[Q] G2x Update Prob (Possible Brick) - T-Mobile LG G2x

Hey ppl. I have a really BIG problem with my G2x and I was wondering if you could help me out. I ran the LG Mobile Support Tool to update my G2x to 2.3.3. After the process, my phone is stuck on "S/W Upgrade Please wait while upgrading..."
I tried using to LG Support Tool and it's saying that I'm running V21e
I can't boot into recovery. All I get is "S/W Upgrade Please wait while upgrading..."
Before doing this I had done a backup through the recovery. How do I get it to bootup?
Any advice and assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I have the same problem! Stuck on "S/W Upgrade Please wait while updating..."

So pulling the battery out, unplugging the USB and pressing vol-down + power doesn't boot to recovery? Did it freeze at 4% or get all the way through and now you're having this problem?

I'd suggest shutting the phone completely off and trying to root it again using NVFlash: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492&highlight=nvflash
I think that's the only real option if you can't get into recovery. I'm not guaranteeing it will work, but it's worth a shot.
If you can get it rooted again and get back to CWM, flash 2.3.3 using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748 instead of LG's awful garbage updater.

deanp0219 said:
So pulling the battery out, unplugging the USB and pressing vol-down + power doesn't boot to recovery? Did it freeze at 4% or get all the way through and now you're having this problem?
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It went all the way through.
I did the battery pull and pressed Power + Vol-Down and it didn't boot into recovery.

Same issue.
I've been working on this since about 1:00 PST.
I've tried 32 bit laptop. 64 bit desktop.
When I had initially got it going after about an hour, it basically had gotten to the "download" tab and constantly got stuck a 4%.
I have never had root on the phone, no custom roms or anything. Just a $543 brick.
Called LG was told to "Pull the battery and put it back in". Seriously? You guys had me on hold for 5 minutes and wasted 15 minutes of my time to tell me that?
Then I was told by the same guy if that doesn't work there are no other current workarounds other than sending the phone back to them.
No thanks.
Then I was live chatting with an LG guy named Jorge at the same time. He told me we needed to hard reset. Told him can't do that because the "S/W Upgrading" screen will just flash back after a power plus volume up hold. He said he believes we're having issues because it is so new, they seemed to have been blind sided by this. He said that they think that everyone was trying to update at the same time, possibly suggesting server overload.
Anyway, I've tried multiple computers, multiple USB ports on each. Multiple USB cables, and I even tried using a KDZ file that apparently housed the entire update. But for the life of me, I have no clue how to flash a .kdz file.
Any suggestions are MORE than welcome!
Thanks guys, and good luck.

deanp0219 said:
I'd suggest shutting the phone completely off and trying to root it again using NVFlash: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492&highlight=nvflash
I think that's the only real option if you can't get into recovery. I'm not guaranteeing it will work, but it's worth a shot.
If you can get it rooted again and get back to CWM, flash 2.3.3 using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748 instead of LG's awful garbage updater.
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Did you try any of this?

deanp0219 said:
Did you try any of this?
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Yea. I tried it and still nothing.

I'm at the same place. I have CWM installed and can access it. I've flashed different ROMS and tried to restore my old one. It all works, I'm sure, but I can't get past that S/W Update screen to find out!

Sorry guys, wish I could help more but I'm stumped. I'm sure there are people on here smarter than I am who can figure this out. It seems to be a widespread problem so hopefully someone will figure out a fix. Damn LG s/w updater. This isn't the first time it's bricked phones.
http://www.google.com/search?source...gc.r_pw.&fp=79f73547dc11dcbf&biw=1366&bih=667

I currently have the same problem, don't think there is a fix.

1 click recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847

follow these steps... must have windows xp to work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179750

Working Solution!
Spunix said:
follow these steps... must have windows xp to work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179750
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YOU ARE A LIFESAVER! It worked!!!
It really works just on a Windows XP.

