So I rooted my LG Optimus G and wanted to download a new rom to try it out and heard that Cyanogenmod was pretty good. So I downloaded it and extracted it and tried to boot it from recovery on my phone. The problem though is that when it goes to boot up it just shows the cyanogenmod logo and the blue circle spinning. From what I understand it's most likely because I didn't restore to factory settings before hand. So I was wondering whether there's anything that I can do to try and fix it or whether I just got a new paperweight?
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So I rooted my LG Optimus G and wanted to download a new rom to try it out and heard that Cyanogenmod was pretty good. So I downloaded it and extracted it and tried to boot it from recovery on my phone. The problem though is that when it goes to boot up it just shows the cyanogenmod logo and the blue circle spinning. From what I understand it's most likely because I didn't restore to factory settings before hand. So I was wondering whether there's anything that I can do to try and fix it or whether I just got a new paperweight?
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Did you wipe data, system, dalvik and cache? Actually what recovery are you using? If it's TWRP, go to wipe and then advanced and wipe everything EXCEPT internal storage(data, system, dalvik, cache) then reinstall the rom and gapps. CWM(clockworkmod) is different and I haven't used it in awhile, but usually bootloops are because you didnt wipe atleast dalvik and cache(the factory reset in TWRP), but I usually wipe everything. Just not internal because that is where your files(and rom) reside.
If that doesnt work, you can try a different rom and use adb sideload from a pc. There are plenty of tutorials for that here on xda if you do a search.
But if its loading to the CM logo, it is not a paperweight. Worst case scenario you can use LGNPST and a stock bin file to go completely back to stock. But as long as you can get into recovery you shouldn't have to go to those lengths.
Hope this helps.
EDIT: I know it's your phone and if you are like me, it's probably your only phone. But don't panic, real bricks are rare and if you can get back into recovery you are usually fine!
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Did you wipe data, system, dalvik and cache? Actually what recovery are you using? If it's TWRP, go to wipe and then advanced and wipe everything EXCEPT internal storage(data, system, dalvik, cache) then reinstall the rom and gapps. CWM is different and I haven't used it in awhile, but usually bootloops are because you didnt wipe atleast dalvik and cache, but I usually wipe everything. Just not internal because that is where your files(and rom) reside.
If that doesnt work, you can try a different rom and use adb sideload from a pc. There are plenty of tutorials for that here on xda if you do a search. Hope this helps.
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No I did not, at the time apparently I wasn't thinking. I was using clockworkmod, but whenever I try and use adb on my pc it doesn't detect my phone anymore either. Rebooting it manually also doesn't work either since it just goes back to the loop cycle, I'll definitely look into sideloading though.
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No I did not, at the time apparently I wasn't thinking. I was using clockworkmod, but whenever I try and use adb on my pc it doesn't detect my phone anymore either. Rebooting it manually also doesn't work either since it just goes back to the loop cycle, I'll definitely look into sideloading though.
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Power your phone off completely, then hold the volume up button while you power it on. Once it loads, hit volume down twice then the power button to get back into recovery. Wipe dalvik and cache and reinstall cm and gapps. You should be ok after that.
I also added some edits to my first post. Again I use TWRP which has an adb sideload option under advanced settings......not sure about CWM. But this guide here is a great resource for our phone and has a lot of helpful links.
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Power your phone off completely, then hold the volume up button while you power it on. Once it loads, hit volume down twice then the power button to get back into recovery. Wipe dalvik and cache and reinstall cm and gapps. You should be ok after that.
I also added some edits to my first post. Again I use TWRP which has an adb sideload option under advanced settings......not sure about CWM. But this guide here is a great resource for our phone and has a lot of helpful links.
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Whenever I try and turn the power off, it automatically reboots itself back into the loop. That also happens whenever I try and put it into recovery mode so I can't delete anything. Would going through the annoying process of removing my battery potentially help with that?
