I originally posted this in general and then saw the sticky saying your not supposed to post questions there. Sorry for the double post.
I'm selling my G2 on ebay. It sold. I rebooted to TWRP and did a wipe on everything, including the internal storage, so I could follow WALTCOs guide to uproot and flash stock. Now when it reboots, all that comes up is the LG flash, but no bootloader, nothing. I can only assume that I wiped the rom, recovery, and EVER THING off the phone.
I'm a little terrified. Did I brick it? Is there anything I can do at this point?
Can you get into download mode?
I had a similar problem a couple of days ago - but while the phone was connected to the laptop I noticed that by holding the power and volume up button I could get the phone into the download mode -(the LG logo appears but keep holding the buttons down and hopefully download mode will appear) I then followed the instructions in the below thread and return it to stock - lost root but still has TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Hmm...holding power and volume up, it says download mode started and flashes to a dog window saying fast boot started. Is this download mode? When I connect it to my computer, lg flash tool can't read the phone info, mentions the port. I checked in device manager and it's listed as an ADB device but I can't see orly change the port.
If you're in fastboot then download mode failed to load.
fastboot is an interface which is somewhat similar to adb.
You can try flashing working images to your phone through it to fix download mode.
It's pretty easy to brick your phone like that though so be careful.
any luck getting it to work? i don't hold down the power button on my phone to do this. turn the phone all the way off. hold down the power until after the the brief flash off the splash screen logo. that way, it is all the way off and not rebooting. now, hold down the volume up button only, then plug in the usb cable. that should do it.
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OK i have the t-mobile vibrant my second one. for the reason the first one would not take charge or died to quick or something. The thing is i flash vibrant7 flash OK but it was freezing so i made a nandroid of stock rooted vibrant so i can flash back to. So on the proses of nanrestoring it finish and rebooted but it got stock on the vibrant screen not booting up. so i tried going into download mode but no good tried every single button combination no good. so am asking how would you know if you have one of those vibrant that cant boot to download mode. also i cant access
adb for the reason it doesn't reconices the device. help!!!!!!
Plug your phone into you computer via usb while its off, wait for the battery charging icon to appear. HOLD PWR+VOL-UP+VOL-DOWN until the screen goes black, then RELEASE POWER, but continue to HOLD both VOL buttons. That should boot you into download mode NP
The_Chrome_Coyote said:
Plug your phone into you computer via usb while its off, wait for the battery charging icon to appear. HOLD PWR+VOL-UP+VOL-DOWN until the screen goes black, then RELEASE POWER, but continue to HOLD both VOL buttons. That should boot you into download mode NP
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Sorry to those members who may get angry by me posting on the dev section i thought i was on the general section. but that did not help thank you!!! very much for posting.
make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed for your phone, you can find both 32bit and 64 bit drivers floating around
boot your phone into stock recovery
now plug your phone into your computer
go to adb, type adb reboot download
its called google search
same issue
I have been reading through xda and other sites as well and it seems like the replacement vibrants cannot get into download or recovery mode manually. I'm stuck on the phone+!+PC symbol on my phone. It's been a day now and I cannot for the life of me get this thing in download mode. Literally have tried every possible way. The funny thing is that my original vibrant could get into download mode very easily. There have been suggestions that the volume keys are disabled for getting into download mode on the replacement phones. Any ideas or suggestions besides returning the phone or waiting for another replacement?
I'm on my second Vibrant too. First one wouldn't boot into DL mode at all and I killed it when installing one of the lagfixes. Nothing worked; button combos, adb, no matter what I did I couldn't access DL mode or recovery. Fortunately I was able to get another one from T-Mobile. My suggestion would be to make sure you can boot into one of those BEFORE tinkering with anything on the phone. Chances are that if you can get back to recovery you'll be ok. If you can't get there on a stock phone then take it back to the store and tell them you're having random reboots or shutdowns. The store rep will most likely try to do a master reset. If it won't boot into recovery for them they should give you a new one. Good luck!
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Bricked your phone? You've come to the right place, if you're one of the blessed. A lot of the newer Captivates have button combinations disabled. Before you go modding your phone, make sure that you can get into download or recovery using these button combos. If you can't, your best bet is to return your phone to an AT&T store and beg for a new one.
THE BUTTON COMBOS
Power-power
Download-volume up+volume down+plug in usb cord
Recovery-volume up+volume down+power
There you have it. Thanks for reading.
What is the point of this when there are 3 methods in the Odin 3 one click thread which is a sticky? Just curious how this deserves its own thread.
When my phone was stuck at the Galaxy S logo, i was able to send the adb reboot recovery command to it to get into recovery mode.
Are bricked phones normally stuck at the logo too, or was it just me?
I wanted to link to just the button combos in the bible. Also, the one click Odin isn't a sticky anymore.
