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Okay so here is the deal. I just picked this sweet Epic up and started rooting it and I can't get it connected to the pc to get into the files. I set the phone to debugging, and even tried it with it off as well, then I connected the usb (and yes I tried alt cords too) to the pc and selected mass storage (I tried charging too). The pc says it's installing the drivers and even says completed and ready to use but on my computer screen it only shows my hard drive . I downloaded the starter sdk and tried those drivers as well. Even though I could not get it to recognize I started Odin and while phone was on it showed 2 ports, but once I turned the phone off and set it to download mode I get zero, zip, nada for ports available. Now I did see somewhere to set the code back to PDA and top to Modem so I did that as well. Still no luck. I am running stock Froyo EC05 2.2.1 and 2.6.32.9 kernel. Can someone please help me out? I had a Moment before this and never this many issues. Is there a way to just put the card in a reader and install the files and then put it back in my phone and run recovery from there? I've never had to do that before so I was wondering if it's an option if I can't fix this. Last thing is the charging time is way long and the hold isn't lasting long either. I'm no expert or developer, but I'm flashed many ROMs on my moment so I guess you can say I know a little. Please no tech jargon/lingo though to prevent unnecessary communication issues. Suggestions on GB ROMs would be nice too. I tried RandomKing but the links were no good. I hate the stock garbage on there and would love it if someone could help me get them off so I can continue with my rooting agenda.
Try with USB debugging on, connect to the computer then go into control panel and device manager, find phone entry, probably samsung android, then hit update drivers from Windows Update. Takes a while to load all drivers, sometimes more than 30 minutes. Then reboot computer and phone and try it.
As for ROMs they are ALL good. Read the description of each to find out what's in it and if you like it, try it.
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Thanks for the reply. I tried that (unknown device) but I just keep getting windows has decided your driver is the best message when I even disabled, re-enabled, removed and re-installed all drivers. It's really bugging me and I'm not one to give up but I spent over 6 hours on this last night and I'm stumped. BTW what 2.3 ROMs do you know of that are stable with the least issues? Just suggestions of course as everyone has their own style...
Stick to the EG22 ROMs since EH06 and EH17 caused many phones to random reboot. After a few days EH17 started disconnected my calls. I have been using a ROM not listed on XDA. It is Bonsai B14 EG22 based. You can google Bonsai Android or click my signature. There are a few good ones in the development section here too.
Sounds like it is definitely a driver issue. There are samsung drivers floating around here. If you don't find a working set I will hunt them down tonight for you.
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You can try the drivers in the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Thanks...
Cool I will try that out when I get home since work computers are usb restricted
Thanks for all your help and I'll update you tomorrow.
By the way I was playing a HD game on it today while charging and I got a charging paused, battery too hot or cold... Is this a problem with the EG22 build?
Another thing to make sure of is if your dial ##8778# it will bring up a menu, make sure your device is on pda.. believe it or not this helps some people
* PDA should be selcted under the USB Section.. the other section should be on modem
Sent from my old but still kickin Epic 4g
Yeah that's what I was talking about that I tried.
Now I did see somewhere to set the code back to PDA and top to Modem so I did that as well.
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rooted!!!
Got Odin working and downloading now... Had to sneek my laptop into work to get her done but... LOL... Now time to get rooting!!!
Thanx guys... Will let you know what ROM I went with later today...
Working on putting on 2.3.4 EG22 v. Alpha "Hawk" [Journaled] EG22 AIO Volume/Hotspot/Lockscreen/Overscroll/Lag Fix but the download is taking over 2 hrs!
Phone isd not working at all now...
I put it through Odin and was following the prompts on the odin page that said to put victory_8G_100528.pit in pit and the tar in, hit start it went through and said something about partition and then the phone shut off and never came back on. It won't even charge now... NO life at all.
Fixed...
Okay I took the battery and sd card out, and then plugged the usb in while holding 1 & power down. That put it into download mode. From there I just put the battery and card back in and installed clockwork. BTW the only cord that would work was the one that came with the phone. Took me 12 hr to figure that one out because all the forums said to not use it. UGH
Thanks for all the help.
Also watch out for launchers that hide you notification bar, this can bork USB/sdcard detection, I just made a tip thread.
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Okay I took the battery and sd card out, and then plugged the usb in while holding 1 & power down. That put it into download mode. From there I just put the battery and card back in and installed clockwork. BTW the only cord that would work was the one that came with the phone. Took me 12 hr to figure that one out because all the forums said to not use it. UGH
Thanks for all the help.
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There is a manufacturers cord that is the same connector but doesn't work, not sure which one but I use my old Palm Pre cable and a lot of others use Blackberry cables.
Oh so nice
Okay the new ROM is running great and is oh so sexy, fast and powerful, although I do not like the home page dock layout. I see no issues yet and I'm switching back to the Epic today after I beef up my old moment (which I had swapped to for the day because I thought I soft bricked the Epic beyond recovery) I promised to my mom. I'd like to find a stable GB build for her too but it doesn't look like the programmers have figured that one out yet.
BTW the cord I have is the one that looks a little weird on the end you plug into the phone and seems to be real stiff. I got more phones to mess with so thanks all...
Anyone know of any good tutorial sites that teaches how to develop and write codes? Flashing is one thing but getting to know the nuts and bolts to help others out is where I want to be.
Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
Did you try different USB ports? Or a different computer?
meekrawb said:
Did you try different USB ports? Or a different computer?
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ports yes, computer no... i don't have any others built here at my house. i just dont see how all the other phones and cables are working with this PC... how could that matter. im willing to try it but i just dont have another one up and going yet.
Try opening kies and selecting "Emergency firmware recovery"
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Hope this helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
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Droid8Apple said:
Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
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A lot of people have had trouble updating through goo. Some in this thread discuss it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768742
All seem to solve their problem with Odin though. Make sure you're on Odin 1.85, I used 1.84 by mistake once and it kept failing and once crashed my computer. Also make sure to deactivate Kies, Odin won't work with it running. Sometimes we miss basic stuff when we're stressing!
T989D
latest CM10.1
latest Uber
Go into Samsung kies and try a emergency firmware update
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Droid8Apple said:
ports yes, computer no... i don't have any others built here at my house. i just dont see how all the other phones and cables are working with this PC... how could that matter. im willing to try it but i just dont have another one up and going yet.
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The only other advice I can think of is to try making a new Windows user account and give it administrative privileges.
Droid8Apple said:
Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
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OK this is he fix for that, can u get into DL mode? If u can its an easy fix
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Droid8Apple said:
Before flaming me... notice I've been a member since 2009 with my G1, and also notice that I've barely posted. I mostly read, search, and follow instructions.
I am having a problem that I've never seen before through all the Android's I've had. It's SIMILAR to one's I've seen, but NOT the same. I'm hoping someone can take a minute to give me ideas.
The other night I installed TWRP 2.6.0.0 via GooManager... when I chose "reboot recovery" from inside GooManager just to see what had changed and then the following happened........................
My GS2 will NOT boot up. Will NOT charge. Will NOT go into recovery... however it WILL GO INTO DOWNLOAD (ODIN) MODE. I've bricked phones before... never once have I been able to access DL mode. HOWEVER: I cannot get the PC (ODIN, ADB, GS2 Toolkit, Keis) to recognize the phone in download (or any) mode. When I try to boot the phone unplugged the Samsung logo will flash up quickly then the screen goes blank. Typically I'd see Deviant Development or Cyanogenmod Boot Anim at this point but NOTHING. Just goes black. Same result for manually trying to boot into recovery. When plugging the device in while powered off, I will get an empty battery with "waiting/busy/thinking" circle inside of it for a second then it also goes blank.
What I've tried:
-uninstalling Samsung USB drivers and reinstalling (both versions i could find in my PC and online- v1.3.2200.0 and 1.5.14.0 or something close to those)
-uninstalling Keis and reinstalling in combo with the Samsung drivers
-uninstalling all traces of drivers from anywhere and seeing if Windows Update would notice it
-different USB cables... about 9
-other Samsung Android phones in DL mode (windows immediately recognizes them and installs necessary drivers)
-CRC QD Electronic Cleaner inside USB
-took apart phone, gently cleaned with alcohol and insured no loose pieces
-tried with no battery inserted
-probably other's I've forgotten by now
I'm begging and willing to pay at this point for the person who helps me fix my phone. I cannot afford a new one. Samsung and T-Mobile are not willing to do anything for me. I'm pretty good with Android, and with using ADB for simple tasks. If it's possible to have happened- it honestly seems like the Recovery and OS got deleted. Either that or the USB port has gone bad but no tabs are bent inside and all "looks" fine.
Again, a CASH reward is being offered to the person who helps me FIX this. How much $ will be considering how much work it takes for the individual(s) to help fix it.
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Just read a little more of your post here is how u can fix it and its very simple, the thing is goomanager has been a little f'd up lately, its been softbricking ppls phone since 2.6 came out, u need to go here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and download twrp 2.6.0 tar file, turn off or uninstall kies, odin will never connect or see the phone if kies is running, even if in the background odin will never see the phone if kies is abywhere near it, and kies wont see it because its modified software wise, now open Odin file and run the app, put the Hercules into DL mode and connect to PC with your factory OEM USB cable, Hercules doesn't like any other cable with Odin for some reason, Odin should say "Added" once it does click on the PDA box- DONT CHECK ANYTHING ELSE, find the tar file u downloaded from the link i put above, the click start, Odin should take about 1min to do its thing, do not dissconect the phone at all until Odin gives the green "passed" signal in upper box, Odin will auto reboot ur device and that should've fixed it, if not u may need to flash another rom bit don't worry all easy fixes, I can't stress how important it is to not panic in these situations, follow what I said and ur herc will be good as new, no I don't want the money, just forward the help to the next person...
I'm about to try this. Let it rest a few days. I will go into the PC and remove kies and all its traces... I have tried many times without it installed and still it won't recognize the phone. Even with the 3 OEM cables I tried. I do use Odin 1.85 and have a few tar laying around I would have used had I got a connection. Other galaxy phones and my wife's captivate glide are recognized as soon as I plug them in. I just feel like it is more than it is letting on to. Like ... something as stupid as could the battery be bad. Would it cause this. Did a jig for my i897 mess up my USB port or motherboard. I'm just so upset. Using a crappy $20 phone and it sucks bad. Thanks to all who have helped so far. Going to take a few more stabs at it.
