Today i decided to try out the nocturnal rom, but before that i had to make a backup. at the the time the phone was what i would a call luke warm so i paid no mind to it. so a few minutes later i look back at the phone and notice that the screen turned off annd the phone was now averagely hot
so i let it cool down for a bit (i thought that the phone must have shut itself off in order to make sure the internals wouldn't be damaged), then when i try to turn it on the lg logo does show up but never gets to the base roms nexus boot animation, now i'm thinking that TWRP must have drained my battery because when i usually make a backup my battery can go from 94% to 50% in a span of 7 minutes (only during backup). So i leave it to charge for 30 minutes 1 hour and then 5 hours but each time i check it still won't turn on correctly.
Now i have had this happen to me before, when i had the atrix 4g this happened and i had to buy a battery only charger to even get it to work again
but as we all know that won't work for the optimus g because you cannot take out the battery.
so i have to ask, what should i do? is there any way to fix this?
Side note: can't get into recovery (seems to shut off before it loads up, its like an infinite loop of dying and turning on again) the power button still glows while its connected giving the appearance of charging but it still never boots up all the way ( the most i can get it to is the part of recovery before going into TWRP. you know holding vol+ and seeing fastboot mode)
There is thread here someone made of disassembly. You can do a battery pull pretty easily. Never know might help.
Have you tried download mode at all BTW?
Sounds more like something was deleted then a batter problem to me. If download mode works you could try lgnpst back to stock.
The information in THIS thread might be able to help.
I can't vouch for it because I haven't experienced these problems, but the OP there seemed to get his problem fixed.
GL.
Although, looking things over, sounds like you have a different issue.
So you can get to the bootloader?
from the bootloader have you tried hitting the volume down key twice then hitting power?
That should reboot you into recovery, where you can restore something or flash stock.
Edit. Quote from FreeGee post.
To enter bootloader, hold volume UP and power.
Upon entering the bootloader, you will notice that there is no 'menu' to enter fastboot or recovery. Unfortunately, since the stars didn't align properly, we were unable to tell the new bootloader where to load the images that contain the menu from.
In light of that, you'll have to navigate the menu blind. Use the volume keys to change selection, and the power key to select.
The choices are (in order of pressing volume down):
Start - boot the phone normally [already selected]
Restart Bootloader - reboot into the bootloader
Recovery Mode - enter recovery (CWM)
Power Off - powers the phone off
So, to get to Recovery, you would press volume down twice then power.
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bleached45 said:
The information in THIS thread might be able to help.
I can't vouch for it because I haven't experienced these problems, but the OP there seemed to get his problem fixed.
GL.
Although, looking things over, sounds like you have a different issue.
So you can get to the bootloader?
from the bootloader have you tried hitting the volume down key twice then hitting power?
That should reboot you into recovery, where you can restore something or flash stock.
Edit. Quote from FreeGee post.
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when i try to get into TWRP it doesnt start up, same as when it trys to turn on, it seems to die before it boots fully or so to say the screen
goes from a backlit black to just black and then it doesn't come on again. (looking at thread and nothing has worked yet i'm now trying last advice in thread since my phone won't even turn on unless its connected to the charger)
also i have no idea what download mode is but since nothing seems to be working i will assume that does not work either
Edit: actually maybe i can lgnpst. all i have to do is be able to get into the bootloader right? going to try in the afternoon.
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when i try to get into TWRP it doesnt start up, same as when it trys to turn on, it seems to die before it boots fully or so to say the screen
goes from a backlit black to just black and then it doesn't come on again. (looking at thread and nothing has worked yet i'm now trying last advice in thread since my phone won't even turn on unless its connected to the charger)
also i have no idea what download mode is but since nothing seems to be working i will assume that does not work either
Edit: actually maybe i can lgnpst. all i have to do is be able to get into the bootloader right? going to try in the afternoon.
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Sorry none of that is working.
To enter download mode:
Connect phone to computer, power off, and then power on, holding down the power button and both volume buttons
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In the FAQ section of THIS thread, it explains how to use LGNPST.
This is god's way of telling you not to mess with flashing roms on your phone. Hopefully you will learn your lesson and keep your dirty hands off your phone, it just wants to be left alone!!!!!!!
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jamesc760 said:
This is god's way of telling you not to mess with flashing roms on your phone. Hopefully you will learn your lesson and keep your dirty hands off your phone, it just wants to be left alone!!!!!!!
sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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I can't tell if you're being serious or not
to that nay sayer
jamesc760 said:
This is god's way of telling you not to mess with flashing roms on your phone. Hopefully you will learn your lesson and keep your dirty hands off your phone, it just wants to be left alone!!!!!!!
