So, I was attempting to change my font by using Font Installer. I selected the font I wanted, it goes to reboot like normal, but instead it freezes. So I wait a couple minutes, then I pulled the battery. Now my device is stuck at Motorola's boot screen.
So I'm searching around to see what I can do to fix this issue and get my device back up and running. And it looks like its going to be the FXZ.
Is a FXZ appropriate for this situation( I asked this because all of the other threads were for more complicated occasions than mine)? Or are there other options I can try before diving into it?
Thanks for any help....
If after several tries you still can't get past the Motorola boot screen then yes you need to flash the FXZ.
MACKSnare519 said:
So, I was attempting to change my font by using Font Installer. I selected the font I wanted, it goes to reboot like normal, but instead it freezes. So I wait a couple minutes, then I pulled the battery. Now my device is stuck at Motorola's boot screen.
So I'm searching around to see what I can do to fix this issue and get my device back up and running. And it looks like its going to be the FXZ.
Is a FXZ appropriate for this situation( I asked this because all of the other threads were for more complicated occasions than mine)? Or are there other options I can try before diving into it?
Thanks for any help....
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If after several attempts, its a good idea the to flash the fix. Just make sure you have a good charge before you do so, and never unplug it while its flashing.
Ok, I just followed the directions on the stickied thread on how to do the FXZ. How do I know when its done? Because it seems like it just stopped without saying anything.
ETA: After pressing the power button, at the top of my phone screen it says (Flash Failure).
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Ok, I just followed the directions on the stickied thread on how to do the FXZ. How do I know when its done? Because it seems like it just stopped without saying anything.
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It'll say "completed" or something when its done and your phone will reboot, show a loading screen, and then tell you to set up your Google account. If you're using RSD Lite then it will give you progress (ie 7/20) in the list of phones at the bottom. It will take maybe 5-7 minutes in all.
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macksnare519 said:
ok, i just followed the directions on the stickied thread on how to do the fxz. How do i know when its done? Because it seems like it just stopped without saying anything.
Eta: After pressing the power button, at the top of my phone screen it says (flash failure).
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again i repeat do not unplug until your phone reboots!!!
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Are there any error messages?? Was your battery fully charged?
farshad525hou said:
again i repeat do not unplug until your phone reboots!!!
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Are there any error messages?? Was your battery fully charged?
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Battery's fully charged, never unplugged and all 20 of the processes went through. But nothing happened. My device is still sitting in the Flash Mode.
MACKSnare519 said:
Battery's fully charged, never unplugged and all 20 of the processes went through. But nothing happened. My device is still sitting in the Flash Mode.
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At this point I'm not sure really what to tell you. I would say don't try it again until you talk to someone like Jim, to see your options. I am sorry you have to hear this but there is a possibility you may have a hard-bricked phone. Shoot a pm to Jim and see what he says. I personally don't have any experiences with a failed fkz flash so I don't want to give you any bad advice.
Oh, wow... This is really depressing. Is 'Jim' his user name?
MACKSnare519 said:
Oh, wow... This is really depressing. Is 'Jim' his user name?
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Heres a link to his profile: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=747555
You can PM him from there.
Also, as I've said I have no experience with failed fkz flashes, so there might be a really easy way to get around this that I don't know so don't be depressed . He is one of the most experienced developers on the Atrix 2 Forums so if anyone can fix it it's him!
Make sure you are still in fastboot and then go ahead and unzip the FXZ to your desktop and let RSD find the file itself by using the 3 little dots next to the start button and try flashing it again. Sometimes RSD can be quirky, make sure to pay attention as the steps proceed to see if you are getting any errors. When it gets to step 20/20 if will reboot your phone itself and then flash the files upon reboot. Give it a moment and it shound say whether you've had success. Hopefully it will work for ya.
I greatly appreciate you all's help!
Sadly, I think this Atrix 2 is done (After attempting the help from Jim, as well as from the thread). I just ordered another one... smh
I'll still tinker with it, in hopes of getting lucky.
Is there in any profit with selling it for parts, or something?
About an hour ago I decided to plug my device up and give it a go one more time.
And what do you know? IT WORKS!!!! #HappyDance
I think what caused the FXZ to fail was something with the ports on my laptop, because sometimes it won't recognize devices that are plugged in (This happens on all four of my ports). After I finally got it to recognize my device, and followed the FXZ instructions, and it all worked out!
Again, I will like to thank you all for your help. Greatly appreciated!!
MACKSnare519 said:
About an hour ago I decided to plug my device up and give it a go one more time.
