Hey guys, long time lurker first time poster.
So last night my XT720 froze in the middle of doing a bunch of market updates and I had to do a battery pull. Now it won't boot- it just loops the M logo boot animation.
My phone is rooted, but stock rom. I used Link2SD with a partition on my SD card and Milestone Overclock but other than that not much in the way of unusual stuff.
How do I fix it? I've looked at how to do the factory wipe using recovery mode, but I just wanted to make sure that with the phone being rooted this wouldn't mess anything up. I don't care if I have to start over with rooting and all my apps and stuff- I just don't wanna mess it up more than it already is.
bjlange said:
Hey guys, long time lurker first time poster.
So last night my XT720 froze in the middle of doing a bunch of market updates and I had to do a battery pull. Now it won't boot- it just loops the M logo boot animation.
My phone is rooted, but stock rom. I used Link2SD with a partition on my SD card and Milestone Overclock but other than that not much in the way of unusual stuff.
How do I fix it? I've looked at how to do the factory wipe using recovery mode, but I just wanted to make sure that with the phone being rooted this wouldn't mess anything up. I don't care if I have to start over with rooting and all my apps and stuff- I just don't wanna mess it up more than it already is.
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I think your sdcard got corrupted and needs some care. Take it out and put it in a computer directly and back it up. Then either reformat it or run filesystem repairs. Were you using Link2SD with ext or FAT?
Mioze7Ae said:
I think your sdcard got corrupted and needs some care. Take it out and put it in a computer directly and back it up. Then either reformat it or run filesystem repairs. Were you using Link2SD with ext or FAT?
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I used ext. Thanks, I'll give that a shot first.
first tke out ure sd card n chck if it works.....if d prob still persists den u have 2 use rsd lite to install the original rom....
Well, quick filesystem check/repair using PartedMagic fixed it! Thanks Mioze7Ae, you were right on.
bjlange said:
Well, quick filesystem check/repair using PartedMagic fixed it! Thanks Mioze7Ae, you were right on.
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If you want to thank him hit the thanks button dude.
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Hey, everyone. How's it going? I have been running Gingervitis 1.1 (?) and last night I went to uninstall an app that I had installed from the market. My phone froze up and is worthless at the moment. I can boot up, but I cant do anything. I see my wallpaper and the taskbar (even it is a little off), but that is it. If I hold power and volume down while booting it goes to the menu, but it automatically chooses to update the radio. I can't choose to do anything else. Wtf? Can I fix this?
Also, the phone will ring, but I can't do anything about that either.
I appreciate any help.
Hmm not sure I can be much help but you could try and get into recovery from there, rename a file say maybe a Rom to PG05IMG so when in hboot it tries to load it? hey just trying to help here and not sure it gonna work but could try a couple more ideas until someone smarter pops in. Sure your not bricked though.
If you can get into hboot you're not bricked. It sounds like you have a PG5... file still on your sd card. Take it out of the phone and load into your computer to delete that file. Put the card back in and you should now be able to select recovery in the hboot menu.
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last i checked, a brick just sat there. so if your phone does more than set there, no it's not. it can probably be fixed. good luck.
power down your phone, take out your sd card and insert it into a computer. delete the pg#### file from the root of your sdcard. insert card in to phone, power back up.
try taking out your SD card and connecting it to computer, rename the PG05img to something else. then you should be able to hboot and get into recovery
Awesome. I'll go buy a card reader and see what I can do. I will post back in a bit.
Thanks to everyone so far.
muckymuck said:
Awesome. I'll go buy a card reader and see what I can do. I will post back in a bit.
Thanks to everyone so far.
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Oops nevermind.
blueis300 said:
Cant you just put your phone in disk drive mode instead of charge only to check your sd card and change from there.
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How would he choose disk drive? He cant unlock the phone.
RootandBoot said:
How would he choose disk drive? He cant unlock the phone.
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uhh oh **** guess ill edit my stupidity post lol
After your able to get back into recovery. Try to run logcat from adb and see where it errors out after you reboot. If you can determine the broken app, you can uninstall it from adb. If not just reinstall the Rom from recovery. If all fails wipe and install clean. Good luck
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After your able to get back into recovery. Try to run logcat from adb and see where it errors out after you reboot. If you can determine the broken app, you can uninstall it from adb. If not just reinstall the Rom from recovery. If all fails wipe and install clean. Good luck
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Hopefully he made a recent backup and can just restore that.
