Touchpad-Fail; Software issue or motherboard? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone!
Ok so heres the issue im in...i bought an htc to repair. the guy said the issue is he couldnt get it to turn on it turned on fine with me, but the touch wasnt working. Bootloader said Touchpanel- Fail. so i assumed this means its an LCD or digitizer problem! well i ended up getting another horrible HTC Evo, but one with a motherboard that works, just with broken usb. anyway, when i did this switch, surprisingly enough it worked, the touch was excellent, all ran perfectly!
So i guess the issue was neither LCD nor digitizer, so now it brings up a seperate question; software issue or motherboard issue?
if software i hold out hope that somehow id be able to fix it, expect the phone isnt rooted, so its with s-on and i cant so much as unlock the screen, and there is no custom recovery.
if motherboard, just let me know so i can give up.
Any and all help and advice appreciated!
Thanks!
~ Ramy

I would try and run a ruu on the phone and see if everything works after that. If it does work that means it was software related.
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but see even ruus don't work, it errors out and says to get the right ruu, and on phone it says main is older....

It could be a bad motherboard it also could have been that the flex cables coming from the TSP/LCD were not fully connected, that being the issue you could see touch screen failure or a black screen when the device comes on. But from the sounds of it I think it might be bad software. Even though you've probably already thought about this I would suggest trying to do a full wipe and hard reset it.

ok but HOW? Without USB debugging I can't use adb with ruus I'm getting the aforemntiond error, and HTC does not have a stock recovery. Is there any other way to do it?

Take your battery out put it back in then hold volume down and power once it comes on go to the recovery option and should be able to wipe and hard reset
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What is your hboot version and radio version?
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Riz3n said:
Take your battery out put it back in then hold volume down and power once it comes on go to the recovery option and should be able to wipe and hard reset
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Again, this is an unrooted, s-off evo. HTC does not have a stock recovery, therefore pressing the recovery option takes me to the page with the triangle and exclamation mark.
I will respond with radio and hboot version soon, right now i gotta finish this preping for a test tomorrow ill let u know asap tho, thanks for your help so far all of you btw.

Hboot version is 2.16.0001, Radio is 2.15.00.05.02

When you get to the page with the triangle try pressing volume down and power again or volume up and power one of those combos should bring it up I believe mess around with it a little.
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Riz3n said:
When you get to the page with the triangle try pressing volume down and power again or volume up and power one of those combos should bring it up I believe mess around with it a little.
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alright so i figured that part out thanks, i wiped and...nothing different...is it possible to flash an older update.zip or something to try and fix it? cause this just does factory restore, but if the drivers are messed up or something, restore wont do, reflash is needed...if i understand correctly..

Yes you can try and flash a different update zip from the recovery just put it in on your SD card and then apply update from zip.
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Riz3n said:
Yes you can try and flash a different update zip from the recovery just put it in on your SD card and then apply update from zip.
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Any particular update.zip you recommend that should work? i tried a signed PC3600 or whatever its called but it gave the same error as the RUU, Main is Older.

Click this link and then go to section 3. There are a few different zips you can try maybe one of them will work... hopefully lol.
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You could also try this as it has a bunch of different zips and a step by step walk through that might help out.

Riz3n said:
Click this link and then go to section 3. There are a few different zips you can try maybe one of them will work... hopefully lol.
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You could also try this as it has a bunch of different zips and a step by step walk through that might help out.
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Nope none of those worked, they installed but didn't fix issue, any other ideas? I'm gonna try to take it to sprint..
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If they figure anything out let me know. If they dont they will just replace it lol
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[Q] Black screen of death please help!

