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Help please.
I purchased 2 thrive tablets from best buy on a recent holiday from uk to usa (one for myself and one for my father in law).
I recently installed the update on my own without a problem. However when my father in law installed it on his thrive it got into a boot loop when rebooting. It keeps booting with the words "booting recovery kernel image".
When i do the vol/power switch on and pick the box icon to reset the same boot loop happens. I can use the tablet by doing the vol/power switch on and choosing the android icon but dont want to do this everytime i use the tablet.
Since i live in the uk and bought the tab in the usa I dont know what my warranty rights are.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
william40 said:
Help please.
I purchased 2 thrive tablets from best buy on a recent holiday from uk to usa (one for myself and one for my father in law).
I recently installed the update on my own without a problem. However when my father in law installed it on his thrive it got into a boot loop when rebooting. It keeps booting with the words "booting recovery kernel image".
When i do the vol/power switch on and pick the box icon to reset the same boot loop happens. I can use the tablet by doing the vol/power switch on and choosing the android icon but dont want to do this everytime i use the tablet.
Since i live in the uk and bought the tab in the usa I dont know what my warranty rights are.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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OK, let me get this right. Your Father-in-Law did the update and when it rebooted it got to "Booting recovery Kernel Image" and hung. If you shut it down and try to boot it, it still comes up and says the same thing.
If I have this right, it has not installed the update. It has hung up tryig to reboot into recovery to apply the update. You said you can go into recovery and select boot and it will boot fine. If this so, open the Service Station and see if you can select the update again. With any luck, you sould be able to get it to redownload and install it again and fix the issue.
You also said you did a reset and it still came up with the message. Did you do a full factory reset? If not, do that and it should boot up as it did the firat day it was turned on. Also, if you have done this, try clearing the cache and reboot to see if that fixes the issue.
Thanks for the reply
I did try the service update again from the service station but the tablet shuts down then reboots with the same problem i.e. the" booting recovery kernel image loop"
I also tried the full factory reset from the settings but same boot loop again.
I also tried the reset by clicking on the open box icon when you turn on the tablet with the vol up/power buttons but again i get the boot loop
william40 said:
Thanks for the reply
I did try the service update again from the service station but the tablet shuts down then reboots with the same problem i.e. the" booting recovery kernel image loop"
I also tried the full factory reset from the settings but same boot loop again.
I also tried the reset by clicking on the open box icon when you turn on the tablet with the vol up/power buttons but again i get the boot loop
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Sounds like you covered all th normal stuff. The final option I can give you is to go here and download my Thrive Easy Flash Tool. Once you have it, follow the readme file to load the adb drivers on your PC. I am assuming you have a Windows PC, if not, let me know. Once you get the ADB drivers loaded and operational, flash the Clock=WorkMod recovery to the device. Once it is loaded, you can download AustereGrims Thrive 0029 Stock images or rooted images and load them. Since it is your Father-in-Laws Thrive, I would load the stock images. After that is done, the device should boot just fine and be updated to the latest load.
Let me know if you have any other problems.
Mod Edit: Offsite links requiring registration removed.
Thanks Paul.
Will give it a go.
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Thanks Paul.
Will give it a go.
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No problem. Try ThriveForums.org. Think you find a lot of good info and people.
Many thanks for your help Paul.
Tablet is now starting up as normal.
Only prob is I now have no wifi. I get a wifi error in the wireless settings and cant add any networks.
Afraid I'm a bit of a dummie when it comes to this rooting and flashing lark.
Thanks again
william40 said:
Many thanks for your help Paul.
Tablet is now starting up as normal.
Only prob is I now have no wifi. I get a wifi error in the wireless settings and cant add any networks.
Afraid I'm a bit of a dummie when it comes to this rooting and flashing lark.
Thanks again
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I am glad you have it almost working. It looks like you have the wrong version of the boot image or wrong version of the system image. If all you did was my root tool, then you have a new boot image with the older system image. That is why the WiFi says error. What you now need to do is get the file from AustereGrim that I gave you a link to. If you used the stock image of his and have the WiFi error, then he did not update the stock image with the correct boot image. In that case, just use my tool to flash a stock boot image. If you need more assistance, send me your Email via PM and I will get back to you to help.
