Hi Guys,
Greetings to all . So after failing with Googling and trying on my own, i'm here again with another problematic phone .
(Skip the Description if you want, in short i bought my V10 about 8 months back and i didnt have any issues even with heavy usage/gaming)
I bought the V10 H961N Dua Sim variant used almost 8 months back.During my pre purchase research i became well aware of the infamous "Bootloop of Death" faced by numerous LG V10/V20/G4/G5 phones, But the amazing cost/specs ratio and dual sim support was within my budget and i was willing to take the risk that mine won't be one of the "BAD" ones, and apparently it worked out in my favor.
at the start i was too careful not to even open too many tabs in chrome, but with time i became confident and since after a couple months of buying it i've been using it to have over 35 chrome tabs open at a time, playing some heavy games and compressed movies.
Played PUBG Mobile almost daily for the last month or so, and it just heated up same as my Xperia Z5, with no issues and ho lagging/bootlooping/crashing once.
THE PROBLEM
This Tuesday night, as i was sitting in front of my laptop with the V10 on charge infront of me, downloading several versions of Angry Birds from the playstore (i download a bunch of apps/games at a time and then delete the ones i dont like later) and also it was updating some of the installed apps.
battery (last i checked) was just over 76% or so, and the next time i looked at the phone it was showing the LG Boot Logo (not the animated one, but the static "splash logo" that shows up at the beginning of boot process) . it had turned off and rebooted by itself during charging.
i thought it was nothing, waited for it to complete boot, but when it took longer than normal i pulled out the battery , tried to boot again but again got stuck at the boot logo.
Several retries, same result.
Current State of the Phone
Model : H961N Dual Sim Variant
Firmware : Official Nougat H961N30a_00_0519.kdz Flashed manually via LGUP about 3 months back.
Rooted : No
Bootloader : Locked/Stock State
Problem : Phone gets stuck on LG logo when turned on, waited for upto 15 mins, wont go forward.
There is no apparent overheating i dont feel the phone overheating or anything during boot up process, battery is also normal temp.
JUST ONCE, RANDOMLY, YESTERDAY MORNING IT GOT PAST THE BOOT SCREEN AND WENT UPTO THE LOCK SCREEN, EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL AND IT SHOWED THE SCREEN AND ALL THE STATUS ICONS, THEN REBOOTED AFTER LIKE 2 SECONDS .
What i've tried so far
Changed Battery, Didnt Work
Can't get into recovery using hardware keys., so cant hard reset it. (the Vol Down key on it sometimes doesnt work so i dont know if its the same thing causing the Vol Down + Power button combination to not work for getting into recovery mode or i am having the same problem as a lot of other users who also can't access the stock recovery on LG V10.
I can get into "Download Mode" by pressing Vol Up and plugging into the USB port of my laptop.
Phone is not detected by LGUP or Device Manager in windows. if i connect it while powered off, it shows the "charging Screen" for a second, reboots to the charging animation screen and then continues on trying to boot by itself. (yes, my v10 cant charge while powered off, it turns on when i connect to wall charger always)
if i connect it to the laptop while in "Download Mode", still not detected.
phone is not visible anywhere in Device Manager, not detected by LGUP, LG FlashTool, Uppercut in either download mode or connected to laptop while powered off (as it continues on to "charge and power on itself")
I used this same laptop to flash the official nougat rom on this phone about 3 months back All Drivers are installed, using the same version of LGUP as before, with uppercut. also tried with LG FlashTool. but this time not detected by windows/LGUP/LG FlashTool. LGUP says no phone connected, the "COM/Devices" list shows up empty.
Also Tried doing it on another laptop with completely clean OS (free from any previous drivers/apps/android related installations), same results.
Tried it on my office desktop with Win 7, no joy .
Tried several different USB cables (long ones, short ones, and they are all good quality), didn't help either.
Kindly help me in recovering my V10, as its not even detected by windows in "Download Mode', which i can't understand at all.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Following is a list of the versions of drivers/apps i have tried so far.
Drivers
LGUnitedMobileDriver_S51MAN312AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.12.3
LGUP_8994_DLL_Ver_0_0_3_23
LG-Mobile-Driver_v3.14.1
LG-Mobile-Driver_v4.0.3.0
Apps
UPPERCUT_1.0.0.0
LG Flash Tool 2014
UPPERCUT_1.0.0.0
Official LG Mobile Support App.
Any progress
Different circumstances but same problem with my lg g5....volume keys broke too.... Any progress or did u pull out the mortar?
RJamesS said:
Different circumstances but same problem with my lg g5....volume keys broke too.... Any progress or did u pull out the mortar?
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Hello there,
First of all Extremely sorry for such late reply, after not having any internet access for quite a while, I just t got a chance today to check my emails and any notifications.
I had to disassemble my V10. I'm not sure about the G5, but on V10 the volume keys are a separate flex cable module connected to the motherboard, and the market here is full of dead/bootlooping V10s and G5s so it was an easy replacement to find and install.