And what do you know? IT WORKS!!!! #HappyDance
I think what caused the FXZ to fail was something with the ports on my laptop, because sometimes it won't recognize devices that are plugged in (This happens on all four of my ports). After I finally got it to recognize my device, and followed the FXZ instructions, and it all worked out!
Again, I will like to thank you all for your help. Greatly appreciated!!
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That's Great news!!! Congrats!!!
Ou
MACKSnare519 said:
About an hour ago I decided to plug my device up and give it a go one more time.
And what do you know? IT WORKS!!!! #HappyDance
I think what caused the FXZ to fail was something with the ports on my laptop, because sometimes it won't recognize devices that are plugged in (This happens on all four of my ports). After I finally got it to recognize my device, and followed the FXZ instructions, and it all worked out!
Again, I will like to thank you all for your help. Greatly appreciated!!
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I see you're on more forums than the 5th my fellow Legion brother... Btw, A2 is an awesome phone.
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I see you're on more forums than the 5th my fellow Legion brother... Btw, A2 is an awesome phone.
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Yep, bro I'm all over the net. Lol
And yeah, great device. My first Android.
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MACKSnare519 said:
Yep, bro I'm all over the net. Lol
And yeah, great device. My first Android.
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Mines as well. I bought my wife the OG atrix and I was hooked. Btw, I'm ISS2 on the 5th currently...
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Well here is something that I hope is the start of some hardcore hacking.
This is an ODIN that I created of stock-rooted ED1 for the DROID Charge. In the course of making this, I bricked my charge (first attempt failed in ODIN) and then created a working ODIN that un-bricked it. I then upgraded to ED2 (I confirmed that I lost root as well) so I could test if this will downgrade back to ED1 and it worked and I have root again!
Instructions for ODIN (for those who are unfamiliar with it):
1. Open ODIN.
2. Put the phone into download mode. Do this by powering off your phone, pulling out the battery, and then holding volume down while connecting it to your pc. A giant yellow triangle should be on the phone's screen and it should say 'Downloading...' ODIN should say 'Added!!' and one of the boxes will be yellow and say '0:[COM#]'
3. Click the button labeled 'PDA' and locate the file you are wanting to flash. For emphasis: YOU MUST USE THE PDA BUTTON!
4. Click start. Do not disconnect the phone while it is flashing, it can cause some serious damage.
5. Wait.
6. When finished, unplug the phone, put the battery back in and power up the phone.
Every time I've flashed this, the phone booted straight into recovery. Just select reboot (press home) and it boots up normally. It should probably be recommended to wipe data and cache afterwards, but I didn't and all of my data stayed in tact.
Multiple people have reported that this works. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone if this doesn't work.
Thanks to imnuts for the HOW-TO thread on creating ODIN builds.
Download here.
Download ODIN here.
to my redbull habit if you feel the need.
I feel dumb for asking, but what are you using to flash this to the phone? I've never used anything other than simple one click root programs, so if you could give a little more detail I'd be happy to try it out.
Download Odin here: http://goo.gl/52aY1
Download Drivers here: http://goo.gl/Tbcca
Download stockrootedED1-20110517.tar.md5 http://goo.gl/kD3Ld
1. Open Odin3 v1.30
2. Remove battery,Hold Vol down. Connect USB to computer and phone then press power. It should take you to a yellow android.
3. Click PDA Button
4. choose stockrootedED1-20110517.tar.md5
5. Click on the Start button
6. Don't Touch and allow the phone to reboot
7. If its taking a while to start DONT PANIC, its perfectly normal
Thanks for the guide, but it doesn't do anything for me, seems like Odin doesn't even know my phone is there. When I plug it in I get the Verizon media manager link to pop up though.
I edited my first post with a link to ODIN and instructions. I guess I'm a little slow with the typing because you beat me to it medjam, but you left out the step of putting the phone into download mode.
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
that's awesome...I gonna try this right now....If i brick my phone I will just swap it out a vzw..They are tarded and can't tell the difference any ways. Will report back once I finish.
Zeek215 said:
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
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Once rooted go into your build.prop file and every thing that says ED1 change it to ED2...that should quit the nagging to update. Then restart your phone
Credit goes to Jt3 for that info as he posted it in the Charge forum at android central.
Zeek215 said:
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
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AWESOME!!! So glad to help!
Very nice!
I know that this will kick start the development of this device now that everybody can haz root.
so just to be clear here, this will bring you back from ED2 down to ED1. Does this method require you to have already rooted while you were on ED1 and then upgraded to ED2 and lost it or will this work for everyone?
Thanks in advance
streetlightman said:
so just to be clear here, this will bring you back from ED2 down to ED1. Does this method require you to have already rooted while you were on ED1 and then upgraded to ED2 and lost it or will this work for everyone?