Was checking facebook earlier, it stopped responding and just went to a grey screen. Decided to restart the tablet. Now it's stuck in a bootloop and will not turn on. Tried going into recovery but once I select it, the next screen I get is an android with a red triangle/exclamation point. It won't go into recovery and I'm not sure what to do from here. My laptop won't recognize that I have my tablet plugged in either, fwiw.
Is this thread my only option or did I miss something else? This link sounds complicated, but if it's my only option, I guess I'll give it a shot. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796&highlight=can+t+boot+into+recovery+mode
It can be anything from hw failure to corrupted data. I guess your tablet is stock, without custom recovery or anything. If this is the case, you should try restoring a stock image by that guide or by using a toolkit, like this one. If you have custom recovery on your tab, you should boot into bootloader and reflash the custom recovery with fastboot, this way your data might be saved.
Completely stock. I'll download Wug tonight after work and give it a try since it seems easier than the link I provided.
I didn't back anything up, but that's okay, I can live with that. Just want to be able to use the tablet again.
Well, got home and decided to give recovery another shot. I got it to wipe all data (was pressing the vol up button for too long earlier), but now when i go to reboot the device, it's just stuck on the X screen.
Any advice on what I should do at this point? Should I still try wug?
I got the new T-mobile LG V20 I went thru the the whole proccess step by step of how to root and install twrp on my device the last step of having to encrypt it failed now its stuck in a bootloop. screen pops up saying encryption is unsuccessful,then resets to twrp and flashes back to the previous screen. over and over. Please help
jessiemougeot said:
I got the new T-mobile LG V20 I went thru the the whole proccess step by step of how to root and install twrp on my device the last step of having to encrypt it failed now its stuck in a bootloop. screen pops up saying encryption is unsuccessful,then resets to twrp and flashes back to the previous screen. over and over. Please help
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same problem here and cant find solution ...
I had the same issue. when you press to reset button when the phone boots it should reboot and for a short time go to recovery and try to write some commands, right? if it does like mine did then what i did to fix it was boot up the phone and wait for the page saying encryption unsuccesful to popup and on the computer have the adb reboot recovery ready to go so when you press the reset button and the recovery menu pops up press enter on the computer before it goes away and it should send you to the regular recovery menu. from there you should go back to wipe and press the format data button where you have to type yes to erase everything. let me know how it went.
you will have to reflash the supersu but it should now be working like it should
Flash the latest su and your fine.
ErickF said:
I had the same issue. when you press to reset button when the phone boots it should reboot and for a short time go to recovery and try to write some commands, right? if it does like mine did then what i did to fix it was boot up the phone and wait for the page saying encryption unsuccesful to popup and on the computer have the adb reboot recovery ready to go so when you press the reset button and the recovery menu pops up press enter on the computer before it goes away and it should send you to the regular recovery menu. from there you should go back to wipe and press the format data button where you have to type yes to erase everything. let me know how it went.
you will have to reflash the supersu but it should now be working like it should
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did that but my adb says no devices or emulators?
jo4mvp24 said:
did that but my adb says no devices or emulators?
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Make sure your on charging mode and you have adb debug enabled
send the adb reboot recovery command as soon as the twrp connects to the computer. as soon as you hear it connect to the computer it should work if your drivers are working.
charlieb620 said:
Make sure your on charging mode and you have adb debug enabled
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how do i do that when phone stuck on encryption unsuccessful screen?
exactly my issue
ErickF said:
I had the same issue. when you press to reset button when the phone boots it should reboot and for a short time go to recovery and try to write some commands, right? if it does like mine did then what i did to fix it was boot up the phone and wait for the page saying encryption unsuccesful to popup and on the computer have the adb reboot recovery ready to go so when you press the reset button and the recovery menu pops up press enter on the computer before it goes away and it should send you to the regular recovery menu. from there you should go back to wipe and press the format data button where you have to type yes to erase everything. let me know how it went.
you will have to reflash the supersu but it should now be working like it should
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Ya that is exactly what happend give me a few minutes ill try it out and let you know....THANKS...THANKS....THANKS...It worked, i got it on my first try. Your right ...you have to be quick. thank u so much you saved me along night of downloads! :victory:
This method WORKS!!!! Same situation happened to me. THANK YOU 500x!! you saved my brick!
