This started with my trying Online Nandroid Backup from the Play store, which I've used on my previous Android phones. I made a backup with it (I had TWRP v2.8.2.0) while Jasmine 4.0 was up and running, and then I booted to recovery, made a regular backup directly in recovery, then wiped and tried to restore the backup that Online Nandroid created. I saw something in the restore log about uboot partition. It restored the rest of my partitions fine. Then I made a bad choice and I told TWRP to reboot. I thought I should still be able to get into TWRP even if the ROM won't boot, but negative.
The only thing I can get into is the menu to choose Factory Reset, Wipe Cache, Power Off, Continue Boot, and I think there's one other option.
I've tried them all. I've tried leaving the battery out for more than a minute and then trying again. No matter what, after a brief show of the LG logo, the screen goes dark and the notification LED toggles between green and orange repeatedly.
No ROM booting, not even starting, no recovery at all. The computer doesn't see it in this state. I've tried LGMLauncher.exe, LG Flash Tool 2014, and as I expected nothing will see it, which makes sense.
Any ideas? I expect I'm SOL.
Thanks for your time.
looks like you have stock recovery and that's it. Have you tried getting it in to download mode?
BladeRunner said:
looks like you have stock recovery and that's it. Have you tried getting it in to download mode?
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Hi, thanks for your suggestion.
Maybe you mean something other than "Stock Recovery"? I had TWRP on there previous to restoring the backup, and the backup had TWRP in it too. All options from the menu resulted in the same Green-Orange-Green, etc LED.
I just got home with a replacement. Ugh.
Something like that happened to me.once the whole lg blank screen then the led lights... I just flashed a stock ROM with the flash tools and solved me problem
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PHone is rooted 1.5, with CleanROM 2.7. I haven't had issues with the phone until today when I decided to reboot the phone and it got stuck at the first white screen with the green HTC logo. I went to recovery, did a nandroid backup, then did a complete wipe and the phone booted up fine, but i'm missing all my data. I tried to nandroid restore just the [data] portion and no system, boot, etc stuff but it'll just get stuck again. seems like that "state" of the phone is borked or something?
no solutions? :/
I would say that something in your data portion of you nandroid is keeping it from booting.. I would just give up on the data, if that's the reason it wont boot it may be more trouble than its worth. I just use TiBu and it works great. if your using cwm recovery version 5.x.x.x TiBu will let you restore straight from your backup, so you could at least get some stuff back.
Did you wipe cache and dalvik after you restore before your initial boot?
I would start fresh, make a fresh nandroid and just go from there, did you switch recoveries?
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PHone is rooted 1.5, with CleanROM 2.7. I haven't had issues with the phone until today when I decided to reboot the phone and it got stuck at the first white screen with the green HTC logo. I went to recovery, did a nandroid backup, then did a complete wipe and the phone booted up fine, but i'm missing all my data. I tried to nandroid restore just the [data] portion and no system, boot, etc stuff but it'll just get stuck again. seems like that "state" of the phone is borked or something?
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Happened to me too... I ended up Copying everything to my computer then Deleting my Sdcard, then Copied everything back and was able to Fix the Problem!
i just gave up, i ended up just starting fresh again and now that i've set everything up, made a nandroid backup. i'll look into CWM and Titanium Backup, i'm currently using TWRP.
I was using twrp but switched back to cwm just cause titanium now allows u to restore data and stuff from an cwm .tar file. It's pretty slick and now if I need to I can just open a backup and take portions of it as needed.
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So I have been following the unofficial cm-10.2 ROM. I have dirty flashed probably 3 times without issue. I flash the ROM, a pinlock removal zip and gapps. Then wipe dalvik/cache and reboot. I started doing this with twrp 2.6.
So this morning I grab the latest update, backup, flash.l, reboot.... nothing.
Stuck at LG logo to a black screen. I can get into bootloader, blindly vol down twice and into recovery, now twrp 2.5, so I try to recover by backup, reboot.... black screen.
So I try wiping/factory reset, clean flash, reboot.... black screen...
