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Endless booting and no recovery access. I'm about to give up.

Help please. I'm basically in a boot loop with no recovery. Idk what I should do or if its possible to make a warranty claim.
Hey guys I'm in a boot loop of some kind. I'm not an advanced user of this stuff but idk what to do at this point. So this is the situation. I have a X10a from at&t and its rooted with busybox and freex10 recovery or whatever. I had a default 2.1 ROM and flashed the offline recharging thing. My phone seemed to work fine but then my battery died out. For a while I've had recharging problems with my phone either my cable is messed up or the usb port. So anyways after it died out I tried to recharge but I was in the 3x red flashing light problem and accidentally broke my charger cord, but continuing I borrowed my friends cord and still had problems so knowing my usb port is kinda broken i just left it there. After about 2 hours my phone majestically starts up lol. So I decided I wanted to put on xrecovery just incase and My computer wont read my phone. I try everything from takeing out my sd card to restarting my computer to reinstalling pc companion like 20 times. So I tried a factory reset through the phone settings and ended up where i currently am in a boot loop. It turns on and does the sony ericsson thing then does the boot animation then my phone vibrates and the screen darkens and my buttons are lit up. It has been like this for about 30 mins so far. I tried restarting my phone by taking out the battery and taking out the sd card/sim card.
Sorry for this being long but this is my situation. Could you please help me out? I Don't know if I can do a warranty claim or anything I'm desperate so please any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Also if there is anymore information you need please just ask.

use flashtool and flash a rooted generic 2.1 rom
install xrecovery
restore a back up

My computer can't read my phone. How can I fix that? It can go into flash mode but nothing shows up not even in the /:c/ area

if your phone is in flash mode, it's fine. start flashtool, click "flash", select the rom you want to flash, put phone in flash mode (turn off, hold back button while plugging phone in, wait for green light), click ok, let it do it's thing.

Even when i go into flash mode it doesn't work. It goes in flash mode while it searches then after a while the x10 leaves flash mode. Tbh I think its my cable though. Any idea where to get an official one that will ship to hawaii?

You may be missing the drivers.
Install SEUS "Sony Erricson Update Service" from the sony erricson website.
And let it detect your phone at least once.
You can also use it to restore your phone.
Good luck.

I got all the drivers. I'm just gonna buy a Xperia Play and see if i can fix my x10 and sell it or somthing. But thanks for all the help guys

Go to flashtool, press on flash select firmware. Then after it asks put your x10 connected without your battery. Put your battery in and it should flash.

cloud911208 said:
Even when i go into flash mode it doesn't work. It goes in flash mode while it searches then after a while the x10 leaves flash mode. Tbh I think its my cable though. Any idea where to get an official one that will ship to hawaii?
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any mini usb cable should work. i use the cable from my bt device for my phone.

If the x10 goes out of flashmode, try to hold in the back button under the whole flashing progress.

cloud911208 said:
Even when i go into flash mode it doesn't work. It goes in flash mode while it searches then after a while the x10 leaves flash mode. Tbh I think its my cable though. Any idea where to get an official one that will ship to hawaii?
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Any electronics store has the cables ranging from $5-$30 depending on what your looking for in quality.
Sent From My *Super Fly X10*
If I (or anyone for that matter!) help you, dont be afraid to press THANKS!

Well thanks for the help. I'm gonna try use it on a different computer and see if it still works. Wish me luck.

