[Q] LG G Flex D958 Recovery - LG G Flex

Hello,
Does anyone have a clue on how we can Install a custom recovery on the G Flex D958? I've tried several solutions like Flashify and manually running commands through Terminal Emulator and once it supposed to be installed, it restart and then jump right into the launcher, and it's impossible to access to the recovery, assuming the recovery was actually never installed.

The Flex doesn't have a custom recovery yet. I would be careful on messing with your phone without it.

Weird...
What about this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554004

patrickdappollonio said:
Weird...
What about this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554004
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read that thoroughly, it's only for the Korean model. I flashed it cause he said it'd work with any and ended up messing my recovery up now I need a stock img file for my T-Mobile phone
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Developers
Where are all the LG Developers? No love for the Flex? Its a powerful device that screams feed me! I want some custom ROMs.

Theres plenty of lg dev working on it. Its just with the bootloader being locked down better than ever we are having a little trouble finding a hack or work around. Ive got an apk that will install cwm. Ive posted pics and used it. It works. I actually had to use the backup I made ,as soon as I got into cwm, today to restore due to my home button quit responding. Why? I dont know that yet but it restored perfect. Cache and dalvik wipe fine. Only issue is you can't boot to cwm from power off position. Must use apk. So its kinda pointless unless you can boot safe mode. Like I did today. We havent posted the apk or intstructions due to not finished yet and it deletes your factory recovery. So youre f*$&#d if you brick due to no factory recovery. And we dont want peep rushing in and installing then boom theyre dead and hoise burns down.
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Flash CWM

I have seen quite a few people asking if we can flash the optimus 3d recovery and also people asking how, to here are the instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929628
I am pushing my luck with the AT&T store already being on my 3rd thrill,
the recovery file can be found at
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-p920.img
This could brick your phone don't try unless you understand the risk.
Did you try on your phone?
CWM
No I havent yet, not sure why it wouldn't work the phones are the same other than the radio to my understanding.
hoping maybe there is someone braver than me. If not maybe I'll do it tomorrow.
What is the benefit of doing this? Enabling the built-in tethering?
CWM
This would alow us a to get a little closer to custom roms.
How are you on your third phone?
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first one monday morning I woke up and it wouldn't turn on nothing, second one I tried the tweaks that are listed for the optimus 3d rather than wait for a fix I finished it and took it back in and told them it was the same thing. kinda scared to do much to this one.
Haha I made a custom Framework-res.apk for my phone... All I did was change the colors of some things.... But im afraid to try it with everybody bricking their devices... Haha. And we dont have CWM to recover if it does put me in boot loop... If anyone else wants to give it a whirl you can find it under the development forum for our device...
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Well I tried the adb method and got permission denied, maybe someone with a little more experience can figure it out.
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chrisgmcgraw said:
Well I tried the adb method and got permission denied, maybe someone with a little more experience can figure it out.
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how did you get into ADB with your thrill...? ive been trying for like an hour now...
are you running the lattest version of sdk and they have moved adb into a different folder.
made some progress found out that LG left out the flash_image in the system/bin. might have to pull this out of the optimus 3D if anyone has access to this if you would post it and I will try it again.
I might be making a fool of myself for trying this but hey got to learn some how.
Nobody with an optimus 3d has it either.... I posted the request over on the optimus forum and novody could find it.....
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Here is a question as well so the radio on this phone is the only difference between this and the Optimus right? If that's so once we figure out how to get CWM on our phones wouldn't making a custom Rom be as Simple as taking an Optimus Rom pulling the Radio and putting the Radio from this Phone were the other one went? Just wondering. Regardless though need CWM first. I would do it but can't afford the brick.
ADB is working fine for me. I have a shell up now. Haven't tried to push CWM yet though im still preoccupied with deodexing, zipaligning, and deleting ATT's BS
Flashed recovery but it's not working
I flashed the recovery using adb, but I can't enter recovery mode. I'm pressing the vol down, 3d and power buttons until the LG screen appears. The phone just boots normally.
how did you get it to flash please give step by step method
drsheph said:
I flashed the recovery using adb, but I can't enter recovery mode. I'm pressing the vol down, 3d and power buttons until the LG screen appears. The phone just boots normally.
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Don't release volume down + 3D button til CWM comes up.
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[Q] How safe is safestrap?

