Dear all,
Desperately need help and deeply appreciate if anyone could shed some light.
I recently upgrade my rom. The rom upgrade without problem, after I installed couple of applications, the phone was hang after restart.
I tried re-flashing the rom couple times and it seems everytime restart, the rom will hang.
After several re-flashing, my phone now stuck at the screen where, it stated, system is being configure and stuck on this screen forever.
I tried reset the rom by Vol-down & back key as well as vol-down & center key, Rom upgrade completed successfully but upon phone restart, my phone keep stuck at the same screen.
I do noticed that, by resetting the phone into bootloader mode (reset with Vol-Down, back key) with USB cable attached to my phone, the bootloader detected USB connection but time out.
Is there any software which I should install on my laptop which allow me to transfer another diamimg.nbh to this phone?
Thank you
decent_devil said:
Dear all,
Desperately need help and deeply appreciate if anyone could shed some light.
I recently upgrade my rom. The rom upgrade without problem, after I installed couple of applications, the phone was hang after restart.
I tried re-flashing the rom couple times and it seems everytime restart, the rom will hang.
After several re-flashing, my phone now stuck at the screen where, it stated, system is being configure and stuck on this screen forever.
I tried reset the rom by Vol-down & back key as well as vol-down & center key, Rom upgrade completed successfully but upon phone restart, my phone keep stuck at the same screen.
I do noticed that, by resetting the phone into bootloader mode (reset with Vol-Down, back key) with USB cable attached to my phone, the bootloader detected USB connection but time out.
Is there any software which I should install on my laptop which allow me to transfer another diamimg.nbh to this phone?
Thank you
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you should try mtty...it formats your phone and solves all the problem like the yours..a guide to use it is in a sticky thread
or you can try downloading any rom and usually the chef includes a file called customRUU.exe..put your phone in bootloader mode then flash trough customRUU.exe
HELICOPTER88 said:
you should try mtty...it formats your phone and solves all the problem like the yours..a guide to use it is in a sticky thread
or you can try downloading any rom and usually the chef includes a file called customRUU.exe..put your phone in bootloader mode then flash trough customRUU.exe
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Thanks, Managed to extract one Rom and restore my phone via customRUU.exe.
A strange thing happened and now I can't escape the bootloader screen. I lost my phone for a two days and when I found it it wouldn't come on. I connected it to a power cable and it immediately brought up the bootloader. The charge light won't come on but now the phone will power on without the power cable. Problem is it just brings up the bottloader and tries to install the rom image on the sd card. I put a new image on the card reinserted it and then allowed it to reflash. But it still just brings up the bootloader. Any advice?
Try to flash another ROM but not from SD, remove SD and SIM and flash from your PC
Hope it helps,
orb3000 said:
Try to flash another ROM but not from SD, remove SD and SIM and flash from your PC
Hope it helps,
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Go into bootloader. Plug in usb and flash from your pc. Try if it helps.
Flash with Task 29 first, it may be that corrupted info is still on the rom when you reflash screwing up the loading of the new rom.
orb3000 said:
Try to flash another ROM but not from SD, remove SD and SIM and flash from your PC
Hope it helps,
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Lennyz1988 said:
Go into bootloader. Plug in usb and flash from your pc. Try if it helps.
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Reflashed from PC, reboot to bootloader behavior does not change.
ultramag69 said:
Flash with Task 29 first, it may be that corrupted info is still on the rom when you reflash screwing up the loading of the new rom.
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Flashed Task 29, then reflashed Energy ROM 23569 MaxManila. ROM booted and began setup procedure. Completed setup procedure and there was joy in the land. Installed the SD card and copilot loaded. Turned off phone to reinstall SIM. Turned phone on and bootloader loaded. every attempt to reboot brought bootloader up. Removed SD card and soft reset bootloader came up with error message but all I could read was "RUUUBH" at the top and "...error code" at the end of one line and "...se try again" at the end of the next, the rest was overwritten over the bootloader text.
Removing the SD card, I reflashed the stock SPL, rebooted to bootloader, then reflashed Task 29 and attempted to flash stock ROM, but the computer would not recognize the phone anymore.
Rebooted the phone and replugged into PC computer recognized, reflashed Hard-SPL and then attempted to flash Core EVO ROM (which is when all the trouble started by the way) The ROM flashed and the phone commenced the setup routine.
