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[Verizon LG G3] acefr:
Device:

New Verizon VS985 with 12c rom. Phone was in working order prior to brick.

How I got into brick:

1. Rooted using ADB push the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip (it was successful as I gained root after reboot)

2. Tried to install twrp using this post, which I failed to realize it was meant for 23b and not 12c. This is where I suspected I messed up.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59309598&postcount=190

I did not put the img file on my phone, but leave it on my computer in the ADB folder. I then did the first two command lines:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot

dd if=/sdcard/aboot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot

and noticed the computer says Device Was Out of Space. I thought the first two commands did not go through, and I stopped without doing the rest of the commands. I think it rebooted ok after this before I did step 3.

3. I then unlocked bands 3 & 7 using this method:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/unlocked-lte-bands-vs985-t2909150

It goes like what the instruction says. However after the reboot, my phone went into brick.

Symptoms:

1. Screen does not turn on. No LED light. No LG Startup logo. No red Verizon logo. Nothing at all on screen when pressing the power button.

2. When I hold the volume up while plugging in USB cable (to computer), it vibrates once like it goes to download mode or battery is being charged. The screen is off so I cannot tell which mode it is in.

3. While in this state, the computer does detect the 4 USB devices. However, it only would load the drivers for the first two, and the last two would keep searching but never loaded.

4. I do have the important LGE Mobile in Device Manager under Ports, and I was able to change it to COM41 for the official LGFlashTool for the .TOT and .dll Unroot/Unbrick method.

5. On the LGFlashTool, the box 1 became yellow and said READY. However, when I unplugged the USB cable and plugged it back, after the "Waiting for Connection.", when it tried to do the actual flash, it would fail. See the attached picture.

6. I then uninstalled LGFlashTool and tried the KDZ Method (with 10b KDZ rom), the LGFlashTool2014 will recognize the phone and show the correct COM, but when the actual flashing happen, it will fail. One time it said external server is not available. The other times, it fail for other reasons. (I forgot to capture the screen last night, but will do tonight.) Basically it won't flash.

Any suggestions?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
not sure if i can be of assistance, i was more dumbfounded by some of what you wrote, i had to reply.

just to be clear,

you were not previously rooted,

pushed the su zip that can only be flashed from custom recovery,

how did you install the zip with no twrp and no root?

then rebooted and had root?

anyways,

then dd the aboot,

the out of space is normal, the first code zeroes out the partition, the second line flashes the new code.

moving on,

you basically flashed the same aboot you already had on being on 12b,

the twrp you flashed is fine, it works on all versions, so thats not the issue.

--not trying to sound mean with my replies above, just some of what you said is theoretically impossible.

so, up to this point, assuming you got root somehow, nothing you did is wrong or would cause the problem you now have. (aside from the rooting)

i need to go look into this link you posted about the bands.

just out of curiosity, why were you using my post (now deleted) to try and put twrp on? its for L not kk, and its actually good you stopped when you did or you would have had other serious issues after flashing the L boot onto a kk stock rom.

anyways, again, not trying to sound mean, this is mostly unbelievable..

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so, i looked at the other thread and still dont see any issues. until you answer my questions, i cant speculate as to the cause.

only suggestion i could make,

remove the battery, sim card, and sdcard.

hold the vol down and power, and put the battery back in, and see if anything happens.
[Verizon LG G3] acefr:
Not a problem. I understand the more detail I give, the higher chance there is a solution. I appreciate your effort in trying to solve it.

1. the phone was originally in factory new state. No custom recovery, no root, stock 12c rom.

2. I used the following method to root, and it appeared ok as the phone was able to reboot and granted SU when I did step 2. It was late night and my mind was not clear when I did step 2. I wonder why I didn't see the Lollipop in the title.

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/lg-tribute-development-t2953342/page38#376

I will try the volume down+power tonight and report back. Again thanks for your input. The rooting method is a suspect too, as it says G2 in the posting. I was directed there from a G3 posting.
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
ok, that makes way more sense. you were indeed rooted and were pushing the su zip to flash in twrp i assume.

so anyways,

ohhh wait a minute, i just re read what you wrote. did you flash the first 2 img's from my post? 4 lines of code?
[Verizon LG G3] acefr:
Yes, I gained root before trying to install twrp. I stopped after the first 2 lines of code, and didn't execute the last 2. I am sure I didn't load the img as I didn't even put it on the phone. The rooting file says G2 instead of G3. Would that be the issue?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
install both of these drivers then try the tot flash tool again.

https://www.mediafire.com/?q1blsp6151rcmf9

https://www.mediafire.com/?x22q33votbv086d

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no, the rooting is fine, i used that the other day, i thought for a second i misunderstood and you dd the boot too. but no, thats good.

