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A few days ago I accidentally deleted my messaging app(mms.apk), I looked everywhere for a solution to get it back, I couldn't find anything other than downloading a messaging app for the Android Marketplace, I just decided to restore my phone from the backup I made about ten days ago, I did. Then I decided I just wanted to reset & unroot my phone, I downloaded an unroot file, opened it up using Odin, then started to unroot my phone, a few minutes into the process it said, "Fail!", so I clicked reset and unplugged my phone & tried to boot it, it was stuck at the boot screen for about ten minutes, so then I rerooted it using a root file & Odin, it did it successfully. But now when I turn my phone on it says. "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I can acess Odin mode as well, but that's all I can do, Kies can't connect to the phone.
Also, I have to plug unplug the USB a few times before the computer recognizes it.
I need help really bad, I've only had the phone for about two months. D:
Sladdon said:
Yesterday I accidentally deleted my mms.apk, I could not find any solutions to get it back other than downloading a messaging app from the Marketplace, so I restored a backup I made about ten days ago, then I decided that I just wanted to unroot my phone and completely start over, I used Odin and an unroot file to unroot it, about 2 or 3 minutes in it said "Fail!", I attempted to turn on my phone, it was stuck at the startup screen, then I tried it again, same thing, then I rerooted it, and unrooted, and just kept doing that, now when I turn it on it says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." It will not connect to Kies. I can access CWM(I think that's what it is), how can I fix it? I really need help, I'm currently using a Samsung Solstice or something, and it's just horrible.
Thanks.
EDIT: & I have to unplug and plug the USB back into the computer a bunch before it will recognize it(I have the drivers installed).
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If the phone screen is turning on, it's not bricked.
Try to look for the stock rom
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Sladdon said:
then I decided that I just wanted to unroot my phone and completely start over, I used Odin and an unroot file to unroot it, about 2 or 3 minutes in it said "Fail!"
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May be able to help you but need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
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May be able to help you but need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
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Any unroot I try to put on it, it doesn't work.
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Any unroot I try to put on it, it doesn't work.
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It is impossible to troubleshoot your problem without information. As I said above I may be able to help you but i need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also I need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
That will be a start at least.
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It is impossible to troubleshoot your problem without information. As I said above I may be able to help you but i need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also I need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
That will be a start at least.
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Alright, but before I tell you that, I don't have USB Debugging on, and I have no way of turning it on through my phone, unless there's a way to turn it on without being able to get on my phone, could this be why the new firmwares, etc. won't install using Odin?
Sladdon said:
Alright, but before I tell you that, I don't have USB Debugging on, and I have no way of turning it on through my phone, unless there's a way to turn it on without being able to get on my phone, could this be why the new firmwares, etc. won't install using Odin?
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No.
USB Debugging is irrelevant when you are in download mode.
creepyncrawly said:
No.
USB Debugging is irrelevant when you are in download mode.
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Okay good, but still, nothing seems to work, I need someone to Teamviwer with me.
Sladdon said:
Okay good, but still, nothing seems to work, I need someone to Teamviwer with me.
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As I told you, I will be happy to try to help you get your phone back. But...
I can't help you if you won't tell me what you have done.
creepyncrawly said:
As I told you, I will be happy to try to help you get your phone back. But...
I can't help you if you won't tell me what you have done.
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I'm not sure what I used to root it the very first time, I used ATTGalaxyS2Unroot_SGH-i777 http://gyazo.com/41cd5a9600ea4c21b223e1fff7513595 to unroot it(I THINK), I downloaded a few, then it messed up, froze at the startup screen, so I downloaded a root file, once again, I think it was this one, but could have been the other one I downloaded, http://gyazo.com/7412924c18a7bdf386ee2fee57c025d3, here's all the files I have, I didn't use them all, but I have them, http://gyazo.com/a9e126d653d4e29c5da04e505a8e37de.
Hopefully that can help you.
And also, I think I already mentioned it, but I have to unplug and plug back in my phone a bunch before it finally recognizes it, and when it does recognize it every time it installs the driver again as if it were a new device.
EDIT: Here's what it says 90% of the time when I plug it in.. http://gyazo.com/288b9e6a613e5348e91b15482ccbcebf
Ok so i was in my flash happy mood earlier today..
I saw that ICS slim was updated and was going to try that, well i had ICZen on my phone at the time and tried to flash Slim, well blah blah, it didnt work.. The op told me to flash from a rom that had cm9 (iczen has glitch) so i flashed Lithium MIUI--went back into recovery and started to wipe.. i wiped everything.. So i went to go flash ics slim, and as soon as i pressed 'Yes, install..' it was installing for a very short bit, then all a sudden a reboot and got stuck on the rainbow screen...
I cannot go back into recovery, but i can go into download mode.. BUT this is where the kicker is......
My computer doesnt recognize my device... ive installed driver after driver to get it to recognize. Well, no avail
Even tried installing the drivers on 6 other friends computers (at my college) and all of them still didnt recognize my device..... SMDH.. been trying to fix this all day and im pissed.
Any ideas what to do? Hate to go out and buy another phone......
And before yall say 'you cant flash miui and then go straight to ics, you have to odin' --- No, i did it all the time.. This time something went wrong and idk what
Wow, 158 views and no replies..
Guess i did permanently brick it.. ok
If you can get in to download mode, you're not bricked.