But still the problem wasn't resolved.
For the stuck on logo issue, i had to get the cpu reballed on the mobo as a final effort, after trying and failing on everything else for about 2 months. Which was strange because I had absolutely no overheating issues prior to the V10 dying on me as well as no signs of overheat when it was stuck on logo, so I never suspected the infamous "loosening of the cpu chip on mobo" on V10s, G5s V20s etc as the cause of my actual problem.
Also this might be worth pointing out that since my V10 was already disassembled, I decided to install a heatsink (several guides and videos on that available online, do on your own risk).
And also decided to retry my "original" volume keys module.
I found out that one of the connector pins on the motherboard were bent so I very carefully straightened it up, as well as cleaned up some gunk on the module itself under using rubbing alcohol.
After drying it up, it worked flawlessly for a week or so before the volume down key stopped working again. I guess the connector pin under it slipped again, but because of my extremely busy routine now, and also just not feeling the need to take it apart anytime soon so just using my phone just as it is for now .
For volume changes I just use the notification bar, or press volume up once to bring up the volume slider and then lowering the volume form there.
For taking screenshots, I've installed "screenshot touch" app from playstore (free). I already found the screenshot method on V10 quite inconvenient anyways, and the "Capture+" feels too much work for just a screenshot so the app works for me .
osum101 said:
Hello there,
First of all Extremely sorry for such late reply, after not having any internet access for quite a while, I just t got a chance today to check my emails and any notifications.
I had to disassemble my V10. I'm not sure about the G5, but on V10 the volume keys are a separate flex cable module connected to the motherboard, and the market here is full of dead/bootlooping V10s and G5s so it was an easy replacement to find and install.
But still the problem wasn't resolved.
For the stuck on logo issue, i had to get the cpu reballed on the mobo as a final effort, after trying and failing on everything else for about 2 months. Which was strange because I had absolutely no overheating issues prior to the V10 dying on me as well as no signs of overheat when it was stuck on logo, so I never suspected the infamous "loosening of the cpu chip on mobo" on V10s, G5s V20s etc as the cause of my actual problem.
Also this might be worth pointing out that since my V10 was already disassembled, I decided to install a heatsink (several guides and videos on that available online, do on your own risk).
And also decided to retry my "original" volume keys module.
I found out that one of the connector pins on the motherboard were bent so I very carefully straightened it up, as well as cleaned up some gunk on the module itself under using rubbing alcohol.
After drying it up, it worked flawlessly for a week or so before the volume down key stopped working again. I guess the connector pin under it slipped again, but because of my extremely busy routine now, and also just not feeling the need to take it apart anytime soon so just using my phone just as it is for now .
For volume changes I just use the notification bar, or press volume up once to bring up the volume slider and then lowering the volume form there.
For taking screenshots, I've installed "screenshot touch" app from playstore (free). I already found the screenshot method on V10 quite inconvenient anyways, and the "Capture+" feels too much work for just a screenshot so the app works for me .
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Thank you for replying. I implemented the same workarounds for my volume keys also but failed to think of recovery since I usually boot recovery from shutdown menu or term emulator.
I fixed my g5, sounds like we have similar button hardware, I had a few pins that weren't contacting the back of the case which I think is grounding it....I sent them up a bit and was able to boot into twrp. There glitchy again but I just pinch the case a lil and they work(time for a new phone lol)
RJamesS said:
Thank you for replying. I implemented the same workarounds for my volume keys also but failed to think of recovery since I usually boot recovery from shutdown menu or term emulator.
I fixed my g5, sounds like we have similar button hardware, I had a few pins that weren't contacting the back of the case which I think is grounding it....I sent them up a bit and was able to boot into twrp. There glitchy again but I just pinch the case a lil and they work(time for a new phone lol)
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Good to know that your issue was resolved
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Hi. The phone application was not functioning well and the F/C dialog showed up. I powered off the phone and from that point, the phone won't turn on.
The battery was fully charged before this happened.
When I press the power button, the phone vibrates for half a second, the screen brightens up but does not show anything but a black screen.
I removed SIM and SD cards, removed the battery and performed the above steps but nothing happened.
I also tried to put on the charger to see what's going on. Once I plug the charger, the phone's screen brightens but shows only blank (even without pressing the power button)
When connected to the charger, the green light for charging is on for some minutes, then goes off automatically.
I tried to connect it to the PC, and PC Companion finds the device as usually. It even shows the dialog on the pc screen to mount the device.
I tried a hard reset, but does not work
On some point, the sony logo appeared and then a dialog saying: "sorry process system is not responding". The first time I pressed Force Close and the phone turned off. Immediately after that, the phone turned on and showed the exact message. I pressed "Wait" but nothing happened in the next 15 minutes.
I called Sony's support center and they suggested a software update. Did the process exactly as it should, but again, even after the software update the screen shows nothing but black. It is all the time brightened for some reason.
I tried to turn off the phone for some time by removing the battery, but as soon as I put the battery back on, the phone's screen brightens and stays that way forever.