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There is beauty in god given stock but there is TRUE beauty in the purgatory that is flashing roms and making it all your own!!!!!!:laugh:
last resorts
well the lgnpst did work but the battery still won't charge, so if i can't get a replacement i'll try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039707 and see if i can charge it.
now a different question...
does anyone know if i can exchange the phone at an att store if i bought it from amazon or would i have to go through amazon?
and exactly how does that work?
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well the lgnpst did work but the battery still won't charge, so if i can't get a replacement i'll try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039707 and see if i can charge it.
now a different question...
does anyone know if i can exchange the phone at an att store if i bought it from amazon or would i have to go through amazon?
and exactly how does that work?
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Amazon is actually VERY easy to deal with, and a HELL of a lot easier than AT&T. They'll ship you out a replacement, you send the old one back once you receive the new one. Done. You MAY have to send the old one first, but if you let them put a hold on a credit card, I believe they'll definitely ship first.
You may be able to fix this by holding down both the volume down and power buttons for at least 45 seconds after you plug in the phone.
so
STEP 1: PLUG IN PHONE
STEP 2: PRESS AND HOLD THE VOLUME DOWN AND POWER KEYS TOGETHER FOR AT LEAST 45 SECONDS
STEP 3: LEAVE PLUGGED IN FOR TEN MINUTES
STEP 4; BOOT INTO RECOVERY MODE, WIPE BATTERY STATS, WIPE CACHE, AND WIPE DALVIK, THEN REBOOT TO SYSTEM FROM WITHIN RECOVERY.
LAST PART IS TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
I've gone the three of these for various reasons and some times lgnpst pretends to work and you need to do it again. And some times you need to wipe data boot back into download and do it again. This phone is retarded.
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I just tried to update my phone to JI6.. I was rooted, with no lag fixes or GPS fixes ever applied. Update didn't work, just left me at the "Vibrant" screen for 30+ minutes. I tried to fix with Odin and JI6 file, but I unplugged the phone while in download mode before Odin started. Now I'm stuck at the "phone ! computer" icon. I've tried holding both volume keys and power while the phone is plugged in to the computer and then inserting the battery, but this doesn't work. I've also tried holding them all down after it goes to that screen, and it reboots, but always comes back to the same screen.
Did I brick my Vibrant completely?
This has been posted 2 billion and a half times already. You can still get into download mode. Just do what you would normally do to get into download mode but hold the buttons for a little longer until download mode comes up. Seriously, please use the search button people.
Your problem is you shouldnt be touching power to get into download mode.
First open odin.
Remove battery, put battery back in
Hold voth volume keys, do not touch power. Then plug in usb. Continue holding volume keys for a few seconds.
Or the way you were doing it. Remove battery, plug in usb, hold only the volume keys, then put the battery back in.
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i've tried this a million times, is there any other way to get passed the phone ! computer screen? i've tried every single combination of button holds, battery removes and usb plugging and nothing other that that screen will come up.
You are not bricked. Follow these steps EXACTLY:
1. remove battery, sim and sd
2. Open Odin
3. Connect usb to phone
4. Hold down both volume keys and power
5. but battery back in
6. once the screen blinks, let go of the power button
7. keep holding both volume keys until the downloading screen starts
8. Flash back to stock. I always go back to stock after something like this just to make sure that nothing got corrupted. Also check the re-partition option.
9. Point and laugh at your phone with an evil henchman kind of laugh. The bastard didn't defeat you yet!!!
no luck doing that, only ever shows the phone ! computer screen
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no luck doing that, only ever shows the phone ! computer screen
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then it sounds like you have a hardware locked Vibrant. Time for a warranty replacement.
c0wb0ycliche said:
no luck doing that, only ever shows the phone ! computer screen
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maybe you have one of the defected ones which people have been calling "hardware locked" if thats the case call tmobile and exchange it. they're getting hundreds of calls on this with various errors, nobody will suspect one more.
c0wb0ycliche said:
i've tried this a million times, is there any other way to get passed the phone ! computer screen? i've tried every single combination of button holds, battery removes and usb plugging and nothing other that that screen will come up.
