Hello all.
First of all I am new here, this is my first post.
The Issue:
I wanted to upgrade my phone to 4.4, and so I searched here. At the first step (which is flashing the unlockable kdz) every time i do this i face the same problem that it never finishes. (30 minutes)
The phone then was bricked. I am trying to restore it. I tryed with many methods. Nothing worked for me.
Please. Please hep.
I am running windows 8.1 and the device was on V10E (ARAB).
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Hi, and welcome!
Just to clear things up, your phone isn't bricked at the moment, right? It just keeps getting bricked once you try to flash that 'unlockable KDZ'? And it isn't rooted or unlocked yet either?
May I ask what method you're using to get your phone roooted and unlocked? I suggest you use this toolkit, since it takes most of the work out of your hands. I believe you need to be on a 4.1.2 version of stock for that tool, but you should read up on that yourself. With the tool, first root your device, then unlock it and finally install CWM recovery.
One important thing: since you want to make the switch to Android 4.4, you will need a recovery version that supports the latest Android. For CWM this is either 6.0.4.4 or 6.0.4.5. Just download it from their website and replace (and rename) the CWM recovery file in the resources of the above mentioned toolkit with the new one, before you flash it!
Good luck and report back!
EDIT:
Just reread your post, and now I'm not sure wether or not your device is still bricked? If it's bricked: Download the LGmobile support tool, make sure you have all the drivers, connect your phone in s/w update mode and force an update. Then just be patient.
balloon27 said:
Hi, and welcome!
Just to clear things up, your phone isn't bricked at the moment, right? It just keeps getting bricked once you try to flash that 'unlockable KDZ'? And it isn't rooted or unlocked yet either?
May I ask what method you're using to get your phone roooted and unlocked? I suggest you use this toolkit, since it takes most of the work out of your hands. I believe you need to be on a 4.1.2 version of stock for that tool, but you should read up on that yourself. With the tool, first root your device, then unlock it and finally install CWM recovery.
One important thing: since you want to make the switch to Android 4.4, you will need a recovery version that supports the latest Android. For CWM this is either 6.0.4.4 or 6.0.4.5. Just download it from their website and replace (and rename) the CWM recovery file in the resources of the above mentioned toolkit with the new one, before you flash it!
Good luck and report back!
EDIT:
Just reread your post, and now I'm not sure wether or not your device is still bricked? If it's bricked: Download the LGmobile support tool, make sure you have all the drivers, connect your phone in s/w update mode and force an update. Then just be patient.
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Thanks dude, it was actually unbricked last month.
Everything didn't help me, unless one thing, as you said, it is LG software official update, it told me many times that there are some errors but I didn't give up, and yes after 4 tries, it completed the official update via LG software update tool.
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Hi everyone! I have a huge problem here, which I would really appreciate your help!
So I got a brand new LG Thrill 4G AT&T. I root it with one click. I Bought the code to unlock it and I was using it with T-mobile. So I had a couple of wonderful days until I start messing around with my rom. The first to say is that I install the rom manager and installed the Clockworkmod recovery to download new roms. I didn't get it at the moment, but when the app prompted me to choose the model of my phone I chose "LG 2X". My phone freeze so I restart it (worst decision ever!). So here i go, turn back on my phone, and I noticed after 5 minutes of booting, that I don't go beyond the LG Logo.
I've trying everything I found in these forums without any success. I started with a wipe factory reset, with gives an error of E:can't mount recovery log, so It doesn't work.
My recovery doesn't have the option to install from zip
I'm working on this process right now without any success yet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17177547&postcount=2
I read on one of the forums that I could use ITALY bin, which didn't work. I'm about to test "MEXICO" bin, and see how that goes.
I'm desperate and running out of faith... I Would really appreciate your help fellows!
You will need to flash back to you stock rom http://forum.xda-developers.m/showthread.php?t=1491870 try this guide or in this seaction under free assistance ask dark he wile hook you up with a fix
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You will need to flash back to you stock rom http://forum.xda-developers.m/showthread.php?t=1491870 try this guide or in this seaction under free assistance ask dark he wile hook you up with a fix
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Or you could always flash a custom rom
life=42 said:
Or you could always flash a custom rom
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Ya or that lol ;-)
Hi all
I'm having heaps of problems with my LG O2X. I'm not gonna write them all down now, but i wanted to get rid of them, so I figured I'd root and flash it again, and throw on a new 4.1.x rom. It was rooted earlier on, but I unrooted it 6 months ago, to try LG's official ICS rom for a while. As it turned out to be horrible, this is where I'm at now.
