Hi all,
I think I am in some serious trouble right now.. I tried to flash the latest carbon ROM on my device, but completely
forgot to flash the kernel.
I cannot connect to my device using adb (really can't remember if i didn't enable it, been flashing a couple of ROMS tonight ).
I can however, use fastboot.. But what use is that? Can I somehow restore or get to my recovery?
Any help is appreciated!!
Thanks in advance.
Godfather123 said:
Hi all,
I think I am in some serious trouble right now.. I tried to flash the latest carbon ROM on my device, but completely
forgot to flash the kernel.
I cannot connect to my device using adb (really can't remember if i didn't enable it, been flashing a couple of ROMS tonight ).
I can however, use fastboot.. But what use is that? Can I somehow restore or get to my recovery?
Any help is appreciated!!
Thanks in advance.
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power off
vol down n power on. then un press vol down for 1 sec.. continue press vol up n down, it ask for hard reset. then press power button 2 times. it will move to recovery.
shaldi said:
power off
vol down n power on. then un press vol down for 1 sec.. continue press vol up n down, it ask for hard reset. then press power button 2 times. it will move to recovery.
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Hi,
Thanks for the fast reply, but I can't get to recovery.. I've already tried this several times..
Any other suggestions?
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It just hangs in black screen, and doesn't get any further when I try this.
Godfather123 said:
Hi,
Thanks for the fast reply, but I can't get to recovery.. I've already tried this several times..
Any other suggestions?
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It just hangs in black screen, and doesn't get any further when I try this.
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If you got to the hard reset screen and pressed power two times but could not get to recovery, its possible that you no longer have any recovery (CWM or TWRP). In some roms, a recovery image is sometimes flashed overwriting the recovery image that you previously installed.
Best bet may be is get back to stock. Try this thread, hope it helps.
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Hi, i installed CWM and did a backup, then install the 4.3 Rom from sammobile, then tried to do factory wipe, and it just restarted before finish, then it got stuck in bootloop, i entered again with cwm, and tried to wipe again, same result, then i tried to restore the backup i have made, but it never finish. then i flashed the 4.3 zip again, but still the same result, but now, when i try to enter to cwm, the celphone restart, and when i try to boot normally, got stuck on the galaxy s 4 screen...
any ideas?
elegalll said:
Hi, i installed CWM and did a backup, then install the 4.3 Rom from sammobile, then tried to do factory wipe, and it just restarted before finish, then it got stuck in bootloop, i entered again with cwm, and tried to wipe again, same result, then i tried to restore the backup i have made, but it never finish. then i flashed the 4.3 zip again, but still the same result, but now, when i try to enter to cwm, the celphone restart, and when i try to boot normally, got stuck on the galaxy s 4 screen...
any ideas?
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If the phone is on, hold power button and vol down untill it shuts off, then without letting go of power button, move finger from vol down and hold vol up (so youll now be holding vol up and power). Hold the buttons until the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen comes on (with white text before the boot screen). You should be able to boot into recovery and restore your backup.
I know restoring your backup didn't work the first time but you should try again. If you have any other roms on your sd card that you can flash from recovery, try those if the backup doesn't restore again
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C.Sweat said:
If the phone is on, hold power button and vol down untill it shuts off, then without letting go of power button, move finger from vol down and hold vol up (so youll now be holding vol up and power). Hold the buttons until the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen comes on (with white text before the boot screen). You should be able to boot into recovery and restore your backup.
I know restoring your backup didn't work the first time but you should try again. If you have any other roms on your sd card that you can flash from recovery, try those if the backup doesn't restore again
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i tried, but, when i hold volume up, it never turn on
elegalll said:
i tried, but, when i hold volume up, it never turn on
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you are holding the power button still even after you let go of vol down correct? Does the phone restart if you hold vol down and power for about 20 seconds (without the finger moving steps)?
C.Sweat said:
you are holding the power button still even after you let go of vol down correct? Does the phone restart if you hold vol down and power for about 20 seconds (without the finger moving steps)?
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that's right
elegalll said:
that's right
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What about the second question?
Hit the Thanks button if ive helped in any way :good:
C.Sweat said:
What about the second question?
Hit the Thanks button if ive helped in any way :good:
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that was for both questions
elegalll said:
that was for both questions
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Ok.... so I take it your phone does restart. If your phone restarts, it should be able to boot into recovery. Play around with the timing of the recovery button presses and try to get back into recovery. Do a battery and sim card pull. Leave them out for a minute, replace them and try to boot into recovery after replacing them.
If none of that works, I would odin flash the stock firmware and start over with it. Thats just me.