From mah fonez
Why don't you just link to a single post in a thread or post in the odin thread and link to that single post? Just a suggestion so there isn't too many threads started for just a little information like you posted. Great work on the bible though. Glad to see a lot of stuff being compiled into one thread.
How does this relate to development? With a title like this, i thought we had some button hacks.
BAH!
You should also include more than the button combinations as well if you're going to make this post useful. Simply holding the volume buttons + power will do absolutely nothing on my phone. I spent a good amount of time looking for more detailed instructions on recovery mode when the phone was new and no one posted them. There are also a lot of posts that talk about the at&t splash screen flashing and when to release the buttons but that's not terribly useful either. Download mode is a little more covered but still has lots of people giving different instructions. For those the future new people that might read this thread,
For Recovery mode:
Power off
Hold both volume buttons
Push power
Release power when you see the AT&T splash screen
Release the volume buttons a second or so later
After the splash screen goes away you should be in recovery mode
Continuing to hold all three buttons will simply cause the AT&T splash screen to flash at you. I can also continue to hold the volume buttons after releasing power but it is not needed.
For Download mode:
Power Off
Plug USB into computer
Hold both volume buttons
Plug USB into phone
The above will immediately send my phone into download mode. For flashing, most people recommend the steps below to maximize the chance of success with Odin
Power off
Remove battery, sim, microsd
Open Odin
Plug USB into computer
Hold both volume buttons
Plug USB into phone
Put battery in
You should now be in download mode and free to flash with odin.
I agree with the holding volume up and down while plugging the phone into the computer with Odin opened and configured to flash soon as it detects the phone.
All other methods only add confusion.
How do I get out of download mode?
oh nvm, I just removed battery and I could reboot it fine.
I am stuck on this screen
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I am on downloading mode but the screen looks like this I am using windows 7 64bit, I tried installing 32 bit on another partition to see if it helped but it didn't
Am I missing something or do you have to have something installed before the procedure
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I am on downloading mode but the screen looks like this I am using windows 7 64bit, I tried installing 32 bit on another partition to see if it helped but it didn't
Am I missing something or do you have to have something installed before the procedure
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You have odin started before you plugged in your usb cable into your phone or computer? Does you computer recognize you phone in mass storage mode? The screen shot you provided shows the phone is not recognized by odin.
I got it now but I am stuck even further odin finished no errors and now the phone just loops on the att logo, or if I try to plug the usb both up and down volume buttons pressed to enter recovery mode again it just loops the battery charging any ideas thanks
This is all covered thoroughly in the "READ BEFORE FLASHING" sticky. Which everyone should read BEFORE flashing!!! Hey, what a coincidence.
such friends have a big problem with my G2 I want meti up the volume on the stock rom kit kat and so we change the audio xml file I saw in a tutorial here in HTCMania, but restarting the phone will stay locked in bootloop where it says tmobile.
then proceeded to do hard reset thinking that would be solved well but after performing hard reset STAYING was still locked.
well I'll have to reinstall the software and told me when I headed to want to put the phone in download mode (off the phone and press Vol + connect usb cable) to my surprise the phone did not enter the download mode. the only thing it does is connect the cable to charge on and get off.
and since then I can not find a way to revive him because I can not install the software, and "NO I HAVE INSTALLED A CUSTOM RECOVERY" so do not'm desperate someone could throw me a light? if somehow you could do enter download mode on the phone in an alternative way?
my device is a rooted
tuberodx7 said:
such friends have a big problem with my G2 I want meti up the volume on the stock rom kit kat and so we change the audio xml file I saw in a tutorial here in HTCMania, but restarting the phone will stay locked in bootloop where it says tmobile.
then proceeded to do hard reset thinking that would be solved well but after performing hard reset STAYING was still locked.
well I'll have to reinstall the software and told me when I headed to want to put the phone in download mode (off the phone and press Vol + connect usb cable) to my surprise the phone did not enter the download mode. the only thing it does is connect the cable to charge on and get off.
and since then I can not find a way to revive him because I can not install the software, and "NO I HAVE INSTALLED A CUSTOM RECOVERY" so do not'm desperate someone could throw me a light? if somehow you could do enter download mode on the phone in an alternative way?
my device is a rooted
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First i would try getting in to recovery using the hardware keys. Look it up on you tube. Then you should be able to use a back up if you made one.
To get in download mode you need to power off then while powering on hold the vol down key and plug in the usb cable. That will get you in download mode. You shouldn't have to do that though if you have a back up. Your phone isnt bricked?
fountain79 said:
First i would try getting in to recovery using the hardware keys. Look it up on you tube. Then you should be able to use a back up if you made one.
To get in download mode you need to power off then while powering on hold the vol down key and plug in the usb cable. That will get you in download mode. You shouldn't have to do that though if you have a back up. Your phone isnt bricked?
