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[Q] Can Only Boot to Recovery

About 30 minutes ago my phone was working fine, the last thing I remember doing was sending a text. A few minutes later I look down at my phone and notice it is in recovery. At this point I'm confused wondering how it got there, but figure it's whatever and reboot into system. It reboots back into recovery and at this point I'm kinda freaking out. I do a backup, wipe, and restore from a backup ~2 weeks ago. Again, rebooting just causes my phone to go into recovery.
Earlier today there was a notification on my phone about an update but I just ignored it as I didn't have time to deal with it. I assume that it automatically was applied and that is what caused this problem.
edit: If you have this problem, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/fix-stuck-custom-recovery-trying-ota-t2907508

Same thing just happened to me.
I turned off OTA from earlier today and also removed the notification using AppOps and now I can't boot to anything but TWRP

nest75068 said:
Same thing just happened to me.
I turned off OTA from earlier today and also removed the notification using AppOps and now I can't boot to anything but TWRP
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I'm about to try this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/fix-stuck-custom-recovery-trying-ota-t2907508, if it works I'll let you know.

elguy said:
I'm about to try this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/fix-stuck-custom-recovery-trying-ota-t2907508, if it works I'll let you know.
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Was coming here to say this worked - I was already doing this.
I'm back up and running again.
Not sure wtf caused the issue - I didn't take the OTA and have been fine on the phone all day until just now

nest75068 said:
Was coming here to say this worked - I was already doing this.
I'm back up and running again.
Not sure wtf caused the issue - I didn't take the OTA and have been fine on the phone all day until just now
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Yeah, worked me too. Not sure what happened either, phone says its still on KVT49L.D85010d.

Rooted, bumed TWRP. All of the above applies to me. Recovered, but back to stock. Annoyed that I have to start all over

gpgon said:
Rooted, bumed TWRP. All of the above applies to me. Recovered, but back to stock. Annoyed that I have to start all over
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I was the same - the zip file fixed my issue - didn't have to start over

Gotta love XDA.. i was getting ready for bed.. saw a bright light, it was my phone. Same thing as mentioned. only rooted and bumped. Have been denying the OTA. Even did the hidden menu trick, but still got notifications for some reason. Flashing the ZIP showed success; trying to restore my back up now.

esoteric1311 said:
Gotta love XDA.. i was getting ready for bed.. saw a bright light, it was my phone. Same thing as mentioned. only rooted and bumped. Have been denying the OTA. Even did the hidden menu trick, but still got notifications for some reason. Flashing the ZIP showed success; trying to restore my back up now.
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Once you flash the zip you shouldn't need to restore. I just clicked on reboot system and was back in

nest75068 said:
Once you flash the zip you shouldn't need to restore. I just clicked on reboot system and was back in
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Well i had to restore the newest back up, because I restored an old back up to see of it would reboot correctly. All works fine now. Still very weird.

gpgon said:
Rooted, bumed TWRP. All of the above applies to me. Recovered, but back to stock. Annoyed that I have to start all over
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I mean I still have Root and TWRP, I might have factory reset in my panic last night before finding the fix above. Probably the cause of losing all my apps and data

ATTT Forced UPDATE
It would appear after cruising the forums this morning that ATT forced an update to all users last night. It happened to me and many others like yourself. even people that had turned off updates in the hidden menu. It is total crap and not to happy about it obviously. good thing it sent me into a boot loop, and @autoprime zip fixed me up, even though i was back up on stock rooted, I took this opportunity to move over to the PoweruserV1 international rom to attempt to keep this from happening again. Luckily our DEVS are getting development moving and soon this will be a thing of the past....

I froze Software Update with TB and did not get auto updated last night and have not gotten any new nags today. I did try to update yesterday and got the stuck in TWRP thing and flashed the fix to get back working.

KennyG123 said:
I froze Software Update with TB and did not get auto updated last night and have not gotten any new nags today. I did try to update yesterday and got the stuck in TWRP thing and flashed the fix to get back working.
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whats the name of the apk to freeze? Thanks

Just adding to this, that it was 'forced' onto me as well, and also sent me to soft brick loop (TWRP), so I'm having to use the get out of jail thread. THANKS LG!! YOU GUYS ROCK!!! (#[email protected]%&*!!!!) This is the LAST time I trust another corporate BS liar's announcement that they care about the 'community' and are going to try and be nice 'from here on out'. Moving forward, it will be NEXUS and nothing else for me.

esoteric1311 said:
whats the name of the apk to freeze? Thanks
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It is called Software Update in TB. I only have it frozen since last night so hopefully this does the trick...it also removes update option from settings FYI.