I think I understand how safestrap works (it installs some kind of hijack to boot /preinstall instead of booting /system) but I have been reading a number of users who have bricked their phone...
I basically have the SafeStrap install screen up, but am hesitant to do this...
Just a few questions before I take the plunge
1) Why are so many users having problems with safesrap? I download the Droid3 version 1.08 for use on my Bell Motorola XT860 4G
2) What exactly does safestrap do in the boot loading sequence? If this is not public knowledge (and might be worked out "against" please, no harm, I'm just wondering, so if I could get an idea as how the hijack works, either in the thread or PM that would help greatly)
3) If you restore the original system and disable the hijack, will that really bring me back to complete original stock? What if they patch the boot partition as they did last time?
Thanks for all your help guys! I know a lot of you have been using custom roms, I really want to load up ICS on here, and it's almost ready for prime-time so I just want to be prepared!
First off, I have an XT862 not the XT860. The hijack is a 2nd init hijack. Safestrap does this hijack itself as opposed to with bootstrap where whatever ROM you flash has to do the hijack. Safestrap also as you mentioned uses /preinstall to store /system of the ROM you flash. This means that nothing other than safestrap itself touches your stock /system. This allows safestrap to protect itself so you can always get back to recovery even if there is a bad flash it can't overwrite the hijack and recovery so you can try again.
I also don't remember seeing much of problems with safestrap itself other than a partition size problem. I think I remember seeing that some update took care of that problem. I have seen people having more problems with ROMs on the XT860 than other versions of the phone.
danifunker said:
I think I understand how safestrap works (it installs some kind of hijack to boot /preinstall instead of booting /system) but I have been reading a number of users who have bricked their phone...
I basically have the SafeStrap install screen up, but am hesitant to do this...
Just a few questions before I take the plunge
1) Why are so many users having problems with safesrap? I download the Droid3 version 1.08 for use on my Bell Motorola XT860 4G
2) What exactly does safestrap do in the boot loading sequence? If this is not public knowledge (and might be worked out "against" please, no harm, I'm just wondering, so if I could get an idea as how the hijack works, either in the thread or PM that would help greatly)
3) If you restore the original system and disable the hijack, will that really bring me back to complete original stock? What if they patch the boot partition as they did last time?
Thanks for all your help guys! I know a lot of you have been using custom roms, I really want to load up ICS on here, and it's almost ready for prime-time so I just want to be prepared!
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First off, the most common problem I have seen people have with safestrap is not understanding what it does and even more common is not knowing how to use it, basically a lot of user error. The previous poster summed up pretty well how it works. Finally, uninstalling safestrap will NOT bring you back to original stock, it will remove itself and the secondary ROM it allowed you to install. Since you have to be rooted to even install it, if you uninstall it you will still be rooted, not stock.
Just so you are clear, you can have whatever ROM you want on your phone BEFORE installing Safestrap and this will become the Safe system by default. You will no longer be able to change this ROM as long as Safestrap is installed. Instead, it allows you to put another ROM, basically a dual-boot, in addition to the original rom you have. Now you have a Safe system and a Non safe system. The Non safe system is the only one Safestrap will allow you to change (and brick for that matter). So if/when you install a ROM that boot loops or crashes, you simply can revert back to your safe system and now your phone works again, neat huh?
AFAIK, he does have the XT860, since the XT862 is the Verizon Droid 3 (3G, not Bell Canada 4G). Also, using it on my 862, I have not been able to brick it. If flashing the experimental system fails, you can just reboot into the Safestrap menu and flash something new. I don't see why it wouldn't work on the 860, as all it does it modify the booting. Any issues would most likely be caused by a ROM flashing issue, not safestrap.
I took the plunge this afternoon... Installed SafeStrap and CM9 nightly on my device... Not sure if everything is working just yet, but will be doing testing throughout the day
No problems were reported with the installation or instructions, so that's great. Thanks a lot!
I'm using a XT860 (Brazilian Vivo, but I'm not sure if it's 4G - LTE - compatible, I know that it works with 3.5G).
I have Safestrap 3.0.5 installed and I'm using all the 4 slots (MavROM, Minimoto, CM9 e CM10). All of then runs well (with their particular issues), none of them caused any trouble on the phone.
Thiago AmP said:
I'm using a XT860 (Brazilian Vivo, but I'm not sure if it's 4G - LTE - compatible, I know that it works with 3.5G).
