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[Q] No root recovery aymore

Dear Forum,
I have a I9001. I've been busy with it for a week now and read and tried allot. Nothing seems to work!
So , my I9001 doesn't have a recovery any more. No root or CWM. The rom works (2.3.5) but crashes or freezes. Then tried every
combo in the book to get into the recovery mode but nothing works.
So I ask you biggest android forum of the world: What the hell is going on??
Tried to get into recovery by recovery boot by pc, tried installing other roms or kernels or whatever.
Also getting a mmc boot mbr read failed when trying above stuff by odin.
Also when I shutdown the phone and I start it up again then it has to be installed again like country and date etc etc...
Thanks in forward for answering.
Greetz,
Happybeat

But download mode still working? Then you could try to flash the recovery via Odin again or a stock Rom, AFAIK those contain the stock recovery as well so afterwards you'll have a "fresh" installed phone... Might work, no other ideas...

M322 said:
But download mode still working? Then you could try to flash the recovery via Odin again or a stock Rom, AFAIK those contain the stock recovery as well so afterwards you'll have a "fresh" installed phone... Might work, no other ideas...
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AFAIK? I don't know what that is sorry...And yes the download mode works fine.

happybeat said:
AFAIK? I don't know what that is sorry...And yes the download mode works fine.
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I think that CW did an update and pushed it out to devices or something. I am having the same situation as you, I am unable to grab the device into CWR.

Dark_Savior said:
I think that CW did an update and pushed it out to devices or something. I am having the same situation as you, I am unable to grab the device into CWR.
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It's insane haha im still trying stuff. Now when I reboot the phone I have to says what country etc etc...but when I try to connect to wifi it says TWLauncher chrashed...I still have connection with the phone by PC. Is there maybe anything what I can change or do?

happybeat said:
AFAIK? I don't know what that is sorry...And yes the download mode works fine.
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AFAIK - As Far As I Know
happybeat said:
Is there maybe anything what I can change or do?
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Well if your phone is in such a "bad condition" I would download my stock Rom from sammobile and flash it via Odin, then it should be "factory fresh". The only thing that is annoying is that you set up your phone again...
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ell if your phone is in such a "bad condition" I would download my stock Rom from sammobile and flash it via Odin, then it should be "factory fresh". The only thing that is annoying is that you set up your phone again...
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Ok ill check that out. I'll let you know.

Well I tried and nothing. It says that it passed and that odin did its thing but it didn't.
Is there a program that can do a clean install? Or cant I just clean it when I hook it up to a pc? Because I have access to the internal memory of the phone by pc.

happybeat said:
Well I tried and nothing. It says that it passed and that odin did its thing but it didn't.
Is there a program that can do a clean install? Or cant I just clean it when I hook it up to a pc? Because I have access to the internal memory of the phone by pc.
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Well I think it should be a clean install and if I connect my phone in download mode to the pc I haven't access to the internal storage!
Did you do it like it is supposed in this tutorial? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922505
By the way are you on a stock rom or not?

Yes, it's important to tell are you on stock or custom Rom

Mikroos said:
Yes, it's important to tell are you on stock or custom Rom
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Sorry for my late answer!
stock I think. This is every info I have on the phone:
About phone:
Firmware: 2.3.5
baseband: i9001xxkpf
kernel: 2.6.35.7-perf [email protected] #1
build: gingerbread.xxkpg
when I do *#1234#:
pda: i9001xxkpg
phone: i9001xxkpf
csc: i9001xenkp1
That's it...

Ok...this is strange...I just connected it to my pc and have access to it...but when I deleted something what was in download it says delete permant I say yes...when I restart it and connect it back to the pc and go to download its back??

Sorry don't know any solution but I'm quite new in here so maybe you can post it into/revive this thread because the Q&A is (in my opinion) not well visited by I9001 users because it's meant to be for i9000.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826216
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happybeat said:
Ok...this is strange...I just connected it to my pc and have access to it...but when I deleted something what was in download it says delete permant I say yes...when I restart it and connect it back to the pc and go to download its back??
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Try a reset and if that is not working try a restock.

fotbal5 said:
Try a reset and if that is not working try a restock.
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Thats the problem. There is no way of getting into recovery mode. I can get into download mode but not into recovery mode. It's like it is vanished.
And I dont know if someone from the mods could put this into the 9100 section? I thought I had to put questions here since there isn't a Q/A for 9001...

happybeat said:
Thats the problem.
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You can do a factory reset over the dialer on a stock Rom by entering a certain code, you can look it up in the xda wiki about the I9001
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M322 said:
You can do a factory reset over the dialer on a stock Rom by entering a certain code, you can look it up in the xda wiki about the I9001
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Yep did that. Doesnt work. The thing is also that I cant change anything. Everytime when I reboot I need to install again. So it doesnt remember. Same when I connect it to the pc and I remove a file from download that I do not need it doesn't remove the file because the next time I reboot its back. It's like the internal is locked?

