Ok, I'm praying that someone can help me with a solution to this problem.
I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S2 that has a fantastically cracked LCD & Digitizer. It's so bad that the screen doesn't even turn on anymore. Maybe the ribbon cable is disconnected when I slammed the phone down on the counter thus cracking the screen. Who knows but I don't really want to tear it apart to find out.
Anyway the phone was rooted and running:
Juggernaut_50_0218
Blaze_4G_LB7
Sadly there is a pattern lock and I can't see the dumb screen to unlock it or do anything period. I know the phone works because I put the battery in and turn on the phone and I see all the touch buttons at the bottom light up.
Now, Kies doesn't even recognize the rooted device and I need to get my stuff off. Yes I know, I should've backed everything up but let's just say it was a hard learned lesson.
I know someone must've been able to get their files off their device that was in a similar situation. :crying:
Xyberz said:
Ok, I'm praying that someone can help me with a solution to this problem.
I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S2 that has a fantastically cracked LCD & Digitizer. It's so bad that the screen doesn't even turn on anymore. Maybe the ribbon cable is disconnected when I slammed the phone down on the counter thus cracking the screen. Who knows but I don't really want to tear it apart to find out.
Anyway the phone was rooted and running:
Juggernaut_50_0218
Blaze_4G_LB7
Sadly there is a pattern lock and I can't see the dumb screen to unlock it or do anything period. I know the phone works because I put the battery in and turn on the phone and I see all the touch buttons at the bottom light up.
Now, Kies doesn't even recognize the rooted device and I need to get my stuff off. Yes I know, I should've backed everything up but let's just say it was a hard learned lesson.
I know someone must've been able to get their files off their device that was in a similar situation. :crying:
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Try booting into recovery and copy whatever possible, I'm not sure about installed files though :/
Maybe you could use adb or something
I can't see the screen to be able to even know which screen it's at. How would I do that?
Hopefully you had debigging enabled. If you did, boot it up normal. Then use the adb pull command from your computer. HTH
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Hopefully you had debigging enabled. If you did, boot it up normal. Then use the adb pull command from your computer. HTH
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I'm not sure but I'm assuming it was since the phone was rooted with a custom rom. It's been a little while since I've seen this phone on.
Don't know how to use ADB pull command and what software to do it with.
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I'm not sure but I'm assuming it was since the phone was rooted with a custom rom. It's been a little while since I've seen this phone on.
Don't know how to use ADB pull command and what software to do it with.
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I'm not by my computer now, but I'll try to steer you in the right direction. Adb.exe should be on your computer somewhere. If not, do a google search. Usually you can find adb.exe and fastboot.exe packaged together. You'll then want to use adb to pull your files. Open up a command prompt. Change to the directory that has adb.exe. then type "adb pull /data \data" you can also try "adb pull /sdcard \sdcard"
You can also try the adb pull command after you boot into recovery mode. Play with it. I bet you can do it.
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Here is adb in the download section on the first post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25477039&postcount=1
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I'm not by my computer now, but I'll try to steer you in the right direction. Adb.exe should be on your computer somewhere. If not, do a google search. Usually you can find adb.exe and fastboot.exe packaged together. You'll then want to use adb to pull your files. Open up a command prompt. Change to the directory that has adb.exe. then type "adb pull /data \data" you can also try "adb pull /sdcard \sdcard"
You can also try the adb pull command after you boot into recovery mode. Play with it. I bet you can do it.
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Ok, I will try this later on when I get home from work. I'm praying it works but hate using command prompts lol. GUI is always easier but I can't complain if it works!
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So the other day my phone pretty much got submerged in water, luckily I let it dry out completly in a vacuum chamber and it still pretty much works except for a few keyboard keys, the volume up key, and MOST ANNOYINGLY the power button. Meaning that I can't turn on my phone once it's off, I've gotten lucky in being able to turn it on by plugging in and out the usb cable, but other than that I've been making sure that it dosen't run out of battery (n I've been wakign up the phone by slidingthe keyboard out)...
I've been reading around and it seems that I might be able to remap the power button to the camera key using buttonremapper or something like that, unfortunately the phone has to be rooted and after reading up on that it seems that a one click root would work since I'd never need the power button, however for gingerbread FC09 I can only find a way to root using odin, which apparently requires download mode, which I can't access since the power button dosen't work
so my question is does anyone know of a way to root gingerbread FC09 without the need of a power button, either something similar to one click roots or odin without accessing download mode??
