been running thiaiz but have just tried to flash the latest King3DRom and its broken my phone :-( my phone is constantly getting stuck in boot, then when it occasionally gets to the home screen. it crashes and reboots again after a matter of secs/mins. i cant get into cwm to restore my other rom and havent got enough time to download rom manager and cwm before it reboots. have also tried flashing 21a through LG and it decided to reboot just before the update started to it cancelled and shutdown.
can someone PLEASE help me as i have a non working optimus 3d!!!
ps have tried holding down on/off button with 3d and volume down (and up) and cant get into cwm this way either :-(
rhodri11 said:
been running thiaiz but have just tried to flash the latest King3DRom and its broken my phone :-( my phone is constantly getting stuck in boot, then when it occasionally gets to the home screen. it crashes and reboots again after a matter of secs/mins. i cant get into cwm to restore my other rom and havent got enough time to download rom manager and cwm before it reboots. have also tried flashing 21a through LG and it decided to reboot just before the update started to it cancelled and shutdown.
can someone PLEASE help me as i have a non working optimus 3d!!!
ps have tried holding down on/off button with 3d and volume down (and up) and cant get into cwm this way either :-(
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287236
download 21a from the link and the all package content this guy has provided when you have done so..
Take out battery and put it back in hold up and power until your pc starts intsalling drivers install them and then follow the guide..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287236
download 21a from the link and the all package content this guy has provided when you have done so..
Take out battery and put it back in hold up and power until your pc starts intsalling drivers install them and then follow the guide..
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hi, this is the exactly method i followed. the only thing i didnt do was press the volume up when i turned the phone on. it detected my phone and i started the procedure and rebooted my phone etc then when it started up again and was about to update, the phone decided to reboot and it messed up the procedure.
charging my battery to full now before trying again hoping it might help :-s
fixed
all sorted. managed to get into cwm after trying a dozen times. turns out you dont need to use the 3D button. Its just power and vol down until lg logo appears then let go of power button but keep pressing vol down.
phew, that was close.
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Ok So I tried Flashing the recovery through rom manager and when it downloaded it asked for su permission I Pressed allow clockwork gave me an error stating i did not have enough rights to flash recovery rom manager force closed and the phone turned off and now when I try restarting I get a boot loop at the LG screen. When I press Vol- + power it says S/W Upgrade Please wait while upgrading but does not do anything after that its been on the screen for more than 20 minutes any ideas how i could fix this?
Are you rooted?
Have u tried a battery pull? After that try to boot up to bootloader by holding power+vol down(u shouldnt get the update thing after battery pull). Make sure it says s-off. It seems like ur not rooted correctly since u got the permissions error
Yea I Rooted Using One Click method I was able to use root for other programs like titanium back up tried a battery pull already and tried holding vol down + power but it takes me to the upgrading screen
I'd give the nvflash method a shot. When I flashed cwm, I specified the wrong file and couldn't boot. Once I figured that out and got it right it booted up fine.
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Ok So I tried Flashing the recovery through rom manager and when it downloaded it asked for su permission I Pressed allow clockwork gave me an error stating i did not have enough rights to flash recovery rom manager force closed and the phone turned off and now when I try restarting I get a boot loop at the LG screen. When I press Vol- + power it says S/W Upgrade Please wait while upgrading but does not do anything after that its been on the screen for more than 20 minutes any ideas how i could fix this?
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You'll need to have the recovery flashed using the NVFlash method as previously stated. The Rom Manager method seems pretty worthless to me so far. Also, have your USB cable unpugged when trying to boot to recovery.
Great news I pulled the battery while it still said upgrading I turned on by holding volume down and power and I held until and android Icon came up and it rebooted itself and loaded as if I had done a master reset thanx for the tips
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Awesome, glad to hear it.
My phone is currently sitting with a "S/W upgrade" screen after a series of stupid events. I flashed recovery using ROM Manager before I had read that it fake flashed. I rebooted into recovery and installed CM7 nightly. Rebooted and it's stuck in a boot loop. So I finally see all the warnings against that so I figure I need to get a real recovery so I use the awesome guide from TGA_Gunnman. I follow all the instructions and it appears from the log on my PC that the CM recovery flashed successfully. I pull the cord, reinsert my battery and my phone just sits in the S/W upgrade screen. It's been like that for 30 minutes now.
What do I do?
