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Help I brick my G2x

Please help me I think I brick my g2x I root after that I tried to install the gingerbread leak room but I have like 30 minutes and my phone is stuck in this screen
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did you install a custom recovery by chance?

no i didn't i download the leaked room gingerbread i put in my phone storage and then i tried to install by room manager

You should still be able to recover the phone using the following post to install ClockworkMod recovery the correct way and flash whatever ROM you like. I believe you must have an external SD card (old one of at least 1GB will work fine) to do this though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
You do own a T-Mobile branded G2x and not the international LG Optimus 2x, right?

yes is the tmobile version ,, and thanks for ur help i already got back working the phone again thanks alot

No problem but I still recommend installing recovery through NVFlash in that thread.

Help!!Recovery Partition is Bricked on my LG p999dw

Hi,
I have a LG P999dw from Wind mobile. It was running on stock Wind mobile ROM froyo and I wanted to upgrade to cyanogen mod so I used the one click rooter to root the device and then installed ROM manager from the app store.
Once in ROM manager I did the flash clockwork recoverymod and then the phone rebooted. After rebooting it was stuck in boot loop. So i booted to the recovery partition by pressing and holding vol down button while powering on. The screen said S/W Upgrade please wait while upgrading.
After doing some lookups on google I found one click recovery flasher using nvflash. I tried that several times to flash clockworkmod or even the stock recovery with no luck. Finally when I thought the phone is bricked I discovered this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
I used this post and nvflashed the T Mobile stock rom GB 2.3.3 on the phone and it booted up just fine. Now it works excellent except the battery runs out a bit faster and whenever I try to boot to recovery partition it just gives the same message S/W Upgrade. I also tried this solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523 it ran successfully and wiped the phone but when I tried to boot into recovery still I got the same message.
So I relfashed the phone with the t mobile stock rom and I started working fine again but with no luck on installing CWM or stock recovery.
Please help!! I need to get this phone running the bionix rom that saves a ton of battery life. I am running it on another G2X and I get like 8 hours more battery juice from the phone.

Do what this post instructs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31261531&postcount=25

Did not work
Core Memory said:
Do what this post instructs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31261531&postcount=25
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Thank you for replying.
Tried the above repair. It gave the following error.
This version not supported v11h (image attached). Even though the phone shows software version v21e in the about phone section. Just wondering, his phone was originally wind mobile and running froyo so may be its original software version is written in some config file which has not been modified by the nvflash that I did.

samirptl said:
Thank you for replying.
Tried the above repair. It gave the following error.
This version not supported v11h (image attached). Even though the phone shows software version v21e in the about phone section. Just wondering, his phone was originally wind mobile and running froyo so may be its original software version is written in some config file which has not been modified by the nvflash that I did.
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You must have V21Y installed for the method I sent you to to work. You need to clean install a complete .kdz version of your choice by either using LG update or the offline update method.

I will try kdz method this weekend
Core Memory said:
You must have V21Y installed for the method I sent you to to work. You need to clean install a complete .kdz version of your choice by either using LG update or the offline update method.
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Thanks for replying!
I was thinking of trying the KDZ method too. I will try to lookup for a known working method this weekend and try it. I will let you know how it went. By the way I am also from Toronto. I live in Scarborough. Have a nice long weekend.

Recovery partition is till messed up.
samirptl said:
Thanks for replying!
I was thinking of trying the KDZ method too. I will try to lookup for a known working method this weekend and try it. I will let you know how it went. By the way I am also from Toronto. I live in Scarborough. Have a nice long weekend.
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Hi,
Sorry for the very late reply. This is what I tried, I download the lg tool to flash kdz files onto my g2x and also downloaded the kdz file for v21y. Everything went well, base band is good its now updated to march 2012. The phone works perfectly fine. The only problem is, when I boot to recovery the phone still says s/w upgrading. I tried NVFlash and onclick to load both stock or CWM. It loads everything successfully but when I try to boot to recovery, its the same old message.
I tried to root the phone using ADB (psneuter) but it does not support GB 2.3.5. And I want to install a custom rom to the phone. I was wondering if there is a way to fix the recovery partition somehow. Then I can load any rom I want.

