, then id try flashing a rom once done with that... i can get you a link for the method on pushing twrp using the iOroot folder... will edit this in a min. once i find it
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if your having any troubles pushing twrp let me know
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Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give this a shot now and let you know how I make out.
TRDeal195 said:
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give this a shot now and let you know how I make out.
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please do!
So I tried TWRP but ADB could not see the phone. As a last resort I tried the TOT restore method on the computer that I used to root it initially and it actually went through. Once 10B was restored it finally booted back up and OTA'd 11A and I was able to re-root it after that.
Lesson learned, next time I will not try to recover the phone using a difference laptop then I rooted it on.
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys!
TRDeal195 said:
So I tried TWRP but ADB could not see the phone. As a last resort I tried the TOT restore method on the computer that I used to root it initially and it actually went through. Once 10B was restored it finally booted back up and OTA'd 11A and I was able to re-root it after that.
Lesson learned, next time I will not try to recover the phone using a difference laptop then I rooted it on.
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys!
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Happy to hear you got it fixed! Now that you have got it working agian, your adb bridge should be working! so i would save that link in case of wanting to rom in the future! Hope i helped you!
I have a Verizon LG G2 I tried to flash my backed up stock recovery with Flashify so I could flash the most recent OTA. After accepting the OTA update my phone restarted, tried to install the update, hung at a black screen but was still turned on. If I power it off and back on it shows the LG logo, some white text, then goes to the same black screen. What appears to be happening is that my backup recovery did not restore properly and it's hanging when it tries to go into recovery. It's almost like my recovery partition is blank.
I've tried to follow the instructions to flash back to stock, but I do not believe I'm actually able to get my phone into download mode. When it is plugged into my windows 7 computer with the LG drivers installed it shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_BULK.
Is there any way for me to push a stock recovery, or even a custom recovery to my phone so I can somehow salvage it, or am I permanently bricked?
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I have a Verizon LG G2 I tried to flash my backed up stock recovery with Flashify so I could flash the most recent OTA. After accepting the OTA update my phone restarted, tried to install the update, hung at a black screen but was still turned on. If I power it off and back on it shows the LG logo, some white text, then goes to the same black screen. What appears to be happening is that my backup recovery did not restore properly and it's hanging when it tries to go into recovery. It's almost like my recovery partition is blank.
I've tried to follow the instructions to flash back to stock, but I do not believe I'm actually able to get my phone into download mode. When it is plugged into my windows 7 computer with the LG drivers installed it shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_BULK.
Is there any way for me to push a stock recovery, or even a custom recovery to my phone so I can somehow salvage it, or am I permanently bricked?
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I have the same exact problem. exactly the same. mine doesnt even show up for download mode. this sucks!
cgillie92 said:
I have the same exact problem. exactly the same. mine doesnt even show up for download mode. this sucks!
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I'm still trying to find a solution I will post here if i have any luck. I've dug through a lot of forum posts and I think what makes us unique is the fact that we have a corrupt or blank recovery partition.
toopty said:
I'm still trying to find a solution I will post here if i have any luck. I've dug through a lot of forum posts and I think what makes us unique is the fact that we have a corrupt or blank recovery partition.
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Ive looked through a lot too. and its crazy how that would happen i made sure it was rebooting correctly before i took the ota and then when i did the ota bam! only screens i can get to come up are the hardware key control mode and the factory hard reset which both go to white screens after I do them both. every one else probably has not taken the ota.
cgillie92 said:
Ive looked through a lot too. and its crazy how that would happen i made sure it was rebooting correctly before i took the ota and then when i did the ota bam! only screens i can get to come up are the hardware key control mode and the factory hard reset which both go to white screens after I do them both. every one else probably has not taken the ota.
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One difference in what mine is doing and what your phone is doing. I go to a solid black screen not a white screen. It's very hard to tell my phone is even turned on. I'm having to look if the back-light to verify if it's on or not. I can hold my power button for 10 seconds through one LG logo cycle and then it turns off.
toopty said:
One difference in what mine is doing and what your phone is doing. I go to a solid black screen not a white screen. It's very hard to tell my phone is even turned on. I'm having to look if the back-light to verify if it's on or not. I can hold my power button for 10 seconds through one LG logo cycle and then it turns off.
