Im about to give up. I can get recovery thru adb, quick boot app, rom manager, etc. I still have yet to boot recovery manually. I want to be ready for cm6, which means I need a manual recovery method in case my vibrant freezes up or bootloops so I can restore backup. I've tried every vol-up vol-down combo I could find. Still, after 2 weeks, no manual recovery. I don't want to go back to the unrooted life, but without a manual recovery method, I dont want to chance freezing up. Is there any other method of getting to recovery if the phone freezes up after flashing a rom?
I don't see how that's even possible... Just to make sure you are:
1. Turning off the phone
2. Holding the two volume buttons down
3. Then pressing the power button along with the volume buttons until the "vibrant" logo comes up, goes away and comes back and then letting go of all buttons...
It's pretty easy to do it... But if you did that and you are still getting nothing I suggest you do a factory reset and try again...
If not, try and take it in to a T-Mobile store... This is a function all stock phones should have, and if you can't go into it, that's a defect.
I hold my phone horizontal when powered off.
Both thumbs on the volume rocker.
Press and hold power and volume buttons.
When the Vibrant logo comes up, release power, keep holding the volume rocker.
I've never had an issue. It does seem like a lot of new posts popping up with this issue though. I use Quick Boot now that I am rooted. I also use Clockwork Recovery too.
There's definately a problem with some phones. I had one that wouldn't boot to recovery or download using the buttons. I took it in and swapped it out, and when I tried the new phone in the store I got it first try. It's just not that tricky to do.
Well, after another whole day of research and attempts, I give up. Sending the phone back and tmobile is shipping me another. Only problem is I cant try it out for recovery first. Hope this one works out.
Hello Good People,
My Z Ultra arrived and it was already rooted from the previous owner.
I booted up into TWRP and couldn’t do a backup because it would not display completely on the screen, so I couldn’t select an features.
I had to reboot the device by holding the power button and the volume up key.
Sadly I can no longer access recovery.
I have holding the volume up button will reboot but it simply takes me to the desktop(normal boot)
I have rooted all my devices but this Z Ultra seems a bit more complicated than others.
Can some please walk me through the steps of exactly what files are needed to get me recovery back.
Also I have the TWRP Manager.app, can I choose a file can do it that way? if so which file name do I pick from the long list?
T.I.A.
I thought I resolved my issue by downloading:
ZU-lockeddualrecovery2.7.154-BETA.installer.zip
Option 1
And it reinstalled TWRP!
Device rebooted into TWRP, I created a background and rebooted the device.
Now I cannot boot/reboot into Recovery again;(
Someone said to press the up/down button a couple of times when you see the pink LED. I dont get a pink LED it goes straight to green.
Can someone please tell me what to do?
T.I.A.
The recovery may still be installed.
Turn off the device, when you see the Sony logo and the green light, hold the "volume up" button.
You should boot to recovery.
Another option is to install Xposed and the Wanam module. Then activate the Power Options menu, which allows you to reboot to recovery.
Thanks for the response.
I was able to get into recovery, and do a backup.
After the backup the phone will not reboot. It has been hours now and no button combo will get it to boot up
Need serious help please
Did you back up your TA initially? You might need to reflash to stock and start again using flashtool and the necessary ftf file.
I would recommended this. It was what helped me start off on my XZU.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2569904
PamelaGirl said:
Thanks for the response.
I was able to get into recovery, and do a backup.
After the backup the phone will not reboot. It has been hours now and no button combo will get it to boot up
Need serious help please
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Did you get this sorted?
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Yes, got it resolved.
It must have been a battery related issue during the flashing.
In the end combined with a hard reset got the device back up and running.
I lost my root and everything so now I need to locate a ROM for this Sony version.
Thanks!
Ndrutil on the Play Store is an easy way to boot from the rom into recovery also..