The phone was functioning perfectly up until this issue. The only application I had installed apart from some games, was AWDLauncher. On the screen I had only a TASK widget and a battery status widget.
The phone is 3 months old and has been always in perfect condition.
ANY help would be appreciated!!!!
Many Thanks
Try to format phone with this method hope it should work as it seems the issue is with OS only ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717949
Many thanks for the prompt reply. I will try to do so and let you know how it goes!
o0k00l said:
Try to format phone with this method hope it should work as it seems the issue is with OS only ..
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I tried the steps found in the link you gave me, but I couldn't go any further after step no (5) from the tutorial, as it would require to enable Debugging mode and I cannot access the OS (since the device won't turn on).
Is there a way to format all the contents of the device and have them replaced by running SEUS (as it always says that my device is up to date now)?
Was it this:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup.../detailed/updateservice/xperiax10?cc=gb&lc=en
That Sony Ericsson told you to do?
If not, use that.
Download it, follow the steps when it says you have the latest version, press "Install Anyway".
Hope this works.
Hi itTim. thanks for the response
this is what i did but no improvement at all ((
Sounds like you broke your LCD screen somehow.
That would suck because I broke mine and it cost me $200 to fix.
Hi Hypercore.
Yes that could be the problem. The thing is that I always took rally good care of the phone, always carried in a leather pouch and never droped it. How sensitive is this lcd anyway?? Did you notice any cracks on your lcd or was the problem simillar to mine?
Thanks
When you turn on the phone does the lcd backlight turn on?
If so, look for any faint lines of color (usually a hairline size). If you see any of those then your screen is cracked.
the backlight is on, but there are no lines of colour on the lcd screen.
another weird thing is that the green light on the top blinks one or two times every time i put on the battery. even if the phone is off, once I insert the battery turns on automatically after a couple of seconds.
If all else fails you could try to flash back to your original fw with the tools here:
ht tp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
AyDee said:
If all else fails you could try to flash back to your original fw with the tools here:
ht tp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
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That won't do anything.
I had almost the same issue. Nothing worked. But, when I removed the battery and left it for a day (24h) without it, it just started working again. Still working without issues..
Good luck!
Devtone said:
I had almost the same issue. Nothing worked. But, when I removed the battery and left it for a day (24h) without it, it just started working again. Still working without issues..
Good luck!
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Phones are very wierd pieces of technology. I once bricked my k610i and that's a phone that's supposed to be impossible to un-brick, but out of nowhere a month or so later i picked it up, hit power and it turned on perfectly. Made no sense at all, but it worked.
Taking the battery out for a long time probably took all the electrical charges from it (kind of like how a computer power supply / monitor can hold power charges) and reset your handset.
Hypercore said:
Phones are very wierd pieces of technology. I once bricked my k610i and that's a phone that's supposed to be impossible to un-brick, but out of nowhere a month or so later i picked it up, hit power and it turned on perfectly. Made no sense at all, but it worked.
Taking the battery out for a long time probably took all the electrical charges from it (kind of like how a computer power supply / monitor can hold power charges) and reset your handset.
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Indeed. It could be a frozen chip, memory fault, power-regulator and so on.
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That won't do anything.
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Ah, debug mode needed- I see now
tasaki said:
I tried the steps found in the link you gave me, but I couldn't go any further after step no (5) from the tutorial, as it would require to enable Debugging mode and I cannot access the OS (since the device won't turn on).
Is there a way to format all the contents of the device and have them replaced by running SEUS (as it always says that my device is up to date now)?
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if you have done this and did not worked , then it is the LCD.
send it to workshop and check it there.
Guys i Really need the solve of this problem , my xperia has blank screen now without backlight and the phone completely doesn't work . when i put the battery and prees the switch botton it gives me 3 red signals , i've updated and hard reset but it didn't work , and btw the LCD is fine , any idea. did removing the battery worked???? . please answer
After a looooot of time since my latest post, finally my Xperia came back to life. There was a battery failure which means the phone was ok all the time. Weird thing is that the led light showed that the battery was charging ok. I removed the battery and after a lot of time it is working ok again. This was really really odd.
FYI for anyone else that gets this issue.
I just had this for the past hour after trying to change my baseband....could not get it back for anything.
What I did finally try was run another baseband via flash tool, connected to usb and it started flashing....after flash phone powered on again...yeah I agree with everyone, that is freaking scary when it happens.
Good day everyone,
My problem started a month and a half ago, but in a different form. The battery of my Motorola Razr (Non-US) went too low, and it only showed the bright white light whenever I tried to charge it. This is an error code that means that the battery ran so low that it is now in a protective mode that you can only get it out with higher amounts of amperage, using a cable that I don't have myself. I returned it to the store, they sent it to the motorola factory, and I got it back yesterday. Now, it might be important for me to note that I live in the Netherlands; the nearest Motorola factory was the one in Germany. It took a solid 5 weeks for me to get my phone back.