Now I am a little concerned. I read up and find out about TeenyBin, so I setup my machine to flash the standard zip and that doesn't really work, it flashes fine, reboots but is stuck at LG logo and the tool reports disconnected, so the tool fails kind of. So I try the alternate, same sort of thing, but now it says Google instead of LG and is stuck there. I can get into bootloader, can see text now (nice!) and get into recovery, still 2.5. Tried restoring, wiping/flashing, nothing working..... stuck at Google logo.
So, then I went and formatted internal storage. Bingo! Now I can flash/restore/whatever and I can reboot and get into ROM!
Woah, woah, woah... Not so fast.
So now if I wipe anything, cache/dalvik/system/ANYTHING it soft bricks. I have to again format internal, then flash. That doesn't seem right to me. Sure, I have a functioning phone, but updating is a bigger ***** now that I have to completely format before flashing.
So my question to you all, how do I fix this? Do I need to completely go back to stock image and reroot? I appreciate all your suggestions.
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So I have been following the unofficial cm-10.2 ROM. I have dirty flashed probably 3 times without issue. I flash the ROM, a pinlock removal zip and gapps. Then wipe dalvik/cache and reboot. I started doing this with twrp 2.6.
So this morning I grab the latest update, backup, flash.l, reboot.... nothing.
Stuck at LG logo to a black screen. I can get into bootloader, blindly vol down twice and into recovery, now twrp 2.5, so I try to recover by backup, reboot.... black screen.
So I try wiping/factory reset, clean flash, reboot.... black screen...
Now I am a little concerned. I read up and find out about tinyrom, so I setup my machine to flash the standard zip and that doesn't really work, it flashes fine, reboots but is stuck at LG logo and the tool reports disconnected, so the tool fails kind of. So I try the alternate, same sort of thing, but now it says Google instead of LG and is stuck there. I can get into bootloader, can see text now (nice!) and get into recovery, still 2.5. Tried restoring, wiping/flashing, nothing working..... stuck at Google logo.
So, then I went and formatted internal storage. Bingo! Now I can flash/restore/whatever and I can reboot and get into ROM!
Woah, woah, woah... Not so fast.
So now if I wipe anything, cache/dalvik/system/ANYTHING it soft bricks. I have to again format internal, then flash. That doesn't seem right to me. Sure, I have a functioning phone, but updating is a bigger ***** now that I have to completely format before flashing.
So my question to you all, how do I fix this? Do I need to completely go back to stock image and reroot? I appreciate all your suggestions.
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Give CWM a shot and see if it does the same thing?
I was restoring one of my nandroids (of euroskank's CM 10.2) and it said it appears as if I'm not rooted and if I want to install super SU and I said yes. Then I got stuck on the Samsung splash screen. When I pull the battery it gives me this screen I've never seen before that says (paraphrashing) that installing a "custom OS" is dangerous and push volume up to do so and down reboot. I tried to install the "custom OS" and it just keeps saying "Downloading. Do not turn off target." But it just stays there.
I'm on MDK and TWRP 5.0.2
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I was restoring one of my nandroids (of euroskank's CM 10.2) and it said it appears as if I'm not rooted and if I want to install super SU and I said yes. Then I got stuck on the Samsung splash screen. When I pull the battery it gives me this screen I've never seen before that says (paraphrashing) that installing a "custom OS" is dangerous and push volume up to do so and down reboot. I tried to install the "custom OS" and it just keeps saying "Downloading. Do not turn off target." But it just stays there.
I'm on MDK and TWRP 5.0.2
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Thats download mode, its used to flash stock firmwares using odin. Before you restored your nandroid did you wipe system, factory data reset, and wipe both cachea?
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
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Thats download mode, its used to flash stock firmwares using odin. Before you restored your nandroid did you wipe system, factory data reset, and wipe both cachea?
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
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Yes, I did all those things prior to restoring my nandroid...
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Yes, I did all those things prior to restoring my nandroid...
