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I apologize in advanced.
A friend handed me her vibrant and asked me to flash it so she could have the wi-fi hot spot ability.
I rooted it, then foolishly put one of the ROM's and now the phone is soft bricked... meaning I can get into recovery mode with the volume keys and power, but that's it.
I've tried to install a different rom from the external sdcard through recovery and it failed. (That is the only way I can get access a new update.zip file on the phone)
Can someone tell me exactly what to do to get a froyo rom on this phone working? I'd really really appreciate it.
P.S. I am on a mac, so I'm really looking for a solution that requires installing something from the external sd card. Is that even possible?
jameskever said:
I apologize in advanced.
A friend handed me her vibrant and asked me to flash it so she could have the wi-fi hot spot ability.
I rooted it, then foolishly put one of the ROM's and now the phone is soft bricked... meaning I can get into recovery mode with the volume keys and power, but that's it.
I've tried to install a different rom from the external sdcard through recovery and it failed. (That is the only way I can get access a new update.zip file on the phone)
Can someone tell me exactly what to do to get a froyo rom on this phone working? I'd really really appreciate it.
P.S. I am on a mac, so I'm really looking for a solution that requires installing something from the external sd card. Is that even possible?
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Well you can go back to stock with Odin and try again...but since you're on a Mac....i think the Odin alternate is called Heimdall or something
EDIT: Found it....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834195
I'm sure it works just like Odin.....get the files needed to go back to stock here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
this is good loool when can we expect to see i bricked my moms friend friends moms her sons phone
I'm glad someone is getting a kick out of this. I just downloaded Heimdall. I need to reboot and see if this can fix the problem. More to come...
I have to download something called qt which is a gig. Sucking internet from my epic at work... not going to happen today.
Note to self: NO MORE FLASHING FOR FRIENDS.
jameskever said:
I have to download something called qt which is a gig. Sucking internet from my epic at work... not going to happen today.
Note to self: NO MORE FLASHING FOR FRIENDS.
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Thats weird... I dont even think Odin is more then 1MB, find it hard to believe that the Mac's alternate is so big. If you can find any windows machine it would be very easy to direct you on how to get her phone back up and running.
QT, which seems to be an environment like Java, is nearly a gig, and is necessary to run Heimdall on my mac.
The instructions for Odin says...
1. Open Odin3_v1.0
2. Load .512 into the PIT placeholder
(In this case s1_odin_20100512)
3. Load *FILE.tar* into PDA placeholder
(In this case Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5)
4. Make sure COM port has a number in it
This means your phone is connected, if your phone is not connected make sure you have the correct drivers)
5. Press Start!
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Using the image I've attached of Heimdall, which PDA/Code should I load the .md5 file under?
Thank you Odin, thank you Samsung USB drivers (which I had to google to find) and thank you mom's PC. I got my friend's phone working, unfortunately all her contacts were on the phone and not synced to google, and I didn't back her up. Whoops. Why would T-mobile transfer numbers from a black berry to an Android phone and not have it sync with google?
Heimdall was a waste of time and memory. I'm sure the developers worked very hard on it, but it totally didn't work for my mac book pro complicating a tense situation.
Problem solved.
after I accidently did EFS on ODIN, I cannot get the phone to go into the DM mode. I tried to flash again using atlas v2.2.pit and EB01 Stock rom, but no luck yet.
I have the phone flashed to metro, so I need to update PRL on it.
Could somebody direct me into the right direction?
Right now on QPST, it's saying no phone,
and in CDMA workshop, I can connect to the port, but cannot read from it.
It's keep on searching for the phone in DM mode which I had put it in with **usbui.
Thank you in advance.
the meid is stil intact, I did manual programming for MDN, MIN, but since PRL is from verizon, I have to flash metro's. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I tried:
EB01 - **usbui
Eclair - Dial up networking
no luck so far..
Bump. Anybody?
You Might be able to re odin in PDA, always pda never anywhere else. if not your gonna need to heimdall it back. dont worry your phone IS recoverable from this, i know i've done it one on accident, and a few times on purpose just to see if the Fascinate was as impossible to truly brick as i've heard. Turns out the damn thing is pretty much brickproof as a phone can get. if you need files or help either post here or pm me and i will walk you thru it.
thank you.
I am just keep on trying to odin the different PDAs right now without the pit or the EFS checked, but I've tried DI01, DL09, EB01 and still no luck..
still no luck in QPST / CDMA workshop.
I've flashed using the pit files with it, and so on..
wow this is really getting onto me.
Ok so your gomma have to use heimdall to get it back. I will be back home in 30 mins where i have access to my computer and i can send you the files you need wirh a walk thru. Be patient we will get you back up and running.
