[Q] Hard brick: No recovery, no download, no fastboot - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I screwed up and bricked my G2 korean version (F320k). Please have a look, I have no idea what I still can do... Any help is appreciated!
What happened:
I did an OTA with root and TWRP 2.7.0.0
The phone was then in bootloop, but I still had my recovery.
I flashed F320K_20A.zip, which has broken the recovery...
Before rebooting, I decided to try something else: I flashed BlissPop-v2.3-f320 (which is a Lollipop ROM based on CM12).
I rebooted the phone, and now I have a bootloop, and no download mode, no fastboot mode, and no recovery.
Recovery: (Press vol-up and power until Korean characters appear) would just restart the phone.
Download Mode: (Connect the phone to the computer while pressing vol-up) shows an android lying on the ground, its body open, showing a red triangular warning sign.
Fastboot: no idea how I can actively go into that.
What can I still do to rescue my phone? Thank you!

ftfish said:
Hi all,
I screwed up and bricked my G2 korean version (F320k). Please have a look, I have no idea what I still can do... Any help is appreciated!
What happened:
I did an OTA with root and TWRP 2.7.0.0
The phone was then in bootloop, but I still had my recovery.
I flashed F320K_20A.zip, which has broken the recovery...
Before rebooting, I decided to try something else: I flashed BlissPop-v2.3-f320 (which is a Lollipop ROM based on CM12).
I rebooted the phone, and now I have a bootloop, and no download mode, no fastboot mode, and no recovery.
Recovery: (Press vol-up and power until Korean characters appear) would just restart the phone.
Download Mode: (Connect the phone to the computer while pressing vol-up) shows an android lying on the ground, its body open, showing a red triangular warning sign.
Fastboot: no idea how I can actively go into that.
What can I still do to rescue my phone? Thank you!
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Desperately, I've bought a Galaxy S5...

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Lol. I mean i when I hold volume down and power key sequence it still just boots to lg logo and loops. I can not boot into twrp. Only download mode. What partition is recovery located? I am starting to wonder if I wiped it?
findinghomer said:
Lol. I mean i when I hold volume down and power key sequence it still just boots to lg logo and loops. I can not boot into twrp. Only download mode. What partition is recovery located? I am starting to wonder if I wiped it?
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Aaand are you sure you released and pressed the keys again when the lg-logo came up? Also you should be able to get to the white lg reset-screen even if you have empty recovery partition.
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My phone won't boot after installing the latest DU custom rom. I followed the steps here https://plus.google.com/+AlexCruz/posts/JJ5d9v6DArW - rooted and installed latest clockwork mod recovery, did a backup, and wiped everything, then installed the custom rom. But now it is stucked at the Dirty Unicorns boot screen.. Please help.
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catfish90 said:
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catfish90 said:
My phone won't boot after installing the latest DU custom rom. I followed the steps here https://plus.google.com/+AlexCruz/posts/JJ5d9v6DArW - rooted and installed latest clockwork mod recovery, did a backup, and wiped everything, then installed the custom rom. But now it is stucked at the Dirty Unicorns boot screen.. Please help.
Some extra info: I was on 4.2.2 (802 international) before the flash
Edit: i can't even get to recovery now, by holding power and volume down buttons at LG logo. Is my phone dead?
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i was on stock 4.2.2 i am also stuck... i tried to flash recovery ... now i am stuck at fastboot mode... no recovery no download mode even my pc is detectiing my phone as a usb modem phone adb port... dont know what to do... have no idea if my phone is recoverable or not?
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--This is copied and paste from another thread--
"You should be able to get to CWM recovery by using the hardware button (power and volume down held down, flash LG logo for a second, and then shuts off--only then you can turn it back on by holding power and volume down together until LG logo pops on, then let go of both buttons quickly, hold down both power and volume down again, and then quickly let go of the volume down button: a white factory reset screen should pop up and then you can push power button alone twice to enter CWM recovery).
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