[Q] I'm pretty sure it's bricked, but just to clarify - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I flashed a JB backup and then the kernel with fastboot, and the screen would shake from side to side nonstop whenever I wasn't touching it. So I pick up my laptop to flash a new kernel (old one must of been corrupted, I assumed) and I drop the damn thing when it's turned on. I'm pretty sure that it messed up the HD files to where fastboot was messed up (it would force close when I tried a command) So I found another application to flash a kernel, but it said I wasn't rooted. So I, desperate, hit the delete kernel button. When I tried booting, sometimes the red light would flash three times,other times nothing.
I have since gotten a new phone (was already due for an upgrade) but as a hobbyist, I'd like to try to fix my old phone to maybe give it to someone else.
EDIT: Whoops, wrong thread. I'll keep it in here just in case I get a reply here and not in the Q/A

Mjtmaster said:
So I flashed a JB backup and then the kernel with fastboot, and the screen would shake from side to side nonstop whenever I wasn't touching it. So I pick up my laptop to flash a new kernel (old one must of been corrupted, I assumed) and I drop the damn thing when it's turned on. I'm pretty sure that it messed up the HD files to where fastboot was messed up (it would force close when I tried a command) So I found another application to flash a kernel, but it said I wasn't rooted. So I, desperate, hit the delete kernel button. When I tried booting, sometimes the red light would flash three times,other times nothing.
I have since gotten a new phone (was already due for an upgrade) but as a hobbyist, I'd like to try to fix my old phone to maybe give it to someone else.
EDIT: Whoops, wrong thread. I'll keep it in here just in case I get a reply here and not in the Q/A
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Flashtool can usually fix something like this.
Get yourself a stock FTF and flash it to your device using flashtool. It should bring it back to life again.

Spizzy01 said:
Flashtool can usually fix something like this.
Get yourself a stock FTF and flash it to your device using flashtool. It should bring it back to life again.
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Fastboot nor flash mode are working, but I'll try it. Upon digging my play out, Whenever I plug it in to my computer, it says USB device not recognized, and it continously flashed red on the power indicator. Just thought that was worth noting.

Mjtmaster said:
Fastboot nor flash mode are working, but I'll try it. Upon digging my play out, Whenever I plug it in to my computer, it says USB device not recognized, and it continously flashed red on the power indicator. Just thought that was worth noting.
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So I downloaded flashtool, and I saw that it came with fastboot. I don't know how, but I managed to get it into fastoot mode and it recognized it. But now I figured out how to fix it, I can't get it into fastboot mode. Whenever I connect it it flashes red and it doesn't go to fastboot mode. Do you have any idea how to get it into fastboot mode so I can flash a kernel?

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[Q] Gnex wont boot. Cant flash from fastboot (too many links error)

