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Hey fellow LG Owner(s) I am writing this asking for some help. I know that majority of LG Phones use the same software and flashing tools regarding taking your phone back to stock. I currently own an LG G Flex (LS995 Sprint Variant) and I managed to soft brick my phone. I have posted this same message over at the LG G Flex Threads but so far I have gotten no one to provide me some sort of solution on how to un-brick or factory reset my phone.
The status of my phone before it got bricked was it had Root (IOROOT method), Busy-Box (by Jrummy), Build.Prop was edited to display as a Nexus 5, and boot-loader locked along with no custom recovery. If you’re wondering why my boot-loader was locked and why there wasn’t any type of custom recovery was due to the sad fact that Developers are having a hard time on cracking it.
Now to explain on how I soft bricked my phone. I was changing my font style by using a tool called ROM Toolbox (by Jrummy). I managed to change my font once and I attempted to change it a second time, since I was looking for something that displayed it wider and bolder. So as I applied install on the new font I got an automatic reboot.
The reboot consisted of the normal LG Logo display, followed by a black screen and staying as a black screen. On the upper left of my phone the notification indicator was flashing multiple colors (red, white, blue etc). This is the current state of my phone, black screen with a multicolor notification.
My attempts to fix:
- Simple reboot of the phone ((fail))
- Let the phones battery drain out then charge for a few minutes and restart ((fail))
- Managed to get into STOCK recovery and perform clean partition ((fail)
- Managed to get into STOCK recovery and apply factory reset ((fail))
- I got into some weird mode which also gave me the option to apply factory reset ((fail))
- I followed this tutorial (LG Flash Tool) on how to revert back to stock (by hyelton) ((fail))
Link to tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083
The tutorial by hyelton was almost successful to reverting back to stock firmware until I got to the last step (Number 6). The error that occurred by using the LG Flash Tool was when the tool attempted to flash the stock firmware it gave me a Download FAIL!! “Device Model is different“ notification (Images below). I did this tutorial at least seven times and I got no luck. Every single time that I attempted to do this I kept getting the same notification. I have now ran out if ideas on what to do.
My theory, I believe that by changing my build prop to display as a nexus 5 is the reason why I keep getting this fail notification. On the phone it-self when I put it into download mode it even displays as a Nexus 5 (Images below).
I was wondering since it’s possible to get into STOCK RECOVERY, I saw that it had an option for “ADB SIDELOAD” is it possible to push something thru ADB??? Any type of help is greatly appreciated and thanked. Please do not get upset that you see this in multiple LG threads, I am just trying to find a solution to UNBRICK this very expensive phone that I bought and I cannot afford to just use it as a paper weight. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
Here is a Link to all my files regarding STOCK tot,dll,lg flash tools,aboot, buildprop, lg usb drivers and adb drivers that are for my phone
Link: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1D8UNLjuTB6TWpCQ1pJME5qWk0&usp=sharing
i hope these files help anyone that are attempting to help me put my phone back to stock
Alright yall, I am almost official screwed. I purchased this phone about a month ago from Best Buy and they stated that I am out of there 15 day window so I cannot exchange or replace for the same phone. I then went to Sprint on whom I have phone insurance for and they stated that they cannot do anything and that I have to go to one of their Sprint repair stores. I went to one of the repair stores and the gentlemen that assisted me plugged my phone to his computer and immediately knew that my phone was rooted. So from there I played the dumb blonde card acting like I don’t know what he’s talking about and from there he directed me to call LG and see what they can do. So now the current status is I filed a repair request and now I am awaiting a reply from LG. Does anyone have any suggestion???
**SOLUTION** hey yall i got the solution to my problem and it was simply by downloading this universal custom .dll from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663369
and i managed to flash back to stock recovery using this guide. instead using the dll on the the guide i used the custom one.
*GUIDE BACK TO STOCK*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083
christiam.coronado said:
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am i officially screwed?? - sprint LS995
by using ROM tool box (by Jrummy) it’s an awesome app but I decided to play around with the custom font option and when I tried to install another custom font it decided to reboot my phone to the LG logo and from there the screen goes black with the little indicator light on the upper right of the phone flashing multiple colors.
