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First off, I want to apologize if I ramble on. I am trying to be as thorough as possible.
Also, I am relatively knowledgeable about rooting and whatnot, so hopefully I will understand whatever help you guys can give me.
Here's my problem:
I originally had Bionix-V 1.3.1 (which is a 2.2 rom), and I wanted to upgrade to a Gingerbread rom. So I downloaded "Trigger Redux" (addictivetips.com/mobile/install-android-2-3-5-based-custom-rom-on-t-mobile-samsung-vibrant/) and followed the instructions completely. The instructions told me to do a nandroid (which I did and it went perfect), then factory wipe the phone and wipe the dalvik cache (which I did), and then run the Trigger Redux zip from the sd card (which I did). Everything worked fine, but when I started messing around with the new rom, I didn't like it as much as my old rom, so I decided to reboot the phone into recovery to perform the nandroid restore. When my phone rebooted, I noticed the clockwork recovery looked different from what had before (it was orange, when the old one I had was red). Anyways, I tried to do the nandroid restore, it gave me an error about not being able to perform the nandroid for whatever reason (I honestly don't remember what it said now). So did a factory wipe again, thinking that may allow the nandroid restore to perform properly, and I still got the same error. So I restarted my phone, and now I'm stuck on the Vibrant logo screen. I can get into download mode (by plugging in usb/pressing vol up and down/inserting battery), but not sure how to get my phone into recovery mode again. I know I can probably use Odin, but I'm not real familiar with that program and I wouldn't know where to start.
What's the first thing I should do? I know my phone is fixable, I just don't know where to start Any help is very greatly appreciated. You guys are awesome!
Odin to stock is simple but risky...if it fails due to any reason u will have a completely bricked phone....there's a guide on how to do that process BC u will need to download two files...one is .pit and other is .Tar file......here's a video link..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIBeLG4frjM...and here is a link to download required files....http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/....good luck
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deziguy420 said:
Odin to stock is simple but risky...if it fails due to any reason u will have a completely bricked phone....there's a guide on how to do that process BC u will need to download two files...one is .pit and other is .Tar file......here's a video link..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIBeLG4frjM...and here is a link to download required files....http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/....good luck
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Yes you need odin but you won't be bricked if it fails for any reason. I have odin fail a few times and you start it back up and try again. The only way you can brick with odin is during a bootloader flash
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bfranklin1986 said:
Yes you need odin but you won't be bricked if it fails for any reason. I have odin fail a few times and you start it back up and try again. The only way you can brick with odin is during a bootloader flash
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if it fails in the very beginning then it's ok but if it fails in the middle then definitely it will be bricked... if you record yourself pulling off usb in the middle of the process then send me that link...i would love to see the result...
Samsung Android T-Mobile SGH-T959 Vibrant Firmware
fallow guy and use from this roms
http://gsm-beyond.blogspot.com/2011/07/samsung-android-t-mobile-sgh-t959.html
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Yes you need odin but you won't be bricked if it fails for any reason. I have odin fail a few times and you start it back up and try again. The only way you can brick with odin is during a bootloader flash
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i hard bricked going to stock with odin, it froze at the very end so i unplugged to try again and it went off and wouldnt do anything after that
its froze afew times at the beginning aswell but just goes to the phone ! pc screen when unplugged
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if it fails in the very beginning then it's ok but if it fails in the middle then definitely it will be bricked... if you record yourself pulling off usb in the middle of the process then send me that link...i would love to see the result...
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Why would you pull the cord? Never check auto reboot and if it fails just close odin and restart it. If you pull the cord and reboot with a half flashed phone then yes that would probably brick you
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bfranklin1986 said:
Why would you pull the cord? Never check auto reboot and if it fails just close odin and restart it. If you pull the cord and reboot with a half flashed phone then yes that would probably brick you
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that's exactly my point...according to other person he says odin to stock won't brick a phone...so i was just telling him to pull the plug out while it's running the procedure...and of course that will brick his phone and a prove that yes odin to stock can brick your phone... of course pulling a cable would be stupid...but what if your computer restarts all of the sudden or u lose electricity...stuff like that...can cause a dam hard brick....
