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[Q] Stuck In a Broken ROM and cant get back into CWM recovery mode(Error Message)

Hi,
i found a simliar thread that was talking about a similar subject, but didn't answer my question. i have lost it and cant find that same thread for help.
rooted -flashed bad rom - everything keeps closing(apps, Google sync)--- cant get int to recovery mode because of error
****I unlocked bootloader and rooted my GalaxyNex. then installed ROM maneger. i flashed CWM,then backed up my ROM. i tested it by flashing my backed up ROM, after i had messed around and my phone went back to normal. i was feeling safe. i noticed that i was having trouble getting into the recovery mode because of the belly open with exclamation Point. i read that it is because CWM was losing permission? i found that i just had to re-flash CWM every time right before i go into recover mode. i flashed a ROM from ROM maneger and everything worked until i turned the phone on. i cant sync Google account, and basically all apps close immediately (no key board too). I cant get into recovery mode and i cant down load ROM maneger to try to re-flash CMW to restore from older ROM.
I am sorry if this is already been answered i have try to find my situation but i couldn't.

I tried to re-flash the clock work recover image through the terminal of my mac but it says permission denied... i guessing i need to find a way to re flash to stock from fastboot is this possible ?

Pull the battery and hold power + volume and get into fast boot. Flash stock images from here
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

joshnichols189 said:
Pull the battery and hold power + volume and get into fast boot. Flash stock images from here
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Thanks I got really lucky i was able to re flash Clock work recovery in fast boot with the command
./fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-toro.img
then i was able to get into the proper recovery mode and re flash my backed up image.
if i wanted to re flash a original image would the terminal command look like this
./fastboot flash recovery "Imagename" ? i might have just got lucky but i am guessing thats how you re-flash something to your phone?
now that i have gotten back to the beginning, why is it that i have to re flash CMW every time to get in correct recovery mode? or how do i stop it from giving me the recovery error when trying to get to the correct recovery mode?
thanks again

Glad your good! Hate to see these threads but we all go through it sooner or later
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

billycurtis said:
now that i have gotten back to the beginning, why is it that i have to re flash CMW every time to get in correct recovery mode? or how do i stop it from giving me the recovery error when trying to get to the correct recovery mode?
thanks again
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After you fastboot flash the CWM image, use ADB, a terminal, or a file explore to remove or rename the file /system/recovery-from-boot.p

[Q] Stuck at google logo WHILE USING

Well, something strange happened and i have no idea what the prob is
yesterday i installed a new kernel for my gnex and made a backup (using CWM) before flashing. Today i decided to go back to the previous kernel so i just went to recovery and restored from the backup. It installed successfully and then i rebooted my phone twice just to be sure everything was working and it was untill 4-5 hours later, I was playing a game (temple run) when suddenly the phone turned off and restarted by itself, i though maybe the game crashed and its restarting but i kept waiting for an hour but the phone was just stuck at the google logo. After waiting, i decided to go to recovery and flash a new kernal or restore but when i went to the bootloader and selected recovery, the phone didnt go into recovery but its stuck in google loop again. so somehow i think the recovery has been deleted of something like that because it gets stuck in loop if i go to recovery :/
i am on 4.0.3 codenamed android rom
Thanks
EDIT: I have already tried removing the battery for some time but still i am not able to enter recovery. i thought recovery was to prevent such things :$

You should probably use search next time. It's happened to quite a few people (myself included).
Use fastboot/ODIN to flash stock rom again.

case0 said:
You should probably use search next time. It's happened to quite a few people (myself included).
Use fastboot/ODIN to flash stock rom again.
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Thanks but i wont be able to recover my data using this right?:/

No I don't think so, it sucks. I thought they had fixed this bug in 4.0.3 though which is strange. I lost my data twice within a month because of this, when I was on 4.0.2 (or maybe 4.01). Haven't had it since I rooted and updated.

