[GUIDE] Get out of Fastboot Mode - Page 2

BlitzAuto · January 12th, 2012, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by joneidy

You need to install the correct drivers, in your case the drivers for the Optimus T. Also flash your recovery via fastboot. So just follow the guide using the drivers and the custom recovery for the Optimus T.

Hope this helps

I'm having the same problem, being stuck at "waiting for device".
I've installed the LG drivers that joneidy included with the fastboot download but it's still getting stuck.
I also tried other drivers downloaded from LG directly and get the same "waiting for device" with each and every one of them.

I'm running Windows7 Ultimate 64bit if that makes any difference?

When I try joneidy's manual driver instal method, it comes up with that drivers not found error as well.

If anyone can help shed some light on this problem, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

joneidy, THANKS BIG TIME for the work you do here!!!

tripdoc79 · January 14th, 2012, 06:34 PM

try these drivers

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42841380/LGDriver.exe

Sid J · January 22nd, 2012, 03:01 AM

i did just as u said....

everything worked...

but when my lg p500 tried to reboot it stucked at lg logo screen .....

dont know wat to do ???

pls help .....

oscar267 · January 27th, 2012, 02:50 PM

hey i saw your [GUIDE] Get out of Fastboot Mode and followed everything but when i go to cmd and type the fist command it wont work can you please help me. (Lg Optimus T)

pmb116 · January 28th, 2012, 05:44 PM

This thread is for the optimus m please refer to your phones forums!!

sammyz · February 5th, 2012, 09:26 PM

hey everyone! If you cant get out of fastboot after typing "fastboot reboot" make sure you unplug your usb chord before the lg screen appears after the screen goes black.
Hope this helps! =D

itmattersif · February 12th, 2012, 12:29 PM

Worked perfect! Iwas back up and running in about 10 minutes. didn't reflash just restored a nand backup. is there a cwm recovery that will work for the optimus m?

alfick3 · February 12th, 2012, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by itmattersif

Worked perfect! Iwas back up and running in about 10 minutes. didn't reflash just restored a nand backup. is there a cwm recovery that will work for the optimus m?

Yes! You can download ROM Manager and get CWM from there. It will be labeled as lw690 for Cricket, but it is identical and will work (does work, I'm using it currently on mine and my wife's phones) on our ms690 Metro PCS phones. Press the flash CWM twice.

svz235 · February 24th, 2012, 06:35 PM

I followed all the directions and typed all those things in command prompt but every time i type fastboot reboot it goes back to fastboot with the same thing saying "fastboot: proccesing command" what do i do?? please help in god's name im still a newbie at this :'(

pishta · February 26th, 2012, 08:41 PM

OK, to get OUT of fastboot mode, when you allow it to reboot, either pull the cable out (as stated, didnt try it) OR press the power, vol down, and home key all together when the screen goes dark and hold until the recover screen comes up. I mess this up twice and finally got it. My phone is now sitting there with the cyanogenmod 7 screen with the android on a skateboard in a circle with an arrow at 9:00, no longer turning.. for about 8 minutes now...hmm. Going to Mickey D's to get a sundae, hope its un-F'd when I get back or its back the fastboot screen and the stock img ROM.

pishta · February 26th, 2012, 09:07 PM

nope, still just sitting there so I rebooted and it spun for 13 seconds and is stuck again...Wassup wit dat?

pishta · February 26th, 2012, 10:39 PM

OK, installed a simple ROM AplusROM 2.2 and it booted up in about 2 minutes. My CY-7 must be a bad download.

jr6676 · February 28th, 2012, 11:37 PM

Hey sorry to bother but i followed your guide on how to remove the fastboot startup but i messed up at the end. Instead of selecting the rom i chose reboot and now i can't get back to the recovery screen, what can i do?

littlelana · March 4th, 2012, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joneidy

I have received like hundreds of pms from a lot of people telling me to get their phone out of Fastboot Mode. Well from now on people wont have to wait for me to help them, they would be able to do it themselves.

1) Setup

Download my fastboot files here.
Unzip the files to your C:\ drive.

On your C:\ drive you will see a folder named Fastboot after you unzip the files. With some files and folders on it.

