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Well, I finally bricked my first phone since starting with the Dream way back when.
I was flashing different boot animations on this D800 and came across one supposedly for T-Mobile. I had unlocked the phone, and changed from AT&T to TMO, so I thought it'd be appropriate. Boy was I wrong.
As soon as TWRP flashed that ZIP and rebooted, the screen went black. No LG logo. No animation, no sound, no nothing. So I looked into the ZIP file I downloaded (from somewhere on XDA, I'll have to find the thread) and it looks like a full TMO ROM. Great!
Now I can't even turn off the phone. I can see the backlight on the (black) screen, and when I press and hold power, it restarts after 10 seconds, but then comes back on. Something else strange is that a drive F: shows up on my PC, with about 70 MB of various files. Then there are about 10 other volumes, G: through T:, but they are empty.
Now what?
voxluna said:
Well, I finally bricked my first phone since starting with the Dream way back when.
I was flashing different boot animations on this D800 and came across one supposedly for T-Mobile. I had unlocked the phone, and changed from AT&T to TMO, so I thought it'd be appropriate. Boy was I wrong.
As soon as TWRP flashed that ZIP and rebooted, the screen went black. No LG logo. No animation, no sound, no nothing. So I looked into the ZIP file I downloaded (from somewhere on XDA, I'll have to find the thread) and it looks like a full TMO ROM. Great!
Now I can't even turn off the phone. I can see the backlight on the (black) screen, and when I press and hold power, it restarts after 10 seconds, but then comes back on. Something else strange is that a drive F: shows up on my PC, with about 70 MB of various files. Then there are about 10 other volumes, G: through T:, but they are empty.
Now what?
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Have you tried to get into recovery using power+down? If so, how about download mode?
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Chance Ill said:
Have you tried to get into recovery using power+down? If so, how about download mode?
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Yeah, I had just made a backup in TWRP, so my first thought was get back into recovery. However, Power+Vol Down doesn't do anything except reboot, just as it does when holding only the power button. Same thing with Power+Vol Up and holding all 3 buttons down.
voxluna said:
Yeah, I had just made a backup in TWRP, so my first thought was get back into recovery. However, Power+Vol Down doesn't do anything except reboot, just as it does when holding only the power button. Same thing with Power+Vol Up and holding all 3 buttons down.
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You need to keep holding until the LG Logo comes back, then release and hold the buttons again :good:
gusly said:
You need to keep holding until the LG Logo comes back, then release and hold the buttons again :good:
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Yeah, I have tried holding them down for multiple reboots but it's all black, every time. I haven't seen the LG logo come back up since I flashed that ROM. I've tried letting up on the Power+Vol Down button at various times to try to trigger it and I can't figure any way to get into recovery.
try this solution. It may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
voxluna said:
Yeah, I have tried holding them down for multiple reboots but it's all black, every time. I haven't seen the LG logo come back up since I flashed that ROM. I've tried letting up on the Power+Vol Down button at various times to try to trigger it and I can't figure any way to get into recovery.
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I assume you've tried shutting down completely first?
The multiple drives is good, you can resolve this. In not near my computer now but try looking for a thread about no recovery no download mode etc, in that thread it is suggested to connect phone with usb while running ubuntu.
I used that thread to revive my phone after a bad flash.
Keep in mind that the files mentioned there are maybe not for your model so you will have to find the correct files.
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When I get a black screen after flashing a boot animation and the phone does not boot (just gives a black screen) I usually remove the boot animation via adb. This will use the generic Android boot animation and boot your phone up
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xxxrichievxxx said:
When I get a black screen after flashing a boot animation and the phone does not boot (just gives a black screen) I usually remove the boot animation via adb. This will use the generic Android boot animation and boot your phone up
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Well, I don't think this was a boot animation, even though it was advertised as such. I wasn't thinking, because I know better than to accept a 798MB file as being just animation, no matter how elaborate. I mean, I've been doing this since 2008, but I flashed it anyway. Only after it blew up in my face did I look inside the ZIP and see all the stuff you'd have for a full-blown ROM. Ugh.