Try flashing the recovery again. Maybe it will work.

case0 said:
No I don't think so, it sucks. I thought they had fixed this bug in 4.0.3 though which is strange. I lost my data twice within a month because of this, when I was on 4.0.2 (or maybe 4.01). Haven't had it since I rooted and updated.
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can you tell me which tut to follow? i searched and found ODIN files for 4.0.4 and 4.0.2 but i'm on 4.0.3
sry but this is my first android phone and i have no previous knowledge
efrant said:
Try flashing the recovery again. Maybe it will work.
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already tried that. manually and also using toolkit but i get the same error something like "recovery status read failed too many links"
Thanks for replies btw

rollerdyke44 said:
can you tell me which tut to follow? i searched and found ODIN files for 4.0.4 and 4.0.2 but i'm on 4.0.3
sry but this is my first android phone and i have no previous knowledge
already tried that. manually and also using toolkit but i get the same error something like "recovery status read failed too many links"
Thanks for replies btw
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Use the Odin files for 4.0.4. Why are you looking for 4.0.3?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

efrant said:
Use the Odin files for 4.0.4. Why are you looking for 4.0.3?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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well i am on codenamed android based on 4.0.3 so i was looking for 4.0.3 files for ODIN. this will flash my firmware to stock 4.0.4 right?
And do you know of ANY WAY i can fix my phone so that i can recover my data? I have tried everything but to no avail. i have tried flashing recovery, booting recovery (not flashing) using different usb ports and cables, flashing boot.img from codename android and everything i read online :/

rollerdyke44 said:
this will flash my firmware to stock 4.0.4 right?
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Yes.
rollerdyke44 said:
And do you know of ANY WAY i can fix my phone so that i can recover my data? I have tried everything but to no avail. i have tried flashing recovery, booting recovery (not flashing) using different usb ports and cables, flashing boot.img from codename android and everything i read online :/
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What happens when you boot CWM?
In order to recover anything, you need to be booted either into Android or CWM.
Maybe try using the "no-wipe" odin files, which may allow you to either boot into the ROM or allow you to boot CWM, and then you can retrieve your data. However, if this does work, I would recommend you wipe right after you retrieve your data, then restore your files, as you may have issues later on running with that data on your device.

efrant said:
Yes.
What happens when you boot CWM?
In order to recover anything, you need to be booted either into Android or CWM.
Maybe try using the "no-wipe" odin files, which may allow you to either boot into the ROM or allow you to boot CWM, and then you can retrieve your data. However, if this does work, I would recommend you wipe right after you retrieve your data, then restore your files, as you may have issues later on running with that data on your device.
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thanks for your quick reply mate
I am not able to boot into recovery. When i select enter recovery from bootloader then it just loops on the google logo. When i try to reinstall cwm then it fails everytime with the error i mentioned above
ohh and btw, sometimes when the cwm installation fails then the bootloader gets stuck and the screen becomes kind of blurry and i have to take out the battery...... is that normal?
And i'll first try the no wipe files (from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807&highlight=odin) and see if that works

rollerdyke44 said:
thanks for your quick reply mate
I am not able to boot into recovery. When i select enter recovery from bootloader then it just loops on the google logo. When i try to reinstall cwm then it fails everytime with the error i mentioned above
ohh and btw, sometimes when the cwm installation fails then the bootloader gets stuck and the screen becomes kind of blurry and i have to take out the battery...... is that normal?
And i'll first try the no wipe files (from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807&highlight=odin) and see if that works
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What happens when you boot CWM via fastboot?
fastboot boot cwm.img

efrant said:
What happens when you boot CWM via fastboot?
fastboot boot cwm.img
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i get a blurry recovery mode picture (that hat kind of thing) for a couple of secs and then the phone reboots and again in boot loop[

rollerdyke44 said:
i get a blurry recovery mode picture (that hat kind of thing) for a couple of secs and then the phone reboots and again in boot loop[
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Oou, that doesn't sound good. Not sure you'd be able to save your data.