Right, so today/yesterday I tried to turn on my phone, excited to have it back after such a long time. It got stuck in a bootloop. All it does is show the red/white M, with dual core below it. This is the first screen you normally see when you boot the phone. After a second or 5, the screen goes black, only to be replaced by the red/white M, this time without the dual core text. After a while ripples start to show around the M, but without vibrations. The menu buttons also do not light up. Normally the same happens, but it vibrates rather violently and the menu buttons do light it; it means that the phone is booting the firmware.
The phone keeps this up for a few minutes, after which it starts all over again, from the red/white M with the dual core text. It does does indefinitely, until the battery runs out. It doesn't shut down in between, so this takes quite a while. I tried forcing it to reboot with the volume down + power button (which is a hardware reboot), but that just makes the cycle start over again. Very, very rarely (usually after looping for about an hour), the phone DOES go on. However, it soon crashes again, being on between 10 seconds and 5 minutes.
Now here is what I think happened. Before I sent the phone to the factory, I was running an old version of android, still in Gingerbread. I don't know exactly what firmware it used, but it was rather old, maybe half a year at least. However, now that I have it back, I appear to have been updated to ICS 4.0.4. The firmware running on the phone is also new (obviously), version 672.180.41.XT910.NonEFIGSRetail.en.EU (EU for Europe obviously, and NonEFIGS for non English, French, Italian, German and Spanish) as I live in the Netherlands. Now what I figure has happened is that the factory tried to flash my phone to the new firmware after they had fixed the issue, and the update didn't take.
Now, I could obviously return the phone to the store again and have them repair it, but that will take another month. Also, the store is very disappointing to say the least; they will not give me a replacement phone in the meantime, which is very bothersome. So I'd rather try and solve the problem myself.
However, I don't know how to flash 672.180.41.XT910.NonEFIGSRetail.en.EU again. All the instructions or guides that I have found so far only refer to the American version of the phone, or require me to be able to access the phone (turn it on). I can however access the boot menu with volume + volume - power held together, which lets me access the AP Fastboot menu.
Could anyone give me instructions what to do from there? I already did a factory reset, which did nothing to fix the situation.
I did find this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837971
But I'm not sure how to proceed with that.
Note: If I'm on the wrong path with trying to fix it all, please do say so! By no means do I want to screw up the situation any further, as I could still have it repaired for free, it just takes a long time and I'd rather not.
Note2: If I am missing any crucial info, please let me know too!
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Alright, so maybe I should modify the title.. I tried using the method in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837971
But I'm afraid that only made the situation worse. My phone now automatically boots into AP Fastboot, giving the message that the flash has failed.
Now I understand that I should be able to just re-flash it, but I would be very thankful if someone could point me to the right files/procedure, as almost everything I can find is for the US version, and I'd rather keep the EU version with my language pack and all.
Thanks in advance
Resolved Bootloop problem
Hi Dazm;
I had the exactly the same problem and i resolved it yesterday. You need to flash a custom ROM for in order for it to work again, but you battery is to low to do this e.g. if you hold both volume+ - down and keep power button for 10sec and go to fastboot ap, it would indicate this.
So what i did was the extreme lol, i created my own factory cable, I bought a usb data cable cut of the one end (micro usb) stripped the red and black coded wires, removed the back cover of the Motorola Razr XT910, and you will notice at the bottom corner of the phone is a positive + negative - with screws. I connected the red wire to the positive + and the black wire to the negative - and the other end of the usb to my computer. This will charge for 1 hour 15min, once this is done, you will need to download RSD lite 5.7 and install on pc, download stock ROM and flash the ROM with RSD lite and there you go. Mine work 100%, sorry if im not to clear, was in a rush.
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Hi Dazm;
I had the exactly the same problem and i resolved it yesterday. You need to flash a custom ROM for in order for it to work again, but you battery is to low to do this e.g. if you hold both volume+ - down and keep power button for 10sec and go to fastboot ap, it would indicate this.
So what i did was the extreme lol, i created my own factory cable, I bought a usb data cable cut of the one end (micro usb) stripped the red and black coded wires, removed the back cover of the Motorola Razr XT910, and you will notice at the bottom corner of the phone is a positive + negative - with screws. I connected the red wire to the positive + and the black wire to the negative - and the other end of the usb to my computer. This will charge for 1 hour 15min, once this is done, you will need to download RSD lite 5.7 and install on pc, download stock ROM and flash the ROM with RSD lite and there you go. Mine work 100%, sorry if im not to clear, was in a rush.
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Thanks for the reply! I'm not sure this is the issue though, I can still charge my phone (It's at 100% now), and it says Battery OK in the fastboot menu. However, exactly which custom ROM I need to flash is the main part of my problem, I think.
Interesting, I'm going to have to keep my eye on this thread.
I am experiencing the same thing, after an OTA update to 672.180.41.XT910.Retail.en.FR from GB. I also experiencing a rebooting loop with the occasional boot that last about 5 minutes. Clueless about what to do at this time. Maybe flashing with a fastboot file found here.
