Please Help Boot Loop - LG Optimus 2x

Ok, so i rooted my lg optimus 2x using super one click. Then i went on to to use rom manager first to backup my stock 2.2 rom, after this i downloaded the cm7 mod to my sd card. Finally i installed the rom to my phone. Now my phone is spinning around in the cyanogen mod 7 "skateboard guy". I cant get into recovery mode, or im just not doing it right. i got it to go to the android 3e recovery mode but i couldn't press anything there(if that is the correct term) PLEASE HELP, I CANT EVEN DO ANYTHING ON MY PHONE PLEASE PLEASE HELP. Im new to the android rooting, roms, and hacking so help me out, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

Yeah you're not doing it right, Android 3e Recovery is the stock recovery, so not much good, and you're in a boot loop because you didn't wipe before flashing.
I'm guessing your Optimus 2X is a WIND one? Just that would explain why you were able to install CM without properly installing a custom recovery, as ROM Manager would use fake-flash?
If so, you should be using the T-Mobile G2X forum, as your phone is actually one of them

thank you for the reply
Is there anything i can do right now to get my phone working again.

Yes.
You need to answer my question though, do you have a WIND O2X or a 'world' O2X?
What you're going to have to do is NVFlash a new recovery, but which phone you have matters, as the partitions are different.

i have the wind o2x

Thought as much.
Do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086687
It will let you install ClockworkMod properly, so you can boot into it with Power & Vol-, at which point you do a factory reset and with any luck your phone will boot into CM7.
Also, for more accurate responses, you might want to use the G2X forum, as that's what your phone actually is

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Rooted, but no recovery

I have a rooted G1 with CM 4.0.4, as I have been unable to upgrade without cm's new recovery image. But in my pursuit of installing this, I have encountered a new problem. I don't have any recovery image! When I try to boot into recovery, it reboots once after the G1 screen and then goes to a blank screen, where it eventually just turns off. Any ideas on how I can get cm 1.4, or any recovery for that matter? Oh, and I used to have a recovery image (jf 1.43 I think) but I somehow lost it. I then had some weird one that wasn't from a specific developer, and was feature limited. Now I don't have one at all, and really want to get to the newest rom. Please help me!
Have you tried puting the recovrey image on you sd and flashing from terminal
just check cyanogenmod.com website and goto wiki and read on how to install cyanogen's or amon's recovery image
yeah..ill be that guy this time...
wRong section fool I pity you, use Q & A....
I've tried all that, and at least twice or three time each.
If you cannot boot into regular recovery, your best bet would probably be holding camera and power button together (bootloader)... if you can do that then you should be able to use the recovery image (rc 29) you used to root your phone to restore the recovery... It will no longer be rooted after recovery is done but you can always just reroot the phone... hope that this helps
And sorry for posting in the wrong section, I'm not exactly sure where everything is supposed to go yet, and I thought this was the right area. My bad.
Heh I was just joking... its only a matter of time befor a XDA bully comes n makes you feel like crap. Because they been using this site for years. N think they are better then us XDA noobs..... n e ways good luck with your issue!
Recovery
coolbrett007 said:
I have a rooted G1 with CM 4.0.4, as I have been unable to upgrade without cm's new recovery image. But in my pursuit of installing this, I have encountered a new problem. I don't have any recovery image! When I try to boot into recovery, it reboots once after the G1 screen and then goes to a blank screen, where it eventually just turns off. Any ideas on how I can get cm 1.4, or any recovery for that matter? Oh, and I used to have a recovery image (jf 1.43 I think) but I somehow lost it. I then had some weird one that wasn't from a specific developer, and was feature limited. Now I don't have one at all, and really want to get to the newest rom. Please help me!
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any recovery problems can usually be solved by this:
# cat /sdcard/recovery.img > /system/recovery.img
whereas /sdcard/recovery.img refers to the file you want to use
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cali50ex said:
Heh I was just joking... its only a matter of time befor a XDA bully comes n makes you feel like crap. Because they been using this site for years. N think they are better then us XDA noobs..... n e ways good luck with your issue!
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it's strange that you would refer to them as a bully simply for enforcing rules that no one seems to follow .. everyone has been asked to post general questions to the Q&A and specific questions to the appropriate thread that has already been started
coolbrett007 said:
I have a rooted G1 with CM 4.0.4, as I have been unable to upgrade without cm's new recovery image..... Please help me!
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Did you let the HTC recovery image boot all the way . The one you have to install before installing Cyanogen 4.2.5. You should of lost root d/t this. When you try and pull up recovery is there a phone with a "!" ? If so try Atl L or Alt S to see if it pulls up anything.
Also do you have the newest Radio? ( could be the issue also )

