Not sure exactly what I did but I had installed a stock rom and while using the rom I got a software update. I tried to install the update and it said phone will reboot so I rebooted it. It took me to my recovery (Philz Touch recovery) then I attempted to reboot my phone but now it just keeps going back to recovery and wont go any further. I've tried to install another rom but it still goes right back to recovery after I reboot. Please someone help me out here. I'm pretty I'm not bricked but cant figure out what to do to get to my phone. I'm thinking I need to restore my phone back to factory and start again.
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Not sure exactly what I did but I had installed a stock rom and while using the rom I got a software update. I tried to install the update and it said phone will reboot so I rebooted it. It took me to my recovery (Philz Touch recovery) then I attempted to reboot my phone but now it just keeps going back to recovery and wont go any further. I've tried to install another rom but it still goes right back to recovery after I reboot. Please someone help me out here. I'm pretty I'm not bricked but cant figure out what to do to get to my phone. I'm thinking I need to restore my phone back to factory and start again.
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Hello, if you made a backup of your previous Rom, you don't have to do a factory reset, if you didn't make a backup in recovery mode, you can factory reset.[emoji4][emoji4]
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Hello, if you made a backup of your previous Rom, you don't have to do a factory reset, if you didn't make a backup in recovery mode, you can factory reset.[emoji4][emoji4]
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Tried that as well but it still goes back to recovery
corybucher said:
Tried that as well but it still goes back to recovery
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What's your phone variant?
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TechGirl90 said:
What's your phone variant?
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AT&T D800
corybucher said:
AT&T D800
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Try this[emoji4]
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-restore-lg-g2-to-stock-firmware/
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY
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Try this[emoji4]
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-restore-lg-g2-to-stock-firmware/
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY
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Cant go to DL mode so this wont work. I can only go to recovery and nothing else.
I think you need to do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
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Rule #1. NEVER INSTALL OTA UPDATES IF YOURE ROOTED!
Just saw your other thread. If you are not confident using adb just get yourself an otg cable, put twrp on a memory stick, mount the otg in philz and flash twrp from the memory stick. You can then use the terminal in twrp.
PS. A micro usb drive would work just as well.
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:crying:I am rooted using cf auto, i had twrp 2.6, but just now i put 2.5.0.2 zip on my sd card to flash, bc i was having problems with 2.6, i was about to flash my first custom rom, but i wanted to revert back to 2.5.0.2 first, so when i went to flash 2.5.0.2, i went into goomanager to boot into recovery, which was fine, then i went into my sd card to install 2.5.0.2, i swiped to install, then is said install successful, so i hit reboot, NOW i am STUCK IN DOWNLOAD MODE...i cant get out! please help...i took battery out, i dont know what else to do...:crying: :crying:
So when you put the battery back in the phone it automatically boots into download mode?
If not then hold power+home+volume down to boot into recovery.
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daniel4653 said:
So when you put the battery back in the phone it automatically boots into download mode?
If not then hold power+home+volume down to boot into recovery.
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nope, boots into download mode that way too....WTF??
TrickyD76 said:
nope, boots into download mode that way too....WTF??
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Sh%t I'm stupid. Its volume up not volume down to get into recovery mode. Try volume up+home+power.
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daniel4653 said:
Sh%t I'm stupid. Its volume up not volume down to get into recovery mode. Try volume up+home+power.
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That does not work either....ive tried volume up down sideways, home button, no home button...every which way takes me to download mode...there has to be another way...
If all it does is go into download mode. Then you are lucky in a way because you can Odin back to stock which fixes almost all issues. This will delete you data, more than likely. Which is only apps, messages, calls, not your pictures on internal storage.
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If all it does is go into download mode. Then you are lucky in a way because you can Odin back to stock which fixes almost all issues. This will delete you data, more than likely. Which is only apps, messages, calls, not your pictures on internal storage.
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this is bulls*^%t...there has to be a better way....and can anyone tell me why this happened in the first place...what would have caused this to happen? what did i do wrong in trying to flash 2.5.0.2???
TrickyD76 said:
this is bulls*^%t...there has to be a better way....and can anyone tell me why this happened in the first place...what would have caused this to happen? what did i do wrong in trying to flash 2.5.0.2???