I thought I'd done something wrong with my G2x because that happened to me too. Remove your battery and USB. Then insert your battery again. When you turn it on, make sure to hold both the power button and the volume down button until you see text that says android. If you, like me, thought you just had to hold the volume down and tap the power button (like my Nexus One), that might be your issue.
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just disconnect usb, and go to recovery Power+vol down...
.....and congrats !
yep, I thought I bricked it too.. When you were done at the green screen where it said press any button, thats where you press whatever you want and then unplug the cord. Then, put the battery back in and hold down vol then power, don't let go until "android" pops up.. You did it man, just missing your last step..
Moved to proper forum
I can get to the Recovery screen, but I cant select any of the options....volume lets me scroll, but cant find anything to select any of the options....kinda new at this
power button to 'action' your selection... at least it works for me.
usajlh said:
My phone is currently sitting with a "S/W upgrade" screen after a series of stupid events. I flashed recovery using ROM Manager before I had read that it fake flashed. I rebooted into recovery and installed CM7 nightly. Rebooted and it's stuck in a boot loop. So I finally see all the warnings against that so I figure I need to get a real recovery so I use the awesome guide from TGA_Gunnman. I follow all the instructions and it appears from the log on my PC that the CM recovery flashed successfully. I pull the cord, reinsert my battery and my phone just sits in the S/W upgrade screen. It's been like that for 30 minutes now.
What do I do?
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The "S/W upgrade" stays on, that's normal. See if your terminal window has completed whatever stuff it is doing. If you get a completed message, you are good to go and can safely pull out the USB chord even if your phone still says "S/W upgrade". Put back your battery and hold Power+Vol DOWN button and see if you get into cmw recovery.
so im trying to fix my friends phone and this is weird..
im able to go to cwm, wipe it all and flash a new rom.. it flashess successfully but when i reboot it goes back to the s/w update screen..it happens with any rom i flash.. its been sitting there for a while.. how long should i wait?
Once you flash the ROM you shouldn't be getting that screen...Does your friend has the G2x or 2x and which ROM did you flash?
Sounds like you screwed up the boot image. Go into APX mode again and reflash the recovery package making sure it completes, you hit a key to close the terminal window, and you hold the volume buttons the entire time. Then go into recovery and factory reset and clear the Dalvik cache. Then if you still get the S/W update screen you are going to need to go to the thread about fixing bricked phones and use the KDZ method to reflash the entire GB OTA package. There is also a new method to reinstall the entire OTA package using NVFlash but you have to hold the volume buttons down for about ten to fifteen minutes while everything flashes.
So ive rooted the phone and checked it with root checker says im properly rooted and bootloader is installed properly also. Ive followed instructions on the forum and even watched some step by steps on youtube. My problem that keeps occurring is when i try to enter cwm any which way it softbricks my phone. Ive found a way around having to odin, you just have too put the phone in download mode for 5-6 mins and then hold the power till it brings the battery up, if the battery actually shows its charging you did it long enough and go head and hold power to restart. Ive had to do this like 5 times already and dont know what could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks vguaderrama
This belongs in General, not Development.
Entering CWM would not in any way soft brick your phone, flashing roms can, but not entering CWM. the hard key combo to enter cwm is VolUp+VolDown+Power+Camera, which should work, even if you're soft bricked.
If you were really softbricked, letting it sit in Download Mode wouldn't help without using Odin.
sorry new to posting usually can get most things on my own just from reading thanks for the help tho really appreciate it.
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This belongs in General, not Development.
Entering CWM would not in any way soft brick your phone, flashing roms can, but not entering CWM. the hard key combo to enter cwm is VolUp+VolDown+Power+Camera, which should work, even if you're soft bricked.
If you were really softbricked, letting it sit in Download Mode wouldn't help without using Odin.
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To enter recovery its just Vol Up + Vol Down and power
Touche, I've been holding an extra button all this time...
Hold +/- down like it was a button
vguaderrama said:
So ive rooted the phone and checked it with root checker says im properly rooted and bootloader is installed properly also. Ive followed instructions on the forum and even watched some step by steps on youtube. My problem that keeps occurring is when i try to enter cwm any which way it softbricks my phone. Ive found a way around having to odin, you just have too put the phone in download mode for 5-6 mins and then hold the power till it brings the battery up, if the battery actually shows its charging you did it long enough and go head and hold power to restart. Ive had to do this like 5 times already and dont know what could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks vguaderrama
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You have to hold the volume button down completely not just up or down, plus or minus, press the whole thing down as if it wasn't a multi fuction button.
