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Ok the web just glitched on me so this is the second time of me writing this novel and patience has grown very thin. First i would never be asking for this help if i didnt already do my 5 days of research and exhaust all solutions i can see. And since this is my second time writing this im sorry but im going to give the short version. I did the fatal mistake of lg style reset while i was rooted i know its a rookie mistake i thought i was completely unrooted and didnt double check it before i continued. i cant boot into recovery at all or if i can its just a black screen. when i boot normally it goes to the lg logo then to a black screen. i can access emergency mode however i cant get my pc ( running xp sp3 ) to recognize the device. I can get it to be recognized when i boot it normally to the black screen and even gain acces to root through adb, When in emergency i get nothing though and i have attempted recovery and flashing through adb, kdz, romtools, lgmdp and a few more randoms i could find in the forums ( i have done a lot of research ) when i do establish root though i cant seem to push or pull files, flash, mount or anything besides adb shell, the rest is filled with error: 0's and sbin/sh "whatever" not found, etc. since i can establish root it leads me to believe this can be fixed. THANK YOU in advance for any help you can throw my way and I'm sorry if this post is vague, poorly written ( like i said second time going through this ) or gets under your skin i know better that you veterans hate reading these posts and im only asking for help because now i am at my wits end. Thank you again
hey it would be nice if you could tell something about lg style reset and that rooted thing..... I don't have any info. about bricking the device like this.... ;-)
just wanted to know as a word of caution....
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
I m not aware if lg p500/optimus one clockwork mod recovery will work on optimus v.
If recoveries of both phones are same you can follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 to install custom recovery of lg p500/optimus one from emergency mode.
fundoozzz said:
hey it would be nice if you could tell something about lg style reset and that rooted thing..... I don't have any info. about bricking the device like this.... ;-)
just wanted to know as a word of caution....
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
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Rooting is the process of essentially gaining Administrator rights to your phone ( So you can access files and gain privilages you wouldn't normally have ) Think of it like a computer and your signed in as a guest when you root your signed in as the Admin, Hope that helps. LG style reset is the factory reset of the phone from the recovery menu to restore the phone to its original state, Which is a huge no no while rooted or a custom recovery is installed.
mak.3736 said:
I m not aware if lg p500/optimus one clockwork mod recovery will work on optimus v.
If recoveries of both phones are same you can follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 to install custom recovery of lg p500/optimus one from emergency mode.
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I attempted that and its a no go. The main problem being i can not get my phone to be recognized by the computer while it is emergency mode and i can not even select an image or anything. I booted it normally ( into the black screen i get after LG logo ) And i dont recieve a pop up with image and i recieve a error everytime i attempt to backup my nv its doesnt seem to be found, Nothing, but the device does get recognized at least.
AbattoirX said:
I attempted that and its a no go. The main problem being i can not get my phone to be recognized by the computer while it is emergency mode and i can not even select an image or anything. I booted it normally ( into the black screen i get after LG logo ) And i dont recieve a pop up with image and i recieve a error everytime i attempt to backup my nv its doesnt seem to be found, Nothing, but the device does get recognized at least.
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Are you able to connect to phone from lgmdp when booted normally ( into the black screen you get after LG logo ).
If yes then
dont back up nv
no need the pop up window, press on "select image" in lgmdp and browse to recovery extracted folder for "image folder"
then press "start or download"
fix-black-screen-custom-recovery-custom-roms
I'd've posted it here on xda, too, but it's quite enough manainance dealing with it in one forum already.
the problem is that lg started shipping the optimus v with cheaper hitachi screens instead of the novatek screen it was released with. so the older custom recoveries and roms use a kernel that isn't configured to use the hitachi screen and you only get to see the backlight with no display.
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mak.3736 said:
I m not aware if lg p500/optimus one clockwork mod recovery will work on optimus v.
If recoveries of both phones are same you can follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 to install custom recovery of lg p500/optimus one from emergency mode.
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the p500 kernel is incompatible (different chipset.) so the recovery won't work even it the mtd map is the same.
bummer, as that's be a nice easy fix.
