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[Q] Bricked Phone

Hi,
I recently got asked by a friend to flash his google nexus one phone. like a mug i said yes and now i have a issue where it turns on, vibrates 7 times and stays at the splash screen with the x on it. I can boot into the fast boot / recovery mode but nothing works.
this happened after i tried to root the phone, it said waiting for device and didnt do anything so i killed the app (Superoneclick) the phone disappeared from device manager and now wont go past the splash screen.
Does anyone have any idea how i can get it back? .. thanks in advance for any help.
James

I'm guessing, since you used S-O-C, the bootloader is not unlocked. The only way I know how to fix it is if you OEM unlock it. You'll need fastboot and your Android SDK setup correctly.
Once you have the setup done, change directories to the tools folder, wherever you put your sdk. Boot your phone into fastboot by holding the trackball while powering it on.
Code:
cd C:\asdk\tools\
Plug your phone into USB, and check if the computer sees it
Code:
fastboot devices
Unlock the bootloader (THERE IS NO GOING BACK! You can never re-lock a Nexus)
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Now you can flash a boot.img and system.img (preferably pre-rooted) from fastboot, and it should boot normally. If the phone boots, the phone is perma-rooted, and won't need any other rooting procedure (you just need to flash a rooted rom). Next time, be a little more careful

Hi wdfowty
at running the risk of asking for more help and making you cross could you post some links to these downloads?
I am a total newbie to these phones and want to make sure i have the right apps.
thanks again for the help and the quick response... and if i manage to get this phone back believe me it will be the last one i try to flash !!
cheers
James

Nah, you've got me wrong. I'm all about helping people that are willing and able to be helped.
Follow this guide, it'll walk you through the steps to set up your sdk and unlock the bootloader. The guide is a little dated, so the info might not be 100%, but it's generally everything you'll need to know. If you get stuck, feel free to ask.

Hi again,
when i run the command fastboot devices i get an error AdbWinApi.dll is missing.
it tells me to reinstall the app but i have done that and also run all the updates and i still get the same error?
Interstingly i also get the phone to fastboot and it says in red text on the phone fastboot.usb but i cant see anything in device manager that says Nexus one etc?
any more help appreciated.... worst case you dont fancy a christmas break over in England do you?
cheers
james

jamesabennett said:
Hi again,
when i run the command fastboot devices i get an error AdbWinApi.dll is missing.
it tells me to reinstall the app but i have done that and also run all the updates and i still get the same error?
Interstingly i also get the phone to fastboot and it says in red text on the phone fastboot.usb but i cant see anything in device manager that says Nexus one etc?
any more help appreciated.... worst case you dont fancy a christmas break over in England do you?
cheers
james
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With the latest version of the SDK tools, they changed the directory for adb and fastboot. Unfortunately I'm not on my Windows machine... but check in the directory where you have the SDK extracted to and look for a platform-tools directory (iirc). From there, you should see fastboot.
So basically where it says this "Type: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" change it to "C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools". Keep in mind that directory name may change... again, I'm not on my Windows machine right now.

Hi again,
thanks for the continued help. I have managed to get past that, i have OEM unlocked the phone and managed to copy the flash image to the device using the commands in the link you sent me.
problem i have now is when i go into recovery the phone again just pulls up the splash screen and vibrates 7 times.
i believe what should happen according to the link is to follow the 6 steps below.. even i can do that, but the phone doesnt get that far
//Turn phone off -> Hold Volume Down, hold Power button
//Press Volume Down to highlight Recovery -> press Power to select Recovery
//Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
//Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
//Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
//Flash zip from sdcard -> alpha-r##-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-signed.zip (Or whatever other ROM you're using.)
another point is it runs a couple of lines of blue txt relating to the sd card, but it flashes up and dissapears too quickly for me to be able to read it and send across to you.
thanks again and if you can work this out i owe you a beer !!
James

jamesabennett said:
Hi again,
thanks for the continued help. I have managed to get past that, i have OEM unlocked the phone and managed to copy the flash image to the device using the commands in the link you sent me.
problem i have now is when i go into recovery the phone again just pulls up the splash screen and vibrates 7 times.
i believe what should happen according to the link is to follow the 6 steps below.. even i can do that, but the phone doesnt get that far
//Turn phone off -> Hold Volume Down, hold Power button
//Press Volume Down to highlight Recovery -> press Power to select Recovery
//Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
//Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
//Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
//Flash zip from sdcard -> alpha-r##-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-signed.zip (Or whatever other ROM you're using.)
another point is it runs a couple of lines of blue txt relating to the sd card, but it flashes up and dissapears too quickly for me to be able to read it and send across to you.
thanks again and if you can work this out i owe you a beer !!
James
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Have you flashed the recovery image using fastboot, or did you only copy the recover image to the sdcard? Step IV in that guide.