Thanks, any help is much appreciated
There was another thread. Where they was saying you can type in reboot download. In the terminal emulator to get into dl mode. Also if you have the tools. Take it apart clean the board with rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush. It could fix. All your keys. Just make sure you let the alcohol dry up before putting it back together. I restored an e4gt with that method. Hope this helps. I know that wasn't the answer to your question but its an alternative.
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There was another thread. Where they was saying you can type in reboot download. In the terminal emulator to get into dl mode. Also if you have the tools. Take it apart clean the board with rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush. It could fix. All your keys. Just make sure you let the alcohol dry up before putting it back together. I restored an e4gt with that method. Hope this helps. I know that wasn't the answer to your question but its an alternative.
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You need root access to do it with the terminal emulator........ so that's a no go... really if you are on gingerbread with no way into download mode, I really think you are stuck... there is no other way that I can think of other than maybe a jig to jump you into download mode.............
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Is adb an option
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Is adb an option
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I had heard of that but didn't try it yet since I couldn't find any clear article on how to root just using that method...
I'll download the drivers and program and try it when I can, but I'm pretty sure I can access adb as it's android's development tool and only requires usb debugging to be on, and everything so far has worked as long as it dosen't require the power button...how would I root using adb?
@notsosmrtgeek: thanks for the advice, however I already did that the first time after it got wet and before drying it out...I think it was inevitable that some of the microcircuitry got messed up...weird is volume up dosen't work, but if I say anything into the phone (voice search) then it raises the volume up to the max level, lol
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so I can get adb up...could you explain how to root using only adb or direct me to a thread that does so.
Thanks
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it's hopeless :/
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so I did adb reboot download, and now when I boot up it always goes to the standard android system recovery 3e, I can scroll the options but it dosen't let me select any option, i tried the home key and my power button dosen't work...and so the only thing I can do is pull out the battery and try again, but of course the same thing happens...
I decided to get the dongle to force download mode, and maybe and try rebooting the phone through odin or flashing a stock rom (even though it has stock but just to get the phone to reboot properly) and I can get to download mode and odin does recognize it, but it always says write FAIL after boot.bin, i tried different usb cords/ports, reinstalling drivers, flashing different roms in case the file was corrupt, but no luck always fail
also since odin recognizes the device, i though maybe i could do adb reboot, but unfortunately the android debug bridge dosen't recognize my phone
does anyone have any suggestions or should I just give up, and settle that this phone is bricked...
phone stuck in bootloop. the kicker is my volume rocker is shot. and adb doesnt recognize while still in boot up. aaaaaaaaaaand the warranty is definetly not an option since i have had the inductive charge mod for quite some time now. if anyone knows of a way to go into recovery mode without turning the device on, OR pressing the volume buttons, please, come forth....
I think if all of those are true, you're SOL. In order for ADB or Fastboot commands from your PC to work, the phone must either be in the Bootloader or in Android with USB debugging on.
And to get into Bootloader, you must have a working volume rocker.... Are you sure you can't like hit it and it'll work or something like that?
Otherwise, your best bet is to send it in for warranty replacement and hope they won't notice, which might not be as much of a long shot as you think...
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I think if all of those are true, you're SOL. In order for ADB or Fastboot commands from your PC to work, the phone must either be in the Bootloader or in Android with USB debugging on.
And to get into Bootloader, you must have a working volume rocker.... Are you sure you can't like hit it and it'll work or something like that?
Otherwise, your best bet is to send it in for warranty replacement and hope they won't notice, which might not be as much of a long shot as you think...
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Well if they turn it on wouldn't they notice the different bootup animation and the fact that it wont turn on? Who should I send it to? Google or Samsung? And how? Do u know of a best method?
bump for possible genius to know if theres a way to enter recovery without volume rocker or phone being on.
Are you stuck at the Google screen and when you use adb does it just say waiting for device?
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Are you stuck at the Google screen and when you use adb does it just say waiting for device?
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no it goes past the google screen and gets stuck on the bootup image. it happened when i flashed superROM. it never went past the bootup image after that. and adb commands say "waiting for device" yes.
Ok. Are you using windows on your pc?
