Hi,
I know this is a typical newbie has no idea what he's doing scenario, so I apologize. However, I feel like I've tried everything and am yielding no results.
I am trying to root a Verizon LG G3. Since I'm not entirely sure as to the technical details, I want to explain what I think I know. To my understanding, there are different versions of VS985? I haven't seen anything resembling 49A, 49B, or 49C, but the closest thing I found was the software version which said VS9854CA.
The first thing I tried was the One Click Root tool. The tool did not find any methods of rooting though. The next thing I tried was TowelRoot. I set my phone to stay awake while charging, and pressed the "Make it rain" button. It turned yellow as a response, but did not do anything else even after leaving the phone untouched for eight hours. I also tried to ADB tools but "adb reboot fastboot" only rebooted the phone back into the OS, and "adb reboot recovery" showed an android figure with the words "No Command" for a small duration before rebooting back into the OS. The final guide I tried was the KDZ and TOT methods. KDZ resulted in the message "Upgrade stopped due to an error," and TOT displayed "READY!" for the COM41 but did not attempt anything even after unplugging and plugging the phone back in.
Can anyone help me please? Could there be something I'm doing wrong in any of those methods?
I appreciate all the help I get. Thank you.
I'm in the same boat. I just got this phone from eBay, thought it would be easy to root as I used to have one and that was my experience at that time. Things have changed... There is no root for this latest software version 4CA. Totally sucks!
Any suggestions for a comparable phone that can be rooted when on the latest stock update? I'm on Verizon btw...
just use the LGFlash Tool 2014 and flash the 47A KDZ (6.0) file and then rooted using KingRoot 4.9.6 .. Now going to flash twrp and them fulmics rom.
I have tried everything else nothing worked for me. I was on VS985.... MRA58K (6.0.1).. Tot method didn't worked...flashing 10b KDZ also didn't worked.. They keep giving error.
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Twrp flash doesn't worked and i lost my stock recovery too. NOw just flash 10B Tot with 35B dll and m back to Kitkat. Hope so everything will work now
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got the red factory reset with status 2.. I had to flash kdz 24b now my phone is booting
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Am unlocked, S-off, rooted, otherwise stock 4.4.3. Was trying to update to the latest 4.4.4 so replaced TWRP with stock recovery. First attempt failed, red triangle. I figured this was due to Viper4android and the buildprop tweaks that required so I uninstalled the driver and replaced the buildprop with stock version. At this point, I had turned fastboot on and USB debugging off.
After this the phone will not reboot to OS. I can get the HTC screen to flash for a few seconds by pressing Power+VolUp, which then goes black and nothing happens. I can also sometimes get to bootloader, but cannot get my PC to recognize the phone in ADB so not much luck there.
I assume something went wrong with Viper4Android uninstallation or I screwed up the buildprop replacement. Am out of ideas, should I do a factory reset in the bootloader? I do have a TWRP backup, but I can't replace the recovery or anything else through ADB for that matter.
Edit: I did notice in bootloader that OS gets no version info, so something obviously gone wrong there. I just have no idea what to do without ADB. I guess I'm screwed.
Thanks for any help!
MrDelicious said:
Am unlocked, S-off, rooted, otherwise stock 4.4.3. Was trying to update to the latest 4.4.4 so replaced TWRP with stock recovery. First attempt failed, red triangle. I figured this was due to Viper4android and the buildprop tweaks that required so I uninstalled the driver and replaced the buildprop with stock version. At this point, I had turned fastboot on and USB debugging off.
After this the phone will not reboot to OS. I can get the HTC screen to flash for a few seconds by pressing Power+VolUp, which then goes black and nothing happens. I can also sometimes get to bootloader, but cannot get my PC to recognize the phone in ADB so not much luck there.
I assume something went wrong with Viper4Android uninstallation or I screwed up the buildprop replacement. Am out of ideas, should I do a factory reset in the bootloader? I do have a TWRP backup, but I can't replace the recovery or anything else through ADB for that matter.
Edit: I did notice in bootloader that OS gets no version info, so something obviously gone wrong there. I just have no idea what to do without ADB. I guess I'm screwed.
Thanks for any help!
