This thread is mostly for the E980 but will help all others as much as possible.
Please be sure to follow all steps!!! If you would like help, please be courteous to all on this thread. Thanks
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Long story short...I hard bricked my phone by flashing a rom for the wrong phone. Phone would not boot at all. No signs of life. When plugged into the computer...I noticed a driver being installed (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008). A quick search...and a few forums later...I knew for sure my phone was bricked.
Here's what you will need:
MicroSD card
MicroSD card reader
Linux (I used Ubuntu) and Windows
Patience
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Here is what I did...In Windows
1 - Download your stock firmware for your phone. I have an e980...so my file would be one that ends in .tot...most other Optimus G Pro phones have stock files that end with .kdz (search XDA)
2 - Download http://d-h.st/naQWindowsLGFirmwareExtract-1.2.1.0-Release.zip - 1.33 MB. This will work on both .kdz and .tot files.
3 - Open WindowsLGFirmware and locate your stock firmware. A list of files will show up. Click on the boxes on the left of the name of the file for the following...SBL1.bin, SBL2.bin, SBL3.bin, aboot.bin, rpm.bin, tz.bin, backupGPT.bin, recovery.bin, persist.bin, modem.bin, misc.bin, boot.bin and PrimaryGPT.bin.
4 - Then click on "Extract.tot" (or Extract.kdz). Extracted files will be in the same folder at the WindowsLGFirmare.
5 - The PrimaryGPT.bin file now has to be written to the MicroSD card. I used http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/latest/downloadWin32DiskImager.
The rest of the files, put on a usb stick for now.
Once that is done...boot into your Linux Distro(I installed Ubuntu due to permissions needed in the following steps)
6 - Once booted into Linux, have your sd card in the card reader and plugged into your computer...go to Terminal and type ls /dev/sd*
(You should see something like this.../dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda5
/dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb4
/dev/sdb5 .......... /dev/sdb36
7 - Next...in terminal type sudo gdisk -l /dev/sdb
You will see a list with columns for Number, Start, End, Size, Code and Name.
You must match the number on the list with the files you downloaded earlier in Windows. Write down the number in the number column for each of those files. (Example: SBL1 for me was number 2)
Now transfer the files on the usb stick that you downloaded earlier in windows to your linux desktop.
8 - Now in Terminal type sudo -i
Then type dd if=/the location of the file/name of file.bin of=dev/sbd(now type the number that your file was on the list)
This is what mine looked like dd if=/home/ricanares/Desktop/aboot.bin of=/dev/sdb5
You must do this for every file downloaded from our stock firmware(except for PrimaryGPT.bin)
9 - Now reboot back into Windows. Insert the sd card into your phone. Plug the phone into the USB port. For me, the soft keys lit up, which made me feel closer to recovering my phone. At this step, not much happened for me for at least 10 minutes. Then while plugged into the usb port and while sd card was still in phone...my battery fell out (didn't have the battery door on). Put the battery right back in...and the LG boot screen came on.
10 - Finally...remove battery while the sd card is still inserted. While holding down the volume keys, plug the phone back into the usb cable and now you should be in download mode. Now follow the guide found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660 and your phone should be back to stock in minutes.
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If phone does not go into Download Mode...try volume up and power or volume down and power. Another thing to try if this doesn't work for you...in step 8...instead of using your stock firmware recovery.img...search xda for a cwm or twrp image to flash. Just rename it to recovery.img.
Good luck to all. Hopefully I wrote this guide clear enough. This is my first ever!!! I finally got my hard bricked phone working and had to share the news. After trying to fix this for the past 2 days...I am off to bed. If you wish to buy me a beer...PM me. Thanks
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This guide was made for the LG Optimus G Pro E980 but may work for all other variations.
For me, when it only lights up for a split second when I remove the battery. My battery is at 100% (tested on my other device) and I can't do anything with the device. I've waited a bit and nothing has happened. I have not seen the backlights turn on except for when I remove the battery.
edit: could you link the stock firmware that you used?
edit2: when i use my empty battery, it lights up, but it disconnects/turns off every ~3 seconds. It may be because this battery is defective, but did this happen to you?
dylanraga said:
For me, when it only lights up for a split second when I remove the battery. My battery is at 100% (tested on my other device) and I can't do anything with the device. I've waited a bit and nothing has happened. I have not seen the backlights turn on except for when I remove the battery.
edit: could you link the stock firmware that you used?
edit2: when i use my empty battery, it lights up, but it disconnects/turns off every ~3 seconds. It may be because this battery is defective, but did this happen to you?
