Hello guys,
I need your assistance with this issue. I got this Boost Mobile LG LS770/Stylo phone from eBay and when I wiped/restored it to clean everything from the other person, the phone still wants me to enter the information from the previous person before I can use it. Of course that is not an option. I tried.
Also, since I am unable to get to the Android OS, I cannot put it in debug mode either. So I tried a few things to no avail. This is what I have done so far:
Put the phone in ADB mode via recovery - Done, but I am unable to sideload anything. I get this error.. "* cannot read 'sideload' *"
Put the phone in download mode "Fireware Update" - Done, and I can see my port as COM3, but when I run the next step, I get a message that says... "Hello, my name is LAF....." and nothing happens.
I tried using the LG one click root tool, but that requires the phone to be in USB debug mode and like I said before, I am unable to even get to the welcome screen in android. I can't get past wifi setup in reality, I can't even skip it.
I have been at this all day today. Can you please help me out? I really appreciate any help you can provide.
Thanks
You need a USB-OTG cable and some files. If you have a USB-OTG i'll reply with what you'll need to do. Also, have you contacted the eBay member letting them no they FRP screwed you and you basically own a brick now?
revulv said:
You need a USB-OTG cable and some files. If you have a USB-OTG i'll reply with what you'll need to do. Also, have you contacted the eBay member letting them no they FRP screwed you and you basically own a brick now?
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I have OTG cable... Can you help me out??
revulv said:
You need a USB-OTG cable and some files. If you have a USB-OTG i'll reply with what you'll need to do. Also, have you contacted the eBay member letting them no they FRP screwed you and you basically own a brick now?
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Thank you for your response. I have one. Please go ahead with the steps.
revulv said:
You need a USB-OTG cable and some files. If you have a USB-OTG i'll reply with what you'll need to do. Also, have you contacted the eBay member letting them no they FRP screwed you and you basically own a brick now?
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Also, I forgot to respond to your question. I did contact the eBay guy or lady that sold it to me, but since I'm the one that did the wipe, they are not taking responsibility and I get it. I just would like to be able to use the phone and not waste the money I spent on it. I really appreciate any help you or others can provide.
Have OTG cable & flashdrive
revulv said:
You need a USB-OTG cable and some files. If you have a USB-OTG i'll reply with what you'll need to do. Also, have you contacted the eBay member letting them no they FRP screwed you and you basically own a brick now?
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I am stuck in the same boat, bought what appears to be a brick. Would be most grateful if I could get the files/procedure you mentioned as well.
Sorry guys!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNSBbpVOmb4
Thank you for the suggestion , but this method does not work. I have already tried this and after the tool went through all the steps, it still asks for the previous account. I have found on some other forums that LG patched this flaw a few months ago and it is no longer possible to bypass FRP Factory Reset Protection. I guess I have a rock until someone can figure out how to bypass this "Feature", which in my opinion should be illegal because it forces people to buy devices from carriers only and you can no longer sell your phone online to anyone, as you cannot give them the account.
webmanny said:
but this method does not work..
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It didn't work for me either... the last security patch disabled user from the settings menu. I did find a way after many hours of work.
Basically once I got to settings I clicked unknown sources and then enabled USB debugging and oem unlock. After that I flashed twrp and then a rooted system image. After that I used http://androiding.how/bypass-google-account-verification-on-lg-g4-g3-and-others and it worked
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bigp951 said:
Basically once I got to settings I clicked unknown sources and then enabled USB debugging and oem unlock. After that I flashed twrp and then a rooted system image. After that I used http://androiding.how/bypass-google-account-verification-on-lg-g4-g3-and-others and it worked
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How did you get to settings? I am only able to get to the accessibility to turn on the voice stuff.
webmanny said:
How did you get to settings? I am only able to get to the accessibility to turn on the voice stuff.
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I honestly don't remember. I'll try to figure it out and get back to you. I think it was through the keyboard. I returned the phone already so I do t have it on front of me.
Look for anything with terms of service. Once you're on the internet you can download the settings app that everyone uses on the internet.
