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Root [International] Please help! LG G2 bricked. Tried everything!

Fastboot eh? Ok.

Well, remember when we originally downloaded multiple img's from that partitions folder? Now is when we're going to use them. ;)

Redo the fastboot flash commands. Only this time, flash them all. That is:

sbl1.img
aboot.img
rpm.img
boot.img
laf.img
tz.img

When done, power off entirely, go to download mode and retry the LG Flash Tools using the same tot and dll as you've been using. Hopefully, its then recognized as a D802 and you can proceed.
 
Techerrata Downloads - Downloading openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2d802.img

d/l that and rename it to just plain recovery.img

Add that to the list of things to flash. That'll give us a bail out plan if the phone is still not recognized correctly.

So for that one the command will be:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

I think you know the right way to do the others but just to have it all in one place:

fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.img
fastboot flash aboot aboot.img
fastboot flash rpm rpm.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash laf laf.img
fastboot flash tz tz.img
 
So am I just doing these first?

fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.img
fastboot flash aboot aboot.img
fastboot flash rpm rpm.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash laf laf.img
fastboot flash tz tz.img

Or am I also doing the recovery one as well?
 
Do the whole shebang. Don't forget to remove any of those numbers at the beginning of the filenames (if they exist) so it doesn't confuse the commands. And make sure all the img's are inside your sdk-tools folder as before.
 
Ok. Now go ahead and power off the phone. Now try to go back into recovery. You'll again have to choose the option to factory reset. This time does it bring you into TWRP instead?
 
Hmm, I'm wondering if the best thing would be to just flash a stock rom. By that I mean a custom rom but one that is as close to stock as possible for the D802. Check the xda forums and see if you can find one.

The question is...did your radios ever update when you tried the kitkat update? I'm not sure what rom to suggest as some of them might be radio specific. My initial reaction since we don't know for sure what you have would be to try and find a little older 4.2 based stock rom. Thoughts on that?

Anyway, what we can do now is to adb push a rom (zipped) onto the sdcard partition and then flash it via TWRP. My hope is that you will then get proper recognition as a D802 again.

I'm halfway wondering if we shouldn't have just flashed all the partitions while we were at it but I say we try this first.
 
bex993:

No we can't use that type of stock file in recovery. What we need is a custom rom packaged for flash in recovery. They are typically available at xda and a few other developer type sites.
 
K well I'm going to go ahead and type out the intructs now because I keep forgetting who's problem is what when it takes days to solve.

So if that rom looks like a go, you'll want to download it to your PC and leave it zipped. I would recommend editing the name to simply rom.zip so it'll make typing the command easier in a moment. Then, place the rom.zip into the sdk-tools folder right along with all those img files from earlier.

Now with the phone hooked to the pc and while in recovery (don't select any options in recovery, just stay at the main screen and choose nothing)...go ahead and enter the command adb devices. Watch your phone's screen carefully at this time. If you get a popup on the screen for RSA authentication, check the little box to "always remember this PC" or similar, and then accept.

The adb devices command should output a string of numbers and it'll probably also say "recovery" next to it. If so, all is well.

Next enter this command:

adb push rom.zip /data/media/0 (that's the number zero)

Now give it some time. The rom should be pushing over to the phone but you might not get any indication of that for some time due to it being a large file. Give it up to 20 minutes or more if need be. When it's done, it should report that it sent a file of xxxxx size and it took xxxxx time. Then you know it's all done.

Next, according to the rom's instructs, you'll want to select some things in TWRP recovery. Select option to wipe, and then choose the options to wipe cache and dalvik cache.

Next, choose TWRP option to install. That should bring up your internal storage directory and hopefully the rom.zip is located there. If not, use it as a file manager and find your way to either /data/media/0 or /sdcard, they are one in the same. Select the rom.zip file and proceed to flash it.

When it's done, it may boot the phone on its own, if not select the TWRP option to Reboot > System.

It may actually boot to the rom if all goes well. If so fine, but the larger hope is that when you power back down and then go into download mode...your device will now be recognized as a D802. If so, go ahead and run the LG Flash Tools software as you were trying to do before. From where you're coming from, I think it would be best to restore complete and total stock and then you can regroup from there and decide what you want to do, if anything.
 
shimoj said:
pls anyone let me knw wrkng cutom rom for LG G Pro Lite Dual D686
pls help me
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Hello there and welcome. :)

The best chance to find a rom for the D686 would be at xda developers. I did a quick search and could not find a custom rom there but I may have overlooked some links. I'm afraid it appears there has been very little development on that.

Also, I edited out your email addy as that is standard practice here to protect our members from getting spammed. So, if anyone has any tips on custom roms for shimoj, please PM him with that information.

Cheers and thanks,
IBT
 
When I try to install the ROM I get this error:

Updating partition details
E: Unable to open zip file
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/rom.zip'

Thanks
 
Erm I don't think so. I've had this phone since January and it has been fine up until now. The issue is, is that it's a D802 and I put on a verison ROM and now it thinks it is a Verison phone when it isn't.
 
Yes that is the issue if the d802 wont take to the device . nothing else to explain the device wont take the wrong firmware do to the radios that's programmed into the mother board . the ril is not supporting your flashed firmware . so as the other one we had to deal with the op found out his device wasn't a d802 . I said this many times but if it say it I can't see it . but in my heart I feel you have been sold the wrong one to get your money.
 
Try re-downloading the rom and this time don't change the filename. So it'll end up being:

adb push LG-G2_D802-StockMOD_v1-01.zip /data/media/0

Once its on the phone, try flashing that. If it doesn't work, choose the option in TWRP to wipe, then choose advanced wipe, then check everything there EXCEPT internal storage. Once all those are wiped, retry flashing the rom.
 
bex993 said:
Erm I don't think so. I've had this phone since January and it has been fine up until now. The issue is, is that it's a D802 and I put on a verison ROM and now it thinks it is a Verison phone when it isn't.
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It's worth ruling out though especially if you bought it from a 3rd party auction type of arrangement. Verify the model number on the back of the phone toward the bottom. The print is small but it should be there.
 
Hi, I am getting the same error still after trying your suggestions. The phone model at the bottom says D802.

Thanks
 
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