In any event, I don't have any adb shell or devices or anything when it boots, just those weird drives.
The real kicker is. this is my 2nd G2 -- the first one having gone into some kind of CPU thermal runaway. I had to send it to Samsung in TX and they replaced the system board. So I've "used" this phone, which I first bought December 5th, for only about 3 weeks total at this point.
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I assume you've tried shutting down completely first?
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I eventually figured out that I can get it to turn it off, by continuing to hold the power button, At first it will reboot, but after a few more seconds it turns it off. Or what looks like off -- nothing is ever drawn on the screen at this point, not even the LG logo. So I basically have to hold the phone up to my eye and watch for the backlight to be on or off.
I also left it "off" overnight, but it didn't help.
voxluna said:
I eventually figured out that I can get it to turn it off, by continuing to hold the power button, At first it will reboot, but after a few more seconds it turns it off. Or what looks like off -- nothing is ever drawn on the screen at this point, not even the LG logo. So I basically have to hold the phone up to my eye and watch for the backlight to be on or off.
I also left it "off" overnight, but it didn't help.
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I just read your post saying that you had flashed an entire ROM. Do you have a ROM backup you can restore?
D803 up in this *****
Have you tried while it's powered off to turn it on and plugging in the usb cable(connected to pc of course) to see if it enters download mode(just incase I myself have never been able to access download mode using the button combination on the g2), if it enters download mode all you would need is the LG flash tool and a tot of the d800 to get back to stock?
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voxluna said:
I eventually figured out that I can get it to turn it off, by continuing to hold the power button, At first it will reboot, but after a few more seconds it turns it off. Or what looks like off -- nothing is ever drawn on the screen at this point, not even the LG logo. So I basically have to hold the phone up to my eye and watch for the backlight to be on or off.
I also left it "off" overnight, but it didn't help.
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Yeah, I was going to mention this. Once you have it completely powered down, hold volume up and plug it into your pc. That should throw you into download mode where you can restore through lg flashtool.
Alternatively, while powered down completely, you can attempt to boot into recovery by pressing and holding volume down and power, hopefully the lg logo will appear again, and you can release and press both again. I've been in situations where it took me a bit, meaning multiple tries and a few dirty pairs of underwear, to get it to work. But it eventually did. Admittedly, none of these instances occurred after flashing a rom for a different device, so your mileage may vary.
hi guys. today my galaxy s4 suddenly rebooted and now it cant get past the galaxy s4 screen on boot. it automaticly gets into this screen for several seconds, then a black screen and then again. also, when i put in the battery it automaticly starts, and gets in this loop.
i searched the forum a little and i suspect it is somthing with the home button. do i need to replace the whole display to fix thix? or what should i do.
And some important infomation, my home button is a little bent for the last 5 months, but so far it had no problems.
Have you tried to start recovery or download?
Remove the battery, wait half a minute, reinsert the battery and push at the same time Vol Up+Home+Power keys.
If that works you may wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache and maybe it will boot normally again.
svbarbosa said:
Have you tried to start recovery or download?
Remove the battery, wait half a minute, reinsert the battery and push at the same time Vol Up+Home+Power keys.
If that works you may wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache and maybe it will boot normally again.
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yes, i have tried. first of all, my home button is bent and its impossible to press. i cant get to the recovery, but it can to download mode, and then it gets in the loop again after several seconds. it doesent work to reinsert the battery. when i insert the battery it automaticly turns on to the loop again.
ivgeni1234 said:
yes, i have tried. first of all, my home button is bent and its impossible to press. i cant get to the recovery, but it can to download mode, and then it gets in the loop again after several seconds. it doesent work to reinsert the battery. when i insert the battery it automaticly turns on to the loop again.
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Ahh...check your power button..it might be stuck for sure!