I've read/heard that since our ICS roms are built off of Nexus code, you need to install the nexus drivers. Have you tried doing that? Also, are you sure it's not a bad cable? Try another samsung cable (if you can get a hold of one) to be sure.
dpaul007 said:
If you can get in to download mode, you're not bricked.
I've read/heard that since our ICS roms are built off of Nexus code, you need to install the nexus drivers. Have you tried doing that? Also, are you sure it's not a bad cable? Try another samsung cable (if you can get a hold of one) to be sure.
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yes, ive installed the nexus drivers too.. im positive its not a bad cable, ive used it on my computer before hand.. and yea, ive tried another cable as well..
I remember experiencing something like this a while back. i softbricked, could enter download mode, but the computer would not pick up my phone. i dont remember an exact solution, i just remember downloading all sorts of drivers and eventually i got it to pick up.
matholomus said:
Wow, 158 views and no replies..
Guess i did permanently brick it.. ok
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as far as views:replies, you have to realize that even though you are in panic mode (weve all been there, so we know how you feel), that doesnt necessarily mean people are automatically going to have an answer for you. in this type of situation, its virtually impossible for anyone to tell you an exact solution (if there is one) unless they are sitting right next to you.
TopShelf10 said:
I remember experiencing something like this a while back. i softbricked, could enter download mode, but the computer would not pick up my phone. i dont remember an exact solution, i just remember downloading all sorts of drivers and eventually i got it to pick up.
as far as views:replies, you have to realize that even though you are in panic mode (weve all been there, so we know how you feel), that doesnt necessarily mean people are automatically going to have an answer for you. in this type of situation, its virtually impossible for anyone to tell you an exact solution (if there is one) unless they are sitting right next to you.
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Wow really? Damn.. remember what kind of drivers? ive used the samsung usb drivers and nexus s drivers..
But yea, i guess ur right.. sorry for the other post, i was (and still am a little) mad at the time
Try installing kies or kies mini, it did the trick for me when i was in a similar situation
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matholomus said:
Wow really? Damn.. remember what kind of drivers? ive used the samsung usb drivers and nexus s drivers..
But yea, i guess ur right.. sorry for the other post, i was (and still am a little) mad at the time
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i honestly wish i could tell you exactly, this was a whiiile back, prob over a year.
all i remember was a lot of installing/uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, rebooting comp/phone, unplugging/replugging....it seemed like there was no hope so all i could do all day was fiddle and just hope and pray that i would do something right and the phone would read
im not going to lie though, it does sound pretty bad that youve tried it on multiple computers. that means your possible problems are (from most to least severe):
1. Busted USB port
2. Wrong drivers installed
3. Malfunctioning chord
Although i WILL say: make sure all of your USB connections are free of lint, gunk, etc. I know this sounds like one of those stupid, default troubleshooting steps, and i always looked down my nose at it. however there was a point in time the the comp wouldnt pick up my phone. i tried eeeeverything to remedy it and nothing was working. sure enough, i looked at the standard usb connector on my charging chord and it was FILLED with pocket lint. once i picked it out, BAM good as new!!
bfranklin1986 said:
Try installing kies or kies mini, it did the trick for me when i was in a similar situation
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Did kies as well lol.. didnt work.. when it told me to connect my mobile device, i did. but it didnt register
TopShelf10 said:
i honestly wish i could tell you exactly, this was a whiiile back, prob over a year.
all i remember was a lot of installing/uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, rebooting comp/phone, unplugging/replugging....it seemed like there was no hope so all i could do all day was fiddle and just hope and pray that i would do something right and the phone would read
im not going to lie though, it does sound pretty bad that youve tried it on multiple computers. that means your possible problems are (from most to least severe):
1. Busted USB port
2. Wrong drivers installed
3. Malfunctioning chord
Although i WILL say: make sure all of your USB connections are free of lint, gunk, etc. I know this sounds like one of those stupid, default troubleshooting steps, and i always looked down my nose at it. however there was a point in time the the comp wouldnt pick up my phone. i tried eeeeverything to remedy it and nothing was working. sure enough, i looked at the standard usb connector on my charging chord and it was FILLED with pocket lint. once i picked it out, BAM good as new!!
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i literally restarted my computer 7-9 times from uninstalling and installing driver after driver.. been doing this all morning.. no class, lol thank god. so im in the dorm getting my nerd on..
tried it again on 2 other computers (installing drivers and what not) didnt work.. Tried 2 other usb cables, didnt work..
Tried ur method of cleaning usb ports, didnt work lol.. (i blew in them/phone too)..
im currently on C.L. lookin for a new phone, I WOULD hate to have to leave the vibrant community.. yall been great with roms/drama LOL..
im slowly losing hope on this .. but im continuing to try and fix this
Couple of things. Why don't you go over to the Dev section and download the AIO toolbox. Tiber I think has a link in one of the last posts that should still be working. It has all the pit/tar files, drivers (I know, I know), Odin and is very handy. Don't forget to make usre you have the .net files too.
Then try this
Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
You don't necessarily need the download mode image to be present. As long as you are getting the COM ID to light up yellow in ODIN, just flash back to stock like normal.
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If all else fails, just keep trying. It boots up to Download mode so it is salvagable and not hard bricked. If you do end up finding a new phone on CL and want to donate you Vibrant, i am looking for one to work on some things with.
