I just tried installing GreyBlur on my rooted atrix phone with GingerBlur installed..I followed the instructions corrently..When I turned the phone on it boots up..the GreyBlur screen comes up (instead of the At&T welcome screen) and then I see the locked home screen which it doesn't let me do anything..it's like the touch screen isn't responding or something..then it appears as it turns off and it won't light back up when i hit the power button. When I connect it to the computer, my phone makes the notification sound it always makes if its on and connected thru usb. The screen won't come back on..I don't know what to do. When I take the battery out and put it back in, it boots up again and the same thing happens...I don't know what to do..plese help! I need my phone!
Someone please help =( I can't find anything on this issue.
I'm willing to restore to the factory defaults if I have to.
The only thing that i can think of is flash back to 1.26, 1.52, or 1.56 (or .57, whatever it was).
ooor the new 1.83.
I didn't have this problem. Sorry I wasn't any help. Hope you get it fixed.
How do I flash back without having touchscreen functionality on my phone?
mikeabsurd said:
How do I flash back without having touchscreen functionality on my phone?
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Follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072
I flashed back to 1.2.6
and it worked! Thank you guys so much for all your help.
I have no idea what went wrong and why I came across that issue.
I spent an hour looking it up and couldn't find anyone with the same issue
I was wondering if you have any recommendations what I should do now
to get out of my atrix. I'm still interested in greyblur and I wish I could
get it to work.
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The problem I'm having is pretty severe!!!
My HTC 8525 was working fine until I tried unlocking it via Hermes unlocking tool,
It started off well, booted to the progress screen, but did not move...
When i tried resetting it, it went back to the 4 color screen, red blue green, white...
At this point I tried a hard reset, which did nothing but go back to the same screen.
I then went to htc'a website to see if I upgraded my rom to WM2006 to see if I can get back into my phone, but it goes to %12 in progress, then just freezes up...
When looking at image version its being upgraded too, it shows blank, as the upgraded image shows something, whatever it may be...
I have tried other upgraded roms, as well, but to no avail...
I know their is something that can get done, due to the fact that i can get to my boot screen!
Some help would be appreciated!
THANKS!!!!
What version of SPL are you using on your device?
Try SPL V7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
When I tried doing that my phone doesnt even detect anything..
Is their a way that could go ahead and just install the orirginal rom that came with it and the radio...
Isnt just like installing a new OS like Win XP Or vista?
I had a similar issue. Just flash back to an original ROM and you should be fine. It worked for me.
I know their may be a thread about this already, but I honestly have no idea how to flash back my rom!
The problem is with most of these rom upgrades etc is that you need to use activesync, but that would not be possible to do in my situation....
Please some simple basic instructions would be great!!!
Thanks
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing
ruff_ryder_v12 said:
I had a similar issue. Just flash back to an original ROM and you should be fine. It worked for me.
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Um? How? I didn't think I could 'go back' ??
see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356231
I need help!! This is the third time ive reflashed. The first time my screen was working, i got all my programs installed. Went to make a call and the speaker doesnt work. they say they can hear me but i cant hear them. I can hear them if i turn speakerphone on. Weird. And also when i slide open the keyboard, the screen would take unusually long to change to landscape and then not change all the way. That was fine i said i could deal with it. But just awhile ago my screen stops working, all it is, is an off black screen of the backlight. So i reflashed it. All through the installation i did not see the progress bar on my screen, but saw it on my PC. So i reflashed it for a third time, and the screen is still the off black. I just reflashed it to an old ROM of 3.35. and still the problem persists. My brother says i need to flash the IPL back to stock. I have no clue what that is though. Need help please. Need my phone back working.
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I need help!! This is the third time ive reflashed. The first time my screen was working, i got all my programs installed. Went to make a call and the speaker doesnt work. they say they can hear me but i cant hear them. I can hear them if i turn speakerphone on. Weird. And also when i slide open the keyboard, the screen would take unusually long to change to landscape and then not change all the way. That was fine i said i could deal with it. But just awhile ago my screen stops working, all it is, is an off black screen of the backlight. So i reflashed it. All through the installation i did not see the progress bar on my screen, but saw it on my PC. So i reflashed it for a third time, and the screen is still the off black. I just reflashed it to an old ROM of 3.35. and still the problem persists. My brother says i need to flash the IPL back to stock. I have no clue what that is though. Need help please. Need my phone back working.