Try pressing it in various ways or open it up to see if it is stuck or not..
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DeepankarS said:
Ahh...check your power button..it might be stuck for sure!
Try pressing it in various ways or open it up to see if it is stuck or not..
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power button or home button..? power button looks fine but home is bent and not working for a while.
I agree with @DeepankarS. Seems your power button is stuck.
If so it is a good reason to have the bootloop. Please double check it.
ivgeni1234 said:
power button or home button..? power button looks fine but home is bent and not working for a while.
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there is a huge difference mate in being okay and looking okay
Thus is not the first kinda problem..the download mode rebooting is directly liked to it..because the download mode will never reboot without the power button being pressed (exceptions ignored)
Try tapping it on a flat surface too...not hard..but ya..
Or search..how people released the stuck power buttons here..
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Hello guys,
I own LG G2 Intl version. A couple days ago the device has suddenly stopped charging with only rising 2% after 12 hours of charging then kept discharging until reaching 0%. Then it would never go above 0%. While connected with the charger, I can switch the device on. On the lock screen it says it is charging but in the Settings it says not charging. I read a lot of posts here in XDA and outside suggesting once a software issue and another a hardware issue.
Anyways, I have tried then a lot of chargers like original Samsung charger, Laptop current, original ASUS Tablet charger with all failing to charge. According to LG Live Chat and summary of different posts, it looks like a hardware issue. But because the device is still less than three months old and still on warranty, I contacted the Reseller (Amazon), who said that I could return the phone.
But since then I have been trying to reset my phone to factory settings (as some suggested it may help as well) and more important to get rid of my personal data. But I cannot. When I go to settings to restore to factory settings, a 5% battery is required to restore. While on charger trying to reach the recovery menu through (Power-Volume-Down then release then both again after displaying the logo) does not either work.
Any workaround how to restore it to factory settings?
I tried to connect my phone through BT to BT-ADB my phone and adb reboot it into recovery, but did not work, as my device could not get IP for bluetooth assigned!! Strange!!! My device is not rooted and I do not want to root it, so that it does not get the warranty lost.
Any workaround how to restore my device to factory settings?
Thank you!
tweetatoo said:
While on charger trying to reach the recovery menu through (Power-Volume-Down then release then both again after displaying the logo) does not either work.
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You forget to tell us what firmware version you are on, if you aren't rooted I assume you're using Kitkat/Kitkat bootloader?
Kitkat: Hold Power + Power Down, when LG Logo appears, switch to holding Volume Up + Volume Down.
Jellybean: Hold Power + Power Down, when LG Logo appears, let go and repress Power + Volume Down.
Note that doing a factory reset doesn't really stop your data from being recovered from nosey people, it just puts your data in a "last overwritten" state. To the naked eye you've wiped your phone but to be really safe it's good to wipe your hard drive using cryptographic algorithms multiple times, about 10. It may not make your data unrecoverable but at least anyone who wants to recover your data will have a hard time doing so. I wouldn't really worry about doing this in your case though.
d00lz said:
You forget to tell us what firmware version you are on, if you aren't rooted I assume you're using Kitkat/Kitkat bootloader?
Kitkat: Hold Power + Power Down, when LG Logo appears, switch to holding Volume Up + Volume Down.
Jellybean: Hold Power + Power Down, when LG Logo appears, let go and repress Power + Volume Down.
Note that doing a factory reset doesn't really stop your data from being recovered from nosey people, it just puts your data in a "last overwritten" state. To the naked eye you've wiped your phone but to be really safe it's good to wipe your hard drive using cryptographic algorithms multiple times, about 10. It may not make your data unrecoverable but at least anyone who wants to recover your data will have a hard time doing so. I wouldn't really worry about doing this in your case though.
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Thank you for your reply. I know that to totally erase my data a multi-write cryptographic erase is required. But the point is that I just want to restore to factory settings, so that notifications do not get easily read, in the case someone tried to open my phone and discovered it is still not restored. I will try doing 7-pass erase. Do you suggest an app?