Mak Thank you for the progress i have made so far i did manage to get the phone connected through lgmpd as i have before however this was the first time when connected it went straight to emergency ready ( in the lgmpd screen ) I am going ahead to assume that is good i was never able to get it that far. The problem i face now when i press the "select image" button nothing happens, as long as the button is pushed down the word ready in the bottom left disappears and when released the word reappears, However i dont recieve the option to browse any menu for the image. Is there a specific folder i should have extracted to? I'll continue my research too if i find out the problem i wil post it immediately, Thank you again for your help i'm not there yet but definately making progress.
Squid, I knew about that topic too i remember reading it during my research, It must of slipped my mind before i even though about posting this. I'm Sorry ill be more careful about making these posts in the future
Also Squid since the chipsets are different i assume thats a no go, Would it still hurt to try? i'm running on hopes and dreams at the moment. Also when booted normally to my black screen i can obtain root access via adb leading me to believe if i can do that a fix is present somewhere
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Also Squid since the chipsets are different i assume thats a no go, Would it still hurt to try? i'm running on hopes and dreams at the moment. Also when booted normally to my black screen i can obtain root access via adb leading me to believe if i can do that a fix is present somewhere
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yes, a no-go. when I flashed a p500 kernel to my v for experimental purposes, it wouldn't boot right for a day even after putting a working kernel back on it. it had to sit with the battery pulled for a few minutes between boots or it would just freeze on the lg logo.
if you follow the adb instructions to install a compatible recovery (currently, BobZhome IHO recovery is advised) in the thread I linked to, you should be fine.
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Mak Thank you for the progress i have made so far i did manage to get the phone connected through lgmpd as i have before however this was the first time when connected it went straight to emergency ready ( in the lgmpd screen ) I am going ahead to assume that is good i was never able to get it that far. The problem i face now when i press the "select image" button nothing happens, as long as the button is pushed down the word ready in the bottom left disappears and when released the word reappears, However i dont recieve the option to browse any menu for the image. Is there a specific folder i should have extracted to? I'll continue my research too if i find out the problem i wil post it immediately, Thank you again for your help i'm not there yet but definately making progress.
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yes, as long as pressing the "select image" button ready in the bottom left disappears. But when you release button you should get a window poped up to select image folder.
Try again to connect in emergency mode and see.
AbattoirX said:
when i do establish root though i cant seem to push or pull files, flash, mount or anything besides adb shell, the rest is filled with error: 0's and sbin/sh "whatever" not found, etc.
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I did follow those instructions previously ( 2 days ago i believe ) When i attempted that i was not able to push the needed files to my sd card unfortunately and i did try multiple times using Xionia recovery. I understand user error so I'll try again with a fresh mind just to be certain and get back to all of you.
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Rooting is the process of essentially gaining Administrator rights to your phone ( So you can access files and gain privilages you wouldn't normally have ) Think of it like a computer and your signed in as a guest when you root your signed in as the Admin, Hope that helps. LG style reset is the factory reset of the phone from the recovery menu to restore the phone to its original state, Which is a huge no no while rooted or a custom recovery is installed
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I know what rooting is....infact I myself is on CM 6.5.8
what I didn't knew was that factory reset with custom recovery can brick our device..
but I feel this is not true as many people had done factory reset when they had problems after restoring nandroid backup....
I know a corrupted /system partition will cause the 'system/bin/sh not found' with adb if you're booting into the rom, I hadn't seen that booting into recovery.
if you have an older optimus v (2.2.1 froyo original, pv5 baseband) you can
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
to get to the bootloader and use fastboot to flash the recovery or even the whole system.
2.2.2 optimus v with pv7 firmware has the bootloader locked, so trying to reboot into the bootloader just tries to boot to the normal ROM.
My apologies Fundoozzz i was not insulting your intelligence just covering all basis, And from what i understand when you choose lg style reset from recovery it is the same as perform the factory reset from the settings menu which i guess your not suppose to. I by no means am not an expert on any of this obviously, I'm just simply relaying the information i have read on these and android forums as well as my personal experience.