CDMA GALAXY NEXUS> Hey guys, I was running Romanbb's 4.0.4 build earlier today. I clicked on a video (which may or may not have been on a porn site) all of a sudden my screen went all wacky. Where it was kind of fuzzy and running diagnal across the screen. I could only see part of it. I thought I might have gotten a virus or something because i have never had one of my devices do this before. So I immideatly rebooted the phone into recovery and wiped eveything including formatting system. I went to flash a nandroid I had of black ice and in the middle of flashing that my phone rebooted itself and stayed there (bootlooping at the google logo) I can get into fastboot and I can get into recovery about one out of every ten times but I cant do anything in recovery because the phone turns itself off insted of booting recovery most of the time (I have clockwork touch) When I do get into recovery without it turning off it reboots if I try to flash anything. It seems to be stable in fastboot (thank god!) but When I get it connected in Wugs Root tool kit and try to flash the stock image it goes through the motions and says FAILED on every step exept the first (which I believe is checking radio). It says ( error too many links) on the first two) and I cant remember the error on the last four but I have tried it a couple times so I can replicate it if needed. Can anyone tell me what to do from here? I really appreciate in advance!!! If this is a hardware error then I would like to get it back to stock to get it replaced. It is weird that it happened while running a rom. Its not like I messed up while flashing or anything.
ADB will recognize it in Fastboot. I already set all of that up when I rooted. when I try to flash the stock+unroot option on wugfresh's toolbox it errors out on every step like there is something wrong with my internal sd on my phone? Im wondering if I should try odin. IDK? Im hoping somebody who has seen this or had this happen before will save the day and tell me what to do.
lol why did you rush into CWM and start wiping things? you should have let it reboot and it probably could have been a one off..
you can try this http://rootzwiki.com/topic/14145-od...actory-odin-restore-402-with-radios-unrooted/
It is stable in fastboot but in cwr it is still geeking out
It still is glitching in cwr. most of the time it either turns off or reboots when I try to go into cwr. i can wipe but if I flash anything it freezes at the point where it starts writing to storage. I have never seen anything like this before.
I have now tried oden as well
It looks like it is a problem with the hardware. The phone is only a couple months old if that. So I really wish I could flash the stock image or at least get rid of cwm. but that is not looking likely. Here are a couple pics of odin showing the problem. Any guidace would be much appreciated. This SUCKS
Why in the heck are you trying to use Odin?
I can only get into fastboot and odin.
CWM wont let me do anything. it crashes and reboots into a bootloop if I try to flash anything. The poster above suggested odin. I dont know what else to do. Please help if you can!
Can you get a screencap of when it fails fastbooting the stock images?
yes
yes, give me couple min and I will post it. Thank you!
I guess I cant. This is all I get now
drumdestroyer said:
yes, give me couple min and I will post it. Thank you!
I guess I cant. This is all I get now
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How are you attempting to access fastboot?
Vol + and Vol - and power all at the same time
Vol + and Vol - and power all at the same time from powered off
And oden was Vol - and power at the same time from powered off
Now no matter what I push it goes to the screen with the yellow triangle.
That screen says you (now) have a corrupt partition.
At this point, you must use Odin, which is unfortunate. What URL did you use to download the image? The current image in that thread was on multiupload.
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Vol + and Vol - and power all at the same time from powered off
And oden was Vol - and power at the same time from powered off
Now no matter what I push it goes to the screen with the yellow triangle.
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during my rooting attempt I had a problem with the two vol buttons. It was quite frustrating. Keep trying them and try pressing the power button a fraction of a second sooner.
I downloaded the one later in the thread
Here's the Modem: http://dl.dropbox.co...15.EK02_LTE.tar
Here's the System: http://dl.dropbox.co...L53F_signed.tar
from this thread on page 3 housry23 posted them from his dropbox:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/14145-od...restore-402-with-radios-unrooted/page__st__30
there were a couple other posts right around the same time with it but they all were the same file name
I thought I saw the same files in the xda thread i found also
I used that thread because it is the one that the second post linked for me.
drumdestroyer said:
Vol + and Vol - and power all at the same time from powered off
And oden was Vol - and power at the same time from powered off
Now no matter what I push it goes to the screen with the yellow triangle.
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Send it to me. I might be able to fix it. PM me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
loveubuntu said:
during my rooting attempt I had a problem with the two vol buttons. It was quite frustrating. Keep trying them and try pressing the power button a fraction of a second sooner.
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no luck with that. it seems to only open to the "corupted partision" screen. Thanks for the suggestion.
ljwnow said:
Send it to me. I might be able to fix it. PM me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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I pm'd you to ask how you could fix it. Just wondering if I could do it. I can follow instructions well. I have never had a problem and have been flashing stuff for a year or so. IDK what happened here.
I can't help but I wanted to share that I had a similar experience. I was bonne stock and clicked on a you tube video and my phone immediately shut down and tried to reboot itself, but only would boot loop. I had to manually reformat my partitions to recover. Sounds like your case might be even worse. Still don't know what my problem was.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Thanks. Any feedback is appreciated.
so you can't get into bootloader or odin screen any more? if so try using a Jig it works to get the phone into odin mode for me. i used the same usb jig i made for the captivate.
I got the same suggestion from someone else. I have to wait until radio shack opens in the morning and I will give it a shot. Otherwise, I went by verizon and they are having samsung send me a replacment. I would much rather keep this one if I can though
I tried flashing the stock image from fastboot and it failed though when I could get there, and I also tried flashing the stock image through oden when I could get there and both failed multiple times so I don't have much hope. I think something broke.
I am headed to radio shack now. Be back soon with a answer as to wheather I can save my baby or not.

