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Root lg optimus elite boot loop fix???

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maxwell12

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so, I rooted my Lg Optimus elite for Virgin Mobile and long story short I did something stupid and now its stuck in a boot loop. can someone please help me to fix this and bring my phone back to life? :confused::( ive been researching a little bit and I think I have to do something like flash the stock rom or something like that but idk where to get that or how to do it please help and thanks in advance :)
 
maxwell12 said:
I don't have recovery( nor do I know what it is, sorry) and I didn't make a back up
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can you go into detail on what you did? i'm not very familiar with your phone, but knowing what happened might help.

ok going forward anytime you root your phone, always look to see if there are any custom recoveries for your phone. a recovery is like a mini os on your phone. android phones are divided into three parts: system(android os), bootloader, and recovery. the recovery is where the magic happens. it allows you to make a nandroid backup. a nandroid backup is like a complete snapshot of your phone. if you mess up or something goes wrong you can always restore back to a previous point. it also allows you to flash custom roms, mods, tweaks, and themes.

in AF and most other forums, there are what we call stickies. these are usually threads that are important. here is one of them:http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/620742-faq-guide-clockworkmod-optimus-elite.html
 
ocnbrze said:
can you go into detail on what you did? i'm not very familiar with your phone, but knowing what happened might help.

ok going forward anytime you root your phone, always look to see if there are any custom recoveries for your phone. a recovery is like a mini os on your phone. android phones are divided into three parts: system(android os), bootloader, and recovery. the recovery is where the magic happens. it allows you to make a nandroid backup. a nandroid backup is like a complete snapshot of your phone. if you mess up or something goes wrong you can always restore back to a previous point. it also allows you to flash custom roms, mods, tweaks, and themes.

in AF and most other forums, there are what we call stickies. these are usually threads that are important. here is one of them:http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/620742-faq-guide-clockworkmod-optimus-elite.html
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well I rooted my phone and tried changing the battery icon to an ICS battery icon and it said I had to reboot my phone so when I rebooted it, it just got stuck in the lg boot logo.
 
maxwell12 said:
well I rooted my phone and tried changing the battery icon to an ICS battery icon and it said I had to reboot my phone so when I rebooted it, it just got stuck in the lg boot logo.
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ok well, i have asked for more help, as i do not really know your phone to well to be of much help.

don't worry we will set you straight;)
 
maxwell12 said:
I downloaded the correct drivers and now everything is good :) my phone is back up and running! Thanks so much for the help!
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oh nice!!!!!!!!!

glad you are back in business. next time make sure that you get a custom recovery so that you can make a nandroid backup. that way you have something to fall back on if anything like this happens again.
 
kountrygal45 said:
My LG Optimus Elite is boot looped and I need help fixing it. It goes from LG symbol to the green android and back to LG. Help
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welcome to AF!!!

what did you do before this happened? did this start randomly? is your phone rooted? do you have a custom recovery? if so can you get into recovery? do you have a nandroid backup?

just remember the more details you give us the better we can help.
 
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