Hello! I have been trying to unroot my G3 (VS985) for approximately a week now (due to a mic failure and need to claim warranty). I cannot seem to get the drivers to install properly and I have done everything in my power to make sure they do. I have the 3.12.3 version drivers currently. When I install them without my phone being plugged in they say they have installed properly. So I go ahead and put it in download mode and plug it in, go into device manager and it does not show up under the COM section, but rather as an "android device" that windows cannot find the drivers for. When I try to manually update the drivers (which I have in the root of the designated folder) it says there are no drivers to be installed and thus ultimately failing my ability to use the flash tool and change everything. Now I tried installing the drivers while the G3 was plugged in and in download mode, to which it begins to say they have successfully installed and then the little box at the bottom right corner of the screen with say "drivers failed to install click for more details" and it says there is no designated path. What am I doing wrong? I cant manually update them or have them install while the phone is plugged in. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. It might be a good idea to take a look at this thread:
[GUIDE][HOW TO][VS985] Restore Verizon to Stock
It contains detailed instructions and you should be able to ask your question there to get help from those who are experienced with your device.
Good luck!
Thread closed, thanks.
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So let me start by saying I have been researching these forums for the last 8 hours trying to following instructions on getting my phone to connect to my computer and with no luck, hoping someone out there can please help me step by step in correcting my problem.
1)I flashed DC's Rom, then flashed the most current radio, then flashed the most current Wimax.
2)I noticed that when I connect my phone to the computer, it says device is not recognizable. The phone charges but does cannot be seen by the computer as a disk drive (I'm trying to RUU to stock but the comp. will not see my phone and I've already tried running RUU but it also is having probs seeing the phone).
3)I've read Calculin's instructions in fixing the SD Card and USB as close as possible but also no luck. I've downloaded Android-SDK Tools and ran CMD with the Instructions saying type in "fastboot oem boot", from there, thats where I get stuck, it just says "waiting on device". Not sure where I go from there, I'm in Reboot mode where it has Fastboot on my evo screen.
Any help would be much appreciated, I'm just so frustrated and I'm trying to get back to square one.
Unplug your phone and restart it, then plug it back in. I had to do this 3 times before it started working again. Other than that, you might just need to download the new drivers.
And you posted in the wrong section.
Sorry about posting in the wrong section, what drivers should I install, are you talking about the new HTC Sync Files or something else? Can you point in the direction to get these files?
okay, I think I'm getting close, I have a box thats popping up now thats trying to located the Device Driver the phone. It says "Failed" next to the line "MY HTC" Where can I download the necessary drivers for this phone?
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okay, I think I'm getting close, I have a box thats popping up now thats trying to located the Device Driver the phone. It says "Failed" next to the line "MY HTC" Where can I download the necessary drivers for this phone?
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You should be able to get the proper drivers from either Sprint or HTC's web site. There are links on both sites. Also, when you install / reinstall the sync drivers make sure anti-virus is disabled. If the situation continues and you've tried everything else other folks suggested look at program permissions in your anti-virus program. I was having something similar and CA anti-virus was not letting the program start-up. I had to toggle it to "allow".
Good Luck.
OK, to be fair I don't know whether to blame LG or Microsoft, but in the middle of upgrading my G2X it looks as if the crappy Windows drivers quit talking to the phone.
The LG software instructed me to do a battery pull and try again, but the result is the phone is now stuck in "S/W Upgrade" display. It won't not respond to the Windows update program. Reinstalling drivers does not help.
It won't boot Android. It's useless.
Rebooting with the sound buttons depressed gives me a black screen, no recovery program.
I have the Android SDK on my Linux laptop, but it doesn't find any USB devices, regardless of whether I do a straight boot or attempt recovery mode.
I have a Linux version of nvflash, which also can't find the device, so http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610562 is no help.
What next?
If you have a Windows computer accessible:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180331
404 land
Sadly most of the links in that thread point to 404s, so I am not able to find the Windows one-click CWM flasher, but I found this
http://search.4shared.com/postDownload/9h4mmcSp/nvflash-cwm_recovery-5027.html
which is a Linux nvflash binary, script, and CWM package. With enough fiddling around I managed to get Linux to detect the device and nvflash to install Clockwork, so I'm at least that far.
Now to figure out how to get rid of that upgrade screen ....
You ran into the exact same thing I ran into about 6 months, literally to a "T".
The link posted above by another member is what I followed, and it fixed the problem for me.
I hope you are able to find the various non-dead files/links!
Good Luck!