Anyone else have this happen again last night? Phone was fine at 5am, woke up at 8:30 to recovery. Flashed the same zip and now it's all fine again.

Freeze software update with titanium backup so your phone doesn't try to install the update agian

wow att and their updates f*** with everything, currently having a locked s4 with old firm of mf3. i plan on upgrading my device but on the fence with all this lock down bs. switching to tmobile seems like a decent option...... so confused and undecided

How to stop lollipop from installing automatically?

I have just noticed my G3 is taking the ota without asking for my approval. How can I stop it from doing it again? Thanks in advance.

Secret Menu
I went to the dialer keypad and typed in 3845#*850#, the 850 is my model number. Change it to your model # and secret menu will appear. Tap on WLAN settings and it will show OTA updates and pick disable. That's it. Worked for me.

Did that but the phone will still try to install. The reason I know is because my phone will be boot looping in twrp. At first I thought I did something crazy until this morning I saw a message saying phone will install update and will reboot in 10 seconds. Good thing is that I have the boot loop fix zip file in my sdcard.

I kept having this happen to me as well, even after disabling the option in the secret menu. I ended up installing the 855 minus 5 ROM.

I actually had that happen as well. My whole system was gone and stuck in twrp. I downloaded the copy of the 10f stock file and the zip fix file. Thought everything was good, then the update popped up again in the notifation bar, so I made a backup in twrp and tried disabling notifications. The next morning it started to auto install and it failed. Stuck in twrp again, ran my backup then disabled notifications again. Haven't seen the update again in the notifications. Hopefully it won't come back.

Using TiBu, I disabled/froze com.leg.lgfota.permission and Software Update and I have not had any issues.
Sent from my LG G3 D850

So I tried Titanium Backup. Couldn't figure out how to do it. I also noticed I couldn't send or receive MMS pics. Did some searching and on Google Play, there is an app called Disable Service. Download the app, open it, click on system at the top, scroll down to Google Play Services and click on it. Scroll down to SystemUpdateService and uncheck the box. I also went down to software update and unchecked all 3 of those boxes. Restart your phone and you're done. I also re enabled the setting in the secret menu. Now my pics come through again and the update disappeared when I restarted the phone.

Can the OTA be undone?
auky said:
I have just noticed my G3 is taking the ota without asking for my approval. How can I stop it from doing it again? Thanks in advance.
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This may be a dumb question but I had something similar happen and I'm desperately looking for a way to reverse things. My D850 was rooted, still stock but tweaked to PERFECTION, and I was under the false impression that the OTA checked for root and wouldn't proceed, so when I got the notification that the update was available I dismissed it and didn't think about it. Next morning I woke up to find the OTA happened without any action from me and of course I lost root. The phone is now really sluggish with numerous nuisances and I hate it. AT&T really f'd up my perfect G3. I chose not to factory reset or clear the cache as some have suggested to improve performance. I guess I was hoping that with everything still installed there might be some hope to regain root.
I'm reading about people going back back and flashing zip files but I don't get how it's being done. I did not have a custom recovery installed but I did have a backup with Titanium, although I obviously can't get into that now without root. The really odd thing is that Softcard still thinks it's rooted and won't run. Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
...Joe K.

jkovacs89 said:
This may be a dumb question but I had something similar happen and I'm desperately looking for a way to reverse things. My D850 was rooted, still stock but tweaked to PERFECTION, and I was under the false impression that the OTA checked for root and wouldn't proceed, so when I got the notification that the update was available I dismissed it and didn't think about it. Next morning I woke up to find the OTA happened without any action from me and of course I lost root. The phone is now really sluggish with numerous nuisances and I hate it. AT&T really f'd up my perfect G3. I chose not to factory reset or clear the cache as some have suggested to improve performance. I guess I was hoping that with everything still installed there might be some hope to regain root.
I'm reading about people going back back and flashing zip files but I don't get how it's being done. I did not have a custom recovery installed but I did have a backup with Titanium, although I obviously can't get into that now without root. The really odd thing is that Softcard still thinks it's rooted and won't run. Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
...Joe K.
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I'm afraid you wont be able to go back to rooted kitkat without having to clean install as there is no root for Lollipop yet.

