Ok.. So, the phone is rooted with stock rom. It decided to just shut off today and continuously vibrate while off, even while the battery is out and the phone is plugged into the usb cable it vibrates.. So, when I put the battery back in it starts to boot with the Sammy logo then the TMO part comes up where its trying to load and the progress bar gets to like 30% then it shuts off again and vibrates. So I figured Id just try to get into download mode and re-flash the stock rom but no go.. I plug the phone into the usb and hold the volumes and then insert the battery and the download screen comes up but it doesnt stay, the phone goes blank and keeps vibrating again?? I also want to add that the phone wont completely turn off, even after taking the battery out.. When I put the battery back in, it boots right up everytime without me even pressing anything so I cant even get into recovery if I wanted.
So bottom line is.. Phone is rooted with stock rom.. Phone stays blank and vibrates, even when battery is out and plugged into the usb cable.. When inserting the battery and holding volumes, the warning screen comes up but only for a second then the phone shuts down and continuously vibrates?? So it wont stay on the warning screen so I can flash another rom or I cant get into recovery cause it keeps trying to boot as soon as I put the battery in and then shuts down and vibrates when it gets to the TMO screen??
I did do some searching on this particular problem and found nothing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
maybe power button is stuck? u cant get into dl or recovery at all?
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maybe power button is stuck? u cant get into dl or recovery at all?
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I can get into download mode but as soon as it gets to it, the phone just shuts off and keeps vibrating.. Recovery is a no go.
After messing around with it a little I got it to go into download mode by unplugging the usb right when the warning screen pops up, for some reason it stayed on and i was able to plug back in and flash the stock rom but once I did I got nothing but errors/force closes on my apps as soon as it booted. Now I cant get it to stay on long enough again to flash the rom again, its doing the same thing.
R u wiping properly? data, cache, system, dalvik, permissions? what recovery r u on? if u can get back in dl mode u should reflash ur recovery n see if somehow ur recovery became corrupt
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R u wiping properly? data, cache, system, dalvik, permissions? what recovery r u on? if u can get back in dl mode u should reflash ur recovery n see if somehow ur recovery became corrupt
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I was able to get back into download mode and I flashed the stock gingerbread rom but the phone doesnt stay on for more then 5min.. it either reboots or shuts down and vibrates till I take out battery and reboot again or boot into the stock recovery and empty cache... its stock now and not rooted so I only have the stock recovery that just list the data or cache clearing.
After a few hours of messing with it, it still does the same thing, no change, I have no idea how to fix it or what the problem is..
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I was able to get back into download mode and I flashed the stock gingerbread rom but the phone doesnt stay on for more then 5min.. it either reboots or shuts down and vibrates till I take out battery and reboot again or boot into the stock recovery and empty cache... its stock now and not rooted so I only have the stock recovery that just list the data or cache clearing.
After a few hours of messing with it, it still does the same thing, no change, I have no idea how to fix it or what the problem is..
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I'll give it a shot....You have to keep trying to get into CWM long enough to wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache and fix permissions.
That should help clear any anomalies.
***Something I learned by trial and error. When you say your flashing to stock try to flash android 2.3.6 stock. That should clear most problems over ICS***
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maybe power button is stuck? u cant get into dl or recovery at all?
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Im starting to think its a power button issue but how do I fix it? Do I have to take the phone apart and clean it out or something?
If you think its the power button issue check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310 posted by evilmika.
I think it’s a bad flash of course I can be wrong.
Bandaid_nyc said:
I'll give it a shot....You have to keep trying to get into CWM long enough to wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache and fix permissions.
That should help clear any anomalies.
***Something I learned by trial and error. When you say your flashing to stock try to flash android 2.3.6 stock. That should clear most problems over ICS***
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I was able to install 2.3.6 and it gave me no errors/force closes on boot but its still doing the original problem.. Also, its stock rom so there is no CWM, just the stock recovery where you can clear cache only. Should I try and get it to stay on long enough to root so I can install CWM and try to clear everything else or does it not matter at this point?
The weirdest thing to me about all this is why would it still vibrate when the usb is in but the battery is out? I mean.. dont you have to have the battery in for the phone to get proper connection to even have any juice flowing through it? Idk.. just dont make sense to me lol
I understand your not rooted yet which is fine. Can you try to clear cache?