It sounds like you need to reinstall your recovery.
Download the recovery found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829
Rename that file to recovery.img and place it somewhere you can remember
Boot the phone into fastboot by holding down the trackball and pressing power button.
Code:
fastboot devices
Code:
fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img
If all went well, there should be no errors. On the phone, use the volume keys to select "Bootloader". It will take you to a white screen with the blue text (ignore it, it's looking for update files like "PASSIMG.zip"). Select recovery, and it'll boot into recovery. If you see menu items, you are good!

I ran the fastboot command and used the flash image ending 2.0.0
this is driving me round the bend !!

What happened when you used the fastboot flash command? Did you see a bar on the top right of the phone?

wdfowty said:
It sounds like you need to reinstall your recovery.
Download the recovery found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829
Rename that file to recovery.img and place it somewhere you can remember
Boot the phone into fastboot by holding down the trackball and pressing power button.
Code:
fastboot devices
Code:
fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img
If all went well, there should be no errors. On the phone, use the volume keys to select "Bootloader". It will take you to a white screen with the blue text (ignore it, it's looking for update files like "PASSIMG.zip"). Select recovery, and it'll boot into recovery. If you see menu items, you are good!
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i do that and it accepts the recovery file and the progress bar goes up on the right hand side and the cmd prompt says its all good. then when i select recovery the phone goes to the black background with the four coloured cross and the unlocked padlock, vibrates 7 times and just hangs on that screen
beleive it or not it booted up a moment ago and the phone worked like it did before with v2.2 on it. so i am happy now it can be recovered... i just dont know what to do to straighten it out!

yes. the bar goes up on the right hand side of the phone. and i have definitely unlocked it as it now says unlocked at the top of the menu.

Have you tried to reimage the phone with the passimg method? Directions are provided in the wiki, under the unlock/restore heading:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...des_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
Follow PASSIMG method (filename is case sensitive).
The link to the files is on the word "here" on step 2.
Use FRG33.
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Unable to flash ANYTHING please help!

I keep on trying to flash ANYTHING to my bionic(stuck in ap fastboot with boot failure) and every time I go to flash something it keeps on shifting to "FAILED<remote: battery low>
I am at my wits end, I tried the fxz, and it failed, I tried the r3l3as3droot fix and it fails.... Can someone PLEASE help soon?

You've got to charge the battery. There are ways to do it by cutting off the end of a spare usb cable, and you can find that here somewhere.... I just don't remember where.

Try flashing via RSD lite. See if that works.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13105-a-easier-way-back-to-the-update-path/
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RSD fails almost immediately. I dont knwo what else to do. I think I officially bricked myself.

htcdesirezgeorge said:
RSD fails almost immediately. I dont knwo what else to do. I think I officially bricked myself.
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Did you even read sreven.rn's post. You need to charge your battery. Fastboot/rsd will do nothing until you get that battery charged.

This post has the answer you seek
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-x-tech-support/189467-need-help-dead-battery-trick.html
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That is a great tip dellenrules! I'll have to keep this one in mind.

Anyone know if the battery will charge in this FlashBoot mode?
I am on Battery Low, can't boot to phone screwed myself earlier with all the flashing. Not stuck at Flash Failed, can't RSD, can't flash via Flashboot because of low battery.
Wonder if I leave it there will it charge

smilepak said:
Anyone know if the battery will charge in this FlashBoot mode?
I am on Battery Low, can't boot to phone screwed myself earlier with all the flashing. Not stuck at Flash Failed, can't RSD, can't flash via Flashboot because of low battery.
Wonder if I leave it there will it charge
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I'm 99% positive it will not charge in fastboot mode.

Crap. Was there like a USB hack somewhere that will get this to work? I can't remember. I am screwed!

