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[GUIDE] Recovering from brick/bootloop

So there have been a spate of people bricking their O3Ds lately... this is the last ditch method to recover your phone if you can't boot into Android, or CWM. No guarantees, but should work so long as your phone is still detected.
Download SmartFlash, then the corresponding packages for your phone:
---P920---
Baseband: http://d-h.st/xci
Baseband Mirror: http://goo.gl/yDnjP
Rom: http://d-h.st/WTE
Rom Mirror: http://goo.gl/UfG85
---P925---
Baseband: http://d-h.st/EBF
Baseband Mirror: http://goo.gl/mdLBn
Rom: http://d-h.st/gTO
Rom Mirror: http://goo.gl/auYkj
Extract smartflash.zip, install both driver packages. Then, run Windows Enabler, in the notifications bar, click it and make sure it is set to 'on'.
If you downloaded the rom from my dev-host link, unzip the .bin file.
Now remove your phone's battery and sim card, press volume up and connect your phone to the computer. Hold volume up until it is detected by the computer. It should take no longer than 20 seconds.
Now run B_SmartFlashTool_Extern.exe, go to rom copy d/l, select LGP920_CP.fls or LGP925_CP.fls for CP bin and LGP920_AP.bin or LGP925_AP.bin for AP bin, depending on your phone model. Make sure under communications setup that your phone is connected (verify the com port in device manager) and then click start. If all goes well, you'll have a working phone on v21E (P920) or v20P (P925) stock

pandaball said:
So there have been a spate of people bricking their O3Ds lately... this is the last ditch method to recover your phone if you can't boot into Android, or CWM. No guarantees, but should work so long as your phone is still detected.
Download SmartFlash, then the corresponding packages for your phone:
P920: Baseband and Rom.
P925: Baseband and Rom
Extract smartflash.zip, install both driver packages. Then, run Windows Enabler, in the notifications bar, click it and make sure it is set to 'on'.
Now remove your phone's battery and sim card, press volume up and connect your phone to the computer. Hold volume up until it is detected by the computer. It should take no longer than 20 seconds.
Now run B_SmartFlashTool_Extern.exe, go to rom copy d/l, select LGP920_CP.fls or LGP925_CP.fls for CP bin and LGP920_AP.bin or LGP925_AP.bin for AP bin, depending on your phone model. Make sure under communications setup that your phone is connected (verify the com port in device manager) and then click start. If all goes well, you'll have a working phone on v21D (P920) or v20P (P925) stock
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Thanks for the links! However your P925 V20P baseband link is down. Can we get a mirror?

There was this one already, I used this method countless times. It's basically the same thing, but uses LG flashing software and kdz files, which are easier to find, download and flash. You can also use the marwin one with windows enabler and the hosts file tweak (that's what I use on a win7 x64 machine). I can't get why it hasn't been stickied or something...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186460

sandulea said:
There was this one already, I used this method countless times. It's basically the same thing, but uses LG flashing software and kdz files, which are easier to find, download and flash. You can also use the marwin one with windows enabler and the hosts file tweak (that's what I use on a win7 x64 machine). I can't get why it hasn't been stickied or something...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186460
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Yes I know of that one, however it requires you to download so many pieces of software and block LG in the hosts file. This also works on all windows based systems and does not require just XP. Furthermore, if you're phone is bricked, Marwin wont work if your phone is bricked as your phone needs to be turned on and within Android. This is the simpler method to recover your phone without too much fuss.
Sent from my LG-P920 using Tapatalk 2

Markyzz said:
Thanks for the links! However your P925 V20P baseband link is down. Can we get a mirror?
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Sorry, will re-up when I reach home. My Dropbox has been generating excessive activity
Sent from my LG-P920 using Tapatalk 2

pandaball said:
Furthermore, if you're phone is bricked, Marwin wont work if your phone is bricked as your phone needs to be turned on and within Android. This is the simpler method to recover your phone without too much fuss.
Sent from my LG-P920 using Tapatalk 2
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Actually it does, just last night I used Marwin to flash the phone while it was in emergency mode, download mode (as I knew it when I had the LG gt540) or whatever it's called (volume up, plugged in, detected as a modem). It's not the first time either.
As for which option is simpler, I guess I have to try smartflash, because I don't know why i had this idea that it's a complicated and unstable piece of software

hey thanks!
could you re-up the smartflash link. she's not working! much love
nor is the p925 rom.
thanks

please download link for "smartflash".... dropbox not open

advant1985 said:
please download link for "smartflash".... dropbox not open
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Changed the link. It should work now. Stupid bandwidth limits.

