Bricked Recovery - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello All,
I'm not sure how I bricked my recovery, but I did. When i try to boot into recovery via quickboot or power off -> Vol DN + Power. I get the little dead Android guy.
If I leave it connected to my computer and boot into the recovery I get like 15 or 20 little 'new drive' windows that pop up (like putting in a flash drive) except these say they need to be 'Formatted'. Of course I just closed those. There is one drive that you can browse though and it looks like the image files for the phones OS. But I'm not sure what they are...
Anyway, I have tried to do the Full reset (see link)
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-res...tock-firmware/
and thought that might take care of it... but I still get the little android on his back when I try to boot into the recovery SW.
Oddly enough, you can still hold down the power button to hard shutdown the phone and reboot into the ROM (flashed back to 10b) using the .TOT file and the process in the link above.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

kaluna00 said:
Hello All,
I'm not sure how I bricked my recovery, but I did. When i try to boot into recovery via quickboot or power off -> Vol DN + Power. I get the little dead Android guy.
If I leave it connected to my computer and boot into the recovery I get like 15 or 20 little 'new drive' windows that pop up (like putting in a flash drive) except these say they need to be 'Formatted'. Of course I just closed those. There is one drive that you can browse though and it looks like the image files for the phones OS. But I'm not sure what they are...
Anyway, I have tried to do the Full reset (see link)
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-res...tock-firmware/
and thought that might take care of it... but I still get the little android on his back when I try to boot into the recovery SW.
Oddly enough, you can still hold down the power button to hard shutdown the phone and reboot into the ROM (flashed back to 10b) using the .TOT file and the process in the link above.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Try this:
- unplug your device
- make sure device is completely off (hold and press power button until it turns off completely *when it cycles into the LG logo, continue to hold it and it'll turn off)
- give it a few seconds, then hold "power" + "vol down"
- AS SOON AS LG LOGO APPEARS, let everything go, then ONLY push "power" and hold it
- should take you to a white screen asking if you want to erase data or something, just push "power" once
- should take you into recovery
If this doesnt work, let me know and i'll give you directions on how to unbrick back into stock factory

kaluna00 said:
Hello All,
I'm not sure how I bricked my recovery, but I did. When i try to boot into recovery via quickboot or power off -> Vol DN + Power. I get the little dead Android guy.
If I leave it connected to my computer and boot into the recovery I get like 15 or 20 little 'new drive' windows that pop up (like putting in a flash drive) except these say they need to be 'Formatted'. Of course I just closed those. There is one drive that you can browse though and it looks like the image files for the phones OS. But I'm not sure what they are...
Anyway, I have tried to do the Full reset (see link)
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-res...tock-firmware/
and thought that might take care of it... but I still get the little android on his back when I try to boot into the recovery SW.
Oddly enough, you can still hold down the power button to hard shutdown the phone and reboot into the ROM (flashed back to 10b) using the .TOT file and the process in the link above.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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took the 11A OTA and it still has the dead android guy on his back when booting into the Recovery (or trying to...)

kaluna00 said:
took the 11A OTA and it still has the dead android guy on his back when booting into the Recovery (or trying to...)
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Try this thread. It'll help you get back to factory stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476

monkee012 said:
Try this:
- unplug your device
- make sure device is completely off (hold and press power button until it turns off completely *when it cycles into the LG logo, continue to hold it and it'll turn off)
- give it a few seconds, then hold "power" + "vol down"
- AS SOON AS LG LOGO APPEARS, let everything go, then ONLY push "power" and hold it
- should take you to a white screen asking if you want to erase data or something, just push "power" once
- should take you into recovery
If this doesnt work, let me know and i'll give you directions on how to unbrick back into stock factory
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In the process of trying this out... I'll let you know how it turns out.

kaluna00 said:
In the process of trying this out... I'll let you know how it turns out.
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Thanks for the try... but I still get the dead android guy.
Its my wifes phone and she is kinda getting tired of me trying to get a custom rom on it for her...
I did to the TOT flash with the LGFlashTool and it worked to change the ROM, and did something to the recovery.. I was getting a blank screen before the TOT flash, but after when trying to boot into recovery it showed the dead android on his back. Thanks for the thought though.

