Hi
I installed piece of Software called GPS Assist to acompany by TomTom Nav software. Big Mistake.
Did a Soft Reset, and it gets to the Today screen, displays half the items on it (sometimes less or more after every reset) and then just freezes.
Tapping the screen or any hardware buttons wont do anything. Im guessing something that runs for GPS Assist is starting on bootup, and freezing it.
I really dont want to do a Hard Reset, I've been careless lately and not backed it up in quite a while.
Is there anything I can do, some way of getting into the bootup and stopping services..or anything like that ?
Thanks
David
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Hey, for me have the same issue. but i tried installing Transformer 1.1.... Even I tried Hard reset... not working... have u found the solution????
I am using HTC ELF...
If any one have solution plz post it...
probably you will have to hard reset it, it has been a long time since i used a wallaby, you should of installed a program called safe mode which allows you to do what it says and go into safe mode on the pocket pc, spb pocket plus has a similar function too. This would of at least allowed you to boot up the wallaby and uninstall the offending program.
have you tried just leaving it on for half an hour ,connected to the pc. it might not be actually crashing just locked in a never ending loop?
And you did hold the power button in while using the stylus to reset(A hard reset) not just used the stylus to reset(Soft reset)?
My 4G will be 2 years old in February. It is quite buggy now, it likes to lag a lot or glitch, it's definitely not the lightning machine that it used to be. I saved all of my data and am going to perform a wipe/factory reset and wipe the cache partition (hopefully I am allowed to do that, if not, oh well too late).
Is there something more potent then a factory data reset using the Android Recovery mode while not in the phone OS? It resets the phone but I have the latest OS, which I think could end up keeping all of my bugs. Can I go back to the original OS when the phone shipped and legitimately start over and re-update everything? I logged back in and an app widget was still there with writing on it, some of my pictures, and some icons I moved around. this is after I did a rest outside of the phone, then went in the phone and did another reset. So much for wiping all of my data I guess.
So, if this does not fix the buggyness of the phone, what should I do? The phone likes to press buttons randomly and I have to hit the power button to lock it, and then unlock it for the magic button pressing to stop. This is common. Apps are slow or time out a lot and it takes the phone FOREVER to reboot. It love to randomly restart, especially using pandora or spotify. It takes a long time to connect to Wifi, sometimes I have to go to the wifi settings to wait for it to automatically choose my saved network, which baffles me like crazy.I did have the most recent update of course. I think the finger print scanner also stopped working... or it never did work. Lastly, the vibrating unit doesnt always vibrate, it likes to vibrate on a few keystrokes and it randomly stops, then starts up again. **** this phone. It really makes me want to go to an iPhone... and I am a hardcore windows computer tech and I hate apple, but ****, why cant anyone build a stable OS?
So, assuming my phone works correctly, what should I do to it once it's up and running? I am ready to Root the phone and try some new apps and hacks and what not, especially if it makes the laptop dock mode faster, cause right now it's slow as ****.
Factory reset basically wipes the /data partition.
I would also recommend you do a format of the internal sd, after the factory reset (see storage in the system settings). This way, files on the sd will have no impact on apps as you reinstall things.
Regarding returning to an earlier Rom version, I would not recommend as being part of the solution. Newer Rom version are better usually. Gb by motto is solid.
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Have had lots of problems with 2 v30's bought off ebay. This last one I can not acess anything pushing volume down and power, just keeps looping or will boot up. I have refurbished with latest us998 kdz on refurbish, but that didnt fix above problem, anyone know how to restore that part? Thanks for the help...
From Off, Vol Down + Pwr, then as soon as LG V30 logo appears, release PWR and reapply and hold.
Is that what yer doing?
newbe1droidx said:
Have had lots of problems with 2 v30's bought off ebay. This last one I can not access anything pushing volume down and power, just keeps looping or will boot up. I have refurbished with latest us998 kdz on refurbish, but that didn't fix above problem, anyone know how to restore that part? Thanks for the help...
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Hey @newbe1droidx, what is it you are trying to access with that button combination?
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Hey @newbe1droidx, what is it you are trying to access with that button combination?