Black screen, no fastboot

I just wanted to try the latest CM9 after locking bootloader for a return. It unlocked, flashed fine, rebooted a few times. I was going to relock it so I used "reboot to bootloader". It was charging, it shut down and never turned back on. Removing the battery didn't help either. When I connect it to the PC, it recognizes OMAP4400 but doesn't install any drivers. I don't see how it can be bricked as I just rebooted to bootloader. It's been charging for a few hours and I haven't touched it since. I'm going to try the USB Jig soon, any additional help would be greatly appreciated..
If you're unlucky, you've hard-bricked it, somehow...
Try pressing (Just) Volume down + power...
That also gets you into Oding mode...
If that don't work, then sorry... I wouldn't know any other solution. Try the jig, if you want, but it's not put, that it'll work.
Well, best of uck!!
Hope you fix it!
LG familyguy59
Jig doesn't work, volume down+power doesn't, fastboot doesn't. Anything I do to it, it still shows as OMAP4440 in device manager. Even without the battery in. It must be in some kind of special recovery mode, but how the hell does it work with no battery. I'll leave it without battery over night, it's charged for sure so that can't be the problem.
The phone will work plugged in without the battery in under normal conditions, and that it's showing up at all is a good sign.
Have you used fastboot before successfully? You may need to load drivers manually. This thread links a few different options you can try:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12013-welcome-to-rootzwiki-editionstep-by-step-oem-unlock-and-root/
freemini said:
Jig doesn't work, volume down+power doesn't, fastboot doesn't. Anything I do to it, it still shows as OMAP4440 in device manager. Even without the battery in. It must be in some kind of special recovery mode, but how the hell does it work with no battery. I'll leave it without battery over night, it's charged for sure so that can't be the problem.
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My guess is that if it is showing as OMAP, it is a sign that bootloader is not working at all, I've seen some topics of panda boards (that use the same processor) with the same symptons when bootloader was lost...
Yes I did use fast boot successfully before. I just don't see how it could corrupt the bootloader by simply restarting in it.. It doesn't make sense to me at all.
freemini said:
Yes I did use fast boot successfully before. I just don't see how it could corrupt the bootloader by simply restarting in it.. It doesn't make sense to me at all.
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Well, I have this thought: You last used fastboot (With success), you maybe flashed a ROM, opr something.
You then restartet the phone, whilst it was still updating some internal files.
Maybe, if you did do that (willingly or not), you buggered the bootloader, like that...
familyguy59 said:
Well, I have this thought: You last used fastboot (With success), you maybe flashed a ROM, opr something.
You then restartet the phone, whilst it was still updating some internal files.
Maybe, if you did do that (willingly or not), you buggered the bootloader, like that...
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It was not syncing or downloading anything, I've been using CM9 for about an hour before choosing reboot to bootloader. The only thing the phone was doing was charging.. I just don't understand how a simple command to reboot in bootloader can screw it up, it just doesn't make sense to me. It seems it's in a loop, Device Manager shows OMAP4440 refreshing about every second. It eventually disappears but if I plug it back in it does it again. I'm guessing the bootloader is gone
freemini said:
It was not syncing or downloading anything, I've been using CM9 for about an hour before choosing reboot to bootloader. The only thing the phone was doing was charging.. I just don't understand how a simple command to reboot in bootloader can screw it up, it just doesn't make sense to me. It seems it's in a loop, Device Manager shows OMAP4440 refreshing about every second. It eventually disappears but if I plug it back in it does it again. I'm guessing the bootloader is gone
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Well, it may be gone, but OMAP normally means, that there is no firmware present...
This happened to me, whilst flashing a new firmware, onto the Wave, of my Dad...
I'll have a look, inside my Devman, and see, what I can find ^^
familyguy59 said:
Well, it may be gone, but OMAP normally means, that there is no firmware present...
This happened to me, whilst flashing a new firmware, onto the Wave, of my Dad...
I'll have a look, inside my Devman, and see, what I can find ^^
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Thanks but I sent it back now. I hope they take it, there's a chance they won't obviously.. Let me know if you find anything, but it seemed hopeless to me.
freemini said:
Thanks but I sent it back now. I hope they take it, there's a chance they won't obviously.. Let me know if you find anything, but it seemed hopeless to me.
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Well, I wish best of luck, in that matter!
I still think, it's an unwanted brick, though...
I've looked, but can't find anything, whilst the phone is booted in Android, so, I'll restart it in a minute, and then have a look ^^

Think I bricked it.