ok so i flashed cynogenmod 7 today and i decided that i really wasnt that into it. I want to flash back to stock and when i did it the progress bar flashed red halfway through and the screen went to HTC black and silver with triangle with exclamation points in them. I tried getting tot he bootloader screen but when i push power and volume down button it just stays on the htc with triangles screen. Please help!
Bump. I can't help you but I feel so bad when people are desperate for help and don't get it. So here's a bump to get it noticed
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96camarors said:
ok so i flashed cynogenmod 7 today and i decided that i really wasnt that into it. I want to flash back to stock and when i did it the progress bar flashed red halfway through and the screen went to HTC black and silver with triangle with exclamation points in them. I tried getting tot he bootloader screen but when i push power and volume down button it just stays on the htc with triangles screen. Please help!
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Were you running an RUU when thus happened? Was that how you were getting back to stock? How long has it been on that screen? If your sure its stuck, and is idle, I would do a battery pull, and then see if you can get to the bootloader. If you can, try running the RUU again, but put the phone in fastbood mode when you run the RUU. See if a second time gets it.
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k2buckley said:
Were you running an RUU when thus happened? Was that how you were getting back to stock? How long has it been on that screen? If your sure its stuck, and is idle, I would do a battery pull, and then see if you can get to the bootloader. If you can, try running the RUU again, but put the phone in fastbood mode when you run the RUU. See if a second time gets it.
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I was running ruu and it failed. i have tried several times since including battery pulls and no luck. I keep trying to get to the bootloader but its stuck at that screen. It does not show up in my computer either when i plug it in but using an ruu still works.
When trying to get to bootloader, did you push power / volume down after phone was off? If not, pull battery. Put back in and then power/volume down.
You probably already did this but it sort of sounded like you tried getting to bootloader from the screen you were stuck on.
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The error i get when ruu fails is error 110 file open error. The rom update utility cannot open the requested files or the files are damaged. the ruu cannot continue with the update. Please get a complete ruu package and try again.
96camarors said:
I was running ruu and it failed. i have tried several times since including battery pulls and no luck. I keep trying to get to the bootloader but its stuck at that screen. It does not show up in my computer either when i plug it in but using an ruu still works.
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When you shut your Evo off, and plug it into a wall (AC) plug, do you get a charging led? If you can still run an RUU, it sounds like maybe the one you are using is corrupt, or the wrong one all together. Do you know your bootloader version, software version, and radio versions? Likely you need to download the RUU that matches (or is very close to) your current versions.
I'm on the app, but would otherwise link you to a thread. In the dev section, search for "supersonic shipped roms", thread started by Esp28
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ferfy67 said:
When trying to get to bootloader, did you push power / volume down after phone was off? If not, pull battery. Put back in and then power/volume down.
You probably already did this but it sort of sounded like you tried getting to bootloader from the screen you were stuck on.
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yeah i did that and nothing just stays at the screen
k2buckley said:
When you shut your Evo off, and plug it into a wall (AC) plug, do you get a charging led? If you can still run an RUU, it sounds like maybe the one you are using is corrupt, or the wrong one all together. Do you know your bootloader version, software version, and radio versions? Likely you need to download the RUU that matches (or is very close to) your current versions.
I'm on the app, but would otherwise link you to a thread. In the dev section, search for "supersonic shipped roms", thread started by Esp28
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i am currently trying to download the 3.7 ruu but it keeps canceling itself. i do get a chargin led when plugged into wall. radio is 2.15
96camarors said:
i am currently trying to download the 3.7 ruu but it keeps canceling itself. i do get a chargin led when plugged into wall. radio is 2.15
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Charging led is good. Find a good copy of the 3.70 RUU, make sure its a good download, and run again. When I get home ill link you to my RUU copy in my dropbox if you haven't found one yet.
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k2buckley said:
Charging led is good. Find a good copy of the 3.70 RUU, make sure its a good download, and run again. When I get home ill link you to my RUU copy in my dropbox if you haven't found one yet.
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i found one that works and i have 46min to go. i found a good step-by-step fix for my problem http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-support-troubleshooting/254695-black-error-screen-when-updating-rooted-phone-supersonic-ruu.html and i am praying that it works for me. and thank you for your help so far!
96camarors said:
i found one that works and i have 46min to go. i found a good step-by-step fix for my problem http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-sup...hen-updating-rooted-phone-supersonic-ruu.html and i am praying that it works for me. and thank you for your help so far!
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Cool, your welcome. I bet the good RUU will work. And yes, the other thread looked good. Did u run unrevoked forever? If so, did u flash the s on tool before running RUU?
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k2buckley said:
Cool, your welcome. I bet the good RUU will work. And yes, the other thread looked good. Did u run unrevoked forever? If so, did u flash the s on tool before running RUU?
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i didnt flash s on tool. and that was my problem, i am new to the evo world (just got it sunday) and i had motorola before so the rooting i am used to is way different than htc haha
You get it fixed yet?
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96camarors said:
i didnt flash s on tool. and that was my problem, i am new to the evo world (just got it sunday) and i had motorola before so the rooting i am used to is way different than htc haha
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Yea, the rooting world between different manufacturers differs greatly, apparently. The state you're currently in, you probably have no choice but to run the RUU again. Once you get it to successfully run, and you boot up, back to stock, you'll most likely still be S-off. Now, that's not necessarily bad, unless you're going to take your evo into sprint for any reason. If you leave it S off, if you ever want to reroot, all you'd have to do is flash a PC36IMG of a custom recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, you could flash a ROM or whatever. Also, if you do want to return it to S on, once the RUU completes and you can boot, flash a PC36IMG of a recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, flash the unrevoked S on tool, using recovery. Once you confirm that S is back to ON, then run the RUU again. Then you'll be back to stock, unrooted, S on.
RileyGrant said:
You get it fixed yet?
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not fixed yet 5min left on download
k2buckley said:
Yea, the rooting world between different manufacturers differs greatly, apparently. The state you're currently in, you probably have no choice but to run the RUU again. Once you get it to successfully run, and you boot up, back to stock, you'll most likely still be S-off. Now, that's not necessarily bad, unless you're going to take your evo into sprint for any reason. If you leave it S off, if you ever want to reroot, all you'd have to do is flash a PC36IMG of a custom recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, you could flash a ROM or whatever. Also, if you do want to return it to S on, once the RUU completes and you can boot, flash a PC36IMG of a recovery, using the bootloader. At that point, flash the unrevoked S on tool, using recovery. Once you confirm that S is back to ON, then run the RUU again. Then you'll be back to stock, unrooted, S on.
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ok thanks for the advice. ill probly go back to stock for awhile until i get used to the phone. so if i leave s off then nothing bad while happen with the ruu while im sleeping? i really need to get to sleep asap, got a full day of classes tomorrow haha.
96camarors said:
not fixed yet 5min left on download
ok thanks for the advice. ill probly go back to stock for awhile until i get used to the phone. so if i leave s off then nothing bad while happen with the ruu while im sleeping? i really need to get to sleep asap, got a full day of classes tomorrow haha.
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I'm confused, haha. Nothing bad will happen with the RUU when you're sleeping? I think you do need some sleep brotha! Once you successfully run the RUU, and return to stock, you'll most likely still be S off, since you didn't flash the S on tool. This mean's you'll be on a stock ROM, with S off, and no recovery. Nothing bad will happen by leaving it like this, so long as you don't take it to Sprint with S off. Now, if you do just plan on staying stock for a while, you may want to return to S-on, just in case any unpredictable catastrophic events occur, you're better off having S-on, in case you need to take it back to Sprint. You can always root again rather easily. So I guess my suggestion is to flash a recovery once you're up and running, flash the S on tool, and then run the RUU again. Just to be safe. If you want to root again, you know how
Edit: ^^^^All that is providing you get the RUU to run successfully, which I think you will. You just need a good copy of the right version. If that doesn't work, don't forget you have other options. Such as flashing an RUU as a PC36IMG from the bootloader. Also, you can run an RUU with fastboot. So there is a plan B and C if that doesn't work.
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I'm confused, haha. Nothing bad will happen with the RUU when you're sleeping? I think you do need some sleep brotha! Once you successfully run the RUU, and return to stock, you'll most likely still be S off, since you didn't flash the S on tool. This mean's you'll be on a stock ROM, with S off, and no recovery. Nothing bad will happen by leaving it like this, so long as you don't take it to Sprint with S off. Now, if you do just plan on staying stock for a while, you may want to return to S-on, just in case any unpredictable catastrophic events occur, you're better off having S-on, in case you need to take it back to Sprint. You can always root again rather easily. So I guess my suggestion is to flash a recovery once you're up and running, flash the S on tool, and then run the RUU again. Just to be safe. If you want to root again, you know how
Edit: ^^^^All that is providing you get the RUU to run successfully, which I think you will. You just need a good copy of the right version. If that doesn't work, don't forget you have other options. Such as flashing an RUU as a PC36IMG from the bootloader. Also, you can run an RUU with fastboot. So there is a plan B and C if that doesn't work.
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ok thank you very much. it worked. thanks for all your help!
96camarors said:
ok thank you very much. it worked. thanks for all your help!
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Sweet, glad to hear it worked. Take care.
Oh yea, are you S on or S off? My guess is S off, if you did use unrevoked forever before.
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Sweet, glad to hear it worked. Take care.
Oh yea, are you S on or S off? My guess is S off, if you did use unrevoked forever before.
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Yes I am currently s off