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Its supposed to alow me to manually get to restore settings and factory reset when cant get to settings in android per lg email before you helped me do lgup. Since imei and serial number dont match i probably will go back and try to unlock bootloader etc and turn this into an mp3 etc player. Or try to make it a verizon phone for my service.
I think because its supposed to be there but isnt it bothers me maybe more than it should
newbe1droidx said:
Its supposed to alow me to manually get to restore settings and factory reset when cant get to settings in android per lg email before you helped me do lgup. Since imei and serial number dont match i probably will go back and try to unlock bootloader etc and turn this into an mp3 etc player. Or try to make it a verizon phone for my service.
I think because its supposed to be there but isnt it bothers me maybe more than it should
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You can also do Master Reset.
Master Reset -- using buttons:
1. Unplug phone and turn it OFF.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume down buttons.
3. When the LG logo appears, quickly release the Power button only -- then immediately press Power button again, while STILL pressing the Volume down button until you see the screen to select Yes to erase and reset everything.
4. Release both buttons so you can make your choices.
With your device powered off, press and hold the Power button and Volume Down buttons simultaneously for a few seconds.
When the LG logo appears, quickly release and then re-hold the Power button while keep holding the Volume Down button.
Let go of the buttons when the onscreen menu appears.
When you see the option to Delete all user data (including LG and carrier apps) and reset all settings message prompt, press the Volume Down button to highlight Yes.
Then press the Power button to reset the device.
Wait until the reset is complete then reboot your device. If it’s able to boot up successfully, proceed with the initial setup.
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ChazzMatt said:
You can also do Master Reset.
Master Reset -- using buttons:
1. Unplug phone and turn it OFF.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume down buttons.
3. When the LG logo appears, quickly release the Power button only -- then immediately press Power button again, while STILL pressing the Volume down button until you see the screen to select Yes to erase and reset everything.
4. Release both buttons so you can make your choices.
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Thanks I'll try that, thats not how lg said to do it, always learning....
newbe1droidx said:
Thanks I'll try that, thats not how lg said to do it, always learning....
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To my knowledge, Master Reset is more powerful version of Factory Reset.
EDIT: it may or may not be factory reset with hardware buttons, but is still referred to as Master Reset in all OEM and carrier documentation.
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To my knowledge, Master Reset is more powerful version of Factory Reset.
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I don't think there's any difference Matt. Just 2 ways of doing it. 1 is with phone on select reset thru the menu options, the other is with the key combo.
While diff LG phones may use diff key combo's to factory reset, I've never seen anything for the V30 than exactly what we've been using, and it's always referred to as 'factory reset', the only time I've read it referred to as 'master reset' is in a few of the threads (WTF) here.
It seems to me, if there was a difference, it would be well known? And we'd have some idea of what exactly the difference is? But we don't.
Cheers
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I don't think there's any difference Matt. Just 2 ways of doing it. 1 is with phone on select reset thru the menu options, the other is with the key combo.
While diff LG phones may use diff key combo's to factory reset, I've never seen anything for the V30 than exactly what we've been using, and it's always referred to as 'factory reset', the only time I've read it referred to as 'master reset' is in a few of the threads (WTF) here.
It seems to me, if there was a difference, it would be well known? And we'd have some idea of what exactly the difference is? But we don't.
Cheers
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Well, somebody tried recovery GUI factory reset in Frankenstein recently instead of "Master Reset" and messed up their phone. They also mistakenly flashed Oreo first, instead of Nougat. So, while it may be the same, I go with what works.
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Well, somebody tried factory reset in Frankenstein recently instead of "Master Reset" and messed up their phone. They also mistakenly flashed Oreo first, instead of Nougat. So, while it may be the same, I go with what works.
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I'm not saying do one over the other, just that they are probably both exactly the same, anecdotal evidence notwithstanding. If the key combo one has worked in the past, by all means, keep using it. But if there's no actual confirmed evidence indicating it does anything other than a simple factory reset, why call it something else?
doing so, imho, just adds more unnecessary complexity.