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btw, did you try this i suggested earlier?
[Verizon LG G3] acefr:
Thanks. Will give it a try tonight. The phone is at home. I will vol down and power first. If not working, then TOT flash.

These installation programs are for the USB drivers for the phone, right?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
yes, one is the latest lg driver, and the other is an alternate lg driver. i always install both to avoid connection issues.
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
when you zero out a partition using the dd method through terminal or adb, it is absolutely normal to say out of space or whatever.

any sd fix you applied was unnecessary and possibly caused the problem you have.

yes, the imie being 000000 is not good, but i dont believe it will keep you from using stock recovery tools, and is very fixable.
[Verizon LG G3] soateufel:
okay. so im gonna try the tot method. I installed both drivers and plugged in my phone and the phone driver just installed so ill let you know what happens.
[Verizon LG G3] soateufel:
ya no dice... trying to kdz right now with the most recent drivers.
[Verizon LG G3] acefr:
"vol down and power" did nothing. The phone screen is still black and it vibrated for a short period. I then proceed to use another computer with USB2.0 port. Installed your two sets of drivers. Plugged in the the phone, computer found three USB device, loaded first and third drivers, the middle one driver failed to load. It is a Phone Modem. Then use the TOT flash, same thing, failed right before the flash started. However, this time I noticed there is an error message saying "Model Information Check Failed". See the attached pictures.

Maybe when I unlocked band 3 and 7, the Verizon Hidden Menu somehow changed permission of the NV value?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
Tbh, I don't know what else to tell you to try, sorry.
[Verizon LG G3] BinaryProtocals:
I Have the same problem except

When I turn on the phone normally I get the lg logo then the notification light blinks I can seem to get the drivers working like recovery mode and download but the download mode is not working right it says dowload mode then goes to a black screen I get it showing it in device manager in Windows 8.1 but its not lg driver it starts with a Q can't think of it right now it under ports I can't seem to flash anything when it boots I get the Security boot error and then after the lg logo nothing happens except the notification lights up and blinks I was upgrading from 10B to 12B then my phone rebooted and can't boot into the system any help please I need this phone working
[Verizon LG G3] asdecker:
Same issue here!! Just vibrates, black screen, no boot
[Verizon LG G3] acefr:
Did you get into the brick by enabling band 3 and 7? Or what did you do prior to bricking it? Maybe we can figure out what is causing this together.
[Verizon LG G3] soateufel:
mine happened when i used lucky patcher to odex my system apps to make more space
[Verizon LG G3] asdecker:
Mine was when I ran the scripts to fix download mode. I'm stuck for sure. Can't get it to do anything
[Verizon LG G3] acefr:
When you and soateufel tried the TOT flash, which step did you encounter issue? Did you get the same Model Information Check Failed warning like in my picture at post #13?
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isou.islem:
Costum roms

Does it work with dark Jb + ( v6 )

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does it work with costum rom ( dark jb + v6 )
[General Questions and Answers] Alcolawl:
Before the eye rolling starts, please note i've Googled and searched for a solution on XDA extensively, with very little help concerning creating a flashable Zip file for Lollipop. Most of the guides and results dealt with KK and lower...

I'm attempting to create a flashable zip for the modified version of the Lollipop AOSP MMS app (located here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95832962473398790). I've done this in the past with Jellybean and KitKat, but this time the app, for whatever reason just simply won't flash. No errors come up in recovery, but upon reboot, the app won't be installed.

I've concluded that the reason the app won't flash is the way I have my flashable zip structured.... Or the Updater Script is written wrong.. I've had this problem in the past and rectified it by placing the corresponding META-INF file into the apk itself before placing it in a flashable zip, but this hasn't fixed the issue this time around. The apk in the link above installs itself into the following directory when installed using a file explorer:

/data/app/com.android.mms-1

If I place the modified apk into the same exact directory in a flashable zip (along with the META-INF folder). An example of what I've done can be downloaded Here, for those interested in dissecting the zip. The only difference is the apk loaded in that zip is the original apk that I know works, not my modified one, as it isn't complete yet.

For reference, I took a look at the CM12 Gallery flashable zip which installs itself in this directory:

/system/app/Gallery2

Please note that the apk decompiles and recompiles with no issue, so unless APKtool (newest version) screws something up without throwing an error, I doubt that's the issue.