ErickF said:
I had the same issue. when you press to reset button when the phone boots it should reboot and for a short time go to recovery and try to write some commands, right? if it does like mine did then what i did to fix it was boot up the phone and wait for the page saying encryption unsuccesful to popup and on the computer have the adb reboot recovery ready to go so when you press the reset button and the recovery menu pops up press enter on the computer before it goes away and it should send you to the regular recovery menu. from there you should go back to wipe and press the format data button where you have to type yes to erase everything. let me know how it went.
you will have to reflash the supersu but it should now be working like it should
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This works 100% thank you so much. Just have patience as it has to be at the right time....WORKS WORKS WORKS!!!!!
Help
Can someone explain the commands and how to do this please thanks in advance
I did the data reset and im still in the bootloop. Worst thing is now i cant seem to get into recovery
epr2175 said:
I did the data reset and im still in the bootloop. Worst thing is now i cant seem to get into recovery
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What screen are you stuck in? Do you have adb up and running?
Same as before Encryption unsuccessful. I was able to do the trick, got into two and wiped data. Then rebooted to system and it went right back to that screen. I've tried 100 times or so to get back into twrp with no luck. I hear the computer recognize the device when it goes into twrp for 2 seconds after you click reset. Not sure if that means add is up and running or not.
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Ya that is exactly what happend give me a few minutes ill try it out and let you know....THANKS...THANKS....THANKS...It worked, i got it on my first try. Your right ...you have to be quick. thank u so much you saved me along night of downloads! :victory:
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Well it booted then got stuck on the lg boot screen again. Adb does not recognize my device, can only boot into Fastboot. Fastboot does see my device, tried lgup, lg bridge, and lg update none see my device, tried relocking bootloader after oem lock bootloader rebooted said my device was corrupted and shut itself off went back into Fastboot unlocked bootloader again and back to the same lg screen help?
This did not work for me, my phone reboots back into TWRP whenever I install a system image it still gives me the encryption message.
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crazyc78 said:
This did not work for me, my phone reboots back into TWRP whenever I install a system image it still gives me the encryption message.
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Now I don't even have the encryption screen it just reboots back to TWRP very frustrating!!
fixed!
jessiemougeot said:
I got the new T-mobile LG V20 I went thru the the whole process step by step of how to root and install twrp on my device the last step of having to encrypt it failed now its stuck in a bootloop. screen pops up saying encryption is unsuccessful,then resets to twrp and flashes back to the previous screen. over and over. Please help
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Had the same problem and could not for the life of me do the adb thing. Someone here stated something that I thought I'd try: Press volume down while plugging in the phone to get into fastboot. In a command window issue "fastboot oem lock" (this will relock the boot) > Let the phone reset and you'll see the "Phone corrupt message" > Plug the phone in again to do a fastboot and issue "fastboot oem unlock" > Take the battery out let the phone boot and BAM-E WHAM success!
btw. I followed the steps here to do the whole root thing with Android . how (google "how to root the v20")
I think the "data" wipe did this and according to this site it's not a necessary step so skip it.
This option works!
SyHusky said:
Had the same problem and could not for the life of me do the adb thing. Someone here stated something that I thought I'd try: Press volume down while plugging in the phone to get into fastboot. In a command window issue "fastboot oem lock" (this will relock the boot) > Let the phone reset and you'll see the "Phone corrupt message" > Plug the phone in again to do a fastboot and issue "fastboot oem unlock" > Take the battery out let the phone boot and BAM-E WHAM success!
btw. I followed the steps here to do the whole root thing with Android . how (google "how to root the v20")
I think the "data" wipe did this and according to this site it's not a necessary step so skip it.