[Q] Getting into recovery mode

Hi,
I was wanting to perform a nandroid backup of my phone so that i can upgrade to the latest baseband as I don't really want to wait for it to be released in the uk.
So I turned the phone off and then powered the phone back on. I have read through this forum and on google and found I need to press The power button and volume down until android appeared. So...
The first time I did this the first screen I got to was the updating screen. I let go before the screen appeared as my htc hero (phone before my O2X) booted straight into recovery mode after holding for a second or two. I had to pull the battery and let the phone reboot.
The second time I did it I got to a box with an arrow pointing out of with the android outside of it so I let go again. This time it has wiped the phone back to factory defaults.
Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong please. Obviously the nandroid backup is useless now I have nothing to backup but I'd still like to know for the future.
I hope someone can point me in the right direction
Sedge
If entering recovery reset your phone you didn't install clockworkmod recovery. Install CWM from a thread in the O2X development forum or download ROM Manager from Market
Oooooo that makes me feel like a right n00b.... cheers for that. Do i need root access for cwm?
If i was to get rom manager does that do the same job as cwm to get into recovery mode??
thank you so much for your help!!
sedge
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App
Yes you need root, if you use the one from my thread, it gains a root shell to flash it, but doesn't perm root the phone.
Use SuperOneClick if you want proper root.
Cheers for that rusty. I might just perm root it tbh then i can also do a titanium backup and use that. When you say it needs root to flash, does Cwm flash something onto the phone to make the phone enter recovery? If it does, what does it flash?
Thanks again!!
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App
It flashes itself so you can boot into it.
You can use ROM Manger to boot into it, vol- & power, reboot apps from the Market etc

help - stuck in bootloader, can't mount sdcard

Hello everyone. I'm new to Captivate and I might have done something I shouldn't, or something just went sideways while flashing roms but I'm in a pickle and I hope someone can help me.
The situation is this:
I flashed AOKP milestone 6 on my Captivate, and I had some trouble with it, so I wanted to move to a different rom. I tried flashing Cm7 112, it finished installing and now, as it boots, it's looking for the sdcard and after 20 seconds when it doesn't find it, it reboots. When I go back into recovery mode, it won't see the sdcard either so I can't load any roms. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Edit: I should have mentioned, the kernel is CWM 5.0.2.7
Update: I managed to get into download mode and flashed ClockWork with Odin, but no change, CW doesn't recognize the sdcard either.
Any chance to save the device?
Try flashin back to Stock GB i897ucKK4, if u can still get into download mode.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium
Thanks for the answer, tried it, now the phone is bricked to the point my computer won't recognize it as I insert the USB cable and no way to get into download mode anymore... Looks like I'll have to get a Jig...