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please keep us updated as to what happens. I had the same problem with my first Vibrant but I had borked it with Voodoo. Even though I COULD get into download mode, ODIN would never work to fix it, even with repartition checked. It would just say "DO NOT UNPLUG TARGET!" and stayed there for hours. For this reason I am VERY leary of using ODIN again. Luckily, my local T-mo was nice enough to replace the phone for me, no questions asked.
I really want to find a ROM or something I can flash with clockwork to get me back on the JFD baseband because I have a stock kernel and a nandroid that is stock with root, then I can just use the 1-click unroot and do the OTA and not have to use ODIN. At least that's my theory
Just keep trying it
I had this problem yesterday I unplugged early while doing a odin flash and because Odin had stopped responding then when I pulled the battery and tried to start the phone I kept getting the phone ! Computer notification on my phone what I did was pulled the battery and connect the phone to the usb cable and hold the up and down volume keys at the same exact time I was plugging it in. the phone looked like it was going to showed a loading screen like the battery icon was about to pop up but it then went black and the download screen popped up... Ta Da... Don't give up so easy I didn't get it on my first time either took me about 45 minutes before I got it to work download mode is tricky even without a soft brick my friend so just keep swimming
Please Help me
I have the same problem, and hardware locked. i bougth from other guy in craiglist, T-mobile say cant do nothing for me, because the IMEI number is of the other account not me. and the guy dont respond my calls. the phone is 10/10 new. just try update with odin and this has bricked.
somebody can help me with ideas
Try this, it is slightly different from what the guy earlier said..
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have Odin OPEN with admin privileges!
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
Continue holding the volume keys & you should pop into DOWNLOAD mode within a few seconds
It worked for me when I did this.
Ps.. Put this in the Q&A section next time
Master™ said:
Ps.. Put this in the Q&A section next time
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NO! We don't flame him until AFTER we fix his problem.
rudeguy said:
NO! We don't flame him until AFTER we fix his problem.
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Did I flame? ahha get out
I wish the mods were faster on moving this stuff. how many "my phone has problems" threads have come up in development now?
jeez.
designerfx said:
I wish the mods were faster on moving this stuff. how many "my phone has problems" threads have come up in development now?
jeez.
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easy fix:
Don't click on them
designerfx said:
I wish the mods were faster on moving this stuff. how many "my phone has problems" threads have come up in development now?
jeez.
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Last i heard there is only one active mod for the vibrant forum, and he's a hardworking dev as well, they are taking apps for more mods, if you meet the criteria.
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Br1cK'd said:
Last i heard there is only one active mod for the vibrant forum, and he's a hardworking dev as well, they are taking apps for more mods, if you meet the criteria.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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funny part:
His first post was a "help me" post not in the Q&A forum
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4563336&postcount=7744
wildklymr said:
maybe you have one of the defected ones which people have been calling "hardware locked" if thats the case call tmobile and exchange it. they're getting hundreds of calls on this with various errors, nobody will suspect one more.
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Personally i don't believe the hardware locked issue, i got mine in late August, has the same manufacturing date as many others who claim to be locked, and I have never had an issue getting into recovery or dl mode. There is a ton of information out there on this, seek and ye shall find, just be ready to do a ton of reading, take your time and don't get frustrated. Its OK to walk away and take a break, do something else for a bit and recharge your mental.
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Try this, it is slightly different from what the guy earlier said..
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have Odin OPEN with admin privileges!
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
Continue holding the volume keys & you should pop into DOWNLOAD mode within a few seconds
It worked for me when I did this.
Ps.. Put this in the Q&A section next time
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This way works, i also have had success switching steps 4 and 5, usb first then battery, keep trying until you get it.
Sent from my T959 running bionix1.7 with JACs OC/UV and Voodoo
I was getting the phone vs computer screen last night. I had flashed the J16 official tar using Odin. Everything went perfect. Phone restarted at 1st try with no issues. I then re-rooted phone again with no problems. Then I went to load the segmented battery icon. When the phone booted up, I got FC messages and it wouldn't actually get to the home screen. I decided to reflash J16 and Odin failed. The screen went from the download screen to a black screen. I had to pull the battery and try again. When I tried to put it in download mode again, I got the phone~pc screen. I just did a battery pull again and when I tried again, I got the phone~pc screen again but I just kept holding the volume and power buttons and it eventually went into download mode again. That time I was successful in loading J16. I re-rooted and left it at that.
--WHEW--
So I am now on hboot 1.40 s-off cdma Evo 3d... 2 weeks old, never dropped.
