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Bricked phone ?

Hi,
I tried to upgrade from v2.1 to new Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread For LG Optimus GT540 and I followed instructions exactly, but I am stuck at number 8, I did this:
8- Now click “Launch software update”, DO NOT USE THE PC TO THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE. THE PHONE WILL REBOOT WHEN FINISHED THE PROCESS IN KDZ. (The process takes about 15 minutes in KDZ).
and about 2 minutes text log writes and stopped, I am now waiting more then 40 minutes my phone didn't reboot. On display is still written download mode, what should I do now ?
In kdz is written:
3GQCT: wParam = 205. IParam = 36
p.s.
I disconnected phone from usb and pull out battery and now I cannot turn on phone, I tried to push vol down + power for 5 sec.
Any idea what should I do now? I hope I didn't brick my phone

What programs are you using?
What are you using to update your phone and have you tried taking out your SIM, SD card and battery then turned it on with the USB cable?

I used KDZ updater and tried to install CyanogenMod7 (2.3.5) @ GT540 Swiftdroid2 RC3 by Mur4ik. if that is what you ask ?
I removed sim card and battery also, then tried to turn it on while plugged in to computer usb but no response from phone, I can't turn it on
p.s. I am using win 7 64 bit OS

gorantz said:
I used KDZ updater and tried to install CyanogenMod7 (2.3.5) @ GT540 Swiftdroid2 RC3 by Mur4ik. if that is what you ask ?
I removed sim card and battery also, then tried to turn it on while plugged in to computer usb but no response from phone, I can't turn it on
p.s. I am using win 7 64 bit OS
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If you can't get into download mode, then it's game over I'm afraid. What you will need to do is return the phone back to where you bought it. This happened to me some time ago. But the Carphone Warehouse were happy to fix it (even though I had voided the warranty but don't tell them that ). Don't say that you tried to mod the phone, say something like 'I installed LG's PC Suite and it said my device had a software update. I went along with it, but it gave me an error half way through. Now my phone won't turn on at all' It might just work!

I had the same problem when modding with kdz.
completely bricked my phone, but was able to fix by putting kdz into emergency mode instead of diag and updating with a fastboot stock rom,
it would stop after 2 minutes and give me and error but it managed to get fastboot onto my phone,
(camera + power)
then just flashed the fastboot method with adb and everything was fine,
my problem was something to do with lg modem drivers i believe,
I read a thread that said to disable the lg virtual modem. (didnt
work for me)
pretty noob myself
but the above method worked for me,
not sure if this can do anymore damage to the phone

have a look at this is u get it into emegancy mode.
On the kdz updater instead of 3GQCT put into emergancy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDmU9RSIiDA

If you have tried flashing with Cm7 you might be lucky,
try holding camera button and powering on the phone, a black screen should come up thats fastboot.
if that comes up u should be able to just reflash following mur4iks instruction
if not try what i said in my last post and reflsh with phone type 3QGCT and PhoneMode EMERGENCY
again only going of how i fixed my bricked phone

ZxWelshyxz said:
If you have tried flashing with Cm7 you might be lucky,
try holding camera button and powering on the phone, a black screen should come up thats fastboot.
if that comes up u should be able to just reflash following mur4iks instruction
if not try what i said in my last post and reflsh with phone type 3QGCT and PhoneMode EMERGENCY
again only going of how i fixed my bricked phone
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He was trying to flash a fastboot rom (to install CM7) but bricked his device in the process. So he can't flash CM7-.-

Yeah I know that but I mean when I got the error he has, I flashed with a stock 2.1 fastboot rom With Diag changed to EMERGENCY and was able to get on to fastboot mode (camera+power), I got the error again as i was flashing but the phone would load fastboot and not start up
If he can get lucky and get into fastboot like i did, a simple:
fastboot -w
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot reboot
should fix his problem or did i just get lucky?
sorry if im confusing thinks here, but this is how i fixed mine. which was also dead and not turning on
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@ZxWelshyxz
I am total neewbie, can you write to me some kind of tut, like press that then do that etc

gorantz said:
@ZxWelshyxz
I am total neewbie, can you write to me some kind of tut, like press that then do that etc
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Well like i told you im a noob at this myself (Android phone flashing atleast)
I suppose it would be good to see if you got fastboot??
Power on the phone while holding camera button (hold the camera button until the screen goes black) if you can get fastboot you can just follow the fastboot flash instructions after fastboot -w
if not on kdz in the top right were it says DIAG, Change this to CS_EMERGENCY,Click Launch update and flash again with a stock fastboot rom
after THIS see if the phone loads or boot loops(had this once too) or loads fastboot
Il try look to find the thread i read on another forum for troubleshooting kdz it helped me alot
EDIT: http://android.modaco.com/topic/321895-faqgt540-reference-thread/ try some of the troubleshooting tips at the bottom of the O.P
I basicly aimed to get fastboot working so make sure your flashing with a stock FASTBOOT! rom
again im new to this im just saying what got my phone back to life

my fone stuck in download mood what can i do?