Hopefully you can resolve your problem and help me solve mine in the process. Unlike you, it's improbable at this time to have my phone service by Motorola; Moto US won't touch because it has French software, Moto FR would fix the phone (after I cover the service and postage) but will not sent it back to me because I have an American address.
Hey Guys, ive scoured google for 2 days now trying to find a way to fix my phone.
two days ago i was doing some work and i left my phone on the table, and later i found out that the battery was low and it had shut off. But when i looked at it, it was just flashing the "samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100" text logo. (and not the animation circle logo.)
I tried turning it off, didnt work so i thought it had frozen which happens, so i took out the battery and put it back in again.
Then i tried to plug it into my recharger, and it was showing a grey battery icon and was frozen on that screen always, the screen doesnt turn off, the battery icon isn't showing that its charging. doesnt change, just shows the same empty battery grey icon with the refresh circle-arrow in the middle.
I tried taking the battery out leaving it out for 5 minutes, draining the battery from the phone by holding the power button for 10 seconds, then trying to charge the phone. Same issue, only showing the grey battery icon when trying to charge and it never changes or goes away.
SO i tried to boot up the phone, but it wont go past the samsung text logo.
I tried entering recovery, but it just freezes on the samsung text logo.
I can enter Odin download mode, and ive tried installing several different both stock, original and CMW roms, and nothing changes. (except if i use gingerbread, then the grey battery icon just keeps flashing off and on in 5 second intervals when plugged into the charger.)
Ive tried taking the battery out for 8 hours and try booting it, no change.
Ive tried changing the battery, no change (think it has low bat as well maybe).
Ive tried leaving it plugged in overnight, but that only drained whatever power i had left over in one of the batteries.
Ive tried some of the siyah and doriman kernels, and they add a loading bar which gets full on the samsung text screen,
but then freezes after that.
Im losing my mind here, ive tried almost everything i can think of. And would really appreciate any help on this.
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Ok so to keep this post updated for people experiencing the same issues.
IT seems there is a hardware failure in progress.
BUT i managed to get a temporary fix, it seems that by having the ear plugs connected into the earphone jack in the phone, the phone becomes somewhat usable. I was able to get into recovery, and able to flash a new stock, and its up and running, but as i said this is only a temporary solution as the real issue is that the phone is not conducting the electricity in a proper way that allowed me to recharge my batteries until i had added the earphones...
The phone becomes unusable for me when i remove the earphones again, as i believe its failing to conduct the electricity from the battery properly through the motherboard without something connected into the earphone jack..
SO for people having issues with their phones, it might be a possible way to get your phone temporarily operational again.
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Search for Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread, download the 3 part stock firmware linked in the thread, flash it with Odin (only if you absolutely have an I9100/I9100T though).
Edit - Doesn't sound promising though, cross your fingers doing that works.
yeah i tried hoppers guide, didnt help me.
Still stuck on the samsung screen.
Whats wierd is, if ive got the phone on charging, it wont boot to the samsung screen even, it just turns itself off
and returns to the grey battery icon again.
Hang on....Did you try flashing the 3 part firmware like I mentioned ? If you haven't, do it. If you have, it's a service centre/local mobile repair shop job.
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Hang on....Did you try flashing the 3 part firmware like I mentioned ? If you haven't, do it. If you have, it's a service centre/local mobile repair shop job.
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Yeah, tried 3 part, even another packages with pit files bootloader and repartitioning from another guide.
still no change, still freezes at samsung text screen.
I dont want to take it to a service center, as there is none around here as far as i know. Norway.
If i can just get it into recovery mode i can prob fix it, but i cant fracking enter recovery. Its driving me insane.
Given what you've tried, no chance of fixing it yourself by the usual methods.
Either take it to a local mobile repair shop & ask them to source a 2nd hand motherboard for you & put it in, or you source one (from a 'donor' phone; a phone with a broken screen that is otherwise OK for example, search online) & either replace it yourself or pay the local mobile repair shop to do it if you're not confident enough.
have you ever flashed a rom on that before..... or is this a stock ROM phone we are talking about???
if it was a stock ROM phone....then did it receive updates over carrier network and started to install itself???
if yes then you should have not stopped it...... i have some problem with phone 3 days ago.... i downloaded latest XWMS1 released for nordic region....... phone is fixed and i am back to neatrom 5.3.1
i suggest you download XWMS1 ...and try flashing it via Odin..... might start......
keep fingers crossed
Roshan707 said:
have you ever flashed a rom on that before..... or is this a stock ROM phone we are talking about???
if it was a stock ROM phone....then did it receive updates over carrier network and started to install itself???
if yes then you should have not stopped it...... i have some problem with phone 3 days ago.... i downloaded latest XWMS1 released for nordic region....... phone is fixed and i am back to neatrom 5.3.1
i suggest you download XWMS1 ...and try flashing it via Odin..... might start......
keep fingers crossed
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It wasn't any update or anything, it was related to the battery i think as the batt was low.
