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Phone will not boot past recovery. Please help, major panic!!

Oh dear.....I hope I haven't destroyed my O3D....
I was attempting to install the V10D update, so used the backup I took right after rooting and installing ROM Manager to restore the phone to its status before installing the performance pack. If I tried installing the update OTA before this I just got an invalid package error.
So the restore went well and it rebooted fine. So I ran the update again, and it downloaded and appeared to install, but when the phone rebooted it just booted straight into the recovery. I tried to get it to reboot again, but again it just booted back into recovery.
Ok, nothing to worry about I thought, I just ran the restore again with the same restore point as before....but after it finished it's still booting back up into the recovery!!! No matter what I do the phone just seems to keep booting into the recovery menu. I've tried booting into emergency mode by powering the phone off, then holding the UP Volume key and holding power, but it doesn't seem to work.
Can anyone help? Please?
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When powering off the phone and then connecting it to the USB cable, it automatically boots into recovery mode without me even touching the power button. At this point the LG Mobile Update detects the phone and advises me that there's an update available. I try to apply this, but after entering the SN and IMEI, it just gives me a message "Updating is not possible any longer due to a fatal error while the LG Mobile Phone Software Update". I get the same error if I use the recovery Phone option. This always happens at the download stage, so is it possible that it's just failing to download the update from LG rather than actually do anything with the phone?
Please don't tell me I've ruined my brand new phone!!

Unfortunatly, you've managed to do the same as I have... leave the phone for e a few days and wait for a rom that you can install via clockwork recovery, you'll have your phone up and running again. Dont do as I did and wipe the recovery from the phone, it will result in a total brick (or at least a brick till LG releaase a full rom update (could be months yet...).

Oh man, I'm panicking so much that I might have ruined the phone now.....

read this thread for more info... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15762389#post15762389

madshaun1984 said:
read this thread for more info... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15762389#post15762389
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I'm not sure what I'm looking for there, I've looked through that thread but it doesn't seem relevant to the problem I'm having.

I have the same problem, if you put it into emergency mode you can update to 10d but then its even worse then you are stuck in the firmware update screen
tomorrow I leave on holiday and was planning for nice 3d pictures and movies but I am screwed...

Lagamorph said:
Oh dear.....I hope I haven't destroyed my O3D....
I was attempting to install the V10D update, so used the backup I took right after rooting and installing ROM Manager to restore the phone to its status before installing the performance pack. If I tried installing the update OTA before this I just got an invalid package error.
So the restore went well and it rebooted fine. So I ran the update again, and it downloaded and appeared to install, but when the phone rebooted it just booted straight into the recovery. I tried to get it to reboot again, but again it just booted back into recovery.
Ok, nothing to worry about I thought, I just ran the restore again with the same restore point as before....but after it finished it's still booting back up into the recovery!!! No matter what I do the phone just seems to keep booting into the recovery menu. I've tried booting into emergency mode by powering the phone off, then holding the UP Volume key and holding power, but it doesn't seem to work.
Can anyone help? Please?
Lil update -
When powering off the phone and then connecting it to the USB cable, it automatically boots into recovery mode without me even touching the power button. At this point the LG Mobile Update detects the phone and advises me that there's an update available. I try to apply this, but after entering the SN and IMEI, it just gives me a message "Updating is not possible any longer due to a fatal error while the LG Mobile Phone Software Update". I get the same error if I use the recovery Phone option. This always happens at the download stage, so is it possible that it's just failing to download the update from LG rather than actually do anything with the phone?
Please don't tell me I've ruined my brand new phone!!
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Don't panic, I managed to totally brick my phone today and LG told me to send it back for DOA but I managed to recover it in the end.
My phone wouldn't show anything on the screen, it remained black so I can say your position sounds much better than mine.
What you will need:
USB Drivers - Download from here (Check note)
LG Mobile Support Tool (LGMST) - Download from here
Before you start: Disconnect the phone from the computer and totally remove the battery.
So here we go:
!!!REMOVE ALL THE LG USB DRIVERS FROM THE SYSTEM BEFORE YOU CONTINUE!!! Go to add remove programs, select the LG United entry and then uninstall it.
First install the USB Driver from the link above and wait until it has finished with the setup.
Then run the LGMST. When it starts and it says "Disconnected." then put the battery back to the phone and connect the phone to the computer.
Press ONLY the Power button and wait until something happens. If you see that the phones boots and the LGMST starts it by itself then wait till it stops with all the information gathering stuff.
Then regardless of what the program says of you having an update or not, DON'T START THAT UPDATE!
Click on alt on the keyboard and the from the menus at the top select Customer and then emergency(the last option).
Type in the phones IMEI (located at the box of the phone or on a sticker under the battery) without dashes, just numbers.
Finally click on Check and follow the instructions on the screen.
You should be ready as new after 10-15 minutes with the standard V10B firmware and you should not even lose data.
Tell me if that helped so if it didn't we can still fix it I'm sure
Note: I'm aware that 3.3.0 is the latest USB driver that it ships with the phone but for some reason I had only success to flash the phone using the older 3.2.1