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It sucks. But stuff like this happens. And being rooted you have to know the risks of flashing and modding your phone. And its not that bad. Its exactly the same as wiping your phone to install a new ROM. You delete all the same stuff. Not hard to get back up and running.
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It sucks. But stuff like this happens. And being rooted you have to know the risks of flashing and modding your phone. And its not that bad. Its exactly the same as wiping your phone to install a new ROM. You delete all the same stuff. Not hard to get back up and running.
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okay...now what? what do i do? connect to odin and what? thank you Daniel
TrickyD76 said:
okay...now what? what do i do? connect to odin and what? thank you Daniel
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Follow this video by QBKing77. Dow load the appropriate files.
http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
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Follow this video by QBKing77. Dow load the appropriate files.
http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
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No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
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No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
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phewwww....thank you, i did not want to do this...how do i flash from odin??? thanks!
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phewwww....thank you, i did not want to do this...how do i flash from odin??? thanks!
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download odin
download twrp 2.5.0.2 tar
click on the odin file
then click pda and select the twrp tar
boot phone into download mode
then connect phone
click start in odin
Get twrp here.
Get Odin hereOdin
I use odin 1.85, just make sure you have the drivers installed for odin to work also. That thread should give you all the info you need.
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download odin
download twrp 2.5.0.2 tar
click on the odin file
then click pda and select the twrp tar
boot phone into download mode
then connect phone
click start in odin
Get twrp here.
Get Odin hereOdin
I use odin 1.85, just make sure you have the drivers installed for odin to work also. That thread should give you all the info you need.
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can you help me find a twrrp 2.5.0.2 .tar file NOT from Techerrata...my computer is blocking that website (im at work ....OF COURSE
Try here
leaderbuilder said:
Try here
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thank you all!! especially YOU leaderbuilder....that link did the trick, and im am BACK!! thanks everyone!
ifly4vamerica said:
No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
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Calm down sparky. Dudes going to wipe his phone no matter what to flash the rom.
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Calm down sparky. Dudes going to wipe his phone no matter what to flash the rom.
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He specifically stated he didn't want to wipe. Plus why return completely to stock if there is no need. You SPARKY need to settle down and try to give useful information for a persons particular problem. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off for a simple recovery missflash. Then to try and bash me because I actually helped him not to have to set everything up again. What if he didn't have a proper nandroid or hadn't ran a recent TB backup. Then he would have lost all data. Now all is well. Check post 7 if you missed the part where he is asking for a better way.
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He specifically stated he didn't want to wipe. Plus why return completely to stock if there is no need. You SPARKY need to settle down and try to give useful information for a persons particular problem. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off for a simple recovery missflash. Then to try and bash me because I actually helped him not to have to set everything up again. What if he didn't have a proper nandroid or hadn't ran a recent TB backup. Then he would have lost all data. Now all is well. Check post 7 if you missed the part where he is asking for a better way.
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He didn't say he didn't want to wipe until after. He didn't say that when I told him to Odin back to stock. I am settled. Lol. At the time that was the only way I knew we to resolve this so I gave him that option. It was good that you guys knew about the tar version of the recovery.
Now I learned something new.
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Im wondering if someone can help me. I recently rooted my phone with odin and was adding a rom. I guess it didn't download completely or correctly when I tried to install it and said it fail. I accidentally rebooted my phone. I don't have a backup on my phone to restore it. I do have a backup on my computer but cant get it onto my phone. Now my phone gets stuck on the Samsung galaxy s4 screen, and will not boot the rest of the way. I can get to the download screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Easiest way is to download the full rom .tar file and flash with odin. pretty sure they are posted in the dev section.
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Easiest way is to download the full rom .tar file and flash with odin. pretty sure they are posted in the dev section.
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I have tried that and it still wont boot past that Samsung screen. I got TWRP back now im just trying to figure out how to get this system restored to where it will load.
Tiger429 said:
I have tried that and it still wont boot past that Samsung screen. I got TWRP back now im just trying to figure out how to get this system restored to where it will load.
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One you odin, you have to do a factory reset on stock recovery and whoola you booted up.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
One you odin, you have to do a factory reset on stock recovery and whoola you booted up.
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i will try that i am downloading a stock rom now. i will install on odin. then i boot it into recovery and there is a factory reset option on there?