If that doesn’t work, I would like to power off, remove the battery, remove the sim card for 30 seconds. Once you have everything placed back together reboot and hopefully we can celebrate. lol
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I understand your not rooted yet which is fine. Can you try to clear cache?
If that doesn’t work, I would like to power off, remove the battery, remove the sim card for 30 seconds. Once you have everything placed back together reboot and hopefully we can celebrate. lol
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lol I wish.. I did that a bunch of times and no go, I also tried taking it a part and messing with the power button cause one thing I do notice is when I do get it to boot the power button is flaky, like when I do press it it will act as if im holding it in and bring up the power off menu, then sometimes it will just do nothing, so Im thinking it is a power button issue.. I followed the guide and I do get a click when I push it internally but I think its just shot and I need to get that replaced.
well darn lol I wonder if a pc repair shop can fix the power button versus sending the phone to samsung for repairs. I only mention pc repair shop as it is a very small fix and good possibility they can repair a silly button contact.
Bandaid_nyc said:
well darn lol I wonder if a pc repair shop can fix the power button versus sending the phone to samsung for repairs. I only mention pc repair shop as it is a very small fix and good possibility they can repair a silly button contact.
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Yea that is worth a shot.. I did a bunch of google-in this mourning and seen that the symptoms im having are caused by either a bad flash or battery issue and im pretty certain that its not a bad flash since i flashed it back to stock several times and its still having the same problems... Regardless i appreciate your help. Thank You.
your very welcome. I hope you get this fixed quickly and come to flash haven.
is there any app the op could use to disable the power button and/or use another button to boot?
i know noLED will while the phone is running but can u remap thru recov on the fly?
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My evo is stuck on the white htc Evo 4G page and will not do any thing took out the battery and turned it back on but still nothing please help
Need a lot more information...like the rom you were on, and what you did prior that caused it.
I'm on mikk froyo 4.5 and I was trying to connect to my router via wifi and for some reason it was saying unable to search for network so I rebooted it and thats when it happend
Are you able to boot into recovery, have to tried restoring a backup?
dogbeanbags83 said:
I'm on mikk froyo 4.5 and I was trying to connect to my router via wifi and for some reason it was saying unable to search for network so I rebooted it and thats when it happend
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First try a battery pull, then reboot. If it still fails, pull the battery again, then boot to the bootloader, and see if you can get to recovery. If so, try wiping cache and dalvik cache, then reboot, if it still fails, restore a nandroid backup, or reflash the rom.
If you can't get get to recovery, report back here.
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did another battery pull now it wont even turn on
dogbeanbags83 said:
did another battery pull now it wont even turn on
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Are you sure your battery is charged?
dogbeanbags83 said:
did another battery pull now it wont even turn on
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Was the battery charged up. When you plug it into a wall, do you get a charging led? If so, let it charge up for a bit. If you don't get a charging led, do you have another battery to try?
Holding Power and Volume down doesn't bring you to the bootloader?
yes it was a 98% before it happend pluging in now tho.... Pluged in and the charging light wont even turn on
dogbeanbags83 said:
yes it was a 98% before it happend pluging in now tho.... Pluged in and the charging light wont even turn on
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That's very strange... So you have no other batteries to try, just to make sure. I would try taking your battery out, and putting it back in, just to be sure it has good contact. That's very odd. A battery pull whilst stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen should not brick you. You have no choice but to battery pull at that point, otherwise you'd just hang there forever. Now, a battery pull during a radio flash, yes, that can brick you. But this was not the case. That is very odd, and I would still try another battery if you happen to have a spare.
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That's very strange... So you have no other batteries to try, just to make sure. I would try taking your battery out, and putting it back in, just to be sure it has good contact. That's very odd. A battery pull whilst stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen should not brick you. You have no choice but to battery pull at that point, otherwise you'd just hang there forever. Now, a battery pull during a radio flash, yes, that can brick you. But this was not the case. That is very odd, and I would still try another battery if you happen to have a spare.