Woodrube said:
Couple of things. Why don't you go over to the Dev section and download the AIO toolbox. Tiber I think has a link in one of the last posts that should still be working. It has all the pit/tar files, drivers (I know, I know), Odin and is very handy. Don't forget to make usre you have the .net files too.
Then try this
If all else fails, just keep trying. It boots up to Download mode so it is salvagable and not hard bricked. If you do end up finding a new phone on CL and want to donate you Vibrant, i am looking for one to work on some things with.
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thanks... but the aio toolbox is not going to the download link for me. the download link is down or something.
i did download the .net files tho, jus cant download the toolbox
So the one Rapidshare from Tiber isn't working? What about the one from OldeCrow 2 posts up. If neither of them are working, I can get it to you later on tonight when I get home from work.
Regardless, if you have the drivers and have Odin installed, try the tricks in my earlier post and see it works that way. Panic mode is probably not deep set in, don't worry we'll get it on.
When you say yours (and 6 others) don't recognize the phone, are you talking about Mass Storage mode or do all 6 of your friends have Odin installed on their computers? Might seem like a BS question and I am sorry about that but it is a one or the other type situation. It will be in download mode OR mass storage.
Can you boot into recovery by chance?
Depending on what bootloader you have it will be (Froyo) Vol+/- and power or (GB) Vol+ and Power. Also not to sound noob-ish but just bc you have a GB ROM doesnt mean you have GB bl's. Dealt with that with someone else this week and fought me tooth and nail over it.
if you have clockwork mod installed you can put a rom on your SD card through your computer, wipe your phone and then flash the from with a full wipe.
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That is what I am getting at.
If he can get into CWR then he can mount the phone to the computer in Mounts and Storage, put a simple 2.2 ROM on there and get it to boot up so that it works. then figure out the driver thing later on once we can get it to fully boot up.
Woodrube said:
So the one Rapidshare from Tiber isn't working? What about the one from OldeCrow 2 posts up. If neither of them are working, I can get it to you later on tonight when I get home from work.
Regardless, if you have the drivers and have Odin installed, try the tricks in my earlier post and see it works that way. Panic mode is probably not deep set in, don't worry we'll get it on.
When you say yours (and 6 others) don't recognize the phone, are you talking about Mass Storage mode or do all 6 of your friends have Odin installed on their computers? Might seem like a BS question and I am sorry about that but it is a one or the other type situation. It will be in download mode OR mass storage.
Can you boot into recovery by chance?
Depending on what bootloader you have it will be (Froyo) Vol+/- and power or (GB) Vol+ and Power. Also not to sound noob-ish but just bc you have a GB ROM doesnt mean you have GB bl's. Dealt with that with someone else this week and fought me tooth and nail over it.
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cant reboot into the bootloader nor recovery.. the only thing i can do is download mode..
I have the GB bootloader.. im sure of it lol
and yes i installed odin and all the files on all 6 of my friends computer.. none of them worked
davil544 said:
if you have clockwork mod installed you can put a rom on your SD card through your computer, wipe your phone and then flash the from with a full wipe.
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if i could get into recovery, i wouldnt be posting something like this LOL.. ive unbricked my phone before (that was when my comp recognized the device, now its not)
My device is not recognized by the computer, so my sd cards dont show on the comp
Woodrube said:
So the one Rapidshare from Tiber isn't working? What about the one from OldeCrow 2 posts up. If neither of them are working, I can get it to you later on tonight when I get home from work.
Regardless, if you have the drivers and have Odin installed, try the tricks in my earlier post and see it works that way. Panic mode is probably not deep set in, don't worry we'll get it on.
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oh and i did do the little tricks you said, i found that op..
that person had the same problem as me and everyone tried to help, they gave him/her links and everything.. i followed with the links too, and just like that person, none of them worked for me either
saw the download link that oldecrow posted.. its working.. downloading now
Ok. Keep trying once it is downloaded and let us know how it is going. I am getting ready to leave work soon, so I won't be on until later tonight but there are plenty of others that can help.
There's also the One-Click Vibrant DeBrick from Adam Outler. I've used it on my netbook on phones with your identical problem and its never failed yet.
Also, Heimdall on Ubuntu will flash it no problem, it does NOT need drivers like Windows does...
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
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Up and running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
NEVER WOULD HAVE THPOUGHT!! (well i did but...) anyways im up and running now!!!! Wow, idk what happened... it just started working.. i plugged it in and odin recognized it!!..
im on 2.1 again lol.. so all i need to do is go back into recovery and reinstall packages right?
Did i lose root? i forgot
so after hard bricking my device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731445 i got it into some kind of download mode. i also managed qpst to see my phone but i dont know how to use that. not sure if fastboot would recognize the phone in that download mode. i just wanted to know if there was a way to pull the stuff i had in the internal sd card like adb pull but adb wont see the phone. tmobile told me to go tomorrow so they can exchange it for another one but before i bricked it i copied some of the pics and vids from the camera 2 times using root explorer. the first time i didnt get all of them and the second time they all say they they were corrupted.
fcortes626 said:
so after hard bricking my device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731445 i got it into some kind of download mode. i also managed qpst to see my phone but i dont know how to use that. not sure if fastboot would recognize the phone in that download mode. i just wanted to know if there was a way to pull the stuff i had in the internal sd card like adb pull but adb wont see the phone. tmobile told me to go tomorrow so they can exchange it for another one but before i bricked it i copied some of the pics and vids from the camera 2 times using root explorer. the first time i didnt get all of them and the second time they all say they they were corrupted.