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Web trust me i went crazy with this for 3 days. My friend gave me his Stylo from work to unlock and i had this same issue. Flashed back to 5.1.1e,i,j, using kdz files and all the exploits that these guys are using have been shut down. If your on MM forget it. The only thing that worked for me was that tool i linked in the other thread. I hope your wrong on the virus part, ill check my laptop, but your the first person to mention that. Either way i flashed back to 5.1.1 from MM, used the tool, rebooted and it worked i signed in with his gmail.
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Web trust me i went crazy with this for 3 days. My friend gave me his Stylo from work to unlock and i had this same issue. Flashed back to 5.1.1e,i,j, using kdz files and all the exploits that these guys are using have been shut down. If your on MM forget it. The only thing that worked for me was that tool i linked in the other thread. I hope your wrong on the virus part, ill check my laptop, but your the first person to mention that. Either way i flashed back to 5.1.1 from MM, used the tool, rebooted and it worked i signed in with his gmail.
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I understand and I apologize if I sounded like I was shutting your advise down. That was not my intention. I was just stating what my virus tools detected and my experience. Regardless, I decided to ignore the virus warning and let the tool run and do what the steps on the word document stated. It went through all the steps without issues and I got the same matching screen as in the tutorial document. However, after I reboot, I still get the same screen that reads, login with a google account previously associated with this device.
Now, the one piece I'm not sure I understand from your message above is the part about flashing to 5.1.1 from MM using kdz files. How can you flash the phone when you cannot get into the settings to enable usb debug mode? I have tried everything. I even downloaded a rom file image that I placed on an Micro SD card and tried running it from recovery to no avail.
Maybe you are correct and I am just missing a step. Would you mind expanding on the flashing 5.1.1 from MM part? Maybe what steps and files you had to use?
Also, I'm not sure I understand this portion of your message. You signed in with who's gmail?
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i signed in with his gmail.
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Thank you in advance for your assistance.
is there a software older than 5.1.1 that can be flashed to the device?
You can use touch assistant to get in to settings and then disable all google aps, works for me on lg stylo 6.0, PaulieP he is the person that found this method
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So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
dan1229 said:
So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
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Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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If the guide don't work. Try this. every guide did not work for me. Look at post 5.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...ricked-lg-g2-stuck-twrp-no-download-mode.html
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hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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Thank you sososo much, I'm gonna give it a shot later tonight.
hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
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So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
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What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
dan1229 said:
Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
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Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
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I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
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Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
dan1229 said:
Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
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Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
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I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
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Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
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I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
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You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
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You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
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I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
dan1229 said:
I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
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Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
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Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
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I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
dan1229 said:
I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
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Why won't it boot properly? Also keep in mind this is the only method of going back stock. Also the method only requires you to be in download mode.
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Hello & Happy Holidays. I have my t-mobile galaxy note 5 (n920t) that i bought off someone but its frp locked. I can't get an otg cable right now to use that bypass method. I tried to flash the stock rom but didn't work. Tried to flash individual parts of another stock rom (the bl and ap files from the PAC Firmware), still nothing. Tried to flash custom recovery, but blocked by frp. Adb only picks up my phone when it's in recovery mode as sideload, not even being able to reboot or anything from adb. I've been tearing my head out get this damn lock off for 3 weeks now, and i can't find the person i brought it from so i'm feeling hopeless right now. Can anyone please help? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.:fingers-crossed:
I can remove it send me a pm
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mannyfresh2k4 said:
Hello & Happy Holidays. I have my t-mobile galaxy note 5 (n920t) that i bought off someone but its frp locked. I can't get an otg cable right now to use that bypass method. I tried to flash the stock rom but didn't work. Tried to flash individual parts of another stock rom (the bl and ap files from the PAC Firmware), still nothing. Tried to flash custom recovery, but blocked by frp. Adb only picks up my phone when it's in recovery mode as sideload, not even being able to reboot or anything from adb. I've been tearing my head out get this damn lock off for 3 weeks now, and i can't find the person i brought it from so i'm feeling hopeless right now. Can anyone please help? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.:fingers-crossed:
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If you can get into download mode here is good news for you:
Odin Flashing the official stock 5.1.1 Samsung N920T Tmobile
firmware will get your phone running properly again..
