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[Q] Hard bricked G2 after flash

Hi everyone
I may have bricked my G2. I use to have a Samsung Galaxy S which I flashed many times so I kinda know when I mess up with instructions. This time though, things look a bit more serious... Anyway, here is what happened:
I flashed the Cloudy G3 rom (1.0) for my G2 D802 32gb. Original rom was stock rooted 4.4.
I followed the instructions :
- Backup rom
- All wipes
- Flash kitkat baseband
- Flash rom zip
- Get through the aroma installer steps
But then, when it asked to reboot, the phone just shut down.
Now it won't turn on. All I have is a quick look at the LG boot logo, and then the screen goes all black (blacklit is still on) again.
All I managed to do so far is maintaining the LG boot logo a bit longer on screen by alternatively pressing volume + or - at random times.
I can't access recovery or download mode anymore.
Plugging the phone will only show the LG boot logo and do all the same.
The phone is no longer recognized by my computer.
When I plug it, I get 13 new windows asking me to format the device and one I can explore.
Inside, there is one folder named "Image", filled with 51,4 Mb of files...
Quite confusing.
I don't know what to do, so any help to get the phone back to work will be appreciated
Thank you in advance.

Eijo said:
Hi everyone
I may have bricked my G2. I use to have a Samsung Galaxy S which I flashed many times so I kinda know when I mess up with instructions. This time though, things look a bit more serious... Anyway, here is what happened:
I flashed the Cloudy G3 rom (1.0) for my G2 D802 32gb. Original rom was stock rooted 4.4.
I followed the instructions :
- Backup rom
- All wipes
- Flash kitkat baseband
- Flash rom zip
- Get through the aroma installer steps
But then, when it asked to reboot, the phone just shut down.
Now it won't turn on. All I have is a quick look at the LG boot logo, and then the screen goes all black (blacklit is still on) again.
All I managed to do so far is maintaining the LG boot logo a bit longer on screen by alternatively pressing volume + or - at random times.
I can't access recovery or download mode anymore.
Plugging the phone will only show the LG boot logo and do all the same.
The phone is no longer recognized by my computer.
When I plug it, I get 13 new windows asking me to format the device and one I can explore.
Inside, there is one folder named "Image", filled with 51,4 Mb of files...
Quite confusing.
I don't know what to do, so any help to get the phone back to work will be appreciated
Thank you in advance.
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same here after flashing the wrong kernel, and tried with the good one using fastboot....
please help!

darkflyer1983 said:
same here after flashing the wrong kernel, and tried with the good one using fastboot....
please help!
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At least I'm not alone :laugh:
I found this thread but haven't tried yet. Don't know if the problem is similar.
I really hope the phone isn't dead, it's almost brand new

This is exactly what I have . The main problem is we can not see phone partitions. Always the alarm "can not access " or "format" !Waiting for some body to help restaure our LG G2.

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Are you still under warranty. If you can't get into download mode that means that LG won't be able to either. You could process a return directly from LG.

Problem solved ...
Somehow I did manage to hard reset (vol - & power, wait for LG logo, release and then press vol - & power again) and then access recovery mode, so I did restore my backup (which had been renamed to ... 1970-05-01 ! lol) and my G2 is now back to life.
Weirdest thing ever... Kinda worried about flashing it again now !
Thing to remember : always have a backup file.

You are lucky man! I've done it but nothing after. I can access to hard reset but when I push power button the screen goes black as before ....

Is it actually in "Download Mode"?
GeneralMills777 said:
Are you still under warranty. If you can't get into download mode that means that LG won't be able to either. You could process a return directly from LG.
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So, if my G2 shows "Download Mode" on the screen with the little white dots, but it's not recognized by Windows 7, Ubuntu, or Knoppix, and is for all intents and purposes, non-responsive, does anyone know if it's actually in "Download Mode"?

Eijo said:
Somehow I did manage to hard reset (vol - & power, wait for LG logo, release and then press vol - & power again) and then access recovery mode, so I did restore my backup (which had been renamed to ... 1970-05-01 ! lol) and my G2 is now back to life.
Weirdest thing ever... Kinda worried about flashing it again now !
Thing to remember : always have a backup file.
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Peperepe said:
You are lucky man! I've done it but nothing after. I can access to hard reset but when I push power button the screen goes black as before ....
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In my case, it just stuck on the same screen. Nothing moves.

honest1212 said:
In my case, it just stuck on the same screen. Nothing moves.
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same problem here:
+ Download mode with some blue dot and nothing move, PC has no usb connection detected
+ Stuck on the LG logo screen with normal boot
+ NO recovery
+ it does FACTORY RESET but keep processing and nothing happen

Helped me, too.