[Q] LG-P999 stuck at LG logo

Hi,
I tried upgrading my LG-P999 from Android 2.2.2 to Jelly Bean by installing cm-9.9.9-JB-p999-2.zip on the internal storage and then running that file from there, the phone rebooted and is stuck on LG logo screen now.
Can someone please advise how to fix this problem?
Thank you.
LG-P999
rabbagon said:
Hi,
I tried upgrading my LG-P999 from Android 2.2.2 to Jelly Bean by installing cm-9.9.9-JB-p999-2.zip on the internal storage and then running that file from there, the phone rebooted and is stuck on LG logo screen now.
Can someone please advise how to fix this problem?
Thank you.
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Can someone please guide me how I can flash ROM from computer as the phone doesn't respond to any key except when I restart it by holding the volume down and power buttons, it reboots and gets stuck at LG screen again. When I plug in the USB cable, the computer detects a device but doesn't show anything under My Computer. Please help !!!
Search for this:
[NOV16][STOCK ICS][NEW BL][NEW LAYOUT][CLEAN][CWM 6][ROOT][FACELOCK][UNBRICK] in P990 Android Development,in this post find:
Installation NVFlash version (under Windows): follow that instructions for your p999 custom Rom,but you must have NVFlash version of the Rom,if you dont have it,you must find it just to unbrick your phone,follow the instructions for the NVFlash version,Install this Rom,then install ROM Manager and Flash Clockwork Recovery,the easiest way of installing custom roms to use it,just put custom rom on your SD card,turn off your phone and turn on your phone on the way of holding the VOL + and Power button together,then follow instructions for your custom Rom(Wipe Data/Factory Reset,Wipe Dalvik Cache,Wipe Cache Partition ...) next step go to the "install zip from SD card",find your rom and flash it...
Thank you very much for your response.
Does every phone has it's own specific NVFlash and ROM? I have downloaded one from modacoDOTcom/topic/335474-25-mar-nvflash-stock-rom-release-v10b-dated-1300166062-15032011/ .... 2x-nvflashdrivers.zip and 2x-v10b-1300166062-nvflash.zip .... do you think it will work with p999 as well ?
Turky Party said:
Search for this:
[NOV16][STOCK ICS][NEW BL][NEW LAYOUT][CLEAN][CWM 6][ROOT][FACELOCK][UNBRICK] in P990 Android Development,in this post find:
Installation NVFlash version (under Windows): follow that instructions for your p999 custom Rom,but you must have NVFlash version of the Rom,if you dont have it,you must find it just to unbrick your phone,follow the instructions for the NVFlash version,Install this Rom,then install ROM Manager and Flash Clockwork Recovery,the easiest way of installing custom roms to use it,just put custom rom on your SD card,turn off your phone and turn on your phone on the way of holding the VOL + and Power button together,then follow instructions for your custom Rom(Wipe Data/Factory Reset,Wipe Dalvik Cache,Wipe Cache Partition ...) next step go to the "install zip from SD card",find your rom and flash it...
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You do realize this is the P990 forum, right? The suggested solution posted above is for P990 devices. You need to check the G2X (P999) forums instead.
DrummerMuppet said:
You do realize this is the P990 forum, right? The suggested solution posted above is for P990 devices. You need to check the G2X (P999) forums instead.
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Guys, thank you very much for your help. I flashed my phone and it is working now in a sense that its no longer freezing at LG logo. I can see the menu, wifi is working great however its not connecting to wireless network. I believe its due to the fact as DummerMuppet mentioned that I flashed it with 990 and have to look for 999.
I truly appreciate your help and support at least my phone is alive now.
rabbagon said:
Guys, thank you very much for your help. I flashed my phone and it is working now in a sense that its no longer freezing at LG logo. I can see the menu, wifi is working great however its not connecting to wireless network. I believe its due to the fact as DummerMuppet mentioned that I flashed it with 990 and have to look for 999.
I truly appreciate your help and support at least my phone is alive now.
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That's correct. Even when they're practically identical in most stuff, the P990 and P999 are not the same device (eg. partitions are slightly different, if I remember correctly). P990 ROMs won't work on P999, and viceversa.

Help Please! Phone in a power loop after ICS 3D LG Korean ROM Flash!