Hi there,
I juste got a cheapo Azpen A729 tablet. I succesfully rooted it with Kingo Root and it was also recognized by ADB. I then tried to boot into bootloader through ADB, but it never when past the Azpen logo screen and since then the tablet is stuck at the that screen whenever I try to restart it. So I'm afraid that I bricked it... On the Azpen website there are firmwares for several of their devices, but not for the A729. Does anyone have experience with this device and maybe some advice? Thanks!
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Hi there,
I juste got a cheapo Azpen A729 tablet. I succesfully rooted it with Kingo Root and it was also recognized by ADB. I then tried to boot into bootloader through ADB, but it never when past the Azpen logo screen and since then the tablet is stuck at the that screen whenever I try to restart it. So I'm afraid that I bricked it... On the Azpen website there are firmwares for several of their devices, but not for the A729. Does anyone have experience with this device and maybe some advice? Thanks!
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yes you bricked your device.
you rooted that device, but not unlock dootloader.
Hi,
I just tried to boot into bootloader, not to unlock it or anything else. I simply rooted the device, I didn't try to install any custom recovery (not that there would be one anyway, AFAIK) or anything like that. If I'm missing something here, would you mind to explain? Thanks.
Paget96 said:
yes you bricked your device.
you rooted that device, but not unlock dootloader.
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Hi,
I just tried to boot into bootloader, not to unlock it or anything else. I simply rooted the device, I didn't try to install any custom recovery (not that there would be one anyway, AFAIK) or anything like that. If I'm missing something here, would you mind to explain? Thanks.
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Ok, I understand
This device have stock recovery???
Yes, everything is stock, the only thing I did was rooting it with Kingo Root, like so: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/root-azpen-a729-t3003908
Unfortunately there isn't much information out there yet for the A729, it seems to be fairly recent. Treecheetahdolo here managed to unbrick his A727, but unfortunately there is no firmware (yet?) available for the A729 on azpens site to try this...
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Ok, I understand
This device have stock recovery???
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Yes, everything is stock, the only thing I did was rooting it with Kingo Root, like so: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/root-azpen-a729-t3003908
Unfortunately there isn't much information out there yet for the A729, it seems to be fairly recent. Treecheetahdolo here managed to unbrick his A727, but unfortunately there is no firmware (yet?) available for the A729 on azpens site to try this...
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Go to recovery and wipe data and cache.
I'd like to, but I'm not able to go into recovery unfortunately... It's supposed to be vol-down + power button (http://www.azpenpc.com/service/detail.php/id-9.html), at least for the earlier devices, but this doesn't seem to work here, it always gets to the Azpen logo screen and gets stuck there... I tried every other key combination I could think of, but to no avail. Either the device is seriously bricked, or there's a secret key combination here to go into recovery that azpen didn't communicate...
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Go to recovery and wipe data and cache.
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maksmtl said:
I'd like to, but I'm not able to go into recovery unfortunately... It's supposed to be vol-down + power button (http://www.azpenpc.com/service/detail.php/id-9.html), at least for the earlier devices, but this doesn't seem to work here, it always gets to the Azpen logo screen and gets stuck there... I tried every other key combination I could think of, but to no avail. Either the device is seriously bricked, or there's a secret key combination here to go into recovery that azpen didn't communicate...
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The [Vol- ] [POWER] combo works, but you have to hold them until the unit powers on, (like forever). If it won't go past the Azpen LOGO, I would recommend contacting your local supplier.
Ok, so if, when you boot into recovery, it still passes through the Azpen logo, then there might definitely be a problem... :-/ Mrdownboy, you have a A729, right? Did you already boot into the bootloader at some point? This thing does have a bootloader, right? I contacted Azpen to see if they have a firmware image that I could try to flash, before trying to going through a RMA procedure with my rooted tablet... We'll see. Anyway, thanks!
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The [Vol- ] [POWER] combo works, but you have to hold them until the unit powers on, (like forever). If it won't go past the Azpen LOGO, I would recommend contacting your local supplier.