Squid, I purchased this in the beginning of sept. and as i understand the revamped the Optimus in August?? So yes im running the later version and to double back on the posts I tried to push files again and attempted fastboot before still with the sbin/sh not found error....I am still hopeful that this is not a paper wieght however it very well could be thank you both again
have you tried booting into the blacked recovery before using adb?
(hold home+vol down while pressing power until lg logo goes black)
it sounds like your rom was corrupted (so adb is fairly useless there,) and recovery might be working but you just can't see it if you do have a newer OV.
to force reboot to recovery without the button-smashing,
adb reboot recovery
while you're booted normally.
then try adb again.
please cut/paste the errors you're getting with the commands you're using, here in this thread..
Well all be cheese and crackers, Thank you Squid it did the trick to actually push the image to my sd card here are the commands that I used....
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cd c:\android\platform-tools
C:\Android\platform-tools>reboot recovery
'reboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Android\platform-tools>adb shell
~ # reboot recovery
reboot recovery
C:\Android\platform-tools>adb push vm670nh_recovery.img /sdcard/
2608 KB/s (4200448 bytes in 1.572s)
C:\Android\platform-tools>
Now before i move further just to humor me all i need to do is push the flash_image and reboot to recovery and i should be good from there to flash a new rom. I ask only so i dont mess this up any worse than i have
if you're in the recovery, flash_image is already in the PATH.
Code:
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/vm670nh_recovery.img
exit
adb reboot recovery
then you should be ready to see your recovery.
format cache, data, and system.
install the rom.zip as usual.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, How I wasn't able to obtain this I'm not too sure lack of knowledge or user errors possibly regardless I am now in CWM recovery and will format and flash my new rom. Any suggestions by the way? I was considering CM7 but i heard mixed reviews about it on the Optimus v. Oh well I'll do some research Thank you again Squid if i can repay this debt let me know, Lets face the facts in reality you just saved me over a hundred dollars and countless more headaches. Thank you again to everyone, much appreciated!
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, How I wasn't able to obtain this I'm not too sure lack of knowledge or user errors possibly regardless I am now in CWM recovery and will format and flash my new rom. Any suggestions by the way? I was considering CM7 but i heard mixed reviews about it on the Optimus v. Oh well I'll do some research
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I really enjoy the IHO cm7 flavors, all of them.
I advise giving one a whirl, froyo just doesn't compare to gingerbread for my personal use.
They use more battery than harmonia, but the features! the features!
Thank you again Squid if i can repay this debt let me know, Lets face the facts in reality you just saved me over a hundred dollars and countless more headaches. Thank you again to everyone, much appreciated!
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if you're financially solvent, I have a donate button in the sidebar... I like to help people out, but my woman really appreciates it when I get more from helping than warm fuzzies.
the thanks are appreciated, though, and if your income is like mine, don't send any money
Well if a promise is worth anything in this day and age, when I am slightly more financially stable I'll send enough for a six pack your way or some flowers so your girl won't mind you helping us for a while longer Thanks again and I'll load up CM7 now
Well easy come and easy go back to a new LG screen. So after managing to get the recovery working i went to flash CM7 on the Optimus using information here http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-all-things-root/366620-cm7-installation-my-optimus-v.html Anyway I am now experiencing this problem, I get stuck back at the lg screen again. I did wipe the cache data system 3 times to be safe before flashing the rom and i only have access to emergency mode and this screen ( regular boot and recovery mode come up and end the exact same way ). I'll explain what i see step by step...
1. The black and silver LG Logo
2. A green Android guy next to a box with arrow coming out and these words come up on the screen. " with out the numbers of course "
(1) Android Recovery
(2) Do Not Pull Battery
(3) Formatting Data:...
(4) Formatting cache:...
(5) Factory Reset...
(6) Rebooting...
3. Then reboots back to the black and silver LG Logo screen.
4. Finally stops and freeze's up on the screen with a pinkish/reddish LG symbol with LG next to it and www.lgmobile.com written underneath it.
Question being is this some sort of recovery boot loop? And if it is what can be done about it? Furthermore many if not all files on the phone so far seem to be " read only " .... well i guess I'm ready for round two!
Hey all,
I did my searching for the last several hours, and am feeling pretty weak. I know there are several other posts with this error - but please let me explain my situation.
