[Q] Am I bricked? - Sprint LG Optimus G

Today I was going to flash lifeless rom. So I downloaded it and was going to go into my recovery to flash by holding vol down and the power button. My screen went black. I have been turning it on and off multiple times and getting nothing but the lg screen then it goes black. Keep in mind so far I've only flashed two things. That mod kit and TWRP weeks before this. If I'm not though please help me out.

Your soft bricked.(Can be fixed) just lgnpst to stock there's threads on how to
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Are you sure u have a full charge??? I'm just asking cause I got that same stupid black screen when I tried to flash something. Then the ****in phone wouldn't charge with the cord I had for some reason. Took to sprint and all they did was charge it. Felt like a ****in idiot.
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Also, you used the wrong key presses to enter recovery.
You need to press volume up and power while the phone is off.
You can use my guide also to LGNPST.
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Same issue here. LGPNST will not even detect my phone. Same drivers from rooting when i got the phone. Sucks.
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No idea what happened, but after messing around in TWRP for a couple hours. I created a backup tried restoring no go. I selected the zv9 update twice. Flashed twice. rebooted. Boom, it works.

I think you are having a same issue that I had..
I have a special version of freegee app that shelnutt2 gave me in person, and it was the only way i could unlock my bootloader.
But i'm not sure if i can share it or not..
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drancid said:
I think you are having a same issue that I had..
I have a special version of freegee app that shelnutt2 gave me in person, and it was the only way i could unlock my bootloader.
But i'm not sure if i can share it or not..
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Please do not share it. For those that require the special unlock, you'll have to come to irc and I'll give you a 10 minute safety lecture first. Not trying to withhold anything but as many know with normal freegee you can just lgnpst back if it doesn't work. With this "special" freegee, more is replaced and if something doesn't work right, you might brick the phone. No lgnpst, just hard bricked. Thus we aren't publicly sharing it since only a very very small percentage of people actually need it and we don't want others to brick themselves.

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Please do not share it. For those that require the special unlock, you'll have to come to irc and I'll give you a 10 minute safety lecture first. Not trying to withhold anything but as many know with normal freegee you can just lgnpst back if it doesn't work. With this "special" freegee, more is replaced and if something doesn't work right, you might brick the phone. No lgnpst, just hard bricked. Thus we aren't publicly sharing it since only a very very small percentage of people actually need it and we don't want others to brick themselves.
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I was one of the minority that could not unlock/install recovery without softbricking. I tried every way to get unlocked. But inevitably every time, it would flash LG and the screen would go black but still be backlit. Everytime I had to lgnpst back (probably close to a dozen times).
Shelnutt gave me the link to the special version of FreeGee and of course it worked! It's nice to finally be unlocked and have recovery because with the v9 OTA message popping up all the time, it's time to install a v9 rooted ROM.
Like others have said, even if you are rooted/unlocked or not, buy the freegee app from the play store and kick $1 to these guys like Shelnutt because not only do they create the work, they are always there willing to help!
I didn't see a donate button for Shelnutt and am wondering one exists...

Shelnutt2 said:
Please do not share it. For those that require the special unlock, you'll have to come to irc and I'll give you a 10 minute safety lecture first. Not trying to withhold anything but as many know with normal freegee you can just lgnpst back if it doesn't work. With this "special" freegee, more is replaced and if something doesn't work right, you might brick the phone. No lgnpst, just hard bricked. Thus we aren't publicly sharing it since only a very very small percentage of people actually need it and we don't want others to brick themselves.
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Roger that sir!!
Won't share it for sure!!
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Black screen issue(fix)
Veritass said:
Your soft bricked.(Can be fixed) just lgnpst to stock there's threads on how to
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i didnt have to use any program to fix mine .what you do is let your batter fully die because the sprint version of the phone you cant remove the battery and in order for you to get back to recovery more you have to get you phone to completly cut off.after it dies plug it back in .how you know if its working is you should see your charging icon come on screen .when you do let it charge for about 10 mins.when it does hold power and volume up key till use see the lg logo the let go.you should see writing on the bottom half of your screen if so your good just press volume down twice and the power button again and it will go into recovery mode. if i was you id do a factory restore and load a rom that you know that works.hope this helps.

{guide} soft-brick fix
I had this same issue lastnight. Follow these instructions and you should be G2G!
Rights and Props to AdriVelazquez.
Accessing Recovery Screen (First Step if you have bricked your phone)
This is our initial step for any problems that might arise. If you can access recovery, usually you're in a perfectly fine situation.
1. Power off your phone by holding Volume down & power at the same time.
2. When the screen shuts off, switch to entering fastboot by holding Volume Up & Power. Release immediately once you see a black screen with some text on the bottom.
3. You should see a black screen with some text at the bottom.
4. Press volume down 2x and then the power button.
5. You should see either TWRP or CWM recovery.
6. Wipe Cache, Dalvic Cache, and Factory Wipe
7. Flash new stock zip. Wipe caches again.
8. Restart.

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NOOOOOOOO I THINK IM BRICKED... Just cant tell if soft or hard. HELP PLEASE!!!

