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VM LG Optimus Elite Bricked - PLEASE HELP!

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DjRedHadouken

Newbie
Yesterday I successfully rooted my Virgin Mobile LG Optimus Elite. But only about half and hour afterwards, I ended up bricking it.

I've tried many guides to solve the problem, but nothing is working. I need some direct help, please help me! I need this solved possibly within the next two hours due to so much going on tonight, and if my parents find out that my phones is trashed then I'm in huge trouble.
 
You can start by telling us what exactly you did to brick it and what you tried to fix it. ;)
Did you happen to install a custom recovery and make back-up when you rooted?
 
I did make a back-up. What happened was I went to install the Beat Audio Drivers, which is when I went ahead and did the back-up. After it finished, I went ahead and installed it, which then it notified me that my phone needed to reboot. So I reboot my phone, except it sat there with a blank screen and the softkeys constantly on.

After ten minutes, I pulled the battery. Now, when I attempt to turn on my phone, its sits there with the LG logo.

What I did to try and solve this was follow this guide:
http://androidforums.com/elite-all-...phone-using-official-tools-dll-bin-files.html

But I had no luck.
 
If you did the smart thing and installed a recovery and made a back-up, then hold Power + volume down. If that doesn't work try adding the home button into that combo. Let us know if you get into recovery or not.
 
If you did perform a nandroid backup, then all you really need to do is to boot into custom recovery and restore it. With the phone off, hold the volume down and power buttons until the LG screen appears, the release the power button only. You should boot into CWM recovery shortly. Then use the volume keys to navigate and power to select (I think that's right on LG phones). When you got to backup/restore>restore you should see your last backup listed. restore that and it should reboot just the way it was before you had problems.
 
Power + volume down
Power + volume down + home

If the above doesn't work you can try booting into recovery through adb.

You're postive you installed CWM? You said you made a back-up but is it a nandroid back-up made under CWM?
 
There's a chance virgin won't replace it. Because rooting voids warranty and along with it the ability to replace your phone. So you would need to hope they don't check that's its rooted.

If you can manage to get ADB setup then we should be able to flash a Clockwork Mod and you can flash a ROM to fix this. If Lunatic's above method doesn't get you back then I think you're about out of options.
 
Ok, as for the adb setup, I have a point of confusion. While editing the path in 'System Variables', I have to add the path of which adb is located. Does this seem like it would be the correct path?

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa0.713\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools\adb
 
Alright, open a command prompt.

Then type cd c: \(the name of the folder) I think you can just drag and drop the folder you installed it too instead of typing the name.

Then, type: adb devices
Did your phone pop up?
 
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