HOW TO FIX A TOTALLY BRICKED BIONIC (& HOW TO McGUYVER CHARGE A DEAD BATTERY too)
I have prepared an uber zip file that contains all you need.
Wish I had it last night! I was up until 3am, worked on this for about 6 hours, and then this finally worked. I tried everything. fastboot, one click this, sd lite, etc. none of it worked.
You will praise me.
this worked - Got my phone back!
of course, I tried every solution in the world and was profoundly frustrated for hours and ran out of battery. but this WORKED. NOTHING else did.
I also had to do the McGuyver thing with an old blackberry usb charger.
snip the end off, strip the red and black wires, insert the red to positive on your battery (battery out of the phone!) insert black to negative, THEN plug in the charger. let it go for at least 1/2 hour.
my uper zip file - UNZIP THIS file to a FOLDER on YOUR DESKTOP.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12759680/fastboot.zip
also Manually copy files (update893 and update901) to your SD card!!!!!
(take out the micro sd, load the files onto it using an adapter.)
1. Put phone in Fastboot mode, connect to computer [hopefully you have the drivers installed. if not, search for Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_5.2.0_32bit or the 64 bit if that's your operating system
whenever there is a command, I copied it and pasted it in the command window (ctrl v does not work to paste, you must right click and then paste) dont copy the friggin quotation marks
2. Open a command terminal and go to the Stock folder ("cd C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME\Desktop\fastboot")
3) type these commands in the terminal window and wait for the flashing to finish before going to the next line.
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash webtop grfs.img" (This file will be flashed in 4 parts)
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img"
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash system system.img" (This file will be flashed in 2 parts)
----> "moto-fastboot.exe reboot"
be patient. some of these steps take a while and you think nothing is happening.
then you see some action in the command prompt box.
Then reboot into stock recovery (volume up+down and power; then select recovery then volume up)
When in recovery, hit both volume up+down, then go to wipe data
then flash update893.zip
If you come upon the triangle with the exclamation point and the android man, dont freak out, hit the power button, down volume, both volume at once, and eventually you will be in recovery.
you will so do a dance.
be patient. some of these steps take a while and you think nothing is happening.
then you see some action in the command prompt box.
wait a day. then, If you're feeling adventurous, reboot into stock recovery and flash 901!
I'm no maven, but I got my phone back and then to 901.
havent rooted again but I'm waiting for the developers to catch up to 901, which I downloaded and flashed after getting the damn phone back.

No dice for me
failed at flashing Web Top Frfs.img
Load_file: could not allocate xxxx
Pass preinstall.img
Failed system.img
Writing system .... INFOPreflash Validation Failure
FAILED (remote: )
Reboot phone...
Invalid Flash mode (s) (Boot Failed)
0A.61
Battery OK
OK to Program
Transfer Mode:
USB Connected
Invalid CG Version (CG: boot)
is where I am at now

finally got these two installed
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img"
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash system system.img" (This file will be flashed in 2 parts)
----> "moto-fastboot.exe reboot"
once reboot, did wipe cache and wipe data
update 893, failed during verify data....
crap..

Ok, here is the deal. It is IMPOSSIBLE to revive your phone from the process that I did. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU FLASH 5.5.901 AND THEN DO A FACTORY RESTORE OR RECOVER IN TO A CUSTOM ROM. DO NOT ATTEMPT OR YOU WILL IRREPARABLE BRICK YOUR PHONE!

htcdesirezgeorge said:
Ok, here is the deal. It is IMPOSSIBLE to revive your phone from the process that I did. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU FLASH 5.5.901 AND THEN DO A FACTORY RESTORE OR RECOVER IN TO A CUSTOM ROM. DO NOT ATTEMPT OR YOU WILL IRREPARABLE BRICK YOUR PHONE!
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What are you talking about when you say factory restore? Are you talking about doing a factory data reset?
Because many have done FDR's without a problem.
Have you tried the one click script that P3Droid and the guys at rootzwiki came up with to get everybody back on the upgrade path?

That's weird.
I returned to stock from 901 using the method in the first link I posted without a hitch.
FYI
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda premium

I believe the second post was the answer to your problem.. now second option is to cut a usb cable and connect the negative and positive cables to your battery and leave it for an hour or so to charge..
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This guy obviously doesn't want any help.
He pops in once in a while with a frantic nonsensical post and doesn't bother to read our posts that can help him.

nateohio said:
This guy obviously doesn't want any help.
He pops in once in a while with a frantic nonsensical post and doesn't bother to read our posts that can help him.
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Oh no, I definitely wanted help BUT I was dumb and used my bionic as my sole internet connection. I have my insurance replacement now($100 down the drain). I had tried ALL of the fixes but non even remotely succeeded. What ended up happening was that I somehow made it where it would not even begin to flash files. I purchased an extended battery but yyyyyeeeeaaaaahhhhh lol, so now I have shiney new supplied for my new phone lol.
Oh wells, you win some and lose some.