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Ok, so if, when you boot into recovery, it still passes through the Azpen logo, then there might definitely be a problem... :-/ Mrdownboy, you have a A729, right? Did you already boot into the bootloader at some point? This thing does have a bootloader, right? I contacted Azpen to see if they have a firmware image that I could try to flash, before trying to going through a RMA procedure with my rooted tablet... We'll see. Anyway, thanks!
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Hey maksmtl,
I haven't tried accesing the bootloader yet, I'm still on the process of acquiring another brand new A729 for dumping the ROM and then start from there. I'll call Azpen tomorrow and ask them about a stock fw, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Once I have a stock ROM, I'll start looking into a custom recovery. Baby steps...
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Ok, so if, when you boot into recovery, it still passes through the Azpen logo, then there might definitely be a problem... :-/
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I don't quite understand what you are saying here... You have to hold [Vol-] [POWER] until the unit powers on, (forever...). Then just sit back and relax. If after 15 mins you're not on recovery, and it's boot-looping, it might need a STOCK ROM re-flash.
Hi mrdownboy,
what I meant is that, I thought that, as with e.g. a Nexus device, when you boot into recovery it directly goes there, without going through the google logo screen first as it would in a normal boot. So I thought/was hoping, that on the Azpen it would do the same thing, not going through the logo screen when booting into recovery. That's why I thought that I didn't have the right key combination, because it would always boot into the azpen logo screen, where it then gets stuck. From what you said, I understood that the azpen still goes through the logo screen first, before going into the recovery menu, or did I misunderstand you here? When I press and hold [Vol-] + [POWER], the device boots directly into the azpen logo screen after 8 seconds or so, after that nothing happens anymore. I also tried to keep holding the buttons after the logo appears, but that doesn't seem to change anything neither, unless you really have to do that for an insanely long time...?
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I don't quite understand what you are saying here... You have to hold [Vol-] [POWER] until the unit powers on, (forever...). Then just sit back and relax. If after 15 mins you're not on recovery, and it's boot-looping, it might need a STOCK ROM re-flash.
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Did you get into recovery?
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Nope... But again, just to be sure, since I'm still a bit confused here: when you go into recovery it DOES go through the Azpen logo screen first, right?
I wrote to Azpen as well about a firmware for the A729, since they have firmwares for other models, but I didn't get a response yet. But then again, if if I had a firmware, I'm not even sure if I could flash it with PhoenixUSBPro tool, if the device can't go into recovery, I doubt it can go into download mode... Btw, be careful in your development if you don't want the same thing happening to you when booting into the bootloader... It would be definitely cool to have a custom recovery and eventually cutom ROMS however!
If I can't recover my device I don't even know if I'll try going through a RMA though, since it might be too expensive sending the tablet in, considering its initial cost...
maksmtl said:
Nope... But again, just to be sure, since I'm still a bit confused here: when you go into recovery it DOES go through the Azpen logo screen first, right?
I wrote to Azpen as well about a firmware for the A729, since they have firmwares for other models, but I didn't get a response yet. But then again, if if I had a firmware, I'm not even sure if I could flash it with PhoenixUSBPro tool, if the device can't go into recovery, I doubt it can go into download mode... Btw, be careful in your development if you don't want the same thing happening to you when booting into the bootloader... It would be definitely cool to have a custom recovery and eventually cutom ROMS however!
If I can't recover my device I don't even know if I'll try going through a RMA though, since it might be too expensive sending the tablet in, considering its initial cost...
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If you call them right now, you'll be surprised how good they are at personal customer service. They WILL offer options, but they don't have the firmware available for public release yet. Is your model the A729BT or the A729 Non-BT? I really want to do a ROM dump, but it's proven way more difficult than I initially thought. If there is a way to dump a ROM w/o rooting it would be excellent.
Also, I don't think they have a bootloader installed.
mrdownboy said:
The [Vol- ] [POWER] combo works, but you have to hold them until the unit powers on, (like forever). If it won't go past the Azpen LOGO, I would recommend contacting your local supplier.
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That's what they show on their website, but it has not worked for me at all. I've tried repeatedly with vol+ & power, vol- & power, vol+ & vol- & power... nothing has worked, it always boots fully up.
