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Hi guys!
I'm sure I can find some answers digging around here but the problem is I don't know where to start
It's my frist android and my first visit to xda developers. I've had Iphone4 till now and I don't have a clue what to do with this one.
I wanted a fast smarthphone but I got a slug I'm kinda dissapointed.
First problem was when I connected it to the charger for the first time. It froze at 63% percent and was left like that probably whole night. When I connected it to PC it charged normally within an hour. When I touch anything it's surprisingly slow and when I play music I can hear myself typing and touching the screen everytime when I lay my finger on it. I usually turn it off and it's ok for a few days but then it starts freezing again. Sometimes it also skipping parts of the ringtone when ringing like a cd with a scratch
here is some data about it so maybe you can help with giving a suggestion what should I do.
Android
2.2.2
Baseband
1035.21_20110405
Kernel
2.6.32.9-dirty
build
FRG83G
Lge
LGP990-v10c
And pls remember to explain everything like talking to a complete idiot cause at the moment I feel that way.
I've seen the links for all kind of updates but it's all just a bunch of letters and numbers that I don't understand so be gentle with me
Well.. first of all, try search about "rooting" Optimus 2X and installing ROM Manager..
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App
ghadap said:
Well.. first of all, try search about "rooting" Optimus 2X and installing ROM Manager..
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App
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...then install cwm and the latest cyanogenmod 7 nightly and you'll be fine then
Update to newest V10D firmware with either LG Mobile Update tool or LG PC Suite IV.
ghadap said:
Well.. first of all, try search about "rooting" Optimus 2X and installing ROM Manager..
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Well, GHadap is trying to tell you to "unlock your phone", give it root access (How to do that?) so you can install another version of the Android OS (a ROM) that is faster and more reliable. Not sure where you are located, but some countries didn't get the last "Over-The-Air" Original LG Update v10D that ULJ is talking about.
Personally, I have had charging problems with the wall charger too. (Black screen of death) With USB charging on a PC, no problems. But I only had these problems using a community ROM called Cyanogenmod (still in developement). All worked fine with the original ROM, well, I actually didn't use it for a long time so I can't really tell...
Before flashing a new ROM, you should consider three things:
The official update to Android Gingerbread has been announced to release on October. (Source Thread)
You need an external SD Card to stock complete phone backups (System + Programs + Settings) and flashing erases the internal "SD-Card" storage (you would have to copy all of this on your computer before flashing)
There is no support available for a custom community ROM except the community. And most of the custom ROMs don't have final versions YET.
If you want to flash a new ROM now to use your phone like it should work, I would consider installing the ModacoROM. It resembles the stock LG ROM the most if you flash the standard version of Modaco ROM.
At last, if you just have bought the phone (two weeks or less than a month), I would go for a refund and buy the Samsung Galaxy S2 or better, wait for the next Google Nexus phone.
paranoid.android.jk said:
Hi guys!
I'm sure I can find some answers digging around here but the problem is I don't know where to start
It's my frist android and my first visit to xda developers. I've had Iphone4 till now and I don't have a clue what to do with this one.
I wanted a fast smarthphone but I got a slug I'm kinda dissapointed.
First problem was when I connected it to the charger for the first time. It froze at 63% percent and was left like that probably whole night. When I connected it to PC it charged normally within an hour. When I touch anything it's surprisingly slow and when I play music I can hear myself typing and touching the screen everytime when I lay my finger on it. I usually turn it off and it's ok for a few days but then it starts freezing again. Sometimes it also skipping parts of the ringtone when ringing like a cd with a scratch
here is some data about it so maybe you can help with giving a suggestion what should I do.
Android
2.2.2
Baseband
1035.21_20110405
Kernel
2.6.32.9-dirty
build
FRG83G
Lge
LGP990-v10c
And pls remember to explain everything like talking to a complete idiot cause at the moment I feel that way.
I've seen the links for all kind of updates but it's all just a bunch of letters and numbers that I don't understand so be gentle with me
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please upgrade your firmware here is the link
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035041
and download the date 25 july latest firmware for europe open
WTF i dont understand where you all gets these problems from, i have the phone on stock and its fast as hell with no reboots or freezes.