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I rebricked my phone to see exactly what I should tell you...here's what I did...When the soft key lights came on...i left the phone plugged into my computer for 10 minutes. Then disconnected the phone...held down both volume keys and plugged in the usb cord...it then booted to download mode where I was able to continue to the link on step 10.(Try this a few times)
The stock firmware i used..i found here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420219 Right under where it says "I am aware about my links..." there is a link...click it and download these 2 files LGE980AT-00-V20g-ATT-US-APR-28-2014.zip.htm and LGE980_20130314_LGFLASHv151.dll
I had originally also thought my battery was defective...but it was fine. As long as the battery has a decent amount of charge...you should be set. Keep me updated. Good luck
Few questions..
When you use the imager to write PrimaryGBT.bin to the MicroSD card, does it then seem "corrupt" to Windows and asks to reformat it?
Also, simply after sticking the MicroSD card into your phone and plugging it in (w/ battery) the soft keys just light up? And did they stay lit up even when not connected to the computer? This didn't happen for me with my full battery.
And one you didn't answer: with my empty battery it the soft keys light up, but they turn off and disconnect from my computer every ~3 seconds; did this happen to you?
dylanraga said:
Few questions..
When you use the imager to write PrimaryGBT.bin to the MicroSD card, does it then seem "corrupt" to Windows and asks to reformat it?
Also, simply after sticking the MicroSD card into your phone and plugging it in (w/ battery) the soft keys just light up? And did they stay lit up even when not connected to the computer? This didn't happen for me with my full battery.
And one you didn't answer: with my empty battery it the soft keys light up, but they turn off and disconnect from my computer every ~3 seconds; did this happen to you?
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ricanares said:
I rebricked my phone to see exactly what I should tell you...here's what I did...When the soft key lights came on...i left the phone plugged into my computer for 10 minutes. Then disconnected the phone...held down both volume keys and plugged in the usb cord...it then booted to download mode where I was able to continue to the link on step 10.(Try this a few times)
The stock firmware i used..i found here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420219 Right under where it says "I am aware about my links..." there is a link...click it and download these 2 files LGE980AT-00-V20g-ATT-US-APR-28-2014.zip.htm and LGE980_20130314_LGFLASHv151.dll
I had originally also thought my battery was defective...but it was fine. As long as the battery has a decent amount of charge...you should be set. Keep me updated. Good luck
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Thank you for your tutorial... I managed to get the 'unbrick microSD', but my phone keeps being undetected by my pc. The two soft key lights simply flashed on and then came off again in 1 second or less... Does your phone keep the lights on when connected in that manner?
To be sure if I followed your steps correctly:
1 - Battery: inserted; microSD: inserted; phone plugged-in -> soft key lights ON
2 - Wait 10 minutes
3 - Remove battery and put it back in again without disconnecting the phone;
4 - LG bootscreen should appear;
5 - Disconnect the phone and connect it again pressing the volume keys.
6 - Download mode should be back
Is that right?
dylanraga said:
Few questions..
When you use the imager to write PrimaryGBT.bin to the MicroSD card, does it then seem "corrupt" to Windows and asks to reformat it?
Also, simply after sticking the MicroSD card into your phone and plugging it in (w/ battery) the soft keys just light up? And did they stay lit up even when not connected to the computer? This didn't happen for me with my full battery.
And one you didn't answer: with my empty battery it the soft keys light up, but they turn off and disconnect from my computer every ~3 seconds; did this happen to you?
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The image writer did show that the MicroSD card needed to be reformatted...so it does seem corrupted only because of the flashed .bin file. But does not need to be reformatted till the phone is fully back up and running.
The soft keys did light up for me only after I flashed it with all files onto the MicroSD card in the steps I listed above. Did not stay lit up for more than a few seconds. When disconnected from the computer...they would not light up.
I don't know about an empty battery...but with my battery which was at at least 60%...the keys did light up for a few seconds ...and i did keep getting disconnected from the computer which is why i waited 10 minutes before doing anything.
Have you tried other key combinations? Try volume down, home key and power button. Try with and without being plugged into the usb port.
Il Palazzo said:
Thank you for your tutorial... I managed to get the 'unbrick microSD', but my phone keeps being undetected by my pc. The two soft key lights simply flashed on and then came off again in 1 second or less... Does your phone keep the lights on when connected in that manner?
To be sure if I followed your steps correctly:
1 - Battery: inserted; microSD: inserted; phone plugged-in -> soft key lights ON
2 - Wait 10 minutes
3 - Remove battery and put it back in again without disconnecting the phone;
4 - LG bootscreen should appear;
5 - Disconnect the phone and connect it again pressing the volume keys.