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The only other advice I can think of is to try making a new Windows user account and give it administrative privileges.
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thank you, i'm trying this right now, just deleted all traces of samsung anything off the computer and am going to reboot. not a bad idea.
Kies fixed my soft brick when odin didn't work, don't underestimate it
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Droid8Apple said:
I'm about to try this. Let it rest a few days. I will go into the PC and remove kies and all its traces... I have tried many times without it installed and still it won't recognize the phone. Even with the 3 OEM cables I tried. I do use Odin 1.85 and have a few tar laying around I would have used had I got a connection. Other galaxy phones and my wife's captivate glide are recognized as soon as I plug them in. I just feel like it is more than it is letting on to. Like ... something as stupid as could the battery be bad. Would it cause this. Did a jig for my i897 mess up my USB port or motherboard. I'm just so upset. Using a crappy $20 phone and it sucks bad. Thanks to all who have helped so far. Going to take a few more stabs at it.
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That is very strange indeed then, I can't think of any other task reason as to why it wouldn't recognize the device, if kies isn't installed and ur on OEM cable and drivers are installed that's very strange indeed I don't think I've ever run into an issue like that, I do know goo has been fing ppls phones up lately but I also heard they got it fixed so Im lost, I mean theoretically it could be the battery but it still doesn't make sense because u should get done response even with no battery, let me look into it a little more, now I'm interested, pm me if u figure it out or any new info this struck an itch in my brain lol sorry to hear about the herc, I lost mine for a whole day due to a bad Odin flash once and was freaking out cuz I had to use my old precedent so I feel for u, just doesn't make sense...
no luck
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That is very strange indeed then, I can't think of any other task reason as to why it wouldn't recognize the device, if kies isn't installed and ur on OEM cable and drivers are installed that's very strange indeed I don't think I've ever run into an issue like that, I do know goo has been fing ppls phones up lately but I also heard they got it fixed so Im lost, I mean theoretically it could be the battery but it still doesn't make sense because u should get done response even with no battery, let me look into it a little more, now I'm interested, pm me if u figure it out or any new info this struck an itch in my brain lol sorry to hear about the herc, I lost mine for a whole day due to a bad Odin flash once and was freaking out cuz I had to use my old precedent so I feel for u, just doesn't make sense...
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so here is a brief update... tried everything that was replied. im getting ready to make a video just so the hacking world can see. thats what i mean, im no NooB when it comes to this stuff. i've been building computers since i was 14... not a genius but i've never gotten "stuck" before. even when bricked i have found out how and coached people how to fix their issues lol. doesn't make any sense at all to me either. i tried searching everything i could and came up with people who had similar issues not exact. unlike you, some who replied to this didn't read my entire post especially where it says "what i've tried" lol. glad you did though. i cant tell you how much it means to me that you're thinking about it. i wish there was a way to "escalate" this matter lol. i bet the original Cyanogen dev Steve Kondik would know in a heartbeat. not discrediting anyone just saying. i bet he has come acrossed it before. unfortunately though i was running JMT6 i didn't receive any help from Deviant Development when i posted to their facebook group. Just wish more people were on who'd take a second to help others like you did. thanks again.
*_!*_!*_!*_! I tried kies folks *_!*_!*_!*_!*_!*_!
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Kies fixed my soft brick when odin didn't work, don't underestimate it
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GUYS I'VE TRIED EVERY POSSIBILITY WITH KIES. Anything that Kies could give me right now in this state (aka: one of 2 things... install drivers 50 times or 'emergency firmware upgrade' which requires an acknowledged connection to PC and a screen that is similar to the DL screen but indeed is not the DL screen...) i have tried. that's why i went through the hassle of making this post... if it were a basic, every-day NooB problem i would have fixed it already...
sorry if that sounds trollish but i took the time i did writing the "issues/what i've tried" in the original post for a reason. this goes far beyond what Kies can do for me. thank you very much for the help though, much obliged!
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so here is a brief update... tried everything that was replied. im getting ready to make a video just so the hacking world can see. thats what i mean, im no NooB when it comes to this stuff. i've been building computers since i was 14... not a genius but i've never gotten "stuck" before. even when bricked i have found out how and coached people how to fix their issues lol. doesn't make any sense at all to me either. i tried searching everything i could and came up with people who had similar issues not exact. unlike you, some who replied to this didn't read my entire post especially where it says "what i've tried" lol. glad you did though. i cant tell you how much it means to me that you're thinking about it. i wish there was a way to "escalate" this matter lol. i bet the original Cyanogen dev Steve Kondik would know in a heartbeat. not discrediting anyone just saying. i bet he has come acrossed it before. unfortunately though i was running JMT6 i didn't receive any help from Deviant Development when i posted to their facebook group. Just wish more people were on who'd take a second to help others like you did. thanks again.