Defy-semi bricked

Was running an ICS rom for about 2-3 weeks. Can't remember which 1 but I do remember that it was a Defy+ (port ?, 4.0.3). It changed my phone description to (MB526). Ran pretty good but would randomly freeze and not move. Decided to re-flash. Went to clockwork to run a backup, not sure/don't remember what I did after that as it's been a week since I'm trying to get Defy back up and running. got stuck in a boot loop. Now it's not even looping, just freezes on google splash screen.
My problem: I can get into boot loader fine but phone is not recognized/won't connect with RSD Lite. Tried a couple different versions including v4.9. If I could connect I'd just re-flash an sbf. Drivers are fine. I have other Motorola Apps such as Flash&Backup3, P2K, Motorola Phone Tools for a couple other phones I have so I should have any drivers I need, Also phone was flashed prior to this with these drivers installed.
I cannot get into fastboot, stock or CWM recovery. I did notice "all" of the zip files on the SD card were gone. Roms, Apps, etc. Everything else was still there. When phone is off and I plug into the computer, the white led lights for a bit, then the blue, then the google splash screen and that's it. Won't move after that. So I'm guessing my recovery is still there but I can't access it. Tried connecting with/without SD in the phone. No luck.
I cannot connect with ADB either. Says no device found.
I've downloaded and re installed everything I could but still no luck.
I am at a loss as to what to try next. This is not my 1st flash so I like to think I know what I'm doing. Flashed 11 different phones, 5 different OS's. So I'm not a noob. But now I need some help from you guys/gals.
Anyone with any suggestions would be welcome.
From my limited knowledge I understand that if you can get into the boot loader your not bricked ?
So what do I do next ? HELP. Questions ? Ask away. This is starting to piss me off.
Bootloader 09.10
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB Data Cable
After pluging in usb, phones says:
Transfer Mode: USB
Did all this on Vista Desktop. Should I try my Windows 7 Ultimite laptop ?
Mods: apologize if it's been covered but I didn't see my problem in the threads, not that I looked at all of them.
Thanks

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When phone is off and I plug into the computer, the white led lights for a bit, then the blue, then the google splash screen and that's it.
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When the indicator is lit in blue, press the volume down. It should boot recovery.
crz6662 said:
Should I try my Windows 7 Ultimite laptop ?
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Yes.
Also you could try to connect your phone to another USB port.

Try that when I get home from work. Let you know if either worked.

Ant-ON said:
When the indicator is lit in blue, press the volume down. It should boot recovery.
Solved. Ya know, I thought I there was something I was missing. That's what happens when you own 9 different phones and play with them all. I had just finished flashing an old Motorola RAZR V3re.
Appreciate the heads up.
Up and running in 5 minutes. Thanks
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help pls, nexus 4 softbricked

Hi guys,
I had Pure nexus rom installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-pure-nexus-project-layers-t3237366
and everything worked fine for weeks. Yesterday I noticed that my nexus 4 is using battery too much, without any reason.. Then my phone turned off, try to restart but it was stuck on google logo. At that point there was 20 or 30% battery left. I boot it to recovery, wipe everything and tried to restore factory settings, cos I didnt have any backup on phone. But again it was stuck on google logo.
So now I cant boot it cos there's no system installed on it, basicaly there is nothing on my phone. I tried Nexus Root Toolkit, but my pc dont recognize my phone, when I boot to recovery it's still the same, so I cant install drivers..
At this point, I have no idea what to do.. Can anyone help pls?
Thx

Can you get into fastboot? Are you using Win7? Tried different USB ports and cables?

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Can you get into fastboot? Are you using Win7? Tried different USB ports and cables?
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Thx for quick reply !
Yes, I'm using win7 64x, I tried all usb ports and 3 different cables and nothing. I can get into fastboot and recovery, but pc still don't recognize anything..

i am currently under the same situation
only difference is i can still fastboot and flash a recovery (twrp for that matter)
afterwards, when booting to recovery - i can install a rom
once the rom is installed, reboot does not boot into the ROM and instead just displays the google logo - then vibrates a little - then the screen turns off

I just tried on 2 other win7 pc's, still nothing.. Nexus root toolkit just can't establish adb/fastboot connection..
edit: other thing I tried is to copy ROM file on usb stick, and then connect usb stick with micro usb cable to phone, and when I'm in recovery (twrp 3.0.2-0) there is just ''internal storage'' option.. Is that normal, should twrp see external USB drive? Cos I'm thinking that maybe something is wrong with usb charging port (I replaced that board month ago).

Hi,
I have a similar problem:
I had my mobile in working condition and once when upgrading the OS to 5.0.1, it downloaded the OS and was upgrading. During that process, the charge got over and hence the phone was shutdown. There after, it was not proceeding further from Google screen when trying to reboot. So, i thought battery is dead and replaced the battery with a new one. Now, i am getting the following problem:
The phone doesn't turn on(not even getting GOOGLE screen now). But, If I keep holding power button and Volume down button and try to insert the charging cable immediately then i get the boot menu but it wont stay there for even a second and goes to GOOGLE logo screen and gets shut down. Please help me with this.

