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[Q] Lg G2 Bricked? Help...

Ok so i woke up and did something stupid accepted to the ota and now when my phone boots it just constant boot loops to the cwm recovery screen. i tryed to factory reset and restore a older backup but same thing just boots up to cwm recovery...i dont know what to do i heard a few things about terminal but i dont know how to get to it on cwm also adb but my computer is not reading the phone...can someone pleaseeeee help me!

nmitch8 said:
Ok so i woke up and did something stupid accepted to the ota and now when my phone boots it just constant boot loops to the cwm recovery screen. i tryed to factory reset and restore a older backup but same thing just boots up to cwm recovery...i dont know what to do i heard a few things about terminal but i dont know how to get to it on cwm also adb but my computer is not reading the phone...can someone pleaseeeee help me!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
This thread solved it for me (I also have CWM as you)

plguzman said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
This thread solved it for me (I also have CWM as you)
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can you please explain what you did because ive tryed everything there i cant connect to my computer useing adb is that what you did?

nmitch8 said:
can you please explain what you did because ive tryed everything there i cant connect to my computer useing adb is that what you did?
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In cwm adb is running when it is running. If you can't see your phone check drivers etc
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tacosrdelicioso said:
In cwm adb is running when it is running. If you can't see your phone check drivers etc
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i tryed the drivers still nothing my computer is litterly not reading the phone at all

Same issue here. My pocket got warm earlier and i pulled out my phone and it was in CWM. Rebooting only brought it back to CWM. Phone is not recognized by PC (with correct drivers) and I can't get into download mode at all. Was able to flash TWRP through CWM because i had a zip of it on the phone. But even with TWRP, every reboot to... option just takes me back to recovery.

Install pdanet, while phone is connected in recovery mode to pc open pdanet and install lg drivers through it and then open adb in ur pc and type adb devices and if it sees then open sideload in twrp or cwm and push Rom to phone.
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I downloaded Koush and it finally recognized my phone and gave me adb access. Just google "Koush Driver" and its the second one.

jonathan4tw said:
I downloaded Koush and it finally recognized my phone and gave me adb access. Just google "Koush Driver" and its the second one.
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TY omg TY!! so it did read my phone and i did the adb command and now my phone turns on but the issue is now that once it turns on it will go to the lock screen then lock and it wont unlock like the screen stays black any ideas would help im confused lol

bricked phone, tried everything

Ok, I've put my flame suit on, but I swear I have tried everything. I am not a developer level guy by any means, but I've been installing custom roms since the OG droid. But this time I got distracted and clearly made a foolish mistake. I was installing XDABBEB's new rom and I totally flaked out and installed the bootstrap and the rom in the same flash. it obviously didn't work and even though I read the instructions, I tried to restore my rom from a backup. Now the only thing I can do is boot into fastboot.
I've tried a number of ways to get TWRP or CWM back onto my phone so I can sideload a rom onto it, but every time I try to fastboot a recovery file it says that "remote: image is not a boot image" or something. What I have gathered from my research is that I cant install a custom recovery unless I am rooted.
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So, without a custom recovery and only fastboot at my disposal, where do I go from here?

sfl007 said:
Ok, I've put my flame suit on, but I swear I have tried everything. I am not a developer level guy by any means, but I've been installing custom roms since the OG droid. But this time I got distracted and clearly made a foolish mistake. I was installing XDABBEB's new rom and I totally flaked out and installed the bootstrap and the rom in the same flash. it obviously didn't work and even though I read the instructions, I tried to restore my rom from a backup. Now the only thing I can do is boot into fastboot.
I've tried a number of ways to get TWRP or CWM back onto my phone so I can sideload a rom onto it, but every time I try to fastboot a recovery file it says that "remote: image is not a boot image" or something. What I have gathered from my research is that I cant install a custom recovery unless I am rooted.
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So, without a custom recovery and only fastboot at my disposal, where do I go from here?
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Phone model?
You can try to flash through LG Flash Tools