You can download the official stock firmware at http://sammobile.com
Be sure to flash using Odin v3.10.7 (older versions may not work.)
Good luck,
Have a great day!
I flashed the stock firmware, the latest one to be exact. It is still locked. Do i have to wait 3 days for frp to be removed like i've heard on previous forums? Should i just try to flash it again? Im dying over here. lol
mannyfresh2k4 said:
Hello & Happy Holidays. I have my t-mobile galaxy note 5 (n920t) that i bought off someone but its frp locked. I can't get an otg cable right now to use that bypass method. I tried to flash the stock rom but didn't work. Tried to flash individual parts of another stock rom (the bl and ap files from the PAC Firmware), still nothing. Tried to flash custom recovery, but blocked by frp. Adb only picks up my phone when it's in recovery mode as sideload, not even being able to reboot or anything from adb. I've been tearing my head out get this damn lock off for 3 weeks now, and i can't find the person i brought it from so i'm feeling hopeless right now. Can anyone please help? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.:fingers-crossed:
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same thing happened to me too about 2 weeks ago. couldn't get past the google log in screen. The only way i was able to get around it was to use the Samsung bypass apk that is floating around on the web. I just bought an otg flash/usb drive for about $12 and used that to install the apk on the phone. worked perfectly. Hopefully you can get your hands on an otg flash drive soon and your problem should be solved my friend.
Good luck.
mannyfresh2k4 said:
I flashed the stock firmware, the latest one to be exact. It is still locked. Do i have to wait 3 days for frp to be removed like i've heard on previous forums? Should i just try to flash it again? Im dying over here. lol
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Have you fixed it ?
Don't panic. You're not screwed.
This happened to me. Odin flash the correct firmware (so if you were on COI5, you need to flash official T-Mobile COI5). It will reboot into Android and when you're going through the setup wizard it will say something like "this phone was previously locked, please enter your Google account to unlock it." Put in the google account you had on the phone before and the password and voila; it will work.
In the future keep OEM unlocking enabled to avoid this
Disregard that, I can't read
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Don't panic. You're not screwed.
This happened to me. Odin flash the correct firmware (so if you were on COI5, you need to flash official T-Mobile COI5). It will reboot into Android and when you're going through the setup wizard it will say something like "this phone was previously locked, please enter your Google account to unlock it." Put in the google account you had on the phone before and the password and voila; it will work.
In the future keep OEM unlocking enabled to avoid this
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He bought the phone from someone, how would he know that?
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darkjedi said:
He bought the phone from someone, how would he know that?
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Whoops I can't read
I still didn't fix it, no. I had a good feeling that i can do it without that damn otg cable, but it seems like i don't have a choice. Spent money, now i gotta spend some more. Smh.....
I can remove it for you.
Misterjunky said:
If you can get into download mode here is good news for you:
Odin Flashing the official stock 5.1.1 Samsung N920T Tmobile
firmware will get your phone running properly again..
You can download the official stock firmware at http://sammobile.com
Be sure to flash using Odin v3.10.7 (older versions may not work.)
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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mannyfresh2k4 said:
I still didn't fix it, no. I had a good feeling that i can do it without that damn otg cable, but it seems like i don't have a choice. Spent money, now i gotta spend some more. Smh.....
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Did you do what @Misterjunky posted? You do not need an OTG for this.
Can you get into recovery?
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OTG cable and the apk is the best route to go on this one. cheap too. I just did this.
So what needs to be done to deter this from happening??
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So what needs to be done to deter this from happening??
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Avoid buying phones from people via Craigslist. If they aren't stolen, chances are the former owner is scamming some other way.
Simple way to tell the seller's motivation: If they know what they're doing, they'll use Swappa, if they've stolen or otherwise borked the phone, they'll use Craigslist.