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tryed another battery and nothing
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tryed another battery and nothing
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ok took out the other battery and it turned on still in the white to been anout a min
dogbeanbags83 said:
ok took out the other battery and it turned on still in the white to been anout a min
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Let it sit for 4 or 5 minutes there. If it doesn't start the boot animation, you're going to need to battery pull again. Can you get to recovery? When you select recovery from the bootloader, do you hang at the white htc evo screen, or does it successfully boot to recovery? If it gets to recovery, I suggest a full wipe, calkulin's format all.zip too, and then reflash the rom, or restore a working nandroid backup. If you can't get to recovery, confirm that you still have S off, and we'll see if you can successfully get a recovery flashed.
ok still in the white should I do another battery pull?
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ok still in the white should I do another battery pull?
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Yea, it's your only option. See if you can get to recovery. WHen you turn it on, hold the power button and volume down button together. When you get to the bootloader, select recovery, and then report what the result of that is.
ok turned it on and held down power and volume down and it stayes in the white
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ok turned it on and held down power and volume down and it stayes in the white
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With the phone powered off, you need to simultaneously hold down the power and volume Down button. Start pressing htem both at the same time, with the phone powered off, and don't let go of them until you see the bootloader pop up. It should be a white screen with a menu and a few options. One of the options should be recovery.
ok sorry my bad it poped up about to hit recovery now
ok now its in a black screen clockwork recovery
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ok sorry my bad it poped up about to hit recovery now
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No worries man.
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ok now its in a black screen clockwork recovery
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Okay good, you're at recovery. That's a good thing. I'm sort of assuming you don't have any nandroiid backups? If you do happen to have one, I'd restore a backup. If you don't have a backup, you're left with two options. One, try wiping cache and dalvik cache, and then reboot. To do that, select 'wipe' from teh recovery menu. Choose cache. Then select dalvik cache (i think in clockwork, you may need to go to 'advanced' to select dalvik cache). Once you do that, go back to the main menu of recovery and reboot. If you get the same results, then go back to recovery, the same way you just did. This time, I suggest wiping everything (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, and flashing calkulin's format all.zip), and then re flashing a rom. Do you already have a rom on your SD card?
Ok So I just bought this att s3 from Craigslist. As soon as I got home it started restarting , it will reboot like after 10 seconds.
It boots as far as the Samsung logo then restarts. Sometimes it goes all they way to att splash screen then reboots.
What I have tried to fix.
1) boot to recovery whipe data and dalvik, but it won't give me enough time to copleate the command before it restarts.
2) boot to download mode but won't stay on enough time to hook it up to my pc the use odin on it.
3)Booted safe mode and the phone booted up all the way then the power menu came up then restarted.
Im out of ideas Do you think the mother board is messed up?
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Ok So I just bought this att s3 from Craigslist. As soon as I got home it started restarting , it will reboot like after 10 seconds.
It boots as far as the Samsung logo then restarts. Sometimes it goes all they way to att splash screen then reboots.
What I have tried to fix.
1) boot to recovery whipe data and dalvik, but it won't give me enough time to copleate the command before it restarts.
2) boot to download mode but won't stay on enough time to hook it up to my pc the use odin on it.
3)Booted safe mode and the phone booted up all the way then the power menu came up then restarted.
Im out of ideas Do you think the mother board is messed up?
Plzz help thank you for looking and for your help/...
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Did you ask if this was rooted before you got it ? So you got the phone home and had done nothing to it before it started rebooting or did you do something and it start ?
I've heard this happen when someone had a wipe for bad and the recovery gets borked but it could be the power button as well. The hard reboot happens after the power button has been pushed for 10 seconds. This could explain the constant reboots/ Mess around with it and see if that helps. I had this happen on a skyrocket and cappy and the button got "unstuck"
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Did you ask if this was rooted before you got it ? So you got the phone home and had done nothing to it before it started rebooting or did you do something and it start ?