Fixes that i have attempted to apply where:
-multiple reboots nothing happened same results
-let the battery drain out of the phone then let it charge for a bit and restart it with no luck
-go into recovery mode to clear partition and reboot, but no luck
-go into recovery mode and apply factory reset but no luck
At the end of all these attempts I continue to get the LG LOGO and after that has played out i get a black screen with my notification indicator flashing multiple different colors.
** so i decided to go back to stock firmware by following hyelton directions and so far i got everything to work but one thing which is i remember changing my build prop a while ago to be noticed as a nexus 5 and now the LG Flash tool wont update my phone to the stock firmware because it recognizes it as another device. please help me, there has to be another way around this **
Also what option was I suppose to choose when installing lg flash tool. Was it the global mode or test mode?? Because I chose the global mode I hope I was correct.
SCREENSHOTS OF LG FLASH TOOL BELOW AND PICTURES OF WHAT I GET ON MY PHONE
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You are trying to flash the wrong tot and dll file. Download this, extract and use these files.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6HYWZRx8JLsSHA0MlIySlpWVnM/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Nevermind, you changed the build. Prop. We can fix this. Let me find the answer
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Pm a guy named younggunner he can help you. Be has fixed this problem for people on the g2. Should be the same solution for you
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justinswidebody said:
You are trying to flash the wrong tot and dll file. Download this, extract and use these files.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6HYWZRx8JLsSHA0MlIySlpWVnM/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Nevermind, you changed the build. Prop. We can fix this. Let me find the answer
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Pm a guy named younggunner he can help you. Be has fixed this problem for people on the g2. Should be the same solution for you
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ok ill do that right now thanks fot the response
BUMP.......so far no luck on contacting younggunner... i am desperate does any one have any suggestion. also i noticed on the stock recovery mode that there is an option to "ADB SIDELOAD" can i use that to push something????
christiam.coronado said:
BUMP.......so far no luck on contacting younggunner... i am desperate does any one have any suggestion. also i noticed on the stock recovery mode that there is an option to "ADB SIDELOAD" can i use that to push something????
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Since there's a Adb sideload option, you could push the stock build.prop to /system then LG Flash to stock. I have T-Mobile so I can't give you the build.prop, sorry
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kintwofan said:
Since there's a Adb sideload option, you could push the stock build.prop to /system then LG Flash to stock. I have T-Mobile so I can't give you the build.prop, sorry
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Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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christiam.coronado said:
BUMP.......so far no luck on contacting younggunner... i am desperate does any one have any suggestion. also i noticed on the stock recovery mode that there is an option to "ADB SIDELOAD" can i use that to push something????
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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justinswidebody said:
Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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ok will do thanks
justinswidebody said:
Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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Didn't knows that. I thought it was strange if they just let you adb push stuff. I'm not used to having stock recovery on my phone.
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justinswidebody said:
Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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how the heck do i right a message on the freenode site
christiam.coronado said:
how the heck do i right a message on the freenode site
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Should be a spot at the very bottom of the screen to type and hit enter to send
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justinswidebody said:
Should be a spot at the very bottom of the screen to type and hit enter to send
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i got nothing this is foreign to me. i think i am just gonna pm him thru XDA. oh and i purchased this phone thru best buy. so would i go to best buy or sprint to exchange and what should i say?? by the way thanks for your responses
justinswidebody said:
Should be a spot at the very bottom of the screen to type and hit enter to send
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oh never mind found the bar. i wasn't wearing my glasses
christiam.coronado said:
oh never mind found the bar. i wasn't wearing my glasses
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It depends, do you have insurance through best buy or sprint? I'm sure no matter what if you take it back to best buy and tell them that you bought the phone and haven't dropped it or anything that they will replace it being it is so new still
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I'm just going to throw my opinion out there. I hate returning a phone that you broke. It's not sprints fault or best buys fault. As a matter of fact they did everything they could(locked bootloader, no root, etc. ) to stop this. There's a reason every carrier has started locking bootloaders now.