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Thanks everyone. All is well now. I renamed PG05IMG and went from there as suggested. I went ahead and installed BAMF Sense 3 instead of going back to Gingervitis.
I had not backed up... oops. No worries though, but I will do it now.
Thanks again
muckymuck said:
Thanks everyone. All is well now. I renamed PG05IMG and went from there as suggested. I went ahead and installed BAMF Sense 3 instead of going back to Gingervitis.
I had not backed up... oops. No worries though, but I will do it now.
Thanks again
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Good deal.
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One more "Oh noooo... Wait really? WHEW!!!! It's not bricked afterall." save on XDA.
They saved me once too. Glad you're up and running. Patience is key and so many people around here seem to be so quick to send the phone back, blame the developer and post how the rom bricked their phone, then start a thread about "Rumor Verizon is tracing all phones that spontaneously combusted to rooting. Am I getting Busted?"
Again, nice job on the save
Rooted Thunderbolt on BAMF Sense 3.0 RC 4 with MR2 radio and latest dreamKernel.
I have tried to flash a wifi patch that was meant to solve problems with connections, and when i chose it from the list in Rom manager, when it rebooted into recovery it got stuck on the HTC logo, but before i flashed it. Now, i have a very old backup that i restored but i want everything that i had before my device couldnt boot itself. i backed up through recovery my current rom that i wasnt able to boot, and i wonder if there is some way to fix it with the files of .img that i have backed up. I know that the patch was responsible for this error because after i restored to an old backup i tried it there aswell and i got the same result doing the same thing...
A link to the topic of the patch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051674
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I have tried to flash a wifi patch that was meant to solve problems with connections, and when i chose it from the list in Rom manager, when it rebooted into recovery it got stuck on the HTC logo, but before i flashed it. Now, i have a very old backup that i restored but i want everything that i had before my device couldnt boot itself. i backed up through recovery my current rom that i wasnt able to boot, and i wonder if there is some way to fix it with the files of .img that i have backed up. I know that the patch was responsible for this error because after i restored to an old backup i tried it there aswell and i got the same result doing the same thing...
A link to the topic of the patch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051674
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Hmmm... one of those things huh? The only way I know is to restore the corrupt nandroid and then without restarting, flash the original ROM.zip of your rom (the one that you first used to do a clean install) right on top of this while in recovery. What this will do is to replace the files from the patch with the original files that camera with the ROM.
Try it and post your results.
And please get into the habit of creating nandroid backups before flashing anything...no matter how small the patch is or how confident you are that nothing will go wrong...
Hope this helps.
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enigmaamit said:
Hmmm... one of those things huh? The only way I know is to restore the corrupt nandroid and then without restarting, flash the original ROM.zip of your rom (the one that you first used to do a clean install) right on top of this while in recovery. What this will do is to replace the files from the patch with the original files that camera with the ROM.
Try it and post your results.
And please get into the habit of creating nandroid backups before flashing anything...no matter how small the patch is or how confident you are that nothing will go wrong...
Hope this helps.
Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
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To do so i must access my SD card which i cant do at the moment... any way accessing it when the device cant boot itself on.
Astrixone said:
To do so i must access my SD card which i cant do at the moment... any way accessing it when the device cant boot itself on.
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Yes. Use a card reader...
Or just use 'toggle usb storage' from the recovery menu...
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enigmaamit said:
Yes. Use a card reader...
Or just use 'toggle usb storage' from the recovery menu...
Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
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Thank you very much , i just wasted an hour in order to access my sd card and it was under my nose the whole time... Now i solved everything.
Astrixone said:
Thank you very much , i just wasted an hour in order to access my sd card and it was under my nose the whole time... Now i solved everything.
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Good. And in that case its advisable you add [solved] as prefix to your thread title...
Plus I think you should develop the habit of using the thanks button rather than typing it out...
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Okay so i am using a stock galaxy s 4g
i rooted it so that is done i changed my recover so i can get into cwm i got like version 3.something
i am trying to install valhalla black edition
i seen valhalla final says KJ6 kernal
so i am assuming i need to go into cwm and update file from sd card
so i do this but my phone wont mount my sd card
i even tired to update the file from the sd of the rom i downloaded
but when i went to mount my sd card it says cant mount error
when i seen the instructions its UMMU im assuming it means this
unmount
mount
mount
unmount
the last unmount is my system and it says i cant unmount that
what am i missing???
i need to get the kernal then the rom install can someone help i read the bible and all but it doesnt really cover this well not clearly anyways....
any am i right the kernal is flashed the same way as a rom?
what steps did you follow to get root & cwm installed? which version of android do you currently have installed?