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This nandroid backup is likely not a good one, as seeing download mode at boot usually indicates a bad flash.
How many times have you tried restoring using the nandroid backup you have?
If you've tried multiple times with the same result (and you're sure you wiped data/cache/dalvik as well), you will probably need to flash a full tar.md5 image from ODIN (like a stock-rooted ROM, etc).
I tried to install a new theme on jasmine rom. I rebooted and phone said updating app, and remained on update app for over 5 minutes.So I rebooted and the phone remained in the jasmine boot screen. I knew I had a problem so i rebooted into recovery, did a complete wipe and installed my backup and rebooted. The phone started to reboot (Lg splash screen) and then stopped. The screen went dark and my red and blue LED lights started blinking. I tried to get back into recovery manually. I was able to get to stock recovery, hit factory reset and instead of going to TWRP, it went back to the black screen and the blinking LED lights. Same results occurred when I hit safe boot.
I also tried to get in DL mode with the volume up button. Instead, the LG splashscreen came on for less than a second, the screen went black and the blinking lights came again. I tried ADB but it won't recognize my phone. Any suggestions, or is this a goner? Thanks for your help.
So to install jasmine you had to have twrp installed. Then you said you booted into recovery and the stock recovery came up and you said yes to factory reset. that scenario of booting into stock recovery and saying yes was only the first time after installing twrp. everytime after that if I choose to boot to recovery twrp screen comes up first. Confused cause I'm nut sure if this is normal behavior with some phones that have been bumped.
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So to install jasmine you had to have twrp installed. Then you said you booted into recovery and the stock recovery came up and you said yes to factory reset. that scenario of booting into stock recovery and saying yes was only the first time after installing twrp. everytime after that if I choose to boot to recovery twrp screen comes up first. Confused cause I'm nut sure if this is normal behavior with some phones that have been bumped.
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If you boot into recovery from the advanced reboot menu, it goes directly to TWRP. However, when you use the hard key combination, it goes to the stock recovery and when you select factory reset, it is supposed to go to TWRP. It doesn't. I have a new phone on the way.
I accidentally took the update from Verizon and when I went to install it I got the same thing. I would get the lg/android bout screen and then it would go to twrp. I tried to reboot, wipe everything and restore back up and nothing changed.
Then I found this post
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...cked-lg-g2-stuck-twrp-no-download-mode-3.html .
This saved me. When in twrp you go to the advanced tab click terminal command, then select. Just follow this directions and you might be golden.
This just worked for me and I didn't have to flash back to stock. I know this says it is for the g2, but it worked. Good luck.
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I accidentally took the update from Verizon and when I went to install it I got the same thing. I would get the lg/android bout screen and then it would go to twrp. I tried to reboot, wipe everything and restore back up and nothing changed.
Then I found this post
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...cked-lg-g2-stuck-twrp-no-download-mode-3.html .
This saved me. When in twrp you go to the advanced tab click terminal command, then select. Just follow this directions and you might be golden.
This just worked for me and I didn't have to flash back to stock. I know this says it is for the g2, but it worked. Good luck.
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I did the exact same thing early today and stumbled on that same thread. So relieved
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If you boot into recovery from the advanced reboot menu, it goes directly to TWRP. However, when you use the hard key combination, it goes to the stock recovery and when you select factory reset, it is supposed to go to TWRP. It doesn't. I have a new phone on the way.
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So any idea what exactly went wrong here? How did a basic "theme" apparently completely bork your recovery and brick your phone??
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So any idea what exactly went wrong here? How did a basic "theme" apparently completely bork your recovery and brick your phone??
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I have no clue what happened; Verizon sent me a new phone. I don't have a clue whether this was related to the theme, or not. It may have been an unrelated hardware issue.
Suddenly and with no recent changes to my watch (unless an OTA was pushed without my knowledge), my watch screen was blank, but still on.
I pressed and held the power button on the back until it restarted.
It starts to boot up, but never finished (left on charger all day).
I've tried several times now and all I get is either a stuck LG logo or a stuck screen with the flying balls of color.
