I might have bricked my LG G2.
Here is everything I did:
-I rooted the phone with the IO root kit
-wanted to installed a recovery so I installed TWRP manager
-applied SD card patch
-tried to install recovery with TWRP manager several times but app always crashed
-installed SDK on the PC
-started adb and executed "adb reboot bootloader"
the phone got a backlight screen and hasnt been reacting so far.
When I held the power button the screen went black but sometimes the backlight appeard again. I don't know how to reproduce the backlight though.
adb can't detect the phone when connected to the PC.
As soon as I plug it in dozens of Partitions show up. Windows show an error message for each of these partitions. It says I have to format the volumes to use them.
After testing I realized that everytime i long-press the power button for a few seconds the windows errors start popping up.
When i long pressed the power button for 30+ seconds to completely shut it down the notification LED started blinking red 8 times in roughly second intervals. then there was a short break and the 8 blinks repeated.
Thank you for all help, it would suck to have a 1 day old phone broke...
You probably chose the wrong device in TWRP Manager. Choosing the wrong device can easily lead to a brick because TWRP Manager may attempt to flash to the wrong partition. The G2 does not have a TWRP Manager flash available due to loki, so you couldn't have chosen the right device.
Almost have the same problem... the only difference is my black screen is blinking continuously while it is connected to the mac... Seems like it tries to boot but gets blocked and retries in a loop. Tried around now for two evenings without any progress...
Anybody who can help?
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Hello people,
I have a German Nexus 4 and it gets stuck in bootloop whenever I turn the power on.
I've had issues with the phone since the last few months - i.e. random reboots, random program crashes.
But recently I tried to root it in order to install the Android L developer preview. It was during the booting process, when my Nexus crashed and it has been unable to boot ever since.
When I push all three buttons (power + 2 volume rocker buttons) simultaneously, I get the fastboot screen.
Choosing the following options has these effects:
Start --> phone tries to boot but gets stuck in bootloop forever and ever
Restart bootloader --> restarts the fastboot screen
Recovery mode --> phone shows the robot with an opened belly and a red warning sign (see photograph)*
Power Off --> turns the power off
Also, it is NOT detected or recognized by my Macbook when I connect the Nexus via USB cable. So it's impossible for me to access the phone via my Macbook.
*This is the screen shown when I try to go into Recovery mode in fastboot:
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So this leaves me with no options as I never get further than the 4 turning circles forever and ever.
Is my Nexus 4 broken or is there still a chance to unbrick it? (I have a MacBook, so Windows programs won't work for me)
Of course it's not possible to recognize it when OS is not running.
Download WugFresh toolkit, ADB drivers (Universal) and the factory image. Enter fastboot, connect USB and flash the image
Your phone is not hardbricked, because it boots into the bootloader.
It might be recovered if you can access it with fastboot.
Try uninstalling all related drivers and install the Naked Universal Driver.
Thanks for your replies!
Unfortunately, the programs you mentionned don't work on my Mac (they seem to be Windows-only).
Also, how can I install stuff on my Nexus? Since it is not recognized by my MacBook, I can't load any files onto my Nexus.
And since any command on the fastboot screen only leads to the phone powered off, restart of the fastboot screen or the mentionned bootloop, I cannot perform any actions on the Nexus ...
Go to a friend with Windows.
Problem solved!
Somehow after the 1000th bootloop I finally reached the screen where I could wipe the phone.
And then it finally booted! Now all the data are lost and it's like a new phone, but at least it's working again!
How long was the boot loop? Was it the new boot animation from L?
Because when you flash L, the first boot up may take up to 15 minutes, leading you into thinking it's a boot loop.
I can't boot my LG G2 since I attempted to install Cyanogenmod 13 to it. It is not a "Security Error" that I can fix by flashing to stock rom. When I press and hold the power button it usually shows nothing, but sometimes it shows the logo for half of a second and goes black. I can't acces download mode or recovery, and when I tried to connect it to my pc, it opened dozens of driver(like C:\, D:\) errors, so I plugged it out and all of them gave error by saying can't open, parameter error, format the disk etc. I really need urgent help!
By the way I had downloaded opengapps and cyanogen mod 13 when I was able to access twrp.
I should add this: it continues working there is a shining black screen all the time. If I try booting it when it is out of charge, would it work?
P.S: When I connect it to a PC this shining black screen is winking.
