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So I have a rooted Nexus 7. For the longest time I had a late 2012 build of Cyanogenmod that was working great. I decided recently to update CM, and that update caused programs to crash, etc. So I decided, in my infinite wisdom, to try flashing it back to an earlier CM7 build, and now it wont even fully boot. It either gets stuck on the Google screen, or the CM7 splash. I have tried all the windows apps for flashing it back to stock, but they all require USB debugging to be on. I dont know what to do. I just want it back to stock.
Any help is appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43132228&postcount=19
Thanks for the reply, but i am a little confused. When I click on Root in the app, then OK, it searches for ADB, and doesnt find it.
agoramilio said:
Thanks for the reply, but i am a little confused. When I click on Root in the app, then OK, it searches for ADB, and doesnt find it.
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Go to Advanced Utilites > Quick Tools > Select Fastboot - Bootloader.
no dice...still says bootloader not found
What does your bootloader say?
If your 7 is turning on, it's not bricked.
GldRush98 said:
If your 7 is turning on, it's not bricked.
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I believe the term is "soft-bricked".
its in fastboot mode, its locked....hard to read the rest
lol...so i was able to boot into recovery and wipe the device....works fine now...other than cyanogenmod is still on there....
agoramilio said:
its in fastboot mode, its locked....hard to read the rest
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That's weird to be locked... Atleast you have fastboot on meaning you can unlock it. Follow the directions with the unlock tool in the toolkit.
Unlock wipe everything. Make sure do a backup using a dB
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agoramilio said:
So I have a rooted Nexus 7. For the longest time I had a late 2012 build of Cyanogenmod that was working great. I decided recently to update CM, and that update caused programs to crash, etc. So I decided, in my infinite wisdom, to try flashing it back to an earlier CM7 build, and now it wont even fully boot. It either gets stuck on the Google screen, or the CM7 splash. I have tried all the windows apps for flashing it back to stock, but they all require USB debugging to be on. I dont know what to do. I just want it back to stock.
Any help is appreciated.
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Am I the only one noticing that CM7 is Android 2.3?
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Username invalid said:
I believe the term is "soft-bricked".
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Well you believe wrong. That term is a made up term by n00bs for n00bs. Your device is either "bricked" or "isnt bricked". The phrase "soft-bricked" is nonsensical.
Just because a device doesnt boot to system it doesnt mean device is any sort of bricked.
BlackFire27 said:
Am I the only one noticing that CM7 is Android 2.3?
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No, I was just about to post same thing, seems the OP has been flashing wrong device rom.
Absolutely no sympathy whatsoever if that is the case.
i have the VZW G2 (VS-980) and its stuck in fastboot mode. ive tried all the different methods listed in these forums and nothing has worked. i cant get into download mode as everytime i try, download mode shows for a second then goes into fastboot mode again. PLEASE HELP!!
simon_lefisch said:
i have the VZW G2 (VS-980) and its stuck in fastboot mode. ive tried all the different methods listed in these forums and nothing has worked. i cant get into download mode as everytime i try, download mode shows for a second then goes into fastboot mode again. PLEASE HELP!!
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How the hell did you brick it? Give us some more background on what tweaks, root methods, flashing recovery methods did you use or else its hard to diagnose the issue.
ericdabbs said:
How the hell did you brick it? Give us some more background on what tweaks, root methods, flashing recovery methods did you use or else its hard to diagnose the issue.
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ok. i was on stock. rooted with the IO method. wanted to flash a ROM (clean rom). downloaded ROM, wipe dalvik/cache/data. after reboot, phone booted into recovery mode. tried going into download mode to revert back to stock and LG FlashTool failed. said phone was the wrong model number (D802). the ROM i Downloaded said it was for VZW G2. obviously it wasnt. so i finally ended up using fastboot to push boot image and it booted, but in about phone, it says it D802 model (i just got it to boot, where as before i was stuck in fastboot mode). now i need to return to stock, but dont know how. any ideas?
Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517649&highlight=bricked
Gnarfsan said:
Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517649&highlight=bricked
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well, i actually was able to restore a backup i had of my stock rom and that fixed the model number prob, however now i cant get into download mode so i can do a reflash :/
simon_lefisch said:
well, i actually was able to restore a backup i had of my stock rom and that fixed the model number prob, however now i cant get into download mode so i can do a reflash :/
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Even following the steps posted in that thread?
Gnarfsan said:
Even following the steps posted in that thread?
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yes. not sure why its doing that. is there any way that download mode can be deleted from the phone? also, how do you get into fastboot mode?