I have cwm touch recovery on my phone. Haven't had a problem with my phone since downgrading the hboot to 1.40.
Was running d3rp's rom and it was pretty amazing... decided to do the usual wipe(s) and flash Newt's RC2 of the Htc One S rom....
My battery wasn't charging and my 3D was bleeding battery life like a vag having it's time of the month, so I decided to wipe everything and flash a different rom. I booted into cwm, like usual, did the wipes and went to flash d3rps rom, kept saying error 1 and now damn thing won't power on and since everything was wiped It is ROM-less.
It's so weird, I can plug it & get a red light for about 2 seconds then it disappears. Never comes back on...nothing gets it to come on.
I have tried adb reboot bootloader, and the whole take the battery out, hold power for 10 seconds put the battery back in mess, but my computer and no computer recognizes the phone, so adb is out of the question.
-- I cannot boot into anything, it won't power on-- EXCEPT I CAN get the HTC screen (the bright one that blinds the sh*t of out of you!) but that's it. And it takes all kinds of work just to get to that screen.
Any suggestions? I'll try em all because there is no way the battery on this is dead if so I'd not get the HTC screen.
You cannot ruu it back to stock either because it has to be in fastboot mode in order to do that, I can't get into recovery so that's a fail as well.
Is there any way to use Odin or Heimdall to fix this; or anything else????
Odin and heimdall are for Samsung. You can try taking the battery out and holding power htton without the battery for a couple minutes. Then replace battery. Hold power both volumes and the camera button.
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that does nothing.
quickfixguru said:
that does nothing.
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Your problem comes from cwm touch, it does not support off mode charging.
Are the adb drivers installed correctly? Have you ever had adb working before?
If you can, try holding volume down and power while plugged in, choose fastboot USB.
Let it charge, boot into Rom, download 4ext touch recovery which does not have any bugs, phone will charge while off.
Google + pertinent info = results
Yep all my drivers are installed correctly, it won't do anything whatsoever except give me the htc boot screen and that's it. Nothing more and to get it to do that requires all sort's of maneuvers such as the battery being pulled holding down the button, ya know the usual stuff.
I am certainly not new to this whatsoever and I am very familiar with adb nothing seems to recognize my phone and I never had a problem of charging my phone in any time since i've had cwm touch on my phone.
Any other suggestions.......Annnnything at all I'll give it a shot.
Can you get into the bootloader by doing the following?
- Pull out the battery
- Put the battery back in
- Hold the volume down button
- Hold down the power button while still continuing to hold down the volume down button
From there you should go str8 to the bootloader screen rather than the splash screen.
If you get to the bootloader screen, are you able to get into the recovery from the bootloader menu?
If not, if you have access to another battery (like from a buddy's phone or somethin'), I would prolly see if that makes any difference in terms of being able to charge for more than 2 seconds, etc. Perhaps maybe even try a different charging cable as well. That way you can completely rule out faulty battery and/or charging cable.
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Well can you charge your battery in a different phone ?? Or via external charger?? Or if what I'm reading is true about cwm then I'd say pick up a spare battery or figure a way to charge your battery without it being in the phone. I mean it seems like your battery is just dead but your phone is ok. The few times you get a little power is from just letting the battey sit but its not enough to boot into anything. I'm just taking a shot here but that's what it seems like.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
So my Prime is completely stock from an OS standpoint. Not rooted, just a handful of apps. I got the JB firmware notification this morning and I went ahead and kicked it off. Things seemed fine and the android with the blue progress bar popped up after a reboot. I left it alone and when I came back it was sitting on the ASUS boot screen. It has been on that boot screen ever since. I let it sit that way for over an hour and finally tried to power it off. I can power it off but it automatically tries to restart and gets stuck on the ASUS screen again. Tried holding the volume button down during power cycle and no luck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
xRedLeadrx said:
So my Prime is completely stock from an OS standpoint. Not rooted, just a handful of apps. I got the JB firmware notification this morning and I went ahead and kicked it off. Things seemed fine and the android with the blue progress bar popped up after a reboot. I left it alone and when I came back it was sitting on the ASUS boot screen. It has been on that boot screen ever since. I let it sit that way for over an hour and finally tried to power it off. I can power it off but it automatically tries to restart and gets stuck on the ASUS screen again. Tried holding the volume button down during power cycle and no luck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
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Try the following and see if it helps.
Hold volume down and power button and when the text appears in top left just wait 5 seconds. When the icons appear on your screen use volume down to go to the wipe icon then press volume up.
