Pretty sure I bricked my phone. Been digging through the forums all night and can't find anything.
When I plug it into USB I can get the White LED indicator. Only sign of life tho.
Can't boot the phone at all though. Always just a black screen; no backlight.
No motorola logo..
RSDLite won't recognize because I can't get into bootloader mode.
Battery is fine, checked it with a multimeter and I'm at 3.3V
Tried a friend's Defy battery.. no dice.
Any suggestions?
does your friend battery have a full charge on it?
it happens to me before, i turn the defy off, plug the charger, and left it for 30 to 45 minutes and i can boot afterwards. try it, might work for you too.
thanks been trying that out. his has full charge. I also mcgyvered mine and it's fully charged as well.. hmmm
what did you do that caused the bricked phone? did you try to downgrade it from 2.2 to 2.1? because that caused me the same thing, white led, rsd wont recognize it (windows error sound when plugged into usb), and i couldnt solve it, had to bring it back to motorola...
sent from my cm7 defy...
i have read somewhere in the devs forum about a corrupt bootloader experienced by one of our friend there. try to look into that and possibly get you some clues. Another possibility is to remove your sdcard, my crappy class 6 gives me a white lights only boot when im still in froyo, although it happens only once or twice. at this point, might as well try it out eh?
you need to flash with rsd it will read the phone is stuck in bootloader mode download your stock sbf and flash with rsd it will bring your phone back to life!!
make sure you remove battery plug in usb cable then replace battery while holding the vol + key
zakoo2 said:
what did you do that caused the bricked phone? did you try to downgrade it from 2.2 to 2.1? because that caused me the same thing, white led, rsd wont recognize it (windows error sound when plugged into usb), and i couldnt solve it, had to bring it back to motorola...
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I actually purchased it from someone who said that it was bricked. I am trying to get back in touch with them to find out what happened but no info yet. I've been trying to deduce what could of happened. But one thing I'm almost certain of is it wasn't water damaged. As I said the battery is still intact and I've never seen a phone go without taking the battery with it. Moisture indicators look fine as well.
I don't get any sounds when plugging the phone into USB. Device manager doesn't even blink. Can you return to Motorola if you are off contract? Any info on how that works? Not giving up yet, just wondering.
cengiran said:
i have read somewhere in the devs forum about a corrupt bootloader experienced by one of our friend there. try to look into that and possibly get you some clues. Another possibility is to remove your sdcard, my crappy class 6 gives me a white lights only boot when im still in froyo, although it happens only once or twice. at this point, might as well try it out eh?
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Thanks, I will definitely look into that corrupt bootloader situation. I pulled the sd card (been in there the whole time) but it didn't make a difference. There wasn't really much on the SD Card except for a few empty (autopopulated) directories: LOST.DIR, .android_secure, etc.. and the stock froyo SBF file for the phone: p3_jordan_umts_2.2.1..(blahblah).sbf it's a US T-Mobile Defy.
So it likes like maybe the previous owner was trying to flash. Although I don't know why they would put SBF on the SD.
pmp326 said:
you need to flash with rsd it will read the phone is stuck in bootloader mode download your stock sbf and flash with rsd it will bring your phone back to life!!
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pmp326 said:
make sure you remove battery plug in usb cable then replace battery while holding the vol + key
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RSD doesn't ever see the phone at all. Thanks for the suggestion. Tried to insert battery after plugged in and while holding vol + key but no difference. Been trying all sorts of key combinations from the forums but no luck there either. The drivers are completely up to date.
All suggestions appreciated! Thanks guys!
any more ideas by chance ?
It's a silly thing, but have you tried pressing the power button AFTER connected USB? Anyway try switching Config-->DeviceID options in RDS.
I was stuck at your point, only white led, hacked the battery and it has been recognised by RDS after some unistall/reinstall... try, try and try again
This happend to me too (black screen, only white led) when i tried to flash some korean froyo. I just removed the battery, connected usb, put battery back, power + vol [+] and RSD recognised it (even if screen was black)
I confirm (I had the same problem...) that your Defy is not bricked :
- don't connect the phone to the PC
- launch RSDLite and choose your SBF
- remove the battery cover (of your phone of course, not your PC ! )
- remove the battery
- plug the USB cable only in the phone
- your phone in left hand, press power + vol.up with 2 fingers of the same left hand
- put the battery into the phone with your free hand, so the right !
- when the white led appears, you can remove your 2 fingers from buttons
- then plug the USB cable in the PC
- RSDLite recognize your Defy !!!
- you can flash...
Sorry for my bad english !