6 - Download mode should be back
Is that right?
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The soft keys did not stay on for more than a few seconds for me. The steps are correct. Try removing the sd card and try holding the volume buttons and connect to the computer via usb. If that doesnt work...try different key combinations...volume down, home button and power...try while plugged into the computer and without. Let me know if you need further help.
ricanares said:
The image writer did show that the MicroSD card needed to be reformatted...so it does seem corrupted only because of the flashed .bin file. But does not need to be reformatted till the phone is fully back up and running.
The soft keys did light up for me only after I flashed it with all files onto the MicroSD card in the steps I listed above. Did not stay lit up for more than a few seconds. When disconnected from the computer...they would not light up.
I don't know about an empty battery...but with my battery which was at at least 60%...the keys did light up for a few seconds ...and i did keep getting disconnected from the computer which is why i waited 10 minutes before doing anything.
Have you tried other key combinations? Try volume down, home key and power button. Try with and without being plugged into the usb port.
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Try this...
Try removing the sd card and try to get into download mode (hold volume buttons and plug into computer via usb)
No lights would come on for me while I wasn't plugged into the computer. I'm not going to give up. Lets get this working
ricanares said:
Try this...
Try removing the sd card and try to get into download mode (hold volume buttons and plug into computer via usb)
No lights would come on for me while I wasn't plugged into the computer. I'm not going to give up. Lets get this working
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I can't get the LG bootscreen... could you provide us a short video? thank you
I'm trying with a microSD created using the e980 v20g .tot file... I managed to download an e986 kdz file (many mirrors are down). Maybe it needs the right partitions to boot from sd, even if the two models should be very similar (except for the modem).
Il Palazzo said:
Thank you for your tutorial... I managed to get the 'unbrick microSD', but my phone keeps being undetected by my pc. The two soft key lights simply flashed on and then came off again in 1 second or less... Does your phone keep the lights on when connected in that manner?
To be sure if I followed your steps correctly:
1 - Battery: inserted; microSD: inserted; phone plugged-in -> soft key lights ON
2 - Wait 10 minutes
3 - Remove battery and put it back in again without disconnecting the phone;
4 - LG bootscreen should appear;
5 - Disconnect the phone and connect it again pressing the volume keys.
6 - Download mode should be back
Is that right?
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when phone is plugged in...do you see the lg drivers installed for your phone or do you still see the Qualcomm driver?
ricanares said:
when phone is plugged in...do you see the lg drivers installed for your phone or do you still see the Qualcomm driver?
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The phone is detected in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode (all the drivers have been already installed) only if the microSD is removed, the battery is inserted and I press the volume keys while connecting it to the pc. Otherwise, it remains undetected.
The soft key lights go on only connecting it with the microSD inserted and without the battery.
My battery was at a decent charge (40-60%) 3-4 days ago... I don't know if it went out of charge now.
Il Palazzo said:
The phone is detected in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode (all the drivers have been already installed) only if the microSD is removed, the battery is inserted and I press the volume keys while connecting it to the pc. Otherwise, it remains undetected.
The soft key lights go on only connecting it with the microSD inserted and without the battery.
My battery was at a decent charge (40-60%) 3-4 days ago... I don't know if it went out of charge now.
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Try plugging the phone into an outlet with battery and sd card inserted and see if any lights come on...then try to power on while sd card is inserted. Also, try and reboot computer. I will be on here for a few more hours.
ricanares said:
Try plugging the phone into an outlet with battery and sd card inserted and see if any lights come on...then try to power on while sd card is inserted. Also, try and reboot computer. I will be on here for a few more hours.
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another thing you can try...try holding the home button down and press power
ricanares said:
another thing you can try...try holding the home button down and press power
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No lights on using the ac adapter. I've also discovered that the e986 kdz file cannot be read by the firmware extractor.
Thank you for your help... I'll continue tomorrow (it's quite late and I've got to get to work early :S) with your help. I'm planning to leave the phone to LG assistance if I can't recover it before this weekend.
Please let me know if you can make a short video
Il Palazzo said:
I can't get the LG bootscreen... could you provide us a short video? thank you
I'm trying with a microSD created using the e980 v20g .tot file... I managed to download an e986 kdz file (many mirrors are down). Maybe it needs the right partitions to boot from sd, even if the two models should be very similar (except for the modem).
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The files you used to flash the sd card were from the .tot or the .kdz file? Do you have an e980?