See the sticky at the top of Q&A. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180331

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[Q] G2x stuck at LG logo/cannot access recovery

Hey all
Before anyone mentions that i should be searching around more, i would like to say that i've been on multiple threads and they all state the same thing (use NVflash to flash CWM and then boot into CWM but the solution did not work for me past flashing CWM and then trying to access recovery after) and i wasn't able to find one that had a similar problem as mine.
I have CWM flashed through NVflash and was running CM7.1 RC1. I took a screenshot with the 'shootme' app and proceeded to look at the gallery to make sure it came out okay. The gallery crashed and i was sent to the home screen. I swiped to a different homescreen when my phone froze halfway through the transition to the next screen. No combination of buttons/long presses were able to get me out of it so i went ahead and did a battery pull. So my dilemma is that now i'm stuck at the LG boot logo with no blue status bar under it. It freezes there and will not do anything every time i boot up. volume down+power does not give me access to recovery nor does any other button combo get me past the LG boot logo.
Are there any other methods i might be able to use like ADB or what not to get myself out of this situation? or at least into recovery? Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as i've been searching for hours with little help and my eyes are starting to get strained.
hmmm.. I know it's a simple question, but I gotta ask.. are you holding the pwr and volume down button long enough? you have to keep holding it even after you see the LG screen.. Keep holding until you see the 2nd screen?
If so.. do the nvflash again? Edit: Not sure if I would do this without getting further guidance tho..
schmit said:
hmmm.. I know it's a simple question, but I gotta ask.. are you holding the pwr and volume down button long enough? you have to keep holding it even after you see the LG screen.. Keep holding until you see the 2nd screen?
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This. I remember when I boot looped my phone I had the problem of letting go of the volume key too early, you need to hold down volume and power from a totally powered off phone until recovery actually starts and you see the green "android" logo of CWM.
Try re-flashing CWM, NVFlash CAN fail. There is literally nothing you can do within the OS that will prevent recovery from working. Either you did something wrong somewhere along the recovery process or you discovered an entirely new problem with the phone. I'm going to hazard a guess and say it's the former.
Thanks for the response guys. I wish that it was the case of not holding the buttons long enough. I have tried numerous times with the buttons held down for a long period of time. I even held the combo down for almost 5 minutes a few times.
Every time i try to boot up, it won't go past the LG boot screen so i would pull the battery out and go through flashing CWM through NVflash again. I'm sure I'm not missing anything because everything goes through and gets sent to the phone successfully.
I did happen to run into a thread that was closely similar to mine but his method was to just keep reflashing CWM and the stock recovery back and forth every time it failed until it turned on. I might have to try that if i cannot figure out this problem out soon. Not being able to use this phone is killing me! heh.
I just joined your club. Wow this sucks.
So apparently this is a whole new problem that's been found? Every other help thread seems to point to using NVflash or remaking the partitions due to a bad flash using an O2x based file instead of G2x.
But none of those solutions come close to doing anything. There has been some people with the same problem as me but aren't proactive at all enough to get someone's attention, so i'm guessing this problem is getting pushed to the side with people just going about getting their phones replaces/buying new ones.
I did happen to run into a thread on paulobrien/modaco's forum that had people using NVflash to get out of any sticky situation like this. It just reverts everything back to the stock factory settings but with root. We cannot use this though because he hasn't built it to be compatible with our LGP999's because everything was built for their UK LGP990's. Maybe that's a start to getting this solution fixed?
I hate to say this, bit you might have to call t mobile and get a replacement. Flash back to stock recovery and they won't know you messed with anything.
Sent from my Nexus 5g using XDA Ultimate App
Don't send back....you'll get same defacement a battery pull go into nvflah and go back stock then flash nv flash fix pArtitions