Moved out of the Development Sections, as this does not belong there.....Thanks.

Ok it returned the recovery back to stock. So this good, just reroot and use freegee to flash recovery
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

greatnesstx said:
Ok it returned the recovery back to stock. So this good, just reroot and use freegee to flash recoveryA
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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Freegee says "Your devices specific software version of VS98011A is not currently supported"
do I need the paid version?

Ok You totally can revert back to version VS9810
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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I just recently bought an Lg f2f and it was version 12, I just used lg flash tool and reverted it back to 10 then I rooted, use freegee and BAM back in business
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greatnesstx said:
Ok You totally can revert back to version VS9810
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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I need to revert back to VS98010a or b for Freegee to work? Id I am on 11a the I would have to do the ADB push?

There are plenty of Roms out there that have rooted stock 12b if you want to be on the latest ota
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To be honest once I get a phone I never take an ota, but I know for a fact you can root and use freegee on either or 10a or 10b
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

greatnesstx said:
There are plenty of Roms out there that have rooted stock 12b if you want to be on the latest ota
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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To be honest once I get a phone I never take an ota, but I know for a fact you can root and use freegee on either or 10a or 10b
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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I would love to get to MicroMod's stock 12b rom for her... but I can't get a custom recovery on this darn thing... I normally avoid OTA's as well. but I was hoping that would fix my recovery problem...
It sounds like the TOT flash fixed it though (i just didn't realize it at that point). I thought the little android on his back was a bad thing... but if that is just what happens with the stock recovery, then I was OK and didn't know it. I appreciate your help and input! :highfive:
I'll see if she is happy the way it is or not... right now it is just stock Rom; rooted. maybe that is good enough for her. It just bugs me I couldn't get it to install the way I wanted.

kaluna00 said:
I would love to get to MicroMod's stock 12b rom for her... but I can't get a custom recovery on this darn thing... I normally avoid OTA's as well. but I was hoping that would fix my recovery problem...
It sounds like the TOT flash fixed it though (i just didn't realize it at that point). I thought the little android on his back was a bad thing... but if that is just what happens with the stock recovery, then I was OK and didn't know it. I appreciate your help and input! :highfive:
I'll see if she is happy the way it is or not... right now it is just stock Rom; rooted. maybe that is good enough for her. It just bugs me I couldn't get it to install the way I wanted.
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Original stock is the 10A; that's what mine was when i first got it. there were a couple of OTA's after that, i think that's the 11-12 variants. So, i'd try with the 10 stock rom first; then reroot, add twrp/CM recovery.

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[Q] Royally Screw... Stuck in Fastbook (VZW model) Please Help!