Here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24635755, do this and this should fix your partition problem, then, flash away.
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[Q] Bricked T959V Need a Step Guide Please

Soft Bricked my phone yesterday by overlooking a most likely common mistake. I flashed CLM Recovery but accidently selected the wrong model UGHHH! Now I get the T Mobile Screen and I can get into download mode, thats it. I am aware of this Vibrant AIO ToolBox but Im not sure how it works and I am aware of ODIN which I have also never used. I downloaded ODIN and it does recognize my device. It looks pretty simple to use although I may be wrong. One of my major problems is I can not download any Stock OS Roms because the range at about 200mb and I am currently staying with a relative that has dial up. I dont know if I could get something faster through email. What I would like is step by step instructions on how to get my phone back to stock or somewhat functional. Any help would be greatly appreciated as we all know how hard it can be without your phone. Thanks, J
Samsung Galaxy S 4G ((ROOTED))
SGH-T959V
GingerBread 2.3.6 (Installed Stock)
T-Mobile USA
Capablities: Download Mode

jlwarner687 said:
Soft Bricked my phone yesterday by overlooking a most likely common mistake. I flashed CLM Recovery but accidently selected the wrong model UGHHH! Now I get the T Mobile Screen and I can get into download mode, thats it. I am aware of this Vibrant AIO ToolBox but Im not sure how it works and I am aware of ODIN which I have also never used. I downloaded ODIN and it does recognize my device. It looks pretty simple to use although I may be wrong. One of my major problems is I can not download any Stock OS Roms because the range at about 200mb and I am currently staying with a relative that has dial up. I dont know if I could get something faster through email. What I would like is step by step instructions on how to get my phone back to stock or somewhat functional. Any help would be greatly appreciated as we all know how hard it can be without your phone. Thanks, J
Samsung Galaxy S 4G ((ROOTED))
SGH-T959V
GingerBread 2.3.6 (Installed Stock)
T-Mobile USA
Capablities: Download Mode
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all you rlly have to do is re-root is or do the steps you did to update it,just follow this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyKYUlnpYqI&feature=plcp

stefelz said:
all you rlly have to do is re-root is or do the steps you did to update it,just follow this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyKYUlnpYqI&feature=plcp
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People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice. I am supposed to help you on teamview and was going to message you when I was done eating and now I see you giving outdated advice to someone

OK, the bandwidth thing is going to be a challenge. I don't have all the answers, but one question is "Do you have a 'nandroid' backup from before you flashed?"
If so, you might be able to get away with just flashing a kernel with the same kind of recovery that made the backup (I'm guessing ClockworkMod recovery?), get into recovery, and restore your backup. Kernels are a lot "lighter" than ROMs, 5-8 MB typically. Still a long haul on a modem, but better than 150-200 MB!
I personally use Heimdall, not ODIN. I find the "one-click" collection good for getting a phone back into a usable state.
From that collection, AntonX-Basic_with_a_twist-v1.1.0-NO_OC_UV is 18.7 MB, and that includes what you need to install, assuming you have Java (~16 MB, I believe) and the Microsoft C++ executables (4.8 MB) already. You'll want to make sure I suggested the right kernel for the backup you have.
Another question is do you have a "good" ROM or kernel on your microSD? You might be able to unzip it on your PC and find boot.img and then install it with stand-alone Heimdall (9.6 MB, with the same caveats about Java and C++ libraries).
There's always the local coffee house with "FREE Wifi!" if you have laptop with a WiFi card.