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I'm not saying do one over the other, just that they are probably both exactly the same, anecdotal evidence notwithstanding. If the key combo one has worked in the past, by all means, keep using it. But if there's no actual confirmed evidence indicating it does anything other than a simple factory reset, why call it something else?
doing so, imho, just adds more unnecessary complexity.
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Because all the LG OEM and carrier documentation calls it something else. Everyone specifically calls it Master Reset.
Two examples of many:
(T-mobile) Master reset with hardware keys
(Verizon) Master Reset (Powered Off)
It may indeed be a "factory reset", but it can be done without going into Recovery menu -- which on the V30 is hard to do with the button dance.
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Because all the LG OEM and carrier documentation calls it something else. Everyone specifically calls it Master Reset.
Two examples of many:
Master reset with hardware keys
Master Reset (Powered Off)
It may indeed be a "factory reset", but it can be done without going into Recovery menu -- which on the V30 is hard to do with the button dance.
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It **is** just a factory reset. Even the documentation above indicates it as such:
"The Factory data reset screen appears."
I'm not suggesting people use the Recovery Menu. Just that calling it something other than 'factory data reset' leads people to believe its somehow different. It's not. The documentation says as much.
I'd suggest this: Say something like "I've always used the following key combination to do a factory reset, and recommend it as it's always worked"....
And leave it at that. As it's nothing more.
Ok either way i tried it and the other way still doesn't give me a menu, no big thing time to move on to the next. So i can now lgup to latest verizon?
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Ok either way i tried it and the other way still doesn't give me a menu, no big thing time to move on to the next. So i can now lgup to latest verizon?
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Sure.
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It **is** just a factory reset. Even the documentation above indicates it as such:
"The Factory data reset screen appears."
I'm not suggesting people use the Recovery Menu. Just that calling it something other than 'factory data reset' leads people to believe its somehow different. It's not. The documentation says as much.
I'd suggest this: Say something like "I've always used the following key combination to do a factory reset, and recommend it as it's always worked"....
And leave it at that. As it's nothing more.
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There is actually one HUGE difference between Factory Reset from the Settings menu and Master Reset using the Button Dance: The latter invokes Factory Reset Protection (FRP) while the former does not. In other words: If a Google account was registered in the device when Master Reset (Button Dance) is performed, the phone will be locked down until that same account has been entered after the reset. The same is true of any other wipe initiated outside the OS.
If Factory Reset is performed from the Settings menu, the device is released from that account before being wiped, and Factory Reset Protection is not invoked. The same thing can be accomplished by manually removing the account BEFORE performing the Master Reset: Settings > General > Accounts > Google > Remove account.
At least in the US, this is required by law to deter theft (to my understanding).
Whether there are other differences between the two in their actual wiping, I do not know.
There IS a deeper Engineering reset available from the Service Menu: Dial *#546368#*932# (replace 932 with your model number). From there SVC Menu > Factory Reset (R&D Only). I used that once to overcome a stubborn carrier lock issue. But I cannot guarantee that it doesn't do other things that might be undesirable.
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There is actually one HUGE difference between Factory Reset from the Settings menu and Master Reset using the Button Dance: The latter invokes Factory Reset Protection (FRP) while the former does not. In other words: If a Google account was registered in the device when Master Reset (Button Dance) is performed, the phone will be locked down until that same account has been entered after the reset. The same is true of any other wipe initiated outside the OS.
If Factory Reset is performed from the Settings menu, the device is released from that account before being wiped, and Factory Reset Protection is not invoked. The same thing can be accomplished by manually removing the account BEFORE performing the Master Reset: Settings > General > Accounts > Google > Remove account.
At least in the US, this is required by law to deter theft (to my understanding).
Whether there are other differences between the two in their actual wiping, I do not know.
There IS a deeper Engineering reset available from the Service Menu: Dial *#546368#*932# (replace 932 with your model number). From there SVC Menu > Factory Reset (R&D Only). I used that once to overcome a stubborn carrier lock issue. But I cannot guarantee that it doesn't do other things that might be undesirable.
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I have a little experience with the FRP lock thing. Sold a phone that iirc, did the reset through the settings->menu with phone on.
