Hi everyone, ( Newbie here)
Pardon me if something similar has already been posted before. I have major issues with my Nexus 5 which gave up on me a day back.
THe phone wont boot up and is stuck at the google logo.
I went through a few troubleshooting steps with the google technicians. We tried recovering it but that didn't work either, nor a hard reset. I dont see the dead android show up after which i can wipe the entire data and do a factory reset.
The USB Debugging feature on my phone was switched off so now if i try to unlock the bootloader using adb i can't. It says erasing but does nothing. I waited for about 25min and gave up on that.
I downloaded the stock android OS from the google website and also have adb and all the drivers installed.
Is there anyway i can get this thing up and running again? Anything at all?
Please help
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Well the only thing I can come up with is to boot your phone into fastboot. First turn off your phone then press the power+volume down or power+volup+voldwn and then there should be a screen with an android laying on its back. If you can get that far well continue but if you can't then you can send in your phone
Sounds like you're trying to use adb commands when you should be using fastboot commands
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smackster said:
Well the only thing I can come up with is to boot your phone into fastboot. First turn off your phone then press the power+volume down or power+volup+voldwn and then there should be a screen with an android laying on its back. If you can get that far well continue but if you can't then you can send in your phone
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I tried doing that but the recovery mode wont work. I only see a blank screen when i try to get into recovery mode. I dont care about my data anymore. I just hope for the phone to come back alive. How i wish the usb debugging was on
Usb debugging is irrelevant when the phone is off. If you hard power the phone off by holding power button for like 10 secs, try holding just volume down while powering up
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Ben36 said:
Sounds like you're trying to use adb commands when you should be using fastboot commands
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I'm sorry , i used this command
fastboot oem unlock
After that i saw
erasing. . .
Which went on for more than 25min and more. So i had to abort.
varunst said:
I'm sorry , i used this command
fastboot oem unlock
After that i saw
erasing. . .
Which went on for more than 25min and more. So i had to abort.
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Try LG flashtool. That is your only hope. Link in my signature.
bitdomo said:
Try LG flashtool. That is your only hope. Link in my signature.
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Could that void the warranty of my phone? I need the .dll file and the ROM or firmware whatever they call it for Nexus 5 32gb ( lg d820) I have downloaded the lg flash tool.
varunst said:
Could that void the warranty of my phone? I need the .dll file and the ROM or firmware whatever they call it for Nexus 5 32gb ( lg d820) I have downloaded the lg flash tool.
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It could not void your warranty. This is how LG would reflash your phone. You will find lg flashtool, dll for D820 and the firmware for D820 32Gb in my lg flashtool thread. You have to use the converted firmware. Dont worry about that it is converted. It was tested by numerous people and never got any negative response.
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It could not void your warranty. This is how LG would reflash your phone. You will find lg flashtool, dll for D820 and the firmware for D820 32Gb in my lg flashtool thread. You have to use the converted firmware. Dont worry about that it is converted. It was tested by numerous people and never got any negative response.
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So i will need 3 things now..
1. LG Flash tool
2. The right .dll file
3. Firmware for D820 32gb NExus 5 (converted firmware )
Now i have to figure out how to use them
varunst said:
So i will need 3 things now..
1. LG Flash tool
2. The right .dll file
3. Firmware for D820 32gb NExus 5 (converted firmware )
Now i have to figure out how to use them
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Yes, but you dont have to figure out anything . I have already figured out and made a thread about it. Just check my signature about LG flashtool. You will find the guide there.
bitdomo said:
Yes, but you dont have to figure out anything . I have already figured out and made a thread about it. Just check my signature about LG flashtool. You will find the guide there.
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Btw my bootloader is locked. and USB debugging is off . Can i still go ahead?
varunst said:
Btw my bootloader is locked. and USB debugging is off . Can i still go ahead?
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Sure. That is not a problem.
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Sure. That is not a problem.
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Cool i am going through the tutorial . Will keep you posted. Also i wanted to mention, i think some images on the tut have broken links.
Are the D820 DLL and Firmware files for 32 gb ? Does that matter?
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Sure. That is not a problem.
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What's the worst case scenario here?
Will Google still replace it for me?
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What's the worst case scenario here?
Will Google still replace it for me?
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Worst case scenario is that LG flashtool will stop with Erase command failed error. Google will replace your phone does not matter what happen.