Since you're using a stock sgs4g I'm gonna assume you're on froyo. You need to be on Gingerbread before you can flash a GB rom. If you were to flash a gb rom through cwm you wouldn't get the froyo bootloader which means you'd have a very unhappy phone. It would work in the sense that it would turn on and then do nothing.
If you follow my GB Starter Pack guide (there's a link in my signature) you'll get your phone ready for Valhala Black.
Remember to read all the instructions carefully once before you attempt anything, then re-read them following the steps.
FBis251 said:
Since you're using a stock sgs4g I'm gonna assume you're on froyo. You need to be on Gingerbread before you can flash a GB rom. If you were to flash a gb rom through cwm you wouldn't get the froyo bootloader which means you'd have a very unhappy phone. It would work in the sense that it would turn on and then do nothing.
If you follow my GB Starter Pack guide (there's a link in my signature) you'll get your phone ready for Valhala Black.
Remember to read all the instructions carefully once before you attempt anything, then re-read them following the steps.
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i read it before a few times
and i read it a couple more times right now im kinda scared of odin i think its gonna brick my phone but im trying ur method
its stuck on the Set Partition part for a couple mins
i read somewhere else its not suppose to be checked but u said dont touch anything even if odin changes it
is it normal to take really long?????? its been about 5 mins and nothing....
dawebmaster said:
i read it before a few times
and i read it a couple more times right now im kinda scared of odin i think its gonna brick my phone but im trying ur method
its stuck on the Set Partition part for a couple mins
i read somewhere else its not suppose to be checked but u said dont touch anything even if odin changes it
is it normal to take really long?????? its been about 5 mins and nothing....
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Did you reformat the sd card for Fat 32? Odin can take awhile. If your phone is recognized, and you loaded the right files without changing anything, then you should be fine. Just don't worry, get a magazine, and do battery pulls when instructed.
finch8423 said:
Did you reformat the sd card for Fat 32? Odin can take awhile. If your phone is recognized, and you loaded the right files without changing anything, then you should be fine. Just don't worry, get a magazine, and do battery pulls when instructed.
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okay yeah sorry dumb mistake on my part i didnt put the sd card back in the phone lol so i softbricked my phone but i used that unbrick program and it unbricked it
so after i unbricked my phone did everything u said and it all worked
but the only problem i have now is when i try to install valhalla it gives me an error saying its bad i made should all the mounts and unmounts where right and i cleared everything i was suppose to i tried the final and black edition same problem any idea?
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okay yeah sorry dumb mistake on my part i didnt put the sd card back in the phone lol so i softbricked my phone but i used that unbrick program and it unbricked it
so after i unbricked my phone did everything u said and it all worked
but the only problem i have now is when i try to install valhalla it gives me an error saying its bad i made should all the mounts and unmounts where right and i cleared everything i was suppose to i tried the final and black edition same problem any idea?
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Try re-downloading it to insure it's just not a bad download.
stephen_w said:
Try re-downloading it to insure it's just not a bad download.
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its not because even if i try to flash the kernal thats in beta thru cwm it says bad as well any file i try to flash it says error
it first says updating or whatever then opening then cant open error (bad) installation aborted. no matter what i try to open no matter what rom it is
its annoying me i have no idea what i have done wrong i tried to reinstall everything and still nothing
say i wanted to start from step one all over again even though my phone is pretty much blank since it wont load up so i do a factory wipe or something? so nothing is left behind to ensure i get a good install?
i am pretty much willing to try anything just to even get my phone back
thank you for the replys i really appreciate it
P.S. i cant do a restore because i was running froyo and since i did the GB starter stuff it says md5 mismatch so thats out the question
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its not because even if i try to flash the kernal thats in beta thru cwm it says bad as well any file i try to flash it says error
it first says updating or whatever then opening then cant open error (bad) installation aborted. no matter what i try to open no matter what rom it is
its annoying me i have no idea what i have done wrong i tried to reinstall everything and still nothing
say i wanted to start from step one all over again even though my phone is pretty much blank since it wont load up so i do a factory wipe or something? so nothing is left behind to ensure i get a good install?
i am pretty much willing to try anything just to even get my phone back
thank you for the replys i really appreciate it
P.S. i cant do a restore because i was running froyo and since i did the GB starter stuff it says md5 mismatch so thats out the question
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Let me read back through your thread to see what all you've done.
stephen_w said:
Let me read back through your thread to see what all you've done.