Is yours the A729 with bluetooth from TigerDirect? (their website lists that only the TigerDirect version has Bluetooth)
Were you actually able to get into the stock recovery menu?
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If you call them right now, you'll be surprised how good they are at personal customer service. They WILL offer options, but they don't have the firmware available for public release yet. Is your model the A729BT or the A729 Non-BT? I really want to do a ROM dump, but it's proven way more difficult than I initially thought. If there is a way to dump a ROM w/o rooting it would be excellent.
Also, I don't think they have a bootloader installed.
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I called them and I definitely did not find them customer-friendly.
I politely pointed out that the Users menu was missing and as I understand it, it's only an entry in a config file to enable it and asked if it would be possible to get a patch as I bought this for my son and didn't want to have to root it and the guy on the phone cut me off mid-sentence and scolded me for even mentioning rooting the device and told me it'd void my warranty. I asked about the firmware image and he was very dismissive about it. I asked if I could submit a bug report about the fact that a valuable feature of JB 4.2+ was missing (and the fact that this was a tablet that appeared to have a phone build of Android, more below). I'm not even sure how to describe his response "you want to submit a BUG REPORT?!"... yes, I do. He gruffly agreed to take down my request and proceeded to ask me for full contact info (full name, address, email, phone number, etc.). When I asked for the case number, he was confused... they apparently have no bug or complaint tracking system whatsoever. He explained to me that there was no way the developers were going to provide a patch, that Android is open source and it's up to the developers to decide how to configure the builds, etc. After some back and forth, I finally asked him how big the company was. He was obviously taken aback, so I explained that he seemed to know an awful lot about what the developers would be willing to do... he took this as a compliment and explained that I had "called corporate" (I called the support number on their website).
This screams "tiny operation" to me... either this guy was one of the developers (answering the customer support line), one of the main people in the company, or they're simply an importer and order the devices in bulk and resell them with nothing more than a custom logo.
Alibaba lists this unit for "US $1 - 45"... minimum qty 100 units.
More on the build: This device appears to have a default config for a phone, as not only is the Users menu missing, but it has a "Mobile network settings" menu which is entirely non-applicable to a device like this (menu items include "Data roaming", "Preferred network type" (2G/3G), "Network operators", etc.).
I sure hope I caught him on a bad day, and others have better luck.
Oh - and the reason I was reluctant to root it right away was I'm a bit gunshy and wanted to make sure I could return it if I needed to. I recently had a horrid experience with a d2 tablet that bricked itself (black-screen before splash-screen) after a few hours of use on Christmas morning (nearly every review on newegg for the device, all posted after I bought it, had the exact same problem). I'm lucky I was able to send that one back for a refund. Thankfully, this one appears to be a *lot* more reliable a unit (my son has played many, many hours of games on it for the past month).
I talked to the Azpen support, and they told me to push the volume button in the middle (I guess that comes down to the same as pressing vol- and vol+) and the power button. In my case that didn't work, but my tablet seems to be definitely bricked... I have the BT model from TigerDirect.
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That's what they show on their website, but it has not worked for me at all. I've tried repeatedly with vol+ & power, vol- & power, vol+ & vol- & power... nothing has worked, it always boots fully up.
Is yours the A729 with bluetooth from TigerDirect? (their website lists that only the TigerDirect version has Bluetooth)
Were you actually able to get into the stock recovery menu?
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maksmtl said:
I talked to the Azpen support, and they told me to push the volume button in the middle (I guess that comes down to the same as pressing vol- and vol+) and the power button. In my case that didn't work, but my tablet seems to be definitely bricked... I have the BT model from TigerDirect.
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I just tried it again by pressing in the middle (in case there was a 3rd switch) and could feel both the up and down button click, and it booted all the way up (the logo came and went 3 times as it was booting up). I held all three (incl power) buttons down until it had the full Android display up (with the lock slider).
So... sounds like the guy was wrong - even on a fully functional unit, that won't bring up the menu.