The S2 isnt very good anyway it sufferes from major overheating problerms the O2X does not.
Im on stock v10d and have no problems and dont want to upgrade to buggy nightly crap.
I use a travel usb plug charger so maybe its the lg charger that comes with it that is the problem, id speculate that the charger has a fault and the phone shuts down to prevent damage.
eraldo said:
WTF i dont understand where you all gets these problems from, i have the phone on stock and its fast as hell with no reboots or freezes.
The S2 isnt very good anyway it sufferes from major overheating problerms the O2X does not.
Im on stock v10d and have no problems and dont want to upgrade to buggy nightly crap.
I use a travel usb plug charger so maybe its the lg charger that comes with it that is the problem, id speculate that the charger has a fault and the phone shuts down to prevent damage.
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That's what they get for clocking up an Cortex A9 and making the phone thin lol
The LG charger sometimes hums and shuts off... it's only reliable 90% of the time. Sometimes charging overheats my phone so I've bought some generic microusb charger for the o2x and it's worked well for me. =)
paranoid.android.jk said:
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2.6.32.9-dirty
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Is that -dirty supposed to be there?! Isn't this strange for a retail phone? I don't think that my kernal had that mention when I unboxed it...
@paranoid.android.jk: have you bought this phone new or already used?
You should look on the lg.com website for the LGMobile Update application. It automatically downloads the latest version and flashes the phone (remember to backup all critical data like Internal SD etc...)
paranoid.android.jk said:
Hi guys!
I'm sure I can find some answers digging around here but the problem is I don't know where to start
It's my frist android and my first visit to xda developers. I've had Iphone4 till now and I don't have a clue what to do with this one.
I wanted a fast smarthphone but I got a slug I'm kinda dissapointed.
First problem was when I connected it to the charger for the first time. It froze at 63% percent and was left like that probably whole night. When I connected it to PC it charged normally within an hour. When I touch anything it's surprisingly slow and when I play music I can hear myself typing and touching the screen everytime when I lay my finger on it. I usually turn it off and it's ok for a few days but then it starts freezing again. Sometimes it also skipping parts of the ringtone when ringing like a cd with a scratch
here is some data about it so maybe you can help with giving a suggestion what should I do.
Android
2.2.2
Baseband
1035.21_20110405
Kernel
2.6.32.9-dirty
build
FRG83G
Lge
LGP990-v10c
And pls remember to explain everything like talking to a complete idiot cause at the moment I feel that way.
I've seen the links for all kind of updates but it's all just a bunch of letters and numbers that I don't understand so be gentle with me
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It's actually real simple get a replacement phone ;–)
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk
soldier9945 said:
Is that -dirty supposed to be there?! Isn't this strange for a retail phone? I don't think that my kernal had that mention when I unboxed it...
@paranoid.android.jk: have you bought this phone new or already used?
You should look on the lg.com website for the LGMobile Update application. It automatically downloads the latest version and flashes the phone (remember to backup all critical data like Internal SD etc...)
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"Dirty" is indeed there, I saw it on my stock as well yesterday, and I updated to the latest one with the lg mobile suite, and it shows 2.6.32.9 for kernel.
I still have tho a pathetic battery life, and I'm trying to solve everything without rooting the phone, as I got really tired doing it with the SGS. I won't flash any custom ROM on it, especially not a nightly build.
Soniboy84 said:
"Dirty" is indeed there, I saw it on my stock as well yesterday, and I updated to the latest one with the lg mobile suite, and it shows 2.6.32.9 for kernel.
I still have tho a pathetic battery life, and I'm trying to solve everything without rooting the phone, as I got really tired doing it with the SGS. I won't flash any custom ROM on it, especially not a nightly build.
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Well then you should have gotten an iphone....
The problem is that the LG firmware is a complete load of crap. The phone itself is an amazing piece of technology, but somebody should fire the whole firmware team at LG and replace it with either a stoned monkey (same results, cheaper) or a decent team (better results, same cost).