I've heard this happen when someone had a wipe for bad and the recovery gets borked but it could be the power button as well. The hard reboot happens after the power button has been pushed for 10 seconds. This could explain the constant reboots/ Mess around with it and see if that helps. I had this happen on a skyrocket and cappy and the button got "unstuck"
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its not rooted when i manage to get in into download mode its official and the counter is 0 .
the recovery is stock. I did think that It could be the power button stuck but the button clicks . Im gonna have it checked anyway to see if it could be the power button
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its not rooted when i manage to get in into download mode its official and the counter is 0 .
the recovery is stock. I did think that It could be the power button stuck but the button clicks . Im gonna have it checked anyway to see if it could be the power button
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Does it reboots even when plugged/charging?
Did you try another battery?
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its not rooted when i manage to get in into download mode its official and the counter is 0 .
the recovery is stock. I did think that It could be the power button stuck but the button clicks . I'm gonna have it checked anyway to see if it could be the power button
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It's not really a matter of it not clicking physically on the outside but something sticking under that button.
From your initial post to you stated it not always restarting at the exact same point during the boot up. Tend to make me think physical.
If its not rooted and has stock recovery someone might have rooted it before and then tried to put it back stock and borked it somehow.
Have you tried downloading Odin 3.07 and see if it's recognized ?
Did it boot when you bought it ? Please don't tell me you bought it without seeing it boot up first...
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Did it boot when you bought it ? Please don't tell me you bought it without seeing it boot up first...
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Hey there, so my phone randomly decided to stop working today.
Whenever I put the battery in the phone or plug in the charger, the Samsung screen loads then nothing. This all happens without me pushing the power button btw. Then the power button doesn't work, nor can I access recovery.
Like I mentioned, this all happened very suddenly and unexpectedly. I haven't flashed a rom in awhile so I'm not sure what caused the problem. One tidbit worth mentioning is that my phone would randomly reboot on the rom I've been using, but it wouldn't happen too often.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Not exactly sure what I should do in this situation. Thanks for reading.
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Hey there, so my phone randomly decided to stop working today.
Whenever I put the battery in the phone or plug in the charger, the Samsung screen loads then nothing. This all happens without me pushing the power button btw. Then the power button doesn't work, nor can I access recovery.
Like I mentioned, this all happened very suddenly and unexpectedly. I haven't flashed a rom in awhile so I'm not sure what caused the problem. One tidbit worth mentioning is that my phone would randomly reboot on the rom I've been using, but it wouldn't happen too often.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Not exactly sure what I should do in this situation. Thanks for reading.
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try to be quicker to access recovery, power off the phone. then press the power, vol up, and home then AS SOON as you see the blue text on the left top side of the samsung logo screen let go of the buttons, it should boot into recovery then wipe data factory reset and reboot.
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try to be quicker to access recovery, power off the phone. then press the power, vol up, and home then AS SOON as you see the blue text on the left top side of the samsung logo screen let go of the buttons, it should boot into recovery then wipe data factory reset and reboot.
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Yeah, I was able to do that once, but then the phone just goes to a black screen and doesn't load anything
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Yeah, I was able to do that once, but then the phone just goes to a black screen and doesn't load anything
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flash this recovery attached with odin by booting into download mode via power vol down and home, wipe data factory reset and reboot
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390212717148635222 (recovery)
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390275921635705049 (odin)
place in pda with only f. reset time and auto reboot checked. it SHOULD only take about 10 seconds to flash. as soon as your phone reboots hold the recovery combo and it should go to it
I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
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I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
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kinda odd. never had that happen before. ,maybe you could try to reflash the download mode into your phone using this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125(make sure you use a debrick.img http://d-h.st/iEy for att not sprint BTW)
or use a jig. since your phone can still access the boot interface.
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I can't really access download mode either.
I'll get to the screen that asks if I want to go into download mode, then push the up on the volume rocker, get to the next screen, but then it goes black about a second later.
Thanks for all the help so far though.
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Have you done this and then connected the USB to see if ODIN will recognize the phone? it's entirely possible that you are getting into download mode, but just can't see it..
It's certainly worth a try.
Let's try this again.
How do I revive my S3 that no longer responses to charging (not even the LED lights up) or any combination of holding the different buttons? It hasn't been drop or physically damaged through shock, water, etc.. The only thing that I've done is flashed material onto my phone kind of haphazardly.
I should've just left it as is.. But, anyway this is what happened to my phone.