If all above suggestions still fail on you. I would think it might possibly the USB port is broken or some hardware issue which is why it was sold to you as bricked Defy in the first place.
one2wan said:
I confirm (I had the same problem...) that your Defy is not bricked :
- don't connect the phone to the PC
- launch RSDLite and choose your SBF
- remove the battery cover (of your phone of course, not your PC ! )
- remove the battery
- plug the USB cable only in the phone
- your phone in left hand, press power + vol.up with 2 fingers of the same left hand
- put the battery into the phone with your free hand, so the right !
- when the white led appears, you can remove your 2 fingers from buttons
- then plug the USB cable in the PC
- RSDLite recognize your Defy !!!
- you can flash...
Sorry for my bad english !
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Thank you, my phone is alive
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morning guys/gals,
last night i put my phone to charge, woke up this morning and turned on the screen and it said "no sim card detected, reboot device". Now when I rebooted the device all I get is 5 vibrates and the green led light stays on. Screen stays blank!!. I tried battery pull several times, tried vol-down + power but all I get is the vibration with the screen off and the led on.
When I hook my phone to the laptop I can't access it via fastboot/adb, it shows up as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" with a yellow exclamation mark in the device manager. I tried forcing different drivers on it (e.g. adb composite, bootloader) but none let me access the device via cmd.
Now I got clockwork, running latest android revolution 2.0.8, device is radio-soff and eng-soff.
What am I to do now? Is there possibly a hardware fault? If I cant get to access to the device to restore it to stock, I'm going to struggle to get the device replaced, isnt it?
any help is very much appreciated!!!
What ROM were you running on it Prior to this happening?
was there any apps running in the background?
the Vol - + Power should get you into bootloader, if you cant get into bootloader I would be tempted to say fooked, and take it back to the shop as they wont be able to boot it either,, but thats the defeatist attitude...
lefty83 said:
morning guys/gals,
last night i put my phone to charge, woke up this morning and turned on the screen and it said "no sim card detected, reboot device". Now when I rebooted the device all I get is 5 vibrates and the green led light stays on. Screen stays blank!!. I tried battery pull several times, tried vol-down + power but all I get is the vibration with the screen off and the led on.
When I hook my phone to the laptop I can't access it via fastboot/adb, it shows up as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" with a yellow exclamation mark in the device manager. I tried forcing different drivers on it (e.g. adb composite, bootloader) but none let me access the device via cmd.
Now I got clockwork, running latest android revolution 2.0.8, device is radio-soff and eng-soff.
What am I to do now? Is there possibly a hardware fault? If I cant get to access to the device to restore it to stock, I'm going to struggle to get the device replaced, isnt it?
any help is very much appreciated!!!
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it sounds like a h/w fault, i had a simlar problem on my classic desire, turned out it was the 3rd party battery i bought that was at fault, yours sounds diffrent though hope you sort it out
darkenedhammer said:
What ROM were you running on it Prior to this happening?
was there any apps running in the background?
the Vol - + Power should get you into bootloader, if you cant get into bootloader I would be tempted to say fooked, and take it back to the shop as they wont be able to boot it either,, but thats the defeatist attitude...
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ok very strange, I was playing i around with the phone, now if I pull the battery and connect it to the usb cable the light went red instead of green and it automatically booted in clockworkmod (thanks to the "bug"). vol down + power didnt get me there so once I was in clockwork I thought let me wipe battery stats (eventho I wiped them when rom was freshly installed). I thought the device is unplugged but the green light stays on (after full charge), maybe battery issue. Now after wiping battery stats I'm able to boot the device again.
Thats weird but hey atleast my device is back on track. Either faulty battery or some software bug, either way if anyone experiences a similar issues (phone wont boot, just vibrates 5 times and green led), just pull battery, connect phone to usb cable on your laptop or wallcharge and clockwork should boot up, wipe battery stats and u should be fine
You gotta love that ClockWorkMod recovery image
Hi
I had the same issue yesterday. After one hour of stress(I have DHD for 4 days), I finally find out solution which worked for me:
1.) pull out the battery from phone for at least 10 minutes.
2.) connect phone to the charger.
3.) pull battery to the phone and wait
4.) after orange light recovery should boot up.
5.) wipe battery stat.
6.) enjoy your phone again.
Hope this will help to somebody .
May I know why such incident occured?
thermoska said:
Hi
I had the same issue yesterday. After one hour of stress(I have DHD for 4 days), I finally find out solution which worked for me:
1.) pull out the battery from phone for at least 10 minutes.
2.) connect phone to the charger.
3.) pull battery to the phone and wait
4.) after orange light recovery should boot up.