I also don't know whether LNGPST would be able to help because if the normal manual commands such as the power down function don't work, then I probably won't be able to enter into download mode to use LGNPST.
On a side note, I really appreciate your help, but even if all else fails, I do have another phone I could use but it's old so I'd rather avoid that.
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Whenever I try and turn the power off, it automatically reboots itself back into the loop. That also happens whenever I try and put it into recovery mode so I can't delete anything. Would going through the annoying process of removing my battery potentially help with that?
I also don't know whether LNGPST would be able to help because if the normal manual commands such as the power down function don't work, then I probably won't be able to enter into download mode to use LGNPST.
On a side note, I really appreciate your help, but even if all else fails, I do have another phone I could use but it's old so I'd rather avoid that.
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How long have you held the power button in? For me sometimes its 20 seconds but Ive heard as long as a full minute. If you hold the power button down until the screen turns off, and it comes right back on try holding it for a minute straight and let it go. If not, you may have to do the battery pull which is a pain in the a**. But Ive had that power down, turn right back on and into the bootloop myself, holding the power button for a solid 20 count solved it - but again it may be longer. And you're welcome, Im here to help - one thing you will learn about fellow lgog users if you get that phone working again - lots of support!
EDIT: Also, if you do get it to power down and then are able to get into recovery - plug it into the wall. Wait until you get into recovery to do it - but if its been on this whole time your battery might be low and you dont want lithium batteries to drain completely. It shortens their lifespans.
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How long have you held the power button in? For me sometimes its 20 seconds but Ive heard as long as a full minute. If you hold the power button down until the screen turns off, and it comes right back on try holding it for a minute straight and let it go. If not, you may have to do the battery pull which is a pain in the a**. But Ive had that power down, turn right back on and into the bootloop myself, holding the power button for a solid 20 count solved it - but again it may be longer. And you're welcome, Im here to help - one thing you will learn about fellow lgog users if you get that phone working again - lots of support!
EDIT: Also, if you do get it to power down and then are able to get into recovery - plug it into the wall. Wait until you get into recovery to do it - but if its been on this whole time your battery might be low and you dont want lithium batteries to drain completely. It shortens their lifespans.
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Holding it for 20 seconds worked and from there I was able to put it into recovery. Thank you for all the help, if not for you I probably would've tried to remove the back and probably just break it even worse
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Holding it for 20 seconds worked and from there I was able to put it into recovery. Thank you for all the help, if not for you I probably would've tried to remove the back and probably just break it even worse
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Good stuff man, glad to hear it and you're welcome!
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Ok, I rooted my evo and tried some different roms. Couldn't find what I wanted so I wanted to go back to the one I started with on my first try. Long story short, I reflashed it and now I have a lock screen, but nothing else. Evidently fastboot is on, because I canter in to try anything else. Can't get a menu or anything. Just a bunch of force close notifications and an HTC screen. Please help!!!!
Did you try pulling battery and holding both the lower volume button and power until recovery menu(hboot) comes up?
fastboot is on, so it just boots to lock menu. I can receive a call, though.
Yeah, have you tried going to recovery via boot, wiping caches and rebooting? Or if that fails, wipe caches (and data if flashing a different ROM), reflash your ROM and then reboot?
Did this happen on a nand restore, or a ROM flash?
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it was on a rom flash. I think i forgot to wipe everything before flashing. I cant get into the recovery or boot menu. Fastboot is on, so it just boots up. Unless there is another way besides holding vol down and power button.
You need to go to settings -> applications -> development settings and disable the fast boot option in order to let you phone do a full reboot.
Alternately, pull the battery out. Put the battery in. Hold down volume down while pressing the power button. Select recovery from the HBOOT menu.
Alternately, in the rom you should have an option to factory reset the device, which will wipe user data.
