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YAI (Yet Another Idiot) with "bricked" phone

Ok I feel so stupid.
I read about the issues that if you uninstall the LG Home screen you need to have another home screen installed. Which I had. everything was fine and the I got some issues (for example market crashed) so I decided to do a reset.
When it came around and I started the installation guide, it said that the installation guide has crashed and phone reboots to lg logo.
I though the phone had a untouched rom-file that it could revert to but I guess not.
So what to do? I've managed a couple of times to start android and connect the usb but since I only get mass storage mode there's not much I can do...
I've also tried to use the lg software updater but since it's the same version (and you can't reinstall the current firmware) it stops there.
I read some about odin for samsung phone, can I use that or any similar tools?
thanks

Forget vendor software from other than LG! They are incompatible with your phone.
Your phone is not bricked. With a real brick your phone will be nearly dead.
You can try to download SDK Tools from here (you only need the SDK Tools, not all of the SDK or the APIs)
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Install/Extract SDK Tools. You also need USB driver from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953182
Then connect phone to your PC and search for adb.
Try this command:
adb shell
(it opens a linux shell on your phone)
Does it connect to your phone?
When yes, your chances are pretty big to restore your phone.
Type
exit
to get out of the shell.
I advise you to read this thread because it covers your problem pretty much:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992945
Sorry, I cannot give you more help because I'm also not an expert with restoring system parts.

Thanks I've read the threads regarding deleted home screen but the problem is that I can't get the phone in USB debugging mode and therefor I can't use adb...

Have you tried hard reset? (Power + volume down)
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Yes I have.

I would try the fastboot method
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how do you fastboot lg p990?

I have no idea, and am at work now so i can't really search for it
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If you have a kdz file (there's one available for the O2X in this forum), and get the phone into emergency mode you may probably have an alternative option to consider. Feel free to look at the following thread. The O2X will use the same LG updating software:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883314
Just make sure not to use a P500 rom!
On an Optimus P500 it's Vol+Back and then power on in order to get it into emergency mode, however I haven't managed to do it on the O2x.
Hope you get it working
//Dave

Hi I've tried all day with both lg utils and with KDZ_FW_UPD_EN, none seems to work.
I reset it so that I can enter the guide but I when I press exit or go throuh with the guide "The application Setup Wizard (process com.android.setupwizard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again" and then it exit to lg logo... I can access the notification bar and enter wifi settings and some other things but I can't get to the usb menu. anyone know a "backdoor" to get to phone settings from activation screen?

Perhaps nvflash is the solution.
Someone with a working stock 2x could dump the rom using nvflash, and you could flash it?
Poul O'Brien has confirmed nvflash works on the 2x, haven't tried it myself though.
http://twitter.com/#!/PaulOBrien/status/48431249517314050
Edit: hmm, nvflash only identifies my gfxcard, guess i'm doing something wrong...

join us on our irc channel.
we're working on a recovery which could help you fix the problem. all we need is a little more information from somebody who acutally has a phone

londahl said:
Perhaps nvflash is the solution.
Someone with a working stock 2x could dump the rom using nvflash, and you could flash it?
Poul O'Brien has confirmed nvflash works on the 2x, haven't tried it myself though.
http://twitter.com/#!/PaulOBrien/status/48431249517314050
Edit: hmm, nvflash only identifies my gfxcard, guess i'm doing something wrong...
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Wrong nvflash.

You can still get it into nvflash mode and then flash cwm. A guide to getting into nvflash mode was posted on the MoDaCo site.
Paul will release cwm later today.
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA Premium App

FISKER_Q said:
Wrong nvflash.
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Doh! Absolutely right your are.
But with cwm, rom and all that coming today, i guess using that will be the right choice anyway

ok,it is right way.
Sent from my LG-SU660 using XDA App

A fix for toasted devices - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007825
P

yes I got mine working again, thanks a lot Paul! you saved my day (phone)

LG P990 thinks it's P999

Hi,
I followed al instructions to restore an LG P999 that was an big mistake, im trying for hours to get it back to p990 but any flash method failed (Nv Flash won't connect with my phone by holding correct buttons) every custom rom for p990 fails to install.
I really don't now what to do anymore. Hope you guys can help (Ooh and i can't find nvflash rescue toolkit)

sorry
sorry i placed it in the wrong forum.