And instead of recharging the battery, it went into bootloop and started draining the battery more when it was plugged into the charger.
ive downloaded xwms1, still stuck in bootloop.
Ive even opened it up to see if it was a hardware issue, i see no flaws, all buttons work and nothing is stuck.
the phone just keeps going to the samsung logo, and wont go into recovery mode.
It can easily go into download mode, but recovery mode is just not happening.
at this point i just ordered the Xperia Z1 instead, but i still want to fix this phone and give it to my dad or something.
desidarko said:
Hey Guys, ive scoured google for 2 days now trying to find a way to fix my phone.
two days ago i was doing some work and i left my phone on the table, and later i found out that the battery was low and it had shut off. But when i looked at it, it was just flashing the "samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100" text logo. (and not the animation circle logo.)
I tried turning it off, didnt work so i thought it had frozen which happens, so i took out the battery and put it back in again.
Then i tried to plug it into my recharger, and it was showing a grey battery icon and was frozen on that screen always, the screen doesnt turn off, the battery icon isn't showing that its charging. doesnt change, just shows the same empty battery grey icon with the refresh circle-arrow in the middle.
I tried taking the battery out leaving it out for 5 minutes, draining the battery from the phone by holding the power button for 10 seconds, then trying to charge the phone. Same issue, only showing the grey battery icon when trying to charge and it never changes or goes away.
SO i tried to boot up the phone, but it wont go past the samsung text logo.
I tried entering recovery, but it just freezes on the samsung text logo.
I can enter Odin download mode, and ive tried installing several different both stock, original and CMW roms, and nothing changes. (except if i use gingerbread, then the grey battery icon just keeps flashing off and on in 5 second intervals when plugged into the charger.)
Ive tried taking the battery out for 8 hours and try booting it, no change.
Ive tried changing the battery, no change (think it has low bat as well maybe).
Ive tried leaving it plugged in overnight, but that only drained whatever power i had left over in one of the batteries.
Ive tried some of the siyah and doriman kernels, and they add a loading bar which gets full on the samsung text screen,
but then freezes after that.
Im losing my mind here, ive tried almost everything i can think of. And would really appreciate any help on this.
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errrrm - just a thought (and it's a real long shot) I had some strange battery drain (bootloop) issues with a brand new i9100 and it turned out that the micro sd card I was using was corrupt, took it out and it worked. Might be worth a try but like I said its a long shot. If that does not work I agree with mistahbungle and looks like you wil need to replace the mb.
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errrrm - just a thought (and it's a real long shot) I had some strange battery drain (bootloop) issues with a brand new i9100 and it turned out that the micro sd card I was using was corrupt, took it out and it worked. Might be worth a try but like I said its a long shot. If that does not work I agree with mistahbungle and looks like you wil need to replace the mb.
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Yeah ive already taken out the micro sd card and sim card, didnt change anything.
Just so weird the phone is less than 2 years old. Sucks that its already llike this.
desidarko said:
Yeah ive already taken out the micro sd card and sim card, didnt change anything.
Just so weird the phone is less than 2 years old. Sucks that its already llike this.
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I've went through this on my Hercules, T-Mobile S2. I had Android tweaker pro, removed all of the tweaks, and rebooted. It took me quite a while but I was able to get into recovery by the normal button mashing.
DO NOT HAVE THE PHONE PLUGGED INTO THE CHARGER.
PRESS THE VOLUME BUTTONS THEN THE POWER BUTTON WHILE STILL HOLDING THE VOLUME BUTTONS.
AS SOON AS YOU FEEL THE FIRST VIBRATION, LET GO OF ONLY THE POWER BUTTON!
CONTINUE TO HOLD THE VOLUME BUTTONS UNTIL YOUR RECOVERY LOADS.
THAT IS WHAT HAS WORKED FOR ME.
Sent from my Skinny Hercules
Ok so to keep this post updated for people experiencing the same issues.
IT seems there is a hardware failure in progress.
BUT i managed to get a temporary fix, it seems that by having the ear plugs connected into the earphone jack in the phone, the phone becomes somewhat usable. I was able to get into recovery, and able to flash a new stock, and its up and running, but as i said this is only a temporary solution as the real issue is that the phone is not conducting the electricity in a proper way that allowed me to recharge my batteries until i had added the earphones...
The phone becomes unusable for me when i remove the earphones again, as i believe its failing to conduct the electricity from the battery properly through the motherboard without something connected into the earphone jack..
SO for people having issues with their phones, it might be a possible way to get your phone temporarily operational again.
Please Help !!
i kinda cloned my ROM , it happened by mistake while trying to flash my kernel , now that my phone is stuck in samsung start up logo , . tried to reboot still the same result. . . :crying:
No recovery ? If that's the case, stock rom from Samfirmware, flash with Odin to get a 'clean slate' (How ? Thread stickied near top of Q&A has instructions) & re-try whatever it was you wanted to do. If you do have recovery, try a factory reset in the first instance, if that doesn't work or if you have recovery but can't do one for whatever reason, proceed with the stock flash via Odin.