Phone was running 2.3.6. I am unsure how it was originally unlocked (carrier unlocked) and bought it used. To my knowledge it did not have root access... (though the advert said it did - running SU in Terminal to show if it had access failed)
I tried doing a factory reset on the phone because it kept acting weird. Just rebooting 10 times a day, and wifi not working either.
Since the reset the phone has not made it past the M Dual Core screen.
Edit as I type: As I type this, I FINALLY got into recovery mode. It took a long time... is that normal? I mean.. loongggg. Now i see other posts state I just need to click the bottom right corner above the search key and I should be on the way to recovering the device...
This however is not working...
I will keep the phone plugged in over night and see if it just needed more time I suppose. Can you guys recommend anything?
I am on win7 - should have the device drivers installed (though, Windows doesn't seem to recognize this with a notification bubble). I know the phone was not on USB Debug Mode when I clicked 'factory reset'.. would it have retained this?
I will update as i have more information.. otherwise if I am missing something please let me know.
Thanks again,
-k
Try booting into recovery mode by holding volume down while turning on. When the menu appears keep pressing volume down until it says android recovery and then press volume up to select it. If an android Guy with a warning sign shows up, press volume down and up. A menu should appear soon. Try to do a data wipe and factory reset from there.
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Hi ar31791, thank you for the reply.
That worked to put me into a recovery mode - very nice. Is the button combo different depending on the version of android your'e running, or just phone dependent? I appreciate that.
Couple follow up questions if you guys don't mind and can help
- after the factory reset - my boot time is incredibly slow.... like 30 minutes to boot kinda thing. I tried to factory reset several times since, and its the same issue.
- my data is not working on the phone. I used the apn suggestions from all sites I've found, rebooted (took a while) tried data roaming, etc, but it just doesn't work. I have a decent idea that the apn's are correct because the mms apn worked fine with a test picture message.
My main concern is the incredible lengthy boot time and the data no longer working. The issue with wifi still showing 'error' when enabling it was not resolved by the reset (I didn't think it would - I was reading other posts where it is suspected as a hardware issue).
Thanks again for the reads, and replies. I appreciate the help!
-kenny
You need romracers or cwm. Unless yer going to stay stock.
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Is this an att or a rogers/international phone? Best bet would be to flash pudding and than cwm + custom roms
hey again- thank you for the replies.. seriously. much appreciated.
phalanx, i dont mind staying stock but would that not allow the data connection to work correctly? i found a few posts based on the romracer. i lack the hands on experience, but it looks like i just need to follow the steps for an adb push and then install eh?
you mention staying stock, is that an option? info on my setup below
crnkoj, i am running a bell phone on a fido network in canada. bought on ebay pre unlocked. i do not bekieve it is rooted. phone, mms and text work fine, it seems to be a problem finding a data network at this moment.
thanks again guys, ill be taking a look into the tutorials for romracer and cwm, and giver a shot. lemme know if you have any further ideas, questions or anything you think i might need to know.
edit.. also, whats the deal with the crazyyyyy long boot up time?
kenny
(send from a mobile.. please excuse any typos or punctuation errors)
No its just that with an unlocked bootloader you can flash a new.recovery and that makes it easier to flash roms and also kernels and radios. Kernels and radios can affect your ability to connect with data and can even affect the speeds.
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I had a similar situation. So, i did a full wipe installed the rom did another full wipe then installed the appropriate kernel and booted it up. I believe you nedd to install the right kernel per the instructions. It will mot boot if the kernel is not correct.
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Thanks again guys,
Man it's a funny issue. I am always able to get in and factory wipe the device, but it seems that sometimes that damn M screen will sit forever. I left it over the course of a movie and a half (probably 3 hours) and that screen was still just sitting there.
I get into the fastboot menu easy enough before that screen hangs, and sometimes i can get into the Boot Android (without BP) (I believe it's called) and sometimes it hangs, and sometimes it works.
Other times, like right now, it boots just fine and kinda fast.