Il Palazzo said:
No lights on using the ac adapter. I've also discovered that the e986 kdz file cannot be read by the firmware extractor.
Thank you for your help... I'll continue tomorrow (it's quite late and I've got to get to work early :S) with your help. I'm planning to leave the phone to LG assistance if I can't recover it before this weekend.
Please let me know if you can make a short video
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I will try and get a video done asap. Please hit me up tomorrow so that I can help you.
ricanares said:
The files you used to flash the sd card were from the .tot or the .kdz file? Do you have an e980?
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ricanares said:
I will try and get a video done asap. Please hit me up tomorrow so that I can help you.
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I own an e986 (as I mentioned in my thread)... but I think that the two models are similar. I didn't think about the possibility to boot up the phone using the microSD, but as I saw on the net it's quite common for all qualcomm-based devices, so I'll give my phone another chance before leaving it to LG assistance.
Il Palazzo said:
I own an e986 (as I mentioned in my thread)... but I think that the two models are similar. I didn't think about the possibility to boot up the phone using the microSD, but as I saw on the net it's quite common for all qualcomm-based devices, so I'll give my phone another chance before leaving it to LG assistance.
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OK. I will research to see if there are any differences and let you know tomorrow if I found anything.
ricanares said:
OK. I will research to see if there are any differences and let you know tomorrow if I found anything.
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Any news? Thank you
Il Palazzo said:
Any news? Thank you
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Some news. After reading for hours yesterday...even though the e980 and e986 are similar...they do have some differences when it comes to the software. You must download the kdz for your phone and use a kdz extractor. I believe you said the extractor in this guide is not working for you...if you search google, you will find a few. Once you're able to extract the original firmware...restart the process. Reformat the sd card before beginning. I am in class right now, but will do my best to respond to you quickly.
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So I currently have LightNHB flashed. Since WinMo wont work via USB until I check that one option (forget off hand) I can't establish a USB connection to flash my phone. I tried putting the RAPHIMG.nbh into my SD cards root but that also didn't work, during the boot it said there were no images to flash.
So I removed the Android OS files and reformatted my SD card then places the img file into the root again, and again no image was found.
How would I fix this issue? I cannot seem to flash my phone back to a different WinMo rom.
Got into LightNHB and it has no settings for the USB, it's all in ITA and only one thing I could find in the menus and it gives an error that the file cannot be found. Talk about bare-bones, no wonder I couldn't get this to connect to USB, I don't think it has the ability to.
Ideas?
Pull the battery, SIM(if you have one) and microSD card out.
Press and hold the volume down button while plugging in the USB cord and it should take you to the tri-color screen.
If you haven't already let go of the volume down button, do so now.
You should be ready to flash another ROM!
n-Joie!
R^7Z said:
Pull the battery, SIM(if you have one) and microSD card out.
Press and hold the volume down button while plugging in the USB cord and it should take you to the tri-color screen.
If you haven't already let go of the volume down button, do so now.
You should be ready to flash another ROM!
n-Joie!
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Didn't know I could be like that but, sadly, error 260; followed to the letter :/
I can't get it to recognize .nbh. When I was able to get into the WinMo of LightNBH it seems it's WM5? CDMA? On my GSM phone... I know my version is dual CDMA and GSM. Though I use the latter.
It has HardSPL because Tri-colour screen says 1.90.OliNex
Can you get it to recognize USB in said bootloader mode? You should be able to flash from your PC using bootloader mode...
arrrghhh said:
Can you get it to recognize USB in said bootloader mode? You should be able to flash from your PC using bootloader mode...
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No, from what I can gather LightNBH doesn't have the stock USB connection info included in WinMo. Settings > Connections was empty. In fact all of it is empty (settings), I couldn't get to my SD card to run cab files to give me control over my phone.
Is there anyone else running the LightNBH flash that can confirm this? I can't even establish a USB line within Android.
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No, from what I can gather LightNBH doesn't have the stock USB connection info included in WinMo. Settings > Connections was empty. In fact all of it is empty (settings), I couldn't get to my SD card to run cab files to give me control over my phone.
Is there anyone else running the LightNBH flash that can confirm this? I can't even establish a USB line within Android.
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Hrm, I figured bootloader mode would be separate from WinMo entirely... so not having usb drivers in WinMo should effect it.
So you're saying when you're in bootloader mode, and you plug in USB it still just says "serial"?
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Hrm, I figured bootloader mode would be separate from WinMo entirely... so not having usb drivers in WinMo should effect it.
So you're saying when you're in bootloader mode, and you plug in USB it still just says "serial"?
