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# xda-developers " Verizon LG G3 " Verizon G3 General " [FIX][Guide] Unbrick Hard Bricked LG G3 (VS985) by
alich3451

[FIX][Guide] Unbrick Hard

Bricked LG G3 (VS985)
By alich3451, Senior Member on 23rd September 2016,
12:57 AM

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A couple
days back I FORUMS
bricked my
G3 so I tried Verizon G3 General
many things
but nothing Verizon G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
seemed to
work, then I Verizon G3 Accessories
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and it
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[More]
any G3
Vs985.
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suggest you
to read the
complete
guide before
proceeding
and you
must ignore
the instructions.txt file included in the Unbrick Kit folder.
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3. Next you need to short the pins as shown in the following

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Now you’re ready for resurrection of your beloved LG G3

Pre-requisites:
All you need is in this Unbrick Kit, it’s a pretty big file, download,
be patient.
Download it here:
md5:
c2a9cff174ed0d4a1c218023087d10cc
Qualcomm QDLoader_HS-USB_Driver 32 and 64bit
LG_Verizon_Drivers

LGUnitedMobileDriver
Note: Only install 32bit or 64bit drivers of Qualcomm, don’t
install both

Procedure:
Make sure your phone is in Qualcomm 9008 mode note the
com port # in Device Manager
If you are on a 64 bit system you will need to disable driver
signing. Here is how:
Step 1. Open the Windows command prompt as “Run as
Administrator”.
Step 2. Run
Code:
bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
Step 3. To finalize the process run
Code:
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
Or you can simply disable driver signing by pressing F8 before
Windows logo appear when it’s booting.
Step 4. Reboot and you’re done.
Connect your phone w/o battery and run BoardDiag from folder
“v2.99” inc. in Unbrick kit

And be sure the AP check and EMMC are checked, select AP

chipset as B2 (MSM8974AC), check Qualcomm’s port # from
Device Manager and put it in BoardDiag’s ComPort box, see
image below:
Now click start and wait for test to complete, if that does not
work, try unchecking the EMMC test. If that still does not work,
use the BoardDiag in v3.99c folder and also try it without EMMC
test.
If it throws an error about not being in dload mode you need to
restart the shorting process. Hold the short for a bit longer this
time.
Now check RESTORE BOOT IMG and choose “aboot” from drop
down menu and again click start

Do the same for following partitions FOLLOW THE

ORDER!!
BackupGPT
boot
dbi
laf
PrimaryGPT
recovery
rpm
tz
Now flash “sbl1”. Always flash “sbl1” at the end to prevent
super brick.
Phone should now get disconnected.
Remember your phone is connected w/o battery till this point.
Now disconnect from PC and put in the battery
Hold Volume Up button and connect to PC while holding
Volume Up button, Congrats you’re in download mode. Now
use LG Flash Tool 2014 included in Unbrick Kit.
Run it As Administrator, see image below.

You’ll see this window after clicking CSE Flash, hit enter.

Now it will Stop Responding at 99 percent, happened to me, so

I assume it’s just a bug in the program. Don’t worry it’s still
going to install the software in your LG G3
Do not remove usb/unplug phone till your phone restarts.
 NOTES: If you get an error about a dll missing you need to
download and install the following: Download
Now your running 47A Android MM :P
Hope that this helps, also if you find any problems or need help
please post so I can update this post.
Feel free to comment and help me to improve this guide.

The guide is attached as 7z for convenience ...

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& spazimspaz
Junior Member Thanks: 0

26th March 2017, 07:59 PM | #2 ! "

I seem to
have bricked
my wife's
vs985 trying
to flash
jasmine
ROM. Can
get it to
qualcomm
mode but it
keeps failing
the eemc
test at sbl1.
I'll run
through the
guide a few
more times
tomorrow
but its really
being a pain.
First the WiFi
disappeared
and it
started acting crazy. Could be its time to go even with the new
battery I purchased.
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& spazimspaz
Junior Member Thanks: 0

28th March 2017, 02:09 PM | #3 ! "

Update:

I managed
to flash
every file
that was
mention
with the
exception of
System and
User Data.
Tried to
power on
and nothing.

I did that for

some odd
reason
jumping the
pins isn't
necessary
and the
device
populates automatically when connected to USB. I tried running
KDZ but nothing. I can try and run the TOT but, I'm a bit
skeptical. As of this moment I have successfully erased the
eMMC but when testing it always finds some reason to fail the
test.

I'm able to write with APC and Restore Boot IMG selected and
as of this moment managed to get the system image re-flashed.
I'm in the process of loading the User data which is about 11Gb
so it'll take awhile. I still have sbl1 at the end to flash. I will note
that when I did jump the pin to ground it would always fail sbl1
or load a partition.txt doesn't exist error. I extracted the TOT as
directed but it just kept throwing the same error.

I did also notice when the battery is in and the usb connected it
is not recognized by my PC.

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& gunbee
Junior Member Thanks: 0

1st November 2017, 03:51 AM | #4 ! "

very good
tutorial

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& WEKirkland
Junior Member Thanks: 0

18th December 2017, 12:20 AM | #5 ! "

"partition.txt doesn't exist"

Is nowhere
to be found.
What can I
do?

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& Douglaselik
Junior Member Thanks: 0

4th January 2018, 07:16 PM | #6 ! "

Thanks
Almighty
God and you
alich3451, so
much for this
guide. My
VS985 was
bricks. No
download,
no recovery
mode, black
screen and
the led
blinks red
and blue
continuously
when
plunged. I
toiled for for
many
researches
and guides
but all never
worked, except this one.
Yes, I really followed the steps critically got the phone back
from dead to life.
Through my experience i want to recommend the battery in
before the flashing of the TOT file begins . Secondly, do not
check the devices manager for the port number but ratter
check and watch closely the right conner of the taskbar for the
pop up messages with the port number written at the end of
the message during the installing of your driver by your
windows 7 PC when you plug in the phone with the battery
inside. That is the port number you have to take note and use it
in Com Port area of BoardDiag v2.99a during the flash of the
TOT partitions.
With this added to the main guide above you should get
everything working normal.
Thanks alich3451 !!

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& goldeNN
Junior Member Thanks: 0

15th January 2018, 08:10 AM | #7 ! "

Do I need to
short the
pins & stuff
if I get into
Download
Mode
already? My
Phone is
getting
shown as
LGE
AndroidNet
USB Serial
Port (COM4)
is that
alright?

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& VaggD
Member Thanks: 2

8th February 2018, 12:06 PM | #8 ! "

Need help
please!!!
while i
managed to
reach up
flash tool
step where
it stack so i
had to start
all over
again but
this time i
cant even
pass the first
step.
I successfully
 sort the pins
every time
and after i
do a
successful
test with
BoardDiag
(without emmc) and i get pass message after a few seconds its
disconnects and i cant move to the rest steps.
what iam doing wrong ?

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& SalmanJohnson2011
Member Thanks: 13

17th May 2018, 02:30 AM | #9 ! "

Lg Mobile Flash tool

Hello,

after I hit
start on the
flash tool, it
opens up
another lg
tool that
tries to
download
stuff from
the internet.
Then my
stuff fails
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& anip_aniki
Junior Member Thanks: 0

10th November 2018, 05:23 AM | #10 ! "

I have G3
D858HK,
when i use
my current
.tot file. It
won't boot
into
download
mode. When
i use your
model file, it
successfully
boot :3
Is my file
corrupt?

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