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OK.. So here goes.
Decided to finally update to a Gingerbread ROM (going with openOptimus). Got the ROM flashed, rebooted and went to flash the new baseband.
I let all devices finish installing, then disabled the USB modem in device manager.
I ran LGMDP, following the directions as per ciaox's thread, got to step 13 - "click on download, select port". I selected my phone, pressed connect. It started doing the download, the phone went into emergency mode, then the program came up and said it lost communication to the phone.
I now have a folder in the same folder as the LGMDP with the serial number of my phone, and in there is a "DownloadInfo.ini" and a "NV_P500h_20110814-100506.nv2" file that's 180KB. Is this normal? I didn't want to go any further due to the message about not being able to communicate with the phone. The USB cable did not disconnect at all (I made sure not to touch it while it was doing it's thing).
I haven't done anything else with the phone, it's still in emergency mode.
Am I SOL or is this "normal"?
Skellums said:
OK.. So here goes.
Decided to finally update to a Gingerbread ROM (going with openOptimus). Got the ROM flashed, rebooted and went to flash the new baseband.
I let all devices finish installing, then disabled the USB modem in device manager.
I ran LGMDP, following the directions as per ciaox's thread, got to step 13 - "click on download, select port". I selected my phone, pressed connect. It started doing the download, the phone went into emergency mode, then the program came up and said it lost communication to the phone.
I now have a folder in the same folder as the LGMDP with the serial number of my phone, and in there is a "DownloadInfo.ini" and a "NV_P500h_20110814-100506.nv2" file that's 180KB. Is this normal? I didn't want to go any further due to the message about not being able to communicate with the phone. The USB cable did not disconnect at all (I made sure not to touch it while it was doing it's thing).
I haven't done anything else with the phone, it's still in emergency mode.
Am I SOL or is this "normal"?
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Can u look at my thread how to flash baseband (Picture guide)
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Skellums said:
OK.. So here goes.
Decided to finally update to a Gingerbread ROM (going with openOptimus). Got the ROM flashed, rebooted and went to flash the new baseband.
I let all devices finish installing, then disabled the USB modem in device manager.
I ran LGMDP, following the directions as per ciaox's thread, got to step 13 - "click on download, select port". I selected my phone, pressed connect. It started doing the download, the phone went into emergency mode, then the program came up and said it lost communication to the phone.
I now have a folder in the same folder as the LGMDP with the serial number of my phone, and in there is a "DownloadInfo.ini" and a "NV_P500h_20110814-100506.nv2" file that's 180KB. Is this normal? I didn't want to go any further due to the message about not being able to communicate with the phone. The USB cable did not disconnect at all (I made sure not to touch it while it was doing it's thing).
I haven't done anything else with the phone, it's still in emergency mode.
Am I SOL or is this "normal"?
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Don't disconnect.
Press download again in lgmdp.
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OK.. So I tried the download again, it went through amss burning, etc and showed my IMEI when processing, but the BlueTooth MAC was blank :S
It seems to have worked though, it got download completed, I rebooted the phone and my data is working anyway, haha
I was just worried where it had lost communication during the download that I was screwed. Looks like I'm good though!
And do NOT delete the NV2 backup.
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And do NOT delete the NV2 backup.
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That's a given
As you can see from my account, this was my first post.. I've been lurking the whole time, hahaha.
I've been able to get everything else figured out on my own, I've been messing with the phone since I got it in March (cooked my own ROM right after I got it, just for myself.. Nothing special just with init.d support and some of the fluff system apps removed), but had not needed to mess with the Baseband as the ROMs I was messing with were all 2.2 roms.
I finally decided to take the plunge to Gingerbread, so far no problems!
Thanks again everyone, I was just looking for the re-assurance more than anything
I rooted my lg on my computer, but I have not connected it since. Everytime I try, it says it does not recognize , that one of the USB devices has malfunctioned. I have installed the lg USB driver 3 different times and still can't get it, I have tried all 5 USB ports I have, same thing. Any ideas
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I tried restoring to before my first lg driver install, reinstalled driver software, still same error
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Have you uninstalled the drivers?
If not, with the phone plugged in, go to device manager, find the device, uninstall it, unplug and then replug in your phone.
Yes I did, I'm very computer literate. Turns out a cable can't tell you its bad, the original cable seem to be the problem. Probably why sometimes I get slow charge when plugged into the wall. All may be null and void when I attempt n4 conversion lol , wish me luck!