corecrack said:
my fone stuck in download mood what can i do?
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Pull out the battery and turn on the phone again (if you have knocked the phone when turning on, or flash a KDZ (when connected to PC)

@gorantz
Can i advise to follow step by step tutorial pin pointed by lavero.burgos, am a total neewbie like u man,but now using latest CM7 by Mur4ik and waiting for new release from devs
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thanks, but my phone is now at service when I get it back maybe I'll try....but maybe

gorantz said:
thanks, but my phone is now at service when I get it back maybe I'll try....but maybe
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I bricked my phone and I tried it again after getting it back from lg

I'm new here and to having a Smartphone, I've just been given an LG Android GT540 which is at version 1.6. The LG site tells me I can upgrade to 2 something or other, sorry can't remember the exact number and gives instructions on how to do the upgrade, but I'm a bit on the cautious side as I don't want to brick it, not this early on in owning my first Smartphone.
I'll be reading a lot of the posts here to try and find out as much as I can before I attempt to do this.

Well don't worry if it's official update. But if you some how brick your phone just tell lg the update bricked your phone and we are talking about unofficial updates
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gorantz said:
thanks, but my phone is now at service when I get it back maybe I'll try....but maybe
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Dont hesitate to ask for help man its worth upgrading.
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I've got phone today from service (not official LG service), repairman just manage to wake up phone so I can turn it On, but when I turn it I get black screen with message on it ''download mode''. Now computer recognize phone when I plug it, and I tried to update or flash it with kdz updater but have no luck
I launch kdz in emergency mode, load rom with updater, press launch button, and process started, (get messages unpacking software etc.) but after 3-4 minutes I notice that computer is blocked I couldn't do anything with mouse pointer, and I waited 15 minutes but computer is still blocked, even time on computer is stopped. I tried this procedure few times, every time it is same. Also tried to disable lg virtual modem in device manager. Any idea what I could do ?
p.s. repairman in service told me that he tried it to flash it with riff box, process started but after few minutes if stopped and blocked his riff box

Unbrick lg optimus l3 using kdz updater

To Anyone who gets problem to unbrick your LG Optimus L3 e400
It Really works for me.
How to instal LG Firmware using KDZ Updater
1. Download and Install USB driver for Lg L3 e400 from LG website or here
2.Download and install MSXML 4.0 SP3. here.
3.Download KDZ Updater here then extract it to your computer.
4. Download KDZ file according to your country or any compatible KDZ file. Download here
How to use KDZ:
1. Detach your external SD from your phone.
2. Remove your phone battery and wait for a few seconds.
3. Put your battery back to the phone.
4. Press volume - and + (or just in the middle of volume button) and power button at the same time.
5. wait till the phone screen turns to yellow (emergency mode) then release all the buttons.
6. Connect your phone to PC by using USB cable (your LG cable).
7. Stop or disable your antivirus or antimalware.
8. Run KDZ Updater as administrator.
9. Choose the following options in KDZ Updater:
Type: 3GQCT
Phone Mode: DIAG
and browse KDZ file is the one you downloaded, browse where you put this file and then select.
9. Click on “Launch Software Update”
10. If everything goes well, you will see “Finished” on KDZ Updater screen. Your phone will restart itself. You'll see the opening screen.
If something wrong happen it's usually because of the wrong download of KDZ file, broken KDZ Updater, or your antivirus.
I hope this could unbrik your LG L3 phone.
How to Root it.
After doing all the above now you can root your device again with this. Extract the file you just downloaded to your root of your computer.
Connect your device to the computer, then double click run.bat and wait till the device restart.
Now your device is rooted again
How to get CWM
Download from Google Play Rom Manager and download your CWM with this apk while online.
Good Luck

Hi, im a l5 user but the process, im new with this device, but if i flash a rom by kdz i'll need do root,install cwm, and unlock bootloader again?

