I've had an LG E970 running the stock ROM for about a year and decided to try out CM. I'm new to this, but I did some research and went ahead and rooted the phone, and then installed ClockworkMod. That went smoothly, so I tried to install CM through CWM and it appeared to work until it finished booting up and led me to the encryption PIN screen. My PIN from the stock ROM won't open it. CWM can't mount the encrypted data partition to wipe it.
I can boot to CWM or the CM encryption screen. I tried doing a restore on CWM but keeping getting MD5 errors. I haven't had any luck finding the stock ROM anywhere online, I tried an LG tool to get the kdz but it kept giving me error messages when I entered the serial number. I used Titanium to backup everything beforehand, but I can't figure out how to use the files to restore the old ROM. I can put files onto the SD card with my computer, but don't know if that'll be any help. I tried using the ADK to connect to the phone in fastboot, but the phone doesn't show up when I enter the fastboot devices command. Will an older version of CM thats based on the same version of Android the phone was encrypted with be able to open the data? I've tried researching this but everything I've found suggests going about it in different ways and nothing I've tried has worked.
If anybody could give me any help I'd appreciate it.
You may wish to refer to [GUIDE][E970]Using LG Flash Tool To Flash .tot Files {Alternate To LGNPST}[WIP]
Of note to you is Post #8 If you still have issues, you can post on that thread as well.
I followed that guide, but got stuck because the LG Flashtool is identifying my phone as a Nexus 4 and not allowing me to install the E970 files. I think the phone ID changed because the CM version I downloaded was converted from the Nexus ROM. I was able to flash an earlier version, but it had the same problem. Do you have any suggestings for a ROM with the correct phone ID? Is there any other ROM that might be able to decrypt the stock Android encrypted data?
Thanks!
I fixed it!
By plugging my SD card into the computer, I was able to add new ROMs to it and flash them in CWM. I was trying out different ROMs, hoping one would show up as the right phone model in LG Flashtool, and I found one for LG Official Kitkat 4.4.2 Stock. It was able to decrypt the data and now my phone is usable again. I'll revert to the stock recovery, wipe the phone (including encryption) and then start over with CM.
Here's a link to the ROM in case anybody else has this problem later:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771440 - Thread
http://level99.nighthorsemedia.com/geeb/LG-KK-4.4.2-Fixed.zip - Download Link
Thanks!
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Ive got a lg g2x it has been flashed with different rom. but I put the factory rom back on it. But the baseband is wrong it just clicks when making calls. I fixed it before but now cant remember how to install the baseband. I have the one I need on my sd card just don't remember how to install or load it. Any help is appreciated.
Still no luck ive been searching all day. When I try to install from the sd card in CWM. After rebooting the back light for the screen just flashes and the phone doesn't load. Please help my Galaxy is busted need to switch phones
You don't need to install a baseband. Just the baseband fix. Search in the forums for baseband fix and flash the right one.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
Thanks for the advise. Searching baseband fix brings up stuff that I have read all day. Is flashing a baseband different than installing from sd card in CWM? Sorry noob here. Might be reading what I need some where and just not understanding it. How do you flash the baseband? I know the baseband file on my sd is correct because I had the phone working before.
I honestly dont know how to updgrade/downgrade a baseband. But I'm pretty sure it's not as simple as flashing it. Like I said all you need is the baseband FIX for your phone to start working again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776843 Here's the sticky that's in the G2X General forum.
If you're on the new baseband and having popping issues then you need to flash the first download link in CWM. If you're on the old baseband and having popping/clicking issues when calling then flash the third download link in CWM.
Thanks again I have read that sticky. I did see where someone wrote that flashing is the same as a rom. When I go it that way It wont reboot. still searching and trying different things
Tried using the links from sticky. When I try to reboot after installing from sd in CWM. It flashes the LG logo then nothing. Screen just lights up goes dark then lights up over and over. Not sure if Im just not doing it in the right order or what. Can anyone help me with the actual flashing process or explain why it wont reboot
are you rooted?
Pain-N-Panic said:
are you rooted?
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I believe so. Like I said im a noob. I don't do a lot with phones but normally can figure stuff out through forums. Phone is on android 2.3.3 right now. Kernal 2.6.32.9 build GRI40 software version lg p999 v20c. Not sure if any of that helps. Thank you for continuing to reply still hoping someone can be like hey your doing this ------ wrong
You have CWM recovery installed.....did you install it via NvFlash (the correct way) or was it done through the Rom Manager app (the WRONG way)?