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I hope someone helps us out. I really cant afford a new one because the warranty is void. I was going back to stock because of all of the little bugs that need to be ironed out in roms. cause kit kat is around the corner hopefully and my problem virtually is the same i might have had my brightness on auto or something prior to that.
Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
Partager.info said:
Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
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Thanks for the link. I'm tryingto follow the instructions,but when I get to the step where i plug in my phone it just showes up as a bunch of failes partitions, and slows my ubuntu to a crawl. I'm a linux noob, is there a command i can run to stop this from happening? I also created a reply asking this question in the link you sent me.
Thanks for the help.
Partager.info said:
Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
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After following the instructions on the above link i was able to get fastboot status on my phone. It did not fully restore my phone however. I was able to flash twrp via fastboot. I was then able to boot into twrp and run the command at this link via twrp terminal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Thanks to everyone for all your help.
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Thanks for the link. I'm tryingto follow the instructions,but when I get to the step where i plug in my phone it just showes up as a bunch of failes partitions, and slows my ubuntu to a crawl. I'm a linux noob, is there a command i can run to stop this from happening? I also created a reply asking this question in the link you sent me.
Thanks for the help.
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How did you get past the ubuntu slowing down? I cant win for ubuntu freezing due to all of the failed partitions either so close but yet so far =/
cgillie92 said:
How did you get past the ubuntu slowing down? I cant win for ubuntu freezing due to all of the failed partitions either so close but yet so far =/
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Ignore all the message, unplug you phone get ready to type the command, plug it in and immediately press enter to run the command. it took some trial and error, and i had to use this other post to help me out. I actually got fastboot working first, then used this post to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595 to get download mode working, and to flash twrp recovery. After that i used this post to run the command line from with twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696 . I didn't have to flash the factory tot to my phone, but i have that option now because download mode is working. This process will work, there is hope for you getting your phone back. I'm fully recovered. I decided 12B is not worth it in the mean time, but if you want 12B you need to flash the factory tot and then upgrade. There is a way to root 12B, but as of this time you are unable to get Custom Recovery on it.
I will try to keep this short but... it wont be. Please don't press that back button!
I had 4.4 on my VZ980 rooted device with a custom ROM but I felt like cleaning it up and starting over (phone was acting up a bit, nothing major) so I went ahead and unrooted it successfully back to factory stock. While unrooted I downloaded the new 12b update... just to check it out. After that lost my attention span within 2 seconds, I decided to flash back to 10b and root again. Everything went perfectly.
After rooting I immediately went and put TWRP on my phone (still stock rooted).. but it would not let me flash 2.6.3.4 only 2.6.3.2... which shouldn't have been a big deal but I.. brilliantly decided NO! I WANT 2.6.3.4... yadda yadda tried a couple different ways, then I read about flashify. Attempted to flashify the file and it still did not work. Within a couple of minutes my phone turned off.... no big deal I thought... WRONG!
My phone is stuck on the LG splash screen. It will not boot into recovery mode... it gets stuck on the factory hard reset saying "factory reset processing" no Teamwin logo ever comes up.. no matter how long I let it sit there
Next move was download mode obviously. But alas, that to bit the big one.. and before you ask I tried every possible button combination.. I was making up my own combinations in desperation. The only things I can bring up are factory hard reset and the hardware key control mode.
Heres the big problem. My phone is not recognized (tried on the factory reset screen and hardward key mode too)... not drivers, not ADB, not even the QHUSB_DLOAD that has been populating the scene lately. I tried downloading everything. Different flash tools, different drivers, different USB cords, different computers, I even tried to use a different OS to see if i could get a reaction.. Nothin! Tried LGNPST, QPST, you name it... I tried it! I even took apart the phone, took out the battery and put it back together (I did this with a previous phone stuck on splash screen and it actually made it work again) still sitting on that ugly splash screen.
Is there any thing I am missing.. that I could possibly try? If not... if it is truly bricked then I need help on how to make it so my provider will not see that it says "Rooted" in the top left corner when they try to put it in factory reset mode.
ANY QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME! Thank you so much for reading my novela! :good:
brittany.18424 said:
I will try to keep this short but... it wont be. Please don't press that back button!
I had 4.4 on my VZ980 rooted device with a custom ROM but I felt like cleaning it up and starting over (phone was acting up a bit, nothing major) so I went ahead and unrooted it successfully back to factory stock. While unrooted I downloaded the new 12b update... just to check it out. After that lost my attention span within 2 seconds, I decided to flash back to 10b and root again. Everything went perfectly.
