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[Q] Stuck at fast boot LG G3 F400L

Hi all,
Long time user first time posting a thread [sorry couldn't help myself]
Anyway I have a LG G3 F400L and I accidentally installed D855 rom on to it [AndroidNow_HD_8.0_Lollipop].
I have tried flash tool to flash the correct firmware but to no effect it now detects it as D855, so I cant install the F400L firmware using the F400L dll. I am installing an older firmware i.s 10e I have also tried 20f for F400L but the new flash tool doesn't recognize my phone, I have tried different USB ports and a different PC with Windows 7 32bit still nothing.
I am using Windows 8.1 64bit.
Regards and thank you for the help.

Anyone, please help.

Use cwm or any other recovery backup to restore

akashvermaofskt said:
Use cwm or any other recovery backup to restore
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Thank you for the response. I do not have access to recovery, only download mode works.
Update: I have tried using a general Dll to flash TOT file via flashtool but it doesn't let me error CrossDl [D855] to [F400L].

I had this and I set for 4 hours figuring out how to fix it. ( I had not accsess to the download mode first only to hard reset which didn't work and the "Fastboot mode started")
If you have access to the Download mode that's perfect, Follow this Tut:http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-to-unrootunbrick-lg-g3/
Please make sure you download the correct TOT file for your phone.
http://downloadandroidfiles.org/Files/LG G3/Stock Files/

SaharLevi said:
I had this and I set for 4 hours figuring out how to fix it. ( I had not accsess to the download mode first only to hard reset which didn't work and the "Fastboot mode started")
If you have access to the Download mode that's perfect, Follow this Tut:
Please make sure you download the correct TOT file for your phone.
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Thank you that did work sort of, I was doing the same thing but someone in the comments referred to a modded DLL for the flash which did the job to some extent at least.
Its back to stock but stuck at McAfee activation, requires a pin which I do not have nor have ever created one, and now a Kill switch has been engaged and no more download mode. Out of the fire into the frying pan is what I feel like right now 100hours and 33mins without my G3, but who is counting.

That's sucks where did the McAfee activation came from??
Have you tried a hard reset ? or can you access the fastboot mode again ?

SaharLevi said:
That's sucks where did the McAfee activation came from??
Have you tried a hard reset ? or can you access the fastboot mode again ?
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Nothing, no download mode or recovery. Boots up asks for language selection and then McAfee pops up of PIN. I am talking to McAfee support hopefully they can help.

Goodluck with that!

Thank you all.
Finally fixed. Just needed to be quick, the McAfee app gives you about 30 secs to do your thing then it pops up for pin. I opened up the McAfee app -> setting and changed the pin .

[Solution] if you flashed the wrong firmware on your LG G2

First of all I want to Thank cybertag (a member at reddit.com) whose help made me find this solution. And sorry if my English is not good, it is not my first language. As I don't have enough posts here, XDA restricts me to post external links so this is the best I could do. I will add links to the files needed once i am allowed.
A few days ago I was tinkering with after my lg g2 ls-980, the sprint version of lg g2, rooted but no custom recovery installed and I made my first mistake of changing the model number from ls-980 to D802 in built.prop file thinking that it will only change the model number shown in the hardware information and restarted the phone. Once my phone booted up after that restart everything was crashing. There was a huge number of crash reports popping on the screen and I was not able to use anything. So I downloaded the .tot files of the stock firmwares LS980ZVC and LS980ZVE (don't know why but I downloaded both) along with the .dll file needed to flash the firmware for ls980 and when I tried to flash the firmware booting the phone in download mode and using the LG Flash tool but it gave me an error saying that the firmware does not match with model number of my phone. Both firmwares gave the same error. My phone and the flash tool both were thinking it was D802 while it was not.
Now i made my second mistake and downloaded the stock firmware for D802 and flashed it using LG flash tool. The firmware was flashed successfully without any error, but when the phone booted up after the flash the touch screen was behaving funny and phone restarted every 15-20 seconds because this firmware was not meant to be used with LS-980. I was unable to do anything the way touch screen was behaving.
I spent most of my time for the next few days googling for the solution and searching on XDA and also on reddit. I found multiple threads reporting that a generic no-check DLL file is the savior in this situation, but when I tried to run it I get continuous errors telling me the following: "CrossDL [D8012] to [LS-980]". Then i found this thread by cybertag on reddit which lead me to the right direction. It suggested to hex edit the .tot file for ls-980 so that the flash tool thinks that it is for D802. So I grabbed a hex editor and found the first mention of LS-980 and changed it to D802, saved the file and tried o flash it but it was still giving different errors. Then someone suggested it only works if you edit the .tot firmware in linux based OS. So i installed ubuntu OS on a virtual machine and tried editing the firmware in that OS using Bless Hex editor, still no success in flashing. Then I tried editing in pinguy OS but in vain. Then I found FlexHex for windows and used it for editing the LS980ZVC.tot firmware did the same thing, found the first mention of LS-980 and changed it to D802, saved the file, flashed it and bingo! the flash tool gave no error this time and flashed the phone successfully.
Now there was another problem. When the phone rebooted after flashing the firmware it got stuck on LG logo forever. And when I tried to boot it into download mode, the download mode was gone and it took me to fastboot mode. The phone was stuck in bootloop and there was no download mode anymore. Now after more searching i found a method to resolve this problem. Downloaded the aboot.img and laf.img partitons for LS980ZVC and flashed both using fastboot commands. Tried to boot into the download mode again and it worked and i was in download mode one again. When I checked the phone model was changed back to LS-980, the original one. Flashed the LS980ZVE firmware from original .tot file as it was the latest version available to date and it flashed without any error. When the phone rebooted after completing the flashing process, it was as good as new, up and running the original stock kitkat rom for this model. Tested and tried everything and never noticed any issue.