I've had that same error , ended up i believe. ...that time (been so many soft bricks ) ...I actually used smartswitch emergency recovery mode. Try that or odin
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help with lg and samsung frp lock
I have sboot.bin files i can help you just flash with odin and bam its unlocked.....
You can splice some old USB cables together together a working otg cable. I've had one I did work for years now hooked up to my nexus player
the OTG and apk method was patched already.
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the OTG and apk method was patched already.
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Just downgrade firmware to October update of lollipop and it should work
Ok I think I really may have messed up big time with this guys so I'm begging for some help.
]So I just recently bought a AT&T LG G3 on ebay in excellent condition everything worked great until I started experimenting. I rooted it using KingRoot but later decided I'd rather use another method of root because I prefer SuperSu to manage my root access...Anyways to make a long story very short. I needed to get into download mode but Kill Switch had already locked me out because I rooted it..I did not know that McAfee would lock my phone when I rooted.. and so as a last ditch effort I attempted to wipe the entire drive and re-flash the OS well to my surprise that did completely erase the OS as expected but not the Kill Switch. So now im stuck at LG Welcome screen and cant do anything.. I'm at the mercy of the web help PLEASE!!! smh
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Ok I think I really may have messed up big time with this guys so I'm begging for some help.
]So I just recently bought a AT&T LG G3 on ebay in excellent condition everything worked great until I started experimenting. I rooted it using KingRoot but later decided I'd rather use another method of root because I prefer SuperSu to manage my root access...Anyways to make a long story very short. I needed to get into download mode but Kill Switch had already locked me out because I rooted it..I did not know that McAfee would lock my phone when I rooted.. and so as a last ditch effort I attempted to wipe the entire drive and re-flash the OS well to my surprise that did completely erase the OS as expected but not the Kill Switch. So now im stuck at LG Welcome screen and cant do anything.. I'm at the mercy of the web help PLEASE!!! smh
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You can't get passed that. There's no way around it. Only way if it's even possible is to pay a phone store that has a box that might can fix it. But other wise chances are slim
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hyelton said:
You can't get passed that. There's no way around it. Only way if it's even possible is to pay a phone store that has a box that might can fix it. But other wise chances are slim
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Dang please dont tell me that I honestly just bought this phone a week ago..heh..Ive rooted and flashed multiple phones in my time but have never seen a "kill switch".
TriLTorch said:
Dang please dont tell me that I honestly just bought this phone a week ago..heh..Ive rooted and flashed multiple phones in my time but have never seen a "kill switch".
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you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085
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you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085
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Thank you I will try this!!
TriLTorch said:
Thank you I will try this!!
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Don't think that will work with the kill switch issue. That is if you loose download mode. But worth a shot.
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Jahanzaibawan said:
you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085
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This method worked after many hours of trying and trying thank you for this ...unfortunately the phone which was unlock is now locked again and says that it is permanently locked to AT&T.. any Ideas?
TriLTorch said:
This method worked after many hours of trying and trying thank you for this ...unfortunately the phone which was unlock is now locked again and says that it is permanently locked to AT&T.. any Ideas?
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What do you mean says its permanently locked to AT&T? Screen shot? Is it asking for a sim unlock code?
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What do you mean says its permanently locked to AT&T? Screen shot? Is it asking for a sim unlock code?
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Yea the SIM unlock is permanently locked and I havent even had the opportunity to put a unlock code in. After finally getting the Download mode working and getting the OS back on it Dial 2945#*850# to insert unlock code and it says "this phone is permanently locked and can not be unlocked" I haven't even made a wrong attempt at it yet its just already locked.
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you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085
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This link worked pretty flawlessly just took a few tries shorting the pins out and plugging in the computer simultaneously but once the phone shows as its plugged into a com port and you have your tot file and dll ready for flash read directions very very carefully and this works great thank you so much!
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This link worked pretty flawlessly just took a few tries shorting the pins out and plugging in the computer simultaneously but once the phone shows as its plugged into a com port and you have your tot file and dll ready for flash read directions very very carefully and this works great thank you so much!
