Anyone know of, or or have a link to a factory rom (hell any rom would do at this point) that I would be able to flash with the stock S3 recovery? Just trying to unbrick my phone. Story of what happened below:
I'm running stock 4.1.1 rooted touchwiz. I wake up this morning to a notification saying I had an update on my phone. Should have definitely waited but without thinking I went ahead and updated, which of course soft bricks? The phone. (boots up, and but hangs at the 4Glte, flash screen)normally this would be an easy fix, I could Odin back to stock or something but I'm down in Mississippi till Monday for training and do not have access to my pc.
I can access the factory recovery on the phone but that's it, have no clue where CWM is. I've tried flashing some backups but the factory recovery says that it's not a signed package or whatever. Anyone have any idea how I can get this sucker booted up and running using just an android tablet?
What about reflashing CWM so I can access my backups? Could I somehow flash CWM with factory recovery?:
Dr. Light said:
Anyone know of, or or have a link to a factory rom (hell any rom would do at this point) that I would be able to flash with the stock S3 recovery? Just trying to unbrick my phone. Story of what happened below:
I'm running stock 4.1.1 rooted touchwiz. I wake up this morning to a notification saying I had an update on my phone. Should have definitely waited but without thinking I went ahead and updated, which of course soft bricks? The phone. (boots up, and but hangs at the 4Glte, flash screen)normally this would be an easy fix, I could Odin back to stock or something but I'm down in Mississippi till Monday for training and do not have access to my pc.
I can access the factory recovery on the phone but that's it, have no clue where CWM is. I've tried flashing some backups but the factory recovery says that it's not a signed package or whatever. Anyone have any idea how I can get this sucker booted up and running using just an android tablet?
What about reflashing CWM so I can access my backups? Could I somehow flash CWM with factory recovery?:
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first of all you can't flash anything on a stock recovery hence the need of a custom recovery. Second you don't accept the OTA when rooted as it can cause the exact issue that you have. Last there isn't a way to fix your problem via another android device that I know of.
U are going to need a pc and then u will need to download Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1165122&d=1340993443 and u can get the official software from here on XDA http://hotfile.com/dl/182822657/9f6...WBLK3_381038_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5.html this is the 4.1.1 software. Here is a link to some official pre rooted software http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984436 all of these software's you can install though Odin just look up here on XDA on how to use Odin and you will be fine once your phone is up and running again then you will need to get you a custom recovery. Then you can access your backups.
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U will need to download Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1165122&d=1340993443 and u can get the official software from here on XDA http://hotfile.com/dl/182822657/9f6...WBLK3_381038_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5.html this is the 4.1.1 software. Here is a link to some official pre rooted software http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984436 all of these software's you can install though Odin just look up here on XDA on how to use Odin and you will be fine once your phone is up and running again then you will need to get you a custom recovery.
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He doesn't have access to his PC PLUS he already knows what to do on that end.
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He doesn't have access to his PC PLUS he already knows what to do on that end.
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Just trying to help out but of course someone always has to criticize. I don't see you giving him any advice.
Thanks for all of advice guys. I'll prob just wait it out till Monday. Thanks again.
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Just trying to help out but of course someone always has to criticize. I don't see you giving him any advice.
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He was asking if he can use an android tablet to fix his phone. He doesn't have access to PC at least until Monday it says so in his post. I wasn't even criticizing you at all. Unless he knows someone with a PC in Mississippi or someone here knows how to use one android device to flash something on another android device he sadly will have to wait until he gets home to fix his phone. You didn't do anything to be criticized for trying to help all I did was point out the info that you missed without personally attacking you making it a critique.
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He was asking if he can use an android tablet to fix his phone. He doesn't have access to PC at least until Monday it says so in his post. I wasn't even criticizing you at all. Unless he knows someone with a PC in Mississippi or someone here knows how to use one android device to flash something on another android device he sadly will have to wait until he gets home to fix his phone. You didn't do anything to be criticized for trying to help all I did was point out the info that you missed without personally attacking you making it a critique.