First off, I searched for someone with a similar problem and couldn't find anyone in the same situation.... Also, I'm very familiar with the root/flashy/etc. process coming from a GNex
So I rooted the G2, no problem at all (before OTA). Trouble came when I tried to flash recovery. I couldn't get it to do so, but I was following a guide that stated I needed to perform the OTA before flashing TWRP.
So I finally accepted the OTA and when I did, see first pic, it clearly asked if I wanted to perform a factory reset, I accepted. Then I get dumped into Fastboot, see second pic, and I cannot get out of Fastboot at all. In addition to that, when I plug it up via USB, it won't recognize the phone at all either.
Verizon of course said I was good to take the phone back and have it replaced, but thanks to the "tell tell" message on the Factory Reset option, check first pic - top left corner, they can clearly see it's rooted and will likely not replace it, and I'm out a ton of money.....
Are there any ideas out there as to how I can recover anything????
Thanks in advance!
You not the only one! I think the recovery partition may have got corrupted from a bad CWM flash file. I get the same black screen, fast boot bull****... phone still works at least lol.
You can always flash back to stock with the lg mobile suite, got me out of a bootloop. It should fix recovery partition I would hope
crielstar said:
You not the only one! I think the recovery partition may have got corrupted from a bad CWM flash file. I get the same black screen, fast boot bull****... phone still works at least lol.
You can always flash back to stock with the lg mobile suite, got me out of a bootloop. It should fix recovery partition I would hope
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Where do I go to get that?
Or is there anyway I can actually make the phone connect to my computer via USB so that I can hopefully use the Verizon Upgrade Assistant?
I used the LG mobile support tool found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
follow the steps, after the top right of that program will have drop down with "recovery update" or something to do a full restore.
I hope you can get into download mode for this, power +volume up
Good Luck!
crielstar said:
I used the LG mobile support tool found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
follow the steps, after the top right of that program will have drop down with "recovery update" or something to do a full restore.
I hope you can get into download mode for this, power +volume up
Good Luck!
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Many thanks! I'm downloading everything now, so we'll see....
blw1230 said:
Many thanks! I'm downloading everything now, so we'll see....
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This helped me in the same problem, didn't have to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45760203
VZW LG G2
jesssiii said:
This helped me in the same problem, didn't have to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45760203
VZW LG G2
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Thanks for the thought, however that thread is assuming you have ADB access which I cannot get my computer to recognize my phone while it's in fastboot through ADB....
Downer I have a day old phone and I may have to go ahead and make an insurance claim against because I'm not paying $549 for a new one...
Or is there a way I can completely bork this so it doesn't even get to the Factory Reset option, or at least so it won't show Rooted, so I can just take it back to VZW haha???
Hold the volume up and while holding, plug in USB. Should put it in download mode. If adb then can recognize, reinstall the recovery. If not, hold the power and volume down until it starts to reboot, when you see the LG logo, let go and immediately repress them and hold until it asks you to push the power button to reset phone. When you do reset, it will actually take you to the twrp recovery.
VZW LG G2
So if u can get into download mode use the lg moble softwear to restore it.adb is not required for that

[Q] Verizon G2 Stuck in Bootloop

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
Cyko.Tech67 said:
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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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!