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You may be able to update your radio only and fix the problem from what I was reading. Please read through the wiki completely and then PM me if you need help after that. The link is here. The radio upgrade is here.http://rapidshare.com/files/125052225/Titan_Radio_ROM_3.42.30.rar.html and you will upgrade using the sd card method described in the wiki. Read well and you will understand it.
sounds more like you need to replace your phone. but first, try reflashing from the very beginning:
install olipro 2.4 (if you havent)
flash official sprint rom
flash dcd 3.2.5
flash radio 3.42.30
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You may be able to update your radio only and fix the problem from what I was reading. Please read through the wiki completely and then PM me if you need help after that. The link is here. The radio upgrade is here.http://rapidshare.com/files/125052225/Titan_Radio_ROM_3.42.30.rar.html and you will upgrade using the sd card method described in the wiki. Read well and you will understand it.
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Okay. Ive downloaded the Radio file. but searching through the wiki link, i go to the page where it has all the different radios. But says nothing about the SD card method. cant i just install it like i install the ROM?
Okay i finally got it working. And i can hear people on the phone. but why when i slide open the keyboard to go into landscape mode. The screen lags up really bad and doesnt load half of the screen?
and what the hell. now my screens went out again? anyone know of what hte problem could be?
Ok, so before the general populace of the forum, looks over this post thinking it's some noob who cant read through the forums to solve there own problem, i would like to say thanks in advance to anyone who can seriously provide some help.
Problem is as follows:::
1,)Phone is working fine using mini-winmo+cyan droid
2,) -PROBLEM- My android stops working, so now im stuck using a lite version of winmo
3,) Tried formatting the sdcard with the lite version winmo built in sdcard formatter, doesnt solve anything, dont exactly know what i was trying to solve with this step.
4,) I decide to get a nice fancy version of winmo, figured it would be as easy as just flashing it once n done.
5,)Decided on going with Ozrom, looked the best at the time.
6,) Run the ruucustom as admin, everything goes fine.
7,) -PROBLEM- after flashing the first boot leaves me stuck on the bootscreen.
So after all that i took the advice and tried to get back to the stock Tmous ROM, but as im typing this im still stuck on the Stick together screen, and also just for a control group i downloaded the latest HD2 cell winmo rom release, and that left me hanging on there version of the boot screen.
Same problem, different roms.. stuck on the loading/boot screen.
But, with the stock rom after playing around with removing the battery, simcard,sdcard and what have you i got the stock rom to boot!!!! I was so excited, i skipped the "How to use the on screen keyboard" tut and was typing in my email info when the phone reset on its own and all my hopes went down the drain... hopefully i will get some help on the issue, and like i said previously in the first paragraph i appreciate any and all help.
thanks.
---UPDATE---
Phone is on and working, intermittently.
When i plug the phone into the charger and wait for the amber light, it will boot up and actually enter into windows, now heres the kicker, removing the charger and using the phone will result in the phone turning off and restarting itself, hanging on the stick together screen.
Removing the battery, and replacing the battery after i push all the buttons, the same way you would power cycle a TV remote, and then connecting it to a charger is the only way ive been able to maintain the operation of the device.
Any ideas?
Try doing task29 reinstall winmo Rom of choosing.. see if that helps.. also I flash everything from bootloader. Also check battery pins make sure they aren't bent..
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I have yet to find an answer to this while searching for the past day, so I'm going to ask about it here.
My LG Optimus V's (just got it a few days ago as a birthday present) screen seems to be permanently blank... In case someone asks... yes, it is activated.
What Happened:
I rooted the phone using Gingerbreak 1.2, installed rom manager/clockwork recovery mod, then attempted to backup my phone in case something went wrong. However, when I started the backup, I noticed that the screen was completely blank. I was kinda freaking out, so I just took a shower while it did it's thing. When I came back, it was done creating the backup and it showed up in Rom Manager. After toying with some of the things I can do with it rooted (I only rooted it to see how much of a difference it would make without changing the kernel), I decided to recover that backup. When my phone restarted to recover the backup, the screen was blank once again. After waiting for over an hour, I concluded that it must have finished (since my HTC Hero would finish restoring and never reboot until I tell it to) and took out the battery. Afterwards, it would show the LG splash screen... then the blank screen.
What I Did:
I was thinking about the android screencast java application a few hours after my problem first developed. I plugged my phone into my computer, got adb working, and android screencast showed me that my phone was actually getting stuck at the clockwork recovery mod screen. I tried many things... I installed a CM7 rom, flashed 3 different recoveries, flashed an overclocked stock rom, etc. Eventually, I flashed the stock rom (no changes whatsoever) and stock recovery. Now I can hear my phone, but cannot see it. However, I should note that while using CM7 the same thing happened. The only difference being that I could use android screencast to see the screen (the phone was actually working) with CM7. Now with the stock rom, adb is disabled and I cannot see the screen or do... anything.
What I Think I Should Do:
I'm thinking about calling Virgin Mobile and telling them that my screen is defected. If they see the issue they'll probably think that it's a hardware issue (for all I know, it could be) and they'll probably give me a replacement. However, if anyone as had the same problem and fixed it, I would love to know.