You're a grown man so do whatever you want just thought I would throw an opinion out there. Plus recovering this is a good learning experience. I bet you'll learn a lot about the workings of Android in the end
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kintwofan said:
I'm just going to throw my opinion out there. I hate returning a phone that you broke. It's not sprints fault or best buys fault. As a matter of fact they did everything they could(locked bootloader, no root, etc. ) to stop this. There's a reason every carrier has started locking bootloaders now.
You're a grown man so do whatever you want just thought I would throw an opinion out there. Plus recovering this is a good learning experience. I bet you'll learn a lot about the workings of Android in the end
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I agree. I saw way too much of that in the T-Mobile galaxy s3 forum. It seriously irritates me when people do that.
I will say this. I do agree that it is kind of wrong. But when corporations make over triple the profit of a phone then I don't really see anything wrong with it. If they wouldn't have locked the phone down to where we could have a recovery on it right now he wouldn't be going through this problem. He could have restored a nandroid or flashed a new Rom. I have never had to return a phone for this reason. I mean hell, I bought a spare just so I could finish my tether mod and not have to keep using LG flash tool on my daily driver. Plus all a cell phone company is going to do is send it back to LG and get another free phone out of it. Yes it is his fault for changing the build.prop and other mods. Everyone makes mistakes and the best of us learn from them. I'm sure Christiam learned his lesson. I don't feel he should have to spend 599 to buy a new phone for it, when it probably cost under 100 to make.
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kintwofan said:
I'm just going to throw my opinion out there. I hate returning a phone that you broke. It's not sprints fault or best buys fault. As a matter of fact they did everything they could(locked bootloader, no root, etc. ) to stop this. There's a reason every carrier has started locking bootloaders now.
You're a grown man so do whatever you want just thought I would throw an opinion out there. Plus recovering this is a good learning experience. I bet you'll learn a lot about the workings of Android in the end
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I completely agree also because (my opinion) if you return a phone, they will try to do everything possible to make it as new and sell it but the people that will spend money to work on YOUR phone are going to be paid from LGE because of YOUR error, not LG's. If LG pays those people to spend time on YOUR phone, the prices of the next phones (by LG) will grow up. I said it, my opinion (99% of times I am wrong)
Link to All Stock Files, Tools and More
Here is a Link to all my files regarding STOCK tot,dll,lg flash tools,aboot, buildprop, lg usb drivers and adb drivers that are for my phone
Link: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1D8UNLjuTB6TWpCQ1pJME5qWk0&usp=sharing
i hope these files help anyone that are attempting to help me put my phone back to stock
I wonder how lgflash determines what firmware you're flashing? Is it just the file name out the build.prop if the file? I ask because maybe we can tell the tool the file you're flashing is for a nexus so it matches your current build prop. I'll look and see if I can figure it out tomorrow, but maybe one of our pros already know
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no hate just help me if you CAN
im sorry that some of you feel the way you feel but i just want you all to know that i come from a family of smart phone moto droid, samsung epic, htc evo, htc evo 3d to current model g flex. an this is the first time that i have had an issue like this. so for those of you that think im ripping the system off, im pretty sure the cell phone carriers and phone manufacturer have dug deep enough into my pockets for the past 5 years. no hate you all know that i love
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So I needed to send my N1 back to Amazon because the lock/power button is damaged and jammed in.
I'm going to send it into Amazon for a replacement, would I need to erase the CM7 rom?
also would/should I lock the bootloader???
I'm still within the 30 return day thingy so I can return it if I'm "not satisfied."
Thoughts?
How do you lock the bootloader again? Sry it cant be undone
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I don't know if this is correct for the Nexus but you can re-lock the boot loader by adb. And do this command.
Fastboot OEM lock.
And see what happens. Worked for me with the evo design when I needed to lock it up to get it repaired.
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Uhm.. regarding the the bootloader.. Once you unlock it, THERE'S NO WAY TO LOCK IT!
It was just a question. Chill out. Were obviously not experts of the Nexus One. And my response was just a suggestion.
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mddcflimsreal said:
It was just a question. Chill out. Were obviously not experts of the Nexus One. And my response was just a suggestion.
