126 replies to this topic

[palmic]

palmic, on May 18 2011, 07:38, said:

Yes i have old vodafone SIM card.. (iam about to change for new in next days, hope it fix it)
Where can i check that APN please?

is that to *#*#4636#*#* -> "phone info" settings?

THX 4 reply!

Got it.
I had 10c ROM version and needed 10b  
Maybe it was only by some APN settings or something like that, but i dont know, i didnt fix it by enoumerous tryings.
That 10b has working default settings

THX!

[dagrim1]

Does this also convert filesystem back to ext3? Or do I have to do that first using the BackToExt3 update in cwm...

[palmic]

dagrim1, on May 20 2011, 21:05, said:

Does this also convert filesystem back to ext3? Or do I have to do that first using the BackToExt3 update in cwm...

I did'nt choosed any, so i dont know how filesystem do i have.
How can i check it?

[dagrim1]

palmic, on May 20 2011, 23:08, said:

I did'nt choosed any, so i dont know how filesystem do i have.
How can i check it?

Not sure... I think most custom roms (like modaco custom roms) are ext4?

[palmic]

dagrim1, on May 20 2011, 21:10, said:

Not sure... I think most custom roms (like modaco custom roms) are ext4?

I think it doesnt matter. If You want to wipe original rom, choose one of your Country from here (try other if you are not 100% operational and you do have other option - i had 2options for czech republic) and youre done

[mirsadm]

Can someone extract the /system folder from the Korean 10S ROM so we can try porting over MKV support

[oophus]

Hey,

I've got a problem. I've done everything thats been said in here I believe.

1. Installed the drivers.
2. Started the flash.bat file.
3. The phone botted stating "S/W Upgrade. Please wait while upgrading..."
4. Took out the USB cable when the CMD panel went down and placed the battery in.
5. Tried to boot the phone again by just pressing the power button.

Result. Nothing happens.
My phone wont simply start again...

Someone got a clue for what I can do now?
I've tried the same procedure about 20 times by now, with the same result happening over and over again.

Is the phone broken?

Edited by oophus, 24 May 2011 - 11:49 PM.

[oophus]

This is what I end up with in the CMD panel. This time I tried to run the flash.bat file several times, also while holding VOL_+ and VOL_- at the same time.

Suddenly it stopped at this point:
NVflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
chip name: unknown
chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3
chip sku: 0xf
chip uid: 0x02040834240d117
macrovision: disabled
hdcp: enabled
sdk burned: false
dk burned: false
boot device: emmc
operating mode: 3
device config strap: 0
device config fuse: 17
sdram config strap: 0

sending file: E1108_Hynix_512MB_H8TBR00V0MLR_0DM_300MHz_final_emmc_x8.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
E1108_Hynix_512MB_H8TBR00V0MLR-0DM_300MHz_final_emmc_x8.bct sent successfully
odm data: 0xc8000
downloading bootloader -- load adress: 0x108000 entry poing: 0x108000
sending file: fastboot.bin
/ 1024992/1024992 bytes sent
fastboot.bin sent successfully
setting device: 2 3
creating partition: BCT
creating partition: PT
creating partition: EBT
creating partition: MBR
creating partition: APP
creating partition: CAC
creating partition: MSC
creating partition: EB1
creating partition: LNX
creating partition: EB2
creating partition: DRM
creating partition: EB3
creating partition: SOS
creating partition: EB4
creating partition: UDA
creating partition: EB5
creating partition: UDB
Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 3 PT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 4 EBT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 5 MBR please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 6 APP please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 7 CAC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 8 MSC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 9 EB1 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 10 LNX please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 11 EB2 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 12 DRM please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 13 EB3 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 14 SOS please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 15 EB4 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 16 UDA please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 17 EB5 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 18 UDB please wait.. done!
done!
sending file: fastboot.bin


And there it have been now for 30 mins.. I guess it failed at some point or? Should I try to disconnect the phone now and turn it on?

EDIT: I've tried doing this now for about 12 hours total. I've seen some guys saying that it worked after a couple of tries, but now I'm just about ready to take the badword thing and throw it out of the window....

Edited by oophus, 25 May 2011 - 09:11 PM.

[Trym Hansen]

oophus, on May 24 2011, 23:34, said:

Hey,

I've got a problem. I've done everything thats been said in here I believe.