This morning while on the phone walking into work, my device suddenly dropped the call, and when I looked at it the screen was black, the samsung logo came up, and the Darkside splash screen appeared. The bar under the splash screen filled about maybe 1/4 of the way, before my phone began to go into an infinite boot loop. The only way for me to end the bootloop is to pull the battery out.
I've tried going into recovery mode, to no avail. I've also tried download mode... I can get to the point where I am asked if i want to continue on to download mode, or if I want to cancel. Once I select continue, it LOOKS as if i'm going to be able to get into download mode, but as soon as the Android logo appears, the screen quickly flashes blue, and the phone reverts to an endless boot loop.
I'm on TDJ's Darkside ICS 4.0.3, with the Venom 3 Kernel for TW (I've been using this all summer with no problems).
1) What would cause this sudden boot loop? The most recent app I added was Uno. I was also using the CPU Sleep app, but I only enable that when I know i'm not going to be near a charger. It was not enabled at the time that my device began boot looping.
2) Most importantly, HOW DO I FIX THIS? while I am uncertain of which type of brick this is, I am doubtful that it's a hard brick because I can still turn the device on, and get partially into download mode. From what I understand, a hard brick is one in which there is no power getting to the device, and not even the samsung splash appears.
I would GREATLY appreciate any and all help.
Go on internet and download unbrick sg2 tool. This might help since you cant get into recovery or download. As long as the computer recognizes your phone with USB connection you should be able to fix it. You could also try adb command in command prompt type in adb devices if numbers come up then adb will work with this command : adb reboot recovery.
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richardlibeau said:
Go on internet and download unbrick sg2 tool. This might help since you cant get into recovery or download. As long as the computer recognizes your phone with USB connection you should be able to fix it. You could also try adb command in command prompt type in adb devices if numbers come up then adb will work with this command : adb reboot recovery.
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i might need some help with your advice, especially regarding the adb command. Thanks nonetheless. I'm at work now, so when I get home i will try this out!
I will check back later if you still need help.
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richardlibeau said:
Go on internet and download unbrick sg2 tool. This might help since you cant get into recovery or download. As long as the computer recognizes your phone with USB connection you should be able to fix it. You could also try adb command in command prompt type in adb devices if numbers come up then adb will work with this command : adb reboot recovery.
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also, is the "unbrick sg2 tool" the name of the program, or is it something else? doing a quick google search, i have not found any specific tool, just a bunch of forums and threads describing similar problems.
Thanks
Sounds like you have a sticky power button. Its a common problem with our device. I know mobiletechvideos.com fixes it but for a price
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Tmogalaxys2 said:
Sounds like you have a sticky power button. Its a common problem with our device. I know mobiletechvideos.com fixes it but for a price
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I am reluctant to concede that this is simply a sticky power button. How would this happen?
inpherknow said:
also, is the "unbrick sg2 tool" the name of the program, or is it something else? doing a quick google search, i have not found any specific tool, just a bunch of forums and threads describing similar problems.
Thanks
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try to see if this works. just make sure you have the drivers for the phone installed first if not it won't work. the recovery zip will only reboot phone into recovery for you it does nothing else the rest is up to you.
Tmogalaxys2 said:
Sounds like you have a sticky power button. Its a common problem with our device. I know mobiletechvideos.com fixes it but for a price
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This.
You're about the 4th person this has happened to in the past week. My phone is currently at MobileTechVideos having the power button replaced. It's $35 for the power button repair service. It's pretty much your only option that I have been able to determine - since it's a hardware issue, there is no "software" fix. I would not try flashing anything to the phone because it could randomly reboot in the middle of a flash; not good.
KaneHusky said:
This.
You're about the 4th person this has happened to in the past week. My phone is currently at MobileTechVideos having the power button replaced. It's $35 for the power button repair service. It's pretty much your only option that I have been able to determine - since it's a hardware issue, there is no "software" fix. I would not try flashing anything to the phone because it could randomly reboot in the middle of a flash; not good.
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what i posted can't hurt the phone...its worth a shot.
KaneHusky said:
This.
You're about the 4th person this has happened to in the past week. My phone is currently at MobileTechVideos having the power button replaced. It's $35 for the power button repair service. It's pretty much your only option that I have been able to determine - since it's a hardware issue, there is no "software" fix. I would not try flashing anything to the phone because it could randomly reboot in the middle of a flash; not good.
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This is insane.
So i took the screws out in the back of the device, swabbed the general area with some denatured alcohol, and now i can get into recovery mode.
unbelievable. I'm attempting to do a backup, but literally halfway through, it bootloops.
This is amazing. I'm determined to backup before i ship it off.
Maybe you can trade with this guy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871732
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inpherknow said:
This is insane.
So i took the screws out in the back of the device, swabbed the general area with some denatured alcohol, and now i can get into recovery mode.
unbelievable. I'm attempting to do a backup, but literally halfway through, it bootloops.
This is amazing. I'm determined to backup before i ship it off.
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try the reboot recovery zip if you get there you are straight.
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inpherknow said:
This is insane.
So i took the screws out in the back of the device, swabbed the general area with some denatured alcohol, and now i can get into recovery mode.
unbelievable. I'm attempting to do a backup, but literally halfway through, it bootloops.
This is amazing. I'm determined to backup before i ship it off.
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you could flash recovery using odin since it only takes a few seconds. then you will be able to reboot into recovery hopefully
richardlibeau said:
try the reboot recovery zip if you get there you are straight.
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you could flash recovery using odin since it only takes a few seconds. then you will be able to reboot into recovery hopefully
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Since I was able to get int download mode, what i ended up doing was flashing CWM Touch Recovery, as it seemed that each time i used the volume or power keys the device would restart. I'm backup up now. I will probably unroot, wipe the device, go back to stock and take it to the tmo store in the morning. Being that it's a hardware issue, and I'm still under warranty, I should be able to get a warranty exchange. it sucks that I lose my ghost armor screen protector, though.
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Since I was able to get int download mode, what i ended up doing was flashing CWM Touch Recovery, as it seemed that each time i used the volume or power keys the device would restart. I'm backup up now. I will probably unroot, wipe the device, go back to stock and take it to the tmo store in the morning. Being that it's a hardware issue, and I'm still under warranty, I should be able to get a warranty exchange. it sucks that I lose my ghost armor screen protector, though.
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hope you have it fixed ok good luck
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hope you have it fixed ok good luck
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the backup was successful, and after restarting, no more power button issues.
unflippingbelievable.
I'm going to do a warranty exchange anyway.
Good idea
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100% Stock, Stuck at "X" Logo on boot. "Dead Android" w/ Exclamation (!) in Recovery