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How were you able to get the phone on??Im in the same boat!Help me power on my phone please. Can you also link me to that driver you used?
taygutta said:
How were you able to get the phone on??Im in the same boat!Help me power on my phone please. Can you also link me to that driver you used?
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My phone doesnt turn on. the screen is blank but when i plug it in to the pc i could here the usb tone on my pc. i think you can flash back using qpst but i dont know how to use it and the files are different than the odin files. just go back to where you bought it and tell them it wont turn on. just dont say you rooted it.
these are the drivers but they are for 64bit windows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14909282&postcount=19
fcortes626 said:
My phone doesnt turn on. the screen is blank but when i plug it in to the pc i could here the usb tone on my pc. i think you can flash back using qpst but i dont know how to use it and the files are different than the odin files. just go back to where you bought it and tell them it wont turn on. just dont say you rooted it.
these are the drivers but they are for 64bit windows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14909282&postcount=19
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Ok I went to best buy and im waiting on a new one BUT I really need the data off the bricked phone. Where can I find qpst? Does it see your phone when you hook it up?
What did you guys flash?
bizdady said:
What did you guys flash?
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i was stupid enought to try and flash cm9 fromthe international version. i just changed the build prop and the boot.img lol :silly:
The omega rom.. anyone No how to recover data from a dead phone?
taygutta said:
Ok I went to best buy and im waiting on a new one BUT I really need the data off the bricked phone. Where can I find qpst? Does it see your phone when you hook it up?
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search it on google. its free but its not easy to use. if you dont nkow what you are doing yo could even make it worse. some one with a working phone needs sto get some hex files and stuff.
Thats odd, I read of some that flashed INT roms and were still able to turn on and use mskip's fix. Battery pulls wont do anything?
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Thats odd, I read of some that flashed INT roms and were still able to turn on and use mskip's fix. Battery pulls wont do anything?
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No nothing works. Completely dead. Ima try using a jig
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Thats odd, I read of some that flashed INT roms and were still able to turn on and use mskip's fix. Battery pulls wont do anything?
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nope. no download mode and no recovery.
taygutta said:
No nothing works. Completely dead. Ima try using a jig
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i have read the jig wont work on devices that show a blank screen.you can try it tho. worth a try. i was going to try it but by the time the jig gets to me id rather just go tomorrow and hope tmobile actually does exchange it.
JIG will be a no-go, your only hope is either to try and use Qualcomm internal tools (which are not found on the internet) to flash, or JTAG.
DO NOT TRY TO FLASH ANY INTERNATIONAL ROMS EVER, YOU WILL HARD BRICK ON THESE PHONES!
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JIG will be a no-go, your only hope is either to try and use Qualcomm internal tools (which are not found on the internet) to flash, or JTAG.
DO NOT TRY TO FLASH ANY INTERNATIONAL ROMS EVER, YOU WILL HARD BRICK ON THESE PHONES!
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I think I have the Qualcomm tool but I have no idea how to use them.
Ill look into this JTAG.
I just want the data off the phone.... thats all
taygutta said:
I think I have the Qualcomm tool but I have no idea how to use them.
Ill look into this JTAG.
I just want the data off the phone.... thats all
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Hunt3r.j2 said:
JIG will be a no-go, your only hope is either to try and use Qualcomm internal tools (which are not found on the internet) to flash, or JTAG.
DO NOT TRY TO FLASH ANY INTERNATIONAL ROMS EVER, YOU WILL HARD BRICK ON THESE PHONES!
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yup now i learned my lesson. the qualcom tool is the qpst i was talking about. but you need the files to flash to it. i think your files are lost bro. unless you send it to samsung so they can fix it. i dont think if they flash it will delete your files since they wont flash to the sd card partition. but then again im not sure if they will notice if you were rooted. next time im saving all my stuff into my external sd
Yea, now I just await the call from Bestbuy about getting more in. My JIG comes in tomorrow so we will see.
Not surprisingly to see people who ruin there device and want to exchange it for another. Of course even though it was there own fault for ruining it they shouldn't have to pay for the replacement.
Makes perfect sense for companies and carriers not to support rooting/flashing. Its bad enough already.
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Yea, now I just await the call from Bestbuy about getting more in. My JIG comes in tomorrow so we will see.
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you could of also made your own lol
fcortes626 said:
My phone doesnt turn on. the screen is blank but when i plug it in to the pc i could here the usb tone on my pc. i think you can flash back using qpst but i dont know how to use it and the files are different than the odin files. just go back to where you bought it and tell them it wont turn on. just dont say you rooted it.
these are the drivers but they are for 64bit windows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14909282&postcount=19
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That is the reason Motorola locked their bootloaders, and others have raised insurance premiums. Please don't lie. Its insurance fraud first of all. If you ruined your device by flashing non-stock ROM's and such its time to man up, and dish out the money for a new phone. Don't make other's pay for your mistakes/missfortune. Do some more research on the other method of flashing and see if you can fix it. I wish you luck.
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you could of also made your own lol
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Ha! I tried that.... fail!!!!! I cant figure out which pins are 4 and 5.
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That is the reason Motorola locked their bootloaders, and others have raised insurance premiums. Please don't lie. Its insurance fraud first of all. If you ruined your device by flashing non-stock ROM's and such its time to man up, and dish out the money for a new phone. Don't make other's pay for your mistakes/missfortune. Do some more research on the other method of flashing and see if you can fix it. I wish you luck.
