Recently, I have been doing some research on android os development trying to figure out a way to get android 4.0(ICS) successfully running on LG Thrill. I see that it's possible from this YouTube video http://youtu.be/YjEDY5yh90M BUT I have a few questions regarding some info found during my research. The Galaxy Nexus is equipped with a TI OMAP 4460/Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 chipset/CPU and the Thrill is equipped with a TI OMAP 4430/Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 chipset/CPU. The difference between the two are explained in detail here http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-texas-instruments-omap-4430-and-vs-4460/ Other differences between these two devices are display, bluetooth hardware, wlan hardware, camera. Can an experienced Dev give me some input on whether I'm in over my head or on to something?
I have an sgs2 and would be interested in helping port ROMS over to the thrill but don't know enough to really get started...
I have been trying to get ICS on the thrill using this guide bit.ly/NCledu and ended up with this bit.ly/NrZ3YY It won't boot, but I was hoping an experienced developer could work with what I have.
WeWearFedoras said:
I have an sgs2 and would be interested in helping port ROMS over to the thrill but don't know enough to really get started...
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please help us get ics on our Thrill, we really need it.
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Does anyone know how to get into fastboot on the thrill? I tried using
Code:
$ adb reboot bootloader
but it just restarts the phone and doesn't put it into fastboot mode, which I need to flash my compiled ICS.
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Does anyone know how to get into fastboot on the thrill? I tried using
Code:
$ adb reboot bootloader
but it just restarts the phone and doesn't put it into fastboot mode, which I need to flash my compiled ICS.
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Fastboot boot loader or recovery what are you trying I don't think our phone has fast boot or boot loader just emergency download and recovery mode
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wayno140 said:
Fastboot boot loader or recovery what are you trying I don't think our phone has fast boot or boot loader just emergency download and recovery mode
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we have STOCK RECOVERY which is power button+volume down button+ 3D button.
Unless your rooted and install some sort of CWM. same buttons though
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wayno140 said:
Fastboot boot loader or recovery what are you trying I don't think our phone has fast boot or boot loader just emergency download and recovery mode
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I'm trying to get into the fastboot boot loader to see if my compiled ics will work on the thrill. I'm following the steps on the android source website which says
To flash a device, you will need to use fastboot, which should be included in your path after a successful build. Place the device in fastboot mode either manually by holding the appropriate key combination at boot, or from the shell with
Code:
$ adb reboot bootloader
Once the device is in fastboot mode, run
Code:
$ fastboot flashall -w
The -w option wipes the /data partition on the device; this is useful for your first time flashing a particular device, but is otherwise unnecessary.
I need to get into fastboot to flash it. I have CWM installed also.
i think you can just use CWM recovery
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If y'all get ics working be so happy
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now when I try the fastboot flashall -w command I get
error: could not load android-info.txt
and when I look at the file it only says board=
Any news?
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lazylu said:
Any news?
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No etas
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So far no luck because I barely have any clue as to what I'm doing, but I found something very interesting. If you search on google "cm-kang appspot" open the first link click lge on top and then p925 Thrill 4g, it shows a changelog for what looks to be cm9. I don't know if, where, or when you can get cm9 for the thrill, but it's interesting that it shows ics.
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So far no luck because I barely have any clue as to what I'm doing, but I found something very interesting. If you search on google "cm-kang appspot" open the first link click lge on top and then p925 Thrill 4g, it shows a changelog for what looks to be cm9. I don't know if, where, or when you can get cm9 for the thrill, but it's interesting that it shows ics.
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Oh **** u right
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Nahh. No nightly has ever been compiled for P925. None will be expected until official ICS drops.
As for compiling, if you have an img to flash using fastboot, you're out of luck since fastboot does not work on the O3D/Thrill. What you can do is loop mount the img in Linux, extract the files and put them in a zip file, set up the necessary updater-script and flash it using CWM. It should do the same as doing fastboot.
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Nahh. No nightly has ever been compiled for P925. None will be expected until official ICS drops.
As for compiling, if you have an img to flash using fastboot, you're out of luck since fastboot does not work on the O3D/Thrill. What you can do is loop mount the img in Linux, extract the files and put them in a zip file, set up the necessary updater-script and flash it using CWM. It should do the same as doing fastboot.