As I have mentioned before, NVflash does NOT give me access to my recovery let alone solve anything else. NVflash DOES work and does sucessfully send both CWM and the stock recovery but when I try to boot into either of them, let alone just power on normally, it simply DOES NOT go past the LG boot screen. it just hangs there doing nothing at all until I pull the battery out and do the same process over until it just hangs again.
while it is on/stuck at the LG screen, my computer does not recognize it so i cannot even try and run ADB commands. It does however, recognize it when I plug it in using the volume buttons held down when I use NVflash but there's nothing else I can do besides use NVflash obviously.
Jduhb said:
As I have mentioned before, NVflash does NOT give me access to my recovery let alone solve anything else. NVflash DOES work and does sucessfully send both CWM and the stock recovery but when I try to boot into either of them, let alone just power on normally, it simply DOES NOT go past the LG boot screen. it just hangs there doing nothing at all until I pull the battery out and do the same process over until it just hangs again.
while it is on/stuck at the LG screen, my computer does not recognize it so i cannot even try and run ADB commands. It does however, recognize it when I plug it in using the volume buttons held down when I use NVflash but there's nothing else I can do besides use NVflash obviously.
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Did you ever find a solution to this issue? Because my phone is doing this...
I attempted to restore my phone back to the wrong backup that was from a galaxy sII (2.3.4 i think); needless to say, the restore failed. I then restarted my phone from CWM and it gets stuck at LG screen.
I have tried to NVflash back to stock; nothing. same thing reflashing back to CWM.
ideas?
have you tried this link out yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180331
same problem..... anybody find something to fix this yet?
From what I heard is that you need to remove the battery, then boot into recovery or something.
Sent from my G2X
Use smartflash for the p990 but only use the p999 ap.bin file which will put the rom and kernel back to stock p999.
Rom for recovery always fixes any soft brick back to stock 2.3.3 OTA. It's saved my phone multiple times from stuck on S/W screen to being stuck on lg logo or even the dreaded can't mount sdcard-cache errors in cwm.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
I used the following method when Clockworkmod became corrupted and was unable to mount my sd card. I had just wiped everything on my phone intending to install a new rom when the issue happened. I could not even get to the S/W upgrade screen. It saved my phone. Hope it works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229
jcbofkc said:
I used the following method when Clockworkmod became corrupted and was unable to mount my sd card. I had just wiped everything on my phone intending to install a new rom when the issue happened. I could not even get to the S/W upgrade screen. It saved my phone. Hope it works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229
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omg thank you so much! It worked! Not only that but i was stuck on frodo 2.2.2 before which is why i was messing with my phone in the first place and now its on gingerbread. Awesome! thank you!!!!
sabotage99 said:
omg thank you so much! It worked! Not only that but i was stuck on frodo 2.2.2 before which is why i was messing with my phone in the first place and now its on gingerbread. Awesome! thank you!!!!
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Glad for you that it worked.
Kwes1020 pointed me in the right direction last week. Be sure to give a thanks to ILUHA_89 who came up with the fix.
Amazing how people are soo lost without providing them link after link to other threads. They are soo lazy and can't follow simple directions, each time i get a new phone i go to that section on xda and soak up all the information as it usually is already there. It's just funny is all i guess.
d12unk13astard said:
Amazing how people are soo lost without providing them link after link to other threads. They are soo lazy and can't follow simple directions, each time i get a new phone i go to that section on xda and soak up all the information as it usually is already there. It's just funny is all i guess.
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It's really not that big a deal. I was brand new to android once and asked all sorts of things.
I, like you, happen to read everything I can get my hands on. Some struggle going through all the info. I was here the day the forum opened, so I kind of remember where everything is.
Some are lazy and others just have no idea what the heck is going on and are intimidated by certain processes. I would rather help someone instead of listening to them ***** about their broken phone.