stefelz said:
all you rlly have to do is re-root is or do the steps you did to update it,just follow this video
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getochkn said:
People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice. I am supposed to help you on teamview and was going to message you when I was done eating and now I see you giving outdated advice to someone
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ROTFL.
The best quote ever
getochkn said:
People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice.
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So what have we learned today???
getochkn said:
People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice.
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Again just in case you missed it
getochkn said:
People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice.
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And one final time
getochkn said:
People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice.
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First download KC1 clean up HERE This will contain the pit, csc, pda and everyting you need to get you phone opperational.
To get into download .... remove the battery and usb cable. Then, WHILE holding vol + and vol- put the battery in and plug in the cable. Afterwards you should get a screen asking you if you want to enter download mode. Press vol + for yes and then you get a screen saying------> Downloading Do not turn off target
Finally upgrade to KC6(i think) which is 2.3.6 ---->Get it Here<----- It is stock....with all the tmobile bloatware
This should get your phone to work..... oh yea obvously you need odin
Root using super one click
Done!
If you want custom roms go here, it will tell you how to install a custom kernel WITH Clockwork Mod recovery installed, CREATE A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST. Then download any rom you want here and put it on your sd card...Finally install it using CMR
If anything goes wrong use the nandroid you created

STOP you only have four posts and have stated you flashed all kinds of wrong stuff on your phone...you also are telling him the hardest longest way to get fixed. No need to flash all that.

[Q] Galaxy SII Model SGH-S959G

I just got a Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy SII Model SGH-S959G and their is basically nothing as far as hacks for this phone, yet.
My first question is what needs to be done to obtain root?

r00t4rd3d said:
I just got a Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy SII Model SGH-S959G and their is basically nothing as far as hacks for this phone, yet.
My first question is what needs to be done to obtain root?
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You can root this phone using Entropy's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289460
And you can flash it with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
I wouldn't though. You can't install a customer recovery on this device right now and nobody has figured it out yet (that I know of).

IndigoAK said:
You can root this phone using Entropy's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289460
And you can flash it with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
I wouldn't though. You can't install a customer recovery on this device right now and nobody has figured it out yet (that I know of).
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Are you sure my kernel is safe to use on this device???
There is little known about this device... Going by name alone is a VERY BAD IDEA on Galaxy S2 era devices. Flashing I9100/I777 stuff to any Qualcomm based device would guarantee a hardbrick, and I think going the other way would hardbrick you too.
Since it's 4.3" screen it might be an Exynos device, but no guarantees. Specs/features don't mention NFC at all, so it may be more similar to the I9100 than I777.

Entropy512 said:
Are you sure my kernel is safe to use on this device???
There is little known about this device... Going by name alone is a VERY BAD IDEA on Galaxy S2 era devices. Flashing I9100/I777 stuff to any Qualcomm based device would guarantee a hardbrick, and I think going the other way would hardbrick you too.
Since it's 4.3" screen it might be an Exynos device, but no guarantees. Specs/features don't mention NFC at all, so it may be more similar to the I9100 than I777.
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I've been using your kernel for over a month without any major issues. The phone boots fine, plays games. The only issue I've run across is that sometimes you have turn the wifi on and off, but I don't know if this is the device itself (you mention something about wifi deep sleep in your thread) or if it's just an issue with my router (I've experienced similar things in the past with other routers and devices, so I really don't know).
About the NFC. If you remove the battery cover and look at the factory sticker for this phone, it has the same FCC designation at the i777 and the battery says NFC everywhere. I think TracFone simply has it disabled in the firmware similar to how they've locked the device from Kies and tethering.

IndigoAK, just to make sure we are on the same page, you have the SGH-S959G model?

IndigoAK said:
I've been using your kernel for over a month without any major issues. The phone boots fine, plays games. The only issue I've run across is that sometimes you have turn the wifi on and off, but I don't know if this is the device itself (you mention something about wifi deep sleep in your thread) or if it's just an issue with my router (I've experienced similar things in the past with other routers and devices, so I really don't know).
About the NFC. If you remove the battery cover and look at the factory sticker for this phone, it has the same FCC designation at the i777 and the battery says NFC everywhere. I think TracFone simply has it disabled in the firmware similar to how they've locked the device from Kies and tethering.
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So why did you claim earlier no one had a custom recovery for this phone, if my kernel works fine?
It sounds like this device might be identical to the I777, so you *might* be able to flash anything meant for I777.
Have you tried flashing any ICS firmwares? Do you have a dump of the stock /system firmware?