I can't find a good page with an explanation, so I'll just type it out myself. If anything isn't clear, ask!
You can try getting into recovery mode using the Android SDK, maybe that could work...
Install the latest version of Samsung Kies if you haven't already (for the USB driver)
Install the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) You'll need just the SDK, everything else is useless for this
Open a command prompt and go to the directory where you have installed the Android SDK (basically you'll run the command cd "<folder>", where folder is something like "C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk")
Start your phone and go to Settings > Applications > Development
Enable USB debugging (if it's not there, just find that option and enable it )
Connect your phone using a USB cable
Go back to your command prompt and run the command tools\adb reboot recovery
Hopefully your phone will boot in recovery mode
Good luck!

Marshian said:
I can't find a good page with an explanation, so I'll just type it out myself. If anything isn't clear, ask!
You can try getting into recovery mode using the Android SDK, maybe that could work...
Install the latest version of Samsung Kies if you haven't already (for the USB driver)
Install the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) You'll need just the SDK, everything else is useless for this
Open a command prompt and go to the directory where you have installed the Android SDK (basically you'll run the command cd "<folder>", where folder is something like "C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk")
Start your phone and go to Settings > Applications > Development
Enable USB debugging (if it's not there, just find that option and enable it )
Connect your phone using a USB cable
Go back to your command prompt and run the command tools\adb reboot recovery
Hopefully your phone will boot in recovery mode
Good luck!
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Ok so thank you for this but unfortunatly it just didnt work. I think it is dead. Does Jtagg do any difference? Like hook it up to that machine?

So what it does at this moment:
It starts up but everytime you start up it will ask you to install everything again. So it asks what country etc.etc...
When I am in it appears to work but starting apps just makes it all crash or freeze.
Im a bit lost at the moment to do anything. It just looks that it doesnt memorize.
I can hook it up to the pc but you cant remove or add anything. You can just look and scroll through it.

[Q] my lg optimus 2x wont turn on?????

hi guyz my lg optimus 2x does not work any more and also i cant get in download mode (S/W) i have nothing to do when i try to intall rom with nv flash its says bad data while system.img anyone can help me plz:crying:

noob424 said:
hi guyz my lg optimus 2x does not work any more and also i cant get in download mode (S/W) i have nothing to do when i try to intall rom with nv flash its says bad data while system.img anyone can help me plz:crying:
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Which bootloader ?
On which rom you were before ? How did you get that ?
Check your apx drivers and cable or try flashing an other rom or us Spyrok AIO Tool
And please don't double post the same thread..

Mynix said:
Which bootloader ?
On which rom you were before ? How did you get that ?
Check your apx drivers and cable or try flashing an other rom or us Spyrok AIO Tool
And please don't double post the same thread..
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I was installing ICS with nv flash while then the error came bad data
which rom should i flash plz tell me

Solution
I had the same problem, first you have get into the post called [TOOL] Full Brick Repair (Clean & Easy) in development, download all the files and start your phone in nvflash mode, the bad data problem its because the usb wire, you have to use the wire of LG.

romiguel said:
I had the same problem, first you have get into the post called [TOOL] Full Brick Repair (Clean & Easy) in development, download all the files and start your phone in nvflash mode, the bad data problem its because the usb wire, you have to use the wire of LG.
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thanks i will try it

If doesnt work u can use -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986097
Go to "Installation NVFlash version"
all nvflash roms should unbrick your device, dont worry. (theres no nvflash for my Nexus 7 :crying: )

N1ght21 said:
If doesnt work u can use -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986097
Go to "Installation NVFlash version"
all nvflash roms should unbrick your device, dont worry. (theres no nvflash for my Nexus 7 :crying: )
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yeah i tried it still the same (bad data) while system.img nv flash

I changed the USB wire it worked thank you!!!
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noob424 said:
I changed the USB wire it worked thank you!!!
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I told you from the beginning

Help! 4x hd CWM bootloop error! Flashed wrong CWM.

Hello I have an unlocked Lg optimus 4x hd software version 4.1.2 JB. I recently successfully rooted it but CWM said there wasn't one available for my phone on the rom manager app so i found one. I would post a direct link to it but apparently im not allowed to yet.
I realised that this was realised almost a year ago after the fact, this probably is what messed my phone up.
I installed it and ran it, when my phone rebooted it was stuck in a boot-loop. I can still access the default android recovery screen and I tried hard resets and clearing the caches but I'm still stuck on the LG logo. My computer still says that its installing drivers when i plug the phone in but it won't let me do any thing. I have looked around the forums and the solutions i found aren't helping me. Any help would be appreciated.