Fails for me on first line
idivorceyou said:
I have prepared an uber zip file that contains all you need.
Wish I had it last night! I was up until 3am, worked on this for about 6 hours, and then this finally worked. I tried everything. fastboot, one click this, sd lite, etc. none of it worked.
You will praise me.
this worked - Got my phone back!
of course, I tried every solution in the world and was profoundly frustrated for hours and ran out of battery. but this WORKED. NOTHING else did.
I also had to do the McGuyver thing with an old blackberry usb charger.
snip the end off, strip the red and black wires, insert the red to positive on your battery (battery out of the phone!) insert black to negative, THEN plug in the charger. let it go for at least 1/2 hour.
my uper zip file - UNZIP THIS file to a FOLDER on YOUR DESKTOP.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12759680/fastboot.zip
also Manually copy files (update893 and update901) to your SD card!!!!!
(take out the micro sd, load the files onto it using an adapter.)
1. Put phone in Fastboot mode, connect to computer [hopefully you have the drivers installed. if not, search for Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_5.2.0_32bit or the 64 bit if that's your operating system
whenever there is a command, I copied it and pasted it in the command window (ctrl v does not work to paste, you must right click and then paste) dont copy the friggin quotation marks
2. Open a command terminal and go to the Stock folder ("cd C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME\Desktop\fastboot")
3) type these commands in the terminal window and wait for the flashing to finish before going to the next line.
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash webtop grfs.img" (This file will be flashed in 4 parts)
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img"
----> "moto-fastboot.exe flash system system.img" (This file will be flashed in 2 parts)
----> "moto-fastboot.exe reboot"
be patient. some of these steps take a while and you think nothing is happening.
then you see some action in the command prompt box.
Then reboot into stock recovery (volume up+down and power; then select recovery then volume up)
When in recovery, hit both volume up+down, then go to wipe data
then flash update893.zip
If you come upon the triangle with the exclamation point and the android man, dont freak out, hit the power button, down volume, both volume at once, and eventually you will be in recovery.
you will so do a dance.
be patient. some of these steps take a while and you think nothing is happening.
then you see some action in the command prompt box.
wait a day. then, If you're feeling adventurous, reboot into stock recovery and flash 901!
I'm no maven, but I got my phone back and then to 901.
havent rooted again but I'm waiting for the developers to catch up to 901, which I downloaded and flashed after getting the damn phone back.
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My phone goes strait to AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)(Invalid CDT) at power up.
When I enter the first line of these instructions "moto-fastboot.exe flash webtop grfs.img" I get an error that states
load_file: could not allocate 1397489664 bytes
error: cannot load 'grfs.img'
Any ideas?

[Q] How do I fix this

I tried to install a Viper rom (the latest one) but it kept saying error and when I went back to reboot it said that my phone might be unrooted and there was a button that said FIX and a button that said No, reboot and another one that said go back. Through hesitation, I clicked go back on accident and it rebooted. I don't know why but it got stuck on bootloop. Now I stopped the boot loop by holding down the power button and the down volume key at the same time to go back to the bootloader. Now, my problem is, how can I fix everything? I can't boot back to recovery because it goes on a boot loop and I can't factory reset either. I tried using HTC One All in one toolkit but it doesn't recognize my device. It keeps saying "Error: device not found" but my phone clearly says Fastboot USB. I need help ASAP