lg mobile support tool stuck at 49%

i tried going back to stock firmware using the method in general section but i always seem to get an error at 49%. can someone explain how to get passed this.
i using the t-mobile d801.
also my recovery seemed to have gotten erased because i cant boot into twrp anymore.
LG G2 Stuck @ 49%
El Killer said:
i tried going back to stock firmware using the method in general section but i always seem to get an error at 49%. can someone explain how to get passed this.
i using the t-mobile d801.
also my recovery seemed to have gotten erased because i cant boot into twrp anymore.
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HEY! I'm on the d801 as well and I've been where you're at a number of times, unfortunately. But I've always gotten out. Here's the conclusion I've reached. Trying to flash directly back to stock without wiping all the partitions first is what makes the RDTool get stuck. It's like the phone runs out of memory and can't host a full Gig+ of data since your last ROM is in the way. Sorry if I'm wrong but I'm only assuming you didn't wipe everything except the Internal storage. The good thing every time this has happened to me is that your recovery partition should be intact. Mine always is, and we're on the same variant. Another thing, booting back into recovery is not impossible. It's all in the timing it takes from the first time you see the LG logo while holding volume - and the power button, but don't let go. What worked for me was to let the phone cycle between off and boot power states twice until the phone is completely off again. You may even notice the LED indicator flash red. Release your keys if the phone stays off and immediately hold the combo down again until the phone tries to boot again just don't let go of the buttons. Once it powers down again, leave the phone alone for a few minutes. Come back and this time get ready to boot into recovery. The combo button press will initiate boot but don't let go until the next time you see the LG logo flash, then quickly release and depress the vol down power up combo and hold. May take a minute longer than usual but the reset menu should pop up thereafter. Tap power 2 more times and you should back into recovery. It's worked every time for me. Let me know if you're good and whether this helped!
Good Luck,
tinydynamite00
try with x86
El Killer said:
i tried going back to stock firmware using the method in general section but i always seem to get an error at 49%. can someone explain how to get passed this.
i using the t-mobile d801.
also my recovery seemed to have gotten erased because i cant boot into twrp anymore.
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i had exact same issue that progress stucked on 49%. if you are using 64bit OS, try to flash it with 32bit(x86) OS
good luck
tinydynamite00 said:
HEY! I'm on the d801 as well and I've been where you're at a number of times, unfortunately. But I've always gotten out. Here's the conclusion I've reached. Trying to flash directly back to stock without wiping all the partitions first is what makes the RDTool get stuck. It's like the phone runs out of memory and can't host a full Gig+ of data since your last ROM is in the way. Sorry if I'm wrong but I'm only assuming you didn't wipe everything except the Internal storage. The good thing every time this has happened to me is that your recovery partition should be intact. Mine always is, and we're on the same variant. Another thing, booting back into recovery is not impossible. It's all in the timing it takes from the first time you see the LG logo while holding volume - and the power button, but don't let go. What worked for me was to let the phone cycle between off and boot power states twice until the phone is completely off again. You may even notice the LED indicator flash red. Release your keys if the phone stays off and immediately hold the combo down again until the phone tries to boot again just don't let go of the buttons. Once it powers down again, leave the phone alone for a few minutes. Come back and this time get ready to boot into recovery. The combo button press will initiate boot but don't let go until the next time you see the LG logo flash, then quickly release and depress the vol down power up combo and hold. May take a minute longer than usual but the reset menu should pop up thereafter. Tap power 2 more times and you should back into recovery. It's worked every time for me. Let me know if you're good and whether this helped!
Good Luck,
tinydynamite00
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still no luck
El Killer said:
still no luck
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OK. So tell me, what ROM were you on, which recovery version and name are you using, why were you flashing back to stock, i.e. were you having problems, what kind. Explain as much as you can in detail. Need to retrace your exact steps to best get you fixed up!
tinydynamite00
tinydynamite00 said:
OK. So tell me, what ROM were you on, which recovery version and name are you using, why were you flashing back to stock, i.e. were you having problems, what kind. Explain as much as you can in detail. Need to retrace your exact steps to best get you fixed up!
tinydynamite00
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i was using pa4.0 and wanted to go back to stock because i preffered the lg ui. i had twrp 2.6.3.5 i restored my back up of stock but when i rebooted i got into fastboot mode.
twrp wasnt working after i had restored my back up go straight to fastboot was stuck in fastboot until i found a thread explaining how to get out of fastboot and restore download mode.
managed to get download mode working and tried to flash stock with mobile support tool and got the 49 percent error,
my phone never really displayed any progress just says download mode with a white box and blue dots
El Killer said:
i was using pa4.0 and wanted to go back to stock because i preffered the lg ui. i had twrp 2.6.3.5 i restored my back up of stock but when i rebooted i got into fastboot mode.
twrp wasnt working after i had restored my back up go straight to fastboot was stuck in fastboot until i found a thread explaining how to get out of fastboot and restore download mode.
managed to get download mode working and tried to flash stock with mobile support tool and got the 49 percent error,
my phone never really displayed any progress just says download mode with a white box and blue dots