EDIT: nevermind. i finally got it into download mode!! (thank god!!) flashing right now. damn that was a pain in the ass. i was starting to freak out that i messed up my phone. this is my first LG phone so this process is a little new to me (been on moto for the last few years) thanks for trying to help me out. this was def a learning experience.
Phew, I'm glad to hear that. Some day I will be in the same situation
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Just a quick question. Why would you even need to go into download mode to flash a Rom? Never once have I done that. Really, just curious.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
trickster2369 said:
Just a quick question. Why would you even need to go into download mode to flash a Rom? Never once have I done that. Really, just curious.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
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I was thinking the same thing. It's best to stay out of those modes. Get a recovery installed ASAP and do everything that you need to do from there. I recommend TWRP Recovery.
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Maybe because when flashing stock rom download mode is needed (atleast in my old sammy phone, maybe same in moto phones)
What's wrong with restoring the backup of the stock rom that should have been made before wiping and flashing a different rom? Not sure what I'm missing here.
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Download mode is useful to flash the entire phone back to stock using the OEM tools. It's not just for the stock ROM. It's everything. It's useful if you get a bit carried away in TWRP and wipe partitions you really shouldn't be touching. Or if you somehow manage to bork your recovery, or at least can't get into it. It's also good if you want your phone to be completely stock to sell it or to send it in on warranty. I'm sure someone could come up with other scenarios where it's useful.
But yes, it is a good idea to keep a backup of your stock ROM. And as always, know what you're flashing, make sure it's for your phone and check md5s. And be mindful of what you're doing in recovery. You should be able to avoid most issues. Download mode is indeed something you shouldn't be using often but as I said above there are situations where it is useful or necessary. It's actually something I suggest you know how to use. I say it's always a good idea to know how to get back to complete stock for warranty stuff, selling, or if something just goes majorly wrong.
The Rom I was trying to flash was apparently for a different model number, yet it was under the Verizon thread. There was no md5 to cross reference. In the end I ended up finding the proper boot image/twrp files and pushed them via fastboot (since I was unable to use adb) which then allowed more to restore a backup of the original Rom. Just took me all night to finally get back to stock. Then I decided to restore to out-of-the-box stock just to make sure all files weren't corrupted our anything.
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Not for nothing, but I ran the LG flash tool without putting the phone in download mode and it worked fine.
Semantics said:
Not for nothing, but I ran the LG flash tool without putting the phone in download mode and it worked fine.
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Hmm.....interesting. I may try that next time I have to flash to stock.
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Same Problem
simon_lefisch said:
The Rom I was trying to flash was apparently for a different model number, yet it was under the Verizon thread. There was no md5 to cross reference. In the end I ended up finding the proper boot image/twrp files and pushed them via fastboot (since I was unable to use adb) which then allowed more to restore a backup of the original Rom. Just took me all night to finally get back to stock. Then I decided to restore to out-of-the-box stock just to make sure all files weren't corrupted our anything.
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Can you fill me in on how you used fastboot to install twrp? I am in the same boat right now...
i'm stuck as well in Fastboot and can't figure it out
emmur0 said:
i'm stuck as well in Fastboot and can't figure it out
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I sent you a pm
You can you adb side load which is the same for flashing rom, pushing, or pulling file from the phone which is the first thing to learn before flashing anything to the new device that you got and know nothing about.
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Hi so my lg g2 d801 is stuck on the lg boot logo and when i try going to recovery mode (twrp) it just turns into a black screen. Any idea how to get out of this please?
and when i connect the phone to the computer it pops up all these drives for some reason. really scared don't want to think that my phone just became paperweight
CrazzyBoy265 said:
and when i connect the phone to the computer it pops up all these drives for some reason. really scared don't want to think that my phone just became paperweight
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check this thread out. I had the same thing.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
this reverts you completely back to stock. You will lose all your data but you did back up regularly, right?
(edit) you only have to hold the volume UP key while plugging in the USB on a D801 to get into download mode.
Make sure you've disconnected usb when attempting to enter recovery. Hope the silence means you've sorted it out!
mooserov said:
check this thread out. I had the same thing.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
this reverts you completely back to stock. You will lose all your data but you did back up regularly, right?
(edit) you only have to hold the volume UP key while plugging in the USB on a D801 to get into download mode.
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im confused so im fashing stock rom normally?
yep. the phone will be the same as when you took it out of the box. What did you do to get to this point?
mooserov said:
yep. the phone will be the same as when you took it out of the box. What did you do to get to this point?
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i felt like going back to stock from (was on cm11 nightlie) so i went on flashify and for some reason i tried restoring twrp and when it rebooted it messed it up bad -.-
I am able to get into TWRP to flash a ROM. I have tried the Stock Sprint Root ZV8 and it just reboots into TWRP. I was unable to get it to work with the LG Flash Tools.