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It doesn't even say serial.
Code:
RAPH100
SPL-1.90.OliNex
MicroP-Raph (LED) v13
MicroP-Raph (KEY) v5
PSOC-Raph STAGE_CVT v0x36
That's all my boot-loader says and I didn't think drivers had any effect here but as it sits I get an error 260 unable to connect from the ROM updater's that came with Monfro, TAEL, and Energy, as well as Task_29.
Erm... It should definitely say "Serial" near the bottom. Give it 10 secs or so...
When you plug into USB, that should convert to say USB...
Did you remember to rename the .nbh file into "RAPHIMG.nbh"? You could also use a sd card adapter or another device that has working usb storage that takes micro sd cards and then drag the .nbh file on the sd card via another device.
See what happens when we get in a hurry? At least that's how i ended up with Litenbh on my TP stuck in a boot loop.
I tried the PWR + VOL DN while soft resetting. No luck. Then i was going to try holding those 2 buttons while plugging it in to USB, I was holding the buttons as i unplugged it. It jumped to the serial screen as soon as i unplugged it.
I'm sure you have gotten this fixed or a new phone by now, but in case ur as broke as me, and still playin with a TP cause you HAVE to.
Maybe this will help. Hold power + volume down while plugging/unplugging it from the PC. Might get lucky like i did.
I know it says Development discontinued, but the TP is old enough that the info i'm looking for is getting buried. Most d/l links i find are dead now, so i'm getting jumpy on the clicker finger.
But I for one think this link and the file itself needs to be taken down. I know it's only 2 of us so far, but dangit what a pain!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601751
EDIT: Wow i didnt realize this thread was that old also.
Alltel Touch Pro (yeah it's old, and the keyboard doesn't work)
Using Updated Alltel ROM from HTC site.
Hmmm...
FroYo thread
Gingerbread thread
And yes, this are continuing projects...
Please read the first few posts before attempting anything. It's really does not hurt to try but your experience may vary slightly if you don't know what you are doing.
On that note, I am PMing the thread OP/forum mod to see if there is a way to link to the continuing project threads.
Actually the first post in that thread that you make mention of, has a link to the continuing project.. heh
Pretty sure I bricked my phone. Been digging through the forums all night and can't find anything.
When I plug it into USB I can get the White LED indicator. Only sign of life tho.
Can't boot the phone at all though. Always just a black screen; no backlight.
No motorola logo..
RSDLite won't recognize because I can't get into bootloader mode.
Battery is fine, checked it with a multimeter and I'm at 3.3V
Tried a friend's Defy battery.. no dice.
Any suggestions?
does your friend battery have a full charge on it?
it happens to me before, i turn the defy off, plug the charger, and left it for 30 to 45 minutes and i can boot afterwards. try it, might work for you too.
thanks been trying that out. his has full charge. I also mcgyvered mine and it's fully charged as well.. hmmm
what did you do that caused the bricked phone? did you try to downgrade it from 2.2 to 2.1? because that caused me the same thing, white led, rsd wont recognize it (windows error sound when plugged into usb), and i couldnt solve it, had to bring it back to motorola...
sent from my cm7 defy...
i have read somewhere in the devs forum about a corrupt bootloader experienced by one of our friend there. try to look into that and possibly get you some clues. Another possibility is to remove your sdcard, my crappy class 6 gives me a white lights only boot when im still in froyo, although it happens only once or twice. at this point, might as well try it out eh?
you need to flash with rsd it will read the phone is stuck in bootloader mode download your stock sbf and flash with rsd it will bring your phone back to life!!
make sure you remove battery plug in usb cable then replace battery while holding the vol + key
zakoo2 said:
what did you do that caused the bricked phone? did you try to downgrade it from 2.2 to 2.1? because that caused me the same thing, white led, rsd wont recognize it (windows error sound when plugged into usb), and i couldnt solve it, had to bring it back to motorola...
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I actually purchased it from someone who said that it was bricked. I am trying to get back in touch with them to find out what happened but no info yet. I've been trying to deduce what could of happened. But one thing I'm almost certain of is it wasn't water damaged. As I said the battery is still intact and I've never seen a phone go without taking the battery with it. Moisture indicators look fine as well.
I don't get any sounds when plugging the phone into USB. Device manager doesn't even blink. Can you return to Motorola if you are off contract? Any info on how that works? Not giving up yet, just wondering.
cengiran said:
i have read somewhere in the devs forum about a corrupt bootloader experienced by one of our friend there. try to look into that and possibly get you some clues. Another possibility is to remove your sdcard, my crappy class 6 gives me a white lights only boot when im still in froyo, although it happens only once or twice. at this point, might as well try it out eh?
