ok, i got all giddy over gb release. Got to work today, flashed the v4.tot to upgrade. The phone goes to reboot, gets to 4g splash, then hangs. I think ok, lets pull battery. Reboot again.... same thing. So i think, no worries ill boot into recovery and wipe data. vol down and power button. Um... no recovery!?! Just goes right through the boot sequence and hangs at a black screen. I'm at a loss on this one. Any advice?
Try pushing the tot file again and see if that works.
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I didn't root or have to downgrade but it kind of felt like mine hung at the black after splash for an unusually long time just after the update. Felt like 2-3 minutes but it finally pushed thru. Back to normal every time since that initial boot up.
elreydotcom said:
ok, i got all giddy over gb release. Got to work today, flashed the v4.tot to upgrade. The phone goes to reboot, gets to 4g splash, then hangs. I think ok, lets pull battery. Reboot again.... same thing. So i think, no worries ill boot into recovery and wipe data. vol down and power button. Um... no recovery!?! Just goes right through the boot sequence and hangs at a black screen. I'm at a loss on this one. Any advice?
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Any new Rom or flashing will hang on the bootanimation. Could be as long as 5 min. If longer then I would hold down Power+Vol Up+Vol Down til reboot and see if happens again. If still hangs longer than 5 min max you may have to reflash the .tot using LGNPST.
mtmichaelson said:
Try pushing the tot file again and see if that works.
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tried flashing twice more just to try. no luck there either
elreydotcom said:
tried flashing twice more just to try. no luck there either
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Did you try flashing the v6 tot file? I skipped 4 all together. I just uninstalled CWM flashed v6 then updated to Gb. I then had to do a factory reset because lghome kept force closing but all is good now. I rooted again and just pushed all my apps back from market web interface.
Haxcid said:
Did you try flashing the v6 tot file? I skipped 4 all together. I just uninstalled CWM flashed v6 then updated to Gb. I then had to do a factory reset because lghome kept force closing but all is good now. I rooted again and just pushed all my apps back from market web interface.
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I tried v6 as well with no success. Drt, its not hanging at the boot animation. The phone is acting like it is going to show the lock screen, but hangs on a black screen with the backlights on
elreydotcom said:
I tried v6 as well with no success. Drt, its not hanging at the boot animation. The phone is acting like it is going to show the lock screen, but hangs on a black screen with the backlights on
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Unfortunately that is where it hangs. How long do you let it sit? Mine sat like that several minutes.
mtmichaelson said:
Unfortunately that is where it hangs. How long do you let it sit? Mine sat like that several minutes.
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had to have been about 15 min
elreydotcom said:
had to have been about 15 min
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Thats what mine does everytime i reboot it, i tap the home button a few times then the phone will vibrate, then the lockscreen kicks in
Edit: This only started after the GB update, when through v6 just fine.
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KaneOfMars said:
Thats what mine does everytime i reboot it, i tap the home button a few times then the phone will vibrate, then the lockscreen kicks in
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tried rebooting again, monster mashing the keys isnt working, what bothers me the most is the phone wont go into recovery. I may have to call in for a replacement. what sucks is since i work for verizon, i have to wait until monday beacuse my customer support team doesnt work on weekends. BLAH!!!
elreydotcom said:
tried rebooting again, monster mashing the keys isnt working, what bothers me the most is the phone wont go into recovery. I may have to call in for a replacement. what sucks is since i work for verizon, i have to wait until monday beacuse my customer support team doesnt work on weekends. BLAH!!!
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So, is it just the GB update when it freezes or after the tot file?
mtmichaelson said:
So, is it just the GB update when it freezes or after the tot file?
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Looks like its both, i didnt use the tot file and (correct me if I'm wrong) i dont think elreydotcom ever made it to the GB update.
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KaneOfMars said:
Looks like its both, i didnt use the tot file and (correct me if I'm wrong) i dont think elreydotcom ever made it to the GB update.