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Hello I have an unlocked Lg optimus 4x hd software version 4.1.2 JB. I recently successfully rooted it but CWM said there wasn't one available for my phone on the rom manager app so i found one. I would post a direct link to it but apparently im not allowed to yet.
I realised that this was realised almost a year ago after the fact, this probably is what messed my phone up.
I installed it and ran it, when my phone rebooted it was stuck in a boot-loop. I can still access the default android recovery screen and I tried hard resets and clearing the caches but I'm still stuck on the LG logo. My computer still says that its installing drivers when i plug the phone in but it won't let me do any thing. I have looked around the forums and the solutions i found aren't helping me. Any help would be appreciated.
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Access the android recovery screen, then select adb sideload.
if you can access adb mode, you can use all in one tools.
ALL IN ONE (TOOL)
Try this way.
Good luck

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barscenk said:
Access the android recovery screen, then select adb sideload.
if you can access adb mode, you can use all in one tools.
ALL IN ONE (TOOL)
Try this way.
Good luck
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thanks but i dont know if my debbugging through usb is on because the tool just say 'error: closed'.

THEMND said:
thanks but i dont know if my debbugging through usb is on because the tool just say 'error: closed'.
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Just reflash the phone... It takes 7 minutes...
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app

Im a noob but im open to advice.
RuedasLocas said:
Just reflash the phone... It takes 7 minutes...
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How do I do that. I feel like I've tried it before. CWM didn't load properly on my phone so I cant do anything involving the use of it.

THEMND said:
How do I do that. I feel like I've tried it before. CWM didn't load properly on my phone so I cant do anything involving the use of it.
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You just need to be able to get in S/W Mode by pressing "Vol- & connect to PC".
For a better flash try to use LGFlash Tool, look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38838927#post38838927
Post #7 have all you need to do it.
Good luck.

RuedasLocas said:
You just need to be able to get in S/W Mode by pressing "Vol- & connect to PC".
For a better flash try to use LGFlash Tool, look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38838927#post38838927
Post #7 have all you need to do it.
Good luck.
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great it looks like im nearly there but where you saw three ports active and one actually downloading i only saw one active but it wasn't downloading, i feel as if though it could work i just need a little more help. Sorry if this is wasting your time...

simple, run windows enabler to ON, connect phone in S/W mode, go to device manager -- modems --- LG xxxxx *13 ... and the number is the port ... for me i have 13 port selected .. or you can try one by one ... if one fail ( RED --- FAIL TO OPEN) then try another ...

Thank you everyone!!
It worked thank you guys soo much!!

Hi there,
I flashed the wrong cwm as well on my gf phone. (she's going to kill me)
Anyway, the All-In-One tool does'nt help me. I can perform the root (which is useless, because I cant even boot) but I cannot anything. I think it's because no sd is mounted.
Code:
Choose The Number :-7
Now connect your phone with "Debugging" enabled .
Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .
Copying files ,, Please wait ...
failed to copy 'O4X_OR_R.img' to '/mnt/sdcard/O4X_OR_R.img': No such file or dir
ectory
sh: cat: /mnt/sdcard/O4X_OR_R.img: No such file or directory
rm failed for /mnt/sdcard/O4X_OR_R.img, No such file or directory
I can't even boot into the S/W mode. I just get a grey (or sometimes blue) screen.
Please help!

try to take the battery out plug the phone with a cable on your computer. Insert battery again. Flash firmware
edit: it seems like your all in one tool doesn't find the image.
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flash a firmware using LG-KDZ-UPDATE-TOOLS. Search them in google,
Follow instructions found in the internet. I can give you a link but its in german. There is probably an english equivalent here somehwere.

help understanding unbrick method

im reading through some unbrick methods for the lg optimus black/elite and im stuck on the download is in progress screen and i need to get backinto the phone to install a recovery properly im just not sure how to get it unbrick, im trying different methods but theyre hard to understand...can someone help

To unbrick, you don't install any recovery.
Use smartflash with stock ROM and then, you install recovery if you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448803

dcop7 said:
To unbrick, you don't install any recovery.
Use smartflash with stock ROM and then, you install recovery if you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448803
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thanks, but when i try to select a COM port, nothing shows up, i see it in my device manager but not on the smart flash program
actually i got the COM to show up in the lgflash tool but not the smart flash program, it still shows an error when i try to use the lgflash tool...