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Thanks for the info, but I figured out I was doing it wrong and I don't have the right drivers or something for the wifi.
Related
Use Rom Manager for best results when backing/restoring...
USB OTG Info:
USB OTG will show up as external_sd. If external_sd is not mounting, reboot recovery. You must enter recovery with usb already inserted.
Installation:
Inscrutions can be found here @ http://www.techgeekal.com/2013/03/1...ckworkmod-touch-recovery-v6-0-2-8-on-htc-one/(outdated)
Unlock bootloader at http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
Make sure fastboot is unchecked in power options and turn phone completely off
Boot into HBOOT then Fastboot
From fastboot. Use command "fastboot erase cache"
From fastboot. Use command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
OR
Flash via Rom Manager(must have root already).
Video Tutorials:
How To Unlock The Bootloader EASIEST Method - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gzJdwCxX0
How To ROOT EASIEST METHOD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1KmsxO84UU
Downloads:
You can now flash in Rom Manager in rom if rooted
Classic - http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.3-m7spr.img
OR
Touch - http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.3-m7spr.img
PC USB Mass Storage:
You can't! http://teamw.in/DataMedia
Mirror for files http://d-h.st/users/flyhalf205/?fld_id=11322#files or http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
First release. It should boot. I took the mount points from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236254 Please let me know if it works
I'm sure it'll be tested by then but if not I'll give it a go as soon as I get my one. You guys are just flying through
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Anyone test this?
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Anyone test this?
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Tested, it works fine
How do I flash with Rom manager? I have TWRP.
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sailio said:
How do I flash with Rom manager? I have TWRP.
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Pc for now says htc one is unsuppkrted
I hit menu and show all devices but just says HTC one m7 so I didn't get it. Seemed to be generic I think
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Thanks Flyhalf205! Tried the one from clockworkmod and would just say it's loading and then powers down. Found yours and worked right away!
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I hit menu and show all devices but just says HTC one m7 so I didn't get it. Seemed to be generic I think
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You can flash using the following method (while booted up). Be extremely careful when typing the /dev/blovk part though.
Download the recovery.img file. Open terminal emulator and type the following (press enter after each line):
Code:
cd path/to/recovery/dir
su
dd if=<recoveryFileName>.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p36
That method can be used on any phone, granted that you replace the /dev/block portion with the correct location for the recovery partition on said device.
Thanks
CNexus said:
You can flash using the following method (while booted up). Be extremely careful when typing the /dev/blovk part though.
Download the recovery.img file. Open terminal emulator and type the following (press enter after each line):
Code:
cd path/to/recovery/dir
su
dd if=<recoveryFileName>.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p36
That method can be used on any phone, granted that you replace the /dev/block portion with the correct location for the recovery partition on said device.
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lol I would advise against telling users to dd something. if that OF (output file)location is wrong, or even if it's a mismatched input file is wrong,... well it is bad. dd is a low-level tool, and it CAN and HAS wiped LIVE (running) harddrives; it can do this on Windows (via cygrun dd), Linux , *nix, Mac, anything that supports linux binaries. It can do the same to that block, or directory.
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lol I would advise against telling users to dd something. if that OF (output file)location is wrong, or even if it's a mismatched input file is wrong,... well it is bad. dd is a low-level tool, and it CAN and HAS wiped LIVE (running) harddrives; it can do this on Windows (via cygrun dd), Linux , *nix, Mac, anything that supports linux binaries. It can do the same to that block, or directory.
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I know. But as always, it is up to the user to determine whether they feel comfortable, and are able, doing something, or not.
And if it wipes that partition, its only the recovery. It can still be fastbooted after the fact, and thats why I mentioned that the OF location has to be typed carefully.
Is flashing through Rom manager not working or is it me? It says it flashed just fine but when I boot to recovery it shuts down
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JIannitti said:
Is flashing through Rom manager not working or is it me? It says it flashed just fine but when I boot to recovery it shuts down
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Same here... Sad day..
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sailio said:
Same here... Sad day..
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flash it using adb though the bootloader.