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thanx....
when i start my phone it stays on the first screen u see when u start ur stock phone
i did everything in the GB Starter pack up to the point where i load my own rom when it came to that i made sure all my mounting was right and stuff but no matter what it will not let me flash a rom
im running cwm voodoo lagfix recovery v3.0.2.8x
i did all the steps in the GB starter up til the rom like i said but I installed it twice
cause the first time it didnt work so i reinstalled in again no wipe or nothing basically it was having the error so i put it back in download and tried again
idk if that was bad since i know if i dont do a full wipe i can leave bad files idk
help i dont even care if u help me get back to stock 2.2 i just want my phone on
but i would really like to end my night with valhalla black edition
from the point im at now how i can i start all over again? factory wipe or what?
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thanx....
when i start my phone it stays on the first screen u see when u start ur stock phone
i did everything in the GB Starter pack up to the point where i load my own rom when it came to that i made sure all my mounting was right and stuff but no matter what it will not let me flash a rom
im running cwm voodoo lagfix recovery v3.0.2.8x
i did all the steps in the GB starter up til the rom like i said but I installed it twice
cause the first time it didnt work so i reinstalled in again no wipe or nothing basically it was having the error so i put it back in download and tried again
idk if that was bad since i know if i dont do a full wipe i can leave bad files idk
help i dont even care if u help me get back to stock 2.2 i just want my phone on
but i would really like to end my night with valhalla black edition
from the point im at now how i can i start all over again? factory wipe or what?
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I was reading back through FB's GB Starter Pack to re-familiarize myself with it. As much as I hate to say it, I'd go back through it one more time from the beginning; don't skip any steps. That way you know you're getting a clean install all the way around.
Out of curiosity, does the phone boot up? If so, what does it say in Settings --> About Phone:
Firmware version
Baseband version
Kernel version
?
stephen_w said:
I was reading back through FB's GB Starter Pack to re-familiarize myself with it. As much as I hate to say it, I'd go back through it one more time from the beginning; don't skip any steps. That way you know you're getting a clean install all the way around.
Out of curiosity, does the phone boot up? If so, what does it say in Settings --> About Phone:
Firmware version
Baseband version
Kernel version
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no it wont boot it just stays on the Galaxy S 4G EXCLUSIVELY FROM TMOBILE screen it just stays there
imma redo it but should i do a factory wipe or something to make sure i get all the bad stuff off? im more comfortable with odin now can u recommend a rom or something for me to flash back to to start over?
or should i just put it in download mode and take a crack at it again?
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no it wont boot it just stays on the Galaxy S 4G EXCLUSIVELY FROM TMOBILE screen it just stays there
imma redo it but should i do a factory wipe or something to make sure i get all the bad stuff off? im more comfortable with odin now can u recommend a rom or something for me to flash back to to start over?
or should i just put it in download mode and take a crack at it again?
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If it's sticking there, then there's a good chance you have either a Froyo ROM with GB boot loaders or vice versa. Yeah, if you can get into recovery do a factory reset then go back through the GB Starter Pack one more time. I'm sure you'll be successful. Just be patient as you go through the steps.
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If it's sticking there, then there's a good chance you have either a Froyo ROM with GB boot loaders or vice versa. Yeah, if you can get into recovery do a factory reset then go back through the GB Starter Pack one more time. I'm sure you'll be successful. Just be patient as you go through the steps.
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i figured out my problem i basically copied the SD card changed it to FAT32 and copied every single file back to the SD card
when i just put the rom and busybee it worked everything worked it installed my rom now Valhalla black edition and installed busybee after that
but now when it loads it keeps looping
Galaxy s 4g exclusively from tmobile sign over and over the first sign u see when ur phone starts
dawebmaster said:
i figured out my problem i basically copied the SD card changed it to FAT32 and copied every single file back to the SD card
when i just put the rom and busybee it worked everything worked it installed my rom now Valhalla black edition and installed busybee after that
but now when it loads it keeps looping
Galaxy s 4g exclusively from tmobile sign over and over the first sign u see when ur phone starts
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Yeah, you're boot looping. Are you sure you flashed the KJ6 files from FB's starter pack? It really sounds like the wrong boot loaders are in place.
stephen_w said:
Yeah, you're boot looping. Are you sure you flashed the KJ6 files from FB's starter pack? It really sounds like the wrong boot loaders are in place.