First, I would like to know if you are rooted. Do you have the super user or SU app on your phone? You can open up a terminal emulator and type in SU and find out that way also. If it's not rooted, report back and I will give you a zip file that you can flash to easily root the device. Next, I would upgrade the baseband to 2.3.4 with the LG updater tool.
CWM was on the phone when I got it. So not sure how it was installed. I do have the super user app. How can you tell if its rooted? The phone had been messed with before I got it. That's how the baseband got messed up. I found how to fix it on here the first time. But now I cant find the same page/thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037120
This may help
I tried the firmware it aborted install like others were talking about it doing.
I also tried the LGMobile support tool and cant get it to work. Getting really irritated that I cant figure this out.
I fixed it before and now I cant. Would be really nice if it would just reboot with the baseband. But no it gets stuck in a boot loop.
Thanks for all your help Pain-N-Panic kinda surprised no one else has chimed in
Have you tried doing a COMPLETE wipe of the device and re-flashing a ROM?
Complete wipe = data factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, format /system under the "mounts and storage" tab in CWM
I have done all that except formatting the system but just tried it and it still gets stuck in boot loop when I try to install the baseband file.
I should have bookmarked the page last time I know it wasn't this hard
The joys of noobhood
What is this baseband file you speak of?
Stop flashing that. It's not working. Do a complete wipe and Flash a working rom like vanilla cm7. Come back here and report.
If your phone can't flash a ROM and you get stuck in a boot loop I would reflash CWM with NVFLASH. Look around for NVFLASH in the stickies and you'll find it. Do you have an SD card? If so, make sure you choose the version of CWM that has SD card support within the NVFLASH user interface. Follow the instructions in the NVFLASH thread to the T in order to install it on your phoen. My advice:
1.) Download vanilla CM7 from get.cm and cm7 gapps package to SD CARD
2.) Reflash CWM to phone via NVFLASH software
3.) Flash CM7 and gapps from SD card through your newly installed recovery
4.) Reevaluate where your phone stands
Super one click says my phone is rooted.
Ive tried a few baseband files from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680292&highlight=baseband+install.
And the one I used before that fixed it don't remember where I got that one. I can flash roms fine.
Get stuck in boot loop when I install the baseband.
The NVflash's that I found are for different devices. Would that matter? I also cant get the get.cm/app to install on the phone
I may just be having a Id10t .problem here.
I have super one click and odin. No NVflash no CM/app and no KDZ pogram that the above link talks about.
However I did this before was with CWM,SOC or odin
Which phone do you have?
As the story says, a kiss turned my G2X into an HTC Ruby!
Its a LG-P999DW
Pretty sure Odin is for Samsung devices only...it has no use for our LG G2X. If you can flash ROMs fine then your recovery is working properly. Have you tried using the official LG updater tool to upgrade baseband?
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http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/client/app/B2CAppSetup.exe <--- Link to LG updater tool. Make sure you have the proper drivers installed.
All the directions can be found here --> http://www.lg.com/us/support/product-help/CT10000003-CT10000027-1379696343202
Hello,
I made a terrible misstake while trying to figure out how to flash a custom rom to this device, I followed a video online where a guy flashed some sprint firmware to his device and it allowed him to write to the protected partitions on the device.
Now obviously once I realised I had flashed the wrong firmware I knew I had screwed up my phone, (I was unable to take a backup because it wouldn't let me write to the SD card or any partition at all)
I flashed the firmware from a USB OTG cable but did not have a big enough USB for the backup.
Now at this stage the device was stuck inside a bootloop on the HTC screen, I attempted to flash Cyanogenmod 11 but because of the protected partitions I can't do this.
I've tried to find RUU for this English HTC one mini but when I try and flash the RUU I'm getting errors that are not documented.
I was able to flash Cyanogenmod via ADB but I just get stuck on the Cyanogenmod boot screen due to the corrupt firmware I guess.
Is anyone able to provide me with a way that I can reflash the firmware and Rom back to stock? Obviously I cannot do this via recovery because of the protected partitions, I wish I could make these writable!! I love this phone so much and now it's just a brick.
Kind regards
Kyle.
Hey all,
I had a thread a while ago regarding how to get out of bootloop, now I seem to have a different issue so I wanted to make a new thread to refine the details of the problem.