• It's currently running official LG O2X ICS rom
• I've rooted it (tried both Super one click and some other solution).
• When I go to Rom Manager (Premium v.5.0.2.7), grant superuser rights, and press "Flash Clockworkmod recovery", I select LG-P990 (only option). Then it says "LG-P990 does not have an officially supported ClockworkMod Recovery yet, Have you installed a ClockworkMod based recovery manually?"
- If I press "Yes" and select ClockworkMod 3.x+, it says "ROM Manager has been set up to use your existing recovery installation.", when I then reboot into recovery, it gives an error logo (android laying down with open stumach-hatch and a red error triangle). The only thing I can do to make it boot again, is reseating the battery.
- If I press "No", it says "Sorry! Until ClockworkMod recovery is available, ROM Manager will not work with LG-P990!"
What am I going to do now? I've tried two times now. I'll be needing this phone working tomorrow, so this is really not good.
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Frederik
all you need is the great all-in-one tool that you can find here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020737
follow the instructions from the OP...
60nine said:
all you need is the great all-in-one tool that you can find here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020737
follow the instructions from the OP...
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Thanks for replying.
I have already tried that tool, but I really did not understand anything. The guide seems half to me.
If you could answer these questions for me about the AIO tool, it'd be great.
What do I connect the phone with? (charge only, mass storage, media sync, USB tethering or LG software)
What do I press in the AIO tool to do the flash recovery which I'd otherwise do in ROM Manager?
How do I flash a rom? Do I use AIO tool or just boot to recovery on the phone as usual?
Thanks in advance!
Best Regards, Frederik.
fyi - i never used it so far (didn't need it yet), but people here talk only the best about it...
several people got problems with their LG p990 in the past few weeks and all of them managed to revive their phones with this tool... even the total android newbies...
i'm sure the app is as noob friendly as possible and the description and guidances from the app is all you must follow...
to use AIO tool, connect your phone with USB debugging on, I think with mass storage. If windows installs adb drivers automatically then you can step forward, if not then press "I" in AIO tool.
Then select change partition to new bootloader (ONLY if you are not on it already), but be aware as it deletes everything off your device.
Finally, go to change recovery image and select the one, it doesn't matter which one imo. there you go, you 'll have a working recovery. put a rom to external storage (as internal gets deleted) and flash it. I think this is how I did it. you can read more information in the first post of AIO tool. I hope I could help.
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The phone has to be connected to s/w-download mode when using the AIO tool.
This means: 1)Turn off your phone, 2) remove the battery, 3) hold the volume down button while you connect the phone to the USB cable of the PC
Done.
Then choose the options from the AIO menu.
Do I need to mention that you have to install the required drivers before you do that?
I think the explanations are quite clear in the description of the AIO-Tool.
If you dont like to read the explanation completely and/or dont want to make the effort to read realted threads, I recommend to not do it.
For me, the AIO is magic and worked fine. 5 stars.
Kind regards
Dirk
Thanks all.
I managed to figure it out, and the methods you guys explained is the way to do it.
I found a 4.2.2 rom for it, which I'm running now, and seems to be fairly good.
Colaplus95 said:
Thanks all.
I managed to figure it out, and the methods you guys explained is the way to do it.
I found a 4.2.2 rom for it, which I'm running now, and seems to be fairly good.
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I also did it on the method above. But every time I try to install a rom I get error: status 7.
How did you install your rom?
(I'm on the new bootloader, stock ics, rooted and I've cwm recovery 6)
Colaplus95 said:
Thanks all.
I managed to figure it out, and the methods you guys explained is the way to do it.
I found a 4.2.2 rom for it, which I'm running now, and seems to be fairly good.
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where you found 4.2.2 rom?