Not guaranteeing this will work but it has for others.
If still broken come back and post.
I have a unlocked TF201 and managed to install cyanogen mod 10 on it. Then one fine day, it encountered the "turning on wifi" error, and I tried to be clever and did a format /data on CWM.
Now I have a TF201 which can enter CWM (but can't install anything because it can't read SD card) and can get into Fastboot (since it's unlocked), but can't seem to be detected when i run fastboot from my win-pc.
Can anyone help? I tried installing various of the ADB fastboot drivers, in particular the universal naked driver from another thread, but still can't seem to work!
Can help? Pls?
fonsus said:
I have a unlocked TF201 and managed to install cyanogen mod 10 on it. Then one fine day, it encountered the "turning on wifi" error, and I tried to be clever and did a format /data on CWM.
Now I have a TF201 which can enter CWM (but can't install anything because it can't read SD card) and can get into Fastboot (since it's unlocked), but can't seem to be detected when i run fastboot from my win-pc.
Can anyone help? I tried installing various of the ADB fastboot drivers, in particular the universal naked driver from another thread, but still can't seem to work!
Can help? Pls?
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adb and fastboot are different things.
adb you will be able to use while in CWM and fastboot you can use while in fastboot.
You need to be able to push a rom onto your device thru adb while in cwm.
There could be a few things wrong. It could be a faulty cable or it could be that your usb ports on the computer don't like it.
Have you tried using usb ports on the back of your computer and seeing if anything shows up in device manager when you are in cwm?
If not can you try it on another computers usb ports and see if anything shows up in device manager when you are in cwm?
Please come back with a bit more information when you have tried this. Once you can see the device in device manager you should be able to install the naked drivers and I can help you from there.
edit.. can you please also tell me what happens when you just try to let it boot.. where does it get stuck, what is on the screen?
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Try the following and see if it helps.
Hold volume down and power button and when the text appears in top left just wait 5 seconds. When the icons appear on your screen use volume down to go to the wipe icon then press volume up.
Not guaranteeing this will work but it has for others.
If still broken come back and post.
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I also have this exact same problem. For mine, I can't get it to show the text or get to this menu (I've definitely gotten there before this, though).
klarh said:
I also have this exact same problem. For mine, I can't get it to show the text or get to this menu (I've definitely gotten there before this, though).
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I'm having this problem. No bootloader messages show just splash screen. I get a blank screen when I hold power and volume up but that's it. ****.
T-HO6969 said:
I'm having this problem. No bootloader messages show just splash screen. I get a blank screen when I hold power and volume up but that's it. ****.
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Its power and volume down to get to the wipe icon not power up.
flumpster said:
Try the following and see if it helps.
Hold volume down and power button and when the text appears in top left just wait 5 seconds. When the icons appear on your screen use volume down to go to the wipe icon then press volume up.
Not guaranteeing this will work but it has for others.
If still broken come back and post.
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Thanks for the response. vol down and power don't do me any good. It won't let me into the stock recovery mode. I've been down that road before and entered it successfully so I'm pretty certain I'm doing it right. It just loops me back to the ASUS screen.
Thanks again.
xRedLeadrx said:
Thanks for the response. vol down and power don't do me any good. It won't let me into the stock recovery mode. I've been down that road before and entered it successfully so I'm pretty certain I'm doing it right. It just loops me back to the ASUS screen.
Thanks again.
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The only way to do it is to have it powered off. Then hold the volume down button first and while holding it start holding power button also.. Then don't let go of both buttons until it appears.
If that don't work I'm not sure what you have done sorry mate.
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The only way to do it is to have it powered off. Then hold the volume down button first and while holding it start holding power button also.. Then don't let go of both buttons until it appears.
If that don't work I'm not sure what you have done sorry mate.
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I guess I'm looking at an RMA then because it is powered off when I do the vol down + power. Still only get the splash screen. I wouldn't be upset if I was trying to load a custom ROM or something but all I did was let the blasted thing try to install the OTA. Oh well, thanks again for your time.
xRedLeadrx said:
I guess I'm looking at an RMA then because it is powered off when I do the vol down + power. Still only get the splash screen. I wouldn't be upset if I was trying to load a custom ROM or something but all I did was let the blasted thing try to install the OTA. Oh well, thanks again for your time.
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After communicating the issue to support, they said to do an RMA. This is my second RMA for this device, which is pretty annoying.
klarh said:
After communicating the issue to support, they said to do an RMA. This is my second RMA for this device, which is pretty annoying.