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correct, i havent gotten to gb yet
elreydotcom said:
correct, i havent gotten to gb yet
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so which stock firmware are you on? vz4 or vz6?
did you use lgnst to push vz4 or vz6 to your phone?
did you try to do a hard reset?
similar situation happened to me last night
i was on vz4 revolt 1.5 on a new replacement > used lgnst to upgrade to vz6 > update to vz7 GB OTA > root w LG esteem > install revotoolkit > update SU
after i updated su to v3.0.* i can't reinstall the cwm so i juse lgnst again to revert back to vz6. when lgnst say complete but my revo is still stuck at the 4Glte boot image then went blank. i pulled the battery and did a hard reset " holding power and vol down til the message ask if i want to reset the phone before i release both buttons " and comfired it.
after that the revo boot up fine it just took much longer because its the 1st boot then i have to reregister my sim, all work well after the hard rest/data wipe
bhp117 said:
so which stock firmware are you on? vz4 or vz6?
did you use lgnst to push vz4 or vz6 to your phone?
did you try to do a hard reset?
similar situation happened to me last night
i was on vz4 revolt 1.5 on a new replacement > used lgnst to upgrade to vz6 > update to vz7 GB OTA > root w LG esteem > install revotoolkit > update SU
after i updated su to v3.0.* i can't reinstall the cwm so i juse lgnst again to revert back to vz6. when lgnst say complete but my revo is still stuck at the 4Glte boot image then went blank. i pulled the battery and did a hard reset " holding power and vol down til the message ask if i want to reset the phone before i release both buttons " and comfired it.
after that the revo boot up fine it just took much longer because its the 1st boot then i have to reregister my sim, all work well after the hard rest/data wipe
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Thats just it. I tried to get into recovery to do a hard wipe, but there is nothing there. Like my recovery disappeared during the downgrade to zv4. Is there maybe a way to push the stock recovery via adb? My only worry is that because I have tried both zv4 and zv6 .tot files, I am no longer rooted.. I think if I cant get into recovery then, I may have to wait until Monday to get a replacement sent to me.
elreydotcom said:
Thats just it. I tried to get into recovery to do a hard wipe, but there is nothing there. Like my recovery disappeared during the downgrade to zv4. Is there maybe a way to push the stock recovery via adb? My only worry is that because I have tried both zv4 and zv6 .tot files, I am no longer rooted.. I think if I cant get into recovery then, I may have to wait until Monday to get a replacement sent to me.
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recovery will be wiped and your phone will be unrooted once you use lgnst to load v4 or v6 files. thats what happened to me and i'm able to hard reset without going back to cwm recovery. after the hard reset, i reboot i'll have to reactive the phone.
GB wont complete update if you still have cwm it'll reboot back to cwm and when reboot there will be a blue screen say your update failed
so you have to be stock v6 without cwm recovery in order for the phone to update to v7 gb
I don't know if it would make a difference, but when when I used LGNST to get V4 back on my phone, I let the phone do the Software Update - it updated to V6, then I had to run it again to get it to update to GB.
I did not bother with rooting until I had the GB update on the phone and followed the instructions posted for the LG Esteem root.
Hope that helps.
vladtehimpaler said:
I don't know if it would make a difference, but when when I used LGNST to get V4 back on my phone, I let the phone do the Software Update - it updated to V6, then I had to run it again to get it to update to GB.
I did not bother with rooting until I had the GB update on the phone and followed the instructions posted for the LG Esteem root.
Hope that helps.
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That's the same thing I did. I was having problems, used lgnst to downgrade to V4, from there I factory reset, then let the phone do the ota V6 and GB, then I was able to root.
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bhp117 said:
recovery will be wiped and your phone will be unrooted once you use lgnst to load v4 or v6 files. thats what happened to me and i'm able to hard reset without going back to cwm recovery. after the hard reset, i reboot i'll have to reactive the phone.
GB wont complete update if you still have cwm it'll reboot back to cwm and when reboot there will be a blue screen say your update failed
so you have to be stock v6 without cwm recovery in order for the phone to update to v7 gb
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I know that cwm recovery goes bye bye when when I load the .tot files.. The problem is the stock "recovery", I mean the one option to hard reset the phone when you hold power and vol down, has disappeared as well. So I am unable to do a hard wipe, and unable to get the OTA updates either.