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that was not helpful:crying: and i dint lie. i told the truth. i said "it wont turn on" and they didnt ask why. and i guess you dont read much. its hard bricked meaning you cant recover it unless you have the software samsung uses. so stop trolling my thread bro. read and you will notice i have tried to recover it.
taygutta said:
Ha! I tried that.... fail!!!!! I cant figure out which pins are 4 and 5.
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me too lol
i finally figured out how to get CWM installed and working, after a couple of months of fighting with it, off and on. so, i guessed that meant i have my bootloader unlocked - "wrong!".
i deleted some thing that wasn't supposed to be deleted, then the damned cell network and lan network stopped working (keeps saying com.android.phone has stopped). so i was going to put cyanogenmod on it, because i thought that i could, and just be done with the whole "missing apps" crap. it turns out "just because you CAN put CM on it doesn't mean you CAN put CM on it". i bricked it. i have NO options to "load" or "flash" or "boot" any thing when the phone is booting up. i would love some clarification as to what i CAN do from here.
i would rather install CM and be done with all of this, but i'll take any advice that gets rid of the problem. the biggest problem is understanding how to put CM on your phone, or to do any thing at all like that, when you cant get into any kind of recovery / boot menu, even though you ARE rooted... i don't care if i have to install cyanogenmod or some one else's CWM backup, i just don't know HOW to do it - especially with no windows (only linux). it's a rooted p769v20d (originally p769v10g).
thanks
sentientsystem said:
i AM rooted, but i have NO options to "load" or "flash" or "boot" any thing when the phone is booting up. i deleted some thing that wasn't supposed to be deleted, now the damned thing doesn't work (keeps saying com.android.phone has stopped), so i was going to put cyanogenmod on it, but not sure how. i keep seeing people mention CWM, and i installed that from google play, but i don't know what to do with it.
i was going to try some stuff mentioned in other threads, but i don't have access to a windows computer - and i don't think i need to root my phone again any way, considering it is still rooted.
i would love some clarification, and assistance, as to what i CAN do from here. i am rooted, i don't care if i have to install cyanogenmod or some one else's CWM backup, i just don't know HOW to do it - especially with no windows (only linux). it's a rooted p769v20d (originally p769v10g).
fwiw, regarding the mysterious deleted app:
i lose my internet signal as soon as it says "com.android.phone has stopped", then i get it back again right before it says that message again - it ALSO shows a cell-phone signal right before that message. this repeats over and over and over every few seconds - aggravating as hell...
here's the apps that i still have installed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45774770
again, i would rather install CM and be done with all of this, but i'll take any advice that gets rid of the problem. the biggest problem is understanding how to put CM on your phone, or to do any thing at all like that, when you cant get into any kind of recovery / boot menu, even though you ARE rooted...
thanks
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i finally figured out how to get CWM installed and working, after a couple of months of fighting with it, off and on. so, now i guess that means i have my bootloader unlocked?
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Nice thread title. That is how I am feeling right now with this phone. I feel like calling tech care and yell at them for a bit to vent. Anyway, why not install fastboot for Linux and flash the ics u and x? I uploaded my u and x folder in the Unlock Bootloader for Noobs thread. Then, flash the 20h.....oh, dang.... sorry. Forgot.... no Windows. Maybe do the built-in restore by holding the volume down, home and power keys?
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thanks, but i think i finally got it working. i never knew, after all this time, that after you do the l9recoveryinstaller, at the reboot, there are no cues to tell when when to hit some buttons, and it's not clear what buttons to hit. here's what i did, and, so far, its progress:
1: be rooted
2: install busy box, completely
3: install l9recoveryinstaller
4: reboot
5: after you see the LG logo, hold vol-down until you see the flashing lights (i thought you see the flashing lights and THEN you hit vol-down, but i was wrong).
still fighting to get a rooted rom installed ...
if i choose "install zip from external sdcard" is says:
"finding update ... opening update ... installing update ...installation aborted".
if i choose "restore" instead of "install" it will not let me select any thing, it just keeps saying file not found, when i try to select any further options, whether "restore" or "restore from external sdcard" or "advanced restore from external sdcard". and i already checked to make sure the sdcard was mounted...
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thanks, but i think i finally got it working. i never knew, after all this time, that after you do the l9recoveryinstaller, at the reboot, there are no cues to tell when when to hit some buttons, and it's not clear what buttons to hit. here's what i did, and, so far, its progress:
1: be rooted
2: install busy box, completely
3: install l9recoveryinstaller
4: reboot
5: after you see the LG logo, hold vol-down until you see the flashing lights (i thought you see the flashing lights and THEN you hit vol-down, but i was wrong).
still fighting to get a rooted rom installed ...
if i choose "install zip from external sdcard" is says:
"finding update ... opening update ... installing update ...installation aborted".
if i choose "restore" instead of "install" it will not let me select any thing, it just keeps saying file not found, when i try to select any further options, whether "restore" or "restore from external sdcard" or "advanced restore from external sdcard". and i already checked to make sure the sdcard was mounted...
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I think your phone bootloader is locked, you cannot flash any custom rom zip file. It will soft brick your phone.