A really really really easy way to flash and works perfectly. Flash image gui
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.flashimagegui
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JIannitti said:
Is flashing through Rom manager not working or is it me? It says it flashed just fine but when I boot to recovery it shuts down
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the version on rom manager is 6.0.3.2, and it looks like that version is broken. if you download it and install it through fastboot it does the same thing.
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the version on rom manager is 6.0.3.2, and it looks like that version is broken. if you download it and install it through fastboot it does the same thing.
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That's what I wound up doing. Was a lot quicker than I thought since I had the folder set up already. Thanks
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Would this work for our phone? It's say HTC one under supported, but not sure if it will work on our phone, I've asked a couple of time but no answer. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
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I posted this in hawk's Rom thread but it's busy in there and didn't get answered. I'm just unsure about flashing the boot.img
Paste from thread:
I'm new to HTC phones and am used to Samsung and Odin. I'm s-on and assume that after doing the customary wipes and flashing the Rom in recovery, I should manually (using the power and vol down) reboot from recovery to the boot loader screen, switch to fast boot and do a "fastboot flash boot.img" from my cmd prompt, reboot and profit? Is this correct? Thanks
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Thanks for any help:thumbup:
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propjockey said:
I posted this in hawk's Rom thread but it's busy in there and didn't get answered. I'm just unsure about flashing the boot.img
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I'm new to HTC phones and am used to Samsung and Odin. I'm s-on and assume that after doing the customary wipes and flashing the Rom in recovery, I should manually (using the power and vol down) reboot from recovery to the boot loader screen, switch to fast boot and do a "fastboot flash boot.img" from my cmd prompt, reboot and profit? Is this correct? Thanks
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Thanks for any help:thumbup:
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yes the command is fastboot flash boot boot.img. with being unlocked s-on with this phone we don't have to flash boot img but if the OP recommends it for some reason or another, i would.
Thanks for the reply. I flashed as I'm used to doing. It rebooted just fine. Although upon the devs suggestion and yours, I flashed the boot image. Nothing seemed to change but it was for good measure I suppose.
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propjockey said:
Thanks for the reply. I flashed as I'm used to doing. It rebooted just fine. Although upon the devs suggestion and yours, I flashed the boot image. Nothing seemed to change but it was for good measure I suppose.
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YEAH, DON'T KNOW WHY he recommended that. just do what the dev says and be safe, i always say
Btw you should s off with moonshine its really easy and makes ur flashing experience way easier.
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OK here's the deal, I have my phones boot loader unlocked and its rooted, now I want to install cwm, on all my previous devices I did this through ROM manager but atm our device is not supported there. However I saw a guy on here (can't remember his name) use a twrp recovery from the photon q on our device, can I do the same with cwm in ROM manager? Or are there compatibility issues?
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They used the photon for cwm. Don't do that though. Use our official one located in the development section.
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UhmierSmith said:
OK here's the deal, I have my phones boot loader unlocked and its rooted, now I want to install cwm, on all my previous devices I did this through ROM manager but atm our device is not supported there. However I saw a guy on here (can't remember his name) use a twrp recovery from the photon q on our device, can I do the same with cwm in ROM manager? Or are there compatibility issues?
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This tool should solve your problem and then some.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262726
Enjoy!
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Blackest Pain said:
This tool should solve your problem and then some.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262726
Enjoy!
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Do this but replace the cwm.img in "*\Myth Tools\tools" folder with the one from this thread or just use the one from that thread up front, no need to hassle with replacing files or anything. Go to the thread I linked, download the file, boot your phone into fastboot and run the command from the thread inside the folder the cwm.img is in.
penser said:
Do this but replace the cwm.img in "*\Myth Tools\tools" folder with the one from this thread or just use the one from that thread up front, no need to hassle with replacing files or anything. Go to the thread I linked, download the file, boot your phone into fastboot and run the command from the thread inside the folder the cwm.img is in.
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Thanks^ I completely forgot to include that :highfive:
I'm going to jump on this thread too.
I'm having issues, I can seem to get CWM to install. I have rooted/unlocked. I replaced the cwm with the newer one. I used the myth tool to reboot into Fastboot, while on the unlocked screen, I ran the recovery on the tool. The phone restarted, but I figure out how to get to cwm recovery, or if it even worked.
jblaylock said:
I'm going to jump on this thread too.