[Q] G2 flashing orange and green led lights,won't turn on.

my phone(tmo g2,rooted running extrahotsauce rom) is flashing the green and orange lights now that its charging...the battery was fine and i was doing a backup using clockword mod recovery and once that occured i rebooted,then rebooted again into recovery and from then on the phone hasn't turned back on. i put it on charge at first and no light,left it on for a bit and now there's green and orange led lights blinking continuosly,any one know the cause? and more important, the solution? any help would be much appreciated, thanks
someone posted in the evo 4g forums saying the phone was overheating? doubt that was the issue. but now that it isn't working,i am hoping it is
Turned on but kept shutting down on its own,somehow got it into clockwork mod recovery,wiped data and cache(after backing it up), wanted to install the mexdroid rom and the phone shut off again at the end of the wipe,now it just turns on at the htc screen.
when i hold volume+power and get to the boot screen,it wont let me scroll up and down using volume,instead it automatically just tries to update.
stuck at htc screen,just wanna try to restore my phone,any help would be great. thanks and sorry for being such a damn noob
Do you have a pc10img on your sd card? If so, you need to get that off of there to get into recovery. Also, it sounds like something is seriously wrong with the battery and you should replace it.
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found it,its a zip file right? it wont let me delete it though,is there a certain way to do it?
i have a spare battery,just cant seem to locate it at the moment, might need to buy one if i can't find it soon
nvmm figured it out,lets try it
OMG you are the greatest,its working so far...do i need to put the pc10img back on the sd card in order to install a rom or no?well it wouldn't get to the recovery screen with it on the sd card,sorry i need to get some sleep
NVM,i left pc10img off of the sd card installed the rom,but it wouldn't start,just stayed at the htc screen. I put that file back on the sdcard and it's still just stuck at the white htc screen, know what the issue might be? i have a custom boot animation in there,would that matter?
when i get to the boot screen,it says, s-on at the top,is that why?
If you're s-on then you're not rooted or at least truly rooted, like if you did a temp root with visionary. I would suggest finding the tmo post ota ROM in the development section dated from December, it'll be a PC10IMG, and rooting that with gfree from the wiki. When you have done all that, install ROM Manager from the Market. When you open the app click "Flash Recovery"and you'll be ableto install ROM's from ClockworkMod recovery.
I apologize if you already know some of this stuff, but you sound a bit confused. Hope this helps.
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heybobitsme said:
If you're s-on then you're not rooted or at least truly rooted, like if you did a temp root with visionary. I would suggest finding the tmo post ota ROM in the development section dated from December, it'll be a PC10IMG, and rooting that with gfree from the wiki. When you have done all that, install ROM Manager from the Market. When you open the app click "Flash Recovery"and you'll be ableto install ROM's from ClockworkMod recovery.
I apologize if you already know some of this stuff, but you sound a bit confused. Hope this helps.
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no need to apologize,you're only helping. i told my friend about the issue, and he reccomended a thread on xda that explains how to turn s-off(and root/unroot). it had been rooted, but yeah like you said it was temp rooted using visionary. ill try these methods and post results. thanks alot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890827&highlight=[Guide]+How+to+Root
so that's the link he sent to me, i was skeptical but still went through with it and yet it still says s-on...i need a guide to show me how to fix just that.
i've never used gfree or wiki,nor do i know how or what of them. is there a thread you can direct me to? ill look for it myself but i think if you were to find it,you'd be able to direct me to the right one since im sure there are multiple threads and you seem to know what's happening and what you're doing
ok so i've tried 5 different methods and nothing seems to result with s-off for me. do i need to unroot and reroot?
i know this thread is old but i just got a referb g2 for my wife and it had this same problem. i found this somewhere else and it actually worked:
try taking out the battery and unplug the charger. then press and hold the power button for roughly a min. Then put the battery back in and press the power button. It should work. it worked for me.
i had tried holding the power button for almost a minute with the battery still in with no luck. doing it this way with the battery out worked though.