Thanks in advance
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Should work for everyone. My Charge that I just ran it on was never rooted before.
das7771 said:
that's awesome...I gonna try this right now....If i brick my phone I will just swap it out a vzw..They are tarded and can't tell the difference any ways. Will report back once I finish.
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They certainly can tell. Don't send back a phone because you broke it. That makes ALL of us look like assholes and promotes the disturbing trend of locking bootloaders. Be an adult.
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jt1134 said:
They certainly can tell. Don't send back a phone because you broke it. That makes ALL of us look like assholes and promotes the disturbing trend of locking bootloaders. Be an adult.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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OH OK...Well let me make change my statemet to be more adult like. If i brick my phone I will just go buy another full price so I don't seem like an asshole. I hope this pleases you Sir....
Hey guys. First off, I'm psyched to see this come out.
When I try to do it, I get a driver installation failure telling me that the serial driver was not found and then ODIN never seems to see the phone. This is on W7.
Any help?
teddykgb715 said:
Hey guys. First off, I'm psyched to see this come out.
When I try to do it, I get a driver installation failure telling me that the serial driver was not found and then ODIN never seems to see the phone. This is on W7.
Any help?
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Did you install the drivers that came with the phone?
wynalazca said:
Did you install the drivers that came with the phone?
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I thought so, I can connect to USB storage, etc. I'll check it out.
Well this worked perfectly only thing that was different from your instructions was that my com ID was '0[COM12] instead of '0:[COM7]...So no one freak out if yours if different it's just what is being used by your comp. Much thanks to the OP for this..You need to set up a donation link so I can donate for this outstanding work.
teddykgb715 said:
I thought so, I can connect to USB storage, etc. I'll check it out.
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I think the issue is that my damn work laptop is locked down pretty tight so it won't let all the drivers install. Unlike many here, I'm actually not an IT professional so I can't circumvent it. I'll just have to try it at home tonight.
das7771 said:
Well this worked perfectly only thing that was different from your instructions was that my com ID was '0[COM12] instead of '0:[COM7]...So no one freak out if yours if different it's just what is being used by your comp. Much thanks to the OP for this..You need to set up a donation link so I can donate for this outstanding work.
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You're welcome! I'm very glad to help get this development stuff going. Also, there should be a donate button in the OP.
Hello-
I have a Wifi Xoom with Android 3.0.1. It is not rooted as I have some more reading to do before I go down that road.
Anyway, I want to take my unrooted Xoom and update it to 3.2. When I go through the settings to update it, it doesn't work. I get the following message:
"Your device is up to date! No update is necessary at this time." with an OK button.
So what do I need to do to update my Wifi Xoom to the latest Android OS?
If you don't mind losing your data, do a factory reset. I got my Xoom 2 days ago and it had the updates available right out of the box.
brandogg said:
If you don't mind losing your data, do a factory reset. I got my Xoom 2 days ago and it had the updates available right out of the box.
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Thanks. I got my Xoom from a "daily deals" website. Although it was new, it might have been sitting on a shelf somewhere for quite a while.
I spent a few hours playing with it and setting it up so I'd like to avoid a factory reset for now.
ualdriver said:
Thanks. I got my Xoom from a "daily deals" website. Although it was new, it might have been sitting on a shelf somewhere for quite a while.
I spent a few hours playing with it and setting it up so I'd like to avoid a factory reset for now.
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That's exactly why you got no help...lol
You're in the wrong place if you are tidy about resetting up things lol
rooting xoom wifi 3.2
sorry, i know this is totally unrelated but i need anybody's help urgently.
please i need your help.
im stuck at "fastboot flash boot rootboot.img"
after unlocking, im supposed to put that code into cmd but it gives error: cannot load 'rootboot.img'.
you look like u successfully rooted yors, please help. i've been trying for hours with no luck. please tell me what i'm missing...thanks in advance.
Reinstall stock ROM
dirtysexyrodney said:
sorry, i know this is totally unrelated but i need anybody's help urgently.
please i need your help.
im stuck at "fastboot flash boot rootboot.img"
after unlocking, im supposed to put that code into cmd but it gives error: cannot load 'rootboot.img'.
you look like u successfully rooted yors, please help. i've been trying for hours with no luck. please tell me what i'm missing...thanks in advance.
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I will find a link that saved my chops.
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Check this out and follow:
It will take you back to stock then just update.
