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This is a painful message to write, but I am desparate. This should be so simple!
Have a U8800 standard (at least it says only "U8800" in settings/about phone.
What have I done:
- Upgraded some time ago to 2.3.5 Rev B522 from Huawei.
- Then rooted it with SuperOneClick.
- Installed ClockWorkMod from Play Store.
- Downloaded CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 stable from xda and placed the file into the /.cust-backup/image folder via Remount.
- Turned off Fast boot under settings/applications
:: What worked/happened.
- Rooting went fine, ES file explorer and others get root-permissions ok.
- But got into CWMRecovery only via CWM program (Choosing "Reboot into recovery"). Never with the holding buttons vol+ and power-button during power-on.
Figured it was that locked bootloader on B522 that was the problem.
What I did:
- Followed the instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490 (Get your pink screen back).
- In CWM Recovery flashed "update-B518-bootloader.zip".
- Got "ok installed or something to that effect" from CWM Recovery.
:: What worked/happened.
- Still could not get into CWMRecovery via button-holding. Tried reflashing the B518 bootloader a few times, but just no difference.
Read somewhere that each Huawei firmware-release comes with it's own bootloader, so lets try to install Huawei B518.
- Only place I could find the image was here http://huaweiideosx5.blogspot.no/2012/03/u8800-b518-23-software.html
- U8800V100R001C00B518G001.zip
- Had to take out the external SD-card to get the /sdcard/dload directory on the internal SD-card.
-Seems to be important to have dload on the internal SD-card and not the external.
- Booting the phone with vol+, vol-, power did not start the downgrade, but was able to trigger it via settings/storage/software upgrade.
After downgrade to B518 (Checked version in settings/about phone):
- Deleted /sdcard/dload directory.
- Rooted with SuperOneClick
- Installed ClockWorkMod from play store again.
- Put CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 into ./cust_backup/image again (think this was unecessary. I think it was already there but did it anyways)
- Turned off Fast boot under settings/applications.
:: What worked/happened.
- The phone is now in B518 software, but still can not get into CWM Recovery via keypressing at boot.
I hold the vol+ and power-buttons all the way to "desktop" so to say, but can not for the life of me get into CWM Recovery that way. Getting into CWM recovery 5.5.0.4 via instructing CWM application to boot into recovery works fine, though.
I am drooling at the thought of ICS Aurora, but I don't dare before I can reliably get into CWM Recovery via keypress.
Sorry if this is very stupid post, but I have tried so much.
Maybe the volume buttons are faulty? Turn off the phone and try this: hold down volume up; while holding press power button as long as the logo comes up. Release power button but continue holding volume up. If it did not work, try doing same with volume down.
Yeah, do what Blefish advised you but do it while the phone is off and charging. I have a kinda broken power key and with this 'trick' it boots faster and more reliable. Keep holding the 3 buttons until you see the recovery.
Sent from my U8800
Thank you both for trying to help me here!
Unfortunately I have had no luck with your suggestions.
Re: Broken keys.
Power and volume-buttons seems to work well when the phone is on. Also when I boot into recovery through the CWM program, navigate to advanced/key-test, the vol+, vol- and power button seems to work well there too.
On pressing the power-button, CWM-R reports Key: 116
On pressing the vol+-button, CWM-R reports Key: 115
On pressing the vol--button, CWM-R reports Key: 114
So I think the keys must be ok, right?
Blefish: I did what you suggested, as I understood it.
When the phone boots, there are three stages of logos.
1. A static logo of Huawei's red "fan?".
2. A short "comet" animation.
3. An animated logo of Huawei's "fan", where some highlight flashes from left to right over the fan.
I hold the power-button in until I see the first static logo, then let go of the power-button and hold the volume-key(s).
Is this the same stage in the boot-process that you were thinking of?
I have tried vol+, vol- and both vol+ and vol-, together with releasing the power-button at that point.
Have not had any success with that, and ended on the "desktop" each time.
AceDroidX: I tried your suggestion as well.
I did this:
1. Shut down the telephone
2. Plugged in the power.
3. A "fan"-logo appears which is replaced by an animated battery.
4. Upon seeing the animated battery, I tried the various key-hold variants.
- vol+ and power : Ended up at desktop.
- vol- and power : Ended up at desktop.
- vol+ and vol- and power : Ended up at desktop.
So not much success either.
I am out of ideas... Can it be that B522 bootloader that still lingers in there, not replaced by installing the B518 software?
Well, idk what else to suggest.. Maybe your problem is here?
Downloaded CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 stable from xda and placed the file into the /.cust-backup/image folder via Remount.