I am having an issue with the RSDLite application recognizing my phone. It did once - then hung at 94% flash of the pudding tutorial. I didn't realize the tutorial says to keep the phone plugged in for 10 minutes even after a fail to see if it actually completes. I havent been able to have the software recognize the phone since- I've installed and reinstalled the motorola drivers, set the phone to usb debugging, and was able to try 2 computers, and 2 different cables. I'll giver another shot though.
I am pretty sure my boot loader was unlocked (as I said I had this all done from an ebay purchase) so I think I can just proceed to the flashing, but if there is a way to confirm that it is indeed locked, I'll take the advice.
The more I read though, it looks like I might just need to send this beast in for a service call with Motorola, because of that damn wifi "error" error. I'd hate to go through all this and realize it still will not work.
Thanks for the replies, I'll always take more suggestions, and if you guys think I'm on the wrong path, let me know. I'll keep searchin dem' forums
If your bootloader is unlocked it will say unlocked in white letters on that M boot logo screen. Did you run "fastboot oem unlock" after the rsd flash?
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Before I get flamed or eaten up by people who I have so inconvenienced their day by creating a question that has been asked before, I have searched for this.
On the site, and on Google itself for a solution to my problem. So please bare with me and help me out, if you can.
I own an Optimus V. The phone is rooted, but it has no custom ROM installed onto it at all. I had the CM ROM manager, but that was it.
I wanted to factory reset my phone because I was having texting issues, so first thought to mind, lemme just go ahead and reset it. #stupid
Now, the LG logo flashes, fades away and then I am stuck at a black screen (the LCD is still on) and it doesn't go away. I have tried holding home button + volume down + lock button, and home button + volume up + lock button, and even when I press the camera button it occasionally turns on and off. All of the threads here about this issue are all from phones that had custom ROMs flashed onto them, and are all about getting the recovery onto the SD card and installing your ROM off the card.
I don't want that. I just want my phone to turn on again after its reset...
Please help
Also, some information I may have been missing:
The phone is rooted with Gingerbreak 1.2.
If this means anything, I received a replacement phone after September first due to a past issue, so I'm not sure if it has the newer screen or not. Also, I might have put recovery from Clockwork Mod. I'm not sure though, but as stated before, I have not installed any custom ROMs on to this phone.
I factory reset this phone a few months ago while rooted with the same options (although I didn't have the CM ROM manager...).
In other words, as far as I know, I probably did put recovery from Clockwork Mod. I really don't want to go out and buy a new phone
If your phone is just rooted and you do a factory reset it shouldn't hurt the phone at all, If your phone is rooted and have clock work mod installed and did a factory reset it shouldn't hurt the phone at all, when you do a factory reset to a phone all it is doing is erasing info, apps, contacts etc...its not deleting or restoring system files. Now you say that you did a factory reset and now there's a black screen and you can not go into clock work mod (cwm)? did you have cwm flashed from rom manager? I do not understand what you mean "I had the CM ROM manager, but that was it" Do you mean you had clock work mod or just rom manger? Sounds to me like you didn't have clock work mod on your phone at all, when you root your phone flash clock work mod, it can save alot of headaches, if you had cwm you could of just flashed a new custom rom. If you have a warranty for that phone just take it back and tell them it doesn't work and your having problems. I have taken my phone back a couple times at radio shack and it was soft brick and they didn't even notice. Sounds to me like its just a faulty phone that you bought (its normal it happens) nothing that you did at all, hope this helps
ErkelMan said:
I wanted to factory reset my phone because I was having texting issues, so first thought to mind, lemme just go ahead and reset it.
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First of all: How did you "factory reset" your phone? And sorry to ask, but how can it be that you do not know if you have custom recovery or not? As far as I know the only way to factory reset the phone is to enter the custom recovery and choose the corresponding option, or to start the stock LG recovery which would do this automatically. So how can you not know after having reset which recovery did it?
Anyway, since you are stuck now, there seems no other possibility than unbricking your phone using kdz (please search in the sticky section) or getting it to service.
I assume he ment Factory reset from the options in the phone...settings/privacy/factory reset
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Android311 said:
I assume he ment Factory reset from the options in the phone...settings/privacy/factory reset
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O.k. ... in my (german) P500 this option - which I was not aware of until now - would have to be translated to "reset memory/storage", but not "factory reset" which I only knew from custom recovery. Anyway, in my opinion this should not be capable of bricking a device, because all it should do is delete the /data partition.