Now double click on LGUnitedMobileDriver_S497CA20_WHQL_ML_Ver_1.0 to make sure that drivers are installed. The file doesn`t show any interface, so just wait 5 minutes then continue with the guide. Picture below show contents of folder and files.

Now that drivers are installed; connect your phone to the pc. Most of the time the computer will install the drivers for Fastboot mode but if it doesn`t I`ll tell you how to do it. If you saw that the computer installed the drivers then skip to step 2.

Right click on my Computer. Click Manage. Then on the left bar click on Device Manager.

Now just follow all the images below to install Fastboot drivers.

2) Usage

Now that you have the Fastboot Drivers Installed. Lets continue with all the commands.

Open Cmd and type or copy and paste these commands ONE BY ONE:

Code:

cd C:\Fastboot\android-sdk-windows\tools
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system

Now we need to flash recovery via Fastboot. Type or copy and paste this command on Cmd:

Code:

fastboot flash recovery C:\Fastboot\Recovery\recovery-RA-optm-2.2.1-GNM.img

Then type this on Cmd to reboot to recovery:

Code:

fastboot reboot

Now your phone will reboot to recovery. All you have to do now is to install a rom and your phone will be back to normal.

Hope this helps.

Ok, so I followed the instructions but when the phone rebooted it just stopped at the LG screen and keeps blinking now...no recovery menu. Any thoughts?

jr6676 · March 5th, 2012, 11:30 PM

If you cant get to boot menu try powering off, hold home+ down volume then power. Hold until another menu comes up which could take like 5 seconds. If nothing helps, download Joneidy's Sense Rom and flash your phone. That's what i did and it worked.

Val21 · March 19th, 2012, 01:48 PM

Android does not show up in device manager and it keeps saying drivers did not install successfully.

at the bottom of the screen it says
fastboot processing comands?

Val21 · March 20th, 2012, 06:25 PM

OK everything is good to go. Thanks so much for the tutorial.

DannySi · March 20th, 2012, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammyz

hey everyone! If you cant get out of fastboot after typing "fastboot reboot" make sure you unplug your usb chord before the lg screen appears after the screen goes black.
Hope this helps! =D

hey Sammyz I couldn't reply to you anymore because your inbox is full. I'm stuck on the recovery system menu but don't know what to do. Does anyone know how I can install a custom ROM? That's teh only thing left to do but IDK HOW??

I downloaded sammyz's rom but IDK how to install it. OMG I'M SO CLOSE PLEASE

sammyz · March 20th, 2012, 09:38 PM

I deleted everything.....u should be good to PM me now...srry about that

g3abrieland · April 10th, 2012, 03:34 PM

i fallowed all the instructions but after pasting "fastboot erase boot" it stays stuck in < waiting for device > and its been like that for the past 20 minutes.

the phone version is right, everything else is where is supposed to be installed.

what am i doing wrong?

sammyz · April 13th, 2012, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by g3abrieland

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]i fallowed all the instructions but after pasting "fastboot erase boot" it stays stuck in < waiting for device > and its been like that for the past 20 minutes.

the phone version is right, everything else is where is supposed to be installed.

what am i doing wrong?[/COLOR]

Disconnect phone, take out battery, put battery back in, turn on, reconnect USB.

If that fails, make sure you have the phone drivers installed.

If that fails, disconnect your phone and restart your computer. Then reconnect your phone.

Ik this post is kinda old....

Aelemar · April 16th, 2012, 10:30 PM

After a TON of trouble trying to install the drivers in Windows 7 64-bit:

IF YOU ARE ON WINDOWS 7 65 BIT (OR ANY 64-BIT VERSION OF ANY WINDOWS)

Instead of installing the drivers shown in the screenshots, instead go into the folder called "64BITADB"

From there, then it's the same as the screenshots.

Thank you very much for the wonderful guide! It saved my M

lyubimov · April 26th, 2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by alfick3

Ok. So I got into fast boot mode some how today. I was doing something with trying to re-flash recovery (going from CWM to GNM's recovery) and it went into fast boot mode. I have XP and so my options are slightly different than yours, but I was trying to follow along. When I got to the point that I select the lgandadb.inf, and then select ok I get an error that says "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware." I tried some of the other drivers in there with the same results. Any thoughts on this?