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I remember that when i mount my phone in linux, there was a partition with just the image folder. Some files like boot.img and recovery.img where there. Try to put the recovery image in there and see if it makes any difference.
I'd like see your versioninfo, can you upload a screenshot?
You can check mine from B528
AceDroidX: When I use Remount, I am able to mount that partition as read/write so that I can copy CWM's Recovery image in there. I think it is identical as mounting it up remotely, as you do. I am after all able to boot into CWM-Recovery, just not by key-pressing? I suppose I could boot into Linux and try to mount up the partitions as you do.
Hi kilroystyx: I can not figure out where to find a similar-looking page as the one you have in your picture.
I have the settings/about phone, if that is an older version of what you have there?
Treq01 said:
Hi kilroystyx: I can not figure out where to find a similar-looking page as the one you have in your picture.
I have the settings/about phone, if that is an older version of what you have there?
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You have to dial *#*#2846579#*#*
Off.. I completely forgot about that place!
Here are the right screenshots.
What can you see from this?
Treq01 said:
Off.. I completely forgot about that place!
Here are the right screenshots.
What can you see from this?
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Based on the screenshots your installation is fine.
Just one last shoot based on what AceDroidX says, with phone off press Vol+ and hold then connect USB cable to PC or charger and stay holding Vol+ then wait...wait and what you see?
hi all,
i'm using some ics roms and it seems ics supports natively vol++power button to take screenshots but it doesnt work for me... do you know if there are some custom ics rom where it will work?
thank you
Wow.. It is hard to believe.. but I have actually ... eventually found a way to get into that CWM-Recovery every time.
It is a combination of your suggestions.
I have been doing variations, trying to figure something out and eventually there is a method.
What I must do, on this phone, in order to get into CWM-R is this:
1. If the charging cable is in, then unplug first.
2. Turn the phone off.
3. Take out the battery and put it back in.
- This makes a difference on my phone, at least. I am not able to get into CWM-R wihtout taking the battery out first.
4. Press and hold Vol+
5. With Vol+ being pressed continously, insert the charging-cable.
6. Wait for the Fan-animation to finish and the "battery-charging" animation to start.
7. When the battery-charging animation is running and the screen eventually goes black, keep holding the Vol+ button for some time.
- Sometimes it works to keep holding the Vol+ button for only a second or two. Sometimes I must hold it up to 30 seconds.
7. Press and hold the power-button in addition to the Vol+
8. Wait for CWM-Recovery to start.
Thank you very much for your help.
Now I think I can try for ICS!
imsonica said:
hi all,
i'm using some ics roms and it seems ics supports natively vol++power button to take screenshots but it doesnt work for me... do you know if there are some custom ics rom where it will work?
thank you
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Try Vol- and Power ON
Hi guys.
My phone after installing a rom, maybe corrupted, does not enter into emergency mode or recovery mode or PC Suite USB mode.
There is some more method install another rom?
(my phone is a LG optimus L7)
continuation of a good job guys
Can the pone enter CWM? Try change vol button (if earlier entered by pressing vol+ now try vol- and home and power button until vibrate)
raul338 said:
Can the pone enter CWM? Try change vol button (if earlier entered by pressing vol+ now try vol- and home and power button until vibrate)
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Yes, already tried with phone but the phone restarts and appears black screen and back to normal start. I've tried all the buttons and sequences but does not work any.
kadekz said:
Yes, already tried with phone but the phone restarts and appears black screen and back to normal start. I've tried all the buttons and sequences but does not work any.
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Then search for a downgrade kdz here in the forums
raul338 said:
Then search for a downgrade kdz here in the forums
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Already tried that but I get to the step "USB Connection Type" and I can not abide the "Software for LG usb" :s
kadekz said:
Already tried that but I get to the step "USB Connection Type" and I can not abide the "Software for LG usb" :s
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You don't need that for a kdz with reset all data... Whats the link for the tutorial that you are following?
raul338 said:
You don't need that for a kdz with reset all data... Whats the link for the tutorial that you are following?
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I do not follow any tutorial, i'm already used to change the rom through cwm, wipes, install zip from SD through and wipes again.
But now not open the cwm, is black screen and reboots to normal mode. I do not understand what is happening. :x
kadekz said:
I do not follow any tutorial, i'm already used to change the rom through cwm, wipes, install zip from SD through and wipes again.