Thank you @tauheed that will help a lot of people I'm sure.
Thank reddit member cybertag out there to.

please help
Hi sir!
i think i got just the problems with yours, but i not sure how to get my phone into fastboot mode no matter how many i press the [power+volume up] it just start up and stay at lg logo screen forever.
Can you explain how to get my LS980 into fastboot mode step by step, if i can put it in fastboot mode, i think i can fix it. please help

secret.animal said:
Thank you @tauheed that will help a lot of people I'm sure.
Thank reddit member cybertag out there to.
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First of all, i'm sorry for my bad english.
i having the same problems as him. my LS980 is stuck at LG logo screen (not rebooting) it just stay there forever!
when i tried to boot it into download mode, at first i thought gonna successfully boot into download mode, but it DID NOT.
Please refer to my picture below to get better understanding what i'm trying to explain and again i'm sorry for my bad english.
My pc can detect my LS980 but not in fastboot mode, i mean if i try to boot into download mode then my pc won't detect it.
I really NEED some videos if possible of how to fix this, a million thanks!!!

[email protected] said:
Hi sir!
i think i got just the problems with yours, but i not sure how to get my phone into fastboot mode no matter how many i press the [power+volume up] it just start up and stay at lg logo screen forever.
Can you explain how to get my LS980 into fastboot mode step by step, if i can put it in fastboot mode, i think i can fix it. please help
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what happens when you try to boot in to download mode?
it it stuck at download mode or something else happens?

Looks to be stuck with a broken download mode. His laf partition is broken.

tauheed90 said:
what happens when you try to boot in to download mode?
it it stuck at download mode or something else happens?
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its just stuck like the picture that i attached below . it won't go any future.
Can you help fix this?
or what can i do to fix it?
i got a LG G2 LS980

secret.animal said:
Looks to be stuck with a broken download mode. His laf partition is broken.
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hi m8, do you know how can i fix this?
please i really need some HELP over here, thank for reply

I'm looking into seeing how we can replace that laf partition that is broken. So we can fix this.

secret.animal said:
I'm looking into seeing how we can replace that laf partition that is broken. So we can fix this.
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it sound like i'm in big problem right?
i'm total noob with this, sorry.

[email protected] said:
it sound like i'm in big problem right?
i'm total noob with this, sorry.
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No problem, this is how we learn. One from the broken side and one from the fixing side. It's all good.

[email protected] said:
it sound like i'm in big problem right?
i'm total noob with this, sorry.
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the only possible option is to flash the aboot.img and laf.img partitions. But we need to find a way to do so in your phone's current state. Things can be a lot easier if you could manage to get into fastboot mode.

tauheed90 said:
the only possible option is to flash the aboot.img and laf.img partitions. But we need to find a way to do so in your phone's current state. Things can be a lot easier if you could manage to get into fastboot mode.
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Please help me out! i already bricked it for nearly 1 month already T_T

helo sir i am on window 7 i dont know how to edit modal number from hex can you please post a screen shots, i will be thanful to you plz sir help me otherwise my best will be just a plastic piece

i have wrongly flash lg g2 ls980 to d802 because the phone was refurbished
now phone is reboot and imei and baseband is unknown
so i am trying ur method but what do i have to edit in the hex editor
in flastool imei is getting shown but flash fails
please reply need urgent help

secret.animal said:
No problem, this is how we learn. One from the broken side and one from the fixing side. It's all good.
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dear sir, i have lg d802 or d800, i dont know exactly bcoz seller sold me as d802.when i flashed stock kdz of d802 , its touch screen start weired behaviour, sometime stop reposnding or some thime i touch some thing else but some thing else selected.to check i opened the back of phone, its touch strips were written with d800 /801 and 803. but d800 was marked.so i flashed d800 tot file.after flashing phone boot but in boot loop.i can enter stock recovery to hard reset, but after that still boot loop.i can access download mode, but pc do not detect phone in download mode.when i power on in normal way than device manager shows modem and lg android net. but in download mode no detection.
what can i do in this situation? do this short capacitor method will work for me? or what else i can do to get it to life again,
plz waiting for response . it is same like attached pic of download mode in starting page of this thread