100% Stock, Stuck at "X" Logo on boot. "Dead Android" w/ Exclamation (!) in Recovery
Can someone please help me, PLEASE!!
I just want to be able to download the data from my phone, I don't care about getting android working again right now, I just want to download my photos and videos from the phone. I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus that's completely stock, including locked bootloader. I tried using the toolkit and I am able to have it see the device while it's in fastboot but I can't do any of the functions because it wants to unlock my bootloader which will erase all my data! I was just swapping the battery on my phone when this happened. I wasn't trying to do anything special, it was just supposed to be a normal boot up but it just got stuck on the "X". I'm running 4.1.1. My stock recovery shows a photo of a dead android and an exclamation point. It looks like this: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
Can someone please help me? I will seriously send you a paypal for your time, just please help me the data from my phone. I am somewhat savvy, like I said...I am in fastboot, my drivers are installed, and the toolkit can recognize my phone without any issue.
Thank you soooo sooo much in advance!
Why don't you just boot into stock recovery and just wipe cache. Maybe some rogue app is preventing your boot up.
You will not lose any data by only wiping cache.
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mariosraptor said:
Why don't you just boot into stock recovery and just wipe cache. Maybe some rogue app is preventing your boot up.
You will not lose any data by only wiping cache.
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My stock recovery shows a big "!" with a dead android. It looks like this.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
I think this might be my only option once I get the phone working again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
What steps should I take right now though?
Thank you again so much in advance.
Don't fear....
Even if you unlock your boot loader your data is not actually gone. But let's cross that bridge if we get there.
First things first: take your battery out, take your sim card out, put your sim card in and put your battery in. Boot up the phone.
If that doesn't fix you then the next thing to do is try safe mode. Power off the phone. Then, press the power button and BOTH (yes both) the volume up AND the volume down buttons. Hold them until the phone boots up.
If that doesn't work write back. Don't worry though. Your data is safe.
Wartickler said:
Even if you unlock your boot loader your data is not actually gone. But let's cross that bridge if we get there.
First things first: take your battery out, take your sim card out, put your sim card in and put your battery in. Boot up the phone.
If that doesn't fix you then the next thing to do is try safe mode. Power off the phone. Then, press the power button and BOTH (yes both) the volume up AND the volume down buttons. Hold them until the phone boots up.
If that doesn't work write back. Don't worry though. Your data is safe.
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First, thank you so much for replying.
I should have been more clear in my original message, I took my battery out and sim card in and out over 10 times and I even let the phone sit there for 30 minutes while it was at the X animation to no avail.
I have now also attempted a safe mode boot 4 times with no luck. During my safe mode boot attempts, the phone vibrated a few times but the display just remained at the X animation. It even did it after I let go of the volume key. I'm not sure what to make of this but I attempted it twice with holding both volume keys down as soon as the "google" logo appeared and twice with just the volume down key as soon as the "google" logo appeared. Same thing all 4 times, just sits at the X animation.
What would you recommend as a next step to recover the data? I really only care about the DCIM folder, nothing else matters that much.
forumsid987 said:
What would you recommend as a next step to recover the data? I really only care about the DCIM folder, nothing else matters that much.
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So can you get into your boot loader at all?
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"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
forumsid987 said:
My stock recovery shows a big "!" with a dead android. It looks like this.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jF4CgOU8c...ASKg/m6YOuDRcs4g/s1600/AndroidRedTriangle.JPG
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When you see this, press power+ vol up to get to the stock recovery menu. There is a wipe cache option there. It may take you a few tries to press both buttons at exactly the same time, but keep trying. No need to reboot in between tries.
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Winesnob said:
When you see this, press power+ vol up to get to the stock recovery menu. There is a wipe cache option there. It may take you a few tries to press both buttons at exactly the same time, but keep trying. No need to reboot in between tries.
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Thank you for your reply. I was able to get there and I formatted my cache. After that completed I chose the option to reboot the phone. I didn't do anything special during that reboot like trying to hold the volume down button as well for safe mode, I just let it go. It sat at the "X" animation for about 15 minutes before I gave up and tried it again holding the down volume button, again...no luck. I tried it a third time with holding the down and up volume buttons, no luck.
Any other ideas? Again, I know I've said this a few times but believe me when I say...I really appreciate your guys' help.
forumsid987 said:
Thank you for your reply. I was able to get there and I formatted my cache. After that completed I chose the option to reboot the phone. I didn't do anything special during that reboot like trying to hold the volume down button as well for safe mode, I just let it go. It sat at the "X" animation for about 15 minutes before I gave up and tried it again holding the down volume button, again...no luck. I tried it a third time with holding the down and up volume buttons, no luck.
Any other ideas? Again, I know I've said this a few times but believe me when I say...I really appreciate your guys' help.
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I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on. You'll lose your data when you unlock, but there is a thread in this forum on recovering that information. If you're already unlocked, just flash the boot and system images individually - it may clean up whatever is corrupt.
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Winesnob said:
I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on. You'll lose your data when you unlock, but there is a thread in this forum on recovering that information.
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Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
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"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
Wartickler said:
Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
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"Two hours? I think I could do better than that streaming Netflix with torch on. Something is very wrong there." - mmuzzy
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Thanks guys. I will be attempting this now. Crossing fingers!
Please post questions and issues in Q&A
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Thanks
FNM
Wartickler said:
Yep. That's pretty much where you are headed now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
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I tried this, it recovered only 36 files out of a 28 GB data file, and the files it did recover were all just files that have been on the phone since I unlocked the bootloader, flashed a custom recovery and flashed a stock OS so I could boot up and do all this. Frankly it seems like the files recovered were all the ones that were on the phone since I flashed a rom, none of my previous data are there. I followed the instructions to a T. Am I doing something wrong? Is the recovery software limiting me somehow because I am not using the paid version?
You have been so kind and helpful thus far, please assist me in figuring out what else I can do.
Thank you!
How the hell..
You can unlock your bootloader using omap flash, doing so will not cause you to lose tour data..................................
There is a thread on it..
Beamed from my Maguro.
Mach3.2 said:
How the hell..
You can unlock your bootloader using omap flash, doing so will not cause you to lose tour data..................................
There is a thread on it..
Beamed from my Maguro.
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Where were you 24 hours ago??? I am so sad right now, I cannot even begin to describe it. I searched like crazy before I did this, or so I thought.
forumsid987 said:
Where were you 24 hours ago??? I am so sad right now, I cannot even begin to describe it. I searched like crazy before I did this, or so I thought.
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Wasn't around..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016628
It's legit.
Figured out it's easier to download from dropbox as compared to rapidshare.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y0aouzpuppdnivo/OMAPFlash_tuna.zip
No matter how many darn times I try or how many different recovery software suites out there I try, I am getting nothing back. This is so disappointing. Can anyone please recommend something to me? A better data recovery solution? A better way to extract the data from the phone? Anything. I am desperate. I am contemplating going to a legit data recovery center and paying the $500 cause I don't know what to do anymore but I don't even know if they'll be able to do anything.
forumsid987 said:
This is so disappointing. Can anyone please recommend something to me? A better data recovery solution? A better way to extract the data from the phone? Anything. I am desperate.
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Which phone are you using? Make sure you are pulling from the correct partition for the userdata of your phone.
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Winesnob said:
I think you need to get into fastboot, unlock the bootloader (if it isn't already) and put a clean factory image on...
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Not sure of the need to flash a new image. May do more harm than good....
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You could have just transferred files using adb and then a factory reset on your phone with the recovery.