That does not work for our problem, just a blank screen is better than stuck in firmware update mode :s

m33ts4k0z said:
Don't panic, I managed to totally brick my phone today and LG told me to send it back for DOA but I managed to recover it in the end.
My phone wouldn't show anything on the screen, it remained black so I can say your position sounds much better than mine.
What you will need:
USB Drivers - Download from here (Check note)
LG Mobile Support Tool (LGMST) - Download from here
Before you start: Disconnect the phone from the computer and totally remove the battery.
So here we go:
!!!REMOVE ALL THE LG USB DRIVERS FROM THE SYSTEM BEFORE YOU CONTINUE!!! Go to add remove programs, select the LG United entry and then uninstall it.
First install the USB Driver from the link above and wait until it has finished with the setup.
Then run the LGMST. When it starts and it says "Disconnected." then put the battery back to the phone and connect the phone to the computer.
Press ONLY the Power button and wait until something happens. If you see that the phones boots and the LGMST starts it by itself then wait till it stops with all the information gathering stuff.
Then regardless of what the program says of you having an update or not, DON'T START THAT UPDATE!
Click on alt on the keyboard and the from the menus at the top select Customer and then emergency(the last option).
Type in the phones IMEI (located at the box of the phone or on a sticker under the battery) without dashes, just numbers.
Finally click on Check and follow the instructions on the screen.
You should be ready as new after 10-15 minutes with the standard V10B firmware and you should not even lose data.
Tell me if that helped so if it didn't we can still fix it I'm sure
Note: I'm aware that 3.3.0 is the latest USB driver that it ships with the phone but for some reason I had only success to flash the phone using the older 3.2.1
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I'm afraid that didn't work (I think I'm gonna cry soon)
When I go to the Customer Support option, the last option isn't called Emergency it's called "Recovery Phone" and seems to launch exactly the same thing as it does if I click the big "Start Updating" button. There is no option named Emergency at all. Does that mean my phone isn't/wont/can't boot into Emergency mode?
I don't even hold down the power button for my phone to switch on, the second I insert the battery it boots into Clockwork Recovery. If I power off the phone and connect the USB, I don't get the battery charging animation or anything, the screen just remains completely blank. Then if I press the power button (alone or with anything else) it just boots to Clockwork recovery.
The LG Mobile Support Tool seems to detect the phone in this state, but as I said, when it tries to do the download, I just get an error saying "Updating is not possible any longer due to a fatal error while the LG Mobile Phone Software Update". The version of the Mobile Support Tool that it's installing is 1.5.1.8 after downloading from your provided link, just incase you need to know that. It seems the tool automatically updates itself on every launch.
Someone also seems to have posted the actual ROM in this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155874 would installing this perhaps assist? Is it even possible to install this when my phone wont boot up past the recovery manager? If it is possible can someone perhaps advise me how?

