Hello there!
So I accidentally bricked my phone a few days ago and now it is resting as a brick on my desk, but how did all of this happen, you may ask?
Well, the story is rather simple, I had the Simple ROM V. 1.4 installed on my G2 and decided to update it to version 2.0, which is posted here somewhere, but what I didn't notice was that the file I was downloading (even though it said it was compatible with all versions) was not for the D800 but for the LS980 and this bricked the phone.
First I was stuck on fastboot mode and was able to get my download mode back, but it kept saying that it couldn't flash the stock rom because it was the wrong model.
Looking online and through these forums, I found out that it was because the download mode that it had was not the right one to use, and that I needed to "destroy" download mode, enter once again in fastboot mode and flash the new download mode, this, however, turned out out to be impossible as the fastboot mode is no longer being detected by Windows nor Linux.
I installed back the USB drivers, installed Android ADB, changed the UDEV rules with mew vendors ID from the list provided by Google, updated the drivers on my PC and even tried to change the directory in which the phone would appear.
The problem resumes to this:
When in fastboot mode (connected to the PC) and type
Code:
fastboot devices
in both Windows and Linux, I get the response as
Code:
???????? devices
.
When I try with
Code:
adb devices
I get back nothing.
Curious thing is that the phone does appear on Device Manager as an Android ADB device and when on Linux I use the
Code:
lsusb
I get back that it is being recognized as
Code:
Google Inc. 18d1 d00d
, which I believe is the phone.
When trying to run any fastboot commands, the phone stays on "waiting for device" on Linux or "flashing" on Windows and later a messages pops back at me with
Code:
Error too many links
.
With all this in mind, I would like to ask you guys, is there something that I am missing?
Any help will be truly appreciated!
PS. Forgot to mention that I have tried with other computers and have the same result and the model of my phone is the D800.
Just to add a bit more into the case.
I had installed prior to all this mess, TWRP which had a Nandroid backup in the internal storage and file backup.
When using the LG Flash tool (KDZ one) I am able to see the available storage, which is about 2.5gb. This leads me to believe that both the Nandroid backup and Backup files are still in the internal storage.
Also, I did some more digging and got information that it might be the USB cable, however, this cable worked fine the first time and with other devices. and while connecting the phone with it to the PC it will still register the device as connected, but apparently no USB port is assigned or fastboot flash tool does not find the phone.
Related
Hi
As many people here i've encountred a problem with fota while being using a rooted ROM (g.lewarne ROM)
Now my phone is bricked. I can't go into recovery nor Download mode. I only have the LG logo for moments with error: secure booting error!
cause: boot certification verify
When i plug my phone it is not recognized in the hardware manager. I've already installed Drivers.
All i have in the hardware manager is a new hard under name QHSUSB_BULK that needs driver.
I have just one hope to get my phone alive, by reconizing it again by my computer, then maybe i can go under download mode.
I've tried everything but nothing could work without download mode.
PS: I've made a hard reset, which was maybe a silly decision.
By the way, after installing the OTA my phone went into CWM Recovery, it was detectable by adb, i used adb to reinstall TWRP, then i used command
"adb reboot download" instead of "adb reboot recovery", then i had never seen the CWM recovery again, only the mentioned above error.
After few seconds my phone screen goes black but the phone is still on since i can see light at the corners of the phone.
and it is not reachable by adb.
It makes me crazy now.
once i plug it to the computer it gives me plenty drives to format and one drive with only one folder inside called image, only readable, with many files inside.
Could you please help me to get my phone alive?:crying:
howdy y'all,
so im trying to help out my buddy. he currently has no os installed as well, but can boot to bootloader and twrp recovery 2.5. no idea how he has that but I figure I could just mount some zip files and be on my way. Currently whenever we try to do anything in twrp(ie wipe/mount) it is just hung up on unable to mount /radio even when all I have checked is system. I can't use adb or fastboot as far as I'm aware of; I've tried to use the unified android toolkit from skipsoft but its no dice since I was never able to turn on debug mode to begin with? So yeah any help would be much appreciated
oh and I know its not my cable or usb ports since the tablet can still charge.