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I am able to get into TWRP to flash a ROM. I have tried the Stock Sprint Root ZV8 and it just reboots into TWRP. I was unable to get it to work with the LG Flash Tools.
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well im downloading the rom as i write this hope it works for me. Do you got the same issue as i do?
CrazzyBoy265 said:
well im downloading the rom as i write this hope it works for me. Do you got the same issue as i do?
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You have to get your phone in DOWNLOAD mode then use the thread posted above to get back to stock
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You have to get your phone in DOWNLOAD mode then use the thread posted above to get back to stock
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ok i pressed up and down volume key its not doing anything am i doing something wrong?
CrazzyBoy265 said:
ok i pressed up and down volume key its not doing anything am i doing something wrong?
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You hold vol up and plug in to PC.....or hold vol down and power same time.....nothing?
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You hold vol up and plug in to PC.....or hold vol down and power same time.....nothing?
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worked perfectly with the volume up thing im unpacking the rom right now
i followed every step but when its unpacking the it says extract file error. Any ideas?
CrazzyBoy265 said:
i followed every step but when its unpacking the it says extract file error. Any ideas?
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If you're trying to unpack the ROM try redownloading the rom.
You're saying that you have CM installed? I had this exact problem and I had PA installed.. it was a mess. I had to sideload the original ROM because to flash with that program your build.prop has to be the original information when you received the phone or else the program will throw a "different phone model"
Do you have the LG usb drivers? Install all proper USB drivers and try to sideload an original ROM.
BTW do you have any backups? Restoring also gets you out of this mess
never mind i opened the wrong folder thanks for everything guys it worked perfectly ^.^
xxxrichievxxx said:
If you're trying to unpack the ROM try redownloading the rom.
You're saying that you have CM installed? I had this exact problem and I had PA installed.. it was a mess. I had to sideload the original ROM because to flash with that program your build.prop has to be the original information when you received the phone or else the program will throw a "different phone model"
Do you have the LG usb drivers? Install all proper USB drivers and try to sideload an original ROM.
BTW do you have any backups? Restoring also gets you out of this mess
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It worked perfectly but i guess i have to root my phone again so i think i lost all my backups from flashify
Didn't lose my root but now I've got some screen burn in because the phone wouldn't stay off.
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LCD screen burn in
MerlinOfLore said:
Didn't lose my root but now I've got some screen burn in because the phone wouldn't stay off.
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In case you don't know, you can supposedly get rid of it by displaying an all-white screen (with display brightness turned down to preserve bulb life).
MerlinOfLore said:
Didn't lose my root but now I've got some screen burn in because the phone wouldn't stay off.
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Really I found out how to turn my phone off when it was messed up I'm sorry to hear about that though
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I was flashing the KDZ after i got stuck a boot loop and it won't go into recovery, the LG tool showed ???? for all text then it crashed and my phone powder off and now i am unable to get into download mode. when i try to go into download mode it just goes onto a blank screen and mounts drives f ~ Q on my computer.
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EDIT: I have tried everything even opening the phone to short the testing pins but nothing worked. looks like i have to get a new phone it's sad to say goodbye
vorticalbox said:
I was flashing the KDZ after i got stuck a boot loop and it won't go into recovery, the LG tool showed ???? for all text then it crashed and my phone powder off and now i am unable to get into download mode. when i try to go into download mode it just goes onto a blank screen and mounts drives f ~ Q on my computer.
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EDIT: I have tried everything even opening the phone to short the testing pins but nothing worked. looks like i have to get a new phone it's sad to say goodbye
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WAIT, your phone can still be fixed. Use srk tools to unbrick your device. If you see multiple disk drives your phone is still revivable.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
WAIT, your phone can still be fixed. Use srk tools to unbrick your device. If you see multiple disk drives your phone is still revivable.
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I tried the tools the unbrick didn't work. the device isn't showing up like it does in the video see my second screen shot. I will try it again though.
edit: right went and did it again and I still have no download mode but I can get the recovery menu, I replaced the recovery img in the folder to tWPR to try boot it but again black screen when I try. I will try replacing the files with the .img form my current rom and see if she boots
Edit 2: I see lots of disks like above but still no download mode when connecting via USB, just about to give up on this darn phone
vorticalbox said:
I tried the tools the unbrick didn't work. the device isn't showing up like it does in the video see my second screen shot. I will try it again though.
edit: right went and did it again and I still have no download mode but I can get the recovery menu, I replaced the recovery img in the folder to tWPR to try boot it but again black screen when I try. I will try replacing the files with the .img form my current rom and see if she boots
Edit 2: I see lots of disks like above but still no download mode when connecting via USB, just about to give up on this darn phone
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hold on what phone model do you have?
xmayhemreturnsx said:
hold on what phone model do you have?