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P_U_A_John said:
Try the following thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15782541#post15782541
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Unfortunately the phone wont boot into Emergency mode. The clockwork Recovery mod seems to have taken over all of the boot options. If I hold the volume up key and press the power button, nothing happens. If I hold the volume down key and the power button, it boots to clockwork recovery. If I just press power, boots to clockwork recovery.
Is there any way to strip off Clockwork recovery and restore the original/stock recovery onto the phone? Or even just remove Clockwork recovery so that it just hangs on the LG boot screen? (See reasoning for this below)
I can still select the USB mount option in Clockwork recovery and the PC still picks it up as a storage device and I can browse around.
The phone is only 7 days old, so I'm almost tempted to just delete the internal memory so that clockwork doesn't show up, then take the phone back to the store and say it wont boot up and try to get it replaced.
Or what would happen if I renamed the clockworkmod folder on the phone's hard drive?
(Just another note, I don't have an external SD card in the phone, just the internal memory)

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P_U_A_John said:
1)Plug USB cable
2)Hold "POWER+VOL.UP" (Wait logo LG and mobile screen off) 10 seconds !! For Emergency mode!
3)Hold a second time "POWER+VOL.UP" 10 seconds (the mobile is detected by LGMobile update)
The screen is off in this mode.
PS:
I am trying to upload a backup of the rom.
You may be able to restore from the recovery clockwork ... but it must be 4.0.0.9
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I do have 4.0.0.9 of the ClockworkMod recovery.
I've tried holding the up volume key and then holding the power key, and I do seem to get emergency mode with the LG Mobile update software detects the phone (with no Clockwork Recovery mod showing on screen) however when I try to use the Recovery phone option, I still get the same error "Updating is not possible any longer due to a fatal error while the LG Mobile Phone Software Update"
If you can upload a backup of the ROM and advise on how to install it via Clockwork, you will be my hero.

1)Plug USB cable
2)Hold "POWER+VOL.UP" (Wait logo LG and mobile screen off) 10 seconds !! For Emergency mode!
3)Hold a second time "POWER+VOL.UP" 10 seconds (the mobile is detected by LGMobile update)
The screen is off in this mode.
PS:
I am trying to upload a backup of the rom.
You may be able to restore from the recovery clockwork ... but it must be 4.0.0.9
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I do have 4.0.0.9 of the ClockworkMod recovery.
I've tried holding the up volume key and then holding the power key, and I do seem to get emergency mode with the LG Mobile update software detects the phone (with no Clockwork Recovery mod showing on screen) however when I try to use the Recovery phone option, I still get the same error "Updating is not possible any longer due to a fatal error while the LG Mobile Phone Software Update"
If you can upload a backup of the ROM and advise on how to install it via Clockwork, you will be my hero.
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I had the same error "fatal error " your not putting it in recovery mode right I fixed myn
Sent from my LG-P920 using Tapatalk

ik911 said:
I had the same error "fatal error " your not putting it in recovery mode right I fixed myn
Sent from my LG-P920 using Tapatalk
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How else can I put it into Recovery Mode? How can I tell if I've done it right?
I managed to hold the up volume key and hold down the power button, and the LG Mobile Update detected the phone whilst the screen was blank. I thought that meant I was in recovery mode?
I should point out that the LG Logo wasn't flashing up however. I only ever see the LG Logo before it boots into Clockwork RecoveryMod

I also got that fatal error thing when i bricked my phone. For me the phone would start flashing but it got stuck at 17% and then an error followed saying that there was a communication problem between the phone and the pc. My solution was to switch from my desktop computer to my laptop and the procedure ran smoothly after.
You said that the phone powers up directly after you connect it to the pc and while having the support tool running?
You can try to shut it down so it shows a black screen as you said and then try to boot into emergency mode with the vol.up+power button.
The windows sounds might help you on that. you can listen from the computer when the phone connects/powers up or not.
EDIT: Just read your post, if the phone remains black is a good thing.

if your update fails or goes into clockwork recovery etc you will need LG mobile update on your pc and install the lg p920 drivers
turn your phone off take the battery out leave it for 10 sec, connect battery and usb cable hold power and volume up hold it for 10 sec let go then do it again for 10 sec
now run LG mobile update click customer support > recover type your imei let it update once finished power up phone now you will get a screen on the phone that says updating let it update