Also this is the 2012 N7
Hi,
You'll need to get adb and fastboot working, best approach is to wipe and flash factory images through fastboot but may also need to use adb for e2fsck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
See this on getting fastboot working, best of luck!
demkantor said:
Hi,
You'll need to get adb and fastboot working, best approach is to wipe and flash factory images through fastboot but may also need to use adb for e2fsck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
See this on getting fastboot working, best of luck!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't understand how I'm supposed to get fastboot working since I was never able to enable debug mode on the device in the past let alone now that it has nothing installed. And from what I can understand from the instructions I need the drivers to be installed after I plug in while under debug mode for the sdk to work.
I attempted to install the nexus 7 driver from here: http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Nexus+7&os=32
However it looks like I already have the files on my computer from a previous attempt with Skipsoft's Android toolkit?
Because of this I'm unsure of how to move forward with this fastboot business.
fastboot doesn't need debugging on or an os installed, just a functional bootloader
You will probably need to manually update the drivers yo the proper ones
I see, how do I go about manually installing this driver then? I'm assuming I need to go through some sort of windows device tree? Or can I just extract a file somewhere?
You can download usbdview (just search Google for a free download) to see what driver is selected when you plug in your tab easily
Or you will need to go into device manager and select to manually update the drivers, don't allow windows to select but manually choose it
There are loads of instructional videos on YouTube for you if needed
I know this is a super late response, but I never managed to get around to trying to find out how to do a manual install. Just tried today using the Nexus Root Toolkit v.1.9.9. I still can't figure out how to manual install the driver because my issue is that windows doesn't recognize anything is plugged in, and all of these guides do state that I should have had usbdebugging checked. I can't seem to find a specific guide that correlates to setting fastboot up exclusively like you mentioned.
Also, using usbdeview like you said I could see that I have installed a google nexus adb interface, a google galaxy nexus adb interface, as well as the mtp usb driver.
Sorry for all the handholding, but this really is an issue that I've never have encountered and I can't seem to manage.
Hey again
There is a fastboot guide in the first post I linked you to
If you can't get fastboot to recognize device in bootloader mode it is possible the USB port is broken, but more likely an issue with drivers, cord or PC
So try a new USB cable, or a different PC
Try try again with drivers, uninstall and reinstall
Unfortunately this type of trouble shooting is hard to do without device in hand
SOLVED!
Hello All.. I have searching for hours not making much progress. Last night my LG G2 ran out of battery and I plugged it into the car charger and it soft bricked. I've been pretty busy lately so I'm on an old ROM Optimus DE 2.2. I don't have the ROM saved and I've been trying to ADB sideload the ROM back onto my phone but in the command prompt it says device not found. I tried installing some generic drivers and that didn't work. I tried the LGUnitedMobileDriver and that isn't working either.
I'm not sure what to do next. I have ADB on my computer and ADB sideload on my TWRP recovery, so I would like to push the ROM on my phone so I can flash it without having to wipe my phone. What drivers do I need; right now my phone shows up under other devices in device manager. Or am I sideloading wrong? Any help please lol..
I was caught off guard because of the random soft brick. If I would have been working on my phone I would have had the proper backups made. Thanks for any help, it is much needed I need my phone back ASAP!! Thanks again.
SOLVED
Finally figured it out. I had to updated my device (LG G2) with the ADB drivers not the LG drivers.
I went into Device Manager, right clicked my phone, clicked update driver software, clicked browse my computer, clicked let me pick from a list of drivers, then selected ADB drivers, then selected HTC Dream Composite ADB Interface. I believe the drivers I last installed were Snoop05's adb-setup-1.4.2.
Then I did a backup in TWRP, then I sideloaded the ROM. Next I had to wipe everything but internal memory and the use Nandroid Manager to restore my data from the backup... Took my whole day but at least I have a phone again.
The car charger soft bricked it ?
So you have TWRP, the drivers you can get from the LG site too. Just search for your model and go to software update section. This is for D802, i dont know if the drivers are the same: http://www.lg.com/uk/support-mobile/lg-D802
Hmm..i dont know how to use the sideload..