Hi guys,
I menaged to fix the problem, my problem was charging port (smal L shaped board) that I replaced month ago. That's why there was no connection.
I got another one this morning from ebay, and Nexus Root Toolkit established connection immediately.

guruhg said:
Hi,
I have a similar problem:
I had my mobile in working condition and once when upgrading the OS to 5.0.1, it downloaded the OS and was upgrading. During that process, the charge got over and hence the phone was shutdown. There after, it was not proceeding further from Google screen when trying to reboot. So, i thought battery is dead and replaced the battery with a new one. Now, i am getting the following problem:
The phone doesn't turn on(not even getting GOOGLE screen now). But, If I keep holding power button and Volume down button and try to insert the charging cable immediately then i get the boot menu but it wont stay there for even a second and goes to GOOGLE logo screen and gets shut down. Please help me with this.
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That looks like a stuck power button.
Try just holding the volume down button and plugging the charger.
If you see the fastboot screen, you have a stuck power button.
Just experienced this issue on a Nexus 5 and I was able to recover from it by "massaging" the power button for a while.

Help, My LG G2 is a mess!

HI
So i was trying to restore my LG G2 D803 phone and I accidentally unplugged it when I was doing the LG Tools process, I turned off my phone so I can reset it but now it doesn't work anymore. So now my phone can't use Firmware Update, and every time I tried to escape it, by hold the power button or anything, it goes back to Firmware Update where its now at 0%. What do I do now?
EDIT: I think the problem i'm facing right now. Is that it keeps going into a glitch download mode when I turn my phone on, and I can't access download mode properly or factory reset, due to going back to the glitched download mode. I tried to flash it properly, letting it drain battery on itself, and turning it off FULLY & turning it back on, where all these methods would just lead back to the glitched download mode.

JustinY050 said:
HI
So i was trying to restore my LG G2 D803 phone and I accidentally unplugged it when I was doing the LG Tools process, I turned off my phone so I can reset it but now it doesn't work anymore. So now my phone can't use Firmware Update, and every time I tried to escape it, by hold the power button or anything, it goes back to Firmware Update where its now at 0%. What do I do now?
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You can try flashing a kdz for your model in download mode with lg 2014 flash tool. See links below, there might be YouTube tutorials, not sure.
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-d803-firmwares/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190

crophs said:
You can try flashing a kdz for your model in download mode with lg 2014 flash tool. See links below, there might be YouTube tutorials, not sure.
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-d803-firmwares/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
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Yea I tried using the Flash tool Way but it doesn't work, I think the problem is that the LG is stuck in download mode so I can't do any Flash tool stuff or anything, and I can't restart my phone because it would just go back.

JustinY050 said:
Yea I tried using the Flash tool Way but it doesn't work, I think the problem is that the LG is stuck in download mode so I can't do any Flash tool stuff or anything, and I can't restart my phone because it would just go back.
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Can you elaborate more when you say it doesn't work?
After you hit flash on the software, don't do anything for like 25mins. It may show you error messages on computer, that it failed or whatever, pop up windows, don't click on anything just let it stay like that. The progress bar can also be stuck on the phone, not a problem. Give it that 25 mins.

crophs said:
Can you elaborate more when you say it doesn't work?
After you hit flash on the software, don't do anything for like 25mins. It may show you error messages on computer, that it failed or whatever, pop up windows, don't click on anything just let it stay like that. The progress bar can also be stuck on the phone, not a problem. Give it that 25 mins.
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It didn't show any progress on the phone, and also said an error on not working. And there would be no change in the download screen, like it would say that nothing is downloading from the USB port it is in and etc.
But I try to wait for 25 mins and see.

crophs said:
Can you elaborate more when you say it doesn't work?
After you hit flash on the software, don't do anything for like 25mins. It may show you error messages on computer, that it failed or whatever, pop up windows, don't click on anything just let it stay like that. The progress bar can also be stuck on the phone, not a problem. Give it that 25 mins.
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Nope it didn't work. I did it for at least 30 mins and nothing happened, still the same screen on both on my phone and computer.

Can you post a video ?

crophs said:
Can you post a video ?
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Of the 25 mins or my problem?
I cant do it for now, but I think the problem is that my phone is in a loop of download mode, i mean that everytime I turn off my phone and turn it back on, it goes back to download mode without me pressing the buttons.