My question is very simple. I was installing CyanogenMod and I got as far as installing ClockWorkMod.
Then I change my mind. Is there a way to uninstall clockworkmod? I would like my Vibrant to go back to stock. I did not get a chance to root the device. I was going to root it next but then I changed my mind.
Any help for my vibrant phone is greatly appreciated.
If memory serves me correctly you'll be fine if you didn't root the phone. You should only be able to put CWM when the phone has been rooted.
If you need, you can always odin back to stock just in case!
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Good news. I never rooted my phone. I skipped that step. I did not know I had to root first. I was trying to do it afterwards. It was so complicated that I gave up.
So, is there a way to put my phone back to stock? I would kove to Odin back to stock. Is there a how to?
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Pookito said:
Good news. I never rooted my phone. I skipped that step. I did not know I had to root first. I was trying to do it afterwards. It was so complicated that I gave up.
So, is there a way to put my phone back to stock? I would kove to Odin back to stock. Is there a how to?
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If you never rooted your phone than you already have stock. You don't have to do anything.
djquick said:
If you never rooted your phone than you already have stock. You don't have to do anything.
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well, the problem is that every time I reboot the phone I see a boot splash that is not supposed to be there.
It says: Overstock and then underneath it says: smaller, lighter, faster. That is the screen that I would like to remove.
Any help on that?
Pookito said:
My question is very simple. I was installing CyanogenMod and I got as far as installing ClockWorkMod.
Then I change my mind. Is there a way to uninstall clockworkmod? I would like my Vibrant to go back to stock. I did not get a chance to root the device. I was going to root it next but then I changed my mind.
Any help for my vibrant phone is greatly appreciated.
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Just Odin back to stock. You will have a factory phone as it came when you bought it. You will the just have to upgrade to 2.2 again
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ok things you will need to odin to stock
512.pit
T959UVJFD.Tar
Odin
and Samsung Modem Drivers (32bit/64bit)
Verify your phone can go into download mode
Power off Phone
press/hold Volume +/- keys and plug into usb connected to pc
Follow this guide it gives step by step instructions on how to root / flash / and revert.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
Dude this is awesome. I also found a video that would guide me through the back to stock. The same way u described. it looked really simple. But it does not want to flash back. When i am in doing and choose the same.pit file and the tar. I hit the start button nothing happens. :-( It just hangs in there. Am i doing something wrong?
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After flashing nocturnal Rom and installing apps i experienced a slight overheating and i turned off my phone. I turned it back on and I was unable to access the Rom, recovery, or boot loader. I flashed stock with LGPNST and i re-rooted and unlocked the bootloader. I had the same problem upon rebooting. SO...I can flash through LGPNST stock and root but every time i try the boot loader unlock and reboot my phone has the original problems . I've tried the process a few times with the same results.please help.
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After flashing nocturnal Rom and installing apps i experienced a slight overheating and i turned off my phone. I turned it back on and I was unable to access the Rom, recovery, or boot loader. I flashed stock with LGPNST and i re-rooted and unlocked the bootloader. I had the same problem upon rebooting. SO...I can flash through LGPNST stock and root but every time i try the boot loader unlock and reboot my phone has the original problems . I've tried the process a few times with the same results.please help.
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Nevermind that i got it working
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Nevermind that i got it working
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It may be helpful to someone else, if you were to explain how you fixed it.
Yes, it would indeed be quite helpful if you could elaborate... because this just happened to me and I'm stumped...
I followed the same exact procedure I've used other times without error...
Except that now, after LGNPST, then root, then freegee... go to restart the phone and it hangs... won't boot up. What gives?
