LG E980 PhilZ Touch Recovery BootLoop Fix (HOW TO GET DEVICE BACK TO USABLE STATE)

droidbrain said:

I was installing the OTA ATT update. When the phone restarted it booted into twrp been stuck there since. I can get into download mode but thats about it.

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That is exactly what I did. Only boots into twrp.

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kenturky said:

hi all, I got a LG e980, had the 10p update, rooted it with vroot, used freegee to unlock the bootloader and install twrp recovery, then i had put some files in the internal storage for flashing....

then i realized my sd card wasnt reading....

tried various methods to see why the sd card was not detected, then i thought it was a problem with the recovery.... so i flashed philz recovery instead, and did a factory reset, install beanstalk, install gapps, and then rebooted to system, and instead, it rebooted back into the recovery...

took out the battery, inserted it again, powered up the phone, and again it rebooted into recovery....

Now, if i download these files, how am i to use them in the recovery? when i click "Install zip from /sdcard1, i get an error that there is no valid folder or file, and sometimes, it just hangs on recovery.... it used to hang on twrp recovery too....

so literally, the phone is bricked as I cant put anything in the internal storage, the recovery wont read the sd card, and i cant reboot into download mode as i get some facory hard reset... then it says to press power key to confirm, go to press it, i get a secure booting error.... so, dafaq is wrong with my phone?

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fosunite said:

Info1: be sure that you didnt cause this boot loop by applying the OTA update from LG software update. If u did, the only way is to flash back with kdz!

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KennyWRX said:

I knew that applying the OTA on a rooted/non-stock device is a no no, BUT, does the same apply if you do the OTA update before rooting, installing recovery, and flashing rom, etc? Thanks

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fosunite said:

What you guys might need is a command which should put your phone on usable state.

In this case of a bootloop into recovery you just need 6 steps.

1. Download the aroma file manager. It has a build in terminal console. Get this one here:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2231581&d=1378202418

2. Place the zip file on anywhere you like. On external sd it s easier to find. Let s put it on the root of external sd.

3. In the recovery please flash that zip file from step 1

4. After aromafm has started, press menu->open console .

5. A console appeared. Type this command all at once:

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc bs=1 count=1088

6. Confirm this command by pressing enter. You see something displayed about copied with 1,1 kb or something. That was its process. To reboot your phone type in the console:

Code:

reboot

And confirm this by pressing enter again.


Info1: be sure that you didnt cause this boot loop by applying the OTA update from LG software update. If u did, the only way is to flash back with kdz!

Info2: Also if you flashed something what has caused an error loki ifying it and then bootloop, dont panic, use the command and flash something else working.
This command is handy, so write it down on paper or memorize it:.

Info3: If you enter the recovery by using POWER+volume up , ofc u need to enter the mentioned command in step 5 afterwards:::. Else you ll get a bootloop to recovery again.

Info4: If you are using philz touch recovery and have the aromafm zip file: Rename this file to "aromafm.zip" and place this into your external SD card into the clockworkmod/aromafm/aromafm.zip This way you can doubletap your recovery screen in philz touch and start your aromafm in a faster way.

Sent from my LG-E986 using XDA Free mobile app

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kenturky said:

hi all, I got a LG e980, had the 10p update, rooted it with vroot, used freegee to unlock the bootloader and install twrp recovery, then i had put some files in the internal storage for flashing....

then i realized my sd card wasnt reading....

tried various methods to see why the sd card was not detected, then i thought it was a problem with the recovery.... so i flashed philz recovery instead, and did a factory reset, install beanstalk, install gapps, and then rebooted to system, and instead, it rebooted back into the recovery...

took out the battery, inserted it again, powered up the phone, and again it rebooted into recovery....

Now, if i download these files, how am i to use them in the recovery? when i click "Install zip from /sdcard1, i get an error that there is no valid folder or file, and sometimes, it just hangs on recovery.... it used to hang on twrp recovery too....

so literally, the phone is bricked as I cant put anything in the internal storage, the recovery wont read the sd card, and i cant reboot into download mode as i get some facory hard reset... then it says to press power key to confirm, go to press it, i get a secure booting error.... so, dafaq is wrong with my phone?

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rjmxtech said:

Download the zip from this link http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=70581848454313738691 . After that mount USB in PhilZ and copy over the zip file to your phone. Then flash the zip file and your boot loop should be fixed. The fix is originally by @fosunite and was posted on the PhilZ page.

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rjmxtech said:

Download the zip from this link ************ . After that mount USB in PhilZ and copy over the zip file to your phone. Then flash the zip file and your boot loop should be fixed. The fix is originally by @fosunite and was posted on the PhilZ page.

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fosunite said:

What you guys might need is a command which should put your phone on usable state.

In this case of a bootloop into recovery you just need 6 steps.

1. Download the aroma file manager. It has a build in terminal console. Get this one here:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2231581&d=1378202418

2. Place the zip file on anywhere you like. On external sd it s easier to find. Let s put it on the root of external sd.

3. In the recovery please flash that zip file from step 1

4. After aromafm has started, press menu->open console .

5. A console appeared. Type this command all at once:

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc bs=1 count=1088

6. Confirm this command by pressing enter. You see something displayed about copied with 1,1 kb or something. That was its process. To reboot your phone type in the console:

Code:

reboot

And confirm this by pressing enter again.


Info1: be sure that you didnt cause this boot loop by applying the OTA update from LG software update. If u did, the only way is to flash back with kdz!

Info2: Also if you flashed something what has caused an error loki ifying it and then bootloop, dont panic, use the command and flash something else working.
This command is handy, so write it down on paper or memorize it:.

Info3: If you enter the recovery by using POWER+volume up , ofc u need to enter the mentioned command in step 5 afterwards:::. Else you ll get a bootloop to recovery again.

Info4: If you are using philz touch recovery and have the aromafm zip file: Rename this file to "aromafm.zip" and place this into your external SD card into the clockworkmod/aromafm/aromafm.zip This way you can doubletap your recovery screen in philz touch and start your aromafm in a faster way.

Sent from my LG-E986 using XDA Free mobile app

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