JustinY050 said:
Of the 25 mins or my problem?
I cant do it for now, but I think the problem is that my phone is in a loop of download mode, i mean that everytime I turn off my phone and turn it back on, it goes back to download mode without me pressing the buttons.
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You must turn it off completely before booting in download mode. Keep pressing and holding volume down+power for a minute, it should completely turn off after one or two LG logo. If it doesn't then you can unplug battery. After that you don't boot with power button, then you boot with download mode method.
Video from complete shutdown - putting USB in computer while pressing volume up button and starting download mode - software recognizing your device - checking all the correct options in software - hitting flash button - state of phone after flash started.

crophs said:
You must turn it off completely before booting in download mode. Keep pressing and holding volume down+power for a minute, it should completely turn off after one or two LG logo. If it doesn't then you can unplug battery. After that you don't boot with power button, then you boot with download mode method.
Video from complete shutdown - putting USB in computer while pressing volume up button and starting download mode - software recognizing your device - checking all the correct options in software - hitting flash button - state of phone after flash started.
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No, like it automatically goes to download mode wihtout me pressing the buttons, and if i do it the normal button pressing way with the power and volume up, then idk if its the glitch version. But the problem im trying to solve is fixing it so it stops going automatically to the glitched download mode when i turn it on

JustinY050 said:
No, like it automatically goes to download mode wihtout me pressing the buttons, and if i do it the normal button pressing way with the power and volume up, then idk if its the glitch version. But the problem im trying to solve is fixing it so it stops going automatically to the glitched download mode when i turn it on
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unlpug battery, see youtube how to put it in download properly and flash

crophs said:
unlpug battery, see youtube how to put it in download properly and flash
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Like take the battery out?

JustinY050 said:
Like take the battery out?
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Whatever that means to you. Not sure how old you're, but try not to be a thick skull with someone trying help you for free, bye

crophs said:
Whatever that means to you. Not sure how old you're, but try not to be a thick skull with someone trying help you for free, bye
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K firstly, Im not trying to be rude or anything, I just need help fixing my phone. If I somehow offended you in any reason why, im sorry. And I literally don't know much about phones, but I was trying to make sense on your instructions and making sure Im not going to mess it up. If you dont want to help anymore, its fine, im grateful that you tried to help
Also I know how to flash it properly and put it in download mode properly, its just that its always going to a glitched download mode so I can't download anything, or put it in factory mode.

JustinY050 said:
K firstly, Im not trying to be rude or anything, I just need help fixing my phone. If I somehow offended you in any reason why, im sorry. And I literally don't know much about phones, but I was trying to make sense on your instructions and making sure Im not going to mess it up. If you dont want to help anymore, its fine, im grateful that you tried to help
Also I know how to flash it properly and put it in download mode properly, its just that its always going to a glitched download mode so I can't download anything, or put it in factory mode.
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No you shouldn't, rather I am sorry, made a bad judgement call. I left room for confusion in my post. Should've said unplug and plug back the battery. Perhaps you thought if i meant to leave it unplugged.
As your main problem was to stop it from bootlooping into a glitched download, it can be done with holding power and volume down for a minute or two.
But since that didn't work for you i suspected button/hardware failure and so recommended to reconnect the battery.
Another way can be, to let it be as is, so that the battery drains itself and after that charging it with a wall adapter. And see if it stops booting into download itself, or displays a charging only screen.
Anyhow, I hope you find a way out. Feel free to ask anything again.

crophs said:
No you shouldn't, rather I am sorry, made a bad judgement call. I left room for confusion in my post. Should've said unplug and plug back the battery. Perhaps you thought if i meant to leave it unplugged.
As your main problem was to stop it from bootlooping into a glitched download, it can be done with holding power and volume down for a minute or two.
But since that didn't work for you i suspected button/hardware failure and so recommended to reconnect the battery.
Another way can be, to let it be as is, so that the battery drains itself and after that charging it with a wall adapter. And see if it stops booting into download itself, or displays a charging only screen.
Anyhow, I hope you find a way out. Feel free to ask anything again.
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Nah its ok, that happens to me too sometimes.
So I was going to try to unplug my battery and reconnect it but then but before I was, i was testing some other stuff with the button commands stuff (I mean like the download mode with pressing power and volume up adn stuff) and I think i was able to get the actualy download mode, not the glitched one. I was able to download a bit for the flash tool so what i'm testing rn is to see if I can do the full factory reset and see if that fixes it.
PS: I was already doing the flashtool before so its fine if I erase my data