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Haha I'm STILL thinking about it lol, like u I've been building and hacking software for around ten yrs now, and also like u I've never just been stuck, I've bricked devices and still brought them back, even applied the unbrickable mod to my captivate and never have I just not been able to explain what was going on lol, I help whenever I can because I may be the one asking for help someday, this issue u have though is very perplexing, it can't be the port if the phone still goes into DL mode, but then why is it not able to connect? The PC should see something, even a hard brick gets noticed by PC as being there, can't get a flashable connection but the pc still sees it, I've been working this over for 2 days now lol, I am trying for u buddy lol
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That is very strange indeed then, I can't think of any other task reason as to why it wouldn't recognize the device, if kies isn't installed and ur on OEM cable and drivers are installed that's very strange indeed I don't think I've ever run into an issue like that, I do know goo has been fing ppls phones up lately but I also heard they got it fixed so Im lost, I mean theoretically it could be the battery but it still doesn't make sense because u should get done response even with no battery, let me look into it a little more, now I'm interested, pm me if u figure it out or any new info this struck an itch in my brain lol sorry to hear about the herc, I lost mine for a whole day due to a bad Odin flash once and was freaking out cuz I had to use my old precedent so I feel for u, just doesn't make sense...
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btw, something weird... once i created the new account on my PC and tried different cables, when trying my HTC EVO 4G (old school) cord i got the "duh-dum" from windows as if it knew i plugged my device in- however it didn't pop up with "installing device driver software" nor show up in Device Manager anywhere... i got it to make the sound on/off maybe 3 times in half an hour.
so... to tease your brain even more... why would ONLY the HTC cord make it do that and why wasn't anything "happening" in the pc? even driver manager (freeware) doesn't do anything.
Droid8Apple said:
btw, something weird... once i created the new account on my PC and tried different cables, when trying my HTC EVO 4G (old school) cord i got the "duh-dum" from windows as if it knew i plugged my device in- however it didn't pop up with "installing device driver software" nor show up in Device Manager anywhere... i got it to make the sound on/off maybe 3 times in half an hour.
so... to tease your brain even more... why would ONLY the HTC cord make it do that and why wasn't anything "happening" in the pc? even driver manager (freeware) doesn't do anything.
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That's very strange lol, so it only made the connection sound when using the HTC cord? Now that I can't explain lol, but, I'm trying to recreate ur issue on another device, I'm going to figure it out lol it's like that proverbial itch u just have to scratch lol, so even with the connection sound from windows the device is still not seen anywhere? Uuughh
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HAD to throw that in there didn't you... the fact that yours is still working hahaha jk.
anyhow like i said its awesome you're thinking about it and trying for me. really appreciate that. and i agree- never seen anything like that. ready to start waving cash wads around hahaha. you're exactly right though- example here:
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in charging cord.... it shows me samsung and just starts rebooting and vibrating every 2 seconds until i let go and unplug....
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in USB cord... goes into "blah blah blah press volume up to continue to download, press volume down to restart device" so i obviously hit UP and it goes into download. it HAS TO know im connected to the computer.
there's a chance it just reads how much voltage is coming into the USB and determines whether or not to go into DL mode- i've seen that before. just wish i had another PC here to try on.
about ready to give out my LogMeIn info and let people see im not crazy hahaha
Droid8Apple said:
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HAD to throw that in there didn't you... the fact that yours is still working hahaha jk.
anyhow like i said its awesome you're thinking about it and trying for me. really appreciate that. and i agree- never seen anything like that. ready to start waving cash wads around hahaha. you're exactly right though- example here:
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in charging cord.... it shows me samsung and just starts rebooting and vibrating every 2 seconds until i let go and unplug....
take out battery, insert battery, press volume hardware keys to get into download and plug in USB cord... goes into "blah blah blah press volume up to continue to download, press volume down to restart device" so i obviously hit UP and it goes into download. it HAS TO know im connected to the computer.
there's a chance it just reads how much voltage is coming into the USB and determines whether or not to go into DL mode- i've seen that before. just wish i had another PC here to try on.
about ready to give out my LogMeIn info and let people see im not crazy hahaha
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Oh I believe u lol I've seen some unbelievable stuff before, just never like this, and yes I guess it could be acting like a jig but then where are u getting the 301k to jump it lol believe me I had my herc for a day, went to root it and Odin failed halfway through bcuz I forgot to disable kies, which led me to " firmware upgrade encounter an issue, please select recovery in kies and try again" for two days because it wouldn't connect and that's the only screen it would boot to, ugh had to use my old zte merrit, ugh that sucked, so I feel for u buddy, have u tried different PCs? I can't think of any other reason, if u have no other way u could JTAG it, I know I know but as a last alternative, I got a buddy with a box, I'm trying to recreate it on a galaxy precedent but all I've gotten so far was a few soft bricks I can't figure out why its not being seen as anything, there should be something there, somewhere, even if it only sees the qualcom chip something should be seen with PC...
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yeah... ive been thinking about that. on the other hand im thinking that $400 isnt that much money and i'd really like an upgrade lol. id LOVE a Note 2 or GS4... but that takes time and patience and saving for a couple weeks... therein lies the problem haha. this guy right here has limited patience.
keep plugging away at it (no pun intended) and let me know if you have any new ideas.
Hey there everyone,
So this morning i woke up and finally decided i wanted a custom rom on my phone.
Since i'm pretty much the biggest noob ever on android customization ( i cam from apple like a month ago) i used the cyanogenmod installer and everything worked out perfect.
Got a nice phone that is rooted for me and i like the interface better now than before.
There's one thing that i can't fix though. Ever since the cyanogenmod rom is on there it wont't let me connect to my pc. It gives the sound of connecting but it doens't show up whenever i look for it.