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hey all, I've been reading , downloading etc for hours trying to get back into my GS3.. i was as usual roaming around and saw a post that said something to this effect "do ya need to get back to stock?" and figured yes i need to so i jumped in with both feet ..i had my boot loader unlocked and for some reason locked the darned thing remembering it was locked before i rooted and then i get the screen that says ie: "System software not authorized ~~~~~~~~~~~~" with a yellow triangle over it with an "!" mark in it..
all would have been ok except the line up of the way to do things was kinda outta line.. after i had locked bootloader "which is the way the GS3 came" i thought. at any rate i am now where i said i was and if i can be helped it would be appreciated.. and no repeated.. next time i'll read their whole line up first.. so help me if ya can and i am game right now for about anything ..
i recently used rsd to flash back to stock after a failed rooting/unlocking attempt. i believe the flash was successful, and the phone seems to be preforming just fine. the problem comes up when i try to check for the kit kat update. the phone says that it needs me to set up a motorola account. when i press setup it says connecting to servers please wait. i dont believe it will ever actually connect to the server though since ive waited upwards of ten minutes with no results. if there is anything to fix this? any help would be greatly appreciated, and my apologies in advance if this is a stupid question. im currently on 9.30.1.xt926.verizon.en.us
I left my experience getting to kitkat with my post here helping someone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52696764&postcount=5
Since you already have 9.30.1 firmware, you skip to the KIt ota zip download and follow the directions from the post I left if you want to sideload the OTA. Otherwise it should notify you of an update. I got a update notification but already had the OTA on my sd card so went ahead and did that way instead.
pmccarthy7745 said:
i recently used rsd to flash back to stock after a failed rooting/unlocking attempt. i believe the flash was successful, and the phone seems to be preforming just fine. the problem comes up when i try to check for the kit kat update. the phone says that it needs me to set up a motorola account. when i press setup it says connecting to servers please wait. i dont believe it will ever actually connect to the server though since ive waited upwards of ten minutes with no results. if there is anything to fix this? any help would be greatly appreciated, and my apologies in advance if this is a stupid question. im currently on 9.30.1.xt926.verizon.en.us
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UOTE=yujikaido79;52720878]I left my experience getting to kitkat with my post here helping someone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52696764&postcount=5
Since you already have 9.30.1 firmware, you skip to the KIt ota zip download and follow the directions from the post I left if you want to sideload the OTA. Otherwise it should notify you of an update. I got a update notification but already had the OTA on my sd card so went ahead and did that way instead.[/QUOTE]
Thanks man, I think I'm just gonna wait until the update is sent to my phone, I'm a little gun shy after my last experience flashing anything
Hi guys, I'm pretty new to rooting so tell me if i need to give more info etc cause I know i can be a bit vague.
So I rooted my phone no problem via the all in one kit thing and installed cyanogen, but this was right before the big android update so I wanted to switch back and update to that, but somewhere along the line i got rid of all the Roms (I think)
The stage it's at now: I can boot normally but the startup wizard fails, I assume this is because the stock operating system isnt hooked up to run, regardless I can't find a copy or figure out how to run it. (before my TWRP seemed to stop running on startup)
Bootloader: I don't know how it ended up relocked after I'd unlocked it but am guessing that is why i cant access the custom recovery at the moment (twrp)
If anyone is able could you walk me through, or point me to a guide to show:
How to unlock a relocked phone,
How to get a Stock version of Android (anything after 4.0 I guess because it will auto update?) running on there
Tell me if I'm being dumb in any part of this (apart from pissing about with things I don't understand, haha)
OK, So i'm unlocked and back onto TWRP, that was easy though, What I do need help with is working out how to install the factory Operating system again, last time I tried that is what caused the relocking etc so any help would be amazing.
Thanks, Simon
Redijedeye said:
OK, So i'm unlocked and back onto TWRP, that was easy though, What I do need help with is working out how to install the factory Operating system again, last time I tried that is what caused the relocking etc so any help would be amazing.
Thanks, Simon
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Is this the same device as the one you are asking about in? [Q] How do I know what RUU to use, and more by Redijedeye
sd_shadow said:
Is this the same device as the one you are asking about in? [Q] How do I know what RUU to use, and more by Redijedeye
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Sorry yes, meant to close this post now that this particular problem was kinda sorted but didnt get round to it last night. Unless you know a way to get the correct firmware for the wifi? Just seems strange it'd update wrong.
Redijedeye said:
Sorry yes, meant to close this post now that this particular problem was kinda sorted but didnt get round to it last night. Unless you know a way to get the correct firmware for the wifi? Just seems strange it'd update wrong.
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No, I don't.
I consider this [Completed] and have thread closed.
THIS IS NOW RESOLVED. PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO POST ON MY THREAD. YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES WILL NOT BE THE SAME AS MINE NORE ARE THEY LIKLEY TO RESOLVE ISSUES YOU HAVE, AS MINE WAS CAUSED BY A VERY SPECIFIC PROBLEM. START YOUR OWN THREADS DONT HIJACK MINE
Good morning XDA Devolopers,
I have used this site for many a year now but today had to sign up to get some help.