i keep getting a timeout error. i've installed the drivers, using enabler, have the p925 files you posted (and put them in the right spot). keep reseting the pc. the furthest i get is about 60% and it errors. then i keep trying and it gets worse until i restart.
been trying for a couple hours now.
any help? please, as i don't have a working phone right now lol

kylereid said:
i keep getting a timeout error. i've installed the drivers, using enabler, have the p925 files you posted (and put them in the right spot). keep reseting the pc. the furthest i get is about 60% and it errors. then i keep trying and it gets worse until i restart.
been trying for a couple hours now.
any help? please, as i don't have a working phone right now lol
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This metod never worked for me. Had the same problem. Ive heard that changing the Baud rate , speed of com port where lg is detected, helps sometimes. It didnt help me, but try and see what happens.
Sent from my LG-P920 using XDA

This is the solution
First flash de radio then flash de rom
my solution

i have a problem that i cant wright on data
i cant format data and cant make any chenge on the device and that isnt halp me... do you know somthing else i can try?

eliav076 said:
i have a problem that i cant wright on data
i cant format data and cant make any chenge on the device and that isnt halp me... do you know somthing else i can try?
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You can't format user data or the /data partition?
In any case, try flashing CWM and see if its able to wipe the partition for you.

Wonderful, thank you! When everything else failed.... you became my new saviour. Cheers.

This doesn't work for me.
I launched getril and it tells me that the RIL is 21e, but the baseband is XMM6260 and it recommends I switch to a 21d RIL.

ofutur said:
This doesn't work for me.
I launched getril and it tells me that the RIL is 21e, but the baseband is XMM6260 and it recommends I switch to a 21d RIL.
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Why would it recommend that you switch to an older baseband?

Not sure, but this baseband or smartflash method is not working for me. I can't connect to the mobile network.
I've tried a different rom based on 21e and got the same result.

ofutur said:
Not sure, but this baseband or smartflash method is not working for me. I can't connect to the mobile network.
I've tried a different rom based on 21e and got the same result.
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See if you have IMEI.
Sent from my LG-P920 using XDA

No IMEI, network, phone number, signal, etc.
And I've tried 2 different SIM cards.
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Just flashed the bin with LGFlashTool and this time everything works as expected, so it seems that smartflash is not doing a great job. Maybe it's not catching some errors? LGFlashTool wouldn't flash the files if they were stored on the network, but smartflash never complained.
Getril still says RIL/baseband don't match, but this time the baseband shows as LGP920AT-00-V21e

LG VS840 Help!!

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...

iolpiolp8 said:
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

iolpiolp8 said:
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 ?

ruscan.calin said:
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 ?
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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.

iolpiolp8 said:
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

ruscan.calin said:
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

iolpiolp8 said:
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?

Bricked....Over joyed

Well I was having a blast with my phone. Had it rooted and had a custom recovery installed (i believe this was my down fall). messed with the phone all day yesterday. Rebooted it several times after root and recovery installed, then went to bed. Got up and it had downloaded an OTA (assuming it was the KK) ignored the notification that it wanted a reboot. It rebooted anyways and boom....no more boot. It flashes the LG logo for a split second and thats it. Will not go into download mode. Cannot connect via ADB which also means the LGFlashTool won't work.
If anyone has any suggestions or magic powers to revive this it would be MUCH appreciated otherwise I guess I'm either sending off to LG or MobileTechVideos... haven't decided which. But figured I'd see if someone has anything that I haven't already tried....
also got it to the factory reset option and pressed enter, it said it was resetting it but..... still no go..