MySlimey said:
I tried to install a Viper rom (the latest one) but it kept saying error and when I went back to reboot it said that my phone might be unrooted and there was a button that said FIX and a button that said No, reboot and another one that said go back. Through hesitation, I clicked go back on accident and it rebooted. I don't know why but it got stuck on bootloop. Now I stopped the boot loop by holding down the power button and the down volume key at the same time to go back to the bootloader. Now, my problem is, how can I fix everything? I can't boot back to recovery because it goes on a boot loop and I can't factory reset either. I tried using HTC One All in one toolkit but it doesn't recognize my device. It keeps saying "Error: device not found" but my phone clearly says Fastboot USB. I need help ASAP
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First of all, don't use a toolkit. They rob you of the understanding you need to fix problems like this.
- You should be able to use fastboot to boot recovery. Can you?
- Did fastboot/USB connection ever work for you? How about adb?
- If you get fastboot working (drivers?), you can clear the cache with "fastboot format cache".
- If you can't boot recovery to do the other steps (factory reset and wiping the dalvik cache), you have bigger problems. But I think these steps CAN be done from the bootloader. Maybe not all of them--I'm not sure what will work and what won't, as far as various combinations of "fastboot erase dalvik / fastboot format userdata / fastboot erase userdata", etc.
- First, focus on booting recovery. Get fastboot working and clear the cache if you need to.
- Note that IF you can factory reset through fastboot (I'm not sure you can), it will wipe /sdcard as well.

adb doesn't recognize my device. I don't know why. I can't boot to recovery either.

Same problem
Hi mate i got the same problem as you
this is my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738505
I did the same thing like you.

Adb only works within a working os or in recovery.
If you PC is not recognizing fastboot/adb drivers, install them from here
http://koush.com/post/universal-adb-driver
and also read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52135024&postcount=2
Once setup enter bootloader
fastboot flash recovery your recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
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bored_stupid said:
Adb only works within a working os or in recovery.
If you PC is not recognizing fastboot/adb drivers, install them from here
http://koush.com/post/universal-adb-driver
and also read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52135024&postcount=2
Once setup enter bootloader
fastboot flash recovery your recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
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I'll try installing it and if it all works, you get a thanks from me
EDIT: THIS WORKED FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH I CAN NOT THANK YOU ENOUGH <3 If anyone has this problem, do what this guy said

MySlimey said:
I'll try installing it and if it all works, you get a thanks from me
EDIT: THIS WORKED FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH I CAN NOT THANK YOU ENOUGH <3 If anyone has this problem, do what this guy said
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Your welcome. Glad you now have a working phone
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

[Q] Flash back to Stock

Hi guys, I'll just start things off with saying that I am far from being anywhere near as technologically advanced as the majority of you so I would like your help if possible.
I had wanted to flash back to Stock and unroot my Moto X but for some reason I had gone into TWRP and decided to delete everything. Now every time I try to reboot from TWRP, it'll just say that the phone does not have an OS Installed and therefore if I reboot it, it will just stay on the 'Warning Bootloader Unlocked" screen.
I've read quite a few threads on various forums but I am unable to get my laptop to recognise the device in fastboot. That's my only problem so far as I've downloaded the Motorola Device Manager and all those other things but still cannot get my laptop to show the device for me to put the files into. When I plug it in, I am able to hear the sound and the device recognizes that it's been plugged in but I can't see it on my laptop.
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks guys and forgive my ignorance.
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boss. said:
Hi guys, I'll just start things off with saying that I am far from being anywhere near as technologically advanced as the majority of you so I would like your help if possible.
I had wanted to flash back to Stock and unroot my Moto X but for some reason I had gone into TWRP and decided to delete everything. Now every time I try to reboot from TWRP, it'll just say that the phone does not have an OS Installed and therefore if I reboot it, it will just stay on the 'Warning Bootloader Unlocked" screen.
I've read quite a few threads on various forums but I am unable to get my laptop to recognise the device in fastboot. That's my only problem so far as I've downloaded the Motorola Device Manager and all those other things but still cannot get my laptop to show the device for me to put the files into. When I plug it in, I am able to hear the sound and the device recognizes that it's been plugged in but I can't see it on my laptop.
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks guys and forgive my ignorance.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Free mobile app
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You don't put files on the phone and you don't use twrp. Follow the instructions in the return to 100% stock thread.

samwathegreat said:
You don't put files on the phone and you don't use twrp. Follow the instructions in the return to 100% stock thread.
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I've tried following the steps but I was unsure of step 3 where it says to download and install the proper firmware for the device but still unsure on how to install it. RSD Lite won't pick up the device nor will it show up when I type 'adb devices' in CMD. And finally, how do I go about turning on USB debugging when it won't boot up past the bootloader unlock screen?
Appreciate the help
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boss. said:
I've tried following the steps but I was unsure of step 3 where it says to download and install the proper firmware for the device but still unsure on how to install it. RSD Lite won't pick up the device nor will it show up when I type 'adb devices' in CMD. And finally, how do I go about turning on USB debugging when it won't boot up past the bootloader unlock screen?
Appreciate the help
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Turn the phone off. Unplug it. Hold down VOL DOWN, and press power. The phone will boot into the bootloader. This is how you flash with rsd lite.
Adb does not work in bootloader, and isn't used for this. Once in bootloader (ap fastboot mode), rsd lite should recognize the device.
Make absolutely sure you do not downgrade to a previous version (you will brick), and make sure you flash the correct firmware for YOUR device/carrier.
You can only flash the same version or higher than what you were on before you erased everything.