In development section of p990
my i537 wont boot any more it just goes to a screen with a triangle and says update failed
and i cant get kies to connect to it
and i even tried a one click and it failed
is this thing bricked or can it be revivied
Thanks for any help
Kameirus said:
my i537 wont boot any more it just goes to a screen with a triangle and says update failed
and i cant get kies to connect to it
and i even tried a one click and it failed
is this thing bricked or can it be revivied
Thanks for any help
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Go to the root kitkat thread. Or the firmware thread. Grab the Odin files for the 4.3 ota. Flash all of them except the bootloader tar. Then just wait. Don't pull battery or anything else.if you see the at&t logo keep waiting. When it fully boots, continue with kitkat upgrade and root. Be sure to grab my upgraded kk Ota from the last few pages of the kk root thread . Also make sure to look at my backup process so you'll be able to make and use backups. Oh and thank the other 43 people for not even bothering to help. I'll check back and see how things see going.
blaz1nr said:
Go to the root kitkat thread. Or the firmware thread. Grab the Odin files for the 4.3 ota. Flash all of them except the bootloader tar. Then just wait. Don't pull battery or anything else.if you see the at&t logo keep waiting. When it fully boots, continue with kitkat upgrade and root. Be sure to grab my upgraded kk Ota from the last few pages of the kk root thread . Also make sure to look at my backup process so you'll be able to make and use backups. Oh and thank the other 43 people for not even bothering to help. I'll check back and see how things see going.
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you Sir are a genius ..got it to boot just waiting on your kk ota to finish downloading so i can finish the upgrade
will let you know how the rest goes
Thank you so much
ok on 442 now
how do i flash your 442 update
and any clue why i cant flash the 442 carbon rom
and again thank you so much
as i just got this phone yesterday and couldnt believe i almost bricked it
as ive been modding phones since the original razr came out and never even came close to
what happened with this phone
Just flash it in safestrap as the KK update. Read the root kitkat thread again if you need a refresher on anything. Make sure you do not wipe cache/dalvik when installing the zip. Just reboot recovery and install the zip.As for the custom rom I would say because of locked bootloader. This is my first galaxy,I'm an HTC guy normally.Now that I think about it. Once your on KK safestrap cant mount the system.I found a work around using the pawned kernel,that is also in my backup thread.
help
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Just flash it in safestrap as the KK update. Read the root kitkat thread again if you need a refresher on anything. Make sure you do not wipe cache/dalvik when installing the zip. Just reboot recovery and install the zip.As for the custom rom I would say because of locked bootloader. This is my first galaxy,I'm an HTC guy normally.Now that I think about it. Once your on KK safestrap cant mount the system.I found a work around using the pawned kernel,that is also in my backup thread.
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my phone its dead help me no charge no led nothing
ghbone said:
my phone its dead help me no charge no led nothing
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Follow the exact steps I laid out above. If you went step by step following my instructions,then following the root instructions everything should be fine. Once you get 4.4 back up dont play around with it until you make a backup.
blaz1nr said:
Follow the exact steps I laid out above. If you went step by step following my instructions,then following the root instructions everything should be fine. Once you get 4.4 back up dont play around with it until you make a backup.
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Mine just dont turn power on, ist like you put off battery and try to power on just nothing happen dead dead.
if a conect to pc just detect qualcom usb
help
ok i am trying to sideload my ota update on my att s4 active sgh-i357. It had problem with digitizer not working. So i reset it a few times. Now it stuck in reboot loop, or it freezes on the battery. Not even the att symbol. I try to restore in recovery but it reboots out of recovery as well. I read this is a softbrick but im lost on what i should do next. I have tried several different things. But nothing will get past this point
To start off with
1. No im not Boot loader Unlocked ( i forgot to Unlock Boot loader )
2. i used to be rooted? ( not sure now? )
3. i got phone it was on 4.0.4 Stock i got OTA now its on 4.1.1 Stock with Root ( not sure any more? )
4. its AT&T US
so right now what im looking at is this
I Can Charge battery with ICON %Battery
I can access Recovery ( Slandered ) Not Custom Rooted One booo
i can access Fastboot & well that white menu by holding VOL - & VOL +
i can see it telling me Device Locked Statue 0
now what happen to get to this point was this
i wanted to change the AT&T Carrier Logo to something else i download app off internet and i was stupid to give it ROOT ACCESS.... ya i know
next thing i know poof it tells me to reboot i reboot and now i see Moto Logo then nothing but Black screen.....
i try to use RSD Lite and use the .XML.zip files all 3 of them but no luck
i try everything no luck.... im freaking out..... with no luck lol.....
can someone help with this?.....
when i try to RSD LITE it i got many errors
some forums told me to Edit 2 to 3 lines to remove a VAR or somthing it started to work bu then got stuck at Boot.img and other system.img and anohter called NON-HLOS.bin?
i try to use another file called Blur_Version.77.12.22.MB886.ATT.en.US.zip
its got some strange files in it? ..... ill upload photo but i place it on sd card and try to update it but tells me somehting about ro.build pro 4.0.4 release keys ro.build pro 4.1.1? makes no since to me?