r00t4rd3d said:
IndigoAK, just to make sure we are on the same page, you have the SGH-S959G model?
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Yes. This is the model I have
@Entropy: I said that because I've not seen anyone that's been able to install custom recovery for this phone. Your kernel installs and it successfully roots the phone, and the wifi works unlike the zedomax kernel, but if you enter recovery it's just the stock recovery and if you try to install recovery through ROM manager or whatever, then you can't. I might not even be doing it right. I'm not exactly an expert on this and to be perfectly honest, I'm learning as I go here since this is my first Android device. Also, I don't have a dump of the stock firmware and nobody else does either as far as I'm aware. The source code for this device is available from Samsung's open source website, but that's apparently not the same thing.
When I say fine, I mean my phone doesn't blow up or hang or generally do anything un-phony. It boots, it makes calls, it plays games and installs apps, it mounts my sdcards, it connects to my computer through USB using Windows.
The only things is doing do are NFC, tethering and connect to Kies, which as far as I know you can't do even with the stock device, so I doubt that's your kernel.

IndigoAK said:
Yes. This is the model I have
@Entropy: I said that because I've not seen anyone that's been able to install custom recovery for this phone. Your kernel installs and it successfully roots the phone, and the wifi works unlike the zedomax kernel, but if you enter recovery it's just the stock recovery and if you try to install recovery through ROM manager or whatever, then you can't. I might not even be doing it right. I'm not exactly an expert on this and to be perfectly honest, I'm learning as I go here since this is my first Android device. Also, I don't have a dump of the stock firmware and nobody else does either as far as I'm aware. The source code for this device is available from Samsung's open source website, but that's apparently not the same thing.
When I say fine, I mean my phone doesn't blow up or hang or generally do anything un-phony. It boots, it makes calls, it plays games and installs apps, it mounts my sdcards, it connects to my computer through USB using Windows.
The only things is doing do are NFC, tethering and connect to Kies, which as far as I know you can't do even with the stock device, so I doubt that's your kernel.
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OK that's REALLY strange, because recovery is contained within the main kernel on this generation of devices... Unless this model is a MASSIVE fluke and the recovery partition actually does something. (It doesn't on any other Exynos galaxys2-family device.)
NFC and tethering is likely to be an issue with the /system contacts...

Yeah, booting into recovery in your kernel gives the basic options. Reboot, reset. Nothing about flashing or backup. I haven't tried to flash the clockwork mod kernel from your thread since I've had such bad luck with kernels in general. Trying to install clockwork recovery from inside ROM Manager gives an error on reboot, but if you reboot again everything works fine, even the normal recovery
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IndigoAK did you use Odin to flash the kernel ?

r00t4rd3d said:
IndigoAK did you use Odin to flash the kernel ?
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Yes. I've successfully used Odin 1.85 and Odin 3.07. Mobile Odin doesn't work (or I haven't figured out the right settings).

I'm surprised that there isn't a big hacking community for this device. I mean it's one of the best prepaid devices on the market with 45$/month fast HSPA+ service..
Hell, the Motorola Triumph was a junky PoS but had a very large dev team.. I would love for someone to get a root working on this phone, and it seems I am going to try to flash Entrophy's rom as WiFi works with him as you said..
C'mon guys, wheres all the dev teams at?

IndigoAK what one of Entropy's kernels did you use? The .tar one? Can you use the zip files in Odin?

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IndigoAK what one of Entropy's kernels did you use? The .tar one? Can you use the zip files in Odin?
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I used the latest version available in his thread. It's from March I believe. Also, Odin doesn't support zip files when flashing from a computer, tarballs only. I couldn't for the life of me manage to make a tarball in Windows that Odin would read though, so I had a friend package it for me.

Crap, I used the tar one and flashed it. With root checker it says I dont have root but busybox is installed. When it boots it shows the yellow triangle with ! but the phone boots and works okay.
Or can I get a copy of your tar?
Edit: Link to the tar of Entropy's kernel that works with this phone.
http://dev-host.org/UWm

Do you still have the yellow triangle with this kernel?
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mr-cook said:
Do you still have the yellow triangle with this kernel?
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Yes.