Edit: It may be settings -> applications and then disable the fast boot option. It's been a long time since I was on sense.
thats what im getting at, i cant get into anything except power menu to turn off phone. It will redeive a call, but nothing else. When i unlock, all i get is an htc screen with a picture of the evo and a bunch of force clse notifications. I cant turn off fastboot. Anyone have any other ideas.
I think I'm screwed!!!!!!
deleted cuz im an idiot and didnt see you couldnt get into recovery at all
toyotech said:
thats what im getting at, i cant get into anything except power menu to turn off phone. It will redeive a call, but nothing else. When i unlock, all i get is an htc screen with a picture of the evo and a bunch of force clse notifications. I cant turn off fastboot. Anyone have any other ideas.
I think I'm screwed!!!!!!
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Pull battery out insert battery power button + volume down. Pulling out the battery stops fastboot from letting it boot up normally. Pulling the battery stops the fastboot being on affect
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+1, hence post 2.
Ok, well pulling the battery worked. Now, so I don't have another heartattack. Wipe the cache, wipe the dalvik cache, what else before I flash another Rom? Thank you cookbook much.
toyotech said:
Ok, well pulling the battery worked. Now, so I don't have another heartattack. Wipe the cache, wipe the dalvik cache, what else before I flash another Rom? Thank you cookbook much.
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wipe boot system data cache dalvik cache or you can do all data factory reset then wipe dalvik cache and cache
ok, working on another rom. Will post update in a few minutes.
Go read my guide at the top of this section. Sounds like you can get a lot out of there
working like a charm thank you all soooooooooooo much!
This is the best forum EVER!!!!
Glad ya got it.
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Ok.. So, the phone is rooted with stock rom. It decided to just shut off today and continuously vibrate while off, even while the battery is out and the phone is plugged into the usb cable it vibrates.. So, when I put the battery back in it starts to boot with the Sammy logo then the TMO part comes up where its trying to load and the progress bar gets to like 30% then it shuts off again and vibrates. So I figured Id just try to get into download mode and re-flash the stock rom but no go.. I plug the phone into the usb and hold the volumes and then insert the battery and the download screen comes up but it doesnt stay, the phone goes blank and keeps vibrating again?? I also want to add that the phone wont completely turn off, even after taking the battery out.. When I put the battery back in, it boots right up everytime without me even pressing anything so I cant even get into recovery if I wanted.
So bottom line is.. Phone is rooted with stock rom.. Phone stays blank and vibrates, even when battery is out and plugged into the usb cable.. When inserting the battery and holding volumes, the warning screen comes up but only for a second then the phone shuts down and continuously vibrates?? So it wont stay on the warning screen so I can flash another rom or I cant get into recovery cause it keeps trying to boot as soon as I put the battery in and then shuts down and vibrates when it gets to the TMO screen??
I did do some searching on this particular problem and found nothing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
maybe power button is stuck? u cant get into dl or recovery at all?
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maybe power button is stuck? u cant get into dl or recovery at all?
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I can get into download mode but as soon as it gets to it, the phone just shuts off and keeps vibrating.. Recovery is a no go.
After messing around with it a little I got it to go into download mode by unplugging the usb right when the warning screen pops up, for some reason it stayed on and i was able to plug back in and flash the stock rom but once I did I got nothing but errors/force closes on my apps as soon as it booted. Now I cant get it to stay on long enough again to flash the rom again, its doing the same thing.
R u wiping properly? data, cache, system, dalvik, permissions? what recovery r u on? if u can get back in dl mode u should reflash ur recovery n see if somehow ur recovery became corrupt
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R u wiping properly? data, cache, system, dalvik, permissions? what recovery r u on? if u can get back in dl mode u should reflash ur recovery n see if somehow ur recovery became corrupt
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I was able to get back into download mode and I flashed the stock gingerbread rom but the phone doesnt stay on for more then 5min.. it either reboots or shuts down and vibrates till I take out battery and reboot again or boot into the stock recovery and empty cache... its stock now and not rooted so I only have the stock recovery that just list the data or cache clearing.