I purchased my SM-920F from Ebay, and low and behold, it had been blocked here in the UK, ever the optimist i looked about online and indeed there are several options online, including some services for remote unlocking, i decided it was worth a shot and ordered it, only from there on it goes from bad to worse.
After the unlock i was constantly greeted with Security Errors and Warning, i contacted the company who unlocked it, and was told to re-flash the rom with the same baseband version, after alot of hunting i found a rom from SAM Mobile and away i went, flashed and all seemed to go well i waited and waited, phone stuck on the boot screen. Galaxy S6, powered by Android...
I returned to the unlocking company asking for advice, only to be called a liar and they would never suggest i reflash the rom or firmware.
So now im stuck with a brick, ive tryed all i can think off and all i can research and i just cant make any progress. I did note after the unlock SuperSU had been installed on my phone (i wasnt made aware the unlock required them to root my phone, they tripped knox in the process).
I have a SM-920F origonally on O2 UK, i have tryed flashing there rom with no joy.
Im desperate to have this phone orking, even if its just for calls, my wife is currently at the hospital with our son whos fighting for his life against cancer, and all i get is abuse from here, i dont get paid till the 1st of the month so a new phone is out of the question at present. The unlocking company i used are tools, and to think iw as mighty impressed at the time.
I do have SOME cash, if theres a pro out there who wants to make a few bucks and can remote connect to me to help me solve this it would be much appreciated, i am just now stuck and desperate and badly need the help of the community.
Galaxy S6 920F
64GB Blue
Android 5.1.1
(Rooted by network unlockers)
WIndows 7 Ultimate - Odin (I have just about all of them these days)
Avalable Roms on my Machine (ALL O2 Roms and some other international variants for france and germany)
If anyone out there can help me please, if i could get on my knees and beg i would, im so desperate now to be able to just recieve calls from my wife and the hospital at this **** time for us.
Please please please someone somewhere must be able to help me out
Thanks
M
shir199m said:
Good morning XDA Devolopers,
I have used this site for many a year now but today had to sign up to get some help.
I purchased my SM-920F from Ebay, and low and behold, it had been blocked here in the UK, ever the optimist i looked about online and indeed there are several options online, including some services for remote unlocking, i decided it was worth a shot and ordered it, only from there on it goes from bad to worse.
After the unlock i was constantly greeted with Security Errors and Warning, i contacted the company who unlocked it, and was told to re-flash the rom with the same baseband version, after alot of hunting i found a rom from SAM Mobile and away i went, flashed and all seemed to go well i waited and waited, phone stuck on the boot screen. Galaxy S6, powered by Android...
I returned to the unlocking company asking for advice, only to be called a liar and they would never suggest i reflash the rom or firmware.
So now im stuck with a brick, ive tryed all i can think off and all i can research and i just cant make any progress. I did note after the unlock SuperSU had been installed on my phone (i wasnt made aware the unlock required them to root my phone, they tripped knox in the process).
I have a SM-920F origonally on O2 UK, i have tryed flashing there rom with no joy.
Im desperate to have this phone orking, even if its just for calls, my wife is currently at the hospital with our son whos fighting for his life against cancer, and all i get is abuse from here, i dont get paid till the 1st of the month so a new phone is out of the question at present. The unlocking company i used are tools, and to think iw as mighty impressed at the time.
I do have SOME cash, if theres a pro out there who wants to make a few bucks and can remote connect to me to help me solve this it would be much appreciated, i am just now stuck and desperate and badly need the help of the community.
Galaxy S6 920F
64GB Blue
Android 5.1.1
(Rooted by network unlockers)
WIndows 7 Ultimate - Odin (I have just about all of them these days)
Avalable Roms on my Machine (ALL O2 Roms and some other international variants for france and germany)
If anyone out there can help me please, if i could get on my knees and beg i would, im so desperate now to be able to just recieve calls from my wife and the hospital at this **** time for us.
Please please please someone somewhere must be able to help me out
Thanks
M
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Turn off your phone, and then turn it on pressing and holding Volume Up, Home, and Power button at the same time until you see a warning. Then press Volume Up to continue, and navigate using volume keys and select wipe cache/factory reset with the Home button, then reboot.
Please note that by doing this all your data will be lost.
