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[Q] Any other ways to get into download mode?

Recently tried to flash from JF6 to JH3 and failed. It's now stuck at the phone ! computer screen.
Here's what I've tried so far starting with all the pull sd,sim,batt out and put battery back in:
1. Hold both vol up and down, then plug in usb.
2. Hold both vol up and down, then plug in usb, and then hold power. Let it flash on and off until I get to the 2nd blank screen, then release power.
3. Hold vol up and power, then plug in usb. Let it flash on and off until 2nd blank screen, then release power.
Holding down and power doesn't make the phone!computer flash at all.
I'm really at a loss now. No idea how to get back into download mode... I wasn't able to use the key combos to do it before; just used adb.
Any tips? Help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I've always done after turning off the phone:
1. Plug in USB
2. Hold volume up + down
3. Press and hold power until it turns off for second time then let go (although it's worked for me on the first time it goes off)
Worked every single time for me.

tysj said:
I've always done after turning off the phone:
1. Plug in USB
2. Hold volume up + down
3. Press and hold power until it turns off for second time then let go (although it's worked for me on the first time it goes off)
Worked every single time for me.
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Doesn't seem to work for me... anything else you can think of?

Have you tied to Flash it with Odin back to stock? Always flash back to stock before flashing. Every thread starts with the same instructions, flash back to stock first. Not to kick you when you're down.
I'd flash back to stock with Odin.

Rhiannon224 said:
Have you tied to Flash it with Odin back to stock? Always flash back to stock before flashing. Every thread starts with the same instructions, flash back to stock first. Not to kick you when you're down.
I'd flash back to stock with Odin.
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He wouldn't be able to flash without getting into download mode now would he?
op: Make sure that odin is open and ready on your computer. if that doesn't work then i hate to say it but...

Looks like I've got an expensive paperweight? Luckily for me I got it yesterday...
Stupidly enough though, I probably should have returned it in the first place. It wasn't working quite right... I've never seen a phone not respond to button combos or have problems connecting to a computer via USB and I've owned my share of Samsungs. Each boot into their own recovery mode just fine via buttons... guess I won the lottery?
If anyone has some ridiculously convoluted way to get into download mode, I'd be glad to try it.

Did a bit of snooping...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765703
It seems there are a fair amount of phones with disabled button combos...

when i flashed to jh3, i found doing the adb reboot download the easiest way to get into download, even when i messed up my phone and it would boot to galaxy s screen and it would get stuck. Found plugging it in via usb and then running the adb command

Ah... I see. Well, considering I can't get it to recognize it or anything... it's pretty much fubar. I tried my sister's captivate and it boots into download mode just fine with both vol + plug in usb.. so I assume I just had a defective unit that became more defective.
Thanks for the help all, and let's just have this be a lesson to anybody who wants to know, if you follow the instructions on the odin thread and you can't get in, either you're doing something wrong or the phone is wrong...
And adb never hurt anybody.
Thanks again everybody.

pokedoke said:
Did a bit of snooping...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765703
It seems there are a fair amount of phones with disabled button combos...
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I just exchanged a Captivate for shutting down by itself, got one that can't three button reboot, accidentally bricked it and couldn't recover it. Exchanged it for yet another one that also can't three button reboot. Uggh!

[Q] HTC Hero Bootloop

A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.

talktojer said:
A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.
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The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.

il Duce said:
The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.
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theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?

talktojer said:
theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?
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you mean like this: hold home and then power?

il Duce said:
you mean like this: hold home and then power?
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yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?

talktojer said:
yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?
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Not really... in very rare cases has the hero been bricked.
If nothing else, you could always run the Sprint/HTC RUU through your computer, that will restore the Hero to "Out-of-Box" state. From there you could root back again and flash any ROM you would like.

With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

unCoRrUpTeD said:
With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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how do I get into this fastboot mode? I'd love to restore it to factory software, but I'm unable to figure out how to get the phone into a mode that the PC will recognize. Volume up/end vibrates 3 times but never actually turns on or shows a logo. just stays black. If I could get this thing back to its original state that would be great.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
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Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.