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Worst case scenario is that LG flashtool will stop with Erase command failed error. Google will replace your phone does not matter what happen.
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I don't see a reason why i shouldn't try it then . Once i am done with all this i will have to install Android 4.4 on top of it right?
varunst said:
I don't see a reason why i shouldn't try it then . Once i am done with all this i will have to install Android 4.4 on top of it right?
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You dont have to install anything to your phone. If lg flashtool will be successful then your phone will be like that when you first turned it on.
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You dont have to install anything to your phone. If lg flashtool will be successful then your phone will be like that when you first turned it on.
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The converted one says USE AT OWN RISK . Why so ? I will have to download the 32GB one right? One more question.. what are TOT's ? or TOT file? And there are 2 files inside the 32 GB one.. Which one should i download? The first or the 2nd?
THanks
varunst said:
The converted one says USE AT OWN RISK . Why so ? I will have to download the 32GB one right? One more question.. what are TOT's ? or TOT file?
THanks
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I should remove the use at your own risk message since it have been confirmed that they dont do any trouble. Tot is the file format of the LG's firmware file format.
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Got a bit of a problem.... I flashed a ROM onto my phone (forgot to back up, that's my big issue) It said it flashed just fine. Went to start up, just ran the lg logo for about 30 mins. Decided to try re-flashing it. Made sure to wipe everything. Nothing, still have the same issue. Tried to get back into CWM, but its gone now. Tried doing emergency download software, now its stuck on the screen "Download is in progress, do not disconnect cable." Im stuck. I dont know what else to do. I've tried the LG Support Tool, but it says to use Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant, which I can't get because I can't find a download for it and I cant get it from my phone.
I have the stock ROM image, but I have no clue how to install it without CWM or something. Any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I needs my phone...
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Got a bit of a problem.... I flashed a ROM onto my phone (forgot to back up, that's my big issue) It said it flashed just fine. Went to start up, just ran the lg logo for about 30 mins. Decided to try re-flashing it. Made sure to wipe everything. Nothing, still have the same issue. Tried to get back into CWM, but its gone now. Tried doing emergency download software, now its stuck on the screen "Download is in progress, do not disconnect cable." Im stuck. I dont know what else to do. I've tried the LG Support Tool, but it says to use Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant, which I can't get because I can't find a download for it and I cant get it from my phone.
I have the stock ROM image, but I have no clue how to install it without CWM or something. Any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I needs my phone...
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they said to use Upgrade Assistant that means you never told them about the truth: phone is not booting....big mistake or let me understand that:Upgrade Assistant works when your phone is in download mode ?!
what is that rom you tried to flash surely was for your phone ?
also you have stock rom this is a .zip file or what format?
can you enter fastboot mode ?
ruscan.calin said:
they said to use Upgrade Assistant that means you never told them about the truth: phone is not booting....big mistake or let me understand that:Upgrade Assistant works when your phone is in download mode ?!
what is that rom you tried to flash surely was for your phone ?
also you have stock rom this is a .zip file or what format?
can you enter fastboot mode ?
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Um... Let's see... The LG Support Tool which in most cases you can use to return your phone to stock comes up with a message saying "Upgrade tool is preinstalled in your phone. Please allow to install "Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant" when the phone is being connected to the PC". That's what the tool tells me.
The ROM I tried to flash was BrokenOutConnect v1.0. Its for the LG Connect, which is almost the same phone, and some one said it would be ok to flash it.
The stock ROM is in an .img file, so I need to figure out how to install from that
And I have no idea how to enter fast boot (unless your referring to the vol up+down + pwr, in which case, that doesn't work.
Sorry, can't post the original page for the ROM, I'm too new lol
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Um... Let's see... The LG Support Tool which in most cases you can use to return your phone to stock comes up with a message saying "Upgrade tool is preinstalled in your phone. Please allow to install "Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant" when the phone is being connected to the PC". That's what the tool tells me.
The ROM I tried to flash was BrokenOutConnect v1.0. Its for the LG Connect, which is almost the same phone, and some one said it would be ok to flash it.
The stock ROM is in an .img file, so I need to figure out how to install from that
And I have no idea how to enter fast boot (unless your referring to the vol up+down + pwr, in which case, that doesn't work.