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I know, and I just gave a straightforward answer to avoid any possible confusion. I am yet to be proven wrong.
Oh haha sorry brotha its just hard to tell over a forum on who's trying to be straight forward. Happy. Assertive or any of that.
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you can flash passimg from wiki and go back to stock
erase all personal stuff
i have read phones have been repaired under wty with unlocked bootloader--just sent back to owner locked
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also,
check out this page in blackrose thread and also search "relock bootloader" in thread for more posts
not a definitive how to, and is over my head--but may help if you are tech enough
Well Amazon says they don't care since I'm within the 30days, PLUS, since Amazon is hella nice, they said they'll send me another one with free one day shipping (comes Wednesday 25 Jan, 2012)! And when I receive it, I just need to send my damaged one back to them in the box my new one comes in. They are nice.
But does anyone have a link to the stock OS files to flash?
my phone model is GWK74. Running Cm7.1 Stable.
just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
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just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744605
haven't done this myself, so nandroid and check in to it a little
not sure what you can do though with pwr button broke
rugmankc said:
just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
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just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744605
haven't done this myself, so nandroid and check in to it a little
not sure what you can do though with pwr button broke
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Thanks for the link!
welcome--------
my build number is GWK74 and I can't find and stock roms for that build #...?
Theshawty said:
Uhm.. regarding the the bootloader.. Once you unlock it, THERE'S NO WAY TO LOCK IT!
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Uhm - yes there is...
rugmankc said:
welcome--------
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Hey Ken - good to see you still on the circuit!
Chubby_Skunk said:
my build number is GWK74 and I can't find and stock roms for that build #...?
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Download this and rename it passimg.zip, and place it in the root of your sdcard. Enter the bootloader and flash it: http://db.tt/81vKk41h
Now download this and rename it update.zip and place it in the root of your sdcard. After flashing passimg, enter the recovery and flash update.zip: http://db.tt/w5zj2dOa
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danger-rat said:
Hey Ken - good to see you still on the circuit!
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Hey DR, good to hear from you. Sorry, I had to cut out last nite, early work day. Yes, with Engineering HBoot you can relock. But, I haven't researced the exact steps--not really interested.
Glad OP is getting it worked out--
Worked first server listed
Thanks to Sticks for being one of the only other people keeping up with it
Edit** Remember installing things can be dangerous so do not install unless you know what youre doing. I was kind of an idiot and jumped the gun. I lost root, I am working with a couple of devs to fix that though.
Also I have checked almost every day, can I get a "thanks" for clearing my phone like 20 times? lol
******cheesecake is useless for us so dont waste your time guys. Moto's new test drive blocks the servers from being checked!*****
What's the build date?
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Sorry I missed that! Also lost root but working on that right now
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Sweet, gonna try it out right now
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SirHoover2010 said:
Edit** Remember installing things can be dangerous so do not install unless you know what youre doing. I was kind of an idiot and jumped the gun. I lost root, I am working with a couple of devs to fix that though.
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Can you keep us idiots up to date on how you remedied the root problem?
amccue said:
Sweet, gonna try it out right now
;0
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Can you keep us idiots up to date on how you remedied the root problem?
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Haha I don't think we are actually idiots. We are kids in a candy store, but modding our phone is our candy so far everything is running smooth though. I like a lot of things much better than ICS already.
What are you supposed to do after the dead android guy?
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SirHoover, Would you consider changing the title of the thread to attract more attention?
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deeje00 said:
What are you supposed to do after the dead android guy?
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press volume up and down at same time. do a factory reset, then check for update
caution though, apparently we might lose root this way
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And it told me that my software update failed
Yea might wanna wait so I can re do all my settings with titanium back up. But I did the volume and just re booted because I didn't know lol.
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deeje00 said:
What are you supposed to do after the dead android guy?
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I dont recommend installing yet, BUT you wipe your device and reboot
SirHoover2010 said:
I dont recommend installing yet, BUT you wipe your device and reboot
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Good effort! The last build I saw was the Oct 18 so again Moto has its tweak on! Let us know about the root access. I'm gonna hold off until we get root for JB. And since you're already up and running, do let us know about performance, stability and battery life.