I have Safestrap 3.0.5 installed and I'm using all the 4 slots (MavROM, Minimoto, CM9 e CM10). All of then runs well (with their particular issues), none of them caused any trouble on the phone.
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Same here. I'm using it on a Brazilian TIM, no problems at all. I have two active slots( Stock, Gummy 0.90) and two for testing.
It is in fact the best recovery that I've used, so far.
Thiago AmP said:
I'm using a XT860 (Brazilian Vivo, but I'm not sure if it's 4G - LTE - compatible, I know that it works with 3.5G).
I have Safestrap 3.0.5 installed and I'm using all the 4 slots (MavROM, Minimoto, CM9 e CM10). All of then runs well (with their particular issues), none of them caused any trouble on the phone.
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None of the d3 variants are LTE capable
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Endoroid said:
None of the d3 variants are LTE capable
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Yeah, I realize that before reviewing its radio specs.
Munckster said:
Same here. I'm using it on a Brazilian TIM, no problems at all. I have two active slots( Stock, Gummy 0.90) and two for testing.
It is in fact the best recovery that I've used, so far.
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@Munckster
Actually, after trying to acess a SD Card partition with Link2SD, I lost acess to Recovery. I'm stuck on the stock ROM (root keeps on, but SafeStrap 3.05 doesn't work).
Installed Titanium Backup to keep my data safe, but it isn't working too. I'm going to reinstall it later.
I'm afraid that I'll have to uninstall all my root apps, unroot the phone and do all the process again...
I'm very newbie at linux and Android and I'm doing all that by reading (a lot). I'd apreciate if someone could tell how to deal with this problem.
Thiago AmP said:
Yeah, I realize that before reviewing its radio specs.
@Munckster
Actually, after trying to acess a SD Card partition with Link2SD, I lost acess to Recovery. I'm stuck on the stock ROM (root keeps on, but SafeStrap 3.05 doesn't work).
Installed Titanium Backup to keep my data safe, but it isn't working too. I'm going to reinstall it later.
I'm afraid that I'll have to uninstall all my root apps, unroot the phone and do all the process again...
I'm very newbie at linux and Android and I'm doing all that by reading (a lot). I'd apreciate if someone could tell how to deal with this problem.
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Try shutting the phone off and powering up while holding m, then using vol down select bp tools from the list that appears, and confirm with vol up.
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Endoroid said:
Try shutting the phone off and powering up while holding m, then using vol down select bp tools from the list that appears, and confirm with vol up.
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I've already tried it, but without success... I'll keep searching what to do in this situation...
Thiago AmP said:
Actually, after trying to acess a SD Card partition with Link2SD, I lost acess to Recovery. I'm stuck on the stock ROM (root keeps on, but SafeStrap 3.05 doesn't work).
Installed Titanium Backup to keep my data safe, but it isn't working too. I'm going to reinstall it later.
I'm afraid that I'll have to uninstall all my root apps, unroot the phone and do all the process again...
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Unrooting seems like overkill. If you are "stuck" on stock, I would just start the Safestrap app. Click the button to uninstall recovery and restart the phone. Then open Safestrap again, click the button to install recovery, and restart the phone. Hopefully the Safestrap menu will show and you can then activate recovery.
So long as you do not erase anything on the internal storage, your slots should still be there.
doogald said:
Unrooting seems like overkill. If you are "stuck" on stock, I would just start the Safestrap app. Click the button to uninstall recovery and restart the phone. Then open Safestrap again, click the button to install recovery, and restart the phone. Hopefully the Safestrap menu will show and you can then activate recovery.
So long as you do not erase anything on the internal storage, your slots should still be there.
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I've tried it several times before I came with the idea of unroot my phone and redo the process. Here is my dicoveries http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082292
I know that it's obvious, but I guess that just few people knew that it would work.
SafeStrap problems
Odd problem, I can't get the menu button to work. In order to get back to my "safe" rom I have to start safestrap,and select uninstall recovery.
Then reboot, and it will bring up my "Safe" rom. If I then go back to SafeStrap, and re-install the recovery, and reboot, it will again bring up SafeStrap, but if I hit Menu, it doesnt' bring up any options it again boots up my non-safe ROM (minimoto 1.6)
Anyone have any ideas...I guess I can try to remove the safestrap directory on the sdcard after I uninstall the recover, and then try to reinstall the App, and try all over again?