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Ok so i don't know how to change it to metro pcs but it sounds like you already know how to and have successfully done that before. I am not trying to insult anyone's intelligence but this walk-through will be step by step so follow along, although i don't think it is possible to completely brick this phone short of actually smashing it, lets not take unnecessary chances. First go here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0zpydb4mt5o8vo3, unzip this and open the folder. In this folder you will find another folder labeled Drivers, open it and you will see a program called zadig. Now put your Phone into download mode, that is take out the battery and plug it into your PC with the cable that came with the phone when you got it, then press and hold the down volume button till a yellow triangle and droid digging show up, now you are in download mode. Next double click zadig and when it opens, click on options and click list all devices. Now drop the usb dropdown box and you will find an option for samsung usb driver, select it then click install drivers. the usual install stuff from windows about do you want to install this, yes you do. Now If the warning about publisher could not be verified, whatever, install anyway. You are almost ready to get your phone working again. Now you need the files for this program to install, so go Here http://www.multiupload.com/I9HBT8MXN1 and get them. Then here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?26xbh796jmwvwqb for the pit file. After download is complete unzip the .tar.md5 file winzip/7zip/jzip, whatever zip file program you use, extract to a file, mine is named EB01heimdall, so i know when i need it again. Now back into the heimdall file you opened earlier and click the application called heimdall-frontend. here is where you can go wrong so i will do this side by side with heimdall names and eb01 file names.
heimdallon this side of =eb01 file names on this side.
In Repartition:
PIT=atlas_v2.2.pit
In PDA/Code:
FactoryFS=factoryfs.frs
Kernel(zImage)=zImage
Param.lfs=param.lfs
Primary Bootloader=boot.bin
Secondary Bootloader=slb.bin
In CSC:
Cache=cache.rfs
Database Data=dbdata.rfs
In Other:
Modem=modem.bin
Recovery=recovery.bin
Now you are ready to run heimdall, but you say you have a file in eb01 left called movinand.bin? why, yes you are correct and since there are no places left in heimdall to put it, now what? Nothing it wont be used in this program and yes your phone will still work. So after a simple answer of data, i went looking for more info, movinand.bin is a flash program to access data storage at less cost than using soldered in hardware, REALLY, see herehttp://www.letsgodigital.org/en/13819/samsung_8gb_movinand/. Now that we have all the files loaded into the correct spots, the necessary drivers installed, and our phone in download mode, the start button will be able to be clicked, not shaded outlines like before, did you even notice that? If everything was fallowed step by step in this tutorial than go ahead and click the START button and get your brick back to being a Fascinate. After heimdall finishes reboot your working VWZ stock, bing bloated, working Fascinate. after this is completed successfully you use odin again.
Why was this necessary, as far as i can find out, through research, and the five yes that's right i said 5, times i have HAD to do this because my phone would not recover through odin, it seems to be, dbdata, can not mount. This has happened to me because I didn't remove voodoo, or flashed a pre edify rom after accidently putting clockwork orange, which is for edify, on a non edify rom. So moral of the story is twofold, yes it is very likely it can be fixed, and remove voodoo before going to nonvoodoo, and unless you are on an edify rom stay away from clockwork orange.
Thank you. I'm at work right now so I cannot read it throughly, but I'll make sure to try your method. Hopefully this will get me back on to the network.
Thanks!
sorry, but while I am at it, do you have links to where I can download the softwares mentioned above? Thank you
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sorry, but while I am at it, do you have links to where I can download the softwares mentioned above? Thank you
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Updated OP above, fixed links.
ok. I still haven't been able to connect it to the computer..
and I did heimdall for 7 times but no luck.
What could be the problem?
I found something strange..
when I go into system selection, and choose home only, I lose the signal.
But when I use the Automatic, it goes into Roaming mode.
When I go into about phone, choose status, the network is unknown.
Hmmm, no idea?? Since the Mod wont let us post questions in the Development section and none of our resident geniuses have found your post yet, i will PM the link to a few and ask if they can help you out, this is above me, Sorry.
thank you very much. I'll be keep on trying to figure out what is what..
I am wondering if I should do something with odin and try to see if it brings back anything..
seems like something is messed up in the /efs.
The MEID is still intact, but the QPST is not recognizing the phone..
Funny thing is, it creates a port for the diagnosis WDM so I can connect to it without a problem. The only thing is it's not connecting it to the DM mode..
does anybody have a backup of /efs? seems like the guys in Captivate forums backup their efs but I haven't came across a single one in our forum..
ok... so I checked my /efs
and it's empty!!!
is there any way to recover /efs ?