I repeated the process and did a factory reset after LGNPST back to stock, since I noticed (oddly enough) that all my apps were still there after LGNPST (full, to 100%)...
Still no luck...
EDIT-- Can't for the life of me figure this effing thing out. LGNPSTed I don't know how many times... with factory reset, without... I've tried fully relocking and unrooting the device... both through the FreeGee app *and* manually through adb... no error mssgs, double-checked... everything followed to the letter. There's only one constant each time: Once I've re-unlocked the bootloader (either with the app or through adb)... the phone is basically softbricked... once I turn the power off, it is A) not possible to boot into the stock rom, B) not possible to access fastboot menu, and C) not possible to boot into recovery. The only thing it *is* possible to do is get into download mode... and from there I'd just have to LGNPST again, but what's the point, because once I've done that and tried to unlock again, I already know what's coming. Never been this frustrated with a phone before, any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT 2-- No luck. LGNPSTed to stock once more, and factory reset, because yet again, all my apps were still intact... idk. Anyways, decided to do some hunting around with adb, and "adb reboot recovery" produced an error screen... the android lying on his back with case open... am I to assume this means there is a problem with my recovery partition that could be causing my difficulties... or would one expect to see this screen when trying to access recovery on the stock phone?
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It may be helpful to someone else, if you were to explain how you fixed it.
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Honestly I don't know how it was resolved. I lgpnsted and rooted and unlocked the bootloader like 5 times.I got into recovery a few times but then got the same problem two more times. The last time I got into recovery I managed to flash a custom kernel and everything was fine from then on. I just don't understand how this problem is caused or even how it is truly fixed.
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dht2005 said:
Yes, it would indeed be quite helpful if you could elaborate... because this just happened to me and I'm stumped...
I followed the same exact procedure I've used other times without error...
Except that now, after LGNPST, then root, then freegee... go to restart the phone and it hangs... won't boot up. What gives?
I repeated the process and did a factory reset after LGNPST back to stock, since I noticed (oddly enough) that all my apps were still there after LGNPST (full, to 100%)...
Still no luck...
EDIT-- Can't for the life of me figure this effing thing out. LGNPSTed I don't know how many times... with factory reset, without... I've tried fully relocking and unrooting the device... both through the FreeGee app *and* manually through adb... no error mssgs, double-checked... everything followed to the letter. There's only one constant each time: Once I've re-unlocked the bootloader (either with the app or through adb)... the phone is basically softbricked... once I turn the power off, it is A) not possible to boot into the stock rom, B) not possible to access fastboot menu, and C) not possible to boot into recovery. The only thing it *is* possible to do is get into download mode... and from there I'd just have to LGNPST again, but what's the point, because once I've done that and tried to unlock again, I already know what's coming. Never been this frustrated with a phone before, any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT 2-- No luck. LGNPSTed to stock once more, and factory reset, because yet again, all my apps were still intact... idk. Anyways, decided to do some hunting around with adb, and "adb reboot recovery" produced an error screen... the android lying on his back with case open... am I to assume this means there is a problem with my recovery partition that could be causing my difficulties... or would one expect to see this screen when trying to access recovery on the stock phone?
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I had access to stock and I could root it. One thing that bothers me is that when I flash with lgpnst my data isn't erased and I feel like there may be a problem there of whether lgpnst is even taking our phones back to stock completely
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I had access to stock and I could root it. One thing that bothers me is that when I flash with lgpnst my data isn't erased and I feel like there may be a problem there of whether lgpnst is even taking our phones back to stock completely
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Yes, I know, I've had that same thought. I think I've done what you did... LGNPSTing and unlocking etc... but even as I try like hell, I haven't been able to get back into recovery even once.
dht2005 said:
Yes, I know, I've had that same thought. I think I've done what you did... LGNPSTing and unlocking etc... but even as I try like hell, I haven't been able to get back into recovery even once.
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Sorry I wish I could help but I don't know that much.
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Dr0!dFreek said:
Sorry I wish I could help but I don't know that much.