So I was trying to sort out my bad ICS flash as I went from ATT to ICS insted of doing as I was told to. So went to try and flash back to .111 but think that was a bad idea. Had a fatal error in Flashtool that gave me a boot loop to nothing works. What do I do now??? Thought about exchange seeing as I only had it a few days but not sure how that would go with it being flashed. I feel dumb now lol
zackspeed said:
So I was trying to sort out my bad ICS flash as I went from ATT to ICS insted of doing as I was told to. So went to try and flash back to .111 but think that was a bad idea. Had a fatal error in Flashtool that gave me a boot loop to nothing works. What do I do now??? Thought about exchange seeing as I only had it a few days but not sure how that would go with it being flashed. I feel dumb now lol
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Use PC companion to repair or try flashing again. What do you mean nothing works? What was the fatal error?
It was a TA fatal error. As for nothing working it will not do anything. No lights, no flash mode, no hard reset or force shutdown response. Found another thread and trying some things talked about in there. Will also try PC Companion and see if I can get back going again.
So nothing happens when you hold the power and volume up for 15-20 seconds?
Correct. It does not respond at all.
Edit: Does not respond to usb either.
Dont panic first,
I had the similar experience before, after flashing, the phone entered boot loop. I hard reset it and the phone never booted. No light when either charger or usb was plugged in.
The solution, charge your phone for a whole day (more than 10 hours I would say). Apparently, flashing roms consumes a lot power and it took my phone 4 hours to just get the led light back on and another 2 hours to make the phone able to boot into charging screen.
Try charge it for a really long time and see if led light can lit again.
good luck!
Thats what I am in the process of now. Crossing my fingers and hoping it works. Just to make sure I am correct I need to flash the .111 rom with a wipe or no wipe or just the baseband?? The way I read it is you need to flash from ATT to the International firmware. I tried to flash back from ics to the international firmware with wipe. I orginally went from stock att to ics.
zackspeed said:
Thats what I am in the process of now. Crossing my fingers and hoping it works. Just to make sure I am correct I need to flash the .111 rom with a wipe or no wipe or just the baseband?? The way I read it is you need to flash from ATT to the International firmware. I tried to flash back from ics to the international firmware with wipe. I orginally went from stock att to ics.
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The easiest way flash international firmware (exclude basedband ) over gb with no wipes. and then, flash .111 firmware with only baseband selected and no wipes
You probably want to flash at&t stock firmware with wipes to your phone first before doing that.
spife said:
The easiest way flash international firmware (exclude basedband ) over gb with no wipes. and then, flash .111 firmware with only baseband selected and no wipes
You probably want to flash at&t stock firmware with wipes to your phone first before doing that.
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.111(gb) is international firmware. If you want to make sure you get tethering back, I would wipe everything when flashing to .111. Then flash. 233(ics) excluding only baseband and do not wipe. If you skip the wipe in .111 it's likely you'll back here saying it didn't work.
Sent from Rooted LT28at with ICS.
Ok so I got the red light. Have tried to get into flash mode but no luck yet and I now have a red light that will come on and then go off then back to on. Guess I need to wait a bit longer.
Edit: Just to clarify I got here by flashing LT28I with wipe from ICS. Not sure what went wrong and really wish I had saved the log from it.
zackspeed said:
Ok so I got the red light. Have tried to get into flash mode but no luck yet and I now have a red light that will come on and then go off then back to on. Guess I need to wait a bit longer.
Edit: Just to clarify I got here by flashing LT28I with wipe from ICS. Not sure what went wrong and really wish I had saved the log from it.
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Ok I have a solid red led now with it plugged in but still cant get it to do a darn thing. This sucks and makes me quite worried. I'm still holding on to hope but man this sucks.