After a few hours of messing with it, it still does the same thing, no change, I have no idea how to fix it or what the problem is..
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I was able to get back into download mode and I flashed the stock gingerbread rom but the phone doesnt stay on for more then 5min.. it either reboots or shuts down and vibrates till I take out battery and reboot again or boot into the stock recovery and empty cache... its stock now and not rooted so I only have the stock recovery that just list the data or cache clearing.
After a few hours of messing with it, it still does the same thing, no change, I have no idea how to fix it or what the problem is..
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I'll give it a shot....You have to keep trying to get into CWM long enough to wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache and fix permissions.
That should help clear any anomalies.
***Something I learned by trial and error. When you say your flashing to stock try to flash android 2.3.6 stock. That should clear most problems over ICS***
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maybe power button is stuck? u cant get into dl or recovery at all?
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Im starting to think its a power button issue but how do I fix it? Do I have to take the phone apart and clean it out or something?
If you think its the power button issue check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310 posted by evilmika.
I think it’s a bad flash of course I can be wrong.
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I'll give it a shot....You have to keep trying to get into CWM long enough to wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache and fix permissions.
That should help clear any anomalies.
***Something I learned by trial and error. When you say your flashing to stock try to flash android 2.3.6 stock. That should clear most problems over ICS***
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I was able to install 2.3.6 and it gave me no errors/force closes on boot but its still doing the original problem.. Also, its stock rom so there is no CWM, just the stock recovery where you can clear cache only. Should I try and get it to stay on long enough to root so I can install CWM and try to clear everything else or does it not matter at this point?
The weirdest thing to me about all this is why would it still vibrate when the usb is in but the battery is out? I mean.. dont you have to have the battery in for the phone to get proper connection to even have any juice flowing through it? Idk.. just dont make sense to me lol
I understand your not rooted yet which is fine. Can you try to clear cache?
If that doesn’t work, I would like to power off, remove the battery, remove the sim card for 30 seconds. Once you have everything placed back together reboot and hopefully we can celebrate. lol
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I understand your not rooted yet which is fine. Can you try to clear cache?
If that doesn’t work, I would like to power off, remove the battery, remove the sim card for 30 seconds. Once you have everything placed back together reboot and hopefully we can celebrate. lol
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lol I wish.. I did that a bunch of times and no go, I also tried taking it a part and messing with the power button cause one thing I do notice is when I do get it to boot the power button is flaky, like when I do press it it will act as if im holding it in and bring up the power off menu, then sometimes it will just do nothing, so Im thinking it is a power button issue.. I followed the guide and I do get a click when I push it internally but I think its just shot and I need to get that replaced.
well darn lol I wonder if a pc repair shop can fix the power button versus sending the phone to samsung for repairs. I only mention pc repair shop as it is a very small fix and good possibility they can repair a silly button contact.
Bandaid_nyc said:
well darn lol I wonder if a pc repair shop can fix the power button versus sending the phone to samsung for repairs. I only mention pc repair shop as it is a very small fix and good possibility they can repair a silly button contact.
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Yea that is worth a shot.. I did a bunch of google-in this mourning and seen that the symptoms im having are caused by either a bad flash or battery issue and im pretty certain that its not a bad flash since i flashed it back to stock several times and its still having the same problems... Regardless i appreciate your help. Thank You.
your very welcome. I hope you get this fixed quickly and come to flash haven.
is there any app the op could use to disable the power button and/or use another button to boot?
i know noLED will while the phone is running but can u remap thru recov on the fly?
Did some searching, and couldn't find my question.
So today, out of nowhere, my phone decides that it's time that my power button do the random reboot thing.
Fortunately, it booted once long enough to back up all my data, do a nandroid, then reboot, do a TiBu, and Triangle Away. Then I booted into download mode. It did/does say official, no custom binary, etc. My first try at ODINing to stock (using the 4.0.4 LG1 ROM) got all the way to system, and about half way through stopped.
