Hi guys
I recently brought a 2nd hand LG 2X.
This rom is totally stock, to be precise, it is a Hong Kong version v10d
Since I want to improve the battery life and have a more defined rom.
I would like to root and install CWM for my LG 2X.
Up to now, I have downloaded a few kdz from the subforum.
I have little experience before with LG phone, Last one i played around was LG P500. I remember last time i could easily root the phone by super1click, and then install rom manager from play store.
And from there (play store) i install CWM recovery.
I would like to find the confirmation from you guys that
Can i go for the same path again, super1click>rom manager>CWM recovery??
Thx in advance!!
j4371 said:
I would like to find the confirmation from you guys that
Can i go for the same path again, super1click>rom manager>CWM recovery??
Thx in advance!!
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Yes, that's the correct sequence. And I'd recommend Rusty's excellent page here to get the latest CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098745
But before you start, please make sure you have the right model of O2X. Make sure you have p990 and NOT p999 nor su660 to use the cwm linked above.
I got a semi-brick that way, solved it nvflashing CWM, my luck perhaps
thx both of you guys!
japmsn: can you be a bit more specific, how you bricked your phone last time?
So i can learn from your experience
Thx
j4371 said:
thx both of you guys!
japmsn: can you be a bit more specific, how you bricked your phone last time?
So i can learn from your experience
Thx
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Don't worry about bricking your 2x man its unbrickable. Unless you like break the USB (;
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j4371 said:
thx both of you guys!
japmsn: can you be a bit more specific, how you bricked your phone last time?
So i can learn from your experience
Thx
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Yes the good thing is - if you don't brick the hardware this phone is unbrickable because you can always revert everything back with NVFlash. Nothing to worry about.
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA
tonyp said:
Yes the good thing is - if you don't brick the hardware this phone is unbrickable because you can always revert everything back with NVFlash. Nothing to worry about.
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IF your phone is recignized by the Computer. No installation or drivers made my LG 2x available for NVflash. Smartflash worked fine for me.
j4371 said:
thx both of you guys!
japmsn: can you be a bit more specific, how you bricked your phone last time?
So i can learn from your experience
Thx
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I rooted and then installed rom manager, from it I installed CWM and then chose reboot to recovery and got stuck at LG logo. Then in order to revive it I used smartflash but couldn't connect so in the end used a thread here at xda called "last chance to recover" or something like that which was basically a .bat file I had to double click in order for it to flash CWM using nvflash.
It's not to scare you, quite the opposite, if something goes wrong it seems there's always hope like people have already suggested here.
greets
First: root with "unlockroot".
Second: flash a recovery console via PC.
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Hello! New member here so please excuse me if I'm posting to the wrong forum or anything like that.
Not to take long of your time, I can't get my phone to boot. It shows the 2 LG logos and won't proceed beyond that. So I need to know if there's a way to flash a ROM and a Recovery with it like that.
Thanks for the help.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
May.Assem said:
Hello! New member here so please excuse me if I'm posting to the wrong forum or anything like that.
Not to take long of your time, I can't get my phone to boot. It shows the 2 LG logos and won't proceed beyond that. So I need to know if there's a way to flash a ROM and a Recovery with it like that.
Thanks for the help.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
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Can you access CWM? Try to pull out the battery, put it in, press power button + volume down at the same time. Wait til the LG logo appears and release it.
mrgian said:
Can you access CWM? Try to pull out the battery, put it in, press power button + volume down at the same time. Wait til the LG logo appears and release it.
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No. It just freezes at the LG logo.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
May.Assem said:
No. It just freezes at the LG logo.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
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I guess you need to flash the stock ROM by using SmartFlashTool. Its easy to use. There's a thread that has simple instructions.
mrgian said:
I guess you need to flash the stock ROM by using SmartFlashTool. Its easy to use. There's a thread that has simple instructions.
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As weird as this is, I suddenly can start into recovery. Is SmartFlashTool still the way to go? I ask because I don't want to ruin things any further.
