New Verizon VS98012B, Rooted, used FreeGee, now BRICKED!?! - Verizon LG G2

Ok, so I got my hands on a new g2 that came with Verizon's VS98012B. Rooted it successfully in a snap with ioroot24. Then installed FreeGee and attempted to install TWRP 2.3.3.3.
Then things went wrong. FreeGee hung for a while, then it seemed to crash, opened it again, and 2.3.3.3 supposedly installed successfully immediately. Chose reboot to recovery, it turned off, and that's it.
It won't turn on. It's not boot looping. The LG screen never comes up. I can't get to any recovery. Power and Vol Down, don't do anything. I've tried every combo of power and the volume buttons but the most it'll do is a quick vibrate, again nothing on the screen though. It won't connect to the PC or charge.
Freegee F'd me hard. Anybody got any ideas? I literally had the phone for less than an hour... UGH

I went through the EXACT same process and i'm now in the same situation as you. I have a lg g2 vs980 on 12b with jellybean 4.2.2 (just got it yesterday). I rooted with ioroot22, then clicked twrp 2.6.3.3 in freegee which seemed to be stuck at the processing screen. I exited and went back in, and then freegee said complete or something. So i clicked reboot recovery, and bricked phone resulted. Completely black screen with no response at all. The only thing it does is vibrates a couple times if i hold power, but nothing more than that.
Another weird thing, if it's plugged into the wall or pc with a charger and i hold power down....a red led flashes 8 times and then the phone vibrates and then the red led flashes 8 times and this just repeats endlessly until i let go of the power button. Seems like the batterys dead but it was at 67% when i clicked reboot recovery so that wouldn't make sense. I'm currently charging the phone because there's really nothing left to do...i'm pretty sure it's a hard brick and i have no idea what caused it.

Freegee doesn't touch anything but recovery for 12b people. How did you reboot to recovery? The freegee app? When it hung was it stuck downloading? The zips it downloads are signed so it's not possible to get a bad download and it still try to flash it.
I'd really like to get the logs from freegee once you get it restored. Have you tried download mode?
No matter what you should be fine to still boot normally although I know you say you can't.
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I have this same problem. Just tried to make a back up with TWRP 2.6.3.3 and it bricked. I've used TWRP to install a ROM before, and it worked fine. I recently went back to using Clockwork, but then needed TWRP to install Malladus and i tried making a back up and this happened. The only response I get from the phone is a single vibration while holding down the power button.
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Shelnutt2 said:
Freegee doesn't touch anything but recovery for 12b people. How did you reboot to recovery? The freegee app? When it hung was it stuck downloading? The zips it downloads are signed so it's not possible to get a bad download and it still try to flash it.
I'd really like to get the logs from freegee once you get it restored. Have you tried download mode?
No matter what you should be fine to still boot normally although I know you say you can't.
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FreeGee does though, I used it to install ClockWork and TWRP recoveries before. I already had the file on my phone, so FreeGee just "installed" it and now it doesn't work. I've used it to backup and install before so it's weird that it would do this now. :-\ And what's this download mode you speak of.

Same thing happened to me. I rooted Verizon LG G2 used FreeGee and when first trying to go into recovery I got nothing. Same thing just vibrates when i hold down. Can't boot to recovery and can't boot into download mode. Need help......

ya i get the endless red led flash vibrate cycle thing with power button and when plugged in.
i took it apart and unplugged the battery for a while, replugged, reassembled and still the same thing. didnt help but figured i'd give it a shot.
i dont know what it was doing when it was hung. i believe it said 'installing twrp 2.3.3.3' or something like that. cant do download mode. cant connect to pc to do the lgtool restore thing. pretty much it seems like its hard bricked to me but i dont have much experience with this. btw, i think i may have had the phone hooked up the computer still in ethernet mode from rooting it moments before. i really cant remember for certain though.
man do i wish i just pushed this manually and skipped freegee. was my first time trying it.

Same deal here, and I usually flash recoveries through ADB. My fault for being lazy about it I guess. Would love to return the thing but I've already taken quite a few pictures with it.

Shelnutt2 said:
Freegee doesn't touch anything but recovery for 12b people. How did you reboot to recovery? The freegee app? When it hung was it stuck downloading? The zips it downloads are signed so it's not possible to get a bad download and it still try to flash it.
I'd really like to get the logs from freegee once you get it restored. Have you tried download mode?
No matter what you should be fine to still boot normally although I know you say you can't.
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I had the same thing happen to me today.Can't get into download mode. The phone won't respond to anything as stated before. I used quick boot.
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blue26 said:
Same deal here, and I usually flash recoveries through ADB. My fault for being lazy about it I guess. Would love to return the thing but I've already taken quite a few pictures with it.
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I normally install recovery manually too. Except if I update through goo.