Make sure you have the phone in software update mode. Turn phone off and plug USB in while holding volume up or down, forget which one
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Rocklee99 said:
thanks, but when i try to select a COM port, nothing shows up, i see it in my device manager but not on the smart flash program
actually i got the COM to show up in the lgflash tool but not the smart flash program, it still shows an error when i try to use the lgflash tool...
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are you on Windows 8 ?
have you installed usb drivers ?
change port usb, choose usb 2.0 not usb 3.0

help lg optimus 4x brick, apx

hello friends, I need urgent help to repair my lg optimus 4x, so i was updating with lg mobile support tool and gave me an error, now only the pc recognizes it as apx device, is the only sign of life it presents, not light does not come in sw or anything. i was reading as desbrickear optimus 2x, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007825 but not if this tutorial works with optimus 4x, please help ...

adnlopez83 said:
hello friends, I need urgent help to repair my lg optimus 4x, so i was updating with lg mobile support tool and gave me an error, now only the pc recognizes it as apx device, is the only sign of life it presents, not light does not come in sw or anything. i was reading as desbrickear optimus 2x, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007825 but not if this tutorial works with optimus 4x, please help ...
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helpII

Id send the device back into lg, is it unlocked? defaulting to apx say to me you have a missing/ corrupt bootloader and without access to nvflash (thanks again LG...) and if is we cant fix it.

You probably got into apx mode by holding both volume buttons while rebooting.
If the phone isn't corrupt you should be able to get out of apx mode by connecting the usb to the phone while holding vol-
You better try several times, eventually you should be able to enter in sw mode.
I don't know if the method you posted will work because of the apx drivers, someone was working on them for the 04x but i think the thread wasn't updated in a while

JoinTheRealms said:
Id send the device back into lg, is it unlocked? defaulting to apx say to me you have a missing/ corrupt bootloader and without access to nvflash (thanks again LG...) and if is we cant fix it.
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friend I have not solved anything. I still can not solve. the phone does not switch s / w ..

JoinTheRealms said:
Id send the device back into lg, is it unlocked? defaulting to apx say to me you have a missing/ corrupt bootloader and without access to nvflash (thanks again LG...) and if is we cant fix it.
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I connect without battery to maintain volume - and nothing, I found a few apx drivers and now I get to adimistrador device drivers nvidea mobile device .... not now if an updated version of nvflash support O4HD tegra 3 for me.

adnlopez83 said:
I connect without battery to maintain volume - and nothing, I found a few apx drivers and now I get to adimistrador device drivers nvidea mobile device .... not now if an updated version of nvflash support O4HD tegra 3 for me.
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Hey fella I have this problem too. The only way to solve is decrypt the Kdz file. So we can find the files to flash. My phone was dead for 5 months Already. Maybe we can help each other.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

xavierleonelbr said:
Hey fella I have this problem too. The only way to solve is decrypt the Kdz file. So we can find the files to flash. My phone was dead for 5 months Already. Maybe we can help each other.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
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hey friend! did you fix it?
I'm a bit new to android, I understand many things and not others, tell me how we can desifrar kdz. thanks ..

as they manage? or not you unbrick?

adnlopez83 said:
hey friend! did you fix it?
I'm a bit new to android, I understand many things and not others, tell me how we can desifrar kdz. thanks ..
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you fixed it? did it or you did not unbrick?

No! My phone is dead. The only hope I believe - if we find a developer to discover how to decrypt the Kdz file for LG P880 Series for us.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

ok! good friend then to pray for someone to help us!

Did NV flash recognized phone?
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Do the s/w procedure with battery on all the time and flash a kdz
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With correct adb drivers plug it and open a msdos window and type... adb reboot bootloader
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that drivers are correct?
run adb reboot-bootloader, an error: device not found
I have not unlocked the booloader, I think is that the error, I saw this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298420. please help.

any help??
any developer to who can help??

Any solution?
Did you find how to fix it?. I have the same issue after a failed upgrade using LG mobile support tool.
No SW upgrade mode, no screen or leds activity, no nothing. When is connected to PC, APX device is recognized. I found some drivers and the APX device is displayed now as "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices". I'm stuck there. I was looking into NVflash utility but after the command "nvflash --sync" only get "unknow device found"
Can anybody help me please?.
How can I get into SW recovery mode or something that shows some activity from the phone?.
Thanks and regards

I have the same trouble with my device.
PC show only uknown APX Device.
I tried to install Universal Naked Driver 0.72 and 0.72. But PC says that drivers wrong.
jaob22, could You please sent me link to download, or zip file with drivers You used to APX device, on my email.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263822 go here and put this drivers from one they working good

help
help me friend. I have months with my lg optimus 4x harbrik not find any solution, tried to fix it with jtag and nothing. no lights, no sw enters, only to connect to the pc recognizes it as a device apx ..
iodak said:
Did NV flash recognized phone?
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