Stuck at S/W upgrade during update

Guys,
As using LG's software to update, my phone restarted itself after downloading then it went to S/W upgrade screen then the program says remove the battery bla bla and restart after I did that program never recognized my phone again and everytime I power on my phone it goes to S/W upgrade. Then I go into clockwork recovery and re install CM7 but still can't pass the S/W upgrade screen any ideas?
Ps. I know there is a topic like this but after they go into recovery mode, it somehow went back to normal but mine didn't.
I was on stock, never rooted before, when I tried updating. I'm now stuck on that same S/W upgrade screen. I've been trying many things, but I do believe I may have a brick. The LG software is giving me this error now.
CaliLove310 said:
I was on stock, never rooted before, when I tried updating. I'm now stuck on that same S/W upgrade screen. I've been trying many things, but I do believe I may have a brick. The LG software is giving me this error now.
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I was rooted and running Light&Sinister.
I'm stuck on S/W update. I was rooted stock. I don't know what to do.
Going to be a bunch of bricks if this isn't figured out. I am in same boat. All stock.
If any of you guys figure this out, let us know.
Having this same issue...seems as if the SPL was half written and it screwed everything up..
i have the samee isssue and mine wasnt rooted someone help please
I also tried .kdz flasher but didn't help either but at least we know that phone is not bricked
How do we use the kdz flasher I downloaded the kdz version of the rom but don't know what I have to do to flash using the kdz
Sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
raar said:
I also tried .kdz flasher but didn't help either but at least we know that phone is not bricked
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Excuse me, but how did you get the software to show the log on the bottom of the jpg that you attached?
I was stuck at 4% for a while, so I clicked the update tab that was flashing and all of a sudden it started up again.
It all looked good, I have Gingerbread, but for Baseband version is says "Unkown" and I can't choose a network under Network Operators. Nothing shows up under search. When I go to Access Point Names, I do see T-Mobile US and everything looks to be the same as before, but I only have WiFi access.
Use [RECOVERY][APP]Update 6-16: One-Click ClockworkMod 4.0.0.2 NvFlasher
Flash CWM follow instructions
Boot into recovery
Wipe
Restore backup (I used stock rooted)
Remove Batt
Reinstall Batt and boot into recovery
Start LG Update
Now should see the phone and you can update
Mine is still updating will see if it finishes
Failed sent me to support
Links to the app your talking about and what all your talking about. Everything you said is foreign to me.
For those stuck try booting into bootloader volume plus power button. The hit reset froM there see if that works
Sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
jriv said:
For those stuck try booting into bootloader volume plus power button. The hit reset froM there see if that works
Sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
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Volume Down? Doesn't that just boot into recovery? Where does it say reset? I'm confused.
It doesn't
My will show the box and the little android and then boot to the S/W update screen
chrisdepew said:
My will show the box and the little android and then boot to the S/W update screen
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Same here, that's the stock recovery screen. I can flash either stock or clockworkmod from the apx loader by holding volume up and down, then plugging in the phone without the battery and using the nvflasher to flash whatever recovery I want. Other than getting into the recovery...I can't do anything without the S/W Upgrade screen coming up..damn you LG, damn you to hell.
Volume up plus power not volume down my mistake
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[Q] Stuck at LG logo no matter what I do.