Nielsszz said:
Hi,
I followed al instructions to restore an LG P999 that was an big mistake, im trying for hours to get it back to p990 but any flash method failed (Nv Flash won't connect with my phone by holding correct buttons) every custom rom for p990 fails to install.
I really don't now what to do anymore. Hope you guys can help (Ooh and i can't find nvflash rescue toolkit)
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Weird.. you tried NVflash but can't find it.... yaaaaah
Phone is just hardware... you make it P990 by flashing compatible rom with this hardware. what key combination are you using ? some phone need battery in or out too.
Please decribe more. WHat you have? what can you operate? We can'rt jhelp you if you ddidn;t want to help yourself by talking us thin things.

Make sure u have the LG drivers installed and refer to the following thread for how to NVflash, u may have missed a step or the NVflash drivers are not installed. [ROM] 25 Mar: NVflash stock ROM release: v10b dated 1300166062 (15/03/2011)

First try to re flash a baseband.... Then go with nvflash

I managed to fix it, a link what helped me is in my other thread in the Q & A sector (the right one )
Thank you guys!

Bad baseband and ? battery

i got my hands on what i though was initially a g2x p999 with a bad baseband and ? in the battery symbol. i've unbricked a lot of those in the past so i figured this one was no different. after a couple failed attempts i finally figured out i have a p990 o2x.
i was told in the g2x section that the steps to restore are the same but with a different kdz file.
is this true? if so what is the latest kdz for the o2x?
oh, and will the o2x work in the states on tmo?

blackbeasst said:
i got my hands on what i though was initially a g2x p999 with a bad baseband and ? in the battery symbol. i've unbricked a lot of those in the past so i figured this one was no different. after a couple failed attempts i finally figured out i have a p990 o2x.
i was told in the g2x section that the steps to restore are the same but with a different kdz file.
is this true? if so what is the latest kdz for the o2x?
oh, and will the o2x work in the states on tmo?
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first I would advise to check that it is a P990 (O2X) and not a G2X.
then you have to smartflash a Baseband...do you have the software upgrade screen when you press the volume+ and volume- buttons simultaneously when you connect to your laptop?if yes, that means you can have the flashing of BB directly. you dont need the kdz method. if your answer is no, then you will have to go through the kdz method.
the latest version depends on the region....presently the most popular ones in GB are V20S.
if you can switch on the device and it works, just try the LG update tool and LG support will de the rest. then if you need, you can root the device and then CWM and all that can follow.
I would advice that you should start with the LG update tool.....(if your device starts normally)
Hope it helps you

SREEPRAJAY said:
first I would advise to check that it is a P990 (O2X) and not a G2X.
then you have to smartflash a Baseband...do you have the software upgrade screen when you press the volume+ and volume- buttons simultaneously when you connect to your laptop?if yes, that means you can have the flashing of BB directly. you dont need the kdz method. if your answer is no, then you will have to go through the kdz method.
the latest version depends on the region....presently the most popular ones in GB are V20S.
if you can switch on the device and it works, just try the LG update tool and LG support will de the rest. then if you need, you can root the device and then CWM and all that can follow.
I would advice that you should start with the LG update tool.....(if your device starts normally)
Hope it helps you
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i got it working late yesterday.
yeah i knew something was up when the normal g2x flashes weren't working. so i looked at the sticker under the battery, like i should have to begin with, and saw the p990!
all is well with it now........except i see that the o2x does not have 4g capabilities?

