[Q] Any idea why my phone bricked ? - Optimus One, P500, V General

[Q] Any idea why my phone bricked ? - Optimus One, P500, V General

Hi Guys,
I rooted my Optimus One using the Gingerbreak method following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765. I got SuperUser privileges and everything worked fine.
Then I started deleting those Apps which can pre-installed on my Phone and were really irritating me and taking on space by using the "Root App Remover" from the Android Market.
Preinstalled Apps I removed :-
(1) Facebook for Android
(2) Twitter
(3) LG Home
(4) LG Games
(5) Music
(6) Video
Now my phone wont start and its stuck on the "Android" bootup screen.
I think I screwed up by removing LGHome, which probably was the Launcher. I then tried recovering by setting my phone back to factory settings but the Home screen just goes black and when I reboot gets stuck in "Android" screen.
Any help would be appreciated, as to what I did wrong and if I can somehow recover from this.
Thanks in advance.

do you have a custom recovery like CWM or Amonra ? if so boot int orecovery console then delete data/cache files including dalvik cache, also theres a how to section sticied at the top of the posts with instructionional thread on un-bricking

you removed the LG Home!(It's the launcher) Now you can do one thing switch of your phone then hold down home+vol down+power it will reset your phone via lg recovery!

JulyDerek said:
Hi Guys,
I rooted my Optimus One using the Gingerbreak method following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765. I got SuperUser privileges and everything worked fine.
Then I started deleting those Apps which can pre-installed on my Phone and were really irritating me and taking on space by using the "Root App Remover" from the Android Market.
Preinstalled Apps I removed :-
(1) Facebook for Android
(2) Twitter
(3) LG Home
(4) LG Games
(5) Music
(6) Video
Now my phone wont start and its stuck on the "Android" bootup screen.
I think I screwed up by removing LGHome, which probably was the Launcher. I then tried recovering by setting my phone back to factory settings but the Home screen just goes black and when I reboot gets stuck in "Android" screen.
Any help would be appreciated, as to what I did wrong and if I can somehow recover from this.
Thanks in advance.
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if nothing works use kdz to flash a new lg rom.
one humble opinion.....i think this is the dev section not the general section.so please post it in the general section...please please...

Devil_Dude said:
you removed the LG Home!(It's the launcher) Now you can do one thing switch of your phone then hold down home+vol down+power it will reset your phone via lg recovery!
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I did that. It just goes to a black blank screen when the homepage opens. When I try to reboot, it again gets stuck on the "Android" screen.

josinpaul said:
if nothing works use kdz to flash a new lg rom.
one humble opinion.....i think this is the dev section not the general section.so please post it in the general section...please please...
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Sorry mate, hope a mod moves this.
I dont know if I can flash it if nothing works !! But I will check it out. Thanks.

Can u install any other launcher via adb ? Search how to's.
Sent from my LG-P500

JulyDerek said:
Hi Guys,
I rooted my Optimus One using the Gingerbreak method following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765. I got SuperUser privileges and everything worked fine.
Then I started deleting those Apps which can pre-installed on my Phone and were really irritating me and taking on space by using the "Root App Remover" from the Android Market.
Preinstalled Apps I removed :-
(1) Facebook for Android
(2) Twitter
(3) LG Home
(4) LG Games
(5) Music
(6) Video
Now my phone wont start and its stuck on the "Android" bootup screen.
I think I screwed up by removing LGHome, which probably was the Launcher. I then tried recovering by setting my phone back to factory settings but the Home screen just goes black and when I reboot gets stuck in "Android" screen.
Any help would be appreciated, as to what I did wrong and if I can somehow recover from this.
Thanks in advance.
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flash via kdz http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038338
read downgrading ur phn

mansirawat said:
Can u install any other launcher via adb ? Search how to's.
Sent from my LG-P500
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I just managed to flash the latest LG ROM with KDZ and works great now !!
Thanks to you guys for pointing me in the right direction.
Also, going to root it again.....bah !

JulyDerek said:
I just managed to flash the latest LG ROM with KDZ and works great now !!
Thanks to you guys for pointing me in the right direction.
Also, going to root it again.....bah !
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This time install recovery. And make a backup before you start braking things.
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA Premium App

JulyDerek said:
Also, going to root it again.....bah !
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That's the spirit

My cousin delete his lg home LUNCHER and that happened.. But it's an easy fix just get someone to call you then end the call and you should be able to unlock your phone blank screen but you still have your status bar just send an apk/home LUNCHER file through gmail and you should get it on your phone that's if your signed in.. And just download.. This only applies if your phone is boot up but has an black screen.. If not of course this would not work.. Why t I posted it cause it came to mind
KickAss City Mik_CM7 FK V18.BFS

Rooted it again! Working perfectly.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk

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LG Intuition Root help needed

I have followed all the online post i can find ( jcase thread w/ android police page and adb install)
i have su file and lgroot.sh saved.
cant get adb working or figure out how to get it open or running or anything- on windows 7 nor xp -
I have team viewer on both and could really use some help, if anyone can...
im sure i can handle it once i know where to start. just really dead in the water here
please help me!