Anyone else having this issue? Procedure I followed was at "[ROM][ICS][P920] First ICS 4.0.4 Full 3D ROM Ported From SU760". Honestly, I'd really like to post this in the appropriate thread, but can't yet. I am experiencing the phone powering to the LG screen and off repeatedly upon plugging in a charger as well as hitting the power button. I had hoped it might just need juice but no dice. Does this really have anything to do with CWM? There is something about a modified USB cable in the original post that refers to a "screen issue" but there is no clarification to what issue. Here is my original post with a follow up:
Thanks!
OK maybe I should clarify
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Originally Posted by drastic00 View Post
Installed the Korean ICS ROM just fine (it's lookin great!) but made a stupid mistake, I think. I ran CWM to install something that I forgot to first copy over to sd. Then I think I put it in recovery (not sure why except I'm tired). Now it powers to LG screen then shuts off. I do get the "S/W" screen with Korean text when I boot into download mode (if my terminology is correct i.e. up vol + power + connect usb cable to pc, then insert battery. How can I recover? Start over? How if I can't set connection settings on the device? ACK I have been at this far too long and must rest, hopefully with shiny new replies in the morning.
So to clarify, I had the ROM running fine. I was about to flash a zip, but was tired and had not loaded it onto the external SD. I am using the CWM referred to in the original post here:
"[ROM][ICS][P920] First ICS 4.0.4 Full 3D ROM Ported From SU760".
The app went through the motion but did not install anything, I assume. Then I hit "Boot to recovery." Could that have caused this? Now I get the LG screen and then no power, up to 3 times if I hold power. I am hesitant to follow any bootlooping procedure since I don't know if they apply to this phone and if that is the problem (it appears to be, but I am new to this. I WAS feeling nice that I was able to get ICS up and running). I cannot seemingly boot to recovery to reflash or downgrade. Also, when I connect to pc in download mode I get the Korean "S/W" screen with circular arrows and Korean text, but LG Flashtool does not connect. I recall hitting "Recover" in English during the original ROM flash. Please help!
I think it could be a bad ROM.
I assume that you can't boot to CWM/recovery mode and reflash a different ROM.
If I'm correct, I'd try to reinstall CWM via USB if possible...
Thanks for responding!
Someone IS out there...
I can't seem to boot the phone itself into CWM recovery no matter what. The phone was not left in debug mode, unfortunately. I am looking into using ADB to perform some kind of boot loop recover, but at this point am not confident in doing so. Any ideas here would be nice.
I see a boot loop recover guide on the forums, but it seems to assume I am able to boot the phone into CWM recover.
FYI I am not fluent in 'Android speak' but am getting there.
So if I am able to get a COM connection to the phone in download mode (which seems to be the case, as I mention with the S/W screen with circular arrows and Korean text- I do see a connection in Device Manager) is it possible then, to reinstall CWM as you mention? How? Would that, then, hopefully, revert it to a state where it is not, seemingly, attempting to implement some non-present process on booting?
OK Finally!
OK so NO one seemed to be able to help with my direct issue but I was able to at least reflash to the 'stock' Korean ICS port and get the phone up again. Ho Hum. Maybe I'll start an Android reflashing business. I will be trying AcidHazard mod to flash out all the bloatware. And DEFINITELY will be more careful with ClockworkMod.
This is what I did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448803
Alright forget what I said about further flash for now
I was gonna try to flash in the Acid Hazard music rom which looks awesome, but the Prada CWM I installed (mentioned in the original xbsall ICS ROM installation procedure) once again caused a boot loop and I had to reflash the xbsall rom again. Until I see a CWM that I know will not cause this, I won't be booting into recovery. As I'd like to make a Nandroid backup, what is up with this CWM being a problem with my phone (ATT LG Thrill P925)? Anyone?
drastic00 said:
OK so NO one seemed to be able to help with my direct issue but I was able to at least reflash to the 'stock' Korean ICS port and get the phone up again. Ho Hum. Maybe I'll start an Android reflashing business. I will be trying AcidHazard mod to flash out all the bloatware. And DEFINITELY will be more careful with ClockworkMod.
This is what I did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448803
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