I super bricked my tab. Black nothingness...

First off, I only made a new thread because i couldn't find one with the same problem I am having....super bricked i think...
Trying to go from the unofficial CWM 9 back to ICS to go back to HoneyComb!
Anyways, did ICS update.zip through clockwork recovery. Now only boots to nothing. nothing at all! Just a black screen and the home key is lit.
So I have no ADB or Fastboot, but i do have nvflash working....but i can't seem to get it to do anything without losing its connectivity with the computer! so now what???
can anyone help?
Thanks!
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Actually this guy had the same problem --->
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ya as soon as you send a command with nvflash even just nvflash --sync i hear the windows disconnect sound
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.......showthread.php?t=1580807
But noone seemed to be able to help him...exact same problem though...
Any help would be awesome! Thanks again!
Do you have test hard reset ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k9HYj93zHc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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yeah, I did. Thanks for the response though!
I have tried everything that i can find on this site. I have been flashing roms and stuff for while now, and am not new to the command line. so keep the suggestions rolling! Thanks again!
bmb1983 said:
yeah, I did. Thanks for the response though!
I have tried everything that i can find on this site. I have been flashing roms and stuff for while now, and am not new to the command line. so keep the suggestions rolling! Thanks again!
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shouldnt have flashed it from cwm...but ok...
does your screen say anything?
power up ljke your going into recovery...riht after the vibrate toggle the screen lock button while still holding vol down.
did your pc pick up a connection?
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I learned a hard lesson, I let my 8 year old use my tablet...he then handed it back to me and all it does now when you try to boot it up is come to a black screen that says:
Boot Verified Failed...
Trying to go into CWM, I get:
Recovery Verified Failed.
Any ideas? i was on Flex's newest rom RC.3.1.
PeteSeiler2010 said:
I learned a hard lesson, I let my 8 year old use my tablet...he then handed it back to me and all it does now when you try to boot it up is come to a black screen that says:
Boot Verified Failed...
Trying to go into CWM, I get:
Recovery Verified Failed.
Any ideas? i was on Flex's newest rom RC.3.1.
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try booting how i said in my last post. if u had your bootloader unlocked id say u can get fastboot. pm me
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Soft keys flashing then to CWM 5.8.2 cannot install rom