bkeaver said:
Well I was having a blast with my phone. Had it rooted and had a custom recovery installed (i believe this was my down fall). messed with the phone all day yesterday. Rebooted it several times after root and recovery installed, then went to bed. Got up and it had downloaded an OTA (assuming it was the KK) ignored the notification that it wanted a reboot. It rebooted anyways and boom....no more boot. It flashes the LG logo for a split second and thats it. Will not go into download mode. Cannot connect via ADB which also means the LGFlashTool won't work.
If anyone has any suggestions or magic powers to revive this it would be MUCH appreciated otherwise I guess I'm either sending off to LG or MobileTechVideos... haven't decided which. But figured I'd see if someone has anything that I haven't already tried....
also got it to the factory reset option and pressed enter, it said it was resetting it but..... still no go..
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actually your downfall was not knowing that after ignoring the ota a couple of times it forces itself to install also my question is can you still get into recovery/ which recovery do you have installed

XxZombiePikachu said:
actually your downfall was not knowing that after ignoring the ota a couple of times it forces itself to install also my question is can you still get into recovery/ which recovery do you have installed
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at this point all it does is display the LG logo for a split second and if I plug it in the computer via usb it mounts all these drives wanting me to format cause it doesnt know what to do with them, well all but one. That one it allows me to view the contents of it.
No it doesnt allow me to get into recovery.

bkeaver said:
at this point all it does is display the LG logo for a split second and if I plug it in the computer via usb it mounts all these drives wanting me to format cause it doesnt know what to do with them, well all but one. That one it allows me to view the contents of it.
No it doesnt allow me to get into recovery.
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ok since you said the thing about the drives it means its booting into qhusb bulk mode let me look around and see what I can find
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seems your device may be hard bricked, if its still under warranty you can take it to att and tell them ota messed up your phone, just don't mention anything about root/custom recovery it should work since there is no way of knowing it was rooted

XxZombiePikachu said:
ok since you said the thing about the drives it means its booting into qhusb bulk mode let me look around and see what I can find
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seems your device may be hard bricked, if its still under warranty you can take it to att and tell them ota messed up your phone, just don't mention anything about root/custom recovery it should work since there is no way of knowing it was rooted
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yeah I called AT&T and they just immediately transfered me to LG Support... They gave me an RMA to send it in to them although I'm going to send it in to MobileTech first, If they can revive it it may save me some hassles with LG...
Thanks for the attempt to help... appreciated...

This happened to me and i ended up asking for a new one.

ummm ..
XxZombiePikachu said:
actually your downfall was not knowing that after ignoring the ota a couple of times it forces itself to install also my question is can you still get into recovery/ which recovery do you have installed
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So this has happened to me 3 x in the last 6 days... Any way to prevent it from downloading? or Should I just not install recovery?

Monticlair22 said:
So this has happened to me 3 x in the last 6 days... Any way to prevent it from downloading? or Should I just not install recovery?
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well if you have titanium backup pro you can freeze the software update app(in d800 its an app called software update) or you can just uninstall the app using a root browser, go to sytem/app its called lgdmsclient.apk/odex and the lgfota.apk/odex just rename them to lgdmsclient.apk.bak, the odex file lgdmsclient.odex.bak, lgfota.aok.bak and lgfota.odex/bak then reboot and you shouldn't have any more update problems(the reason for renaming to .bak is so that they cant be used but at the same time you have them backed up)

Help!! No recovery or root!!

I installed Osmos Os 7.1.1 thru TWRP and when I did that I then went and flashed Aroma installer( probably not the best idea) and installed pretty much all the apps, which was stupid. Now I don't have root( and can't reroot via kingroot, it fails every time).
When I tried to get back into recovery I get the sleeping Android with the exclamation mark with the "No Command".
I just want to get back into recovery so I can restore my last backup.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Excavator2015 said:
I installed Osmos Os 7.1.1 thru TWRP and when I did that I then went and flashed Aroma installer( probably not the best idea) and installed pretty much all the apps, which was stupid. Now I don't have root( and can't reroot via kingroot, it fails every time).
When I tried to get back into recovery I get the sleeping Android with the exclamation mark with the "No Command".
I just want to get back into recovery so I can restore my last backup.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Can you get into download mode? If you can do that, ill upload the files you need to get your phone to a rooted functional state.