Please restore P769 CWM back from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136204. Download backup file and unbzip it. Put extract files in your sdcard /clockworkmod/backup/2013-08-30.12.00.00 folder. Extract file should contain several .img, .tar, .a, .log and .md5
artit said:
I think your phone bootloader is locked, you cannot flash any custom rom zip file. It will soft brick your phone.
Please restore P769 CWM back from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136204
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too late - bricked it... currently looking for a way to unf*ck myself...
BTW, those were the ones i WAS trying to flash...
thanks
sentientsystem said:
too late - bricked it... currently looking for a way to unf*ck myself...
BTW, those were the ones i WAS trying to flash...
thanks
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Then try to use LG mobile support tool to recover your phone. Load it from LG website, start your phone to S/W upload mode, connect usb then start program and select recover phone from menu.
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Then try to use LG mobile support tool to recover your phone. Load it from LG website, start your phone to S/W upload mode, connect usb then start program and select recover phone from menu.
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i don't have a windows computer. looks like i'm out a 350$ phone. lesson learned. never will cease to be amazed that so many mobile hackers are using windows... seems like they would be linux users too... that would be awesome, because then there are likely to be linux tools to do this with... and i don't have a windows img to load into a virtual machine... lucky lucky lucky...
thanks any way...
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i don't have a windows computer. looks like i'm out a 350$ phone. lesson learned. never will cease to be amazed that so many mobile hackers are using windows... seems like they would be linux users too... that would be awesome, because then there are likely to be linux tools to do this with... and i don't have a windows img to load into a virtual machine... lucky lucky lucky...
thanks any way...
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Well correct me if I am wrong, but I guess you "only" deleted some system files, right? Do you remember which ones were the ones? Or at least the folder they were in? Then you only need to extract that stuff from a kdz/ the bin file and push them on your phone using adb or maybe even the dd command.
Maybe if someone is kind enough, he ll probably provide you with the files you need. And cmiiw, but I guess you deleted stuff from /system/app...
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i don't have a windows computer. looks like i'm out a 350$ phone. lesson learned. never will cease to be amazed that so many mobile hackers are using windows... seems like they would be linux users too... that would be awesome, because then there are likely to be linux tools to do this with... and i don't have a windows img to load into a virtual machine... lucky lucky lucky...
thanks any way...
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Lol, you are a Linux user, you should know how to get your hands on a windows.iso
However, i would recommend using a portable windows xp (bootable usb)
VR is not the best option IMO
You will need this program http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
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Sorry I can't provide a link to the iso but do a google search for
portable windows xp bootable usb Osheraj
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Then try to use LG mobile support tool to recover your phone. Load it from LG website, start your phone to S/W upload mode, connect usb then start program and select recover phone from menu.
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okay, what do i need to download to load onto the phone? kdz images, right? i'll check and see if i can find a kdz in the forum, and borrow a windows computer. i think i got it - this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107971
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okay, what do i need to download to load onto the phone? kdz images, right? i'll check and see if i can find a kdz in the forum, and borrow a windows computer.
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It's depend on what method you use. You can flash kdz using offline method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
or use LG mobile support tools from LG website. If you choose this you don't need to download any kdz. It'll download kdz automatically from LG server then flash it on your phone. It take about an hour or two.
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It's depend on what method you use. You can flash kdz using offline method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
or use LG mobile support tools from LG website. If you choose this you don't need to download any kdz. It'll download kdz automatically from LG server then flash it on your phone. It take about an hour or two.
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thats awesome - i wonder if i can get by with using that on wine on linux, instead of borrowing a windows computer... i'm gonna try it...
well, the verdict is in, on this one: i'm screwed. i've tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried, and i can NOT flash this damned phone. it's BRICKED.
i borrowed / hijacked my brother's computer (windows7), all day. i tried a few different things - i even tried the same way i flashed it to update it ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356536 ), which was worthless to unbrick it.
the problem in every case was that every time the damned flasher got so far along it would "lose the connection to the phone". drivers installed, etc, etc, no difference. i suspect its because i couldnt connect it in all the various modes (mtp ptp etc), since the ONLY way it would connect is in "software upgrade mode".
i had to buy another phone, won't have it till tuesday. lesson learned: NEVER buy a phone that didn't come from samsung... you just can't do what you want with them, without a lot of time, patience, experience, and a windows computer.
thanks for all the help.
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well, the verdict is in, on this one: i'm screwed. i've tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried, and i can NOT flash this damned phone. it's BRICKED.
i borrowed / hijacked my brother's computer (windows7), all day. i tried a few different things - i even tried the same way i flashed it to update it ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356536 ), which was worthless to unbrick it.
the problem in every case was that every time the damned flasher got so far along it would "lose the connection to the phone". drivers installed, etc, etc, no difference. i suspect its because i couldnt connect it in all the various modes (mtp ptp etc), since the ONLY way it would connect is in "software upgrade mode".
i had to buy another phone, won't have it till tuesday. lesson learned: NEVER buy a phone that didn't come from samsung... you just can't do what you want with them, without a lot of time, patience, experience, and a windows computer.
thanks for all the help.
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Did you try to recover your phone with LG mobile support tool. It can reinstall rom in almost any soft-brick case. Please try it if you haven't try it yet. Many people restore their phone by that software. The steps are
- Download LG mobile support tool from LG web site
- Boot you phone to S/W update mode
- Run Tool and select recover phone
- Wait about 1-2 hours to download and flash
If it's not hardware problem, this should solve your problem
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Did you try to recover your phone with LG mobile support tool.