Thanks again for the help.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
May.Assem said:
As weird as this is, I suddenly can start into recovery. Is SmartFlashTool still the way to go? I ask because I don't want to ruin things any further.
Thanks again for the help.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
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if u can go into recovery i would advise djangos last rom or temaseks or misjugedtwats
May.Assem said:
As weird as this is, I suddenly can start into recovery. Is SmartFlashTool still the way to go? I ask because I don't want to ruin things any further.
Thanks again for the help.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
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That's a good news then! What version of cmw u got? Do you have sdcard? I would suggest temasek cm7.2 build. 2 thumbs up!
mrgian said:
That's a good news then! What version of cmw u got? Do you have sdcard? I would suggest temasek cm7.2 build. 2 thumbs up!
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Really?! That's great to know.
Recovery is v5.0.2.7
ETA: I flashed the ROM I had on before all that mess started and now my phone is working again. I'm not sure if things went awry because AOKP's last build was screwed or because I removed the SDcard before flashing in an attempt to force the phone to use the 5GB of internal memory that has been sitting useless since I got the device.
can't I flash the last owaine version I used?
May.Assem said:
Really?! That's great to know.
Recovery is v5.0.2.7
ETA: I flashed the ROM I had on before all that mess started and now my phone is working again. I'm not sure if things went awry because AOKP's last build was screwed or because I removed the SDcard before flashing in an attempt to force the phone to use the 5GB of internal memory that has been sitting useless since I got the device.
can't I flash the last owaine version I used?
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Your phone working now? Try doing the 3 wipes (factory, cache partition, davlik [advance]).
mrgian said:
Your phone working now? Try doing the 3 wipes (factory, cache partition, davlik [advance]).
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It is.
I wiped every thing before flashing the ROM and I have a complete copy of all the files I had on the SDcard saved on my PC. As soon as it finishes charging I'll move the TB files back to the SDcard and see if I can restore my apps. Unfortunately, I have to redo my system settings by hand. But I don't really mind.
Thanks a lot for your help. I really appreciate it.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
May.Assem said:
It is.
I wiped every thing before flashing the ROM and I have a complete copy of all the files I had on the SDcard saved on my PC. As soon as it finishes charging I'll move the TB files back to the SDcard and see if I can restore my apps. Unfortunately, I have to redo my system settings by hand. But I don't really mind.
Thanks a lot for your help. I really appreciate it.
Sent from either my Iconia-A500 or my LG-P990, depending.
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Your welcome. Glad I helped.
Hi all,
Incidentally, I removed the application poweroff.apk with Titanium Backup, and I not did the backup. Now, my phone is not shutting down. When to put turn off, it just restarts.
I am with an enormous anguish. My question: I can turn it off by the battery, it will again turn on? I am with fear that the same reason that he is not shutting down, run the risk of it not connecting.
That is because I take the opportunity to change the firmware, and pass the v20q for the v20s. How to do it with Smartflash,I need disconnect the device to complete the procedure.
What do I turn it off again?
Can I change the firmware?
Please, I need help!
Thank you.
root explorer
Someone uses the RootExplorer?
I pulled out my battery like a hundred times. Nothing should happen.
You need to either reflash your ROM or install the update, both will give you the apk back.
Open terminal, write:
su
poweroff
It might work, let me know
PlacidoFerreira said:
Someone uses the RootExplorer?
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Everyday
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tonyp said:
I pulled out my battery like a hundred times. Nothing should happen.
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but did you also remove the poweroff, before removing the battery, and returned to work?
HerrKuk said:
Open terminal, write:
su
poweroff
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"poweroff: not found..."
I removed with Titanium Backup ;/
what do I do?
PlacidoFerreira said:
"poweroff: not found..."
I removed with Titanium Backup ;/
what do I do?
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Off course terminal emulator will not help you as you said you deleted those apk files so as tonyp said you should reflash your rom
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PlacidoFerreira said:
but did you also remove the poweroff, before removing the battery, and returned to work?
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No, but I've done way worse things than that
Don't worry, nothing will happen.