Well I'm not sure what I did differently. Not sure if I wasn't pressing the button hard enough or my finger was slipping off, or if I've just somehow tricked the phone, but the LG Phone Update from the Phone Recovery option is now running.
I've been doing the same thing I was doing before (or at least thought I was doing) and I'm not sure what I did differently....but....fingers crossed..... the download will finish in 40 minutes (on a crappy connection at the moment) so I'll be able to see what happens then....
UPDATE -
Progress, though not quite yet success.
The LG Mobile Support tool downloaded the software and applied the update succesfully, though my phone didn't automatically restart. I pressed the power button however and it loaded up and not into Clockwork Recovery Mod. It's not however sitting on an "Updating Firmware" screen and the progress bar doesn't seem to be filling at all.
How long does this part of the process normally take?
Does the phone need to be connected to USB for this part of the process? The LG Mobile Support Tool says the phone is disconnected so I'm guessing there's no active data connection between the PC and phone, just power.
Does this normally take a while? Or should I perhaps try the recovery again?

Lagamorph said:
Well I'm not sure what I did differently. Not sure if I wasn't pressing the button hard enough or my finger was slipping off, or if I've just somehow tricked the phone, but the LG Phone Update from the Phone Recovery option is now running.
I've been doing the same thing I was doing before (or at least thought I was doing) and I'm not sure what I did differently....but....fingers crossed..... the download will finish in 40 minutes (on a crappy connection at the moment) so I'll be able to see what happens then....
UPDATE -
Progress, though not quite yet success.
The LG Mobile Support tool downloaded the software and applied the update succesfully, though my phone didn't automatically restart. I pressed the power button however and it loaded up and not into Clockwork Recovery Mod. It's not however sitting on an "Updating Firmware" screen and the progress bar doesn't seem to be filling at all.
How long does this part of the process normally take?
Does the phone need to be connected to USB for this part of the process? The LG Mobile Support Tool says the phone is disconnected so I'm guessing there's no active data connection between the PC and phone, just power.
Does this normally take a while? Or should I perhaps try the recovery again?
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This is only supposed to happen when you apply the OTA update. Try to reapply the stock firmware in emergency mode. After the program applies the firmware, it should boot up the phone by itself in android and give you a success or finish message on the computer.

m33ts4k0z said:
This is only supposed to happen when you apply the OTA update. Try to reapply the stock firmware in emergency mode. After the program applies the firmware, it should boot up the phone by itself in android and give you a success or finish message on the computer.
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Is applying the Stock Firmware not what I did with the LG Mobile Support Tool when it downloaded that huge 300MB+ file?
I have contacted the customer services for Carphone Warehouse, and the guy advised that if the phone seemed to have developed a fault and wouldn't start, then since it's within 28 days of purcahse I can get a like for like replacement. Might have to go ahead and do that this evening.

Bricked Asus ME301T

Messed up big time and have surely bricked my device (permanently). Was trying to install Omni ROM on it. (Had it rooted, unlocked it, couldn't enter recovery then, kept getting error. tried to flash TWRP recovery 2.6.3.0 using terminal on tab, reset the tab, and we get where i am now)
Now all i get when i switch on my tab is an ASUS start screen with "The device is unlocked" message on the top left, and it just stays there. Same thing happens when start it with hold power button and volume down key or reset and volume down key. But when i press reset and volume UP key, the pc recognizes the tab, and i can install the driver either as:
1. ADB interface
2. Bootloader interface
3. Composte ADB interface
and the device comes up as an APX.
Tried to follow Buster99's method (of unbricking for TF300T) after the device drivers are installed, but all i get is <waiting for device>
Any hope of recovering it or am i really fckd.

true_lies said:
Messed up big time and have surely bricked my device (permanently). Was trying to install Omni ROM on it. (Had it rooted, unlocked it, couldn't enter recovery then, kept getting error. tried to flash TWRP recovery 2.6.3.0 using terminal on tab, reset the tab, and we get where i am now)
Now all i get when i switch on my tab is an ASUS start screen with "The device is unlocked" message on the top left, and it just stays there. Same thing happens when start it with hold power button and volume down key or reset and volume down key. But when i press reset and volume UP key, the pc recognizes the tab, and i can install the driver either as:
1. ADB interface
2. Bootloader interface
3. Composte ADB interface
and the device comes up as an APX.
Tried to follow Buster99's method (of unbricking for TF300T) after the device drivers are installed, but all i get is <waiting for device>
Any hope of recovering it or am i really fckd.
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Shoot me an email here [email protected]
Lets see if we can get you fixed up....
Thx Josh