It worked first time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394563
I was attempting to root and unlock my S3 tonight, I flashed the VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5 and odin said it was done and had the reset! pop up. I shut down odin and waited for my phone to restart. It did not. Now i sit here with my S3 that will not turn on, the screen does not light, the led does not glow and i cant get it to enter odin/download mode or recovery. All i did was the first step and it broke. I've had this phone for 2 days please help me fix this...
TechieMonkey said:
I was attempting to root and unlock my S3 tonight, I flashed the VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5 and odin said it was done and had the reset! pop up. I shut down odin and waited for my phone to restart. It did not. Now i sit here with my S3 that will not turn on, the screen does not light, the led does not glow and i cant get it to enter odin/download mode or recovery. All i did was the first step and it broke. I've had this phone for 2 days please help me fix this...
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When you flashed in odin, did you use pda? If not there's your fisrt mistake.
Please read forum rules
Questions and help issues go in Q&A
Thread moved!
Sorry i panicked and wrote this in the first forum i could find lol
but yes i used pda, i had Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked as well
It doesnt turn on, no led, and it will not vibrate as i hold the power button (or any combo with the power button) to say its turning on and i just cant see anything either. Im literally getting no response from the phone.
TechieMonkey said:
Sorry i panicked and wrote this in the first forum i could find lol
but yes i used pda, i had Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked as well
It doesnt turn on, no led, and it will not vibrate as i hold the power button (or any combo with the power button) to say its turning on and i just cant see anything either. Im literally getting no response from the phone.
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This is a Verizon GS3? Hard bricks are fairly rare but the usual cause of hard bricks is wrong firmware (international gs3 vs. US) or an interrupted process. From what you typed, it seems like you did everything right. Shouldn't be a corrupt file either if the md5 checked out
yeah its a verizon s3, i followed the instructions to a T and im freaking out that i cant get it to even vibrate or hit recovery mode. i'd love to just reset it and try again with the root... i dont really care about anything on it, its practically new and there isnt really much on it anyways. so deleting stuff isnt an issue
Have you tried pulling the battery? I just ran though the whole process without a hitch.
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TechieMonkey said:
I was attempting to root and unlock my S3 tonight, I flashed the VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5 and odin said it was done and had the reset! pop up. I shut down odin and waited for my phone to restart. It did not. Now i sit here with my S3 that will not turn on, the screen does not light, the led does not glow and i cant get it to enter odin/download mode or recovery. All i did was the first step and it broke. I've had this phone for 2 days please help me fix this...
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The file should be VRALEC.bootchain.tar.tar you didn't extract it did you? See in the quote in red.
the guide that i used gave me that kind of file, all i did was download and install it the way that they told me... this is the link that i used...
http://droidviews.com/2013/root-and...erizon-galaxy-s3-sch-i535-android-4-1-14-1-2/
idk if im allowed to post a link to a different site, if not im sorry for that >.<
Try this..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
so i've been doing more digging... i think im hard bricked... is there an easy way to fix this (and cheap?) i cant afford to do the mobiletech site as im in college and havent been getting more than 5 hours a week for a long time... I'm really panicking, my dad was giving me crap about not rooting/unlocking bootloaders so i didnt accidentally do just this and now i messed it up :/
TechieMonkey said:
the guide that i used gave me that kind of file, all i did was download and install it the way that they told me... this is the link that i used...
http://droidviews.com/2013/root-and...erizon-galaxy-s3-sch-i535-android-4-1-14-1-2/
idk if im allowed to post a link to a different site, if not im sorry for that >.<
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Didn't read your link but then try this once you get it booting. Download the file from the links here and you will be good to go..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/
question
I did this same thing. Since I bricked it flashing the vrelac boot chain and didn't actually flash a recovery or ROM does that trip the flash counter at all?????
roothead said:
I did this same thing. Since I bricked it flashing the vrelac boot chain and didn't actually flash a recovery or ROM does that trip the flash counter at all?????
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roothead said:
I did this same thing. Since I bricked it flashing the vrelac boot chain and didn't actually flash a recovery or ROM does that trip the flash counter at all?????
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You can get the phone into download mode? If so, follow the thread I linked in post #9, download the files from that thread and follow the directions exactly. It will not brick you phone. I had just got done rooting and unlocking, using that guide, the other night when you posted this thread.
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You can get the phone into download mode? If so, follow the thread I linked in post #9, download the files from that thread and follow the directions exactly. It will not brick you phone. I had just got done rooting and unlocking, using that guide, the other night when you posted this thread.
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The phone is bricked, no download mode, no recovery, nothing.MOD EDIT: DELETED FOR FRAUD DISCUSSION
Did you check the MD5checksum?
andybones said:
Did you check the MD5checksum?
