Its my first time rooting and using rom manager and i clicked backup current rom and then the phone restarted with the LG loading screen followed by the box, open with a arrow sticking out of it and the green android thing under it. Im just stuck on that screen. Anyone know what to do?
Ok so i decided to take out the battery and hold the power button and everything went back to normal but i still want to flash CM7 and just incase the official update comes out i want to be able to switch back so does anyone know how to make the backup thing work?
I think you would be greatly served by following the tutorial for flashing recovery by nvflash here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Once you do that one time, then you can work through rom manager from then on, if you prefer.
But if I back up it using that, won't it back it up to a t-mobile version? Im using a WIND mobile version of LGp999. Also i tried flashing CM7 and it does the same thing, it just stays at that screen with an open both and arrow pointing out and android logo under it.
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hello all, I am having a bit of an issue. So as you know, there is a new 2.2 version of froyo, so i and my noob self wanted to download it, so i searched on Google on how to do it using Odin, and i did, then next thing i knew i was stuck at the recovery menu because there wasn't a "select" key on the vibrant, so my phone was semi-bricked kinda. but i fixed it by going to the download mode and downgrading my firmware back using Odin, but there was a problem, every time i booted my phone, the "Samsung GT-i9000" logo would show up, then 3 seconds later the "Vibrant" logo would show up, so 2 logos at once, that seems weird and i don't want that. but i really want my phone to be normal again! (and also my phone got unrooted for some reason after i "downgraded") and whenever i wanted my phone to go to recovery mode, you would have to use the i9000 method to get that to work, but obviously i cant use that method because i don't have a middle button on my Vibrant, and i don't want that, so my question is:
How do i make my phone normal again? do i have to use Odin to do that and what files do i have to use to bring it "back"?
plz Help!
I loaded a rom with apparent bugs and now I'm stuck in a contious boot over and over. How do I get to the recovery image to restore my latest nandroid backup? What buttons do I hold, obviously not volume down and power...
92drls said:
I loaded a rom with apparent bugs and now I'm stuck in a contious boot over and over. How do I get to the recovery image to restore my latest nandroid backup? What buttons do I hold, obviously not volume down and power...
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Did you install clockwork mod with rom manager or NVFlash?
If you installed it through NVflash, clockwork mod is permanently on your phone by holding Volume Down + Power....if your not getting there....you didnt.....
If you used Rom Manager, you fake-flashed and won't be able to get there. The only way is by using NVFlash to install clockwork and restoring your nandroid. Go here
OR if you just wanna go back to stock, factory reset by holding both volume keys and power then releasing power when the screen is on....Good luck!
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Did you install clockwork mod with rom manager or NVFlash?
If you installed it through NVflash, clockwork mod is permanently on your phone by holding Volume Down + Power....if your not getting there....you didnt.....
If you used Rom Manager, you fake-flashed and won't be able to get there. The only way is by using NVFlash to install clockwork and restoring your nandroid. Go here
OR if you just wanna go back to stock, factory reset by holding both volume keys and power then releasing power when the screen is on....Good luck!
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Yea I used NVFlash and just hit the root button, then it asked to install something since I didn't have it, I agreed, then it loaded again and was complete. Superuser was added to my apps and that's it. I think I have a brick lol, oh well, I honestly hated not having an led for notifications anyway. I got a weird screen a few mins ago though and it was stuck for like an hour. It said "updating s/w, please wait". Then went away and now it won't go past the LG screen...
Any ideas or anyone want to buy it for like 130?
92drls said:
Yea I used NVFlash and just hit the root button, then it asked to install something since I didn't have it, I agreed, then it loaded again and was complete. Superuser was added to my apps and that's it. I think I have a brick lol, oh well, I honestly hated not having an led for notifications anyway. I got a weird screen a few mins ago though and it was stuck for like an hour. It said "updating s/w, please wait". Then went away and now it won't go past the LG screen...
Any ideas or anyone want to buy it for like 130?
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The way you described NVFlash seems like you didn't actually use NVFlash. There is no root button involved with NVFlash.
To root the phone, you probably used superoneclickroot.
To install clockworkmod recovery you could have installed it through rom manager or installed it manually using NVFlash, which is a command line utility (unless you used the one click clockwork recovery found in this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847).
Can you clear these things up so we can further help.
I'll also buy it for 130 if you don't want to deal with it.
Yea you're right, I forgot, sorry finals have fogged my mind the last few days. I used superoneclick for sure and flashed the recovery through ROM manager. Will the NVFlash help get to somewhere to flash by backup or hell, even the stock rom? I just got back to my computer at home and am gonna try some things.. I'll report back..