Screen came on was in boot loop on Sony flash. Got it to reset 1 buzz and shut off 3 buzz and now back to zero response and no led.
zackspeed said:
Ok I have a solid red led now with it plugged in but still cant get it to do a darn thing. This sucks and makes me quite worried. I'm still holding on to hope but man this sucks.
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Just let it sit till the light turns green. I believe the recommendation is not to flash with less than 80% battery anyway.
Sent from Rooted LT28at with ICS.
Will it give me a green light while boot looping?? It came on with out me touching it and kept looping the Sony splash and was not sure it would continue to charge like that.
zackspeed said:
Ok I have a solid red led now with it plugged in but still cant get it to do a darn thing. This sucks and makes me quite worried. I'm still holding on to hope but man this sucks.
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JUST let it charge - flashing sucks up alot of battery, also bootloop kills your battery too. After it full (greenled), you can put the phone in flashmode - read the 'solved' thread in Q&A section. I would suggest you start with. 111 firmware (all wipes), then .233 (no wipes - exclude baseband).
Sent from my Sony Xperia™ Ion - ICS & Rooted
I have read that thread and its what I have been going off of. I had the device come on to the loop of the Sony splash screen but was not sure it would keep charging while doing that. Did a force shutdown only to start all over again. I now have a solid red led again and I am just letting it charge to see if I get green again. One thing that did occur to me was I also had a system R/W error when I went to do this at first. I should have never went forward from there.
Edit: Still looking at a red led. Really hope it turns green at some point tonight. Kinda hard to just sit here and wait lol. Over four years of doing this kind of stuff and this is the first time anything like this has happened to me.
What you can do is. get the Flashtool setup to flash, and while your phone is in mid loop, (when the screen is blank) plug in your phone in flash mode. I got stuck in a boot loop on my first flash attempt too, and thats how I got out.
If you don't want to root your phone, flashing is a lot simpler than it reads out to be.
the main thing is to make sure your PC has all the drivers installed.
What I did was
Flashed the.111 firmware wipe everything, nothing excluded. restarted the phone, I didn't bother setting anything up. shut the phone down, flashed ICS, with exclude baseband checked, then I was good to go. I did have to manually set up my APN, and some others had their phone automaticly do it. not sure why that is.... Hope it works out for ya!
So the light went out. Still no response so unplug and plug back in and red light comes on. Has been on the charger for about ten hours now.
Edit: Ok so screen came on again on its own and was looping. I tried to get it to connect in flash mode but no luck. I now have a different situation where the screen is dimly lit and nothing showing but black. It will not do anything again and I am starting to lose my marbles over this. About to just take it back and get a new one.
I had the correct drivers or I would not had been able to get ICS with root in the first place. Is it possible I had not loaded the flash driver for the ics firmware?? I am just thinking out loud at this point. I have a blinking red led again but not sure I will get much farther. With it coming on in a loop on its own I dont think it will keep charging like that and at this point think I may just be caught in a constant loop.
I have the same problem when i downgrade firmware from Ics to GB. Now I turn off Ion already. But I can't turn on, I try to charge but it doesn't have the red light or green light I still charge the phone..................
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[ct]_nick00 said:
I have the same problem when i downgrade firmware from Ics to GB. Now I turn off Ion already. But I can't turn on, I try to charge but it doesn't have the red light or green light I still charge the phone..................
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I unplug and plug in the cable again, but I don't see the light. Can anyone help me please
Look like a dead battery - some said charged for 10hrs you will get it going again.
Sent from my Sony Xperia™ Ion - ICS & Rooted