But now not open the cwm, is black screen and reboots to normal mode. I do not understand what is happening. :x
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I dont now if this help, but only way that works for me to get into recovery, is holding both, vol+ and vol- keys, while presing home, and power button, when the phone vibrates, release power button, but keep holding vol+, vol- and home button for about 2 seconds, then release everything....
phone should boot into recovery now...
here's a guide for flashing original firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31828740&postcount=1191
lots, and i mean, lots of information is on this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664322.
good luck
vashminted said:
I dont now if this help, but only way that works for me to get into recovery, is holding both, vol+ and vol- keys, while presing home, and power button, when the phone vibrates, release power button, but keep holding vol+, vol- and home button for about 2 seconds, then release everything....
phone should boot into recovery now...
here's a guide for flashing original firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31828740&postcount=1191
lots, and i mean, lots of information is on this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664322.
good luck
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yes, I also used this combination of keys to enter the recovery once but now does not work, call a black screen and does not vibrate.
By KDZ also can not do anything because they also do not enter the emergency mode or in "pc suite".
Not even know how to solve this problem: x
And the worst is that I need the smartphone
kadekz said:
yes, I also used this combination of keys to enter the recovery once but now does not work, call a black screen and does not vibrate.
By KDZ also can not do anything because they also do not enter the emergency mode or in "pc suite".
Not even know how to solve this problem: x
And the worst is that I need the smartphone
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How do you enter in emergency mode?
I do it by taking the battery off, then conect the cable to phone, hold vol+ (or vol-, i dont remember) and then conect the cable to the pc
vashminted said:
How do you enter in emergency mode?
I do it by taking the battery off, then conect the cable to phone, hold vol+ (or vol-, i dont remember) and then conect the cable to the pc
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That is the problem, not enter the emergency mode. : s
Already tried it, until with two combinations of keys but does not work, do not understand: (
I'm having the same exact problem. Early in mornign I flashed a rom with cwm and didnt like it at all. Then I flash the homer v20 with KDZ and now it does not boot, neither the emergency mode works as I install it with that mode.
dude ..remove the battery then press vol down with home and power ..all together until emergency or download mode comes ..if doesnt tri volume up ..if it doesnt then try this ...press volume down with home and power ..the front lights will light for 2 seconds ..just remove finger from home button and still on powe with vol down ..i wish i help you i faced this in my l5 and i think they are the same
hassan216 said:
dude ..remove the battery then press vol down with home and power ..all together until emergency or download mode comes ..if doesnt tri volume up ..if it doesnt then try this ...press volume down with home and power ..the front lights will light for 2 seconds ..just remove finger from home button and still on powe with vol down ..i wish i help you i faced this in my l5 and i think they are the same
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I already tried all the possible combinations of keys to wake up the smartphone but it does not work neither. That's the bigger problem: (
But thanks anyway for the tip.
there is no solution exists?
Final solution is emergency or download mode. if u can not enter it, u shoud take it to service center as soon as possible
Hello,
I am very new to rooting etc. I rooted my phone a few days ago, unlocked bootloader and tried to flash cm11.0 with rom manager (cwmg) following this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521239
Unfortunately I didn´t understand the instructions well, so after wiping caches, instead of doing a full format I did a user data etc format (which i now think was a factory reset). Tried flashing, didn´t succeed.
Anyway, when I try to switch it on I only get the lg logo and then the batery charging thingy When I try to go to recovery mode with volume up power and menu button, my phone goes on a loop of lg and cyanomod logos untill infinity ( Have to take off the battery). Tried to use heimdall (as i have a mac) to flash kdz back to it, but phone was not recognized. On my pc tried the same, but again phone not seen. I can see it on my computer as an unrecognized external usb but cannot explore. Any ideas on what to do??
thanks in advance
franky.frangi said:
Hello,
I am very new to rooting etc. I rooted my phone a few days ago, unlocked bootloader and tried to flash cm11.0 with rom manager (cwmg) following this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521239
Unfortunately I didn´t understand the instructions well, so after wiping caches, instead of doing a full format I did a user data etc format (which i now think was a factory reset). Tried flashing, didn´t succeed.
Anyway, when I try to switch it on I only get the lg logo and then the batery charging thingy When I try to go to recovery mode with volume up power and menu button, my phone goes on a loop of lg and cyanomod logos untill infinity ( Have to take off the battery). Tried to use heimdall (as i have a mac) to flash kdz back to it, but phone was not recognized. On my pc tried the same, but again phone not seen. I can see it on my computer as an unrecognized external usb but cannot explore. Any ideas on what to do??
thanks in advance
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power off your device.
long press
1) "vol -"
2) home button
3) power button
for some second
are you able to enter in recovery?
lferlito said:
power off your device.
long press
1) "vol -"
2) home button
3) power button
for some second
are you able to enter in recovery?
