EDIT: Wish I could delete this. Just found a post about how to fix this...but it involves opening the phone and messing with the hardware. Wish someone could walk me through it :s
So, I hope I didn't, but here is the scenario:
Wanted to install Lollipop ROM from KitKat...tried, failed, found out I needed to have a downgraded radio. Okay...use LG Flash Tool to give myself another try. Load up Jellybean...couldn't figure out how to flash custom recovery in Jellybean as all tutorials are outdated or just didn't work when I tried them, so I thought the best way to do it was to get the Kitkat OTA from Verizon and let it install, then flash a custom recovery (since I figured out how to do that with Kitkat...Autorec), then flash the old radio then the Lollipop ROM and voilà. However, when waiting for the download for Verizon OTA, I tried again to install a custom recovery, and when tried to load it, I just got a black screen. So I just decided to go back into the Android OS and install the OTA once it finished downloading...
The OTA finished downloading and I clicked install, my phone then rebooted...and stupid me didn't even realise what I have just done. The OTA tried going to recovery mode to install...but there's nothing there. Now I am stuck at a black screen that is trying to start recovery mode and when trying to reboot and get into download mode, it won't let me and just goes to the broken recovery mode.
So...can't really think of any other options for me. What can I do? When I plug it into my computer, it connects my phone as like 20 different drive letters that all say they need to be formatted.
So my question is...what can I do?
So I flashed a new .kdz to the D415R in order to root it again, which was successful albeit a couple bugs that other people were having. Following this I installed a font with the app Font Installer from the Play Store, worked flawlessly, and then I was not satisfied with it so I chose a different font. Upon doing so the phone got stuck in a boot loop. I am able to boot into recovery and wiped my /data, /cache and dalvik cache with TWRP. After this I figured I would be okay. Nope, I was wrong. My phone will not boot up past the LG Life is Good screen. Literally nothing but an endless display of the LG logo to mock me. I have a CM11 ROM on my sdcard in the download section but TWRP for some stupid ****ing reason has decided that it isn't an important folder on my card and won't let me access it. What do I do? My computer doesn't detect the sdcard like it would if I was using CWM. Any advice, tips or help? I only have one phone and kind of need it. All help would be appreciated.
you're unable to connect to your pc in download mode and reflash stock rom again ?
For LG L90 D415, upgrading to Marshmallow 6.0 and doing stupid stuff along the way!
I'm new to flashing and ROMs, but I had to piece this together over eight hours last night, so I wanted to share the results in case anyone else ends up in the same situation. I'll include step-by-steps and download links below.
What Happened:
Decided to leave T-Mobile and use Hangouts over wifi for free phone service. (Which totally works, btw - I pay $15 a month for high speed wifi at home, and wifi is everywhere now, so there are just small travel gaps when I'm not reachable. You can use any wifi capable phone or tablet to do this without any kind of paid phone service.)
Got tired of T-Mobile bloatware and decided to break phone free by converting from Android 5.02 to Marshmallow.
Rooted phone with LG OneClickRoot.
Used Flashify, TWRP, CM13 and gapps to convert.
Internal storage was nearly full after conversion, so newbishly decided to delete CM13 and gapps zips from storage, deleted TWRP and Flashify folders, *and backups, doh* and then-
Tried activating Encrypt Phone function, which failed, locking me in a bootloop from LG logo to CM face to Decryption Unsuccessful - Reset Phone screens.
Being new to all this, I Googled solutions like crazy. I watched YouTube videos and tried anything I could find. If you're a newbie too and none of these work for you, now you know you're not alone.
What Didn't Work:
Powering off, then restarting while holding down Power and Volume Down. This sent it into TWRP, which would process something for a few seconds that I had no control over, and inevitably dumped me back into the bootloop.
Powering off, then restarting while holding Power, Volume Down and Volume Up. Apparently that isn't a function of this kind of phone.
Updating Drivers - Device Manager wouldn't let me install LG or universal ADB drivers. When the phone showed up at all, it registered as "MTP Device" and declared it had the correct drivers. Hand-picking drivers with Have Disk didn't work either.
All other attempts to get back into TWRP so I could wipe and reinstall.
Downloading Minimal ADB and Fastboot - "adb devices" in the command prompt couldn't find my phone.
Downloading Odin in the vain hope it would somehow see my device and magically make everything better.
Smashing phone repeatedly against forehead.
What Finally DID Work:
I found a page suggesting I power off, then immediately hold down Volume UP and Power, and plugged my phone by USB into my computer at the same time. This finally broke the cycle into a Firmware Upgrade screen.
This screen will tell you not to unplug the phone until the process is complete. Its progress bar will rest at 0% forever while you do other stuff to fix it.
While it waited, I downloaded the entire LG L90 firmware .KDZ file, and a program called LG Flash Tool 2014.
I extracted LG Flash Tool 2014, then extracted the .KDZ file into its folder.
I ran LG Flash Tool 2014, set Select Type to 3GQCT, set PhoneMode to EMERGENCY, selected my KDZ file and clicked Normal Flash.
It then asks you for country and language - select Different Country and English.