That's right. No 4g. It does have quad band, though, so your device will work in the US.
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda premium

[Q] S/W Upgrade to ICS fail

Hi, today i tried to update my LG Optimus 2x to ICS through LG Update service. but middle of the update it stopped and said the phone is not supported how come? and now the logo "S/W please wait while upgrading" is showing and doesnt disappear have restarted and again again but nothing works.
So know its stuck on the S/W logo and i really want to update to ICS.
Please I need help fast
Thank you in advance

Update using smartflash, it's easier.

Smartflash to update to ICS
rashn said:
Update using smartflash, it's easier.
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But how? i dont the steps . do you know? if so please post

have you tried searching the Optimus 2x Android Development section? You will find there all the answers and if something isn't clear the ask in the proper thread/section. good luck!

ICS
okay, i looked through some and found a solution, but there is still a problem.
Solution was using smartflash, and i've done everything right but when smartflash doesnt detect the mobile, and yes apx was correctly installed according to the instruction.. how do i make smartflash to detect my phone?
Thanks

its not too dificult to find permanent second thread in development section. and there is multifunctional solution for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020737

Hello, this exact same thing happened to me, don't worry, your phone isn't dead.
First you might wanna recover your phone so you can calm down a little by knowing that your phone is alright. To do that you have to look at the LG logo that appear when trying to turn on the phone, if it's white with white letters, you are on Gingerbread partition, if it's Red (kinda of pink) with white letters, then you have the ICS partition.
As soon as you see that, you have to download from this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969797 a toolkit that will recover your phone so you can use it again. If you saw a white LG logo, then download the Gingerbread version of the toolkit, if you saw a red logo, then download the ICS version of the toolkit. To recover your phone just follow the instructions in that post and in the program.
After that, you can relax a little by know that your phone is ok. Know you might want to try using Smartflash to upgrade your phone to ICS.

I also had problems, when using Smartflash do update the files 1 by 1, mine stopped halfway through.
Still having wifi problems though

1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020737
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007968 (Alternative: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038868)

[Q] 6 Hours later = Brick... Official LG ICS [SOLVED]

Hey everyone.
I have the LG Thrill (P925) from AT&T. I'm used to changing roms and trying new things.
Well today I get a text from AT&T saying ICS is out, so I go and download the LG Mobile Support Tool
like the text says. The first few times don't work. I got stuck at the LG boot logo. (I didn't wipe the phone before.)
So I wait an hour to 1.5 hours. Still nothing. I try again and search the forums while I wait. Someone says to try using XP.
So I try in XP mode under Win 7. Everything is going well up until 90%. It does the whole driver disconnected sound as per normal
but then it happens. My phone starts up and shows the LG logo for 3/4ths of a second and then restarts (Black screen for 2 seconds) and
then repeats the whole process over again. What can I do?
(EDIT: Almost forgot: I was on CM7 when I tried to go to Official ICS)
All from the official LG tool...
SOLVED
After trying a few things I held the Volume up button and the power button to get it recognized by the computer. Then
I found a different copy of the LG Mobile support tool than what was on their site. I used the recovery phone option and it worked!
Hopefully this will help someone. I'll post where I got the tool soon.

Could you please give a link or tell me where you got the other lg mobile support tool. Because everything was going good for me and my phone restarted after it was done updating. But when it restarted it got hung up at the att animation and it just stays there... The way I got the official lg mobile support tool to recognize my phone was to put it into download mode also.

I got the KDZ_Flashing_Software.zip from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191698
Install the msxml from the zip then you can use the B2CAppSetup program.
Hope it helps.
uberlight25 said:
Could you please give a link or tell me where you got the other lg mobile support tool. Because everything was going good for me and my phone restarted after it was done updating. But when it restarted it got hung up at the att animation and it just stays there... The way I got the official lg mobile support tool to recognize my phone was to put it into download mode also.
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uberlight25 said:
Could you please give a link or tell me where you got the other lg mobile support tool. Because everything was going good for me and my phone restarted after it was done updating. But when it restarted it got hung up at the att animation and it just stays there... The way I got the official lg mobile support tool to recognize my phone was to put it into download mode also.
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Did these suggestions work for you? I'm in the same spot (frozen at&t logo). I've tried recovery phone several times to no avail. Trying one last time hoping for a miracle.
I was running a acidhazardrom gingerbread rom before attempting to update to latest official ICS. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