samwathegreat said:
Turn the phone off. Unplug it. Hold down VOL DOWN, and press power. The phone will boot into the bootloader. This is how you flash with rsd lite.
Adb does not work in bootloader, and isn't used for this. Once in bootloader (ap fastboot mode), rsd lite should recognize the device.
Make absolutely sure you do not downgrade to a previous version (you will brick), and make sure you flash the correct firmware for YOUR device/carrier.
You can only flash the same version or higher than what you were on before you erased everything.
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Thanks for the help! Unfortunately RSD Lite doesn't recognise the device in bootloader. Am I supposed to put the files into a certain place for things to start working properly and is it also because I'm using windows 8.1? I've already installed the Motorola Device Manager as well.
Really sorry for all the questions - complete newbie right here
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boss. said:
Thanks for the help! Unfortunately RSD Lite doesn't recognise the device in bootloader. Am I supposed to put the files into a certain place for things to start working properly and is it also because I'm using windows 8.1? I've already installed the Motorola Device Manager as well.
Really sorry for all the questions - complete newbie right here
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You said you downloaded moto device manager... Did you install it? If so you are one of the unlucky ones and will have to use the manual method with fastboot and mfastboot. Take it slow and follow the instructions. Leave out the config carrier line.
To make sure fastboot is working, type fastboot devices while in bootloader mode.

samwathegreat said:
You said you downloaded moto device manager... Did you install it? If so you are one of the unlucky ones and will have to use the manual method with fastboot and mfastboot. Take it slow and follow the instructions. Leave out the config carrier line.
To make sure fastboot is working, type fastboot devices while in bootloader mode.
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Oh okay that makes sense. Yeah I had installed but still nothing. Okay, I'll try the manual method, thanks heaps!
I've typed it fastboot devices in CMD and it came up with T017500PDP fastboot. I assume that's good? Haha
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boss. said:
Oh okay that makes sense. Yeah I had installed but still nothing. Okay, I'll try the manual method, thanks heaps!
I've typed it fastboot devices in CMD and it came up with T017500PDP fastboot. I assume that's good? Haha
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Yes perfect.
Run one command at a time - copy/paste them.
Remember to use mfastboot for system.img - regular fastboot will NOT work. Also remember to skip the config carrier command.

samwathegreat said:
Yes perfect.
Run one command at a time - copy/paste them.
Remember to use mfastboot for system.img - regular fastboot will NOT work. Also remember to skip the config carrier command.
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You my friend are a legend. Last round (hopefully) of questions though: where the code says to type in fastboot flash .... .gpt.bin and all those other things, am I supposed to put the files somewhere in particular? Because just regularly typing them into CMD comes up with (bootloader) Variable not supported! Then error: cannot open 'gtp.bin' or cannot open 'recovery.img' and so on but on the phone it says getvar partition-type:recovery or boot and so on.
Also the when the instructions say to use mfastboot, CMD says that it is not recognized as an internal or external command. Thanks!
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boss. said:
You my friend are a legend. Last round (hopefully) of questions though: where the code says to type in fastboot flash .... .gpt.bin and all those other things, am I supposed to put the files somewhere in particular? Because just regularly typing them into CMD comes up with (bootloader) Variable not supported! Then error: cannot open 'gtp.bin' or cannot open 'recovery.img' and so on but on the phone it says getvar partition-type:recovery or boot and so on.
Also the when the instructions say to use mfastboot, CMD says that it is not recognized as an internal or external command. Thanks!
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First: yes, you have to put those files in the same folder as you are running the commands from. If your command prompt shows C:\users\jimmy\
Then that is where the files should be! You should have extracted the zip file you downloaded to the same folder you are running the commands from.
Second, you obviously have not download mfastboot.exe (it is linked in the return to stock thread) OR you didn't put it in the same folder as the rest of the files.
The "variable not supported" messages are normal. The error cannot open.... errors are NOT.
I'm attaching mfastboot.exe (it's zipped - extract it to the same folder as everything else) to this post so you don't have to go looking for it.
DON'T move on if the first command doesn't work. Make sure each one gives success before you move on.