AfonsoADR said:
Hi, im a l5 user but the process, im new with this device, but if i flash a rom by kdz i'll need do root,install cwm, and unlock bootloader again?
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Yes, You do need to root and install cwm again.

afonsoadr said:
hi, im a l5 user but the process, im new with this device, but if i flash a rom by kdz i'll need do root,install cwm, and unlock bootloader again?
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Yes. You do need to root and reinstall cwm because it's very safe.

I have 4.0.4 ICS (cm9) on my LG L3 (e400), I tried to flash to stock since official 4.4 (kitkat) is coming soon but it does nothing, just reboots normally after flashing (no errors reported with kdz flasher) with my wallpaper and everything, and it says that my battery is charging but it's not connected to charger or computer. Any ideas?

I did everything from the guide, step by step, and I'm stuck on this error: Upgrade Error: Wparam: 100 LParam :1010
I especially looked ower firmware, and I'm positive that I downloaded the right one.
I tried several times, and every time I get this error. Also, phone now boots to Emergency mode, and can't boot to something else.
Don't know what to do? Anyone help?

Just reinstall driver, reboot pc after instalation and run kdz as admin.
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konjkonjkonj said:
I did everything from the guide, step by step, and I'm stuck on this error: Upgrade Error: Wparam: 100 LParam :1010
I especially looked ower firmware, and I'm positive that I downloaded the right one.
I tried several times, and every time I get this error. Also, phone now boots to Emergency mode, and can't boot to something else.
Don't know what to do? Anyone help?
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You can only enter emergency mode because you haven't finished installing_KDZ. If I were you I would try download and install another KDZ file.
It will only work when you get the right KDZ file for your device. Don't worry to try another KDZ file.
Try another KDZ updater,
Unable antivirus and firewall.
Keep on trying. I hope these will unbricked your phone.
Sent from my LG-P705 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

mr_techno said:
I have 4.0.4 ICS (cm9) on my LG L3 (e400), I tried to flash to stock since official 4.4 (kitkat) is coming soon but it does nothing, just reboots normally after flashing (no errors reported with kdz flasher) with my wallpaper and everything, and it says that my battery is charging but it's not connected to charger or computer. Any ideas?
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Try hard reset
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george brown said:
Try hard reset
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I can't turn it off completely without removing the battery. When I place back the battery it turns on immediately, so I don't have time to hold button combo..... :/

Download Quick Boot Reboot from play store. Run it select recovery then it should hard reset your device.
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mr_techno said:
I can't turn it off completely without removing the battery. When I place back the battery it turns on immediately, so I don't have time to hold button combo..... :/
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After removing battery wait about 15 seconds and put it back. If it still fails, remove battery and wait for longer time.
Just keep on trying.
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help me
please help me... why after i press start upgrade at kdz updater. it says phone was not found even says it Finnish and nothing happen next? either i am connected to pc and already have needed drivers? please can you help me. i installed cyanoid14 standard and my phone goes boot loop like blinking white background infinitely

Have you tried entering into CWM?
If so, then you should do factory reset, wipe cache, and go to advance then wipe dalvik cache then restart your phone.
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george brown said:
After removing battery wait about 15 seconds and put it back. If it still fails, remove battery and wait for longer time.
Just keep on trying.
Sent from my LG-P705 using Tapatalk
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Tried that, tried flashing another roms, tried KDZ, tried multiple stock roms....nothing works.... It says it's charging without cable being connected.

stuck with cm9
For those you stuck and cannot flash back to stock ROM. enter to CWM, and leave it there. Connect to PC and flash with EMERGENCY mode (not DIAG)

Works perfectly, tested in Windows 8
Thanks!

Unable to download kdz
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but when I try click on the link for the kdz I'm looking for it takes me to a tny.cz page and nothing else happens.
What am I missing?

petriedave said:
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but when I try click on the link for the kdz I'm looking for it takes me to a tny.cz page and nothing else happens.
What am I missing?
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Nothing wrong with the links. I''ve checked them several times.

D802 How to unbrick?