Scott
Here is the One-Click NVFlash for windows:
[RECOVERY][APP] 4-28:One-Click NvFlasher ClockWorkMod Touch 5.8.1.3/5.0.2.0/4.0.1.5
Also the KDZ flasher is probably the only way you're going to get the update finished, and you'll have to do that on XP.
XP
I have an XP laptop, but the KDZ flasher crashes when I try checking the phone configuration, and I have not been able to locate a KDZ file for the GX2. Pretty much everything in that thread resolves to a removed file, or a dead domain.
Oh, here's the V21y kdz.
You shouldn't need to check phone configuration, just open the kdz flasher,select the kdz file, and hit go.
EDIT: Yup, from the other thread:
speedsk8x said:
7) Run KDZ_FW_UPD.exe.. Leave the type set to CDMA and the phone mode set to DIAG. DO NOT CLICK ON "Read phone information"
8) Click the folder icon and load the V21E_00.kdz
9) Click launch software update (and pray!)
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Partial success
I had partial success with these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
... except that the device drivers were not Win7 compatible and I had to chase down the correct drivers by Googling for Nvidia APX drivers. Once that was done, I was able to nvflash back to a stock system and get out of the LG "S/W Update" bootloader problem.
However, the phone radio isn't working. The cited thread recommends updating using either the KZ loader or the LG Update tool after flashing, so I guess that's my next stop.
Decoding the instructions:
Removing the battery, holding down BOTH volume controls, and plugging in USB puts the phone in to "APX" mode. It will show up as an unknown device in Windows, which allows you to install the device driver. After that the nvflash utility can reflash all the phone's memory.
try this
This happend to me a month ago and took me till 4am to solve...
disclaimer this worked for me but your mileage may vary
First update your lg drivers here
dropbox.com/s/8hibwel69plml4w/LG%20_USB%20_Drivers_All_4.9.7.zip
The only way I found to get it out of the s/w update mode was to use this custom nv flasher that restores it to stock V21E over apx mode
dropbox.com/s/g2eli2mjapfhd0k/G2X_V21E_00_NVFlash.zip
it also includes the nvidia apx drivers
you get to apx mode by taking the battery out and holding both volume buttons down while pluging the usb cable in ... you can let go of the buttons after you see the update screen
after that your phone should boot up normal...skip syncing google account... now with your drivers updated try the lg update tool again... to me the lg tool is the most straight forward way to get the updated baseband... after this works you'll be on stock V21Y with new baseband Mar 11 2012...
now for recovery and backup use this and pick CWM 5.0.2.0
dropbox.com/s/odypked2aqha11i/One-Click-G2x-recovery-flasher-04-28-12.rar
after you have that done you can then flash this stock rooted V21Y via copy it to your sd card
dropbox.com/s/4db1h60uj7gmvpq/p999_2.3.4_v21y_4142012.zip
Thanks...
Thanks for the links! I'll try again with those versions and see if I can get the LG updater (which caused all this trouble in the first place) to work properly. I am still getting failures when it is connecting with the phone.
While I do have nvflash working (on the win7 laptop) and am able to flash CWM and install ROMs, the phone still doesn't seem to know it's a phone. The T-mobile wifi calling app says the SIM is bad.
I flashed Eaglesblood ICS, which was easy and looks like it's a great ROM, but the phone still doesn't work.
Check the "Rom for Recovery" thread in the Dev Section. Follow the instructions. It should get you up and running in no time.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &
Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting
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Moving to Q&A
Massive fail...
delete please, I post in wrong thread.
Hello,
Few months ago , the power button of my nexus s had broken. I used volume rocker and I could turn on the screen.
Today I tried to flash a rom . I have done this before many times and I know the process.
After I had wiped all the data ( system , faxtory reset, cache) , I pulled off the battery.
When the phone starts it stucks on google logo , because there is no rom in it.
When I boot it into the fastboot mode , my pc cannot recognize it at all, I plug it in my pc and there is no sign that a new hardware has been installed.
I don't know what else to do. If I could get it recognized by my pc , I would be able to silve the problem.
Any suggestions on how can I fix it? Can I fix the fastboot mode problem????
Thanks for your time
I am looking forward hearing your replies...
If you don't have this installed on your PC already, you should install it and follow the directions for installing the drivers carefully. It worked for me.
P.S. this thread belongs in Q&A
Thanks for the reply but it cannot do anything. I posted here so as I can get help from developers who know more stuff than other users.
unless your thread is about ANDROID DEVELOPMENT ... IE your own ROM / KERNEL / MOD etc... it should be in q and a or general.
OP that is not how it works, posting in the Development Section because you believe the help is great there....WRONG! Sir, you will find the best help is in the proper place in the proper Threads....Please familiarize yourself with the Forum Rules on Posting. Thank You and Moved here.