I keep trying, but only once at this point has it even hit flashing the system during ODIN. I have tried multiple times of cleaning the power button, but it only seems to help less and less each time I clean it.
My question is, is there a trick to keep the SGS3 in download mode with a faulty power button? Also, I'm guessing there's a good chance that if I can't keep it in download mode, then there's a good chance AT&T can't tell the best flash I've done is half the system?
Thanks, y'all!
I was able to finally get an ODIN to flash all the way. My understanding is that I still need to get a data/factory reset done before it's all in the clear, but that's proving to be an even bigger task. When (it's rare, trust me) it will go into recovery, and I am able to highlight data/factory reset, pressing the power button makes it jump all over the place.
In the event that I do actually get a reset started, what all does the stock recovery's reset do? I saw it starts with formatting /data, what else?
Well, the ODIN to stock plus the initial data reset apparently was enough. It finally booted into the OS. I did a factory reset from there, which was very quick with no words, just Andy and the blue polyhedron.
Let's try this again.
How do I revive my S3 that no longer responses to charging (not even the LED lights up) or any combination of holding the different buttons? It hasn't been drop or physically damaged through shock, water, etc.. The only thing that I've done is flashed material onto my phone kind of haphazardly.
I should've just left it as is.. But, anyway this is what happened to my phone.
1. initially has 4.1.1, cwm v6.0.1.2 (<-- not my doing), and I believe it also had the latest sprint and profile updates
2. I download the "sprint gs3 root kit"
3. and just flash TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip to root my phone
4. download rom manager and update cwm to latest version
5. downloaded the [STOCK ROM] Stock 4.3 MK3 ROM, wifi fix, knox remover, and flashed them and then...
6. nothing! one or two times my phones tries to turn on but hangs on the logo screen
7. my phone now responses to nothing anymore, I'm assuming it bricked and I have no idea what to do
in between these steps there was some more fumbling I was doing and I did noticed after step two my phone would freeze much more often and crash, so I basically don't know what happens next? should I be considering getting a new phone or is this fixable, which I really hope that it is because I need my phone for everything.
p.s. to clarify what I mean by no response, is that I can have my fully charged battery and phone connected to my charge, or not, and I get no response what so ever. I can never get it vibrate or response at all by using the different 3-button combos, volume up or down + power + menu button. The only response whatsoever that i've gotten is when I connect just the phone without the battery to my charger, the LED will light red for about a minute but then it shuts off.
sounds like you did a dirty flash.
What you need to do is this. Boot back into recovery (CWM) than wipe/factory data reset. wait till that is complete. after that wipe your cache after that wipe your dalvik cache (might be in the advanced section of CWM) after that reflash the ROM than flash the wifi fix after the rom than flash the knox app remover.
u just install sp flash and flash again.
my phone same situation with you. wat i do install sp flash. then flash again. i bet you know how to flash it right?
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How can I do any of that my phone doesn't ever turn on it just stays black. I could hold the power button for as long as I want or try to get It to boot by using 3 button combinations but none of that does anything. Guys just talk to like a complete noob, all I know how to do is flash something on to my phone, but as far as this sp flash thing, I don't know what it is, can it revive my phone? I feel like that's the first step I have to take because I can't even get to cwm or anything yet.
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So I used to have an iPhone, and then it got stolen. My sister, who currently lives across the country (university) has a friend who gave her their old HTC One V. She turned it on and it worked, and then shipped it to me. I went to Bell and then their employee set it up with my account, did a factory restore, and then rebooted it. I saw it turn on and work properly in front of my own eyes, but I had to go charge it at home as it was dead.
I get home, connect it to a charger, the orange charging light on the top turns on, and it opens up a menu that says "ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1" The options below say: Reboot system now, install zip from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, backup and restore, mounts and storage, and advanced.