And even if you hit the 0.00001% chance and are stuck - luckily we do have NVFlash and can unbrick every softbricked phone.
That's one big advantage of the LG 2x! You need to damage the hardware to brick the phone.
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you should reflash your rom
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I want to do this. But for flash It is necessary to turn off the phone.
And this is the problem, if I turn off, it will turn on again?
The process "flash" ensure it will turn on again?
tonyp said:
You need to damage the hardware to brick the phone.
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Oow Gods! xD
How wonderful to know that.
I will go trust in you, and I will make this procedure.
Afterward I post the result
tonyp said:
No, but I've done way worse things than that
Don't worry, nothing will happen.
And even if you hit the 0.00001% chance and are stuck - luckily we do have NVFlash and can unbrick every softbricked phone.
That's one big advantage of the LG 2x! You need to damage the hardware to brick the phone.
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+1
So dont be afraid there's a lot of here
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda premium
PlacidoFerreira said:
"poweroff: not found..."
I removed with Titanium Backup ;/
what do I do?
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Thats strange, i have always thought that poweroff is an busybox applet (/system/xbin/poweroff), and should work even without poweroff.apk
Just for the fun of it, try
su
reboot
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HerrKuk said:
i have always thought that poweroff is an busybox applet (/system/xbin/poweroff)
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I tried reboot, but the apk not returned. It only restarted normally.
There are an .apk and an .odex (poweroff) located in (System/app/)
I will try Reflash.
To Extract .kdz or .bin
Before performing the reflash, is there any way to extract the file .kdz or .bin from firmware I'm using in by Win7? With this, look for poweroff.apk, to extract, and put in my phone.
If it is noobish, then I apologise sincierly, but I have an idea.
Is it not possible to extract from other phone and upload it somewhere for you to put in your phone?
Like for example, would it help if say I (stock/root/ 2.3.4 O2X) get it for you and uploaded to some fileshare thingy?
(My understanding (being new to O2X but long running user of Androids (G1, Milestone 1, O2X) is that no matter what you do to your software, there is always flash, or nandroid bckup, or ROM install. So no worries. )
petr.klos said:
If it is noobish, then I apologise sincierly, but I have an idea.
Is it not possible to extract from other phone and upload it somewhere for you to put in your phone?
Like for example, would it help if say I (stock/root/ 2.3.4 O2X) get it for you and uploaded to some fileshare thingy?
(My understanding (being new to O2X but long running user of Androids (G1, Milestone 1, O2X) is that no matter what you do to your software, there is always flash, or nandroid bckup, or ROM install. So no worries. )
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Yes that should work. I would have done that myself if I'd use a Stock ROM.
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OK guys,
Just reflash solved the problem.
Thread resolved
Thanks very much to all !!
Hi guys
I recently brought a 2nd hand LG black.
This rom is totally stock, to be precise, it is a Hong Kong version v20
Since I want to improve the battery life and have a more defined rom.
I would like to root and install CWM for my LG black.
Up to now, I have downloaded a few kdz from the subforum.
I have little experience before with LG phone, Last one i played around was LG P500. I remember last time i could easily root the phone by super1click, and then install rom manager from play store.
And from there (play store) i install CWM recovery.
I would like to find the confirmation from you guys that
Can i go for the same path again, super1click>rom manager>CWM recovery??
Thx in advance!!
Read my how to and find all you neeed
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app
thx
I realised the way you suggest to install CWM as exactly as mine.
But you only suggest to use SOC to root for 2.2 devices
Is there any reasons I should not root a 2.3 by SOC?
Actually SOC is always the most comfortable way to root for me
Hope you can share some
j4371 said:
thx
I realised the way you suggest to install CWM as exactly as mine.
But you only suggest to use SOC to root for 2.2 devices
Is there any reasons I should not root a 2.3 by SOC?