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aerohp said:
Good effort! The last build I saw was the Oct 18 so again Moto has its tweak on! Let us know about the root access. I'm gonna hold off until we get root for JB. And since you're already up and running, do let us know about performance, stability and battery life.
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I will be keeping track of everything
1. Signal
2. Camera
3. Speed/Performance
4. Battery
5. Force Close Issues (if any)
6. Battery
Anything else you guys want me to watch let me know
Did you have to unroot the phone to install?
or get back to an earlier stock build?
I can't get the damn thing to installl, just keeps saying software update failed
SirHoover2010 said:
I will be keeping track of everything
1. Signal
2. Camera
3. Speed/Performance
4. Battery
5. Force Close Issues (if any)
6. Battery
Anything else you guys want me to watch let me know
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Nice.. That's a good list. Maybe you can keep an eye on Wifi and data management as well. How they perform (holding on to signal) and sleep/wakeup policy. ie. do they connect automatically, etc
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amccue said:
Did you have to unroot the phone to install?
or get back to an earlier stock build?
I can't get the damn thing to installl, just keeps saying software update failed
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No I did not. I highly doubt this affects anything but I didnt remove any bloat. I did however delete the top google search bar from my system. Accidentally but deleted it none the less
aerohp said:
Nice.. That's a good list. Maybe you can keep an eye on Wifi and data management as well. How they perform (holding on to signal) and sleep/wakeup policy. ie. do they connect automatically, etc
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Will do
SirHoover2010 said:
No I did not. I highly doubt this affects anything but I didnt remove any bloat. I did however delete the top google search bar from my system. Accidentally but deleted it none the less
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Actually, you do need all the system apps to update. The package will search the previous installation before installing.
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Actually, you do need all the system apps to update. The package will search the previous installation before installing.
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I was more talking about the google search not being there. Thank you for the answer though! I had heard you need them to update, but I figured since it was leaked an not final, it was as polished and ready.
Say someone were to delete all the stock apps because they fail at life. Anyone have a zip with them?
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Assuming you can fastboot back to ICS, here is how you get rooted on Jellybean if you are completely not rooted:
Fastboot (or RSD) the ICS Firmware for the Jellybean Leak to install on
Root normally with motofail2go by djrbliss
Install Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper. Backup su AND do a Temp. Unroot.
Install Jellybean Leak
Restore root with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper
??????
Profit
Assuming you are rooted.. just start with the Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper step.
Yeah..I've been thinking on Vodoo. I guess it's the very first JB leak. Please post any bugs or issues here. Don't wanna mess much my AHD coz it's my daily phone.
Hi guys, few months my girlfriend dropped her LG P880 down the toilet... anyway now I have managed to get it to work, I had it in rice for like 2 months.
I had to re-flash the firmware to bring it back to life. If i reset the phone i need to re-flash it so the phone boots up (I have rooted the phone and then I can reset the phone, turn it off and back on and it works), but the minute I take the battery out or when the battery dies it will not come back on. All I get is black screen and BACK / HOME / OPTION is glowing without me pressing the power button and thats it.... Now for me to get the phone back on i need to flash it every time. After rooting POWER + VOL DOWN does not load up the recovery.
NOW IM STUCK Any ideas guys?
Your girlfriends device
for again 2 month in rice
then get a new one for low price...
Sorry for that...
But I think it's verry hard bricked...
LukeC88 said:
Hi guys, few months my girlfriend dropped her LG P880 down the toilet... anyway now I have managed to get it to work, I had it in rice for like 2 months.
I had to re-flash the firmware to bring it back to life. If i reset the phone i need to re-flash it so the phone boots up (I have rooted the phone and then I can reset the phone, turn it off and back on and it works), but the minute I take the battery out or when the battery dies it will not come back on. All I get is black screen and BACK / HOME / OPTION is glowing without me pressing the power button and thats it.... Now for me to get the phone back on i need to flash it every time. After rooting POWER + VOL DOWN does not load up the recovery.
NOW IM STUCK Any ideas guys?
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How did you flash the phone? with LGFlash Tool?