I wouldn't call it a "bootloop" because the booting process does not start over (loop)... It's more like a "bootstuck".
I am able to boot into recovery, clear cache and factory reset. Once I restart though, it immediately gets "bootstuck" again.
I have even let the battery completely drain, placed it on the charger and tried again.
...nothing...?!?!
Any suggestions?
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Suddenly and with no recent changes to my watch (unless an OTA was pushed without my knowledge), my watch screen was blank, but still on.
I pressed and held the power button on the back until it restarted.
It starts to boot up, but never finished (left on charger all day).
I've tried several times now and all I get is either a stuck LG logo or a stuck screen with the flying balls of color.
I wouldn't call it a "bootloop" because the booting process does not start over (loop)... It's more like a "bootstuck".
I am able to boot into recovery, clear cache and factory reset. Once I restart though, it immediately gets "bootstuck" again.
I have even let the battery completely drain, placed it on the charger and tried again.
...nothing...?!?!
Any suggestions?
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Something gone wrong in userdata likely, or since you already factory reset, more likely in /system partition.
The last few forced OTA threads in Q&A have a mirror link for a TWRP backup of LCA43. Use fastboot boot (not flash, so you don't keep it permanently) a 2.x.x.x version of TWRP. From there, backup your broken setup, factory reset again, use adb to push my LCA43 backup files to TWRP backups (not to overwrite yours), and then restore.
That should patch you up.
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Something gone wrong in userdata likely, or since you already factory reset, more likely in /system partition.
The last few forced OTA threads in Q&A have a mirror link for a TWRP backup of LCA43. Use fastboot boot (not flash, so you don't keep it permanently) a 2.x.x.x version of TWRP. From there, backup your broken setup, factory reset again, use adb to push my LCA43 backup files to TWRP backups (not to overwrite yours), and then restore.
That should patch you up.
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Well, I think I may have messed thing up worse now...
I unlocked the bootloader and got TWRP 2.8.7.0 installed. Then I was unable to backup, so I tried wiping the data to see if something was hanging it up...
Now I seem to be stuck in TWRP recovery and each time I reboot it displays a message telling me "No OS installed..."
Also, "adb devices" returns no results, but I do see the devise in fastboot, if I am in the bootloader screen
I suspect what I need to do now is obtain an update.zip file from somewhere and flash it in twrp, but I cannot figure out how to access the file directory on the watch.
Otherwise, I guess I could reinstall factory recovery, but I can't figure out how to do that either.
Unfortunately, the LG G Watch Tool doesn't seem to be working for me either. It just says "waiting for device"
Ultimately, all I want to do is get the latest stock OS installed and go from there
Any advice?
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Well, I think I may have messed thing up worse now...
I unlocked the bootloader and got TWRP 2.8.7.0 installed. Then I was unable to backup, so I tried wiping the data to see if something was hanging it up...
Now I seem to be stuck in TWRP recovery and each time I reboot it displays a message telling me "No OS installed..."
Also, "adb devices" returns no results
I suspect what I need to do now is obtain an update.zip file from somewhere and flash it in twrp, but I cannot figure out how to access the file directory on the watch.
Any advice?
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Wait, installed TWRP? If it keeps taking you back into TWRP, then "fastboot flash boot" was used, not "fastboot boot". Read my previous post for difference.
What were the backup errors? Did something not mount? If so, then this (coupled with the original issue), may be hardware related and out of your control.
See if you can get back to the bootloader first. The boot.img can be restored this way, and get you one step closer to booting.
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Helllo yes it seems your partitions are all messed up. Considering that on android wear your "data" on it is almost all on your phone aswell it seems like a waste to try and recover it.
here is a link to the system,recovery and boot images from LCA43 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347803309 just flash those to each partition correctly ie. fastboot flash boot boot.img etc
and wipe your /cache and /data partition. You will essentially have a completely stock device and if it still thosen't function correctly then it is a hardware fault
Here is a video on how to access bootloader from boot screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSCH7qihRI