Ice Cream Sandwich Update

Just a head up guys. Official Ice Cream Sandwich came out for Lg optimus 3d, and you can easily get it on your Thrill by using Lg Flash tool found here <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491870>
kdz file is here <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185406> have fun with ice cream sandwich!
ICS
Did you flash this for the thrill? Any extra steps to get it fully working on the thrill?
All you have to do is change the kdz file name to similar formats like other ones
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ICS
I got it flashed and it works great. Everything is fully functional on the thrill so far that I tried. It is a nice change over GB for sure. If anyone is curious how to flash this, here was my method...
1.) Get the KDZ file from here (http://www.android-files.de/P920V28B_00.kdz) and rename it to V28B_00.kdz.
2.) On this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491870) go down to number 3 and set up Lg Flash Tool EXACTLY how it says.
3.) Select the renamed kdz file you just downloaded in the lg flash tool program and let it do it's thing.
4.) On my first bootup it stayed on the bootlogo forever and just would not start up so save yourself some time and do a factory data reset before your first bootup and it will load up fine. The proper way to do a factory hard reset after flashing is to hold VOL DOWN + PWR till it vibrates and it will prompt you to press the power button twice to reset.
Everyone enjoy ICS on their Lg Thrills!
thanks so much!
I am running v20p stock, rooted and unlocked.
I suppose I can directly flash the renamed ics kdz?
And my thrill will be not rooted afyerwards, but still stays unlocked?
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As long as you follow all the steps above it will flash with no issues. Root and recovery are lost but I think there is a method to get both of them already. I will try to root and recovery later today. As far as staying unlocked after flashing, I am using straight talk so I didn't have to unlock. Hopefully someone else can help you out on that one.
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ktan.us said:
thanks so much!
I am running v20p stock, rooted and unlocked.
I suppose I can directly flash the renamed ics kdz?
And my thrill will be not rooted afyerwards, but still stays unlocked?
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just look in the optimus 3d thread everything you need is there i wouldnt even bother lookimg in the thrill thread anymore
at&t released ics today for thrill
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kornklown69 said:
at&t released ics today for thrill
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Wow, I had given up hope. I will try it out since the ported ICS I've been on has some lingering issues with MMS and camera.
kornklown69 said:
at&t released ics today for thrill
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Does that mean the "Software Update" on a stock GB Thrill would install ICS?
Or maybe boot it into "Emergency Mode" (or whatever it is) and using the official LG Tool would work to get ICS without having to do all the smallsrv stuff?
I guess what I'm really asking is, if AT&T officially released ICS, isn't there an easier way to install it?
If you are on stock maybe you can install using the LG Mobile Support Tool. Trying to use that from my ported ICS has messed my phone up though. I'll have to try to rebuild it tonight, hopefully just using the Flash Tool to flash the bin and fls.
I flashed the Korean ICS, hated the bugs, and reverted to GB.
Trying to use the LGMobile Support Tool to install official ICS and it fails. So I guess I'll have to flash the kdz manually.
The Mobile Support Tool appeared to be working for me, until it tried to reboot and I got an "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen.
Now I've used the bin and fls from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198069
After flashing the above with LGFlashTool, I still booted into the "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen, but powered down by long-pressing Power, then turning back on into factory reset mode with Volume down + Power. Following the reset, I appear to be running okay now.
Edit: Nevermind, having an issue , the phone won't work with either of the microSDs I have around. First it's saying they need to be formatted so I attempt that. Then it says the card is damaged.
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ewtdr said:
The Mobile Support Tool appeared to be working for me, until it tried to reboot and I got an "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen.
Now I've used the bin and fls from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198069
After flashing the above with LGFlashTool, I still booted into the "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen, but powered down by long-pressing Power, then turning back on into factory reset mode with Volume down + Power. Following the reset, I appear to be running okay now.
Edit: Nevermind, having an issue , the phone won't work with either of the microSDs I have around. First it's saying they need to be formatted so I attempt that. Then it says the card is damaged.
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I had the same problem. You need to go to settings - storage and clear both memories. After that, everything is going to be ok. Do you know how to root this official ICS version? (Already tried the adb and unlock root methods to no avail)
Jcman8309 said:
I had the same problem. You need to go to settings - storage and clear both memories. After that, everything is going to be ok. Do you know how to root this official ICS version? (Already tried the adb and unlock root methods to no avail)
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Thanks! I just stumbled into this and was coming to add the fix too! Both cards back !
I was going to attempt this method for root, but haven't tried yet - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39338374&postcount=3
I got the KDZ flashed. Running Official unrooted AT&T ICS now.
However, it seems I didn't do a factory reset and didn't NEED to. It's running just fun.
My system ROM is 619MB with 7.38MB free.
I'm wondering if that's normal... That's going to make some things pretty tough. (Guessing unsintalling Gulliver's Travels and that other crap will help)
I did the reset. My system memory is showing 102 MB of Apps (I installed a handful of things already), and 770 MB available.
ewtdr said:
I did the reset. My system memory is showing 102 MB of Apps (I installed a handful of things already), and 770 MB available.
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I meant System ROM, not internal.
And odd, finally rooted, browsing SystemROM with ES File Explorer. Gulliver's not there. Biggest app is Golf and LG Home at 16MB each...
I remember someone made an app to get rid of most of the AT&T crap. That still work for ICS? I remember AT&T Contacts is required. Don't remove that...
Every boot takes a LONG ASS time, about 10 minutes, to scan my media. That's with no SD card inserted. I might do a factory reset.
ewtdr said:
Thanks! I just stumbled into this and was coming to add the fix too! Both cards back !
I was going to attempt this method for root, but haven't tried yet - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39338374&postcount=3
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no problem...
thank you! but that method does not have instructions and does not seem safe enough...
everyone keeps talking about this rom but no one is saying how to root the rom and no one is pointing out the 3D Converter problem, it does not work at all!!! it works the same way as the xbsall port LOL! and when it does, you can't adjust the brightness...:silly:
Its basically the same version as the xbsall port (v30b) but for some reason it cannot be rooted through the same methods...
I did a factory reset, and the phone stopped booting. Bizarre.
Anyways, I wiped everything but system, and reflashed the KDZ. It's booting now.
Then I flashed the ICS bootloader BUT I used the GB CWM v6. The other recoveries didn't seem to flash properly. So I'm stock rooted now. Now to remember what file to change to make the 3D button work as a shutter.