The first time it ran, all the text was ?????????, and the program errored out and closed. My phone *did* process the FirmWare Upgrade even after LG Flash Tool 2014 errored out, so I waited until it reached 100%.
I ran it again with the same settings, and this time the text was English. The Firmware Upgrade on my phone processed to 100% again. I think LG Flash Tool 2014 still errored out, but it looked successful.
On reboot, it took me to LG logo, CM face, and then a white "draw a pattern to unlock" screen, which is what I'd set as my security before I screwed everything up. However, drawing the pattern did nothing, it just stayed locked.
On re-reboot, I held Volume Down and Power, and this time it went to the Factory Reset screen. I selected Yes, and it loaded into TWRP again. PHEW.
At this point, I think my computer could see my phone again, so I plugged it in with USB and copied the CM13 and gapps zips back where they'd been.
In TWRP, I ran Wipe, then Installed CM, then gapps.
I selected Reboot System, and voila, booted properly into Marshmallow.
Unfortunately, Marshmallow was working, but Google Play was freaking out - I kept getting multiple "Unfortunately, Google has stopped working" messages every ten seconds. But I found downloading a different version of gapps, and using TWRP to wipe the system again, back it up properly, and reinstall fresh copies of CM13 and the new gapps fixed the problem.
Also, the CM13 zip I installed is apparently not the most current, so my phone told me there was a Nightly update available. I did a fresh wipe and install with that new one in TWRP. I don't know how to link to it, but your phone should tell you automatically that you can download it once Marshmallow is running.
Links to the programs I used to fix my phone and properly install Marshmallow:
LG OneClickRoot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzczCljwgNnuSDZoSXBNTUptcDA&authuser=0
Flashify (you can download and install TWRP straight through this program): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
CM13 (The original I used before my phone told me I could update): http://quarx2k.ru/index2.php?m&dir=lg_l90
gapps (The one that fixed the Google problem): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347835438
LG Flash Tool 2014: http://lgflashtool.com/download/
LG Drivers (straight from official LG site): http://tool.lime.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00120120425
LG D415 Firmware KDZ (To use with LG Flash Tool 2014): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347759872
Theoretically, I think if you follow the steps here to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-l90/general/root-lg-optimus-l90-44-2-5-0-2-android-t3110257
And here to install Marshmallow:
http://www.droidviews.com/install-android-6-0-marshmallow-for-lg-l90-with-cm-13/
But use the Benzo gapps from the link above, it should install properly the first time with no Google problems.
I hope this helps, and good luck to other newbs out there!
Hi,
I must admit that I am panicking now because looks like i have bricked my phone and no matter what i try to do i am stuck between erecovery fastboot and TWRP.
To give you some light as to what actually happen... I've replaced oeminfo in originally EVA-AL-10 with EVA-l09. I have installed full system EVA-L09C432B136 and everything was fine at that point.
I thought to myself that it would be nice before putting any data to the phone to actually rebrand it to L19 so i do get a dual sim support.
In another thread I've found oem info for L19-C432. I've replaced it and decided to reflash full image EVAL19-C432B161 which i've also found on this forum due to huawei servers being down? (for some reason I couldn't download anything from the manufacture sources) This is when i got a first error message that updated failed due to incompatibility with the device.
I have been looking for some other full packages but whichever one I've put on a SD card, i couldn't get to work. for some stupid reason i thought about updating B136 hoping that during update process incompatibility issue will get fixed. Unfortunately this wasn't the case and even though the update completed "successfully" on the screen, after the reboot, i ended up in eRecovery.
Having oeminfo in SRK tools which worked for me previously i unlocked bootloader again and installed TWRP so i can root my phone and use srk to update OEM info back to 09.
This is where serious problems started to happen. in TWRP I am unable to use touch screen, only volume buttons and power button to confirm. As its a first launch of the TWRK I cannot even swipe to confirm read/write mode hence I can't go any further to install supersu etc...
Do you have any suggestions what can I do to unbrick it? Is there any workaround to get root via sd card? or maybe forcing somehow stock rom L09C432B136 to install regardless? Maybe there is a way to repack update.app so i doesn't look at the oeminfo?
I have tried replacing images (CUST, BOOT, RECOVERY and SYSTEM) in fastboot mode but I am not having any luck whatsoever.
Please throw me any ideas...
Thanks.
Hi azgooon,
I'm having the same problem, even it's a different huawei phone, did you get your problem fixed? How? Thanks for sharing.
douyi
Hi,
I have Lineage OS installed; no gapps or anything else.
I believe I have stock recovery installed, had TWRP on loop before. On recovery screen I get a "NO COMMAND" message on it.
LG SW doesn't pick up the phone. Can be seen in device manager, adb, and 'fastboot'. (Can't do just about anything with this fastboot)
Pretty sure Laf is missing on the phone itself. ( Have a back up of most things from when the phone was stock/as close as possible)
I've tried rooting but nothing. I assume current guides are based on a complete stock phone.
Phone is a T-Mobile L90 (D415RD if I'm not mistaken)
Is there a method to gain root with out a custom recovery?
Am I stuck with only the option of fully taking the phone apart to recover it?
Mod? I noticed after posting I placed this in the wrong area. Would it be possible to move this over to "Optimus L90 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting". Thanks.