5.) wipe battery stat.
6.) enjoy your phone again.
Hope this will help to somebody .
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my phone doese not turn on, when i press the volume - with power button, green light blinks. would not go in to recovery mode. when only power button is pressed it vibrates three times and amber light flashes.
please help
ray00136 said:
my phone doese not turn on, when i press the volume - with power button, green light blinks. would not go in to recovery mode. when only power button is pressed it vibrates three times and amber light flashes.
please help
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Having the same problem and wiping battery stats isn't working for me! See here for more info on my problem!
thermoska said:
Hi
I had the same issue yesterday. After one hour of stress(I have DHD for 4 days), I finally find out solution which worked for me:
1.) pull out the battery from phone for at least 10 minutes.
2.) connect phone to the charger.
3.) pull battery to the phone and wait
4.) after orange light recovery should boot up.
5.) wipe battery stat.
6.) enjoy your phone again.
Hope this will help to somebody .
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Thanks for your reply! this worked for me, allmost.
I did however had to press the Power button ONCE to start the phone.
- Plugged in charger, pulled in battery, (orange light was turned), then after 25 sec I pressed the Power button - and Voila! My Phone started as normal.
I diden't need to do any "Wipe battery status", but after reading about it I did it anyway. It was'nt necessery though in my case.
THanks a lot you guys for your replys! I thought for sure my phone was dead.
try sptool to format your phone except the boot loader then try to flash the phone, if its not working then change the mother board !!!!!
I've owned the DEFY for over two months, it is rooted but not flashed. Installed many apps and it had been working fine.
Today it suddenly go black when charging. Then, when pressing the power button, nothing happened. At first, when it was plugged into the PC USB port, the white LED was on. But later on, even the LED was always off.
Connected to PC via the USB cable, take the battery off and put it on again, the USB connecting and disconnecting sound was played on the PC. The Windows XP hardware manager briefly showed "Motorola USB device" and then it disappeared.
The screen is always black. Nothing seems to happen when pressing the power button, power+volume up, or power+volume down.
Please help!
I borrowed another DEFY and charged the battery to 100%. The problem persisted. The battery is good, for it can be used with the other DEFY.
Did you overclock your Defy? If yes, this might be your answer!
No. It has never been over-clocked. Just normal usage all the time.
If it can't even get to the recovery (hold volumn down) or bootloader (hold volumn up) screens, there's probably nothing can be done other than sending back for repair.
DEFY won't start after Flashing Chinese Froyo ROM
Hi,
I have the same problem: tried to flash Jboogie3 BlurlessGinger(2/16/2011).
Donwloaded the chinese rom from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895448
Flashed with RSD Lite: Result was "finished" and "PASS".
Pulled out the USB-Cable, LED light went off, but nothing happend.
Tried to reboot but no reaction from my DEFY. Even after pulling out the battery.
No Recovery Boot and no Bootloader Mode. :-(
Can anyone help please.
Thanky you in advance,
hartmuna
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Hey guys,
luckily RSD was still able to connect to my DEFY even though it seemed dead. I reflashed the PL Froyo rom and it booted up smoothly. So be aware of the chinese rom!
Hi All
First thanks for a very good and informative forum.
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This was my first post/question and was placed in wrong section. Now it replaced. - Sorry for that!
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Information:
HTC Desire
rooted
S-OFF
EXT4 recovery
rom: runnymix...
sd-card partioned(by EXT4 recovery)
AMOLED
Motherboard and ribboncable was changed one month ago on warranty.
Symtpoms:
- Charges normally: orange charging/green full charge. Flashing orange/green without battery
- Cant NOT boot at all
- cant get into bootloader vol down + pwr
- can not be detected buy PC
- Battery inserted and charging: When pressing power to turn on => charge light goes off - and nothing happens. Leaving it in this condition for a while: the phone(mainboard) gets warm.
The phone was functioning perfectly before my son installed bootmanager app. He uninstalled the bootmanager app again without making any changes to the phone. It took long time (like freezing), so he did pull the battery out!!
Any help? Tried a lot of searches, none of them was as my problem.
Thank you
Hi! Have you tried to leave the phone without the battery for 1-2 minutes and tried a reboot?
Take the battery out, unplug it, hold power for 30 secs to get any remaining juice out.
Leave the phone for 24 hours (with battery out etc.)
Stick the battery back in, try again.
bortak said:
Take the battery out, unplug it, hold power for 30 secs to get any remaining juice out.
Leave the phone for 24 hours (with battery out etc.)
Stick the battery back in, try again.