Edit: Ok I think I found the problem. I have Eagleblood 1.02 ROM and I loaded a Kernel from a p990 (Optimus 2x) and NOT the p999 (G2x). When I plug my phone in it says LGE P990 now. So is there any fixing this? I can plug it in and it'll popo up with the notification window for the safe remove and mass storage but I still can't access the recovery image??
You should definitely flash clockworkmod recovery via NVFlash. The easiest way would be to follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
It provides an easy to use user interface to NVFlash to flash clockworkmod recovery. After that, I guess you could flash CM7 nightly and hopefully it'll load the approriate kernel. I'm new to android so I'm not sure if ROMs contain the kernel too, but I'm guessing it is because looking at the CM7 source, they seem to include the kernel. Then after that you can flash the stock nandroid found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274
Note: you could possibly just flash the stock nandroid instead of CM7 and it could still work out, but I'm not sure.
Sweet NVFlash fixed it, I have my recovery image again, flashed my backup and am right where I left it, Thanks man!
Im also new to rooting and flashing.....I flashed using rommanager and everything was fine till I flashed cyanogen...now I can't get to rcocery screen and I have no computer for the next few days....don't get me wrong ibwant to keep this rom-2.3.4 but it doesn't come with Google apps which i have installed on my SD but can't flash.....someonehelp
Lol, I'm nowhere near new at rooting/flashing but this phone is the first to ever NOT have a back up plan..
You'll have to do exactly what I did. Honestly, NO ONE should flash anything without the REAL recovery image and NOT through ROM manager, otherwise in this case your without a phone until you can get to a computer.
Use the NVFlash method posted above, it takes a couple minutes and then its permanent. Afterwards, if you ever flash something buggy or broken, you can always fall back on vol down and power..
I just rooted my phone and I was trying to flash it to gingerbread and it was working fine, but clockwork mod wouldn't let me backup. A forum told me to dlete the recovery in the system and replace it and i did, but the replacement was titled "recovery - copy". i tried to reboot my phone but it is stuck at the "Galaxys S 4G - TMOBILE" screen. I can't get into recovery mode and i could never get into download mode. HELP!
How did you try to get into download mode and what rom did you flash?
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here is a guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
pull battery and then plug in usb then hold down volume and then you should be in download mode. you should see phone on odin.
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I just rooted my phone and I was trying to flash it to gingerbread and it was working fine, but clockwork mod wouldn't let me backup. A forum told me to dlete the recovery in the system and replace it and i did, but the replacement was titled "recovery - copy". i tried to reboot my phone but it is stuck at the "Galaxys S 4G - TMOBILE" screen. I can't get into recovery mode and i could never get into download mode. HELP!
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i have yet to see anyone say "delete" the recovery file. it is always "overwrite". regardless, put your phone into download mode. you are doing it wrong. try again until you get it right.
remove the battery. leave it off for 10 seconds. put it back in. press and hold the two volume buttons at the same time. then plug in the usb cable that is connected to your computer. odin should be running already. i would follow gb start pack from here.
i turned of the phone and held the volume down button and the power button, letting go of the power once the turn on screen came up. i was trying to flash the leaked android 2.3.5 for the galaxy s 4g
please read my previous post carefully. i never said to press the power button at all.
OKAY, dwld mode is volumes plus USB cable, never failed me, even when I failed a flash through odin/heimdall and just maybe a yellow pixel or even nothing shows up.
If it flashes it is dwld. The GS4g has absolutely no junk bootloader witthout proper download mode unlike other galaxies.
PS. Who else wants a Galaxy Nexus?
What is the tmobile warranty policy, I know if there is a problem with your phone even due to damage, the warranty covers it for replacement after paying contract price, but do they allow a change of phone eg instead of paying 99 or 139 for another gs4g, get a galaxy nexus for 199?
My phone works, but after it fell, it overheats and loses battery. I even got a free new battery, and I even went back to stock KD1 for a while, no difference.
So, I did what you said, and i got into download mode, no problem. but when i tried to flash with odin it just said fail.. any suggestions?
Although the square window might say "Fail" there's a status window in the bottom left-hand side of ODIN that should give you more information. What does that window say when you try to flash?
It said succesful 0/ failed 1. I tried to reboot my phone and now it won't turn on at all...
It sounds like your boot loaders are hosed.
Keep ODIN open & use the battery-pull method to see if it'll go into download mode (the screen might still be black, but see if ODIN recognizes it).
If it does:
Download chadster's KG4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183413
Put CODE_T959VUVKG4_CL138158_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5 in PDA
Put Hawk_Sidekick_VibrantPlus_831.pit in PIT
Put SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB-VIBRANT.tar.md5 in CSC
Put T959VUVKG4-Phone-CL1037720.tar.md5 in PHONE
Let ODIN decide what boxes need to be checked and flash. That will get you booted up on GB with the proper boot loaders.
