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[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Folks -

I am noob here but believe me I did every thing to search existing thread and get solution to my problem.

Okay so here is my problem: My LG E970 is stuck in boot loop. Phone starts and it stays on for about 30-45 seconds and then again it restarts. This loop continues.

1. I tried Safemode and the problem still exists.

2. I tried to flash stock ROM with LGNPST by going through download mode and still issue exists.

3. I tried Tinybeen "E970_Original_TeenyBin-AA.bin" with LGNPST and still no solution to problem.

I am also not able to fast boot i.e. when I press volume up + power on then only LG logo keeps on flashing.

Please help me what I am missing. I thought flashing stock ROM should solve all the problem.

Thanks in advance for all your help.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
What happened before the bootloop? what were you trying to do? LGNPST should restore your phone back to life, I had a few issues with it though(at 85% program would display error, phone would bootloop), had to try different PCs till phone got flashed to 100% and phone booted as normal.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
I had my phone in charging and when I removed it this problem started. My phone was rooted. But thanks for your suggestion - let me try on different machine because in my case LGNPST goes to 85% and then phone reboots. I read that it should be fine if it goes to 67% or 85% and reboots.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
It's supposed to be, but your phone has to reboot and work, not get stuck in bootloop. I had to do it on a winxp machine for it to work, dunno why it didn't work on my laptop with win7.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Okay - so I tried on different laptop and still issue exists. Please see my two laptops are on Windows 7.

This is strange because LGNPST is successful in loading stock BIN. Also, Teenybin is giving same issue. Will give it a try again and keep you posted.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Please help me out.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
Teenybin is your best bet. After flashing press vol up to enter recovery and flash another rom. Teenybin is not a rom so the phone will not fully boot.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Thanks for providing response.

So you mean I flash Teenybin with LGNPST first and then flash any custom ROM?

But to flash custom rom the bin file should be on phone. Correct? How can I copy file to phone when my phone keeps booting.

Also - any suggestion for stable custom ROM - in the meantime I can keep it for download.

Appreciate all help I am getting on this forum.

Thanks!!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
If teenybin flash was succesful (there are 2 teenybins, I used the altbin for best results), you should get stcuk on a screen saying google in white letters. Reboot phone and press vol up to get to recovery.

As for custom roms, depends on preference. I am currently using snowjb1.1 (stock with best gaming performance), but EG8, mydeodexed and artmod seem nice(all stock). If you want kitkat, flash the kit kat TWRP recovery and then flash any kitkat rom(I tried Vanir, beanstalk, psx, commotio, they are all nice)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
So to flash any rom it needs to be on phone memory or I will need to source SD card and copy rom on that?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
It can be on the sd card. If the TWRP teenybin installs doesn't read your sd card, install a newer one(I'm using TWRP 2.6.3.0 non kitkat version)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
I used TeenyBin[AltBin] with LGNPST and now I am able to Fastboot.

At present I am in recovery menu.

Can I copy stock bin "LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin" to SD card and install it with help of TWRP? Please guide.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
Nope, it wont flash.

Bin is used for LGNPST flashing. You need a rom that is already packed and ready for flashing via recovery. Look in the android development section, pick a rom and download.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Thanks a lot for all your help. I have kept SnowJB v1.1 for download. Will update here once I am done.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
I flashed SnowJB v1.1 and now my phone is up and running. No bootloops now.

But, I am not getting network i.e. no signals even though SIM card is active and working on other phone. I tired re-inserting SIM/ re-booting / Airplane mode on and off but still it don't show cell phone signals.

Please let me know what should I do to resolve this issue?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dalvarez95:
If u have bootloops issue you just need to format data/cache, sometimes internal storage.. through recovery.. Now you probably mess you efs.. In that case use Lgnpst back to fix it
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Oh - I was not aware of that.

So, now I need to go to download mode and simply flash stock bin using LGNPST.

That will resolve issue? or do I need to take care of anything else?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
Try flashing jellybean att radio in recovery, if that doesn't flash back to stock with lgnpst.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
If you can quickly point to download link then nothing like that.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/cwm-ATTJB-Radio.zip

you need to work on your search skills (lol)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Yes - I need to improve that but as I am fed-up with this issue (not yet resolved) I hope you understand my situation.

Okay - so I tried to check IMEI number by dialing *#06# and it says "null"

So is network issue because of IMEI? How to solve this now?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
Crap, your EFS partition is f-ed up. Did you by any chance made a backup?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Yes, but I did not backup EFS. Can I use someone else EFS partition?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
Got some really bad news then. EFS partition contains imei and other data that many people(including me) are not willing to share, pretty much because if you use mine, your phone would become a clone of mine. I really don't know if there is a way to restore the EFS partition, i believe there are service centers that have the octopus box. Are you sure you didn't make a backup with freegee when unlocking the bootloader?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
In recovery when I go to restore I see one package but when I select that it shows: System, Data and Boot.