Thanks
thanks a lot mate , my fone back in action. successfully flashed, now running on JB 4.3.1 on Paranoidandroid 3.99-RC2 , so far so good .:victory:
being a newbei in this field hoping for all the support
EDIT : any suggestion how to remove warning symbol (yellow triangle) while booting .
Possibly triangle away.Search to get the free version.
desidarko said:
Ok so to keep this post updated for people experiencing the same issues.
IT seems there is a hardware failure in progress.
BUT i managed to get a temporary fix, it seems that by having the ear plugs connected into the earphone jack in the phone, the phone becomes somewhat usable. I was able to get into recovery, and able to flash a new stock, and its up and running, but as i said this is only a temporary solution as the real issue is that the phone is not conducting the electricity in a proper way that allowed me to recharge my batteries until i had added the earphones...
The phone becomes unusable for me when i remove the earphones again, as i believe its failing to conduct the electricity from the battery properly through the motherboard without something connected into the earphone jack..
SO for people having issues with their phones, it might be a possible way to get your phone temporarily operational again.
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Okay so I have managed to get it to this point after day's of grief, now please tell me I don't have to walk around with the earplugs in for ever !
RustyNail99 said:
Okay so I have managed to get it to this point after day's of grief, now please tell me I don't have to walk around with the earplugs in for ever !
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A friend of mine had am Android phone that had a similar problem. It always showed the headphones on the status bar and Could not be heard. If you will take your phone apart then you can look for bridges in the solder points. These happen from poor construction and over heating. Fix the bridges and you should be good to go.
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fathertomany said:
A friend of mine had am Android phone that had a similar problem. It always showed the headphones on the status bar and Could not be heard. If you will take your phone apart then you can look for bridges in the solder points. These happen from poor construction and over heating. Fix the bridges and you should be good to go.
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I did take it apart and had a quick look, all seems ok. However I was not ready to junk the phone so I improvised a little, its not pretty but it works.
I had an old headphone jack which I cut down so as it would just fit into the jack point, installed Soundabout Pro app which forces the calls to come out the earpiece and not headphones voila it works. In the end it cost me a lot of time surfing countless forums, anger management control and some joy at getting it to work. Still without the help people give on this and other forums it would be a useless phone :fingers-crossed:
sweetben747 said:
thanks a lot mate , my fone back in action. successfully flashed, now running on JB 4.3.1 on Paranoidandroid 3.99-RC2 , so far so good .:victory:
being a newbei in this field hoping for all the support
EDIT : any suggestion how to remove warning symbol (yellow triangle) while booting .
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i was also searching for the same...... since triangle did not hurt but i wanted to know if i could get rid of it......
thanks to our wonderful Dev name Phliz i could do it... i had to reflash to stock for it ofcourse but then whole effort was worthwhile .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
this is the link.... please go through... and best of luck to remove the triangle.....
My phone just randomly started bootlooping and is now stuck in a permanent bootloop that only stops when I pull the battery and then starts right back up if I put the battery in and try turning it back on. I've had it for 6 months now, rooted it with Dirty COW six months ago and it's been completely FINE until just now.. the past few days it has been extremellllly laggy but still worked fine and then this happened out of the blue! I can't get into recovery and because it won't turn on to the lockscreen I can't do adb reboot recovery! Please someone help.
Again, it's rooted using Dirty COW but has been rooted for six months now; I have two batteries for it and I use Nova Launcher which also recently (within past week) started to continually crash and re-ask me which launcher I wanted to use by default, and did it every time it crashed.
Please help me someone! At least to get into recovery so I can get my stuff off!
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My phone just randomly started bootlooping and is now stuck in a permanent bootloop that only stops when I pull the battery and then starts right back up if I put the battery in and try turning it back on. I've had it for 6 months now, rooted it with Dirty COW six months ago and it's been completely FINE until just now.. the past few days it has been extremellllly laggy but still worked fine and then this happened out of the blue! I can't get into recovery and because it won't turn on to the lockscreen I can't do adb reboot recovery! Please someone help.
Again, it's rooted using Dirty COW but has been rooted for six months now; I have two batteries for it and I use Nova Launcher which also recently (within past week) started to continually crash and re-ask me which launcher I wanted to use by default, and did it every time it crashed.
Please help me someone! At least to get into recovery so I can get my stuff off!
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do you have TWRP recovery installed?
there can be two possible solutions
1. go into twrp recovery and factory restore it
2. or connect to LG Bridge on your computer in download mode
zeexhan said:
do you have TWRP recovery installed?
there can be two possible solutions
1. go into twrp recovery and factory restore it
2. or connect to LG Bridge on your computer in download mode
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What Can i do via LG Bridge? and I keep trying to get into TWRP but it won't let me; it just continues to show the yellow bootloader "Your bootloader can't be checked" or whatever that message is :/
I'm sorry to inform you that it seems that you are another one fallen into the bootloop of death. It is a well known hardware malfunction of several LG cell phone's mainboards.