Eijo said:
Hi everyone
I may have bricked my G2. I use to have a Samsung Galaxy S which I flashed many times so I kinda know when I mess up with instructions. This time though, things look a bit more serious... Anyway, here is what happened:
I flashed the Cloudy G3 rom (1.0) for my G2 D802 32gb. Original rom was stock rooted 4.4.
I followed the instructions :
- Backup rom
- All wipes
- Flash kitkat baseband
- Flash rom zip
- Get through the aroma installer steps
But then, when it asked to reboot, the phone just shut down.
Now it won't turn on. All I have is a quick look at the LG boot logo, and then the screen goes all black (blacklit is still on) again.
All I managed to do so far is maintaining the LG boot logo a bit longer on screen by alternatively pressing volume + or - at random times.
I can't access recovery or download mode anymore.
Plugging the phone will only show the LG boot logo and do all the same.
The phone is no longer recognized by my computer.
When I plug it, I get 13 new windows asking me to format the device and one I can explore.
Inside, there is one folder named "Image", filled with 51,4 Mb of files...
Quite confusing.
I don't know what to do, so any help to get the phone back to work will be appreciated
Thank you in advance.
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hi dude , i had the same issue , and i lost my g2 cause of it , please dont mess with the partitions , to all of you please dont delete the partitions , just turn off your phone , press volume up and push usb cable you ll get into download mode , from there yo can go back to stock by the .tot flashing method or kdz but dont mess with partitions , i deleted partitions and my phone wad totally dead , no one could repair it

Something happened to me today...
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[Q] cant get to recovery mod in lg g2 d802

dear friends
i messed with my device trying to root device and get new custom rom then i wipe everything and stuck in lg logo after many times to fix this finally i get my phone work again with stock kitkat
but my problem now i cant get to recovery mod only for downloading mod and written there rooted with red color
anyway to get into recovery mod again and make hard reset to make as new as i bought first time ????
by the way i flashed many times kdz stock rom and same problem exist
my phone is lg g2 d802 32gb

omarsalah007 said:
dear friends
i messed with my device trying to root device and get new custom rom then i wipe everything and stuck in lg logo after many times to fix this finally i get my phone work again with stock kitkat
but my problem now i cant get to recovery mod only for downloading mod and written there rooted with red color
anyway to get into recovery mod again and make hard reset to make as new as i bought first time ????
by the way i flashed many times kdz stock rom and same problem exist
my phone is lg g2 d802 32gb
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Did you pick normal flash or CSE flash? If you picked CSE you definitely will not be rooted after its done. Hard reset is vol down + power then vol up + vol down when lg logo comes up.

Art Vanderlay said:
Did you pick normal flash or CSE flash? If you picked CSE you definitely will not be rooted after its done. Hard reset is vol down + power then vol up + vol down when lg logo comes up.
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thanks for ur fast reply
i flashed last time by lg support tool its web upgrading but i need to figure out how to make it manually step by step again with ease , can u help me with some links to do so and get to recovery again as if i push vol dn + pwr not working anymore on my device !!
your help is much apreciated

omarsalah007 said:
thanks for ur fast reply
i flashed last time by lg support tool its web upgrading but i need to figure out how to make it manually step by step again with ease , can u help me with some links to do so and get to recovery again as if i push vol dn + pwr not working anymore on my device !!
your help is much apreciated
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Its really easy this time just look here
Download your regions firmware, run the flashtool as administrater and pick CSE flash. Thats all you need to do. As for the factory reset, try the steps that i wrote above, its a bit different from the old way.

Art Vanderlay said:
Its really easy this time just look here
Download your regions firmware, run the flashtool as administrater and pick CSE flash. Thats all you need to do. As for the factory reset, try the steps that i wrote above, its a bit different from the old way.
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i will try this later today and will give u feed back
thank u

All work good , I downgrade to 4.2.2 by .tot file then upgrade by flashing kdz 4.4.2 :thumbup:
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Cant boot up LG G2

Hey
I was on ressurrection rom and tried to go to Cloudy G2. Since cloudy asks for kk bootloader i used http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/d802-bootloader-changer-1-1-jb-kk-lp-t3104380 with the kk file. Installed cloudy with no issues. Rebooted phone and never again saw the light...
Been for several hours trying to fix it, reading, but it's 04am and i cant see clear anymore. Its my only phone and i need it
So... it does not enter recovery... After flashing i try the combo keys and nothing
I tried to use use the LG Flash tool to revert to stock. I downloads the kdz file but when starting to upgrade it gives an error.
Also tried follow the thread about reverting to stock using lg flash tool 2014 but the same error happens,,, switched usb cables just to be sure...
ideas are accepted... thanks

hmm, maybe wipe your phone AND try another flash tool perhaps?

Can you enter download mode? Do you get black screen or LG logo?

I would wipe if I could get into something to wipe it

Yes. I did get into download mode. But it failed using LG flash tool

I got it figured out and will post on case someone needs it.
I was able to enter agAin in recovery by using the combo keys, power + volume down and when LG logo appears release them and press both volume keys. That did it. Once again in recovery I flashed again kk boot loader, wiped all and flashed cloudy Rom. This time went all ok. Go figure, I did the same thing

well atleast it works now eh?

its working great now.. even better now that today i managed to make my gps work and fix in 5 seconds

Kudos m8! Glad you fixed it. Its annoying having a great device thats not functioning or give us back enough for what we paid for.