Sorry, can't post the original page for the ROM, I'm too new lol
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ok
I think was a bad idea to flash that rom because is not exactly made for your phone one can damage a phone in this way never do like that !
about your stock rom...maybe this is a backup made by stock recovery ? do you have a recovery.img file in that update ? there is a single img file in that stock rom or more files ?
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I think was a bad idea to flash that rom because is not exactly made for your phone one can damage a phone in this way never do like that !
about your stock rom...maybe this is a backup made by stock recovery ? do you have a recovery.img file in that update ?
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No I do not... I actually just found that stock image on another forum. File is called LG_Lucid_VS840_4g_system.img . I realize that was a horrible idea... Google kinda led me astray on that one lol. I just wanna figure out how to return it to stock. Or if anyone has a link for "Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant", that would be much appreciated.
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No I do not... I actually just found that stock image on another forum. File is called LG_Lucid_VS840_4g_system.img . I realize that was a horrible idea... Google kinda led me astray on that one lol. I just wanna figure out how to return it to stock. Or if anyone has a link for "Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant", that would be much appreciated.
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but do you have a backup of your current rom on your sdcard ? It's made by stock recovery if so search for a file named recovery.img
here is the link to your phone check if this is really your phone also download usb drivers and software to update it from LG site
install USB drivers then download and run LG Mobile Support Tool this will connect to LG site download files and finally will request to connect phone to PC then will make update
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but do you have a backup of your current rom on your sdcard ? It's made by stock recovery
to your phone check if this is really your phone also download usb drivers and software to update it from LG site
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I think I got it working.... We will see in just a minute. Thank you for your help though
SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! After much trouble, it is finally recovered. Long story short, just had to update using a special tool. Thanks again for your help
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SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! After much trouble, it is finally recovered. Long story short, just had to update using a special tool. Thanks again for your help
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What was the tool?
My vs840 won't allow me to flash a recovery how did you do it?
So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
dan1229 said:
So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
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Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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If the guide don't work. Try this. every guide did not work for me. Look at post 5.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...ricked-lg-g2-stuck-twrp-no-download-mode.html
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hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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Thank you sososo much, I'm gonna give it a shot later tonight.
hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
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So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
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What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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hyelton said:
What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
dan1229 said:
Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
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Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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hyelton said:
Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
dan1229 said:
I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
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Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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hyelton said:
Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
dan1229 said:
Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
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Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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hyelton said:
Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
dan1229 said:
I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
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Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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hyelton said:
Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
dan1229 said:
I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
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You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
hyelton said:
You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
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I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
dan1229 said:
I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
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Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
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Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
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I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
dan1229 said:
I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
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Why won't it boot properly? Also keep in mind this is the only method of going back stock. Also the method only requires you to be in download mode.
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Hello,
I have an lg-h959 stuck on logo and i want to flash it....problem is i have never flashed an lg before and also i dont know what region it is....can someone help me out?
andrew21 said:
Hello,
I have an lg-h959 stuck on logo and i want to flash it....problem is i have never flashed an lg before and also i dont know what region it is....can someone help me out?
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What's the reason it's stuck on the logo? Did you do something like attempt root or anything?
If you haven't done anything to cause it did you try performing a factory reset?
It could be a hardware issue or battery problem if you didn't do anything to cause the stuck on LG logo problem.
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hyelton said:
What's the reason it's stuck on the logo? Did you do something like attempt root or anything?
If you haven't done anything to cause it did you try performing a factory reset?
It could be a hardware issue or battery problem if you didn't do anything to cause the stuck on LG logo problem.
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I didnt root the phone, it just goes on and off, i want to try flashing it with LG Flash Tool 2014...i cant hard reset either since it just doesnt go to factory set mode.....can you provide me with correct firmware pls?
andrew21 said:
I didnt root the phone, it just goes on and off, i want to try flashing it with LG Flash Tool 2014...i cant hard reset either since it just doesnt go to factory set mode.....can you provide me with correct firmware pls?
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So with the phone off you've tired holding down vol up and power or vol down and power to attempt to factory reset? Your phone doesn't need to boot into the OS to factory reset it...
Also normally this doesn't happen unless it's a hardware issue since you didn't do anything to cause it.
Was the device running MM? If so you need to use LGUP. Lg flashtools 2014 won't work if your running MM 6.0.