Assumed, like all other phones I've had, it was completely reset. It was not. The buyer sent me emails in a panic assuming I was trying to rip them off or something. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
This is why, I always suggest to people, remove any accounts (google email etc) AND any finger prints, patterns etc PRIOR to doing a reset.
I honestly don't remember which way I did the reset on that phone, a G6, I *think* it was the settings->menu. Could be wrong, it's been quite a while.
But I think the context in which we are talking about 'factory reset'... the phone isn't being sold later. If the reset protection did somehow bizarrely get invoked, simple solution, enter the password for your email account, done.
But yes, the FRP lock thing is an important aspect to this. It came as a shock to me when I thought the phone was completely reset, but it wasn't. Frustrating experience.
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I have a little experience with the FRP lock thing. Sold a phone that iirc, did the reset through the settings->menu with phone on.
Assumed, like all other phones I've had, it was completely reset. It was not. The buyer sent me emails in a panic assuming I was trying to rip them off or something. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
This is why, I always suggest to people, remove any accounts (google email etc) AND any finger prints, patterns etc PRIOR to doing a reset.
I honestly don't remember which way I did the reset on that phone, a G6, I *think* it was the settings->menu. Could be wrong, it's been quite a while.
But I think the context in which we are talking about 'factory reset'... the phone isn't being sold later. If the reset protection did somehow bizarrely get invoked, simple solution, enter the password for your email account, done.
But yes, the FRP lock thing is an important aspect to this. It came as a shock to me when I thought the phone was completely reset, but it wasn't. Frustrating experience.
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Thank you.
It does sound like you may have performed a Master Reset outside the OS when you sold that G6. That would cause exactly the situation the seller described. And it can be very annoying.
I made that mistake myself one time, performing a Master Reset (Button Dance) before sending my phone to LG service to replace a camera lens. I just didn't give any thought to the fact that it might be a problem. After trying for several days, they were unable to get into the phone or do anything with it. They ended up ditching it and sending me a refurbished phone instead. Lesson learnt!
Absolutely, the context here is a different one. But I think it makes sense to distinguish the two procedures (as @ChazzMatt was doing) since they are indeed different -- if nothing else in regards to FRP.
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Thank you.
It does sound like you may have performed a Master Reset outside the OS when you sold that G6. That would cause exactly the situation the seller described. And it can be very annoying.
I made that mistake myself one time, performing a Master Reset (Button Dance) before sending my phone to LG service to replace a camera lens. I just didn't give any thought to the fact that it would be a problem. After trying for several days, they were unable to get into the phone or do anything with it. They ended up ditching it and sending me a refurbished phone instead. Lesson learnt!
Absolutely, the context here is a different one. But I think it makes sense to distinguish the two procedures (as @ChazzMatt was doing) since they are indeed different -- if nothing else in regards to FRP.
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I'm still calling it Master Reset for the Frankenstein instructions. And yes, it's somehow slightly different from the Recovery settings "factory reset". Just a little tired of debating it.
In the Frankenstein instructions, you are doing that step to stabilize then go to the next firmware. It's your phone you want to convert to another variant.
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I'm still calling it Master Reset for the Frankenstein instructions. And yes, it's somehow slightly different from the Recovery settings "factory reset". Just a little tired of debating it.
In the Frankenstein instructions, you are doing that step to stabilize then go to the next firmware. It's your phone you want to convert to another variant.
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I agree with that. And I apologize for re-opening the debate. I just thought that difference with FRP was important in general -- even if not applicable to the OP's case.
But then there is also the Engineering Reset, which I can testify does things beyond the normal Factory Reset / Master Reset. It's worth keeping in mind as a last resort.
Over & out then
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I agree with that. And I apologize for re-opening the debate. I just thought that difference with FRP was important in general -- even if not applicable to the OP's case.
But then there is also the Engineering Reset, which I can testify does things beyond the normal Factory Reset / Master Reset. It's worth keeping in mind as a last resort.
Over & out then
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No, I thank you for the additional information. It proves it is different from regular factory reset.
My comment was more than add on to your comment, not necessarily a direct reply.
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