Try the Unbrickable Mod in the dev section. Brought mine back today. I had a Bright WHITE screen. lol
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After flashing this kernel> sms-T959V-KJ6-antsvx.v1.1.3 my Galaxy S4G will not boot AFTER restoring my backup using CWM 5.0.2.8. My phone runs perfect with the stock rom and this kernel. ONLY after restoring does it NOT boot.
Can someone shine some light on this situation?
You need to restore using the kernel you made the back up from. You can then flash the new kernel over the restored back up.
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You need to restore using the kernel you made the back up from. You can then flash the new kernel over the restored back up.
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I can only get into download mode, what app would I use to flash the kernel ? (its saved on my pc)
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Thanks much Lumin30. Had to read your post sloooow and figure it out, and I got it. I flashed the stock+Voodoo-T959VKJ1 in Odin and it booted right up
then flashed the sms-T959V-KJ6-antsvx.v1.1.3 kernel in CWM. Im good to go now.
This has happened to me 2 other times can you suggest why? The other times I restored phone back to factory :crying:.
Still not booting AFTER restoring cwm backup
I always attempt to restore a backup that I have made using cwm as a test. Im trying to restore using the same kernel I made the backup with. When I proceed the full restore appears to go through (I get "restore complete" message in CWM v.5.0.2.8), but when I click on "reboot system now" my phone goes ONLY to the Samsung screen and stays there.
I have restored my phone to stock about 5 times carefully re-rooting and flashing the kernel with the stock firmware. Now, I have AntonX Barebones and Basic with a twist kernel installed, they work perfectly! But I CANNOT boot AFTER restoring a full backup, unless I use Odin. Can someone help me to address and fix the cause?
Edit> I was able to restore and boot up automatically a backup using CWM 5.0.2.8 of AntonX's Barebones Rom with bhundven's Blastoff 2.5 kernel. Dont know why it restored and booted properly this time but this is what I did:
I made a fresh backup of Barebones with Blastoff because I wanted to try Valhalla Black (nice ROM). I flashed it first using the "generic" install and checked through its features then wanted to see how the "custom" install felt. I decided I liked Barebones better and flashed the Blastoff kernel onto Valhalla Black, Then booted into CWM and restored my Barebones with Blastoff backup. Without wiping anything or fixing permissions my backup was fully restored and my phone booted properly on its own. I know this is what should happen, but it wasnt for me. And every time I attempted this I was restoring using the same kernel that the backup was made with. I restored twice since just to test it and both times my phone booted on its own. I believe my problemo is solved. It is possible I had a couple of bad downloads on my part with AntonX Basic with a twist 1.1.3
Thanks to the community (XDA)
Well early today I was running ics 4.0.4 on my g2x and I got tired of it, so I decided to restore my backup of my original rom/settings.I forgot I had switched my micro SD card to the one I had in my droid incredible 2, and I ended up restoring my dic2 back up. From there the phone would just stay at the LG screen, so I started to look around. I tried using nvflash, but it stayed the same, then I tried the flash.bat, when I turned the phone on it still stays on the LG screen but with the blue loading bar underneath, and when I try to put it into recovery mode it says S/W Updates. I don't know what to do, I'm a newbie to this stuff although I was able to root it myself. I don't care if I have to unroot my phone or go back to my original rom, I've been looking for something like this for hours and can't find anything. Please help, Thanks!!
When you used nvflash, exactly what steps did you take?
follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
when you plug your phone in to use NV flash, find the device in the device manager, uninstall the driver and check the delete box, unplug the phone then start the guide.
you cannot hard brick a tegra device with flashing so you should be able to recover.
I flashed my phone to EB 4.04 earlier and it was great and worked fine. Loving it but the in call sound wasn't working as I didn't have the correct baseband. Turned my phone back to stock and updated so my phone is working properly now. Tried to flash back to EB but now I guess something went awry and now it gets past the LG logo and to the EB logo screen but then the phone turns off.
If I try to hold the power button + volume down, I get taken to a screen with a box and the android and the phone attempts to reinstall itself but it still has the same issue with turning itself off after the EB logo screen.
I found this thread on NVFlash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
which hopefully will fix my issue but I'm having trouble with it. I'm at step 8 and 9 where I start up cmd and I past in the code but no files are being transferred. It stops after the primary commands and gives me the prompt to press enter to continue or q to quit
Also, I am having issues with many of the mediafire download links. The captcha doesn't show up and all I get is "an error occurred"
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Fixed it
Since I hate those threads where someone finds their solution but never posts how leaving those who stumble across the thread want to cry out in agony, here's what I did.
Go here for the One Click Flash Recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Flash the ClockworkModRecovery
Downloaded new ROM and put it on my external SD
Went to recovery mode and installed the new rom
For some reason when I try to flash to stock though it didn't really work. It still gave me the eaglesblood screen and then shutdown. Oh well though.