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Soo i just bought a LG Optimus 2x speed.
This is what i did:
- I Charged it fully
- I installed LG software, drivers etc
- I plugged the phone in the computer
- It said new software available, so i pressed update
- It said update failed, please remove battery and put it in again, turn it on and press try again
But everytime I do it fails! Now it's stuk in update mode!
Anybody please anybody got a fix for this?
Root it and install cm7 on it
Or try the ota update function (settings>about>updates (i think))
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eniux said:
Root it and install cm7 on it
Or try the ota update function (settings>about>updates (i think))
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I think you misunderstood, it's stuk in sofware-update mode! I can't do anything
I had the same thing. I tried everything and nothing seemed to work. Then I found an application called Smart Flash, I don't know how this program works out what to do with it, but I kept pushing done buttons and suddenly there was some kind of reaction on my PC and after I removed the battery and replaced it again the phone was back in recovery mode. the next problem was that there was no more OS to run. But the pc was able to find the phone again so I downloaded some mod and the problem was fixed.
So you need to google for Smart Flash.
The file is called: LGOptimus2x_smartflash.zip
Check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1058254-p-23.html
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I fixed it with flashing a firmware file from this thread!
Though i'm dissapointed in LG with the bad bad bad computer software
I've bought a LG P990 today, the seller told me he had put the cyanogenmod on it but it wasn't very stable, en he couldn't get the stock back on it, so he sold it to me for a fair price.
I thought i 'll put it back to stock en i'll have a great phone!!
so i tried to flash it, but the phone wont even start, when i push the volume up and down buttons the computer recogniced it, but i can't get the apx driver installed (not on win 7 + win XP) now i'm stuck........
can some one give me a hand with this? is there a way to fix this or am i screwed sorry for the bad english. please help!
search for nvflash, if nothing else works this will.
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i've already doen that, but then I'll need to install the APX driver, and that is the part where i am getting stuck. any suggestions?
anyone please!!
thats the driver on the pc? if so, what exactly is the problem?
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I put the volume buttons down en connect the usb cable - the message 'usb device isn't recognize' - then i go to devicemanager - there is a "!" bij unkown USB device - left mouse click and point to where i stored the driver - but then i get the message" best driver already installed.
this is where i'am now - is there another way to recover the phone maybe with program on sd card or something?
the phone itself doesn't do a thing - screen black - no flashing lights, no nothing
am i doing something wrong? or is it really bricked?
i think you need a different driver for your device... here you can find the driver that i use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953182
and you might also need the NVFlash drivers that is found here http://android.modaco.com/topic/335...k-rom-release-v10b-dated-1300166062-15032011/
tnx for the reply, but i have already have these drivers..(the lg driver that i've installed i newer though, does that makes a diffrent?)
I also talked to the guy i've got the fone from; he said that he accedently must have whipped te phone memory, is this irreversible?
and i've tried on a other desktop computer with win xp proffesional! (usb on the back) can it be that there is no apx driver on the phone? is there another way to connect and flash?
BasB said:
tnx for the reply, but i have already have these drivers..(the lg driver that i've installed i newer though, does that makes a diffrent?)
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yes that makes a difference, the one from LG does not work
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installed the 3.2 version, but stll the sam result; Device unknown. I've also tried the flah.bat but nu usb device found.....
other suggestions? anyone?
If he had cyanogen on it have you check if it has flash recovery?
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i can't check it, because the phone won"t start - screen stays black.
OK u will have to check where the phone is corrupted. When you switch it on does the LG boot screen start?
I think your phone is bricked. I had almost the same problem with motorola milestone. I bought phone with software failure. Seller was saying that he tried to update phone and it hanged so he sells it. I thought i will flash it and have a great phone. But I tried all of flashing, recovering methods and nothing... I took phone to phone service and they said that phone's motherboard is broken... So I sold it for parts and now I have LG optimus 2x. thats my story It hink you should talk with seller for more details. Also you can try to contact lg customer service. Maybe they can help you
I think that u should try on fresh win7 instalation.Put O2x in DL-mode and connect with computer.
Bricked Lg P990
You need to get the Nvidia driver for APX
Attached below:
Bricked Lg P990
Sorry Type in this in google and you will be directed to the download site for zippyshare.com
2x-nvflashdrivers.zip
Best thing to do I think is to try flashing recovery. Yu can Google on flashing recovery it's pretty simple. Yu will be halfway there once yu can get your phone in recovery mode.
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Excuse me,
My optimus black (2.3.4, not rooted) while connecting to the computer through usb cable, i cant surf any web or do anything that are related to the internet... so when i was trying to root my phone with unlock root, my phone cant be rooted...
Can someone tell me a way to solve it? Or any methods to root my phone???
Thank you in advance for paying attention
The only way to root gingerbread is trough smartflashtool
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thx
thanks and i will try it now
dear experts,
recently i've rooted my lg optimus black, installed clockworkmod and instaled a custom ROM, this one was too buggy, so i decided to install another one, while it was installing, the connection was lost, and my phone now only has half of the software installed and doesn't turn on.
it is not showing any signs of life, no bootlogo, no less-black background, and i can't get it in s/w mode.
used smartflash.
i hope someone can help getting a ROM on it.
erikslegers said:
dear experts,
recently i've rooted my lg optimus black, installed clockworkmod and instaled a custom ROM, this one was too buggy, so i decided to install another one, while it was installing, the connection was lost, and my phone now only has half of the software installed and doesn't turn on.
it is not showing any signs of life, no bootlogo, no less-black background, and i can't get it in s/w mode.
used smartflash.
i hope someone can help getting a ROM on it.