The best thing you could possibly do to your Optimus 2X is to root it (similar to jailbreaking your iPhone) and installing custom firmware like CyanogenMod. The problem there is that there's no 100% stable release for that at the moment. Having said that though, I've been using it since the first release with almost no worries.
I wouldn't recommend the Optimus 2X to anybody that wasn't the exact same kind of nerd as I am - which is a pretty small market.
The best thing you could possibly do to your Optimus 2X is to root it (similar to jailbreaking your iPhone) and installing custom firmware like CyanogenMod. The problem there is that there's no 100% stable release for that at the moment. Having said that though, I've been using it since the first release with almost no worries.
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I had heard that people with various different ROMs still had the BSOD/rebooting problems. Is it really a magic bullet?
I don't mind giving a community ROM a go so long as I can flash the phone back to stock if i need to send it back under warranty (ie in case I still get BSODs and reboots in whichever ROM I try)
Can anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial that shows how to dump my current ROM in such a way that it can easily be reflashed in the future?
no need to dump it - apparently you can flash a stock ROM with nvflash even if you've completely bricked your phone (it's a bit like using Odin on a Samsung phone or fastboot on an HTC). Suits me fine!
CyanogenMod 7.1 is currently at RC1 status, with an RC2 not scheduled for until whenever Cyanogen comes back from holidays. It's vastly more stable than the stock ROM though; the phone is actually usable when you're installing apps from the market, for instance, and there's significantly reduced amounts of freezing happening. I can't say it's been completely eliminated, but there's far less of it.
The only annoying issue you may encounter is tethering on Windows XP. That's an immediate Windows BSOD (and convenient way of getting out of work) for me.
neovdr said:
Well then you should have gotten an iphone....
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You seriously offended me mate lol...
I would never buy from Apple! But lets stop it here before it goes further.
I had better battery life today I guess the system is optimising the usage now. I like this phone very much, the quickest phone I've ever seen with the nicest display and the easiest keyboard to type!
My P990 pre-production unit doesn't have BSOD,freezes or anything since bought and stock. The only problem occured was when I flashed GR1 of modaco too many fc's but it isn't the phone's fault.
ok, tnx guys
the thing is I am from Croatia and I'm on T mobile. When i try to get an update, using Lg suite IV it says no updates available.
Nothing changed in the meantime, the phone is still very slow and the battery life is killing me. I spend more time charging it then using it
I was so desperate that I even uninstalled live wallpapers cause I thought it would help but it seems even worse then before.
so, will this really help?
fileserve.com/file/Wp9KVPB/BIN_LGP990AT-00-V10d-NEU-XXX-JUL-25-2011+0
paranoid.android.jk said:
ok, tnx guys
the thing is I am from Croatia and I'm on T mobile. When i try to get an update, using Lg suite IV it says no updates available.
Nothing changed in the meantime, the phone is still very slow and the battery life is killing me. I spend more time charging it then using it
I was so desperate that I even uninstalled live wallpapers cause I thought it would help but it seems even worse then before.
so, will this really help?
fileserve.com/file/Wp9KVPB/BIN_LGP990AT-00-V10d-NEU-XXX-JUL-25-2011+0
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of course it will help, but you should update your kernel using neoblaze and overclock it, and use auto killer memory optimizer.
and about battery life i think it's the same cause i charge the phone 2times a day depends on your use. you should try juice defender it's nice app
Beware: noob incoming!!
I think this thread is adapted to my question (didn't dare creating a new one) so here it goes:
Since I got my LGP990 (France/Bouygues Telecom), I received only one update via the LG mobile support tools.
My current firmware is V10C, and the phone is really slow (takes few seconds to react when pressing the power button before it goes to the unlock screen...wifi often crashing...).
In the LGMobile support tools, the update historic says that I already updated to V10D, but the main windows says its V10C... This is really confusing (I took a screenshot but it seems I can't post the link...)...
Does anybody knows what I can do? I was planning to wait for the official Gingerbread update, but I am so fed up with LG that I might consider going through the troubles of installing a custom ROM (maybe miui?)