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I go my T-mobile LG V20 H918 on 11/23/16 and sure enough, I followed the same thread as listed above where it added the step of "data wipe" crap. I was caught in a bootloop, where phone kept bootlooping back to the "reset to factory." The other method of entering the adb command at the right time was more frustrating than anything. (I never got it to work). I spent all day yesterday trying to get this phone working. I re-read (x30) the above thread and on the first attempt it worked. I did not get the "Phone Corrupt Message," but I went ahead and entered the "fastboot oem unlock" and the F#$king phone finally reboot to the setup initial screen. It wiped everything, but having a phone working rather than a nice $800 paperweight, I wanted to kiss SkyHusky for sharing this simple method. YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!
By the way, since I am a glutton for punishment, I followed the steps to root again. After flashing the SuperUser, I rebooted to System. I was at the initial setup screen. My phone is rooted, has TWRP, and SuperUser! As soon as I got the phone working, I went back to TWRP and made a BACKUP!!!!
It is amazing that every time I f-up a phone, I can always come to XDA and get a solution. THANKS GUYS!
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I go my T-mobile LG V20 H918 on 11/23/16 and sure enough, I followed the same thread as listed above where it added the step of "data wipe" crap. I was caught in a bootloop, where phone kept bootlooping back to the "reset to factory." The other method of entering the adb command at the right time was more frustrating than anything. (I never got it to work). I spent all day yesterday trying to get this phone working. I re-read (x30) the above thread and on the first attempt it worked. I did not get the "Phone Corrupt Message," but I went ahead and entered the "fastboot oem unlock" and the F#$king phone finally reboot to the setup initial screen. It wiped everything, but having a phone working rather than a nice $800 paperweight, I wanted to kiss SkyHusky for sharing this simple method. YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!
By the way, since I am a glutton for punishment, I followed the steps to root again. After flashing the SuperUser, I rebooted to System. I was at the initial setup screen. My phone is rooted, has TWRP, and SuperUser! As soon as I got the phone working, I went back to TWRP and made a BACKUP!!!!
It is amazing that every time I f-up a phone, I can always come to XDA and get a solution. THANKS GUYS!
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No problem!! Also I forgot to add I only rooted afterward and didn't try to install a ROM or anything. I would think you risk danger with some ROMs without that decryption thing turned off. So maybe in the short future there will be better fixes.
Hi Guys,
Long story short, I got the root to work at first, but I was having issues with PlayStore as I couldn't install most of the apps. Then I tried wipe data and restored TWRP backup which didn't fix the problem and lost SuperSU. I tried to reflash SuperSU and failed. Lastly, I did a factory reset via the OS's settings menu and my phone would never boot into System again. I tried using LGUP tool to flash the TOT tool, but it doesn't find my device. My phone is now officially softbricked. Any help is appreciated. I will donate if that is needed
Thanks
alane708 said:
Hi Guys,
Long story short, I got the root to work at first, but I was having issues with PlayStore as I couldn't install most of the apps. Then I tried wipe data and restored TWRP backup which didn't fix the problem and lost SuperSU. I tried to reflash SuperSU and failed. Lastly, I did a factory reset via the OS's settings menu and my phone would never boot into System again. I tried using LGUP tool to flash the TOT tool, but it doesn't find my device. My phone is now officially softbricked. Any help is appreciated. I will donate if that is needed
Thanks
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I haven't run into this on my V20, but a couple times on my V10 when i'd softbricked my device and couldn't seem to revive it (even with ToT or KDZ files on LGUP) i was able to recover with LG bridge. Basically you go to the third tab titled "software update" but instead of selecting software update, select the "update error recovery" link at the bottom right. It takes awhile but i think it downloads and restores files (or maybe partitions) that other recovery methods don't. Give it a try and let us know if it worked.
jaysonic88 said:
I haven't run into this on my V20, but a couple times on my V10 when i'd softbricked my device and couldn't seem to revive it (even with ToT or KDZ files on LGUP) i was able to recover with LG bridge. Basically you go to the third tab titled "software update" but instead of selecting software update, select the "update error recovery" link at the bottom right. It takes awhile but i think it downloads and restores files (or maybe partitions) that other recovery methods don't. Give it a try and let us know if it worked.