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Good luck. I recommend having LGNPST prepped to revert to stock, with the DLLs and the BIN/TOT version of the LG ROM. AFAIK, that's the only way to get back, because of how extensive the N4 conversion is. Reverting with a ZIP ROM in CWM is unlikely to work.
Yah , I think I'm going to give up on trying, between the cable thing, now I can only talk to my phone through adb, fast boot won't seem to work. Plus I can't find a lgnpst guide anywhere for our phone. No idea where to get the DLL I'm supposed to flash with, nor where to get the files to flash back. This is my first lg, I've been a HTC guy, so I know nothing about lgnpst. Thanks though
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ripbabey said:
Yah , I think I'm going to give up on trying, between the cable thing, now I can only talk to my phone through adb, fast boot won't seem to work. Plus I can't find a lgnpst guide anywhere for our phone. No idea where to get the DLL I'm supposed to flash with, nor where to get the files to flash back. This is my first lg, I've been a HTC guy, so I know nothing about lgnpst. Thanks though
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The Windows 8 guide works (even if you're in Windows 7):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013067
Step 5 refers to a folder in a zip file that you get a link to in IRC.
When you go into irc an you !info lgnpst click on other versions and get phantomphreak53's
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That's the #lg-optimus-g channel on Freenode.
Yes, the DLL refers to "LS970," but it works fine with the E970.
To obtain the files listed in the first four steps, I just Googled them and found Dropbox links.
The TOT/BIN file in question would be this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984545
It will take a while to download; the server appears to average 100 KB/s.
As you can seee, it's kind of a pain to set up LGNPST's environment correctly. I recommend taking all of those files and backing them up to a secure location, so that you never need to hunt them down and re-download them again.
The guide also doesn't mention that your phone needs to be in Download Mode to interact with LGNPST. This is achieved by turning the phone off, plugging it into your computer with a USB cable, then holding down the power button and both volume buttons at the same time until the Download Mode indicator shows up on your screen. It may take several attempts; the process appears to have a low tolerance for poor button press timing.
LGNPST will interact with your phone even if Windows no longer recognizes it. I think that's why it remains popular as a last-resort recovery method.
ripbabey said:
Yah , I think I'm going to give up on trying, between the cable thing, now I can only talk to my phone through adb, fast boot won't seem to work. Plus I can't find a lgnpst guide anywhere for our phone. No idea where to get the DLL I'm supposed to flash with, nor where to get the files to flash back. This is my first lg, I've been a HTC guy, so I know nothing about lgnpst. Thanks though
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Everything you need is on Team Nocturnals website where the conversion thread is minus lgnpst and the nexus 4 drivers.
After you flash the n4 conversion, boot in recovery and then install the nexus 4 universal naked drivers (Google it, should be the first xda link.) Then you can use adb to fast boot -w and flash a recovery. Just read a little more and you'll realize its not hard at all. Just make sure everything is prepared. Good luck if you try it. It was very interesting to me. I've gone back to stock and came back to the conversion after the sdcard fix
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Right now the problem I am having is getting windows to recognize my phone in boot loader/ fast boot which will prevent me from being able to fastboot -w , I have a thread on here should be titled fast boot and recovery. Posted it last night. I'm trying to make sure everything is ready, but my phone and my PC are just trying to fight me every which way lol. I'm going to try another computer and see if things run smoother, I have rooted and unlocked a bunch of phones for friends and myself on my laptop. Wondering if I'm just having a lot of driver conflicts lol
Its not about what you know , but who you know.
You might need to flash your recovery, and possibly lock your bootloader again. What I have seen over my several rooted phones is that sometimes when unlocking them, the binary code doesn't match up and will not allow the battery, USB port, and even screen to work with the software. Won't matter if you unistall or reinstall the drivers. Hope this help!
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WizzyCreator said:
You might need to flash your recovery, and possibly lock your bootloader again. What I have seen over my several rooted phones is that sometimes when unlocking them, the binary code doesn't match up and will not allow the battery, USB port, and even screen to work with the software. Won't matter if you unistall or reinstall the drivers. Hope this help!
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Which software are you describing? I have not lgnpst 'd anything yet, it does notice my phone both with phone on and connection settings to lg software, and in download mode. The problem I am currently stuck on is getting my PC to notice my phone in boot loader so I can't use any fb commands. I can talk to my phone when its on through adb commands no problem.