lj50036 said:
Shoot me an email here [email protected]
Lets see if we can get you fixed up....
Thx Josh
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My ME310T is bricked as well and I am not sure of what to do since using the pin hole to reset does not work.
It kept booting to the ASUS logo and I downloaded software from the ASUS site and put on my SD card and tried to load the new firmware/software. Now I only get a green android on his back with a red brick.
Please help, thanks

My ME310T
Bricked mine last night My ME310T, accidentally did the wipe from the Bootscreen with the RCK ,, now i tried everything i could find , ADB, Nvflash, power+ Vol - ( no go) reset + vol- nogo, only can get it to Vol+ and APX. All i get is the Boot unlocked in upper left , and Asus Innovation.. or blank screen with APX .. Any help would be great ,,,

thsire said:
Bricked mine last night My ME310T, accidentally did the wipe from the Bootscreen with the RCK ,, now i tried everything i could find , ADB, Nvflash, power+ Vol - ( no go) reset + vol- nogo, only can get it to Vol+ and APX. All i get is the Boot unlocked in upper left , and Asus Innovation.. or blank screen with APX .. Any help would be great ,,,
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When do you get adb ?

lj50036 said:
When do you get adb ?
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If you mean what do i get? , just hangs with blinking curser ,,,, i think im total bricked only can get APX mode..

thsire said:
If you mean what do i get? , just hangs with blinking curser ,,,, i think im total bricked only can get APX mode..
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So no bootloader no recovery just APX ?
That is to bad, sorry to here that.
Thx Josh

Omnirom on ME301T,
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I found (google is my friend) that these broken speakers cause a crash or reboot every now and then, the rubber comes loose, then the winding cause a short circuit when playing music, that crashes the unit.
So if you want to take your speaker and screen, and use our electronics, you have a working unit again.
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bricked me301t
Im in need of some help i have an unlocked and rooted me301t went to do a factory reset from the stock recovery screen and when it rebooted all i get is the asus screen and your device is unlocked in the upper left corner. Tried to boot into recovery wont do anything except the asus screen . Tried to put firmware on my sd card but dont know the sku because i cant get to it. can anyone help me to recover this thing and get it working again?/ Thanks in advance..
ps running stock 4.2 and stock recovery or was when it worked. LOL

[Q] Shield Tablet stuck in APX mode - Black Screen - no bootloader

Good day everyone, here is my issue.
I bought the nVidia Shield WiFi 16G and didn't do any modification to it at all (original bootloader, straight out the box)
I tried to do the OTA updates and it kept freezing at the nvidia logo.
Force shut down and bootloader to Recovery mode.
The update 1.2.1 installed when it started to boot (little android guy with the thing spinning in his chest).
Update 2.1 same issue.
I repeat the steps. Everything seemed fine as well, the loading bar finished.
Then the screen went black... pressing any button doesn't do anything. So I decide to plug it in my PC.
It says APX Driver can't be found (recognized that way by PC)
Screen is black
Cannot get in bootloader by pressing power & volume-.
I can turn on/off the tablet (I get the sound that it disconnect from my PC) by holding power button down.
Then pressing power & volume+ together, it connects again. Still Black screen.
I read a bunch of forum about the NVflash and nothing seems to work, all the process require me to go in Bootloader which I cannot access.
I am able to install drivers for the tablet to be recognized, but there is so many of them that I am not even sure they are the right one.
When I try the NVflash solutions, my command prompt says "fastboot" unrecognized command.
Nothing is working.... I need help
Thank you in advance

Wicstar said:
When I try the NVflash solutions, my command prompt says "fastboot" unrecognized command.
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Do you have fastboot on your computer?

danjull said:
Do you have fastboot on your computer?
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I thought Fastboot was a mode I had to put my tablet in...
Where can I find it ?