All these reports of bricking peoples devices can't be by chance I think I will stay away from freegee any reports with other models other than vs980 don't know what happened I installed twrp with freegee about a month ago and I had 12b don't know what happened between then and know
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spinninbsod said:
All these reports of bricking peoples devices can't be by chance I think I will stay away from freegee any reports with other models other than vs980 don't know what happened I installed twrp with freegee about a month ago and I had 12b don't know what happened between then and know
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How long did it take for the app to complete the install?

45 seconds to 1 minute
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Mine was stuck on the processing twrp screen for at least 10 minutes.
Clicking back did nothing, but home button took me out. Then when i went back in, it was normal no problem. If i tried clicking back though, it would get stuck at the processing screen again even though i didnt tell it to do anything (i just clicked back). Then it quickly said complete or something, so i did reboot recovery and game over.
It looks like everyone here thats bricked just got their phone quite recently (like me)...something's definitely going on
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Is it possible that the freegee app download is corrupt and is not Installing recovery properly that redlight almost seems like its a hard brick this sounds a lot worse than a softbrick
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spinninbsod said:
Is it possible that the freegee app download is corrupt and is not Installing recovery properly that redlight almost seems like its a hard brick this sounds a lot worse than a softbrick
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Maybe that's possible, i have no idea. Definitely a lot worse than a soft brick. I'm really hoping shelnutt can figure something out. If it's truly hard bricked, what options would there be verizon wise? Like take it back or exchange or something
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That's really the only option I am going to look in the user guide to see if it says anything about a redlight plug them in for awhile and if they get hot it is most ddefinately a hardbrick do not go to sleep with these plugged in that is very dangerous check tommorow try to charge it but keep a close eye on it and if still nothing take it to verizon and hope for the best I any developers wanting to get in contact with shellnut I'm by no means a developer
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Everybody having this problem only with the vs980 right anybody with other variants please post here we need shellnut to see this so he might be able to figure out what's going wrong
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Same Here
Worst part is I used freegee a while ago and it worked PERFECTLY. Not a single problem to be found then when I flashed mine back to stock and went through the whole process again. It fails no logo, no downloader mode, no recovery mode. Just a blank screen and it vibrates. -_- I also don't get the red flashing light.

spinninbsod said:
That's really the only option I am going to look in the user guide to see if it says anything about a redlight plug them in for awhile and if they get hot it is most ddefinately a hardbrick do not go to sleep with these plugged in that is very dangerous check tommorow try to charge it but keep a close eye on it and if still nothing take it to verizon and hope for the best I any developers wanting to get in contact with shellnut I'm by no means a developer
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Dangerous how? And is there any risk in taking it to verizon, considering we're rooted?
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Worst part is I used freegee a while ago and it worked PERFECTLY. Not a single problem to be found then when I flashed mine back to stock and went through the whole process again. It fails no logo, no downloader mode, no recovery mode. Just a blank screen and it vibrates. -_- I also don't get the red flashing light.
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Plug the phone into your computer, them hold the power button for a long time. Red light starts flashing on mine
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The battery might overheat and I dought there is any danger taking it to Verizon it sounds like it is hardbricked if they can't get it to turn on it should be fine if I were you guys i would stay away from freegee until this issue is fixed
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spinninbsod said:
The battery might overheat and I dought there is any danger taking it to Verizon it sounds like it is hardbricked if they can't get it to turn on it should be fine if I were you guys i would stay away from freegee until this issue is fixed
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Yea i doubt verizon will be able to fix it anyways. Maybe ill take it to them later this week and see what they say.
If there's a next time, i'm pushing twrp.lok manually with adb which is what i should have done in the first place
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spinninbsod said:
Is it possible that the freegee app download is corrupt and is not Installing recovery properly that redlight almost seems like its a hard brick this sounds a lot worse than a softbrick
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No, the zips it downloads are signed, so if it's a corrupt download it won't pass sig check of the zip file, and it won't process it.
TheOriginalKyle said:
Worst part is I used freegee a while ago and it worked PERFECTLY. Not a single problem to be found then when I flashed mine back to stock and went through the whole process again. It fails no logo, no downloader mode, no recovery mode. Just a blank screen and it vibrates. -_- I also don't get the red flashing light.
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People have used freegee on 12b for months with no issues. I'm baffled why all of sudden in the last 24hours it seems several people have run into issues with twrp. I've disabled twrp for now until we figure out what the actual issue is.
Freegee itself does not alter anything except the recovery partition when installing a recovery on Verizon 12b. And it wipes and flashes the recovery partition in the same action. The boot stack is not touch, nor is any part of the system/boot partitions touched.
The fact that no one's device shows up in qhusb mode in windows means no one is bricked. No one's device is in bulk mode either, so the devices should be able to boot normal, or boot into download mode.
Nothing has changed with freegee in the last 24 hours, besides a beta build I pushed to the beta channel of the playstore. No one is running the beta currently according to google though.
Were you guys running anything else besides a pure stock rom? How did everyone root?

