TracFone Developers
Device Help And Support => Bricked Phone Support => Topic started by: Matt on September 28, 2015, 02:33:15 pm
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Oh OK thank you.
Glad to help!
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Oh OK thank you.
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Thanks. I was thinking of buying a Moto G. While I save up I'll order a replacement. Do I need to send my current phone in and is it easy to get? Also would I contact LG or TracFone?
You just have to tell them your phone wont work, dont tell them what you did. What happens is they send you a white FedEx envelope and just stick your phones stuff in there and right down your name a address. Then just take it to rite-aid and drop it in the blue box. In like 2-5 days your new phone will come in the mail. It's quite easy to do.
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Thanks. I was thinking of buying a Moto G. While I save up I'll order a replacement. Do I need to send my current phone in and is it easy to get? Also would I contact LG or TracFone (if so what is there support email)? Sorry for all the questions
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That did not work either. It simply says processing factory reset, shows the LG and powered by Android logos again, then continues to try to reboot.
Dangit. Dat sucks.
Always make sure you have a recovery installed when you are rooted.
You know you can always get a free replacement from TracFone... I have done that 4 times before...
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That did not work either. It simply says processing factory reset, shows the LG and powered by Android logos again, then continues to try to reboot.
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Doing adb devices will not include the phone in the list.
I might need to retire the phone (cue funeral music :D)
You dont need adb to fix it. As I said before there are 2 ways to fix it.
Try this one:
0. Turn off your phone and unplug it from your PC.
1. Press and hold "Volume Down" and "Power" at the same time
2. When the LG logo appears, release the "Power" key and then press and hold it again
3. When the "Factory data reset" screen appears, release all hardware buttons
4. Use the "Volume" rocker to select "Yes", and press "Power" to confirm
5. It will now boot into recovery
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Doing
adb devices will not include the phone in the list.
I might need to retire the phone (cue funeral music :D)
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Oh. Did you try to get in the other way?
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That tutorial requires USB debugging enabled. It is not enabled on my phone.
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Thanks. Where do I get the LG Mobile Drivers for Ubuntu? Also will ADB work if USB debugging is disabled?
There is none but I have a way you can still use adb on Ubuntu. I have done it before. I will post the script you can run to get it working in a hour or so. For now just follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-connecting-lg-g3-to-linux-adb-aka-t2821673 Its kinda complicated but I am sure you will be able to figure it out.
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Thanks. Where do I get the LG Mobile Drivers for Ubuntu? Also will ADB work if USB debugging is disabled?
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There are a few ways to do this.
Method 1:
Turn off your phone and unplug it from your PC.
1. Press and hold "Volume Down" and "Power" at the same time
2. When the LG logo appears, release the "Power" key and then press and hold it again
3. When the "Factory data reset" screen appears, release all hardware buttons
4. Use the "Volume" rocker to select "Yes", and press "Power" to confirm
5. It will now boot into recovery
Method 2:
Plug your phone into you PC. Make sure the LG Mobile Drivers and adb is installed.
1. Open a command window
2. Type adb devices
3. Type adb reboot recovery
4. Let the phone reboot
Those should work for you if your running the UltaLolli ROM or LG G3 ROM 1.1 or later.
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To factory reset make sure your booted into TWRP. Then press the wipe button, than slide the factory reset slider. Or you can just select data and wipe that.
Thanks! Now the only question is how do I boot into TWRP?
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To factory reset make sure your booted into TWRP. Then press the wipe button, than slide the factory reset slider. Or you can just select data and wipe that.
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I'm not sure on how to do a factory wipe with twrp. Hope ryan can see this so he can tell you how.
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TWRP is installed
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Stock recovery or do you have TWRP installed?
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Thank you, but I went through the menu, then it said processing reset (or something similar), then it went back to it's boot animation.
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Factory reset using the button commands.
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So my LG L41C is stuck on it's boot animation and because I was not being carefull USB debugging is not enabled. Any way to fix it?
For any tools please note I am using Ubuntu 15.04.