[Q] LG Optimus G Stuck On LG Screen Need Help.

I was making a TWRP Backup when all of the sudden my phone just randomly turns off. I grabed my phone and it was really hot. Tried turning it on, but nothing happened. Then I connected it to the ac adapter and it turned on, but it would go to the LG logo, the screen turns black then it restarts. This does not stop unless I unplug it. I had previously made two backups before and nothing like this happened, but this time I enabled conpression<-------- This must have been what caused this. All I want to know is if this can be fixed or not. If it could be fixed I would be so happy if somone could tell me how to fix this. THANK YOU. P.S. THIS PHONE IS A BEAST. D
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I was making a TWRP Backup when all of the sudden my phone just randomly turns off. I grabed my phone and it was really hot. Tried turning it on, but nothing happened. Then I connected it to the ac adapter and it turned on, but it would go to the LG logo, the screen turns black then it restarts. This does not stop unless I unplug it. I had previously made two backups before and nothing like this happened, but this time I enabled conpression<-------- This must have been what caused this. All I want to know is if this can be fixed or not. If it could be fixed I would be so happy if somone could tell me how to fix this. THANK YOU. P.S. THIS PHONE IS A BEAST. D
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Can you boot into recovery and restore a previous backup?
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cowfodder said:
Can you boot into recovery and restore a previous backup?
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It does not let me go into recovery, the screen goes black then restarts. All I can do is go into fastboot and Download mode.
cgtrr34 said:
It does not let me go into recovery, the screen goes black then restarts. All I can do is go into fastboot and Download mode.
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Likely bricked. Do you have flashing notification and capacitive lights? Have you LGNPST'd? If yes to both of those questions, you're in the same predicament as I was and hopefully you have insurance, because your phone is fried.
xboxfanj said:
Likely bricked. Do you have flashing notification and capacitive lights? Have you LGNPST'd? If yes to both of those questions, you're in the same predicament as I was and hopefully you have insurance, because your phone is fried.
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I do have flashing notification and capacitive lights. But I don't know what LGNPST is.(sorry I'm new to this) this is my first android phone
cgtrr34 said:
I do have flashing notification and capacitive lights. But I don't know what LGNPST is.(sorry I'm new to this) this is my first android phone
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Sounds like you are toast. Take it to Sprint and have em swap it out for ya. Hopefully you either have insurance or are within your 14-days to return it.
xboxfanj said:
Sounds like you are toast. Take it to Sprint and have em swap it out for ya. Hopefully you either have insurance or are within your 14-days to return it.
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Will they swap a rooted and unlocked phone?
cgtrr34 said:
Will they swap a rooted and unlocked phone?
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Sprint's policy on root is to document it but not do anything about it, so they would swap it. If you're worried, I can help you restore stock firmware.
xboxfanj said:
Sprint's policy on root is to document it but not do anything about it, so they would swap it. If you're worried, I can help you restore stock firmware.
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How could I restore it to stock firmware. And also thank you for replying back and helping me out
cgtrr34 said:
How could I restore it to stock firmware. And also thank you for replying back and helping me out
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I will PM you about that since it is against forum rules and perhaps laws to post copyrighted stuff here.
xboxfanj said:
I will PM you about that since it is against forum rules and perhaps laws to post copyrighted stuff here.
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OK thank You so much!
cgtrr34 said:
I was making a TWRP Backup when all of the sudden my phone just randomly turns off. I grabed my phone and it was really hot. Tried turning it on, but nothing happened. Then I connected it to the ac adapter and it turned on, but it would go to the LG logo, the screen turns black then it restarts. This does not stop unless I unplug it. I had previously made two backups before and nothing like this happened, but this time I enabled conpression<-------- This must have been what caused this. All I want to know is if this can be fixed or not. If it could be fixed I would be so happy if somone could tell me how to fix this. THANK YOU. P.S. THIS PHONE IS A BEAST. D
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WTF!!!!! I just bricked my phone in less then 24 hours of owning it. I just rooted and unlocked it and right after making a TWRP Backup and rebooting my phone wouldn't turn on and it was HOT AS HELL!!
I got it exchanged at Best Buy but now im scared to do anything with it.
shook187 said:
WTF!!!!! I just bricked my phone in less then 24 hours of owning it. I just rooted and unlocked it and right after making a TWRP Backup and rebooting my phone wouldn't turn on and it was HOT AS HELL!!
I got it exchanged at Best Buy but now im scared to do anything with it.
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Same happened to me. The phone overheats in recovery, so do what you need to do and then get out of it.
xboxfanj said:
Same happened to me. The phone overheats in recovery, so do what you need to do and then get out of it.
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Im on the new phone and Im using clockwork and all is fine so far. I definitely suggest guys stop using twrp.
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Restore to stock when stuck at LG logo screen
xboxfanj said:
I will PM you about that since it is against forum rules and perhaps laws to post copyrighted stuff here.
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Would you please help me out to restore to stock from a stuck LG logo screen? I can't even boot into fastboot or recovery. I tried LGNPST number of tries with different .bin files with no luck. I also tried a lot of diff things, too. Please email me at [email protected]. Thank you very much!
phatjulie said:
Would you please help me out to restore to stock from a stuck LG logo screen? I can't even boot into fastboot or recovery. I tried LGNPST number of tries with different .bin files with no luck. I also tried a lot of diff things, too. Please email me at [email protected]. Thank you very much!
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I suggest you TEP it.
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phatjulie said:
Would you please help me out to restore to stock from a stuck LG logo screen? I can't even boot into fastboot or recovery. I tried LGNPST number of tries with different .bin files with no luck. I also tried a lot of diff things, too. Please email me at [email protected]. Thank you very much!
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Pull battery using a torx t5 screwdriver and phillips #00 if you don't have insurance.
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Pull battery using a torx t5 screwdriver and phillips #00 if you don't have insurance.
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What's the purpose of pulling battery out? Just a try? I'm gonna have to get it from Fry's tomorrow and try that first.
phatjulie said:
What's the purpose of pulling battery out? Just a try? I'm gonna have to get it from Fry's tomorrow and try that first.
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Because your phone doesn't know if it needs to be in charging mode or booting. Pulling battery will fix it.
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I had a similar problem as you. Upon getting the phone I rooted and used the FreeGee app from the Google Play store to unlock the bootloader. Everything seemed fine and dandy, until one day when I let my phone's battery drain completely. Pluggin it in to a wall charger resulted in the failed boot where the LG logo flashes before going to a blank, but backlit screen. Luckily, the first few times this happened, through a combination of quickly plugging and unplugging the usb cord and holding the volume up+power button, I could get it into recovery (TWRP). Then a simple cache & dalvik cache wipe, and the phone would boot up as if nothing ever happened. Very strange.
Well yesterday this happened again, however, this time there was no getting the phone into recovery. My previous methods of button mashing and plugging and unplugging weren't working. So, I decided to bite the bullet and use LGNPST to get back to ZV7. Now, like you mentioned, this failed boot would automatically happen, without pressing the power button to turn it on. So it was difficult to get the phone to stay off. I found that with the phone unplugged, if you continue to press the power button until the blank backlit screen turns off, AND continue to hold the power button for an additional five seconds, the phone would stay off and not auto power on into the failed boot.
Once I was able to get the phone to stay off, I pressed the middle of the volume key to depress both volume up and down, and then plugged a usb cord that was attached to my computer. This powered on the phone into download mode. Following the LGNPST guide I was able to get to around 67% complete before my phone turned off and an error message flashed on the computer screen telling me to power cycle the phone and reconnect. Well, the whole 67%/85% LGNPST failure is apparently common and not indicative of an actual failure; HOWEVER, my phone became completely unresponsive. It wouldn't power on at all. It didn't matter if the usb was unplugged or connected to the computer or wall charger. So, I was forced to unplug the battery. I followed this tutorial and successfully disconnected and reconnected the battery cord, and the phone shot back to life. It even booted up into the factory stock ZV7 rom. I guess that LGNPST was successful. It looked like I was on my way to returning my phone to breezy's deodexed ZV9 stock rom that I was previously running.
I went ahead and re-rooted, ran the FreeGee app again, and rebooted into recovery. Then I made a backup and attempted to flash my new rom. Now, I think this is where I royally screwed up. I was pleasantly surprised to see my screen layout and all of my settings still intact after LGNPST back to ZV7 and thought I could just wipe the caches and ignore the factory reset and system wipe before flashing. Perhaps it was this, but part of me also thinks there might be something wrong with my battery draining extremely fast in recovery.
I proceeded to flash and all seemed good, but rebooting resulted in the LG logo failed boot that we have already discussed. So, I went ahead and repeated the LGNPST-re-root process numerous times (switching to the freegee 0.5 batch file instead of the app). Everytime after the first initial restore, I could never get my phone to enter recovery. As soon as I rebooted after using freegee, the phone would be soft bricked again. Sometimes I would get the LG logo thing, other times I would get the dreaded alternating flashing red notification light and soft keys. A battery pull was usually required in these circumstances before I could get back into download mode to start all over.
I was about ready to give up when I took to the LGOG irc channel. That's when Xboxfanj stepped in and helped me out IMMENSELY. Over the course of several hours, he walked me through flashing some partitions in ADB. At times it seemed like there was no hope and that I should have just returned the phone, but he failed to acquiesce, we pushed forth trying a couple of other bootloader options. The new bootloader appeared to have fixed the phones erratic behavior with powering on and off, but I had no rom to boot into and no recovery. Xboxfanj recommended using fastboot to flash over a recovery. Once in the new bootloader screen my Windows XP machine detected new hardware and wanted some drivers. I attempted to use the [ADB/FB/APX Driver] Universal Naked Driver 0.72, but XP indicated that I was missing 'winusbcoinstaller2.dll'.
I grabbed winusbcoinstaller2.dll from here and all was good. Fastboot recognized the phone, I was able to flash recovery and subsequently boot into recovery. From there I reformatted the system, wiped data/factory restore, wiped cache, wiped dalvik cache, and flashed breezy's ZV9 deodexed rom.
Fortunately, after around 7 hours, I am happy to say my phone is back to being rooted, unlocked, and running ZV9. It powers on and off properly and can get into recovery without a hitch. I'm still curious what will happen if I let my battery drain completely. Perhaps I'll try it some time this week. I'll be sure to post back here if/when I do that. All in all, it was a harrowing, but educational experience.
Anyway, just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to Xboxfanj! You really are the man :good:. Thanks for your patience and determination.