I got the galaxy note 2 GT-N7100. On the cyanogenmod troubleshooting page were a couple of steps to make it connect again. I tried that whole method and it didnt work out. On the bottom of there it said i should re-download the usb drivers for my phone and just install them if it doesn't work.
Well then finally comes my big question because i have been looking all day and didn't find any succesful results: Where do i download the usb driver for my phone?
I really apreciate all the time that you took reading and i hope someone got an awnser for me, Sorry for being such an android noob! I will learn all the magic tricks eventually but i'm not there yet so i still need some help.
Thanks in advance!
First let me say that I am 51, not a techie and only smart enough to start a conversation about my phone but not intelligent to keep it going.
I have had an i317 ATT Note 2 for a good many years. Some time back ( about a year ago ) I was reading pretty steady about rooting my phone and installing a custom ROM. Well.....reading a lot and becoming constipated with information is about as far as I got. Sad, yes I know...but that's really it. It was SO overwhelming for me that I called it quits. Somehow I managed to gain SuperSU ( if that's right ) status and my phone said I had "root access". However, I never installed a custom ROM. It was about this time I found , if I have this term right, Wanam xposed and or xposed installer. IF, this is correct, what ever it was allowed me to really tweek a lot of settings on my phone so much so that I told my wife I just didn't have it in me to ROOT, but could ust this new app to change a lot of "stuff" and I'd be ok with that. Well, as time went by I stopped fooling with it, found a few things I liked changed the way I had them and just left it alone. I'm not a gamer, not a techie, although I've read a lot of definitions, some stuff just don't "click" with me. There was about 4-5 times back that year ago that I did what ever it was that made me think I bricked my phone. so much so that I thought I was going to literally throw up, I was really that sick inside. Well, it was nothing more than reading many many different posts on forums and not knowing what I was doing, that I somehow used Odin to get is back where I could use it. A major problem was not understanding what I actually did nor even knowing how to repeat it without again, just stumbling upon it.
So, with all this time having passed......the other day a message popped up on my phone saying "UPDATE AVAILABLE" or what ever it was....either way I KNOW I seen the word UPDATE. It said click here ot begin update or click here to update at a later time. I wasn't so much thinking to myself, DONT UPDATE because you'll screw everything up.....I was simply declining because I didn't want to be bothered. Certainly I'd forgotten or never given it any thought about the possibility that I'd end up in a mess. Like I said, I had ROOT ACCESS....just never installed a ROM so I may not have even thought an update would have done anything negative. Well, later in the day ( about 7 days ago now ) I hit UPDATE and my Note 2 that I absolutely LOVE is now turning on, goes to the black Galaxy Note II screen, then the swirling circle and gets stuck and locks up every time at the ATT logo that looks like a globe.
I have read and read as many things as possible on my end......so much so that after about 2-3 hours each setting I end up with a headache, am frustrated and deflated until I walk away. I don't know the correct terminology to express every step I've taken but will share with you all what I can at this time.
I can do both 3 button press methods....power, home and vol down...then press up I think for download mode. I can also press power, home and vol up which takes me into the mode that shows the little Android dude who lays down like he's having repairs done. I will add here that while in that mode, I've literally clicked on EVERY SINGLE choice in every single mode/ screen or what ever it's called. I've cleared, reset, recovered and scrolled through every choice and hit every button available......and as many times that I've plugged in, used many many different forms of Odin and countless files with the .tar files...I've also clicked on everything I can to see if anything changes.
Believe me, as frustrated as it is reading what to you seems like gibberish, it's equally as hard reliving it again and again. I've already put in 3.5 hours tonight and NOW am typing this to you kind people to see what hope there is and if I can understand it if something is shared with me.
I've downloaded Odin 307, Odin 3_v3.10.6, 4.3 Param_tz, Odin 185...honestly about 3-4 more Odins and gone back after I have downloaded and unzipped so many that I've been baffled only to delete them after literally going through the process ( following XDA steps by steps......AND PASSING EACH TIME!! ) only to not have crap when I'm finished. I've even unzipped CF AutoRoot MD5 file this last time just hoping to pull something out of thin air.
It's no joke when I tell you I've followed more steps on the XDA site and countless other sites...totally by the book and have had 100% negative results. It's not that I've got this endless list of contacts that I can't live without. It's not that I've got 344 fresh work pics of jobs I've completed or even pics of jobs to estimate for work, it's just that it sucks so bad to be in a position of not having this phone that I totally love so much. It's not loaded with games and I don't do anything really intelligent on or with it. But it is very important to me, I'm a creature of habit and over the years have really become attached to it. My wife and oldest son have just upgraded our plan to include him with a data package for a smart phone and with it they received new phones. It's been about 2 months ago and I told my with, I DON'T WANT A NEW PHONE!! I LOVE MY PHONE!! I still do, I'm just stuck and obviously not sharp enough to get out of this one without asking for help.
It's been reset, restored, erased, you name it. I've had the battery in and out, sim cards in and out, pushed every button 10 times in combination with other buttons, read and read, followed every step for downloading, unzipping, using multiple Odin files new and old.....just everything. I can't access kernals or other important data you may ask for because I can't get out of the start up logo....I thing it's called bootloop?
Man I'm really jammed up and would be forever grateful if someone could shed some light on this situation. I know I may have gone way overboard with everything that's been loaded, pressed, wiped etc, but I've exhausted everything I could think before asking for help.