Hi, I've got a HUGE problem.
Today I decided to root my G2 d802 (european free distribution) and flash a CM rom.
After cleaning dalvik and factory reset i tried to flash this rom but Status 7 showed up.
So, I tried to launch G2 and find a solution for it but it started to boot loop.
Okay.
Even worse, (don't ask how, but it wasn't me!) there PROBABLY was format /system,,
After that my G2 stucks on LG logo and nothing else happens. No loop no anything. I can only go into recovery while seeing white screen asking if I agree to do format. Everytime, but it never boots normally, it's always stuck.
So, what can I do?
I can't access the phone from my computer while beeing in the recovery (it appears as a device, but i cannot access it..).
I can only use recovery
LG G2 D802
CWM-based Recovery v6.0.4.4
Sorry for bad english, not my native language.
Help me, please! How can I unbrick my G2?!
So I tried to flash Stock rom, but when in download mode G2 isn't considered as plugged into a computer. LG Mobile Support Tool can't find the device... Any help?

legions91 said:
Hi, I've got a HUGE problem.
Today I decided to root my G2 d802 (european free distribution) and flash a CM rom.
After cleaning dalvik and factory reset i tried to flash this rom but Status 7 showed up.
So, I tried to launch G2 and find a solution for it but it started to boot loop.
Okay.
Even worse, (don't ask how, but it wasn't me!) there PROBABLY was format /system,,
After that my G2 stucks on LG logo and nothing else happens. No loop no anything. I can only go into recovery while seeing white screen asking if I agree to do format. Everytime, but it never boots normally, it's always stuck.
So, what can I do?
I can't access the phone from my computer while beeing in the recovery (it appears as a device, but i cannot access it..).
I can only use recovery
LG G2 D802
CWM-based Recovery v6.0.4.4
Sorry for bad english, not my native language.
Help me, please! How can I unbrick my G2?!
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There is a way to probably fix it but if you cant just put your phone in the water till it breaks and use your warranty to get another one thats what I did with my D801 when it bricked

CHlCKEN said:
There is a way to probably fix it but if you cant just put your phone in the water till it breaks and use your warranty to get another one thats what I did with my D801 when it bricked
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Nevermind. It came back to boot loop, so it's not bricked.
But i've got some problems.
Mainly - i still can't access my phone through my computer.
When i try to flash Stock Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 this thread) i recive: http://i.imgur.com/ijSgtwp.png - screenshot from Device Manager when in download mode: http://i.imgur.com/kMLCW7t.png and when in recovery: http://i.imgur.com/wGU6qnz.png
So we're back into boot loop.
Any help? Please?

Can you attach an otg card reader or flash memory stick from recovery?

adb sideload helps you. or adb push

The problem is, because of a tutorial on my local Android site which tells how to unloop boot in G2 I've got TWRP now instead of CWM (it was about access to terminal something and writing a command, but it didn't do ****, but it seemed to work for few people), and it would be fine, but... now computer doesn't recognize my phone. Unidentified Devices: LG G2-D802, so I can't access sideload...

corrsea said:
Can you attach an otg card reader or flash memory stick from recovery?
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I've got OTG Cable (bought for my Nexus 7) somewhere, but none of above.
LOL NEVERMIND
Becouse I had nothing to lose i decided to try to flash CM and it worked.
CWM couldn't flash it for 5 times, TWRP did it immediatly.
Topic closed, thank you for your responses.

You need to first download the kdz and lg flash utility with drivers.
Install drivers
The factory reset deleting system, cache, internal sd.
Then shutdown your g2.
Start to downloaded mode connecting your g2
Flash kdz & voila... Done
I too bricked my phone before. My flashing stuck at 49%. Recovered using above method, all is well now
This works 1000%. I bet on it. Just remember to wipe the phone completely before flashing. You will return to stock with unrooted status in download mode. U will have your warranty back too
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I had a similar problem, got it fixed with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
Maybe it works for you too.

LG G2 D802 Bricked

Hi All,
I had TWRP recovery on this LG D802. Because download mode wasn't working i flashed a stock recovery. Since that moment i don't have:
- Recovery mode
- Download mode
- Fastboot mode
The phone is in a boot loop though. It flashes the LG logo on and off. The phone isn't being detected by the computer.
I hope someone can help me.
Kind regards.
Hoessein

hoesseinm said:
Hi All,
I had TWRP recovery on this LG D802. Because download mode wasn't working i flashed a stock recovery. Since that moment i don't have:
- Recovery mode
- Download mode
- Fastboot mode
The phone is in a boot loop though. It flashes the LG logo on and off. The phone isn't being detected by the computer.
I hope someone can help me.
Kind regards.
Hoessein
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This is not to dampen your spirit but if it is not detected by computer then it is very hard to get it back to life. But I guess it is not detecting by computer because it is not fully loading(at least some of the necessary files loading). If you aren't able to get into download mode or fastboot mode, I guess you may try the method explained in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
Hope your device get back to normal following that thread, you need Ubuntu for that method to try, but that's(installing ubuntu) not a difficult.