I dont want to get in trouble, the original problem was I could not get windows to notice my phone at all. I fixed that by trying a different USB cord, apparently my original is failing. If you would like to help me more so I don't get yelled at, please post in my other thread titled fast boot and recovery in the qa thread. I really want to attempt this, its my bday. So it would be a awesome little bday present to my flashaholic self
Its not about what you know , but who you know.
ripbabey said:
Yah , I think I'm going to give up on trying, between the cable thing, now I can only talk to my phone through adb, fast boot won't seem to work. Plus I can't find a lgnpst guide anywhere for our phone. No idea where to get the DLL I'm supposed to flash with, nor where to get the files to flash back. This is my first lg, I've been a HTC guy, so I know nothing about lgnpst. Thanks though
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Man how you using adb ? i wiped system by mistake and now i can access download mode recovery and i tried adb but my pc doesent recocgnize my device installed drivers and stuff and tried all the ports but nothing..so i can't use any tools right now to unbrick,,i can't flash because i have nothing on the internal memory also i'm on e975 i need adb to push a rom onto the sd card please help
I was wondering how to this.
I was flashing Killjoy's performance scripts (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2411161). After flashing the file and choosing to reboot, for dumb reasons I chose to disable recovery flash when it asked to reboot. Now, when I go to LG setup, once I'm done, I get the message that "lg setup wizard has stopper working" and loops me back to the start of the setup. Please help!:crying:
I know L9 is virtually unbrickable. I just need to be pointed in the right direction and I know I can bring it back!
Edit: Issue resolved!
Did you by any chance uninstall it using titanium backup or similar? Try to get a logcat.
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I guess he can't use none of the applications as he is stuck in the wizard. Try reflasing a stock ROM using kdz: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
SkarlosBME said:
I guess he can't use none of the applications as he is stuck in the wizard. Try reflasing a stock ROM using kdz: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
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Yea, this is the case. Can't get out of it. I really don't know how in the world did it uninstall itself. I didn't use Titanium Backup at all. After flashing the killjoy zip file, I chose to reboot. I then got a warning:
"ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix? THIS CAN'T BE UNDONE" I then get 3 options to chose from: "No", "Yes - Disable recovery flash, "++Go Back++
I chose yes, and then all went haywire. Is there a way I can determine my phone's connection type via computer? I tried flashing V20D using the KDZ offline method, but it won't progress. It says "Phone not connected." Last I recall, I left the connection on media sync (MTP, I think it's its acronym). Since I'm on JB, I know it needs to be in LG Software Mode.
I have faced this issue too, even if I entered into SW Upgrade mode manually, KDZ did not detect my phone :/
However, I had success using the official LG updater software (connected my phone in SW upgrade mode).
SkarlosBME said:
I have faced this issue too, even if I entered into SW Upgrade mode manually, KDZ did not detect my phone :/
However, I had success using the official LG updater software (connected my phone in SW upgrade mode).
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Was your phone recognized by your computer? Because mine isn't. Think you can tell me more or less the steps you took to make it work?
Here's what I've tried so far:
1. downloaded most updated LG drivers
2. downloaded official LG mobile support tool
3. ran it, no effect.
4. downloaded LG pc suite, based on troubleshooting.
5. tried lg mobile support tool again, no good. Said connect PC to internet (???)
6. tried LG mobile support tool from shtttps from offline flash method, no good.
7. Put phone on SW upgrade mode (removed battery, volume up, put battery back in) and retried offline flash method again, halts at 15%. Says that phone isn't connected. It was set on DIAG since it's JB software.
8. Tried recovery update, but phone isn't recognized even if I put IMEI number in.
Thanks!
Flash a ics kdz... should work..
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jbonilla51 said:
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5. tried lg mobile support tool again, no good. Said connect PC to internet (???)
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You have forgot to remove the lines you added at the end of your hosts file. Remove them, reboot your PC and then try again with the official tool.
SkarlosBME said:
You have forgot to remove the lines you added at the end of your hosts file. Remove them, reboot your PC and then try again with the official tool.
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I forgot about that! Tried it, and the official tool worked excellent! Phone was able to go through setup wizard without a problem! Thanks a lot, man! Hitting the thanks button now!
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SkarlosBME said:
You have forgot to remove the lines you added at the end of your hosts file. Remove them, reboot your PC and then try again with the official tool.
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could you please elaborate on this. hosts files on Windows? I'm having similar problem with new lg k7 no kdz and for some reason this phone has no recovery at all. button combo will perform a factory reset with no prompt butt no menu options at all. and phone getting no dev love at all. it's very touchy. like it'll brick if you look at it the wrong way
Yesterday my phone froze and shut down on me. I restarted the phone but It won't load past the LG screen before turning back off. Then it won't turn back on unless I do a battery pull but that still doesnt get me past the LG logo screen. I was running Resurrection Rom MM and before that JasmineRom 35b.