byetimmy said:
Did these suggestions work for you? I'm in the same spot (frozen at&t logo). I've tried recovery phone several times to no avail. Trying one last time hoping for a miracle.
I was running a acidhazardrom gingerbread rom before attempting to update to latest official ICS. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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You should probably boot into stock recovery....do it the same way you boot into CWM .....and do all the wipes it should boot then

malebornin69 said:
You should probably boot into stock recovery....do it the same way you boot into CWM .....and do all the wipes it should boot then
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I only got to a menu to wipe my device once. I tried many times and the time I got to it it only had one option which didn't seem to help.
byetimmy: Did you try using the tool I suggested in my post?

Jackelope said:
I only got to a menu to wipe my device once. I tried many times and the time I got to it it only had one option which didn't seem to help.
byetimmy: Did you try using the tool I suggested in my post?
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I found out what I did wrong. I didn't uninstall the version of the LG Support Tool before using the one specified in your first post. I removed the original LG support tool and used the one you found and it worked.
Thanks for your help.

byetimmy said:
I found out what I did wrong. I didn't uninstall the version of the LG Support Tool before using the one specified in your first post. I removed the original LG support tool and used the one you found and it worked.
Thanks for your help.
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Glad to help.

I know it's something I did, probably the custom image I had running, but the LG Support Tool totally borked my phone. My Thrill would only stay on for a split second, and would continuously boot cycle when plugged into USB. The boot cycle was so fast that half the time it wouldn't even get to the LG logo!
Fixed it with fastboot (omap4boot) and SmartFlash Tool. What a nightmare. Only good thing is I was able to flash from BIN file directly to ICS.

PyroTech76 said:
I know it's something I did, probably the custom image I had running, but the LG Support Tool totally borked my phone. My Thrill would only stay on for a split second, and would continuously boot cycle when plugged into USB. The boot cycle was so fast that half the time it wouldn't even get to the LG logo!
Fixed it with fastboot (omap4boot) and SmartFlash Tool. What a nightmare. Only good thing is I was able to flash from BIN file directly to ICS.
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Thanks for your help too. Obviously these issues stem from the fact that we used custom roms on the Thrill. It doesn't help that the LG Tools are complete software crap.

byetimmy said:
Did these suggestions work for you? I'm in the same spot (frozen at&t logo). I've tried recovery phone several times to no avail. Trying one last time hoping for a miracle.
I was running a acidhazardrom gingerbread rom before attempting to update to latest official ICS. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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I encountered the same problem as you.
LG Support Tool too bad.
maybe I will update the rom using the bin file.

guys please help! i was running on ICS(official)...... i tried fixing kernel key with OS hacking method and now the phone is bricked!i can still access CWM though! when i use the LG mobile support tool, it gets stuck here

PyroTech76 said:
I know it's something I did, probably the custom image I had running, but the LG Support Tool totally borked my phone. My Thrill would only stay on for a split second, and would continuously boot cycle when plugged into USB. The boot cycle was so fast that half the time it wouldn't even get to the LG logo!
Fixed it with fastboot (omap4boot) and SmartFlash Tool. What a nightmare. Only good thing is I was able to flash from BIN file directly to ICS.
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how and where did you get the files to do that? im stuck at the lg screen after trying to do the ics update

spinks420 said:
how and where did you get the files to do that? im stuck at the lg screen after trying to do the ics update
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From this thread I used "omap4boot-for_optimus-v1.21"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33628316&postcount=1
Good luck my LG Thrill brethren!

PyroTech76 said:
From this thread I used "omap4boot-for_optimus-v1.21"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33628316&postcount=1
Good luck my LG Thrill brethren!
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noope still stuck at the lg screen