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K, now if you're only seeing the blue dots when you attach by USB your phone to PC, then you're not fully in DL mode to process the kdz. You should see a white wheel in the center of the screen when you connect and a viewing mirror near the base of your phone with ROOTED in red directly below that. And you're sure your PC is detecting your phone? You've the drivers installed? Because when RDT tells you to run the tool, you'll see some binary code in the viewing window I spoke of, the white wheel will turn and below it will be shown the COM port to which you're connected and a solid thin red bar will begin to fill a space in the viewer showing you the progress.
Also, be sure when attempting the first steps I gave you to boot into recovery that you are not USB connected. It won't work.
And, try to remember if your phone was well enough charged, should have been at least 80% full. It happened to me once that I couldn't boot recovery and my phone would go to fastboot like yours until I left it alone to charge and then I repeated the stepsvi laid out to get back into recovery. This part is paramount!
Please READ CAREFULLY
I used to be in your same situation. I thought I had bricked my phone for good. I finally figured it out. Here is my solution from my Thread.
Esteef said:
Okay, after 12+ hours of trying every method possible on XDA I finally resolved my issue. I will update the first post just incase any others care or fall into the same dilemma I was in.
The LG Mobile Support tool would not download the firmware and it would NOT ask me for my IMEI to download it either.
So my solution....
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Installed LG Mobile Support Tool then Installed the LG Drivers. (FROM HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
BEFORE I connected the phone to the computer. I opened the LG Mobile support tool clicked (Options on the top right).
When the dropped down opened, I clicked the (Upgrade Recovery) option. THEN, is when the prompt opened to ask me what my IMEI is.
Before I entered my IMEI, I connected my phone to the computer in download mode, then proceeded to enter my IMEI and hit OK.
This is when the LG Mobile Support tool SUCCESSFULLY downloaded the latest official LG firmware and installed it.
*** BE AWARE, with the phone connected to the PC, the prompt NEVER appeared to enter my IMEI.
*** But with the phone disconnected, the prompt came up every time. This might be the trick for some people.
*** with the IMEI prompt opened, I then connected the phone , entered the IMEI, then hit OK. BOOM HERPES....
Well I'll polish this up more later. I hope this works for every LG G2 Variant and not just the T-Mobile one (D801)
-Esteef
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THIS WILL WIPE YOUR PHONE COMPLETELY...
tinydynamite00 said:
K, now if you're only seeing the blue dots when you attach by USB your phone to PC, then you're not fully in DL mode to process the kdz. You should see a white wheel in the center of the screen when you connect and a viewing mirror near the base of your phone with ROOTED in red directly below that. And you're sure your PC is detecting your phone? You've the drivers installed? Because when RDT tells you to run the tool, you'll see some binary code in the viewing window I spoke of, the white wheel will turn and below it will be shown the COM port to which you're connected and a solid thin red bar will begin to fill a space in the viewer showing you the progress.
Also, be sure when attempting the first steps I gave you to boot into recovery that you are not USB connected. It won't work.
And, try to remember if your phone was well enough charged, should have been at least 80% full. It happened to me once that I couldn't boot recovery and my phone would go to fastboot like yours until I left it alone to charge and then I repeated the stepsvi laid out to get back into recovery. This part is paramount!
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yeah my computer does recognize my phone. but i cant run adb or fastboot anymore. all drivers are installed also.
i never got the while wheel or any progress indicator. so i guees im not really in download mode.
i let my phone charge for a few hours and try your method again and let you know what happens
El Killer said:
yeah my computer does recognize my phone. but i cant run adb or fastboot anymore. all drivers are installed also.
i never got the while wheel or any progress indicator. so i guees im not really in download mode.
i let my phone charge for a few hours and try your method again and let you know what happens
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Sounds good. A full charge can make all the difference. I learnt the hard way! One or more of us will be along should you need further help.
I do hope you get this sorted! I've come back from the brink too many times to not believe you won't.
tinydynamite00
Do as esteef recommended..
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Falaco147 said:
Do as esteef recommended..
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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im trying but i get a battery to low error. i guess i need to charge it longer
i owe you all a million thanks for helping me unbrick my phone. i really thought i was left with a paper weight and then i tried esteefs method again i really owe you guys thank you for the support
El Killer said:
i owe you all a million thanks for helping me unbrick my phone. i really thought i was left with a paper weight and then i tried esteefs method again i really owe you guys thank you for the support
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You are welcome... The first time I did it too my battery was at 28% and I panicked since I got the low battery error.
I could of sworn that my phone officially became a paper weight. My heart dropped.
I'm glad you are up and running with the rest of us!
-Esteef
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hey !
I have the same problem, but... I can't acces to the recovery :/ i tried to install CWM (with Freegee) over Team win recovery and... boot loop :
The rom 4.2.2 flex was gone, no boot animation
-When i pres volum down + power, i have the reset menu, but after that, there is a black screen and it's written at the top left "started usb_start Fastboot Mode ()"
Please, i need your help, i'm so afraid !!
Thx !
Esteef said:
I used to be in your same situation. I thought I had bricked my phone for good. I finally figured it out. Here is my solution from my Thread.
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR PHONE COMPLETELY...
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I know this thread is a bit old, but it saved my butt. Your method worked perfectly. Thank you for this post.
My LG F460 was bricked (error 570), only download mode was working. Esteef method works fine even my pictures and programs was saved. Thanks!