I don't see EFS partition. Will restoring System, Data and Boot help?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
EFS backup can only be made using certain methods, TWRP has the option of backing up the EFS partition, Freegee also is another method to both save and restore the partition. You didn't use freegee to make a backup did you?

No, restoring data, system and boot wont help. what rom were you running before you had to use lgnpst? Were you rooted? did you unlock the bootloader using freegee?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
I was on stock and I used freegee to unlock bootloader. I am not sure now where will be my EFS partition backup if freegee takes care of it automatically.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
I honestly dunno if freegee does this automatically(don't think so since the option to save EFS is there), in any case it should be on the freegee folder in your internal storage, try restoring efs with freegee.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
In file manager under EFS_BACkups I see three files m9kefs1-backup.img, 2 and 3. Is there any way to edit these files and then restore it. How do I ensure that these backup is having correct imei?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
You havent done any backups with freegee right now have you? If that is the case you are in luck, freegee made the backupo before unlocking the bootloader. You wouldn't need to modify them, just restore EFS using freegee.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Nope I am not able to find backup done by freegee. Looks like I lost it while in process of flashing stock/custom rom. Any other alternative? I have IMEI number written on box. Can EFS partition file be modified?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
So you did do a backup right now? the EFS backup folder is where freegee stores the backup.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
I installed freegee now and took backup which is now available in freegee folder. There is other folder EFS_BACKUPS which contains files I mentioned.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
try swapping those files from the EFS backup folder with the ones on the free gee folder and restore, restart afterwards and see if network is back online
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
In FreeGee folder I am not able to find files like - m9kefs1.img, m9kefs2.img and m9kefs3.img which are available on EFS_backup folder.

Please help me source out m9kefs2.img so that at-least I can try and confirm that EFS is the only root cause for this problem. I am also searching ways to change IMEI via Software.

Edit: I found a friend and I copied his EFS partition and then flashed it using his EFS files then also my IMEI is not displayed and no network issue continues.

Now what to do next?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
Was it form an E970 just like yours? Only thing i can think of is use LGNPST and go back to ICS
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Yes - it was from E970 just like mine. At present phone is on SnowJb v1.1 with no network and null IMEI.

Let me try ICS (LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock) with LGNPST - but somehow I am finding it difficult to go to download mode. Any tool like Quickboot which can help go in download mode?

Also the stock rom I mentioned in bracket above is correct? or you want me to flash any other rom - if yes, then please provide link.

Thanks for all your response and keeping my hopes alive.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1984545

Try that one
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Tried - LGE970ATT-V11c-Stock.bin with LGNPST and it is giving me below error:

Process: Upgrade_Masterbin

SubProc: Masterbin Download

Cause: Fail to write Partition System, 428544th sector.

So after Teenybin[Alt] I am back to SnowJBv1.1 and IMEI is still null i.e. no network.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
have you tried other roms by any chance?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
In custom roms I tried SnowJB v1.1 and Cyanogenmod (KitKat) - I am able to flash both roms.

Now, I am not able to flash stock ROM and it is giving me error I mentioned in LGNPST. In stock I tried - 'LGE970ATT-V11c-Stock' and 'LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock'
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
ok i think i know what the issue is. Whn you flashed CM11, which recovery did you use? TWRP for kitkat? what recovery do you have now?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Yes, when I flashed CM11 I used TWRP for kitkat. At present my recovery is on TWRP v2.6.3.0

I have flashed SnowJB v1.1 at present.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
update to the latest TWRP non kitkat recovery and flash stock rom located here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2067871

let me know how it goes.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
I used latest TWRP and stock rom suggested by you - ATT-Stock-E97020j.zip i.e. flashed stock without LGNPST.

Process was successful and when phone booted I keyed-in *#06# to determine IMEI number issue fixed or not but Kernal Crash with message:

DemiGod Crash Handler: Kernel Crash !

Press key to choose Dload Mode/Reboot/Fastboot

Edit:

Okay so flashed to stock - ATT-Stock-E97011c.zip using TWRP.

