Hello, I'm new. i have no clue where the proper forums are. but here's my problem,
I ran twrp in rom manager and selected the wrong phone type on accident and my screen went black? never booted back up. cant hard reset/open recovery mode. I'm not sure what went wrong. I didn't flash a new rom or anything. just pressed to wrong phone model and poof no more phone. Any help will be much appreciated
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Flashing the wrong recovery for your device can brick it. Your best hope is to flash the stock firmware. Unfortunately I can't find specifically how to do that for your device. Here are some threads on using the LG flash tool. CAUTION, only flash files that are specific to your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498102
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
If you have questions you could try asking in those threads.
This helps a bit, thank you. I'm a little closer to solving this thanks to you. still need to find the tributes stock firmware and whatnot. did i mention when i plug my phone up to the computer, i can't use download mode. AND it shows up as removable disk g.
I'm sorry but I can't find any more information about your device than I already gave you. I see you posted in one of the threads. You're going to have to hope someone with your devices sees it and knows where to get the files you need for the LG flash tool.
Thread closed.
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I flashed a MIUI rom which didn't work well on my phone and started to hang. All of a sudden it just shut down and nothing was there. I later used Odin 1.7 and the stock rom and 512 pit file to flash it back to stock. The process was successfully complete and it restarted the phone. However, the phone screen is completely black at the point where it is supposed to show the home screen. When I touch the haptic buttons at the bottom it lights up but that is it. Nothing happens.
I tried to go to recovery mode by pressing BOTH VOL BUTTONS and POWER BUTTON. It says Android system recovery <2e> as the title. At this point if I want to install a new custom ROM I have to select reinstall packages. I do that and it shows error in red font as follows:
E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
There are fixes to this error that involves connecting the phone with the PC through USB but my phone doesn't start at all as I have mentioned earlier.
Have I completely lost this phone?
Please understand that you need to flash a Custom Recovery before you can flash custom Rom. The Stock Recovery that you have will not be able to flash Custom Roms. Here's a thread that describes how you can do so. What I do wish to caution is that you should ensure the phone is working optimally before you proceed with Custom Roms. If there are no issues otherwise, then you can proceed to flash a Rom of your Choice.
Hello,
When I searched, I found the following thread: ** [GUIDE] FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK + ODIN SUPPORT! N00b Friendly **.
The secont part could help you: "NO-BOOT PHONES".
Good luck!
Hammer_Of_The_Gods said:
Hello,
When I searched, I found the following thread: ** [GUIDE] FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK + ODIN SUPPORT! N00b Friendly **.
The secont part could help you: "NO-BOOT PHONES".
Good luck!
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Yes. I found it too. However, when I followed the procedure I stupidly checked Repartition in the Boot Cycle process. I was on this phone for five hours and it was around 4 or 5 in the morning and I was sleepy. :'( I don't know if that irreversibly took away my only chance at bringing back my phone.
I tried the same process with repartition unchecked but I guess the damage was done by then. FML.
I think at this point you're going to have to comb through the vibrant Q&A section for similar issues and see if any fixes help. The guys in that forum section know the best, hopefully there's an answer there somewhere.
The guide posted above didn't help, not sure we here can do much more.
You could post your problem there too....again, the members there know what they're doing with that particular model.
Vibrant Q&A http://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-vibrant/help
Good luck my friend!!
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Yes. I found it too. However, when I followed the procedure I stupidly checked Repartition in the Boot Cycle process. I was on this phone for five hours and it was around 4 or 5 in the morning and I was sleepy. :'( I don't know if that irreversibly took away my only chance at bringing back my phone.
I tried the same process with repartition unchecked but I guess the damage was done by then. FML.
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@MiniGunnR, I do not believe you have permanently bricked the device. All you need is correct partitioning of your phone to get it back. This is usually done with the help of .PIT Files that are flashed via Odin. A PIT File simply put is a file with Partition information on the Device. Here's a thread that explains what its all about. remember that thread is NOT for your Device. Its just for your information.In the thread @Hammer_Of_The_Gods had linked, you will find there are PIT files for download. Make sure they are for your exact device specifications. If in doubt, you can ask on that thread.
EDIT - If you open a new in Vibrant's Q&A Section, I am sure there'd be someone would love to help you there.
Sometimes a different version of Odin can help too. I know on my S2, I had 3 goto versions for doing different things. Maybe try that.