afzalcool said:
i have wrongly flash lg g2 ls980 to d802 because the phone was refurbished
now phone is reboot and imei and baseband is unknown
so i am trying ur method but what do i have to edit in the hex editor
in flastool imei is getting shown but flash fails
please reply need urgent help
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majid.ayub999 said:
helo sir i am on window 7 i dont know how to edit modal number from hex can you please post a screen shots, i will be thanful to you plz sir help me otherwise my best will be just a plastic piece
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You have to edit the first mention of the model number in the hex editor. Don't mess with anything else.

i was able to sole the problem.

have you found any solution?
[email protected] said:
its just stuck like the picture that i attached below . it won't go any future.
Can you help fix this?
or what can i do to fix it?
i got a LG G2 LS980
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Have you found any solution to this problem?
I am the same problem as yours with another phone I have. It is a D800 which was wrongly flashed to D802. After flashing the D800 firmware with the model name edited, it is stuck on LG logo and it won't go to download mode either.

Not yet. I'm still waiting...total dead phone now.

[Q] My lg G4 STUCK ON DOWNLOAD MODE

my phone is not working

pilo99 said:
i think i accidently bricked my lg g4 ....now it is stuck on download mode , i tried to get to the stock recovery through the buttons ..volume down and power but it keep rebooting to download mode , plz any help will be appreciated
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Have you pulled battery and turned back on?

pilo99 said:
i think i accidently bricked my lg g4 ....now it is stuck on download mode , i tried to get to the stock recovery through the buttons ..volume down and power but it keep rebooting to download mode , plz any help will be appreciated
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i did pull the battery and waited 30 second and it is the same thing it keep going to download mode

pilo99 said:
i think i accidently bricked my lg g4 ....now it is stuck on download mode , i tried to get to the stock recovery through the buttons ..volume down and power but it keep rebooting to download mode , plz any help will be appreciated
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more info is better than none, what did you do to "accidentally brick" your phone? and if you are stuck in download mode you could try the lg mobile support tool and re load the rom for your device.

zPacKRat said:
more info is better than none, what did you do to "accidentally brick" your phone? and if you are stuck in download mode you could try the lg mobile support tool and re load the rom for your device.
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Thanks a lot , i dont think there is a room yet for lg g4 tmobile i looked every where for the kdz and tot file ...

pilo99 said:
Thanks a lot , i dont think there is a room yet for lg g4 tmobile i looked every where for the kdz and tot file ...
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READ completely, including the link in 4 before starting!!!
download the tool using the lg d851, under t-mobile. the tool is generic, and can be found at lg.com under support/downloads
1. install LG Mobile Support Tool
2. run Tool, it will query lg for updates and do so if needed.
3. Install USB Driver (dismiss if you have done so already)
4. follow this process: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51268802&postcount=21 (use 5. below to put into download mode, not vol up and down like the link states)
5. with your device off, hold the volume up button while plugging in your USB cable with the Tool open.
6 you system will recognize the device and configure drivers, this will take a minute.
7. continue following the link in 4.

I ran into the same problem and now i'm stuck in downloadmode!
Does this method work? Or is there any other fix yet?
Thanks in advance!

schwederino said:
I ran into the same problem and now i'm stuck in downloadmode!
Does this method work? Or is there any other fix yet?
Thanks in advance!
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no i did not fix mine yet i am on tmobile am not sure if they will consider return am still within retun policy

hey guys, don't ask for a different fix if you don't bother to explain how your phone got stuck in download mode. as for does this work? Why don't you try, it's the same tool used to upgrade firmwares instead of using OTA, and the link included shows how to get the tool to download the file (if it sees the same/current f/w it does not download the firmware) and you have nothing to loose, and this method is often used to recover from "soft bricking" your phone.

i was restoring my LG G3 to stock through the lg flash tool .....when i got through with it and restore was succesfull. somehow i forget the usb cable plugged through my pc usb port ...then connected my lg g4 that is where the flash tool got my Lg g4 on Downloade mode ....i tried all the methodes somehow i think the recovery is messed up .....i can get to the recovery through the button but it reboot straight to the download mode ....thanks every one for their support

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i was restoring my LG G3 to stock through the lg flash tool .....when i got through with it and restore was succesfull. somehow i forget the usb cable plugged through my pc usb port ...then connected my lg g4 that is where the flash tool got my Lg g4 on Downloade mode ....i tried all the methodes somehow i think the recovery is messed up .....i can get to the recovery through the button but it reboot straight to the download mode ....thanks every one for their support
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did you try what I listed earlier?