App Updates - VZW Moto X Dead?!

Running a completely stock VZW Moto X on the latest update (4.4.2). Woke up this morning to a half dozen or so app updates, including Active Display and Moto Help. I updated these two, and then an update for Beautiful Widgets started after. My phone then locked up and restarted. Now, it loads through the boot screen and then loads the Verizon screen, then the device goes black. I've tried wiping cache, to no avail. Any suggestions? I've installed the Moto X drivers via the Moto site, but the device isn't being recognized via ADB. I would really really really like to retrieve my files from the phone before doing a full factory reset...
Haven't seen anyone else report this....
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Same symptoms on unlocked dev edition
I can't for sure tie it to an update, but the only thing that I did on my Moto X today was enable Motorola Connect. In the ensuing ~3 hours my phone bit it and would get to the Motorola Unlocked Bootloader screen and stop. Tried to boot to custom recovery, but it wouldn't work. Tried reloading TWRP, but gave access error on write but it seems to have fixed it enough to let TWRP open. TWRP showed list of access errors, like the memory had been corrupted. Need to find 4.4.2 image and load it back on via FB, as recovery has no data now.
stastnysnipes26 said:
Haven't seen anyone else report this....
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omaharper said:
I can't for sure tie it to an update, but the only thing that I did on my Moto X today was enable Motorola Connect. In the ensuing ~3 hours my phone bit it and would get to the Motorola Unlocked Bootloader screen and stop. Tried to boot to custom recovery, but it wouldn't work. Tried reloading TWRP, but gave access error on write but it seems to have fixed it enough to let TWRP open. TWRP showed list of access errors, like the memory had been corrupted. Need to find 4.4.2 image and load it back on via FB, as recovery has no data now.
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You have a totally separate problem from the OP. I don't have an unlocked boot loader and haven't done a ton of research on the risks of unlocking the consumer edition. 4.4.2 images are posted all around the forums. I would start there.
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Thanks. You are right, not the same problem, when my phone soft bricks when I haven't been doing anything to it I get twitchy. I have the DE and have tried (a bunch of times) using RSD Lite and fastboot to push files back to phone, but after reboot everything looks to be reverted back like if WP was enabled, which it isn't. I will take a cruise thru the forums looking for similar issues, but any suggestions would be appreciated
stastnysnipes26 said:
You have a totally separate problem from the OP. I don't have an unlocked boot loader and haven't done a ton of research on the risks of unlocking the consumer edition. 4.4.2 images are posted all around the forums. I would start there.
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omaharper said:
Thanks. You are right, not the same problem, when my phone soft bricks when I haven't been doing anything to it I get twitchy. I have the DE and have tried (a bunch of times) using RSD Lite and fastboot to push files back to phone, but after reboot everything looks to be reverted back like if WP was enabled, which it isn't. I will take a cruise thru the forums looking for similar issues, but any suggestions would be appreciated
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If you have a Dev edition fast boot stock vzw files, fast boot OEM unlock and reflash SU. simple as that.
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Yup. Have gone thru that procedure several times, but phone won't get past the bootloader unlocked screen, and even after flashing stock (with stock recovery partition) TWRP still shows up, so some write to memory isn't sticking. It's very strange, used same procedure on this phone when upgrading to 4.4.2 from 4.2.2 and on other phones with no problem. Since TWRP can't access the flash, I am wondering if I actually have a corrupted memory module. If I can't get things working, I will start a thread. Don't want to hijack this one. Thanks.
stastnysnipes26 said:
If you have a Dev edition fast boot stock vzw files, fast boot OEM unlock and reflash SU. simple as that.
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As an update to the original post...
My phone "magically" booted at some point while it was sitting on my table. It's been working since then, but I tried to restart today and the thing won't boot up again. No idea what causes this and adb still isn't working with the phone in recovery mode.
Well I'm from the old school of if a car won't start you check 3 things spark fuel air. So in the case of our phones I always say fxz if an fxz fails to fix the problem than I lean towards a hardware failure. I have never had an fxz not fix a software issue. And I have bricked more than my fair share of devices several times.
I just did my custom order of the Moto X today. I hope I won't run into any issues. I'm switching from the iPhone 5S.
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thesandman00 said:
As an update to the original post...
My phone "magically" booted at some point while it was sitting on my table. It's been working since then, but I tried to restart today and the thing won't boot up again. No idea what causes this and adb still isn't working with the phone in recovery mode.
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Have you tried fastboot?
Also getting the drivers to work can be tricky. You have to install them and then use device manager while you're phone is plugged in to get it working.
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[q] verizon g2 with no recovery and boots to verizon screen help