Besides, your method did not work either. I am on KitKat 4.4.2. This is what I have done (while on charger, as I cannot remove the charger: 0% battery!!):
1- Volume-Down first pressed and held, then Power button pressed and held.
2- Waited a couple seconds until the LG logo appeared. Then I let go the Power Button while still holding the volume down, then held the Volume-Up.
3- The phone booted normally!!
I tried the steps again and again, and many times with releasing both buttons upon logo appearance then holding both V-Up and V-Down (after also releasing the V-Down), and still no luck
What for an annoying problem
d00lz said:
You forget to tell us what firmware version you are on, if you aren't rooted I assume you're using Kitkat/Kitkat bootloader?
Kitkat: Hold Power + Power Down, when LG Logo appears, switch to holding Volume Up + Volume Down.
Jellybean: Hold Power + Power Down, when LG Logo appears, let go and repress Power + Volume Down.
Note that doing a factory reset doesn't really stop your data from being recovered from nosey people, it just puts your data in a "last overwritten" state. To the naked eye you've wiped your phone but to be really safe it's good to wipe your hard drive using cryptographic algorithms multiple times, about 10. It may not make your data unrecoverable but at least anyone who wants to recover your data will have a hard time doing so. I wouldn't really worry about doing this in your case though.
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I kept trying again and again and it worked at the end
It succeeded when I let go the Volume-Down as well with Power-Button then repressing V-Down and V-Up again.
Thank you very much
tweetatoo said:
I kept trying again and again and it worked at the end
It succeeded when I let go the Volume-Down as well with Power-Button then repressing V-Down and V-Up again.
Thank you very much
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Glad it worked in the end , let's hope your replacement doesn't have a faulty battery! :good:
d00lz said:
Glad it worked in the end , let's hope your replacement doesn't have a faulty battery! :good:
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Thank you very much! I hope so also
I just did an update and the phone is now locked at the "LG Life's Good" start up screen.
Anyone else?
And since the battery is not replaceable. Can't just remove battery to get it to start up again to see if it will.
Mark Goetz said:
I just did an update and the phone is now locked at the "LG Life's Good" start up screen.
Anyone else?
And since the battery is not replaceable. Can't just remove battery to get it to start up again to see if it will.
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Long press on the power button for a while, the device will be reset. However, you need wait for a while, maybe the update need some times.
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ted presley said:
Long press on the power button for a while, the device will be reset. However, you need wait for a while, maybe the update need some times.
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It's been stuck for over an hour now and of course I first tried the "hold the power button"
Hmm, Me too, T-Mobile variant ?
My device said it had a update this morning, I said apply then came back a hour later before I touched it.
I tried wiping the device, (hold vol down + power, when you see LG splash screen momentarily release power) but the device still wont boot. Stuck on LG screen, then flashes to "your device is corrupt" screen, then back to the LG screen.
ultrasparc said:
Hmm, Me too, T-Mobile variant ?
My device said it had a update this morning, I said apply then came back a hour later before I touched it.
I tried wiping the device, (hold vol down + power, when you see LG splash screen momentarily release power) but the device still wont boot. Stuck on LG screen, then flashes to "your device is corrupt" screen, then back to the LG screen.
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Try the LG Bridge, there's a recovey option in update section, it may help. But it also hard reset your device.
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ted presley said:
Try the LG Bridge, there's a recovey option in update section, it may help. But it also hard reset your device.
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Thanks, I thought holding down vol-down and power was hard reset?
Unfortunately LG Bridge does not see the device. I was able to perform a factory reset, but the device still wont boot. I think it may be time to return it.
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ultrasparc said:
Hmm, Me too, T-Mobile variant ?
My device said it had a update this morning, I said apply then came back a hour later before I touched it.