I am going to root an lg tomorrow so once I do it I'm happy to help.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

Root?
Did you successfully root the LG INTUITION VS950?
tennisjunkie said:
I am going to root an lg tomorrow so once I do it I'm happy to help.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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LG Intuition root information
Hello to all, I receive my phone on monday, and im coming from a rooted/rom/oc'ed Samsung Infuse 4g, Xoom, SII, and countless cheap tablets all tweaked so I cant wait to get into the guts of this phone but first I need root. Im no dev or coder but definetly not a noob so hopefully somebody takes the file im gonna upload and see if it actually works. Searching by the Japanese name of Optimus Vu p895 I found a "one click'' root for the phone that im gonna post. They also claim to have the bootloader unlocked also to have a custom recovery like CWM but I havent found anything yet about that. I hope the dev's and rom guys get to this phone because to me it looks like the perfect pocket powerhouse imo.
THIS IS MEANT FOR DEV'S OR THE CURIOUS TO SEE IF IT WORKS. ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR PHONE IS NOT MY FAULT.
This site was found by a simple google search, and the "super one-click" is meant for Android 2.3.5, hopefully one of you guys can make it work for 4.0.4 I dont get my phone til monday after thanksgiving so ill try it myself then.
the file is not uploading so the site is ninjaromeo . com /root-lg-optimus-vu-p895/

LG Intuition Root VIDEO Instruction
Performed a google search, with zero results found. Wondering if anyone has the ability to create a youtube step by step root instruction (for not so secure rooters), like myself. I have rooted four other devices but with each I had a video to refer too.
Thank You!

one4blackberry said:
Performed a google search, with zero results found. Wondering if anyone has the ability to create a youtube step by step root instruction (for not so secure rooters), like myself. I have rooted four other devices but with each I had a video to refer too.
Thank You!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
No video, but this worked for me.

Thank You Iamdroidman. I just got my phone and rooted it in 10 min. Great link.
Sent from my VS950 4G using xda app-developers app

noezzi said:
Thank You Iamdroidman. I just got my phone and rooted it in 10 min. Great link.
Sent from my VS950 4G using xda app-developers app
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Yeah, no worries. How much do you know about development? I am not new to rooting, but I was so excited about removing bloatware that I removed a little too much and now I'm probably going to have send mine in for warranty. Any chance you know how to pull a system .img so I could reflash mine??? lol
I'll PM you just in case you dont see this.

Yeah I heard that if you remove a certain "bloatware " app it activates another verizon lock app, and once the phone is turned off it locks the phone up. I completly removed all verizon apps and the "lockout" so hopefully i wont have the that problem.
But ive flashed many other devices but i dont know how to put up the system image. It cant be that difficult, im gonna google and youtube it to find out how. I believe there is another thread on xda with the lg intuition system image also. But ill try to get that to you tonight if possible. One quick question....once you have the image how are you gonna flash it?, i thought the bootloader was locked, or is there a program like odin for LG?
Sent from my VS950 4G using xda app-developers app

noezzi said:
Yeah I heard that if you remove a certain "bloatware " app it activates another verizon lock app, and once the phone is turned off it locks the phone up. I completly removed all verizon apps and the "lockout" so hopefully i wont have the that problem.
But ive flashed many other devices but i dont know how to put up the system image. It cant be that difficult, im gonna google and youtube it to find out how. I believe there is another thread on xda with the lg intuition system image also. But ill try to get that to you tonight if possible. One quick question....once you have the image how are you gonna flash it?, i thought the bootloader was locked, or is there a program like odin for LG?
Sent from my VS950 4G using xda app-developers app
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Yeah, I'm luckily not locked out of the phone, but it would be nice to have a clean install. The boot loader is locked, and to my knowledge there is no Odin like program, but I was able to pull my .IMG a while ago. I'm hoping I can just push a clean .IMG, hard reset and call it good. I'll check when I get home to see if I can find how I did it.