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I have d802, I found a different tool that worked just fine got my phone up and working now.
EDIT: ok so after getting back to stock KitKat I now can't flash custom ROM's tried flashing cloudy g3 and it went back to brick mode
What tool did you use to unbrick your phone?
fabiosilva said:
What tool did you use to unbrick your phone?
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I used forum.xda-developers(.com)/lg-g2/general/unbrick-lg-g2-qhsusbbulkqualcomm-9006-t2939627
I have a working phone on kit Kat and that's ok.
vorticalbox said:
I have d802, I found a different tool that worked just fine got my phone up and working now.
EDIT: ok so after getting back to stock KitKat I now can't flash custom ROM's tried flashing cloudy g3 and it went back to brick mode
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In order to flash cloudy g3 lollipop you need to flash the KitKat baseband before you install it.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
In order to flash cloudy g3 lollipop you need to flash the KitKat baseband before you install it.
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Yeah it was a late one last night spending all day trying to fix it lol thanks for the help.
xmayhemreturnsx said:
In order to flash cloudy g3 lollipop you need to flash the KitKat baseband before you install it.
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I love you, man! So simple, and yet it solved my problem flashing CloudyG2 3.3! I tried flashing it from stock KK, and couldn't do it no matter what, until I did what you said. When reading other posts, I understood KK baseband is needed when you flash from JB. Didn't realize the same applies when you are coming from stock KK. Jeez...
Anyway, big THANK YOU! :good:
kt-Froggy said:
I love you, man! So simple, and yet it solved my problem flashing CloudyG2 3.3! I tried flashing it from stock KK, and couldn't do it no matter what, until I did what you said. When reading other posts, I understood KK baseband is needed when you flash from JB. Didn't realize the same applies when you are coming from stock KK. Jeez...
Anyway, big THANK YOU! :good:
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No problem, I'm glad I could help.
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Good morning all,
I am throwing this out here hoping someone can please help.
Woke up yesterday to the Essential phone logo screen powered by Android... Unresponsive. Restarted with no luck. Went into recovery mode and factory reset. Went to start up animation for an hour but nothing. Device is locked (bootloader locked) and running on the latest build from Essential (7.1.1/NMJ88C/464). I have never unlocked nor flashed anything on the phone, only OTA updates directly from Essential. Just started it up again today and says your device is corrupt. Factory reset again and now cycling between logo screen and erasing circle.
Any ideas to fix the phone? Reached out to Essential but haven't heard back yet.
Thanks all!
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trsargent said:
Good morning all,
I am throwing this out here hoping someone can please help.
Woke up yesterday to the Essential phone logo screen powered by Android... Unresponsive. Restarted with no luck. Went into recovery mode and factory reset. Went to start up animation for an hour but nothing. Device is locked (bootloader locked) and running on the latest build from Essential (7.1.1/NMJ88C/464). I have never unlocked nor flashed anything on the phone, only OTA updates directly from Essential. Just started it up again today and says your device is corrupt. Factory reset again and now cycling between logo screen and erasing circle.
Any ideas to fix the phone? Reached out to Essential but haven't heard back yet.
Thanks all!
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do you have an adb option in your recovery ?
nicoconepala said:
do you have an adb option in your recovery ?
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Yes, I can get to an adb option in recovery
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trsargent said:
Yes, I can get to an adb option in recovery
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ok then you should try to flash stock rom from essential
nicoconepala said:
ok then you should try to flash stock rom from essential
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Am I able to do that with the device locked? Oem unlocking is not turned on I believe. I have never flashed anything on a phone before
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trsargent said:
Am I able to do that with the device locked? Oem unlocking is not turned on I believe. I have never flashed anything on a phone before
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You don't need to be unlocked to adb sideload the Oreo beta builds from essentials website.
Just follow their instructions
Wrong section.
NaterTots said:
You don't need to be unlocked to adb sideload the Oreo beta builds from essentials website.
Just follow their instructions
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Gave it a try, but it didn't resolve the issue. Got the your device is corrupt message. Any other ideas? Thanks!
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I'm searching for answers too! My essential is doing the dotted box to the dotted circle spin back & forth over & over ! I saw the dead robot with exclamation mark . The only thing on the essential website is to wipe phone ! Help. If the person that made this phone do this to people dies please let me know, so I can smile during this stressful time . If they r still alive I hope they are in agony over something thx!