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Ok. Are you using windows on your pc?
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yeah. windows
Oh yeah what about ODIN? That might work for getting back to stock and a working Android OS that'll actually boot up.
That's probably why he's asking. Forgot all about ODIN. Although the fact that you can't boot up might be an issue... I'm gonna hand this over to Andro X.
I just meant hit like a light hit on the volume rocker to see if it'll knock something back into place...I don't think it'll really work though, I just gave out a sort of last resort option.
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Make a command prompt shortcut on your desktop. Right click and click new then shortcut then cmd for location and cmd for name. Once that's done right click on the cmd shortcut you made and run as administrator. Then adb kill-server and then adb start-server. Now try adb devices and see if your device is now recognized. If it is then awesome you can get to recovery by adb reboot recovery and bootloader by adb reboot bootloader.
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Just noticed I typed killer server lol by accident. It's adb kill-server. Now fixed above.
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Make a command prompt shortcut on your desktop. Right click and click new then shortcut then cmd for location and cmd for name. Once that's done right click on the cmd shortcut you made and run as administrator. Then adb kill-server and then adb start-server. Now try adb devices and see if your device is now recognized. If it is then awesome you can get to recovery by adb reboot recovery and bootloader by adb reboot bootloader.
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i type "adb kill-server" in the cdm prompt that opens after i run it as admin? cuz it dsnt look like that does anything...and it still says device not found
I'm new here, coming from another phone, a Galaxy S variant. There, we had a little contraption called a download jig. You put that thingie into a USB port, and a phone goes straight into the download mode. Don't know if such thing exists for Nexus. Does it?
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Hmm... That's something you could do. A jib..... I'd like to know more, perhaps it will work, they're both Samsung, after all.
Andro X, I was hoping you were leading to ODIN lol.
What about ODIN? Try getting that set up and hitting start on ODIN just as you power on your Galaxy Nexus. Don't hold your breath, though, it may fail like getting adb commands working, because you're not in bootloader or Android.
adb kill-server is instantaneous, you wouldn't see any real output on command prompt- that is normal.
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Hmm... That's something you could do. A jib..... I'd like to know more, perhaps it will work, they're both Samsung, after all.
Andro X, I was hoping you were leading to ODIN lol.
What about ODIN? Try getting that set up and hitting start on ODIN just as you power on your Galaxy Nexus. Don't hold your breath, though, it may fail like getting adb commands working, because you're not in bootloader or Android.
adb kill-server is instantaneous, you wouldn't see any real output on command prompt- that is normal.
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yeah but making th enew shortcut didnt help. i went to program files/android master. shift right click and open a cmd window there. from there i did the commands. there was some response but still the phone was not found
okay here is what im coming up with. i can open the phone and find the contacts for where the volume attaches. does anyone know what i can do from there? soldering the volume button back on is not an option. ive been trying that all day. only thing left is shorting the contacts so the phone is fooled into a state where the buttons are held. there are 3 contacts. anyone know which ones i should be shorting? or if thats even workable? i may have completely screwed the contacts by now....ive tried maybe 40 times.
OMG!!!!!! i just did some soldering. pressed power button and now im in ODIN MODE. idk what this means.....all it says is "downloading do not turn off target. what do i do??????
Uh... Flash something
I777 gets it done, gnex just for fun
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Uh... Flash something
I777 gets it done, gnex just for fun
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how?? it wont let me do anything. its in odin mode....cant do recovery with adb. not sure what odin mode even does
donavo said:
how?? it wont let me do anything. its in odin mode....cant do recovery with adb. not sure what odin mode even does
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if you have correctly installed the samsung drivers, you can flash a rom via odin (proggram on your computer.)
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if you have correctly installed the samsung drivers, you can flash a rom via odin (proggram on your computer.)
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oh man do i need ur help now. how do i do that? when i rooted the phone im sure all the drivers installed correctly. but where do i get the odin program??
Was trying to get my Gnex back to factory trying every way possible to use adb and could get the files to find their way to my phone. So finally i said hell with it and Second try fails and i unplug it to try and turn it back on and i get a screen with a phone and computer and a yellow triangle in the middle of both. Will not boot into anything. But when i plug it into my computer it will make the noise that something is plugged in and i try odin again and i can see the blue bar on my phone like its trying to download something to it, So i dont know where to go from here. Any way in hell i could take it to Verizon and have them do a factory reset? Any help would be appreciated.