I'm fairly a noob when it comes to rooting and whatnot, however i've learned quite a bit since i've started. I rooted nexus s with no hassel. My friend the other day gave me a LG Nitro HD, the phone boots shows the LG logo then goes to the Clockworkmod touch 5.8.2. I have tried installing roms on it, it will install the rom and run then when i try to reboot, the soft keys will flash for 2 mins before showing the LG logo and going back to the Clockworkmod again. Keep in mind there is nothing on the SD card besides the signed_HO!NO!_p930 i have tried other os's too. I don't know exactly what he did to his phone. Please help me out. Thanks a bunch guys :laugh:
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I'm fairly a noob when it comes to rooting and whatnot, however i've learned quite a bit since i've started. I rooted nexus s with no hassel. My friend the other day gave me a LG Nitro HD, the phone boots shows the LG logo then goes to the Clockworkmod touch 5.8.2. I have tried installing roms on it, it will install the rom and run then when i try to reboot, the soft keys will flash for 2 mins before showing the LG logo and going back to the Clockworkmod again. Keep in mind there is nothing on the SD card besides the signed_HO!NO!_p930 i have tried other os's too. I don't know exactly what he did to his phone. Please help me out. Thanks a bunch guys :laugh:
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I am having the exact same issue here for two days now... I did a full back up prior to flashing yet still nothing and no matter what ROM I try I wind up back in CWM....
I am going to stop bye a shop were I know a guy that does rooting and such and take the phone to see...Will keep you posted from this side anxious to read what others may say.
Try following machzelets or mattman86's unbricking guide. Well thats if you can get into download mode.
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rani9990 said:
Try following machzelets or mattman86's unbricking guide. Well thats if you can get into download mode.
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I know I cannot get into download mode, Will be interested to see if Lugman can or not ... So unbricking is not an option at this point for me. Tried that yesterday also.
Lugman please post any progress sounds though we are in the same river of CWM... Why the HOX is so easy compared to this ....
Try charging it then do a battery pull then plug in the USB while holding the volume update. This should bring up a screen saying download mode. Then unbrick from there.
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rani9990 said:
Try charging it then do a battery pull then plug in the USB while holding the volume update. This should bring up a screen saying download mode. Then unbrick from there.
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Yes that worked that specific method, its in download mode however my laptop says that the device driver software was not successfully installed. I dunno what to do after this.
luqman91 said:
Yes that worked that specific method, its in download mode however my laptop says that the device driver software was not successfully installed. I dunno what to do after this.
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You can go here:
http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-P930#software
Download the drivers and have a blast... I dropped mine off at the shop to see if the guy can do something... He mentioned that he has seen some of this going on with CWM sticking he tried some methods and a couple different ROMS and also nothing. So I left it hoping I get the call that all is well in the AM.
Anyway GOOD LUCK ..
Thanks alot man, am gonna try all this out and see how it all works. I appreciate your help. am gonna post here what the progress is and whatnot. so check back!
luqman91 said:
Thanks alot man, am gonna try all this out and see how it all works. I appreciate your help. am gonna post here what the progress is and whatnot. so check back!
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Great let us know... I have mine at the shop the guy is using the inbricking guide from here to do some magic (I hope) thought I would have the phone back today but told maybe tomorrow as it takes a long time to do the process...
Not sure I ever want to use CMW first will have to read up more on it....

[Q] Think I bricked...