C.Sweat said:
Ok.... so I take it your phone does restart. If your phone restarts, it should be able to boot into recovery. Play around with the timing of the recovery button presses and try to get back into recovery. Do a battery and sim card pull. Leave them out for a minute, replace them and try to boot into recovery after replacing them.
If none of that works, I would odin flash the stock firmware and start over with it. Thats just me.
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Good news, i left the cellphone charging all night long, then i entered cwm, everything fine, and i restored the backup...
But still, i want the 4.3 rom, What could I have done wrong? Maybe is because i didn't root the phone after?
elegalll said:
Good news, i left the cellphone charging all night long, then i entered cwm, everything fine, and i restored the backup...
But still, i want the 4.3 rom, What could I have done wrong? Maybe is because i didn't root the phone after?
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If you want, try re-flashing it...but your really not missing out on much (major battery drain, no root, no new features). Im not sure what went wrong but its definitely not because you didn't root it after flashing.
Good to hear you got the issue resolved though
Here is what happened:
Installed AOSPA 4.4 KRT16S
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502789
Installed GAPPS
Everything was working great. I think kept reading and saw that I needed to install kernel.
Downloaded, transferred d800-stock-kernel-aosp
Rebotted to install this zip.
NOW, I am stuck in the android 4.4 boot loop. I have tried to power down and hold down volume up and down, but with no success.
Is my phone bricked? What happened? Could someone please help me??? Thank you so much in advance!:crying:
RoysGTI said:
Here is what happened:
Installed AOSPA 4.4 KRT16S
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502789
Installed GAPPS
Everything was working great. I think kept reading and saw that I needed to install kernel.
Downloaded, transferred d800-stock-kernel-aosp
Rebotted to install this zip.
NOW, I am stuck in the android 4.4 boot loop. I have tried to power down and hold down volume up and down, but with no success.
Is my phone bricked? What happened? Could someone please help me??? Thank you so much in advance!:crying:
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Try to boot to recovery with VOL DOWN+POWER...hopefully you had a backup or flash another rom
RubbleTea said:
Try to boot to recovery with VOL DOWN+POWER...hopefully you had a backup or flash another rom
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I do have a backup, but I cannot get back into recovery??
RubbleTea said:
Try to boot to recovery with VOL DOWN+POWER...hopefully you had a backup or flash another rom
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the LG symbol comes up, and then it goes into the 4.4 circles bootscreen
RoysGTI said:
the LG symbol comes up, and then it goes into the 4.4 circles bootscreen
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Try holding power until turns off maybe holding too long and it boots up
RubbleTea said:
Try holding power until turns off maybe holding too long and it boots up
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OK.....I hold power. It shuts off. and then IMMEDIATELY starts back up with me touching nothing????
Is it bricked?
Doesnt make any sense....Never had a phone do this
RoysGTI said:
the LG symbol comes up, and then it goes into the 4.4 circles bootscreen
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you have to time it correctly. Turn on the phone holding power and volume down. Then when the logo shows. Quickly (not too quickly) release two buttons and press them again and hold them until recovery factory reset screen appears then press two times power button to get into recovery.
RoysGTI said:
OK.....I hold power. It shuts off. and then IMMEDIATELY starts back up with me touching nothing????
Is it bricked?
Doesnt make any sense....Never had a phone do this
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Your bootloope, can you get into download mode? Try vol up and power. Then vol down to recovery....
Got a reply from the other thread:
Use this method (scroll down to where it says Master Reset with Hardware Keys). I ran into this issue a few times, and this is how I can get back into TWRP (when you follow the instructions, instead of wiping everything it boots into TWRP)
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-7590 [start from "when LG Logo is displayed", since you can't power off]
(NB: It says T-mobile, but it works for all variants)
THIS WORKED!!!!!!!
Thanks again guys!
hey guys
softbricked my lg g2 verizon running cm 10.2 nightly
i tried flashing newest twrp.zip in recovery (i had old version of twrp)
installed successfully then i wiped cache/dalvik and the whole phone shut off after 30 seconds
when i power on its stuck in CM boot logo
i think i have backup but i cant get into recovery to flash it. dunno how to. volume down and power isnt working
and when i try to use my PC and adb reboot recovery it cant find the device, not sure if drivers are installed
can anyone help?
thanks!
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tried holding power and volume down but it keeps vibrating and rebooting with LG logo... think the recovery is messed up
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Nblufire12 said:
hey guys
softbricked my lg g2 verizon running cm 10.2 nightly
i tried flashing newest twrp.zip in recovery (i had old version of twrp)
installed successfully then i wiped cache/dalvik and the whole phone shut off after 30 seconds
when i power on its stuck in CM boot logo
i think i have backup but i cant get into recovery to flash it. dunno how to. volume down and power isnt working
and when i try to use my PC and adb reboot recovery it cant find the device, not sure if drivers are installed
can anyone help?
thanks!