aybarrap1 said:
Using TiBu, I disabled/froze com.leg.lgfota.permission and Software Update and I have not had any issues.
Sent from my LG G3 D850
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Hey aybarrap just curious if the TiBu freezing has held up. Took your advice and did the same. Just curious if you've had any issues so I can be on the lookout.

adosin said:
Hey aybarrap just curious if the TiBu freezing has held up. Took your advice and did the same. Just curious if you've had any issues so I can be on the lookout.
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I have NOT received a single nag or download for OTA. I have had these frozen for over two months without seeing any issues in the phone's operations. In fact I waited 10 days after the 10f was released before installing and had no issues.

[Q] Samsung galaxy S6 error

Okay so I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S6 and I really screwed up and had to factory reset it. but when I opened it up again, it was still rooted (it still said custom at the bottom) then now when I try to set it up it stays at "checking for software updates" or whatever. I'm only 13 so you could see how I would manage to mess up like this. So anyone have any ideas?
UPDATE: I used software update utility and that fixed it.

So can you tell us exactly what you did to get to this point?

twiz0r said:
So can you tell us exactly what you did to get to this point?
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I messed up google play store, Factory reset, and tried to do one of those ODIN MD5 file things. I am currently trying a verizon recovery and it might work.

Phone won't boot up after google play crashes, been fine for 7 days til now (rooted)

Ok so I rooted 7 days ago from a clean install from odin and did all the trickster/interactive, force gpu etc to make it running smooth. But today I started experiencing apps like soundcloud crashing and giving me notifications it stopped, and then finally google play did it, now I just figured restarting the phone would normally fix it. But no, all it did was reboot, after the carrier sign it just vibrates and keeps vibrating and never boots up even after 15 minutes.
So I decided to just do a clean install and unroot again with my sammobile download. So I rooted AGAIN and shortly after, it started doing it.
Then I did a clean install again and rooted, now it's working fine for now. Anyone experience this? I have 20 days to return the phone, I got it from swappa

The same thing happened to me out of nowhere. I've read elsewhere of this happening to other people. I don't know what causes it. A clean install should fix your problem, but no telling when or if it will happen again.
Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk

MacTheRipperr said:
The same thing happened to me out of nowhere. I've read elsewhere of this happening to other people. I don't know what causes it. A clean install should fix your problem, but no telling when or if it will happen again.
Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
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You were rooted right? has this ever happened while you were stock?

I was rooted, the only thing that may have been different than the op, was the I had xposed installed. But as I said. After the clean install of the most recent firmware the crashes and boot loop stopped ave battery life improved as well. Also this has never happened to me until I rooted my device.
Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk

btort1 said:
Ok so I rooted 7 days ago from a clean install from odin and did all the trickster/interactive, force gpu etc to make it running smooth. But today I started experiencing apps like soundcloud crashing and giving me notifications it stopped, and then finally google play did it, now I just figured restarting the phone would normally fix it. But no, all it did was reboot, after the carrier sign it just vibrates and keeps vibrating and never boots up even after 15 minutes.
So I decided to just do a clean install and unroot again with my sammobile download. So I rooted AGAIN and shortly after, it started doing it.
Then I did a clean install again and rooted, now it's working fine for now. Anyone experience this? I have 20 days to return the phone, I got it from swappa
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You need to use Titanium backup to freeze the Security policy update agent. I've had the same problem and after doing a search I found this thread with a lot of useful information.

Corwinder said:
You need to use Titanium backup to freeze the Security policy update agent. I've had the same problem and after doing a search I found this thread with a lot of useful information.
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how long have you been rooted and without any problems? that thread has tons of pages, are you sure this works 100%? its security policy updates 4.1.69 right?

btort1 said:
how long have you been rooted and without any problems? that thread has tons of pages, are you sure this works 100%? its security policy updates 4.1.69 right?
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lol No I'm not sure it works but someone else is sure it works. I'll be honest with you. This is my third attempt at rooting this phone. I rooted when the option first came out and 1 week later I got bootlooped so I went back to stock and rerooted. A week later bootloops. That's when I gave up until more information surfaced on my problem. And behold it did. That's when I learned about freezing the security policy update. And it makes sense to me too.