Not to hijack your thread, but I'm having this same problem. I've run several ROMs including cyanogen 6.0 and 6.1 and today was installing the cyanogen 7 with 2.3 android. I wiped everything and flashed the rom and the gapps and the phone went into constant reboot cycles. I could at that point, hold the power/home and get it back to the recovery menu. I had the Amon RA recovery and thought I would try the 3.0 clockwork, so I flashed that recovery image...rebooted without a problem. I tried wiping and reflashing, but still the constant reboot. So I took the advice on the wiki and flashed the DecaFuct-12222010-691.zip kernel. My phone rebooted and did not start the cycling, so I thought it was an improvement. However, 1/2 an hour later, it's still sitting at the HTC logo and the power/home does not reboot into recovery. Nor does trying to adb find any devices.
Apparently I haven't posted enough on these forums to be able to post to the dev thread. But I've done some base development work on the phone and have been using adb for over a year now. Any help on getting back to a working phone would be greatly appreciated!
Lynne

Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!

lrandolph said:
Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!
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any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.

talktojer said:
any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.
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First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works

ccrosno said:
First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works
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here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.

talktojer said:
here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.
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Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.

talktojer said:
Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.
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Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1

unCoRrUpTeD said:
Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1
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ive removed the sdcard, results are no different.

ccrosno said:
Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.
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android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.

talktojer said:
android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.
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Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.

ccrosno said:
Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.
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You would actually do
adb devices
You don't do it from inside adb.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1

[Q] I'm Bricked

Droid 3 is Bricked
I used Pete's One Click to root phone, achieved root, unrooted, and generally had no problem. I installed Bootstrap, removed it, then installed Safestrap. Then I tried to use Pete's One Click again to try to unroot the phone. It said I could not use it on this phone. I tried it again, it started working, completed step one and then it went into a bootloop, past the twin core and into the red flashing Droid beacon and then repeat.
I read the boards, I downloaded Pete's Droid3 OTA 5.6.890 OneClick.zip and I believe I did it all correctly. My battery was charged, I got to fastboot and the following occured:
erasing userdate...OKAY
erasing cache...OKAY
sending "recovery" (9216 KB> ... _ (flashing)
And it stopped! I let it sit for hours, I retried, I emailed psouza4, he was responsive, suggested I post problem here. Help please, Thanks.

Do you have the updated drives on your computer? I'd hunt down the freshest ones and try re-running the unbrick script.

Drivers are up to date
Believe I have the latest drivers, been fooling around with my phone using different programs and never had a driver problem. Used MyPhoneExplorer to link phone to laptop, PDANet to tether and no problem. Thank for your suggestion.

Chrissell said:
Droid 3 is Bricked
I used Pete's One Click to root phone, achieved root, unrooted, and generally had no problem. I installed Bootstrap, removed it, then installed Safestrap. Then I tried to use Pete's One Click again to try to unroot the phone. It said I could not use it on this phone. I tried it again, it started working, completed step one and then it went into a bootloop, past the twin core and into the red flashing Droid beacon and then repeat.
I read the boards, I downloaded Pete's Droid3 OTA 5.6.890 OneClick.zip and I believe I did it all correctly. My battery was charged, I got to fastboot and the following occured:
erasing userdate...OKAY
erasing cache...OKAY
sending "recovery" (9216 KB> ... _ (flashing)
And it stopped! I let it sit for hours, I retried, I emailed psouza4, he was responsive, suggested I post problem here. Help please, Thanks.
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Did you remove safestrap before you unrooted the phone (i.e., from the safestrap app on the phone, tap the button to remove recovery)? If not, you may have two bootstraps on the phone?

Not sure, believe so
I am not sure on this. I remember opening Safestrap and having two choices. I believe one of them was remove recovery and I believe I did this, then tried to unroot. But, if I assume I didn't and I assume I have two Safestraps on there, is there a solution? Thanks.