After rooting I immediately went and put TWRP on my phone (still stock rooted).. but it would not let me flash 2.6.3.4 only 2.6.3.2... which shouldn't have been a big deal but I.. brilliantly decided NO! I WANT 2.6.3.4... yadda yadda tried a couple different ways, then I read about flashify. Attempted to flashify the file and it still did not work. Within a couple of minutes my phone turned off.... no big deal I thought... WRONG!
My phone is stuck on the LG splash screen. It will not boot into recovery mode... it gets stuck on the factory hard reset saying "factory reset processing" no Teamwin logo ever comes up.. no matter how long I let it sit there
Next move was download mode obviously. But alas, that to bit the big one.. and before you ask I tried every possible button combination.. I was making up my own combinations in desperation. The only things I can bring up are factory hard reset and the hardware key control mode.
Heres the big problem. My phone is not recognized (tried on the factory reset screen and hardward key mode too)... not drivers, not ADB, not even the QHUSB_DLOAD that has been populating the scene lately. I tried downloading everything. Different flash tools, different drivers, different USB cords, different computers, I even tried to use a different OS to see if i could get a reaction.. Nothin! Tried LGNPST, QPST, you name it... I tried it! I even took apart the phone, took out the battery and put it back together (I did this with a previous phone stuck on splash screen and it actually made it work again) still sitting on that ugly splash screen.
Is there any thing I am missing.. that I could possibly try? If not... if it is truly bricked then I need help on how to make it so my provider will not see that it says "Rooted" in the top left corner when they try to put it in factory reset mode.
ANY QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME! Thank you so much for reading my novela! :good:
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you know download mode is volume up + usb right?
datechnerd said:
you know download mode is volume up + usb right?
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I sure do! The phone is recognizing that its plugged into something but it doesn't seem to send any signal out. I have tried to get into DL mode hundreds of times over the past 2 days. The phone is responding to the USB but not sending anything to the computers is what it seems like.
brittany.18424 said:
I sure do! The phone is recognizing that its plugged into something but it doesn't seem to send any signal out. I have tried to get into DL mode hundreds of times over the past 2 days. The phone is responding to the USB but not sending anything to the computers is what it seems like.
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proper drivers installed?
datechnerd said:
proper drivers installed?
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Yep, I tried several different types.. latest update, the LG VZW united WHQL_2.11.1 (not sure of exact phrasing), Qualcomm, ADB wont recognize it either. I tried this on 2 different computers, both computers can easily recognize other phones/tablets/etc.
brittany.18424 said:
Yep, I tried several different types.. latest update, the LG VZW united WHQL_2.11.1 (not sure of exact phrasing), Qualcomm, ADB wont recognize it either. I tried this on 2 different computers, both computers can easily recognize other phones/tablets/etc.
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is it showing up somewhere else in device manager (when the phone connected in download mode)
datechnerd said:
is it showing up somewhere else in device manager (when the phone connected in download mode)
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The phone will not go into download mode. when I do the Vol+ key and usb the splash screen just remains there. But no, it is not showing up any where in the device manager I went through everything.
brittany.18424 said:
The phone will not go into download mode. when I do the Vol+ key and usb the splash screen just remains there. But no, it is not showing up any where in the device manager I went through everything.
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you did the combo with the phone off right?
datechnerd said:
you did the combo with the phone off right?
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yep, phone was off, when pressing the vol+ and inserting usb the LG splash screen would appear but the download mode did not follow afterwards. It just stays on the LG screen until I turn it off again.
brittany.18424 said:
yep, phone was off, when pressing the vol+ and inserting usb the LG splash screen would appear but the download mode did not follow afterwards. It just stays on the LG screen until I turn it off again.
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alright try a safemode boot
hold power and volume down, when lg logo comes up let go of power and keep holding volume down until you see safe mode or safeboot or something with safe xD
datechnerd said:
alright try a safemode boot
hold power and volume down, when lg logo comes up let go of power and keep holding volume down until you see safe mode or safeboot or something with safe xD
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Alrighty! I am going to try that now.. thank you for you help thus far... greatly appreciated! don't go far i'll have a result in a moment haha
brittany.18424 said:
Alrighty! I am going to try that now.. thank you for you help thus far... greatly appreciated! don't go far i'll have a result in a moment haha
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i've spent the last two days doing just this for people
datechnerd said:
i've spent the last two days doing just this for people
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I'm sure I've learned quite a bit from you then! (been lurking over every "brick" post trying to figure this out) Ok, so I tried that.. first unplugged and when that didn't work I tried it plugged in... Still will not leave the LG screen though.
brittany.18424 said:
I'm sure I've learned quite a bit from you then! (been lurking over every "brick" post trying to figure this out) Ok, so I tried that.. first unplugged and when that didn't work I tried it plugged in... Still will not leave the LG screen though.