Tiger429 said:
i will try that i am downloading a stock rom now. i will install on odin. then i boot it into recovery and there is a factory reset option on there?
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Yeah there is once you odin. Just boot up to stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Yeah there is once you odin. Just boot up to stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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Cool thank you i will let you know what happens. :fingers-crossed:
Tiger429 said:
Cool thank you i will let you know what happens. :fingers-crossed:
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So any news? Lol o.o
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Hey guys,
So went ahead and flashed TWRP (using flashify) and it worked just fine. The only problem is that now any reboot just takes me back to TWRP. What did I do wrong? Thanks!
Mike
TWRP>Reboot>System?
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lastdeadmouse said:
TWRP>Reboot>System?
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Yeah, tried that. No matter what option I use to reboot, I just reboot into TWRP. Kind of starting to panic
dankasfuk said:
Yeah, tried that. No matter what option I use to reboot, I just reboot into TWRP. Kind of starting to panic
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Have you tried fixing permissions, clearing caches, repushing Loki/twrp via adb?
Not sure beyond that.
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lastdeadmouse said:
Have you tried fixing permissions, clearing caches, repushing Loki/twrp via adb?
Not sure beyond that.
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Yeah, thanks for the suggestions. I don't think I can even get to adb since I can't boot at all. If anyone here has any idea what else might have happened, please let me know.
dankasfuk said:
Yeah, thanks for the suggestions. I don't think I can even get to adb since I can't boot at all. If anyone here has any idea what else might have happened, please let me know.
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You may be able to access adb from d/l mode if not twrp.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45690006
Factory reset method might help.
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yup factory reset is your friend.
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You may be able to access adb from d/l mode if not twrp.
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Tried that too - my fear is that I may have somehow replaced that bootloader with TWRP, therefore there seems to be no way to load System. Man, I hope there is a solution to this. No way I can try and return it in this state.
dankasfuk said:
Yeah, thanks for the suggestions. I don't think I can even get to adb since I can't boot at all. If anyone here has any idea what else might have happened, please let me know.
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Head on over to http://webchat.freenode.net/ and join #lg-g2
You may find help there.
UPDATE: So the issue was a misset flag in misc, meaning that the phone can only boot into recovery. This happened when you used the hardware keys to boot into recovery. Usually you could fix this with adb, but adb in the current G2 build of TWRP wasn't working.
So, until ADB works in recovery again, don't try to flash it!
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Tried that too - my fear is that I may have somehow replaced that bootloader with TWRP, therefore there seems to be no way to load System. Man, I hope there is a solution to this. No way I can try and return it in this state.
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I don't see you making it to twrp without a boot loader, but did you possibly check anything besides recovery in flashify?
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That's is what happens if you format system. Did you make a back up in TWRP? If system had not been formatted then perhaps factory reset us a good option.
First I would force a hard reboot by holding power button until it turns off.
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djkinetic said:
yup factory reset is your friend.
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Thanks djkinetic. So following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 would potentially work?
stuck on TWRP. Damn!
used flashily, now am stuck on twrp. it wont reboot on system nothing. did factory reset, still on the same page.
I need your help guys
jnclocker said:
used flashily, now am stuck on twrp. it wont reboot on system nothing. did factory reset, still on the same page.
I need your help guys
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45293512
That should work.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45293512
That should work.
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no i have tried all that and it hasnt worked.
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no i have tried all that and it hasnt worked.
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Devs are working on diagnosing and repairing the issue. The only other viable solution is the flash back to stock, which you said didn't work for you.
Similar predicament
im also stuck at TWRP but i do have access to adb and adb sideload
i was wondering if it would be possible to sideload an TWRP from someone who had a working G2
Hi guys, I made a mess today. I decided to restore my stock LG software backup and everything went well. Then there were some LG updates and when they downloaded, I chose to install them. That took me to TWRP. I figured it needs the stock recovery to install the updates so I gave up on the updates and tried to reboot my device. It booted back to TWRP. I found it a bit weird, but I didn't care since I had a backup on the phone. I wiped data, cache, system and dalvik and restored the backup. Guess what, the phone would still only boot into recovery. I started freaking out so I wiped everything except internal again and flashed an AOSP based rom along with the gapps. Still wouldn't boot except recovery. Then I started to freak out even more and decided to wipe EVERYTHING, along with Internal storage. And here I am now, wiped every single thing on the device, stuck in recovery and can't connect my phone to the PC with usb. just a few minutes before I have to leave home. Any ideas on how to fix this? It was just some pointless LG update and it caused such a mess... ADB sideload won't work for me, I'm gonna attempt to find some drivers or something.