Hello all.
Today mine optimus froze at LG logo screen for no reason, and its been like this no matter what i do.
I already updated it with the LG update tool on the emergency/recovery option, it downloaded a 368mb file and flashed into, but when I turn on the phone again it get stuck on the logo anyway.
I can't get into recovery mode either (vol down + 3d+ power), it ALWAYS get stuck on the LG logo.
Then I also tried flashing as mentioned here showthread.php?t=1540163 , it completes all the process but again when I turn the phone on it get stuck.
Anyone hane any idea? I'm about to throw it on th toilet
I had the same problem, deleted the drivers, tried again. Somehow it worked after a few tries.
I'm about to flash with the lg emergency /recovery for the 12th time haha.
I don't see how I will get anything diferent from the other tries.
I have the same problem after installing a Thiaiz rom.
Can you explain step by step how you recover from this issue?
Thank you
Are you sure you are flashing it right? Anyway try this.
Step 1
download
V21a from here:
http://content.wuala.com/contents/caroceiro/optimus 3d/roms/ORIGINALES/V21A_00.kdz?dl=1
or
V21d from here:
http://content.wuala.com/contents/caroceiro/optimus 3d/roms/ORIGINALES/V21D_00.kdz?dl=1
Step 2
download this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=887870&d=1328537753
Step 3
make sure you have installed your lg phone drivers before continuing to the next step
Step 4
unzip LG_KDZ_FW-Update_OfflineFix.zip
you will find a filename Automatic Offline Procedure.vbs
run it
if everything runs ok it will take you to the upgrade tool if not it will probably show you a windows script host error
if that happens try running it manualy from folder
LG_KDZ_FW-Update_OfflineFix
KDZ_FW_UPD_EN
KDZ_FW_UPD.exe
as soon as KDZ_FW_UPD.exe select Type: 3qct and PhoneMode: Emergency
select your downloaded kdz file , now you should take off you battery , press volume up and power on the phone , connect the usb cable and after 5-6 sec release the buttons and put the batery
Press Launch software update
It will take some time to decompress the files but if everything is ok it will start.
You will see the progress with various messages the last message ends with 0
That should do the job..
I will try this again but the links are incomplete!
Did it again, got the 0 on the end but still stuck at lg logo when booting it up again.
xbsall said:
or
V21d from here:
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...00/V21D_00.kdz
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One correction: LG has removed v21D from their servers almost 10 days ago.
As I post above, I had the same problem.
The only way to solve it was go to the local LG support.
They verified that the phone (it was been rooted by me and the custom CWM installed) was in the warranty period and, without any questions in 2 days they put the phone in my hands as new with the acual gingerbread firmware. No costs for me.
Good service!
dcoelho said:
As I post above, I had the same problem.
The only way to solve it was go to the local LG support.
They verified that the phone (it was been rooted by me and the custom CWM installed) was in the warranty period and, without any questions in 2 days they put the phone in my hands as new with the acual gingerbread firmware. No costs for me.
Good service!
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Where did you take it? In Lisbon? How is the GC Issue?
Mouselik said:
Where did you take it? In Lisbon? How is the GC Issue?
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Yes. Lisboa/ Alfragide/Parque dos Moinhos. The assistance agent is "Mobile All" indicated to me by telephonic LG Client Support.
As a reason for the problem I said that when turned on the phone just don,t started staying stucked at the first LG screen.
EDIT: I had no CG till now.
Gusporti said:
I will try this again but the links are incomplete!
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OK i fixed the links although you already found the KDZ files.
Ok try this
remove your usb cable
remove your battery
insert battery again
press and hold volume down button
press power button
(you dont have to press 3d button thats for CWM Recovery)
after 8-10 seconds it will show you LG logo
release the power button and then the volume button
It will take you to the recovery menu
select yes
then again wipe EVERYTHING
ALL 4 OPTIONS
you can move with volume up and down and with menu key you run the commands
Good Luck
Got my fingers hurting after so many times i've tried it already.
Still stuck at lg logo.
I'm starting to think it is a hardware problem of some kind.
Gusporti said:
Got my fingers hurting after so many times i've tried it already.
Still stuck at lg logo.
I'm starting to think it is a hardware problem of some kind.
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Usually if you can get the lg logo to come up it can be saved... try this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25324405
MAKE SURE YOU DO IT STEP BY STEP or it wont work ... if it dont work pm the dark lestat he'll be able to help you personally. If does work make sure you thank him !
Sent from my LG Thrill running acidHAZARD 3.5 w/ sense battery mod
JReeher said:
Usually if you can get the lg logo to come up it can be saved... try this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25324405
MAKE SURE YOU DO IT STEP BY STEP or it wont work ... if it dont work pm the dark lestat he'll be able to help you personally. If does work make sure you thank him !
Sent from my LG Thrill running acidHAZARD 3.5 w/ sense battery mod
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This guide is for LG Thrill 4g, I found the same topic in the Optimus 3d section, made it setp by step and at the end it stuck always at the logo.
By now I bought another one, but I will unbrick the old one for good... As soon as I try again I will post more news.
Gusporti said:
This guide is for LG Thrill 4g, I found the same topic in the Optimus 3d section, made it setp by step and at the end it stuck always at the logo.
By now I bought another one, but I will unbrick the old one for good... As soon as I try again I will post more news.
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Its the same phone, bro
Sent from my GingerThrilla
Doh, sorry for the noob act hehe.
Just flashed it again without the battery. It wen't all the way through 100%, didn't stop at 6% to put the battery on =/ guess what... Didn't work.
I will try it again to see if I hit the 6% stop. Worth a try.
I'm pretty sure I'm not skipping any step. I do uninstall every single time the LG drivers. Its pretty annoying.
Trying on a diferent computer right now.

