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Hello,
I got my LG Optimus V on February 12,about a week or two later i decided to root it,i use the method explained here: forum(Dot)androidcentral(Dot)com/optimus-v-rooting-roms-hacks/57485-how-root-lg-optimus-v(Dot)html
everything went perfect,all the root required apps worked flawless,anyways, i installed a custom boot which replaced the default "ANDROID" logo right after the virgin mobile screen,for about 2 months everything worked perfect,last night i decided to edit some things with the build property editor on the absolute system tools app Here: appbrain(Dot)com/app/absolute-system-root-tools/com.canvs2321.absolute.system[/url]
the only things i edited were the things that said "VirginMobile/Virgin Mobile" and switched that to "JGar"and the version from "2.2.1" to X
I decided to save the customization and rebooted,it loaded the lg logo,the virgin mobile logo,and then the custom boot,instead of working like always,it just freezes a couple of seconds right before the lock screen is supposed to come up
i am still able to boot into the (Volume+,Home,Power)recovery menu so i factory reset it,that didnt work,it still freezes at the last boot before lockscreen
can anybody help me?
Im a noob at this and sorry if im not supposed to add links
If it helps,i have another LG Optimus V which is full stock,no root,fully functional if i need to copy some files from it.
Thank you
recovery factory reset = deleting everything from your phone.
You need to reinstall a rom and start over. If you made a back up, reload that. Otherwise you are sol.
Well,i have what is supposedly the stock rom,a recovery image file,and a flash image file,all i dont know is how to load them onto the phone,is there a program or guide that helps me?
last thing is that when i rooted it,i never installed a custom recovery menu,just the android system recovery<3e> menu with 4 options,reboot now,apply sdcard:Update.zip,Wipe data/factory reset,and wipe cache partition
The easiest thing you can do if you just want to get back to stock is download the stock rom from the development thread. Rename it to update.zip. Place it on the micro sd card, and use the recovery to flash it. But all of your settings, apps, and what not are all gone for good since you did a wipe.
Ok, i have the stock rom now,my phone says that it needs a signature or something,is there a way that i can bypass that? I dont really care about the apps,just as long as i fix my phone,im all good to go.
In the custom recovery, instead of the install update.zip option, use the install zip from sdcard option. Then before you select the zip file, hit the option to disable signature verification. Then go ahead and install.
I dont have a custom recovery menu,the only thing custom i have on it is the droid x boot,which worked perfectly fine,is there a way to install the custom recovery menu? because i turn it on,lg boot,virgin mobile boot,droid x boot then crash
The easiest thing you can do at this point is install a custom recovery so that you an install a working copy of the stock rom. Follow this guide: http://forum.androidcentral.com/opt...ks/73168-how-install-roms-your-new-phone.html
Use the first recovery listed on that page. It should work. Once you have the stock rom loaded, you won't even notice the recovery, but you'll be able to backup and restore your phone if you ever break it again.
Hi everyone
My sister updated her MEGA OTA last month. She cant remember which version she was on. I am assuming it was 4.3. shes doesnt know much,
Her phone got stuck in bootloop.
Initially a got a hard time even getting into restore mode. however after a lot of goggling and trials and errors here is where i am today :
1- I can install TWRP and/or Philz recovery and boot into them.
2- I can enter download mode
3- I have tried installing many ROMS and different versions. I was only partially successful with 4.4 versions because I get a passed message in Odin however upon restart the phone enters boot loop again.
4- I have tried multiple wipe data/dalvik cache/cache and restoring factory settings but i still get the same results.
5- Only in Philz recovery i can mount the external SD card and copy zip files. I was able to root the phone that was (but im not sure if it still is). However all ROMs zip files I tried to install (both from PC and from extSD card) wouldnt open in recovery mode.
Because I get a passed message when I install a ROM from Odin , I dont know what the issue could be. But there is something wrong that happens as soon as this phone boots up.
I seriously do not know what to do anymore. I just need this phone to be working again. At this point I dont care about warranties/ROM versions/stock or custom...
Please help and sorry for my bad English
It sounds like you need to download the stock rom and flash it in Odin (you gotta put the phone in download mode to flash in Odin). The stock rom can be found on the sammobile website in the firmware section. That should get you back to square one (stock rom, stock recovery, no root). Then you start over from scratch.
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Thanks
I did and I still get the same problem.
In fact after installing stock rom, i could not enter "stock" so I installed philz recovery, logged in philz and wiped cache a couple of time, did a factory reset.
and yet when i restart , the phone is stuck in bootloop.