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No I didn't but should have obviously. It doesn't matter why I bricked the phone, it went back already. I was just wondering if they will be Able to tell I tried to flash something
roothead said:
No I didn't but should have obviously. It doesn't matter why I bricked the phone, it went back already. I was just wondering if they will be Able to tell I tried to flash something
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well that's 99.9% the problem right there.
when flashing things that could brick your phone, radios, recovery, ESP bootchain!
double check that MD5, but hey I've done the same, and now I ALWAYS check it on everything even little things, lesson learned the hard way for me.
glad you'll be getting new phone..
and for about flashing prob not, I have sent back 2 SG3's rooted with TWRP recovery, but that's me..
I even brought one to VZW and she was going to do a factory reset reading from the screen and it brought her to TWRP recovery LMAO! her and the manager looked at each other like WTF, and STILL gave me a brand new phone uotta the box.
Rather than start a new thread, I'm just going to bump this one. I had this same problem. I followed the instructions from the XDA article, along with the ones provided in DroidModd3rX's YouTube video exactly on my VZW GS3, build JZO54K. I hard bricked my phone. It only showed up in the Device Manager on Windows 8 as QHSUSB_DLOAD. It was stuck like that as soon as I flashed the VRALEC Bootchain. Is there something I've done wrong that I could have done differently to prevent it from happening? I had just purchased it the day before, so I was able to get a replacement, but I'm highly interested in rooting my device and want to ensure this doesn't happen again. Is it a problem with Windows 8, is it the build my phone is running on, or is it perhaps because I had USB Debugging checked on? I just find it odd that I had the same problem, and went through it the same day as the person who started this thread. And yes, I did check the MD5, it was fine.
Okay I had an L rom for about a month maybe less. Then Friday night, it just turns off and now all I see is flying colors.
In the ask any question thread I asked and some really awesome dudes were trying to help me but all of their solutions were in vain.
I used method 1 and 2 of the return to stock.
I made sure I followed EVERY step. Still nothing, it's been trying to boot for far far too long.
I really need my phone, and I'm not sure what else to do. I can't jump because I'm broke and that tamper flag is up.
Can someone help me? I have teamveiwer if it helps.
Also I should say I get several errors I think, like no recovery.sig or boot.sig when I clearly just flashed them.
Why do I get these errors? Is nobody else having the same problem as me? I'm getting really frustrated and to anyone who helps me solve my problem will get my oatmeal raisin cookie recipe (Not kidding, that's serious).
Please somebody help me. Ill be constantly refreshing this page so if you have any questions I will answer them.
Have you booted into the bootloader and used a Google bat file to flash the device completely clean?
Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5
Yes
Follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
Download "15 second adb installer" if you're having issues with adb or fastboot commands
Ignore the .sig errors
Worst case scenario flash each file one by one if flash all.bat doesn't work
Post up what happens after you run flash all.bat too
Have you tried flashing the KitKat factory images instead of Lollipop?
RaggleFraggles said:
Yes
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Then you must have corrupt hardware, can you not send it back to Google for fix/replacement?
Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5
Either the op fixed the phone and is now celebrating by getting very drunk, or he smashed his phone out of frustration and doesn't care anymore lol.
Either way he's not refreshing this page constantly like he said
I didn't get the insurance or the warranty or nothing
No its still broken but I end up having to help my friend cause he car broke down all day.
No I didn't really want kitkat again, I really wanted to keep L. Ill try it when I can though.
I did both ways, flash all and flash manually but neither worked.
RaggleFraggles said:
No I didn't really want kitkat again, I really wanted to keep L. Ill try it when I can though.
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Whether you want it or not, try flashing KitKat just to see if it will boot
jsgraphicart said:
Whether you want it or not, try flashing KitKat just to see if it will boot
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Downloading it now
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Downloading it now
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Any luck?
Neither worked in what sense? What happens when u flash? Errors? We can't really help much unless u give us info to go on lol
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Someone got to find a fix for this
So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
dan1229 said:
So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
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Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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If the guide don't work. Try this. every guide did not work for me. Look at post 5.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...ricked-lg-g2-stuck-twrp-no-download-mode.html
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hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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Thank you sososo much, I'm gonna give it a shot later tonight.
hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
dan1229 said:
So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
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What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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hyelton said:
What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
dan1229 said:
Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
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Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
dan1229 said:
I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
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Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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hyelton said:
Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
dan1229 said:
Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
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Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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hyelton said:
Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
dan1229 said:
I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
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Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
dan1229 said:
I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
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You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
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You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
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I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
dan1229 said:
I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
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Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
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Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
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I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
dan1229 said:
I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
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Why won't it boot properly? Also keep in mind this is the only method of going back stock. Also the method only requires you to be in download mode.
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