Update: phone died...charged it up....turned on... received a security error. I deleted Verizon apps or something that triggered this. I returned the phone and within an hour rooted the new one without touching the Verizon apps.
This is not something new with LG phones I'm hearing. But if you go to developer options and turn on CPU stats it annoying to me that the phone is constantly sending messages to LG and Verizon servers and basically going ape**** in the background. So until the bootloader gets unlocked and a Rom is available I'm going with droidwall as a firewall and stock root. I wouldn't touch the Verizon apps or even quarantine IMO.
Sent from my VS950 4G using xda app-developers app

root problems
iamdroidman said:
Yeah, I'm luckily not locked out of the phone, but it would be nice to have a clean install. The boot loader is locked, and to my knowledge there is no Odin like program, but I was able to pull my .IMG a while ago. I'm hoping I can just push a clean .IMG, hard reset and call it good. I'll check when I get home to see if I can find how I did it.
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I finally got mine done. Went with a one click option that I found on youtube. It truly was a one click (well actually two) and it immediately gave me root priv. At any rate, download Titanium and then "freeze" the bloatware that you don't want. This way also prevents them from hogging cache and RAM. But, it doesn't trigger the commie Verizon bootloader locks. As of yet, ODIN does not support this device, but gooManager does. Haven't tried to flash yet, but it's downloaded and just sitting there....I'm afraid to pull the trigger. I wish I could remember the link...I typed "how to root android 4.0.4" and it was like the third or fourth option. I tried and tried and tried JCase's method, but got caught in the shell because it wouldn't verify lgroot.sh file was in place. It was. Looking forward to developing. Im in IT in college as a non-trad so expect a lot of questions you guys.

noezzi said:
Yeah I heard that if you remove a certain "bloatware " app it activates another verizon lock app, and once the phone is turned off it locks the phone up. I completly removed all verizon apps and the "lockout" so hopefully i wont have the that problem.
But ive flashed many other devices but i dont know how to put up the system image. It cant be that difficult, im gonna google and youtube it to find out how. I believe there is another thread on xda with the lg intuition system image also. But ill try to get that to you tonight if possible. One quick question....once you have the image how are you gonna flash it?, i thought the bootloader was locked, or is there a program like odin for LG?
Sent from my VS950 4G using xda app-developers app
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What is that lockout app? I'd like to do the same on my rooted vs950 just to ensure nothing I do bootloops it.

LG intuition Root 4.04 Help!
Can someone help me root my LG VS950 its been updated to 4.04 and I can't get it rooted using Bin4ry or Jcase suggestions so for... Others said it works with the 4.04 update, I just can't figure out what I may be doing wrong... when it gets to the reboot part and ask me to hit restore it starts and stops I about 5 seconds and nothing happens.. I added a pic of what it said when I tried to root using bin4ry method.. hopefully one of you can decipher this for me and help me find a solution...
P.S. and to be clear what USB connection type do I select (MTP, PTP, Internet Connection, or Charging) after I turn debugging mode on. and do I need to factory reset before I root?
Any other minor tid-bits would also be helpfull thanks..
Thanks in advance!

Here is how you fix it.
Power up the phone holding Power, Volume Up and Volume Down until Download Mode appears on the phone.
Connect the phone with the usb cable to the computer.
Use the LGMobile Support Tool and go to Customer Support -> Recovery Phone.
Follow the onscreen instructions from there.
This will download and reload your phone. Takes about 30 minutes total. All data will be lost.
Hopes this helps people.

jkbreazeale said:
Here is how you fix it.
Power up the phone holding Power, Volume Up and Volume Down until Download Mode appears on the phone.
Connect the phone with the usb cable to the computer.
Use the LGMobile Support Tool and go to Customer Support -> Recovery Phone.
Follow the onscreen instructions from there.
This will download and reload your phone. Takes about 30 minutes total. All data will be lost.
Hopes this helps people.
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Does this have anything to do with rooting the phone? Your response was @ no one in particular so i wanted to be sure before followed your directions

This is when you root it and you delete bloatware that it doesnt like. When the phone restarts and it shows that there is a Security Error, Can not find morningcall meaning a soft brick. The method that I gave gets your phone back up and running. It does wipe the phone so be prepared.

It shows the device connected and then I get an error when it is checking the information. It validates the esn, cell phone number, then right before it errors out it says its looking for LG PC-sync software. All drivers are installed. Any ideas?

I successfully got mine rooted but Bricked on restart due to Vz security software. I posted Step by Step restore in case of brick.
Sent from my VS950 4G using xda app-developers app

This method just does not want to work for me......I chose all rooting options and it keeps saying it can't mount, and file does not exist. I will try to post a screen shot when I get home but it is very similar to Peter Bishop but I am not even getting the prompt to add busy box, it says "confirm backup", "confirm restore", and then reboots and says it is done....but Root Checker says the device is not rooted. I am trying this on V31 of the root program.
Here is what is hangs on:
Device type:
1) New Standard-Root <thx Ariel Berkman>
2) New Xperia Root by Goroh_jun <Xperia Z, XperiaV [JellyBean] ...>
3) Old
4) Old-Special <for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab>
G) Google Glass Mode <thx Saurik for the ab file>
x) Unroot
Make a choice: 1
Please connect Device with enabled USB-Debugging to your computer
Doing a back up first, please confirm this on your device!
Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation.
Done!
Press any key to continue.....
Please select RESTORE MY DATA option now on your device!
Now unlock your device and confirm the restore operation.
Please press any key when restore is done.
Press any key to continue..
Going to reboot now....
mount: operation not permitted
642 kb/s <380532 bytes in0.578s>
1124 KB/s (1500495 bytes in 1.303s>
526 KB/s <1165484 bytes in 2.160s>
remote object '/system/bin/ric' does not exist
Going to copy files to it's place
mount: permission denied <are you root?>
Rebooting again, please wait!
Could not find C:users\blahblah\Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry\ric
Restoring previous backup! pleas select the restore my data option now on your device!
Now unlock your device and confirm the restore operation.
Please press any key when restore is done
press any key to continue...
Going to reboot last time now....
You can close all open command-prompts now!
after reboot all is done! Have fun!
Bin4ry
Press any key to continue...
so yeah....it does this for all options......