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What did i do? Did i screw up my phone for good? Trying to open usb bp core mode!

Okay well I. Still pretty new to the rooting thing and everything but I have a major problem. Well let's start that I rooted my phone and stated to mess around with some roms so used safestrap and I fished may phone to liberty 3 rom but I wanted my main frame to be liberty so I deleted safestrap and uninstalled it also then I downloaded bootstrap and flashed liberty 3 rom to my main frame then I uninstalled bootstrap and downloaded safestrap and flashed steel DROID rom to my second frame so I could learn little about each rom on my free time. Now all I did was switch back to non safe mode which is my liberty 3 rom and this was my primary screen that I used. I didn't get the chance to even do anything else and my phone was working perfectly for like 2 months then now it doing some crazy stuff.
First it stared losing service all the time just randomly when I always get service in these areas. Then it started losing service an telling me it has no sim card then it would flash this half black green saying something like bp core mode trying to open usb. It would do this for a few minutes the. It will reboot. And I will not have any service but I can use my wifi but now I have no service at all ant text or call. Now I tryed to clear everything then reflash my rom back and still nothing.. then I used the the one click unbrick your phone and still got no service but every once in a while it will get service bak then do everything ll over...
What do I do? Did I really screw my phone up/?
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Look in my signature for the SBF there is a thread by chaoticweaponry that let's you download the fast boot files that can be flashed via motofastboot or rdslite
With that you recover your phone from this kind of behavior( bad flash,hiccup,etc) , given that you didn't updated to a more recent stock ( DON'T update beyond 5.6.890) the sbf is this version and update$ and recover up to that version and before.
If you already updated then you can only flash certain partitions but that's another REPLY hhahh
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Im new to this whole rooting thing. Also do understand what you mean about the whole signature thing. Where exactly can I find this thread.
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Is there a good step by step thing I could follow. If possible if not its cool but thanks.
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ryanw5489 said:
Is there a good step by step thing I could follow. If possible if not its cool but thanks.
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The signature is the text under his main post. Here is a link to the thread he is talking about
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339816&highlight=unbrick
Follow the steps there.
slayer621 said:
The signature is the text under his main post. Here is a link to the thread he is talking about
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339816&highlight=unbrick
Follow the steps there.
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yeah sorry i was on the phone so i didnt had the link at hand
in that thread its a file on this link http://bit.ly/D3UnBrick (courtesy of redsox985 )
that file and the instructions on the first post on that thread should get you saved.
be carefull to not flash the UPDATE LEAKS as they are not easily recoverable yet.
I believe that i did this already and did not work. so im alittle lost on what else i could do?
Bp paiced
Bp core dump mode
trying to open usb
This is what is says when my screen flashes half black on the top half of my phone. Its says this in the black part in white letters you can still see the bottom half of the sreen you can even touch the screen and it will still work but after a couple of min it will shut down and reboot.
i have already done the flash verizon method this has not worked!
Dont know what else to do?