Was able to setup email and apps and customization and everything was good, left phone in cradle overnight and phone was fully charged this am. Rebooted the phone just as a check and bootloader returned, subsequent reboots always return into bootloader.
What now?
cyberscribe said:
Reflashed from PC, reboot to bootloader behavior does not change.
Flashed Task 29, then reflashed Energy ROM 23569 MaxManila. ROM booted and began setup procedure. Completed setup procedure and there was joy in the land. Installed the SD card and copilot loaded. Turned off phone to reinstall SIM. Turned phone on and bootloader loaded. every attempt to reboot brought bootloader up. Removed SD card and soft reset bootloader came up with error message but all I could read was "RUUUBH" at the top and "...error code" at the end of one line and "...se try again" at the end of the next, the rest was overwritten over the bootloader text.
Removing the SD card, I reflashed the stock SPL, rebooted to bootloader, then reflashed Task 29 and attempted to flash stock ROM, but the computer would not recognize the phone anymore.
Rebooted the phone and replugged into PC computer recognized, reflashed Hard-SPL and then attempted to flash Core EVO ROM (which is when all the trouble started by the way) The ROM flashed and the phone commenced the setup routine.
Was able to setup email and apps and customization and everything was good, left phone in cradle overnight and phone was fully charged this am. Rebooted the phone just as a check and bootloader returned, subsequent reboots always return into bootloader.
What now?
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reflashed task 29, then reflashed stock ROM, still enters bootloader. note that it says serial on the bottom and that changes to USB most of the time when I plug it in. Also please note that when I remove the battery to power down and replace it and then plug it in it powers up all by itself (without me pushing the power button). This has been the method of rebooting that has been going on, this last time however, after removing the battery and plugging it in the charge light came on (seems to be a good sign). Pressing the power button caused the phone to boot to ROM image, but I'm afraid that rebooting it will result in the bootloader loop. I'll update after it finishes loading Winmo 6.1
this is certainly strange, could it be something with the SPL, i would look into that next if this doesnt help
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reflashed task 29, then reflashed stock ROM, still enters bootloader. note that it says serial on the bottom and that changes to USB most of the time when I plug it in. Also please note that when I remove the battery to power down and replace it and then plug it in it powers up all by itself (without me pushing the power button). This has been the method of rebooting that has been going on, this last time however, after removing the battery and plugging it in the charge light came on (seems to be a good sign). Pressing the power button caused the phone to boot to ROM image, but I'm afraid that rebooting it will result in the bootloader loop. I'll update after it finishes loading Winmo 6.1
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I think you either have a bad battery or a bad TP 2. Try replacing the battery first. You can get a cheap external charger off ebay if you phone doesn't charge.
stevedebi said:
I think you either have a bad battery or a bad TP 2. Try replacing the battery first. You can get a cheap external charger off ebay if you phone doesn't charge.
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Yeah, leaning heavily on the battery theory myself (although that could be wishful thinking), so I ordered a new OEM one this AM. OK here is the update. WinMo6.1 completed setup, activesync synced up my contacts, did not load copilot (since 4 out of 6 times the crash happened after I reinstalled copilot). Rebooted using the power button, rebooted to winmo.
Rebooted 4 times manually, each time it rebooted to winmo just fine.
Executed hard reset and aborted setup then reflashed task 29
Flashed Energy Rom MaxManila, allowed setup to complete, loaded copilot, and synced with activesync. Everything has been fine for 8 hours. No forced reboots, no lockups. Please note I have maintained battery charge above 50%.
Thanks for the suggestions and keep your fingers crossed.
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Yeah, leaning heavily on the battery theory myself (although that could be wishful thinking), so I ordered a new OEM one this AM. OK here is the update. WinMo6.1 completed setup, activesync synced up my contacts, did not load copilot (since 4 out of 6 times the crash happened after I reinstalled copilot). Rebooted using the power button, rebooted to winmo.
Rebooted 4 times manually, each time it rebooted to winmo just fine.
Executed hard reset and aborted setup then reflashed task 29
Flashed Energy Rom MaxManila, allowed setup to complete, loaded copilot, and synced with activesync. Everything has been fine for 8 hours. No forced reboots, no lockups. Please note I have maintained battery charge above 50%.
Thanks for the suggestions and keep your fingers crossed.
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Fixed! Stable as a rock
cyberscribe said:
Fixed! Stable as a rock
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Premature, OK I've been rocking just fine and bamm out of the blue the problem reemerged. OK I say to self no biggie MUST be the battery and the new just came in the mail today so I say self change battery, no help. Bootloader loop here again. Help someone please!