I can't even count the number of times that I've entered Odin with a .tar file and it's gone through every part of it's deal only to end saying PASS!! ...usually within 2:02 to 2:12. The CF Auto file was :08 and said PASSED!!
Frantic, frustrated and fully prepared to beat myself with a stick
I need simple simple guys. I HATE to be a bother, but I'm stuck and know that you all are good people who fun a respectful forum and are courteous with one another. So here I am. Any help please?
I would like to add that I've not simply popped onto this forum and asked a repeated question before having read many other posts involving much of the same issues. I am a foretravel motorcoach owner and am on a forum very similar to this one where there are noobies and those of you who have a great deal of knowledge that share so others may have a pleasant experience. Honestly enough, I'd rather take my whole coach apart ( I'm no diesel mechanic nor have air system knowledge ) and rebuild it blind folded, rather than have problems with my cell phone. I have read all of the posts from those who have the i317 att note 2 as I do. I've walked ( confusingly ) through all the directions that have been given to them. I wish I knew the language better but have to admit that I struggle. Imagine each time reading a helpful post for a similar problem, going back into my downloads and deleting everything on my PC and then downloading the next set of steps involved in helping the next person with similar issues. Each time I download, unzip, reconnect, run through Odin and pass...only to find that I'm no further ahead and have no understanding why things work for other people but not for me. I had hoped that I'd have had a reply that would be an "AH HA!" moment. But I've not gotten even one comment. I'm doing the best I can to communicate and reading a lot on my end to muster my way into understanding. I've made a mistake and am paying for it dearly from having hit UPDATE. I just wish I had some way of knowing why nothing seems to be working.
Okay....
Deep breath....and here we go..
The Odin flashes you are attempting....are failing due too your updated bootloader....(the one you received when you took the official update)..
Nothing you can do about the bootloader now as it can't be reverted....but that's okay....
Here's the plan...
Load up odin 3.0.7 and download the UCUCNJ1 rooted rom from the link below...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2973448
Boot the device into download mode and flash the above file...
If the device begins boot....pull the battery and put the phone into download mode ....and flash the same file again...
Once complete...allow the phone to boot and it should start normally...
If it does....then power off and boot into your stock recovery and wipe data then cache and boot again...
You should then have a rooted stock....UCUCNJ1 build...
The reason this works is because your rom image that you flashed does not contain a bootloader image....
Once you are back up and running....you'll need supersu....(the thread explains this in the first post)...
The process to get you going is pretty simple....you just need the right file to flash...
Read that first post....as everything you need is there....g
I'm really not sure if I'm replying to this post correctly as I've seen 2 options so if I'm not doing this please someone, correct me.
I'm a chimney servicing professional in Northern Michigan and right now is "GO" time for the next 4 months. I leave early mornings and return late evenings like now. Being without my phone is a really struggle and inconvenient.
So let me explain what's happened since you replied with suggestions for me. Just before your post came to me I had been reading on this forum for someone with the same phone as mine to power, volume down and home...then volume up to go into download mode. I could not only do that but could also use the feature of power, volume up and home for what ever that feature is for......as of NOW...I can only access download mode. Any other method of buttons turns on the phone and it is locked up in the black screen with Samsung Note 2....and that's completely it. Before it would at least cycle through a couple screens before locking up at the ATT globe logo.
So, just before your post came through I had read to go into download mode and then use Odin 3v1.85 to load this file Kies_home_i317_att_i317ucali2_i317att_original4.1.1
I have not used a Kies file before and the only experience I'd had with Kies was not favorable in the past for a completely different topic. So anyways, I did this again, just before your suggestion was posted and IT WORKED!!! I was pretty thrilled. It was late and for the few minutes I had gone through the phone to see what was and wasn't there it kept wanting to update. I did not do it. Finally I called it a night and early in the morning ( yesterday ) I took the phone with me to work. Although the features were slim because I'd not downloaded any previous apps, it was working.
After reading your post with the suggestion I thought as long as it's working, I'll check later to see what I could do about updating or rooting & installing a rom....which I've not done before. Well, last night while shaving and having the phone on the counter, I glanced down and it went into UPDATE mode all by it self. I tried to stop it but buttons were useless. So, all day again I've been without a phone and now the only thing the phone will do is power up with the power button and get stuck in the black screen with Samsung Note 2....that's it! Or, I can power, home and volume down, then up to enter download mode. I have since gone back to the Odin 3v1.85 and ran the same Kies file I mentioned above. The thing was...in the past I was going into different versiona of Odin and attempting to download files and it would do SOMETHING...then say pass...but nothing really happened. Doing what I'd mentioned above...the phone would log into Odin 1.85 and download the Kies file....only now it was taking 5+ minutes and working...or should I say "worked once" instead of taking only 2 minutes in the other Odin modes.
So, now I've completely charged 2 different batteries, and tried it a couple times just before commenting about what's happened.
So, now what??
Do I go back and attempt the directions you offered in your reply to me earlier or now and I heading in a different direction all together?
Just to let it be known, I'm not a "gotta have the newest and latest, greatest program" guy. I'd like to have a rooted and backed up phone and like to have a rom that has great battery life, allows me some cool features but mostly just have the access. I read a lot about different roms in the past and just couldnt pull the trigger on one.