Now, at the Bell store we factory reset, and rebooted the system, and then the phone worked. However, now when I press "reboot system now," it goes black, the orange charging light turns off, and then it gets frozen on the "HTC One, quietly brilliant" screen. It stays that way until it dies, and I can't even hard reset while it's frozen. It is completely frozen. I even tried to connect it to HTC Sync Manager, but when I plug it in, nothing happens. It doesn't detect the phone. I'm on a Macbook Pro, for context.
Help? I can't even do anything on my phone, and being a new Android user, I have no idea what to do.
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So I used to have an iPhone, and then it got stolen. My sister, who currently lives across the country (university) has a friend who gave her their old HTC One V. She turned it on and it worked, and then shipped it to me. I went to Bell and then their employee set it up with my account, did a factory restore, and then rebooted it. I saw it turn on and work properly in front of my own eyes, but I had to go charge it at home as it was dead.
I get home, connect it to a charger, the orange charging light on the top turns on, and it opens up a menu that says "ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1" The options below say: Reboot system now, install zip from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, backup and restore, mounts and storage, and advanced.
Now, at the Bell store we factory reset, and rebooted the system, and then the phone worked. However, now when I press "reboot system now," it goes black, the orange charging light turns off, and then it gets frozen on the "HTC One, quietly brilliant" screen. It stays that way until it dies, and I can't even hard reset while it's frozen. It is completely frozen. I even tried to connect it to HTC Sync Manager, but when I plug it in, nothing happens. It doesn't detect the phone. I'm on a Macbook Pro, for context.
Help? I can't even do anything on my phone, and being a new Android user, I have no idea what to do.
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Dang it, you have MANY things to learn I propose you to search some noob threads on this forum and learn what root, bootloader, recovery, kernel, S-ON/S-OFF and ROM is and how to flash them... but SEARCH first instead of asking, it will help you in the future
btw, you will have hard times because of your Mac it's the worst and useless thing people could buy
Hiya,
so to be clear you can still boot the phone into ClockWorkMod or not? One way to do this is to turn phone off then, turn it back on while holding the volume down button.
Do not despair there are many ways out of your problem! However I think if you OSX it may make things a little more complicated.
Feel free to google for answers, check the HTC One V forums here (good search bar up top right) or just ask away.
regards
parkourz said:
Dang it, you have MANY things to learn I propose you to search some noob threads on this forum and learn what root, bootloader, recovery, kernel, S-ON/S-OFF and ROM is and how to flash them... but SEARCH first instead of asking, it will help you in the future
btw, you will have hard times because of your Mac it's the worst and useless thing people could buy
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haha my apologies, it's just very overwhelming and at the time I was very frustrated and as a result, impatient. Another concern I had is that since this is not a new phone, I have no idea what had been done to it already. My friend even told me this isn't the default software?
mcgi5sr2 said:
Hiya,
so to be clear you can still boot the phone into ClockWorkMod or not? One way to do this is to turn phone off then, turn it back on while holding the volume down button.
Do not despair there are many ways out of your problem! However I think if you OSX it may make things a little more complicated.
Feel free to google for answers, check the HTC One V forums here (good search bar up top right) or just ask away.
regards
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Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean. To explain further, if the phone has any power at all, and not frozen on the loading screen, it loads the ClockWorkMod recovery menu. Because pressing the power button at that menu just selects whatever is highlighted, I can't turn it off. Hard reset (down volume + power) similarly doesn't work, because down volume just moves the selection down. And when it's frozen on the loading menu, hard reset, power off, nothing works. So because I can't even turn the phone off or anything, I think my answer to your question is no. I may just be extremely nooby and be turning it off wrong :cyclops:
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haha my apologies, it's just very overwhelming and at the time I was very frustrated and as a result, impatient. Another concern I had is that since this is not a new phone, I have no idea what had been done to it already. My friend even told me this isn't the default software?
Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean. To explain further, if the phone has any power at all, and not frozen on the loading screen, it loads the ClockWorkMod recovery menu. Because pressing the power button at that menu just selects whatever is highlighted, I can't turn it off. Hard reset (down volume + power) similarly doesn't work, because down volume just moves the selection down. And when it's frozen on the loading menu, hard reset, power off, nothing works. So because I can't even turn the phone off or anything, I think my answer to your question is no. I may just be extremely nooby and be turning it off wrong :cyclops:
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Hi Alvin,
do you have the SDcard the phone had before? Can you put ADB and Fastboot on your computer? I can then work with you to explain how to put your own rom and kernel on the phone to get it to boot.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=adb+and+fastboot+for+mac+osx&oq=adb+and+fastboot+for+mac+osx&aqs=chrome..69i57.5280j0j1&client=ubuntu-browser&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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Hi Alvin,
do you have the SDcard the phone had before? Can you put ADB and Fastboot on your computer? I can then work with you to explain how to put your own rom and kernel on the phone to get it to boot.
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No, unfortunately I do not have the SDcard from before. Is that necessary? And I believe I have put ADB and Fastboot on now. What is the next step?
I appreciate the help.
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haha my apologies, it's just very overwhelming and at the time I was very frustrated and as a result, impatient. Another concern I had is that since this is not a new phone, I have no idea what had been done to it already. My friend even told me this isn't the default software?
Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean. To explain further, if the phone has any power at all, and not frozen on the loading screen, it loads the ClockWorkMod recovery menu. Because pressing the power button at that menu just selects whatever is highlighted, I can't turn it off. Hard reset (down volume + power) similarly doesn't work, because down volume just moves the selection down. And when it's frozen on the loading menu, hard reset, power off, nothing works. So because I can't even turn the phone off or anything, I think my answer to your question is no. I may just be extremely nooby and be turning it off wrong :cyclops:
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What happens when you keep pressed the power button for at least 10-15 seconds? This action should turn the phone off.
kvestas said:
What happens when you keep pressed the power button for at least 10-15 seconds? This action should turn the phone off.
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I was entertaining the possibility the power button is partly broken, and I think that's the case. Sometimes pressing the power button doesn't trigger what is selected in the menu and takes a couple tries. However, because of your comment I tried a few more times to turn it off and I think it actually turned off once. I held it down and it faded to black, but there was no "Power Off" button I had to touch before it went black. Is that just because I was in the ClockworkModRecovery menu? Did it actually shut off that one time?
EDIT: I've been able to do the same thing a few times now, even once in the frozen "HTC quietly brilliant" screen! However, I can't seem to hard reset, and I'm thinking maybe my volume down key is similarly faulty.
AlvinTheChoster said:
I was entertaining the possibility the power button is partly broken, and I think that's the case. Sometimes pressing the power button doesn't trigger what is selected in the menu and takes a couple tries. However, because of your comment I tried a few more times to turn it off and I think it actually turned off once. I held it down and it faded to black, but there was no "Power Off" button I had to touch before it went black. Is that just because I was in the ClockworkModRecovery menu? Did it actually shut off that one time?
EDIT: I've been able to do the same thing a few times now, even once in the frozen "HTC quietly brilliant" screen! However, I can't seem to hard reset, and I'm thinking maybe my volume down key is similarly faulty.
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Indeed the power button is quite sensitive on HOV so you might need to keep trying several times when using it.
Holding power button is a hard shut down and it shouldn't ask you to confirm this action. It's ok. Unless you have the system already started it may ask you for reboot options. Even in this case the phone will shut down if you'll still keep the power button down for a long time.
At first you may try the simplest thing I guess. Start recovery (you might remember it should start automatically when you turn off the phone and plug in a charger) and choose the menu option "wipe cache partition". Restart the phone after clearing the cache. There is a small chance but this might help.
If not you have to continue your research with adb commands.
Another option is to asquire sd card, I think it would be easier for you when you are using mac.