I'm having issues, I can seem to get CWM to install. I have rooted/unlocked. I replaced the cwm with the newer one. I used the myth tool to reboot into Fastboot, while on the unlocked screen, I ran the recovery on the tool. The phone restarted, but I figure out how to get to cwm recovery, or if it even worked.
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adb reboot recovery or hold down volume up and power button when turning the phone on or hold down volume up, volume down and power button when powering on then in the boot options screen use volume down to move highlight and volume up to select.
frog1982 said:
adb reboot recovery or hold down volume up and power button when turning the phone on or hold down volume up, volume down and power button when powering on then in the boot options screen use volume down to move highlight and volume up to select.
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I know how to access the boot menu. All I get is the stock menu, not the CWM menu
jblaylock said:
I know how to access the boot menu. All I get is the stock menu, not the CWM menu
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it did not install then either fastboot flash or install with terminal links on to do both are below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226527
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249467&highlight=terminal
frog1982 said:
it did not install then either fastboot flash or install with terminal links on to do both are below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226527
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249467&highlight=terminal
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Thanks for your help, it much appreciated. However, I think I'll have to bow out now. This stuff is over my head. I was really hoping to get PA on my phone, but I'll just have to settle for TasKarou launcher for pie controls. Thanks for everybody's help.
jblaylock said:
Thanks for your help, it much appreciated. However, I think I'll have to bow out now. This stuff is over my head. I was really hoping to get PA on my phone, but I'll just have to settle for TasKarou launcher for pie controls. Thanks for everybody's help.
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Don't give up just yet. It's worth it to get custom ROMs on your phone.
Do a search around the forums here and you'll find a custom build of a CWM based recovery by mattlgroff made for this phone. Flash that to recovery with fastboot and you should then be able to flash custom ROMs without fear of screwing up your phone.
You may also want to flash a stock firmware with RSD-Lite. (not the recovery!)
Some users have had issues with GPS not working until after you flash stock and then go to a custom ROM after getting a GPS fix on stock. I don't know if that is still necessary or not, but it's something to keep in mind.
spy_1134 said:
Don't give up just yet. It's worth it to get custom ROMs on your phone.
Do a search around the forums here and you'll find a custom build of a CWM based recovery by mattlgroff made for this phone. Flash that to recovery with fastboot and you should then be able to flash custom ROMs without fear of screwing up your phone.
You may also want to flash a stock firmware with RSD-Lite. (not the recovery!)
Some users have had issues with GPS not working until after you flash stock and then go to a custom ROM after getting a GPS fix on stock. I don't know if that is still necessary or not, but it's something to keep in mind.
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I have tried to flash the latest CWM via the myth tool. I tried flashing as option 1, CWM and option 2, custom recovery. Neither has worked. I about to go crazy. What do I do here?
jblaylock said:
I have tried to flash the latest CWM via the myth tool. I tried flashing as option 1, CWM and option 2, custom recovery. Neither has worked. I about to go crazy. What do I do here?
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Just download the recovery file and boot you phone into boot loader, connect phone to PC... In cmd, type "fastboot flash recovery recover_name.img" without quotes and recovery_name being the name of your recovery file..
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Aingaran said:
Just download the recovery file and boot you phone into boot loader, connect phone to PC... In cmd, type "fastboot flash recovery recover_name.img" without quotes and recovery_name being the name of your recovery file..
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Just to clarify, do I download it to my cpu or phone? Where do I open cmd, in the folder on Windows for the phone?
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jblaylock said:
Just to clarify, do I download it to my cpu or phone? Where do I open cmd, in the folder on Windows for the phone?
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Download it to your computer and open command prompt in the folder where both fastboot files and your downloaded recovery file is present...
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Aingaran said:
Download it to your computer and open command prompt in the folder where both fastboot files and your downloaded recovery file is present...
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Tried it this morning, still cannot get cwm to flash. This is very frustrating.
I've tried like 4 more times, using Myth and using command prmt, still only get the stock recovery. What am I not doing?
come on guys, I know somebody can help me here. I'm dying to get PA rom on this phone.
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jblaylock said:
come on guys, I know somebody can help me here. I'm dying to get PA rom on this phone.