It does have a recessed reset button (you can only hit it with a paper-clip or similar). I've seen some devices where you have to hold that down for ridiculous periods of time. I'm surprised the guy didn't mention that.
maksmtl said:
Hi mrdownboy,
what I meant is that, I thought that, as with e.g. a Nexus device, when you boot into recovery it directly goes there, without going through the google logo screen first as it would in a normal boot. So I thought/was hoping, that on the Azpen it would do the same thing, not going through the logo screen when booting into recovery. That's why I thought that I didn't have the right key combination, because it would always boot into the azpen logo screen, where it then gets stuck. From what you said, I understood that the azpen still goes through the logo screen first, before going into the recovery menu, or did I misunderstand you here? When I press and hold [Vol-] + [POWER], the device boots directly into the azpen logo screen after 8 seconds or so, after that nothing happens anymore. I also tried to keep holding the buttons after the logo appears, but that doesn't seem to change anything neither, unless you really have to do that for an insanely long time...?
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Please don't panic. I've found myself in the same situation with my A729 where key press sequences and back panel reset were to no avail. As a matter of fact, just last night I found myself where you are now. After booting into the bootloader through ADB, my Azpen had that same zomie stare that your's is experiencing.
Here's what I did. I turned it over screen down and walked away. Simply let the battery deplete over night. When you attempt to turn it on tomorrow it will complain of insufficient power. Plug it into your charger for about a half-hour, press and hold down the Volume "UP" button and then press the power button (You've heard this drill before, but THIS time you've given the instrument time to "forget" the last instruction given to it.) Let me know if this time (finally) your Azpen A729 boots into the recovery screen.
Most importantly, don't panic. Let the battery deplete firstly and then attempt the recovery mode.
- PoFolk
Hi PoFolk,
that sounds very promising! My Azpen is draining its battery right now. I actually had a suspicion that the tablet wasn't completely shut off, since every time I plugged in the charger, it would boot into the Azpen screen right away... But I didn't think about letting the battery die to give it a fresh start. Crossing fingers right now...
Oh, and I'm not panicking actually, I was almost expecting some problems with such a cheap tablet. I would probably be panicking more if this was my Nexus 7, which I just gave a new youth through F2FS.
Anyway, I'll let you know how it went tomorrow, thanks! Btw, are you sure about Volume "UP"? That would be new.
PoFolk said:
Please don't panic. I've found myself in the same situation with my A729 where key press sequences and back panel reset were to no avail. As a matter of fact, just last night I found myself where you are now. After booting into the bootloader through ADB, my Azpen had that same zomie stare that your's is experiencing.
Here's what I did. I turned it over screen down and walked away. Simply let the battery deplete over night. When you attempt to turn it on tomorrow it will complain of insufficient power. Plug it into your charger for about a half-hour, press and hold down the Volume "UP" button and then press the power button (You've heard this drill before, but THIS time you've given the instrument time to "forget" the last instruction given to it.) Let me know if this time (finally) your Azpen A729 boots into the recovery screen.
Most importantly, don't panic. Let the battery deplete firstly and then attempt the recovery mode.
- PoFolk
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Works for me:
1) Depress "UP" volume button throughout this procedure.
2) Depress power button and release when Azpen bootloader logo appears.
3) Sing or hum a tune whilst the Azpen logo stares at you, all whilst you're depressing the volume "UP" button. (yes, it seems like an eternity)
4) Android system recovery screen pops up.
5) Don't try anything fancy just yet. Select "reboot system now".
6) Light up a cigar or draw a beer. Your Azpen should be restored.
Hi everyone,
While trying to return to stock using the LG Flash Tool .tot method, my phone got disconnected from my PC during the firmware update. Now, I just get the LG screen in a boot loop without the ability to get into download mode or recovery. I've looked around for a good half hour and couldn't find a thread describing a similar problem, so if it's a noob question, my bad. I have insurance for physical damage, so it might accidentally get run over at some point today. Any last ditch efforts available before it happens?
