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

Hey all
Before anyone mentions that i should be searching around more, i would like to say that i've been on multiple threads and they all state the same thing (use NVflash to flash CWM and then boot into CWM but the solution did not work for me past flashing CWM and then trying to access recovery after) and i wasn't able to find one that had a similar problem as mine.
I have CWM flashed through NVflash and was running CM7.1 RC1. I took a screenshot with the 'shootme' app and proceeded to look at the gallery to make sure it came out okay. The gallery crashed and i was sent to the home screen. I swiped to a different homescreen when my phone froze halfway through the transition to the next screen. No combination of buttons/long presses were able to get me out of it so i went ahead and did a battery pull. So my dilemma is that now i'm stuck at the LG boot logo with no blue status bar under it. It freezes there and will not do anything every time i boot up. volume down+power does not give me access to recovery nor does any other button combo get me past the LG boot logo.
Are there any other methods i might be able to use like ADB or what not to get myself out of this situation? or at least into recovery? Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as i've been searching for hours with little help and my eyes are starting to get strained.

hmmm.. I know it's a simple question, but I gotta ask.. are you holding the pwr and volume down button long enough? you have to keep holding it even after you see the LG screen.. Keep holding until you see the 2nd screen?
If so.. do the nvflash again? Edit: Not sure if I would do this without getting further guidance tho..

schmit said:
hmmm.. I know it's a simple question, but I gotta ask.. are you holding the pwr and volume down button long enough? you have to keep holding it even after you see the LG screen.. Keep holding until you see the 2nd screen?
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This. I remember when I boot looped my phone I had the problem of letting go of the volume key too early, you need to hold down volume and power from a totally powered off phone until recovery actually starts and you see the green "android" logo of CWM.
Try re-flashing CWM, NVFlash CAN fail. There is literally nothing you can do within the OS that will prevent recovery from working. Either you did something wrong somewhere along the recovery process or you discovered an entirely new problem with the phone. I'm going to hazard a guess and say it's the former.

Thanks for the response guys. I wish that it was the case of not holding the buttons long enough. I have tried numerous times with the buttons held down for a long period of time. I even held the combo down for almost 5 minutes a few times.
Every time i try to boot up, it won't go past the LG boot screen so i would pull the battery out and go through flashing CWM through NVflash again. I'm sure I'm not missing anything because everything goes through and gets sent to the phone successfully.
I did happen to run into a thread that was closely similar to mine but his method was to just keep reflashing CWM and the stock recovery back and forth every time it failed until it turned on. I might have to try that if i cannot figure out this problem out soon. Not being able to use this phone is killing me! heh.

I just joined your club. Wow this sucks.

So apparently this is a whole new problem that's been found? Every other help thread seems to point to using NVflash or remaking the partitions due to a bad flash using an O2x based file instead of G2x.
But none of those solutions come close to doing anything. There has been some people with the same problem as me but aren't proactive at all enough to get someone's attention, so i'm guessing this problem is getting pushed to the side with people just going about getting their phones replaces/buying new ones.
I did happen to run into a thread on paulobrien/modaco's forum that had people using NVflash to get out of any sticky situation like this. It just reverts everything back to the stock factory settings but with root. We cannot use this though because he hasn't built it to be compatible with our LGP999's because everything was built for their UK LGP990's. Maybe that's a start to getting this solution fixed?

I hate to say this, bit you might have to call t mobile and get a replacement. Flash back to stock recovery and they won't know you messed with anything.
Sent from my Nexus 5g using XDA Ultimate App

Don't send back....you'll get same defacement a battery pull go into nvflah and go back stock then flash nv flash fix pArtitions

As I have mentioned before, NVflash does NOT give me access to my recovery let alone solve anything else. NVflash DOES work and does sucessfully send both CWM and the stock recovery but when I try to boot into either of them, let alone just power on normally, it simply DOES NOT go past the LG boot screen. it just hangs there doing nothing at all until I pull the battery out and do the same process over until it just hangs again.
while it is on/stuck at the LG screen, my computer does not recognize it so i cannot even try and run ADB commands. It does however, recognize it when I plug it in using the volume buttons held down when I use NVflash but there's nothing else I can do besides use NVflash obviously.

Jduhb said:
As I have mentioned before, NVflash does NOT give me access to my recovery let alone solve anything else. NVflash DOES work and does sucessfully send both CWM and the stock recovery but when I try to boot into either of them, let alone just power on normally, it simply DOES NOT go past the LG boot screen. it just hangs there doing nothing at all until I pull the battery out and do the same process over until it just hangs again.
while it is on/stuck at the LG screen, my computer does not recognize it so i cannot even try and run ADB commands. It does however, recognize it when I plug it in using the volume buttons held down when I use NVflash but there's nothing else I can do besides use NVflash obviously.
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Did you ever find a solution to this issue? Because my phone is doing this...
I attempted to restore my phone back to the wrong backup that was from a galaxy sII (2.3.4 i think); needless to say, the restore failed. I then restarted my phone from CWM and it gets stuck at LG screen.
I have tried to NVflash back to stock; nothing. same thing reflashing back to CWM.
ideas?

have you tried this link out yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180331

same problem..... anybody find something to fix this yet?

From what I heard is that you need to remove the battery, then boot into recovery or something.
Sent from my G2X

Use smartflash for the p990 but only use the p999 ap.bin file which will put the rom and kernel back to stock p999.

Rom for recovery always fixes any soft brick back to stock 2.3.3 OTA. It's saved my phone multiple times from stuck on S/W screen to being stuck on lg logo or even the dreaded can't mount sdcard-cache errors in cwm.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

I used the following method when Clockworkmod became corrupted and was unable to mount my sd card. I had just wiped everything on my phone intending to install a new rom when the issue happened. I could not even get to the S/W upgrade screen. It saved my phone. Hope it works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229

jcbofkc said:
I used the following method when Clockworkmod became corrupted and was unable to mount my sd card. I had just wiped everything on my phone intending to install a new rom when the issue happened. I could not even get to the S/W upgrade screen. It saved my phone. Hope it works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229
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omg thank you so much! It worked! Not only that but i was stuck on frodo 2.2.2 before which is why i was messing with my phone in the first place and now its on gingerbread. Awesome! thank you!!!!

sabotage99 said:
omg thank you so much! It worked! Not only that but i was stuck on frodo 2.2.2 before which is why i was messing with my phone in the first place and now its on gingerbread. Awesome! thank you!!!!
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Glad for you that it worked.
Kwes1020 pointed me in the right direction last week. Be sure to give a thanks to ILUHA_89 who came up with the fix.

Amazing how people are soo lost without providing them link after link to other threads. They are soo lazy and can't follow simple directions, each time i get a new phone i go to that section on xda and soak up all the information as it usually is already there. It's just funny is all i guess.

d12unk13astard said:
Amazing how people are soo lost without providing them link after link to other threads. They are soo lazy and can't follow simple directions, each time i get a new phone i go to that section on xda and soak up all the information as it usually is already there. It's just funny is all i guess.
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It's really not that big a deal. I was brand new to android once and asked all sorts of things.
I, like you, happen to read everything I can get my hands on. Some struggle going through all the info. I was here the day the forum opened, so I kind of remember where everything is.
Some are lazy and others just have no idea what the heck is going on and are intimidated by certain processes. I would rather help someone instead of listening to them ***** about their broken phone.

[Q] CM7 Not Going Beyond Loading Screen AND Clockworkmod Is Black

A couple of weeks ago I decided to root my phone for the benefits it came with. I did so successfully and had no problems until I decided I'd let my curiosity get the better of me and try flashing CM7 onto my phone. I did so, and everything seemed successful, but I got stuck in a boot loop when I turned on the phone.
I know there are solutions to this, but they all involve either CWM or ADB. Just two problems: I can't use ADB because I forgot to leave USB Debugging on, and I can't seem to get CWM to do anything (it's just a black screen).
There are solutions to all of these problems individually, I know, but each solution relies on at least one of the others to be working. I've been surfing this forum and others like it hoping that someone else would have this problem and would have a solution for me, but I've come up dry.
I used attn1's Ace Hack to root my phone, and then I used Rom Manager to install CM7. Then I hit the loop. Also, my CWM was working prior to CM7.
Does anyone know what I should do?
Thank you in advance,
JW
Inspire 4g
P.S. - I'm new to this forum and don't really know the rules perfectly, so if I did something wrong, then please just let me know what I did and what I should've done. Thank you.

But you can still get in hboot right?

It sounds like you did not choose to wipe data and cache. You always need to do this when changing roms. Best way is to enter cwm yourself and select wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvik then flash Rom.

Pull you battery for a little bit then try and get into recovery again. If you still can't get in then you will have to reflash your recovery through bootloader.

If all else fails you can use the tool in this link to return to stock. Then re root you phone. genes tool

You can jump into the IRC channel and get some real-time help too:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria

Gizmoe said:
It sounds like you did not choose to wipe data and cache. You always need to do this when changing roms. Best way is to enter cwm yourself and select wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvik then flash Rom.
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No, I didn't think to. To be honest, I saw Rom Manager and thought I would just be able to click on what I wanted and have it ready to play with in a few minutes. I never read what to do before the installation, which was my huge mistake.
Anyhow, I don't think I can get into HBoot. When I turn the phone on with power button and volume button, it vibrates three times, but then it goes to a black screen. I read about this problem with CWM, but the only solutions I saw involved getting into your phone - which I can't do.
So I'm wondering if CWM still works but that it just doesn't show what it's doing. If that's the case, then maybe I could still manage to fix my phone with CWM. Does anyone know if such is the case?

Thank you!
Gizmoe said:
If all else fails you can use the tool in this link to return to stock. Then re root you phone. genes tool
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Gene Poole said:
You can jump into the IRC channel and get some real-time help too:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
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Thank you both so much for your help! I'm sorry I'm such an ignoramus. Thank you guys!!

JesseWright said:
No, I didn't think to. To be honest, I saw Rom Manager and thought I would just be able to click on what I wanted and have it ready to play with in a few minutes. I never read what to do before the installation, which was my huge mistake.
Anyhow, I don't think I can get into HBoot. When I turn the phone on with power button and volume button, it vibrates three times, but then it goes to a black screen. I read about this problem with CWM, but the only solutions I saw involved getting into your phone - which I can't do.
So I'm wondering if CWM still works but that it just doesn't show what it's doing. If that's the case, then maybe I could still manage to fix my phone with CWM. Does anyone know if such is the case?
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Sounds like you're holding the vol+ button. You need to be holding vol- when you press power to get to HBOOT. From there you can get into Recovery.

sharksfan7 said:
Sounds like you're holding the vol+ button. You need to be holding vol- when you press power to get to HBOOT. From there you can get into Recovery.
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this is correct, but you may want to pull out your sd card first. if it still has the pd98img on there,,, its just gonna loop ya. so pull it out before trying, you can always stick it back in once you get to recovery, then select mount> sd card
GOOD LUCK!!

I'm bricked aren't I?

But anything that may change the state would be a huge help if you have a thought?
All I have right now is a quick LED and battery charge signal for a second then gone.
I can't get into download or recovery mode or power on.
I switched CWM versions (after a nandroid and attempting to reinstall the previous CWM would error) and then tried to flash cm10.
I went into bootloop and tried to pull the battery since i couldnt force it to recovery so i could restore factory but nothing now.
Again, I think i screwed myself, but if you can save me money I'd appreciate any thoughts.

dont know how to help man. unless you know how to jtag, it sounds like you are hard bricked. by the way, you do know that cm10 is SUPPOSED to bootloop for a few minutes on every boot right? or maybe your battery was really low during flash, or maybe you got a bad md5 sum for your download? more info on what you did to make this happed would make it easier to help you.

Make sure your doing the right combination for download mode. Volume down home button and power.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

Stryker1297 said:
dont know how to help man. unless you know how to jtag, it sounds like you are hard bricked. by the way, you do know that cm10 is SUPPOSED to bootloop for a few minutes on every boot right? or maybe your battery was really low during flash, or maybe you got a bad md5 sum for your download? more info on what you did to make this happed would make it easier to help you.
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yeah. it rebooted over a dozen times.
im not sure if when i updated CWM to touch and a newer version if for whatever reason it didnt recognize the nandroid from an hour earlier.
but that doesnt really make sense.
i have to think i did something wrong with the recovery img
so now there is no response to any of the hardware buttons.
crap. and thanks.

How about listing the steps on what you did to get where you are now.?

I've had somewhat similar problem. Mine turned out to be dead battery and phone wouldn't charge. I ended up charging battery on buddies phone, which allowed phone to boot. Then I wiped everything and started from scratch. Everything returned to normal

[Q] Samsung Tab 2 10.1 P5110 Not Turning On At All

Hi,
I installed a new ROM for my Samsung yesterday evening (For anyone who wants to see - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461009)
It worked absolutely fine for the first few hours, and I noticed a huge speed improvement and it all just felt great, but as soon as I went to sleep, I left the tablet turned on throughout the night, as I came back to go on it, I noticed that it was turned off, so I powered it on, it just froze at the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" logo screen, and nothing happened, so my next thought was to put it into recovery mode and try to fix the problem, again, same thing happened, so I rebooted it anyway, but this time, nothing is showing, I left the tablet to charge for 6 hours (To see if I had drained the battery) and still nothing, it does not respond to any events (Charging, Power buttons), I would like to know if I could fix this as I use my tablet for my studies and its a huge part of my daily routine, any help is greatly appreciated and I will try to reply as much as possible!
Thanks in advance,
~ Josh
P.S - If I make any mistakes in this post please do not hesitate to tell me as this is my first post

JoshuaD98 said:
Hi,
I installed a new ROM for my Samsung yesterday evening (For anyone who wants to see - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461009)
It worked absolutely fine for the first few hours, and I noticed a huge speed improvement and it all just felt great, but as soon as I went to sleep, I left the tablet turned on throughout the night, as I came back to go on it, I noticed that it was turned off, so I powered it on, it just froze at the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" logo screen, and nothing happened, so my next thought was to put it into recovery mode and try to fix the problem, again, same thing happened, so I rebooted it anyway, but this time, nothing is showing, I left the tablet to charge for 6 hours (To see if I had drained the battery) and still nothing, it does not respond to any events (Charging, Power buttons), I would like to know if I could fix this as I use my tablet for my studies and its a huge part of my daily routine, any help is greatly appreciated and I will try to reply as much as possible!
Thanks in advance,
~ Josh
P.S - If I make any mistakes in this post please do not hesitate to tell me as this is my first post
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bro no need to worry we are here
first tell me that before flashing this rom did you wipe cache partition , factory reset ,wipe dalvik cache cos these things are important for a clean flashing of any rom
also try these things now
first just try wipe cache partition in recovery then see if you are able to boot or not
if still no good then try all that i have mentioned
if still no good try reflashing stock rom from odin
good luck

sharingan said:
bro no need to worry we are here
first tell me that before flashing this rom did you wipe cache partition , factory reset ,wipe dalvik cache cos these things are important for a clean flashing of any rom
also try these things now
first just try wipe cache partition in recovery then see if you are able to boot or not
if still no good then try all that i have mentioned
if still no good try reflashing stock rom from odin
good luck
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Okay, I did all of that before flashing the ROM, and I can't boot the tablet at all, I've tried new power cables, USBs to my PC, ive tried recovery, download, and just plain boot. Nothing

JoshuaD98 said:
Okay, I did all of that before flashing the ROM, and I can't boot the tablet at all, I've tried new power cables, USBs to my PC, ive tried recovery, download, and just plain boot. Nothing
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maybe your device is bricked
try to unbrick it
there are many methods like triangle away

sharingan said:
maybe your device is bricked
try to unbrick it
there are many methods like triangle away
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Hmm, what's the easiest possible way? I'm not really good when it comes to things being bricked >.<

JoshuaD98 said:
Hmm, what's the easiest possible way? I'm not really good when it comes to things being bricked >.<
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i am lucky that i haven't got mine bricked ever so no clue about it bro but triangle away may help you
google everything before trying

sharingan said:
i am lucky that i haven't got mine bricked ever so no clue about it bro but triangle away may help you
google everything before trying
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Yeah Google is useful at these times, thanks for all the help, I'll start doing some research now

JoshuaD98 said:
Yeah Google is useful at these times, thanks for all the help, I'll start doing some research now
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good then
try and succeed :good::good:

[Q] Stuck in Boot and Wont Load Recovery

Sorry everyone for this annoying post but I have done research enough to think that I may be out of luck so you guys are my last hope here.
Here is the senario;
I have been running Cyanogenmod 12 (courtesy of Sultan). Once the ROM was discontinued I decided to give Paranoid 5.1 a shot. I downloaded the new rom, suggested SuperSU and Gapps and booted to the most up to date TWRP. I flashed the rom, then supersu, and finally Gapps and then rebooted my phone. The phone stayed in the boot screen for about 45 minutes (maybe even an hour) so I powered off the phone, pulled the battery, and attempted to boot back into recovery using the power and volume buttons but nothing was working. The phone would just keep vibrating (pulsing) until i let the buttons go and then jump right back into the booting screen until I turned the phone off again. Hopefully I am doing something wrong and there is an easy fix but Im afraid that I now havae a brick on my hands.
Please help,
SuperNewb
[Update]
Now the phone will hold the boot screen for a couple minutes then the screen just goes black. Not sure what that means.
Also, just so you guys dont think im too ignorant, I will say that I I have flashed at least 10 different ROMs before this so I would like to think that I have a decent understanding of how this all should work.

Finally got back into recovery using advise from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769102
hopefully a traditional whip can get me back on track

I had to use ODIN, go back to stock rom, reflash TWRP and then install paranoid. But were all good now. Sorry guess I didnt do as much research as I thought.

Help
harrisd23 said:
I had to use ODIN, go back to stock rom, reflash TWRP and then install paranoid. But were all good now. Sorry guess I didnt do as much research as I thought.
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i made a factory reset and my phone doesn't want to pass the "upgrading app"