Just check out the general section there's a back to stock guide with links to firmwares.
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Ok so I checked it, can you tell me which stock firmware to download, also my phone reboots and I don't know if it running on mm
Hello, my phone constantly reboots and stuck on logo, how do I know android version of this phone? Is there any tool that can help me do this? I can go to factory set mode and download mode
andrew21 said:
Hello, my phone constantly reboots and stuck on logo, how do I know android version of this phone? Is there any tool that can help me do this?
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Just use LGUP. And flash your models kdz. There's no specific one just make sure it matches your model.
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hyelton said:
Just use LGUP. And flash your models kdz. There's no specific one just make sure it matches your model.
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So, i downloaded LGUP AND drivers and H95920a_00_0624.kdz file...will that do it? I know the flashing procedure.
andrew21 said:
So, i downloaded LGUP AND drivers and H95920a_00_0624.kdz file...will that do it? I know the flashing procedure.
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Yes. Just place your phone in download mode.
If your phone still does the same after flashing it's either your battery or a hardware failure.
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hyelton said:
Yes. Just place your phone in download mode.
If your phone still does the same after flashing it's either your battery or a hardware failure
Ok thanks will try tomorrow and post results
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Just one more question, can I select refurbish in LGUP and how to select file in this procedure?
andrew21 said:
Just one more question, can I select refurbish in LGUP and how to select file in this procedure?
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You would choose refurbish
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Ok will try it out later tomorrow
A couple of us had the same problem. Just buy a new battery and replace it yourself. It fixed the bootloop for all of us.
z.coniglietti said:
A couple of us had the same problem. Just buy a new battery and replace it yourself. It fixed the bootloop for all of us.
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Ok will do that if software doesnt work
z.coniglietti said:
A couple of us had the same problem. Just buy a new battery and replace it yourself. It fixed the bootloop for all of us.
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I flashed the phone but same problem...now ill try out new battery and post results tomorrow
Just search the forum and YouTube for lg g flex 2 bootloop and you'll see. I was in the same situation as well and that helped. I replaced it multiple times and I even baked the motherboard in the oven. Just the battery was the issue and thank God nothing worse. And the battery is like 10$ so not too much. Hope you fix it.
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Just search the forum and YouTube for lg g flex 2 bootloop and you'll see. I was in the same situation as well and that helped. I replaced it multiple times and I even baked the motherboard in the oven. Just the battery was the issue and thank God nothing worse. And the battery is like 10$ so not too much. Hope you fix it.
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Guys problem solved after changing battery...
Hi guys
As you probably know by reading the title, i completely messed up. I was on the stock google factory image and decided to flash a custom kernel. I enabled usb debuging and oem unlock. after having unlocked the bootloader, I installed the twrp boot img and then flashed the kernel. All was well when i stupidly decided to lock my bootloader. Things crashed and now when i try to boot into my phone, the google logo appears and 1 seconds later crashes keeps doing it until i turn my phone off. My bootloader is locked and i think usb debuging and oem unlock are also disabled.
The same thing happens when i try to go to the recovery, it just crashes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated guys. thank you !!
Colday96 said:
Hi guys
As you probably know by reading the title, i completely messed up. I was on the stock google factory image and decided to flash a custom kernel. I enabled usb debuging and oem unlock. after having unlocked the bootloader, I installed the twrp boot img and then flashed the kernel. All was well when i stupidly decided to lock my bootloader. Things crashed and now when i try to boot into my phone, the google logo appears and 1 seconds later crashes keeps doing it until i turn my phone off. My bootloader is locked and i think usb debuging and oem unlock are also disabled.
The same thing happens when i try to go to the recovery, it just crashes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated guys. thank you !!
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I feel bad for you. However, you bricked your Pixel.
As I mentioned yesterday, contact Google for an RMA replacement.
phaino00 said:
I feel bad for you. However, you bricked your Pixel.
As I mentioned yesterday, contact Google for an RMA replacement.
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I bought the phone on ebay. Could i still get a RMA replacement ?
Colday96 said:
I bought the phone on ebay. Could i still get a RMA replacement ?
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I don't believe so since you're not the original owner. However, it doesn't hurt to try.
