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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My phone, a Droid X2, has a factory recovery menu which is accessed by power + volume down. I've seen in the Optimus One forums about a recovery by pressing Home + Vol Down + Power. I'd like to get CM7 on her phone since Koodo basically doesn't support the phone, so I thought I'd pop in to recovery, see what options I had, reboot without changing anything.
Android icon, progress bar, reboot.
My "Oh crap" senses are on full alert. I tell myself not to worry, it's probably just.. clearing cache or something. It boots up and says "Welcome to your new phone" and whatnot.
So, I'm quite certain that:
I'm in the doghouse for a loooong time
I'm going to help her re-set up her phone
The recoveries out there work by hijacking the factory reset keys and, not having installed a recovery, I just cleared everything with little to no hope of getting it back.
Confirm/deny?
Confirm.
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Best off luck
You should have read first.
Because it need to be root and install clockworkmod recovery.. read the roll up sticky at dev section.
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I did this once too. Unfortunately the original recovery just does factory reset.
I thought I had read such things. I've poked through most of the FAQs and whatnot and they occasionally reference a recovery with no mention of needing a custom recovery installed first. It just sounded like "Yeah, to get to recovery, press this." and I thought "Okay, easy enough"
I suppose it was a bit my fault assuming there was a factory recovery since my X2 has one. I guess I'll go upstairs and face the music.
Hhaha. Lol
Root the phone .
Go to market install rom manager. Flash clockworkmod choose optimus one(you don't want to choose diff it can brick your phone)
After that download any custom rom.
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I tried making a backup with the LG 3G Mobile Download Program. I saw the phone click in to a yellow background with the words "Emergency mode!"
My heart leaped in to my throat and I am finished messing around with this thing. I'd feel better if it was easier to SBF back to stock like my X2 can.
Edit: She wanted me to point out that she didn't bite my head off about it and that SOME girlfriends are nice about such things.
dude thats pretty fail.
are you saying now your stuck in emergency mode ? you should be able to get out of that using these instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883314
however when i did this i was stuck in boot loop and entered emergency mode myself. since your in emergency mode already, it may be slightly different, but give it a crack. you need to download the original firmware as well. i dont have the link.
Hey guys,
Right i have a MAJOR problem,
Smashed my LCD screen the other day (Yes im super pissed off),
The phone boots but the screen wont display a thing,
Luckily i have Accidental cover on my phone warranrty,
BUT i flashed a custom ROM or few haha,
Anyway, I need to get my phone back to stock, Not an easy task >"<...
I think i managed to flash Gingerbread 2.3.6 back on the phone,
But im getting bootloops (I was coming from an AOKP ROM)
So i need to go into recovery and wipe cache/partition but i cant see a damn thing,
Can someone on stock type kernel please check for me,
Once in recovery,
Do i press down TWO times to get to wipe data/factory reset,
Then on the next screen press up FOUR times, so that i get to YES,
Then after that it will automatically go to the main screen and i just press the power button to "reboot" unit right?
PLEASE HELP!
After this i need to use my friends JIG to reset the binary counter, I hope this wont be so hard >"<
Please help me guys
Use ADB, that way you can see what you're doing on your PC. Search for tutorials how to use it on here/Google.
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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
Please help me,
Phone is having problems, started out this morning when I woke up. I restarted my phone and all of my apps in the folders got all dumped out of their sorted folders, not a big deal I thought I will restart my phone again to see if that helps. After I restarted my phone again, I got all sorts of crashes and force close message and that got me in a loop where after I force close it, it tries to run the program again and goes back to crashing in a loop. Mainly TW launcher and some other start up apps.
I researched online and followed instructions on how to wipe the cache in recovery mode and try to see if that helps. That didn't help at all. After exhausting all options, I have decided there is no other choice but to do a factory reset on my phone. I cannot have an nonoperational phone as I have to make and receive called throughout the day for my business. After I factory reset my phone, it reboots in like normal except for a few problems. The home button doesn't work, the lock screen PIN doesn't function, and the power button menu only has power off option.
Isn't the factory reset suppose to bring my phone back to when I bought it new? Those problems were not there when I first bought my phone. I did not flash in another rom, it's on stock rom but only rooted before.
I searched and found this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246439
My knowledge on Android cell phones isn't as advance as needed to follow those instructions. Is there another method to fix those problems, or can someone help me with plain English.
Thankyou
Bob
Seems like a corrupted firmware to me, if you want to go the easy way, we follow here, try flashing a new stock rom via Odin(you will have to read and follow instructions carefully though) , if you want to go the Samsung way you can use Emergency Recovery in Kies (easier but slower).