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Thanks, I will definitely look into that corrupt bootloader situation. I pulled the sd card (been in there the whole time) but it didn't make a difference. There wasn't really much on the SD Card except for a few empty (autopopulated) directories: LOST.DIR, .android_secure, etc.. and the stock froyo SBF file for the phone: p3_jordan_umts_2.2.1..(blahblah).sbf it's a US T-Mobile Defy.
So it likes like maybe the previous owner was trying to flash. Although I don't know why they would put SBF on the SD.
pmp326 said:
you need to flash with rsd it will read the phone is stuck in bootloader mode download your stock sbf and flash with rsd it will bring your phone back to life!!
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pmp326 said:
make sure you remove battery plug in usb cable then replace battery while holding the vol + key
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RSD doesn't ever see the phone at all. Thanks for the suggestion. Tried to insert battery after plugged in and while holding vol + key but no difference. Been trying all sorts of key combinations from the forums but no luck there either. The drivers are completely up to date.
All suggestions appreciated! Thanks guys!
any more ideas by chance ?
It's a silly thing, but have you tried pressing the power button AFTER connected USB? Anyway try switching Config-->DeviceID options in RDS.
I was stuck at your point, only white led, hacked the battery and it has been recognised by RDS after some unistall/reinstall... try, try and try again
This happend to me too (black screen, only white led) when i tried to flash some korean froyo. I just removed the battery, connected usb, put battery back, power + vol [+] and RSD recognised it (even if screen was black)
I confirm (I had the same problem...) that your Defy is not bricked :
- don't connect the phone to the PC
- launch RSDLite and choose your SBF
- remove the battery cover (of your phone of course, not your PC ! )
- remove the battery
- plug the USB cable only in the phone
- your phone in left hand, press power + vol.up with 2 fingers of the same left hand
- put the battery into the phone with your free hand, so the right !
- when the white led appears, you can remove your 2 fingers from buttons
- then plug the USB cable in the PC
- RSDLite recognize your Defy !!!
- you can flash...
Sorry for my bad english !
If all above suggestions still fail on you. I would think it might possibly the USB port is broken or some hardware issue which is why it was sold to you as bricked Defy in the first place.
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I confirm (I had the same problem...) that your Defy is not bricked :
- don't connect the phone to the PC
- launch RSDLite and choose your SBF
- remove the battery cover (of your phone of course, not your PC ! )
- remove the battery
- plug the USB cable only in the phone
- your phone in left hand, press power + vol.up with 2 fingers of the same left hand
- put the battery into the phone with your free hand, so the right !
- when the white led appears, you can remove your 2 fingers from buttons
- then plug the USB cable in the PC
- RSDLite recognize your Defy !!!
- you can flash...
Sorry for my bad english !
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Thank you, my phone is alive
I have the ATT model of LG Optimus G Pro E980.
Today, I rooted my phone and everything went smoothly as it usually does. Everything seemed fine until i tried flashing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428207
Now I can only boot and get a LG screen and then it just turns black. I got into download mode maybe once or twice but I can't repeat it and the device doesn't seem to show up on my computer either way. I booted into CWM maybe once by smashing keys and it just randomly popped up but its also not repeatable . Any suggestions, I'll honestly try everything.
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
ahrion said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
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Thanks I'll try that but i'm not sure if i can get into download mode
nzhao20 said:
Thanks I'll try that but i'm not sure if i can get into download mode
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At the moment I'm only able to get to the lg screen and a screen that shows a battery (plugged into the computer)
Any suggestions?
Oh and also I'm able to get to factory hard reset.
nzhao20 said:
At the moment I'm only able to get to the lg screen and a screen that shows a battery (plugged into the computer)
Any suggestions?
Oh and also I'm able to get to factory hard reset.
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1) Pull out the battery. Your phone will be turned off
2) Insert the battery but the phone shoud stay turned off. Plug usb cable to the phone but not to the pc
3) While the phone is off and battery is in, press both volume up and down buttons together (Do it with your single hand)
4) While you are pressing the buttons with your hand, plug the usb cable to the pc with your other hand.
5) You should see phone gets into download mode (DOWNLAD will be written on the screen)
6) Now the pc should recognize the phone.
7) Open LG Mobile Support Tool
8) You should be able to see that it recognizes the phone. If it doesn't, repeat the first 4 steps when LG mobile support tool is open.
9) After your phone is seen by the pc, choose Upgrade Recovery from Options.