Swakiny said:
Phone model?
You can try to flash through LG Flash Tools
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Thanks for the reply.
I have a VS980S. I have tried the LG flash tool, but I can't get any of the numerous LG drivers to recognize my phone. I even tried dd commands in Ubuntu, but all it would do is try and mount volume after volume making it impossible to use the interface,

sfl007 said:
Thanks for the reply.
I have a VS980S. I have tried the LG flash tool, but I can't get any of the numerous LG drivers to recognize my phone. I even tried dd commands in Ubuntu, but all it would do is try and mount volume after volume making it impossible to use the interface,
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I'm in the same boat man. I tried flashing AOKP and it hung and I rebooted and everything but TWRP was gone. I'm in the process of trying the KDZ method right now.

markrulesallnow said:
I'm in the same boat man. I tried flashing AOKP and it hung and I rebooted and everything but TWRP was gone. I'm in the process of trying the KDZ method right now.
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I hope it works for you. I tried that and flashing TWRP with fastboot but it said that it wasn't a valid boot image. A little research said that happens when your device is not rooted. But how can I root my phone from fastboot alone?

sfl007 said:
I hope it works for you. I tried that and flashing TWRP with fastboot but it said that it wasn't a valid boot image. A little research said that happens when your device is not rooted. But how can I root my phone from fastboot alone?
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Try IOroot ... flash it true ADB !!

Denfic said:
Try IOroot ... flash it true ADB !!
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I'll give a try and report back. But I have a feeling it won't work. I think I have the adb driver loaded but I can't get my computer to recognize any other of the drivers.

sfl007 said:
I'll give a try and report back. But I have a feeling it won't work. I think I have the adb driver loaded but I can't get my computer to recognize any other of the drivers.
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when opening window in map .. try to tick adb service !!! It might recognize the phone that way !

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Denfic said:
when opening window in map .. try to tick adb service !!! It might recognize the phone that way !
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Sorry, what do you mean by "opening window in map"?

I was also in the same boat for 36 h, stuck on trwp recovery, no rom, no gaps in memory... I'm freely sailing now! I did this:
- press together power and lower button to get usb connecting screen, unplugged usb cable.
- LG tools installed and D-802 pilots {for me] installed, plug cable and check pilots again.
- launch in LG tools option for wrong install repair
- wait until the complete rom repair is installed, quite long, and then you win automatic reboot! You just loose root. Ioroot 25 again, that's all.
Hope it works for you chaps.

I had a similar issue. Follow this step by step. It even tells you when and how to install the drivers
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-restore-lg-g2-to-stock-firmware/
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Icfatpeople said:
I had a similar issue. Follow this step by step. It even tells you when and how to install the drivers
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-restore-lg-g2-to-stock-firmware/
Sent from my VS980 4G using xda app-developers app
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Yeh try this ... what i meant was when opening windows in adb-map ... windows -explorer !
But try the llink provided ...it will wake up your phone ..! :good:

Believe me before doing any thing using your pc just try to change the usb port first, then let it install the driver automatically(if you're using w7/8)
if windows xp just dont plug your phone remove the old LG driver and then plug your phone to another usb port that the one you have used it before with your phone and install the driver, and then proceed....
Why i am telling you this?
because i had almost the same problem with my galaxy note 2..... it wasn't recognizing my phone until i changed my usb port in download
mode and let it istall the driver......
hope it'll help.......... :good:

Icfatpeople said:
I had a similar issue. Follow this step by step. It even tells you when and how to install the drivers
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-restore-lg-g2-to-stock-firmware/
Sent from my VS980 4G using xda app-developers app
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Ok, when I try this the computer recognizes my phone as a "USB Modem Phone ADB port" in device manager. But when I follow the directions in the link above if fails at Step 24. It says the phone is not connected. It is asking for my phone to be in "Download mode" in step 17, but I can only get into Fastboot mode. Is that the issue?