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I'm helping a friend on the same situation.
Phone doesn't boot.
Stuck on M logo.
Locked bootloader.
Able to go to AP fastboot
No custom recovery.
Particularly this is my first time dealing with a motorola phone. Have flashed HTC and have owned mostly samsung phones.
But I know my way a bit on adb and fastboot.
Anyways I'll keep an eye on this thread and let you know if I find something on my own.
I'll try with RSDLite, Myth tools and fastboot.
Maybe one of them will work.
Good luck.
Silenus21 said:
I'm helping a friend on the same situation.
Phone doesn't boot.
Stuck on M logo.
Locked bootloader.
Able to go to AP fastboot
No custom recovery.
Particularly this is my first time dealing with a motorola phone. Have flashed HTC and have owned mostly samsung phones.
But I know my way a bit on adb and fastboot.
Anyways I'll keep an eye on this thread and let you know if I find something on my own.
I'll try with RSDLite, Myth tools and fastboot.
Maybe one of them will work.
Good luck.
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from what i can tell..... RSD LITE is not gonna work.... but im sure if i get the New 4.1.1 Update zip file that u add to SD CARD and Flash update through there it will work as long as its singed. i have 4.0.4 but keeps crashing durning install telling me ro.buildprop 4.0.4 & ro.buildprop.4.1.1 so i think that i has a 4.0.4 update file when i need a 4.1.1 but unsure where to get it? ..... so mad i spent $250 bucks on this thing to have a Rouge App do this to me lol...... next time NO more root for me lol
Have you tried mythtools??
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Silenus21 said:
I'm helping a friend on the same situation.
Phone doesn't boot.
Stuck on M logo.
Locked bootloader.
Able to go to AP fastboot
No custom recovery.
Particularly this is my first time dealing with a motorola phone. Have flashed HTC and have owned mostly samsung phones.
But I know my way a bit on adb and fastboot.
Anyways I'll keep an eye on this thread and let you know if I find something on my own.
I'll try with RSDLite, Myth tools and fastboot.
Maybe one of them will work.
Good luck.
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From fastboot, I recommend unlocking the bootloader, install Philz, and flash a custom KK ROM.
Manual fastboot didn't work. Always stuck on flashing boot.img and system.img
The same happen on that step in rds lite and myth tools.
Phone said can't downgrade or something like that.
So I haven't had any luck yet.
Open to suggestions.
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Silenus21 said:
Manual fastboot didn't work. Always stuck on flashing boot.img and system.img
The same happen on that step in rds lite and myth tools.
Phone said can't downgrade or something like that.
So I haven't had any luck yet.
Open to suggestions.
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im just gonna sell it on Craigslist & let it be someone else issue!
News
so i went to here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=7 to just see if they added a new Update file and Poof they did.
they added: Android 4.1.1
Blur_Version.98.5.38.MB886.ATT.en.US
so i ran RSD LITE nothing fail, i edit the xml, nothing fail... i used the Mytool thing that people keep saying to use for Moto phones and Poof it worked now my phone works again and i did not has to sell it on craglist dead.... but now there is an issue that was not there before... 4 times a day i get a RED CROSS with no signal and no bars and no service telling me emergancy calls only so i do air plane mode and works again for a while? does any one know why it does this?
any way back to sell it to craglist lol....
Maybe have to flash a modem.
Thanks for the update, I gave the phone back to my friend but will tell him to bring it back to me to test.
Hopefully this works for that phone too.