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It's okay, I posted in XsMagical's thread, I'm hoping he can shed some light.
But actually, I'm just glad that I'm not the only one this has happened to...because if this error is reproducible, it can probably be fixed... so that's good. Thanks for your replies!
dht2005 said:
Yes, I know, I've had that same thought. I think I've done what you did... LGNPSTing and unlocking etc... but even as I try like hell, I haven't been able to get back into recovery even once.
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There have been a small number of phones that will not unlock with standard freegee. They can be unlocked but it is riskier, you would need to talk to Shelnutt in irc.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lg-optimus-g
adfurgerson said:
There have been a small number of phones that will not unlock with standard freegee. They can be unlocked but it is riskier, you would need to talk to Shelnutt in irc.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lg-optimus-g
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Our phones successfully unlocked with freegee originally but some error caused us to lose access to the bootloader and corrupt whatever ROM we were on and then cause errors where we could use free gee but run into problems. In my situation the problem was resolved somehow and free gee worked fine afterwards
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I'll try and post how I fixed it, but it is recovery related. I'm also working on another way to reset our phones without using LGNPST, but I've been really busy. I'm close though and I believe it will be easier and faster.
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I'm still at work but I read most of the post and will try to see if there is a work around
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droidiac13 said:
I'll try and post how I fixed it, but it is recovery related. I'm also working on another way to reset our phones without using LGNPST, but I've been really busy. I'm close though and I believe it will be easier and faster.
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I'm still at work but I read most of the post and will try to see if there is a work around
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Thank you guys! I'm willing to try anything at this point. I appreciate it. And droidiac... this phone could really use a quick, easy, and reliable way to completely reset back to 100% stock, so that sounds exciting!
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Thank you guys! I'm willing to try anything at this point. I appreciate it. And droidiac... this phone could really use a quick, easy, and reliable way to completely reset back to 100% stock, so that sounds exciting!
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I just picked up a new laptop today so it's going to be a while unless it goes well.
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Just for the sake of documentation, I made a little log of my most recent attempt at getting back into the fastboot menu... obviously it's convoluted, but hey... sometimes experimentation gets results. This time, however, it did not... still no luck.
LGNPST back to stock
factory reset from settings->backups
run root exploit
restore original backups from first time freegeeing via adb using carrett's method
reboot
full unroot from SU app
factory reset
LGNPST to stock
re-run root exploit
reboot
re-unlock with freegee script (adb)
disconnect cable
reboot
(right here is the failure. after running "power off and reboot" from the power button menu, phone shuts off. it tries to start up, then i get a quick flash of the LG logo, straight to a backlit black screen that hangs indefinitely. only thing possible from here is to enter download mode.)
Back to the drawing board...
Same here
dht2005 said:
Just for the sake of documentation, I made a little log of my most recent attempt at getting back into the fastboot menu... obviously it's convoluted, but hey... sometimes experimentation gets results. This time, however, it did not... still no luck.
LGNPST back to stock
factory reset from settings->backups
run root exploit
restore original backups from first time freegeeing via adb using carrett's method
reboot
full unroot from SU app
factory reset
LGNPST to stock
re-run root exploit
reboot
re-unlock with freegee script (adb)
disconnect cable
reboot
(right here is the failure. after running "power off and reboot" from the power button menu, phone shuts off. it tries to start up, then i get a quick flash of the LG logo, straight to a backlit black screen that hangs indefinitely. only thing possible from here is to enter download mode.)
Back to the drawing board...
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Just for documentation and in case I can help solving this, I am having the same problem, I explain my case with more detail on the FreeGree Thread, but pretty much I am on the same ship as you, I have tried after LGNPST, with and without factory reset, with the Google Play application and with the desktop application, but same result, black screen after restart.
I have a brand new phone, picked it less than a week ago, could LG have changed something? bootloader/recovery partition sizes? something?