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Premature, OK I've been rocking just fine and bamm out of the blue the problem reemerged. OK I say to self no biggie MUST be the battery and the new just came in the mail today so I say self change battery, no help. Bootloader loop here again. Help someone please!
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task 29 got me to the rom splash screen
cyberscribe said:
task 29 got me to the rom splash screen
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reflash ROM from PC not SD. Reflashing after that from SD works. Hope I don't have to do this every time I change a battery!
I think I may be having the same or a similar issue as you cyberscribe. All of a sudden, I am getting restarted into the bootloader too.
I was using an older NRG 2.1 ROM (April-ish) and had to pull the battery after it froze up. Nothing new, it happens. The new part is that it would only restart into the bootloader screen. I thought it might be the older ROM, so I Task 29'ed and flashed NRG's newest 2.1 June 2nd ROM.
Successful boot and ROM setup while connected to USB. Unplugged USB, restarted phone, BOOTLOADER.
Plugged in USB, successful boot.
Unplugged USB, BOOTLOADER.
Plugged in wall outlet, successful boot.
Unplugged wall outlet, BOOTLOADER.
Obviously, I can conclude that there is an issue with trying to boot on battery power, or at least while not connected to a power source.
Anyone ever have this happen? Or have any ideas why this would be happening? I really don't want to have to find a power source every time I need to restart my phone, haha. I am still trying to troubleshoot further and will update if I find anything else worthwhile.
Also last night I tried restarting while plugged into car adapter, which as expected booted fine every time.
However, this morning I just restarted on battery power and it booted fine also. Nothing changed from last night to this posting. Honestly, I am completely at a loss as to why I am getting restarted into the boot loader seemingly at random. I thought I had it nailed down with the power source, but now that apparently is not the issue.
cyberscribe, are you still having issues? Anyone else ever have this problem? Any thoughts on a cause or solution? Or anything to help troubleshoot?
After the bootloader first pops up, there is a very quick screen that flashes, "Loading.... No image file", then goes back to the bootloader screen.
I have to discount my earlier theory that it will always boot when connected to any power source. Now it will only boot when connected via USB to the PC.
Looks like I am going to have to re-flash the stock ROM and then stock SPL and see if this solves the issue. Then, if not, I guess a warranty claim is in my near future.
I really wish we could have gotten some replies from smarter people than myself in this thread. haha
Finally flashed back everything to stock (SPL, radio, ROM) and still having the bootloader issue, looks like it is going to be a warranty claim after all.
Sounds more like a memory issue if it can't find the image file. If you both got your Rhodiums from the same carrier it could be a bad batch of phones...
Same issue on my tilt 2 just cropped up today. If I am reading the above correctly it sounds like 2 tilts and a t-mob rhodium having the issue, so different carriers. =/
Soft reset the handset and set it down, picked it back up and it was in bootloader. All attempts to get it out of bootloader (reflashing from sd, pc etc.) seem to complete just fine, but upon reboot dump into bootloader. May be a different problem than OP as I havent had any success in getting a boot after reflash.
Not sure if I am having the same problem, when I try to turn on it just comes up with the Touch pro 2 screen with the red text in the bottom left hand corner, I am using an energy Rom again from about April, I have tried re flashing but pc wont recognise/find phone, Wha acn be done?
Here's what happened to my (not rooted) G3
The phone has been weird for a couple of days, rebooting randomly once in a while, but working fine whenever plugged onto a power source. Google told me it could be a battery related issue, so I bought a new battery online (and I didn't get it yet).
This morning the phone entered a boot loop, even when plugged in to any power source. Google this time told me I could put the phone in "download mode", then restore upgrade errors via LG PC Suite. I try to do that, and the phone actually goes into download mode, but I'm not able to restore upgrade errors with that ugly piece of software because it keeps "losing" my phone usb connection. I unplug and plug it back in several times, the phone seems to make progress on the firmware upgrade screen but I see a red ASSERT error on my phone at around 15% of recovery.
Now whenever I turn on my phone and try to put it on download mode keeping the volume up button pressed, the screen will just go straight into firmware update, warning me not to unplug the usb connection, even if the phone isn't plugged. I'm able to start a restore but again the usb issue comes up and the phone is totally frozen and stuck to that firmware update screen. If I want to turn it off I need to remove the battery.