I am able to put it into download mode but nothing else(not even TWRP)
Which is the correct method to getting back to a rooted 35b and what files, tools and programs do I need? Keep in mind I was on 35b. KDZ? TOT? LGUP? LGFlashTool?
I appreciate any help and links...
Edit: Just tried the LgFlashTool TOT method using the lgup8974dll and the 10b TOT file.
Phone disconnected and turned off while at 6% (on the LGFLashTool program not on my phone), Got a bunch of can't communicate with port errors and a big Download FAIL. Not sure if it's battery related or not but I ordered a spare and a charger just to be sure as I am unable to tell if the phone is even charging the battery right now or how much charge it has left (Notification light stays off while plugged in and the charging animation freezes and then the phone shuts back down)
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Yesterday my phone froze and shut down on me. I restarted the phone but It won't load past the LG screen before turning back off. Then it won't turn back on unless I do a battery pull but that still doesnt get me past the LG logo screen. I was running Resurrection Rom MM and before that JasmineRom 35b.
I am able to put it into download mode but nothing else(not even TWRP)
Which is the correct method to getting back to a rooted 35b and what files, tools and programs do I need? Keep in mind I was on 35b. KDZ? TOT? LGUP? LGFlashTool?
I appreciate any help and links...
Edit: Just tried the LgFlashTool TOT method using the lgup8974dll and the 10b TOT file.
Phone disconnected and turned off while at 6% (on the LGFLashTool program not on my phone), Got a bunch of can't communicate with port errors and a big Download FAIL. Not sure if it's battery related or not but I ordered a spare and a charger just to be sure as I am unable to tell if the phone is even charging the battery right now or how much charge it has left (Notification light stays off while plugged in and the charging animation freezes and then the phone shuts back down)
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Not 100% sure but sounds like you do not have the correct drivers installed on your PC. Here is a link to the LG drivers http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-VS985-Metallic-Black. Other problems could be USB cable or USB port. Here is a link to a thread in G3 general that might help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089. Hope some of this helps.
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Not 100% sure but sounds like you do not have the correct drivers installed on your PC. Here is a link to the LG drivers http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-VS985-Metallic-Black. Other problems could be USB cable or USB port. Here is a link to a thread in G3 general that might help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089. Hope some of this helps.
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I will definitely look into this, thanks! I still think Im gonna wait for the battery to get here before I try anything since I don't want it to die on me my while flashing and cause more headaches.
So the TOT method is what I should be doing?
cali4nia831 said:
I will definitely look into this, thanks! I still think Im gonna wait for the battery to get here before I try anything since I don't want it to die on me my while flashing and cause more headaches.
So the TOT method is what I should be doing?
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If i am having issues I always start with the 10B tot method,, it restores more partions than the kdz way. 10BBB is also easier to root and install twrp.
mopartonyg said:
Not 100% sure but sounds like you do not have the correct drivers installed on your PC. Here is a link to the LG drivers http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-VS985-Metallic-Black. Other problems could be USB cable or USB port. Here is a link to a thread in G3 general that might help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089. Hope some of this helps.
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If i am having issues I always start with the 10B tot method,, it restores more partions than the kdz way. 10BBB is also easier to root and install twrp.
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Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it!
Well I think I officially bricked my phone guys :/
Don't know how but it stopped going in to download mode. My guess is when I removed the battery and accidentally pressed the power button while it was off as after that It would just pop up as qualcom husb qloader 9008. Then after a couple more times trying, it stopped turning on all together. Shame as I really loved this phone but more than that I am now phoneless for a good while. Thanks for all your help, I really do appreciate it...
All is not lost. The hard brick option works. I had a similar issue a few days ago when I accepted the latest 97a OTA. After seeing how it caused problems with my SD card, I was tot flashing back to 10b when I bumped my desk the phone was on which caused my USB connection to get interrupted during the sync. No download mode.
The hard brick recovery appears scary but it really isn't. If you don't want to solder, then the hardest part is using the wire to make two connections with one hand so you can plug and unplug the USB cord with the other hand after you manually flash each partition. But it works. I just did it for the first time. Just read the instructions over and over until you're sure you understand what is needed. The instructions are in the general forum. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64446369
Do a search on how to get to the g3 motherboard. There are YouTube videos that show how to do it. It's really not that difficult. After that, there is a silver cover over the CPU. Use a small plastic tool to carefully pry it off. It snaps back on. You do NOT unhook any other connections and you leave the motherboard in the case as you'll be flashing each partition manually using the 10b tot. I couldn't get the final partition to flash (sbl1) using the tool supplied in the instructions, but that's fine. I was able to boot into download mode without flashing sbl1 and then flashed the 10b tot using the LG tools and I was back up and operational.