I am still within the 14 days period and as much as I like the phone, if I can't bootloader unlock, means I will be stuck on stock ROM, and that is something I don't want... might as well go and change it for a different phone, or sell it and get a nexus 4...
I get same.thing. black screen after freegee. Its two days old. So now what!?
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Its a known issue. IRC guys can help. Something about the misc.IMG file getting corrupted
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nygfan760 said:
Its a known issue. IRC guys can help. Something about the misc.IMG file getting corrupted
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How does this happen from a random stock ROM. I think I was using nocturnals ROM and how was the problem resolved through multiple flashes?
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Hers my dilema, i had 4.1.1 rooted and unlocked and decided to return to stock so I could update to 4.1.2. all went well downgrading to stock but when I got the OTA the phone bootlooped. I could not access the recovery menu to wipe cache (as suggested in a few other post) so I ended up having the download the newest image and flash it to my phone. That worked after using the 16Gb pit file that is here in the forum (it kept failing before trying the pit file). THE QUESTION I have is, how do I root with casual without bootlooping? I tried after getting 4.1.2 installed and it went back into the bootloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hers my dilema, i had 4.1.1 rooted and unlocked and decided to return to stock so I could update to 4.1.2. all went well downgrading to stock but when I got the OTA the phone bootlooped. I could not access the recovery menu to wipe cache (as suggested in a few other post) so I ended up having the download the newest image and flash it to my phone. That worked after using the 16Gb pit file that is here in the forum (it kept failing before trying the pit file). THE QUESTION I have is, how do I root with casual without bootlooping? I tried after getting 4.1.2 installed and it went back into the bootloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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OK, how exactly did you get 4.1.2 on your phone? You say that using the very latest version of CASUAL still causes bootloops when trying to unlock?
The obvious thing here is YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE WENT TO ACCEPT THE OTA.
As it is this is a question better answered by AdamOutler or Droidstyle.
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shangrila500 said:
OK, how exactly did you get 4.1.2 on your phone? You say that using the very latest version of CASUAL still causes bootloops when trying to unlock?
The obvious thing here is YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE WENT TO ACCEPT THE OTA.
As it is this is a question better answered by AdamOutler or Droidstyle.
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I flashed a stock image that I downloaded from stockimages(or something like that) with odin. That got the phone back up and running with 4.1.2. Once I did that, I figured I was back to stock (no root and no unlock) so I tried to run casual to re-root and unlock and ended up in a boot loop. Since then, I have gotten back to root and unlock but from now on I guess I have to update via the TWRP. Thanks for the obvious suggestion but I figured that since i had flashed back to stock it was ok to accept the ota.......I was assuming that I could get full access by running casual. From now on, I will leave well enough alone.
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I flashed a stock image that I downloaded from stockimages(or something like that) with odin. That got the phone back up and running with 4.1.2. Once I did that, I figured I was back to stock (no root and no unlock) so I tried to run casual to re-root and unlock and ended up in a boot loop. Since then, I have gotten back to root and unlock but from now on I guess I have to update via the TWRP. Thanks for the obvious suggestion but I figured that since i had flashed back to stock it was ok to accept the ota.......I was assuming that I could get full access by running casual. From now on, I will leave well enough alone.
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The more updates Verizon pushes the tighter they luck the phone down trying to deal up all the holes our exploits could use, in turn that makes the exploits more risky and more prone to cause potential trouble.
It is best to just leave everything alone once you get rooted and unlocked and just flash the updates via TWRP/CWM, there is no real reason or advantage to updating the normal way. It does nothing different than flashing the ROM in recovery and has no advantages and a huge amount of risk.
It may be that the Odin flashable ROM you got was missing something or was wonky in some way since it didn't come from XDA. It shouldn't have reacted that way if you were using the most up to date version of CASUAL.