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i got it working... the whole system booted up and everything and yeah im sure i got the right bootloaders cuz i see the animation as it boots up
only problem i have is the blackedition rom doesnt have text messaging i am USA based and it forced closed if i try to message from the contact list and it doesnt even have a sms icon i assum a rom problem
u have been so much help thank u so much
my about info
fireware 2.3.6.
baseband t959vukj6
kernel 2.6.35.7-sms-kj6-v0.1.1-rc1+..............
imma downgrade to valhalla final cuz text messaging doesnt work i cant even see text in the black edition.......
dawebmaster said:
i got it working... the whole system booted up and everything and yeah im sure i got the right bootloaders cuz i see the animation as it boots up
only problem i have is the blackedition rom doesnt have text messaging i am USA based and it forced closed if i try to message from the contact list and it doesnt even have a sms icon i assum a rom problem
u have been so much help thank u so much
my about info
fireware 2.3.6.
baseband t959vukj6
kernel 2.6.35.7-sms-kj6-v0.1.1-rc1+..............
imma downgrade to valhalla final cuz text messaging doesnt work i cant even see text in the black edition.......
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Glad you got it working, at least for the most part. I've not messed with the Valhalla ROMs so I'm at a loss there. Best of luck
i got it working perfectly mms and everything thanks for all your help this rom is awesome
memory card
okay so i managed to install valhalla black edition got all the settings and widgets i needed to make this rom the ishhhhhhhhhhh
but when i used the USB mode as a mass storage to drag all my music basically the cord many have unplugged during the transfer now my sd card wont work
when i plug it into the computer without the phone it ask me to format the sd card
some apps dont work due to sd card not working anymore
when i tried to format it that didnt work it said i had 259GB on it and its only 8GB
i have a 16GB that came with the phone i was wondering how far back do it need to start over? i already have a KJ6 kernel but since the sd card is done with voodoo is gone as well
can i start with the second ODIN rom from the GB starter pack???????
instead of doing the whole thing all over again...
dawebmaster said:
okay so i managed to install valhalla black edition got all the settings and widgets i needed to make this rom the ishhhhhhhhhhh
but when i used the USB mode as a mass storage to drag all my music basically the cord many have unplugged during the transfer now my sd card wont work
when i plug it into the computer without the phone it ask me to format the sd card
some apps dont work due to sd card not working anymore
when i tried to format it that didnt work it said i had 259GB on it and its only 8GB
i have a 16GB that came with the phone i was wondering how far back do it need to start over? i already have a KJ6 kernel but since the sd card is done with voodoo is gone as well
can i start with the second ODIN rom from the GB starter pack???????
instead of doing the whole thing all over again...
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No, don't start over. Check Google for FAT32 repair tools. Then put the SD card in a reader connected to the PC & run the tool. It'll probably recover OK.
GUYS HELP PLEASE I nullifed my device, left it on all night (unplugged) because I fell asleep. Now, I can't boot to CWM.. I've tried to install stock recovery, but once I turn it on it just stays on the plain, white LG logo. If I hold down volume down + power buttons the same thing happens. Can you guys help me please. I hope I didn't permanently brick my G2X.
U cant permanently brick it. Search the forums there's been a thread like this in the past week
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Use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523
Next time read the little part which is in big bold letters about not turning off your phone with out flashing a ROM or restoring a nandroid immediately afterward.
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GUYS HELP PLEASE I nullifed my device, left it on all night (unplugged) because I fell asleep. Now, I can't boot to CWM.. I've tried to install stock recovery, but once I turn it on it just stays on the plain, white LG logo. If I hold down volume down + power buttons the same thing happens. Can you guys help me please. I hope I didn't permanently brick my G2X.
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Try this method, this will bring your phone back to life. Make sure you root your phone again and install CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
Good luck
thanks guys. I think I lost root access
MrFdhigsKp said:
thanks guys. I think I lost root access
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Just root your phone again and install CWM and you are good to go
ratza66 said:
Just root your phone again and install CWM and you are good to go
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No need to root, just nvflash cwm and flash a ROM.