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Big PROBLEM. Everything was great with the Rom and overclocked kernel. Then the force close acore happened so much, i thought i would perform a restore. But did it through Rom Manager instead of CW recovery. Well Rom Manager threw me into the original android recovery? and it will not allow me to do anything. I get the white triangle with exclamation, when i touch the home button it gos to the Android sytem recovery screen instantly, but does not allow any functions. Push and hold power off is all that works. Then reboots to the same exclamation. I tried flashing both the Khasmek kernel and rom via Heimdall, which reports succuess, but im am still at the same exclamation. Am i bricked?
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Big PROBLEM. Everything was great with the Rom and overclocked kernel. Then the force close acore happened so much, i thought i would perform a restore. But did it through Rom Manager instead of CW recovery. Well Rom Manager threw me into the original android recovery? and it will not allow me to do anything. I get the white triangle with exclamation, when i touch the home button it gos to the Android sytem recovery screen instantly, but does not allow any functions. Push and hold power off is all that works. Then reboots to the same exclamation. I tried flashing both the Khasmek kernel and rom via Heimdall, which reports succuess, but im am still at the same exclamation. Am i bricked?
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Can you get into download mode??? if so you not bricked.. voodoo mod was very glitchy for me, when i flashed overcome rom to my verzion tab.. i couldnt wipe anything i got that same screen with the triangle and not matter what i was doing it would go back voodoo cmw options then triangle. so finally i reflashed back to stock then booted into original recovery and wiped from there, both data and cahce. i was able to boot back up into android, from there i reflashed voodoo recovery and oc kernel and then was finallly able to use my nandroid back up.
stay away from rom manager, just power down the device to get into recovery or download mode. with the device off hold down power button and volume down button and yellow triangle should appear then flash back to stock... your gonna have to reboot into recovery after stock flash, and wipe both data and cache this should get you back up and running.
Its just getting ugly. Wont even power down. when i push and hold power off, just turns back on into the triangle exclamation, again, touch the home button and im in stock recovery screen with the exclamation still on that screen too. I can scroll up and down with volume, but when i push power to select nothing happens. Yes, i can get into download, like i said, ive reflashed everything successfully, according to heimdall, but nothings changed, just boots back into triangle page.
well,
i got lucky this time. found the original vzw files and installed them via heimdall. Seems to have taken me past the problem. Wow, that was scary
rspong said:
well,
i got lucky this time. found the original vzw files and installed them via heimdall. Seems to have taken me past the problem. Wow, that was scary
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yea man i got freaked out too.. i had the same problem with powering down, i just kept holding the power button down finally it shutdown.did u get the msg saying back button is disabled. then a few seconds later back button is enabled, while in voodoo recovery?? how did u make out with the nandroid backup?? i got my to work after reflashing back to stock and then reflashing v3 kernel and vooodoo recovery..
Khasmek has a thread for the rom.. why not just post in there? This if not there would belong in q&a
rspong said:
well,
i got lucky this time. found the original vzw files and installed them via heimdall. Seems to have taken me past the problem. Wow, that was scary
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Where did you find the vzw files? Can you send them to me?
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NomaSS said:
Where did you find the vzw files? Can you send them to me?
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Nevermind google found it sorry :/
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NomaSS said:
Nevermind google found it sorry :/
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Google found them WHERE? I've been searching for hours. I need original VZW VCast files back so ECO2 script won't crash when it tries to update them.
Update... I never did find the VZW files with Google Search, but the fix here in this thread restores everything back to stock including all the VZW bloatware. The fix works like a charm, by the way, for completely restoring the Tab back to stock.
Well i rebooted today and when i turned the phone back omn i kept getting android.process.acore has stopped working over and over again so i cannot use my phone.
I tried booting the phone to recovery but it just freezes on the LG logo i help down the down volume button and held the power button to do this, i installed clockworkmod using the rom manager and it worked fine then why isnt it working now wtf use is a recovery if it doesnt work when its needed.