1. Installed the drivers.
2. Started the flash.bat file.
3. The phone botted stating "S/W Upgrade. Please wait while upgrading..."
4. Took out the USB cable when the CMD panel went down and placed the battery in.
5. Tried to boot the phone again by just pressing the power button.

Result. Nothing happens.
My phone wont simply start again...

Someone got a clue for what I can do now?
I've tried the same procedure about 20 times by now, with the same result happening over and over again.

Is the phone broken?

This is the correct procedure:

(If you haven't already done so, install drivers on PC. If you're using an overclocked PC, don't. Restore it to default speeds before flashing.)

o Turn phone off
o REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
o Eject micro-sd card from phone
o While holding BOTH Vol-up and Vol-down depressed, plug in usb-cable.
o You should NOT see anything on the phone-display at this point, it should be black, but you should hear a sound from the computer having discovered a device.
o Now run flash.bat. (Do NOT run any commands to check if the connection is active first. If you do, you will have to unplug the phone and do step 4 again.)
o After the command-window closes, let the phone display the LG-logo, then go to black at least two times before unplugging cable and inserting battery.

If this doesn't work, then, yes, something somewhere is broken. Try to redownload files, then try again. If that doesn't work, try with a different cable. If that doesn't work, use a short path (move the directory containing the image and flash.bat to c:\2x for example) and run it from there. If that doesn't work, try a different USB-socket. If that doesn't work, make sure you have an Optimus 2x phone. If you are sure you do, check that the battery actually holds a charge. If it does, return the phone.

::Trym

Edited by Trym Hansen, 26 May 2011 - 06:22 PM.

[Trym Hansen]

dagrim1, on May 20 2011, 21:10, said:

Not sure... I think most custom roms (like modaco custom roms) are ext4?

MCR is ext4, yes, but that doesn't matter when flashing via NVFlash or Smartflash. Unlike CWM, which writes files to an already existing file-system, NV/SmartFlash writes an image, which basically is a block-by-block copy of a ROM. If the image is ext3, then the phone will be ext3.

(You can have foobared the entire file-system, and still be able to recover the phone by NVFlash.)

::Trym

[oophus]

Trym Hansen, on May 26 2011, 18:11, said:

This is the correct procedure:

(If you haven't already done so, install drivers on PC. If you're using an overclocked PC, don't. Restore it to default speeds before flashing.)

o Turn phone off
o REMOVE BATTERY FROM PHONE
o Eject micro-sd card from phone
o While holding BOTH Vol-up and Vol-down depressed, plug in usb-cable.
o You should NOT see anything on the phone-display at this point, it should be black, but you should hear a sound from the computer having discovered a device.
o Now run flash.bat. (Do NOT run any commands to check if the connection is active first. If you do, you will have to unplug the phone and do step 4 again.)
o After the command-window closes, let the phone display the LG-logo, then go to black at least two times before unplugging cable and inserting battery.

If this doesn't work, then, yes, something somewhere is broken. Try to redownload files, then try again. If that doesn't work, try with a different cable. If that doesn't work, use a short path (move the directory containing the image and flash.bat to c:\2x for example) and run it from there. If that doesn't work, try a different USB-socket. If that doesn't work, make sure you have an Optimus 2x phone. If you are sure you do, check that the battery actually holds a charge. If it does, return the phone.

::Trym

Thanks for the response Trym.

The new things you mentioned here that I've not tried out yet are that I shall remove my overclock on my PC, try to have the files on C: instead of on the dashboard. And try to use a different USB sockets on it.

Earlier when I've executed the flash.bat file, it have started doing its thing. The mobil "wakes up" and shows the "Update" message. But I've never experienced it turning off and on again showing the LG logo. The CMD panel just disappear after the deformation bit, and the "Update" message on the phone stays on forever. Or at least an hour, as I've tried to wait that long before I've removed the USB cable.

Don't know how to check if my battery holds a charge though.

EDIT: You wouldn't be able to give me your MSN or skype Trym? Just in case I need some help later on, or have a few questions for you.

Edited by oophus, 26 May 2011 - 07:35 PM.

[oophus]

Holy CRAP!! It worked!

Thank you soo much Trym, and of course the creator Paul.

Its maybe a good idea to put what Trym wrote to me in the OP, since it actually made a difference. I did the exact same thing 15-20 times before I tried the tips Trym gave me.