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i never found that on their website, and i looked quite a few times. however, i noticed when i used the b2clientsetup.exe that if i run it without running the shttp server first, that it downloads a support tool from the net, which does not work - keeps saying phone lost connection. not sure if its the same tool.
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i never found that on their website, and i looked quite a few times. however, i noticed when i used the b2clientsetup.exe that if i run it without running the shttp server first, that it downloads a support tool from the net, which does not work - keeps saying phone lost connection. not sure if its the same tool.
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Yes that tool. In my region, it has download link but for P769 it has request repair service.
Download from http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/client/app/B2CAppSetup.exe
You must remove following lines from hosts file
127.0.0.1 csmg.lgmobile.com
127.0.0.1 csmgdl.lgmobile.com
Then run it
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Yes that tool. You must remove lines from hosts file. Then run it
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yeah, that's exactly what i did, but it would keep "losing the connection to the phone". not sure why, but i suspect it was a driver issue - and i installed the latest drivers, which made no difference. i also went back and installed older drivers, which made no difference. i must just be lucky as hell, or some thing .
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yeah, that's exactly what i did, but it would keep "losing the connection to the phone". not sure why, but i suspect it was a driver issue - and i installed the latest drivers, which made no difference. i also went back and installed older drivers, which made no difference. i must just be lucky as hell, or some thing .
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Try to use others USB ports, if that also doesn't work maybe you have to try on other computer.
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Try to use others USB ports, if that also doesn't work maybe you have to try on other computer.
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yeah, i tried switching between the usb 3.0 ports and usb 2.0 ports, but it made no difference. i have no access to any other computers, so, that's why i ended up ordering another phone. i'll never buy another phone that is not a samsung...
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In my country (RO) there are some GSM Repair Centers. You should not give up and you should go to them. Par example, I flashed an HTC Mozart when the battery was dead and I bricked it (idiot, I know). I went to a shop like the ones mentioned above and I think he said that he has to flash the phone using a JTAG or something like that (I know that he has to open the phone to reach it's motherboard, solder some **** out there and... flash I guess). The whole thing was about ~20E. Anyway, keep digging, maybe you'll eventually find something that works for you. If not, go to someone who can "force flash" it and maybe you can save the device.
Hi all, I was in the process of trying to put Android 5.0 on my Verizon G3. I was following this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/howto-update-to-stock-lollipop-23a-t3044398. I downgraded to 10b, upgraded to 12b and then the last step, which is when things went wrong is I was upgrading to 23b (5.0) via the Action Launcher method and when the device when to boot back up to install the update it failed.
Im now stuck to where I can not power up the device, I get the LG screen and it says "Secure Boot Error/Certificate Error".. something along those lines. I lost the ability to get into download mode, it tries and then shows the boot error screen before going black.. the notification lights also flash amber and blue. The only thing I can get into is Recovery mode by Volume down + power but I tried every option.. safe mode, wipe cache, factory reset, usb debug mode all give me the boot error screen before going black.
Any suggestions before I trash the device?
I don't know how to get out of that situation, but if you post in the Verizon G3 Q&A section, someone might have some ideas.
Otherwise, I'd go to a Verizon store, tell them that you received am OTA update and left your phone like that.
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I don't know how to get out of that situation, but if you post in the Verizon G3 Q&A section, someone might have some ideas.
Otherwise, I'd go to a Verizon store, tell them that you received am OTA update and left your phone like that.
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This is the VZW G3 Q&A no?
I called tech, said I received an update and wasn't sure what happened but the phone wont start now, its going through insurance with the $100 deductible but my concern now is, the tech said if they find it was modded in any way I would be charged $300. The phones not rooted or anything, just a bad file I tried to apply I guess through Action Launcher. But with the notification lights flashing different colors and a boot error message I feel busted lol.
If I can somehow fix the phone I would like to try. I've been in bad situations with other devices and have always found a way out, but this being my first LG device I'm feeling lost and worried its too late.
Cyber Warrior said:
This is the VZW G3 Q&A no?
I called tech, said I received an update and wasn't sure what happened but the phone wont start now, its going through insurance with the $100 deductible but my concern now is, the tech said if they find it was modded in any way I would be charged $300. The phones not rooted or anything, just a bad file I tried to apply I guess through Action Launcher. But with the notification lights flashing different colors and a boot error message I feel busted lol.
If I can somehow fix the phone I would like to try. I've been in bad situations with other devices and have always found a way out, but this being my first LG device I'm feeling lost and worried its too late.
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Blame Tapatalk. Sorry about that, LOL.
I understand. Don't blame me if I'm wrong, but I doubt if they'll be able to tell. First thing they'll do is put it back to Stock with some advanced tool of their, and I'm sure it'll wipe internal storage where the file was.
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Blame Tapatalk. Sorry about that, LOL.
I understand. Don't blame me if I'm wrong, but I doubt if they'll be able to tell. First thing they'll do is put it back to Stock with some advanced tool of their, and I'm sure it'll wipe internal storage where the file was.
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lol. yeah I hope so, at this point I really would like to just fix it though so I dont get stuck paying insurance.
Cyber Warrior said:
lol. yeah I hope so, at this point I really would like to just fix it though so I dont get stuck paying insurance.
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Maybe when all this rooted stock LG Lollipop news and ROM-making dies down some, bump this thread if noone more knowledgeable comes along and shares some info in the meantime.
