Folks,
I gave my rooted (mahdi rom) ATT G2 to my teenage son seeing I was no longer using it. He said he tried to update the Mahdi ROM and now it is bricked. From my questioning him all I know is when he was installing the mahdi update, but he did not flash the D800 patch. Noticing there was a problem I think he tried to re-flash recovery or something. All he would get is "fastboot mode".
I think I am a pretty smart guy and have been on XDA for years flashing and what not with no issues - but this one has me stumped. These are the steps I have taken:
1) Finally got it into download mode and when I try to flash the tot file for ATT, it says incorrect model. Says the model is the D801 (t-mobile)! I was like what?
2) So I tried to flash the D801 tot and it seemed to work, but the flash would ultimately "Fail" in the LG Flash Tool. It would boot up into the t-mobile rom but I would get errors and reboots - very unstable. AND the IMEI was wiped!
Does anyone have any ideas what I can try next? I would like to somehow change the model back to the D800 and flash the ATT tot file. Maybe it is truly just bricked!?!?
Any help would appreciated! Thanks!
madgalaxy said:
Folks,
I gave my rooted (mahdi rom) ATT G2 to my teenage son seeing I was no longer using it. He said he tried to update the Mahdi ROM and now it is bricked. From my questioning him all I know is when he was installing the mahdi update, but he did not flash the D800 patch. Noticing there was a problem I think he tried to re-flash recovery or something. All he would get is "fastboot mode".
I think I am a pretty smart guy and have been on XDA for years flashing and what not with no issues - but this one has me stumped. These are the steps I have taken:
1) Finally got it into download mode and when I try to flash the tot file for ATT, it says incorrect model. Says the model is the D801 (t-mobile)! I was like what?
2) So I tried to flash the D801 tot and it seemed to work, but the flash would ultimately "Fail" in the LG Flash Tool. It would boot up into the t-mobile rom but I would get errors and reboots - very unstable. AND the IMEI was wiped!
Does anyone have any ideas what I can try next? I would like to somehow change the model back to the D800 and flash the ATT tot file. Maybe it is truly just bricked!?!?
Any help would appreciated! Thanks!
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if you can successfully root device with towelroot(best choice since it is not device specific) then your best bet is to copy d800 build.prop(or to play it safe edit the build.prop model number from LG-D801 to LG-D800) into system/ give it rw-r--r-- pemissions and reboot into download mode, it should say you have d800 and you should be able to flash back to d800 tot(might want to be using d800 dll that ignores model check too just in case)
So I have a LG G2 D800...well that's what the IMEI sticker says... the phone software detects a d802 international version anyway after rooting it all fine and dandy I go to install a custom recovery I tried twrp and cwm both give out a boot certification verify error, my first thought was that it was bricked but I unplugged it and it rebooted fine. So I have no idea whats going on here and why I can't install a custom recovery.
I just did get this phone back from lg over a bad flash, the flash went so bad that the lg techs said the board was bad and replaced the motherboard.
So any help or ideas why I can't flash twro or cwm to it?
kennethk1 said:
So I have a LG G2 D800...well that's what the IMEI sticker says... the phone software detects a d802 international version anyway after rooting it all fine and dandy I go to install a custom recovery I tried twrp and cwm both give out a boot certification verify error, my first thought was that it was bricked but I unplugged it and it rebooted fine. So I have no idea whats going on here and why I can't install a custom recovery.
I just did get this phone back from lg over a bad flash, the flash went so bad that the lg techs said the board was bad and replaced the motherboard.
So any help or ideas why I can't flash twro or cwm to it?
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Did you use autorec?
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kennethk1 said:
So I have a LG G2 D800...well that's what the IMEI sticker says... the phone software detects a d802 international version anyway after rooting it all fine and dandy I go to install a custom recovery I tried twrp and cwm both give out a boot certification verify error, my first thought was that it was bricked but I unplugged it and it rebooted fine. So I have no idea whats going on here and why I can't install a custom recovery.
I just did get this phone back from lg over a bad flash, the flash went so bad that the lg techs said the board was bad and replaced the motherboard.
So any help or ideas why I can't flash twro or cwm to it?
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if it is now on kitkat then you need to use autorec; a little concerned about it being d800 showing d802 after being sent back by lg
XxZombiePikachu said:
if it is now on kitkat then you need to use autorec; a little concerned about it being d800 showing d802 after being sent back by lg
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I'm not sure if it just says that because it's been rooted, but I had to send it into lg because it was either Odin or lg flash recovery that said the dll file was wrong and I couldn't find any way to fix it so I tried recovering it in fastmode and the bootloader some how got screwed.
If I use AutoRec and don't have a custom recovery how easily can it become bricked?
Actually it says whats exactly in your sig, LG G2 D800 on D80020U
And like I mentioned my phone is already rooted so could I just run this root to overwrite it or just go back to stock?
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I'm not sure if it just says that because it's been rooted, but I had to send it into lg because it was either Odin or lg flash recovery that said the dll file was wrong and I couldn't find any way to fix it so I tried recovering it in fastmode and the bootloader some how got screwed.
If I use AutoRec and don't have a custom recovery how easily can it become bricked?
And like I mentioned my phone is already rooted so could I just run this root to overwrite it or just go back to stock?