Uzair40 said:
Turn off your phone, and then turn it on pressing and holding Volume Up, Home, and Power button at the same time until you see a warning. Then press Volume Up to continue, and navigate using volume keys and select wipe cache/factory reset with the Home button, then reboot.
Please note that by doing this all your data will be lost.
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Remains Stubbornly stuck on the boot screen.
Samsung Galaxy S6 - Powered By Android.
shir199m said:
Remains Stubbornly stuck on the boot screen.
Samsung Galaxy S6 - Powered By Android.
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Donwload Phone INFO Samsung, and post screenshots.
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Donwload Phone INFO Samsung, and post screenshots.
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Cant install any apps, phone dont boot.....
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Cant install any apps, phone dont boot.....
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Try to update via Smart Switch
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Try to update via Smart Switch
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Smart switch flashes with no issues, phone will not boot.
Even after recovery menu > Factory Data Reset & recovery menu > Format Cache
shir199m said:
Smart switch flashes with no issues, phone will not boot.
Even after recovery menu > Factory Data Reset & recovery menu > Format Cache
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Install TWRP via Odin, and then do a factory reset
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Install TWRP via Odin, and then do a factory reset
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Can you please provide me with a link to a guide of some kind, i dont mind doing that But id like to understand the process before i start it, if you can point me to a decent ish guide (and im aware of the risks TWRP may present)
Many thanks
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Can you please provide me with a link to a guide of some kind, i dont mind doing that But id like to understand the process before i start it, if you can point me to a decent ish guide (and im aware of the risks TWRP may present)
Many thanks
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Thanks for ya info.
Having installed TWRP i noticed something very intresting, TWRP reports no operating system is installed.
Ive taken a leap of faith and using ODIN am now flashing the Stock 5.1.1 ROM.
Will report back in a few mins.
Okay so TWRP is installed, it reported no operating system.
I reflashed the Stock rom, all went well as expected, phone still refuses to boot.
I have reflashed TWRP and completed a factory reset. Again no dice, still wont boot.
Any further help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
M
shir199m said:
Okay so TWRP is installed, it reported no operating system.
I reflashed the Stock rom, all went well as expected, phone still refuses to boot.
I have reflashed TWRP and completed a factory reset. Again no dice, still wont boot.
Any further help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
M
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Install a custom ROM.
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Install a custom ROM.
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Yeah now were where i didnt want to be.
Okay ill try that, is there a particular rom you would recommend?
Ill take anything so long as i can make calls, my wifes just walked in the door and gone of like a fricking nuclear warhead
Oh dear god you should hear this haha.
Ill look on google for roms, but if you have any suggestion on a rom ill defer to you
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Yeah now were where i didnt want to be.
Okay ill try that, is there a particular rom you would recommend?
Ill take anything so long as i can make calls, my wifes just walked in the door and gone of like a fricking nuclear warhead
Oh dear god you should hear this haha.
Ill look on google for roms, but if you have any suggestion on a rom ill defer to you
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OH THAN JESUS CHRIST.
I am not a god believing man, but i am very very very greatfull to the chap who has helped me with this.
I will update the OP Later, with full instructions of how ive done it... (Like once ive confirmed it all works)
shir199m said:
OH THAN JESUS CHRIST.
I am not a god believing man, but i am very very very greatfull to the chap who has helped me with this.
I will update the OP Later, with full instructions of how ive done it... (Like once ive confirmed it all works)
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There is a ROM called AllianceROM, I've read that it's on of the best for the G920F.
Okay so as promised.
1. Flash Stock 5.1.1 ROM (Phone will not boot after)
2. Flash TWRP with ODIN
3: Reboot into TWRP and mount filesystem via MPT (i had to disable then enable it for my computer to detect it)
4: Copy ROM to phone (As a ZIP)
5: Using TWRP install ZIP
6: Follow Instructions
7: Dalvik / Cache Clear (it asks after the rom is installed)
8: Reboot
9: Wait
10: Wait Some More
11: TADA
Phone has booted and connected to the network, the AllianceROM suggested above will work in very much the same way! same process.
Thats all i did. After a week of gueswork i want to thank the chap who provide me some guidance both here and via PM
Phone is now running and working, i wish i could have stock rom but you cant have it all.
On a side note if you choose to use IMEI Gurus to unlock your phone, i highly suggest you dont, there after sales support are shocking, and they refunded my money even though its not what i wanted, had the provided the help i found here id not have been so stressy with them. There service does work, but they will root your device (which they dont mention in there sales pitch they will trip knox (again not mentioned) and once done you cant actually factory reset the phone with any method. ANd youll be here reading this.