I was using the stock rom v10d.
Ok just as i posted that i managed to get into the recovery but there isnt much i can do to fix an issue that came from absolutely no where, i tried clearing the dalvik cache and fixing permissions and then rebooted and now i dont get that process.acore force close but now there is no writing on any of my menu options at all my icons look wrong and also have no writing on them.
Well, if any attempt for recovering the phone the working state fails, you should be able to download a program called nvflash and flash original rom again Just look around here, you'll find everything you need
yeah try this here, think it fixes 99.9% of problems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007825&highlight=nvflash
Try the wipe data option in CWM.
Rusty! said:
Try the wipe data option in CWM.
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That wipes the rom doesnt it? how would that help?
I used smartflash and flashed the stock rom again. Not sure if i should root again error like this happened on my old htc dream only after root. All i wanted with root was to remove some of the crap lg apps like car home the weather thing that keeps connecting online without asking me and to install ad free to save bandwidth but noooo phone must have the equivalent of a bsod and die.
No, it wipes /data
eraldo said:
Well i rebooted today and when i turned the phone back omn i kept getting android.process.acore has stopped working over and over again so i cannot use my phone.
I tried booting the phone to recovery but it just freezes on the LG logo i help down the down volume button and held the power button to do this, i installed clockworkmod using the rom manager and it worked fine then why isnt it working now wtf use is a recovery if it doesnt work when its needed.
I was using the stock rom v10d.
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just like few others said use nvflash. also be careful what you freeze or root uninstall. The lg crap u may think u don't need might be a hooked to the kernel or may have a dependent process.
just flash your rom again wouldve been an easier fix i guess.
eniux said:
just flash your rom again wouldve been an easier fix i guess.
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I used smartflash and flashed the stock rom again. Not sure if i should root again error like this happened on my old htc dream only after root. All i wanted with root was to remove some of the crap lg apps like car home the weather thing that keeps connecting online without asking me and to install ad free to save bandwidth but noooo phone must have the equivalent of a bsod and die.
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If you read my post you would have read thats exactly what i did, i just wanted to avoid doing that because id lose all my data and i did...
Hi, My note is stuck at boot screen after the official OTA update. I tried googling but most seems to pertain to Rooted/flashed phones.
Mine is a new note which has not been rooted at all in the past. I downloaded to OTA update and it has been stuck at the bootscreen for the past few hours.
Any help appreciated!
1. Try pulling out the battery for a few minutes.
2. Boot into recovery mode and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
should i also wipe the data/factory reset in recovery mode?
No. God forbid, then you might end up with a superbrick
Thanks for your help
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Unable to enter recovery mode
Hey I got similar problem, my phone gets stuck at Samsung logo screen. I am unable to enter recovery mode. When it shows android update screen after pressing recovery mode combination, my phone restarts.
Is there anyway I can get back normal mode without losing data on phone
indianphoenix said:
Hey I got similar problem, my phone gets stuck at Samsung logo screen. I am unable to enter recovery mode. When it shows android update screen after pressing recovery mode combination, my phone restarts.
Is there anyway I can get back normal mode without losing data on phone
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Keep them pressed for 3 seconds more then you end up to recovery. They need to be pressed while booting the device from reboot or off state, then you will end up in recovery or download mode.
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Yesterday, I received an OTA on my galaxy note and now it is also stuck in boot screen with the breathing samsung logo.
I tried to go into recovery mode using the 3 button combo, but it wouldnt enter into recovery mode. I get the green android logo with wire mesh and the phone reboots.
Can someone help me to boot my phone?
Got mine backup and running after OTA update gave me Samsung logo freeze issue
So after the 7MB OTA stability patch mine too was stuck on samsung logo.
Kies wouldn't recover it and putting into download mode or recovery mode didn't help. I too tried to go into recovery mode using the 3 button combo, but it wouldnt enter into recovery mode. I get the green android logo with wire mesh and the phone reboots but i didn't at the time try for 3 more seconds.