Bleh just got my Optimus yesterday, came stock with zv9. Decided to root today and had no trouble, flashed TWRP recovery using FreeGee then updated to the newest TWRP version using GooManager. Made a backup using TWRP then used GooManager to download Lifeless ROM. Just downloaded, didn't flash. After the download was done I shut off my Optimus but when I went to restart it, it powered on, showed the LG logo for half a second then just went to a black screen. Can't boot to recovery. Whenever I try and turn the phone off it just restarts again showing the logo for brief period of time then black. Any ideas? It's gotta be bricked but I just don't understand how or why. Probably going to try and take the battery out and see what happens.
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Bleh just got my Optimus yesterday, came stock with zv9. Decided to root today and had no trouble, flashed TWRP recovery using FreeGee then updated to the newest TWRP version using GooManager. Made a backup using TWRP then used GooManager to download Lifeless ROM. Just downloaded, didn't flash. After the download was done I shut off my Optimus but when I went to restart it, it powered on, showed the LG logo for half a second then just went to a black screen. Can't boot to recovery. Whenever I try and turn the phone off it just restarts again showing the logo for brief period of time then black. Any ideas? It's gotta be bricked but I just don't understand how or why. Probably going to try and take the battery out and see what happens.
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okay well your not bricked if you can get even a little life like an LG screen. hook phone up to computer and use adb to get into bootloader and try to reflash the recovery img again. it just sounds like you need to reflash your recovery. thats why it didnt flash. lemme know. ill keep checking back on the thread for awhile
Evolutionmods said:
okay well your not bricked if you can get even a little life like an LG screen. hook phone up to computer and use adb to get into bootloader and try to reflash the recovery img again. it just sounds like you need to reflash your recovery. thats why it didnt flash. lemme know. ill keep checking back on the thread for awhile
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Okay perfect I appreciate it. Downloading SDK right now, I'm away from my desktop and didn't have it on my lappy. LG has a program similar to ODIN too right? Would that maybe work as well?
You would need LGNPST. you can find it in the IRC if you can get to download mode you can flash back to stock and start over.
neemot said:
You would need LGNPST. you can find it in the IRC if you can get to download mode you can flash back to stock and start over.
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Yeah that's it thanks. But forgot- can't get in to download mode so that won't work.
I ran the command "adb devices" and the Optimus didn't show up. Is there anything else I can do/try?
hotpeanuts said:
Yeah that's it thanks. But forgot- can't get in to download mode so that won't work.
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Just because the screen doesn't come on don't think the phone is off. Plug that sucker in. If you see the logo you should be able to get in download mode. Also, if the phone is on, you will eventually see some green android screen.
The same thing happened to my phone once. I only know of one way to hard brick this phone. I am not telling anyone how. But, I doubt you did that. It isn't something you would accidentally do.
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hotpeanuts said:
Yeah that's it thanks. But forgot- can't get in to download mode so that won't work.
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Sometimes my power button won't work for dlmode just hold volume down volume up and plug in
kc_exactly said:
Just because the screen doesn't come on don't think the phone is off. Plug that sucker in. If you see the logo you should be able to get in download mode. Also, if the phone is on, you will eventually see some green android screen.
The same thing happened to my phone once. I only know of one way to hard brick this phone. I am not telling anyone how. But, I doubt you did that. It isn't something you would accidentally do.
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It's on but it just shows a flat black screen. No matter how long it is on it doesn't get passed that. Also, when it's plugged in there aren't any charging lights. Not sure what to do since adb doesn't recognize it.
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Sometimes my power button won't work for dlmode just hold volume down volume up and plug in
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Holy boobs volume up and plugging in worked. You are an angel much thanks.
I had the same situation a month or two ago. Try leaving it off for 20 minutes and see if it boots back up. Worked for me and like you I had no idea why it did that
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Funny, that plugging it in step is always overlooked. I should of told you that.
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Haha KC glad I can state the easiest part lol
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i did this this past weekend. Dumb mistake, i forot that it wiped the unlocked and there isnt unlocking yet for JB.
After using LGNPST my radios/3g/network connection is screwed up. I cant connect to anything.
Update your profile.
If that doesn't work LGNPST again. Factory reset. Then update the profile.
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If what kc doesn't end up working it could be that you efs got wiped. Check this thread for help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161498
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These are what I tried:
factory wipe/data reset from stock recovery
MSL reset (suggested by Sprint)
lgnpst reset
All of which failed to work
tlxxxsracer said:
These are what I tried:
factory wipe/data reset from stock recovery
MSL reset (suggested by Sprint)
lgnpst reset
All of which failed to work
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Had you made back ups of your efs?
hi, i just tried to update to jb evrything was going fine and all of the sudden the screen shut off and now the charging light and the buttons are flashing, im rooted and was doing the update through twrp.
please help, thanks
Ram1500 said:
hi, i just tried to update to jb evrything was going fine and all of the sudden the screen shut off and now the charging light and the buttons are flashing, im rooted and was doing the update through twrp.
please help, thanks
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You are going to have to pull the battery.

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