Yeah it is. Have you tried getting it into download mode? I was able to when I was stuck with a fast boot
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Try holding the power until the phone is off. Then you should be able to get to download mode
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Icfatpeople said:
Yeah it is. Have you tried getting it into download mode? I was able to when I was stuck with a fast boot
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Try holding the power until the phone is off. Then you should be able to get to download mode
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Ok, as i understand it you have to hold volume up and plug the device in while its off. The problem I am having is that the phone is always on. Regardless of what mode I have it in, I can always see the back light glowing. I've searched for ways of truly turning the phone off, but I can't find any info.
Suggestions?

sfl007 said:
Ok, as i understand it you have to hold volume up and plug the device in while its off. The problem I am having is that the phone is always on. Regardless of what mode I have it in, I can always see the back light glowing. I've searched for ways of truly turning the phone off, but I can't find any info.
Suggestions?
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Ok, hold power button until phone turn off, still holding until LG logo appear again, then the phone will turn off completly.
Turn off = Off
(First Off will take a long time, don't worry(about 40 seconds), don't forget: still holding the power button until LG logo appear and the phone Off)

Swakiny said:
Ok, hold power button until phone turn off, still holding until LG logo appear again, then the phone will turn off completly.
Turn off = Off
(First Off will take a long time, don't worry(about 40 seconds), don't forget: still holding the power button until LG logo appear and the phone Off)
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ok, it seems like it goes off. the backlight appears to be off, but when I hold the volume up button and then plug it in, it immediately goes to fastboot. ugh.
can i use fastboot to send the phone to download mode? I'll start searching for that now.....

Have you tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
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Icfatpeople said:
Have you tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
Sent from my VS980 4G using xda app-developers app
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Holy cow. This might be the last piece of the puzzle. I will report back after trying this.

[Q] Help with Bricked LG G2

Hello Everyone,
I've been looking around and can't seem to find any guide I can get to work.
A couple months ago, I rooted my LG G2 and installed Cyanogen mod successfully. After a couple days, for some reason I restored to a backup I made back before I installed Cyan, so it was just on the Stock OS. A couple days later my phone tried to update itself and it bricked it. I was an idiot and wiped everything for some reason so theres nothing on there but the LG logo and then it goes to TWRP.
So now I'm not quite sure what to do. I can adb push and sideload just fine, but I've tried pushing a zip with the stock OS and installing it but everytime it just says it failed. Ive also pushed cyan on again and it says successfully installed and then just goes back to TWRP again. Can anyone help me with what to do from here? Do I need a certain tool to re install the OS? Will pushing it and then installing it with TWRP not work?
thanks!

Reflash lg g2 stock rom .
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How would I go about flashing the stock rom?

Ive been trying to use this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
But every time I try to use the "Automatic offline procedure" I get an error saying permission denied. I made sure the drivers and everything were installed
Any ideas?

Right click - Run as administrator.
Or do it manually
https, window enabler..etc.

Alright, so I was able to do it manually, but in the instructions it says to enable usb debugging. Just to clarify my phone is basically stuck in TWRP, so will this even work?

My comp doesnt even recognize my phone as an LG G2 it says something like ADB galaxy nexus.

cj0435 said:
My comp doesnt even recognize my phone as an LG G2 it says something like ADB galaxy nexus.
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That's ok.
Open cmd line where your adb is. Put some rom inside.
Let's say the rom is : mycoolrom.zip
adb push mycoolrom.zip /sdcard/mycoolrom.zip
then flash it.

bender_007 said:
That's ok.
Open cmd line where your adb is. Put some rom inside.
Let's say the rom is : mycoolrom.zip
adb push mycoolrom.zip /sdcard/mycoolrom.zip
then flash it.
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I did this, but like I said in the original post when I try to flash it, it just says failed every time. Ive tried files from all over and they all fail. Could you point me in the right direction of one that might work?
Thanks