No access to bootlader; CWM only on ICS

So, to avoid bricking my device I relocked the bootloader, used the stock RUU file and upgraded to ICS.
Worked as a charm.
Installed a custom ROM, worked fine.
Installed another one, was great.
And then I changed to Dark Raider (link) and after installation completes my device goes black entirely. I can access CWM Recovery and everything but not the bootloader menu or anything else.
No matter what other ROM I try to flash, it doesnt work, and I can't get RUU going because I can't access flashboot.
Any ideas?
Which kernel did you flash? Did you do any other steps before or after installing the last ROM like factory reset, etc. Just trying to brainstorm some ideas.
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megatronisabeast said:
Which kernel did you flash? Did you do any other steps before or after installing the last ROM like factory reset, etc. Just trying to brainstorm some ideas.
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I flashed the boot.img as usual that comes with the ROM, then did all the wiping they say we should on the main thread, then flashed the ROM.
What is really weird is that this is something I've done countless times before and never had any trouble. Even on ICS.
Oh and the device is still recognised by the computer, although not by the RUU file itself.
CWM Recovery works just fine but nothing else.
How are you getting to cwm? Normally you only access it through hboot. Are you doing the button combo?
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megatronisabeast said:
How are you getting to cwm? Normally you only access it through hboot. Are you doing the button combo?
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When I plug it in via USB, it automatically turns the phone on into CWM.
It's just like when they had that bug on CWM Recovery that wouldn't let us charge our phones when they were off without automatically going into Recovery.
I just want a way to make the RUU file recognise the phone so I can go back to stock. Anyone?
in recovery theres an option in developer menu to reboot into bootloader....have you tried this
Wild Child said:
in recovery theres an option in developer menu to reboot into bootloader....have you tried this
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What exactly is that developer menu?
Because I've been everywhere in Recovery and can't seem to find Reboot into Bootloader. I find Reboot Recovery alright, into the Advanced options, and several ++GO BACK++s that leads me to nowhere. I keep pressing it while on the main screen of Recovery and it just blinks the screen and that's all.
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What exactly is that developer menu?
Because I've been everywhere in Recovery and can't seem to find Reboot into Bootloader. I find Reboot Recovery alright, into the Advanced options, and several ++GO BACK++s that leads me to nowhere. I keep pressing it while on the main screen of Recovery and it just blinks the screen and that's all.
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Sounds like you flashed an outdated recovery. How exactly are you getting into recovery?
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kozmikkick said:
Sounds like you flashed an outdated recovery. How exactly are you getting into recovery?
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By plugging in my phone into the computer via USB. It automatically goes into CWM Recovery.
I always try to follow the most up-to-date topics but rooting HTC Vivid on ICS was a bit weird and I used a tool I randomly came across with and had never used before, some SuperToolv3 or whatever it's called.
I was trying to flash the stoc AT&T ROM via .zip but apparently I can't access my external sd card via CWM due to the sweet fact that apparently iGo created a ext_sd folder by itself, and when I try to access the external sd card it goes into iGo's useless folder.
Grand.
I can't just return my phone to HTC since I bought this phone from a friend and over here it's not sold, and I'm not going to US or anywhere soon so I'm screwed.
Well you are not using the wcxrecovery if that option is not there....unsure what to [email protected] point
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Well you are not using the wcxrecovery if that option is not there....unsure what to [email protected] point
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Wild Child can't help me. I'm ready to throw my phone away then.
Can't I just install the other recovery through the one I already have? Okay, I know the answer but I really had to try.
If you cant get into hboot then we have a big issue...cant flash anything....if we could get you into fastboot menu then we could get you at least back on the ruu....what does it do when you hold power and volume down buttons
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Wild Child can't help me. I'm ready to throw my phone away then.
Can't I just install the other recovery through the one I already have? Okay, I know the answer but I really had to try.
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Wild Child can't help me. I'm ready to throw my phone away then.
Can't I just install the other recovery through the one I already have? Okay, I know the answer but I really had to try.
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You do know how to get into hboot right?
Unplug it from the USB. Pull your battery out put it back in. Then with it still unplugged from USB press and hold the volume down button while simultaneously holding down the power button. Keep holding them both down for a couple seconds then hboot should load up.
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If you cant get into hboot then we have a big issue...cant flash anything....if we could get you into fastboot menu then we could get you at least back on the ruu....what does it do when you hold power and volume down buttons
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You do know how to get into hboot right?
Unplug it from the USB. Pull your battery out put it back in. Then with it still unplugged from USB press and hold the volume down button while simultaneously holding down the power button. Keep holding them both down for a couple seconds then hboot should load up.
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Yes, I do know how to get into hboot.
I press both buttons and nothing happens.
The RUU file was the 1st thing i tried, but it doesn't recognise the phone since it's not on the mode it should be for using the RUU.
Grrrr. And I'm not even in a country where this phone is sold so I really can't see how I'll get this fixed.
Well, I'm not THAT noob. I know how to do most things. I've played around with this phone for a few months now and never had a problem with it.
I flashed the kernel properly and then I flashed the Dark Raider ROM the way I always do. Do you think is there any possibility that this was caused by Dark Raider?
I couldn't've done anything wrong. I never did. I wouldn't wait months of practice to finally screw anything up now.
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Well, I'm not THAT noob. I know how to do most things. I've played around with this phone for a few months now and never had a problem with it.
I flashed the kernel properly and then I flashed the Dark Raider ROM the way I always do. Do you think is there any possibility that this was caused by Dark Raider?
I couldn't've done anything wrong. I never did. I wouldn't wait months of practice to finally screw anything up now.
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I was just making sure since some people don't know that you can't enter hboot wih USB or a power cable connected to the phone.
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I was just making sure since some people don't know that you can't enter hboot wih USB or a power cable connected to the phone.
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And it's funny 'cause a guy in the other topic (I kinda think it's the ROM's fault so I posted there as well, maybe the dev has any clue) told me I should plug the phone in and try to get into hboot.
Well, I tried just for the hell of it and obviously didn't work.
Every time I plug the phone in either to a charger or a computer I'm taken straight to CWM Recovery. Like that old bug it had that we couldn't charge the phone off without going into Recovery.
I left it in Recovery but I'm not sure if it's charging, the battery wasn't that low but after all this time it probably is now, so it doesn't hurt to leave it there.
But, like, if this was a complete brick I wouldn't even be getting into Recovery, right? And the computer wouldn't be recognising it.
Isn't there a way to access the internal memory of the phone through the computer? I'd like to try one last thing but iGo created a ext_sd folder inside the phone and now when I try to access the REAL external SD i'm taken to the iGo folder.
And I only saw that now.
Or maybe a way to make the phone recognisable by the RUU .exe file?
Apparently a series of unfortunate things led me to this.