I then used ODIN and applied a downloaded Aussie Gingerbread ROM as i couldn't find Aussie ICS ROM. With my plan to do a Kies/wifi update to ICS. This caused acore and other processes to crash every few seconds. I then did a factory reset which got it stable and then tried to update to ICS but the phone said there were no updates available. Then I applied the international ICS using ODIN so i'm back were i was two days ago before the stupid 7MB patch.
Unfortunately, I don't think i can get anymore OTA updates but after the 7MB one i don't think i want to.
Long story short i think you should be able to go into recovery mode do a factory reset and it should be OK.
bigwalabig said:
Hi, My note is stuck at boot screen after the official OTA update. I tried googling but most seems to pertain to Rooted/flashed phones.
Mine is a new note which has not been rooted at all in the past. I downloaded to OTA update and it has been stuck at the bootscreen for the past few hours.
Any help appreciated!
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U can download stock ics and flash it through pc odin. Cheers.
Press 3 combo button to enter download mode and plug ur cable data once u have open pc odin with downloaded rom on pda :beer:
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ODIN voids warranty?
I have the same issue after receiving 7MB OTA update. I am unable to go into recovery mode(same green robot and wire mesh etc...), so i am going to use ODIN method... but will flashing stock ROM using ODIN void my warranty?? I am not rooted.
Thanks.
vinit.the.one said:
I have the same issue after receiving 7MB OTA update. I am unable to go into recovery mode(same green robot and wire mesh etc...), so i am going to use ODIN method... but will flashing stock ROM using ODIN void my warranty?? I am not rooted.
Thanks.
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To flash yoi have to root...which voids warranty
But not to worry
Check the videos in my sig...it will explain how to succesfully unroot and get back to normal :good:
Rulinglionadi said:
To flash yoi have to root...which voids warranty
But not to worry
Check the videos in my sig...it will explain how to succesfully unroot and get back to normal :good:
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Thanks.... but this is my aunt's phone, so rooting is not an option. I use HTC Hero... and we have RUU which we run on the PC and everything is restored to stock.... it removes root if you have it and also runs without root. Is there anything similar for samsung devices?
Also, now I am considering going for warranty repair... didnt want to do that at first as i have a really bad experience with HTC service centers... now lets see what samsung does..!!
Same problem here please find a fix!!
Rulinglionadi said:
To flash yoi have to root...which voids warranty
But not to worry
Check the videos in my sig...it will explain how to succesfully unroot and get back to normal :good:
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You don't need root to flash stock with PC Odin, and flashing any stock does not affect warranty. To use Odin you need phone in download mode (vol down, home and power until reboot into download)
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SOLVED!
vinit.the.one said:
I have the same issue after receiving 7MB OTA update. I am unable to go into recovery mode(same green robot and wire mesh etc...), so i am going to use ODIN method... but will flashing stock ROM using ODIN void my warranty?? I am not rooted.
Thanks.
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Just flash it using the same os version you already have installed in my case I had the same problem with this little ota update and I've just flash it with the same ics version that was installed and my phone was back with all my stuff and rooted... once you finish doing the re flash you'll get an on screen message saying "Fail to update try using samsung kies on your computer" or something like that...
Thanks... but I went for warranty repair .. and I got it back in 2 hours..... unfortunately I lost all my data .. even on external partition. Now it is on ICS and still I have a notification for available update ... which I wont do.
Anyone has had success with that update?
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Hey guys,
I just recently got a refurb Droid 3 after my old one had the backlight go out, I hand't had a chance to bootstrap it and put ICS on it. But I was able to get it rooted. I restarted my phone today and ever since it has been stuck at the M logo screen and I've tried everything I can find to remedy this.
I updated this morning to the most recent OTA update (5.7.906 I believe) and then rooted it.
To fix the issue I've tried a few different things. I tried Pete's SBF to 5.7.890 but I was getting an error about the cbt.bin file. I found that with the recent changed to 5.7.906 you aren't able to directly flash over it to go back to 5.7.890. I then found another post on here which had a script to go back to 5.7.890 from 5.7.906. I ran that and still had the same result.
Any other ideas or anything that I am missing?