Thank you for your answer. Onfurtantely that is not helping because for that manual the mobile needs to be detected by the computer.

hoesseinm said:
Thank you for your answer. Onfurtantely that is not helping because for that manual the mobile needs to be detected by the computer.
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Then I suggest you to completely switch off the phone(I hope you already done that) & leave it for some time and then try it after some time. Did you use the proper stock recovery when going from TWRP to stock recovery(I mean the recovery that is intended for your phone model)?. What I think is that as long as it is seeing some sort of life(it is going as far as LG Logo), there is a hope that it can be recovered. I think some thing is messed up in recovery or boot or one of those partitions that are checked during the boot.

You need to first download the kdz and lg flash utility with drivers.
Install drivers
The factory reset deleting system, cache, internal sd.
Then shutdown your g2.
Start to downloaded mode connecting your g2
Flash kdz & voila... Done
I too bricked my phone before. My flashing stuck at 49%. Recovered using above method, all is well now
This works 1000%. I bet on it. Just remember to wipe the phone completely before flashing. You will return to stock with unrooted status in download mode. U will have your warranty back too
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

hoesseinm said:
Hi All,
I had TWRP recovery on this LG D802. Because download mode wasn't working i flashed a stock recovery. Since that moment i don't have:
- Recovery mode
- Download mode
- Fastboot mode
The phone is in a boot loop though. It flashes the LG logo on and off. The phone isn't being detected by the computer.
I hope someone can help me.
Kind regards.
Hoessein
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rastigo said:
You need to first download the kdz and lg flash utility with drivers.
Install drivers
The factory reset deleting system, cache, internal sd.
Then shutdown your g2.
Start to downloaded mode connecting your g2
Flash kdz & voila... Done
I too bricked my phone before. My flashing stuck at 49%. Recovered using above method, all is well now
This works 1000%. I bet on it. Just remember to wipe the phone completely before flashing. You will return to stock with unrooted status in download mode. U will have your warranty back too
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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ok stop copy pasting same thing on different places if you would have read you would have noticed in the beginning he can't eneter download mode

On which system did you try it?
Maybe try Windows,Mac and something like Ubuntu.
Also take a look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
It worked for me, maybe it does for you too.

[Q] LG G2 bricked, with disabled usb debugging ( PLEASE HELP!)

I rooted my lg g2 D802, put cwm recovery and flashed cyanogenmod 11. It worked perfectly for 80 hours, when my battery died. I tried to recharge it but my phone won't boot anymore, I only see lg logo. I can't get into recovery, but i can get into download mode. I tried flashing stock ROM through PC but it doesn't work. PC recognizes phone in ports but when I start Flashtool it just says "Waiting for Connection". After reading tons of threads about bricked phones, it seems that phone has to have USB debugging enabled. When i flashed cyanogenmod USB debugging was disabled. And now my phone is bricked with USB debugging disabled.
Please help me to restore my phone, I'm desperate now. I've been trying various methods for 3 days and nothing seems to work. What should I do?

I managed to recover my phone.

blackdeath995 said:
I managed to recover my phone.
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HOW?

blackdeath995 said:
I managed to recover my phone.
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Please tell how, I'm trying to unbrick my phone for hours..

If you have lg logo use lg support tool. I had the same problem and it restores my phone to factory firmware. Dont get scared if you see a lot of ?????????? On lg suppor tool. Just look for the options.....check where the options are before connecting phone because when plugged letters change to ??????. Works 100% for me.
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My case is different, here's the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694212

Stefanakii said:
Please tell how, I'm trying to unbrick my phone for hours..
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To be completely honest, I'm not sure how exactly did I manage to unbrick it. I tried to dig something with adb and fastboot. I don't know what exactly did I do but I didn't get any visible result. In my desperation I tried to enter recovery (power + down) once again (after at least 10 attempts during these 3 days) and it somehow worked. Then I flashed ROM that was already in my memory. It seems that my problem was consequence of OTA update.
I'm new with android so I'm still noob. I'm sorry that I can't help more.

i have a same problem if u solve it

Did you try doing an upgrade recovery using LG Mobile Support Tool on Windows 7 machine?