Help - P500 Urgent Help

I recently rooted my LG P500 and I think I've uninstalled something I shouldn't have because now the operating system won't load at all.
Have restored to factory settings but same thing happens, just a black screen with the pull down drawer available at the top.
Any ideas what I can do? Thanks.

Reboot into recovery mode and flash a new rom. You got a recovery installed on the phone right ?
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda app-developers app

To me, it sounds like you don't have a launcher anymore. Try downloading one onto your phone using the play store.
Sent from my LG-P509

frailfury said:
I recently rooted my LG P500 and I think I've uninstalled something I shouldn't have because now the operating system won't load at all.
Have restored to factory settings but same thing happens, just a black screen with the pull down drawer available at the top.
Any ideas what I can do? Thanks.
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U deleted ur launcher ... open play store via pc and install a launcher to ur phone via the store ... shud do it .. u could go for holo launcher
. Small fast and efficient .. search the store fr it ... hers play store link www.play.google.com
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way
:: peace
Sent from Legendary o1

Thanks, but I did do a hard reset and the problem didn't go away.
If I install a launcher, that will get the phone working, however if I ever nee to do another hard reset, I'll be in the same situation won't I?
Will try this later though, what launcher shall I get? Thanks.

frailfury said:
Thanks, but I did do a hard reset and the problem didn't go away.
If I install a launcher, that will get the phone working, however if I ever nee to do another hard reset, I'll be in the same situation won't I?
Will try this later though, what launcher shall I get? Thanks.
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U can try "holo launcher" its small and fast
And fr ur hard reset problem .. after u have got the phone running properly .. u can use titanium backup and push the launcher to system
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way
:: peace
Sent from Legendary o1

Or, you can do a hard reset which should bring everything back to you. But:
1. This can only be done if you do not have a custom recovery.
2. This will wipe your apps and settings I believe.
If you want to try this, turn off your phone, and then hold:
volume down + home + power
The reason why this only works if you do not have a custom recovery is because once you flash a custom recovery, that button combo becomes the button combo for the custom recovery. And that is because your custom recovery overwrites the stock recovery, which is what does the hard reset.

Thanks, but I tried a hrd reset and it still won't launch correctly.
Only way round this is to install a custom rom. I've gone and bought a new phone so will try and see if I can get away with sending this off to one of these phone recycle places.

[Q] Replaced Build.prop and bricked

In a little bit of a panic. I replaced the build.prop on my phone with one of the defaults I found here (for p769v20d) and now my phone won't start up. I just see the LG logo and the screen stays black. I tried doing a hard reset and the little open android shows up, but it then goes black as well. I have root but removed cwm to install the update. My bootloader is locked. Is there anyway to fix this?

applecityfoxes said:
In a little bit of a panic. I replaced the build.prop on my phone with one of the defaults I found here (for p769v20d) and now my phone won't start up. I just see the LG logo and the screen stays black. I tried doing a hard reset and the little open android shows up, but it then goes black as well. I have root but removed cwm to install the update. My bootloader is locked. Is there anyway to fix this?
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Sounds like you'll need to do an offline flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38677123.

applecityfoxes said:
In a little bit of a panic. I replaced the build.prop on my phone with one of the defaults I found here (for p769v20d) and now my phone won't start up. I just see the LG logo and the screen stays black. I tried doing a hard reset and the little open android shows up, but it then goes black as well. I have root but removed cwm to install the update. My bootloader is locked. Is there anyway to fix this?
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Do you still get adb connection? How about taking your original build.prop (or from your original kdz) and:
adb push build.prop > /system
? Should work fine I guess
Sent from my LG-P760 using xda app-developers app

N00BY0815 said:
adb push build.prop > /system
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A great option. I reflash the phone.

applecityfoxes said:
In a little bit of a panic. I replaced the build.prop on my phone with one of the defaults I found here (for p769v20d) and now my phone won't start up. I just see the LG logo and the screen stays black. I tried doing a hard reset and the little open android shows up, but it then goes black as well. I have root but removed cwm to install the update. My bootloader is locked. Is there anyway to fix this?
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You should do a search for similar questions before making the same question thats already been answered
anyways, you should offline flash a fresh 10g kdz.. root it and then use rooted v20d cwm back up to restore u to rooted v20d.
worked perfectly for me