Can you get into fastboot ? And do you have drivers installed?
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Can you get into fastboot ? And do you have drivers installed?
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To be honest i lack the knowledge of knowing everything unless i am following a guide on how to do things. So if i plug my phone in and here the sound it makes to connect and pull up a command prompt i type in adb fastboot and it brings up this long list of commands. Is this what you are talking about?
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To be honest i lack the knowledge of knowing everything unless i am following a guide on how to do things. So if i plug my phone in and here the sound it makes to connect and pull up a command prompt i type in adb fastboot and it brings up this long list of commands. Is this what you are talking about?
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Type adb devies and see if anything comes back.
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Type adb devies and see if anything comes back.
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yes list of devices came back so that works
aaronstrong1988 said:
yes list of devices came back so that works
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What device names came back? Did it actually list any serial numbers?
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What device names came back? Did it actually list any serial numbers?
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after i typed in adb devices it came back with
*daemon not running. starting in now on port 5037*
*daemon started successfully*
List of devices attached
and thats all
Then your device is not recognized by adb. So it's not working. If it was it would've shown a serial #.
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Then your device is not recognized by adb. So it's not working. If it was it would've shown a serial #.
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how do i get it to show my serial number?
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how do i get it to show my serial number?
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You install the correct driver
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Use the Galaxy Nexus tool. It is fantastic.
It installs all drivers and really is helpful and straight forward.
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Yupp, unfortunately the drivers are probably the hardest part.. I never managed to get them working on first try...
Anyhow, download the latest Android sdk and have it download the Usb Drivers section if you didn't already. Then try installing those drivers. Remember you have to reboot your pc after each try (trust me, there will be multiple tries) otherwise it won't work.
Once you got the drivers installed get back to us. And don't panic, your phone's fine.
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Yupp, unfortunately the drivers are probably the hardest part.. I never managed to get them working on first try...
Anyhow, download the latest Android sdk and have it download the Usb Drivers section if you didn't already. Then try installing those drivers. Remember you have to reboot your pc after each try (trust me, there will be multiple tries) otherwise it won't work.
Once you got the drivers installed get back to us. And don't panic, your phone's fine.
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i hope so i will uninstall sdk and try it all over
Hello, earlier today I dropped my LGOG and shattered the glass rendering the touch scren absolutely useless, I'm taking it to get repaired but would like to do an adb backup for my apps as it will be a while before I can afford it though I have a slightly older temp android device.
My problem is this: plugging it into my computer displays mtp mode but I cannot see the device using "adb devices". I've read that sometimes usb eebugging and mtp dont get along well, any ideas on what I could do?
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Hello, earlier today I dropped my LGOG and shattered the glass rendering the touch scren absolutely useless, I'm taking it to get repaired but would like to do an adb backup for my apps as it will be a while before I can afford it though I have a slightly older temp android device.
My problem is this: plugging it into my computer displays mtp mode but I cannot see the device using "adb devices". I've read that sometimes usb eebugging and mtp dont get along well, any ideas on what I could do?
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I would think you could get your files through fastboot. Also, clockworkmod has a USB mount mode, however for some reason i don't think twrp has that feature (idk y).
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I would think you could get your files through fastboot. Also, clockworkmod has a USB mount mode, however for some reason i don't think twrp has that feature (idk y).
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Well, theres still the problem of switching from twrp to cwm I havent figured that bit out without a computer
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Well, theres still the problem of switching from twrp to cwm I havent figured that bit out without a computer
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Tbh, I I haven't pushed a recovery with adb in a long time, so I can't tell you how to do it. However, I do recall it was relatively simple. I would go on the irc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984620 and ask if someone can give you a link to the commands or guide you through it.
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Theres still the issue of getting adb to accept the device
I rooted my phone about a month ago using PurpleDrake and now I'm on SkyDragon G3 V0.0.5 w/ TWRP. I had never been able to boot into download but thought nothing of it since it wasn't crucial at the time. Then, yesterday I accidentally took the new OTA update, but was able to fix it with the ADB commands that others have posted. Being able to get into download mode would have made life easier so I tried to fix it today. Flashed stock boot.img and tried to re-run PurpleDrake to see if I missed a step but it won't detect my phone for a reason I don't know. At my wit's end.
