[T-Mobile LG G4] M@ttM@ttM@tt:
So this is a very odd problem that I have here and any help/input would be greatly appreciated. I am not completely a noob and I know- pretty much what I am doing. I've rooted and "rom'd" /de-"rom'd" many many devices in the past. So I figured this wouldn't be much different. Boy was I wrong. For starters, I bought this phone through Craigslist (always a great start right). Long story short, I didn't do my research right and upon putting my metro Pcs Sim card in the phone, nothing happened. Usually this is a good thing, but I was waiting for the network unlock prompt, the usual for any phone. Well, I quickly learned that LG and various others have a new security function allowing users to unlock their phones straight through an app conveniently located on the phone. Even longer story shorter, i found out the first owner still hasn't paid t-mobile their money, great. I woke up the next day, put on my android glasses and got to work. So, for starters I wiped the phone and them used the TWRP one click tool to install TWRP through adb this worked wonderfully. Then I wiped the phone again and flashed a rom (of which I can't recall, there aren't many so it shouldn't be hard to identify, it had a couple sevens in it if I remember properly) and a patch for t-mobile phones designed by one of the members here by xda. It basically enables the phone to use any Sim other than t-mobile. This solved my first problem. Once I did that I then transfered a very hefty TiT Backup file to the phone which (while on the wall charger) drained the phones battery. I very quickly came across my second problem. Apparently G4's don't have much charging abilities, of course without the quick charge charger that DOESN'T come with the phone. Great, so after tons of digging around, I found a charger that puts out a little over 1.6 amps ; just enough to hold a charge. I sat in anticipation waiting for a good thirty minutes for the phone to turn on, and to no avail it kept the same dull "0% charge battery more" screen (this of course was better than the "0% charge battery more" screen that would flash because the phone wouldn't keep a charge with the original charger). Eventually after what seemed like an hour, I caught a glimpse of the LG screen and lost control of myself, I reached over at my phone like it was my life line and quickly read the most unappealing error message ever. "LG SECURITY ERROR" in bold white letters with a small line of white text that reads "authentication error #2.". Now I've dealt with problems up the who-ha (I've owned an HTC one M7 for two years now, that's a load of problems right there:angel::angel: ) but this is, what I would like to translate as, a sign from up above saying that I should not try and take matters into my own hands here. Which is why I'm turning to this wonderful forum. Sorry for the long post, but if there is anything I've learned in my long time of Android development it's that you need to be as specific as possible. THINGS TO NOTE: the phone still does not hold a charge and continues to gain enough power to cycle through the 0% screen, to the LG screen, off, and back again. Lastly I have looked EVERYWHERE to find out what the authentication code 2 was and I didn't find jack-****. So any input at all is appreciated guys. I know I'm not bricked (or if I am it's definitely still fixable) and I love doing this stuff, so hit me with what you got, I've got a six pack of beer so I'll be here all night. Please and as always, thanks for any input at all, your effort and your time is without a doubt appreciated (I know after this I'm going to owe a lot of people a couple of drinks )