Thanks a lot for any answer!!!
Edit: another weird thing, the LG mobile suite IV detects an update, but when it switch to LGMobile update, it says the phone is up to date... this is starting to annoy me!!!
OK all, I am fairly new to WP7 but I have followed all steps to figure this out.
ON this HD7 phone with the latest European Update, the phone is unlocked too, The signal is lost without warning or reason. No signal at all! Even gone after a reboot. The only way to get it back is to keep rebooting till it comes back. Even taking the sim card out and in dont seem to help.
Wifi is fine and doesnt have an issue at all.
Now coming from an Android background sometimes this is due to a bad kernal and I would just flash a new one and see if that works.
Being new to WP7, I would try to flash a new rom since this phone is way past its warranty.
If I flash, what and where are the tools for this?
Edit! Hey guys and gals good news. Seems like the antenna was messed with before so I just pealled it out and reapplied it down making sure it was not crinkled!
And guess what? It works! Woo hoo!
jetbruceli said:
OK all, I am fairly new to WP7 but I have followed all steps to figure this out.
ON this HD7 phone with the latest European Update, the phone is unlocked too, The signal is lost without warning or reason. No signal at all! Even gone after a reboot. The only way to get it back is to keep rebooting till it comes back. Even taking the sim card out and in dont seem to help.
Wifi is fine and doesnt have an issue at all.
Now coming from an Android background sometimes this is due to a bad kernal and I would just flash a new one and see if that works.
Being new to WP7, I would try to flash a new rom since this phone is way past its warranty.
If I flash, what and where are the tools for this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295068
Follow the tutorial on this link
sirajgoku said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295068
Follow the tutorial on this link
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Thanks bud but I fixed it! I think the device is too updated to
Get root or whatever u all call it.
I am not a big fan of the wp7 layout but I am impressed with the fact that the Htc hd7 has outdated hardware it performs very well.
I know the wp7 is very stable and smooth just not my taste. Anyways thanks again
Hi everybody, I'm new to LG, this is my first LG phone since my original LG Vu many many years ago, and i have a couple questions. I've searched everywhere here on XDA and a couple other forum sites, as well as general google searches. First off my Flex is on 4.2.2 and it doesn't seem I have any way to update to 4.4.2. Whenever I try the update from my phone it says "your phone is not registered" and when I try with the LG computer software it just says my device is up to date. I've seen the not registered error mentioned a few times before and I tried the suggestions given, like getting a new sim card and doing a factory reset, but no luck. I've seen a few people mention that they flashed the update manually with something called LG Flash Tool, but I cant find any info on that whatsoever. My model is the AT&T D950 by the way. Secondly I am having absolutly horrible lag with this phone, specifically list scrolling, mostly in apps such as Google+, YouTube, and Facebook, all the reviews i read before getting the Flex said it was super smooth, thays why I got it, so is there something I should so, or is lag like this normal? Because I can't scroll through YouTube or Google+ without it hanging every couple seconds. If anybody that has more experience then me with this phone or LG in general could help me out with these or just point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciatex.
zacharyt86 said:
Hi everybody, I'm new to LG, this is my first LG phone since my original LG Vu many many years ago, and i have a couple questions. I've searched everywhere here on XDA and a couple other forum sites, as well as general google searches. First off my Flex is on 4.2.2 and it doesn't seem I have any way to update to 4.4.2. Whenever I try the update from my phone it says "your phone is not registered" and when I try with the LG computer software it just says my device is up to date. I've seen the not registered error mentioned a few times before and I tried the suggestions given, like getting a new sim card and doing a factory reset, but no luck. I've seen a few people mention that they flashed the update manually with something called LG Flash Tool, but I cant find any info on that whatsoever. My model is the AT&T D950 by the way. Secondly I am having absolutly horrible lag with this phone, specifically list scrolling, mostly in apps such as Google+, YouTube, and Facebook, all the reviews i read before getting the Flex said it was super smooth, thays why I got it, so is there something I should so, or is lag like this normal? Because I can't scroll through YouTube or Google+ without it hanging every couple seconds. If anybody that has more experience then me with this phone or LG in general could help me out with these or just point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciatex.