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86b said:
Please help me,
Phone is having problems, started out this morning when I woke up. I restarted my phone and all of my apps in the folders got all dumped out of their sorted folders, not a big deal I thought I will restart my phone again to see if that helps. After I restarted my phone again, I got all sorts of crashes and force close message and that got me in a loop where after I force close it, it tries to run the program again and goes back to crashing in a loop. Mainly TW launcher and some other start up apps.
I researched online and followed instructions on how to wipe the cache in recovery mode and try to see if that helps. That didn't help at all. After exhausting all options, I have decided there is no other choice but to do a factory reset on my phone. I cannot have an nonoperational phone as I have to make and receive called throughout the day for my business. After I factory reset my phone, it reboots in like normal except for a few problems. The home button doesn't work, the lock screen PIN doesn't function, and the power button menu only has power off option.
Isn't the factory reset suppose to bring my phone back to when I bought it new? Those problems were not there when I first bought my phone. I did not flash in another rom, it's on stock rom but only rooted before.
I searched and found this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246439
My knowledge on Android cell phones isn't as advance as needed to follow those instructions. Is there another method to fix those problems, or can someone help me with plain English.
Thankyou
Bob
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Last year this happened to me too.But a Factory reset solved everything for me.Try via Odin,and flash XWLP7 firmware(search on Sammobile,it's android 4.0.3).Then do a Factory reset again.
Thank you both of you for your advice and help.
This phone never cease to amaze me, today my phone decided to be in a good mood and every problem I mentioned in my original post has been solved by itself. I can skip re-flashing my phone for now. I have now switched to Go Launcher instead of using the TW Launcher, hopefully it's more reliable and I wouldn't have to do a factory reset again and potentially bringing those problems.
It happened to me as well exactly the same thing att galaxy s4
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Hi everyone,
I have a Galaxy S II from Bell Canada and it was recently updated via Kies to Android 4.1.2 a couple weeks ago. I've been having all sorts of problems with it since the update, including random freezing, crashing, and so on, so I intended to backup and factory reset this weekend. Before I could do that however, it shutdown and now I can't boot it back up.
Symptoms:
- The phone gets past the Samsung Galaxy S II animation, but then goes immediately to the glowing SAMSUNG logo and stays that way for several minutes before shutting down.
- Battery power is not an issue. Half-full to full battery makes no difference.
- Connecting it to my PC allows Windows 7 to install most of the needed drivers, except it fails on 'MTP USB device failed'. This might simply be because the phone doesn't fully boot.
What I've tried:
- Multiple reboots (shutdown and restart)
- Removing the SD card and multiple reboots
- Wiping the cache partition several times and booting via the stock recovery menu (reached by Volume + Home + Power)
I have backups but from several months ago, so anything I can do to flash the firmware and retain my data would be appreciated. I've looked at other threads but many users seem to have slightly different issues or are with other carriers. I haven't played around with flashing or anything since getting the phone two years ago, so I don't know how much of a difference their steps would be from mine.
The phone is either just inside the warranty period or just outside... I don't have the exact date if that makes a difference here.
Any help tracking down the issue or helping to get it back to functional would be appreciated.
Firstly, from your post it looks your phone is not rooted. If that is the case then i am afraid we are left with not much options to try.
I would advise, if u want to come out of this issue and data is not the concdrn then do a hard reset by getting into the recovery console.
And, if you are rooted than simply reinstall the rom without resetting anything. This will bring back the rom and you will also not loose any data.
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vishal11in said:
Firstly, from your post it looks your phone is not rooted. If that is the case then i am afraid we are left with not much options to try.
I would advise, if u want to come out of this issue and data is not the concdrn then do a hard reset by getting into the recovery console.
And, if you are rooted than simply reinstall the rom without resetting anything. This will bring back the rom and you will also not loose any data.
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That's correct, the phone isn't rooted. I'd like to exhaust all other options before attempting something that will wipe the data... is it possible to determine the exact problem some other way?
Nope. If it were me I'd be doing a wipe (and this wouldn't faze me because I back my stuff up regularly).
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That's correct, the phone isn't rooted. I'd like to exhaust all other options before attempting something that will wipe the data... is it possible to determine the exact problem some other way?
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Looks difficult to save the data. But you may try, i am not sure it will work.
find out a compatible rooted kernel. Get into the download mode and with the help of odin flash this kernel. (ensure its *.tar file ).
Once done try to boot the phone. if no luck, clear the cache and then again try. Still no luck, then i am afraid you have to hard reset.
Best of luck.