I had the same problem with my Windows XP, it was saying "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware". Then I used my friend's lap top with Windows 7 and it worked flawlessly. And took less than 10 min

Thank you Joneidy for that guide. It saved my phone!

racco · May 20th, 2012, 10:46 AM

i have htc thunderbolt and i would like to know if this work for it or something similar i can use to get out of fastboot please help

sammyz · May 20th, 2012, 04:26 PM

everything would be the same EXCEPT, find a custom recovery made for your phone and replace the "somefile.img"
also find the drivers made for your cell phone

mvanceeder · May 25th, 2012, 11:39 AM

Hey guys, I have gotten all the way up to the part after the have discs and i found the lgandadb file clicked ok and an error occurs saying,"The specific location doesn't contain information about your hardware." Now what do i do???

Oh and when is my phone suppose to say,"Processing Commands?" What step??

SAMMYZ do you know?

sammyz · May 25th, 2012, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mvanceeder

Hey guys, I have gotten all the way up to the part after the have discs and i found the lgandadb file clicked ok and an error occurs saying,"The specific location doesn't contain information about your hardware." Now what do i do???

Oh and when is my phone suppose to say,"Processing Commands?" What step??

SAMMYZ do you know?

You using 32 bit or 64 bit windows?

mvanceeder · May 25th, 2012, 06:25 PM

It's windows vista I believe its 32-bits, anything I can do to fix this? Is there a method to use on vista?? Anybody know?

Oh and my phone reboots and goes back to the fastboot mode and says that its processing commands by the way like every 2-3 minutes, didn't do that yesterday, don't know why its doing this today

mvanceeder · May 25th, 2012, 06:34 PM

Also, when I go into computer management, it shows my android not under the other devices like the picture, no it shows it as some ASUS android devices (meanwhile my phone is LG) and in the ASUS android devices it says ASUS android bootloader interference....weird.

Is there a number I could call to fix this fastboot mode?

sammyz · May 26th, 2012, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mvanceeder

Also, when I go into computer management, it shows my android not under the other devices like the picture, no it shows it as some ASUS android devices (meanwhile my phone is LG) and in the ASUS android devices it says ASUS android bootloader interference....weird.

Is there a number I could call to fix this fastboot mode?

No, don't call metro about it, they're idiots when it comes to fixing fastboot (because just like any other carrier, they don't help you if you root your phone)

Uninstall the Asus driver and reboot your computer, unplug the phone before rebooting, after it reboots install the LG driver. After installing it, reboot your computer again to ensure a proper install (vista is the worst operating system you could use to do this...) Now try it again.

cumofo · May 28th, 2012, 04:48 PM

Love it! Finally after 9 days of frantic downloading and flashing; I finally softbricked my phone! Why did it take sooo long? Now I feel just like one of the guys, with a bitchin'$ 150 paperwieght. Fuggin' awesome. Well, all the tips and tricks don't work, what's worse: My wife is fully aware of my late night naughtiness. Shit, she took catching me watching porn better than knowing I smoked my new phone! Wat?

Btw, before I dunk it in the aquarium, does anybody have a way to get it past the waiting for devioce prompt?

Gabriel

sammyz · May 29th, 2012, 07:54 AM

Are the drivers installed?

memeshark · June 4th, 2012, 02:59 AM

Ok, so I followed the instructions but when the phone rebooted it just stopped at the LG screen and keeps blinking now...no recovery menu. Any thoughts?[/QUOTE]

sammyz · June 4th, 2012, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by memeshark

Ok, so I followed the instructions but when the phone rebooted it just stopped at the LG screen and keeps blinking now...no recovery menu. Any thoughts?