10) It will check the FW from internet by using the imei Number of the phone or you can enter E988 and your serial number manually
11) Then it will download the FW and recover your phone. It will take time according your connection speed.
anilakarsu93 said:
1) Pull out the battery. Your phone will be turned off
2) Insert the battery but the phone shoud stay turned off. Plug usb cable to the phone but not to the pc
3) While the phone is off and battery is in, press both volume up and down buttons together (Do it with your single hand)
4) While you are pressing the buttons with your hand, plug the usb cable to the pc with your other hand.
5) You should see phone gets into download mode (DOWNLAD will be written on the screen)
6) Now the pc should recognize the phone.
7) Open LG Mobile Support Tool
8) You should be able to see that it recognizes the phone. If it doesn't, repeat the first 4 steps when LG mobile support tool is open.
9) After your phone is seen by the pc, choose Upgrade Recovery from Options.
10) It will check the FW from internet by using the imei Number of the phone or you can enter E988 and your serial number manually
11) Then it will download the FW and recover your phone. It will take time according your connection speed.
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The Support Tool does recognize the phone, but I am unable to upgrade recovery. It goes all the way to downloading software, but the time elapsed stays at 00:00:13 (13 seconds). I do have the firmware installed on my computer though, and I am now able to access CWM. Help?
nzhao20 said:
The Support Tool does recognize the phone, but I am unable to upgrade recovery. It goes all the way to downloading software, but the time elapsed stays at 00:00:13 (13 seconds). I do have the firmware installed on my computer though, and I am now able to access CWM. Help?
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Try flashing firmware via CWM.
anilakarsu93 said:
Try flashing firmware via CWM.
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions! I solved my problem by going into download mode and flashing the default att rom. If anyone else has this problem you can pm me or i think there is a thread on here titled something like solving lg optimus g pro softbrick
I haven't flashed my phone in a month or two. I was looking at my phone, I set it down, try to wake it up 2 minutes later and the phone is off. There is no response turning it on. No vibrate, no noise, no visual. Recovery button/download mode button sequence doesn't work. I tried 3 different batteries, and plugging into the wall. Nothing works.
I noticed after plugging it into the PC, it shows up under device manager as QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Now from what I've read, this is pretty much impossible to fix? What I don't understand is why/how this could happen when I wasn't flashing any ROMs.
Any ideas?
etnoo said:
I haven't flashed my phone in a month or two. I was looking at my phone, I set it down, try to wake it up 2 minutes later and the phone is off. There is no response turning it on. No vibrate, no noise, no visual. Recovery button/download mode button sequence doesn't work. I tried 3 different batteries, and plugging into the wall. Nothing works.
I noticed after plugging it into the PC, it shows up under device manager as QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Now from what I've read, this is pretty much impossible to fix? What I don't understand is why/how this could happen when I wasn't flashing any ROMs.
Any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Drewker View Post
Can you help me out by sending me a link or posting the image for the i747m (NOTE: Find the appropriate unbrick.img for your model)
https://app.box.com/s/8mweuzqanzih1vxohwdj - ONLY i747m!
Good luck.
Download and install win32diskmanager, open the above image with that program and write to your blank, formatted sd card of the same size as your phone's internal memory. Once the write is done, put sd card in your S3 and hold down the power button until it loads.
Then, reboot in download mode (sd card still in). It wouldnt do it from twrp for me, had to up, power and vol.
Odin a stock image and you are good to go!
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Originally Posted by Drewker View Post
Can you help me out by sending me a link or posting the image for the i747m (NOTE: Find the appropriate unbrick.img for your model)
https://app.box.com/s/8mweuzqanzih1vxohwdj - ONLY i747m!
Good luck.
Download and install win32diskmanager, open the above image with that program and write to your blank, formatted sd card of the same size as your phone's internal memory. Once the write is done, put sd card in your S3 and hold down the power button until it loads.
Then, reboot in download mode (sd card still in). It wouldnt do it from twrp for me, had to up, power and vol.
Odin a stock image and you are good to go!
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Thank you for this. I ended up sending into Samsung. I still don't if they will fix it for free (they received it today). If they won't fix it then I will try this and report back.
No luck here
finnmacool said:
Originally Posted by Drewker View Post
Can you help me out by sending me a link or posting the image for the i747m (NOTE: Find the appropriate unbrick.img for your model)
htt ps:// app.box.com/s/8mweuzqanzih1vxohwd - ONLY i747m!
Good luck.