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If you are on AT&T, take the phone to the store and have them update it for you. If you are on another carrier you will have to manually flash the update. As for the lag, I have also just got the Flex and I have not had any lag, but I have always done a Factory data reset before I do anything else.
TheMighyLoki said:
If you are on AT&T, take the phone to the store and have them update it for you. If you are on another carrier you will have to manually flash the update. As for the lag, I have also just got the Flex and I have not had any lag, but I have always done a Factory data reset before I do anything else.
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Yeah I'm on AT&T. Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately nothing seems to work. I've tried downloading the LG PC software from their website but it just tells me I'm up to date, I can't find any info on how to use the LG flash tool thing, and I just went into 3 different AT&T stores, one of which was a device support center, and they all said they have not way to flash the LG G Flex because LG stopped supporting the tool they had to flash it with so it no longer works. So it looks like I'm stuck on 4.2.2. It's a shame really because I really got this phone to test out LG before the G3 comes out to see how I would like it since I'm up for an upgrade, and I absolutely LOVE it, but I'm not dropping money + a contract on a phone that might have issue upgrading the software, I mean we already wait long enough for android updates on non-nexus phones, but then even when it's available you can't update it because there is some sort of issue between AT&T and LG servers. And the worst part is it's not just me or this model phone. I have seen tons of people having the same issue with G2's and G Pro 2's but nobody seems to be able to figure it out. It really suck. But thanks for all the tips and help, like I said I really appreciate it!
Just want to give an update for anyone else that has this issue and might come across this thread. After going to 2 more stores, getting 2 more new SIMs, and 2 more factory updates, then spending about an hour on the phone with tech support with them trying to "push" the update to me, then another 2 hours on chat support with them trying to "push" it to me, I am no closer to any kind of solution.
Just another update, AT&T filed a case and I can now check for software update through settings, and it tells me an update to 4.4.2 is available, but once it downloads the update fails, it tell me my device is suspected of rooting and software update is not available for my device. My device is not, and has never been rooted. So I don't know where to go from here. This is the most frustrating thing I have ever encountered in my 4+ years with android lol. My next phone will definitely not be an LG phone, which is a shame because I just got this one to test out LG while waiting for the G3 to make it to AT&T.
did you buy this new?
isnt there a warranty from ATT?
zacharyt86 said:
but once it downloads the update fails, it tell me my device is suspected of rooting
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Can you post a screenshot of the message you're getting that says your device is suspected of rooting?
Yes I bought it new from an AT&T COR store. Yeah it has warranty, I actually just went to the support center and exchanged it after explaing that it has never been rooted or else I would post a screenshot, I didnt even think about doing that, I remeber the error exactly though, I must have tried it a dozen times. When I went to software update it said a new update is available and I clicked yes to download, after it downloaded it rebooted into that LG screen with the cartoony hills and stuff and it said updating 0% for about 2 mins, the in big letters it said ERR:0x0011341, and it rebooted back into the ROM and everthing loaded up, after about a minuter I got a popup that said Error: Your device is suspect in rooting, your device is not available for software update, then any time I tried to run software update that popup would come back up unless I did a factory reset, then it would start the whole thing over with the same results. Like I said, I just got a replacement and am downloading the update now, I'll post back and let you know what happens.
Its not that unusual for a phone to get hosed when trying to download/install an OTA update.
Is is unusual for a message like you saw, about being a "suspect" for rooting; I don't think I have ever heard of that before..