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welcome buddy.?
MY BAD, PLEASE MOVE THIS TO THE CORRECT SECTION. I'M REALLY SORRY.
Hello!, my mother bought this phone for her in the US and from day 0 it has been having problems. She couldn't use wifi or bluetooth for example, and sometimes it just kept restarting till it worked again, but without any connectivity functions, except mobile data.
I tried to fix this updating the phone using Samsung Smart Switch to the last build (AQL1) but now the phone is stuck on the boot screen no matter what I do.
Tried flashing with Odin, it worked, but the phone is still on boot loop. I read somewhere in this forum that you can install an older version of the bootloader to take the phone out of this hell and I did it, using the build AQK2 bootloader but no luck, same problem.
Also, the phone doesn't have USB debugging enable nor OEM unlock either. I can access both recovery and download mode though.
At this point I'm out of ideas, can someone help me with this one?
Thanks in advanced.
fefin
fefin said:
MY BAD, PLEASE MOVE THIS TO THE CORRECT SECTION. I'M REALLY SORRY.
Hello!, my mother bought this phone for her in the US and from day 0 it has been having problems. She couldn't use wifi or bluetooth for example, and sometimes it just kept restarting till it worked again, but without any connectivity functions, except mobile data.
I tried to fix this updating the phone using Samsung Smart Switch to the last build (AQL1) but now the phone is stuck on the boot screen no matter what I do.
Tried flashing with Odin, it worked, but the phone is still on boot loop. I read somewhere in this forum that you can install an older version of the bootloader to take the phone out of this hell and I did it, using the build AQK2 bootloader but no luck, same problem.
Also, the phone doesn't have USB debugging enable nor OEM unlock either. I can access both recovery and download mode though.
At this point I'm out of ideas, can someone help me with this one?
Thanks in advanced.
fefin
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Have you reached out to Samsung yet?
Mr. Orange 645 said:
Have you reached out to Samsung yet?
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Thanks for answering. Where I live there is not a single Samsung Service, only at like 1800km from here, that's why I'm trying to solve this by myself but seems that this is a hard one... I hope someone can help me to deal with this as it was a big investment :/
Thanks again!, if someone knows a way to help please tell me.
fefin
fefin said:
Thanks for answering. Where I live there is not a single Samsung Service, only at like 1800km from here, that's why I'm trying to solve this by myself but seems that this is a hard one... I hope someone can help me to deal with this as it was a big investment :/
Thanks again!, if someone knows a way to help please tell me.
fefin
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I mean have you called or emailed Samsung?
Mr. Orange 645 said:
I mean have you called or emailed Samsung?
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No I haven't, I will give a try soon through web chat.
I mean, this shouldn't be happening, it's a brand new phone, all over the internet are people with the same problems as me and looks like so far there is no solution.
Maybe it's a faulty phone/hardware? My knowledge is not enough in this matter.
See you!,
Federico.
I need a couple things from you
1. What model does it say on the back of the phone i understand you posted it in the header but please for safety sake .
2. Go into download mode for me so i can see what carrier it lists
3. Try wiping data cache in recovery
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allenjthomsen said:
I need a couple things from you
1. What model does it say on the back of the phone i understand you posted it in the header but please for safety sake .
2. Go into download mode for me so i can see what carrier it lists
3. Try wiping data cache in recovery
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Thanks for answering!, here it goes:
1. It says SM-G955U1
2. Carrier: XAA
3. Done, still the same.
An update from my last post:
After a few bootloops the FRP screen showed up, as the phone can't use wifi yet I managed to access using mobile data and enabled the USB debugging, but after trying to enable wifi the phone froze and went on bootloop again, so still the same but with the USB debugging enabled. I'm currently on the build AQK2.
Thanks again, and I hope we can fix this.
Update 2:
I cleared the cache, after a few bootloops the phone actually boots (gets to the lock screen), and it restarts again while the message "Android is starting" is loading, so now it's a different type of bootloop I guess. It does the same even in safe mode.