Yesi did every step and it does not seemto help.. Thanks again...

Yes i followed all the steps including reinstalling drivers and the lg mobile for the D851

Good luck, if you did the kdz there is the LG flash tool

zPacKRat said:
Good luck, if you did the kdz there is the LG flash tool
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When did the kdz come out? You have link for this?

MicroMod777 said:
When did the kdz come out? You have link for this?
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don't think it's out yet, however my statement was somewhat incoherent. I meant to say if he had the kdz, he could use the flash tool to recover his phone.

zPacKRat said:
don't think it's out yet, however my statement was somewhat incoherent. I meant to say if he had the kdz, he could use the flash tool to recover his phone.
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Yea, at this point there no way to fix this without a kdz that I know of.
Call LG and tell them you need the kdz to restore your G4.

i was lucky, i had flashed twrp before my phone soft brick..
Sent from my unlocked and rooted LG-H815

I got an LG G4 which is stuck on lg screen. When I put it in download mode, it shows download mode for a few seconds and restarts. I was trying to flash ZVB over ZVD and it ended up like this. Model is ls991 . Any help would be really appreciated!

Anyone got any idea? The whole thing started with getting rid of the Genisys rom ... I did not like it ... I thought I was going to bring it back to the stock, but then LG Up wrote an unkown device ... I thought it was flash with lg bridge ... that's what I lost. .. has removed recovery and has stopped updating at 16% ... since then it is only download mode I tried to update but failed with all three programs ... LG up to start - unkown device, LG bridge stop at 16% , LG Falsh Tool 9% ... sorry for my english

LG G4 Stuck In Firmware Update - Stock Reset?

Hi, recently decided to reset my phone back to stock as I had some trouble with a few programs after resetting my phone. I tried factory reset but the programs didn't work so I decided I would try to just restore to stock and start fresh. I followed a guide on how to do the stock restore using LGUP/LG Flash Tool. I followed the guide and put the KDZ File into the program and pressed cse flash. The program worked till around 12% then it got stuck and just didn't work anymore. It said error so I kept trying over and over as some guides on this problem said to keep trying.
Nothing has happened and my phone is now stuck on firmware update screen. I have taken the battery out multiple times and replaced it back in and turned the phone on but it automatically goes to that screen after showing the lg logo. I have tried the volume down and power button factory reset but that doesn't work and tried getting onto download screen if that was any help but couldn't do that either. Now I'm stuck here... Any help? Don't have any other phone and can't afford to get a new one so I would like to try fix this anyway possible.
After failing the flash update thing the program says failed my phone says 0%. It went to 1% once and then just went back to 0% after it didn't work. So don't know if it's been changed in anyway. All help appreciated.

Did you have LG up set at refurbish or upgrade.....

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Did you have LG up set at refurbish or upgrade.....
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I did refurbish first as I wanted to start new and it didn't work even though I did it a few times. I tried upgrade after and still nothing. Also have tried Uppercut and that does the same as normal LGUP.
The furthest % it got to was 19 on the computer and 8 on the phone and then it just stopped again. It usually stays between 11-19%. But most of the time 11%-16%

Have you made sure that it is the right region......
Try to down load just tot file and try that....

stinka318 said:
Have you made sure that it is the right region......
Try to down load just tot file and try that....
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Where would the TOT files be? Can't seem to find any for LG H815 v20i ?
And what program should I use to do it?

Janny1993 said:
Where would the TOT files be? Can't seem to find any for LG H815 v20i ?
And what program should I use to do it?
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This may help...........
http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G4/
If that don't work try this..........
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/bl-lock-ul-android-6-0-marshmallow-t3459260

LG Bridge for software reinstall

Hi all,
I was wondering, once I have custom firmware and recovery on my lg g4, will I be able to reinstall the software from LG Bridge. I understand that I could use the kdz downloaded by it in LG UP, but I was wondering, if I put my phone in download mode, could the update error recovery utility in LG Bridge also reinstall it?
Thanks in advance for your help

ThePiGuy said:
Hi all,
I was wondering, once I have custom firmware and recovery on my lg g4, will I be able to reinstall the software from LG Bridge. I understand that I could use the kdz downloaded by it in LG UP, but I was wondering, if I put my phone in download mode, could the update error recovery utility in LG Bridge also reinstall it?
Thanks in advance for your help
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I tried this recently just to see what it does, but it even didn't recognize the phone. So you probably need to use LGUP (which I used to go back to stock on my G4) or TWRP to flash something else.

SuperBommel said:
I tried this recently just to see what it does, but it even didn't recognize the phone. So you probably need to use LGUP (which I used to go back to stock on my G4) or TWRP to flash something else.
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I just tried it and interestingly if the phone is in download mode, it does get recognized as an LG device and will initiate an Update Error Recovery