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Go to captain throbacks site for our m8 he has twrp fishable zips that you flash in your bootlloader. After that you can do a restore or reflash whatever. It might not show the proper os in bootlloader but don't worry bout it you can fix after. You'll be able to see what one your on after you get up and running again. Hopefully that should work. Just make sure you follow the directions correctly on his site. Just Google captain throwback.
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str8str said:
Go to captain throbacks site for our m8 he has twrp fishable zips that you flash in your bootlloader. After that you can do a restore or reflash whatever. It might not show the proper os in bootlloader but don't worry bout it you can fix after. You'll be able to see what one your on after you get up and running again. Hopefully that should work. Just make sure you follow the directions correctly on his site. Just Google captain throwback.
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Also best way to update your firmware is thru a bootlloader flushable zip as well you don't have to worry about restoring stock recovery and doesn't matter what rom your on etc. There are threads on how to do it very easy.
str8str said:
Go to captain throbacks site for our m8 he has twrp fishable zips that you flash in your bootlloader. After that you can do a restore or reflash whatever. It might not show the proper os in bootlloader but don't worry bout it you can fix after. You'll be able to see what one your on after you get up and running again. Hopefully that should work. Just make sure you follow the directions correctly on his site. Just Google captain throwback.
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Also best way to update your firmware is thru a bootlloader flushable zip as well you don't have to worry about restoring stock recovery and doesn't matter what rom your on etc. There are threads on how to do it very easy.
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Thanks! I shall look into this.
Hello,
I am not new to rooting, made a mistake in installing cyanogemod 10.2.1 on my S3. I had the Status 6 error, saw some troubleshoot fix online and it told me to delete the first line from the Update Script inside the google folder. I went to recovery, installed the rom, it said restart, so i did. Now my S3 wont load into recovery or to download mode at all. Although i still see the qhsusb_dload in device manager when i plug it in my pc.
I have tried booting from an sd card but i got nothing, i kept on trying different debrick images from everywhere and i dont know if i have the right one. My phone was in 4.4.2 before all this happened. Please help because i just got this new phone and i really dont have money to jtag. My parents would kill me.
Thank you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2962626
Hello,
I really need your help and expertise.
I got the notification that I needed to update my N7 with the latest OTA security updates. I let it do its thing and noticed after some time that it was stuck on the Google logo. I tried restarting but nothing would work. I read what I could about some people tapping the back of their units and then working again but that unfortunately didn't work for me. I tried to start in recovery mode but that didn't work and then the power plus vol up. It tried to finish installing the update. But I soon got an error message with the Android guy laying on its back with a red arrow on its stomach saying only "Error" nothing more or less. Not sure what to do next, I tried to find info on suggestions but after about 5 minutes, it seemed to try to reboot and went right back to getting stuck on the Google logo.
I've never had any issues with this. It's stock (no root) and had the Marshmallow update on it running just fine. It's completely unusable now and I have no idea what to do to try to fix this. Any suggestions would be really helpful. Thanks so much!
Please post the output of:
fastboot format cache
but if the response is "FAILED (command write failed)" then let's discuss it in the thread linked in my signature.
use nrt, would solve your problem.
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download the stock firmware latest and flash it either on fastboot or use nrt instead.
Need some guidance on this one. Went through trying to root my Note 4. Upgraded from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 after all this time waiting. From there, continually hitting soft bricks (referring to endless boot loop in regards to soft brick) and a lot of the issue I believe to be my battery. However, was originally able to flash the 5.1.1 FW (N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_N910VVRU2BPA1_HOME.tar.md5) and the brick would be remedied. At this point however, the note just goes into a endless boot loop where only thing it displays is the "Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Powered by Android" splashscreen (Never displays the oval samsung or verizon splashscreens) and vibrates twice as the screen display goes off for about 3 secs and pops back up with the same screen over again. At this point, the only thing I have found to remedy this is the Verizon Software Update program, which instantly updates to 6.0.1 (newest FW). This wouldn't be an issue, with the exception that the 5.1.1 FW still puts the phone into the soft brick state. Anyone have an idea why the FW is now putting into a brick and how to fix the issue so I can downgrade successfully?
In case it matters, to get the Verizon program to work, I would flash "N910VVRU2BPA1_StockRestore.tar.md5" via Odin and from there, download mode would then populate a screen stating update failed and to utilize the program. Seems to be the only way to get it to be able to connect.