I will turn it off for now.
fefin said:
Thanks for answering!, here it goes:
1. It says SM-G955U1
2. Carrier: XAA
3. Done, still the same.
An update from my last post:
After a few bootloops the FRP screen showed up, as the phone can't use wifi yet I managed to access using mobile data and enabled the USB debugging, but after trying to enable wifi the phone froze and went on bootloop again, so still the same but with the USB debugging enabled. I'm currently on the build AQK2.
Thanks again, and I hope we can fix this.
Update 2:
I cleared the cache, after a few bootloops the phone actually boots (gets to the lock screen), and it restarts again while the message "Android is starting" is loading, so now it's a different type of bootloop I guess. It does the same even in safe mode.
I will turn it off for now.
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Ok i want you to do a couple things for me
1.Download this file http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=F837B5F2EC0611E7A5F9FA163EE8F90B this is the latest update for the G955U1
2. extract the zip file using 7zip so you have 5 .tar.md5 files
3. go to the CSC_OYM_G955U1OYM2AQL1_CL12513005_QB15986651_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 and right click on the file and goto 7-zip and then click open archive
4. you will see a file called DREAM2QLTE_USA_SINGLE.pit i want you to extract it to the folder you have Odin in if not quick search forums for it
5. Open odin and go to the the pit tab it will do a pop up just click ok and ignore
6. click the pit button and find the pit file that you extracted and select it
7. now go to options tab
8.check to make sure you have auto reboot, re-partition, and f reset timer checked
9.Load BL,AP,CP,CSC in respective slots on right side
10. click start and let the phone flash, as soon as it is done hold volume up bixby and power button wait for recovery to load and wipe data and factory reset.
11. reboot and let it boot if you are still in a bootloop after these steps pm me and i will help you the last way i know how to fix these phones.
allenjthomsen said:
Ok i want you to do a couple things for me
1.Download this file http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=F837B5F2EC0611E7A5F9FA163EE8F90B this is the latest update for the G955U1
2. extract the zip file using 7zip so you have 5 .tar.md5 files
3. go to the CSC_OYM_G955U1OYM2AQL1_CL12513005_QB15986651_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 and right click on the file and goto 7-zip and then click open archive
4. you will see a file called DREAM2QLTE_USA_SINGLE.pit i want you to extract it to the folder you have Odin in if not quick search forums for it
5. Open odin and go to the the pit tab it will do a pop up just click ok and ignore
6. click the pit button and find the pit file that you extracted and select it
7. now go to options tab
8.check to make sure you have auto reboot, re-partition, and f reset timer checked
9.Load BL,AP,CP,CSC in respective slots on right side
10. click start and let the phone flash, as soon as it is done hold volume up bixby and power button wait for recovery to load and wipe data and factory reset.
11. reboot and let it boot if you are still in a bootloop after these steps pm me and i will help you the last way i know how to fix these phones.
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Sadly it didn't work. The phone is still loading till "android is starting" sign and then restarting again.
I will write you so you can help me through pm, could this be a faulty hardware?
I'd like to know the other solution too.
I will tell you all what todo as a last resort.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THIS I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOUR DEVICE STOPS WORKING OR DOES NOT TURN ON!!!
Follow all previously said steps i outlined but when you go into the options tab select nand erase all also then flash device.
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try installing PartCyborgRom
@fefin -Sorry to hear that you're having issues - But I'd like to clear one thing up - Your comment that this is an issue "all over the internet" sim isn't true... I don't know how many Millions of S8 / S8+ have been sold - But your post is the first that I've ever heard of anything like this... I concur with the recommendation that you call or Chat with Samsung Technical Support - Preferably before you find the phone completely unable to Boot into Download Mode - Get Samsung to help you - or you may risk voiding the warranty if Samsung determines that you are ultimately responsible for the state of the phone ??
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allenjthomsen said:
I will tell you all what todo as a last resort.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THIS I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOUR DEVICE STOPS WORKING OR DOES NOT TURN ON!!!
Follow all previously said steps i outlined but when you go into the options tab select nand erase all also then flash device.