Maybe she has a Galaxy Mega with a repaired screen. Starting with 4.4 Samsung only supports a digitizer with Synaptics brand chip. It's a big mess and there are countless screens and digitizers made worthless. I think unofficial 4.4 by Cyanogen and others might work, but not official Samsung. With some Galaxy Megas you get a bootloop. With others it boots however the digitizer and touch functions no longer work. I don't know how to go back after you are on official 4.4 because last I saw, there was no root for it. If I'm wrong, someone else please clarify and continue to help.
IMHO only one way out from such situation is try to flash MegaFire MJ2 which is derived from stock 4.2. It's only one 4.2 ROM which can be safely flashed onto KK.
Iformation about MegaFire you can find HERE
I went to install a custom rom for my lg realm, and i couldnt find any so i found a "unofficial" recovery for twrp and it worked, but then i wanted to factory reset my phone so i could make a backup, and when i wiped it, it worked the files did reset, but twrp wouldnt reconize it as a os or rooted, and when i clicked install supersu it didnt, it froze in a bootloop, so i tryed a diffrent recovery than twrp, something that starts with K and that totaly broke, now i cant boot into my OS and my recovery doesnt load, when i load recovery it restarts to bootloop, and cause i cant get into recovery i cant use adb or fastboot, i dont know what to do.
i just want my phone to work
Well what happened was that twrp recovery did just what you told it to do. It made a factory reset which is without an os. Unlike the oem factory reset that only wipes personal data.
I would use a Linux box to get your device to download/bootloader mode (might take a bit of research to find a tut.) then flash a stock image.
zelendel said:
Well what happened was that twrp recovery did just what you told it to do. It made a factory reset which is without an os. Unlike the oem factory reset that only wipes personal data.
I would use a Linux box to get your device to download/bootloader mode (might take a bit of research to find a tut.) then flash a stock image.
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Sorry for the late responce, but (i think) it reset the os like it should, but because it didnt have a root the twrp couldnt boot into it, and when trying to install supersu itself couldnt, and broke the OS, atleast thats what i think, also just read the 2nd half, is download/bootloader mode diffrent than recovery mode? cause i cant get into Power + Vol down anymore
Oh my god
Ok, i went into download mode, lg mobile software tool detectred it, and set it as a com3 driver, and odin didnt see it, then i manualy set it to use ADB, both normal and compisite and bootloader mode with google usb drivers, the pc saw it, but still odin didnt see it, i dont know what to use, but it seems like this could work
Help?
Can anyone help? still broken
Hey guys,
Got a no name phone with mtk6580 and kernel 3.10.72 running custom Chinese android 5.1, and as you probably guessed I got problem flashing custom recovery on it, the device is not on the list for neither TWRP nor CWP.
What to do?
Thank you
Vant2239 said:
Hey guys,
Got a no name phone with mtk6580 and kernel 3.10.72 running custom Chinese android 5.1, and as you probably guessed I got problem flashing custom recovery on it, the device is not on the list for neither TWRP nor CWP.
What to do?
Thank you
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A good place for no name phones is here:
https://forum.hovatek.com/forum-76.html
Either have a search or put a request for someone to make a TWRP for your phone, I put a request in and the next day someone made one for me.
I did try to make my own from a guide on here, its apparently really easy but I just couldnt get it to work, here is the one someone made for me which may work or at least gives you a good starting base to try: http://www.needrom.com/download/uhappy-up580-twrp-recovery/
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A good place for no name phones is here:
https://forum.hovatek.com/forum-76.html
Either have a search or put a request for someone to make a TWRP for your phone, I put a request in and the next day someone made one for me.
I did try to make my own from a guide on here, its apparently really easy but I just couldnt get it to work, here is the one someone made for me which may work or at least gives you a good starting base to try: http://www.needrom.com/download/uhappy-up580-twrp-recovery/
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Once again thanks a lot for reply!
I have successfully ported one of your builds, but with some mindless actions trying to flash recovery through fast boot got a boot loop of some sort, logo keeps appearing and phone doesn't boot.
What I did is in fastboot flashed recovery with help of 'fastboot oem unlock' and now I just stuck. I have stock recovery, tried to flash it back but unsuccessfuly. Any idea how can I fix it?