Another way can be with USB flash drive and OTG cable, i used my usb flash drive with OTG cable to flash ROMs from TWRP
Last option is lg flash tool and then reroot
Thanks for your help guys.. I appreciate it! Looks like I just needed to update my phone with the ADB drivers in Windows 8 Device Manager. I'm back up and running.
But yea so weird.. I haven't flashed anything on this phone in months so I guess something was corrupted when it died. I think it was trying to boot with too low of a charge and the battery died mid boot which corrupted something.
Although you've solved it let me recommend you another way.
Use : "adb push romname.zip /sdcard/romname.zip"
instead of "adb sideload romname.zip"
Hello,
First of all I read all topics regarding this issue and I'm using Windows as my operating system (no linux/unix). I do not consider my phone to be "bricked", just it has the display broken.
My problem is I cannot make the device available when issuing the adb device command, in adb, although I ran all steps (read the hole 72 pages from [TOOL] [WINDOWS] ADB, Fastboot and Drivers - 15 seconds ADB Installer v1.4.3 ), maybe it's related to not having activated before the screen damage the debugging mode.
If I start the phone normally I can hear it when connecting it to computer and also it is shown in device manager, under "Portable device".
I read a thread in which someone gave a hint to similar issue, by flashing the stock image to one "CWM Recovery v6.0.3.6.tar" file - which I did, using ODIN (v.307), where I can see my device mapped at some COM port, but after successfully flashing I expected to have my device showed in "adb device" command, but I don't.
Also I tried using the drivers from above topic, the ones from Samsung (which allowed me to use ODIN and successfully flash), I'm using the up volume key after booting in order to put Samsung device in "download mode", but still...I'm not able to see it under adb (because I want to use it to retrieve files).
Is there anything else I can try? As long as I can successfully flash, isn't there an image with debugging mode on? For now I think this is the only "variable" which I'm not able to alter, as I do not have the display.
Many thanks,
Hi everybody,
ill try to make it short:
My 6p has entered into the bootlooping mode.
I have never unlocked the bootloader/changed ROM/kernal.
After I let it bootloop until the battery is dead it's changing from bootlooping into blinking red dot. Then when I charge it for a couple of minutes it comes back to life after 10~ min it's bootlooping again - so I have a window of possibilities to play with the setting. In that window I have used the "OEM unlocking" option.
In the bootlooping state when I boot into the bootloader and connect it into the PC the device doesn't recognize that it has been connected and a PC ,and the PC recognize a entry of new device but doesn't recognize it is a Nexus 6p.
this situation is the same when I connect the phone when it is alive.
I have installed adb and fastboot with this software
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
with the 1.4.3 version it shows in the end of the process "0 files copied" and then I tried the 1.3 version and it showed that 4 files were copied but it also showed an error.
I have also downloaded ADB from google site but it does not work either.
When I try to open the powershell in a folder where I have downloaded an img and type in a fastboot command the computer doens't recognize any type of command.
So if anyone can help me ill be glad.
Thanks in advance,
Matan.
matan4442 said:
Hi everybody,
ill try to make it short:
My 6p has entered into the bootlooping mode.
I have never unlocked the bootloader/changed ROM/kernal.
After I let it bootloop until the battery is dead it's changing from bootlooping into blinking red dot. Then when I charge it for a couple of minutes it comes back to life after 10~ min it's bootlooping again - so I have a window of possibilities to play with the setting. In that window I have used the "OEM unlocking" option.
In the bootlooping state when I boot into the bootloader and connect it into the PC the device doesn't recognize that it has been connected and a PC ,and the PC recognize a entry of new device but doesn't recognize it is a Nexus 6p. Matan.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is the new device identified as....Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008? Your phone may be stuck in EDL mode. If that is the case you need to search XDA and attempt solutions for that problem first.
Did you previously have your PC setup properly with the correct USB drivers and it was working OK, or just now trying to get your dead phone to communicate? If the former it may be the EDL issue above. If it was the latter, the communication problem may just be the drivers were never set up in the first place. Have you tried a different cable or port on your PC, or another PC?
With no access to the OS you will be unable unlock the bootloader or access to ADB because those have to be enabled FIRST in the OS, so there's no helping you here until you can actually boot into the OS. Do you have access to Recovery mode? Tried a factory reset? If you don't have recovery, that was a major omission.