Minimal ADB + Fastboot
Here, follow instruccions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790

albertorodast2007 said:
Here, follow instruccions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
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Ok so I have installed Fastbood and Minimal ADB.
For some reason, the NVidia website wants me to register as a Dev now to download the image of my tablet...
Anywhere I could find the image to nvflash ?
I am downloading the Linux version right now, 2.2Gb, will that be alright ? I am running Windows 7
Oh and the command prompt keep saying error: device not found when I type: adb reboot bootloader
This is frustrating....

Wicstar said:
Ok so I have installed Fastbood and Minimal ADB.
For some reason, the NVidia website wants me to register as a Dev now to download the image of my tablet...
Anywhere I could find the image to nvflash ?
I am downloading the Linux version right now, 2.2Gb, will that be alright ? I am running Windows 7
Oh and the command prompt keep saying error: device not found when I type: adb reboot bootloader
This is frustrating....
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If you're not getting passed the bootloader, you're not getting adb access. Booting up by holding power and volume will get you in bootloader mode and fastboot should work.

danjull said:
If you're not getting passed the bootloader, you're not getting adb access. Booting up by holding power and volume will get you in bootloader mode and fastboot should work.
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There is no bootloader for me.
Power button does nothing.
Power & volume down does nothing (no bootloader comes up, it was doing it the first time I got the tablet)
Power & volume up (while connected to PC) will connect to the computer as APX.
Holding power once in APX mode disconnect from the PC.
Those are the only thing happening with the tablet.
Black screen lol

Wicstar said:
There is no bootloader for me.
Power button does nothing.
Power & volume down does nothing (no bootloader comes up, it was doing it the first time I got the tablet)
Power & volume up (while connected to PC) will connect to the computer as APX.
Holding power once in APX mode disconnect from the PC.
Those are the only thing happening with the tablet.
Black screen lol
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Sounds to me like you've got two options. Either a) Get the apx driver for windows, get it in apx mode and run nvflash. Or b) contact nvidia and get it swapped out.

I had a similar experience with another device. It shipped slightly damaged and when I tried to update it locked me out of my phone. Had to rma it....

danjull said:
Sounds to me like you've got two options. Either a) Get the apx driver for windows, get it in apx mode and run nvflash. Or b) contact nvidia and get it swapped out.
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Well it seems to be in APX mode already.
I tried different drivers, but having the right one would help me out a bunch (I have the Shield tablet WIFI 16G)
not sure how to run nvflash. Everywhere I look they ask to access to the bootloader, which I don't have access to. And I am not sure where to get it, I found different version on different website.
A bit of help would help tons!

Wicstar said:
Well it seems to be in APX mode already.
I tried different drivers, but having the right one would help me out a bunch (I have the Shield tablet WIFI 16G)
not sure how to run nvflash. Everywhere I look they ask to access to the bootloader, which I don't have access to. And I am not sure where to get it, I found different version on different website.
A bit of help would help tons!
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Did you ever get this figured out, it would appear I'm now in the same boat.

Mav3rek said:
Did you ever get this figured out, it would appear I'm now in the same boat.
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I have this problem too. My device not start in fastboot mode - when i pressed Power+Volume down - tablet go on, logo nvidia, and power off, in normal mode not start, after logo nvidia, start launcher and message power off, and shutdown
My way in APX mode only, but how can i flash in this mode????

_SkyDreamer_ said:
I have this problem too. My device not start in fastboot mode - when i pressed Power+Volume down - tablet go on, logo nvidia, and power off, in normal mode not start, after logo nvidia, start launcher and message power off, and shutdown
My way in APX mode only, but how can i flash in this mode????
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I too fell to the dark side and aquired this problem. You intelligent people, please solve it for me. I cant find any APX-drivers out there.

Yep my first shield did the same thing and I had to send it back because I couldn't figure out any way to get to bootloader nor fastboot, just a black screen.
My second shield had blown speakers due to that 3.0 update failure and finally the latest update works good with my 3rd tablet, thankfully I don't have the battery recall.
Sent from my SHIELD Tablet using XDA Free mobile app

All these problems you are all facing is the killswitch made by Nvidia for the recalled tablets. They render them unusable so you are forced to return/dispose of.
So far, there is no way to fix them, being necessary a special driver that only Nvidia has.