You didn't mention download mode.
Try powering off the device, hold volume up and connect to pc ?
Is the download mode at least working ?

bender_007 said:
You didn't mention download mode.
Try powering off the device, hold volume up and connect to pc ?
Is the download mode at least working ?
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Nope, no matter what I do it just goes to TWRP

And just to be clear it pushes over fine, and the zip is on the phone, its just when I try to flash it on TWRP it says failed. the last error code just said unable to open Zip

D800 I'm sure it's bricked, just want clarification

Alright, so I'm stuck in boot loop, the only recovery I can boot into is stock, which doesn't help obviously. I can't get into download mode, and my computer doesn't detect it. Just tell me the bad news.

Have you removed the LG drivers completely and reinstalled them? How did you get into the bootloop in the first place?
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whynottry said:
Alright, so I'm stuck in boot loop, the only recovery I can boot into is stock, which doesn't help obviously. I can't get into download mode, and my computer doesn't detect it. Just tell me the bad news.
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Let me see.. If by download mode you mean the blue dots(circles) then - no, you're not in download mode. But if you can enter teh real download mode (it should go past the circles) then you can flash it ( you should be able to flash it).
More info please.

bender_007 said:
Let me see.. If by download mode you mean the blue dots(circles) then - no, you're not in download mode. But if you can enter teh real download mode (it should go past the circles) then you can flash it ( you should be able to flash it).
More info please.
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There's a lot of info in his previous posts. We went through hell and back trying to fix it. Hopefully you can give some better guidance.

Art Vanderlay said:
There's a lot of info in his previous posts. We went through hell and back trying to fix it. Hopefully you can give some better guidance.
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Damn. I've read "I CAN get into download mode and ...." :/
will look into it to help out
one question : how did you brick it ?

Let me copy paste my previous three posts.
"When I originally tried to install TWRP, I was rooted in a stock rom, or whatever you call it when you're rooted and haven't installed a rom yet. When I tried originally, I went through CWM and installed it through that, but whenever I rebooted into recovery, I got the android with the caution sign in its chest. I kept trying to install it, and eventually I believe I used the flashify app to install it(the version I believe was 2.6.3.3) and I tried to boot again and it went into a boot loop, and began making a bunch of drives. I used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2582142to get me into TWRP, and it worked. Problem is, I have no roms, no backups, no download mode, and my computer only recognizes my phone as 'g2'. I tried to install adb drivers manually so that the computer would recognize it as an adb device, but it gave me error:closed, and that's where we are right now. Quite a hole I have dug myself into, huh?"
"Ok, so I went back into linux -- I have dual boot for windows 7 and ubuntu -- and for some reason adb worked there, so I was able to adb sideload a cwm .img. But of course, I got excited because I thought it would just fix it but now I'm stuck in fastboot mode, and still can't get into download mode."
"I tried it, and now it is stuck in a bootloop and isn't detected by my computer. Only thing I can boot into is stock recovery. Looks like this is the end of my G2.."
I truly do think there's nothing that can be done, just from a logical standpoint. It isn't detected by anything on the computer and can only boot stock recovery which doesn't help at all. I do appreciate the help, though.
bender_007 said:
Damn. I've read "I CAN get into download mode and ...." :/
will look into it to help out
one question : how did you brick it ?
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Ugh..so no fastboot either :/
fastboot was good.

Bricked LG g2 d800 think soo

Hi guys,
I have LG G2 d800. try to restore back to jelly bean, and rooted the phone. meanwhile took the KK update and the problem starts from there. I read the forums about not taking the update once rooted. But I was too late for that. I read most the forums to fix but haven't found my problem fix.
here is the problem lies
I am on Cyanogen recovery on the screen. wipe out everything from the phone. even the cache partition.
My computer don't read the phone. adb is not working. tried to see the list of device on adb but shows unauthorized device.
only thing work sideload on adb. tried to install twrp recovery zip file or rom zip file. stuck on 47% . then it shows error.
I see there is a fix through twrp recovery. but my adb is not working. tried different drivers but wont give me dice.
any help on this highly appreciated. or you can guide me for that.
thanks in advance.