Yea I used the official lg flashing tool
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LukeC88 said:
Yea I used the official lg flashing tool
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You should use LGFlash Tool, not official tool...
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RuedasLocas said:
You should use LGFlash Tool, not official tool...
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Can you please please tell me how to use that (tut) lgflashtool you always recommend. I really don't know how to use it. I beg, please tell, how do it with our device?
Yea I used the one from this website the recommended one
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Subhajitdas298 said:
Can you please please tell me how to use that (tut) lgflashtool you always recommend. I really don't know how to use it. I beg, please tell, how do it with our device?
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This is how I use to deal with it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38838927&postcount=7
This is more complicated but, if you have problems with port comunication, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38832445&postcount=1
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LukeC88 said:
Yea I used the one from this website the recommended one
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If you still having problems after flash with LGFlash Tool ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38838927&postcount=7 ),
my only guess is that you have a hardware issue. Can be caused by some water remains and with time disappear or its some
permanet damage, in that case only LG Service can deal with that.
Toilets can be a sh*ty thing...
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Toilets can be a sh*ty thing...
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That made me laugh lol... im not to bothered about the phone really, I use galaxy note 2 N7100... just my girlfriend is moaning that her phone is bit ****ty thats the only thing....
its just weird it used to work even if i reflash it but now it gave up... crnt even get to the recovery mode... oh well
next time she wont be pissing through the phone lol
RuedasLocas said:
This is how I use to deal with it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38838927&postcount=7
This is more complicated but, if you have problems with port comunication, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38832445&postcount=1
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If you still having problems after flash with LGFlash Tool ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38838927&postcount=7 ),
my only guess is that you have a hardware issue. Can be caused by some water remains and with time disappear or its some
permanet damage, in that case only LG Service can deal with that.
Toilets can be a sh*ty thing...
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thank for you reply but I still wana know, when selecting dll and dz (i extracted with mod2_marvin or something like that name) do I have to select mannual in top most left corner and USB in connection mode?
Subhajitdas298 said:
thank for you reply but I still wana know, when selecting dll and dz (i extracted with mod2_marvin or something like that name) do I have to select mannual in top most left corner and USB in connection mode?
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Manual selection is to let you choose the .dll. You can leave the connection as UART, then select the USB port on the port settings.
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Well as promised here is the stock, deodexed, zipaligned, carrier IQ free T-Mobile D95910C ROM. I have not tested this on my phone so at this point this is for Developers to use as a base for ROMs, mods, themes, etc. Having said that feel free to use this in your projects, there is no need to ask for approval (but a shout out in the credits would be appreciated).
Non-developers, I am not going to provide instructions on how to adb push this as I think it's to risky for inexperienced users. As soon as we get a recovery I'll make sure the zip flashes correctly and add a download for the stock kernel and modem. Let the development begin.
Credits
JustArchi - For his awesome kitchen found here
aznrice2k4 - For his Dolby sound mod (forgot to take it out when I pulled my system dump) here
Download
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6h0HPcj1DUZZXdlTnRsLVZQU1U/edit?usp=sharing
how would i go about flashing this??? Ive managed to put my phone into a bootloop from modding the LCD Density, and now I cant get booted into Android to accept any RSA fingerprints, and the LG Flash Tool keeps failing at 4 percent when I attempt to return to stock
Honestly without being able too boot into the system I'm not sure if you can adb push. I suggest working on the lg flash tool
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hello, it is possible to use your rom on f 340k? because I hope it is also lightened from what I understand ....
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Ghost277 said:
hello, it is possible to use your rom on f 340k? because I hope it is also lightened from what I understand ....
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Have a free thanks. Two things, first, I honestly have no idea if different variants can flash other ROMs. Second, this is a pure stock, fully bloated, and untested ROM because tmobile doesn't have a recovery yet so it's no what you're wanting anyways. I am working on a full ROM, but us tmobile need a recovery first.
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Have a free thanks. Two things, first, I honestly have no idea if different variants can flash other ROMs. Second, this is a pure stock, fully bloated, and untested ROM because tmobile doesn't have a recovery yet so it's no what you're wanting anyways. I am working on a full ROM, but us tmobile need a recovery first.