JustinY050 said:
Nah its ok, that happens to me too sometimes.
So I was going to try to unplug my battery and reconnect it but then but before I was, i was testing some other stuff with the button commands stuff (I mean like the download mode with pressing power and volume up adn stuff) and I think i was able to get the actualy download mode, not the glitched one. I was able to download a bit for the flash tool so what i'm testing rn is to see if I can do the full factory reset and see if that fixes it.
PS: I was already doing the flashtool before so its fine if I erase my data
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K it looks like it worked but now it crashes when it loads the LG logo

JustinY050 said:
K it looks like it worked but now it crashes when it loads the LG logo
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Sounds like a bootloop, i once fixed it by using another usb port and usb cable. Sometimes they get disconnected for bad connection and cause this kinda error. If MD5 is available, please match yours with original after downloading files. You can keep flashing, maybe try a different kdz later. There is also a TOT method which i never tried myself. This phone is almost impossible to brick permanently.
Some good threads -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687768
This is the easiest
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cOxlaIPW2ew
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.re...he_lg_g2_is_unbrickable_a_story_of_death_and/

crophs said:
Sounds like a bootloop, i once fixed it by using another usb port and usb cable. Sometimes they get disconnected for bad connection and cause this kinda error. If MD5 is available, please match yours with original after downloading files. You can keep flashing, maybe try a different kdz later. There is also a TOT method which i never tried myself. This phone is almost impossible to brick permanently.
Some good threads -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687768
This is the easiest
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cOxlaIPW2ew
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.re...he_lg_g2_is_unbrickable_a_story_of_death_and/
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Sorry for the late reply, just been busy flashing my phone. So I been trying to re flashing my phone using the TOT method because the kda method isn't working, but either 1) it keeps crashing when its downloading 2) cannot recognize the phone to my computer when my phone is in download mode but says its not connected to my computer. Before, it did kinda work, it kept crashing but it lasted a bit longer sometimes, but I had to reflash it because the software update was glitched where it says its on the notification bar but wasnt there. So for rn, i'm still trying to reflash it.

I donno much about the TOT method, haven't tried myself. Getting a hunch that there might be hardware issues somewhere which is interrupting the process and not letting it finish, could be the cable, pc usb outlet, phone's micro usb port....perhaps a loose connection or something else.
If i were you i would stick to the kdz, as it's working somewhat better for you and they all serve same purpose in the end. That youtube video is actually a good step by step tutorial.

J5 not booting up

First it started right into Odin Mode. After holding Volume Down and Power to exit it, the screen went black (as expected). However, afterwards it won't boot up again. Tried normal boot, recovery and download. Removed the battery and put it again, didn't work. Also tried various cables and outlets. Tried the sequence for download mode (holding Power + Volume Down + Home, then pressing Volume Up - even if it didn't show anything on screen) and connected it to my PC. The computer played the sound as if a device was connected, then after some seconds Windows said that the USB device was not recognized. Odin did not recognize it either. Samsung 300K tool doesn't work as well. Do you have any suggestions, please? It's quite urgent.

Try installing official device drivers Inform us after that what's happening. Thank you

Rjt KD said:
Try installing official device drivers Inform us after that what's happening. Thank you
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I can't. It's not booting at all. Never rooted it or changed its ROM.

You mean it doesn't even show download mood or recovery mood?

Rjt KD said:
You mean it doesn't even show download mood or recovery mood?
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Yes, not even the charging battery logo when it is powered on. Tried using an USB Jig, fails as well.
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tomadimitrie3 said:
Yes, not even the charging battery logo when it is powered on. Tried using an USB Jig, fails as well.
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I'm sorry to say that.. It's a hardware related issue... U need to take it to service center to repair Thank you

I've flashed marshmallow stock on stock lollipop via Odin but after completion J500H boots and immediately resets or off after first boot screen appears. so please help that why this problem is here???
Also please tell that custom ROM can be installed on the J500H or not ( bootloops and restart issue immediately)

Is it possible to flash again? If yes...
Then first wipe delvik cache then flash again, before flashing make sure to untick auto reboot on odin's log option... After flashing done don't reboot immediately first wipe delvik cache then restart...
If it doesn't allow you to flash then u need to take it to service center...
Yes it's possible to install custom rom using Odin but sometimes it fails if usb debugging is not enabled! You can search on Google for that or any thread here.