Stuck in boot loop since flashing ROM

Hi
Really need some advice here. After (successfully) flashing ROMs on my HTC Desire and a couple of LG / Samsung units, I decided I was fed up with the stock ICS ROM on my Arc S so found one I liked called Jelly Sandwich v6.2.
So, I rooted, no probs, unlocked the bootloader, no probs. Installed CWM and did a nandroid backup to my SD card. So far, so good.
I then used CWM to install the JS ROM and the phone is now stuck on the SONY screen, presumably the boot is looping and I have to pull the battery to shut it back down.
I can't get it into recovery, tried every combination of buttons I can think of. I can get it into fastboot by holding the menu button and inserting the USB cable and if I do a CMD line fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version I get the expected response, but if I try adb shell I get 'device not found'.
I am rubbish at best with command line stuff but I think this is my only way forward.
Have tried flashtool and I get the phone into Flashmode but it finishes with an error.... 04/048/2012 00:48:51 - INFO - Ending flash session
04/048/2012 00:48:51 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="SECURITY_CLASS";ERR_DYNAMIC="SIN header verification failed".
Have also tried SuS and that fails with an error along the lines of "The phone has got modified software that cannot be upgraded" or similar.
Anyone tell me specifically what to try? and exactly what I need to be doing with commands etc.
Would appreciate any help no matter how small
Use the Flashtool instead of SEUS.
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Use the Flashtool instead of SEUS.
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he's saying he used flashtool but nothings working..
Sent from my AT100 using xda app-developers app
SORTED!!!
ok I sorted this eventually.
Tried everything I could think of and more besides (went through 100s of threads on here and elsewhere).
Eventually I went to wontanserver.com after seeing it recommended on a thread but it didn't work (forget the error but basically it wouldn't flash).
Then the battery died, left it on charge overnight but it was still dead so really thought that it was a hard brick.
Anyway, this morning, still very blearey eyed, I booted it into fastboot with usb connected and then the wotan tool didn't even recognise the phone, so used Flashtool to connect and the only command that would work was "Rebbot into fastboot mode (via Fastboot)"
Did that and the wotan flash tool started working, unpacking and flashing merrily along and a few minutes later the phone is back from the brink of almost certain death.
Don't know if my blurb will help anyone else, but it at least shows you should never give up :victory:
yorkiepudd said:
ok I sorted this eventually.
Tried everything I could think of and more besides (went through 100s of threads on here and elsewhere).
Eventually I went to wontanserver.com after seeing it recommended on a thread but it didn't work (forget the error but basically it wouldn't flash).
Then the battery died, left it on charge overnight but it was still dead so really thought that it was a hard brick.
Anyway, this morning, still very blearey eyed, I booted it into fastboot with usb connected and then the wotan tool didn't even recognise the phone, so used Flashtool to connect and the only command that would work was "Rebbot into fastboot mode (via Fastboot)"
Did that and the wotan flash tool started working, unpacking and flashing merrily along and a few minutes later the phone is back from the brink of almost certain death.
Don't know if my blurb will help anyone else, but it at least shows you should never give up :victory:
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I have the exact same problem but I don't know how to solve this. Please help me.
lance26 said:
I have the exact same problem but I don't know how to solve this. Please help me.
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Try reading the post you've quoted.
Sent from myushi
have you tried to flash a specif kernel for this rom or just redownloaded the rom? maybe there was a problem with the download
Since these problems I have installed both CynogenMod 10 and UltimateHD without any problems what so ever.

[Q] :( HEEEEEELP! STUCK AT LG LOGO WHEN I TRY TO BOOT! But wait, there's more......