And even more it should under no circumstances be capable of corrupting the recovery partition... therefore I can only repeat my previous suggestions (assuming that accessing recovery is not working):
1) Try unbricking using kdz; or
2) Go to LG service.
Considering the description of the thread starter I would believe that the hardware is defective.
One other thing to the thread starter: What do you mean by "lock" button? The power button? The combo for accessing recovery is holding home+vol- and then pressing power until recovery starts. And what do you mean by "camera" button??? There is no such button on my P500 at least... And what does it mean when you say the device starts when pressing this "camera" button?
Mine says factory data reset, that's what I'm trying to understand why and how it bricked
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Ok I know im a newbie...but went thru all the steps to root the device successfully
then I had 2.5 TWRP installed...i see the wipes there are two to perform before installing the cleanrom 2.0
so i go to do that..and I know the developer says to do a factory reset...but on 2.5 there is no button anymore to
do this..i looked thru each option..what am i doing wrong..so anyway, i do both wipes then chose the install
and clicked on cleanrom 2.0 ..it went thru a bunch of screens..and after a number of them nothing...so i waited 10
minutes...did a reboot and my device stayed on the opeing brilliant screen ...i could not even get into recovery to redo
the phone..i was ready to bring it back to swap it out as i bought it from costco..and would just play dumb
so I hooked it up to my power in car and that somehow made it turn off,, then i was able to go do a factory reset using
the backup and now phone is working..i'd still like to use clean rom..but kind of gunshy due to what happened...
anyone else care to shed some light...im sure it might have to do with not doing a factory reset...where is that option????
i see a factory reset in the list of options when i press power and vol down???? but i think they want the one in TWRP
Aroma installer may have frozen and didn't finish installing the Rom. Try it again. Make sure you verify the md5 just in case you got a bad download.
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abacus0101 said:
Ok I know im a newbie...but went thru all the steps to root the device successfully
then I had 2.5 TWRP installed...i see the wipes there are two to perform before installing the cleanrom 2.0
so i go to do that..and I know the developer says to do a factory reset...but on 2.5 there is no button anymore to
do this..i looked thru each option..what am i doing wrong..so anyway, i do both wipes then chose the install
and clicked on cleanrom 2.0 ..it went thru a bunch of screens..and after a number of them nothing...so i waited 10
minutes...did a reboot and my device stayed on the opeing brilliant screen ...i could not even get into recovery to redo
the phone..i was ready to bring it back to swap it out as i bought it from costco..and would just play dumb
so I hooked it up to my power in car and that somehow made it turn off,, then i was able to go do a factory reset using
the backup and now phone is working..i'd still like to use clean rom..but kind of gunshy due to what happened...
anyone else care to shed some light...im sure it might have to do with not doing a factory reset...where is that option????
i see a factory reset in the list of options when i press power and vol down???? but i think they want the one in TWRP
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bro Cleanrom would NEVER brick your phone.. Scott is a beast at cooking roms.. He would Never make a rom that would do anything to your phone.. If u brick it its something u did not the roms fault
Nooblube said:
bro Cleanrom would NEVER brick your phone.. Scott is a beast at cooking roms.. He would Never make a rom that would do anything to your phone.. If u brick it its something u did not the roms fault
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well i wouldnt be so sure,
I did an advanced wipe in TW recovery and wiped everything, then tried installing cleanrom 2.0. aroma froze at the first option and I cant get do anything, I cant hard reset. The lights at the bottom just flash. I let the battery die and now tried to get into recovery, just went to HTC screen, same thing. holding down any button just makes the capacitive buttons flash.
someone help out?
