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Root Bricked My Optimus V Please Help!

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1saint10

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I tired to flash a 2.3 rom after i rooted my phone so i factory reset my phone and now its bricked!
I tried booting into recovery mode with all the button combos but it still took me back to fastboot loader. I would really appreciate if someone would help me unbrick my phone or else its useless to me.
 
First thing to do is read the sticky ^Never factory reset your rooted phone, found at the top of The all things root sub forum page.

After you read this don't be afraid to ask questions, there are many knowledgeable and friendly people here willing to help.
 
What recovery did you install and what rom were you trying to put on your phone .
Did you do a backup first.
 
I think I installed clockwork recovery and i was trying to put on the android 2.3 rom and I didn't do a backup. Does that mean my phone is bricked for good?
 
I don't know much about fastboot,but be patient someone will help!

I'm sure your not bricked,maybe soft bricked.

Did you use Rom Manager, you should read the sticky the truth about rom manager posted by AndyOpie150 if you did!?
 
Your Stuck in fastboot because the recovery didn't install. It goes to fastboot by default if you have a corrupt recovery. Must have been the wrong one. What did you try to install?

Give me some time and I'll help you out with the fastboot commands to get a recovery installed. First thing you need to do is get the BobZohme Recovery or the Touchscreen recovery on the root of your SD card. Look in the All Things Root Guide sticky at the top of this sub-forum.
 
Your going to have to put the recovery.img (it can't be zipped) into the SDK/platform-tools folder that is needed to push it from your PC to your phone with fastboot commands.

You will need the LG Optimus V USB drivers installed on the PC, click on this: LG Optimus V USB Drivers Restart your PC right after you install them (this will install 2 more of the needed drivers). Once your PC reboots completely plug your phone into the PC to complete the install.

If you need to establish ADB on your PC then go here: New pre-packaged ADB installation
This is fool proof and takes less than ten minutes from start of download to completion. If you don't get the proper output after typing in: adb devices ,then read further down where it has a link to explain how to put the path to the adb executable into your PC's system path.

You will need the Xionia v1.2518.6 unzipped (it will say .img on the end instead of .zip). There is a link to one that is already unzipped in the All Things Root Guide sticky at the top of this forum. This will need to be placed in the C:\SDK\platform-tools folder where the fastboot.exe is located.

Let me know when you have gotten that far.
 
Go back and rename the Xionia recovery to just: recovery.img
This will make it easier to get the name correct in the code.

Then open up a command prompt in the C:\SDK\platform-tools folder.
Type in this:
fastboot devices (hit the enter key)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (hit the enter key)

If you didn't get any errors type in this:
fastboot reboot (hit the enter key. It should now boot into the recovery)
 
If it doesn't go too recovery, he needs to flash a boot.img (easily found from any rom, just extract from a zip)
Then type
Fastboot erase boot
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Fastboot continue
 
Can someone help i used sammyz's guide to get out of fastboot but theres a problem the first three codes work and the last 3 don't . It keeps saying cannot load.
 
AndyOpie150 said:
Go back and rename the Xionia recovery to just: recovery.img
This will make it easier to get the name correct in the code.

Then open up a command prompt in the C:\SDK\platform-tools folder.
Type in this:
fastboot devices (hit the enter key)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (hit the enter key)

If you didn't get any errors type in this:
fastboot reboot (hit the enter key. It should now boot into the recovery)
Click to expand...
Ok im in the recovery and i itnstalled a stock rom from my sd card and i rebooted but its still taking me into the recovery
 
In the advanced section of the Xionia recovery there is an option to fix a recovery loop (I was thinking ahead when I had you choose this recovery).


If that still doesn't work you will need to flash the zipped version found here: [FIX]Black screen with custom recovery and custom roms - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com , the link is at the very bottom of the first post. Put it on the root of the sd card and flash it like you would a ROM. Then go to the advanced section and choose to reboot recovery. It should boot into the recovery you just flashed.
 
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