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tried holding power and volume down but it keeps vibrating and rebooting with LG logo... think the recovery is messed up
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When you hold these two buttons and you see the LG logo, release and hold them again fast until you see factory reset screen. At this point press the power key three times and you will go to recovery. An press the thanks button here.
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Haseeb123 said:
When you hold these two buttons and you see the LG logo, release and hold them again fast infill you see factory reset screen. At this point press the power key three times and you will go to recovery. An press the thanks button here.
Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk
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i'm having trouble turning off my G2
every time I hold the power button down during bootloop it vibrates, turns off for a second, then starts to reboot again.
how do i power off?
Nblufire12 said:
i'm having trouble turning off my G2
every time I hold the power button down during bootloop it vibrates, turns off for a second, then starts to reboot again.
how do i power off?
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I think you have have to hold for 5 seconds to completely power down.
Hold vol- and power key and when logo pops up release power key and again hold power key then Reset screen should display. Press power until it starts factory reset which will dump you into Recovery.
Nblufire12 said:
i'm having trouble turning off my G2
every time I hold the power button down during bootloop it vibrates, turns off for a second, then starts to reboot again.
how do i power off?
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Hold the Power Button for 10 sec
equake said:
I think you have have to hold for 5 seconds to completely power down.
Hold vol- and power key and when logo pops up release power key and again hold power key then Reset screen should display. Press power until it starts factory reset which will dump you into Recovery.
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ok! im in recovery but NOO!!! my backup is gone.... how do i transfer over a cm 10.2 ROM onto my sd card?!
Nblufire12 said:
ok! im in recovery but NOO!!! my backup is gone.... how do i transfer over a cm 10.2 ROM onto my sd card?!
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If adb sees the device you can do an adb push
dr87 said:
If adb sees the device you can do an adb push
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sadly adb isnt seeing the device... i dont know what to do im stuck with no rom to flash
if i wipe data and cache and reboot will it let me start new and go through accoutn setup?
Nblufire12 said:
sadly adb isnt seeing the device... i dont know what to do im stuck with no rom to flash
if i wipe data and cache and reboot will it let me start new and go through accoutn setup?
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No with no rom it will probably just sit on the LG logo or something
Have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Might be your only option then
Has adb ever seen your device before? seems weird thats its not being detected in recovery
dr87 said:
No with no rom it will probably just sit on the LG logo or something
Have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Might be your only option then
Has adb ever seen your device before? seems weird thats its not being detected in recovery
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i had to get ADB on my device to root and put CM there in the first place, not sure why its not working now... maybe because USB debug isnt checked? i have no clue.
all i need are drivers right? is there a good link for re-setting that up
Nblufire12 said:
i had to get ADB on my device to root and put CM there in the first place, not sure why its not working now... maybe because USB debug isnt checked? i have no clue.
all i need are drivers right? is there a good link for re-setting that up
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my adb works fine even with no rom
maybe try to reinstall the usb drivers and replug the phone
http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-D801 scroll down and download... the driver should work fine even though its d801
try putting a rom on a usb stick and then in recovery install from usb? not sure whether that would work but its worth a try
i installed those drivers but its not recognizing device in adb
http://i.imgur.com/J5dax87.png
im in recovery, do i have to toggle anything?
dr87 said:
my adb works fine even with no rom
maybe try to reinstall the usb drivers and replug the phone
http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-D801 scroll down and download... the driver should work fine even though its d801
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how do u install those drivers?
theres no .exe...?
I have the D800. I rooted and flashed TWRP. I then tried to flash a rom. Everything was fine but when it reboot the only thing that came up is the LG logo and then the screen goes black.
So when I hold down the power button and the volume down button a couple of times, the factory reset comes on. If i tried to reset, it'll let me into the TWRP. BUT I have no useable rom downloaded.
AND when I tried to plug my phone into my laptop, I get a ton of drives that windows asks me to format. I tried to hold the volume up button to get into download mode but no dice.
My theory is if I could somehow put a new rom into the phone, I could then flash that?
So help please?
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I have the D800. I rooted and flashed TWRP. I then tried to flash a rom. Everything was fine but when it reboot the only thing that came up is the LG logo and then the screen goes black.
So when I hold down the power button and the volume down button a couple of times, the factory reset comes on. If i tried to reset, it'll let me into the TWRP. BUT I have no useable rom downloaded.
AND when I tried to plug my phone into my laptop, I get a ton of drives that windows asks me to format. I tried to hold the volume up button to get into download mode but no dice.
My theory is if I could somehow put a new rom into the phone, I could then flash that?
So help please?