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LG Bridge doesn't see my device either =(
alane708 said:
LG Bridge doesn't see my device either =(
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When you plug it in does it even show up in Device Manager on your computer? If so what does it show up as?
jaysonic88 said:
When you plug it in does it even show up in Device Manager on your computer? If so what does it show up as?
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Yeah windows sees it as a Portable Device (Attached), I can transfer files to it.
This is very similar to what happened to me, I couldn't get into TWRP though.
I could not find a resolution then and still havent, but I did return my phone for a new one.
slayerh4x said:
This is very similar to what happened to me, I couldn't get into TWRP though.
I could not find a resolution then and still havent, but I did return my phone for a new one.
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Now I wish it was hard bricked so I could exchange for new one.. I don't think they can do it now since it shows I modified it
alane708 said:
Now I wish it was hard bricked so I could exchange for new one.. I don't think they can do it now since it shows I modified it
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Mine showed the bootloader message and they still took it back.
slayerh4x said:
Mine showed the bootloader message and they still took it back.
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I guess I can only wait for a custom ROM now
I'm having the same issue. I've tried every step here. I've flashed multiple ROMS, just hoping one would boot and every one keeps booting right back into TWRP after showing the "your device software cannot be checked for corruption...".
PLEASE HELP! LOL...not sure what else to do. I'm, using the latest version of TWRP and I can get into bootloader.
Tried running the "EasyRecowvery.cmd" and it loads fine. I go into twrp and do the format data and then attempt to run any of the options and I get a "This Device doesn't look like a T-Mobile V20. Proceed anyway? I stop and can't get anything. But when it initially ran it said SUCCESS when locating adb .exe and found the device as well omni_h918.
No matter what it continues to go into TWRP. ANY ANY ANY additional help would be great. I want to return this device to T-Mobile before my 14 days is up. Please help out if you can.
mrbigdrawsz said:
I'm having the same issue. I've tried every step here. I've flashed multiple ROMS, just hoping one would boot and every one keeps booting right back into TWRP after showing the "your device software cannot be checked for corruption...".
PLEASE HELP! LOL...not sure what else to do. I'm, using the latest version of TWRP and I can get into bootloader.
Tried running the "EasyRecowvery.cmd" and it loads fine. I go into twrp and do the format data and then attempt to run any of the options and I get a "This Device doesn't look like a T-Mobile V20. Proceed anyway? I stop and can't get anything. But when it initially ran it said SUCCESS when locating adb .exe and found the device as well omni_h918.
No matter what it continues to go into TWRP. ANY ANY ANY additional help would be great. I want to return this device to T-Mobile before my 14 days is up. Please help out if you can.
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I had this issue on my Verizon variant the other day and I tried everything I could think of. I flashed roms, restored backups, redid the dirtysanta method several times, flashed the boot images in fastboot, and nothing worked. What finally did work (can't make any promises but this worked for me): steps below
*restore your full stock backup (if you have one)
*after the backup is restored, in TWRP, go to mount, and mount the system. Check the box and press the mount USB storage button
*power off device
*use the button combo to boot into TWRP. It's volume down + power, as soon as you see the LG logo let go of power for a breif moment and press and hold it until a white screen comes up. Choose yes for the next two options. This will bring you back into TWRP.
*now go back to mount and check system, and press the mount button, and reboot system.
This got me out of TWRP and booting normally. I haven't had an issue since.
alane708 said:
Hi Guys,
Long story short, I got the root to work at first, but I was having issues with PlayStore as I couldn't install most of the apps. Then I tried wipe data and restored TWRP backup which didn't fix the problem and lost SuperSU. I tried to reflash SuperSU and failed. Lastly, I did a factory reset via the OS's settings menu and my phone would never boot into System again. I tried using LGUP tool to flash the TOT tool, but it doesn't find my device. My phone is now officially softbricked. Any help is appreciated. I will donate if that is needed
Thanks
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What variant are you using?
imucarmen said:
I had this issue on my Verizon variant the other day and I tried everything I could think of. I flashed roms, restored backups, redid the dirtysanta method several times, flashed the boot images in fastboot, and nothing worked. What finally did work (can't make any promises but this worked for me): steps below
*restore your full stock backup (if you have one)
*after the backup is restored, in TWRP, go to mount, and mount the system. Check the box and press the mount USB storage button
*power off device
*use the button combo to boot into TWRP. It's volume down + power, as soon as you see the LG logo let go of power for a breif moment and press and hold it until a white screen comes up. Choose yes for the next two options. This will bring you back into TWRP.