1. initially has 4.1.1, cwm v6.0.1.2 (<-- not my doing), and I believe it also had the latest sprint and profile updates
2. I download the "sprint gs3 root kit"
3. and just flash TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip to root my phone
4. download rom manager and update cwm to latest version
5. downloaded the [STOCK ROM] Stock 4.3 MK3 ROM, wifi fix, knox remover, and flashed them and then...
6. nothing! one or two times my phones tries to turn on but hangs on the logo screen
7. my phone now responses to nothing anymore, I'm assuming it bricked and I have no idea what to do
in between these steps there was some more fumbling I was doing and I did noticed after step two my phone would freeze much more often and crash, so I basically don't know what happens next? should I be considering getting a new phone or is this fixable, which I really hope that it is because I need my phone for everything.
p.s. to clarify what I mean by no response, is that I can have my fully charged battery and phone connected to my charge, or not, and I get no response what so ever. I can never get it vibrate or response at all by using the different 3-button combos, volume up or down + power + menu button. The only response whatsoever that i've gotten is when I connect just the phone without the battery to my charger, the LED will light red for about a minute but then it shuts off.
sounds like you did a dirty flash.
What you need to do is this. Boot back into recovery (CWM) than wipe/factory data reset. wait till that is complete. after that wipe your cache after that wipe your dalvik cache (might be in the advanced section of CWM) after that reflash the ROM than flash the wifi fix after the rom than flash the knox app remover.
u just install sp flash and flash again.
my phone same situation with you. wat i do install sp flash. then flash again. i bet you know how to flash it right?
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How can I do any of that my phone doesn't ever turn on it just stays black. I could hold the power button for as long as I want or try to get It to boot by using 3 button combinations but none of that does anything. Guys just talk to like a complete noob, all I know how to do is flash something on to my phone, but as far as this sp flash thing, I don't know what it is, can it revive my phone? I feel like that's the first step I have to take because I can't even get to cwm or anything yet.
I've made some significant edits so I just wanted to bump this post.
So I rooted my LG Optimus G and wanted to download a new rom to try it out and heard that Cyanogenmod was pretty good. So I downloaded it and extracted it and tried to boot it from recovery on my phone. The problem though is that when it goes to boot up it just shows the cyanogenmod logo and the blue circle spinning. From what I understand it's most likely because I didn't restore to factory settings before hand. So I was wondering whether there's anything that I can do to try and fix it or whether I just got a new paperweight?
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So I rooted my LG Optimus G and wanted to download a new rom to try it out and heard that Cyanogenmod was pretty good. So I downloaded it and extracted it and tried to boot it from recovery on my phone. The problem though is that when it goes to boot up it just shows the cyanogenmod logo and the blue circle spinning. From what I understand it's most likely because I didn't restore to factory settings before hand. So I was wondering whether there's anything that I can do to try and fix it or whether I just got a new paperweight?
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Did you wipe data, system, dalvik and cache? Actually what recovery are you using? If it's TWRP, go to wipe and then advanced and wipe everything EXCEPT internal storage(data, system, dalvik, cache) then reinstall the rom and gapps. CWM(clockworkmod) is different and I haven't used it in awhile, but usually bootloops are because you didnt wipe atleast dalvik and cache(the factory reset in TWRP), but I usually wipe everything. Just not internal because that is where your files(and rom) reside.
If that doesnt work, you can try a different rom and use adb sideload from a pc. There are plenty of tutorials for that here on xda if you do a search.
But if its loading to the CM logo, it is not a paperweight. Worst case scenario you can use LGNPST and a stock bin file to go completely back to stock. But as long as you can get into recovery you shouldn't have to go to those lengths.
Hope this helps.
EDIT: I know it's your phone and if you are like me, it's probably your only phone. But don't panic, real bricks are rare and if you can get back into recovery you are usually fine!
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Did you wipe data, system, dalvik and cache? Actually what recovery are you using? If it's TWRP, go to wipe and then advanced and wipe everything EXCEPT internal storage(data, system, dalvik, cache) then reinstall the rom and gapps. CWM is different and I haven't used it in awhile, but usually bootloops are because you didnt wipe atleast dalvik and cache, but I usually wipe everything. Just not internal because that is where your files(and rom) reside.
