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[Q] LG Fathom Emergency Mode and Updating Problem

Hello,
I've tried emergency mode, and then updating for LG Fathom. After the phone goes into "Downloading... Do not unplug!" mode, the update begins but fails at the % 94. It does not complete the updating process and does not reset. I replaced the battery but it still says "Downloading... Do not unplug!" I've tried to update again but the LGMobile Support Tool actually detects it as "Model: VS750, Version: VS750ZV7" and the text box says "The Cell phone is the latest version already. So you don't need to update." but it still says "Downloading... Do not unplug!"
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Oscar

I've tried emergency mode, and then updating for LG Fathom
Hi,Have you got the soltuion, if so, please let me know.

harikumar_857 said:
Hi,Have you got the solution, if so, please let me know.
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Can you expand on your question?
Please explain what you are doing, and at what point you are running into problems.
I don't have time to do a walkthru and I'm on another computer that contains the files and it's VERY late, but the below should get you off to a start:
Are you running the official LG updater LGMobileUpdate.exe? (it sucks)
Did you download the flash file to your hard drive, or are you relying upon the (crappy LGMobileUpdate.exe) official update program that goes online for the flash file? and usually crashes right at the end?
Did you remove the SD card?
Battery fully charged?
Configured USB mode /PC sync mode correctly?
Using the cable that came with the phone?
Have you installed the USB drivers?
IIRC I think these are the ones - Google to find:
LGUSBModemDriver_Eng_WHQL_Ver_4.9.4_All.exe
CRC32: 17CFF6EE
MD5: 18710A96C1B08C9CD91872B746F8A647
SHA-1: C4B85224A36CD317B3FF6BF331E0431C82D1B939
Are you using LG-Utils-0.4.2.zip -from-bhast02_xda-Developers
CRC32: C24F872B
MD5: 97DEDB4437DEBC80CF92B90B93DED0E3
SHA-1: 53AEEBB3E6E2B03A3B45D557A62DF2EE39D44482
Did you put the "Official" LG updater and rom flash file in the same directory as the files you extracted from LG-Utils-0.4.2.zip?
Did you configure the exe KP500 to run in SP2 mode, full admin rights?
Which OS are you running? and at what SP level?
Running as Admin?

harikumar_857 said:
Hi,Have you got the soltuion, if so, please let me know.
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LG Fathom VS750 Emergency Download Mode exit.
Hi Joel,
Just want to know how to get out of the emergency mode.I have tried to
upload the ROM 7 from LGsoftware update. Its not working. The phone is
showing green signal on top, and shows screen of downloading, do not
unplug!
How to come out of this mode.
--
Hari kumar
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Answered you on Howard Forums- Please follow-up /leave feedback.
RE: LG Fathom VS750 Emergency Download Mode exit
Depress the RESET button located near the micro usb port.
FYI: Run the update tool in XP SP2 compatibility mode, remove SD from slot before flash, make sure battery is fully charged... and use LG-Utils-0.4.2 to point the updater to local file on hard drive for best results. (Put LGMobileUpdate.exe, B2CAppSetup.exe in same folder you extracted LG-Utils-0.4.2 to.)
VS750 USB drivers (I think): LGUSBModemDriver_Eng_WHQL_Ver_4.9.4_All.exe
PS: VS750ZV5_06.SV5_06.P58006.R5.cab with the addition of SPB SHELL 3.5.5 or some other launcher /shell gives you more customization options.
Far more than V7 does (V7 appears to be running a OEM version of SPB Shell)
V7 = Causes the Mute incoming call ringer app to crash. When the phone is ringing if the vol up/down key is depressed it crashes. Ringer does not mute....
http://spb.com/pocketpc-software/
http://spb.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/screenshots.html

I have done as per the above, its just stuck in the down load mode.
Regards
hari kumar

I can see many people got stuck in "Downloading... Do not unplug!" mode on LG fathom VS750,
while updating or after an update is over,, and i am one of them now.
My vs750 was unstable so tried updating it to v7 through KP500 LG Utilis - 0.4.2-N
but end of update,, phone got hung didnt reboot n since then it got stuck in emergency mode forever.
basically the phone doesnt reboot to windows leaving the "Downloading... Do not unplug" screen
tried almost everything even removed the phones main hardware board CMOS cell to clear RAM ROM,, but no luck!
Disabled modem in device manager then re-flashed various BIN files in emergency mode using LGNPST 1.2 Lab version,, flashing done 100% but phone never reboots to windows,, real strange piece of ****!
HTCs are much more stable and reluctant from such unwanted disasters when someone is least expecting them.
if any one has tried anything different or got a fix from LG customer care,, please share.
Thnx in advance!

"Downloading... Do not unplug!" mode on LG fathom VS750
subircozy said:
I can see many people got stuck in "Downloading... Do not unplug!" mode on LG fathom VS750,
while updating or after an update is over,, and i am one of them now.
My vs750 was unstable so tried updating it to v7 through KP500 LG Utilis - 0.4.2-N
but end of update,, phone got hung didnt reboot n since then it got stuck in emergency mode forever.
basically the phone doesnt reboot to windows leaving the "Downloading... Do not unplug" screen
tried almost everything even removed the phones main hardware board CMOS cell to clear RAM ROM,, but no luck!
Disabled modem in device manager then re-flashed various BIN files in emergency mode using LGNPST 1.2 Lab version,, flashing done 100% but phone never reboots to windows,, real strange piece of ****!
HTCs are much more stable and reluctant from such unwanted disasters when someone is least expecting them.
if any one has tried anything different or got a fix from LG customer care,, please share.
Thnx in advance!
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I have same problem with my phone please tell me if u have got any solution

Do not directly download the ROM from website.
First download it from LG site, then flash it.

[Q] Urgent Help needed

Hi Experts,
I was successfully able to flash ICS on my LG O3D but only .bin file and after that i tried to root phone was not sucessfully all the time ,restarted later and now my phone is not switching on properly.It shows LG logo then goes blank. PLEASE HELP.
Thanks in Advance.

When connected its showing charging and in device manager-->other devices showing CDC Serial & LGE COSMO USB Device

Did you try reflash it again ???
Try flash it with "lg smartflash" it tooo easy (just select the .bin file and .fls) .
Good Luck
Sent from my LG-P920

OS_Hacking said:
Did you try reflash it again ???
Try flash it with "lg smartflash" it tooo easy (just select the .bin file and .fls) .
Good Luck
Sent from my LG-P920
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Thanks a lot for the reply.
I tried but nothing happening..its not detecting as usb to change port to 41.
Is there any other way?? Also for flashing when i insert battery and press volume up and then connect it starts and shows LG logo and goes blank.

It is not showing in PORT in device manager when connected pressing volume + button

Does the phone go to download mode ("S/W upgrade mode ) ?? By insert the battery while you hold vol+ ??
You will see two arrows like the sync symbol in your phone screen . And then the phone will still connected with the PC .
Your problem is easy to fix . Just try to enter download mode . And every thing will be fine .
Good Luck
Sent from my LG-P920

No its not going into download mode. COM is not detecting it.

[email protected] said:
No its not going into download mode. COM is not detecting it.
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Try hold power on and the vol+ together , then plug it with the PC . Then insert the battery .
Sent from my LG-P920

[email protected] said:
Hi Experts,
I was successfully able to flash ICS on my LG O3D but only .bin file and after that i tried to root phone was not sucessfully all the time ,restarted later and now my phone is not switching on properly.It shows LG logo then goes blank. PLEASE HELP.
Thanks in Advance.
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You hardbricked your phone if it doesn't go into download mode.
But no panic there is always a solution;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942836
Follow the guide above. (and I mean every step , however small they may seem)
ICS roms are now pre-rooted so you don't have to root.
Flash Xbsall's Ported custom ics (The one in the guide.)
Then install wkpark's recovery img. (Found here ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978543)
Boot into recovery.
Install Darkroom ICS Int. (It's the best in my opinion) or whatever rom you wish.
They are all pre-rooted.
If you can't i'll guide you through it.
Hope i Helped.
Cheers!

boltthrower56 said:
You hardbricked your phone if it doesn't go into download mode.
But no panic there is always a solution;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942836
Follow the guide above. (and I mean every step , however small they may seem)
ICS roms are now pre-rooted so you don't have to root.
Flash Xbsall's Ported custom ics (The one in the guide.)
Then install wkpark's recovery img. (Found here ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978543)
Boot into recovery.
Install Darkroom ICS Int. (It's the best in my opinion) or whatever rom you wish.
They are all pre-rooted.
If you can't i'll guide you through it.
Hope i Helped.
Cheers!
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Thanks a lot for the help and i really appreciate your willingness to take me out of this trouble, Thanks again

Everything worked fine till step 9..But still not showing anything in Ports

Make sure the drivers are correctly installed. Especially omap4430...
Start the script that has been referred to in the guide.
Shut down the phone , remove the battery , plug usb cable and when you see "waiting for 5 seconds" plug in the battery. That should work.
Keep me posted.
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

Its showing s/w update image in phone but getting message USB device not detected in PC

Thanks alot boltthrower56 .
Finally able to recover my phone and restored 3 month old backup.
By the way may i know your real name .
Can you please help me with upgrading to ICS?

[email protected] said:
Its showing s/w update image in phone but getting message USB device not detected in PC
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That may mean you have a bad cable.
But if you restored it , it's probably sometimes bad or you changed it or you used the front panel which is a hub (divides bandwidth , slows flashing process) and it's bad for ya.
Since my real name is turkish and hard to spell i'll give one better ;
Call me John.
If you must know my real name is "Dogukan".
And yes i can help you with that although it's relatively easy now that you got a hold of it.

Thanks a lot Dogukan..
Are you into android development? Am a real noob in this and you helped me coming out of really difficult situation.
Now i want to root my phone and everytime its showing 'error no device find'

I'm not into android development... my skills lie in networking so there is not much i can do for android.
But those are common knowledge...
I bricked my phone several times to learn those.
You don't need to root. Follow wkpark's recovery installation and flash a custom rom (Darkroom int is great)
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

Help needed

hi have been trying to update to 4.0 via flash tool but ive tried everything and cannot get it to work......ive been trying for 3 days and ive pretty much had enough of trying on my own so i though id would ask for help.
ok firstly i am on gb 2.3 im running custom cm7 no probs but i wana take the next step 4.0 so....i have all lg flash tool etc and fast load etc all nessacary files needed but for some reason my phone wont connet and flash its doing my head in. i have it into download mode, battery out etc but after that nothing i cannot progress further its like the program wont connect/register the phone.
im running win7 i even looked into other post and thought this maybe the problem but i have already installed these when gone into download mode as said here If you plug your Phone on PC without battery, OMAP4430 device appeared for seconds and then disappeared in your Windows Device Manager
(check arsen4oo photo guide in post #3)
On windows 7 sometimes OMAP4430 flashes too fast so you cant install driver.
There is a a windows feature that will help you install the driver easier.
To view devices that were once installed but are no longer attached to the computer, open a Command Prompt window using the Run As Administrator option and enter the command:
SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
Then, from the same command prompt, type devmgmt.msc to open Device Manager. Choose View, Show Hidden Devices. The new instance of Device Manager will show “ghosted” entries for devices that were once present. This technique is especially useful for fixing problems caused by leftover drivers after replacing a network card or video card—you can easily delete the ghosted device or update the OMAP4430 driver.e
i just dont know what im doing wrong
cheers in advance

HI,
Please uninstall all LG drivers, and start again. If you are using WIN7, run it with WINXP SP3 compatibility mode.
Getting the Software upgrade screen is tricky, the timing needs ti be just right for the screen to stay, else it blinks and the OMAPP difficulty starts.
You need to listed to the connect disconnect sounds carefully.
Its not difficult, just that the timing needs to be right for the battery to be inserted.
all the best
schubeir

schubeir said:
HI,
Please uninstall all LG drivers, and start again. If you are using WIN7, run it with WINXP SP3 compatibility mode.
Getting the Software upgrade screen is tricky, the timing needs ti be just right for the screen to stay, else it blinks and the OMAPP difficulty starts.
You need to listed to the connect disconnect sounds carefully.
Its not difficult, just that the timing needs to be right for the battery to be inserted.
all the best
schubeir
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ok so i unistalled all drivers etc done as said but im still doing something wrong.....
1.i have batt out connect phone wait few seconds for it to connect hear a sound connection keep held down till also hear another connection to say all connected etc.(the drivers have installed etc)
2.the screen is blank still battery is out
3.i have installed omap flash, lg flash tool and lg smart flash tool and fastboot and i can get any to work with phone
4.now there is no software update on screen even if i put battery back in phone just stay blank
so thats were i get to so lost.....
cheers in advance

And in FLASH TOOL TUTORIAL there is illustrations of a cable broken down etc do I have to do this to get into download mode and what acctual flash tool do I need to use because there is a few out but tried most but don't work with mine is it to dowith cable? And I have brought new cables etc just in case cheers in advance

Another stupid question but it shouldn't have anything to do with my phone having being rooted and not runngin LG software......I'm so confused with it all as I have tried everything and if it don't work phone can go to someone else lol cheers again

matt2098 said:
Another stupid question but it shouldn't have anything to do with my phone having being rooted and not runngin LG software......I'm so confused with it all as I have tried everything and if it don't work phone can go to someone else lol cheers again
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Make sure all the drivers from the guide are installed. (including omap driver)
Load the DLL and the rom to lg flashtool.
Listen to the port with LG flashtool's port settings. (One is enough , The icon with a printer cable that's the port settings)
Take the battery out but be ready to plug it back in.
connect the usb cable.
Hold volume up
You're gonna hear sounds from windows in this order ;
1.Connected
2. Disconnected
3. Connected (Again , when you hear this plug the battery back in)
If you did it right then you're now in download mode.
Go to the device manager , find the LG device (I don't remember the name , but there is only one so you'll see it.) and go to properties , advanced and port settings.
Change the port to com41.
Flashtool should take over and start.
For extra guidance , see xbsall's thread ;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942836

To enter download mode .
Your phone in your hands without anything :-
1- Pull out battery .
2- hold vol+ and keep holding .
3- Connect your phone and you are still holding....
4- Now the phone is connected and you are holding vol+ . Insert battery and keep holding for about 3 seconds . Now the phone in download mode (there are some korean words on the screen) .
That's all
Good Luck
Sent From My P920 (ICS ported)
Hit Thanks Button If I Helped

ok i bloody given up going to use it as a bloody paper weight doing my head in.....no matter what i do i cannot get up software screen in download mode??? i do exactly as stated and still it doesn't want to do it every time blank screen phone will not power on.
with battery in screen blank went through listerning to conect disconnect connect etc do as descriped and now phone is connectected with blank screen as stated i know its connected installed everything.
cheers for the help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkHry0gRZw this is excatly what im doing and nothing......

When you're online pm me when you can be online tomorrow.
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

Read the #3 post in this thread :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942836
Maybe it will help .
Sent From My P920 (ICS ported)
Hit Thanks Button If I Helped

and works it
mayby this help
http://lg-usb-modem-driver.soft32.com/free-download?rel=center
good luck

ok so further update i can get it into fastboot which has a small lg symbol and says fastboot at the top but still no Korean writing software upgrade screen and in device manager i have lg cosmo come up now. It doesn't have LGE CDMA USB SERIAL PORT this up any more, ive insalled all new driver the lot everything prgressed a little further but stuck again lol cheers for the help so far

u want to flash ported ics im right?
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OIKk finnally im on software download screen YAY!!!!!!!!!!! but flash tool keeps saying fail and at the top were is says model its say su660 not p920???? which i now have managed to sort so i press start and its says ready and nothing............hasnt done much phone pwers off then back to the begin again cheers again

Because you're flashing the baseband before you flash the ROM. Change the sequence , ROM first then baseband. (Just remove the baseband you added on the flash tool ".fls file" then add it again it's gonna be flashed after the ROM )
Edit : I can help via team viewer if you want.
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

if u read this u should know that u neednt fastboot to flash this ported ics and have to flash bin file first then fls file
and at the thread of first ported ics from xbsa tell u everthing what u use to know to flash this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17177547
2nd post is in english
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its all son confusing as there is so many different guides tutorals etc the only way i can get in software mode is by fast boot i can progress further to here but now im stuck tottaly lol its gets to 27% and stops because of a omap fail???

and all the time ive only been tryig to insatll the rom bin file as of present....not the fls so im now up to here and dont have clue with team viewer lol

Look at your pm
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[Q] LG optimus 3d p925g bricked

I've looked at the similar threads , to be honest even if one of the suggestions might work , none of the people seem to have the same problem from my understanding.
So apologize ahead of time as i imagine someone has bricked in a similar fashion in some thread buried somewhere.
But have an unlocked P925g lg optimus 3d, got a few days ago.
Last night i rooted just fine , root checker says it was rooted properly.
Then i installed rom manager as i was following manbearpigs post.
When i got to flash clockwork mod , i clicked the button and it looked like it was doing some flashing , but the phone turned off to reboot??
and now when i power on the lg logo appears and then the screen goes funny.
If i try to hold the power down and 3d button , i get a green screen . However i'm very unsure of what to do next.
However when i plug into usb the phone goes black , refuses to turn back on until i take the battery out.
I'd pay someone here if i could , but i'll take any help i can get.
Appreciate any help.

I don't KNOW, but just an idea:
May be your phone is stuck in download mode?
With this latest ICS (original, not ported) my phone shows black screen when in download mode (no message SW UPDATE and something in Korean).
Did you try to plug your phone to PC? Does your comp see it?
From what I read flashing wrong CWM might cause problems...
Also try to read Ressurection thread by xbsa, it helped me couple times
Don't give up!
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

My computer does see the phone if i take the battery out , and push the volume down while it connects. However when it connects , it cannot find drivers that it find originally.
I'd be happy just to have the phone back to froyo right now , however i am not giving up , just asking for advice. Will reply once i look at the resurrection post you suggested.

odanhammer said:
My computer does see the phone if i take the battery out , and push the volume down while it connects. However when it connects , it cannot find drivers that it find originally.
I'd be happy just to have the phone back to froyo right now , however i am not giving up , just asking for advice. Will reply once i look at the resurrection post you suggested.
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just try the LG flash tool to flash without reinstalling drivers, if it doesn't flash you have to uninstall all LG drivers, reboot your computer, install again LG drivers and flash Bin files using Flash tool, you don't have to flash Bin and fls files at the same time, first Bin file, if there is no network close LG flash, open it again and flash Fls at second time to get the right baseband (sometimes it not necessery to flash this fls files)
or just follow this guide
http://www.technopat.net/forum/android-telefonlari/9128-lg-optimus-3d-ultimate-flash-guide.html

odanhammer said:
My computer does see the phone if i take the battery out , and push the volume down while it connects. However when it connects , it cannot find drivers that it find originally.
I'd be happy just to have the phone back to froyo right now , however i am not giving up , just asking for advice. Will reply once i look at the resurrection post you suggested.
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To get to download mode you need to keep battery in, remove sim and SD card. Hold vol+ and plug USB cable. You should see message SW UPDATE and some Korean. My phone now doesn't show it, just blank screen. But LG Flash sees it and u can flash bin fls.
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Remove drivers and use the LGMobile Support Tool to install the drivers, if your phone is connected it should detect it and finish the install process. I believe the P925G is a Rogers device? You might have to select Rogers as your carrier to find the drivers.

Android1993 said:
Remove drivers and use the LGMobile Support Tool to install the drivers, if your phone is connected it should detect it and finish the install process. I believe the P925G is a Rogers device? You might have to select Rogers as your carrier to find the drivers.
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ok so i've deleted all lg related material from my computer, when i connected the phone to the computer with battery in , nothing happens.
Without battery , it detects automatically , then it continues a loop of picking it up and dropping off .
So i moved to my laptop , attempted to follow the guide kupuku posted, however after getting the went logo on the phone , it never gets past that stage no matter what i do.
I've also tried LG support tool , it doesn't detect my phone on either my computer or laptop , even after installing/reinstalling the proper drivers.
LG does have a live chat which isn't open and the phone number can not be reached from my area.. i imagine its a 1800 number for asia or something as i do live in Canada.
My only other choice is to take the phone down to a guy that can get it out of boot loop for close to what i paided for the phone a few days ago.
Least to say , that option is something i want to do , nor can i afford to do.
once again i apprecaite the help that has been given , and for any that will be given.
edit:
Ok so i got lg mobile support to work by doing recovery and entering my imei number. Its currently at 4% but its been close to an hour and a half. Might restart and see if that works , but my phone is doing the logo boot repeat pattern still , even during this update. so not sure what exactly is happening.

[Completed] Bricked lg gpad 8.3

I have been trying to get this thing upgraded to 5.0 for a day and half now, and i just flashed it for like the 10th time with lg flash tool to try to take it to stock. The last rom i flashed ended up bricking the device. I found it in this thead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2698267
All of a sudden it won't turn on, won't respond to adb or enter recovery with the volume down + power combo. tried to get it in download mode as well, no go.
All i can see in device manager is qhsusb with an exclamation point. I struggled to update this and once i finally did, the device still isn't recognized by the computer in any lg programs like mobile support tool or flash tool or by adb and wont turn on what can/should i do at this point?? I

Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. You description does sound like a brick. I'm afraid you'll have to send it to the manufacturer to get it fixed.

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