Sent from my SM-G955U1 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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Thanks for your help! Much appreciated.
DR25 said:
try installing PartCyborgRom
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Thanks for your suggestion, I will look into it.
shaggyskunk said:
@fefin -Sorry to hear that you're having issues - But I'd like to clear one thing up - Your comment that this is an issue "all over the internet" sim isn't true... I don't know how many Millions of S8 / S8+ have been sold - But your post is the first that I've ever heard of anything like this... I concur with the recommendation that you call or Chat with Samsung Technical Support - Preferably before you find the phone completely unable to Boot into Download Mode - Get Samsung to help you - or you may risk voiding the warranty if Samsung determines that you are ultimately responsible for the state of the phone
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Thanks for answering!, sorry for my late response.
Well, if you check samsung's official forum there are a few threads with 15+ pages of people complaining about wifi issues (https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/GS8QA/thread-id/862/page/1 and https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/GS8QA/thread-id/30601/page/1) about bootloop problems, (https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...id/GS8QA/thread-id/3920/highlight/true/page/1) also there is a post on another webpage talking about bootloops on this model and how to fix them (https://thedroidguy.com/2017/12/sol...p-issue-s8-turns-screen-remains-black-1079013).
I know it's not representative, as you said, millions of phones has been sold, but what I meant when I said "all over the internet" is that you can easily find people with this same problem. This shouldn't be happening, not on any phone even less on such an expensive phone.
I think the phone is officially dead, I took it to a well known local technician and even him couldn't fix it. My nearest official samsung service is 1600km away. On the other hand, my aunty got for herself an S8 and it's working perfect, so it's just bad luck for my mom I guess.
The phone had issues since she bought it (wifi and bluetooth didn't worked at all, but she is not really a tech person so she thought it was fine), the phone was working with some bootloops from time to time and after a while it fell from and got a little crack on the top but it didn't change the behavior of the phone, it was still ****ed up. That's the thing, because of the crack I'm pretty sure they won't take it back or even try to fix it (for free at least), they will say the problem is because of the fall. I'd been reading a lot about this and seems that I'm pretty screwed D:
I will sell the phone for parts. At least I will recover 60% of the initial investment.
fefin said:
That's the thing, because of the crack I'm pretty sure they won't take it back or even try to fix it (for free at least), they will say the problem is because of the fall. I'd been reading a lot about this and seems that I'm pretty screwed D:
I will sell the phone for parts. At least I will recover 60% of the initial investment.
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If you have some 'proof' the problem existed, before the crack, and can prove when the crack occurred, or reasonable determinate approximation, small claims court will vindicate you, and Samsung will have to pay.
Sad to say would take a little time of yours to get them there, but it is an easy process, and with reasonable ability to determine/evidence those two things, a sure win.
But still a PITA.
Hey yall, I really need some help.
So some back story:
I started using a oneplus 8 TMO version and wanted to unlock the bootloader to get android 12 and root the phone. So I went through the process of getting an unlock token and when I finally got it, unlocked my bootloader, flashed the global version of oxygen os, and got it updated to android 12. Everything was working great. So then I wanted to root the phone so I downloaded twrp, booted into fastboot, and tried flashing it. The phone then booted into the system even though I told it to boot into recovery. After about a minute or so it froze and rebooted into a kernal panic. I unfortunately do not have what it said and cant repeat the process, but it booted into recovery and I clicked reason for boot and it said something about the kernal. So after a reboot it then went into crash dump mode. So I had to use the msm download tool (unfortunately I only had the tmo msm version and thought I could just repeat the process because I had slow internet and didnt want to download the global msm tool) to get the phone working again. So booted into edl mode, reflashed the phone, and it booted up. The problem now is that I do not have an IMEI number. I have a wifi address, bt address, and everything else that makes me assume that the efs partition is still ok (but I dont know enough to debate that) but it does not recognize my sim card. The phone also freezed and restarts approximately every 30 seconds.