Edit: got into recovery with adb, should be good now
First, always check the MD5 checksum for any Rom, kernel, or mod that you intend to flash. It is a well documented issue that Aroma has a tendency to freeze up. Not always, but it does happen. I have flashed many roms, mods, and kernels from both the AT&T section, and the international section, and I have had smooth installs and freezes. If the phone is not responding, then press both the power button and the volume down button and hold them. When the capacitive buttons start flashing, keep holding the power and volumes buttons. Your phone will eventually reboot. When it does, keep holding the volume down button. It will take you into Hboot. If you miss it, power down the phone. Hold the power and volume down button to boot into Hboot. Select recovery and start over. When using Aroma installer use the volume keys and the power button to make your selections. This often helps prevent freezes, but not 100% of the time. It is something we just have to live with for now.
abacus0101 said:
Ok I know im a newbie...but went thru all the steps to root the device successfully
then I had 2.5 TWRP installed...i see the wipes there are two to perform before installing the cleanrom 2.0
so i go to do that..and I know the developer says to do a factory reset...but on 2.5 there is no button anymore to
do this..i looked thru each option..what am i doing wrong..so anyway, i do both wipes then chose the install
and clicked on cleanrom 2.0 ..it went thru a bunch of screens..and after a number of them nothing...so i waited 10
minutes...did a reboot and my device stayed on the opeing brilliant screen ...i could not even get into recovery to redo
the phone..i was ready to bring it back to swap it out as i bought it from costco..and would just play dumb
so I hooked it up to my power in car and that somehow made it turn off,, then i was able to go do a factory reset using
the backup and now phone is working..i'd still like to use clean rom..but kind of gunshy due to what happened...
anyone else care to shed some light...im sure it might have to do with not doing a factory reset...where is that option????
i see a factory reset in the list of options when i press power and vol down???? but i think they want the one in TWRP
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If the ROM were to blame, then everyone that flashed it would be bricked, which is clearly not the case. It is completely irresponsible to create a thread titled "rom x almost bricked my phone" and on top of that, you start your first sentence with, "Ok I know im a newbie". Especially with all the very well known Aroma issues on this phone which is independent of the ROM. OP, your thanks meter will probably stay at zero for a while.
Yeah do not blame cleanrom for something you did wrong. I'm running it right now and it is fantastic and perfect for what I want right now. And it installed without a hitch.
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Not the rom. But aroma. Aroma installer is buggy
Bricking is like horseshoes. there is no close. you are bricked or not. A soft-bricking is a different story and the term brick is probably over used there too
As to wiping under TRWP 2.5.0.0, some options have been moved below the Advanced menu.
BTW, Cleanrom 2 is SWEET and worth the effort. Good luck
Before the incident, I had root, no unlocked bootloader, stock JB, v20h.
What had happened was I was trying the Font Installer app in th Play Store because of the added customization that would have been nice.
I found a cool font, and I backed up my current fonts and then pressed install. SuperSU asked for permissions like normal and then my phone restarted.
Then it was so that my phone was stuck at the T-Mobile boot animation after the LG Logo. For about 15 minutes. This is where I believed something was starting to go very wrong. After contemplating for a few extra minutes, I decided to just take out the battery and restart. Same outcome. I thought of all the things that were on the phone thus far because I had just gotten it recently, and decided that it wouldn't hurt me to just do a hard reset by pressing home + vol down + power. Everything went smoothly. Except for the fact that even after I did that, it was leaving me at the T-Mobile screen.
I decided to look on the forums for development and tried to do the unbrick method, to no avail after about 3 hours now. I used the LG User Support Tool and since I hadn't updated to V20f, I decided to do that to see if it would solve my problem. It still didn't, and I'll be honest, I'm a little upset just typing this right now.
I also tried the Upgrade Recovery option and it warmed my heart to see that the process was actually starting. But right at the screen where it says that it is supposed to be downloading something, it freezes up and nothing happens no matter how long I wait. I saw somewhere that it should be a glowing red bar, but I do not see that anywhere, it is just frozen, saying Time Elapsed: 00:12. And before anyone asks, yes, I ran absolutely everything as an administrator.
Is there any possible way to bring this phone back? Any help would be immensely appreciated. Thank you in advanced.
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Before the incident, I had root, no unlocked bootloader, stock JB, v20h.
What had happened was I was trying the Font Installer app in th Play Store because of the added customization that would have been nice.