I think my lg g2x is bricked (im kind of a noob)

What i did before this problem
1.used the lg support tool to go from froyo to gingerbead (worked great)
2. attempted to use clockwork rom to install icecream sandwhich based rom (it failed)
What i get now
1.If i turn my phone on like i always would i would get the lg logo, and it would stay like that forever
2. if i try to boot into recovery i get "s/w upgrading"
I contacted lg and they said to send it in and wait 2 WEEKS to get it back and there may be an additional charge
Can someone please help me fix this without going to lg. I just want to be able to use my phone again :'(
run this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523
I did the exact same thing to my phone the other day. Then install the new rom via clockworld after its done.
But if you installed the 2.3.4 then don't update to any rom besides the kwes 2.3.4 because anything else you won't have audio or anything while in call there is no fix for it yet besides using kdz to downgrade.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
bj83gc said:
run this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523
I did the exact same thing to my phone the other day. Then install the new rom via clockworld after its done.
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I tried it and it didnt help.
if i do a normal boot i get the lg logo wiht a loading bar that eventual stops and does nothing
if i boot into recovery i get "s/w upgrading" again
you have to use nvflash to snap it out of that... I remember i had it stuck on that for awhile until i flashed the stock recovery/bootloader stuff and then reflashed cwm and then it finally came to
NVflash CWM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566681
if you're unsure of the APX drivers set-up you have a more basic guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Remove the battery.
Plug in your USB cable to your PC.
Hold Volume Up and Volume Down at the same time keeping them held down.
Plug in the USB cable to your phone. (Keep the buttons held until Windows detects a new APX device.)
Open Device Manager in Windows and you should see "APX Device" listed with an error icon.
Right click on the APX device.
Select 'Update driver software'.
Select 'Browse my computer...'.
Select 'Let me pick...'.
Select 'Have disk'.
Browse to directory you extracted the *driver* software to: One-Click-G2x-recovery-flasher-09-23\APX.
Accept any warnings, including the big red alert (you may need to disable UAC).
Now in Device Manager under 'USB Controllers' you should have an 'NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices'.
If not, uninstall the driver, reboot, rinse and repeat.
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Волк said:
NVflash CWM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566681
if you're unsure of the APX drivers set-up you have a more basic guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
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No change, thanks for trying :'(
just keep dicking around with NVflash... its the only way you can wake it up from a soft brick of that form
JHaste said:
just keep dicking around with NVflash... its the only way you can wake it up from a soft brick of that form
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like what, what do i do. i am a total noob.
johnlicoski1204 said:
like what, what do i do. i am a total noob.
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I don't think you're booting the phone up into cwm the right way.
Lol do this:
Make sure phone is off. While the phone is off hold down the volume down button.
While still holding volume down, hold the power button.
Continue to hold BOTH the volume down and power buttons. When the SECOND LG logo appears, let go of both of the buttons.
And no offense, but if you're not comfortable with modding your phone... you really shouldn't do it or ask someone else who knows what they're doing to do it.
buru898 said:
I don't think you're booting the phone up into cwm the right way.
Lol do this:
Make sure phone is off. While the phone is off hold down the volume down button.
While still holding volume down, hold the power button.
Continue to hold BOTH the volume down and power buttons. When the SECOND LG logo appears, let go of both of the buttons.
And no offense, but if you're not comfortable with modding your phone... you really shouldn't do it or ask someone else who knows what they're doing to do it.
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Agree modification to a cellphone can be risky.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
From my personal experiance with the G2x (i thought i had bricked my phone), i have discovered that it is nearly impossible to brick this phone. I had ran the g2x nullifier and fully wiped my phone clean. When I power up the phone, all i get is the initial white LG logo. Luckely, i discovered the following thread that got my phone functional again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
Try the above thread and see if your phone gets recovered to a functional state.
dot64 said:
From my personal experiance with the G2x (i thought i had bricked my phone), i have discovered that it is nearly impossible to brick this phone. I had ran the g2x nullifier and fully wiped my phone clean. When I power up the phone, all i get is the initial white LG logo. Luckely, i discovered the following thread that got my phone functional again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
Try the above thread and see if your phone gets recovered to a functional state.