Seems like you need to SBF.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Ve...izon+DROID+3+OTA+5.6.890+to+phone_psouza4.zip
After you've connected the phone with the stock cable and booted up with M+Power and used volume down to highlight AP Fastboot and up to select it, double click the thing that says "CLICK HERE TO FLASH...etc." Let it run and your phone will be box stock

kapilthio said:
Seems like you need to SBF.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Ve...izon+DROID+3+OTA+5.6.890+to+phone_psouza4.zip
After you've connected the phone with the stock cable and booted up with M+Power and used volume down to highlight AP Fastboot and up to select it, double click the thing that says "CLICK HERE TO FLASH...etc." Let it run and your phone will be box stock
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Haha, copy paste much? I'll take credit for being the author of this. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1555418)
redsox985 said:
Create a Nandroid backup and place it on your PC for when you get your replacement. Then download and run this...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Ve...izon+DROID+3+OTA+5.6.890+to+phone_psouza4.zip
After you've connected the phone with the stock cable and booted up with M+Power and used volume down to highlight AP Fastboot and up to select it, double click the thing that says "CLICK HERE TO FLASH...etc." Let it run and your phone will be box stock. The only thing it can't fix is the radio hack, but no rep will ever be able to see that since RadioComm is proprietary to Motorola.
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Regardless, I hope this fixes your problem!
New DL link...
http://bit.ly/D3UnBrick

Already tried that
I thank the above posters for their suggestions but I already tried and described above what you are suggesting. I did download two versions of Pete's SBF routein and it did not work. That was why I was seeking further help.

There's only one Pete's SBF?? Did you try RSD Lite?

Got unbricked
Despite multiple efforts (an e-mails to Pete) the .bat provided in the suggestions above stalled after step 1. I finally figured out that I could download 906update.zip (230,242 kb) to my computer, place it on my SD card using an adapter (does not matter where you place it) and then placed SD back into the phone. I pushed power button down as well as the up and down vol buttons with the power buttons at the same time to get to the Boot Selection menu, pressed the down volume key, then the up key to go into recovery. You get the green robot and an ! in a triangle, hold power button and vol buttons in and down vol to "apply update from sdcard". Let it run and was fine.
if anyone knows of a post that describes the use of the items under the Boot Menu such as BP Tools et cetera, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Chrissell said:
Despite multiple efforts (an e-mails to Pete) the .bat provided in the suggestions above stalled after step 1. I finally figured out that I could download 906update.zip (230,242 kb) to my computer, place it on my SD card using an adapter (does not matter where you place it) and then placed SD back into the phone. I pushed power button down as well as the up and down vol buttons with the power buttons at the same time to get to the Boot Selection menu, pressed the down volume key, then the up key to go into recovery. You get the green robot and an ! in a triangle, hold power button and vol buttons in and down vol to "apply update from sdcard". Let it run and was fine.
if anyone knows of a post that describes the use of the items under the Boot Menu such as BP Tools et cetera, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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I'm glad it worked, but I don't want anyone to read this and think your button combos are exactly correct. You need...
Boot with X+Power
Push volume up and down simultaneously when at the triangle screen
Use volume keys and power to confirm selections in stock recovery

Thanks for clarity
Thanks for the above. I was going from memory.

[Q] Rooting Lg Thrill ICS

I just updated my lg thrill p925 to ICS. To root this phone, does it matter if I used the megatron that I used to root it back when my phone was gingerbread? Thank you..

kelkoo987 said:
I just updated my lg thrill p925 to ICS. To root this phone, does it matter if I used the megatron that I used to root it back when my phone was gingerbread? Thank you..
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I am also wanting root for the latest software

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39338374
This post should have everything you need guys
Sent from my LG-P925 using xda premium

the ManaWhoney said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39338374
This post should have everything you need guys
Sent from my LG-P925 using xda premium
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I did figure out how to root it but where i found it on here should mention to flash the bootloader cause you will get a security error if ya didnt i primarily use root for my wifi tethering when i need it

So there's no other way to root without flashing a bootloader and another rom? I really don't want to get into that anymore.

Same here.
Just want to stay with the stock v30p after rooting.
It will be great if tjat can be done
Sent from my LG-P925 using xda app-developers app

doesnt anyone know of another method, i was on that page last night for 4 hours trying to get it to work without any luck, updated drivers, was able to get phone to boot into fast mode, but whenever i tried to install the boot loader it would always just chill on waiting for device. few ppl said to unplug and replug, or manually put into fast boot but nothing worked for me, couldnt get it to install bootloader.

ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.

myths420 said:
ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.
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Got me through a good bit here, but I'm at the point where I can't boot into recovery. The phone loads just fine otherwise, but I can not for the LIFE of me get into recovery mode (to flash SU_BBOX). I've tried "Vol-Down + PWR", "Vol-down + 3D + PWR"... etc etc etc... I've practically tried every which way and button combination, but still nothing. What am I missing? Yes, I DID use the tool to flash a recovery. Also, when I try to shut the phone down, it won't stay off. It turns off for a few seconds, then boots itself back up. What have I DONE???

nti_hazard88 said:
Got me through a good bit here, but I'm at the point where I can't boot into recovery. The phone loads just fine otherwise, but I can not for the LIFE of me get into recovery mode (to flash SU_BBOX). I've tried "Vol-Down + PWR", "Vol-down + 3D + PWR"... etc etc etc... I've practically tried every which way and button combination, but still nothing. What am I missing? Yes, I DID use the tool to flash a recovery. Also, when I try to shut the phone down, it won't stay off. It turns off for a few seconds, then boots itself back up. What have I DONE???
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thats a bug with the bootloader, turn phone on and then hold the power button for like 8 seconds to turn it off, not t hrew the menu.
once its off hold vol down then press power button. and hold for about 4 seconds, if it doesnt vibrate to turn off, release all and repeat untill it does. it takes me about 2-3 times befor it vibrates to turn on. after the let go of power until grey lg screen, you will notice writing in the top left corner, then let go of volume button.

Help me.
myths420 said:
ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.
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Would you be able to help me through this so I can return to older OS versions? ICS really sucks, messed up my volume.

Walshe said:
Would you be able to help me through this so I can return to older OS versions? ICS really sucks, messed up my volume.
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i would really would not want to do that downgrading is the usual cause of bricking phones and the older firmwares have alot of issues ICS seems to been the best for the thrill

Re: [ROM] Official ICS 4.0.4 V30B AT&T Full 4G Works
Edit: removed because Nexus 7 bugged and posted in wrong thread.

here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2205745

does anyone know how to remove the silver lg issue when it boots up.

Lg thrill ics
Serah-Farron said:
i would really would not want to do that downgrading is the usual cause of bricking phones and the older firmwares have alot of issues ICS seems to been the best for the thrill
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Ummm did any of you guys had a problem with the play store after updating to the ICS like not being able to download from the store for some reason???? Because when i update my thril from gingerbread to the ics... It give me an "error retriving information from server.
[RPC: S-5:AEC-0] an help?

Elk1ngz said:
Ummm did any of you guys had a problem with the play store after updating to the ICS like not being able to download from the store for some reason???? Because when i update my thril from gingerbread to the ics... It give me an "error retriving information from server.
[RPC: S-5:AEC-0] an help?
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You just have to set ur time and date correctly.

factory reset after rooting
myths420 said:
ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.
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This guide was awsome but can you use factory reset after you root and if you do will the boot loader
& twrp recovery still be on there please reply back also how do you unroot if they come out with an official update for jellybean

Can't figure out how to root this device
I have been trying for a long time to root my LG Thrill with ICS 4.0.4, but I am having trouble. I've tried countless times to root the device and followed the instructions precisely from the previous posts. I have also looked at other threads and can't find anything that helps. It would be greatly appreciated if somebody helped me out in rooting my device because a lot of the previous posts are slightly outdated. Maybe there is another method to rooting this device? All help is appreciated

The solution
i rooted mine with this http://www.lg-phones.org/how-to-root-lg-thrill-4g-with-android-4-0-ics.html
i recommend the second process. its much easier. Then i installed this rom. Its great!. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392309