I can get into fastboot, I've been using the scripts with moto-fastboot. Normal boot is just leaving me at the M logo, booting into recovery yields the same result.
Any help would be appreciated since I have no clue what else I can do at this point...
seems like a soft brick... should be fixable...
With the phone off, hold me, then the power button... then go down to BT TOOLS and select it ( volume up is the select button _ so when u do that it doesnt go to it?
try following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336980
heres a download link
http://minus.com/lbkaxv58pO5MDp
Juicy555 said:
seems like a soft brick... should be fixable...
With the phone off, hold me, then the power button... then go down to BT TOOLS and select it ( volume up is the select button _ so when u do that it doesnt go to it?
try following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336980
heres a download link
http://minus.com/lbkaxv58pO5MDp
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I don't have a BT Tools selection. I do have BP Tools though. I selected it and it just sits there on the M logo as well...
I've tried a few of Pete's scripts with no luck so far (worked on the old Droid 3 when I put it back to stock before shipping it back).
Juicy555 said:
seems like a soft brick... should be fixable...
With the phone off, hold me, then the power button... then go down to BT TOOLS and select it ( volume up is the select button _ so when u do that it doesnt go to it?
try following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336980
heres a download link
http://minus.com/lbkaxv58pO5MDp
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Gave the one that you linked a try, get "Preflash validation failure" for Recovery and Boot.
Any other ideas?
imperpetual said:
Gave the one that you linked a try, get "Preflash validation failure" for Recovery and Boot.
Any other ideas?
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it will not flash if your phone is not charged to at least 50%.. make sure its charged...
Juicy555 said:
it will not flash if your phone is not charged to at least 50%.. make sure its charged...
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It is charged. When it's not charged it gives the "LOW BATTERY" error.
click the link in my signature
and follow the directions in my thread and you will be fine
you updated your phone to. 906 all of the older sbf's wont work..but mine will as it is specifically for. 906
ovelayer said:
click the link in my signature
and follow the directions in my thread and you will be fine
you updated your phone to. 906 all of the older sbf's wont work..but mine will as it is specifically for. 906
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Your 1 Click SBF ran fine and completed without errors but I'm still getting the same result, stuck at M logo.
Is there something I could be missing which is making it not boot that most SBFs don't include? That's the only thing I can think of at this point.
imperpetual said:
Your 1 Click SBF ran fine and completed without errors but I'm still getting the same result, stuck at M logo.
Is there something I could be missing which is making it not boot that most SBFs don't include? That's the only thing I can think of at this point.
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okay right after you use the 1click sbf
go HERE
download the. 906 update
place it on your external sdcard..
reboot into STOCK recovery and install the update
reboot
try that
ovelayer said:
okay right after you use the 1click sbf
go HERE
download the. 906 update
place it on your external sdcard..
reboot into STOCK recovery and install the update
reboot
try that
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I'm fairly certain that could work, if I could ever get into the Stock recovery....I'm not able to boot into anything. Going to try a few other things, if nothing else works I'll just take it in and see if I can get yet another warranty replacement.
Thanks for the responses, if you have any other ideas just let me know.
I think the main thing that needs to be addressed is that I need to be able to get into recovery and then I will be set to fix it. Right now it just sits at the M logo for Recovery (and any other options from the boot menu).
Well guys i was having problems as most of you guys saw on the the unoffical TOT thread but thanks to @autoprime for mentioning LG UP i was finally been able to get past status 2
Disclaimer:
I am not responsible with what happens to your device when using this program.
DO NOT TRY TO FLASH BACK TO ZV5/ZV4 OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
ATTENTION: DO NOT TRY TO FLASH BACK FROM ZVB TO ZVA OR BELOW BECAUSE OF A NEW ANTIROLL BACK PATCH.. AGAIN IF YOU DO YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE
Requriements:
-LG UP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/lgup-install-kdz-mm-lp-t3249803
- TOT Files:
Android Lolipop 5.1 ZV6 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g4/development/restore-sprint-lg-ls991-zv6-tot-t3213196
- Micro USB cable from phone to pc and Drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/lg-g4-drivers-t3127648
Steps to downgrade
1. First download and install LG UP from the thread BOTH MSI files.
2. Now put your phone into download mode via holding down the volume + and plugging it in to the usb.
3. Fire up LG UP and at first it may say UNKNOWN on the window so what you wanna do is disconnect and reconnect wait a few seconds and it should work.