Awesome!

samwathegreat said:
First: yes, you have to put those files in the same folder as you are running the commands from. If your command prompt shows C:\users\jimmy\
Then that is where the files should be! You should have extracted the zip file you downloaded to the same folder you are running the commands from.
Second, you obviously have not download mfastboot.exe (it is linked in the return to stock thread) OR you didn't put it in the same folder as the rest of the files.
The "variable not supported" messages are normal. The error cannot open.... errors are NOT.
I'm attaching mfastboot.exe (it's zipped - extract it to the same folder as everything else) to this post so you don't have to go looking for it.
DON'T move on if the first command doesn't work. Make sure each one gives success before you move on.
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Thanks so much, it worked great! The colours are a bit out of wack though (the blues are now orange and so on) and the bot animation is messed but still better than nothing. Thanks so much for your help!

boss. said:
Thanks so much, it worked great! The colours are a bit out of wack though (the blues are now orange and so on) and the bot animation is messed but still better than nothing. Thanks so much for your help!
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You're welcome....but that isn't normal. I suggest doing it again from the beginning. A full SBF to stock re-writes all the partitions and there shouldn't be anything "out of wack". Sounds like something went wrong....OR your device has physical damage?
Anyways, please consider hitting the "THANKS" button under any and all posts that help you. :good:

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You're welcome....but that isn't normal. I suggest doing it again from the beginning. A full SBF to stock re-writes all the partitions and there shouldn't be anything "out of wack". Sounds like something went wrong....OR your device has physical damage?
Anyways, please consider hitting the "THANKS" button under any and all posts that help you. :good:
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Re-did the whole thing from scratch again and now all problems are solved. Really appreciate the help my friend!
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Made a dumb dumb mistake need help PLEASE no download mode

So I recently downloaded a g3 ROM on 24a baseband and flashed the at&t version instead of the Verizon version so as you know now I am sitting with a brick.. Every time I try to put the phone in download mode I get what is pictured in the pic below it says (840) fastboot mode started (890) udc_start.... Now I am assuming I have to do something with fastboot and adb but not sure what really would like to get off my galaxy nexus and back on the phone.. I know there is lots of nice people on XDA that can help so please do expect some beer for the help thanks guys
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so you don't have recovery access?

Press both volume down and power untill the phone completely shuts off. Don't let go till its off. Then press volume down and power and as soon as you see the LG logo let go then press power button again taking you to the reset screen. Follow through to factory reset to get you to twrp or whichever recovery you put it on.

androidreviewguy said:
So I recently downloaded a g3 ROM on 24a baseband and flashed the at&t version instead of the Verizon version so as you know now I am sitting with a brick.. Every time I try to put the phone in download mode I get what is pictured in the pic below it says (840) fastboot mode started (890) udc_start.... Now I am assuming I have to do something with fastboot and adb but not sure what really would like to get off my galaxy nexus and back on the phone.. I know there is lots of nice people on XDA that can help so please do expect some beer for the help thanks guys
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Have you try to get into TWRP or CWM recovery via hard buttons? 1) From that fastboot screen, press power and vol. down together and hold for 8 seconds until it reboots by itself and then flash off, 2) press power and vol. down together until LG logo turns on, 3) Let go of both buttons briefly (1/2 second), push both buttons together again for 1 second, only to let go of the volume down button, 4) This should bring up a white Factory Reset screen, 5) push Power button 3 times to enter TWRP or CWM recovery (hopefully you can restore a saved rom--if not download a rom (and all support files like Gapps if needed on AOSP roms) via PC on USB-OTG flash drive (buy one if you don't have one as they're so convenient, USB-OTG cable is like $2 on Epay to use your existing flash drives, or 32GB Kingston micro-Duo OTG flash drive is $15), then use File Manager of TWRP to copy the rom over to your "SD card" and then to flash them.:good:
Edit: Damn, late to the party again