I say this to mention that I'm not sure if I am successful in getting this thing back in action and am going to drop a file in the PDA slot of what ever Odin version I use....do I ALSO add to what ever unzipped file other commands like a root file or rom file ...or some sort of back up file? I thought I'd read where you added what ever you were loading the phone with was to be all added to that same PDA line together.
Gosh, I sure do appreciate any other suggestions to get this back and running.
I WILL NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING before hearing back back. Just help me please...Thanks in advance
Use my information in the post that I wrote and you'll succeed...
Flashing the rom front the link I provided will repair the problem...
Use PDA slot for the file and don't change any other Odin settings...
It'll work....g
Ok, just now I followed each step and was really excited to know I'd be back up and running.
I still cannot get into the power/ volume up/ home button mode to wipe cache. It will not go there. As soon as I press those buttons it immediately goes into "stuck" mode on black screen with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo.
I can turn on and get into download mode obviously with those buttons only volume down...then up. I tried with battery in and passed, I tried taking battery out as you directed when it tried to boot and it passed. I then ran it another time thinking I'd read someplace that someone repeated a flash process and after 3 attempts and all passing using Odin 307 it's been consistently stuck on the screen mentioned above.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate your time and will do as recommended at the times advice is given instead of doing my own mindless and unknowing thing.
What suggestions might there be now? I'm really hoping that since it will turn "on" that it's NOT bricked. I won't be able to handle it.
Much appreciated and very thankful
Please advise
Sandelman1
have now deleted all odin and repair files on my pc. Reset new odin 3.07 and redownloaded the files mentioned from the link above. I STILL have nothing but being stuck in the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. I've ran the exact same process you mentioned this morning, I've tried different fresh charged battery and also different usb ports.
OMG do I ever need help. It's really very much greatly appreciated. Is there other ideas or more hope.
I'm all ears and eager to follow what ever direction is next
Samdelman1
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have now deleted all odin and repair files on my pc. Reset new odin 3.07 and redownloaded the files mentioned from the link above. I STILL have nothing but being stuck in the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. I've ran the exact same process you mentioned this morning, I've tried different fresh charged battery and also different usb ports.
OMG do I ever need help. It's really very much greatly appreciated. Is there other ideas or more hope.
I'm all ears and eager to follow what ever direction is next
Samdelman1
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Sounds like you are close.
First off which bootloader are you on? Pre-4.3 and post-4.3
Also I wrote up a guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
This gets you out of most jams. But first please reply back with version of bootloader.
First I really appreciate your reply as with any of you veterans who are in the know. To answer your question, I'm not sure , as sad as that it. Here's what I can tell you though. The few days ago when G helped me and my phone came on for a day or two, I went into the "device info" and this is what I found.
Android 4.1.1
Baseband Version i317ucalj2 ( that L J part at the end may not have been read correctly, but that's what I wrote down ) hope that isn't a problem
Kernel 3.0.31 - 215878
[email protected]#1
SMP preempt thru oct 4
16:14:05 kst 2012
Build # JR003C.i317UCALJ2
I REALLY hope this helps you help me.
If the info I offered is personal information that I'm best not to share with the internet PLEASE let me know and I'll edit it out. I would expect to be dealing with decent folks here so should be no worries. But still let me know if it should be confidential.
Ok, that's all I can share with you since I'm not able to enter into any of the "wipe cache" mode or that department in general.
Looking forward to hearing what you have to share.
Thanks again in advance. I'm very grateful.
Sandelman1
Ok, so I went to the link you posted and before doing anything at all, I read into 15 pages of it to make sure I wasn't missing anything important to my specific install. Once I realized I only needed pages 1-2 or 3 I began. First I deleted everything off my desktop that had to do with previous odin, att and the like. Next I downloaded te odin 3.07 and joined (free) the Sam site download you recommended and waited until what seemed like forever to download.
Once that was done I reread pages one and two and focused on what to do in the event of freeze up and which option I may need to choose should I lock up in one of the two possible options.
So here's what happened. First time I downloaded the kies file......it went to RESET as you mentioned and seemed to hang up....the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 black screen came on and froze. I "thought" it was done and pulled the back off the phone and removed the battery but it was still froze. I then unplugged the original Samsung USB and the screen went black. I waited for several seconds and reinstalled the battery. ( now in prayer mode ) I hit volume up, home and power.......it went back to black screen, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and stayed there.
THEN!! I seen my PC in odin mode say PASS. I thought hmmmmm, did I unplug to fast? So I pulled the battery, reinstalled, hit vol down, home and power...then vol up and plugged the phone back in with original cord. I opened odin 3.07 and clicked on the link same as before. This time I let it run until it was at the RESET screen ...then I waited......then I waited thinking certainly it's not doing anything...then it popped up PASS!
I thought COOL, I'm in now. So it went to black screen Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and hung up. I reread from there to remove battery ( unplugging the cord at this point again of course ). I counted to about 15 slowly and reinstalled the battery and hit vol up, home and power........same crap again, how frustrating. So I'm still sticking on black screen Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen and that's where I'm at now.
I was hoping that since things were so similar between what I had going on and the link or thread you had posted, I would save time and follow the directions.