Not being able to get into download mode is a concern in case I ever to fully return to stock. Wondering if any one has some insight on how I can do that or if there's some image file I need to flash, etc.?
Thanks!
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I rooted my phone about a month ago using PurpleDrake and now I'm on SkyDragon G3 V0.0.5 w/ TWRP. I had never been able to boot into download but thought nothing of it since it wasn't crucial at the time. Then, yesterday I accidentally took the new OTA update, but was able to fix it with the ADB commands that others have posted. Being able to get into download mode would have made life easier so I tried to fix it today. Flashed stock boot.img and tried to re-run PurpleDrake to see if I missed a step but it won't detect my phone for a reason I don't know. At my wit's end.
Not being able to get into download mode is a concern in case I ever to fully return to stock. Wondering if any one has some insight on how I can do that or if there's some image file I need to flash, etc.?
Thanks!
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volume up button + plug the phone into the computer here is everything you need for stock in one thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/firmware-t-mobile-lg-g3-t2818667
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I rooted my phone about a month ago using PurpleDrake and now I'm on SkyDragon G3 V0.0.5 w/ TWRP. I had never been able to boot into download but thought nothing of it since it wasn't crucial at the time. Then, yesterday I accidentally took the new OTA update, but was able to fix it with the ADB commands that others have posted. Being able to get into download mode would have made life easier so I tried to fix it today. Flashed stock boot.img and tried to re-run PurpleDrake to see if I missed a step but it won't detect my phone for a reason I don't know. At my wit's end.
Not being able to get into download mode is a concern in case I ever to fully return to stock. Wondering if any one has some insight on how I can do that or if there's some image file I need to flash, etc.?
Thanks!
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which adb commands did you use to fix it because I have the same problem and how are you able to access adb command prompts?
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which adb commands did you use to fix it because I have the same problem and how are you able to access adb command prompts?
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volume up button + plug the phone into the computer here is everything you need for stock in one thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/firmware-t-mobile-lg-g3-t2818667
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Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I could have been more clear in my post. I have visited that thread and held volume up while plugging my phone in, but all that happens is the LG logo screen pops up for a few seconds, then the phone shows the charging percentage. When I try to do it from the advanced reboot menu when the phone is powered on, it simply reboots into the system. Same deal if I try to do it from TWRP. Really not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Is it possible that I somehow corrupted the bootloader or something else that's hopefully fixable?
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Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I could have been more clear in my post. I have visited that thread and held volume up while plugging my phone in, but all that happens is the LG logo screen pops up for a few seconds, then the phone shows the charging percentage. When I try to do it from the advanced reboot menu when the phone is powered on, it simply reboots into the system. Same deal if I try to do it from TWRP. Really not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Is it possible that I somehow corrupted the bootloader or something else that's hopefully fixable?
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Are you using the stock data cable. Also try pulling the battery for 10 sec then pluging in the USB.
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which adb commands did you use to fix it because I have the same problem and how are you able to access adb command prompts?
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mypenismighty said:
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I could have been more clear in my post. I have visited that thread and held volume up while plugging my phone in, but all that happens is the LG logo screen pops up for a few seconds, then the phone shows the charging percentage. When I try to do it from the advanced reboot menu when the phone is powered on, it simply reboots into the system. Same deal if I try to do it from TWRP. Really not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Is it possible that I somehow corrupted the bootloader or something else that's hopefully fixable?
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I think you made a wrong procedure.
Take the battery out and put back in.
Press and hold volume up button.
Plug in the cable.
Release the button when you see download mode screen.
In addition, make sure you have LG PC Suite with phone driver installed.
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Are you using the stock data cable. Also try pulling the battery for 10 sec then pluging in the USB.
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I think you made a wrong procedure.
Take the battery out and put back in.
Press and hold volume up button.
Plug in the cable.
Release the button when you see download mode screen.
In addition, make sure you have LG PC Suite with phone driver installed.
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Thanks but I have already done this with the same result as I've described. I know how it is supposed to be done with the hardware keys and I am using the stock data cable. Even watched a YouTube video demonstrating how it is to be done. Are there any other possibilities?
Just tried it with my nexus 7 cable on a different usb port (which I had done couple times before) and it worked this time! Not sure why or how but appreciate the help, everyone!