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No, it goes into logos loop.
franky.frangi said:
No, it goes into logos loop.
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i don't know, man
but for the future, before installing a custom rom
remember to install a recovery
it's very important
hope someone better than me will help you
:fingers-crossed:
lferlito said:
i don't know, man
but for the future, before installing a custom rom
remember to install a recovery
it's very important
hope someone better than me will help you
:fingers-crossed:
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But I did, throught clockworkmod (first thing I did) ....and also did a nandroid backup...just don´t know how to access them...
franky.frangi said:
But I did, throught clockworkmod (first thing I did) ....and also did a nandroid backup...just don´t know how to access them...
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on my L5, i long press those 3 buttons until LG logo boot appears..
i wait some second and it appears the CWM reco
i don't know if there are other ways to enter in recovery mode..
yeah me neither.mine used to do the same before the flashing.thanks thought.lets see if someone has another idea...
franky.frangi said:
yeah me neither.mine used to do the same before the flashing.thanks thought.lets see if someone has another idea...
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As soon as you plug your USB into your phone, hold down the volume up (+) button and the power button and release them after holding them down for about 2 to 3 seconds. Then, install the USB driver for your phone with the LG Mobile Support Tool. Secondly, download and install the LG PC Suite program and last but not least, download the KDZ program. Install the correct firmware for your phone and make sure you select 'EMERGENCY' from the list on the top right of the KDZ program. Select your downloaded firmware file and start the program. If everything worked out, the program should crash after it's done and your phone should reboot. Disconnect your phone from the computer if it doesn't reboot and try to boot it up again.
You can find all of these programs along with tutorials on how they work by searching on either XDA or Google.
did forcing recovery/download work ?
TahaX said:
As soon as you plug your USB into your phone, hold down the volume up (+) button and the power button and release them after holding them down for about 2 to 3 seconds. Then, install the USB driver for your phone with the LG Mobile Support Tool. Secondly, download and install the LG PC Suite program and last but not least, download the KDZ program. Install the correct firmware for your phone and make sure you select 'EMERGENCY' from the list on the top right of the KDZ program. Select your downloaded firmware file and start the program. If everything worked out, the program should crash after it's done and your phone should reboot. Disconnect your phone from the computer if it doesn't reboot and try to boot it up again.
You can find all of these programs along with tutorials on how they work by searching on either XDA or Google.
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the phone off usb in and buttons did it work ?
Actually didn´t work,I have drivers already, LG PC Suite program , and KDZ. Problem is my phone is not detected by pc, so kdz unzips and then says : phone not detected, with or without battery...doesn´t go into recovery mode with buttons, just lg and cyanomod logos...
I don`t know if this can b fixed.....How can you flash anything if it´s not detected....
I´ll give it a try again tomorrow, without trying to enter recovery mode....but tried lots of buttons combinations and wasn´t working
Press these buttons
volume +
,volume -
home button
together with the power button
release all buttons except power button when you get a vibration
release the power button immediately after the lg logo has appered
this should let you get in the recovery menu
FULL STEP BY STEP GUIDE
found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2486512
IGGYVIP said:
Press these buttons
volume +
,volume -
home button
together with the power button
release all buttons except power button when you get a vibration
release the power button immediately after the lg logo has appered
this should let you get in the recovery menu
FULL STEP BY STEP GUIDE
found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2486512
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Finally!! This worked....I can get in the recovery menu!!!
Before I do anything I´ll really think about what rom I want to use )
Thanks lot everyone...hope it gives me no more issues.
franky.frangi said:
Finally!! This worked....I can get in the recovery menu!!!
Before I do anything I´ll really think about what rom I want to use )
Thanks lot everyone...hope it gives me no more issues.
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Ok, so I installed the LG G Pro 2 ROM, had it rooted and ofc had stock recovery ... My Wi-Fi (for some odd reason) didn't want to turn itself on, so i tried to restart the phone .... It got stuck in a bootloop, so I'm having following problems ... I entered stock recovery and tried to wipe the rom, no help, still stuck in recovery .... Can't access download mode to flash a KDZ file, since I cant really "shut" the phone down, rather just "restart" it by long pressing the power key, and if i try to hold the vol up button while connecting it to the computer to enter download mode, it fails every time and it just goes to the LG logo and get's stuck there .... Can I somehow shut the phone down completly or flash a kdz file from stock recovery ?
Edit: OK, I somehow did shut it down completly ... I think i held all 3 buttons at the same time for like, 10 - 15 secs and it did shut down completly ...