efrant said:
Oou, that doesn't sound good. Not sure you'd be able to save your data.
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well lets hope for the best
And i was on codenamed 4.0.3 so if i use the "no-wipe" files for 4.0.4 it should not cause anymore problems right?
I'll first use ODIN with no wipe files and if that doesnt work then i guess i'll say bye bye to my data and do a full wipe.
Thanks for you help mate and i will reply with the result in an hour or so (dinner time now )
Thanks again
EDIT:
so i ran ODIN but now its stuck. the start button has been greyed out with the following message
"<ID:0/011> Added!!
<ID:0/011> Odin v.3 engine (ID:11)..
<ID:0/011> File analysis..
<ID:0/011> SetupConnection..
"
and the phone is on the ODIN download mode screen :/
EDIT 2:
when i use the full image, then the ODIN downloading screen on my nexus becomes blurry when ODIN on pc shows "<ID:0/011> NAND Write Start!! "
PLease help as i really dont know what else can i do

Fu*kkkkk
i think its bricked now i cant even access the bootloader the phone doesnt even turn on now i cant even get the google logo just a black screen

rollerdyke44 said:
Fu*kkkkk
i think its bricked now i cant even access the bootloader the phone doesnt even turn on now i cant even get the google logo just a black screen
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It may not be bricked. Not being able to get into the bootloader can happen when you flash via odin.
Can you not boot into download mode (hold volume down and then press and hold power)? If you can, then you can still flash via odin.
I haven't really used odin too much, so I won't be able to help you troubleshoot too much (maybe ask in Chainfire's thread), but: if you can boot into download mode, do it, and re-follow the instructions in this post to-the-letter. Use the full odin image, not the no-wipe one.

efrant said:
It may not be bricked. Not being able to get into the bootloader can happen when you flash via odin.
Can you not boot into download mode (hold volume down and then press and hold power)? If you can, then you can still flash via odin.
I haven't really used odin too much, so I won't be able to help you troubleshoot too much (maybe ask in Chainfire's thread), but: if you can boot into download mode, do it, and re-follow the instructions in this post to-the-letter. Use the full odin image, not the no-wipe one.
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noooooo
i cant even get the fone in download mode. the phone screen is completely black!!!! Wont even vibrate which shows its starting up
pleaaassseeee heeelppp
now i am getting scared for my nexus

rollerdyke44 said:
noooooo
i cant even get the fone in download mode. the phone screen is completely black!!!! Wont even vibrate which shows its starting up
pleaaassseeee heeelppp
now i am getting scared for my nexus
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Take a slow deep breath and exhale. Take out the battery. Wait for a while. Put the battery back in.
Hold down the volume down button (not the volume up) and then press and hold power for 15 secs. See if that gets you into download mode. Even if nothing shows up on the screen, try following the steps in the odin thread.
You did make sure only the checkmarks that needed to be there were there in odin, correct?

efrant said:
Take a slow deep breath and exhale. Take out the battery. Wait for a while. Put the battery back in.
Hold down the volume down button (not the volume up) and then press and hold power for 15 secs. See if that gets you into download mode. Even if nothing shows up on the screen, try following the steps in the odin thread.
You did make sure only the checkmarks that needed to be there were there in odin, correct?
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Which checkmarks should be used?

TwinkyOfHope said:
Which checkmarks should be used?
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Why don't you take a look at the linked (a few posts up) odin thread and see for yourself?

[Q] I f'd up and I hate myself help

Ok so I rooted by using Odin and all was good. I downloaded rom manager and proceeded to install clockwork recovery all was still good. But then I was dumb and tried flashing a cyanogen mod nightly build. I didn't want to install it that moment, i was downloading for later use. Well it installed anyway and with only the davlik cache clear checked. So now when I turn on the phone it goes to Samsung screen and then the custom loading screen for cyanogen mod which just circles endlessly. I cannot get it to boot into download or recovery mode by holding all the buttons. I have pulled the battery and even the sim card. I also let the boot screen run until it drained the battery. How f'd am I? Will a jig work?i cant just exchange it because this dumb logo spinning will give me away. I am a dumb noob and I hate myself.