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What would be the cause for such a behaviour? I'm a little curious (and relatively new to the android scene)!
OT: I've took a look to your troubleshooting guide, good job indeed!
Ryther said:
What would be the cause for such a behaviour? I'm a little curious (and relatively new to the android scene)!
OT: I've took a look to your troubleshooting guide, good job indeed!
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Really no idea, and what I told you to do is not guarantee'd to work, it may help though.
And thanks, it sure has cut down repeat posts about repeat problems by about 90% here.
Thank you all for your replies.
I did leave the phone without battery for several days - same problem.
But I did not try to press the pwr for 30 secs without battery. I will try when I get home.
I tried following:
- take battery out and reset it. then hold vol dwn + pwr -> Nothing
- take battery out and reset it. then hold back + pwr -> Nothing
By the way, if I press pwr to turn phone on, it does not come up, but leaving it for a while it gets warmer.
It looks like the CPU is trapped in a loop and running at full speed!
Could a riff box repair it?
do a battery pull then hold back & power. That usually boots into fastboot mode, see if the phone is recognised with
Code:
fastboot devices
if it is run the 2.3 RUU.
Dear bortak
I have tried. It does not enter fastboot.
command "fastboot devices" returns blank.
command "adb devices" returns empty list
command "adb reboot-bootloader" givers "device not found error"
RUU gives usb error.
have you installed the proper drivers on your pc for it to connect with the phone?
If so, when you attempt boot into fastboot and connect your phone through USB do you get the "device connected to windows" sound, like when plugging in and external driver or usb?
Because if not even that sound gets played it most likely means that your phone isn't even able to get into fastboot or hboot...
windows does NOT play any "device connected to windows" sound at all.
I have all drivers installed correct on my windows 7. My other HTC devices (desire s, wildfire, wildfire s) connects correctly to the PC and I can get the serial numbers of them using "fastboot devices" command.
Now on work, I tried a windows XP - same problem no connection - no sound.
This desire does NOT get into hboot nor fastboot. I think taht the "bootsector" is correpted.
I even used a Goldcard (made thru wildfire) - not working either.
So fixing it thru USB the normal way is not working.
Is there any way to force the device to boot up from SD card??
I have several backups of the phone system on my 8GB SD card.
You have to find a way to re-flash the hboot. That causes the blank screen display. May be a bad hboot install or something :0 Unless you have S-off and can be detected in fastboot, you can reflash hboot, otherwise you will have to try the blind flash method using PB.IMG. Best I could think of.
Sent from my PB99400 using XDA
@Jonicraw, thank you for your suggestion.
Where to get the HBOOT PBxxxx.IMG for this desire?
And how to flash it blindly, since I have black screen and no connection to PC.
AbuTarboosh said:
Hi All
First thanks for a very good and informative forum.
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This was my first post/question and was placed in wrong section. Now it replaced. - Sorry for that!
======================
Information:
HTC Desire
rooted
S-OFF
EXT4 recovery
rom: runnymix...
sd-card partioned(by EXT4 recovery)
AMOLED
Motherboard and ribboncable was changed one month ago on warranty.
Symtpoms:
- Charges normally: orange charging/green full charge. Flashing orange/green without battery
- Cant NOT boot at all
- cant get into bootloader vol down + pwr
- can not be detected buy PC
- Battery inserted and charging: When pressing power to turn on => charge light goes off - and nothing happens. Leaving it in this condition for a while: the phone(mainboard) gets warm.
The phone was functioning perfectly before my son installed bootmanager app. He uninstalled the bootmanager app again without making any changes to the phone. It took long time (like freezing), so he did pull the battery out!!
Any help? Tried a lot of searches, none of them was as my problem.
Thank you
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im also same problem wont to solution
asad_sah said:
im also same problem wont to solution
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Had the same problem. Mine could not charge at all and could not enter fastboot/recovery. Send the phone to HTC. I got back the phone with a new battery.
asad_sah said:
im also same problem wont to solution
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Same s**t for me ... I tried everything you try and no results !
Come on experts ... somebody must have knowledge to fix this common problem.
What about an "Unbrick Jig" like the one for samsulng galaxy:
MICRO USB JIG DOWNLOAD MODE DONGLE FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY S2/I9100/I9000
This device may force the cpu to boot from usb, getting it in "boot flashing" condition.
AbuTarboosh said:
Come on experts ... somebody must have knowledge to fix this common problem.
What about an "Unbrick Jig" like the one for samsulng galaxy:
MICRO USB JIG DOWNLOAD MODE DONGLE FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY S2/I9100/I9000
This device may force the cpu to boot from usb, getting it in "boot flashing" condition.