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well first if it is d800 it should always say d800 whether it has been rooted or modified(I own a d800 and do lot's of modding always making sure it will say d800 as model number)
yes autorec can brick a device but only if you are using the version which is not for your device and to fix involves a lot of work
to return to complete stock you have use the lg flash tool and tot method
XxZombiePikachu said:
if it is now on kitkat then you need to use autorec; a little concerned about it being d800 showing d802 after being sent back by lg
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XxZombiePikachu said:
well first if it is d800 it should always say d800 whether it has been rooted or modified(I own a d800 and do lot's of modding always making sure it will say d800 as model number)
yes autorec can brick a device but only if you are using the version which is not for your device and to fix involves a lot of work
to return to complete stock you have use the lg flash tool and tot method
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Sorry if you missed my edit but I have whats in your sig LG G2 D800 on D80020U
And used this method to root: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbd8l0jKplo
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Sorry if you missed my edit but I have whats in your sig LG G2 D800 on D80020U
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ok then, you should be good to go for using autorec for d800 but after using it you will not be able to use knock on/knock code because it does not have updated kernel for d800 which incorporates knock on/code and I suggest you make a backup and then flash a custom kernel with knock code support for d800 to fix the issue(it happened to me so I should know)
XxZombiePikachu said:
ok then, you should be good to go for using autorec for d800 but after using it you will not be able to use knock on/knock code because it does not have updated kernel for d800 which incorporates knock on/code and I suggest you make a backup and then flash a custom kernel with knock code support for d800 to fix the issue(it happened to me so I should know)
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If I do brick it would I still be able to enter download mode and reflash back to stock?
I was planning on flashing Cm11 to it anyway so knock code isn't that important to me, but I do remember being able to flash it then installing Cloudyd3 and knock code would work fine.
kennethk1 said:
If I do brick it would I still be able to enter download mode and reflash back to stock?
I was planning on flashing Cm11 to it anyway so knock code isn't that important to me, but I do remember being able to flash it then installing Cloudyd3 and knock code would work fine.
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Autorec only has a chance of bricking when used for the wrong device, and because it flash a laf.img this means kfbyour device gets bricked by it you lose download mode and have to restore it using adb and fastboot commands
Cloudyg3 includes kernel modification for knock code for d80020u, while on 20k/c this was not an issue
Sent from my Pikachu powered LG D800
XxZombiePikachu said:
Autorec only has a chance of bricking when used for the wrong device, and because it flash a laf.img this means kfbyour device gets bricked by it you lose download mode and have to restore it using adb and fastboot commands
Cloudyg3 includes kernel modification for knock code for d80020u, while on 20k/c this was not an issue
Sent from my Pikachu powered LG D800
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Thanks, so I should go back to stock, reflash using lg flash tool then then reflash using the method above and then install AutoRec so I can use Twrp and install cm11.
I have a Bell G2 (D803) that has black lines on the screen. I have a TWRP backup of the stock ROM but I need a stock recovery in order to factory reset the phone to normal to send it for repairs. I've tried the kdz method but it doesn't ever work. Any ideas?
scream_clarity said:
I have a Bell G2 (D803) that has black lines on the screen. I have a TWRP backup of the stock ROM but I need a stock recovery in order to factory reset the phone to normal to send it for repairs. I've tried the kdz method but it doesn't ever work. Any ideas?
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Have you tried the .tot method? Im pretty sure there is a .tot file floating around for your variant. And what do you mean the kdz method don't work? I had a few issue when I tried the kdz but got it all worked out, maybe I can help you.
noidea24 said:
Have you tried the .tot method? Im pretty sure there is a .tot file floating around for your variant. And what do you mean the kdz method don't work? I had a few issue when I tried the kdz but got it all worked out, maybe I can help you.
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D803 doesn't have a .tot method available. I managed to get a kdz to work but since Bell customer service are a bunch of ****tards, it was a waste of time.
I got a used LG G2 from ebay. It is mentioned on the back of the phone that it is a D802 version whick i confirm with IMEI number also. I was trying to install Autorec but as soon as i finished and rebooted it was stuck in fastboot. I researched about it a lot. I have no access to download mode. I tried flashing the laf.img but that too didn't work. Can anyone help me and provide me with the correct files. Thank you in advance.
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I got a used LG G2 from ebay. It is mentioned on the back of the phone that it is a D802 version whick i confirm with IMEI number also. I was trying to install Autorec but as soon as i finished and rebooted it was stuck in fastboot. I researched about it a lot. I have no access to download mode. I tried flashing the laf.img but that too didn't work. Can anyone help me and provide me with the correct files. Thank you in advance.
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Ohk I got it to download mode by flashing D800 laf files. What should I do now?
arpit007jain said:
Ohk I got it to download mode by flashing D800 laf files. What should I do now?
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Whick kdz tot should i flash D800 or D802? Please reply Anyone..
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Whick kdz tot should i flash D800 or D802? Please reply Anyone..
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Your motherboard says d800?
I just bought a used lg g2. Guy had it unlocked and rooted and used Cyanogen mod for a d801, he used it on metro pcs. He said it was att phone. I verified by disassembling and check the MOBO. The imei also matches a d800. However when trying to return to stock on LG flash tools, I get an error saying device model is different. LG flash tools says its a d801 and im trying to install a d800 file. Anyone have any ideas?
Its running team win recovery v2.7.0.0
and CM 12-20150225 nightly d801
should I flash a d800 rom from recovery and then use lg flash tools?
Have you tried flashing the 801 kdz file? I've seen another thread on here about this specific problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/help/version-g2-t3042262
No I havent. Just stock d800 tot
Fixed!
Flashed stock as per super sports thread and used the dll file at the bottom of the first post.