What's happening?
When you try to boot into CWM, what happens? Do you get a black screen, the sidekick 4g logo or...? How did you install CWM?
I had a problem when I first installed CWM where it would hang on the sidekick 4g logo. It turned out that when I used adb to push the recovery onto the phone it set the file permission as read-only. I used the adb shell to change the permissions ("chmod 755 /system/bin/recovery") and it booted after that.
Hi,
I need an urgent help as my phone is down for 3 days already and i can't found any solution that works for me.
My problem came up when i was updating kernel and applied the reboot right after it.
The phone did not woke up anymore.
I ran into emergency mode and updated KDZ to v10E.
Then i ran to LG software updater and ran an update.
I got the FW v10F and seems that original ROM was being installed.
I do see when loading the logo of my original ROM, but thenit changed and stuck on "android" logo and that's it.
2 problems:
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1. i don't have recovery on my phone
2. seems that the ROM can't load
Is there any way to get out of this situation?
Home + vol down Then power button.. keep holding those buttons.. it will reset your phone!!
Might help!!!
If not, you can use this to make sure you have the correct stock ROM file, then flash using KDZ flasher.
You can also use Android Flash Recovery to flash custom recovery from your computer.
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Home + vol down Then power button.. keep holding those buttons.. it will reset your phone!!
Might help!!!
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It worked perfect.
Thanks a lot!!!:good:
I always need a factory reset after using kdz, or it wont boot. Weird? I think so...
Press thanks if I helped you!
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Hey,
I'm trying to root my T-Mobile LG G2 with stock 4.4.2, but the it just refuses to enter download mode. I've tried the standard method of entering download mode (powering down the phone, holding down the volume button, plugging in the USB cable from my computer), but only the LG logo appears on screen, then the battery percentage appears on screen, and then the phone begins to charge. I've tried using different USB cables and different PCs, but nothing seems to work.
Is there anything I'm doing wrong here? Any extra steps that need to be taken?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Try holding up and power and let go of power when the logo shows then push the and hold power again.
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Try holding up and power and let go of power when the logo shows then push the and hold power again.
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Do you mean hold power and volume up, plug phone in, let go of power and keep holding volume up, and then hold power and volume up again? I tried that, and the LG logo splashes on screen, disappears, splashes again, and then the screen goes black and the LED notification light blinks red. It doesn't pulse, like when it's charging, but it blinks a steady beat. It stops blinking and the phone boots up when I let go of the power and volume up buttons...
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Do you mean hold power and volume up, plug phone in, let go of power and keep holding volume up, and then hold power and volume up again? I tried that, and the LG logo splashes on screen, disappears, splashes again, and then the screen goes black and the LED notification light blinks red. It doesn't pulse, like when it's charging, but it blinks a steady beat. It stops blinking and the phone boots up when I let go of the power and volume up buttons...
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When I went into download mode, I only held the Volume Up button and plugged in the USB to the pc. I didn't hold power.
Same problem here ! Recieved d802 v20f OTA and after the update my phones refuses to entering download mode.
STAR8UCK said:
Hey,
I'm trying to root my T-Mobile LG G2 with stock 4.4.2, but the it just refuses to enter download mode. I've tried the standard method of entering download mode (powering down the phone, holding down the volume button, plugging in the USB cable from my computer), but only the LG logo appears on screen, then the battery percentage appears on screen, and then the phone begins to charge. I've tried using different USB cables and different PCs, but nothing seems to work.
Is there anything I'm doing wrong here? Any extra steps that need to be taken?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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head1shot said:
Same problem here ! Recieved d802 v20f OTA and after the update my phones refuses to entering download mode.
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I'm on rooted 20e with custom recovery and I entered download mode no problem. Make sure you're pressing only the Volume Up button when plugging in the USB connected to the computer and hold it until you enter download mode.
did anyone ever get it to go into download mode , I'm trying to get into download mode on my wifes phone to flask 4.2.2 so I can root
Damented said:
did anyone ever get it to go into download mode , I'm trying to get into download mode on my wifes phone to flask 4.2.2 so I can root
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I'm having the same problem with my LG G2, I can't get into download mode. I've tried holding the power up button and plugging in a USB cable but my phone shows the LG logo and then starts charging the battery, I'm on stock rom, 4.4.2, no custom recovery. Is there a fix for this?