Hey guys, this is my first post. I recently bought a rooted verizon G2(VS980)and i tried to flash a rom on it. Im a noob, so of course the worst happened. My phone will boot past the LG screen, but then stays at the "verizon" screen. If i try to put it in recovery(i have cwm) it just reboots. I really need a fast fix, im having to use the good ole slll until my jewl is working again. Thanks in advance
Davidmay6 said:
Hey guys, this is my first post. I recently bought a rooted verizon G2(VS980)and i tried to flash a rom on it. Im a noob, so of course the worst happened. My phone will boot past the LG screen, but then stays at the "verizon" screen. If i try to put it in recovery(i have cwm) it just reboots. I really need a fast fix, im having to use the good ole slll until my jewl is working again. Thanks in advance
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You need to make sure your boot stack and radios are appropriate for the rom you want to flash. The G2 ROM scene is a bit fractured, since CM11 and a good chunk of derivative ROMs are still based on the 12B (4.2) OTA, but some devs are now working with the 24A (4.4) OTA.
If you can get into the bootloader/fastboot, you may be able to flash the appropriate boot stack and recovery from there, if you know what you're doing. The "cleaner" route would be to use TOT or KDZ to get back to stock, and start from scratch.
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arkolbus said:
You need to make sure your boot stack and radios are appropriate for the rom you want to flash. The G2 ROM scene is a bit fractured, since CM11 and a good chunk of derivative ROMs are still based on the 12B (4.2) OTA, but some devs are now working with the 24A (4.4) OTA.
If you can get into the bootloader/fastboot, you may be able to flash the appropriate boot stack and recovery from there, if you know what you're doing. The "cleaner" route would be to use TOT or KDZ to get back to stock, and start from scratch.
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i can get my phone into download mode, but nothing more. Also, i had 12B and the rom(wich i downloaded from xda) said it was specifically for 12B.
Davidmay6 said:
i can get my phone into download mode, but nothing more. Also, i had 12B and the rom(wich i downloaded from xda) said it was specifically for 12B.
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Did you make a backup of the rom, prior to installing the new Rom?
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evolishesh said:
Did you make a backup of the rom, prior to installing the new Rom?
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Yes.
Davidmay6 said:
Yes.
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If you can't get into recovery, and only download mode, I'd probably go ahead and return to complete stock. The nice thing about this phone is it is easily rooted and rommed again if you want to do that. Plus you'll learn a lot in the process. My two cents. :thumbup:
Edit: When you return to stock, take the Ota to 4.4.2, then root.
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