Are you able to get into the Samsung download mode so you can re-flash stock firmware in odin?
Oops, missed that part in your post. Are you actually holding all the buttons? Because you only need vol up + home + power for download mode.

chug said:
Are you able to get into the Samsung download mode so you can re-flash stock firmware in odin?
Oops, missed that part in your post. Are you actually holding all the buttons? Because you only need vol up + home + power for download mode.
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Yea sorry that's what I meant just the three but I've tried both combinations for download or recovery numerous times now

I've read multiple thrasds like this and I believe since you can see your Samsung logo you're fine...
There are other ways to get into download mode by pulling out battery and plunging in usb cable and pressing buttons but on my phone I can't find instructions...
Do a search.. You should be fine though. I wouldn't worry.. Samsung logo means ur good.. I think..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

Flashing a rom without wiping will not cause any harms to the recovery mode or download mode. You must have messed something else with rom manager.
Buy a jigg and see if it can get you into download mode
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

liltitiz said:
Flashing a rom without wiping will not cause any harms to the recovery mode or download mode. You must have messed something else with rom manager.
Buy a jigg and see if it can get you into download mode
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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Not that he messed something up with ROM manager, its just garbage....on this phone anyway. For future reference only use it to get a recovery, don't use it to download or flash rom's. Do that part manually.
As suggested get a jig and try to get into download mode and flash with Odin back to stock. They are like six bucks on eBay and work on pretty much any Samsung phone, I just ordered one tonight to have just in case.

Its fine and you probably dont need a jig, you need to install adb and use it to reboot to recovery or bootloader hopefully you read to make a nandroid first if not flash a stock image with odin. Flashing a rom cannot brick the phone recovery is still there and in order to get to the logo screen bootloader has to be there too. Try the toolkit in the dev section its stickied and i think it has adb and it will install the drivers you need. Not to be rude but if you don't know what you are doing its best not to mess with it.
If you get adb type adb reboot bootloader in your command prompt to get to bootloader to use odin.

Cant boot into recovery

Hey guys, new to the forum and am looking for some guidance here. I've had my LGOG going great with CM11 and one day I put it on the charger when the battery got down to 1%. The next morning I grabbed my phone and it was off and refused to turn on. I was able to get it on by holding volume up + power and plugging it into a charger or PC but only when it was plugged in. I replaced the battery already to rule that part out. So now i've followed this guide and everything went fine,I flashed Teenybin SBLunlockhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230106. Only thing is for some reason i cannot boot into recovery mode, fastboot and download mode work fine but when i choose recovery from fastboot the phone shows a google logo and a small lock on the bottom of the screen and then turns off and show's the charging icon. I've been at it for hours and cannot get into recovery to flash a new rom.
My question for yall is am I wasting my time with this? I'm still not convinced that this is not a hardware failure since nothing on the phone works unless plugged into power. Any thoughts would help a ton otherwise i'll have to just cough up the cash for a new one. Thanks in advance guys.
Nex

nextelhalo said:
Hey guys, new to the forum and am looking for some guidance here. I've had my LGOG going great with CM11 and one day I put it on the charger when the battery got down to 1%. The next morning I grabbed my phone and it was off and refused to turn on. I was able to get it on by holding volume up + power and plugging it into a charger or PC but only when it was plugged in. I replaced the battery already to rule that part out. So now i've followed this guide and everything went fine,I flashed Teenybin SBLunlockhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230106. Only thing is for some reason i cannot boot into recovery mode, fastboot and download mode work fine but when i choose recovery from fastboot the phone shows a google logo and a small lock on the bottom of the screen and then turns off and show's the charging icon. I've been at it for hours and cannot get into recovery to flash a new rom.
My question for yall is am I wasting my time with this? I'm still not convinced that this is not a hardware failure since nothing on the phone works unless plugged into power. Any thoughts would help a ton otherwise i'll have to just cough up the cash for a new one. Thanks in advance guys.
Nex
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Your battery was probably fine so I would keep it around. That just seems to happen sometimes.
The recovery that teenybins installs is not CM11 compatable. So you need to install a KK recovery, or ADB sideload a Stockish ROM.
For ADB sideload to install a Stockish Rom go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36270473
To install a recovery through fastboot, DL it from here. http://downloads.codefi.re/shelnutt2/freegee/LG-LS970/ These are for KK
And to install it using fastboot.
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
You may need to do a factory reset to get it to boot.
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Forgot to tell ya, just pull the recovery image from the zip and use it with fastboot.