So - sorry for the thread, mods can lock it!
Doomhamma said:
Ok, so I installed the LG G Pro 2 ROM, had it rooted and ofc had stock recovery ... My Wi-Fi (for some odd reason) didn't want to turn itself on, so i tried to restart the phone .... It got stuck in a bootloop, so I'm having following problems ... I entered stock recovery and tried to wipe the rom, no help, still stuck in recovery .... Can't access download mode to flash a KDZ file, since I cant really "shut" the phone down, rather just "restart" it by long pressing the power key, and if i try to hold the vol up button while connecting it to the computer to enter download mode, it fails every time and it just goes to the LG logo and get's stuck there .... Can I somehow shut the phone down completly or flash a kdz file from stock recovery ?
Edit: OK, I somehow did shut it down completly ... I think i held all 3 buttons at the same time for like, 10 - 15 secs and it did shut down completly ...
So - sorry for the thread, mods can lock it!
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download mode. try holding power button down for 20+ seconds. now hold volume up button while plugging in usb cable.
I tried to update my LG G2 D802 from CM12.1 to 13 using the following steps:
1. reboot into twrp (2.8.7.3)
2. full wipe (all but internal storage)
3. installed bootstack-d802-CAF-signed.zip
4. installed CM13
5. reboot system
so far it worked fine, so I went back into recovery mode, installed the open_gapps-arm-6.0-stock-20151203.zip. After reboot, the phone keep throwing error messages "google service is closed" and keep repeating. I thought it may be an error in the gapps so I went into recovery again and tried to install another gapp version. I did a full-wipe again, but then I accidently did a system reboot. Now the phone is stuck after showing the LG logo and won't start properly. I try to go back into recovery mode:
1. turn off the phone
2. press power + volume down until the logo shows
3. release and repress the both button, which should bring me into recovery mode, but it didnt work. tried it numerous times, but always the same, if I release and press the both button after LG logo, the phone would just restart after few seconds...
can someone help me? Since the phone doesn't start, I can't install anything. Is there another way to get into recovery mode? Or can someone explain to me what I broke?
Don't press and release the volume down and power button at the lg logo. Just hold it until it goes into recovery.
If you can't get in, try to TOT back to stock. I would recommend you stick with rooted stock before you hard brick it(if you haven't done so already). Not only is cm buggy ass hell on the g2 but MM will be even more so since it's so new. Good luck.
stan54 said:
Don't press and release the volume down and power button at the lg logo. Just hold it until it goes into recovery.
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I tried, it seems the phone will just keep restarting(logo keep disappering and reappering again)
stan54 said:
If you can't get in, try to TOT back to stock. I would recommend you stick with rooted stock before you hard brick it(if you haven't done so already). Not only is cm buggy ass hell on the g2 but MM will be even more so since it's so new. Good luck.
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what is "TOT"? How do I do that when I can't start the phone and can't get into recovery mode?
Follow this guide to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
With CAF bootstack by Daniel Stuart is new buttons combination to boot into recovery:
1. turn off phone
2. Power + Volume down
3. when LG logo appears, release both buttons and press Volume up + Volume down
brrrrm said:
With CAF bootstack by Daniel Stuart is new buttons combination to boot into recovery:
1. turn off phone
2. Power + Volume down
3. when LG logo appears, release both buttons and press Volume up + Volume down
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+1 to this method, i have been using this when I was not able to get into recovery easily. My issue is unrealted to yours though.
I had a similar issue trying to enter Recovery on my phone. I've tried a lot both methods, so I turned off the device, waited something like 5 minutes, then tried the vol up + vol down method and it worked. I don't know why, but that's not the first time I have to wait a bit longer to try the key combination in order to enter Recovery. Just in case you can't turn off you phone completly, hold power button till phone turns off, keep holding it, wait for the LG logo to show up, when the screen goes off, release the button. Good luck
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With CAF bootstack by Daniel Stuart is new buttons combination to boot into recovery:
1. turn off phone
2. Power + Volume down
3. when LG logo appears, release both buttons and press Volume up + Volume down
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thank you, you life saver
brrrrm said:
With CAF bootstack by Daniel Stuart is new buttons combination to boot into recovery:
1. turn off phone
2. Power + Volume down
3. when LG logo appears, release both buttons and press Volume up + Volume down
It's not working for me. I got excited for a minute since others had luck with it, but it was a no-go for me. I know this is an older thread but....
It seems like being rooted, having TWRP and CM13 and Flashify, between all those, something should freakin' work, besides goofy hardware button combos. :crying:
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