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Oh. I understand your situation. Go over to the nearest LG Service centre and inform about your phone not working. Explain to them that you were using LG's software update tool to update your phone. From there, they will fix your phone.
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brunomars said:
Oh. I understand your situation. Go over to the nearest LG Service centre and inform about your phone not working. Explain to them that you were using LG's software update tool to update your phone. From there, they will fix your phone.
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I have the same problem..I upgraded my phone to the official ICS by LG..then I rooted my device and install ROM Manager..
then use flash clockwork recovery..after I reboot into recovery..and now when i want to power on my device it flash Security Error...I cant open it...can someone help me??
Ics doesn't support cwm. U should install an older version of gb and then install one of the roms from the development section wich support cwm if u want it. To install an older version u can enter in sw mode by pushing and holding volume+ and connecting ob to the use while it's turned off. I u don't know something u can ask me, had the same problem and solved it
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tudorbaros said:
Ics doesn't support cwm. U should install an older version of gb and then install one of the roms from the development section wich support cwm if u want it. To install an older version u can enter in sw mode by pushing and holding volume+ and connecting ob to the use while it's turned off. I u don't know something u can ask me, had the same problem and solved it
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Correct!
Sent from my phone because my pc broke.
I know P990, SU660 and SU880 can't be bricked tanks to nvflash. I am wondering is there any other phone which are as much unbrickable as the above mentioned phones.
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You can use nvflash with every tegra devices...
You almost right, but optimus 4x can't be used with nvflasn because it has secure boot key and without the key you can't use nvflash, sadly . There is htc one x as well, but if you enter in to apx mode you can't come out of it. The only devices which has working nvflash like our p990 is asus's tegra tablets.
Actually, I am looking for my next phone, becase optimus 2x is getting old. Since I love experiment with phones I possible will brick my new phone. That's why I am looking for unbrckeable phones. asus tablets are unbreckable but they are not phones
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Yeah I'm also looking for a newer unbrickable phone..
What about qualcomm processor's phones ? Does anyone knows if they are easy to hardbrick and if they have an equivalent of Nvflash ?
well If you have qualcomm phone and your partition layout get messed up during a bad flash you hardbricked your phone. Unbricking qualcomm phone is realy hard. You need special hardwares and softwares which you have to buy and you have to disassemble the phone completly then you can unbrick hardbricked qualcomm phone.
The LG Nexus 4..???
tryin said:
The LG Nexus 4..???
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I don't really know what you mean by ''lg nexus 4..??''
nexus 4 is a great phone and it is true that it is unbrickeable if you have a riff box. I think it is hard to brick any android phone. If everything goes right. I mean that you don't flash galaxy s4 cm rom to nexus 4, or your computer dont get bluescreen during flashing rom, or the electricity from the house don't go out during flashing rom.
If the bootloader and the partition layout don't get damaged you are fine. CWM is always there for you and the flashing tools. But if the bootloader or partition layoutn damaged you are in a big problem
We are lucky with our p990 or su660 because we don't need any special hardware like riff box or spending 20$ to a unknown guy, who probably has a riffbox, to unbrick the hardbricked phone.
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That's one of the reasons I bought the o2x.
Whatever happens, nvflash is there for you. I hope more phones will get this kind of options, this way people don't get afraid to flash roms, because everything that goes wrong can be easily fixed.
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I don't really know what you mean by ''lg nexus 4..??''
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I mean that nexus 4 is made in partnership with LG... .
Even so, thanks for your explanation, i didn't think it was so hard to work with any other kind of smartphone that is not O2x.
Are u sure that we can't use nvflash with any others tegra phone?
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I mean that nexus 4 is made in partnership with LG... .
Even so, thanks for your explanation, i didn't think it was so hard to work with any other kind of smartphone that is not O2x.
Are u sure that we can't use nvflash with any others tegra phone?
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I can't be 100% sure unless I try myself, but as I read the post about htc one x and optimus 4x it looks like they can't use it, or if they even try, then things are just getting worse.
Maybe nexus 7 has working nvflash. I was reading topics about that. So they were able to read back partitions with nvflash, but there is no nvflash rom for nexus 7 like to our optimus 2x nvflash rom. I don't know why. Maybe nexus 7 owners don't know how to do that, or it is not possible. Sadly nexus 7 is a tablet and not aphone
I think "unbrickable" can apply to most new Android phones out there as long as there is an unbricking tool released (i.e. kdz flasher for LGs).
As long as your power button, volume buttons, and USB port are still working, it's more or less guaranteed you can recover from a bad flash. If any one of those break (especially the USB port), then even NVFlash won't save you!
machoman1337 said:
I think "unbrickable" can apply to most new Android phones out there as long as there is an unbricking tool released (i.e. kdz flasher for LGs).
As long as your power button, volume buttons, and USB port are still working, it's more or less guaranteed you can recover from a bad flash. If any one of those break (especially the USB port), then even NVFlash won't save you!
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I think most of xperia phones are unbrickable with ulocked bootloader..I thought i have bricked my z1 when i restored ta partition on custom rom with custom kernel and phone wont boot no recovery either then i just used flashtool and reflashed stock rom with reseting customization and saved my xperia phone..And i think only way to brick xperia is to flash rom with sony PC companion on unlocked bootloader