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the first question I am going to ask you is did you have the common sense to make a backup before trying to flash a new rom. If you did not do this there is a way to fix it
Nope, my big mistake is forgetting to have something else besides the new rom.
So no way at all? Man that really bites.
brendac87 said:
Nope, my big mistake is forgetting to have something else besides the new rom.
So no way at all? Man that really bites.
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Ok give me a second.. I'm going to find you a link to flash stock ROM back on using download mode..I'm sure you just aren't doing it right because I did the same thing and it went into download mode no problem.. Make sure your phone is off.. Go to twrp power off setting.. After phone is off hold volume up and plug into computer... Gimmie a min and I'll find that link for the tools
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brendac87 said:
Nope, my big mistake is forgetting to have something else besides the new rom.
So no way at all? Man that really bites.
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nope, no download mode. It just flashes a bunch of pop ups that i need to format the disk drives.
brendac87 said:
nope, no download mode. It just flashes a bunch of pop ups that i need to format the disk drives.
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How exactly are you trying to get into download mode? You have to be quick when doing it. It's the power and vol + key. When plugging in your phone to the computer make sure you quickly press and hold vol + and power key. It took me numerous tries to get it done but it worked eventually. Also, do you have all the correct drivers installed for your G2?
coldcrush390 said:
How exactly are you trying to get into download mode? You have to be quick when doing it. It's the power and vol + key. When plugging in your phone to the computer make sure you quickly press and hold vol + and power key. It took me numerous tries to get it done but it worked eventually. Also, do you have all the correct drivers installed for your G2?
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Thank you! I've been holding down only the volume + key. But got it on the second try with the power + volume. Fixed now!
Glad to hear this worked.
Hi, I have a Galaxy S4 i9505 running TWRP 3.0.2-0 jfltexx. I am having a problem where TWRP won't boot up when using the key combination of Volume UP + Home + Power, it will show up with the Galaxy S4 screen then at the top left corner it will show kernel not seandroid enforcing, recovery booting. Then it will boot to a black screen and then after 3 seconds it will vibrate and boot into android like it normally does. However on Flashify (Android App for flashing) I click the 'Reboot to Recovery' Button it boots into TWRP and it runs like a charm.
Android is running completely fine, stock 5.0.1.
Help will be appreciated.
UPDATE : SOLVED, Thanks to @QueryVillain
Solution :
1) Volume up + Power button while device is off
2) As soon as you see something in upper left corner, release both buttons and you will be booted to recovery
Try TWRP 2.87 to see if you still have the same problem.
audit13 said:
Try TWRP 2.87 to see if you still have the same problem.
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Sorry for the late reply, but ok i'l try it out.
The actual key combo is volume up + power button. Home button is not necessary.
Pwnycorn said:
The actual key combo is volume up + power button. Home button is not necessary.
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I tried that, still the same issue.
audit13 said:
Try TWRP 2.87 to see if you still have the same problem.
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I flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 and i'm having the exact same issue, just a black screen then about 3 to 5 seconds in, it will vibrate and show Galaxy S4 screen and boot to android.
Similar behaviour started to happen to me after flashing new bootloader via ODIN, but instead of booting to Android, my phone just turns off. At first I thought recovery got overwritten, but I still could boot into it from Android restart menu
What works for me:
1) Volume up + Power button while device is off
2) As soon as you see something in upper left corner, release both buttons and you will be booted to recovery
QueryVillain said:
Similar behaviour started to happen to me after flashing new bootloader via ODIN, but instead of booting to Android, my phone just turns off. At first I thought recovery got overwritten, but I still could boot into it from Android restart menu
What works for me:
1) Volume up + Power button while device is off
2) As soon as you see something in upper left corner, release both buttons and you will be booted to recovery
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Thanks !!!! it's working! but is it safe to use recovery like this?
spyroz540 said:
Thanks !!!! it's working! but is it safe to use recovery like this?
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What do you mean? It's recovery, just as safe as using recovery in general
QueryVillain said:
What do you mean? It's recovery, just as safe as using recovery in general
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Doesn't matter anymore, Thank you so much! Other members told me to flash stock rom again, but I didn't want to lose all my stuff and go through backing up process.
spyroz540 said:
Doesn't matter anymore, Thank you so much! Other members told me to flash stock rom again, but I didn't want to lose all my stuff and go through backing up process.
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Normally, while trying to get into recovery, you hold the buttons until it vibrates and then release.
If you don't release the buttons (the power button especially), the phone will turn off at some point.
Pwnycorn said:
Normally, while trying to get into recovery, you hold the buttons until it vibrates and then release.
If you don't release the buttons (the power button especially), the phone will turn off at some point.
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Oh, i see. Thanks again!:good: