Database Info

HELP!!!

I resently tried to delete some of the bloatware and i think i deleted something that was needed now my home screen is black and i click things but they cannot be seen i held vol up n down and power brought me to bootloader but i cant install packages needs update zip??? someone help pleas ei need to factory reset this phone

Maybe when your at your homescreen click search button and somehow try to access your market, than download a home replacement like launcher pro
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you could try downloading one off the web and putting it on your sdcard. If your sdcard can see the home app when it boots up, it should load it

tried all that im trying odin to recover it all i got is the pit file

when i plug my usb in it shows the options i can mass storage but if i put the apk dont it need to be installed

Moved to general as not android dev.

i have tried adin dumps the firmware nothing is letting me recover my device someone please help me

If you know adb, adb push a launcher to your phone or you could download the batch APk installer in the Android development section, download launcher pro from its website and use apk batch installer to install it.
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thanks i will try ASAP

Problem the phone wont let me enable debugging mode every time i plug in the usb gives me 3 options mass storage media player kies firmware upgrade i choose them all the debugging dont show up for some reason i think im screwed

Thats the first thing i do when i get a new phone, turn on debugging.
Are you on stock recovery? If so just factory reset it.
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You know i messed up my homescreen also. Thought i was screwed but i went to market.android.com and downloaded launcher pro, after that is automatically on the phone, just hit the home button and youll have launcher options.
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adamrm038 said:
You know i messed up my homescreen also. Thought i was screwed but i went to market.android.com and downloaded launcher pro, after that is automatically on the phone, just hit the home button and youll have launcher options.
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Good idea, I totally forgot about that!
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All I did was have someone call me ... And did a search on the web for launcher pro and downloaded and installed.. Fixed thanks everyone..for yall help
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Atrix 2 freezing up on start-up.

My Atrix 2 is all of a sudden freezing up on start-up.It goes through the Motorola Dual Core screen and th At&t Screen but as soon as it gets to the lock-screen it freezes,after a few minutes the screen goes dark and wont turn back on.I've pulled the battery countless times and it still wont boot up and work?
I am running stock and did not do anything or install any new apps today.I have no idea what happened.
Please any help would be great,I really need my pictures and videos.

PassingThruLife said:
My Atrix 2 is all of a sudden freezing up on start-up.It goes through the Motorola Dual Core screen and th At&t Screen but as soon as it gets to the lock-screen it freezes,after a few minutes the screen goes dark and wont turn back on.I've pulled the battery countless times and it still wont boot up and work?
I am running stock and did not do anything or install any new apps today.I have no idea what happened.
Please any help would be great,I really need my pictures and videos.
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Tried a factory reset?

is that the only option?I need my pictures and notes.Is there a way to get it to boot up normally or is there a way to back my stuff up?

PassingThruLife said:
is that the only option?I need my pictures and notes.Is there a way to get it to boot up normally or is there a way to back my stuff up?
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Pictures and notes are usually on sd card and facrory reset let sd intact. You can try first only "wipe cache" from stock recovery maybe helps.

PassingThruLife said:
is that the only option?I need my pictures and notes.Is there a way to get it to boot up normally or is there a way to back my stuff up?
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Also, you can take out your sdcard then flash or reset your phone.
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Still cant get it to work,have been using my old phone.
How do I do a "clean wipe".
If I turn it on ,it goes to the unlock screen but wont unlock and the screen goes black but if I call the phone it goes through and the dial screen works fine.
I really need to get this working as I need the texts I have sent and received as well as everything else.
Can anyone offer any help or advice?
Biggest mistake to ever get a Motorola phone,should have stuck with Samsung.

i think ur blur launcher is having problem or u deleted it by mistake.
If any expert here makes a flashable zip of any launcher, or u can install it by adb

At this point I would recommended to reflash back to factory 2.3.5 using the fxz, and the update over the air afterwards.
Remember to always have a backup and use CWM in boot!
Follow this link and look at the instructions on how to flash the fxz: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
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PassingThruLife said:
My Atrix 2 is all of a sudden freezing up on start-up.It goes through the Motorola Dual Core screen and th At&t Screen but as soon as it gets to the lock-screen it freezes,after a few minutes the screen goes dark and wont turn back on.I've pulled the battery countless times and it still wont boot up and work?
I am running stock and did not do anything or install any new apps today.I have no idea what happened.
Please any help would be great,I really need my pictures and videos.
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Download "fxz" and "replace" files from Noob thread and flash it using rsd lite if its a software issue then it will be resolved if not i m afraid you will have to service it.

If you're using stock then you shouldn't have to FXZ your phone. With the phone OFF hold the up & down volume keys, and then press your power button. It should pop up the "Boot Mode Selection Menu" Release both the volume keys and then press the down volume once to highlight "Recovery." Then press the volume up button to start your recovery. Scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" using the volume down key and when it is selected press the power button. Then navigate to the "Yes -- delete all user data" using the volume keys (up or down) and press the power key when it is selected. After it has finished, it will show the first menu again. Then navigate to the "wipe cache partition" and follow the same steps as the wipe data/factory reset instructions. Once it goes back to the first menu after wiping the cache partition, then press the power button ("reboot system now" should be selected) and when your phone boots back up it will be like you just got it out of the box except you WILL still have all of your pictures and your videos.

Is there a way to get to my texts and call history?
I need those texts as they have numbers and things i do not have saved anywhere else.
Basically,is there a way to fix this problem without factory resetting is what im asking.
I will try anything,please.

PassingThruLife said:
Is there a way to get to my texts and call history?
I need those texts as they have numbers and things i do not have saved anywhere else.
Basically,is there a way to fix this problem without factory resetting is what im asking.
I will try anything,please.
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are you rooted? if so you can reset then get all of your data back (I can explain how if you are)
If not, do you have usb debugging enabled? if so you can do a temporary root, just enough to dump your system so you can reset then restore your data the same way

PassingThruLife said:
Is there a way to get to my texts and call history?
I need those texts as they have numbers and things i do not have saved anywhere else.
Basically,is there a way to fix this problem without factory resetting is what im asking.
I will try anything,please.
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Let's start here, try telling us exactly what happened and what you did to get yourself into this situation. For instance, are you rooted, running any custom roms, or are you on stock Android 2.3.6.? Which model of ATRIX 2: MB865 or ME865? Anything else you can tell us that you have done? The more information you can give, the better!
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Apex_Strider said:
Let's start here, try telling us exactly what happened and what you did to get yourself into this situation. For instance, are you rooted, running any custom roms, or are you on stock Android 2.3.6.? Which model of ATRIX 2: MB865 or ME865? Anything else you can tell us that you have done? The more information you can give, the better!
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this would all be helpful. as long as he has usb debugging on he can use the root exploit to open things up enough to try pushing a launcher and if that fails dump the system so that data can be restored

Apex_Strider said:
Let's start here, try telling us exactly what happened and what you did to get yourself into this situation. For instance, are you rooted, running any custom roms, or are you on stock Android 2.3.6.? Which model of ATRIX 2: MB865 or ME865? Anything else you can tell us that you have done? The more information you can give, the better!
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100% stock.I have themb865.Only thing changed is I updated it when Motorola released that update,the one people said fixed the cam.
Here is a video of it,notice how long it takes to start up and when it reaches the screen,nothing happens.If I were to call the phone however it would work and I can receive calls.Also if I press the power button the screen wont turn back on unless I call it.It will run very hot as well.

Video of the problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yrpz17H7J8&feature=plcp

1. Can you try bringing it up without the SD card? If you can, the card may be corrupted, may be need to put to a computer for fsck.
2. Can you connect to it via ADB? Then there are ways (google for exact command syntax: adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases ... in fact pull out entire /data/data, you can extract all your contacts, sms, call log from there) to dump/restore your data.

Like i said a few posts up bud, follow the link i provided and flash the fxz. It will fix your issue. Your pics will remain on the sd card, but yes you will lose your texts. Your contacts are backed up by your google account.
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kousik said:
1. Can you try bringing it up without the SD card? If you can, the card may be corrupted, may be need to put to a computer for fsck.
2. Can you connect to it via ADB? Then there are ways (google for exact command syntax: adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases ... in fact pull out entire /data/data, you can extract all your contacts, sms, call log from there) to dump/restore your data.
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I tried to take the SD card out,same thing.The SD card I got in there now is a different one I popped in the phone so I dont misplace it.It's definitely not the SD card.
I am using an older phone,my contacts are not all there,infact most arent. I need my texts as there is numbers and info in there I cant lose.
I will try what you suggested,is there any other things I should do?

I should add,the last app I installed was that Lookout Security app.
I should have stuck with Samsung,never again will I get a Motorola phone.

[Q] Droid 3 stuck in bootloop

I realize there are multiple threads like this but throughout all of them I have not found any that relate to my issue or a combination of them. If I have missed one I apologize in advance and please direct me to that thread then. I was running steel droid what I thought was 5.5 ICS but it looks like it is 5.1 according to the forums. I was previously running steel droid 4.5 GB. I was switching back to 4.5 because I could not get wifi hotspotting to work. I forgot to wipe my cache and went to install 4.5 and I am stuck in bootloop. X+Power gives me the android error screen, M+Power allows me into the main menu but I cannot use AP fastboot, SBF motorola will not pick up my phone and the screen will show a connection to the USB cable. I've never had a problem before but also have never forgotten to wipe the cache so any thoughts would help.

m3schz8! said:
I realize there are multiple threads like this but throughout all of them I have not found any that relate to my issue or a combination of them. If I have missed one I apologize in advance and please direct me to that thread then. I was running steel droid what I thought was 5.5 ICS but it looks like it is 5.1 according to the forums. I was previously running steel droid 4.5 GB. I was switching back to 4.5 because I could not get wifi hotspotting to work. I forgot to wipe my cache and went to install 4.5 and I am stuck in bootloop. X+Power gives me the android error screen, M+Power allows me into the main menu but I cannot use AP fastboot, SBF motorola will not pick up my phone and the screen will show a connection to the USB cable. I've never had a problem before but also have never forgotten to wipe the cache so any thoughts would help.
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Not wiping cache won't give you boot loop lol just go back into recovery wipe everything and flash a working ROM solved :thumbup:
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bbrad said:
Not wiping cache won't give you boot loop lol just go back into recovery wipe everything and flash a working ROM solved :thumbup:
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I would but I get android error screen with exclamation mark each time regardless of how I access recovery X+Power or vol +,- and Power then going to recovery, I wouldn't have thought that not wiping the cache would have been the cause but it was the one step I didn't do that I normally always do so I was just adding it in for information but thanks for the know how that it wasn't the cause. Any other thoughts since I cant even get into my backup ROM or recovery, I have another SD card not sure if my SD card has become fried for some reason, I will be trying that to see if maybe that is all it is.

m3schz8! said:
I would but I get android error screen with exclamation mark each time regardless of how I access recovery X+Power or vol +,- and Power then going to recovery, I wouldn't have thought that not wiping the cache would have been the cause but it was the one step I didn't do that I normally always do so I was just adding it in for information but thanks for the know how that it wasn't the cause. Any other thoughts since I cant even get into my backup ROM or recovery, I have another SD card not sure if my SD card has become fried for some reason, I will be trying that to see if maybe that is all it is.
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Well I'm on a Samsung device but we have a program you load files in and you can flash your device back to stock do you have something like that?
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Droid 3 stuck in bootloop'
bbrad said:
Well I'm on a Samsung device but we have a program you load files in and you can flash your device back to stock do you have something like that?
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Yep but phone isn't picking up my data cable and how ever many issues that have come about here, I think I am SOL but gonna try an SD card hoping that it is just a bad SD card or something like that. May end up having to use part of that great tax return also, thanks for the help, I'm going samsung next, that whole fore sight wasn't there two years ago.

In it's current state, is it in any way possible to tell that it is rooted? Is the boy animation stock or a different one? Motorola might repair it for you if you can't tell that it's been rooted
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dj2muchxx said:
In it's current state, is it in any way possible to tell that it is rooted? Is the boy animation stock or a different one? Motorola might repair it for you if you can't tell that it's been rooted
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Unfortunately you can easily tell that it is not stock ROM by bootloop

Well your computer should recognize your droid that's a common problem with Odin and Samsung one of these steps always work so try then and seen if we can't get your droid recognized NUMBER 4 WILL WORK 99% OF THE TIME BUT TRY THE OTHER METHODS FIRST 1. Use the stock cable or try a difrent port 2. If its possible on your program take out the battery and SD card as leaving them in course problems 3. Run the program as aminstrative 4. Plug the phone in and have it in download mode or whatever you call it WHILE THE COMPUTER IS BOOTING Up This will force the computer to recognize it not the best method but it always works
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bbrad said:
Well your computer should recognize your droid that's a common problem with Odin and Samsung one of these steps always work so try then and seen if we can't get your droid recognized NUMBER 4 WILL WORK 99% OF THE TIME BUT TRY THE OTHER METHODS FIRST 1. Use the stock cable or try a difrent port 2. If its possible on your program take out the battery and SD card as leaving them in course problems 3. Run the program as aminstrative 4. Plug the phone in and have it in download mode or whatever you call it WHILE THE COMPUTER IS BOOTING Up This will force the computer to recognize it not the best method but it always works
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Thanks step 4 ended up being the working method, happened again when loading gingerbread back on, so I walked through it again, removed ICS from memory card wiped phone completely and then loaded gingerbread back on and finally had success. Thanks for all the help

m3schz8! said:
Thanks step 4 ended up being the working method, happened again when loading gingerbread back on, so I walked through it again, removed ICS from memory card wiped phone completely and then loaded gingerbread back on and finally had success. Thanks for all the help
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NP if you ever need anything just ask
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Power Button Broken, no more custom roms?

So my power button has been broken for a couple months now and I've been using the same custom rom since. (BTW it's not the outside button, but the actual switch that's broken)
Is there any way to install a custom rom using ODIN? Or is odin only capable of installing stock roms because of the file type?
My phone wont allow me to get into the custom recovery, but I can get into Download mode.
Please help!

xkookooman said:
So my power button has been broken for a couple months now and I've been using the same custom rom since. (BTW it's not the outside button, but the actual switch that's broken)
Is there any way to install a custom rom using ODIN? Or is odin only capable of installing stock roms because of the file type?
My phone wont allow me to get into the custom recovery, but I can get into Download mode.
Please help!
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Idk about using Odin for custom tars, but I imagine it would take someone more effort than its worth to compile one just for this purpose. When you try booting into download mode, how are you doing this? And how are you booting into recovery? What happens once it gets there?

You could also just get the power button fixed. Then all your problems are solved.
Mobile tech videos will do it.
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Doesn't ROM manager or something do reboots into recovery?
This post was made by Vanlandi.

adb reboot recovery
Actually if you didn't want to bother with setting up adb I'd imagine you could just type 'su' press enter, type'reboot recovery' and press enter into of the many terminal emulators in the play store.
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bobloblaw1 said:
adb reboot recovery
Actually if you didn't want to bother with setting up adb I'd imagine you could just type 'su' press enter, type'reboot recovery' and press enter into of the many terminal emulators in the play store.
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I knew there was a way to do it!
This post was made by Vanlandi.

Casper34 said:
I knew there was a way to do it!
This post was made by Vanlandi.
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ADB always has your back!
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SlimSnoopOS said:
ADB always has your back!
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I meant by terminal. That's easier. LOL.
This post was made by Vanlandi.

Get "quickboot" from the store
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Casper34 said:
I meant by terminal. That's easier. LOL.
This post was made by Vanlandi.
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Oh, well yea terminal is great as well. You can do the same for download mode as well or even try using it to attempt to delete pesky files that just won't delete with a file manager.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Oh, well yea terminal is great as well. You can do the same for download mode as well or even try using it to attempt to delete pesky files that just won't delete with a file manager.
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Ya! I forgot about terminal. You can do everything from there if you know the commands.
Kinda off topic here, but is there a thread with the common commands for terminal? Like to reboot, delete files, move files, and such.
This post was made by Vanlandi.

Not sure how you get into download but not recovery since the procedure is same except use volume up instead of volume down. Also the Quickboot app/widget is much easier than terminal emulator if just need to get to reboot/recovery or download modes. Enables the extended power menu same as the power button.

Mobile tech videos Did a great job repairing my broken power switch. Pretty quick turn around.
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I have a similar problem, but when I use the terminal commands or any app to reboot into recovery, the phone vibrates and turns off but then stays off until I pull the battery and replace it. Also, when I try to go into download mode, it comes up for about 5 seconds then turns off (similar to SDS). Any thoughts? I originally planned to try to switch roms and see if that would fix the power button issue, but if it's hardware, I'll try to unroot and take it too Verizon as a last ditch attempt.
Also, when I take the back case off and put it back on, the power on/off screen pops up.
Thanks!

I have the same exact problem as the guy above buy my power button is just completely borked.
I thought I could get into download mode but that doesn't work either.
I'm going to try and resolder the replacement power button I purchased that didn't work.

odin mobile

Mobile Odin did not work either. Gets stuck at logo screen when it first boots then stays black.

xkookooman said:
Mobile Odin did not working either. Gets stuck at logo screen when it first boots then stays black.
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I think the rom your trying to flash is bad …
Phone starting but getting stuck at boot screen means it's soft bricked, try flashing a different rom …
And once you manage to get your phone running use ''recovery tools'' from play store to flash a custom recovery, it flashes a touch recovery so that will eliminate your button problems …

No my phone operates fine. When I attempt to get into recovery, it restarts, a brief screen appears where it says "rebooting recovery" on the top left, and then it stays black. TO get out of this I go into Download Mode, and press Cancel to Restart.
I'm currently using CyanogenMOD 10.1.2.
At this point I'm thinking of just going to a mobile phone repair store...

xkookooman said:
No my phone operates fine. When I attempt to get into recovery, it restarts, a brief screen appears where it says "rebooting recovery" on the top left, and then it stays black. TO get out of this I go into Download Mode, and press Cancel to Restart.
I'm currently using CyanogenMOD 10.1.2.
At this point I'm thinking of just going to a mobile phone repair store...
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Mobiletechvideos did a great job fixing my power switch... It was doing the same thing your describing. Been perfect ever since.
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[Q] Trouble Unbricking

Hey all,
Recently took advantage of Google's 1 time replacement policy as my phone is completely shattered. Received the new one in the mail the next day, installed everything and transferred my data, then went to set the old one up to send it back. I decided to unroot and relock the bootloader, then I went to wipe data via TWRP (why I didn't flash stock recovery before wiping I don't know...) Unfortunately, I was rushing and managed to stupidly hit wipe everything, and I have no OS. The phone is soft bricked. Normally this wouldn't be too much of a challenge, but my phone also refuses to be recognized by my computer (Windows 7). The new one installs drivers and pops up perfectly, but the old one doesn't show up while in bootloader or recovery. When I try to run fastboot commands, any application I try says "Waiting for Device" (including the Kwongger toolkit unbricking setup).
Short explanation: I managed to idiotically wipe the OS, now my computer won't recognize it while it's in TWRP or bootloader.
Anybody have advice on how to fix this and flash a stock image? Should I risk sending it to Google like this?
Thanks for any help you can provide!

If you're worried about it, flash the factory image in fastboot. But I wouldn't worry too much. Google's pretty cool about flashing stuff to your phone.
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jd1639 said:
If you're worried about it, flash the factory image in fastboot. But I wouldn't worry too much. Google's pretty cool about flashing stuff to your phone.
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How would I go about getting the file onto the phone (my stock backup disappeared from TWRP, forgot to mention that in the OP) if I can't connect to my computer?
Thanks for the reassurance - if I can't get it working by tomorrow I think I'll probably just send it in and see what happens.

All you can do is try lg flash tool. Link in my signature
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rootSU said:
All you can do is try lg flash tool. Link in my signature
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Thanks for the advice - I tried it, but the phone doesn't enter download mode. It just enters the powered off but charging state (where the charging battery symbol flashes on the screen).
Additionally, when I launch the FlashTool, it says "LG USB/Parallel lock key is not detected" then sends me to a login screen (it appears this person had the same issue, but solved it without posting how to solve it). Any ideas?

miller150 said:
Thanks for the advice - I tried it, but the phone doesn't enter download mode. It just enters the powered off but charging state (where the charging battery symbol flashes on the screen).
Additionally, when I launch the FlashTool, it says "LG USB/Parallel lock key is not detected" then sends me to a login screen (it appears this person had the same issue, but solved it without posting how to solve it). Any ideas?
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I haven't. You can try posting in the LG Flashtool thread... You may get better answers there

miller150 said:
Thanks for the advice - I tried it, but the phone doesn't enter download mode. It just enters the powered off but charging state (where the charging battery symbol flashes on the screen).
Additionally, when I launch the FlashTool, it says "LG USB/Parallel lock key is not detected" then sends me to a login screen (it appears this person had the same issue, but solved it without posting how to solve it). Any ideas?
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There is a megalock dll in the crack folder. Replace the original dll with the one from the crack folder.

I wouldn't worry about flashing back to stock. Like said before, Google doesn't really care about what firmware you're running. You're not going to run into any problems if you send the phone back in its current state.
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bitdomo said:
There is a megalock dll in the crack folder. Replace the original dll with the one from the crack folder.
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That fixed the issue with flashtool, but unfortunately something on my phone must be busted; it won't go into download mode. I tried my new one just to ensure the cable and port were working, and it went right in. I think I'll just have to send it in and hope they don't mind. Thanks for the help guys!