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sorry friend, but is that as explained in the previous post: long press volume + but does not go into download mode, this as locked or not happens.: Llanto:
Jesus Christ.
Press and hold power and volume down until the display shuts off and the LG logo appears. Then, try pressing and holding volume up and volume down until a hard reset option appears. Reset the device and try booting it up. You will lose all data on it, but that's what you get if you're not smart enough to back it all up.
robogo1982 said:
Jesus Christ.
Press and hold power and volume down until the display shuts off and the LG logo appears. Then, try pressing and holding volume up and volume down until a hard reset option appears. Reset the device and try booting it up. You will lose all data on it, but that's what you get if you're not smart enough to back it all up.
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A hard reset will not help if he made changes to the system partition (which it sound like he did). If he has a recovery installed (kind of a weird sentence in the OP) this would take him into the custom recovery though.
@tuberodx7 If all else fails I'm convinced you can get it into download mode if you do it right, something like that should definitely not kill that. From there you can flash a factory image (Search for the return to stock thread in the General forum)... Your device is far from hardbricked, please do your research...
THis is general thread. Post it at Q/A.
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A hard reset will not help if he made changes to the system partition (which it sound like he did). If he has a recovery installed (kind of a weird sentence in the OP) this would take him into the custom recovery though.
@tuberodx7 If all else fails I'm convinced you can get it into download mode if you do it right, something like that should definitely not kill that. From there you can flash a factory image (Search for the return to stock thread in the General forum)... Your device is far from hardbricked, please do your research...
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this is my problem not enter in download mode repit: NOT ENTER IN DOWNLOAD MODE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ1KV9dU3Ek&list=UU9xeE8I7Gya4rY9ULBsEv3g
tuberodx7 said:
this is my problem not enter in download mode repit: NOT ENTER IN DOWNLOAD MODE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ1KV9dU3Ek&list=UU9xeE8I7Gya4rY9ULBsEv3g
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Ok, if you're absolutely definitely positively sure you're doing it right and it still doesn't work, you might have to manually reflash some of the partitions... Refer to this thread (and be careful) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
(Although you might want to wait for someone to confirm this as I'm no authority on the subject)
Hello! I'm attempting to fix my cousins phone, but have hit a little bump in the road and need some help.
So the issue with the device is that it only boots into recovery mode, my cousin says she was "Installing an update" and it happened. It was running stock firmware at the time, I have no idea what version, assuming 4.4.4.
So I looked at this thread and followed the steps until I got to the "Go into Download mode" step. No matter how many times I attempt to do this, the device will not boot into download mode. So I attempted going into download mode using Adb, but my computer wont even recognize the device. I also have the USB drivers for the device.
I'm really confused about the situation, all the help I can get will be great.
Did you hold the vol down + home button first before holding the power button?
I've rooted dozens of phones over the years, but I have a G2 which has burned up many hours now and, despite my efforts, is still fully stock AT&T other than a SIM unlock.
LG-G800
Rev 1.0
5.0.2
Kernel 3.4.0
Build LRX22G
Version D80030f
Every amazing one-click root script/app I've tried falls at the same hurdle. The phone simply will not enter download mode. When I manually try to enter download mode (power off, volume up, attach USB), I end up at the battery charge status screen. In this state, no USB device appears to be exposed, unrecognized or otherwise. Using adb reboot recovery simply reboots the phone as normal, starting with the LG logo, then the AT&T logo. I guess this is what all these scripts are doing because the behavior is the same and they all fail because they give up trying to connect at this stage.
The only references to this state I can find online are from people who have been rooted, installed a custom recovery and then taken an OTA update. That is not my problem. This phone has always been stock. I started the whole process with a factory reset, so I doubt there's any point in doing that again. I've even found references to shorting pins on the main board to do the hardest of hard resets. It's hard to see how that could help in my case, but all advice is welcome!
Well you probably cannot enter download mode due to the fact you aren't pressing the right buttons. You need to power off the phone, hold volume up, and while holding plug in the USB.
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Well you probably cannot enter download mode due to the fact you aren't pressing the right buttons. You need to power off the phone, hold volume up, and while holding plug in the USB.
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Yes, I did make a typo in my original post, but be assured that I've tried every combination. The volume control does not work very well on this phone*, so there's a chance that could be stopping me from getting into download mode manually. It does not explain why the USB commands do not successfully boot the phone into download mode.
*I've been living with the bad volume control, but I've just ordered a replacement part on the off-chance that this is what is stopping me from rooting.
Since you are rooted try nuking download mode then reflash it.
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Nope, I'm not rooted because every method of rooting I've come across requires download mode in some way. Getting root is really what this thread is all about. The phone is still fully and stubbornly stock right now.