LG G2 Might be bricked, not sure.

Hello, cutting to the chase
Model: LG G2 D802
Story time: I tried to install ressurection remix rom through the sideload, after fully wiping my phone ( Wiped system, data, yada yada ) it showed some kind of an error about SU not installing properly, I thought well if I'll reboot TWRP will automaticly install SU for me, so when I tried to reboot it showed that No OS is installed, I thought it's a simple bug so I'll reboot to recovery again to check and bam. Nothing works.
+ Can't boot into recovery ( Tried volume down + power button ) LG Logo shows up and goes blank again ( Note that the screen doesn't turn off, just stays black, after holding it for a couple of seconds I can see screen going off completely but can't turn it on)
+ Can't turn it on normally.
+ Can't boot into download mode.
+After plugging it into an USB it mounts a D lettered drive with 63MB stuff in a folder called image with *.mdt files, modem files( I can screen it if it's important )
I'm clueless, never happened to me even though I flashed a lot of roms, I think I bricked it. Help?

UPDATE: I managed to quickly release Volume Down And Power buttons when LG appeared for half a second and hold it again, succesfully booted into TWRP. I haven't bricked it I think. Will tell how it goes <3

Hey man, how'd it go?
I'm in exactly the same situation as yours, can boot into twrp but nothing else works, i fear of the qhsusb_bulk brick but these people don't even seem to have recovery.
Any suggestions? Go back to stock? How?

Argus137 said:
UPDATE: I managed to quickly release Volume Down And Power buttons when LG appeared for half a second and hold it again, succesfully booted into TWRP. I haven't bricked it I think. Will tell how it goes <3
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How did it go!? I'm in a similar situation (but can boot into download-mode). Would love to get back to twrp, since I want to give it a try to flash another cm (stable). Thanks for sharing your experience...

If its picking up bulk mode normally its hard bricked there is a guide for restore nearly all g2s from hard brick having done it myself included 1st time took me a week to get back up but. Now i prob take about 45 min just cause i aint had one in a while

TheMadScientist420 said:
If its picking up bulk mode normally its hard bricked there is a guide for restore nearly all g2s from hard brick having done it myself included 1st time took me a week to get back up but. Now i prob take about 45 min just cause i aint had one in a while
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Hey there, can you specify what you did exactly or where to find!? Do you mean something like this? (can't post outside links, in XDA-forum, title is "LG G2 is UNBRICKABLE NOW! [FIX REAL HARD BRICK]") Thanks for help...

Yes thats it. Lol i still got the files on my pc for my g2 i keep the whe setup cause im on the g3 now i just check in the g2 forums cause i had mine for 2 years and modded the crap outa it but yea i keep all the files on hand so if anything ever happens i can fix it almost on the fly now

Well so what happened to me that I managed to get inside the TWRP. When it lighed it up for a second I quickly released and held again that got me inside magically. So then I just transfered new rom and tried to install again. Sadly I didin't see that the ROM Im trying to install requires bump TWRP and I bricked my phone again. Though I entered download mode and flashed the stock rom through LG G2 flasher.

heres a video i made, how to go into recovery. for those that cant get in to twrp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPUTImVEHqc

Please Help My Phone Bricked, showing white lines Due to Autorec

Hey Guys could someone please help me my phone is bricked i was trying to install a custom recovery through autorec hence when i pressed the reboot to recovery option my phone hanged and gone dead i cant see anything in my screen without that freaky whilte lines at the corner of screen i tried everything which i know could please someone here helps me that how i come out of this problem. Real Help will be appreciated. please am waiting for your replies.. i am using LG G2 LS980

please help me my phone is bricked i was trying to install a custom recovery through autorec hence when i pressed the reboot to recovery option my phone hanged and gone dead i cant see anything in my screen without that freaky whilte lines at the corner of screen i tried everything which i know could please someone here helps me that how i come out of this problem. Real Help will be appreciated. please am waiting for your replies.. i am using LG G2 LS980

luckyali4it said:
please help me my phone is bricked i was trying to install a custom recovery through autorec hence when i pressed the reboot to recovery option my phone hanged and gone dead i cant see anything in my screen without that freaky whilte lines at the corner of screen i tried everything which i know could please someone here helps me that how i come out of this problem. Real Help will be appreciated. please am waiting for your replies.. i am using LG G2 LS980
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Does the download mode still work?
(turn off the smartphone, hold Vol. Up and plug in the usb cable Form PC)
If so, then simply flash the Stock-ROM with the LG-Servicetool.
I think your Downloadmode is bricked too. Right?
does the smartphone start in android and do you have root?
if so, you have to extract the laf.img from your firmware and install it via flash app as recovery.
Your Firmware?:
https://lg-firmwares.com/de/lg-ls980z-firmwares/
KDZ Extractor (WindowsLGFirmwareextract...):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600575
Watch this Video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M4s6wrpD2Gk
-> Rename the extracted laf12345.bin to laf.img !
Than the download mode should work again and you can reinstall your Stock-Rom with the LG servicetool and all work fine again.