If you can't boot to recovery to flash an other ROM for your variant, follow this guide, it should work.
Read it twice before you do anything!
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kudos to @cms88168 for this fix, i will use his guide but will make some tweaks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
Make sure to download your versions aboot, boot, dbi, laf, misc, modem, persist, recovery, rpm, sbl1, and tz images here
and download his 7Z file (from here: click! | password: cms88168) and place all of the images into the extracted file, replacing his laf.img with yours.
next you want to hold shift and right click and open command prompt in the fastboot folder.
make sure your phone is connected and is in fastboot mode.
next we will be erasing and flashing all of the images back. do this one line at a time obviously.
Code:
fastboot erase aboot
fastboot flash aboot aboot.img
fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase dbi
fastboot flash dbi dbi.img
fastboot erase laf
fastboot flash laf laf.img
fastboot erase misc
fastboot flash misc misc.img
fastboot erase modem
fastboot flash modem modem.img
fastboot erase persist
fastboot flash persist persist.img
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase rpm
fastboot flash rpm rpm.img
fastboot erase sbl1
fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.img
fastboot erase tz
fastboot flash tz tz.img
fastboot reboot
you should then reboot and turn your phone off. Next plug it in holding the volume+ button and boot into download mode (it should work now) if not you might not have downloaded the right versions for your phone or something else is completely wrong and i dont know how to fix it.
Next you should revert to stock using this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
I hope this helps some people! Feel free to ask questions or provide some feedback, this is my first guide.
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Thanks for all the replys.. I am not a noon when it comes to Roms and recovery and all.. I can get into twrp still but the thing is all my data is gone onece I flashed the wrong ROM so all my backups and everything when I try to go into download mode it goes straight back to that fast boot screen in the pic so I can't go back to stock with the lg flash tools
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Hid3rs said:
If you can't boot to recovery to flash an other ROM for your variant, follow this guide, it should work.
Read it twice before you do anything!
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I believe this what I will have to do
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androidreviewguy said:
I believe this what I will have to do
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If you don't understand something in the guide or need some help, hit me up via PM.
Good luck!

Hid3rs said:
If you don't understand something in the guide or need some help, hit me up via PM.
Good luck!
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I appreciate that very much fastboot is something new to me so probely be prepared for a pm lol but won't be able to do it till tomorrow have to watch a wwe ppv with my wife lol
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androidreviewguy said:
Thanks for all the replys.. I am not a noon when it comes to Roms and recovery and all.. I can get into twrp still but the thing is all my data is gone onece I flashed the wrong ROM so all my backups and everything when I try to go into download mode it goes straight back to that fast boot screen in the pic so I can't go back to stock with the lg flash tools
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If you can still get into TWRP you should be able to adb push another ROM and anything else you need to flash while in recovery.

itstsquared said:
If you can still get into TWRP you should be able to adb push another ROM and anything else you need to flash while in recovery.
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Is there anyway you can tell me how to do that or the things I would need to download?
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androidreviewguy said:
Is there anyway you can tell me how to do that or the things I would need to download?
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If you don't already have the Android SDK installed on your PC you will need to install and set that up first. It can be found here:
https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?hl=i
Next make sure you have the proper drivers for your phone installed on your computer. They can be found here:
http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-VS980
Open up a terminal and plug your phone into your computer while it's in recovery mode and try running the adb devices command. If no devices are listed (which they weren't for me the first time), open up Device Manager (assuming you are on Windows) and find your device. Right click on it and select "Update driver software" then "Browse my computer for driver software" then "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer." Now, you should be able to select the driver for your phone. I selected the "ADB Sooner Interface" and it works for me. After running the adb kill-server and then adb devices command your device should be listed. Next all you have to do adb push the ROM plus any other files you want to flash.
If you need any more help, feel free to PM me and I'll do my best.

itstsquared said:
If you don't already have the Android SDK installed on your PC you will need to install and set that up first. It can be found here:
https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?hl=i
Next make sure you have the proper drivers for your phone installed on your computer. They can be found here:
http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-VS980
Open up a terminal and plug your phone into your computer while it's in recovery mode and try running the adb devices command. If no devices are listed (which they weren't for me the first time), open up Device Manager (assuming you are on Windows) and find your device. Right click on it and select "Update driver software" then "Browse my computer for driver software" then "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer." Now, you should be able to select the driver for your phone. I selected the "ADB Sooner Interface" and it works for me. After running the adb kill-server and then adb devices command your device should be listed. Next all you have to do adb push the ROM plus any other files you want to flash.
If you need any more help, feel free to PM me and I'll do my best.
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Nice man thank you so much I will try tonight and tomorrow and check back with you
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