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Too bad we don't have recovery you would of made my life easier ?
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Too bad we don't have recovery you would of made my life easier ?
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hello and thank you for answering ... finally someone here in the section that he did not pull. Second, I would like to ask if there will be a chance to have a light and fluid with international ROM where improvements are required ... I'll explain ... for example if there was a possibility of unlimited dual window sarevbe a great thing. I am having .. the version of the G FLEX koreano, I have many apps precisely Korean nn use and occupy only ram .... and just hope that there will be something concrete for the G FLEX ...
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Can this be flashed on att device
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I use tmobile but bought a att G flex so I was hoping I could load stock tmobile to get wifi calling working
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Shawnkanan said:
Can this be flashed on att device
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I use tmobile but bought a att G flex so I was hoping I could load stock tmobile to get wifi calling working
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Honestly I don't know. It's just the /system partition with NO kernel or modem so you can try it and worse case just lgflash to stock. However like I said without a recovery you will need to adb install, but I'm not going to post those instructions so you'll need to google it
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I can be a guinea pig. I have the t-mobile variant and i messed up my gapps so bad that i can't use my device. I can follow directions if someone with more knowledge than myself could explain how to flash this.
I'm seeing a lot of people wanting to flash this so I'm going to flash my device using adb (well kind of). If it works I'll post directions. You will need to have your phone booted up so if it's bricked lgflash it back to life
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Ghost277 said:
hello and thank you for answering ... finally someone here in the section that he did not pull. Second, I would like to ask if there will be a chance to have a light and fluid with international ROM where improvements are required ... I'll explain ... for example if there was a possibility of unlimited dual window sarevbe a great thing. I am having .. the version of the G FLEX koreano, I have many apps precisely Korean nn use and occupy only ram .... and just hope that there will be something concrete for the G FLEX ...
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First, I'm not not what this means " finally someone here in the section that he did not pull".
Second, if asking about the optimized was for me (you quoted D), i will only be building for d959, sorry i just dont blind build.
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Clockwork Looks to be available
kintwofan said:
Honestly I don't know. It's just the /system partition with NO kernel or modem so you can try it and worse case just lgflash to stock. However like I said without a recovery you will need to adb install, but I'm not going to post those instructions so you'll need to google it
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So not to be persistant but I do believe there is now a way to ADB push CWM (unofficial) on this device and if I flash this is there a specific bootloader that Att has that might kill my device. I use tmobile like I stated before but I got my hands on an Att G Flex and really want to get Wifi Calling to work.
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Also if there is no Kernal or Modem would wifi calling even work without the TMO Kernal?
Honestly if you flash this and it doesn't work all you will have to do is lgflash to stock and you'll be fine. Also, in not sure about LG but on Samsung you couldn't use the T-Mobile kernel and modem in an att phone, but Wi-Fi calling still worked when using just a T-Mobile ROM.
Having said that this zip will not flash at this time. I had made it for developers and messed up the zip itself. I'll be redoing it so it's flash able, but I just spent15hours flying and didn't mess with that. I was actually working in native Wi-Fi tethering, by honestly fighting the zip will be easy. Now in not sure where you see a recovery for att, do to mind linking it for me. I've tested a couple things for others, but so fat nothing that works so would live to see what's working. I'd love to do adb pushing all my tests
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Honestly if you flash this and it doesn't work all you will have to do is lgflash to stock and you'll be fine. Also, in not sure about LG but on Samsung you couldn't use the T-Mobile kernel and modem in an att phone, but Wi-Fi calling still worked when using just a T-Mobile ROM.
Having said that this zip will not flash at this time. I had made it for developers and messed up the zip itself. I'll be redoing it so it's flash able, but I just spent15hours flying and didn't mess with that. I was actually working in native Wi-Fi tethering, by honestly fighting the zip will be easy. Now in not sure where you see a recovery for att, do to mind linking it for me. I've tested a couple things for others, but so fat nothing that works so would live to see what's working. I'd love to do adb pushing all my tests
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554004
In the Forum it states that is was built off F340 but will/should work on all varients.