[Q] LG G2 D802 Bricked..help me please

Hi!
I managed to get my device totally bricked.
Phone is on bootloop and I only get LG logo and then "Security Error" message. I can't enter recovery mode or download mode. Only mode I'm able to go is the "Hardware key control mode" mode, where I can see my IMEI code. I can't get windows or linux to recognize my phone. I've tried several drivers, but no luck getting my laptop recognize my phone. I have also tried couple of tutorials to solve this problem, but the main problem seems to be that I can't get my laptop to recognize my phone.
Is there anything I could do or should I just buy a new phone?
Hi Jutei,
What led to this bricking? Were you trying to install a ROM? Which ROM was it? Was it a wrong variant? Please be specific as to what you did to brick it..
Also, some people have seen success by installing this driver. Are you familiar with ADB?
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Hi deathbytalkshow!
I ended up to this stage by rooting with this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887) and trying to flash with this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development-d802/rom-xenonhd-d802-t3036576).
First I wiped data and cache. Then rooted and it went trough with no problems. I tried to flash with this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager. It booted to recovery and started flashing. Soon it said that flashing failed and after reboot I found myself in this bootloop.
Hope this helps someone to help me.
Try this:
1. Turn phone off.
2. Press POWER+VOL DOWN
3. When LG Logo appears, immediately release POWER+VOL and press and hold VOL UP+VOL DOWN
4r44444 said:
Try this:
1. Turn phone off.
2. Press POWER+VOL DOWN
3. When LG Logo appears, immediately release POWER+VOL and press and hold VOL UP+VOL DOWN
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Hi, I tried this and got to the factory reset window. It started to do reset, but pretty soon it booted and went back to bootloop. So this didn't help. I'll try those ADB drivers today.
Hi, tried adb drivers, but no luck. My laptop still doesn't recognize my phone. USB gives power, but beside that windows doesn't seems to notice that my device is plugged. Is there anything else I could try?
so you didnt make a backup before flashing? what recovery did you flash? i bricked my phone with rom manager before and will never use it again but i had a backup and was still able to get it to eventually boot into twrp to restore.
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also if you never turned on usb debugging i dont think you can get a computer to see it unless its fully booted.
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so you didnt make a backup before flashing? what recovery did you flash? i bricked my phone with rom manager before and will never use it again but i had a backup and was still able to get it to eventually boot into twrp to restore.
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Yeah, I was stupid enough not to backup. The recovery was the stock one. Is that where I went wrong? Should I've had custom recovery installed?
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also if you never turned on usb debugging i dont think you can get a computer to see it unless its fully booted.
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I turned usb-debugging was on before phone got bricked. I think the phone should be found somehow on computer. For example this fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620#post48765620) needs Linux to recognize the phone, but I can't even do that. I guess the problem here is that my phone won't enter the download mode. I'm going to try with couple of different computers when I get back home from my holidays.
I also found another fix to try. I have to drain the battery and after a little re-charge I should be able to enter the download mode. I'm trying this next.
yes thats where you made your mistake. that also makes me think download mode wont work period, but im not positive. im surprised rom manager even tried to flash anything without a recovery. thats why i dont use apps like that anymore because you wouldnt of been able to **** it up that bad on your own. so you said you tried the key combo to take you to the factory restore? if you didnt flash a recovery then i would think you could get that to work. did you look into lg's flash tool? maybe that will somehow read it. i remember seeing a post in the general forum about a way to take the phone apart and short the chip out but ive never had to actually read it so i couldnt tell you whats all involved. sorry bout your phone.
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i forgot to read your link, just now did, why do you say you cant do that?