Yes I can , but, when I go into download mode on the while on the computer, it doesn't read download mode and that the drivers weren't installed correctly it detects that something was connected but goes straight to the drivers weren't installed correctly.... I feel like there's no hope with this phone, I'm stuck on a 7.1.1 rom with no root, no sim card detection and no recovery. Ugh!If you think you can get me into a rooted state, then awesome!

Shadow Assassin said:
Can you get into download mode? If you can do that, ill upload the files you need to get your phone to a rooted functional state.
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Thank you man, that would be greatly appreciated if you could send those files, just at a loss right now. I was actually looking at phones to buy if I couldn't get this fixed! But if you might have a solution then awesome, that would save me some money!

Excavator2015 said:
Yes I can , but, when I go into download mode on the while on the computer, it doesn't read download mode and that the drivers weren't installed correctly it detects that something was connected but goes straight to the drivers weren't installed correctly.... I feel like there's no hope with this phone, I'm stuck on a 7.1.1 rom with no root, no sim card detection and no recovery. Ugh!If you think you can get me into a rooted state, then awesome!
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Your not stuck, its a soft brick, i once had that same driver problem. Give me some time to compile everything into a single zip for you to download with instructions. To fix your driver issue, ill include the lg g3 driver kit for you to install, it may still give a driver error, but youll just have to manually assign them and ill help you with that if it comes up.

Ok man, thanks, now what I didn't mention was that I can still boot up into Osmos Os, I just don't have recovery root or radio...It's like when I flashed Aroma and installed all those apps, it broke my recovery and root...I don't understand it. So is that still classified as a soft brick? Just can't do anything with trying to restore my last backup, which I still have in my TWRP folder, but with no recovery I can't restore it, along with the root issue...I mean I tried to reroot with Kingoroot and king root, but nothing. I'm hoping what you are providing me with will get me back up and running. Thank you again man. I do have ADB and fastboot working, just can't make things work in dl mode.

Excavator2015 said:
Ok man, thanks, now what I didn't mention was that I can still boot up into Osmos Os, I just don't have recovery root or radio...It's like when I flashed Aroma and installed all those apps, it broke my recovery and root...I don't understand it. So is that still classified as a soft brick? Just can't do anything with trying to restore my last backup, which I still have in my TWRP folder, but with no recovery I can't restore it, along with the root issue...I mean I tried to reroot with Kingoroot and king root, but nothing. I'm hoping what you are providing me with will get me back up and running. Thank you again man. I do have ADB and fastboot working, just can't make things work in dl mode.
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Yea, as long you can get into download mode, then its only a soft brick. The Stump Root apps is a collection of exploits and when in doubt it can sometimes use a brute force attack to gain root. Its how i rerooted my g3 after it got corrupt.

Ok cool, so is it different than the mobile version? Because I tried the mobile version and it instantly popped up with it saying that it can't root my phone.

Excavator2015 said:
Ok cool, so is it different than the mobile version? Because I tried the mobile version and it instantly popped up with it saying that it can't root my phone.
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Ok, then your phone is patched. So youll have to do the full restore and root. I sent the link in a PM
PM me if you need more help or if its successful or fails.

Never got the pm.

Excavator2015 said:
Never got the pm.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4FtiSFGCyvHaUlJSGREYm5RRnc/view?usp=drivesdk
When the zip is done downloading, youll extract the folders and files and run through the guide I put in there.

Ok. Thank you, now on the computer, I can't login to XDA because my wife is signed into Google plus and it's her computer. I'll take the zip and transfer it to her desktop.

Alright man, I'm copying the zip over to the computer. Are you going to be on for a while in case I need you?

When I went into download mode the computer still didn't recognize it. It told me the drivers weren't installed successfully. When I unplugged the phone from the computer they automatically installed correctly.
Now when I went in to look at the device connected, there was a yellow exclamation mark, and it said that the drivers weren't installed correctly and it gave me a "Code(10)device cannot start". I'm so lost right now, please help me out man..Lol can it be done thru ADB? I know that I don't have download mode working so fastboot is out of the question. Ugh!