[Q] Think I bricked...

Bleh just got my Optimus yesterday, came stock with zv9. Decided to root today and had no trouble, flashed TWRP recovery using FreeGee then updated to the newest TWRP version using GooManager. Made a backup using TWRP then used GooManager to download Lifeless ROM. Just downloaded, didn't flash. After the download was done I shut off my Optimus but when I went to restart it, it powered on, showed the LG logo for half a second then just went to a black screen. Can't boot to recovery. Whenever I try and turn the phone off it just restarts again showing the logo for brief period of time then black. Any ideas? It's gotta be bricked but I just don't understand how or why. Probably going to try and take the battery out and see what happens.
hotpeanuts said:
Bleh just got my Optimus yesterday, came stock with zv9. Decided to root today and had no trouble, flashed TWRP recovery using FreeGee then updated to the newest TWRP version using GooManager. Made a backup using TWRP then used GooManager to download Lifeless ROM. Just downloaded, didn't flash. After the download was done I shut off my Optimus but when I went to restart it, it powered on, showed the LG logo for half a second then just went to a black screen. Can't boot to recovery. Whenever I try and turn the phone off it just restarts again showing the logo for brief period of time then black. Any ideas? It's gotta be bricked but I just don't understand how or why. Probably going to try and take the battery out and see what happens.
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okay well your not bricked if you can get even a little life like an LG screen. hook phone up to computer and use adb to get into bootloader and try to reflash the recovery img again. it just sounds like you need to reflash your recovery. thats why it didnt flash. lemme know. ill keep checking back on the thread for awhile
Evolutionmods said:
okay well your not bricked if you can get even a little life like an LG screen. hook phone up to computer and use adb to get into bootloader and try to reflash the recovery img again. it just sounds like you need to reflash your recovery. thats why it didnt flash. lemme know. ill keep checking back on the thread for awhile
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Okay perfect I appreciate it. Downloading SDK right now, I'm away from my desktop and didn't have it on my lappy. LG has a program similar to ODIN too right? Would that maybe work as well?
You would need LGNPST. you can find it in the IRC if you can get to download mode you can flash back to stock and start over.
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You would need LGNPST. you can find it in the IRC if you can get to download mode you can flash back to stock and start over.
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Yeah that's it thanks. But forgot- can't get in to download mode so that won't work.
I ran the command "adb devices" and the Optimus didn't show up. Is there anything else I can do/try?
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Yeah that's it thanks. But forgot- can't get in to download mode so that won't work.
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Just because the screen doesn't come on don't think the phone is off. Plug that sucker in. If you see the logo you should be able to get in download mode. Also, if the phone is on, you will eventually see some green android screen.
The same thing happened to my phone once. I only know of one way to hard brick this phone. I am not telling anyone how. But, I doubt you did that. It isn't something you would accidentally do.
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Yeah that's it thanks. But forgot- can't get in to download mode so that won't work.
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Sometimes my power button won't work for dlmode just hold volume down volume up and plug in
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Just because the screen doesn't come on don't think the phone is off. Plug that sucker in. If you see the logo you should be able to get in download mode. Also, if the phone is on, you will eventually see some green android screen.
The same thing happened to my phone once. I only know of one way to hard brick this phone. I am not telling anyone how. But, I doubt you did that. It isn't something you would accidentally do.
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It's on but it just shows a flat black screen. No matter how long it is on it doesn't get passed that. Also, when it's plugged in there aren't any charging lights. Not sure what to do since adb doesn't recognize it.
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Sometimes my power button won't work for dlmode just hold volume down volume up and plug in
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Holy boobs volume up and plugging in worked. You are an angel much thanks.
I had the same situation a month or two ago. Try leaving it off for 20 minutes and see if it boots back up. Worked for me and like you I had no idea why it did that
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Funny, that plugging it in step is always overlooked. I should of told you that.
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Haha KC glad I can state the easiest part lol
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i did this this past weekend. Dumb mistake, i forot that it wiped the unlocked and there isnt unlocking yet for JB.
After using LGNPST my radios/3g/network connection is screwed up. I cant connect to anything.
Update your profile.
If that doesn't work LGNPST again. Factory reset. Then update the profile.
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If what kc doesn't end up working it could be that you efs got wiped. Check this thread for help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161498
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These are what I tried:
factory wipe/data reset from stock recovery
MSL reset (suggested by Sprint)
lgnpst reset
All of which failed to work
tlxxxsracer said:
These are what I tried:
factory wipe/data reset from stock recovery
MSL reset (suggested by Sprint)
lgnpst reset
All of which failed to work
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Had you made back ups of your efs?
hi, i just tried to update to jb evrything was going fine and all of the sudden the screen shut off and now the charging light and the buttons are flashing, im rooted and was doing the update through twrp.
please help, thanks
Ram1500 said:
hi, i just tried to update to jb evrything was going fine and all of the sudden the screen shut off and now the charging light and the buttons are flashing, im rooted and was doing the update through twrp.
please help, thanks
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You are going to have to pull the battery.

HELP !! Phone doesn't boot past recovery !