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Well, I just got myself in the same boat.
The phone will show the LG Logo then the security error and shut down. When plugged in with a USB to the PC it will just reboot.
Nothing is showing in Device Manager either. I done the same in the stock recovery and I tried to Side load CM12 it failed and straight into this loop.
I got nothing now. I just done see how shorting circuits will fix the issue when it's just software. Absolute nightmare as the 12 months warranty has gone.
I tried to do a hard reset and I get the android man saying its working then it shuts down and starts the error again. I'm unable to get in the Download Mode either and I'm stuck
I don't know what to do now. The flash and Support tool will not recognize the phone.
jfletch86, I tried LG Flash Tool, but the problem is that it just says no devices found. Same problem with fix I linked, I can't do anything to my phone if my laptop doesn't find it. I'm beginnig to loose hope
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Well, I just got myself in the same boat.
The phone will show the LG Logo then the security error and shut down. When plugged in with a USB to the PC it will just reboot.
Nothing is showing in Device Manager either. I done the same in the stock recovery and I tried to Side load CM12 it failed and straight into this loop.
I got nothing now. I just done see how shorting circuits will fix the issue when it's just software. Absolute nightmare as the 12 months warranty has gone.
I tried to do a hard reset and I get the android man saying its working then it shuts down and starts the error again. I'm unable to get in the Download Mode either and I'm stuck
I don't know what to do now. The flash and Support tool will not recognize the phone.
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Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that you are in the same boat. Symptoms are the same. It seems that we have bricked our phones pretty badly. Hopefully someone comes up with fix that works. Problem is that anyone wise enough to fix this isn't stupid enough to end up this stage.
I'm hoping the same too. I just don't know why it wont allow me to do anything.
I have a nexus 4 and I've never had a problem.
I am getting nothing when plugged into my PC and its like the phone is turning on and off in the boot loop and the lg symbol.
I get the hard reset menu but the computer still doesn't recognise.
I just feel sick at the moment !!
jutei said:
jfletch86, I tried LG Flash Tool, but the problem is that it just says no devices found. Same problem with fix I linked, I can't do anything to my phone if my laptop doesn't find it. I'm beginnig to loose hope
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are u saying you tried the ubuntu/linux fix? if that doesnt work then nothing will.
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Well, I just got myself in the same boat.
The phone will show the LG Logo then the security error and shut down. When plugged in with a USB to the PC it will just reboot.
Nothing is showing in Device Manager either. I done the same in the stock recovery and I tried to Side load CM12 it failed and straight into this loop.
I got nothing now. I just done see how shorting circuits will fix the issue when it's just software. Absolute nightmare as the 12 months warranty has gone.
I tried to do a hard reset and I get the android man saying its working then it shuts down and starts the error again. I'm unable to get in the Download Mode either and I'm stuck
I don't know what to do now. The flash and Support tool will not recognize the phone.
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what were you doing, what steps did you do up until this?
got similar problem, g2 stuck on boot loop (going from custom rom back to stock) can enter download mode, cant enter recovery. help needed
ok, after 2 days of ****ing with boot loop... its gone, if u r on d802 eu open and got some questions... mabye i can help
my lg g2 is also stuck in bootloop and flashing rom wont fix it. the only improvement it have shown is android doodle and back to logo screen. please help me out.
taimurarbab said:
my lg g2 is also stuck in bootloop and flashing rom wont fix it. the only improvement it have shown is android doodle and back to logo screen. please help me out.
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are you using the right bootloader for the rom you are flashing?
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are you using the right bootloader for the rom you are flashing?
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i have no idea. please guide me through it.