Sorry for being such a noob
recovery and/or firmware should be flashed with SPflash tool simply because I find its the easiest way,
Perfect way of doing things is:
SPflash tools=flash stock firmware til 'done' close SPflash
remove battery, put back in, boot, maybe stuck on boot image (happens to me 50% of the time)
remove battery, put back in, boot. Let it boot up and set up wifi/internet
turn off phone, battery out, back in DONT POWER ON
reopen SPflash, select correct scatter.txt file from stock firmware again
unselect all tick boxes, tick recovery box, click on 'address or location of recovery' and locate the TWRP image
click download, plug turned off phone in.
wait til done.
battery out, back in, boot to recovery with correct button presses (volume up+power?)
in recovery, set correct time
reboot recovery and allow install of superSU, reboot phone, select superSU from the notification and update.
Then put the new custom rom onto sdcard and reboot back to recovery, wipe system/data/cache/dalvik cache and install rom
install gapps
wipe caches
reboot
That is a perfect way of doing it, if the rom doesnt boot something is wrong with the rom/boot img/something
fix that, put back onto sdcard, just do the 4 wipes again and install rom again
and again
and again
until it is fixed and boots.
robneymcplum said:
recovery and/or firmware should be flashed with SPflash tool simply because I find its the easiest way,
Perfect way of doing things is:
SPflash tools=flash stock firmware til 'done' close SPflash
remove battery, put back in, boot, maybe stuck on boot image (happens to me 50% of the time)
remove battery, put back in, boot. Let it boot up and set up wifi/internet
turn off phone, battery out, back in DONT POWER ON
reopen SPflash, select correct scatter.txt file from stock firmware again
unselect all tick boxes, tick recovery box, click on 'address or location of recovery' and locate the TWRP image
click download, plug turned off phone in.
wait til done.
battery out, back in, boot to recovery with correct button presses (volume up+power?)
in recovery, set correct time
reboot recovery and allow install of superSU, reboot phone, select superSU from the notification and update.
Then put the new custom rom onto sdcard and reboot back to recovery, wipe system/data/cache/dalvik cache and install rom
install gapps
wipe caches
reboot
That is a perfect way of doing it, if the rom doesnt boot something is wrong with the rom/boot img/something
fix that, put back onto sdcard, just do the 4 wipes again and install rom again
and again
and again
until it is fixed and boots.
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Im getting an error when try to flash it: ERROR: S_DL_GET_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL (5054)
trying to flash stock firmware?
I had numerous issues getting mine to flash the first time, I downloaded and tried different versions of SPflash tools, different USB leads/ports etc...
I have to use a USB lead from my moto x play as the stock lead wouldnt work, my galaxy tab lead wouldnt work either.
I have to use SPflash tool version SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1552.00.000 as other versions kept bringing up that error and similar ones.
It really does seem to be trial and error unfortunately.
Phone: LG Aristo MS210 (Metro PCS)
Bootloader: TWRP 3.0.3.0
So let me explain. I was just figuring out how to root the LG Aristo since I had never done it with a custom ROM. Yes, true story. Anyway, I was happy I got it working perfectly until I rebooted my phone. When I rebooted it, SuperSU was gone. I tried going to the play store and redownloading it, but I got an error code -504, and the thing is, I couldn't download any apps. ANY. I decided to look the error code up and I can't find anything on it. I tried multiple times doing multiple different things. From factory resetting, reflashing SuperSU, to factory resetting and then flashing SuperSU, wiping dalvik-cache along with everything except for system. It didn't work and I thought I could get it working.. Well... this next part I really messed up on. I decided to wipe everything. I selected all options and slid the cursor and it failed. The wipe failed. It said "E: /sdcard1 unable to partition" or something like that. I noticed that when I was wiping earlier the internal storage was also called that, and the funny thing is I have no microSD card in my phone. So. :/
Now when I boot I'm stuck on the LG splash screen and nothing else happens. I tried recovery mode (without ADB) with the power button + vol down key as I read here: (I'd post link but I'm a new member) that's how you get into recovery/factory reset. I'd use ADB to get into recovery, but since I just wiped the system, I don't have USB debugging enabled. I tried anyway and I gotta say this is my worst nightmare as I'm too young to get a job, (15 yrs. old) so I can't get a phone. :/ Oh, and if this can be useful: I know it connects to my PC over USB because I hear the sound it makes when a new device is connected. Is there any way I can use that to unbrick it?