Really sticky situation, bricked p769 phone

So I have an LG Optimus L9 phone from T-Mobile that I recently got, but it wouldn't let me save apps to my SD card, which really limited my space. Id rooted my previous Android phone, and I thought I could do it again.
So I tried unlocking my bootloader and rooting my phone using this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277639
But I guess one thing led to another and... Well, now when I start my phone, it just leads to a screen that says Encrypting and a button that says "Reset phone", and every single time it resets to this "Encrypting" screen. Every once in a blue moon, I can get it into CWM recovery screen, but I don't know what to do. I've been trying out multiple things, but I'm on the verge of losing my mind! Can anyone help me? I'd really appreciate it!
*UPDATE*
Good news! I used the LG Mobile Support tool to update my phone to V20H by using the advice below!
BOOTLOOPS? STUCK AT LG LOGO? : Dont worry!!! If you were on CM and flashed JB or vice versa or your data partition is not matching with new partitions, then your phone may get BOOTLOOPS on LG Logo.
HARD-RESET to solve it (Press VolDown, Home and Power all together) You will loose data, dont worry, before starting you took BACKUP and I am sure about it. Phone should start normally. (Click for correct method of HARDRESET)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
So now it boots up fine and works! But now the touchscreen is wonky. That's normal from what the tutorial said, but at this point, I'm desperately just trying to bring my phone back to normal... Anyone know how I can fix the touchscreen issue, or restore back to normal from here?

panda_boy91 said:
So I have an LG Optimus L9 phone from T-Mobile that I recently got, but it wouldn't let me save apps to my SD card, which really limited my space. Id rooted my previous Android phone, and I thought I could do it again.
So I tried unlocking my bootloader and rooting my phone using this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277639
But I guess one thing led to another and... Well, now when I start my phone, it just leads to a screen that says Encrypting and a button that says "Reset phone", and every single time it resets to this "Encrypting" screen. Every once in a blue moon, I can get it into CWM recovery screen, but I don't know what to do. I've been trying out multiple things, but I'm on the verge of losing my mind! Can anyone help me? I'd really appreciate it!
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Reflash kdz rom using lg flash tool with software upgrade mode. Follow the link below for tutorials and kdz download :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344

panda_boy91 said:
So now it boots up fine and works! But now the touchscreen is wonky. That's normal from what the tutorial said, but at this point, I'm desperately just trying to bring my phone back to normal... Anyone know how I can fix the touchscreen issue, or restore back to normal from here?
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Keep following the tutorial if you still want to unlock bootloader. Otherwise jump to the 2nd part of it (step 5 and on), to flash back to P769 rom and then apply (flash) touchscreen fix.

mrmathematica said:
Keep following the tutorial if you still want to unlock bootloader. Otherwise jump to the 2nd part of it (step 5 and on), to flash back to P769 rom and then apply (flash) touchscreen fix.
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I just tried following the tutorial again, but I came across the same error I got the last time I tried (before I got myself into the encryption shenanigans). I was following the youtube tutorial that carloswii5 posted at the top of his written tutorial.
I got to the part where I had to install the recovery (At 13:37 of the video), but when I click the button to install it, I get this error:
h ttp://i.imgur.com/HzZGMlx.jpg
(The forum won't let me post links until I'm have 10 posts on the forum, so I put a space after the h in the http...)
Sorry for the terrible webcam picture. Any idea what this means, and how I can fix this? Where did I go wrong? And thanks again, people, I appreciate the help!

panda_boy91 said:
I just tried following the tutorial again, but I came across the same error I got the last time I tried (before I got myself into the encryption shenanigans). I was following the youtube tutorial that carloswii5 posted at the top of his written tutorial.
I got to the part where I had to install the recovery (At 13:37 of the video), but when I click the button to install it, I get this error:
http://i.imgur.com/HzZGMlx.jpg
(The forum won't let me post links until I'm have 10 posts on the forum, so I put a space after the h in the http...)
Sorry for the terrible webcam picture. Any idea what this means, and how I can fix this? Where did I go wrong? And thanks again, people, I appreciate the help!
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It appears you don't have root.
I'll send you a file to flash (once you get root & l9 recovery installed) to restore your touch screen & u-boot if you feel like throwing in the towel.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

kuma82 said:
It appears you don't have root.
I'll send you a file to flash (once you get root & l9 recovery installed) to restore your touch screen & u-boot if you feel like throwing in the towel.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I actually got it up and running a while ago, thanks though, I really appreciate it!
Apprearently I had to flash my phone to V10G, root it, install the L9 recovery, and then follow the tutorial. I don't know how that slipped my mind, but I didn't try flashing it to V10G first.
Just for the sake of putting a resolution to this thread's issue, here's what I did.
1. I flashed my phone to V10G using cmahendra's tutorial here:
h ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
2. Then I rooted the phone using this Chinese tool that aristide1997 posted:
h ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439667
(There might be a better way to root the phone, but that's how I did it)
3. Then I installed the L9 Recovery apk that I got from carloswii5's tutorial. (It's the last link, the mega.co.nz one, the all in one zip that ggfool politely posted)
h ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277639
5. After that, I just followed carloswii5's youtube tutorial,
h ttp://youtu.be/WyNtFP_TkKc
and everything went smoothly from there.
Anyway, thanks for all the help you guys, I'm glad I finally got this problem sorted out, and can now install custom roms on my phone!