Not too sure how I can help but I if there's anything I can do to help you guys out with this phone I'm willing. I'm not very familiar with flashing and rooting and stuff, since I've never done it, but I'm a pretty quick learner so I'm sure with a little help I can. I just got a new Samsung SGH-S959G, I have turned it on and connected to my wifi but that's it, I haven't activated it or anything. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help out, and how I would go about doing it.

Hey Roxanne, welcome! The best thing you can do to help us right now is leave your phone stock so we have someone who has the original files in case we screw something up. Right now there is no real benefit in hacking this phone but hopefully soon what the few of us are doing will lead to cool new stuff for this model.
Right now the best thread for this phone seems to be at the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982571
If anyone wants to chat about this model phone a few of us hang out at irc.freenode.net #SGS2

Rom Manger. Yea. Dat Apps A Killer!
IndigoAK said:
Yeah, booting into recovery in your kernel gives the basic options. Reboot, reset. Nothing about flashing or backup. I haven't tried to flash the clockwork mod kernel from your thread since I've had such bad luck with kernels in general. Trying to install clockwork recovery from inside ROM Manager gives an error on reboot, but if you reboot again everything works fine, even the normal recovery
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Yea ROM MANGER. Can Mess Up A Droid Fast if Its Not Included.. In The List of Supported Devices.. i Should Know.. i Tryed It One Time With Three Phones.. And Did Things Dat Didnt Work well With The Phones i Had Because It Was The Wrong Thing... You Have To Email The App Devp. To Add Your Device To The Supported List And Dat Its Comp. i Was Just Lucky It WaS Three Of My Own Droids.. Hard Bricked. All Three Oppsss! lmao.. But Yet ROM MANGER Whoa..! Good Luck!

[Q] Stuck on CWM Recovery Everytime

Hello everyone,
It's my first time witnessing this issue, I do have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G. So I decided to upgraded Eclairs to Gingerbread. Which I did.
Somehow I downloaded the CM7 ROM in the SGS 4G section, I have flashed it and now everytime I click "reboot system now", it's just putting me back to CWM Recovery over and over again. Now I got tired of it, so I tried flashing the SlimBean in hopes of making my device work the way they should, but it's the same result. When I cleared data, flashed the ROM and Gapps and when I click "reboot system now", It shows the boot screen but then it transferred me back to recovery. I don't really know what to do.
Urgent help needed. Thank you all.

can you acess into download mode?

PuNeTZzZ said:
can you acess into download mode?
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Yes I can, also tried it with CM9, same results it shows recovery everytime. I need some help. :crying:

You say you went from Eclair (Did this phone even come with that? I thought it started with Froyo. Huh. At least, mine did.) to Gingerbread. Is the Gingerbread you started with CM7, or did you start with one that actually has normal GB bootloaders first? Because if you haven't yet, as with any major bootlooping issue, you'll want to use a proper GB one-click. If you failed to double-flash one of those to get the GB bootloaders earlier, do that ASAP. And hope hard that they come.

You are missing the boot loader if you went straight to Gingerbread. Use Heimdall One Click to flash to Gingerbread. Also click on the bootloader option as well when you flash.
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Theraze said:
You say you went from Eclair (Did this phone even come with that? I thought it started with Froyo. Huh. At least, mine did.) to Gingerbread. Is the Gingerbread you started with CM7, or did you start with one that actually has normal GB bootloaders first? Because if you haven't yet, as with any major bootlooping issue, you'll want to use a proper GB one-click. If you failed to double-flash one of those to get the GB bootloaders earlier, do that ASAP. And hope hard that they come.
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Can you give me the names of the GB one-click?

Search for lumin30. He has an awesome guide and links to what you are looking for. It's in his signature.
I'll add, back up your .efs folder. Put copy on your computer.

champ1919 said:
Search for lumin30. He has an awesome guide and links to what you are looking for. It's in his signature.
I'll add, back up your .efs folder. Put copy on your computer.
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Can anyone tell me this guide works on starting from a CM7 Rom. I don't get it at all. Since it started from Stock Froyo.