If that doesnt work, you can try a different rom and use adb sideload from a pc. There are plenty of tutorials for that here on xda if you do a search. Hope this helps.
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No I did not, at the time apparently I wasn't thinking. I was using clockworkmod, but whenever I try and use adb on my pc it doesn't detect my phone anymore either. Rebooting it manually also doesn't work either since it just goes back to the loop cycle, I'll definitely look into sideloading though.
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No I did not, at the time apparently I wasn't thinking. I was using clockworkmod, but whenever I try and use adb on my pc it doesn't detect my phone anymore either. Rebooting it manually also doesn't work either since it just goes back to the loop cycle, I'll definitely look into sideloading though.
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Power your phone off completely, then hold the volume up button while you power it on. Once it loads, hit volume down twice then the power button to get back into recovery. Wipe dalvik and cache and reinstall cm and gapps. You should be ok after that.
I also added some edits to my first post. Again I use TWRP which has an adb sideload option under advanced settings......not sure about CWM. But this guide here is a great resource for our phone and has a lot of helpful links.
HPTesla said:
Power your phone off completely, then hold the volume up button while you power it on. Once it loads, hit volume down twice then the power button to get back into recovery. Wipe dalvik and cache and reinstall cm and gapps. You should be ok after that.
I also added some edits to my first post. Again I use TWRP which has an adb sideload option under advanced settings......not sure about CWM. But this guide here is a great resource for our phone and has a lot of helpful links.
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Whenever I try and turn the power off, it automatically reboots itself back into the loop. That also happens whenever I try and put it into recovery mode so I can't delete anything. Would going through the annoying process of removing my battery potentially help with that?
I also don't know whether LNGPST would be able to help because if the normal manual commands such as the power down function don't work, then I probably won't be able to enter into download mode to use LGNPST.
On a side note, I really appreciate your help, but even if all else fails, I do have another phone I could use but it's old so I'd rather avoid that.
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Whenever I try and turn the power off, it automatically reboots itself back into the loop. That also happens whenever I try and put it into recovery mode so I can't delete anything. Would going through the annoying process of removing my battery potentially help with that?
I also don't know whether LNGPST would be able to help because if the normal manual commands such as the power down function don't work, then I probably won't be able to enter into download mode to use LGNPST.
On a side note, I really appreciate your help, but even if all else fails, I do have another phone I could use but it's old so I'd rather avoid that.
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How long have you held the power button in? For me sometimes its 20 seconds but Ive heard as long as a full minute. If you hold the power button down until the screen turns off, and it comes right back on try holding it for a minute straight and let it go. If not, you may have to do the battery pull which is a pain in the a**. But Ive had that power down, turn right back on and into the bootloop myself, holding the power button for a solid 20 count solved it - but again it may be longer. And you're welcome, Im here to help - one thing you will learn about fellow lgog users if you get that phone working again - lots of support!
EDIT: Also, if you do get it to power down and then are able to get into recovery - plug it into the wall. Wait until you get into recovery to do it - but if its been on this whole time your battery might be low and you dont want lithium batteries to drain completely. It shortens their lifespans.
HPTesla said:
How long have you held the power button in? For me sometimes its 20 seconds but Ive heard as long as a full minute. If you hold the power button down until the screen turns off, and it comes right back on try holding it for a minute straight and let it go. If not, you may have to do the battery pull which is a pain in the a**. But Ive had that power down, turn right back on and into the bootloop myself, holding the power button for a solid 20 count solved it - but again it may be longer. And you're welcome, Im here to help - one thing you will learn about fellow lgog users if you get that phone working again - lots of support!
EDIT: Also, if you do get it to power down and then are able to get into recovery - plug it into the wall. Wait until you get into recovery to do it - but if its been on this whole time your battery might be low and you dont want lithium batteries to drain completely. It shortens their lifespans.
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Holding it for 20 seconds worked and from there I was able to put it into recovery. Thank you for all the help, if not for you I probably would've tried to remove the back and probably just break it even worse
justsomedude23 said:
Holding it for 20 seconds worked and from there I was able to put it into recovery. Thank you for all the help, if not for you I probably would've tried to remove the back and probably just break it even worse
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Good stuff man, glad to hear it and you're welcome!