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hmmmm... this one might have me. I'll look around
datechnerd said:
hmmmm... this one might have me. I'll look around
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Yeah it's been driving me crazy, i tried to be as thorough as I could trying every option, but everything I thought of hasn't worked. It's going on 2 days of trial and error (but believe me I am no expert on this stuff yet, def still learning... the hard way) I do have warranty, but it says rooted in the factory hard reset (when attempting to get to TWRP but it freezes or wont load) so thats another problem!
brittany.18424 said:
I'm sure I've learned quite a bit from you then! (been lurking over every "brick" post trying to figure this out) Ok, so I tried that.. first unplugged and when that didn't work I tried it plugged in... Still will not leave the LG screen though.
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any experience with any version of linux?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
in theory you could follow that and just pick the stock files for your g2
datechnerd said:
any experience with any version of linux?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
in theory you could follow that and just pick the stock files for your g2
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I actually already tried that, I made sure I downloaded the correct files for my model as well. My problem is "5- LG detected as qhsusb_bulk in device manager" I have no sign of computers recognizing my phone, even on linux (which I think may be the reason I cant get into DL mode... possibly)
brittany.18424 said:
I actually already tried that, I made sure I downloaded the correct files for my model as well. My problem is "5- LG detected as qhsusb_bulk in device manager" I have no sign of computers recognizing my phone, even on linux (which I think may be the reason I cant get into DL mode... possibly)
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It's times like this I wish I had the troubled device
datechnerd said:
It's times like this I wish I had the troubled device
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I told you I was thorough! I mean.. I took it apart haha! But I feel like there has got to be SOMETHING considering my phone is recognizing when I plug in the USB but no computer or operating system will recognize it no matter what drivers (or random methods... I got creative.. none of it worked... but creative at least)
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I told you I was thorough! I mean.. I took it apart haha! But I feel like there has got to be SOMETHING considering my phone is recognizing when I plug in the USB but no computer or operating system will recognize it no matter what drivers (or random methods... I got creative.. none of it worked... but creative at least)
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well good creative is what this looks like its going to take
Today I was finally able to get my phone rooted, install SafeStrap and get into TouchWiz. Thing is, I dislike TouchWiz so I downloaded CyanogenMod for note 3. I put the CyanogenMod zip in my downloads folder on my Note 3. I went into safestrap, clicked install, found the .zip and swiped to flash. After that finished I clicked reboot and I got black screened. I then took the battery out and then the **** hit the fan. I booted the device and the SafeStrap splash screen came up along with the stock bootloader android bot image and my screen was displaying all of these colors and tripping acid. I now have taken the battery out and am hoping I can save my device. For some information on the device, It's a Galaxy Note 3 on Verizon running 4.4.2 rooted. I cant even get into ODIN mode... I've been getting tons of views and no reply's so that's leading me to believe it's something major. If it is please don't be afraid to respond and if you need a clearer explanation please PM me so I can get this fixed. I need my phone for work and I picked a really bad time to start tinkering with my phone haha. Thank you so much for reading! :cyclops:
No sure but it sounds like you hard bricked your device ( no acces to download/odin mode or recovery).
"my screen was displaying all of these colors and tripping acid" sounds like a display error.
Put in the battery and keep trying to acces odin mode if the screen is working ( Hold power + home button + volume down) .
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No sure but it sounds like you hard bricked your device ( no acces to download/odin mode or recovery).
"my screen was displaying all of these colors and tripping acid" sounds like a display error.
Put in the battery and keep trying to acces odin mode if the screen is working ( Hold power + home button + volume down) .
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What should I do if that doesn't work? I've tried a few times already but I'll keep going at it. The screen has now shifted from "Tripping acid" to a white fuzzyish screen that shows the SafeStrap splashscreen kind of outlined.