Hello guys !
I have done something terrible and phone is not booting up part recovery now.
I had rooted the phone with one-click universal method without any hasstles and then try to reboot into bootloader by pressing VolDown+Power button.
Eventually ended up rebooting in original android recovery. I tried rebooting with option in that but it was not responding.
While trying it out, I mistakenly wiped cache partition.
Now NO MATTER WHAT COMBINATION I TRY, phone doesn't boot up past the recovery.
Please help me sort out this mess. I need to sell the phone.
dev997 said:
Hello guys !
I have done something terrible and phone is not booting up part recovery now.
I had rooted the phone with one-click universal method without any hasstles and then try to reboot into bootloader by pressing VolDown+Power button.
Eventually ended up rebooting in original android recovery. I tried rebooting with option in that but it was not responding.
While trying it out, I mistakenly wiped cache partition.
Now NO MATTER WHAT COMBINATION I TRY, phone doesn't boot up past the recovery.
Please help me sort out this mess. I need to sell the phone.
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If you don't mind maybe loosing data, LGNPST back to stock, and try again.
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I posted this in the other thread you asked about this in, but here it is:
I wipe my cache partition all the time. I am rooted but still locked (I don't think that will last much longer). Anyways, in the android recovery with jelly bean, I found that you no longer use the power button for selecting or confirming. It's now done using the menu button below your screen (on the right) . At least that's how it works for my phone.
I hope this works for you.
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BadFish79 said:
I posted this in the other thread you asked about this in, but here it is:
I wipe my cache partition all the time. I am rooted but still locked (I don't think that will last much longer). Anyways, in the android recovery with jelly bean, I found that you no longer use the power button for selecting or confirming. It's now done using the menu button below your screen (on the right) . At least that's how it works for my phone.
I hope this works for you.
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Thanks a million mate ! I was afraid I'd have to do a factory reset or some long process.
No problem. That's why we are here. To learn and ask questions.
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No problem. That's why we are here. To learn and ask questions.
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Mate.. after getting the phone booted up I installed FreeGee app from Play store to get bootloader unlocked and flash recovery , but downloading recovery stopped due to an error. So I rebooted the phone and since then Wifi is not detecting my home wifi network.
I then tried to do erase cache partition and even factory reset but nothing helped.
Do u know what else I can do to get it right ?
Cheers !
I haven't fully unlocked my phone yet. Only rooted it. However it sounds like you might have to LGNPST to set things right. Maybe someone else that is more knowledgeable with this issue could chime in and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that might be your only option.
Sorry I'm not of much help for you on this one.
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Mate.. after getting the phone booted up I installed FreeGee app from Play store to get bootloader unlocked and flash recovery , but downloading recovery stopped due to an error. So I rebooted the phone and since then Wifi is not detecting my home wifi network.
I then tried to do erase cache partition and even factory reset but nothing helped.
Do u know what else I can do to get it right ?
Cheers !
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what phone u r ..try to flash back stock rom .. samsung use odin or moto use rsd ..
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dev997 said:
Mate.. after getting the phone booted up I installed FreeGee app from Play store to get bootloader unlocked and flash recovery , but downloading recovery stopped due to an error. So I rebooted the phone and since then Wifi is not detecting my home wifi network.
I then tried to do erase cache partition and even factory reset but nothing helped.
Do u know what else I can do to get it right ?
Cheers !
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If you're on zvb, try reinstalling the radio from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38750462
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engine95 said:
If you're on zvb, try reinstalling the radio from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38750462
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I don't have my bootloader unlocked , so no twrp installed. So can't flash anything.
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I haven't fully unlocked my phone yet. Only rooted it. However it sounds like you might have to LGNPST to set things right. Maybe someone else that is more knowledgeable with this issue could chime in and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that might be your only option.