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No such things exists for the Desire.
Tell me what state the phone is currently in now?
Yet no solution for this problem...
STATUS for my device is:
Problem solved by changing the motherboard.
I hoped we could find a good solution for this.
I have the same problem but my phone is already on it's 3rd motherboard. I suspect the battery might be the problem but cannot get any answer as to what the voltages should be. I have already submitted a post headed Battery Voltage but it hasn't attracted a reply.
Hi there,
I got the same problem.
Can I send the phone to HTC even if I have rooted it? I also opened it a few weeks ago to replace the broken touchscreen. Do I still have warranty?
Greetings
Mika
This thread is mostly for the E980 but will help all others as much as possible.
Please be sure to follow all steps!!! If you would like help, please be courteous to all on this thread. Thanks
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Long story short...I hard bricked my phone by flashing a rom for the wrong phone. Phone would not boot at all. No signs of life. When plugged into the computer...I noticed a driver being installed (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008). A quick search...and a few forums later...I knew for sure my phone was bricked.
Here's what you will need:
MicroSD card
MicroSD card reader
Linux (I used Ubuntu) and Windows
Patience
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Here is what I did...In Windows
1 - Download your stock firmware for your phone. I have an e980...so my file would be one that ends in .tot...most other Optimus G Pro phones have stock files that end with .kdz (search XDA)
2 - Download http://d-h.st/naQWindowsLGFirmwareExtract-1.2.1.0-Release.zip - 1.33 MB. This will work on both .kdz and .tot files.
3 - Open WindowsLGFirmware and locate your stock firmware. A list of files will show up. Click on the boxes on the left of the name of the file for the following...SBL1.bin, SBL2.bin, SBL3.bin, aboot.bin, rpm.bin, tz.bin, backupGPT.bin, recovery.bin, persist.bin, modem.bin, misc.bin, boot.bin and PrimaryGPT.bin.
4 - Then click on "Extract.tot" (or Extract.kdz). Extracted files will be in the same folder at the WindowsLGFirmare.
5 - The PrimaryGPT.bin file now has to be written to the MicroSD card. I used http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/latest/downloadWin32DiskImager.
The rest of the files, put on a usb stick for now.
Once that is done...boot into your Linux Distro(I installed Ubuntu due to permissions needed in the following steps)
6 - Once booted into Linux, have your sd card in the card reader and plugged into your computer...go to Terminal and type ls /dev/sd*
(You should see something like this.../dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda5
/dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb4
/dev/sdb5 .......... /dev/sdb36
7 - Next...in terminal type sudo gdisk -l /dev/sdb
You will see a list with columns for Number, Start, End, Size, Code and Name.
You must match the number on the list with the files you downloaded earlier in Windows. Write down the number in the number column for each of those files. (Example: SBL1 for me was number 2)
Now transfer the files on the usb stick that you downloaded earlier in windows to your linux desktop.
8 - Now in Terminal type sudo -i
Then type dd if=/the location of the file/name of file.bin of=dev/sbd(now type the number that your file was on the list)
This is what mine looked like dd if=/home/ricanares/Desktop/aboot.bin of=/dev/sdb5
You must do this for every file downloaded from our stock firmware(except for PrimaryGPT.bin)
9 - Now reboot back into Windows. Insert the sd card into your phone. Plug the phone into the USB port. For me, the soft keys lit up, which made me feel closer to recovering my phone. At this step, not much happened for me for at least 10 minutes. Then while plugged into the usb port and while sd card was still in phone...my battery fell out (didn't have the battery door on). Put the battery right back in...and the LG boot screen came on.
10 - Finally...remove battery while the sd card is still inserted. While holding down the volume keys, plug the phone back into the usb cable and now you should be in download mode. Now follow the guide found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660 and your phone should be back to stock in minutes.
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If phone does not go into Download Mode...try volume up and power or volume down and power. Another thing to try if this doesn't work for you...in step 8...instead of using your stock firmware recovery.img...search xda for a cwm or twrp image to flash. Just rename it to recovery.img.
Good luck to all. Hopefully I wrote this guide clear enough. This is my first ever!!! I finally got my hard bricked phone working and had to share the news. After trying to fix this for the past 2 days...I am off to bed. If you wish to buy me a beer...PM me. Thanks
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This guide was made for the LG Optimus G Pro E980 but may work for all other variations.