Have you tried to boot into recovery? That is assuming you have a backup saved.
Put battery in...hold down power, volume up and home key...when you see Samsung logo let go of the power key only...hopefully it might boot into recovery. Just one idea...
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Have you tried to boot into recovery? That is assuming you have a backup saved.
Put battery in...hold down power, volume up and home key...when you see Samsung logo let go of the power key only...hopefully it might boot into recovery. Just one idea...
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OMG I GOT INTO RECOVERY!! I did make a back up but I did it in SafeStrap. It dropped me in the default BootLoader with a dead android with its chest opened up. Idk if this means something haha.
If it won't let you load the backup, you might could use kies software on a desktop or notebook to recover you device back to stock. Just another idea. Sometimes with enough persistence you can recover a semi bricked device. I sure hope you get it going. A messed up phone will make you pull your hair out....
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If it won't let you load the backup, you might could use kies software on a desktop or notebook to recover you device back to stock. Just another idea. Sometimes with enough persistence you can recover a semi bricked device. I sure hope you get it going. A messed up phone will make you pull your hair out....
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Thank you so much! :fingers-crossed:
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If it won't let you load the backup, you might could use kies software on a desktop or notebook to recover you device back to stock. Just another idea. Sometimes with enough persistence you can recover a semi bricked device. I sure hope you get it going. A messed up phone will make you pull your hair out....
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When I plug the phone in, Kies isn't recognizing it... Thoughts?
TheCottonKid said:
When I plug the phone in, Kies isn't recognizing it... Thoughts?
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have you tried to boot in to bootloader? Take battery out and press Vol down + home button then power button. If you get in there you can use odin 99% to flash an other rom or stock firmware
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Thank you so much! :fingers-crossed:
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You are welcome. Hope you got it going. :highfive:
TheCottonKid said:
Today I was finally able to get my phone rooted, install SafeStrap and get into TouchWiz. Thing is, I dislike TouchWiz so I downloaded CyanogenMod for note 3. I put the CyanogenMod zip in my downloads folder on my Note 3. I went into safestrap, clicked install, found the .zip and swiped to flash. After that finished I clicked reboot and I got black screened. I then took the battery out and then the **** hit the fan. I booted the device and the SafeStrap splash screen came up along with the stock bootloader android bot image and my screen was displaying all of these colors and tripping acid. I now have taken the battery out and am hoping I can save my device. For some information on the device, It's a Galaxy Note 3 on Verizon running 4.4.2 rooted. I cant even get into ODIN mode... I've been getting tons of views and no reply's so that's leading me to believe it's something major. If it is please don't be afraid to respond and if you need a clearer explanation please PM me so I can get this fixed. I need my phone for work and I picked a really bad time to start tinkering with my phone haha. Thank you so much for reading! :cyclops:
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You must clarify if you can get into download (Odin) mode:
- if you can not there is some major flash corruption going on, not much you can do
- if you can get into download mode you need to write your stock ROM.
HI
So i was trying to restore my LG G2 D803 phone and I accidentally unplugged it when I was doing the LG Tools process, I turned off my phone so I can reset it but now it doesn't work anymore. So now my phone can't use Firmware Update, and every time I tried to escape it, by hold the power button or anything, it goes back to Firmware Update where its now at 0%. What do I do now?
EDIT: I think the problem i'm facing right now. Is that it keeps going into a glitch download mode when I turn my phone on, and I can't access download mode properly or factory reset, due to going back to the glitched download mode. I tried to flash it properly, letting it drain battery on itself, and turning it off FULLY & turning it back on, where all these methods would just lead back to the glitched download mode.
JustinY050 said:
HI
So i was trying to restore my LG G2 D803 phone and I accidentally unplugged it when I was doing the LG Tools process, I turned off my phone so I can reset it but now it doesn't work anymore. So now my phone can't use Firmware Update, and every time I tried to escape it, by hold the power button or anything, it goes back to Firmware Update where its now at 0%. What do I do now?
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You can try flashing a kdz for your model in download mode with lg 2014 flash tool. See links below, there might be YouTube tutorials, not sure.
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-d803-firmwares/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
crophs said:
You can try flashing a kdz for your model in download mode with lg 2014 flash tool. See links below, there might be YouTube tutorials, not sure.
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-d803-firmwares/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
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Yea I tried using the Flash tool Way but it doesn't work, I think the problem is that the LG is stuck in download mode so I can't do any Flash tool stuff or anything, and I can't restart my phone because it would just go back.