engine95 said:
Your battery was probably fine so I would keep it around. That just seems to happen sometimes.
The recovery that teenybins installs is not CM11 compatable. So you need to install a KK recovery, or ADB sideload a Stockish ROM.
For ADB sideload to install a Stockish Rom go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36270473
To install a recovery through fastboot, DL it from here. http://downloads.codefi.re/shelnutt2/freegee/LG-LS970/ These are for KK
And to install it using fastboot.
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
You may need to do a factory reset to get it to boot.
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Forgot to tell ya, just pull the recovery image from the zip and use it with fastboot.
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Thanks for the reply, this helped me get along with ADB and SDK but i'm still not clear on it. I've got the recovery image needed and ADB running but not sure how to flash the recovery image to the phone. I tried following the guide in the link you provided but it wants you to get into recovery mode on the phone and enable ADB mode but I cant get into my recovery on the phone. Problem. Again though thanks for you help, much appreciated. This learning process brings me back to my days of modding the old Xbox.
So just thinking about your last post, did you recommend installing a stock rom first and then try to install the new recovery image? I am able to put the phone into download mode and i've used LGNPST to push a full stock ZVB rom to it, seemed to work but I didnt know if that was the right way to go and flashed the Teenybin SBL unlock again.

nextelhalo said:
Thanks for the reply, this helped me get along with ADB and SDK but i'm still not clear on it. I've got the recovery image needed and ADB running but not sure how to flash the recovery image to the phone. I tried following the guide in the link you provided but it wants you to get into recovery mode on the phone and enable ADB mode but I cant get into my recovery on the phone. Problem. Again though thanks for you help, much appreciated. This learning process brings me back to my days of modding the old Xbox.
So just thinking about your last post, did you recommend installing a stock rom first and then try to install the new recovery image? I am able to put the phone into download mode and i've used LGNPST to push a full stock ZVB rom to it, seemed to work but I didnt know if that was the right way to go and flashed the Teenybin SBL unlock again.
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You said you had fastboot. So you can use fastboot to load the kk recovery using those commands. If unsure just google it. Lots of info on fastboot.
As for sideload that was just to get a stock ROM on your SD.
If you lgnpst zvb then your phone should boot up and needs to update to zvc before you do anything else.
But if you flashed teenybins then you should have recovery and be able to flash the kk recovery. Power+ vol up gets recovery. Dn twice on vol button, then power gets you to recovery.
Check the FAQ and root guide. All this info is in there if it's confusing.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

engine95 said:
You said you had fastboot. So you can use fastboot to load the kk recovery using those commands. If unsure just google it. Lots of info on fastboot.
As for sideload that was just to get a stock ROM on your SD.
If you lgnpst zvb then your phone should boot up and needs to update to zvc before you do anything else.
But if you flashed teenybins then you should have recovery and be able to flash the kk recovery. Power+ vol up gets recovery. Dn twice on vol button, then power gets you to recovery.
Check the FAQ and root guide. All this info is in there if it's confusing.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I got ya, so I'm making sense of it all after a bit and I have more info if it helps. I've been able to get ZVB on there (via LGNPST) and i'll update to ZV9 just in case yet no matter what i do i cannot get recovery to boot. I get into fastboot and choose Recovery ( locked and unlocked) but when i hit the power button to choose recovery I get nothing, it shuts down. I'll keep at it and give a progress report if I make any.
UPDATE: Ok so I can only access (on phone) Fastboot when i flash one of the Teenybin files. The stock ZV9 and ZVB just show me the LG logo and go back to the battery icon. So, I flashed teenybin SBL unlock again got the phone into fastboot. I opened a terminal on my PC with ADB running and my phone in Fastboot connected to my PC (LG Drivers installed). When i choose adb sideload recovery.img and it says "device not found". Still working on it but havent gotten past this yet.
Im still wondering if there is hardware failure since I flashed ZVB and the phone still will not boot up period unless it's connected to PC/charger.