Touch Screen not working after ICS update

Hello all,
I have a GTab 8.9 from AT&T. I performed the ICS upgrade last night using Kies and it seemed to load correctly with no errors however the touch screen does not work now. It boots up fine but I cannot do anything with the screen. Power and volume buttons seem to be working fine.
I was able to reboot the device by holding the power button in and then go into download mode and do a factory reset. That went with no errors but the touch screen still does not work.
So, next I thought I would use Odin and try to push the factory rom back to it however Odin never sees the device, (tried multiple usb ports and 2 different pc's Win7 32b and 64b) However if I go ahead and let the GTab boot on up Odin does see it at that point. I can also get to the internal sdcard via my computer.
I also tried to copy the 7300_cwmr files to the sdcard and rebooted back to download mode. I selected apply update from sdcard and went into each of the directories but the device does not see any files in the directories, just the directories themselves.
So.... at this point I'm at a loss what to try next and I'm hoping someone on this forum can give me a nudge in the right direction.
I did reinstall the usb driver
Odin sucessfully recognized this device in download mode 'before' the ICS upgdate, not after.
I am using the factory usb cable and I did try a second one.
I was running version 3.2 before the upgrade.
Not ever rooted
Kies recognizes the device as well, can kies be used to flash my device? (sorry if that's a stupid question)
Thanks ahead
Are you sure you're in download mode, not recovery, when you try Odin. If kies recognizes the device I can't believe Odin won't.
Is the stock rom file you're trying to flash a zip file or a .tar.md5? The recovery is looking for a zip file and that may be why you didn't see it in any folder. Odin uses the tar file.
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Thanks for the reply.
Yes I am in download mode. As I mentioned, Odin was able to see my GT before I upgraded to ICS, but not after. At least not in DL mode. If I let the GT go ahead and boot up Odin recognizes it with the port showing up in it's normal amber color.
It boots up fine, the touch screen is not working though so I can't use the GT. Once it boots up I can see it in my computer and place files on on it.
Thanks
Have you tried fixing permissions when you're in recovery mode? Do you have a custom recovery installed our the stock recovery, and if custom which one?
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I apologize, I'm not sure what you mean by fixing permissions while in recovery mode. I do not see that option on the screen. Everything is factory on the GT. I have not installed a custom recovery. The only change to the device from stock was the ICS upgrade that I just performed via Kies.
Is there a way that I can recover the device back to 3.2 using either Kies or while in DL/recovery mode? When the device boots I can see it and add files via my computer. Can I place the stock rom that I have downloaded from sammobile on the devices sdcard and reboot into DL mode and do a restore from sdcard? Is there a different way to do this without Odin?
Odin... I am not sure why it is not recognizing it while in DL mode. Odin will recognize it after the device boots. Actually Odin recognizes it just after the "Samsung" logo displays... while the AT&T "Rethink Possible" startup video is playing Odin will see it at that point. Not before. Quite frustrating actually. (I have tried multiple pc's and usb ports)
Thanks again for the help and apologies if I am asking stupid questions.
With the device off, hold down the power and both volume keys. When you see the Samsung logo release the power key but continue to hold down the volume keys for 2 seconds then release them. That should get you into down load mode. It'll say something about pressing the volume up key to continue. Have Odin running and then plug on the usb cable. Have you done something like that?
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ok... so I found an old "XP" laptop here at my office and downloaded the usb driver and Odin again and wnet into DL mode and for whatever reason Odin sees it on the XP machine. (whatever) grrr
Anyway... I downloaded and tried pushing both of the roms I found on sammobile.com for AT&T ( i957UCKJ7 and i957UCLK4) to my GT8.9, both times they completed successfully and when rebooting the touch screen would not work.
Is the rom still available for 3.2? Can I revert back to what came with it when it was originally released?
Thanks again for the assistance.
It sounds like you have a bigger problem than putting the stock Rom on it is going to fix. If you're still under warranty I'd take it in.
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Yeah I called them up and can toss it back at them, which I will do if I cant find an original factory rom to try and push to it.
I'm still searching for one though I have not been able to find one yet. Can anyone point me to a factory rom for this device?
I'd like to try and flash it back to stock before I send it back to them (if possible) as the touch screen was working just fine before I pushed out the update via kies the other day. Once the update finished and it rebooted, the touch screen did not work after that.
Thanks!
Go to sammobile.com for the stock roms. You'll have to sign-up but it's free.
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Yeah I've been to that site, that's where I got the 2 I mentioned above (i957UCKJ7 and i957UCLK4). I believe the UCLK4 file is ICS, correct? I'm not sure what version the UCKJ7 file is. I did try both. Those were the only 2 roms I could find there for the 8.9 ATT GT. I'll go back and look again. Maybe I missed it.
Thanks for your help
I'm sure those are the only two. The other one is honeycomb. They are the official Samsung roms. I think you've done what you can.
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This is the second reported occurrence of this happening. Weird
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orlandoxpolice said:
This is the second reported occurrence of this happening. Weird
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Make that three ?? .. any resolution so far ?
orlandoxpolice said:
This is the second reported occurrence of this happening. Weird
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Yea, noticed that too. I used the rom from Sammy but didn't have an issue. I wonder if they got the wrong tab version.
OP, can you post what rom you flashed? And do you have an i957?
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wamaOnline said:
Make that three ?? .. any resolution so far ?
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You're the second. Weird that a couple of you have had the same problem.
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Regretfully my tab is not under warranty, and I don't know what to try next? Do you have any ideas
In a small way I'm glad to see that others are experiencing this also.
I wonder if anyone out there has a completely stock rom or knows where I can pick one up? I have tried the 2 over at sammobile and neither brought my touch screen back. I have searched and searched online and can't find anything.
I was reading on a different site while researching this issue and he said he reverted back to his original factory image and the touch screen functionality came back. I'd really just like to get my GT back up and running somehow until this ICS touch screen problem gets figured out.
Thanks ahead for any help.
Sammobile is the stock roms. Use the oldest one, honeycomb. The download is a zip file. To use Odin you'll need to extract the .tar.md5 file out of the zip. Use 7-zip to do that.
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Yeah I've tried both of the roms on sammobile. Didn't work.
Well, thanks very much for the help. I'll keep checking here through tomorrow to see if anyone else has a suggestion to try and if not I will just mail it back to Samsing on Monday. I hate doing that because I need it for a trip on the 15th. Grrr
Very frustrating.
EraserX33 said:
Yeah I've tried both of the roms on sammobile. Didn't work.
Well, thanks very much for the help. I'll keep checking here through tomorrow to see if anyone else has a suggestion to try and if not I will just mail it back to Samsing on Monday. I hate doing that because I need it for a trip on the 15th. Grrr
Very frustrating.
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Any updates ? A question, did you try to use a non ATT card ?
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EraserX33 said:
Yeah I've tried both of the roms on sammobile. Didn't work.
Well, thanks very much for the help. I'll keep checking here through tomorrow to see if anyone else has a suggestion to try and if not I will just mail it back to Samsing on Monday. I hate doing that because I need it for a trip on the 15th. Grrr
Very frustrating.
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One more thing , can you please tell us where did you get your tablet from ? In case it is a he issue from the seller
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WARNING! TOWELROOT:Phone does not boot after enabling U Power Saving Mode

UPDATE2: This only seems to happen if you uninstall the Launcher system app. Mine does not seem to be affected by Xposed or other mods, and works 100% fine now in U Power Saving.
Just decided to try Ultra Power Saving mode after rooting and modding my phone yesterday. I'm not sure what exactly caused it (xposed, root, w.e) but my phone will not boot past the ATT Globe now. Just thought everyone might appreciate a heads up that they may have to factory reset after enabling this setting.
I'll update if my phone decides to boot up (letting it sit now)
UPDATE: It seems that after rooting, U power saving does have the potential to BRICK your phone. DO NOT ENABLE FOR ANY REASON AFTER ROOTING.
My gut says the culprit was uninstalling Launcher.apk (thought it was the google launcher >_>) gonna have to factory reset now.
More info dude
You might have just freaked out a noob here. Root was just achieved yesterday for the Verizon and ATT platform. Please post your hardware software state so we don't get confused here.
chronicaust said:
Just decided to try Ultra Power Saving mode after rooting and modding my phone yesterday. I'm not sure what exactly caused it (xposed, root, w.e) but my phone will not boot past the ATT Globe now. Just thought everyone might appreciate a heads up that they may have to factory reset after enabling this setting.
I'll update if my phone decides to boot up (letting it sit now)
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Same here cant get past the logo did a factory reset in recovery and still a no go. I tried to Odin back but still a no go as the files we have to return to stock are older I guess than the version I had on my phone. I am not 100% sure what caused it on my phone. Ive let mine sit for 20minutes or so and no go. took out the battery for a few hours etc no go. So now I am looking for Firmware KOT 49.G900AUCU2AND3.
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Same here cant get past the logo did a factory reset in recovery and still a no go. I tried to Odin back but still a no go as the files we have to return to stock are older I guess than the version I had on my phone. I am not 100% sure what caused it on my phone. Ive let mine sit for 20minutes or so and no go. took out the battery for a few hours etc no go. So now I am looking for Firmware KOT 49.G900AUCU2AND3.
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Are you sure that your didn't remove or freeze the launcher? If you don't have a third party launcher installed, freezing/removing the launcher.apk will cause the phone to not boot past the logo screen.
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Are you sure that your didn't remove or freeze the launcher? If you don't have a third party launcher installed, freezing/removing the launcher.apk will cause the phone to not boot past the logo screen.
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Nope I didn't delete any launchers. I left both in tacked stock and the Google launcher I was using before Root.
yup, enabling ultra power saving blows up the phone confirmed here also.. All i removed was the AT&T crap, shealth, drive mode, anda few other items.,. now phone is stuck at the black and white at&t logo wont do anything else..
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Are you sure that your didn't remove or freeze the launcher? If you don't have a third party launcher installed, freezing/removing the launcher.apk will cause the phone to not boot past the logo screen.
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had apex launcher running and as default in my case. phone is frozen on (white/black like its in power saving mode AT&T logo)
Never. Delete. Stock. Apps. Just freeze them
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robstunner said:
Never. Delete. Stock. Apps. Just freeze them
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I disagree. There are serious disk space concerns with this phone. If I am not going to use an app,and I have root, I am deleting it to recover the space it takes plus any associated files. If that breaks something, then that sucks. You can always reinstall through factory reset.
I'm fairly confident your wrong. Factory reset won't make uninstalled system apps reappear. That's why they don't let you delete them normally.
Just Odin back to stock after Odin flashes reboot into recovery and wipe all data reboot and all should be well
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I disagree. There are serious disk space concerns with this phone. If I am not going to use an app,and I have root, I am deleting it to recover the space it takes plus any associated files. If that breaks something, then that sucks. You can always reinstall through factory reset.
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except where they said they tried to odin back in and no luck so try again
Suggest that someone change the title to include AFTER TOWELROOT in there. For someone like me who had the files on the phone but just didn't pull the trigger yet, it will better keep them informed.
cyberace1985 said:
except where they said they tried to odin back in and no luck so try again
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willing to bet there's some user error involved...Odin back to stock should fix any issues.
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djkinetic said:
willing to bet there's some user error involved...Odin back to stock should fix any issues.
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How much you willing to bet..
You wrong if you have lock bootloader and you took update and bootloader is updated you can't odin back to previous version. We don't have current (updated) odin file for AT&T S5 yet.
Swiping from dark side of Galaxy S5.
Can anyone confirm that after unrooting with superuser it Will be safe to use ultra power saving mode?
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vxkillswitchxv37 said:
Can anyone confirm that after unrooting with superuser it Will be safe to use ultra power saving mode?
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I confirm it.
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Same with Samsung keyboard too. That's the only keyboard that works in UPS mode.
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How much you willing to bet..
You wrong if you have lock bootloader and you took update and bootloader is updated you can't odin back to previous version. We don't have current (updated) odin file for AT&T S5 yet.
Swiping from dark side of Galaxy S5.
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try flashing the file without the boot loader.
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try flashing the file without the boot loader.
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Worked for me, and so far at least one other person in my thread.

TWRP 2.7.1.0

Not my project but thought this might help people find it: TWRP 2.7.1.0 for KK Bootloaders by dhacker29
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
Edit: To avoid confusion I changed the link to the one RikRong posted that will give you the M only version. File name: TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img.
Edit2: Looks like the links are down so here is a link to a post that @rahimali provided in this thread. Its for TWRP 2.8 and 2.7.1.0.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56420813&postcount=28
already had it, but thanks
allen_ho said:
already had it, but thanks
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This works on the M?
RedBullet said:
This works on the M?
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That one does not, but you can get the correct one here: http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
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That one does not, but you can get the correct one here: http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
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Which one exactly?
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Which one exactly?
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One that says M instead of HD
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anyone else have a problem with this not recognizing the touch commands and just basically acting like its frozen? Nothing works I left it for awhile and came back to it and tried to open the slide lock and it doesn't do anything. The battery is fully charged so what I guess I have to do is wait for the thing to die so I can get out of recovery.
UPDATE: Still not working for me but I was able to shut it down by pressing the Power + Volumes Up and Down Keys
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anyone else have a problem with this not recognizing the touch commands and just basically acting like its frozen? Nothing works I left it for awhile and came back to it and tried to open the slide lock and it doesn't do anything. The battery is fully charged so what I guess I have to do is wait for the thing to die so I can get out of recovery.
UPDATE: Still not working for me but I was able to shut it down by pressing the Power + Volumes Up and Down Keys
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I don't ... But which version are you on... The correct one that RikRong linked?
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ezknives said:
I don't ... But which version are you on... The correct one that RikRong linked?
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Yes I downloaded the correct one from RikRong and it was the one that says:
TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img
I redownloaded it and tried again but still no avail. Touch just refuses to work with this for me. So I'll just have to stick to 2630
argedion said:
Yes I downloaded the correct one from RikRong and it was the one that says:
TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img
I redownloaded it and tried again but still no avail. Touch just refuses to work with this for me. So I'll just have to stick to 2630
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That's strange, I haven't had that issue either. Maybe a bad DL? Try downloading and flashing again.
maybe a different means of flashing it too...
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ezknives said:
maybe a different means of flashing it too...
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how else should i flash it?
fastboot flash recovery "Image"
this is all I know?
It was a long shot but there is flashify and rashr...
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argedion said:
anyone else have a problem with this not recognizing the touch commands and just basically acting like its frozen? Nothing works I left it for awhile and came back to it and tried to open the slide lock and it doesn't do anything. The battery is fully charged so what I guess I have to do is wait for the thing to die so I can get out of recovery.
UPDATE: Still not working for me but I was able to shut it down by pressing the Power + Volumes Up and Down Keys
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:: ditto ::
no luck with twrp so switched back to cwm. i also flashed the same way using fastboot
well I'll give the flashy a try and see but I think its more an issue with my phone. but I got time to play so we'll give it a shot.
Ok tried doing it with flashy and still the same result just no touch at all so I just give up with this and will stick with the one that works for me
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well I'll give the flashy a try and see but I think its more an issue with my phone. but I got time to play so we'll give it a shot.
Ok tried doing it with flashy and still the same result just no touch at all so I just give up with this and will stick with the one that works for me
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Are you on the KK bootloader? I believe its a requirement. I used rashr to flash it myself.
danbest82 said:
Are you on the KK bootloader? I believe its a requirement. I used rashr to flash it myself.
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Looking at my bootloader I do not think I am on the KK bootloader it gives me a date of 2013-09-25 I am assuming that is the original bootloader that it came with. Guess I'll do a search for the KK bootloader and see if I can get that flashed over.
argedion said:
Looking at my bootloader I do not think I am on the KK bootloader it gives me a date of 2013-09-25 I am assuming that is the original bootloader that it came with. Guess I'll do a search for the KK bootloader and see if I can get that flashed over.
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To get the KK bootloader, I flashed the latest OTA through rsd lite. It should keep the boot loader unlocked but will remove root. If you plan on using a stock ROM, Q9Nap's GPE is very smooth and stable. Their thread gives links and instructions on how to flash OTA.
So the Frog has officially Croaked his Phone.
Yes you heard right I have managed to kill my phone. Only good thing is that I couldn't use it for much more than a mini wifi tablet so I didn't really loose anything.
I could not get Twrp 2710 to work was because I had the old boot loader So I decided to update the boot loader which I did but now the phone will not go out of the boot logo screen. I have successfully reinstalled my ROM and still will not go past the boot logo screen. I have tried fastbooting back to the old bootloader but no luck there either. I have spent about 2.5 hours this morning trying different things to get it to work and nothing I have found or came across will work. I have however successfully installed twrp 2710 and now have it working. Considering that is the only area of the phone That I can actually get into i guess thats something.
Some of the older Roms won't boot on the kk kernel they will not boot past the boot logo... When you upgraded did you flash the entire kk firmware via rsd? And it wouldn't boot past the boot logo...
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