Hello, I bought a Galaxy S6 Active used off of ebay that was already soft bricked. I could only get the phone into Download Mode and there was no Recovery of any sort.The phone was also of course stuck in a bootloop and would not display the normal charging icon when connected to a charger. I have flashed almost every type of firmware I can find and nothing has worked. I have no clue what version of android the phone is running but I would guess it is 6.0.1. I am a semi noob with the root process and XDA, so I have searched the forums for a custom Recovery because I figure this where I should start, seeing as I don't know how this phone was bricked or any specifics of the rooting methods that were applied. I successfully applied all the firmware for 5.11 and the phone still wont boot. I also tried Smart Switch and two different versions of Kies. I also have tried several autoroot methods that all failed. Also now when I plug the phone either into the computer or the charger it just goes directly to the bootloop and doesn't show a charging screen of any sort.Someone please help me. :crying::crying::crying:
Try 5 Files firmware :/
Zack Brown said:
Try 5 Files firmware :/
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I recently flashed all the firmware files successfully and the phone still wont boot it just resets, and it still hasnt booted at all yet nor do I have a recovery yet.
Sounds like a boot error. You need to change the boot process i suggest installing twrp and then a canoygen mod rom.
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Bcoates84 said:
Sounds like a boot error. You need to change the boot process i suggest installing twrp and then a canoygen mod rom.
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You cannot install TWRP on the S6 Active. There are no custom ROMs for the S6 Active.
Tuff luck .Sorry to hear.
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Are there any custom recoveries I can install because the phone is t bricked just not complete I believe.
I would beleive there would be recoveries. Have you tried Kies yet?
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I have tried kies unsucessfully several times
That is okay. My mistake i just re read your 1st post. Do you know the model of the phone? It will help flash the proper firmware. While you are looking for that install the drivers needed for the phone on your p.c .
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Bcoates84 said:
That is okay. My mistake i just re read your 1st post. Do you know the model of the phone? It will help flash the proper firmware. While you are looking for that install the drivers needed for the phone on your p.c .
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There is one model of S6 Active.
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jahdante said:
I have tried kies unsucessfully several times
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KIES is outdated. Please follow the instructions detailed in Step 2 on THIS post.
Yes use ODIN I will assume you will be going to the correct thread see you over there cheers byess.
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This was one of the first things I tried and it has not worked I need a recovery to flash.
There is no alternate recovery (CWM or TWRP) for this phone.And we wont get one as long as bootloader is locked. The only solution for you is to odin flash every g890a file you find, perform factory reset an then try to boot the phone. Factory reset is mandatory.
You can enter factory recovery to make factory reset. That is the hard part.When flashing is done, phone reboots it self and you cant enter recovery.You have to pres power button long enough to force restart (it wil restart,not power off),then as soon as screen goes black,you pres recovery combo (pwr+home+vol up) and hope you get to recovery.You have to be very quick.It may take a few trys to success.
If after factory reset the phone still wont boot, move to the next file to flash using odin.
Be careful not to flash any file that is not for this phone, because the file may flash, but after that your phone may be permanently bricked.
There is a high chance that you may never fix your phone.
Hope you get back to us with good news.
jalenleegamer said:
umm, you say you tried flashing firmware? make sure its for the right model (ex: SM-G920) and (im not sure how vital this is) for the right phone carrier (ex: metro or sprint). or it wont work.
If you want a custome recovery you can flash TWRP, but the same rules above apply.
and pray its not a hardware error otherwise no ammount of flashing will save you, and you'll have to get a refund or accept you just got scammed.
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- There's only one model of S6 Active
- There's only one carrier of S6 Active
- As stated before, there are no custom recoveries for S6 Active
- He purchased a broken device knowing it was a broken device. the seller is not liable in any way
Please read other threads and have some knowledge on the device at hand before submitting an answer. The amount of false information in this section of the forums is astounding.
To @jahdante, do not attempt to flash "every ODIN firmware you find". Your only, and most likely option is, as you have most certainly attempted, to use ODIN as detailed in this post. There has just been an updated ODIN binary (v12). Attempt to flash this VIA ODIN using the instructions detailed in the post linked previously. Please be sure you are using the latest version of ODIN (v3.12.3). If you do not have, or do not know if you have the latest version, you can find the download link to the latest version here, here, or in the first link.
If this fails, your best bet is to take the device to a Samsung Experience Center at the nearest Best Buy.
just use smart switch and its easy to recover your phone.
@mart3 I dont think anyone ever installed smart switch on this device because when I input the serial number smart switch always just closes. I would need the serial number of a phone that smart switch installed in order for this process to work. Also @FevenKitsune the newer Odin version did not help thank you for the suggestion though. I could use the serial number of a S6 Active with smartswitch installed strictly for the purposes of restoring the phone and nothing else if anyone could help please.