For me, when it only lights up for a split second when I remove the battery. My battery is at 100% (tested on my other device) and I can't do anything with the device. I've waited a bit and nothing has happened. I have not seen the backlights turn on except for when I remove the battery.
edit: could you link the stock firmware that you used?
edit2: when i use my empty battery, it lights up, but it disconnects/turns off every ~3 seconds. It may be because this battery is defective, but did this happen to you?
dylanraga said:
For me, when it only lights up for a split second when I remove the battery. My battery is at 100% (tested on my other device) and I can't do anything with the device. I've waited a bit and nothing has happened. I have not seen the backlights turn on except for when I remove the battery.
edit: could you link the stock firmware that you used?
edit2: when i use my empty battery, it lights up, but it disconnects/turns off every ~3 seconds. It may be because this battery is defective, but did this happen to you?
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I rebricked my phone to see exactly what I should tell you...here's what I did...When the soft key lights came on...i left the phone plugged into my computer for 10 minutes. Then disconnected the phone...held down both volume keys and plugged in the usb cord...it then booted to download mode where I was able to continue to the link on step 10.(Try this a few times)
The stock firmware i used..i found here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420219 Right under where it says "I am aware about my links..." there is a link...click it and download these 2 files LGE980AT-00-V20g-ATT-US-APR-28-2014.zip.htm and LGE980_20130314_LGFLASHv151.dll
I had originally also thought my battery was defective...but it was fine. As long as the battery has a decent amount of charge...you should be set. Keep me updated. Good luck
Few questions..
When you use the imager to write PrimaryGBT.bin to the MicroSD card, does it then seem "corrupt" to Windows and asks to reformat it?
Also, simply after sticking the MicroSD card into your phone and plugging it in (w/ battery) the soft keys just light up? And did they stay lit up even when not connected to the computer? This didn't happen for me with my full battery.
And one you didn't answer: with my empty battery it the soft keys light up, but they turn off and disconnect from my computer every ~3 seconds; did this happen to you?
dylanraga said:
Few questions..
When you use the imager to write PrimaryGBT.bin to the MicroSD card, does it then seem "corrupt" to Windows and asks to reformat it?
Also, simply after sticking the MicroSD card into your phone and plugging it in (w/ battery) the soft keys just light up? And did they stay lit up even when not connected to the computer? This didn't happen for me with my full battery.
And one you didn't answer: with my empty battery it the soft keys light up, but they turn off and disconnect from my computer every ~3 seconds; did this happen to you?
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ricanares said:
I rebricked my phone to see exactly what I should tell you...here's what I did...When the soft key lights came on...i left the phone plugged into my computer for 10 minutes. Then disconnected the phone...held down both volume keys and plugged in the usb cord...it then booted to download mode where I was able to continue to the link on step 10.(Try this a few times)
The stock firmware i used..i found here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420219 Right under where it says "I am aware about my links..." there is a link...click it and download these 2 files LGE980AT-00-V20g-ATT-US-APR-28-2014.zip.htm and LGE980_20130314_LGFLASHv151.dll
I had originally also thought my battery was defective...but it was fine. As long as the battery has a decent amount of charge...you should be set. Keep me updated. Good luck
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Thank you for your tutorial... I managed to get the 'unbrick microSD', but my phone keeps being undetected by my pc. The two soft key lights simply flashed on and then came off again in 1 second or less... Does your phone keep the lights on when connected in that manner?
To be sure if I followed your steps correctly:
1 - Battery: inserted; microSD: inserted; phone plugged-in -> soft key lights ON
2 - Wait 10 minutes
3 - Remove battery and put it back in again without disconnecting the phone;
4 - LG bootscreen should appear;
5 - Disconnect the phone and connect it again pressing the volume keys.
6 - Download mode should be back
Is that right?
dylanraga said:
Few questions..
When you use the imager to write PrimaryGBT.bin to the MicroSD card, does it then seem "corrupt" to Windows and asks to reformat it?
Also, simply after sticking the MicroSD card into your phone and plugging it in (w/ battery) the soft keys just light up? And did they stay lit up even when not connected to the computer? This didn't happen for me with my full battery.
And one you didn't answer: with my empty battery it the soft keys light up, but they turn off and disconnect from my computer every ~3 seconds; did this happen to you?
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The image writer did show that the MicroSD card needed to be reformatted...so it does seem corrupted only because of the flashed .bin file. But does not need to be reformatted till the phone is fully back up and running.
The soft keys did light up for me only after I flashed it with all files onto the MicroSD card in the steps I listed above. Did not stay lit up for more than a few seconds. When disconnected from the computer...they would not light up.
I don't know about an empty battery...but with my battery which was at at least 60%...the keys did light up for a few seconds ...and i did keep getting disconnected from the computer which is why i waited 10 minutes before doing anything.