All that matters is you got a new phone, so thats a good thing
Yeah i thought it was weird too, the weirdest pat was i did the return to stock from the other thread here just to see if that would fix the issue and it still said the same thing, it even did it after factory resets, like something had been tripped and couldnt be reset. Im no stranger to rooting, I've been doing it for years, i just never did it with phone cuz there isn't a whole lot you can do with it. But the new one just updated to 4.4.2 no problem so the issue is fixed. It was all just really strange, i found a thread here from another person getting the same error on a G2 http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg...tware-update-not-available-rooted-device.html
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Yes I bought it new from an AT&T COR store. Yeah it has warranty, I actually just went to the support center and exchanged it after explaing that it has never been rooted or else I would post a screenshot, I didnt even think about doing that, I remeber the error exactly though, I must have tried it a dozen times. When I went to software update it said a new update is available and I clicked yes to download, after it downloaded it rebooted into that LG screen with the cartoony hills and stuff and it said updating 0% for about 2 mins, the in big letters it said ERR:0x0011341, and it rebooted back into the ROM and everthing loaded up, after about a minuter I got a popup that said Error: Your device is suspect in rooting, your device is not available for software update, then any time I tried to run software update that popup would come back up unless I did a factory reset, then it would start the whole thing over with the same results. Like I said, I just got a replacement and am downloading the update now, I'll post back and let you know what happens.
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I'm having this same issue, but I did root my device. I completely unrooted it, and tried again with no luck. I thought it was me. Looking forward to hearing if you have success with the replacement. If so, I'm definitely taking this guy in. ?
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I recently hard bricked my LG G4 and I was given this phone by someone I know. The phone had a cracked lcd which has since been fixed.
I reformatted to phone back to stock firmware, DOK2. And. I followed the instructions in how to root and install twrp to then ultimately install a custom ROM. Got all that and I have a custom ROM and I am rooted. But the phone lags like crazy. I am trying to type now and I am tapping faster than the keyboard actually acknowledges. Also, if I try to watch Netflix or even an embedded video from the browser, the video "hiccups" every 8 seconds or so.
What I have done.
I wiped the entire phone, including internal SD and external. I did this twice and I Odin stock twice. After I tried the custom rom and experienced the lag. I started from square one again. BTW, the lag happens on stock ROM, too. I have tried Ovrdrv and tek hybrid on both I have SU 2.52 installed and I tried beast and emotion kernels. The lag is real. Maybe this phone is designed to work in this manner when compared to my G4,rip.
On a side note, this phone was given to me in not the best shape. I mentioned I changed the LCD, but the phone's back button and fingerprint scanner don't work. It is also missing the stylus, but that's not a big deal for me. The charging port works fine and so does the recent button and both the back and recent light up. At this point I am thinking it's a hardware issue and it's conflicting with the software somehow. I downloaded different keyboards but they all do the same. I can type maybe 5 short words before it freezes for about a second.
Videos playing directly from device also lag like streaming services, but mp3 and music do not lag.
I can't help with the Note, but did you brick the G4, or did it die because of the known hardware issue? Those phones are dropping like flies. I had one that recently fell into a boot loop out of nowhere. AT&T replaced it, no questions asked. LG has acknowledged a hardware issue. Bad connections on the mobo, I think. I sold the new one to buy the Note. Didn't really like the G4 anyway!
How long did you allow to settle before you wrote this post? The phone needs a couple days to settle before it runs optimally. Did you install any apps or mods such as xposed?
Does anyone watch this thread anymore? I have a question: I replaced the battery in my LG R watch (which I have not used in several years), and charged it up. It boosts to the LG logo screen and hangs there forever. I restarted it and did the 11 to 5 swipe to see the fast boot screen, and select Recover Mode. Same results, it just shows the LG Logo and never gets any further along. Seems, perhaps, that the boot code is bad? If I cannot get into the Android screen, is there a way I can refresh the basic software on this device? Or is this thing dead? FYI: I have not done any hacking on this, it is just stock. But it seems I might have to to get this running again. Suggestions and pointers would be welcomed. Thanks.
Hi watchers. I see no replies, but maybe someone here ha a USB driver that will work on Windows 11?
Ok, I got this to work but had to go back to a Windows 7 machine. Sad that these threads are dead now.
Hello, I have exactly the same problem !
Could you tell me how you did it?
I think I have to flash the firmware, but I have no clue.
Thanks to you, or to those who can help me.
I didnt had this issue so i am sorry that i cant help you there.
I replaced the battery and everything was fine
Thanks
I changed 2x batteries (compatible & genuine) and nothing better :/