AlvinTheChoster said:
So I used to have an iPhone, and then it got stolen. My sister, who currently lives across the country (university) has a friend who gave her their old HTC One V. She turned it on and it worked, and then shipped it to me. I went to Bell and then their employee set it up with my account, did a factory restore, and then rebooted it. I saw it turn on and work properly in front of my own eyes, but I had to go charge it at home as it was dead.
I get home, connect it to a charger, the orange charging light on the top turns on, and it opens up a menu that says "ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1" The options below say: Reboot system now, install zip from sdcard, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, backup and restore, mounts and storage, and advanced.
Now, at the Bell store we factory reset, and rebooted the system, and then the phone worked. However, now when I press "reboot system now," it goes black, the orange charging light turns off, and then it gets frozen on the "HTC One, quietly brilliant" screen. It stays that way until it dies, and I can't even hard reset while it's frozen. It is completely frozen. I even tried to connect it to HTC Sync Manager, but when I plug it in, nothing happens. It doesn't detect the phone. I'm on a Macbook Pro, for context.
Help? I can't even do anything on my phone, and being a new Android user, I have no idea what to do.
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Well you can flash an RUU to get the stock rom back, it will get rid of the recovery and you will be able to start from stock.
kvestas said:
Indeed the power button is quite sensitive on HOV so you might need to keep trying several times when using it.
Holding power button is a hard shut down and it shouldn't ask you to confirm this action. It's ok. Unless you have the system already started it may ask you for reboot options. Even in this case the phone will shut down if you'll still keep the power button down for a long time.
At first you may try the simplest thing I guess. Start recovery (you might remember it should start automatically when you turn off the phone and plug in a charger) and choose the menu option "wipe cache partition". Restart the phone after clearing the cache. There is a small chance but this might help.
If not you have to continue your research with adb commands.
Another option is to asquire sd card, I think it would be easier for you when you are using mac.
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Yeah, unfortunately the cache partition isn't working. If I buy a SD Card, and I put it in my phone and start, what do you anticipate will happen? Because it's fresh, will it load up as if I am turning on the phone for the first time, or will that depend on whether or not my problem is related to the ClockworkRecovery or the phone itself? Sorry for all the questions, but I really appreciate the help.
parthinhell said:
Well you can flash an RUU to get the stock rom back, it will get rid of the recovery and you will be able to start from stock.
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Thanks for the feedback, but unfortunately, I mentioned my computer doesn't recognize it because based on the research I did, flashing an RUU requires the computer to recognize the device and that didn't work, so that seems to not be an option.
AlvinTheChoster said:
If I buy a SD Card, and I put it in my phone and start, what do you anticipate will happen?
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You will be able to place ROM file on sd card (using a computer), insert the card into your phone and install new ROM through recovery. Be aware you might need an adapter to use micro sd card on your pc (usually they have a general size sd socket).
You might need to try installing several ROMs because we don't know which kernel has been flashed by Bell guys earlier.
AlvinTheChoster said:
Yeah, unfortunately the cache partition isn't working. If I buy a SD Card, and I put it in my phone and start, what do you anticipate will happen? Because it's fresh, will it load up as if I am turning on the phone for the first time, or will that depend on whether or not my problem is related to the ClockworkRecovery or the phone itself? Sorry for all the questions, but I really appreciate the help.
Thanks for the feedback, but unfortunately, I mentioned my computer doesn't recognize it because based on the research I did, flashing an RUU requires the computer to recognize the device and that didn't work, so that seems to not be an option.
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OK so get yourself a micro SD card pal and stick a ROM on it. If possible find out form your sister/friend what the previous ROM was so we can all take a guess at what kernel you have on the phone and so select a ROM that will work with it straight away.
As a point of interest did the phone have an SDcard in it at the shop when it booted?
Also could you try doing the three full wipes on the phone from ClockWorkMod. These are
-Factory reset
-Clear Cache
-Advanced Options --> Wipe Dalvik
Then reboot?
regards