Is the battery charged?

memeshark · June 4th, 2012, 06:44 PM

yes the battery is charged, well charged. also when i plug in the charger, the phone automatically turns on , displays the lg logo and does nothing after that. before i was stuck in fastboot mode, now am stuck on the lg logo, pls help

sammyz · June 4th, 2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by memeshark

yes the battery is charged, well charged. also when i plug in the charger, the phone automatically turns on , displays the lg logo and does nothing after that. before i was stuck in fastboot mode, now am stuck on the lg logo, pls help

Try pressing HOME+POWER+VOLUME DOWN and tell me what happens

AndyOpie150 · June 5th, 2012, 06:03 AM

Thanks for the Tutorial joneidy. Used part of it to help a member with an Optmus T with no recovery, stuck in fastboot. Now he is up and running with a custom recovery and ROM.

Thanks again.
AndyOpie150

alfick3 · June 5th, 2012, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyOpie150

Thanks for the Tutorial sammyz. Used part of it to help a member with an Optmus T with no recovery, stuck in fastboot. Now he is up and running with a custom recovery and ROM.

Thanks again.
AndyOpie150

Actually, this is joneidy's tutorial (course, I don't even know if he's still active).

sammyz · June 5th, 2012, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyOpie150

Thanks for the Tutorial sammyz. Used part of it to help a member with an Optmus T with no recovery, stuck in fastboot. Now he is up and running with a custom recovery and ROM.

Thanks again.
AndyOpie150

I did not make this joneidy did. Look at OP, I'm just helping others cause I know how it works.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by alfick3

Actually, this is joneidy's tutorial (course, I don't even know if he's still active).

Look here, it explains his inactiveness:
[Kindly Request] Optimus M Device Donation
He made it today.

AndyOpie150 · June 5th, 2012, 01:16 PM

Douh! I've been using the "New Posts" option to manage all the Optimus Phone models. This lets me see all the new posts, but, I also have it set up to put me on the tail end of a thread so I don't have to scroll thru the whole thread trying to get to the new posts. I didn't even see that it was joneidy's thread, ooops!
Thanks you for pointing that out so I can give thanks to the proper member.

memeshark · June 6th, 2012, 02:55 PM

if i keep my hands on the three buttons, the lg logo keeps flashing, but when i took my hands off the phone turned off

sammyz · June 6th, 2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by memeshark

if i keep my hands on the three buttons, the lg logo keeps flashing, but when i took my hands off the phone turned off

Is your battery charged?

memeshark · June 6th, 2012, 07:21 PM

yeah the battery is charged

sammyz · June 6th, 2012, 07:37 PM

Follow this, sounds like you're bricked:
Unbrick Phone from LG Screen
EDIT: the part where it says to let the battery die you do not have to do, just pull the battery, press volume down+back key+plug in usb instead of what the key combo is in the thread

memeshark · June 7th, 2012, 11:34 PM

what will it do, or what is my phone gonna show cuz i only see the lg logo, but this time its not flashing

sammyz · June 8th, 2012, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by memeshark

what will it do, or what is my phone gonna show cuz i only see the lg logo, but this time its not flashing

It should say software upgrade and have an LG logo as well as a metropcs logo

phof · July 3rd, 2012, 01:44 AM

Hi...I have followed all of the steps but I keep getting stuck at "waiting for device."

I think this is due to the fact that Windows never sees my device, even after finding (assigning) the driver. At the end of step one, on the last screenshot where it says, "Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device" I get this:

"Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. This device cannot start. (Code 10.)"

So i still do CMD cd, but it just says, "waiting for device" and it doesn't go anywhere.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? Or did I brick my first phone?

sammyz · July 3rd, 2012, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phof

Hi...I have followed all of the steps but I keep getting stuck at "waiting for device."

I think this is due to the fact that Windows never sees my device, even after finding (assigning) the driver. At the end of step one, on the last screenshot where it says, "Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device" I get this:

"Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. This device cannot start. (Code 10.)"

So i still do CMD cd, but it just says, "waiting for device" and it doesn't go anywhere.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? Or did I brick my first phone?

Reboot your computer

wrestler101 · July 18th, 2012, 11:25 AM

can someone please hel me i did everything it said but when it says right click android android isnt showing up for me can someone please help?

wrestler101 · July 18th, 2012, 11:28 PM

i need help i followed every step but when i get to the right click android part android isnt showing up. i restarted my computer and it still doesnt show up can someone please help?