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iBolski said:
All is not lost. The hard brick option works. I had a similar issue a few days ago when I accepted the latest 97a OTA. After seeing how it caused problems with my SD card, I was tot flashing back to 10b when I bumped my desk the phone was on which caused my USB connection to get interrupted during the sync. No download mode.
The hard brick recovery appears scary but it really isn't. If you don't want to solder, then the hardest part is using the wire to make two connections with one hand so you can plug and unplug the USB cord with the other hand after you manually flash each partition. But it works. I just did it for the first time. Just read the instructions over and over until you're sure you understand what is needed. The instructions are in the general forum. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64446369
Do a search on how to get to the g3 motherboard. There are YouTube videos that show how to do it. It's really not that difficult. After that, there is a silver cover over the CPU. Use a small plastic tool to carefully pry it off. It snaps back on. You do NOT unhook any other connections and you leave the motherboard in the case as you'll be flashing each partition manually using the 10b tot. I couldn't get the final partition to flash (sbl1) using the tool supplied in the instructions, but that's fine. I was able to boot into download mode without flashing sbl1 and then flashed the 10b tot using the LG tools and I was back up and operational.
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Thank you so much for the info. Gives me hope I can get this back up and running. It actually doesn't sound to hard compared to the things I do to fix other phones, So I hope this will get my G3 back up and running again!
Thanks!
iBolski said:
All is not lost. The hard brick option works. I had a similar issue a few days ago when I accepted the latest 97a OTA. After seeing how it caused problems with my SD card, I was tot flashing back to 10b when I bumped my desk the phone was on which caused my USB connection to get interrupted during the sync. No download mode.
The hard brick recovery appears scary but it really isn't. If you don't want to solder, then the hardest part is using the wire to make two connections with one hand so you can plug and unplug the USB cord with the other hand after you manually flash each partition. But it works. I just did it for the first time. Just read the instructions over and over until you're sure you understand what is needed. The instructions are in the general forum. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64446369
Do a search on how to get to the g3 motherboard. There are YouTube videos that show how to do it. It's really not that difficult. After that, there is a silver cover over the CPU. Use a small plastic tool to carefully pry it off. It snaps back on. You do NOT unhook any other connections and you leave the motherboard in the case as you'll be flashing each partition manually using the 10b tot. I couldn't get the final partition to flash (sbl1) using the tool supplied in the instructions, but that's fine. I was able to boot into download mode without flashing sbl1 and then flashed the 10b tot using the LG tools and I was back up and operational.
Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk
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Sorry for the late response but I've been busy and had to put off my attempt until now but did you keep getting a device not in download mode error while flashing? It passed the ap check and emmc test at first but when I tried to flash the first (aboot) partition it gave me that warning. Is this what you meant about that you had to keep forcing it in to Dload mode by shorting the pins everytime you flashed each new partitions?
Thanks I can't believe I actually pulled off shorting the pins that first time, It took me forever!
cali4nia831 said:
Sorry for the late response but I've been busy and had to put off my attempt until now but did you keep getting a device not in download mode error while flashing? It passed the ap check and emmc test at first but when I tried to flash the first (aboot) partition it gave me that warning. Is this what you meant about that you had to keep forcing it in to Dload mode by shorting the pins everytime you flashed each new partitions?
Thanks I can't believe I actually pulled off shorting the pins that first time, It took me forever!
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Yup. You have to short it again after each flash. Also once I got to the sbl1 partition, I couldn't get that to flash so I rebooted into download mode and flashed the 10b tot. You're almost there.
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Earlier in the day it worked fine flashing my g3 back to stock from lollipop. However, now after trying it again it's saying com 41 is in use and after reinstalling the program it still is saying it. mt phone is soft bricked and only boots into download mode so thats why i need to flash it back again. any help or suggestions are appreciated.
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Earlier in the day it worked fine flashing my g3 back to stock from lollipop. However, now after trying it again it's saying com 41 is in use and after reinstalling the program it still is saying it. mt phone is soft bricked and only boots into download mode so thats why i need to flash it back again. any help or suggestions are appreciated.
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Have you tried restarting your computer? "com 41 in use" means that there is another program accessing the com port. This is preventing the LG flash tool from connecting to the phone.