i brick my lg v20 TMO need help!!!! i try to install weta rom

i install weta rom but it stays on lg logo after successful installation
white647 said:
i install weta rom but it stays on lg logo after successful installation
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Just remove the battery, put it back again and go into recovery mode (twrp). And do a clean flash again. If it doesnt work, then just flash another rom. Put the rom inside the sd card and flash it via twrp
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Just remove the battery, put it back again and go into recovery mode (twrp). And do a clean flash again. If it doesnt work, then just flash another rom. Put the rom inside the sd card and flash it via twrp
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i cant enter in twrp:crying:
What u mean no TWRP or you can't get to it..Does the white screens come up were u have to select yes for reset twice and then it goes in twrp
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i cant enter in twrp:crying:
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When you put the battery back., do you press and hold down volume down and power button and then whe I the logo appears you rapidly release and press and hold the power button without removing the finger from the volume down?
Its all about timing to be honest. Took me about 10 tries before I noticed I was being stupid. Right before the corrupted screen shows up, there is a very small window that you have to do this at. What I do is this.
I hold the volume down button while it is fully powered off.
The I press the power button and as soon as I see the LG Logo (It pops up for a split second before the corrupt screen) I let go of the power button and then press it imminently after I let go of it and TWRP shows up in a few seconds.
Again, its all about timing.
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Its all about timing to be honest. Took me about 10 tries before I noticed I was being stupid. Right before the corrupted screen shows up, there is a very small window that you have to do this at. What I do is this.
I hold the volume down button while it is fully powered off.
The I press the power button and as soon as I see the LG Logo (It pops up for a split second before the corrupt screen) I let go of the power button and then press it imminently after I let go of it and TWRP shows up in a few seconds.
Again, its all about timing.
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when I do that appear a white screen and it says factory data reset nothing more
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when I do that appear a white screen and it says factory data reset nothing more
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Since you have TWRP, just hit yes to both. It wont wipe anything. I paniced as well but had backups so I clicked yes. and it booted TWRP
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What u mean no TWRP or you can't get to it..Does the white screens come up were u have to select yes for reset twice and then it goes in twrp
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I cant get to it the white screen come up and says factory reset I have to select yes twice it opens twrp to do the script but it restart automatically
white647 said:
I cant get to it the white screen come up and says factory reset I have to select yes twice it opens twrp to do the script but it restart automatically
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Can you boot the phone at all?
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Since you have TWRP, just hit yes to both. It wont wipe anything. I paniced as well but had backups so I clicked yes. and it booted TWRP
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it just go back to the lg logo
white647 said:
it just go back to the lg logo
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Did you install the H918 Rom or the US996 Rom?? If you didnt flash the TMO rom then you might be SOL. And it seems that whatever happened crashed TWRP as well... Are you able to get adb to detect the device?
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Did you install the H918 Rom or the US996 Rom?? If you didnt flash the TMO rom then you might be SOL. And it seems that whatever happened crashed TWRP as well... Are you able to get adb to detect the device?
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first thanks for the help. i rooted with dirty cow. I install weta rom for h918 tmobile when it says success it reboot but stays in lg logo. how i can connect it to adb cuz it is in lg logo in adb cmd it says no device detected. did you know how to detect it
I'm new in forums this have a chat? to respond you faster @Biff627
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I'm new in forums this have a chat? to respond you faster @Biff627
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To be honest, im the least qualified to try to help! It just stays at the lg logo the entire time? No static screen or anything? And TWRP crashes no matter what? If you can get it into download mode you could try to restore jt using a KDZ for your model?
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B6Wj13Rw1kw-QTViRFJRaVRHQnM?usp=drive_web
You could try LGUP to see if you can restore it. Just make sure its the right model..
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To be honest, im the least qualified to try to help! It just stays at the lg logo the entire time? No static screen or anything? And TWRP crashes no matter what? If you can get it into download mode you could try to restore jt using a KDZ for your model?
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B6Wj13Rw1kw-QTViRFJRaVRHQnM?usp=drive_web
You could try LGUP to see if you can restore it. Just make sure its the right model..
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I'm gonna download I'm using my neighbor internet so it slow download :fingers-crossed: i wish i could contact you when it finish so i can get help using lgup
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I cant get to it the white screen come up and says factory reset I have to select yes twice it opens twrp to do the script but it restart automatically
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you could try to push TWRP into the system by using adb, just in case it has become corrupted. Then, if that is the issue then that should fix it.
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I'm gonna download I'm using my neighbor internet so it slow download :fingers-crossed: i wish i could contact you when it finish so i can get help using lgup
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Try this to go into fastboot mode : http://www.hardreset.info/devices/lg/lg-v20/fastboot-mode/
pull battery out put back in. Hold volume down, plug in USB to get into fastboot
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To be honest, im the least qualified to try to help! It just stays at the lg logo the entire time? No static screen or anything? And TWRP crashes no matter what? If you can get it into download mode you could try to restore jt using a KDZ for your model?
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B6Wj13Rw1kw-QTViRFJRaVRHQnM?usp=drive_web
You could try LGUP to see if you can restore it. Just make sure its the right model..
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I just fix my phone with that back up thanks alot did you know which custom rom work good
white647 said:
I just fix my phone with that back up thanks alot did you know which custom rom work good
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Weta is amazing, just use the one for your phone! Or it wont function. If you have the tmobile model then only use the tmobile rom xD Just make a backup in TWRP before flashing so you dont have to start completely over.

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