These are the current settings, the only ones that work, but the rom has to be kept in airplane mode to avoid errors displaying
Phone = Huawei Honor 6 16GB (H60-L02) FDD-LTE
Bootloader = Unlocked
Recovery = CWM 6.0.5.1 exFAT
Rom = MIUI v4.9.6 (miui_hw60_slydermi_4.9.6_6c22a194a4_4.4.zip) Downloaded from the official miui website
I have tried to use the honor6 multi tool to flash different recoveries (official/stock) and none work except the above CWM version.
I have also tried to flash different roms, mainly from needrom.com and what i could download from this chinese forum
Note i have also been following tutorials in this thread
in an attempt to get back the stock rom, mainly the two sections
3 Button Restore not working and full restore method
I am unsure what step to take next, everything puts my phone into a bootloop, i would happily go back to stock recovery/rom but again they cause bootloops too
my last guess is it might have something to do with Build & Local Prop files? im not entirely sure what they are or how to use them.
thanks for any help offered!
1) Spent time to flash literally every single stock recovery offered by the Honor 6 Multi-tool,
- All EMUI 2.3 recoveries worked except for B120SP03
- Not a single EMUI 3.0 recovery worked, i tried every stable, developer and custom recovery.
2) I picked up an error in CWM, when i goto mounts and storage and try to format /cust
it gives me the following error:
Code:
Formatting /cust...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/ff1fe000.dw
mmc0/by-name/cust
Error formatting /cust!
3) Could someone please inform me to what exactly build.prop and local.prop do, and how i can restore them? (I assume just push somewhere using adb)
I think my next plan of action is to push some of the stock prop files and then flashing their recoveries to see if that will get them to work.
Feel like a crazy person replying to my own thread but its helping me keep all information in one place and might help someone that is going through the same stuff.
After running through which recovery worked and which didnt (Still strange that some do and dont)
I flashed the highest version i could which is B121SP06 recovery using the honor 6 multi tool.
After that I downloaded a fresh copy of the B121SP06 rom, extracted the SYSTEM.img and flashed it
This booted and got me into android which is great, but its not having fun updating now.
It prompted me to update and gave me the OTA update from B121SP06 to B307SP03
I downloaded it and it reset into recovery and tried to flash it, the progress bar got less than 2% then it would stop and give me a big red exclamation mark with Software install failed! and the only option to shutdown system now
I also tried updating through the HiSuite and it again failed.
managed to install B310 with a little trickery
Using the multi tool, i performed the unbrick method with B121SP06 image files
Then i had the B310 update.app in the dlaod folder and performed the 3 button recovery method
it worked perfectly and i now have B310 on my phone, although updates are still not working, so i might have to manually download OTA's to update them.
Also recoveries that weren't working before like TWRP are.
Okay, I admit I'm fairly new to this. There were threads regarding bootloop on Nexus 5 but none of them were quite useful.
Here is what happened:
My Nexus 5 ran the 4.4.4 KitKat stock rom. I wanted to try out the latest CM12 nightly for Nexus 5, and also gain experience of the android system. So, I rooted my phone and installed CWM recovery. Everything was fine and I followed the procedures to install the rom. I wiped out cache, data, dalvik cache. But then, as I flashed the cm12 zip file, it gave me a status 7 error saying that my bootloader version is not the one the zip needs.
Initial bootloader version: hhz11k
Required bootloader version: hhz12d
At this point, I could still use my phone with the factory reset version.
So, I unlocked my bootloader and using fastboot upgraded my bootloader to hhz12d version (I had downloaded the image of this bootloader version). This, I believe, is where my problems started.
After doing so, rebooted my phone and then it got stuck in a bootloop. I looked up various threads on how to get out of the loop but none worked. I couldn't push files into the phone using the adb shell. I discovered that CWM gave the error "E: Can't mount /sdcard". I can't see the internal storage when I connect to PC via USB either.
I tried installing the initial version of the bootloader but that didn't solve anything either. Could anyone give me a decent approach to maybe flash a stock image of Nexus or get my phone out of the bootloop? Thanks for reading this. Help, please?
GavelTrouble said:
Okay, I admit I'm fairly new to this. There were threads regarding bootloop on Nexus 5 but none of them were quite useful.
Here is what happened:
My Nexus 5 ran the 4.4.4 KitKat stock rom. I wanted to try out the latest CM12 nightly for Nexus 5, and also gain experience of the android system. So, I rooted my phone and installed CWM recovery. Everything was fine and I followed the procedures to install the rom. I wiped out cache, data, dalvik cache. But then, as I flashed the cm12 zip file, it gave me a status 7 error saying that my bootloader version is not the one the zip needs.