I think this is the only reason it's not connecting to the QPST
So i found this thread today and thought it might be helpful to you. Also the Devs that have been able to get back to me don't really know anything useful about QTSP. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850233
Also links to get some generic use Samsung drivers, maybe they will let you connect. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6uol6mb2pcwiuxc and http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tixlaab9iiokk9q
Let me know whether this helps you or not, if not I will look more for some info on it and post here for you as I find anything that might be useful.
Thank you for looking after me. I really appreciate it.
Those were the instructions given to flash it to Metro.
The thing is, I cannot get it to enter DM mode.
I guess I'll be comparing my epic's /efs and see if that does anything..
If I had access to another Fascinate, I think I can compare what's different, but I guess I'll have to start with epic for now..
Try google for Verizon Samsung Fascinate efs, maybe someone has a post out there with the info you need. i was looking into that last night but without being able to see exactly what your missing I can't be certain anything i found would have helped.
I just bought my new Galaxy SII for a penny. Great deal, and spectacular phone. Happens to be my first android phone as well (been waiting for one for years). The only problem i am having is when I put the phone in USB debugging the computer won't pick it up in explorer. If I enable USB mode I can copy files, but I cannot root (Trying the Xperia X10 Easy Rooting Toolkit, spits out crap about "cannot find the path specified", no matter what I do). Kies also seems to not work with the phone... I have tried both my Self Built Windows 7 HP 64 Bit Desktop and Windows 7 HP 32 Bit netbook and both have the same problem. Windows Devices and Printers reads the device but says that the driver has not been installed, when in fact it has...
Any and all help to resolve this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Haha thanks, got it working. Rooted and everything, sorta excited-kid in a candy store .
OK. So if you couldn't tell, I'm a complete newb with android, wanted it for forever, but circumstances didn't allow me to until now, and now I feel a little over my head. Sooo:
1.) Could you (or someone) maybe post links to some threads or sites that would be good to ease me into the world of android?
2.) With my Samsung Galaxy SII, if I am installing ROM's and taking them off, and installing new ones, what are the chances of bricking my device?
3.) Since I rooted it, I went over to CyanogenMod and downloaded the ZIP to the latest stable ROM. I then dropped it into my SD card, and went into a app I downloaded called ROM Manager. When I went to install from SD card, and it rebooted, it gave me an error and popped back out, seemed like I did it wrong. So how do I install ROM's (CM7 in particular).
4.) How would I go about removing that ROM after its been installed and im tired of it ?
I hate feeling like a newb, and would be very thankful for any help people would be willing to give to get me started!
Ok, two more questions .
1.) Is there a good app to backup my current apps before doing a wipe(I have a ton of them...)?
2.) I read that ROM's cannot include google apps, so how would I get them on? Would I download the APK and then sideload them?
Thanks again!
The ROMs that I downloaded were all in ZIP folders and I couldn't figure out what I should link to odin as ZIP folders aren't compatable to flash . And then my phone wont reboot into recovery or download mode (can't remember which one I need to be in for Odin). I tried with debugging on and off and it just boots right back into android. This is very frustrating, as I know I must be doing something wrong...
Thanks for all your help
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Download mode-power phone off hold to buttons vol up and vol down power is still off and connect usb cable from computer. Download mode menu will pop up.
CWM or recovery-vol up + vol down plus power from phone being off until you see forst boot animation samsung.
Odin uses .tar or .tar.md5 files do lots of reading i think zedomax has a youtube video for rooting the i777 and how to get cwm.
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thats the method i used for rooting and it worked flawlessly and was quick and easy
Wow you need to slow before you do something stupid. Take the time to read and just as important, if not more important, take the time to search the internet for your questions.
Learning what steps needed to do something to your phone is not the goal. Learning what you are doing and why, should be the goal, and learning how to do each step is a sidepoint that you learn as a by-product.
Most important thing to learn why and how to check for is to make sure what you're flashing does not contain bootloaders. If you mess with bootloaders and the smallest thing goes wrong, you end up owning an extremely expensive paper weight, i.e. a brick.
In general flashing what the majority flash here on xda is safe. But that's not a guarantee as any garbage can be uploaded. So read the entire thread. Some are long. If you can't be bothered to read the longer ones, at the minimum use the search tool to look for particular words to your question. Search before you post. It will be evident by what you ask that you've spent the time researching, and will attract a higher level of help.
I'm not trying to be mean or come down on you. You're already starting to do what's right by asking when you're not sure.