4. Now it should say LS991 and select it and click ok
5. Now on the window select your ZV6 TOT FILE and select UPGRADE
6. On the bottom of the window there should be three dots click on them and find your tot file.
7. Click start.
8. After that your phone should start progressing
9, Should restart and work.
10. If it dosent make sure you factory reset!! (Hold down volume down and the power button and power then go the factory reset and wipe it)
To fix status 2 error
Thanks to @autoprime
1. flash zv6 and get stuck at blue screen.
2. power off phone and close lgup.
3. boot into download mode again.
4. this time.. instead of using LGUP.. use LG Flash method.
5. make sure you set LG Flash to use "Board DL" at the bottom of the screen where u select dll and tot.
6. should be able to flash either zv6 or zv9 using LG Flash (with Board DL option).
Glad you finally got it figured out...I must have gotten really lucky as I also got the dreaded 2 the first time but after uninstalling and reinstalling everything I was able to get around it...I am bookmarking this for future reference. Thanks again for your and @autoprime work.
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Thank you! You are a savior! I'll try to do it once I get home and update my post.
Finally, a sigh of relief. My phone is back from the dead!
Just tried this and it still didn't fix status 2. I get the error, but instead of continuing on the phone, it stops. It just hangs at 0%. I guess I may be sending this phone into LG (praying that they will fix it). I cannot afford a new one.
I have status 2 still.
ironbesterer said:
Just tried this and it still didn't fix status 2. I get the error, but instead of continuing on the phone, it stops. It just hangs at 0%. I guess I may be sending this phone into LG (praying that they will fix it). I cannot afford a new one.
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Weird well I DONT remember what I exactly did sorry guys
Got my phone working did the steps 1-7 above but used zv6, then I went back to the flash tool and used the zv9 tot, board dl and it went through swimmingly.
Im going to update everyone that you CANNOT FLADH BACK TO Z5 OR ELSE YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
Where does the ZV9 tot file come from?
just got the ota notice this morning. i assuming its MM. is it pretty simple to downgrade back to zv6 (what phone came with stock). u have used lg up for fix bad flash but not comfortable with the lg flash method. aka open a comand window in lg root folder (method) is there a another flash method in case i get this "error 2"
thanks in advance.
So, tried downgrading to ZV6 from ZV9 and get stuck on Sprint boot image looping. Any suggestions on how to get it to boot correctly?
Has anyone successful downgraded back to ZV6 from ZV9?
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Im going to update everyone that you CANNOT FLADH BACK TO Z5 OR ELSE YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
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So to be clear did you had ZV9 and did a successful downgrade to ZV6 using your steps??
Well, yes, kind of painful since I got stock on the Sprint Spark boot image (no boot loop, just the image) . So the painful part is that I needed to do a factory reset from factory recovery (lost everything )... but it then went ok.
surge27 said:
So, tried downgrading to ZV6 from ZV9 and get stuck on Sprint boot image looping. Any suggestions on how to get it to boot correctly?
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Factory reset
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Factory reset
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That did it. Can confirm it works, followed all steps in the downgrade section and effectively it got stuck on the Sprint Spark image, had to go into recovery mode, select wipedata/factory reset and reboot phone. Im back from ZV9 to ZV6.
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Factory reset
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Worked for me too...on ZV6 now and going back to UltraPop.
Already have stock mm. Can I still root it? Where do I go? I'm fine with zv9. Or has root not been figured out yet..
worked. downgraded stuck on spark, then factory reset. working and updating as we speak
thank you
I have been able to flash back wards and forth using both flashing tech. Using LG UP and the old flashing way. Don't know why it worked but it did. Also pulled out as soon as the phone hit 100%.