If you bl locked the phone w modified software ur boned. I believe that RMA availability is transferrable from owner to owner, however, I also believe that they will refuse to RMA a phone which technically broke because AVB is doing its job properly. You can try but I'd say your chances are slim. Sorry mate. Also future reference: if you don't have any reason in particular to relock your phone, just don't. You'll save yourself the hassle of having to do it again and it wiping the phone everytime any software thing goes wrong or anytime u want to upgrade custom ROM or kernel or anything of the sort. This goes for any phone not just those with android verified boot.
phaino00 said:
I don't believe so since you're not the original owner. However, it doesn't hurt to try.
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My seller is about to contact google to get a replacement. do you think google will know if i did something with it i shouldn't have ? Since i can't boot in the recovery, won't they be able to do it either ?
Colday96 said:
My seller is about to contact google to get a replacement. do you think google will know if i did something with it i shouldn't have ? Since i can't boot in the recovery, won't they be able to do it either ?
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Assume they will.
Colday96 said:
My seller is about to contact google to get a replacement. do you think google will know if i did something with it i shouldn't have ? Since i can't boot in the recovery, won't they be able to do it either ?
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Yes they will know but they have proprietary software to forcefully unlock/reformat the phone properly if they so choose to actually accept the phone
This just happened to me today, i was trying to reset it because I'm selling this phone and boom.. Brick... Just lost $400 ?
Nandolkz said:
This just happened to me today, i was trying to reset it because I'm selling this phone and boom.. Brick... Just lost $400 ?
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You can still sell it for around 150 for parts on ebay
Nandolkz said:
This just happened to me today, i was trying to reset it because I'm selling this phone and boom.. Brick... Just lost $400
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Can't you restore using the stock zips from google?
Poebat said:
Can't you restore using the stock zips from google?
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I already tried, using both 8.1 and the first Nougat... It says oem can't unlock. I even download the skipsoft app to tryout but fail
Nandolkz said:
I already tried, using both 8.1 and the first Nougat... It says oem can't unlock. I even download the skipsoft app to tryout but fail
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If you are flashing the latest version of Oreo you don't need to oem unlock. What version of Android were you running before you bricked it?
Poebat said:
If you are flashing the latest version of Oreo you don't need to oem unlock. What version of Android were you running before you bricked it?
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8.0, well I already tried the dic 8.1 and it didn't work... Let me try the nov build.. or im going to try both let me see what happen.. I'll share the cmd log...
Nandolkz said:
8.0, well I already tried the dic 8.1 and it didn't work... Let me try the nov build.. or im going to try both let me see what happen.. I'll share the cmd log...
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Okay. If that doesn't work try the 7.1.2 build with the flash-all.bat
Poebat said:
Okay. If that doesn't work try the 7.1.2 build with the flash-all.bat
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It won't work because his bootloader is locked. I also tried the OTA file and that didn't work either. Do to have usb debugging on ?
Colday96 said:
It won't work because his bootloader is locked. I also tried the OTA file and that didn't work either. Do to have usb debugging on ?
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He doesn't have a working OS so I doubt it
Here is what is happening to me... Any ideason how to fix it? ?
Nandolkz said:
Here is what is happening to me... Any ideason how to fix it? ?
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Try flashing the stock rom with fastboot
Poebat said:
Try flashing the stock rom with fastboot
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Here
Hello all,
I did a big mistake, I wanted to go back from DP 3 to Android 11 and once I was going to do the CMD steps, I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
I didnt see that mistake until I started the steps and the phone turned off and did not turn on anymore.
I know I made a big mistake, but can I do to revert this? I try to restart the phone but nothing, not via power button for 10 or 20 or 30 sec.
Please help
vlc_marcos said:
Hello all,
I did a big mistake, I wanted to go back from DP 3 to Android 11 and once I was going to do the CMD steps, I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
I didnt see that mistake until I started the steps and the phone turned off and did not turn on anymore.
I know I made a big mistake, but can I do to revert this? I try to restart the phone but nothing, not via power button for 10 or 20 or 30 sec.
Please help
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vlc_marcos said:
I downloaded the wrong Firmware for the Pixel 5
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So you used a firmware that was older or one that was for a different device?
Is the bootloader unlocked?
What exactly did you download?
Does the phone charge?
l7777 said:
So you used a firmware that was older or one that was for a different device?
Is the bootloader unlocked?
What exactly did you download?