Excavator2015 said:
When I went into download mode the computer still didn't recognize it. It told me the drivers weren't installed successfully. When I unplugged the phone from the computer they automatically installed correctly.
Now when I went in to look at the device connected, there was a yellow exclamation mark, and it said that the drivers weren't installed correctly and it gave me a "Code(10)device cannot start". I'm so lost right now, please help me out man..Lol can it be done thru ADB? I know that I don't have download mode working so fastboot is out of the question. Ugh!
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Go to your device manager and uninstall all lg drivers then run the installation of the multidriver pack i included.
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Excavator2015 said:
When I went into download mode the computer still didn't recognize it. It told me the drivers weren't installed successfully. When I unplugged the phone from the computer they automatically installed correctly.
Now when I went in to look at the device connected, there was a yellow exclamation mark, and it said that the drivers weren't installed correctly and it gave me a "Code(10)device cannot start". I'm so lost right now, please help me out man..Lol can it be done thru ADB? I know that I don't have download mode working so fastboot is out of the question. Ugh!
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Now if reinstalling all the drivers doesnt work, Ill set up a guide to do a full cleaning of lg drivers and fresh install. The error codes your getting are apparently just outdated or corrupt drivers, so its not a lost cause, just a bump in the road that can be fixed.

Got it fixed!!! Back to stock rooted. Now I'm flashing super su. Now I can do that thru flashify right? You left out one major detail tho...I had to check Mark board, in LG flash tool...I was stuck in the factory reset 2 screen for like 2 hours until I finally had the computer recognize download mode again. But hey, that did do the trick!! Thank you very much man!!

Excavator2015 said:
Got it fixed!!! Back to stock rooted. Now I'm flashing super su. Now I can do that thru flashify right? You left out one major detail tho...I had to check Mark board, in LG flash tool...I was stuck in the factory reset 2 screen for like 2 hours until I finally had the computer recognize download mode again. But hey, that did do the trick!! Thank you very much man!!
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Crap, sorry for the two hour headache but glad to hear you got it running. The guide for the restore was from another forum but its instructions are on a bunch of other sites and i forgot i had the same problem you did trying to figure out why it wouldnt recognize. So idk really know where to throw credit to, I just tried to compile everything to together for ya.
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Shadow Assassin said:
Crap, sorry for the two hour headache but glad to hear you got it running. The guide for the restore was from another forum but its instructions are on a bunch of other sites and i forgot i had the same problem you did trying to figure out why it wouldnt recognize. So idk really know where to throw credit to, I just tried to compile everything to together for ya.
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And i would suggest using flashfire. Flashify has been a headache on the g3 for me but no mattef what, make a backup first.

Hey, no problem man, you really helped out! And now because of that tutorial and the detail you put in, I have recovery and root again! It actually was really easy initially!
I had someone else help out before you, and we spent hours upon hours of trial and error to try and get me back to this state, now he suggested lg root tool but I told him I couldn't get DL mode working as well. So all in all, if it wasn't for people on this site helping each other out, none of us would have what we have now , or fix things on their devices.
Thanks again!:good:
My name is Ty by the way, what's yours?

Excavator2015 said:
Hey, no problem man, you really helped out! And now because of that tutorial and the detail you put in, I have recovery and root again! It actually was really easy initially!
I had someone else help out before you, and we spent hours upon hours of trial and error to try and get me back to this state, now he suggested lg root tool but I told him I couldn't get DL mode working as well. So all in all, if it wasn't for people on this site helping each other out, none of us would have what we have now , or fix things on their devices.
Thanks again!:good:
My name is Ty by the way, what's yours?
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Just call me shadow.