I have spent the last 3 days searching XDA & trying every possible fix, no luck!
Here's my dilemma.....
I have custom recovery, TWRP 2.6.3.3, don't know what I did after trying to flash something........ I wiped everything except SDcard by accident. Like a darn fool, forgot after backing up everything via computer, to put a spares on my SDcard. Sooooo, I tried restoring by using LG FlashTool..... Here's where my problems began:
1. I can't load into download mode, it sticks at the logo to enter download mode but doesn't connect.
2. I tried ADB Sideload, sticks at "STARTING ADB SIDELOAD FEATURE.........."
3. No matter what mode (including Fastboot) I try, just won't connect to my computer the way I need it to. (*ALL DRIVERS HAVE BEEN REINSTALLED NUMEROUS TIMES, STILL NO LUCK.*) When I look in DEVICE MANAGER, it shows in "OTHER DEVICES" as "LG-LS980" (*Which is a good thing right? *)
At this point i'm at my wits end...... I tried to HARD FACTORY RESET, but didn't go thru. I'm afraid that if I tried it again, I could cause even more damage.
I've been without my phone for days & I'm about to go crazy if I have to pay LG or Sprint again for another phone!!!! I'd rather use my $600 on something else.
PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE HAS FOUND A WAY TO GET AROUND THIS!
I've searched just about every forum & tried different methods.
Forgot to add that every time I power off from recovery, I get a the message about my device not being rooted, would I like to install..... When I swipe to install, nothing happens. Just powers off.
MsOhSoPhresh said:
I have spent the last 3 days searching XDA & trying every possible fix, no luck!
Here's my dilemma.....
I have custom recovery, TWRP 2.6.3.3, don't know what I did after trying to flash something........ I wiped everything except SDcard by accident. Like a darn fool, forgot after backing up everything via computer, to put a spares on my SDcard. Sooooo, I tried restoring by using LG FlashTool..... Here's where my problems began:
1. I can't load into download mode, it sticks at the logo to enter download mode but doesn't connect.
2. I tried ADB Sideload, sticks at "STARTING ADB SIDELOAD FEATURE.........."
3. No matter what mode (including Fastboot) I try, just won't connect to my computer the way I need it to. (*ALL DRIVERS HAVE BEEN REINSTALLED NUMEROUS TIMES, STILL NO LUCK.*) When I look in DEVICE MANAGER, it shows in "OTHER DEVICES" as "LG-LS980" (*Which is a good thing right? *)
At this point i'm at my wits end...... I tried to HARD FACTORY RESET, but didn't go thru. I'm afraid that if I tried it again, I could cause even more damage.
I've been without my phone for days & I'm about to go crazy if I have to pay LG or Sprint again for another phone!!!! I'd rather use my $600 on something else.
PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE HAS FOUND A WAY TO GET AROUND THIS!
I've searched just about every forum & tried different methods.
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So try this...
Push the power button to turn the device on. Let it sit.
After you know that the g2 is on and trying to do its think, Press and hold power buttton, do not let go. It will force turn off the phone, but it will start to turn back on, if you keep holding the power button till it shuts off for the second time, you'll be set and the device will be fully off.
Have Lg Flash Tool open, make sure you have manual mode on and you point to the right dll and right tot file, could be zv7 zv8 or zva.
Click the arrow to have the flash tool biin check the files. when that is ready, do this next part fast. Plug in your phone, and immeditaly press and hold Volume up and Power. Download mode should appear.
and you should be good from there! If you try to enter download mode by using volume and up without the cable plug in, you'll hit the factory reset menu which is tied to the recovery, it'll do nothing, only take you to recovery. I hope this is of some help!
Edit:try new boot loader or system flasher via twrp
proplem i faced is one button which used to enter recovery is damged
Flash stock Ignoring the unmonted ianot able to be mounted then change system partitions u will be able to mount
Enjoy
bmxerkid954 said:
So try this...
Push the power button to turn the device on. Let it sit.
After you know that the g2 is on and trying to do its think, Press and hold power buttton, do not let go. It will force turn off the phone, but it will start to turn back on, if you keep holding the power button till it shuts off for the second time, you'll be set and the device will be fully off.
Have Lg Flash Tool open, make sure you have manual mode on and you point to the right dll and right tot file, could be zv7 zv8 or zva.
Click the arrow to have the flash tool biin check the files. when that is ready, do this next part fast. Plug in your phone, and immeditaly press and hold Volume up and Power. Download mode should appear.
and you should be good from there! If you try to enter download mode by using volume and up without the cable plug in, you'll hit the factory reset menu which is tied to the recovery, it'll do nothing, only take you to recovery. I hope this is of some help!
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This isn't working. I've tried this numerous times..... No luck.
myaservip said:
Edit:try new boot loader or system flasher via twrp
proplem i faced is one button which used to enter recovery is damged
Flash stock Ignoring the unmonted ianot able to be mounted then change system partitions u will be able to mount
Enjoy
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I'm now completely lost.....
Ok... So i made a little progress....
I am now able to boot into fastboot mode.... No recovery now tho. If someone can help me with manually pushing everything I need to restore my phone, it would make my day!
I'm having withdrawal symptoms now. LOL! I MISS MY PHONE!
Problem solved!
Flashed all the partitions 1by1 via fastboot, was able to then reboot into download mode. Now using LG FlashTool to return to stock! I am now a very happy camper after a week w/o my phone!
MsOhSoPhresh said:
This isn't working. I've tried this numerous times..... No luck.
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MsOhSoPhresh said:
I am now able to boot into fastboot mode.... No recovery now tho. If someone can help me with manually pushing everything I need to restore my phone, it would make my day!
I'm having withdrawal symptoms now. LOL! I MISS MY PHONE!
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MsOhSoPhresh said:
Flashed all the partitions 1by1 via fastboot, was able to then reboot into download mode. Now using LG FlashTool to return to stock! I am now a very happy camper after a week w/o my phone!
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Glad to see you've fixed your problem! I myself haven't been around, had some down time to. My sim reader magically stopped working and then randomly started working days later. Anyway, congrats!!!
MsOhSoPhresh said:
Flashed all the partitions 1by1 via fastboot, was able to then reboot into download mode. Now using LG FlashTool to return to stock! I am now a very happy camper after a week w/o my phone!
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Glad you figured it out. I was about to basically explain the steps to do exactly what you did.
Welcome back to the land of the living!
agentfusion said:
Glad you figured it out. I was about to basically explain the steps to do exactly what you did.
Welcome back to the land of the living!
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After she got it the first time, which we both congratulated her for, something went completely wrong. She dug herself even deeper, but broke download mode. That was extremely fun to fix.

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