And now my problem and what I have tried:
Because I have no IMEI I cannot enable oem unlocking in developer settings, cant flash anything in the bootloader - including the unlock token - and can barely do anything in the system because it only stays on for small amounts of time. I have tried many imei write tools such as qualcomm smartphone write imei, readnwrite tool, fastboot imei writer, miracle box, and I think some others but none of them recognize my phone. Ive also tried the oneplus debloat and oem unlock script to try and bypass the setting but it didnt do anything. I have dialed *#801# and was able to enable engineering mode and diag toggle but it still didnt do anything for me. So I really dont know what to do any more. When in the bootloader or recovery the phone does not reboot, so I can stay there as long as I need. Any help on this would be greatly, greatly, greatly appreciated.
Have you tried using the MSMTool again?
Xryphon said:
Have you tried using the MSMTool again?
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Yeah unfortunately that hasn't worked... I've done it miltiple times with the T-Mobile one and can't use any other one because I don't have an unlocked bootloader... If I had a way to bypass the oem unlocking option in the settings then I might have a chance to fix it but don't know how to do that...
try using this version of msmtool(i use MsmDownloadTool V4.0_Win7 on windows 10). it's a bit newer version(5.2.89) i extracted from OP9Pro file. replace the version from whichever unbrick file you download. worked for me. but don't upgrade to android 12 again, the same issue will happen
gingerboy92 said:
try using this version of msmtool(i use MsmDownloadTool V4.0_Win7 on windows 10). it's a bit newer version(5.2.89) i extracted from OP9Pro file. replace the version from whichever unbrick file you download. worked for me. but don't upgrade to android 12 again, the same issue will happen
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Thanks for the response! And I am so sorry but what do you mean by unbrick file? I just had to download the tmobile version of the msm tool. I mean to be fair it was uploaded by someone so they probably pre programmed it but I unfortunately dont have the knowledge for that. I am also using msmdownloadtool v4.0. Do you happen to have the links to what you are referring to?
Heres the link to the one that I have downloaded: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4093043/
Thanks!
EDIT: so once you said that I actually went to the link and there were various versions. So I tried another one and it didn't work but then tried one more and my IMEI was back! I have no idea why that happened but thanks for the idea! I was so happy.
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Thanks for the response! And I am so sorry but what do you mean by unbrick file? I just had to download the tmobile version of the msm tool. I mean to be fair it was uploaded by someone so they probably pre programmed it but I unfortunately dont have the knowledge for that. I am also using msmdownloadtool v4.0. Do you happen to have the links to what you are referring to?
Heres the link to the one that I have downloaded: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4093043/
Thanks!
EDIT: so once you said that I actually went to the link and there were various versions. So I tried another one and it didn't work but then tried one more and my IMEI was back! I have no idea why that happened but thanks for the idea! I was so happy.
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yeah, that's it. it's related to version of msmdownloadtool. some of them must have a newer version. i had the idea from someone else on this forum too. glad it helps. be careful not upgrade to android 12 for now. i think it's because of the way oos12 detects phone varient causing the modem to go crazy. not sure tho. would love to see someone figures it out
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yeah, that's it. it's related to version of msmdownloadtool. some of them must have a newer version. i had the idea from someone else on this forum too. glad it helps. be careful not upgrade to android 12 for now. i think it's because of the way oos12 detects phone varient causing the modem to go crazy. not sure tho. would love to see someone figures it out
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Yeah, OOS 12 messed up my phone for a bit until I was able to get OOS 11 back on both slots.
shubbyshoes said:
Thanks for the response! And I am so sorry but what do you mean by unbrick file? I just had to download the tmobile version of the msm tool. I mean to be fair it was uploaded by someone so they probably pre programmed it but I unfortunately dont have the knowledge for that. I am also using msmdownloadtool v4.0. Do you happen to have the links to what you are referring to?
Heres the link to the one that I have downloaded: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4093043/
Thanks!
EDIT: so once you said that I actually went to the link and there were various versions. So I tried another one and it didn't work but then tried one more and my IMEI was back! I have no idea why that happened but thanks for the idea! I was so happy.
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which worked for you?