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I think there must be some serious issues with TF201 and JB. I have got into exactly the same position by trying to use Protato's method to update to WW JB - and so have at least 3 others. But if the genuine update is doing this too!!
I'm going to request RMA. My tablet has gone to hell and this is just the seal of approval. Have a feeling I'm Infinity bound now. Good luck to all.
I am definitely going to have to RMA at this point. 3rd for me. Mine started off with the wonderful Serial Number unknown and was then suffering from pretty bad wifi/bluetooth fallout. ASUS has made good by me on both cases so far and I felt pretty good about my Prime but I must say I'm a bit disappointed that I need a 3rd RMA. I'll be happy overall if they get it back to me in good working order in a timely fashion.
xRedLeadrx said:
I am definitely going to have to RMA at this point. 3rd for me. Mine started off with the wonderful Serial Number unknown and was then suffering from pretty bad wifi/bluetooth fallout. ASUS has made good by me on both cases so far and I felt pretty good about my Prime but I must say I'm a bit disappointed that I need a 3rd RMA. I'll be happy overall if they get it back to me in good working order in a timely fashion.
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How long foes RMA take for you usuallly? I was an idiot before to an opened up my Prime. I didn't mess with it just peaked to assembly if my camera fell out. Think this will matter? Do we have to pay the shipping?
Ok, I did something stupid and I'm just going to throw it out there. I wasn't able to root my phone through the normal method, but I was able to get it to work with kingroot. From there, I used the installer to install the Z3dualRecovery and everything was working fine. Both recoveries were working, phone booted up so I went looking for ROMs.
This is where I screwed up.I tried flashing a regular Z3 rom and now nothing boots.
When I hold Volume up and press the power button it vibrates once after a few seconds and then nothing happens.
When I hold volume down and power, it vibrates once after 2 seconds. After that it will vibrate twice every 10 seconds or so.
Holding the volume up and plugging in my USB WILL boot into fastboot.
Holding volume down and plugging in my USB will make it vibrate once, the LED flashes green, and then red. And it keeps doing that over and over.
I've tried pressing the white button next to the SIM tray and it does nothing, no matter how long I hold it.
So is there any hope here? I doubt I can do anything since the bootloader is locked, and I can't use the flashtool to flash the stock FTF since it won't boot into flashmode. I'm going to try the rubberband trick by plugging it in and leaving the volume down held down while it tries to boot and flash the FTF. If anyone knows another option I'd appreciate it before I accept I bricked the thing.
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cadcamaro said:
Ok, I did something stupid and I'm just going to throw it out there. I wasn't able to root my phone through the normal method, but I was able to get it to work with kingroot. From there, I used the installer to install the Z3dualRecovery and everything was working fine. Both recoveries were working, phone booted up so I went looking for ROMs.
This is where I screwed up.I tried flashing a regular Z3 rom and now nothing boots.
When I hold Volume up and press the power button it vibrates once after a few seconds and then nothing happens.
When I hold volume down and power, it vibrates once after 2 seconds. After that it will vibrate twice every 10 seconds or so.
Holding the volume up and plugging in my USB WILL boot into fastboot.
Holding volume down and plugging in my USB will make it vibrate once, the LED flashes green, and then red. And it keeps doing that over and over.
I've tried pressing the white button next to the SIM tray and it does nothing, no matter how long I hold it.
So is there any hope here? I doubt I can do anything since the bootloader is locked, and I can't use the flashtool to flash the stock FTF since it won't boot into flashmode. I'm going to try the rubberband trick by plugging it in and leaving the volume down held down while it tries to boot and flash the FTF. If anyone knows another option I'd appreciate it before I accept I bricked the thing.
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I tried to tell people no roms unless it's for the z3v specifically. your phone is done to my knowledge because verizon locked us out on Sony pc companion and I could never get flashtool to work with fastboot. If you are still with verizon call them tell them your screen quit working and there no water damage and you haven't dropped it.. I'm assuming your screen is black. they will send you a new one under the Sony warranty and you don't have to have insurance on the phone and don't flash z3 stuff or ask first. BTW you might want to go to a verizon store and play dumb and then have them call tech support from there if your phones in good shape you will have a new one in less then 48hours.