Do this then. Grab the zvc bin from the root guide. That is the most current and it has the right modem. Zvb and zv9 have the wrong modem.
Also it sounds like you have stock recovery. Which you will if your using zv? bins.
Then after using zvc bin, use teeny bin. That'll get you to twrp recovery. In twrp flash the kk recovery and you should be good to go.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

engine95 said:
Do this then. Grab the zvc bin from the root guide. That is the most current and it has the right modem. Zvb and zv9 have the wrong modem.
Also it sounds like you have stock recovery. Which you will if your using zv? bins.
Then after using zvc bin, use teeny bin. That'll get you to twrp recovery. In twrp flash the kk recovery and you should be good to go.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Gave it a shot, flashed ZVC and then after that did Teenybin SBL unlock and same thing. I get it into fastboot, choose recovery and then the phone show's a google logo with alittle lock on the bottom and then goes to black screen then to charging icon. :silly: I'll keep at it.
Update, a friend gave me some help and I was able to flash the recovery image you linked to me via ADB but still no change in the phone. On teenybin in fastboot, select recovery and still get the same google logo and small lock, then goes to power screen.
Haha, seems you've been down this road before. Found this while searching around, I'm giong to try the steps in the last two post's of the thread. Thanks for the help Engine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535874&page=3
UPDATE: unfortunately no change, left the phone on the charger for a few hours but still stuck with no usable recovery mode and phone only responds while plugged in. Think i'll chalk this up to some type of hardware failure.

Will your phone even boot to the stock ROM? If it does, try installing Quickboot from the PlayStore. See if that'll get you into recovery.
I can't remember if it's in the root guide or the FAQ, but I posted another option for a battery issue like yours. Try it and see if it'll do more.
There's some commands that'll wipe through adb. I'll see if I can find them.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Wont boot into stock Rom yet, man i wish i was that far along and i'd be done probably. Thanks for looking at it for me.

nextelhalo said:
Wont boot into stock Rom yet, man i wish i was that far along and i'd be done probably. Thanks for looking at it for me.
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There's something we're missing here, so lets start at the beginning
LGNPST ZVC again. This SHOULD get you going.
Now you will have stock recovery. To enter stock recovery, press vol down+power The LG logo will come on, then the capacitive lights. Immediately let go when the capacitive lights turn on. It takes a few seconds to work. And maybe a few tries to get it.
IF that all happens, then in stock recovery, do a Factory reset. IT WILL WIPE YOUR SD/INTERNAL STORAGE!!
Now your phone should boot up to stock ROM.
If that doesn't work, go to ADB and issue these:
adb shell
"dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache"
adb shell
"dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata"
These will zero out /cache and /data
Reboot your phone and it should boot up
If not, you may need to LGNPST ZVC one more time and you should be good to go
If no dice again, you might need to try a battery pull, which you should know seeing as how you replaced the battery.
That's about all I got....you could also try getting on the irc and see if someone there has more idea's
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
Edit: I forgot to tell you that in Stock recovery, use the capacitive menu key to select. The Power button doesn't do it in Stock recovery. Menu is the bottom right of the display and I don't think it's lit, but I'm not sure.