Really need some guidance on this one. I'm excited to see what I can do with this MMS app as I have done in the past with the KK AOSP MMS application. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Resolution:

I've constructed a perfectly functioning flashable zip (not the ones above) after a few more trial runs. The problem actually seems to be with Apktool not compiling or decompiling the apks correctly. Basically the problem is APKtool.
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] lysy201:
hello

is any chance to get media hub cab file?

thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] benjamingwynn:
I hate doing stuff manually when it can be automated, so this happened...

This is a modification of this script created by kalaker, with some fixed scripting errors (moving rather than copying files, execuable permission not being set, etc) and updated binaries.

All credit goes to kalaker.

It's worth noting that kalaker originally included a Linux script too, but I removed it because I'm not using Linux right now.

TLDR: it installs adb/fastboot on OS X
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khalifnet:
Ih all.can someone provide me pit file for i9505 32gb.i flashed my s4 with pit file 16.and now internal storage 0mb.thnx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PliskinHunter:
Hi everyone,

My boss just gave to me a MyPlay Tablet from DEA, already used. He's doing computer maintenance and few months ago, a customer asked him to do some repairs on this tablet. He never came back, and it seems that he moved out.

Since I told him I was interested in this kind of tablet, he gave it to me. The problem is that it's asking me for a google account and password to unlock it. Of course, I don't have thoses, and since we can't contact the original customer, I don't have any access.

It seems that there's no recovery menu, however, it's seems to be rooted, and I have access to the memory when I plug it on my pc, I somehow managed to start it in safe mode, but it's still asking for the login.

Any ideas on how I can get access to it?

Thanks to whoever can help me =D
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlopikx:
Hello

I've a moto g 2014. T

The phone have fall and broke the screen.

The value of the repair does not compensate the value of the phone.

But I have a lot of personal information on the phone pics, videos, etc.

What is the way to recover this data without having to put a new screen?

Many thanks
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tel864:
You should be able to plug it into a PC and access the internal and external SD cards. If your camera storage was on the SD then they should be in the DCIM folder.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BO4573:
Help this...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2786395 ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Octanee:
hi guys, I made a backup of my buddies phone with philz recovery. Then I flashed it but the contacts did not sync and i forgot to back those up. So I went to restore the back up and upon booting up all the apps crash. Like I cant do anything, all i get is a black screen with "has suddenly stopped working"

I have no idea whats going on. I flashed phone back to stock and rooted it and am trying to use nandroid manager to go to the Com.contacts folder and extract/copy it but to no prevail. The contacts in this case are very important.

What's going on? What can I do to get the contacts out? Or why the heck wont the backup work? It's like it got corrupted even though it did say it backed up just fine with no errors. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
You can use Titanium Backup to extract data from nandroids.......you have to pay for the app.....but it is one of the most useful apps a rooted phone user can get.

Sent from my rooted kn0x0 stocKK SM-G900F S5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rakuu:
Just thought id add a note here, the stock contacts app has the ability to backup/restore contacts, just go to your contacts and go to settings<contacts then there should be an import/backup option.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Octanee:
after a long tedious day I managed to succeed... I got the backup onto my pc, combined the couple .a-e files into one, and went into where the contacts2.db is, I then copied that to phone, and used a file explorer with root, copied and pasted it in the old place and walla... I converted contacts to google account as to "device" only and now they are finally actually being maintained by google sync.

I know that you can just import/export a contact list and I should of done that in the first place as it'd of saved me literally hours of work... But I thought that google automatically synced the contacts and that it wasnt that you had to change them over to google.

At least I guess the contact issue is solved. I still have no idea why the backup was having the apps crash. so It's good i made one to extract the file from but on the otherhand. It's useless in the sense i cannot boot it up.
[Acer Iconia A500] yonniblaj:
hi there i have a pb g100 after a full reset it stuck on android logo , i tri to install a few of version from here but all after instaling it the same...stuck on android logo , if i push vol- and power i have only flash from update.zip nothinc alse , sorry for my bad english , i hope you can help me because the tablet it for my nephew
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow_empire1:
Hi,

as I could not find a better thread...

I am not sure if it is only for me, but there is no Moon or Mars view available in the Google Earth app, as can be seen in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCw6_VKDsH4

Was it removed with version 8, or is there something I miss?

thx
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Please add Asus Zenfone 5...
[XDA Assist] karandpr:
Hello.

Please post your request for new device sub-fourm in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

You will have to sign up on XDA to post in that thread.

Have a good day !

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Hello.

Please post your request for new device sub-fourm in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

You will have to sign up on XDA to post in that thread.

Have a good day !
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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Millon:
See if someone come through some light on my problem...