Have you tried other key combinations? Try volume down, home key and power button. Try with and without being plugged into the usb port.
Il Palazzo said:
Thank you for your tutorial... I managed to get the 'unbrick microSD', but my phone keeps being undetected by my pc. The two soft key lights simply flashed on and then came off again in 1 second or less... Does your phone keep the lights on when connected in that manner?
To be sure if I followed your steps correctly:
1 - Battery: inserted; microSD: inserted; phone plugged-in -> soft key lights ON
2 - Wait 10 minutes
3 - Remove battery and put it back in again without disconnecting the phone;
4 - LG bootscreen should appear;
5 - Disconnect the phone and connect it again pressing the volume keys.
6 - Download mode should be back
Is that right?
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The soft keys did not stay on for more than a few seconds for me. The steps are correct. Try removing the sd card and try holding the volume buttons and connect to the computer via usb. If that doesnt work...try different key combinations...volume down, home button and power...try while plugged into the computer and without. Let me know if you need further help.
ricanares said:
The image writer did show that the MicroSD card needed to be reformatted...so it does seem corrupted only because of the flashed .bin file. But does not need to be reformatted till the phone is fully back up and running.
The soft keys did light up for me only after I flashed it with all files onto the MicroSD card in the steps I listed above. Did not stay lit up for more than a few seconds. When disconnected from the computer...they would not light up.
I don't know about an empty battery...but with my battery which was at at least 60%...the keys did light up for a few seconds ...and i did keep getting disconnected from the computer which is why i waited 10 minutes before doing anything.
Have you tried other key combinations? Try volume down, home key and power button. Try with and without being plugged into the usb port.
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Try this...
Try removing the sd card and try to get into download mode (hold volume buttons and plug into computer via usb)
No lights would come on for me while I wasn't plugged into the computer. I'm not going to give up. Lets get this working
ricanares said:
Try this...
Try removing the sd card and try to get into download mode (hold volume buttons and plug into computer via usb)
No lights would come on for me while I wasn't plugged into the computer. I'm not going to give up. Lets get this working
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I can't get the LG bootscreen... could you provide us a short video? thank you
I'm trying with a microSD created using the e980 v20g .tot file... I managed to download an e986 kdz file (many mirrors are down). Maybe it needs the right partitions to boot from sd, even if the two models should be very similar (except for the modem).
Il Palazzo said:
Thank you for your tutorial... I managed to get the 'unbrick microSD', but my phone keeps being undetected by my pc. The two soft key lights simply flashed on and then came off again in 1 second or less... Does your phone keep the lights on when connected in that manner?
To be sure if I followed your steps correctly:
1 - Battery: inserted; microSD: inserted; phone plugged-in -> soft key lights ON
2 - Wait 10 minutes
3 - Remove battery and put it back in again without disconnecting the phone;
4 - LG bootscreen should appear;
5 - Disconnect the phone and connect it again pressing the volume keys.
6 - Download mode should be back
Is that right?
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when phone is plugged in...do you see the lg drivers installed for your phone or do you still see the Qualcomm driver?
ricanares said:
when phone is plugged in...do you see the lg drivers installed for your phone or do you still see the Qualcomm driver?
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The phone is detected in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode (all the drivers have been already installed) only if the microSD is removed, the battery is inserted and I press the volume keys while connecting it to the pc. Otherwise, it remains undetected.
The soft key lights go on only connecting it with the microSD inserted and without the battery.
My battery was at a decent charge (40-60%) 3-4 days ago... I don't know if it went out of charge now.
Il Palazzo said:
The phone is detected in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode (all the drivers have been already installed) only if the microSD is removed, the battery is inserted and I press the volume keys while connecting it to the pc. Otherwise, it remains undetected.
The soft key lights go on only connecting it with the microSD inserted and without the battery.
My battery was at a decent charge (40-60%) 3-4 days ago... I don't know if it went out of charge now.
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Try plugging the phone into an outlet with battery and sd card inserted and see if any lights come on...then try to power on while sd card is inserted. Also, try and reboot computer. I will be on here for a few more hours.
ricanares said:
Try plugging the phone into an outlet with battery and sd card inserted and see if any lights come on...then try to power on while sd card is inserted. Also, try and reboot computer. I will be on here for a few more hours.
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another thing you can try...try holding the home button down and press power
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another thing you can try...try holding the home button down and press power
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No lights on using the ac adapter. I've also discovered that the e986 kdz file cannot be read by the firmware extractor.