Initial bootloader version: hhz11k
Required bootloader version: hhz12d
At this point, I could still use my phone with the factory reset version.
So, I unlocked my bootloader and using fastboot upgraded my bootloader to hhz12d version (I had downloaded the image of this bootloader version). This, I believe, is where my problems started.
After doing so, rebooted my phone and then it got stuck in a bootloop. I looked up various threads on how to get out of the loop but none worked. I couldn't push files into the phone using the adb shell. I discovered that CWM gave the error "E: Can't mount /sdcard". I can't see the internal storage when I connect to PC via USB either.
I tried installing the initial version of the bootloader but that didn't solve anything either. Could anyone give me a decent approach to maybe flash a stock image of Nexus or get my phone out of the bootloop? Thanks for reading this. Help, please?
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You should have upgraded your system to 5.1 using factory images, then flash twrp, then flash cm.
flash the system image.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Yes, I saw this as an option. But do I use the Android SDK as mentioned in the webpage or do I use Odin to flash the system image? Thanks.
Is there any proper guide to use any of the above apps for Nexus?
GavelTrouble said:
Yes, I saw this as an option. But do I use the Android SDK as mentioned in the webpage or do I use Odin to flash the system image? Thanks.
Is there any proper guide to use any of the above apps for Nexus?
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Odin is only for Samsung devices!
Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Before I'm blasted please read this and I'll try explain as best as possible why I am asking for help with a thread that already has been discussed. I rooted my phone and flashed the paranoid ROM and gapps. The link under the paranoid thread was no longer available so I found and downloaded the latest gapps and copied both the ROM and gapps zip to my SD card and then flashed the ROM and then the gapps as directed. Apparently the gapps didn't flash and in rebooted the phone and I'm sure you know what happens when this is done. I have a phone that works but I have no gapps. No SuperSU and no other apps for that matter. I've tried numerois methods to be able to get back into recovery (twrp) to restore my backed up files to no avail. Ive tried getting into download mode, no success, booting into recovery, no success, I've tried to unroot using flashtool DLL and tot but get the error message that lg USB port is blocked when I tried to install the flashtool. I was told to try using flashify which downloaded and installed it but got the message that I don't have root access and no SuperSU privileges and I can't get into recovery that way. Then I downloaded the SDK studio to try and get a cmd prompt but that studio is so big I don't know where to go to open command prompt. All I want to do now is wipe everything off of the phone and go back to the original factory settings. Is my phone a total loss or is there a waynout therlgdlashtool do that? I understand that I may have to find out why I'm getting that message when I try using lgflash tool. Once again, thank you for any input (even a little bashing!) and direction u can give me.
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Before I'm blasted please read this and I'll try explain as best as possible why I am asking for help with a thread that already has been discussed. I rooted my phone and flashed the paranoid ROM and gapps. The link under the paranoid thread was no longer available so I found and downloaded the latest gapps and copied both the ROM and gapps zip to my SD card and then flashed the ROM and then the gapps as directed. Apparently the gapps didn't flash and in rebooted the phone and I'm sure you know what happens when this is done. I have a phone that works but I have no gapps. No SuperSU and no other apps for that matter. I've tried numerois methods to be able to get back into recovery (twrp) to restore my backed up files to no avail. Ive tried getting into download mode, no success, booting into recovery, no success, I've tried to unroot using flashtool DLL and tot but get the error message that lg USB port is blocked when I tried to install the flashtool. I was told to try using flashify which downloaded and installed it but got the message that I don't have root access and no SuperSU privileges and I can't get into recovery that way. Then I downloaded the SDK studio to try and get a cmd prompt but that studio is so big I don't know where to go to open command prompt. All I want to do now is wipe everything off of the phone and go back to the original factory settings. Is my phone a total loss or is there a waynout therlgdlashtool do that? I understand that I may have to find out why I'm getting that message when I try using lgflash tool. Once again, thank you for any input (even a little bashing!) and direction u can give me.
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Just follow my back to stock guide. Everything is there and works perfectly. If your getting that USB port is blocked? That sounds like an issue with your computer and not flash tool
will give it a shot.
OK, I'll try that out and let you know how it goes. Thanks mate. I really appreciate you taking the time to read that rather verbose thread and reply.