Tigerhoods said:
I tried to tell people no roms unless it's for the z3v specifically. your phone is done to my knowledge because verizon locked us out on Sony pc companion and I could never get flashtool to work with fastboot. If you are still with verizon call them tell them your screen quit working and there no water damage and you haven't dropped it.. I'm assuming your screen is black. they will send you a new one under the Sony warranty and you don't have to have insurance on the phone and don't flash z3 stuff or ask first. BTW you might want to go to a verizon store and play dumb and then have them call tech support from there if your phones in good shape you will have a new one in less then 48hours.
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The screen does not turn on at all, you are correct. I dont think they would do anything though, since I didn't get it directly from Verizon, or would they? I tried talking to online tech support and they basically said "hold down the white button next to the SIM tray, oh that didn't work? can't do anything else" so I think I'm SOL here.
cadcamaro said:
The screen does not turn on at all, you are correct. I dont think they would do anything though, since I didn't get it directly from Verizon, or would they? I tried talking to online tech support and they basically said "hold down the white button next to the SIM tray, oh that didn't work? can't do anything else" so I think I'm SOL here.
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I would contact verizon if they are your provider. did you buy this phone new or second hand..then contact Sony our phones aren't really water proof so they are taking phones in when the screen stops working...does your led still work
Go online and add total mobile protection to your line right now its $11... Then tomorrow take that bad boy into your local verizon store and tell them that you were taking a software update and your phone rebooted and never came back on. I've been where u are it ain't a pretty situation but if you press and hold power volume up and volume down all at the same time you should still be able to boot into the stock recovery as long as you can get there they can't prove an ota didn't brick you and they'll send you a nice refurb.
zachariahpope said:
Go online and add total mobile protection to your line right now its $11... Then tomorrow take that bad boy into your local verizon store and tell them that you were taking a software update and your phone rebooted and never came back on. I've been where u are it ain't a pretty situation but if you press and hold power volume up and volume down all at the same time you should still be able to boot into the stock recovery as long as you can get there they can't prove an ota didn't brick you and they'll send you a nice refurb.
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he is way past being able to get to system recovery he flashed a z3 rom his screen doesn't even work..I would assume he can't turn the phone off either if it's not dead already.
Tigerhoods said:
he is way past being able to get to system recovery he flashed a z3 rom his screen doesn't even work..I would assume he can't turn the phone off either if it's not dead already.
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Nah I've been there with that blinking red and green led light then straight to fastboot. I dont mean TWRP recovery...He's still got his stock recovery partition flashing a Z3 rom wouldn't flash his recovery.img... He should still be able to boot to the SONY screen and the factory reset screen options on the stock recovery... That and fastboot are the only things he can get into I'm betting anyway lol. It's a real ****ty, scary situation to be in.
You can always turn your phone off try it press and hold all your buttons till your phone shuts off. Keep holding them. You'll see the recovery screen im talking about... It has a power off option
Phone is kill, no screen at all and no possibility of recovery. I've tried all button combos, and durations without success. I'm just gonna request a thread close here, pay the stupid tax and learn from it.
My phone just randomly started bootlooping and is now stuck in a permanent bootloop that only stops when I pull the battery and then starts right back up if I put the battery in and try turning it back on. I've had it for 6 months now, rooted it with Dirty COW six months ago and it's been completely FINE until just now.. the past few days it has been extremellllly laggy but still worked fine and then this happened out of the blue! I can't get into recovery and because it won't turn on to the lockscreen I can't do adb reboot recovery! Please someone help.
Again, it's rooted using Dirty COW but has been rooted for six months now; I have two batteries for it and I use Nova Launcher which also recently (within past week) started to continually crash and re-ask me which launcher I wanted to use by default, and did it every time it crashed.
Please help me someone! At least to get into recovery so I can get my stuff off!
felekks said:
My phone just randomly started bootlooping and is now stuck in a permanent bootloop that only stops when I pull the battery and then starts right back up if I put the battery in and try turning it back on. I've had it for 6 months now, rooted it with Dirty COW six months ago and it's been completely FINE until just now.. the past few days it has been extremellllly laggy but still worked fine and then this happened out of the blue! I can't get into recovery and because it won't turn on to the lockscreen I can't do adb reboot recovery! Please someone help.
Again, it's rooted using Dirty COW but has been rooted for six months now; I have two batteries for it and I use Nova Launcher which also recently (within past week) started to continually crash and re-ask me which launcher I wanted to use by default, and did it every time it crashed.
Please help me someone! At least to get into recovery so I can get my stuff off!
