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LinuxJunkie

LinuxJunkie

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Hey guy's, a friend of mine gave me her phone which was stuck on boot loop and I thought hey, easy fix.

Well...I've never worked with LG phones before, only Samsung's so I had to google which software to use. I came across a program called LG Flash Tool so I followed the directions, downloaded the firmware and drivers etc, flashed the firmware but here is where I think I messed up. This phone is a metro-pcs phone which is basically T-mobile so it has a sim card, I didn't see an option for GSM and default was CDMA, the tutorial said to use 3GQCT so I did, now when I try to power on the phone, I get a slight vibrate and a blank screen.

Also, I cannot boot into recovery or download mode.

Any idea's?

If nothing else, I'll be out $100 and have to just buy her a new one which I REALLY don't have the money for right now.

Thanks a bunch ahead of time.
 
Use CDMA and diag option, don't clear update registry and ignore the error you get when the flashing starts
 
Well the problem is I'd need to get into download mode for that to happen which I cant, otherwise yeah easy fix.

I may be trying to enter download mode wrong but I don't think so, I've been messing with it all day at work, battery is probably extremely low so I'm going to put it on the charger when I get home after a bit.

I'll update if I get anywhere with it but yeah please keep the replies coming if anyone has any idea's if I cannot boot into download mode.

Can I use ADB without getting into download mode etc?
 
haha I appreciate the help though.

I'm hoping the battery is just about dead, what sucks is it doesn't show the percentage and I'm using a galaxy s5/s6? charger. I do have lower volt chargers at my house which I may switch over to, last thing I need is to fry the port or cook the battery.
 
If the phone freezes up because the battery does get drained while in the middle of flashing, you can always just remove the battery, wait a couple of minutes, and then just start over after you've charged up the battery again.

The G Stylo battery is rated at 3000 mAh (3 amperes) so any typical charger will be OK. A 1 amp adapter will take longer than a 3 amp one, but even a higher capacity charger will only supply up to 3 amp the battery is capable of.
 
Have you tried removing the battery, then with just the power adapter plugged in, start up the phone holding down the power and volume up buttons?
 
I've exhausted all of the options given.

The device drivers fail when the phone is plugged in, I'm guessing because it literally has no firmware on it.

Un-installed drivers, restarted, re-installed drivers.

All I get in a blank screen and a solid red light, I've tried still flashing the software without any luck because obviously the driver failed but I'm desperate and trying everything I can think of.

I've also switched USB ports etc, no avail.

So frustrated, I have no idea what I'm going to tell her or I should probably just buy another phone and just pretend none of this ever happen.

Anyone know how to get a hold of GameTheory? I'm to the point now where I would be completely willing to Paypal or whichever works some cash to anyone that can help me get this going again.
 
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For some reason, I had to update every single driver on my laptop before I could use LG Flash Tool.

Keep trying, and even try on another laptop.
 
What other drivers do you mean? I've tried both my PC at work which gives me the device driver failed and my laptop at home which didn't even register the device was plugged in.
 
LinuxJunkie said:
What other drivers do you mean? I've tried both my PC at work which gives me the device driver failed and my laptop at home which didn't even register the device was plugged in.
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Every driver on my laptop. I went though the same thing you did. Home, Work, Friends, Mom's, Brother's. Didn't work. I have a driver updater program on my laptop and a bunch of drivers were outdated. I updated them all and the LG Flash finally worked. Don't know which driver affected the LG Flash tool but I just went with it. Sometimes it is blind luck but who knows?
 
Use the lg software suite to reflash your phone. Plug up the phone to the pc open the software upper right hand corner 2nd option in the menu
 
Tube517,

Yeah I've ran into that problem before, the funny part is though, when I first flashed the firmware the phone was recognized, I'll still give it a try of course.
 
LinuxJunkie said:
Tube517,

Yeah I've ran into that problem before, the funny part is though, when I first flashed the firmware the phone was recognized, I'll still give it a try of course.
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My phone was recognized but at one step of the process, it would stall for a long time in the terminal/adb command. I had the same issue with an LG Leon. Couldn't move past a certain step. I wish I knew exactly what updated.
 
LGE driver popped up in device manager but was unable to install, weird enough it seemed to install for probably 10 seconds then x'd out again.

Super busy at work today but I'm going to try again later.

Btw, I'm originally from Waterloo,Iowa ha!

Thank you everyone for the continued input, I'm confident I can get this figured out somehow.
 
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