Does the phone charge?
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I used the firmware of pixel 4a 5g and I wanted to go from DP3 to android 11.
I cannot see the phone charging . I try long press in any of the buttons and different combinations and nothing. Zero signs of life
vlc_marcos said:
I used the firmware of pixel 4a 5g and I wanted to go from DP3 to android 11.
I cannot see the phone charging . I try long press in any of the buttons and different combinations and nothing. Zero signs of life
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when its plugged into a computer does the computer see it at all?
thewraith420 said:
when its plugged into a computer does the computer see it at all?
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not at all is there some kind of hard unbrick??
vlc_marcos said:
not at all is there some kind of hard unbrick??
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Unfortunately i think your only option will be to send it in to google at this point.. wish you luck though maybe someone has an idea.
thewraith420 said:
Unfortunately i think your only option will be to send it in to google at this point.. wish you luck though maybe someone has an idea.
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Mine bricked about a month ago and Google suggested uBreakiFix. They tried to do a force flash on it but it didn't work. They ended up replacing the motherboard which fixed it, but now my proximity sensor is always on. I don't know if they can fix that or if it will require another motherboard.
I have same problem, but i can go to bootloader. The problem my phone is locked bootloader and i don't have recovery mode. And when i try to flash it because of locked bootloader i can't do anything. Is there any solution for unbrick locked bootloader?
p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I have same problem, but i can go to bootloader. The problem my phone is locked bootloader and i don't have recovery mode. And when i try to flash it because of locked bootloader i can't do anything. Is there any solution for unbrick locked bootloader?
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Did you use any special way to even turn on the phone or reach the bootloader?
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Did you use any special way to even turn on the phone or reach the bootloader?
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I did everything, unfortunately my bootloader is locked and that's problem. With locked bootloader i can't do anything. I had same problems with other phones before and i could unbrick. But for pixel devices i can't find some tool to unbrick.
p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I did everything, unfortunately my bootloader is locked and that's problem. With locked bootloader i can't do anything. I had same problems with other phones before and i could unbrick. But for pixel devices i can't find some tool to unbrick.
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how did you end up with it like that with bootloader locked? what caused it?
I have the same issue like p_a_r_s_a7 with my Pixel 5.
Only fastboot mode: can't find valid operating system
After flashing the 'right' OTA image for Android 12 DP3 the device cannot be restored anymore.
The image was successfully flashed by 'adb sideload' as recommended.
Seems that a locked bootloader is not 100% save from 'flashed to death'
600 EURO paperwight.
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
Cj719 said:
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
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But you could reach fastboot right?
Cj719 said:
I had this same issue on my 4a 5g and after many hours I managed to fix it. I don't recall exactly but I went through every option of flashing stock via fastboot and android flash tool it eventually worked this was 2 months ago
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Android flash tool immediately detect the locked bootloader and stopped without flashing.
I've tried to check/uncheck every option but no luck. I've used Windows 10.
Did you used the common USB driver requested by Android flash tool ?
Anything else that could be special, eg Linux environment ( what distro, version .. )
Any detail could help..
speo said:
Android flash tool immediately detect the locked bootloader and stopped without flashing.
I've tried to check/uncheck every option but no luck. I've used Windows 10.
Did you used the common USB driver requested by Android flash tool ?
Anything else that could be special, eg Linux environment ( what distro, version .. )
Any detail could help..
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Windows 10 laptop, adb minimal drivers, made sure device was detected, attempted through fastboot and android flash tool, that's the only things I remember my apologies.
speo said:
I have the same issue like p_a_r_s_a7 with my Pixel 5.
Only fastboot mode: can't find valid operating system
After flashing the 'right' OTA image for Android 12 DP3 the device cannot be restored anymore.
The image was successfully flashed by 'adb sideload' as recommended.
Seems that a locked bootloader is not 100% save from 'flashed to death'
600 EURO paperwight.
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I send back to Google, i couldn't fix it
Cj719 said:
Windows 10 laptop, adb minimal drivers, made sure device was detected, attempted through fastboot and android flash tool, that's the only things I remember my apologies.
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thank you anyway, it was a little light on the horizon at least ;-)
p_a_r_s_a7 said:
I send back to Google, i couldn't fix it
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have you been charged ?
Mine is from another dealer, will see..