Put the files on a "short path", and use a different USB connection. Earlier I tried to use the USB hub on my monitor. Now I connected it dirrectily on the motherboard. I also removed my overclock on the PC.
So if it wasnt all of them, at least one of them made a difference for me.

Thanks again Trym!

[Trym Hansen]

Happy to help, glad you got it working.

I just threw in all the known pitfalls, but in your case it was almost certainly the USB-hub. Always connect directly to a native USB-port when flashing. (The overclock might have played a part as well, usb-controllers are known to fail at increased FSB-speeds loong before RAM or CPU, yet nearly nobody tests them for stability when overclocking.)

::Trym

[Christian Engen]

Add +1 to the "Successfully unbricked" column. At first it didn't work, but I tried again without doing the "nvflash --sync" test thing, and it finished in a couple of minutes.

[rlittlefellow]

Hi,

Im new to this forum and i hope you can help.

i just received my phone and when i plugged into lg suite it said it had an update I did this but it did not complete and i was stuck with the update screen even after a hard reset so i tried to flash the drive as following the instructions in this post it has now reset but it does not allow me to select a network operator this part is greyed out.....also in settings it is unable to tell me my battery level, my imei number could someone please help me.

[ultramax]

Thanks Paul

I "bricked" my phone trying to rollback an backup with Rom manager (premium)

Found this excelent guide and tryed it.
Worked perfect the first time i tried.

Now to the best part:
Befor my phone was version v10b upgraded from v10a with LG software.
The battery time was poor, about 6:30am to 11:00pm (17h) and i got battery warnings

After "bricked" and restored with Pauls guide, directly to v10b
the battery time is improved to last, about 6:30am to 2:00am night after (20h) and i still have 64% battery left.

The phone is much more stable now, prev. it rebooted after aprx 50h, Now i have 95h and no reboot...

SO AGAIN THANK YOU PAUL

Edit: Still running 112h  

Edited by ultramax, 02 June 2011 - 01:27 PM.

[Mureren]

I've now had my LG Optimus X2 for about 2-3 months .. in the beginning was the lightning fast but as time has gone it has been very slow and stutters .. several hard resets have not resolved the problem .. I was then recommended to try NVFLASH .. Now that speed ahead on it because it is "new" or whether it actually has helped I do not know .. but at least .. MANY THANKS for the program .. It works just like it should

The only "bad" immediately is that all the games in "preinstalled" not in this Rom .. I'm not exactly come across other things missing in this rom ..

Sorry my bad English.. I use Google Translate

Edited by Mureren, 04 June 2011 - 06:50 AM.

[xxsacra]

Hi Team,

MY lg 2X is bricked as hell, doesnt respond to anything, no boot logo at all, doesn't seem NVflahable, when i follow this guide i get a hang at waiting for bootloader to initialize.

C:\flash\2x\2x-v10b-1300166062-nvflash>.\nvflash.exe --bct E1108_Hynix_512MB_H8T
BR00U0MLR-0DM_300MHz_final_emmc_x8.bct --setbct --odmdata 0xC8000 --configfile a
ndroid_fastboot_emmc_full.cfg --create --bl fastboot.bin --go
Nvflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
   chip name: unknown
   chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3
   chip sku: 0xf
   chip uid: 0x0280408540c07457
   macrovision: disabled
   hdcp: enabled
   sbk burned: false
   dk burned: false
   boot device: emmc
   operating mode: 3
   device config strap: 0
   device config fuse: 17
   sdram config strap: 0

sending file: E1108_Hynix_512MB_H8TBR00U0MLR-0DM_300MHz_final_emmc_x8.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
E1108_Hynix_512MB_H8TBR00U0MLR-0DM_300MHz_final_emmc_x8.bct sent successfully
odm data: 0xc8000
downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000
sending file: fastboot.bin
/ 1024992/1024992 bytes sent
fastboot.bin sent successfully
waiting for bootloader to initialize

I've tried literally everything in this thread, different usb port, different computer, different drivers, Smartflash wont even see the phone (when i plug in with vol-down held nothing happens at all).

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

[djdarkknight96]

Need a little help please. I'm trying to help someone who used this restore on a p999 by mistake. What would I do to make the exact restore for the p999. I will try this from mine. The baseband is really the only thing he hasn't fixed. Thanks ahead of time.

[posetr]

installation successful but baseband disappeared. I couldnt not see imei number also. How can i re install baseband ?

Edited by posetr, 12 June 2011 - 03:42 PM.