Sorry man. Good luck!
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lol. yeah I hope so, at this point I really would like to just fix it though so I dont get stuck paying insurance.
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This is for the g2 but I believe it will work. You'll need to run linux or a linux live cd and find the correct files for vs985. Theyre on autoprimes site. If you cant find them reply to this and ill track down the url.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
That should work , I bricked my g2 and was able to fix it using
Fastboot commands, I'm thinking you can use adb commands
And fix your phone. You basically have to push .img files to
The phone through adb. Good luck
Edit, I could always swap mother boards for under two hundred
And just don't even go through your insurance. Check eBay and
Amazon they sell them.
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This is for the g2 but I believe it will work. You'll need to run linux or a linux live cd and find the correct files for vs985. Theyre on autoprimes site. If you cant find them reply to this and ill track down the url.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
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Yeah I was looking at that last night.. I wouldn't have to be rooted though? I'll see if I can find the files I need. I've never run Linux before but its worth a shot. I was kind of discouraged when I read about a similar G3 user who tried the process with no luck.
Alright I found these.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/reference-stock-img-files-t2966958
Would those do? And what mode would I put the device in? The computer does not recognize the phone..download mode won't work and recovery mode options won't work either. I'm familiar with adb and fastboot but if someone could post the commands I need it would be helpful..in the meantime I'm going to try and see if I can find them myself. Thanks
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Alright I found these.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/reference-stock-img-files-t2966958
Would those do? And what mode would I put the device in? The computer does not recognize the phone..download mode won't work and recovery mode options won't work either. I'm familiar with adb and fastboot but if someone could post the commands I need it would be helpful..in the meantime I'm going to try and see if I can find them myself. Thanks
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Does your phone even show as qhsusb_bulk or similar in device manager while in Linux? Make sure you use the img's from the firmware you were installing when you had the problem. I assume 23B. The commands are in the link I posted above but keep in mind they are for the G2. It's likely to DD commands, ie. partition locations are different on the G3, I don't know the correct ones. Maybe some research can dig them up. Doesn't look too bad assuming you can get linux to recognize the phone in some form, which it should and that you're able to verify the location of the partitions for G3. Wish I could be more help. It was a long time ago when I went through this on the G2
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This is the VZW G3 Q&A no?
I called tech, said I received an update and wasn't sure what happened but the phone wont start now, its going through insurance with the $100 deductible but my concern now is, the tech said if they find it was modded in any way I would be charged $300. The phones not rooted or anything, just a bad file I tried to apply I guess through Action Launcher. But with the notification lights flashing different colors and a boot error message I feel busted lol.
If I can somehow fix the phone I would like to try. I've been in bad situations with other devices and have always found a way out, but this being my first LG device I'm feeling lost and worried its too late.
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I've never had to do insurance for a bad update.
I have TEC and in those cases where there is absolutely no damage, I get a replacement for free.
YMMV but I wouldn't pay $100.
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This is for the g2 but I believe it will work. You'll need to run linux or a linux live cd and find the correct files for vs985. Theyre on autoprimes site. If you cant find them reply to this and ill track down the url.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
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Hi I have Linux up and running.. can you help me with what files I need please?
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Hi I have Linux up and running.. can you help me with what files I need please?
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It's a bit confusing the way it's written in the guide. I believe you use the 23b files in your case. Reread it to be sure.
The files are here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/reference-stock-img-files-t2966958
More files here if needed http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G3
I'm not even sure my phone is being recognized..at least nothing pops up. I'm not familiar with terminal commands in linux. At this point I'm lost.. I messaged auto prime to see if he could help out. I'm not even sure where to begin converting that g2 guide for use with the g3.
For the hek of it I'm putting the android SDK on Linux just to see if I can get fastboot to recognize the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/fix-unbrick-lg-g3-stuck-qualcomm-hs-usb-t2933853 you can try this from Windows if your phone is showing up as Qualcomm in device manager.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/fix-unbrick-lg-g3-stuck-qualcomm-hs-usb-t2933853 you can try this from Windows if your phone is showing up as Qualcomm in device manager.
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IS there a driver to get my phone to be recognized as Qualcomm?? I think i found a way to fix mine but i need the driver
danetbra63 said:
IS there a driver to get my phone to be recognized as Qualcomm?? I think i found a way to fix mine but i need the driver
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Qualcomm driver is on this page.. 252-253 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142&page=252
Good luck, I was able to get the phone recognized as qhsusb_bulk, then as qualcomm 9008 but eventually gave up after spending over 2 days researching and trying different methods before i threw in the towel.. I even had help via remote access to my computer with no luck. Check the thread I linked there were a few guys willing to help out.
My replacement G3 actually arrived today.. still cant believe I hard bricked a device.
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Qualcomm driver is on this page.. 252-253 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142&page=252
Good luck, I was able to get the phone recognized as qhsusb_bulk, then as qualcomm 9008 but eventually gave up after spending over 2 days researching and trying different methods before i threw in the towel.. I even had help via remote access to my computer with no luck. Check the thread I linked there were a few guys willing to help out.
My replacement G3 actually arrived today.. still cant believe I hard bricked a device.
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What's the next step after the 9008? i made it that far but idk what to do next.
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What's the next step after the 9008? i made it that far but idk what to do next.
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I'm assuming using the tool to push the img files but I didn't get that far.