I found a cool font, and I backed up my current fonts and then pressed install. SuperSU asked for permissions like normal and then my phone restarted.
Then it was so that my phone was stuck at the T-Mobile boot animation after the LG Logo. For about 15 minutes. This is where I believed something was starting to go very wrong. After contemplating for a few extra minutes, I decided to just take out the battery and restart. Same outcome. I thought of all the things that were on the phone thus far because I had just gotten it recently, and decided that it wouldn't hurt me to just do a hard reset by pressing home + vol down + power. Everything went smoothly. Except for the fact that even after I did that, it was leaving me at the T-Mobile screen.
I decided to look on the forums for development and tried to do the unbrick method, to no avail after about 3 hours now. I used the LG User Support Tool and since I hadn't updated to V20f, I decided to do that to see if it would solve my problem. It still didn't, and I'll be honest, I'm a little upset just typing this right now.
I also tried the Upgrade Recovery option and it warmed my heart to see that the process was actually starting. But right at the screen where it says that it is supposed to be downloading something, it freezes up and nothing happens no matter how long I wait. I saw somewhere that it should be a glowing red bar, but I do not see that anywhere, it is just frozen, saying Time Elapsed: 00:12. And before anyone asks, yes, I ran absolutely everything as an administrator.
Is there any possible way to bring this phone back? Any help would be immensely appreciated. Thank you in advanced.
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did you hard reset? then turn off your phone disconnect the battery, connect to the pc holding the volume up button? then try the Update Recovery?
i would just go through that process over and over until it works, theres not really a way to brick this phone i've heard...
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did you hard reset? then turn off your phone disconnect the battery, connect to the pc holding the volume up button? then try the Update Recovery?
i would just go through that process over and over until it works, theres not really a way to brick this phone i've heard...
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Thank you for your reply! I have tried hard resetting multiple times, but I had removed some bloatware apps (I will quarantine them next time instead because I don't wanna go through this ever again) and I have tried the kdz method to only be stuck at 15% every time when I followed instructions to the pixel. I have tried to do it on windows 7 and windows 8. I have also tried the fastboot method by lelus, and that manages to "work" but I am still stuck at the tmobile boot screen afterwards. I have gotten the hang of the process of getting into the fastboot, but what do I do from there? I chose to flash ics xloader and uboot, but the process goes by so fast, I'm not even sure it is doing anything. The LG Tool has really gotten me nowhere, it just gives me a lovely error and then cannot continue the upgrade recovery process.
It said somewhere that after I flash through the fastboot I then have to try the kdz method, so I am going to do that now and see if it works. I don't know if there would be a difference between flashing a jb kdz or an ics kdz, but I will just do ics to be on the safe side.
I am quite happy to say that flashing the ics kdz was successful, and my phone is now up and running.
My p769BK is stuck on the LG screen. /: months
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im terrible with fastboot, i used the unlock the bootloader for noobs with an offline flash.
heres what i did to get out of bootloops....
alright, this is all from memory but the offline flash didnt work as well for me when stuck in weird bootloops.
Step one-going back to online flash---->
A---
the easiest way i found was to go to C:/windows/system32/drivers/ect/hosts
right click>open with notepad
there should be two lines at the bottom
"127.0.0.1 csmg.lgmobile.com
127.0.0.1 csmgdl.lgmobile.com"
i would cut them out and paste them in a text doc in the same folder for reference later...
but either way you should remove them from the hosts file and save
B----
Make sure your small server is closed! once you minimize it it should go down to your status bar (shttps)
Step two-LGMS---->
make sure you have LG mobile support installed or install it.
open lg mobile support
install needed drivers for your phone
power your phone off/remove the battery
put battery back in
connect it to your computer holding down the volume up button
S/W UPDATE mode should pop up, if it doesn't preform and hardreset and try again til it works (it will)
then in the top right corner there should be a button or two click them both until you see
"restore update" or Update restore or something to that effect
select that
and let it ride man
i got my phone ****ed many times and just had to keep redoing this until it worked. if your bootloader is truely unlocked you can probably go through all that again and get CM10 working, i did but im still working through kinks.....
GOOD LUCK feel free to ask any more Q's about this process if you run into any problems