panda_boy91 said:
I actually got it up and running a while ago, thanks though, I really appreciate it!
Apprearently I had to flash my phone to V10G, root it, install the L9 recovery, and then follow the tutorial. I don't know how that slipped my mind, but I didn't try flashing it to V10G first.
Just for the sake of putting a resolution to this thread's issue, here's what I did.
1. I flashed my phone to V10G using cmahendra's tutorial here:
h ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
2. Then I rooted the phone using this Chinese tool that aristide1997 posted:
h ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439667
(There might be a better way to root the phone, but that's how I did it)
3. Then I installed the L9 Recovery apk that I got from carloswii5's tutorial. (It's the last link, the mega.co.nz one, the all in one zip that ggfool politely posted)
h ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277639
5. After that, I just followed carloswii5's youtube tutorial,
h ttp://youtu.be/WyNtFP_TkKc
and everything went smoothly from there.
Anyway, thanks for all the help you guys, I'm glad I finally got this problem sorted out, and can now install custom roms on my phone!
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I am having similar problems to the one explained above...
Today my phone started giving me google service stopped working and calculator stopped working...so I restarted my phone. when it powered back up it got stuck on the LG Logo Screen...once in a while it will go to the encryption screen with the reset phone button and does nothing if I push it. I have tried to hard reset the phone by doing the Volume Down + Home Button + Power button all at the same time. When I push all three after removing the battery to make sure the phone is powered down, it just vibrates and powers up to the LG Logo screen again and sits there. I am really frustrated at this point and heart broken because I really like this phone. I have had the phone a little over a year now. So it is out of warranty. For some reason it is not getting seen when I connect it to my computer via USB cable. I do not understand all the conversation about re-rooting and such. I am not all that tech savvy, so I need simple instructions.

Hi @thejenibear, you could try this way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50729855
** In LG Mobile Support Tool Navigate to Update/Tools and there select upgrade recovery.
Cheers . Good luck.
Edited: or this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53407503
Sent from my LG P76020p-EUR-XX unlocked and rooted

BajoPrimate said:
Hi @thejenibear, you could try this way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50729855
** In LG Mobile Support Tool Navigate to Update/Tools and there select upgrade recovery.
Cheers . Good luck.
Edited: or this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53407503
Sent from my LG P76020p-EUR-XX unlocked and rooted
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Hey I tried installing that program but it just gets stuck and the installation won't finish. Could you upload a zip with the files and exe for the lg support tool please? Thanks

Hi @sbecerra407, you could download it from here http://lg-support-tool.en.lo4d.com/
Cheers. Good luck.
Sent from my LG P76020p-EUR-XX unlocked and rooted

BajoPrimate said:
Hi @sbecerra407, you could download it from here
Cheers. Good luck.
Sent from my LG P76020p-EUR-XX unlocked and rooted
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That's exactly where I downloaded it from at first but it still doesn't work

sbecerra407 said:
That's exactly where I downloaded it from at first but it still doesn't work
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Here you go (by lino08) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620378
Cheers. Good luck.
Edited: you could erase the contents of C:\ProgramData\LGMOBILEAX\ and expand the LGMOBILEAX.zip in it
http://www.mediafire.com/download/t67l9e9ladhg95c/LGMOBILEAX.zip

LG Optimus Stuck at Logo Screen
BajoPrimate said:
Hi @thejenibear, you could try this way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50729855
** In LG Mobile Support Tool Navigate to Update/Tools and there select upgrade recovery.
Cheers . Good luck.
Edited: or this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53407503
Sent from my LG P76020p-EUR-XX unlocked and rooted
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I tried the LG Mobile Support Tool....unfortunately because the phone is not booting up all the way, my computer is not being seen. I ended up going out and replacing the phone with another phone. This was the second time that something like this happened to that phone. The first time it automatically started an System Update without my input and I was not in a good coverage area and not hooked to a Wi-Fi at the time and then my battery dies midway through. This lead to the phone being stuck without the software fully downloaded. Had to send it to LG for a little over a week to completely wipe the phone and re-install the software. It was under warranty at that time. This time the warranty was out of date. I will still see if there is anything that they can do for it. I went with another LG, but bought the extended warranty through the store where I bought it, not making that mistake again.