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big.daddy said:
I flashed a stock image that I downloaded from stockimages(or something like that) with odin. That got the phone back up and running with 4.1.2. Once I did that, I figured I was back to stock (no root and no unlock) so I tried to run casual to re-root and unlock and ended up in a boot loop. Since then, I have gotten back to root and unlock but from now on I guess I have to update via the TWRP. Thanks for the obvious suggestion but I figured that since i had flashed back to stock it was ok to accept the ota.......I was assuming that I could get full access by running casual. From now on, I will leave well enough alone.
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Big.daddy can I ask what you used to get back from the bootloop to where your at now? Sorry to bother you but I screwed up somewhere, once again
chiefsfan69 said:
Big.daddy can I ask what you used to get back from the bootloop to where your at now? Sorry to bother you but I screwed up somewhere, once again
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I used Odin to get the phone back to stock (vramc3). I tried it on two computers and eventually got it to rum when using the 16 GB .pit file that can be found on this forum. That got me back to stock. I then used casual to re-root and unlock. The thing I have learned is that once twrp is intalled, I only need to download a ROM based on the Verizon stock (unless you want custom) and flash it through twrp. NOT WHAT I INITIALLY DID. I flashed back to stock and accepted an ota which didn't work out well. Took me 5 hours of downloading and trying to get the phone flashed. Good luck. The first thing I would try is downloading the beanstown vzw stock ROM and flash it with the .pit file.
big.daddy said:
I used Odin to get the phone back to stock (vramc3). I tried it on two computers and eventually got it to rum when using the 16 GB .pit file that can be found on this forum. That got me back to stock. I then used casual to re-root and unlock. The thing I have learned is that once twrp is intalled, I only need to download a ROM based on the Verizon stock (unless you want custom) and flash it through twrp. NOT WHAT I INITIALLY DID. I flashed back to stock and accepted an ota which didn't work out well. Took me 5 hours of downloading and trying to get the phone flashed. Good luck. The first thing I would try is downloading the beanstown vzw stock ROM and flash it with the .pit file.
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Thanks man, **** I just went through all this bs and finally got mine last night but then I tried to do casual and something went wrong and now I am back in the loop and I don't know if i should just flash the same I did just last night to get it back or what? Thank you though I really appreciate your help
I would try casual agai if you can get into download mode (power + vol dn+ home). If that doesn't work I'd try reflashing. Good luck.
big.daddy said:
I would try casual agai if you can get into download mode (power + vol dn+ home). If that doesn't work I'd try reflashing. Good luck.
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I can get in download mode but the problem seems to be the adb, and since i can't get in the phone to turn it on casual never picks up the device, for all I know?
chiefsfan69 said:
I can get in download mode but the problem seems to be the adb, and since i can't get in the phone to turn it on casual never picks up the device, for all I know?
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Reflash with Odin
big.daddy said:
Reflash with Odin
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Hold on, reflash casual in odin?
chiefsfan69 said:
Hold on, reflash casual in odin?
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No, do what you did last time in Odin again.
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shangrila500 said:
No, do what you did last time in Odin again.
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I have been trying, this time around it hasnt passed a single flash, on anything?
chiefsfan69 said:
I have been trying, this time around it hasnt passed a single flash, on anything?
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Check the drivers to make sure the CASUAL driver isn't the one in use.
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You may also want to try a different computer...... Different USB ports too. I will work it takes a little patience.
Hello everyone, Forgive me if I seem a bit flustered, but I am. I was adding a few fonts with an app from the play store. It would restart after each fine, and there was no issue. On the final one, it restarted, but then got hung up for 10 minutes on the ATT logo. I have restarted it with the power button numerous times now, and it has done nothing different. I have only rooted the phone, I have no custom recovery or anything. I booted into the LG stock recovery, canceled the reset, and it still hung up at the ATT logo.
What might have happened, and how can I fix this? I would rather not hard reset, but if I have to, I have to. Please respond with anything at all that might help me. I'm using my old GSII right now, and the newer sim doesn't fit quite right in it. I can make calls and stuff, but i want to get back on the OG as fast as possible. PLEASE respond with anything helpful. Thanks.