Please help me unbrick my phone

EDIT: I accidently posted this in the wrong forum. Im have the international version, not Verizon!
I've been trying to get CM10 on my phone and somehow i messed everything up and now i can ONLY get into download mode.
Im trying to follow this guide to get back to stock:
I. Before You Begin
This will only work using a Windows machine.
This will only work on the T-Mobile US version and versions from outside the US. Do NOT use this on AT&T or Verizon versions.
II. Install the Drivers
Download the LG ADB Drivers and install them (if you don’t already have them installed from the rooting procedure you used).
III. Download the Necessary Files
Download the stock firmware for you specific device here and save it to your desktop (look for it in step 1 of the original post and make sure to choose the firmware file for your specific device version).
Download the LG Mobile Support Tool to your desktop, install it, and then close it once it opens automatically.
Download the FlashTool to your desktop (it’s the .zip file after clicking on that link).
IV. Unroot the LG G2
Turn off the G2 by holding down the power button and keeping it held down until the screen goes black, then continue to hold it for a few seconds after it goes black to make sure it shut down.
Plug the G2 into the computer via the USB cable while holding Volume Up at the same time to put it into download mode.
Right-click the FlashTool .zip file and select Extract All.
Double-click UpTestEX.exe from inside the newly extracted folder.
In the R&D Test Tool window, select the following for each option listed:
Select Type – 3GQCT
PhoneMode – DIAG
Select KDZ file – Click this and select the .kdz file we downloaded in the previous section.
Click Normal web upgrade test.
Click Upgrade Start in the new popup window that appears.
Select Republic of Korea and English for the Country and Language window that appears after that.
Click OK.
When it finished flashing and is all done, turn off the phone and then turn it back on by holding down Power and Volume Down until a screen comes up.
Select Reset (this will finish erasing everything off the device and bringing it back to stock).
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I get to step where i click upgrade start but i dont get any window where im supposed to select language.
Instead LG Mobile Support Tool starts up and nothing happens.
I dont understand what im doing wrong. Please help me. :/

Kleivis said:
EDIT: I accidently posted this in the wrong forum. Im have the international version, not Verizon!
I've been trying to get CM10 on my phone and somehow i messed everything up and now i can ONLY get into download mode.
Im trying to follow this guide to get back to stock:
I get to step where i click upgrade start but i dont get any window where im supposed to select language.
Instead LG Mobile Support Tool starts up and nothing happens.
I dont understand what im doing wrong. Please help me. :/
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Have you tried updating the united device drivers?
Sent from my VS980 4G

Do you still have a custom recovery? This happened to me, the same thing actually!
What I had to do was hold Volume Down and Power button until the LG logo shows up, then release ONLY the Power button while still holding the Volume Down button, then press the Power button again.
Or if this doesn't work,
Turn off phone, then when off, hold down power and volume down button until it reaches the LG logo and then release both buttons and hold it down again.
You will see a screen that says something like: Hard reset/ factory reset. Just follow the steps stated on screen until it boots you into recovery.
For me it took me to my recovery screen, where I just flashed a older ROM onto it. I then later flashed a recovery file.
It does take me a few times to get into that.
If that doesn't work, I don't know.
Thank you,
Stephen

hiddenfive said:
Do you still have a custom recovery? This happened to me, the same thing actually!
What I had to do was hold Volume Down and Power button until the LG logo shows up, then release ONLY the Power button while still holding the Volume Down button, then press the Power button again.
Or if this doesn't work,
Turn off phone, then when off, hold down power and volume down button until it reaches the LG logo and then release both buttons and hold it down again.
You will see a screen that says something like: Hard reset/ factory reset. Just follow the steps stated on screen until it boots you into recovery.
For me it took me to my recovery screen, where I just flashed a older ROM onto it. I then later flashed a recovery file.
It does take me a few times to get into that.
If that doesn't work, I don't know.
Thank you,
Stephen
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Praise Jesus for this...I about had a heart attack. I have been rooting and installing custom ROMs since the G1...never had any issues. Was in a boot loop and could not get back into recovery for anything.

Nothing!
I rooted then attempted to installl TWRP... the phone turned off then turned on with the android ! icon... it shut off a few mins later. Now, all I get is the buzz and a black screen. LG Mobile Support Tool nor my computer will even recognize the device. Am I truly bricked beyond repair?