Thank you sir, i'll give this a shot tonight when i get back home. I'll keep my fingers crossed but i've located another LGOG on Craigslist for 80$, might not be able to pass up that deal.
Update: still no go, I agree there is something missing here. When i flash ZVC all goes like it should but the phone still just flatout wont do anything unless on external power. I went ahead and did a battery pull but no change. It's like we're doing everything correctly here but it wont let us past fastboot or download mode. Either it's software or this thing may have fried. I'm going to bring it to a friend here in town and see what he can do, he's a guru in this department but I wanted to figure this out on my own. If we get this back up and running I will for sure update this thread, hopefully it can help some folks out there. Thanks again for the help Engine, I wont give up until i know exactly what happened and i'll pass it along.

Does anyone have a Nandroid Backup I could Use for the Z00AD?

Hey all, little embarrassing coming here for this, but I'm in a little bit of a jam. I'm new to flashing custom ROMs, and I was trying to flash my first today, and managed to screw everything up in the process. I can boot into Clockwork mod via my PC, and I can still do everything I need to from there, but I was stupid, and didn't make a Nandroid backup before doing so. So I was wondering if anyone here could lend me theirs that I could slap onto an SD card, and recover my phone with. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: Just so we're clear, this isn't an attempt to get personal information. I will take any backups you have, with or without an unlocked bootloader, with or without rooting, with or without custom ROM, anything. Heck, I'd prefer to have it as close to stock as possible, so I can do everything myself. I just need a bit of a bailout here.

Shameful self-bump. I could still really use some help here.

fastboot flash stock recovery
adb side load latest firmware in stock recovery
enjoy

timbernot said:
fastboot flash stock recovery
adb side load latest firmware in stock recovery
enjoy
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That's a little hard to do when the device isn't recognized by my PC, and I can't get it to boot into any recovery that isn't Clockwork mod via my PC.

Misinko said:
That's a little hard to do when the device isn't recognized by my PC, and I can't get it to boot into any recovery that isn't Clockwork mod via my PC.
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how do you boot into Clockwork Mod via your pc when the device isn't recognized by your pc?

tabletalker7 said:
how do you boot into Clockwork Mod via your pc when the device isn't recognized by your pc?
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EDIT: Nevermind, seems I ADB recognizes the device with CWM running. Now I gotta see where to go from there.

Now I've encountered problem number 2: I didn't allow USB debugging for the computer I'm using (USB debugging is ticked in the settings [or at least I think it is], but it's not authorized for my PC). So here's the question: Can I authorize it through Minimal ADB and Fastboot?

Triple post, but it's with a question. I'm nearly positive that this whole ordeal is going on because I tried to boot into recovery mode with the TWRP app when no recovery was available. So now the question is, is there any way I can stop the phone from trying to boot into recovery so I can install a proper one?

Turn it off, then press volume up + power when vibrates, release power while holding volume up, then release volume up as well, it should boot into bootloader where you can fastboot a new recovery.

fastmix said:
Turn it off, then press volume up + power when vibrates, release power while holding volume up, then release volume up as well, it should boot into bootloader where you can fastboot a new recovery.
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Tried that. Doesn't work. Like I said, it keeps booting into the psudo-recovery mode thing. I can't even boot into the bootloader from there.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256
that will help you - besides if you are silly enough to think anyone will just give you something like a backup, come on man, I am dumb but even I am not that dumb

Have u tried to boot into Fastboot from your Cm recovery? If not, there is a way to make the stock firmware flushable by twrp or cm recovery. I don't feel like typing the whole process but if u look around the forum for a sec u should find it pretty easily. Once u do that, everything will be factory again.
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jflow36 said:
Have u tried to boot into Fastboot from your Cm recovery? If not, there is a way to make the stock firmware flushable by twrp or cm recovery. I don't feel like typing the whole process but if u look around the forum for a sec u should find it pretty easily. Once u do that, everything will be factory again.
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I have tried booting from CWM, but TWRP overrides it still. I'll look into flashing stock firmware through CWM though.