I am having a strange issue in my a6020a46(k5 plus). The first time i installed pixel rom from xda) the system booted up fine then after using for few hours i installed bean Gapps(mini version) but play store was unstable. It was never able to sign me up so i again fully removed everything for clean installation (dalvik/cache,data,system,cache). After installing OS i installed wifi+kernel fix and again bean Gapps which strangely didnt got installed unlike first time. Then problem began. When i rebooted it got struck into bootloop. I waited for 1 hrs but nothing happened. Then phone was not even going into recovery no matter what key combination i tried. It only got struck in penguine icon which kept restarting again and again. After many many attemps I was able to get it into recovery mode by pressing vol+,- and power button after immediately pluging it into charger. I again tried to install pixel but same problem occured. Then I tried installing other ROMs and it boots up but same pengiune icon is present there. I am not able to get rid of that icon nor able to boot up my phone with pixel OS. One more strange thing is happening and that is when phone is completely off and plugged into PC there is sound that notifies that ext device is connected and penguine icon comes in screen but when i power on my mobile then disconnecting sound comes and it never connects again untill i completely turn off my mobile and plug in USB. So summerising it here-
1) Pixel OS (no gapps+wifi,kernel fix) installed on 1st attempt
2)open gapps are not compatible so installed bean gapps mini version but play store was unstable+not able to sign in
3)did clean install but beanGapps didnt installed,errors were present. Installed wifi+kernel fix(by mistake did it twice). Booted and it got into bootloop
4)when device is off and connect via usb penguin icon pops up and sound of device connected play. when i switch on device usb disconnected sound plays and never connects again untill mobile is completely switched off again
5)installing other roms didnt removed penguin icon. other roms get installed but when tried to go in recovery mode it get struck into pengin icon(doesnt proceed until turned off and hold power and vol+,- button and immediately connected to power supply)
6neither pixel OS nor beangapps are able to get installed again. Bootloop (gapps ending with error 1)
I hope i can find answers soon. Thanks
Yesterday I've received a notification about the new version of Magisk Manager, clicked "install", the installation process has started, there was a warning "Boot partition space insufficient" (it used to be before I guess). The phone went to reboot, but turned off instead (or just screen off?). I holded the power button, but the phone did not turn on, pressed a combo of buttons, the phone turned on and got into endless boot (got stuck on logo). I rebooted it with buttons again and enter into TWRP, charge level was 68%. So decided to Wipe it, but after a few seconds the touch screen stopped responding so I couldn't. Tried twice, the same issue. Decided to reflash the firmware, turned the phone off via Power Off in TWRP, after that the phone stopped turning on (completely!). Does not react at all. Not charging, no leds, no vibro.. completely nothing. Seem to be hard bricked or even dead, don't understand why.
Update: no drops, no heats, no water.
I guess it's dead on flashing Magisk, not Manager, but I am not 100% sure.
but why touch stopped working? it might be a hardware problem and soft is jist a coincidence
yaro666 said:
but why touch stopped working? it might be a hardware problem and soft is jist a coincidence
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I really have no clue why. Each time I tried to reboot and enter into TWRP, the touch was working for the first X seconds, 5 maybe... the strange thing is the phone was cold at the time.
downloaded magisk, created the patched boot.img
fastboot unlocked
flashed patched boot img
fastboot reboot
device powered on, charging indicator light comes on.
vibratr motor spins for about 10 seconds, screen stays off, restarts and goes again.
tried pressing v+ and power, nothing. all other combos, v-/power, vol+/- and power, nothing.
anyone have any clue how to recover from this?
It also happened with me 2 weeks earlier, but with my tab 4 10, I think its beacause of dm verity (verified boot).
Hopefully you are lucky , but I was not at that time, no one helped me ?, I spent 1 week to come out from that but you can recover your tab with in few minutes.
Just go in your browser and type lmsa.
You will found a lenovo motorola smart assistant website there, just click on it and install that app.
Then open that app , click on rescue and feed your device credentials, it will automatically start downloading the firmware and after downloading, it will guide you to how to connect your device to pc correctly for flashing and then it will automatically restore your device to it's orignal state.
No hassle of installing drivers etc.
And you will have your device working again ?.
First boot will take upto 5 min so be patient.
evilsway said:
downloaded magisk, created the patched boot.img
fastboot unlocked
flashed patched boot img
fastboot reboot
device powered on, charging indicator light comes on.
vibratr motor spins for about 10 seconds, screen stays off, restarts and goes again.
tried pressing v+ and power, nothing. all other combos, v-/power, vol+/- and power, nothing.
anyone have any clue how to recover from this?
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Use the tool on the lenovo website: rescue_and_smart_assistant_v5.3.0.21_signed_setup.exe
You can restore your OTA
Have you tried this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83830169&postcount=34
It's a year later... I'm having a similar issue. Were you ever able to resolve the screen problem?
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