No bootloop but still IMEI is null and no network. Looks like something is messed up with hardware - not sure.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
forget twrp, flash using cwm.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Will it make any difference? I mean I was successful in flashing ATT-Stock-E97011c.zip using TWRP and still the IMEI was null with no network.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
Well i've heard people having issues with TWRP, so CWM could be the answer.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jawad1021:
LG E970 stuck on bootlogo

Hellow, Bro

I am having the same problem, was trying to install TWRP but during the process the phone got stuck at bootup. I have trying searching everywhere but no good, I am unable to download the LGNPST due expired links or removed. Please guide me where to download LGNPST and please do let me about the process and the files required. Share the files if you have. Thanks in advance.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Download LGNPST from - http://pastebin.com/83yf2ZcA

Stock BIN - http://pastebin.com/bRpR3aB6
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
BUMPING up thread....

Still no success and IMEI is still NULL i.e. No Network.

Tried different flashing, also tried to flash friends E970 EFS partition back-up but still no-luck.

Should it be hardware issue? If yes, which part I need to search for?

Seniors / Experienced members - please help.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Any help guys?

I tried flashing EFS, ROMs etc but still phone IMEI is null

----------------------------

Additional info:

Whenever I flash stock ROM either using LGNPST or TWRP/CWM my phone goes into bootloop i.e. it will boot and within a minute it will restart.

I flashed Snow JB v1.1 and it is working fine. Still under Phone Identity - IMEI and IMEI SV is set to "Unknown".

Note: I tried flashing E8 Beta ROM as well and in that case too phone goes into bootloop.

Looks like my phone only works with Snow JB v1.1
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Still no luck....

Somebody please guide and help. Thanks!!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
senior developers autoprime, shellnutt2 - please help.

Still my phone has null IMEI.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] SaschaElble:
READ ALL OF THIS FIRST BEFORE DELETING MOVING ANY FILES AROUND

Okay, here goes.

Make a new folder on your external SD card and copy the ORIGINAL 3 m9kefs IMG files to it

Delete both efs_backup and free gee folder from your internal SD.

Open free gee and make a back up

Notice you have both folders again in internal SD. They both belong to free gee.

Delete m9kefs IMG files from both folders

Copy ORIGINAL m9kefs IMG files from external SD you copied earlier, into both folders, that is efs_backup and free gee

Restore efs using free gee.

Reboot. Cross your fingers, and hope you didn't loose track of which files were the original ones.

!!!!!!!!!!!A BIG TIP, before you delete anything, check the creation dates of each m9kefs IMG files and find the set of three that are the oldest!

The reason your friend efs backup did not work, is because your Imei is stored in anywhere from 8ish to 15ish different locations. When you restore efi from someone elses phone it only updates one or two of these spots. When your phone boots it see that all the location do not have the same imei value and shuts down the radio in your phone, causeing no imei, no signal. Sometimes even boot loops.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Thanks for providing your inputs to the thread but I don't have original 3 m9kefs IMG files. Can you tell me the path where it is located? When I installed freegee I was able to find these files under "EFS_Backups" folder but that is when my IMEI was already null.

I am looking for 3 m9kefs IMG files before my IMEI got null.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Do anybody know why my phone goes into bootloop when I flash stock ROM 'LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin' using LGNPST.

Phone works fine when I flash custom SnowJB ROM.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] SaschaElble:
You had stated before you installed freegee that you had those three files.

If you dont have the original files, send me those three files with the blanked out imei and the imei of the phone, I'll do a comparison and find the locations of where the imei is stored. Then swap in your imei. In a private message. And if you can't find your imei on paperwork from the phone company go online to their website and look or call customer support and tell them its in the repair shop and they need your imei to correct it. Your last bet, would be to take the phone apart. There should be a sticker with your hex or DEC version of it.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Thanks! Sent you PM.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Additional info if that is useful to find the root cause of problem.

When I dial 2945#*970# and go to Network Unlock it shows me "This phone is permanently locked and can not be unlocked."

I got this phone factory unlocked and brand new. Is this message due to IMEI null issue?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Looking into # of views this thread has received it looks like lot of users are facing this issue.

It would be great if senior members come up with solution / suggestion. Once my issue is resolved I plan to prepare guide to help community.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
I wonder how did the found hardlocked itself. Don't really know if that can be solved using an octopus box.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Electriccars:
That sounds like your friends phone is that way, and since you cloned his phone by flashing his EFS on yours then so is yours now.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Lussardi:
the easy way to fix this, is a flash stock rom via Octoplux box after repair IMEI or Network whith the box xD...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Do you know someone who can connect remotely and repair it? I don't know where to find guy who repairs using Octoplux box.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] luisoman2000:
As far as i know it can't be done remotely.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Bump.... still no success. Any help will be appreciated.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] RodneyMcKay:
Last week I started reading your thread. I was pretty sure I was in the same boat. While trying to fix my BT MAC address, I noticed my IMEI was "0". I didn't think I had an original backup of my EFS partitions. With most roms running a backup I was sure that they had been over written with a backup of the broken IMEI. Fortunately for me I found a copy on an old memory card.