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terminal will always work just remember your internal SD card is named sdcard0 and your external is named sdcard1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249467&highlight=terminal
Do I have to erase my stock recovery prior to flashing cwm?
Hello, I installed cm nightly 10.2 (spr version) , but when it boots gives a "fatal" error: the process com.android.phone has stopped.
(to solve the problem I have tried to re-flash the boot.img from fastboot as suggested somewhere)
but it got worst... no access to the device to flash back the old rom, a recover from twrp 2.6... nothing ....
unfortunately now I am "completely paralized..."
I have lost adb (phone not recognized...) and usb-otg is not mounting my external emergency USB (with my recoveries on it...)
I think I need to either get usb-otg to work or adb to recognize my phone...
is a matter of ADB new driver? where I can find the latest??
or a way to make the 10.2 working....
some suggestion??
THANKS in advance !!!
the latest adb can be found in the android SDK. if you dont want to do that theres a fairly recent adb.exe in this package, i believe drivers are there also. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236814
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390821
Flash the 1.29 RUU and you can start over.
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cloppy said:
the latest adb can be found in the android SDK. if you dont want to do that theres a fairly recent adb.exe in this package, i believe drivers are there also. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236814
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Thanks for the precious hint, I will try the recent tool!
Vobeyo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390821
Flash the 1.29 RUU and you can start over.
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unfortunately now I have no way to flash...
Yes you do. Fastboot.
Fastboot oem rebootRUU
Then
Fastboot flash nameofruu.zip
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Thanks for the help!
Solved using adb push to move backup
Files on the phone and then restore all
With a bit of luck and ...
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Hi, I recently decided to unlock my bootloader on my LG device, and decided to install the pacman rom, I installed CWM 6.0.5.1
after installing the rom and the gapps, my phone went into a bootloop and i'm pretty sure it's bricked, I made a laf backup through some commands, but i am unable to access my phone even when i plug it in, it can go into fastboot, but when i am ready to execute commands, it gives me an error saying no device found. I was hoping to not give up and keep pushing for a solution, please help me, i have the kdz for the phone, i just can't enter download mode, my phone will only go into fastboot.
Any help, suggestions, are greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
Factory data wipe.
Thank you for the response, I figured out what happened
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PAC ROM is the most stable one in the room in my opinion. Don't 7se Tue repartitu9n tool, don't reinstall y9ur laf partition. Just a few of my own observations.
No what it was is that the pacman rom 4.4.4 had a bad boot.img, so i replaced it with a different boot.img and flashed it in fastboot, since that was the only thing i could access. Then it booted up just fine, since i was able to flash the pacman rom
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angelgaa said:
No what it was is that the pacman rom 4.4.4 had a bad boot.img, so i replaced it with a different boot.img and flashed it in fastboot, since that was the only thing i could access. Then it booted up just fine, since i was able to flash the pacman rom
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Same thing happened to me. Where did you get the boot.img that works?
Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2871371 download the rom, then extract
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D1358531 said:
Same thing happened to me. Where did you get the boot.img that works?
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Then after u download the rom, follow these instructions from this page, let me know if it works, thanks to all the developers, seeing how this is their work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56701856
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angelgaa said:
Then after u download the rom, follow these instructions from this page, let me know if it works, thanks to all the developers, seeing how this is their work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56701856
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Thank you! I'll try this tomorrow.
Actually, maybe I won't mess with this...seems too complicated, plus I've never gone into fastboot. Thanks anyway!
You can't get into download mode until your laf is reinstalled. Commands for this I think are in the 'enable fastboot' thread. You most likely don't need or want to do this. Also the computer not seeing your phone is normally because of drivers, bad cable or USB port if you can get to fastboot you should be fine.
As for PAC ROM yes the op download has a bad boot IMG. A user named blonde???? Posted a copy with the correct boot IMG. Go to the thread, start on the last page and work backwards the copy and links he posted are posted and quoted multiple times. His copy is good with no issues. You will need to sideload or push the zip to your SD card or flash with fastboot.
Also just a tip before you flash anything....read all of page one of a thread, and most importantly read 10-20 of the last pages....if the thread has a q&a which that one does....read that too.
If you are concerned about doing fastboot commands then I reccomend leaving them available because the alternative is infinitely more restrictive and much harder to use.