I had a similar problem with my T-Mobile LG G2 where I was rooted and accepted an OTA. It broke root and I couldn't get IOroot or Stumproot to work. Went to flash a downgrade and found the phone wouldn't go into download mode. It was NOT bricked. I finally tried playing around with the LG Mobile Support Tool (B2CAppSetup.exe). Of course it detected that my phone already had the latest firmware from T-Mobile, but then I clicked Options>Upgrade Recovery.
It downloaded for a while then I noticed it had put my phone into download mode (it said "Rooted" in red letters at the bottom). Then it flashed the same firmware over and I immediately tested, it entered download mode right away. But I didn't end up needing that as Stumproot was able to brute force it now after the recovery flash.
Anyway, I couldn't find an answer anywhere else. Most results also have a bricked phone, but that wasn't my issue. This solved my problem and maybe it could work for others.
ratchet26 said:
I had a similar problem with my T-Mobile LG G2 where I was rooted and accepted an OTA. It broke root and I couldn't get IOroot or Stumproot to work. Went to flash a downgrade and found the phone wouldn't go into download mode. It was NOT bricked. I finally tried playing around with the LG Mobile Support Tool (B2CAppSetup.exe). Of course it detected that my phone already had the latest firmware from T-Mobile, but then I clicked Options>Upgrade Recovery.
It downloaded for a while then I noticed it had put my phone into download mode (it said "Rooted" in red letters at the bottom). Then it flashed the same firmware over and I immediately tested, it entered download mode right away. But I didn't end up needing that as Stumproot was able to brute force it now after the recovery flash.
Anyway, I couldn't find an answer anywhere else. Most results also have a bricked phone, but that wasn't my issue. This solved my problem and maybe it could work for others.
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This was my exact problem! Your solution worked perfectly, I was beating my head against the wall trying to find a way around.
Thanks so much !
ratchet26 said:
I had a similar problem with my T-Mobile LG G2 where I was rooted and accepted an OTA. It broke root and I couldn't get IOroot or Stumproot to work. Went to flash a downgrade and found the phone wouldn't go into download mode. It was NOT bricked. I finally tried playing around with the LG Mobile Support Tool (B2CAppSetup.exe). Of course it detected that my phone already had the latest firmware from T-Mobile, but then I clicked Options>Upgrade Recovery.
It downloaded for a while then I noticed it had put my phone into download mode (it said "Rooted" in red letters at the bottom). Then it flashed the same firmware over and I immediately tested, it entered download mode right away. But I didn't end up needing that as Stumproot was able to brute force it now after the recovery flash.
Anyway, I couldn't find an answer anywhere else. Most results also have a bricked phone, but that wasn't my issue. This solved my problem and maybe it could work for others.
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Aaaaaaaahhh!!! u are my hero man!, ive been searching everywere and tried everything, im quite new to lg mobile phones, ive used apple and samsung before, but this easy and simple method worked for me, finally ive entered download mode again! :good:
I tried but mine says no problems to fix or somethibg like that
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Thank you! I was pulling my hair out too! Out of desperation I took the g20 update after my phone had gotten real unsteady and rebooting constantly. Like the op I lost root and couldn't get into dl mode to save my life.
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i still cant go to download mode...i tried all above... :crying:
ratchet26 said:
I had a similar problem with my T-Mobile LG G2 where I was rooted and accepted an OTA. It broke root and I couldn't get IOroot or Stumproot to work. Went to flash a downgrade and found the phone wouldn't go into download mode. It was NOT bricked. I finally tried playing around with the LG Mobile Support Tool (B2CAppSetup.exe). Of course it detected that my phone already had the latest firmware from T-Mobile, but then I clicked Options>Upgrade Recovery.
It downloaded for a while then I noticed it had put my phone into download mode (it said "Rooted" in red letters at the bottom). Then it flashed the same firmware over and I immediately tested, it entered download mode right away. But I didn't end up needing that as Stumproot was able to brute force it now after the recovery flash.
Anyway, I couldn't find an answer anywhere else. Most results also have a bricked phone, but that wasn't my issue. This solved my problem and maybe it could work for others.
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After clicking Options>Upgrade Recovery it said "No upgrade items to fix." Thank you all for what you do at XDA.
verizonwiz said:
After clicking Options>Upgrade Recovery it said "No upgrade items to fix." Thank you all for what you do at XDA.
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So this program no longer works and I'm having the same problem. I tried to do this with the LG suit which replaced lg mobile support. It just keeps saying I'm already on the latest firmware. Can anyone help?