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Shawnkanan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554004
In the Forum it states that is was built off F340 but will/should work on all varients.
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And thanks for your work I am not to worried. I can wait patiently but I do appreciate any help. Also if you do any coaching I would love to learn a bit more on development and ways I can contribute.
Shawnkanan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554004
In the Forum it states that is was built off F340 but will/should work on all varients.
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And thanks for your work I am not to worried. I can wait patiently but I do appreciate any help. Also if you do any coaching I would love to learn a bit more on development and ways I can contribute.
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Gotcha, yes it should work for other international variants. Unfortunately all the US models have a locked bootloader so we can't simply install a recovery right now. There are people with much more knowledge then me working in getting us a recovery, but it's a lot if work so it could be a while. Ill keep looking into possible temp fixes in the meantime.
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if you are rooted and you need to lgflash what would that do to the phone? i might need to do that... thanks and great work guys.
Any word on a zip to flash for this and has it been tested?
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Don't flash. It bricked me.
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mattwheat said:
Don't flash. It bricked me.
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Actually that was something else I was working on, sorry if I didn't make that clear. This zip isn't flashable at all. I was helping someone else with something today so didn't get a chance, but all I need to do is add the META folder and reupload (after I test it so it'll be Thursdayish). This is completely deodexed so it should be fine.
I saw you can unroot in supersu. I was wondering if i unroot would i be able to factory reset with no probpems and would all bloatware return even though i removed them?
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I saw you can unroot in supersu. I was wondering if i unroot would i be able to factory reset with no probpems and would all bloatware return even though i removed them?
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No the bloatware will not return. You need to use the back to stock method. This will set the root checker back to zero and make the phone look like it's never been used.
I like my phones like I like my women.... flexible
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No the bloatware will not return. You need to use the back to stock method. This will set the root checker back to zero and make the phone look like it's never been used.
I like my phones like I like my women.... flexible
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What if I do a factory reset with a rooted device using stock AT&T firmware? It will brick?
My question goes because I'm gonna sell my device to a friend so I just want to leave it as it is, I just need to change Google account.
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Im starting not to like this phone lol.
motumbo said:
What if I do a factory reset with a rooted device using stock AT&T firmware? It will brick?
My question goes because I'm gonna sell my device to a friend so I just want to leave it as it is, I just need to change Google account.
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No. You can do a factory reset with a rooted g flex on any carriers firmware without issue(aside from losing all data). A factory reset won't unroot the device but I think you can do that through the superuser app itself.
brezuno said:
Im starting not to like this phone lol.
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I really liked the phone at first but I'm really sorry I bought it at this point. I miss my Sammy! I'm praying for loki and custom recovery:crying:
Yeah bro not being Abel to flash any roms right now and how this phone is right now got me bummed. At this point im willing to trade it for a note 3 or even the new htc one.
Guys. Honestly I've had all Sammy phones. And I've been rooting and modding and flashing for about 6 years. This is honestly the first phone I've never even had somewhat of an interest to root. I've read through the thread but right now there is no reason for me to root. Phone performs great. Looks great. Outstanding battery life. This phone is phenomenal AS IS. IMHO
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I feel you, i wouldnt.of traded my htc one if i knew that i couldnt really do amything with this phone lol. But like i say i.would like to try something different lol.
This just popped in my head. When we get kit kat (tmobile users) what if i unroot and do.the update what i get back the bloatware that i deleted since i am updating?
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I am from Dubai, UAE, I wanted know when i can have kitkat in my G flex?, is there is any way i can update to kikat?
brezuno said:
This just popped in my head. When we get kit kat (tmobile users) what if i unroot and do.the update what i get back the bloatware that i deleted since i am updating?
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You have to go back to stock for the update. I tried every way around that but it kept picking up on the root being tripped somehow.
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vinodpillai27 said:
I am from Dubai, UAE, I wanted know when i can have kitkat in my G flex?, is there is any way i can update to kikat?
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Didn't mean to thank you lol. It depends on which carrier you have. So far only the Korean and AT&T models have 4.4 kitkat
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