Corwinder said:
You need to use Titanium backup to freeze the Security policy update agent. I've had the same problem and after doing a search I found this thread with a lot of useful information.
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Corwinder is absolutely right. I read through that thread as well. AS SOON as you take that POLICY UPDATE that it tells you to accept, you're done. From that point on its only a matter of time before you experience a BOOTLOOP. NEVER UPDATE THE SECURITY POLICY WHEN IT POPS UP. DISABLE SECURITY POLICY. Haven't had a bootloop in 4 days now.
Corwinder I'm actually on my third root as well, hah. Third time is a charm. I just want to restate that it's not just disabling security policy.... If you accept that security policy update pop up which happens probably ~5mins after you rooted, you're going to bootloop. You can also disable security policy updates in settings. Do this as soon as you root. Settings -> Lock Screen & Security -> Other security Settings -> Security Policy Updates -> Turn off automatic updates.

Thank you guys for this thread / help.
Woke up today and wanted to see what offers were available on T-Mobiles Tuesday App. Said that the app needed updated, then Google.playstore keep crashing. Reboot phone and ran into the famout bootloader screen / process.
Saw this thread days ago and followed the steps and I "think" im good now.
Step that I took :
Reflashed PG1 through Odin v3.12 (Prince Comsy)
Reapply root / SuperSU
Disabled security policy settings by going to Settings -> Lock Screen & Security -> Other security Settings -> Security Policy Updates -> Turn off automatic updates.
Downloaded TitaniumBackup / Flashfire
Applied fix+debloat script via Flashfire
Deleted more Bloatware through Titanium Backup.
Enjoying fast, responsive phone
#rooton

Eighthourblink said:
Thank you guys for this thread / help.
Woke up today and wanted to see what offers were available on T-Mobiles Tuesday App. Said that the app needed updated, then Google.playstore keep crashing. Reboot phone and ran into the famout bootloader screen / process.
Saw this thread days ago and followed the steps and I "think" im good now.
Step that I took :
Reflashed PG1 through Odin v3.12 (Prince Comsy)
Reapply root / SuperSU
Disabled security policy settings by going to Settings -> Lock Screen & Security -> Other security Settings -> Security Policy Updates -> Turn off automatic updates.
Downloaded TitaniumBackup / Flashfire
Applied fix+debloat script via Flashfire
Deleted more Bloatware through Titanium Backup.
Enjoying fast, responsive phone
#rooton
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It won't remove com.dmpolicy but if you disabled it you're fine.

nwg5817 said:
It won't remove com.dmpolicy but if you disabled it you're fine.
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its not coming up in Titanium Backup, is there another way to make sure its disable / deleted?

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It won't remove com.dmpolicy but if you disabled it you're fine.
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Root worked fine for some time and then suddenly fell into bootloop

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has an explanation for this.
I have T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 G930T and had working root for quiet some time until one day some apps started to crash. So I thought I would try clearing app cache and rebooting. Thats when the phone fell into a bootloop and got stuck on the Tmobile logo. I was able to boot up with factory reset but still would fall into bootloop again when restarted. So I redid everything by going back to stock and reroot. Now everything seems to work fine but I was just wondering why that happened? I mean its not like I'm getting bootloop while rooting but all of a sudden after its been working fine for quiet some time. I wouldnt want it to happen again since its a hassle setting up everything.
I am on the latest PIA firmware and could it be google and samsung security are catching up? I think there were rumors where your google accounts could be blocked for rooting which seems highly unlikely. Many are also rooted on PIA firmware but I havent heard of anyone mentioning this. Anybody care to explain to this noob?

soyssauc3 said:
Hey guys just wondering if anyone has an explanation for this.
I have T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 G930T and had working root for quiet some time until one day some apps started to crash. So I thought I would try clearing app cache and rebooting. Thats when the phone fell into a bootloop and got stuck on the Tmobile logo. I was able to boot up with factory reset but still would fall into bootloop again when restarted. So I redid everything by going back to stock and reroot. Now everything seems to work fine but I was just wondering why that happened? I mean its not like I'm getting bootloop while rooting but all of a sudden after its been working fine for quiet some time. I wouldnt want it to happen again since its a hassle setting up everything.
I am on the latest PIA firmware and could it be google and samsung security are catching up? I think there were rumors where your google accounts could be blocked for rooting which seems highly unlikely. Anybody care to explain to this noob?
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Hi mate
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