*now go back to mount and check system, and press the mount button, and reboot system.
This got me out of TWRP and booting normally. I haven't had an issue since.
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You, sir, are a lifesaver. I jumped through all the same hoops as you and was actually starting to panic a little, as the last time I got into a similar string of unsuccessful fixes, I managed to hard brick my Note 2. This worked like a charm on my Verizon variant (the backup part was seemingly unnecessary, as my backup was toast by this point). You definitely have my thanks!
WishRyder said:
You, sir, are a lifesaver. I jumped through all the same hoops as you and was actually starting to panic a little, as the last time I got into a similar string of unsuccessful fixes, I managed to hard brick my Note 2. This worked like a charm on my Verizon variant (the backup part was seemingly unnecessary, as my backup was toast by this point). You definitely have my thanks!
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Awesome. I was getting a little worried myself when I was stuck in TWRP because I was trying everything I could think of.
I didn't think the backup part was necessary but it's one of those things where you mention everything you did just in case.
check this out https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/lg-v20-access-to-fastboot-t3557328
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I had this issue on my Verizon variant the other day and I tried everything I could think of. I flashed roms, restored backups, redid the dirtysanta method several times, flashed the boot images in fastboot, and nothing worked. What finally did work (can't make any promises but this worked for me): steps below
*restore your full stock backup (if you have one)
*after the backup is restored, in TWRP, go to mount, and mount the system. Check the box and press the mount USB storage button
*power off device
*use the button combo to boot into TWRP. It's volume down + power, as soon as you see the LG logo let go of power for a breif moment and press and hold it until a white screen comes up. Choose yes for the next two options. This will bring you back into TWRP.
*now go back to mount and check system, and press the mount button, and reboot system.
This got me out of TWRP and booting normally. I haven't had an issue since.
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^ This 100% worked for me after my h918 got stuck in recovery after I got a system update message and accidently selected "reboot & install".
Thank you imucarmen!!!!:good::highfive:
OMG thank you so much. Merry Christmas to me. It worked like a charm. Tytyty
imucarmen said:
I had this issue on my Verizon variant the other day and I tried everything I could think of. I flashed roms, restored backups, redid the dirtysanta method several times, flashed the boot images in fastboot, and nothing worked. What finally did work (can't make any promises but this worked for me): steps below
*restore your full stock backup (if you have one)
*after the backup is restored, in TWRP, go to mount, and mount the system. Check the box and press the mount USB storage button
*power off device
*use the button combo to boot into TWRP. It's volume down + power, as soon as you see the LG logo let go of power for a breif moment and press and hold it until a white screen comes up. Choose yes for the next two options. This will bring you back into TWRP.
*now go back to mount and check system, and press the mount button, and reboot system.
This got me out of TWRP and booting normally. I haven't had an issue since.
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I had the same issue after rooting with Dirty Santa and have been sweating it for the past hour. Stumbled upon your solution and voila! THANK YOU!!
imucarmen said:
I had this issue on my Verizon variant the other day and I tried everything I could think of. I flashed roms, restored backups, redid the dirtysanta method several times, flashed the boot images in fastboot, and nothing worked. What finally did work (can't make any promises but this worked for me): steps below
*restore your full stock backup (if you have one)
*after the backup is restored, in TWRP, go to mount, and mount the system. Check the box and press the mount USB storage button
*power off device
*use the button combo to boot into TWRP. It's volume down + power, as soon as you see the LG logo let go of power for a breif moment and press and hold it until a white screen comes up. Choose yes for the next two options. This will bring you back into TWRP.
*now go back to mount and check system, and press the mount button, and reboot system.
This got me out of TWRP and booting normally. I haven't had an issue since.
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I had some trouble following this at first but it indeed worked.