Appreciate any and all input!
jhajj33 said:
Hi everyone,
While trying to return to stock using the LG Flash Tool .tot method, my phone got disconnected from my PC during the firmware update. Now, I just get the LG screen in a boot loop without the ability to get into download mode or recovery. I've looked around for a good half hour and couldn't find a thread describing a similar problem, so if it's a noob question, my bad. I have insurance for physical damage, so it might accidentally get run over at some point today. Any last ditch efforts available before it happens?
Appreciate any and all input!
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If you pull the battery, then put it back in, it should be off.
Then press and hold vol dn while plugging it in it should go into DL mode. Flashtool should work then.
It might be vol up. I can't remember off hand.
It's Vol Up (and hold it) + plug into the computer to get to Download Mode, but if the OP was already in a flash process that got interrupted it's entirely possible the phone won't go back into Download Mode again. It should be able to get back into that mode given how it works but, it's all relative given how far along the process was the first time when it was interrupted.
Pull the battery for 30 seconds, re-insert it, then hold Vol Up + plug it into the computer and see what happens. If it will absolutely not jump back into Download Mode then yep, it's pretty much hosed and would need LG to do something to resolve it.
Good luck...
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I have insurance for physical damage, so it might accidentally get run over at some point today.
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Thanks for that good laugh, almost spit out my coffee with that one.
engine95 said:
If you pull the battery, then put it back in, it should be off.
Then press and hold vol dn while plugging it in it should go into DL mode. Flashtool should work then.
It might be vol up. I can't remember off hand.
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That was the first thing I tried doing, it completely ignores my button presses no matter what I do. Held uo/down while plugging it in, , tried power+up, power+down to get into recovery mode, nothing. Just keeps showing the splash screen over and over again. This isn't my first, or even 10th rodeo as far as restoring phones back to stock, but I've never seen something like this before. Starting to think it's a lost cause.
When it is at the LG screen try running:
fastboot reboot-bootloader hopfuly that will boot you into download mode. The next thing you can try is to download the twrp image and then run this command: fastboot flash boot <namehere>. I know its not the same device but I did the same thing ony kindle fire and that boot command worked. It just booted me into twrp and I flashed a new rom.
Noticed quite a few threads re this, have had the prob myself.
Found a simple fix, while trying different things...
Hold ALL buttons down at once (vol dn + vol up + pwr button). Keep them held down for about a min or two. Phone will respond and you'll be able to shut it off. It takes a while to respond.
Cheers
Thank you!
I've added this to the US998 Pie KDZ thread. That KDZ is very wonky. It's the only Pie people have problems flashing. Probably because LG has not yet released Open Market US998 and the one we are using is technically for U.S. Cellular US998.
I had no trouble flashing it myself -- on my backup V30+(former LS998) going straight from Nougat (never updated, it was my backup phone) to Pie through Dev Patched LGUP Refurbish mode. But lots of other people seem to have problems.
On my daily phone, I'm still on rooted stock Oreo with Magisk and Xposed mods.
AsItLies said:
Noticed quite a few threads re this, have had the prob myself.
Found a simple fix, while trying different things...
Hold ALL buttons down at once (vol dn + vol up + pwr button). Keep them held down for about a min or two. Phone will respond and you'll be able to shut it off. It takes a while to respond.
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Hi, @AsItLies, I have tried but my phone still keeps bootloop, so could you please describe it more detailed? Can you enter fastboot or rec then? If possible, please come to see this: Help! bootloop per 5 sec, cannot enter rec, download or fastboot
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Hi, @AsItLies, I have tried but my phone still keeps bootloop, so could you please describe it more detailed? Can you enter fastboot or rec then? If possible, please come to see this: Help! bootloop per 5 sec, cannot enter rec, download or fastboot
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I think it's pretty clear, what I did and it worked in my situation(s):
There are 3 buttons right? Vol up, Vol dwn, and pwr.
Press all 3, at the same time, keep them pressed until the phone responds. It can take quite a while.