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do you have TWRP recovery installed?
there can be two possible solutions
1. go into twrp recovery and factory restore it
2. or connect to LG Bridge on your computer in download mode
zeexhan said:
do you have TWRP recovery installed?
there can be two possible solutions
1. go into twrp recovery and factory restore it
2. or connect to LG Bridge on your computer in download mode
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What Can i do via LG Bridge? and I keep trying to get into TWRP but it won't let me; it just continues to show the yellow bootloader "Your bootloader can't be checked" or whatever that message is :/
I'm sorry to inform you that it seems that you are another one fallen into the bootloop of death. It is a well known hardware malfunction of several LG cell phone's mainboards.
You can try put your phone in freezer for 5-10 mins (without battery) and see if it restarts for enough time to perform a backup.
Another (much more risky) temporary solution is to heat it with a hair-drier for some minute, better disassembling it and trying not to heat camera zone too much. I honestly advice you not to try this second method, just inform you that it exists.
By the way, those two are only temporary workarounds, your phone is unrecoverable without a mainboard replacement or a professional resoldering of it.
Hope that some minute near the ice will suffice to get your V10 back for recover your data.
Good luck!
felekks said:
What Can i do via LG Bridge? and I keep trying to get into TWRP but it won't let me; it just continues to show the yellow bootloader "Your bootloader can't be checked" or whatever that message is :/
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With lg Bridge you can restore you phone to it's original form.
and do not try heating or freezing method your phone has a software failure not hardware.
and about that scree show unable or something it shows once you install custom recovery.
if you previously have installed the TWRP then here is the method to get into it
a) pull battery out, and put it back in to make sure phone is completely powered off
b) Press and hold volume down + power button, as soon as phone lights up and shows LG logo release power button for just one second and press again untill you see a hardreset screen
c) on hard reset screen press vol - button on yes and press power button to select yes and do it again on next screen, it will lead you to TWRP Recovery
zeexhan said:
With lg Bridge you can restore you phone to it's original form.
and do not try heating or freezing method your phone has a software failure not hardware.
and about that scree show unable or something it shows once you install custom recovery.
if you previously have installed the TWRP then here is the method to get into it
a) pull battery out, and put it back in to make sure phone is completely powered off
b) Press and hold volume down + power button, as soon as phone lights up and shows LG logo release power button for just one second and press again untill you see a hardreset screen
c) on hard reset screen press vol - button on yes and press power button to select yes and do it again on next screen, it will lead you to TWRP Recovery
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uh, no his phone is done.This is a hardware failure, its pretty clear.The lag op described is exactly what happens when the phone is about to go into the inevitable bootloop.op's best bet would be to put it in the freezer to salvage data if he needs to.i tried the heat gun method, no go but freezer had my phone up for 5 mins before it went back into bootloop.
thnx
nabilprodhan said:
plzzzz help me........ (LG V10-H961N)
I can't turn on my phone. Unfortunately my phone automatically goes off ,after that it isnt turning on.Sometimes after keeping it refrigarator for a while, it turns on for 10-15 second and goes off.I have tried to enter download mode, but before loading download mode it goes off. Even i cant enter to fastboot mode by removing battery and keeping volume down key.Sometimes, after lot of trying of the same procedure, it goes to blue screen ... there are too much error in the blue screen,also kernel crash . Sometimes i can enter to fastboot mode, but the bootloader is locked . In device manager , it finds----- qualcom hs-usb-qloader 9008. If anyone can fix this, plz plz, let me know ,how to solve this problem.
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Your phone is gone, your best bet is to call LG, best you can hope for is to explain to them that you recently got this phone, say within last 6 months, and now it is in a bootloop, you may get a replacement, I have already done about 20 of these LG V10 phones that way, they just end up replacing the board in it, but other than that, there strictly must not be any liquid or physical damage to inside or screen or they will charge you for it.
I am not 100% entirely they will still honor the fixing of bootloops due to warranty status, but I stopped sending mine in in December last year, but this is for a defect they admit and not normal wear out that is in the actual warranty coverage.
Never buy an LG phone anymore. Me and my children will never buy again an LG phone.
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Hi try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3770755
I tried it and it resurrected my phone. Good luck
I tried it and it works very well. It resurrected my phone. No bootloop since last night. What I did was :
1st-put electric tape on the cpu and gpu(4 or 5 layers of tape). I tried to put tape and make it to fit the surface of the cpu and gpu.
2nd-I put the pile on the back
3rd-reboot the phone and voilà it's working well till now.
I hope that it can continue like that.
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