Yes there services work, but guys please make your own informed decisions about there service, would i buy again from them? i doubt it, but needs must and all that.
THanks everyone
This is now resolved. Please do not continue to post on my thread. Your circumstances will not be the same as mine nore are they likley to resolve issues you have, as mine was caused by a very specific problem. Start your own threads dont hijack mine
Hi, I just started using my friend's LG Aristo on MetroPCS. I just got an Android System Update pop up tonight that shows a 450.1 MB update available, but doesn't show the name of the update. The only thing it says about the update is, " This release includes updates that make your phone more secure and improves messaging.". Does anyone know what kind of update this is and if it will restrict any features? I'm using PDANet app for tethering. My friend had this phone for about two months, I don't know if he got this notification before to update it and he just didn't update it or if it's a brand new update. I got the Factory Reset Protection(FRP) lock sent to my old phone after I used PDANet to open the hotspot, that I thought was included in my plan, but I found out that it is not. So, I am very cautious about updates and anything else that Metro wants to send my way.
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Hi, I just started using my friend's LG Aristo on MetroPCS. I just got an Android System Update pop up tonight that shows a 450.1 MB update available, but doesn't show the name of the update. The only thing it says about the update is, " This release includes updates that make your phone more secure and improves messaging.". Does anyone know what kind of update this is and if it will restrict any features? I'm using PDANet app for tethering. My friend had this phone for about two months, I don't know if he got this notification before to update it and he just didn't update it or if it's a brand new update. I got the Factory Reset Protection(FRP) lock sent to my old phone after I used PDANet to open the hotspot, that I thought was included in my plan, but I found out that it is not. So, I am very cautious about updates and anything else that Metro wants to send my way.
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Nobody I know of has accepted the update. I was gonna do a clean start so I could try the update out, but free time has been hella scarce. Since it's a LG update for metro, we can automatically surmise it won't interfere with unlocking the bootloader or enabling root access. (They wouldn't pull something like that after the LG motion)
Tether is included in every plan that involves more than 2 gigs of high speed data. You get a hard limit for how much high speed data is used for tether though.
Hiyo was wondering if you knew the best route to reflash stock? im wanting to so i can give this phone to my aunt as she uses a lg risio.
Ps: sorry for jumpin in on your thread i just didnt believe i should muck up the rest of the forum.
teknoweanie said:
Hiyo was wondering if you knew the best route to reflash stock? im wanting to so i can give this phone to my aunt as she uses a lg risio.
Ps: sorry for jumpin in on your thread i just didnt believe i should muck up the rest of the forum.
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Do you have a computer at home?
i did the useual for me ..the "throw my brains in a blender and go for what i read was ultimately stupid"
and tried the update...and ended up in a TWRP bootloop....
went back n forth flashing Lineage TWRP and my stock bla TWRP somthing like 4 times...
finally when things decided to boot
after the last time flash i tried the lineage TWRP....i marveled at how fast it booted....
then booted TWRP to flash my huge boring stock backup...
and junks back to the old funk...just from 9/28 when i first was going to try Lineage...
should've used it as an excuse to try out the debloated rom....
can anyone tell me how to turn off Updater in terminal ....
moving files and renaming things always gets me running in these same exact circles..
is it safe to remove Updater???
sorry if i type like i think..i'm trying to be unique ...my logic is just really fuzzy
i only apologize because someone that was have a bad day decided it was the best thing to zero in on in an android forum and get bossy about it...sorry..i think too much ..most of it's useless...OK..i post this now
Yep i have a computer. Read about two different applications to flash the stock kdz. One called lg up an the other lg flash tool. The only thing is im not sure about is which app is best to use or does it matter?
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i did a search for "flash stock rom lg aristo" the top two guides lead me to the applications. Just saying where i found it in case anyone was wondering. *haven't tried yet
teknoweanie said:
Yep i have a computer. Read about two different applications to flash the stock kdz. One called lg up an the other lg flash tool. The only thing is im not sure about is which app is best to use or does it matter?
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i did a search for "flash stock rom lg aristo" the top two guides lead me to the applications. Just saying where i found it in case anyone was wondering. *haven't tried yet
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Either one does the job really. LG up is built for newer devices, so you'd be better off
Did anyone download the 450.1 MB update yet?
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Did anyone download the 450.1 MB update yet?
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It's a security update and the kernel was clock locked to 1248mhz and lower. It shouldn't clock any higher than 1248.