The screen of my i9506 completely broke, aswell as the external frame that was very damaged. I bought an i9505 which didnt even turn on and I swapped the i9506 board into the i9505 case, rather than changing screens.

It works good, but i find a strange problem.... the phone works flawlessly until i put the screws in the back cover to leave it sealed, when it turns off and there is no way to turn it on again until i completely remove the cover and frame, to manually press the power little switch in the inside. Only then the phone turns on again.

In case it was due to differences in the rest of parts between i9506 and i9505 or due to any other problem with any other part on the original i9505, i swapped all internal parts from i9506 into the i9505´s frame, excepting the frame itself with its screen, but the problem wasnt solved.

I hope I made sense discribing the issue im having, and someone can think of a reason why the phone turns off as soon as i put the screws in....¿?

I read in other threads that screens are not the same in the two models, but to be honest, it works fine to me only until i put the screws in. Its driving me mad.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
It's not the screen, but the midframe itself. In general, you cannot mix and match parts like you'e attempted. Unless mistaken, there are sufficient differences with the I9506 motherboard that it won't fit in the I9505 midframe. Just like you cannot put an SCH-I337 (AT&T S4) motherboard into a SCH-I545 (Verizon S4) midframe.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Millon:
thank you for your quick answer. you are right. it is true that the midframe it's a little bulky on the main board part, and there's a little gap left in between them. can a little too much pressure on the board be the reason why it won't boot up?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
You answered yourself in the first post: if you put all the screws, you have to disassemble back cover again to manually press the power button. Put the back cover and see if boots, if yes put all the screws except the one near the battery socket and repeat, if so put the last screw with less turns

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergey9816:
Tell us is it work
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jursky214:
I know this thread is more than 2 years old, but I thought I will stop by and share my observations when swapping 9506 board into 9505 frame.

TL;DR = It can be done!

Actually I even did not have problems with putting the device back together along with all screws. It boots up without any problem and works just fine except one minor problem - screen occasionally makes strange lines across whole LCD. I am pretty sure my LCD from 9505 is good, because in original combination 9505 board + 9505 LCD it works flawlessly. I suspect that the recovered 9506 (SGS4 LTE-A Black Edition) board I bought for few bucks might be a little faulty, or maybe some cables are on loose or under press, making sometimes bad contact. I will open my Galaxy S4 one more time and probably put some tape on few contacts just to make sure nothing is touching where it should not.

Other than that, it works just fine. I did not make any photos of the swap, so I will just attach my Cpu-Z screenshot after change (keep in mind that it is 9506 board in body of 9505 frame).

Oh, one more thing, actually NFC stopped working, I don't know why, but I am not using it anyway, so... no big problem for me here.

[IMG="CPU-Z showing Snapdragon 800 (GT-I9506 Galaxy S4 Lte-A (black edition) board in frame of GT-I9505)"]https://myjursky.php5.sk/ine/galaxy/sgs4/snap800sgs4.jpg[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakforce_LG:
Hey there, i just got an i9506 motherboard for $10 what a steal. Did you have to do anything special or different from usual to install the i9506 motherboard into the i9505 midframe. Time to upgrade my s4 haha.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jursky214:
No, it's simple swap.

But to be honest, I am back to the original 9505 board because I had some flickering problem with lcd and snapdragon 800 was much hotter than 600, I hardly could use flash with original TouchWiz camera (which disables flash when cpu is above specific temperature). If you use custom rom you should not have this problem. Also I suspect I got damaged 9506 board so that's why I had problems with lcd (original 9506 from which I got that board had dead lcd).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakforce_LG:
If the thermals are an issue. I guess I could take the thermal pad out the old midframe and add it to the other thermal pad for better contact. I will be underclocking it to sd600 levels as it is more efficient and I want more battery life. Hope it turns out better for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakforce_LG:
Got my i9506 board. It bends a little to get it in as there is a raised bit on the i9505 midframe. I covered this with a bit of tape. First boot it worked, but then turned off randomly. Second time I added more tape covering a part of the raised bit I forgot to. This time it refused to power on. The board isn't dead as it powers on in the i9506 midframe I got (smashed screen). I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to get it to stay on. The bending of the board also concerns me a bit
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jursky214:
Hmm, strange, for me it was really just a simple swap. I took the gt-i9506 (black edition) board and put it into my old gt-i9505 (international) frame and that was it. Maybe somebody else could come up with helpful information how to solve your problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakforce_LG:
You don't remember any raised bit causing the board to bend a little bit? That's the cause of all my problems.

Do you have any pictures of your i9505 and i9506 main frame to compare? Do you have any pics of the i9506 in i9505 frame. So I nay compare to mine