Unfortunately for you, I feel that this partition is encrypted in some fashion, or has had updates processed over time since my old backup. I compared my good backup to my broken backup in a hex editor barely could find anything that was the same between them. I also couldn't find my IMEI anywhere in the backup.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
So any other way to fix this issue? or should I go ahead and sell it for parts only :( - How much it will fetch?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] RodneyMcKay:
Reading a bit more about this problem, I have found 2 other threads that confirm my thoughts. The EFS partitions are encrypted and there is apparently no known way to edit the contents. So altering the IMEI from another backup is out of the question.

Have you checked /data/media and and /data/media/legacy for the EFS backup files? Depending on your ROM and Upgrade history you might have "archive" copies of files in these locations. At some point, I think it was JB 4.2 the /storage/SDCard0 folder was remapped from /data/media to /data/media/0 to support multiple users. I've seen many times that the original files are not moved to the new location, but are copied. It's possible you have might still have the backups here as most roms make a backup before install.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] cougar214:
Your phone is fine jituthejeet. After you flash it and it boot loops, just go into factory recovery and wipe data. The phone will boot up and all will be good. You don't have to flash another rom just because you are boot looping.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] savingwizard:
I have the same issue. After a sytem crash, both IMEI and IMEI SV shows unknown. Tried restoring EFS that was backed up when I first rooted the device, the problem still there. Restored stock rom with LGNPST still does not help. Maybe the last resort is to try that zero EFS.

But before doing that, I'd like to make sure my EFS is bad.

1) could no IMEI issue due to radio? I haven't flash any radio yet.

2) Currently the phone does not try to detect a SIM card. i.e., there is no difference whether I pull the sim out or push the sim in. I remember there was a "no sim" waring if sim is pulled out. Is it consistent with the bad EFS?

Thanks for the help
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jituthejeet:
Any update on this? I see Joe (Android Rooter) can help me with this. If somebody else is also facing the same issue.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] gcj3232:
me too having same issue.. plz help if you got solution for this..
[AT&T LG Optimus G] piyushj51:
EFS Backup

I have EFS backup folder which contains .img files, can I restore my IMEI by this. Currently IMEI is showing 0.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] torbatepak:
Hi everybody.

I had made 3 partitions on my 8GB micro sdcard using mini tool partion wizard.

6GB FAT32, 1GB EXT4 & 1GB SWAP.

i didn't use ext4 & swap . but now i can't see them in my computer .

now my sd card just have 6GB space .

what should i do?
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] swat4samp:
If you make partition, only FAT portion is recognized by windows. So it only shows what size the FAT partition has, no matter u use it or not. Hope you got it :)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] franco077:
hey! how many bugs are so far?

and what about speed? ^^ (i refers to 20140320 build)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] swat4samp:
Dude do u even read the post :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Kim Entity:
Hi

Format using right clic on windows or you can delete the partitions using the same program that built them.

Windows only recognize FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and exFAT. Linux distributions let see them.

Hope it helps. ;) sorry for my bad english.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] franco077:
sorry... i wanted to post in other thread
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Faznx92:
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Think, the App is in other Countrys illegal too.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Soul0Reaper:
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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Protector1981:
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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Andrewzompa:
I need help using it, can you help me?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] xmascious:
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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Oswald Boelcke:
My simple minded opinion: This thread should be closed.

Forum Rules:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bladerunnernexus:
yes but is lucky patcher is freeware, so i've never known freeware to be considered warez. even though (From what i've read, i've never used it) it appears to be an app that patches and modifies other apps, its still freeware, thus, not a piece of warez.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Az Biker:
Lucky Patcher is prohibited from being discussed, linked, shared, etc. on Xda. The primary goal of this app is to gain access to paid/premium content for free.

6. Do not post or request warez.

If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, then pay for it. We do not accept warez nor do we permit members to request, post, promote or describe ways in which warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained or used. This is a site of developers, i.e. the sort of people who create such software. When you cheat a software developer, you cheat us as a community.
[HTC One SV] Modding.MyMind:
Hey all of you Devs, RC's, and so forth...

I plan to start using GITHUB, but I am currently trying to build a list of possible Google play apps that will work like GITHUB, and/or any third party apps. This is so I can work on repos from my device when I am not by a computer.

So if any of you know of one that works for you, please, post about it here so I may be able to check it out.

Thanks :)
[HTC One SV] palmtree5:
Their app?