I would love you hear your opinion on this and, if possible, a fix. Thanks in advance!
(JIC, if I posed in the wrong section, I'm sorry...)
you poor souls reporting the symptoms of getting the newer screen hardware from the optimus s in your v's don't number in the double digits yet, but it's getting closer.
I posted a fix on AndroidCentral, see it:
here
good luck! the fix has worked for everyone I pointed to it so far.
btw, the screencast idea is excellent!
crud. stock recovery, you may be SOL.
you'll probably have to boot into custom recovery to use screencast or adb now.
use the unplug phone -> pull&replace battery -> hold home+volume down -> keep holding, press and hold power until lg screen goes blank to enter recovery. maybe adb will work in stock recovery, I dunno.
Thank you very much for the reply!
Yeah, you're right, I'm probably SOL... I still have one option though! Theoretically, I should be able to turn on ADB without being able to see my screen. I know how to access the settings without seeing it, but navigating myself to the "Applications", "Development", "USB Debugging" may be a little hard. I will attempt to do so. I will report my progress in a bit.
However, if you (or somebody else) could provide screenshots of a step-by-step process to turn on USB Debugging in the stock rom (since it's kinda hard to do remember where everything is and screenshots of different phones is kinda different) then I would appreciate it VERY much!
I shall update this in an hour or so.
UPDATE (9/2/11 - 9 PM):
I'm going to take a break for now. Good thing I give everyone my Google Voice number, I doubt anyone will notice a change. I'm going to flash a stock rom onto my HTC Hero so I can figure out where things are on the LG Optimus V (Same screen size) in an hour or so. I'll update my progress in like 2 hours.
UPDATE (9/3/11 - 8:10 AM):
I have been unable to turn on USB Debugging and it seems to be because I don't know where the confirmation after turning it on is located. However, I should note that when I boot into (I think) recovery, "adb devices" states that the device is attached but offline. If there is a way to make it "online" from stock recovery then I would love to know. For now, I will try everything I can.
UPDATE (9/3/11 - 8:22 AM):
Ok. I plugged my phone into the back of my computer and now when I do "adb devices" it detects the device in recovery mode. However, when I try "adb shell" it says "- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory <2> -". I'll try some more stuff, but does anyone have any idea of what I can do? Android Screencast doesn't work either, so that's not an option.
UPDATE (9/3/11 - 9:42 AM):
Crap... now it's indefinatly booting into recovery... I had something like this happen before, I'll report my status in an hour or so...
UPDATE (9/3/11 - 12:36 PM):
My friend finally got my phone booting out of recovery again! Now all I have to do is get "USB Debugging" on and it SHOULD work!
I <think> there's a key combination to power up into the bootloader. if you can find it with searching here and android central.
I haven't been able to track that down today. If you can get into the bootloader, you can fix it. Search for asadullah's fastboot root instructions here if you find a way to get into the blue screen (the bootloader, which fastboot talks to.)
otherwise, I'll be done taking the kids to the (ugh) pool in a few hours and I'll search more.
try pulling your battery for a few minutes and see if the reboot cyle stops that way, at least it might get into recovery or the rom.
glad you got back into recovery again, not too sure how to help at this stage though, since I can't find a way to get into the bootloader with a power-on key combo. just emergency mode (useless to the V since the firmware from LG is missing a file) and safe mode. boo.
there is a youtube video for enabling usb debugging on the v, maybe it'll help you find the right spots to press.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHal0hPNS6s
edit: you can also try to reboot into the bootloader with adb, even though it's missing the shell... it's worth a try, and if it works you can flash xionia recovery with fastboot and things would be a lot easier from that point.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
if that works but you need more help, a battery pull is the only way to power off with the bootloader except "fastboot reboot" will try to boot your rom.
Awesome, thanks for the replies! I'm going to try your suggestions now. I'll let you know how things work out in a few hours. I would have replied earlier, but to my satisfaction there was a surprise party planned for me, lol. I will defiantly try these out now.
Once again, thank you very much. I honestly did not expect a reply for something that happens to such few people.
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I <think> there's a key combination to power up into the bootloader. if you can find it with searching here and android central.
I haven't been able to track that down today. If you can get into the bootloader, you can fix it. Search for asadullah's fastboot root instructions here if you find a way to get into the blue screen (the bootloader, which fastboot talks to.)
otherwise, I'll be done taking the kids to the (ugh) pool in a few hours and I'll search more.
try pulling your battery for a few minutes and see if the reboot cyle stops that way, at least it might get into recovery or the rom.
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I'm honestly not sure what my friend did, lol. She was just messing with it while it was, apparently, in recovery and it ended up rebooting and loading the rom. I, honestly, don't want to risk getting stuck in recovery anymore since taking out the battery for an hour didn't do anything... If I'm unable to get adb on using what I know from that video then I'll try booting into the bootloader. Like I said before, I'll report my status in a few hours. I really appreciate your help up to now!