I tried wiping the device, (hold vol down + power, when you see LG splash screen momentarily release power) but the device still wont boot. Stuck on LG screen, then flashes to "your device is corrupt" screen, then back to the LG screen.
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Yes. T-Mobile
I went to see what they could do and now I feel stupid. lol
There is a "hard reset" that can be done on the phone. Hold the "power button" and "volume down". This did get it to force reset (gentleman at T-mobile said it same as pulling battery). Does not wipe device, as it didn't wipe mine. It just got it to continue to install the update it was in the process of doing.
This worked for me but I think you have a bigger issue if you can't get that to work.
ultrasparc said:
Thanks, I thought holding down vol-down and power was hard reset?
Unfortunately LG Bridge does not see the device. I was able to perform a factory reset, but the device still wont boot. I think it may be time to return it.
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Do you have warranty on phone? If so (and nothing broke. ie: camera glass, like mine is) they will replace it.
It is back to normal
Thanks for the responses
Mark Goetz said:
Do you have warranty on phone? If so (and nothing broke. ie: camera glass, like mine is) they will replace it.
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Yes, I will have to head down to the store I guess.
Good to know yours was recoverable, maybe they can somehow do the same for mine.
Thanks
ultrasparc said:
Yes, I will have to head down to the store I guess.
Good to know yours was recoverable, maybe they can somehow do the same for mine.
Thanks
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Hold down power button just turn off your phone. I think you should try that and open your phone again, wait for 15 mins.
About LG bridge, you need change your phone into media transfer (MTP) something for it to recognize, charge only doesn't work.
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Glad you sorted it.
But your thread title is ambiguous, I was expecting something positive. Just saying...
I ran into a situation where I got my phone reset and it got into a bootloop. No probs I thought but I realized the long press power button doesn't work and I'm LITERALLY STUCK in bootloop. Phone is hot like hell.Need some tips ASAP.
Little bit of history:
Running alexis 3.0 rom with nx kernel,xposed with xposed edge,bixby remapped
Went down to 0 charge,put my phone to charge and turned it on
Buttons just wasn't working,neither power/volumes/bixby.Nothing
I rebooted to recovery with app,power button worked there so I supposed no big probs
The stupid idea came to format data,cache in twrp and check if the buttons work after that
That's when it got stuck and now I'm sitting here desperately trying to do something but power button just not working,phone's hot,trying to cool it off
The battery went up for 4% so my last ultimate hope is to discharge in the near future,hopefully asap
redhunter22 said:
I ran into a situation where I got my phone reset and it got into a bootloop. No probs I thought but I realized the long press power button doesn't work and I'm LITERALLY STUCK in bootloop. Phone is hot like hell.Need some tips ASAP.
Little bit of history:
Running alexis 3.0 rom with nx kernel,xposed with xposed edge,bixby remapped
Went down to 0 charge,put my phone to charge and turned it on
Buttons just wasn't working,neither power/volumes/bixby.Nothing
I rebooted to recovery with app,power button worked there so I supposed no big probs
The stupid idea came to format data,cache in twrp and check if the buttons work after that
That's when it got stuck and now I'm sitting here desperately trying to do something but power button just not working,phone's hot,trying to cool it off
The battery went up for 4% so my last ultimate hope is to discharge in the near future,hopefully asap
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I have had this issue on my s8 where it got stuck in bootloop/samsung logo and holdimg the power button did nothing.
Holding the power button and volume down button for a few seconds or until it reboots seems to force reboot on my phone . From there you can let it start normally or go into recovery/download mode.
Hopefully this might work on your phone.
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spawnlives said:
I have had this issue on my s8 where it got stuck in bootloop/samsung logo and holdimg the power button did nothing.
Holding the power button and volume down button for a few seconds or until it reboots seems to force reboot on my phone . From there you can let it start normally or go into recovery/download mode.
Hopefully this might work on your phone.
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Thanks mate! I've just figured it out yesterday and phone is good now. Seems like the three-button combination is the always-working hard reboot.