I'm doing this because I would love to recover some data from my phone, otherwise I would have done a hard reset or a flash of some kind
Please someone help me before i throw this piece of junk out of the window
Nobody able to help me in any way?
bump =(
Contact LG in this case. Might be faulty NAND memory. If it is then it will probably be impossible to get those files back...but they will replace it and fix the phone. (if it is under warranty that is...)
BTW if you take out the battery during flashing...you may hard brick the phone...then you're technically more fked
After an entirely random error saying my phone is somehow Encrypted, I went ahead and did a factory reset which didn't help. The phone was still booting into the same screen asking me for a code to Decrypt the data. So after some "quick" reading on these forums I've decided to RUU to stock. But the file I've chosen, even though it matched my version it was a Firmware, while the phone was S-ON. The device had never been Rooted or tampered with previously.
So now the phone does not boot at all. I've tried every button combination, but nothing seems to work. If I plug in the phone to charge the orange light flashes, endlessly. Even after I've left the device to charge for 6hours, the orange light still flashes.
When I plug in the phone to my PC, all I get it seems is this new device: QHSUSB_BULK, which shows with an exclamation mark next to it. I've read similar threads for different phones where they've unbricked devices while they were in this mode, is that even possible? I can hear Windows recognizing a device was plugged in, and if I press Power+VolumeUP, it will disconnect the phone and reconnect it, at least based on the sounds Windows is playing. The screen is Black at all times.
How badly have I bricked this device and is there any hope to revive it? Thanks to everyone who chimes in on this.
arrayy said:
After an entirely random error saying my phone is somehow Encrypted, I went ahead and did a factory reset which didn't help. The phone was still booting into the same screen asking me for a code to Decrypt the data. So after some "quick" reading on these forums I've decided to RUU to stock. But the file I've chosen, even though it matched my version it was a Firmware, while the phone was S-ON.
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Most likely it's a soft break. So you can fix it. First of all get yourself a working usb cable. Your's maybe broken.
Your phone's data partition had been encrypted. It never boots up completely without lux password. You could've format the data partition with a custom recovery such as TWRP. Instead you tried the reflash firmware but obviously it didn't finish and failed. All you need is reflash again but doing it correct way so it can finish. Your old data is gone atm. You will have factory reset phone at the end. Before giving you any instructions, you need to answer a few questions so anyone can help.
Have you ever updated your phone to marshmallow which is android 6? If no: You can recover it with voidzero's wonderful answer titled back to stock. Follow that exactly. If yes you can't flash old versions since they are using different bootloaders. Also you will have to reflash it manually. It's long and difficult for anyone who is new. If you don't know if it was updated. Just boot into bootloader then Fastboot mode, connect usb. Then use htc's Fastboot. Run htc_fastboot getvar all command. Paste output here.
Thanks for replying, risyasin.
Yes, I did update to Android 6. The problem is I'm not able to boot into the bootloader using the Power+VolumeUP keys, or any other combination.
Instead of flashing the RUU, or maybe turning to S-OFF(I still don't know if this would've made a difference), I flashed a firmware, one that matched my version. This is the exact filename: 0PKVIM[email protected]60201_20.05_018_F_release_479349_combined_signed
I've renamed it to 0PKVIMG.zip and booted using the Power+VolumeUP keys. For whatever reason, everything went OK, no errors whatsoever. In the end it told me to press Power to reboot the phone. I've pressed Power and nothing happened since.
If anyone can help me figure this out, I'd be forever grateful.
arrayy said:
Thanks for replying, risyasin.
Yes, I did update to Android 6. The problem is I'm not able to boot into the bootloader
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That is a big problem. I assume you never tried to go S-OFF (which is dangereous). While phone was S-ON. You could always boot into bootloader. That's one of the purpose of staying S-ON.
Combination is Power + Volume down. But if your phone is up & somehow can not continue to boot. eg: stuck at reading system or kernel etc. You can do a hard reset which is pressing Volume up + volume down + power for at least 15 seconds. phone will shut down. then you can try bootlader combination. Make sure it's has power on with light at screen edges you must look at carefully. After trying this if you still can not see bootloader. That's a problem beyond my experiences, so I don't have any idea to fix it.
I have never tried the firmware you have used. Maybe that firmware is not usable, broken or even dangerous.
We need to confirm that here. if anyone else tried and brick their phone with that.