JustinY050 said:
Yea I tried using the Flash tool Way but it doesn't work, I think the problem is that the LG is stuck in download mode so I can't do any Flash tool stuff or anything, and I can't restart my phone because it would just go back.
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Can you elaborate more when you say it doesn't work?
After you hit flash on the software, don't do anything for like 25mins. It may show you error messages on computer, that it failed or whatever, pop up windows, don't click on anything just let it stay like that. The progress bar can also be stuck on the phone, not a problem. Give it that 25 mins.
crophs said:
Can you elaborate more when you say it doesn't work?
After you hit flash on the software, don't do anything for like 25mins. It may show you error messages on computer, that it failed or whatever, pop up windows, don't click on anything just let it stay like that. The progress bar can also be stuck on the phone, not a problem. Give it that 25 mins.
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It didn't show any progress on the phone, and also said an error on not working. And there would be no change in the download screen, like it would say that nothing is downloading from the USB port it is in and etc.
But I try to wait for 25 mins and see.
crophs said:
Can you elaborate more when you say it doesn't work?
After you hit flash on the software, don't do anything for like 25mins. It may show you error messages on computer, that it failed or whatever, pop up windows, don't click on anything just let it stay like that. The progress bar can also be stuck on the phone, not a problem. Give it that 25 mins.
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Nope it didn't work. I did it for at least 30 mins and nothing happened, still the same screen on both on my phone and computer.
Can you post a video ?
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Can you post a video ?
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Of the 25 mins or my problem?
I cant do it for now, but I think the problem is that my phone is in a loop of download mode, i mean that everytime I turn off my phone and turn it back on, it goes back to download mode without me pressing the buttons.
JustinY050 said:
Of the 25 mins or my problem?
I cant do it for now, but I think the problem is that my phone is in a loop of download mode, i mean that everytime I turn off my phone and turn it back on, it goes back to download mode without me pressing the buttons.
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You must turn it off completely before booting in download mode. Keep pressing and holding volume down+power for a minute, it should completely turn off after one or two LG logo. If it doesn't then you can unplug battery. After that you don't boot with power button, then you boot with download mode method.
Video from complete shutdown - putting USB in computer while pressing volume up button and starting download mode - software recognizing your device - checking all the correct options in software - hitting flash button - state of phone after flash started.
crophs said:
You must turn it off completely before booting in download mode. Keep pressing and holding volume down+power for a minute, it should completely turn off after one or two LG logo. If it doesn't then you can unplug battery. After that you don't boot with power button, then you boot with download mode method.
Video from complete shutdown - putting USB in computer while pressing volume up button and starting download mode - software recognizing your device - checking all the correct options in software - hitting flash button - state of phone after flash started.
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No, like it automatically goes to download mode wihtout me pressing the buttons, and if i do it the normal button pressing way with the power and volume up, then idk if its the glitch version. But the problem im trying to solve is fixing it so it stops going automatically to the glitched download mode when i turn it on
JustinY050 said:
No, like it automatically goes to download mode wihtout me pressing the buttons, and if i do it the normal button pressing way with the power and volume up, then idk if its the glitch version. But the problem im trying to solve is fixing it so it stops going automatically to the glitched download mode when i turn it on
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unlpug battery, see youtube how to put it in download properly and flash
crophs said:
unlpug battery, see youtube how to put it in download properly and flash
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Like take the battery out?
JustinY050 said:
Like take the battery out?
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Whatever that means to you. Not sure how old you're, but try not to be a thick skull with someone trying help you for free, bye
crophs said:
Whatever that means to you. Not sure how old you're, but try not to be a thick skull with someone trying help you for free, bye
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K firstly, Im not trying to be rude or anything, I just need help fixing my phone. If I somehow offended you in any reason why, im sorry. And I literally don't know much about phones, but I was trying to make sense on your instructions and making sure Im not going to mess it up. If you dont want to help anymore, its fine, im grateful that you tried to help
Also I know how to flash it properly and put it in download mode properly, its just that its always going to a glitched download mode so I can't download anything, or put it in factory mode.