Sorry I'm not of much help for you on this one.
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I want to try this option , but I'm not able to boot into download mode. I tried the Volup+down and then power button combo but phone just boots up , don't go to download/bootloader.
dev997 said:
I don't have my bootloader unlocked , so no twrp installed. So can't flash anything.
I want to try this option , but I'm not able to boot into download mode. I tried the Volup+down and then power button combo but phone just boots up , don't go to download/bootloader.
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hold the vol up+down while plugging the phone into the comp instead of pressing the power button. that should work
dev997 said:
I want to try this option , but I'm not able to boot into download mode. I tried the Volup+down and then power button combo but phone just boots up , don't go to download/bootloader.
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Make sure the phone is plugged into the computer before trying to get into download mode. :beer:
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javskies said:
hold the vol up+down while plugging the phone into the comp instead of pressing the power button. that should work
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Thanks alot mate.. Now I can get into download mode with your trick.
Cheers
Need one last help .. Can u guy please provide links to reliable download site for LGNPST and stock rom.
I tried downloading them from here: http://www.lg-phones.org/how-to-return-sprint-lg-optimus-g-back-to-stock.html
But as its on Dropbox/Box there is no multisources nor resume capability and download always stops abruplty.
Any good mirrors/links will be highly appreciated.
Cheers
Dev
Go to this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40169203
Scroll down to "Additional info", click the"Show" button. It'll get you going with LGNPST and how to use it.
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engine95 said:
Go to this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40169203
Scroll down to "Additional info", click the"Show" button. It'll get you going with LGNPST and how to use it.
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Thanks mate.. will try this
OK.. mate I tried the LGNPST method. Downloaded LGNPST and stock v9 bin file. Used it to flash the stock rom back to stock.
howvere even after full completion of the process without any errors , the phone stucks at LG logo forever. I have tried the process twice.
Is there something I might have missed. I followed the instruction to the line from the pastebin link. Do we have a different Dll for the stock rom then whats there in the LGNPST repository named LS970_LGNPST.dll or something ?
Hopefully this will get you going.
If you downgraded from ZVB to ZV9 heres some needed info:
If you're stuck at the 4glte screen: To get to stock recovery - Power off phone. You need to hold power button for about 20 sec to get it to turn off. Then press and hold vol down+power - The LG logo will come on, then the capacitive lights. Immediatly let go when the capacitive lights turn on.
It takes a few seconds to work. Data wipe/Factory reset. Reboot.
And if you happen to reboot into recovery after this upgrade? Use the "menu" button on the led lights (far right when holding it) to get it to accept your commands. power button won't work.
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If that doesn't work try this.
Get into DL mode and run "teeny bin" from the post I sent you to, to get LGNPST. Try the main one first, then the optional one if it still doesn't get you into TWRP. You just might have one of those "haunted phones" that seem to be poping up.
engine95 said:
Hopefully this will get you going.
If you downgraded from ZVB to ZV9 heres some needed info:
If you're stuck at the 4glte screen: To get to stock recovery - Power off phone. You need to hold power button for about 20 sec to get it to turn off. Then press and hold vol down+power - The LG logo will come on, then the capacitive lights. Immediatly let go when the capacitive lights turn on.
It takes a few seconds to work. Data wipe/Factory reset. Reboot.
And if you happen to reboot into recovery after this upgrade? Use the "menu" button on the led lights (far right when holding it) to get it to accept your commands. power button won't work.
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If that doesn't work try this.
Get into DL mode and run "teeny bin" from the post I sent you to, to get LGNPST. Try the main one first, then the optional one if it still doesn't get you into TWRP. You just might have one of those "haunted phones" that seem to be poping up.
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Thanks again mate.. I was able to install Teeny bin and then flashed a AOSP rom. Now I have my wifi working again without any issues.
Do u have a link of any stock based rooted deodexed rom for this ? I don't want to flash bin images via LGNPST but want the stock look and feel
Imperium and Lifeless are our only 2 stock ROMs so far. In the Development section. Both are very nice.
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