Thank you for your help... I'll continue tomorrow (it's quite late and I've got to get to work early :S) with your help. I'm planning to leave the phone to LG assistance if I can't recover it before this weekend.
Please let me know if you can make a short video
Il Palazzo said:
I can't get the LG bootscreen... could you provide us a short video? thank you
I'm trying with a microSD created using the e980 v20g .tot file... I managed to download an e986 kdz file (many mirrors are down). Maybe it needs the right partitions to boot from sd, even if the two models should be very similar (except for the modem).
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The files you used to flash the sd card were from the .tot or the .kdz file? Do you have an e980?
Il Palazzo said:
No lights on using the ac adapter. I've also discovered that the e986 kdz file cannot be read by the firmware extractor.
Thank you for your help... I'll continue tomorrow (it's quite late and I've got to get to work early :S) with your help. I'm planning to leave the phone to LG assistance if I can't recover it before this weekend.
Please let me know if you can make a short video
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I will try and get a video done asap. Please hit me up tomorrow so that I can help you.
ricanares said:
The files you used to flash the sd card were from the .tot or the .kdz file? Do you have an e980?
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ricanares said:
I will try and get a video done asap. Please hit me up tomorrow so that I can help you.
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I own an e986 (as I mentioned in my thread)... but I think that the two models are similar. I didn't think about the possibility to boot up the phone using the microSD, but as I saw on the net it's quite common for all qualcomm-based devices, so I'll give my phone another chance before leaving it to LG assistance.
Il Palazzo said:
I own an e986 (as I mentioned in my thread)... but I think that the two models are similar. I didn't think about the possibility to boot up the phone using the microSD, but as I saw on the net it's quite common for all qualcomm-based devices, so I'll give my phone another chance before leaving it to LG assistance.
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OK. I will research to see if there are any differences and let you know tomorrow if I found anything.
ricanares said:
OK. I will research to see if there are any differences and let you know tomorrow if I found anything.
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Any news? Thank you
Il Palazzo said:
Any news? Thank you
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Some news. After reading for hours yesterday...even though the e980 and e986 are similar...they do have some differences when it comes to the software. You must download the kdz for your phone and use a kdz extractor. I believe you said the extractor in this guide is not working for you...if you search google, you will find a few. Once you're able to extract the original firmware...restart the process. Reformat the sd card before beginning. I am in class right now, but will do my best to respond to you quickly.
Hi all, i have problem with my P8000. My phone was discharged to 0%, and then i cant turn on phone. When i plug it to charger, blue circle do not light. i try to do:
1. Hold POWER - phone starts but when display elephone logo (1 second) telefon turn off
2. Hold POWER and POWER + - phone gone to bootloader, and them whatever i choose (recovery, normal) phone starts but after shown elephone logo turns down (like 1.)
3. Flashed stock rom via Flash tool (format + download) - like 1.
4. I have unpluged battery
after all, phone cant start... Someone can help me?
I think you have to leave it charging for a while before you are able to turn it on again. Just give it some time
jman0 said:
I think you have to leave it charging for a while before you are able to turn it on again. Just give it some time
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I charged it for 48h and i cant turn it on...
mczlowiek said:
I charged it for 48h and i cant turn it on...
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Try another charger/usb cable, just in case the one you're using is defective, or charge the phone connected to a computer
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Try another charger/usb cable, just in case the one you're using is defective, or charge the phone connected to a computer
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another charger/usb cable did not solve my problem. When i plug phone into computer, then computer recognize it. I flashed stock rom with flastool, but problem was the same.... I changed battery (buy new one) but problem is this same...
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mczlowiek said:
another charger/usb cable did not solve my problem. When i plug phone into computer, then computer recognize it. I flashed stock rom with flastool, but problem was the same.... I changed battery (buy new one) but problem is this same...
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Hi,
I have/had the same problem. The problems started, with the phone powering down, at half the battery level. Then I got a spanish battery overheating message. After the message appears, the problem starts.
I solved the problem like this :
First you have to completely drain your battery. How to do that ?
- Go to the boot-menu (press power on button, and volume up at the same time). Select : Fastboot. The phone will halt. BUT, keep your phone in that state, so it consumes energy. After a while your phone will go out. After that : go again to your boot menu, but DON'T select any options. After a period of ± 5 minutes your phone will go out.
- THEN : remove your SD-Card, and SIM-Card.
- THEN : Connect your phone with the net-usb-charger. DON'T connect it to your PC.
- After 1 to 2 hours of chargeing, your down center button, should start glowing blue again.
I got my phone working again 2 times using this method.
I hope it works for you.
Phone Restored with this method! Thanks pal!
worked for my phone
thank you very much