Here's what I did:
I grabbed SRKTool and nuked my download mode. Then when attempting to enter download mode I was instead kicked into fastboot. From there I flashed stock partition images, rebooted into download mode, and then was able to flash a stock kdz/tot with the LG software.
All data lost, but phone was unbricked. All of this software was run inside a virtual machine on a Linux or OSX box as well.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Thanks for reply. let u know how I went through.
downloading srktool 2.1

dgranillo said:
Here's what I did:
I grabbed SRKTool and nuked my download mode. Then when attempting to enter download mode I was instead kicked into fastboot. From there I flashed stock partition images, rebooted into download mode, and then was able to flash a stock kdz/tot with the LG software.
All data lost, but phone was unbricked. All of this software was run inside a virtual machine on a Linux or OSX box as well.
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I downloaded the srktool2.1 but the problem is, it waiting to connect the device. my phone is cwm recovery screen but guess phone is not talking to the computer. so as I mentioned no adb connection.
anyother way to get back in life.

hemanshu025 said:
I downloaded the srktool2.1 but the problem is, it waiting to connect the device. my phone is cwm recovery screen but guess phone is not talking to the computer. so as I mentioned no adb connection.
anyother way to get back in life.
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I believe in SRK Tool you can nuke download mode two ways. One of which is while in download mode itself. Try entering download mode and selecting the proper option. Sometimes an unplug/replug is needed to get the phone recognized.

I did try. My phone is on Cyanogen screen. Try to plug and unplug but nothing happens. Tried SDK tool and tried to side load cm12 Rom but gets error after 47%. Don't know what to do.
In SRK tool after choosing options it stays on waiting for device. Nothing happen
s after that. Even plug n unplug.

Reboot into download mode. I believe you can also do it via adb with SRK Tool, but that is not what I did. There are two ways to build your download mode with SRK Tool. One of them is used when you are connected via download mode. That is the path I took.
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dgranillo said:
Reboot into download mode. I believe you can also do it via adb with SRK Tool, but that is not what I did. There are two ways to build your download mode with SRK Tool. One of them is used when you are connected via download mode. That is the path I took.
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My problem is, Phone is not talking with computer. I have started adb server and type adb devices and it came up with 09oikjn76568 unauthorized.
I believe my phone is not talking adb commands via computer. I have read here in some forum, your phone has to be on debugging. but in that case I my phone doesn't go beyond CYANOGEN RECOVERY.
Thanks for reply. If you have any other suggestion please let me know.

If you reboot into download mode you will bypass the debugging need.
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dgranillo said:
If you reboot into download mode you will bypass the debugging need.
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Kind of noob question. How you go in download mode. This is what I did to get in download mode. Turn off the phone and by holding power up button and same time pluging USB connected to computer. I booted into cyanogen recovery screen.
Am I doing right?
If not please let me know. Thanks for reply.
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Hemanshu_Patel said:
Kind of noob question. How you go in download mode. This is what I did to get in download mode. Turn off the phone and by holding power up button and same time pluging USB connected to computer. I booted into cyanogen recovery screen.
Am I doing right?
If not please let me know. Thanks for reply.
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Make sure the phone is off. Then, while holding the Volume-Up button, plug your phone into the usb cable.

That's exactly what I did but it boots back to cyanogen recovery.
Thanks for reply.

hemanshu025 said:
That's exactly what I did but it boots back to cyanogen recovery.
Thanks for reply.
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Do you mean TWRP recovery? Make sure you are not pressing the power button when you are hold the up volume button ....... It should go immediately to download mode when you connect it via usb if your download mode isnt nuked ........ then u can flash back to stock using TOT method.