Anybody?
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Evetything you need its allready posted. Just search
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darkobas said:
Evetything you need its allready posted. Just search
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Dude, I've done my research and tried to fix it myself. The phone won't go into download mode and it won't connect to my PC. Drivers installed, LG tool installed. I just don't know what to do and I need help from someone who does know.
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Dude, I've done my research and tried to fix it myself. The phone won't go into download mode and it won't connect to my PC. Drivers installed, LG tool installed. I just don't know what to do and I need help from someone who does know.
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If you have twrp 2.6.3.4 you sideload rom but this may not help you.
You are going to have to go back to 100%stock.
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mchlbenner said:
If you have twrp 2.6.3.4 you sideload rom but this may not help you.
You are going to have to go back to 100%stock.
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Sideloading won't work for me either.
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In TWRP you have USB-OTG. If you have this cable you can install ROM from USB-flash)
I had the same issue. Only way to fix it was with the LG flashing tool. Make sure the usb port you are using on your computer is working and the cable isn't broken. I just followed the steps from this thread and it worked 100% for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Let me start off by saying I apologize if this is posted somewhere already.
Here's my situation. A couple days ago I lgflashed back to stock. All went well. I then rooted and installed TWRP. No issues at all. I didn't take an update, modify the stock ROM or even flash another ROM. Just ran stock rooted. Today, I pick my phone up, go to turn it on and I'm in recovery. No big deal, right? Well I can't get out of TWRP. My backups are still showing, but when I restore it and reboot the phone I'm right back in recovery.
I can't get into download mode either. Not sure what happened and everything was fine earlier in the day. Any thoughts?
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I should also say that adb doesn't recognize my phone.
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droidiac13 said:
I should also say that adb doesn't recognize my phone.
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I'm in your same boat right now, working on a buddy's phone cept when i formatted phone to stick a rom on it the nandroid i made got file 13'd
dcillusions77 said:
I'm in your same boat right now, working on a buddy's phone cept when i formatted phone to stick a rom on it the nandroid i made got file 13'd
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I'm back up and running. I used this thread HERE and did the command through TWRP.
As long as you have a ROM on the phone, you should be good to go.
droidiac13 said:
I'm back up and running. I used this thread HERE and did the command through TWRP.
As long as you have a ROM on the phone, you should be good to go.
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Tried it but it didn't work :\.....
Mine is stuck in fastboot mode whenever I try to reboot it into recovery what files are missing? Anyone know why whenever I reboot it into recovery it boots fastboot instead? Any help would be much appreciated
If you stuck in fastboot mode. Just push
laf file through fastboot to your phone.
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I'm back up and running. I used this thread HERE and did the command through TWRP.
As long as you have a ROM on the phone, you should be good to go.
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I'm so glad your back up and running again. I've been following your thread. And thanks for sharing the fix.
Does that mean that without your knowledge, your phone may have probably automatically updated itself (OTA) when you left your phone overnight? That's why you were stucked in recovery? Because it seems so odd that you didn't do anything wrong and it suddenly behaved that way. And I have read somewhere here that OTA just installed itself automatically without user intervention. So confusing if that did happen. How is that even possible?
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cccho said:
If you stuck in fastboot mode. Just push
laf file through fastboot to your phone.
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Got it up and running by downloading the FreeGee app from play store and installing TWRp that way. I had tried it before just didnt stick the first time
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I'm so glad your back up and running again. I've been following your thread. And thanks for sharing the fix.
Does that mean that without your knowledge, your phone may have probably automatically updated itself (OTA) when you left your phone overnight? That's why you were stucked in recovery? Because it seems so odd that you didn't do anything wrong and it suddenly behaved that way. And I have read somewhere here that OTA just installed itself automatically without user intervention. So confusing if that did happen. How is that even possible?
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I can only guess that it updated by itself. I really don't know what else it could be.
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I can only guess that it updated by itself. I really don't know what else it could be.
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Yes it might seem that way. Thanks
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