Also, with all that said, the one thing I have thought about doing, but haven't is re-partitioning with a PIT file. However, I have not come across any threads on re-partitioning the Note 4 and those that refer state not to. With that said, I wouldn't mind attempting it if someone else feels like it may work. If so, please lead me to a thread with instructions along with a correct PIT file in order to run through the process please.
hey man I'm actually running into a similar issue. Ran into it while attempting to Root via Kingroot on 5.0.1 I was following a guide, the phone rebooted on it's own during the process and didn't have any issues rebooting, but at one point I wanted to reboot and instead of pulling the battery like normal, I decided to press the reboot option in the power menu, bad idea, now I'm bricked and Odining PA1 is not allowing a proper boot... have you found a solution to your problem? maybe it would help me with mine
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well after a really long battery pull, its booting up for me, I hope you were able to resolve this issue
I have LG G7 G710ULM variant using 11g firmware
My phone cant boot, because the bootloader is locked, and showing warning text "Your device has failed a routine safety check and will not boot", I know if I can fix it with reflashing stock rom, but using LGUP is detected as unknown, so I cant flash stock rom via download mode. My phone doesn't have twrp. I also try to reset, but it failed because block by the warning message.
I only can access fastboot and download mode (cant use it because detected as unknown)
I cannot use recovery, reset data using (vol-down and power button), LGUP (because detected as unknown model)
is this people call it brick?
thanks for helping me and sorry if I have a bad English
[sorry, already solved, flash stock rom via cmd]
Use LG Bridge and "Update error recovery" under Software Update tab.
What did you do befor you got the error?
actually mine is now stuck with the "failed routine check" message. I had locked the bootloader before being able to have a working ROM .. i think the device is gone now :/
I did brick two phones.
I am a persistent heart that is the reason I did unbrick them.
When I got bricked, it is the worse feeling, it is like a grieving proccess... The phone is still here perfect in hardware but the phone won't boot??? My blood was as red as ever. I wanted to hide myself insanely. Why the hells I did it???
I don't know if you felt exactly this. But I always tried to believe it is reversible. I hate that horrible feeling.... I did never surrender. I asked a lot google how to resolve my problem in a different way
I got some answers. I got unbricked.
And all the proccess was worthy. I got the best feeling: I am so in peace now. So relaxed as ever.
I started to love my phone as never. It is a warrior phone it just returned from the war.
If u lock the phone with root ore a non signed boot u get Bricked...
Its a whye we unloock.... Just go back and unlock and flash kdz then relock
maydayind said:
If u lock the phone with root ore a non signed boot u get Bricked...
Its a whye we unloock.... Just go back and unlock and flash kdz then relock
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I am able to flash stock KDZ using LG UP as well as factory reset with the volume/power key combo, but when I boot up I'm still presented with the "failed routine check" message. Any thoughts?
Make shure to flash the right kdz and check the refurbish option in lgup. Factory reset just wipes /data
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If u unlocked with the octobox method u might have to use it again to restore partitions if even possible
maydayind said:
Make shure to flash the right kdz and check the refurbish option in lgup. Factory reset just wipes /data
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If u unlocked with the octobox method u might have to use it again to restore partitions if even possible
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Actually I just noticed something: Factory reset might not be working because as soon as I click the power button to choose "Yes" to confirm wipe, it right away shows the "check failed" message.
I just now tried using the oldest KDZ available in the LGFirmware website, with LGUP, and tried using Refurbish and Upgrade options, but both do not fix the issue.
Also I noticed that in LGUP, it still shows my phone "Version" as "G710ULM20b" which I think is referring to the EU KDZ version that I tried flashing before this all happened. Could this mean that LGUP is not actually flashing other KDZs since the name is not changing? The other firmwares I tried flashing are G710ULM20d (latest) and G710UM10i (oldest) so I'd think that this should have changed the "Version"... Idk at this point what to do.
U can't use upgrade becous it saves files. You nead to do a full wipe..
Use the cracked version to crossflash your version if it detects as someting els
maydayind said:
What did you do befor you got the error?
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i had a kernel ram error, and then i flash boot_a partition with boot.img that used for unlocking lg g7 bootloader, relock bootloader so the phone wont boot to system, and i do more, but it failed, but thanks for asking, its already solved