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No need to root, just nvflash cwm and flash a ROM.
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really? but I when I installed TB it says I have no more root access =( and also my internal storage got wiped. LIFE'S HARD. I blame LG. lol
MrFdhigsKp said:
really? but I when I installed TB it says I have no more root access =( and also my internal storage got wiped. LIFE'S HARD. I blame LG. lol
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Flash a ROM which is rooted
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Hey guys, I rooted my friends G2x and everything went fine until I flashed the ROM. Like an idiot, I did not make a nandroid backup...I downloaded BionixReloaded and up it on the sd card. Rebooted to recovery and went through the usual steps. I did a factory reset and formatted the system. However, when I went to flash the ROM, I got the "E: Can't open /sdcard/zROM/*name of ROM*.zip (bad). Now the phone won't reboot which I'm assuming is from formatting the system. I can still get into recovery and download mode....will this method fix the problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644#
Like I said, I'm not very familiar with the G2x, so any help be be appreciated!
I cannot remember for the life of me remember what that error means, but you can just re-download the rom you want and place it in the sdcard by mounting USB storage through mounts and system, and then flash.
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Hey guys, I rooted my friends G2x and everything went fine until I flashed the ROM. Like an idiot, I did not make a nandroid backup...I downloaded BionixReloaded and up it on the sd card. Rebooted to recovery and went through the usual steps. I did a factory reset and formatted the system. However, when I went to flash the ROM, I got the "E: Can't open /sdcard/zROM/*name of ROM*.zip (bad). Now the phone won't reboot which I'm assuming is from formatting the system. I can still get into recovery and download mode....will this method fix the problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644#
Like I said, I'm not very familiar with the G2x, so any help be be appreciated!
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Make sure the Rom.zip isn't named Rom.zip.zip. if so rename correctly, also can check md5 of the zip to ensure its a good download prior to flashing.
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Thanks everyone for the quick responses. I'm guessing it boiled down to a bad download, but for some reason I could not connect via USB from recovery on my laptop, so I brought it to my friends house and was able to get it to connect so I redownloaded the ROM along with another incase I got the same error, but it worked flawlessly. Thanks again to all that offered help instead of sending me a useless link via LMGTFY!
Hello everyone..
I believe I have soft bricked my phone.
I was on the ICS OTA, then I rooted my phone some days back.
Last night I installed busy box for some reason and then uninstalled it.
Now my phone is boot looping.. it keeps showing that vibrating motorola logo but wont start up.. Please help !!!
mmotorwala said:
Hello everyone..
I believe I have soft bricked my phone.
I was on the ICS OTA, then I rooted my phone some days back.
Last night I installed busy box for some reason and then uninstalled it.
Now my phone is boot looping.. it keeps showing that vibrating motorola logo but wont start up.. Please help !!!
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Sounds like its time to fxz, unless u can get into recovery and flash a flashable busy box .... it might fix stuff for ya...
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daavvis said:
Sounds like its time to fxz, unless u can get into recovery and flash a flashable busy box .... it might fix stuff for ya...
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Nope this is not fixable and an FXZ is the ONLY way. Once you remove busybox, it will bootloop you, and there is no fixing it, even by trying to put it back in place from CWM, because CWM can not even mount /system after this since, mount won't work, see my comments below here:
The reason you NEVER, EVER remove busybox after installing it, is because there is a little mini version of busybox that motorola puts in our software load called motobox, and it only has a small subset of commands that are linked to it, like mount, umount, fdisk, format, etc... these are low level *nix commands, that the OS needs to work correctly. Once installed busybox will break those links to motobox, and put it's own in place and link those same commands and a ton more in /system/bin, to itself, but when it uninstalls, it does not re-link motobox to those commands, so.... you can see where this is headed.
I have also seen this do very nasty things to most other phone models as well, not ours or motorola, in general.
FXZ finally !
Thank you guys !
I fxz'ed my phone and it worked.. (though not to mention that when I uninstalled busybox, my phone only had 20% battery, and when I tried fxzing my phone through RSD lite, it kept giving error for low battery, then I finally managed to get an external charger and charged the battery..) huh.. lot of work but happy at last ! and learnt a lesson !