A NOTE TO YOU AND EVERY NOOB ON XDA:
One of the biggest reasons people's questions receive no response for a day or more, is because their question could be easily solved by using the search tool in xda or one google search.
In the wise words of tom cruise, "Help me, help you. Help me, help you!"
And yeah, he can fly.
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Yea. I goofed and I flashed an international ROM onto it. I was able to find a unrooted stack tar to flash. I plan to do a lot of reading before I do this again . If anyone has any ideas on where to start that would be great.
And no problem, I understand as I am a heavy user of tomshardware forums. It frustrates me when people ask for advice a two second search would pull up.
Again thanks everyone! XDA is awesome!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
I know it's been a couple days since you asked, so hopefully you've already found what you're looking for, but I always recommend people read all of creepncrawly's write ups. They cover near every question and are up to date on everything.
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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, 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
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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...
sentientsystem said:
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.
artit said:
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...
sentientsystem said:
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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sentientsystem said:
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/
&
Sorry I can't provide a link to the iso but do a google search for
portable windows xp bootable usb Osheraj
artit said:
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
sentientsystem said:
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.
artit said:
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.
sentientsystem said:
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
artit said:
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.
sentientsystem said:
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
artit said:
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 .
sentientsystem said:
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.
artit said:
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...
thanks
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.
heres wha i have done and my problem, sure hope theres some help an i havent broken it. Since FuHu has removed the updates i decided to give it a whir myself. I read and read on the nabi and differant ways to update, but none worked. Somehow i deleted the OS, but i figured no problem and found the xda site for the nabi stuff. I was able to install twrp 2.2.2, it wouldnt read the micros sd card, i up graded the twro to 2.8 version, everythig semed to work except the deggone "slide button" id recon youd call it. Back to the drawing board. I down loaded twrp 2.6 for the nabi and installed. Have no idea what went wrong, but now, i fire up the nabi, go into recovery kernal ( without being plugged into the pc ) it just sits there, when i plug the usb cable into nabi then the laptop, it automaticall connects to the driver, and goes to a screen that has,,
bootloader
continue
reboot-bootloader
reboot
power off
now if i press the vol - again it goes to a screen....
boot normally
fastboot protocol
recovery kernal
forced recovery
it just keep fliping back and forth betwen thos 2 screens,it shows connected on my laptop,but try to load anything and it says no device connected..
Truley baffeled,, any help is appreciated
Thank you
Rascle
did you still need help with this i can help you if so i just went through this
buksh0t80.. .. .. yes please, i havent done anything with it for quite some time other than think of using it for target practice
buksh0t80 said:
did you still need help with this i can help you if so i just went through this
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buksh0t80.. .. .. yes please, i havent done anything with it for quite some time other than think of using it for target practice
I just went through the same thing and this helped me fix mine from not even powering on .. go to bootloader where fastboot is in menu and go to forced recovery and download the NABI2RESIZE.zip from https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101277&page=13
and follow those instructions in that post make sure you have apx drivers installed .. let me know if you have problems downloading i will upload the files i have used for you to dl but it should fix it .. if not let me know i have become a nabi brick unbrick expert over the last year lmao
i am pretty sure you shouldn't have any problems .. make sure bootloader is unlocked
let me know if you need help i will chat with you somewhere and walk you through it .
buksh0t80 said:
I just went through the same thing and this helped me fix mine from not even powering on .. go to bootloader where fastboot is in menu and go to forced recovery and download the NABI2RESIZE.zip from https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101277&page=13
and follow those instructions in that post make sure you have apx drivers installed .. let me know if you have problems downloading i will upload the files i have used for you to dl but it should fix it .. if not let me know i have become a nabi brick unbrick expert over the last year lmao
i am pretty sure you shouldn't have any problems .. make sure bootloader is unlocked
let me know if you need help i will chat with you somewhere and walk you through it .
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you must have the patience of a cat, i tried for 30 minutes to get to the download, all i got was a page wanting to know if i was a robot and a car page.
Rascle53 said:
you must have the patience of a cat, i tried for 30 minutes to get to the download, all i got was a page wanting to know if i was a robot and a car page.
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Ok i got the file downloaded today, wont be able to do anything with it untill Monday, we have the grandkids this weekend. Thank you for all your help, will get back to you to let you know how things went.
ok
buksh0t80;
UPDATE...... got the file down loaded an have been trying to use it, however now im fighting driver problems, i was using a samsung driver for it in the past, but now its no recognizing it in usb,says it cannot be found. tried installing pdanet,but same thing. I have a nabi2 that is working, and it wont recognize it either. ive tried 4 differant laptops with windows 7 and one with win 10. So id recoin the update part is im searching for driver that will work