When you connect your phone to your PC while it's in fastboot mode, if you haven't tried already, go to device manager (assuming your pc is running windows), there should be an unrecognized device in the list, if so you can right click on it and choose update driver, then select driver manually and navigate to the data/drivers folder where ever you have Wug's tool installed (if you don't have it installed then you should), that should properly install the drivers and allow your computer to recognize the phone, then you can use the flash stock+unroot option to repair your phone.
If you don't see any change in device manager when your phone is connected to your computer then I can't help much, maybe try a different usb port if you haven't already.
Good luck
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When you connect your phone to your PC while it's in fastboot mode, if you haven't tried already, go to device manager (assuming your pc is running windows), there should be an unrecognized device in the list, if so you can right click on it and choose update driver, then select driver manually and navigate to the data/drivers folder where ever you have Wug's tool installed (if you don't have it installed then you should), that should properly install the drivers and allow your computer to recognize the phone, then you can use the flash stock+unroot option to repair your phone.
If you don't see any change in device manager when your phone is connected to your computer then I can't help much, maybe try a different usb port if you haven't already.
Good luck
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There are no changes when I plug in the phone, I tried all the usb ports , other pc and other new cable but nothing work.
Thanks for the reply
I have read all types of forums to Reboot Bootloader. Yeah, I know stuck at the beginning, not a good sign.Any way I went to Developer.android and got SDK. Followed various suggestions and have it on machine. However the windows 7 won't recognize device. I downloaded Motorola Device Manager for the drivers (I beleive this may be the issue) and it found no updates. I have debugged checked on Xoom, but jellybean icon shows up intermittently. When I type in CMD prompt to adb reboot bootloader, it doesn't recognize the device.
Other CMD commands suggested during instruction video worked verifying I had ADB installed coirrectly. I checked the device in control panel and it is unidentfied.Device properties has this error" Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)"
Please, can someone assist. I think that I need the drivers, but the motorola Device manager is the only tool I can find and I dont think it has the drivers, I could be wrong, but this is what I'm guessing.
Ok. I found online that the new USB 3.0 has issues with this process. I plugged into a 2.0 USB and I'm in business. I've gone through unlocking. Now I can't locate the Universal Xoom Root Zip. All tutorial links that I could find go to a link that no longer has the file. can someone point me in the right direction or send me a link to the file- Thanks for the help
Ok status update. I was able to find the file and have successfully Rooted. The question, now is I restarted and I have an Green Android robot on my screen with Tiamat engraved on front stomach area. I believe I was in recovery last. IS the Xoom doing anything in the background. I don't want to interrupt something if it is running. I have downloaded BiGPART and Omni 4.4 components but I seem to be stuck
Wow... Not one response. I was able to figure it out and now am the owner of 4.4
I have a Xperia S running cm 12.1 with unlocked bootloaders TWRP installed and i tried to partition my SD card [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2584759] but clearly something went wrong and now the phone wont boot. I made a lot of research and tried everything but all the guides require to be able to boot into flashmode . My phone is dead the only sign of life is a red led when its charging which after some hours of charge will shut off. When the light is off and the phone connected on PC, the PC can recognize the device on unspecified devices (QHSUSB_DLOAD). i have installed all the needed drivers from Sony, google drivers from sdk, and adb drivers(adb wont see the device and i tried everything to do so, but nothing seem to work). I got a market for android on my pc called mobogenie that when i connect the phone it detects that a phone is connected but wont see what phone.The hardware reset buttons work but its useless in the current position. Concluding, the phone is bricked and wont open in fastboot-flashboot-bootloader-TWRP, its recognized as a device but not as "Xperia s" i got all the drivers and i want to flash the original firmware (already downloaded) to fix it. A possible problem is that the partition table is destroyed and after the flash it will hopefully be restored. The problem is not on the hardware but on software. I tried to trigger the download mode with the Samsung way (USB jig, 300k ohm ) but nothing happened as expected. Every solution i found required flash mode which is not accessible at the moment and i tried lots of things to go into fastboot(ever the rubber band trick,remove the battery etc). PLEASE help i dont know what to do, please help me flash it (i already got flashtool, Emma) or anohter solution. Thanks for the help in advance. (its my first thread in the forum, i hope to post it on the right section, i posted it here because i need the assistance of the developers i guess)
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
The XDA Assist forum isn't what you think it is. We merely assist by helping to point users with issues in the right direction for their issue.
Try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-s/help?nocache=1&z=2025285740382969
The experts there may be able to help.
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