My v20 was stuck in TWRP (3.0.2-1) after forgetfully hitting OK on the System Update, it was running H91810q and was previously rooted.
I first backed up my phone in TWRP to my SD card and then copied that to my laptop.
In TWRP: Mount > System, I have 3 buttons on the bottom: 'Mount USB Storage', 'Select Storage', and 'Disable MTP'. If I choose 'Mount USB Storage' it goes to the next screen and the only button is Unmount. I cannot get it to shutdown without pulling the battery.
What is missing here is to press Unmount go back to the main TWRP menu, then Reboot > Power Off.
I held Power+VolumeDown, released Power while still holding volume down and I got the white Factory data reset screen. I choose Yes on the next two options to perform the factory reset.
Then it restarted and went back into TWRP. I choose Mount, selected System, pressed Mount USB Storage, then Unmount, Reboot, System.
It booted and took a while since I also flashed the H91810t rom to do an upgrade at the same time from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-h91810q-stock-rom-twrp-flashable-zip-t3681312
Interesting all my apps, and settings were still on the phone.
THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY PHONE, TIME AND $ !!!
0m3ga said:
I had some trouble following this at first but it indeed worked.
In TWRP: Mount > System, I have 3 buttons on the bottom: 'Mount USB Storage', 'Select Storage', and 'Disable MTP'. If I choose 'Mount USB Storage' it goes to the next screen and the only button is Unmount. I cannot get it to shutdown without pulling the battery.
What is missing here is to press Unmount go back to the main TWRP menu, then Reboot > Power Off.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-h91810q-stock-rom-twrp-flashable-zip-t3681312
Interesting all my apps, and settings were still on the phone.
THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY PHONE, TIME AND $ !!!
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Glad you got it working. As far as the issue with the instructions that could be down to a change in the newer versions of TWRP. I posted this 16 months ago and many new versions of TWRP have come out since. I remember trying to be extremely accurate in my instructions but it is possible I screwed up. Been too long ago and I can't remember now.
Yesterday I accidentally installed the OTA update. I got stuck in TWRP and flashed a new ROM. Phone booted up fine, but now I have no cellular signal, nothing that uses video or sound works. Camera doesn't work, flashlight doesn't work.
I tried several different ROMS and nothing changes. Even the system sounds, ringtones and so on do not work. Anyone have any idea what I can do? Thanks
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase fota
fastboot erase boot
then pull battery and reboot into twrp by holding power and vol down, when lg logo appears then click the power button and re-hold it down to get into twrp.
once in twrp, check and see if system is mounted, if it wont let you mount, go to wipe and wipe everything (not ur sd of course)
System, cache, dalvik, data, internal, everything... the fastboot should have already done this but let twrp do it too..
once done, use the format option and format data also, some of these may error thats okay, just keep going..
once done reflash the full rom that matches your device.. let it flash and reboot and do its thing. this should fix the issues...
once it boots you may need to let it activate, or re-activate.
Only other suggestion would be if you have a twrp backup and you backed up your efs, its time to restore it also and see if the NV files have been damaged.
I've tried installing several different roms available on xda but that didn't resolve the issue. My phone remains in a boot loop state. Is there a way I can return to stock without compromising my ability to use the current root exploits?
Might help to know what you've got currently, are you able to get to recovery at all, etc?
I could get into TWRP with no problem, I could flash any rom, but all would give me the same issues, no sounds, no flashlight, no cell signal. I think the OTA update messed something up. I ended up putting the phone back to stock, locking the bootloader and exchanging the phone for a new one. I got my new one today, it's on 10d, just tried to root it the same way as the last time and it keeps failing. I get the same problem as the guy on this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/helpt-easyrecowvery-t3543873
My Solution
[MY FIX]
this post contains my working solution to the problem.
my problem is...
I accidentally clicked on 'install OTA update' on a rooted lg v20 t-mobile. A second after clicking it I realized that was the wrong button to press. AND so the start of the endless TWRP boot loop that allowed me to access TWRP to perform multiple tasks but couldn't boot back into my system UI where I can make phone calls.