I am running stock Jellybean (The initial jellybean we got, I think it was 4.1.1), rooted. No custom roms, no custom recovery.
UPDATE: I did a factory reset (by holding power and volume down). It is still doing the same thing. It gets to the ATT logo and plays the music "Dee dee dee dee 'click'", then stops. Nothing more happens. At all. I've let it sit for a while and nothing is happening. So now the question is, how can I save it with that in mind?
chrisphoenix7 said:
UPDATE: I did a factory reset (by holding power and volume down). It is still doing the same thing. It gets to the ATT logo and plays the music "Dee dee dee dee 'click'", then stops. Nothing more happens. At all. I've let it sit for a while and nothing is happening. So now the question is, how can I save it with that in mind?
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Sound like you need to use LGNPST or use a teenybin then flash a custom ROM. Factory reseting ( I think) only clears out the /data partition which is where all user and app data is saved. If something in the /system partition is not allowing it to boot, that is why the factory reset didn't work. To fix you have to restore the /system partition back to stock.
To do so, flash a full bin. Which will reset the phone to complete stock (no root, no unlocked bootloader).
Or you can flash a teenybin. Which is smaller and safer. Flashing a teenybin unlocks the bootloader and puts a custom recovery. From there you can just flash a new ROM.
Joecascio2000 said:
Sound like you need to use LGNPST or use a teenybin then flash a custom ROM. Factory reseting ( I think) only clears out the /data partition which is where all user and app data is saved. If something in the /system partition is not allowing it to boot, that is why the factory reset didn't work. To fix you have to restore the /system partition back to stock.
To do so, flash a full bin. Which will reset the phone to complete stock (no root, no unlocked bootloader).
Or you can flash a teenybin. Which is smaller and safer. Flashing a teenybin unlocks the bootloader and puts a custom recovery. From there you can just flash a new ROM.
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Thanks. Do you know if there's an accurate guide on how to do the teenybin? It's been ages since I've done anything more than root, and I'm not sure what to search for.
chrisphoenix7 said:
Thanks. Do you know if there's an accurate guide on how to do the teenybin? It's been ages since I've done anything more than root, and I'm not sure what to search for.
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The directions to use the Teenybin are in the OP found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230994
The hardest part is getting LGNPST working properly. But that's easy now thanks to the auto install.
Did u fix your phone?
Going to assume teeney bin worked for op. It did for me when I had issues
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Apologies all, yes I got it working... Mostly. WiFi quit working completely (refused to connect), phone calls took forever to go through, and other odd issues. I'm running it off an old backup of ICS on my external SD. The issues were too much for me to handle, and I was scared to do anything more, so I've got a Moto x. I'm going to try to correctly fix the OG now, so hopefully by documenting the process I can help someone else.
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chrisphoenix7 said:
Apologies all, yes I got it working... Mostly. WiFi quit working completely (refused to connect), phone calls took forever to go through, and other odd issues. I'm running it off an old backup of ICS on my external SD. The issues were too much for me to handle, and I was scared to do anything more, so I've got a Moto x. I'm going to try to correctly fix the OG now, so hopefully by documenting the process I can help someone else.
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i was scared to use teenybin like you but 4.4 lured me into trying. Give teenybin a try its not that bad. you just need to install it, download the teenybin, launch the program, boot your phone into download mode and run the program with the dll and bin files selected.
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i was scared to use teenybin like you but 4.4 lured me into trying. Give teenybin a try its not that bad. you just need to install it, download the teenybin, launch the program, boot your phone into download mode and run the program with the dll and bin files selected.
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I used the Teenybin. It worked enough so I could install my backup. The OS got wiped completely, so I think the kernel just couldn't handle all the stuff it had to anymore.
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I used LGNPST to make full recovery and i dont have any problems with this software.. if want help just ask me.. i will guide you..