NEED HELP im newbie in android and affraiad ruin my cellphone glashin an incorrect boot recovery
My phone dont start anymore.
I try todo an nandroid backup an samething goes bad.
I got an copy of the original recovery but i do not what to do.
Is possible to reflash the phone ?whit a low level tool.
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. I can't find anything relevant to your device on XDA. I did find one thing that may give you a clue on how to flash the stock firmware but, CAUTION DO NOT use any of the device specific files in this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
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Hi,
I recently bought an Umi Iron and believe I have accidentally managed to soft brick it (based on what ive found on google and the forums here) I need a way to get it working again and have some ROMS (2 official ones) which are compatible for the device. The device will boot into recovery and allows restoration from an SD card, ABD Push or the cache. The cache is empty and although i have searched for how to do it from an SD card i have found no information (I've tried putting the .zip files onto the device and installing those but the device says "installation aborted"). I have a SDK which I am attempting t learn to use in order to fix the device. Any information about how to use the program/get the new ROM flashed via fastboot would be much appreciated as I have very little knowledge of what I am doing as I have never attempted to root or flash a phone. The phone comes pre rooted from the factory (I dont know if this info is relevant but I'm working on the assumption the more info i can give the better). The device entered this startup loop when i removed an app which i had accidentally installed as a system file while trying to use an app to move it to my SD card. Any information and help is much appreciated
Hi,
I can't find anything relevant on XDA for your device and issue, but perhaps the members in this thread can help..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/umi-iron-unibody-alloy-dual-led-t3127905
Good luck!
Hi Darth,
Many thanks for your reply, since i posted this thread I have done some further research and narrowed the problem down further. The device runs android 5.1 and there is a setting in the developer settings which locks the OEM bootlocker. This is the issue i am having. Because the device has this option checked, I cannot unlock the bootloader to install a custom rom to rectify the issue as i cannot turn the device on to access these settings. I have seen many people have had this problem with devices and android 5.1 including Nexus and HTC phones. I have been unable to find a fix for this issue though so if you know of any articles which may point me in the direction that would be most helpful
Thanks again
I would say the best place to ask about that is in the thread I linked above. But if that's not helpful, you could ask here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257421
Every device is different as far as if or how the bootloader can be unlocked. So you really need an answer specific to your device.
Hope it works out for you!
I bought a 2nd hand SM-G920F. It was rooted and I really prefer an unrooted device to get the OTA. Anyhow, I went to unroot the device and it didn't go so well. It bombed right at the very end of the odin step. So I ran it again with the same rom. No luck. Right now I have a fairly expensive paperweight. I can get it to boot into recovery and download modes. I have TWRP installed on the damn thing, but the touchscreen isn't working. I can move files around with adb and fastboot, but I can't really get it do anything. I keep getting the waiting for devices thingy. It appears as if there's no OS on the phone right now, just a file structure that I can manipilate thru an adb shell. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help
The experts there may be able to help.
Register a XDA account in order to post and reply in the forums. Good luck.
Hello,
I bought an LG G3 VS985 Verizon from ebay, brand new in box. the phone looks great but i only had one thing on my mind... rooting. i tried all of the methods i could possibly find, but every time i try to do anything in download mode, it just fails. flat-out fails. i can easily get IN-to download mode but it wont flash anything. i think i have a clue as to why though but i don't know what it means. I've looked at images of other lg g3 download mode and mine is the only one that has a red "Modified" label on the bottom. Am i wrong in thinking that the download mode is locked somehow? i can't live without rooting so any help would be appreciated
since im new to the forums XDA wont let me insert outside links so i cant show you guys a picture of the phone or the ebay listing (if thats applicable) sorry.
Thanks in advance!
Hi !
The message "modified" shows that the device has been once rooted , you can root it again if you want
Follow one of these threads
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-root-the-lg-g3-xda-developer-tv/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2772658
Good luck !
Thanks for the quick reply! but i have another problem. when i follow that tutorial you sent me, i connect to
adb and reboot to recovery but it reboots to a screen with a little android and it says no command, and it just sits there.
Is the recovery broken/missing?
Thanks in advance!
I guess the recovery is missing, try to flash it again
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Hey thanks for your help but I'm returning it as i seem to have been ripped off. Thanks.
Check out this toolkit
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/verizon-lg-g3-one-toolkit-vs985-root-t3124846
Read carefully, you need to be on a certain firmware
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