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That script is perfectly fine and didn't hurt your phone at all. It states that it will wipe everything out even the rom you were previously on. So when the phone rebooted it stayed on that LG logo because it didn't have a rom to bootup.
At that point a quick battery pull and reboot into recovery was all you needed to do.
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Try flashing the stock recovery thru the one click nvflash utility and leave it off for a few min. Then run the g2x batch cleanup tool and see if it then let's u boot into the recovery. (By holding down volume - when hitting power on)
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johnlicoski1204 said:
What i did before this problem
1.used the lg support tool to go from froyo to gingerbead (worked great)
2. attempted to use clockwork rom to install icecream sandwhich based rom (it failed)
What i get now
1.If i turn my phone on like i always would i would get the lg logo, and it would stay like that forever
2. if i try to boot into recovery i get "s/w upgrading"
I contacted lg and they said to send it in and wait 2 WEEKS to get it back and there may be an additional charge
Can someone please help me fix this without going to lg. I just want to be able to use my phone again :'(
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Ok, so then its safe to assume that you rooted your phone first? Then you set up your phone by using nvflash so you can use ClockWorkMod (CWM)? Then booted your phone into recovery and tried to install ICS? If not done in this order then thats your fault. If you did it in this order then you missed something.
A common mistake is trying to install a ROM via CWM while the phone is running. When you do this the phone restarts and gives you the error triangle with android underneath it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039985 Tells you how to do as well as provides links to everything it doesn't.
As for recovery they provisded the right link. Follow it to the "T" and you'll be ok.
Try the link below
johnlicoski1204 said:
What i did before this problem
1.used the lg support tool to go from froyo to gingerbead (worked great)
2. attempted to use clockwork rom to install icecream sandwhich based rom (it failed)
What i get now
1.If i turn my phone on like i always would i would get the lg logo, and it would stay like that forever
2. if i try to boot into recovery i get "s/w upgrading"
I contacted lg and they said to send it in and wait 2 WEEKS to get it back and there may be an additional charge
Can someone please help me fix this without going to lg. I just want to be able to use my phone again :'(
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Hope fully this fix your issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TozZKt7_JD8
d12unk13astard said:
That script is perfectly fine and didn't hurt your phone at all. It states that it will wipe everything out even the rom you were previously on. So when the phone rebooted it stayed on that LG logo because it didn't have a rom to bootup.
At that point a quick battery pull and reboot into recovery was all you needed to do.
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But the key issue was that CWM recovery was destroyed as well after nullifing thus leaving me in a stand still to do something. nvflash was the only thing left to recover the phone at that point which worked very well.
There is pretty much no way that after running either the One-Click or Cleanup Batch that he can't get the phone into CWM unless there is a hardware problem. This most likely means that the problem isn't with the scripts or phone, but with the procedure he is attempting.
Even if nullifier (which I don't think is of much use here) had wiped all partitions, the NVFlash will still pop you out of it and leave you with a working CWM.
So keep reading and keep watching videos of how to do it and make sure your drivers are correct. READ a bunch first.
And remember that he got here due to an LG software problem or issue with operation, not from trying to flash as a noob, so he knows he's in over his head right now.
Remember, we all had to start swimming somewhere and it usually wasn't pretty at first. Mine was a corrupted Motorola RAZR.
It appears that this is an older post, but if you are still having this issue, then maybe I can help. If anyone else finds this later, hopefully it helps them as well. I just did something similar and I thought I was screwed. I rooted my phone, installed a ROM (Hellfire... nice ROM BTW), then I got the nullifier. I installed the ROM before I ran the nullifier because I wanted to make sure the ROM worked. However, after running the nullifier, the ROM didn't work.
The only thing that I could get to show was the LG logo at the startup... no second logo (Blue LG), no SW upgrade... NOTHING. The phone wouldn't do anything else. Luckily, I wasn't the first to have this issue and they found the solution...
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566681
Since you have already done other steps, I am assuming that you already have the drivers installed. So, the only thing you should need to do is download the ROM then install it by clicking flash.bat. The instructions on the page are pretty easy to follow.
No need to deal with the NvFlash until AFTER you do the above procedure. You will need to run it again after the above procedure because it puts it back in the original state (pretty much). The NvFlash will give you the superuser and Clockmod back. You should be good to go after that.
There is no way u can brick the g2x......even if u wanted to.........keep messing around
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[Q] Phone isn't turning on