I've not spent about 2.5 hours at my PC and have to go to work for a few hours. Hopefully this will help you better know how to direct me with what I've shared with you about my phone specifics and the fact that I've already followed steps from your thread.
I'll check back in a while to see what other thoughts are going to move me forward.
Once again, I say thanks for any time you or others may spend in helping me.
Sandelman1
OMGOSH!!!
I've not got the time at the moment to share all the amazing info and things that have transpired since my last post, but I will.
Hey, quick question....seriously. How would a person donate to someone whos helped with the issues some of us experience....what's the process?
And on that same topic....what is customary or an appropriate amount?
I searched the forum looking for help because I don't have funds to buy another phone at this time but at the same time I seen it posted someplace that it's a nice gesture to "buy a guy a beer" if they've helped you. I'd like to buy myself a beer.....but I think it's been around 12-13 years now since I enjoyed my last one. In my world I though everyone around me was an A-hole.....lol...come to find out it was ME who was the A-hole. Who'd a think it,lol.
So if someone could share the how to and what's a "kind gesture" I'd really appreciate it.
Cant wait to share just how "baller status" I feel right now with what I've been able to do with ya'lls help. ( not only did this come together today but I replaced an entire engine and trans in my jeep wrangler last night before getting back on this forum.
I want to take time now to get into it but will wait becuase I've updated and would like to know about backup, storage, and root access.
Later folks...I'll be hack tonight
Sandelman1
Hi everybody, first I want to thank all devs for their work! It's greatly appreciated, Thank you!
Alrighty then I have the USCC LG G4 running or was running US99122a. Three days ago it's started to restart when ever it wanted to no matter what the battery level was at, plugged in or not just up and restart, then very shortly after it would restart with in the very first minute of being fully booted. Then shortly after that it just went into a bootloop and is now stuck on the LG screen. I have tried everything that I can find on the internet with absolutely no success of any sort. Ive went in to reset mode using voldown+power and when say yes to final warning it just stays on that screen like its frozen then eventually reboots back to being stuck on LG screen. LGUP does not work, it doesnt find it's model number. it knows what com and us99122a but unknown for model. Lg flashtool stops at 9% during s/w upgrade and either says lost connection with server OR needs/ask administrator permission (something like that but meaning the same thing) I've read that when it does don't disconnect don't do anything and after 15 to hour later presto good to go but no, no presto. I decided to ask you guys after leaving it like that for little more then 24 hours now. I need serious help as I cant afford another phone and my g4 was everything. Internet, tv, movies, work, research literally everything through miracast PLEASE HELP and thank you!
Only fix for that is a board replacement or warranty. Google LG G4 bootloop it's a common and known issue.
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Only fix for that is a board replacement or warranty. Google LG G4 bootloop it's a common and known issue.
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Not what I want to hear! But thanks for the reply!
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Not what I want to hear! But thanks for the reply!
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LG will warranty it though just have to the warranty process.
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Allaboutthemoney said:
Hi everybody, first I want to thank all devs for their work! It's greatly appreciated, Thank you!
Alrighty then I have the USCC LG G4 running or was running US99122a. Three days ago it's started to restart when ever it wanted to no matter what the battery level was at, plugged in or not just up and restart, then very shortly after it would restart with in the very first minute of being fully booted. Then shortly after that it just went into a bootloop and is now stuck on the LG screen. I have tried everything that I can find on the internet with absolutely no success of any sort. Ive went in to reset mode using voldown+power and when say yes to final warning it just stays on that screen like its frozen then eventually reboots back to being stuck on LG screen. LGUP does not work, it doesnt find it's model number. it knows what com and us99122a but unknown for model. Lg flashtool stops at 9% during s/w upgrade and either says lost connection with server OR needs/ask administrator permission (something like that but meaning the same thing) I've read that when it does don't disconnect don't do anything and after 15 to hour later presto good to go but no, no presto. I decided to ask you guys after leaving it like that for little more then 24 hours now. I need serious help as I cant afford another phone and my g4 was everything. Internet, tv, movies, work, research literally everything through miracast PLEASE HELP and thank you!
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install LG bridge and try this, connect phone in download mode and let LG bridge to recognize your phone, then click on update error recovery blue text in down right corner...
other thing you can try is this dll https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByAmkJVge8jybmN5UWo0R3MwWjA/view?usp=sharing
place it in right folder, reboot pc and try with LG UP
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install LG bridge and try this, connect phone in download mode and let LG bridge to recognize your phone, then click on update error recovery blue text in down right corner...
other thing you can try is this dll https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByAmkJVge8jybmN5UWo0R3MwWjA/view?usp=sharing
place it in right folder, reboot pc and try with LG UP
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little update for ya after trying LG UP and another LG software install pc program and 2 other android firmware versions all it would do is freeze at 9% then nothing no matter what i tried OTHER than finally getting hard bricked. (pc said when connected corrupted device not recognizing it) So I am now a firm believer in and advise to others with this problem if you're able to get it replaced through LG do it cause that is the only fix. Even tho I could of had replaced I didnt do that, instead I grabbed my 30-30 deer hunting rifle and blasted one lonely hole!!, Yes a hole and I tell you what the screen on the G4 is superb ! besides immediately around the bullet hole it didnt even spiderweb. id say 65-70% of the screen was still crack free!! no joke!