Hi thejenibear, thanks for your feedback.
Cheers. Good luck.

[MetroPCS] LG Optimus L9 P76910b [Encrypting and com.android.phone]

Ok, where to begin. so i rooted my phone fine. i was trying to attempt to apply some hacks to swap external sdcard with internal but everything said i have to change my bootloader. rooted fine with some Chinese program. i tried rom toolkit for the bootloader unlocker. reboots, but nothing. so i found an APK file that you run on the phone itself, that you hit an unlock button and it reboots. it said it supported my model etc. but now when i turn it on it goes past the MetroPCS screen into a white screen with "Encrypting" and a button saying "Reset Phone". then an error pops up that says "com.android.phone has stopped" then it sits there forever.
Well, i did figure out that if you let the battery die down a warning message pops up like normal warning of low battery. it gives options to hit OK or Battery Use. if i hit battery use it takes me into the settings menu. i can change anything from there. i tried a factory reset from there and nothing. i tried hard reset [buttons] and nothing. i tried flashing the 10B_00.kdz using AIO Toolkit and it fails saying my phone isn't connected. so oi go back into settings and enable debug etc etc, reboot and then try....same failure. doesnt recognize. i uninstalled and reinstalled pc suite, LGUnited mobile drivers......nothing nothing nothing. i have seen others with same issue and they end up recovering....but not me. am i supposed to flash 10B kdz? that's what my settings say i have. LGMSP76910b or something like that. all firmware sites the p769 model is TMOBILE....can i try flashing a tmobile kdz for my phone and it NOT mess up my metro service? i have tried the update tool....nothing.
My wife has been threatening to kill me so please help. i can only say "Woman! get your ass back in the kitchen and make me a sammich!" a few more times before she realizes all she has to do is whop me over the head with a pan....or broom.....or my broken LG Optimus.....help.

OneHitGamer said:
Ok, where to begin. so i rooted my phone fine. i was trying to attempt to apply some hacks to swap external sdcard with internal but everything said i have to change my bootloader. rooted fine with some Chinese program. i tried rom toolkit for the bootloader unlocker. reboots, but nothing. so i found an APK file that you run on the phone itself, that you hit an unlock button and it reboots. it said it supported my model etc. but now when i turn it on it goes past the MetroPCS screen into a white screen with "Encrypting" and a button saying "Reset Phone". then an error pops up that says "com.android.phone has stopped" then it sits there forever.
Well, i did figure out that if you let the battery die down a warning message pops up like normal warning of low battery. it gives options to hit OK or Battery Use. if i hit battery use it takes me into the settings menu. i can change anything from there. i tried a factory reset from there and nothing. i tried hard reset [buttons] and nothing. i tried flashing the 10B_00.kdz using AIO Toolkit and it fails saying my phone isn't connected. so oi go back into settings and enable debug etc etc, reboot and then try....same failure. doesnt recognize. i uninstalled and reinstalled pc suite, LGUnited mobile drivers......nothing nothing nothing. i have seen others with same issue and they end up recovering....but not me. am i supposed to flash 10B kdz? that's what my settings say i have. LGMSP76910b or something like that. all firmware sites the p769 model is TMOBILE....can i try flashing a tmobile kdz for my phone and it NOT mess up my metro service? i have tried the update tool....nothing.
My wife has been threatening to kill me so please help. i can only say "Woman! get your ass back in the kitchen and make me a sammich!" a few more times before she realizes all she has to do is whop me over the head with a pan....or broom.....or my broken LG Optimus.....help.
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I'm having the same exact problem too. Have you found a solution to this??

Yes i got it. Was so simple. I used the legit, un cracked version of the lg tool. Entered model and it started downloading correct firmware and restored. I randomly found someones post sharing un modded lg tool. Forget the server thing, forget running cracked lg tool. Its what lg or metro does. Nornal tool. If you need the file ill find the link for you.

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OneHitGamer said:
Yes i got it. Was so simple. I used the legit, un cracked version of the lg tool. Entered model and it started downloading correct firmware and restored. I randomly found someones post sharing un modded lg tool. Forget the server thing, forget running cracked lg tool. Its what lg or metro does. Nornal tool. If you need the file ill find the link for you.
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hey man could u post the links for me and everyone for this problem? :laugh:

OneHitGamer said:
Yes i got it. Was so simple. I used the legit, un cracked version of the lg tool. Entered model and it started downloading correct firmware and restored. I randomly found someones post sharing un modded lg tool. Forget the server thing, forget running cracked lg tool. Its what lg or metro does. Nornal tool. If you need the file ill find the link for you.
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You performed the online restore method.
In order to get the offline flash to work, you need to use the unofficial fastboot and restore an ice cream (p769) x-loader & u-boot. Then perform the offline flash.
There is a problem with jellybeans x & u, and performing the s/w upgrade starting from a cold boot.
The only way for the offline flash flash to work and still be on a jellybean (x-loader & u-boot) the phone must be operating properly and turned on normally (plus it needs to be in the lg software mode).
Finding this information is not easy, because the main sticky threads are out dated.
I've posted this information so many times. I'm like a broken record.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

still not awserwing the main question.
kuma82 said:
You performed the online restore method.
In order to get the offline flash to work, you need to use the unofficial fastboot and restore an ice cream (p769) x-loader & u-boot. Then perform the offline flash.
There is a problem with jellybeans x & u, and performing the s/w upgrade starting from a cold boot.
The only way for the offline flash flash to work and still be on a jellybean (x-loader & u-boot) the phone must be operating properly and turned on normally (plus it needs to be in the lg software mode).
Finding this information is not easy, because the main sticky threads are out dated.
I've posted this information so many times. I'm like a broken record.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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How do u fix this problem we have at hand, give us a method for the restore can we unlock the boot loader when its in this state? I'm in need of a easy method that work I had to use the one-click root for goodness sake plz, help me out.

pimpinparker74 said:
How do u fix this problem we have at hand, give us a method for the restore can we unlock the boot loader when its in this state? I'm in need of a easy method that work I had to use the one-click root for goodness sake plz, help me out.
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The easy (however takes longer) is the online restore. I posted the lg recovery tool in a thread a long time ago. Do a search for all my attachments. I just got finish working a 16 hour shift so I'm going to sleep. I'll post the link later if know one else does. Sorry goodnight or good morning.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

kuma82 said:
The easy (however takes longer) is the online restore. I posted the lg recovery tool in a thread a long time ago. Do a search for all my attachments. I just got finish working a 16 hour shift so I'm going to sleep. I'll post the link later if know one else does. Sorry goodnight or good morning.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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could u post the link for me.

kuma82 said:
I'm like a broken record.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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LOL.....hahahahaha!!!!!
Sent from my LG-P769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

pimpinparker74 said:
could u post the link for me.
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Here's the link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2221245&d=1377786261
Remove any changes to your windows host file (if you don't know what I'm talking about disregard)
Setup the program put your phone in s/w mode (hold vol + then enter the USB cable into your computer). Enter the information and wait a really long time.
Please don't do anything else while performing the restore. Also make sure your computer doesn't go to sleep during the whole process.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

kuma82 said:
Here's the link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2221245&d=1377786261
Remove any changes to your windows host file (if you don't know what I'm talking about disregard)
Setup the program put your phone in s/w mode (hold vol + then enter the USB cable into your computer). Enter the information and wait a really long time.
Please don't do anything else while performing the restore. Also make sure your computer doesn't go to sleep during the whole process.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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So I'm having the same issues as OP and this is apparently the only thread on the internet where anyone is experiencing this issue. MetroPCS 769 running JB. The phone POSTs and gets to the metroPCS carrier screen but goes to a white screen that just says "encrypting" with a blank progress bar, and that one app crashing. Every other reboot I get the Android recovery screen with the robot and a progress bar, and it reboots back to the "Encryping" screen. I can't even force the phone into a recovery or factory reset mode.
When I run the LG software updater, it says the software on my phone is up to date. There's a menu item for "Download recovery" which detects my phone, and acts like it's downloading something but never finishes. Any idea on how to proceed from here?

kebles said:
So I'm having the same issues as OP and this is apparently the only thread on the internet where anyone is experiencing this issue. MetroPCS 769 running JB. The phone POSTs and gets to the metroPCS carrier screen but goes to a white screen that just says "encrypting" with a blank progress bar, and that one app crashing. Every other reboot I get the Android recovery screen with the robot and a progress bar, and it reboots back to the "Encryping" screen. I can't even force the phone into a recovery or factory reset mode.
When I run the LG software updater, it says the software on my phone is up to date. There's a menu item for "Download recovery" which detects my phone, and acts like it's downloading something but never finishes. Any idea on how to proceed from here?
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The download recovery takes hours, just let it do it's thing.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

kuma82 said:
The download recovery takes hours, just let it do it's thing.
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I assumed it would but at this point it's been going for ~14 hours with the "Time Elapsed" stuck at 13 seconds.
Guess I'll just let it sit some more.

kebles said:
I assumed it would but at this point it's been going for ~14 hours with the "Time Elapsed" stuck at 13 seconds.
Guess I'll just let it sit some more.
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The most I've heard of is 3 hours.
Use the offline flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48834061
Sent from my LGMS769 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

im having this exact problem but my phone cant connect to the lg tool be it cracked or legit.
the **** just wont work iv installed drivers and uninstalled and restarted and reinstalled with no luck.
so what can i do make my phone connect to the lg tool?

i have no luck what so ever... all i get is problem with communication between cell phone & pc...

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