Download and install win32diskmanager, open the above image with that program and write to your blank, formatted sd card of the same size as your phone's internal memory. Once the write is done, put sd card in your S3 and hold down the power button until it loads.
Then, reboot in download mode (sd card still in). It wouldnt do it from twrp for me, had to up, power and vol.
Odin a stock image and you are good to go!
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Nothing here either (i747m[BC] - Bell)
VonSmitherski said:
Nothing here either (i747m[BC] - Bell)
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What does that mean? You couldn't d/l the file? It wouldn't boot when the sd card was inserted?
finnmacool said:
What does that mean? You couldn't d/l the file? It wouldn't boot when the sd card was inserted?
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File has been downloaded. The partions in the file are set from 0-22 (sec. boot 3.0 goes from 1-23 (1 being modem and 23 being grow))
It doesn't boot from the SD card at all - no signs of life, whatsoever, no light, no vibration, nothing.
What my thought are at this point is whether or not there'd be much difference if parition (0) [modem] were to be changed to 1 and like-wise for the rest of the partitions [i.e - 2 changed to 3 and 3 changed to 4].
So I bought a used G3 knowing about the issue it had; it didn't boot. I thought I could find a workaround to this but the phone doesn't boot, doesn't enter recovery or download mode. All the info I have is that when I take off the battery the pc sees it as an unknown device, while it's connected I press the power button for several seconds and it disconnects from the pc, reconnects after several more seconds of pressing the power button. Screen remains dead. Seller told me he had a perfectly working phone before he tried to root it and it never turned on again. One more indication is that the LED notification only flashed red a few times when I connected it to the wall charger and that was it. No LED working after that. I'm open to any suggestions though I guess I'm here for someone to tell me there's no hope reviving the device. Thanks in advance!
Same proble with mine but i bricked mines when update to lollipop and never turn on again . still waiting to some one help to revive my LG
If I come across any solution I'll post it here. In the meantime I've tried the following method on a freshly formatted laptop and I still get "Unknown Device" in Device Manager..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
same here
same problem, someone told me that if was the board or something like that and that it only can be fixed with a complete replacement of this, also, that it could be fixed with linux using comands to install .APK or .TOT.
linux sometimes sees it as Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB_BULK, using a virtual machine of linux ubuntu, windows 8.1 sees it as unknow device
LG dead since 3 months ago.................. i wasnt using the phone at all when this happended so........... :crying:
jc.delgado11 said:
same problem, someone told me that if was the board or something like that and that it only can be fixed with a complete replacement of this, also, that it could be fixed with linux using comands to install .APK or .TOT.
linux sometimes sees it as Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM QHSUSB_BULK, using a virtual machine of linux ubuntu, windows 8.1 sees it as unknow device
LG dead since 3 months ago.................. i wasnt using the phone at all when this happended so........... :crying:
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I tried using a boot usb drive to see if ubuntu saw the device but it didn't. Maybe there's some things needed that I didn't do. The thing I don't understand the most is why do windows see it as an unknown device only with the battery out while if I connect the G3 with the battery on, it doesn't show anything on device manager..
Nubrig said:
So I bought a used G3 knowing about the issue it had; it didn't boot. I thought I could find a workaround to this but the phone doesn't boot, doesn't enter recovery or download mode. All the info I have is that when I take off the battery the pc sees it as an unknown device, while it's connected I press the power button for several seconds and it disconnects from the pc, reconnects after several more seconds of pressing the power button. Screen remains dead. Seller told me he had a perfectly working phone before he tried to root it and it never turned on again. One more indication is that the LED notification only flashed red a few times when I connected it to the wall charger and that was it. No LED working after that. I'm open to any suggestions though I guess I'm here for someone to tell me there's no hope reviving the device. Thanks in advance!
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Hi there.
Please check these 2 threads out and see if any of it will help you. The one for the G2 can also be used for G3.
Here are the links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/unbrick-lg-g3-qhsusbbulk-qualcomm-9008-t3072091 With this technique you would have to find the software online somewhere but this method does revive dead G3 with these symptoms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
If I helped somehow, hit the THANKS button.
Good luck!
The thing is I can only get the device to be recognized as an Unknown Device in Device Manager and only with its battery out. If I keep 'volume up' pressed nothing happens, it's only shown after I simply connect the USB cable and it pops up after 10 seconds or so. It's very consistent in the way it behaves..
A small update, sometimes when I pull and put the battery again, I connect the phone to a pc while holding down vol- and the pc makes the connected usb sound while the phone led is blinking red for a couple of minutes, then it stops. That's about all there is concerning the phone giving signs of life..