JustinY050 said:
K firstly, Im not trying to be rude or anything, I just need help fixing my phone. If I somehow offended you in any reason why, im sorry. And I literally don't know much about phones, but I was trying to make sense on your instructions and making sure Im not going to mess it up. If you dont want to help anymore, its fine, im grateful that you tried to help
Also I know how to flash it properly and put it in download mode properly, its just that its always going to a glitched download mode so I can't download anything, or put it in factory mode.
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No you shouldn't, rather I am sorry, made a bad judgement call. I left room for confusion in my post. Should've said unplug and plug back the battery. Perhaps you thought if i meant to leave it unplugged.
As your main problem was to stop it from bootlooping into a glitched download, it can be done with holding power and volume down for a minute or two.
But since that didn't work for you i suspected button/hardware failure and so recommended to reconnect the battery.
Another way can be, to let it be as is, so that the battery drains itself and after that charging it with a wall adapter. And see if it stops booting into download itself, or displays a charging only screen.
Anyhow, I hope you find a way out. Feel free to ask anything again.
crophs said:
No you shouldn't, rather I am sorry, made a bad judgement call. I left room for confusion in my post. Should've said unplug and plug back the battery. Perhaps you thought if i meant to leave it unplugged.
As your main problem was to stop it from bootlooping into a glitched download, it can be done with holding power and volume down for a minute or two.
But since that didn't work for you i suspected button/hardware failure and so recommended to reconnect the battery.
Another way can be, to let it be as is, so that the battery drains itself and after that charging it with a wall adapter. And see if it stops booting into download itself, or displays a charging only screen.
Anyhow, I hope you find a way out. Feel free to ask anything again.
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Nah its ok, that happens to me too sometimes.
So I was going to try to unplug my battery and reconnect it but then but before I was, i was testing some other stuff with the button commands stuff (I mean like the download mode with pressing power and volume up adn stuff) and I think i was able to get the actualy download mode, not the glitched one. I was able to download a bit for the flash tool so what i'm testing rn is to see if I can do the full factory reset and see if that fixes it.
PS: I was already doing the flashtool before so its fine if I erase my data
JustinY050 said:
Nah its ok, that happens to me too sometimes.
So I was going to try to unplug my battery and reconnect it but then but before I was, i was testing some other stuff with the button commands stuff (I mean like the download mode with pressing power and volume up adn stuff) and I think i was able to get the actualy download mode, not the glitched one. I was able to download a bit for the flash tool so what i'm testing rn is to see if I can do the full factory reset and see if that fixes it.
PS: I was already doing the flashtool before so its fine if I erase my data
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K it looks like it worked but now it crashes when it loads the LG logo
JustinY050 said:
K it looks like it worked but now it crashes when it loads the LG logo
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Sounds like a bootloop, i once fixed it by using another usb port and usb cable. Sometimes they get disconnected for bad connection and cause this kinda error. If MD5 is available, please match yours with original after downloading files. You can keep flashing, maybe try a different kdz later. There is also a TOT method which i never tried myself. This phone is almost impossible to brick permanently.
Some good threads -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687768
This is the easiest
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cOxlaIPW2ew
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.re...he_lg_g2_is_unbrickable_a_story_of_death_and/
crophs said:
Sounds like a bootloop, i once fixed it by using another usb port and usb cable. Sometimes they get disconnected for bad connection and cause this kinda error. If MD5 is available, please match yours with original after downloading files. You can keep flashing, maybe try a different kdz later. There is also a TOT method which i never tried myself. This phone is almost impossible to brick permanently.
Some good threads -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687768
This is the easiest
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cOxlaIPW2ew
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.re...he_lg_g2_is_unbrickable_a_story_of_death_and/
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Sorry for the late reply, just been busy flashing my phone. So I been trying to re flashing my phone using the TOT method because the kda method isn't working, but either 1) it keeps crashing when its downloading 2) cannot recognize the phone to my computer when my phone is in download mode but says its not connected to my computer. Before, it did kinda work, it kept crashing but it lasted a bit longer sometimes, but I had to reflash it because the software update was glitched where it says its on the notification bar but wasnt there. So for rn, i'm still trying to reflash it.
I donno much about the TOT method, haven't tried myself. Getting a hunch that there might be hardware issues somewhere which is interrupting the process and not letting it finish, could be the cable, pc usb outlet, phone's micro usb port....perhaps a loose connection or something else.
If i were you i would stick to the kdz, as it's working somewhat better for you and they all serve same purpose in the end. That youtube video is actually a good step by step tutorial.