Hey, guys!
First post from me in this forum, although I have been searching for some things for some times.
So, the problem is that I had Cyanogenmod 7.2 on my LG P500 for couple months. And ROM was working ok, but there was some problems and I thought I should get back to stock ROM, because actually it was working better and smoother. So, I searched for stock roms for my phone, found one and started to flash. Everything flashed well, phone booted up and then wave of errors started to come. So I thought that it ain't gonna be usable and tried to install a stock rom through official LG Updater, which obviously wasn't a good thing to do. everything, downloaded, installed, phone booted up and I was waiting with hope that it will boot up (android loading screen at least was showing), but it didn't happen. After that I managed to power phone off with getting battery out and then I tried to fix everything with one tutorial I saw in this forum with kdz updater. but at the begging it couldn't connect with my phone and after that screen showd Emergency Mode. nothing I could do, again took out battery to power it off and now phones doesn't show any signs of life.
What does it mean (maybe my phones is same as brick) and what should I do?
I would appreciate your help.
Nau4a said:
Hey, guys!
First post from me in this forum, although I have been searching for some things for some times.
So, the problem is that I had Cyanogenmod 7.2 on my LG P500 for couple months. And ROM was working ok, but there was some problems and I thought I should get back to stock ROM, because actually it was working better and smoother. So, I searched for stock roms for my phone, found one and started to flash. Everything flashed well, phone booted up and then wave of errors started to come. So I thought that it ain't gonna be usable and tried to install a stock rom through official LG Updater, which obviously wasn't a good thing to do. everything, downloaded, installed, phone booted up and I was waiting with hope that it will boot up (android loading screen at least was showing), but it didn't happen. After that I managed to power phone off with getting battery out and then I tried to fix everything with one tutorial I saw in this forum with kdz updater. but at the begging it couldn't connect with my phone and after that screen showd Emergency Mode. nothing I could do, again took out battery to power it off and now phones doesn't show any signs of life.
What does it mean (maybe my phones is same as brick) and what should I do?
I would appreciate your help.
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when your phone is in emergency mode then it will connect to the kdz updator
and then flash ur rom
ok, but there's no way I can turn my phone on now. or is there way to get to emergency mode?
U might have bricked ur phone. Bring it lg service centre and say that it was bricked while updatong the stock rom
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Nau4a said:
ok, but there's no way I can turn my phone on now. or is there way to get to emergency mode?
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search for emergency mode in google
allenwalker1998 said:
U might have bricked ur phone. Bring it lg service centre and say that it was bricked while updatong the stock rom
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could be, but can't I unbrick it myself?
Nau4a said:
could be, but can't I unbrick it myself?
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Plug in the wall charger for about an hour, and then try the buttons - press power button+ volume up button + back button together
keep pressed all three for long duration (maybe 8-10 secs you see yellow screen with written Emergency Mode). Then you are in Emergency Mode.
If no screen yet, then bricked - only LG repair center option.

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