I had this problem and spent days trying to figure how to get it back.
my solution is...
I tried everything to delete the *fota* and *misc* folders with fastboot; however none of the methods worked, until I tried the methods suggested in step#1 in "Stuck in a endless boot loop to twrp " in https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-ls997-stock-debloated-su-goodies-t3531923.
So after deleting *fota* and *misc*, I had to exit the bootloop by 'reset all data option' by pressing YES twice. You read that right, you will have to agree to reset all user data by clicking YES twice. THO the effect will NOT reset all your data; it will just kick you out of TWRP recovery mode. I was pleasantly surprised to still have my data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDq0qMbgjL4 That video shows as proof that it doesn't break things and also how to get into TWRP. You can also use the same methods to get out of TWRP.
Here's the text version:
1. hold volume down and power.
2. when lg logo shows up click power and re hold it while still holding vol down.
3. if you do it right in about 4 seconds or so it will boot to a menu, choose yes both times and you'll be back in (or out of) twrp. (yes you read that right!, don't worry you wont lose your data)
Hope this works for you as it did for me. I'm only posting because I didn't find a comprehensive solution post.
lanyueng said:
[MY FIX]
this post contains my working solution to the problem.
my problem is...
I accidentally clicked on 'install OTA update' on a rooted lg v20 t-mobile. A second after clicking it I realized that was the wrong button to press. AND so the start of the endless TWRP boot loop that allowed me to access TWRP to perform multiple tasks but couldn't boot back into my system UI where I can make phone calls.
I had this problem and spent days trying to figure how to get it back.
my solution is...
I tried everything to delete the *fota* and *misc* folders with fastboot; however none of the methods worked, until I tried the methods suggested in step#1 in "Stuck in a endless boot loop to twrp " in https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-ls997-stock-debloated-su-goodies-t3531923.
So after deleting *fota* and *misc*, I had to exit the bootloop by 'reset all data option' by pressing YES twice. You read that right, you will have to agree to reset all user data by clicking YES twice. THO the effect will NOT reset all your data; it will just kick you out of TWRP recovery mode. I was pleasantly surprised to still have my data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDq0qMbgjL4 That video shows as proof that it doesn't break things and also how to get into TWRP. You can also use the same methods to get out of TWRP.
Here's the text version:
1. hold volume down and power.
2. when lg logo shows up click power and re hold it while still holding vol down.
3. if you do it right in about 4 seconds or so it will boot to a menu, choose yes both times and you'll be back in (or out of) twrp. (yes you read that right!, don't worry you wont lose your data)
Hope this works for you as it did for me. I'm only posting because I didn't find a comprehensive solution post.
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This fixed my issue. Thank you so much!
For further clarification, I had to delete all these folders that existed (I didn't have them all) using TWRP file manager. Make sure system is mounted. :
/fota
/misc
/data/fota
/cache/fota
/data/misc
/etc/fota
/system/etc/fota
Powered off after that, and then I manually booted into TWRP using the buttons method and hit reboot system and all was fixed.
jluca98 said:
This fixed my issue. Thank you so much!
For further clarification, I had to delete all these folders that existed (I didn't have them all) using TWRP file manager. Make sure system is mounted. :
/fota
/misc
/data/fota
/cache/fota
/data/misc
/etc/fota
/system/etc/fota
Powered off after that, and then I manually booted into TWRP using the buttons method and hit reboot system and all was fixed.
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This isn't working for me. Keeps rebooting to TWRP.
I get FAILED (remote: unknown command) with every adb command
Any ideas?
Drkphnxs2k said:
I could get into TWRP with no problem, I could flash any rom, but all would give me the same issues, no sounds, no flashlight, no cell signal. I think the OTA update messed something up. I ended up putting the phone back to stock, locking the bootloader and exchanging the phone for a new one. I got my new one today, it's on 10d, just tried to root it the same way as the last time and it keeps failing. I get the same problem as the guy on this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/helpt-easyrecowvery-t3543873
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Don't use Easy Recowvery. Do it manually from the original thread. You can also google it for some sites that have cleaned the instructions up for easier reading.
I just did a H918 10d like this.