EDIT 9/10/2017 9:31 PM (Eastern Time): I managed to get into twrp. I'm currently looking online for how to flash android 7.0 nougat (OS it originally had)
RyokoOnXDA said:
Phone: LG Aristo MS210 (Metro PCS)
Bootloader: TWRP 3.0.3.0
So let me explain. I was just figuring out how to root the LG Aristo since I had never done it with a custom ROM. Yes, true story. Anyway, I was happy I got it working perfectly until I rebooted my phone. When I rebooted it, SuperSU was gone. I tried going to the play store and redownloading it, but I got an error code -504, and the thing is, I couldn't download any apps. ANY. I decided to look the error code up and I can't find anything on it. I tried multiple times doing multiple different things. From factory resetting, reflashing SuperSU, to factory resetting and then flashing SuperSU, wiping dalvik-cache along with everything except for system. It didn't work and I thought I could get it working.. Well... this next part I really messed up on. I decided to wipe everything. I selected all options and slid the cursor and it failed. The wipe failed. It said "E: /sdcard1 unable to partition" or something like that. I noticed that when I was wiping earlier the internal storage was also called that, and the funny thing is I have no microSD card in my phone. So. :/
Now when I boot I'm stuck on the LG splash screen and nothing else happens. I tried recovery mode (without ADB) with the power button + vol down key as I read here: (I'd post link but I'm a new member) that's how you get into recovery/factory reset. I'd use ADB to get into recovery, but since I just wiped the system, I don't have USB debugging enabled. I tried anyway and I gotta say this is my worst nightmare as I'm too young to get a job, (15 yrs. old) so I can't get a phone. :/ Oh, and if this can be useful: I know it connects to my PC over USB because I hear the sound it makes when a new device is connected. Is there any way I can use that to unbrick it?
EDIT 9/10/2017 9:31 PM: I managed to get into twrp. I'm currently looking online for how to flash android 7.0 nougat (OS it originally had)
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Hi,
Well the only way to fix this is that u need to be able to boot into recovery.
If u tried booting into recovery by holding the power and vol+/- and u end up booting to the boot logo, then recovery is also wiped.
In this case, u will need to check if u have access to fastboot. If so then obtain the twrp recovery for ur device and flash it then tried booting into recovery using the appropriate keys.
When I get time, I will research ur device for any recovery tool and stuff.
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Brandon Indar said:
Hi,
Well the only way to fix this is that u need to be able to boot into recovery.
If u tried booting into recovery by holding the power and vol+/- and u end up booting to the boot logo, then recovery is also wiped.
In this case, u will need to check if u have access to fastboot. If so then obtain the twrp recovery for ur device and flash it then tried booting into recovery using the appropriate keys.
When I get time, I will research ur device for any recovery tool and stuff.
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I managed to get into recovery. I don't know how to flash Android 7.0 for my Aristo, though.. so I'm researching it.
EDIT: Got a ROM flashed. Everything working now.
please help me this is between live and death. I bought a coolpad 8715 but the android version doesn't work with Playstore and everything about it is in Chinese, I try to change the language to English but the apps are still written in China. please how can I install another OS on it that support Playstore. I downloaded the firmware ( 8715_4.4.016.P1.8715.CPB ) which is in CPB format and i try to extract it to change application and some settings, after extraction I found some files but I don't know which one to edit or how to. The help I needed is that, how to edit my firmware .....CPB file after extraction and pack it back as .......CPB file so that I can use it to flash my coolpad 8715. Or is their any OS or ROM I can use like KitKat, lollipop, marshmallow miui etc. I try to update the phone with wireless hotspot, not working. I also try to install KitKat 4.4.2 Custom ROM through the phone recovery mode which is in China, but showing verification failed and signature error. please help me what can I do, am ready to take any ricks.
King smus said:
please help me this is between live and death. I bought a coolpad 8715 but the android version doesn't work with Playstore and everything about it is in Chinese, I try to change the language to English but the apps are still written in China. please how can I install another OS on it that support Playstore. I downloaded the firmware ( 8715_4.4.016.P1.8715.CPB ) which is in CPB format and i try to extract it to change application and some settings, after extraction I found some files but I don't know which one to edit or how to. The help I needed is that, how to edit my firmware .....CPB file after extraction and pack it back as .......CPB file so that I can use it to flash my coolpad 8715. Or is their any OS or ROM I can use like KitKat, lollipop, marshmallow miui etc. I try to update the phone with wireless hotspot, not working. I also try to install KitKat 4.4.2 Custom ROM through the phone recovery mode which is in China, but showing verification failed and signature error. please help me what can I do, am ready to take any ricks.
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