You got it man!
So what 7.1 ROM do you like the best so far? Any of them you like as a DD?

how to install stock firmware? unable to? i really need help

so i got the stock firmware courtesy of honor... and i dont know how to install it.
ive done my google research and the guides tell me to put the UPDATE.app file onto the sd card whilst in the dload folder.. and open the dialer and type a number in then go to SD card update and when i do that instead of the EMUI recovery thing, i get TWRP.
i could boot into the erecovery menu but it will download stuff and doesnt give me the option to go off of microsd card... and i read on a couple places not to flash anything through twrp cause it could cause damage to the device, i.e bricking. and i dont know where to get a stock recovery... i saw the thread on here but it doesnt have the recovery for the BLN-L24 model of the honor 6x..
im really stuck and i dont know what to do... someone help please..
edit\\ can someone please explain what dload is? i did a google search and its download mode? something said hold down power up and down and plug usb cable into computer... i did that and it boots into twrp..?

someone help please

im almost desperate for help..

xSpartacusx said:
im almost desperate for help..
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Dload here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73954487&postcount=240
FF for PC - http://pro-teammt.ru/projects/hwff/GetLatestVersion.action

shashank1320 said:
Dload here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73954487&postcount=240
FF for PC - http://pro-teammt.ru/projects/hwff/GetLatestVersion.action
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okay... well i downloaded the B366 build for my device from FF on android cause i couldnt figure out how to use the PC version.. and then transferred the zips to my computer, and did the whole Dload folder setup.. and when i went to install it from stock recovery, it would be stuck at 5% and after a few minutes it would just reboot..
so i dont think my phones stock firmware is installed.. i found some other guide where the instructions were to go on twrp and wipe all partitions and using fastboot, flash in boot, recovery, and system along with vendor (the .img files extracted from the update.app file),
and i did that and formatted the phone and stuff, and it booted to a setup screen when you first get it from the store or turn it on.. did that and my phone still doesnt work right, i.e cameras are disabled as snapchat or any apps with camera including built in app dont function, sound doesnt get produced no matter if it stereo speakers bluetooth headphones or phone call earpiece speaker, and no videos on any app will play back..
im not sure what to do now

xSpartacusx said:
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I was in the same position as you the other day. My phone got recovered but was missing a bunch of things. It was only fixed with an OTA update.

BakedOnSomeSour said:
I was in the same position as you the other day. My phone got recovered but was missing a bunch of things. It was only fixed with an OTA update.
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When I made this I didn't really know much about the whole stock restoring thing with dload. What I meant about the sd card was, what people said to do, which was like hold all three buttons down (volume and power), for me it would go to erecovery and download something off the internet and format. Instead of going through the process kf installing the app file from the sd card . haha
I'm thinking about just buying a new phone. But I want to try to fix this one.

xSpartacusx said:
When I made this I didn't really know much about the whole stock restoring thing with dload. What I meant about the sd card was, what people said to do, which was like hold all three buttons down (volume and power), for me it would go to erecovery and download something off the internet and format. Instead of going through the process kf installing the app file from the sd card . haha
I'm thinking about just buying a new phone. But I want to try to fix this one.
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So where are you now in the process? Your phone boots but with a bunch of issues correct? Do you still need a dload explanation?

I understand dload for the most part. I got a b366 firmware from firmware finder. And it booted up with current issues still present. However this one doesn't have system update in the settings. Also found out I can't flash a rom. Well I can but it won't boot into it haha.

xSpartacusx said:
I understand dload for the most part. I got a b366 firmware from firmware finder. And it booted up with current issues still present. However this one doesn't have system update in the settings. Also found out I can't flash a rom. Well I can but it won't boot into it haha.
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whats the emui version in the menu?

bakedonsomesour said:
whats the emui version in the menu?
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b366= emui 5.0.1

xSpartacusx said:
edit\\ can someone please explain what dload is? i did a google search and its download mode? something said hold down power up and down and plug usb cable into computer... i did that and it boots into twrp..?
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I know this is old but i know the fix. Your build number is incorrect. You need to flash a lower version.img than take an OTA update and youll be all set.

well is it fixed.you have to download two files one is named update.zip and is something like data_hw like that.first flash the update zip by extracting it and placing it in the dload folder and flash the second zip.only thing you have to make sure is to download the correct package or else it wont work.