The last time I used this was after flashing LOS17, but then flashed a 19.x version of Magisk... (that's the wrong version of Magisk for Q Roms btw), resulting in phone stuck on boot logo, wouldn't budge.
I honestly have never tested exactly 'how long' it takes to respond, just that it does eventually respond and are then able to get to recovery etc. I can say time wise, if you hold them down and no response after a few minutes, then it's probably not going to work in your situation.
good luck
AsItLies said:
I think it's pretty clear, what I did and it worked in my situation(s):
There are 3 buttons right? Vol up, Vol dwn, and pwr.
Press all 3, at the same time, keep them pressed until the phone responds. It can take quite a while.
The last time I used this was after flashing LOS17, but then flashed a 19.x version of Magisk... (that's the wrong version of Magisk for Q Roms btw), resulting in phone stuck on boot logo, wouldn't budge.
I honestly have never tested exactly 'how long' it takes to respond, just that it does eventually respond and are then able to get to recovery etc. I can say time wise, if you hold them down and no response after a few minutes, then it's probably not going to work in your situation.
good luck
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Oh, I'm just a little confused if you are talking about powering off/shutting down the phone entirely or instead changing the status of logo sticking and then shutting off with extra operation. My phone was suffering automatic reboot per 5 second, so I cannot recognize any other response than that. Thanks for your patience, but I just want to know something more to see if this method works when the phone is almost bricked. It seems you could enter rec or at least download mode, so maybe you had performed force reboot.
Hope further confirmation.
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Oh, I'm just a little confused if you are talking about powering off/shutting down the phone entirely or instead changing the status of logo sticking and then shutting off with extra operation. My phone was suffering automatic reboot per 5 second, so I cannot recognize any other response than that. Thanks for your patience, but I just want to know something more to see if this method works when the phone is almost bricked. It seems you could enter rec or at least download mode, so maybe you had performed force reboot.
Hope further confirmation.
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Hmmm I think you may be over thinking this a bit. All that happens (for me) is the phone responds (it gets out of the loop). Then, do whatever you want (shut down, recovery, etc etc).
I wouldn't suggest trying to reboot system again, as you already know that won't work...
All I can say is, if you tried the above and held the buttons, and nothing happened, then I don't know what else you can do. Sorry. Hopefully you can find a way.
Just in case someone is having problems entering download mode while in this bootloop, I'll explain how I applied AsltLies method:
First I held all buttons at the same time, no matter how many times the phone restarted, I still held them
After a while, a white screen with the MEID or IMEI info showed up, this is when the phone stopped bootlooping and I released the buttons.
Then, I CONNECTED the phone to the pc, after that I held VOL UP+POWER BUTTON, this would make the screen go black eventually, and when that happened, I inmediately released the power button but not the VOL UP button, and the phone entered into fully working download mode.
I hope this helps someone.
Dr_Roo said:
Just in case someone is having problems entering download mode while in this bootloop, I'll explain how I applied AsltLies method:
First I held all buttons at the same time, no matter how many times the phone restarted, I still held them
After a while, a white screen with the MEID or IMEI info showed up, this is when the phone stopped bootlooping and I released the buttons.
Then, I CONNECTED the phone to the pc, after that I held VOL UP+POWER BUTTON, this would make the screen go black eventually, and when that happened, I inmediately released the power button but not the VOL UP button, and the phone entered into fully working download mode.
I hope this helps someone.
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Thanks. Added your notes to the Recovery Post in US998 Pie KDZ thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=81728547&postcount=641
dr_roo said:
just in case someone is having problems entering download mode while in this bootloop, i'll explain how i applied asltlies method:
First i held all buttons at the same time, no matter how many times the phone restarted, i still held them
after a while, a white screen with the meid or imei info showed up, this is when the phone stopped bootlooping and i released the buttons.
Then, i connected the phone to the pc, after that i held vol up+power button, this would make the screen go black eventually, and when that happened, i inmediately released the power button but not the vol up button, and the phone entered into fully working download mode.
I hope this helps someone.
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thank you so much omg lifesafer