Hi I have a Shield Tablet killed by NVidia. Working on it, I created APX drivers to make this tablet recognized by Windows. I don't know if drivers work really as I wish... I created them basing on Universal Driver Naked (APX Version). But the only thing is that any nvflash tool that I tried doesn't work and one gave me error 0x30011 (I think it is device not connected). So this work is so hard...

Shield
Hi, same since 1st september, black screen+APX forever. I'm on Linux with nvflash version from Transformer LinuxTools.
Usually no need of drivers on linux so I give it a try. With '-r' stay on [resume mode] message, '--go' Error 0x8 and '-bl bootloader.img' Unknown device. Where did you find your nvflash version ? maybe mine is wrong or too old.
But what is fun is when I disconnect the Shield, I have a greetings from nvflash command line so Shield is alive...
Last thing I did with was playing with DS4/PS4 controller wired on usb by an app bought on store. Not rooted so I'm confuse but the Shield was plugged in charge since a week maybe the mistake. So I try to manually update/boot through APX, no way with pwr & buttons.

I found them googling and I tried tegra3 and 5.1.x (that I understood it is for GPU NVidia). So I haven't tried right version i think... I don't know even which one are good for me I'll see on linux what happens (if I can install it)

TDP 3.0r3/4 have nvflash and APX drivers (and I'd assume the Jetson TK1 OS images have them too). but, as repeatedly mentioned on these forums, these are all useless without the SBK that is unique to each device, and that only Nvidia knows

Bogdacutu said:
TDP 3.0r3/4 have nvflash and APX drivers (and I'd assume the Jetson TK1 OS images have them too). but, as repeatedly mentioned on these forums, these are all useless without the SBK that is unique to each device, and that only Nvidia knows
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@Bogdacutu
can you dump a copy of the bootloader and post it?
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Is it bricked for good?

HELP! I flashed a rom to my tablet and now when I try to turn it on it gets stuck at the nvidia screen I can't get into the bootloader. When I press the Volume down + Power the tablet goes into a black screen. When I plug it into a computer while at this black screen it says that it in apx mode. What to do from here?

You need to provide way more detail.

brown hacker said:
HELP! I flashed a rom to my tablet and now when I try to turn it on it gets stuck at the nvidia screen I can't get into the bootloader. When I press the Volume down + Power the tablet goes into a black screen. When I plug it into a computer while at this black screen it says that it in apx mode. What to do from here?
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You can't do anything with apx. If you want to do anything you need to get into recovery/bootloader. Simply flashing a rom wont cause you to not be able to access the bootloader. Did you flash a stock rom to a recalled tablet without removing the ota apk?

Nope, your tablet is bricked for good unless nvidia releases the sdk.

What ROM did you flash?

Bricked my Nvidia Shield Tablet LTE RoW after Nougat update

Hi!
I've read many threads and I haven't found the answer I'm looking for.
I've flashed the 5.1 update via TWRP on my tablet, and in the first boot it rapidly installed something, rebooted and never worked again. I can't use adb fastboot because my pc doesn't recognize my tablet. It shows as APX. I've tried to install the APX drivers and I can't, even after I reboot into advance settings.
Have I not read the correct post? Please help get my tablet back. I know it was stupid of me not to disable wifi before deleting the TegraOTA, I was in a hurry and forgot. Is there any hope?
Thanks for your patience.

Sounds like it took the forced update to kill it. If you can't get into the bootloader to use fastboot I don't think you'll be able to do much.

I might have done the same thing as you. If you do vol down+power does that still start up? if so this worked for me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/help/help-stuck-nvidia-boot-screen-t3076462
I'm stuck now I'm on the stock rom and dont want to connect to wifi and get a killswitch, but I can't get a custom recover to load to change roms
Edit: When on the laying down android with "no command" if you hit the power+volup+voldown it will go into recovery settings. I guess the custom recovery isn't really flashing over.

Unplug USB cable press power for 30 seconds and then press the power and vol down should go to bootloader if your tablet didn't get kill switched. If it still doesn't boot and shows apx once connected then its been kill switched. Pressing power and vol up will place it into apx mode by default.
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