You can try put your phone in freezer for 5-10 mins (without battery) and see if it restarts for enough time to perform a backup.
Another (much more risky) temporary solution is to heat it with a hair-drier for some minute, better disassembling it and trying not to heat camera zone too much. I honestly advice you not to try this second method, just inform you that it exists.
By the way, those two are only temporary workarounds, your phone is unrecoverable without a mainboard replacement or a professional resoldering of it.
Hope that some minute near the ice will suffice to get your V10 back for recover your data.
Good luck!
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What Can i do via LG Bridge? and I keep trying to get into TWRP but it won't let me; it just continues to show the yellow bootloader "Your bootloader can't be checked" or whatever that message is :/
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With lg Bridge you can restore you phone to it's original form.
and do not try heating or freezing method your phone has a software failure not hardware.
and about that scree show unable or something it shows once you install custom recovery.
if you previously have installed the TWRP then here is the method to get into it
a) pull battery out, and put it back in to make sure phone is completely powered off
b) Press and hold volume down + power button, as soon as phone lights up and shows LG logo release power button for just one second and press again untill you see a hardreset screen
c) on hard reset screen press vol - button on yes and press power button to select yes and do it again on next screen, it will lead you to TWRP Recovery
zeexhan said:
With lg Bridge you can restore you phone to it's original form.
and do not try heating or freezing method your phone has a software failure not hardware.
and about that scree show unable or something it shows once you install custom recovery.
if you previously have installed the TWRP then here is the method to get into it
a) pull battery out, and put it back in to make sure phone is completely powered off
b) Press and hold volume down + power button, as soon as phone lights up and shows LG logo release power button for just one second and press again untill you see a hardreset screen
c) on hard reset screen press vol - button on yes and press power button to select yes and do it again on next screen, it will lead you to TWRP Recovery
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uh, no his phone is done.This is a hardware failure, its pretty clear.The lag op described is exactly what happens when the phone is about to go into the inevitable bootloop.op's best bet would be to put it in the freezer to salvage data if he needs to.i tried the heat gun method, no go but freezer had my phone up for 5 mins before it went back into bootloop.
thnx
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plzzzz help me........ (LG V10-H961N)
I can't turn on my phone. Unfortunately my phone automatically goes off ,after that it isnt turning on.Sometimes after keeping it refrigarator for a while, it turns on for 10-15 second and goes off.I have tried to enter download mode, but before loading download mode it goes off. Even i cant enter to fastboot mode by removing battery and keeping volume down key.Sometimes, after lot of trying of the same procedure, it goes to blue screen ... there are too much error in the blue screen,also kernel crash . Sometimes i can enter to fastboot mode, but the bootloader is locked . In device manager , it finds----- qualcom hs-usb-qloader 9008. If anyone can fix this, plz plz, let me know ,how to solve this problem.
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Your phone is gone, your best bet is to call LG, best you can hope for is to explain to them that you recently got this phone, say within last 6 months, and now it is in a bootloop, you may get a replacement, I have already done about 20 of these LG V10 phones that way, they just end up replacing the board in it, but other than that, there strictly must not be any liquid or physical damage to inside or screen or they will charge you for it.
I am not 100% entirely they will still honor the fixing of bootloops due to warranty status, but I stopped sending mine in in December last year, but this is for a defect they admit and not normal wear out that is in the actual warranty coverage.
Never buy an LG phone anymore. Me and my children will never buy again an LG phone.
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Hi try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3770755
I tried it and it resurrected my phone. Good luck
I tried it and it works very well. It resurrected my phone. No bootloop since last night. What I did was :
1st-put electric tape on the cpu and gpu(4 or 5 layers of tape). I tried to put tape and make it to fit the surface of the cpu and gpu.
2nd-I put the pile on the back
3rd-reboot the phone and voilà it's working well till now.
I hope that it can continue like that.
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I bought a Cubot Power at the start of December, and I was quite happy with it for a while. Two days ago, I decided to install Greenify to test it out on a non-rooted phone, but when I tried to restart the phone, during the boot screen the phone froze for a moment and after that I couldn't do anything else other than stare at the black screen. Surprisingly enough, the next day my phone had it's screen on (had to insert PIN from restarting), and got to use it for a couple of hours. Then it froze again, and after that I haven't gotten it to work.
I'm not exactly sure what happened to it, unlike my previous phones it does not vibrate when turning on so it's hard to tell whether it's stuck in a bootloop. But when I do connect it to my PC with an USB cable, my PC starts making the device connect sound, only to disconnect a couple of seconds afterwards. When I open up device manager, I can even see MediaTek driver in there, which disappears with the device disconnection sound. I can't get into recovery, I've tried using the volume up + power button combination, but with no results (screen still remains black).
I've tried to use getdroidtips guide to install stock ROM on my Cubot Power, but no matter which stock firmware version I use, flash tool gives me an error "STATUS_DA_HASH_MISMATCH".
Does anyone have any suggestions what else can I try? It would be a hassle to send it back to get it fixed, as I ordered it from half across the world.