EXTREMELY HAPPY UPDATE!!! (9/4/11 - 1:22 AM)
I was able to turn on ADB! I used what I learned from that video and how turning on ADB works on my HTC Hero to get it working and it's FINALLY ON! Now I can attempt to flash the recovery, kernel, and everything else in order to get it working! Thank you VERY much! I will let you know how everything turn out
Another Wonderful Update! (9/4/11 - 2:03 AM)
I have flashed the recovery.img (the Xionia CWMA one) and can see my screen in recovery! I haven't seen anything on my screen besides the LG splash screen so I'm overwhelmed with joy! I'm flashing a new ROM and the other stuff now!
Final Update! (9/4/11 - 2:09 AM)
2:05 AM - I see the rom's boot screen!
2:06 AM - I see the CM7 Mod boot screen!
2:08 AM - I see the UI on my screen and everything seems to be working! Thank you VERY much!
Quick question though... If I want to install a new ROM, do I need to flash the xionia anykernel one directly afterwards?
ah, excellent! glad it's working now.
you're the most persistent (and maybe technically apt) person I've helped with this so far.
I still think that using screencast was the best new idea I've seen yet.
yes, you'll need to flash the xionia kernel after flashing any rom or rom update.
roms come with their own kernel in the boot.img, and none of them currently out for the v have the video drivers from the newer sprint kernels.
right now, xionia kernel is the only thing that works.
and, you'll need to flash the key swap after changing roms, as well, but at least forgetting to do that won't take out your display.
now that you've got xionia recovery on your phone, it should be a lot easier next time.
Thank you for both the help and the compliment!
I don't like giving up when it's something I know I can do. I figured that if I was able to mount my SD card without being able to see the screen, I should be able to turn on USB Debugging as well. About the Android Screencast... I didn't actually think about it until it until I plugged in my phone while the screen was blank, ran "adb devices", and saw that my device was detected within recovery. I figured that I might as well give it a shot... and it worked.
Alright, that's what I figured. Hopefully someone realizes what's happening with refurbished Optimus V smartphones and ports the newer sprint kernels to the Optimus V. I feel like I got ripped-off though... I bought my phone "new" and got a refurbished one. I can't really do anything though, we're not technically supposed to be rooting our Virgin Mobile phones anyways, lol. I'll be sure to do that everytime now though. For now, I think I'm good with the Bumblebee rom.
Once again, thank you VERY much for your help! I know I would not have been able to fix my phone without your help.
EDIT:
Oh yeah, btw, if the Optimus V ever gets stuck in stock recovery, press the "back" button then "home" button to boot into the rom. Not sure why it works (I was never able to see the screen), but it worked.
There is a key combo!
First time caller long time listener... I bricked my own Optmus V with a bogus ROM. To boot into recovery without adb press (Home)+(Volume Down)+(Power) Now rocking CM7!
Some of you might have seen my earlier thread, my ReZound is rooted. HTC sent out the ICS update my phone attempted to install it and afterwards it would not advance past the white HTC screen. After many hours of playing around with it (being semi-noobish to all things rooting, but decently knowledable with technology) I realized that on the H-boot screen it was telling me that the Image was missing. I assumed that the HTC update deleted it? After thinking about it, I thought that maybe installing a custom ROM would fix this, so I grabbed Scotts Clean ROM. Sure enough I did and I was finally able to advance past the white HTC screen. It looks as if everything is working fine with the phone now EXCEPT I have no data and no calling connection. Im assuming that my phone is just that messed up from the attempted upgrade this morning that im missing files needed for the connection.
My next thought was to just say heck with it and do a factory reset hoping to get back to a bone stock phone that at least functioned, but when I try the factory reset it doesnt work....
Any ideas of what I should do next? Ive spent 5-6 hrs trying to fix this phone today, I really hope to get something figured out. Thank you everyone for your help!
EDIT: I feel like an idiot... Because of putting the battery in and out for resets I left the back off the phone. I now have service. Main issue now is that when I try to call out, as soon as I type a number on the dialer it freezes up and restarts itself....
The phone still tries to look for the old image on the restart and gives me issues every time on startup still also. Id like to be able to get this back to not needing a ROM....
If it were me, I would download the official RUU for ICS found here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...cream-sandwich-ruu-for-final-ota-3-14-605-12/ IIRC, mirror #3 was the fastest. Then follow the directions from that site:
After downloading the file, rename it to "PH98IMG.zip" (no quotes)
Place the renamed file onto the root of the SD Card
Power down your device
Reboot into the bootloader by holding VOL DOWN + Power
The flashing process should begin automatically
Let the device reboot, and you should be done.
That will get you up and running. Then you can go about rooting it again if you like.