Actually SOC is always the most comfortable way to root for me
Hope you can share some
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You can try it All you ll see is, that it doesnt work. If you look for root v20x or read my thread as a whole you ll find all answers you need. If you download the same version you have, extract bin and fls files flash and simply dont wipe data, just cache and dalwik have fun man
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app
sorry to bother you again
But the link from your guide for the patched v20b.bin seems not working anymore
could you please tell me where i can find them
thx
try to use unlockroot
j4371 said:
sorry to bother you again
But the link from your guide for the patched v20b.bin seems not working anymore
could you please tell me where i can find them
thx
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u can try unlockroot(search google). i managed it with single click.i dont know whether it will work for u or not.
j4371 said:
sorry to bother you again
But the link from your guide for the patched v20b.bin seems not working anymore
could you please tell me where i can find them
thx
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Read post 3 about how to do it yourself and follow the youtube video guide mentioned there. It's really easy and safe.
To me:
Easiest
- Smartflashtool flash v10a
- Use mass storage for phone
- Download Gingerbreak.apk
- Transfer to phone mass storage
- Install app
- Root
- Open Play Store
- Download ROM Manager
-Flash CWM
Voila
Easiest but slowest
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SoulExertz said:
To me:
Easiest
- Smartflashtool flash v10a
- Use mass storage for phone
- Download Gingerbreak.apk
- Transfer to phone mass storage
- Install app
- Root
- Open Play Store
- Download ROM Manager
-Flash CWM
Voila
Easiest but slowest
Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2
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Hmm, complicated. Why not:
- Smartflashtool flash v20n that has CWM inside. This is the procedure.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23788913&postcount=170.You only need the V20n,0,s (any of them) in fls/bin format.
- Flash Superuser.zip in CWM
- Done.
thx everyone
finally i got it!!
now using zeus v7, very cool rom!
But one last question, can i use the same smartflash with patched .bin method to revery to stock if i mess up something.
for example i am on cm9 and i wanna go back to GB, or i have to repartition my phone just like other brands like samsung.
j4371 said:
thx everyone
finally i got it!!
now using zeus v7, very cool rom!
But one last question, can i use the same smartflash with patched .bin method to revery to stock if i mess up something.
for example i am on cm9 and i wanna go back to GB, or i have to repartition my phone just like other brands like samsung.
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Yes, you can. It is also useful for warranty (as root is voiding your warranty).
danfizesan said:
Yes, you can. It is also useful for warranty (as root is voiding your warranty).
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Yo have to use an unpatched bin and fls then, but for the rest, yes you can
Sent from my think of something creative here.
ok thx
i feel safe now~~
Hi, guys
I'm in a big problem, since from last week the power jack of my O2X don't work.
Since my phone is in warranty time, I can send it to the SAT, but, and that's my big problem, I have to flash the stock and unroot it, but I can't since I can't connect the phone to the pc via USB.
Is there any way to nvflash the phone from the SD, or via wifi or BT ???
Any idea will be very apprecited,
Thanks in advance,
Greetings
and if you flash this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617458
you only have to copy the rom using wifi or download it on your 2x
cpvm said:
and if you flash this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617458
you only have to copy the rom using wifi or download it on your 2x
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That still wouldn't get him to stock recovery though...
cpvm said:
and if you flash this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617458
you only have to copy the rom using wifi or download it on your 2x
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Thanks for the info, but this is only a ROM, I need to unroot the phone and reflash the stock recovery....
I think I will loose warranty.... so I'm thinking about to take the phone to a Pakistani in my neighbourhood.....
Thanks for all
ThunderRoad said:
Thanks for the info, but this is only a ROM, I need to unroot the phone and reflash the stock recovery....
I think I will loose warranty.... so I'm thinking about to take the phone to a Pakistani in my neighbourhood.....
Thanks for all
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Send an email to LG explaining the situation... if I'm not wrong they sometimes close one eyes with modding
Sent from my Optimus 2X with Paranoid Android. Thanks button is here ↓ !!! Just use it
Thanks for all the answers.
Yesterday I left my phone at a Pakistani, will change the power jack for 20 €....fingers crossed....
Thanks,
Hey, im a newbie here in the forum, but i got some knowledge in the android world
I have a Lg Optimus 2X rooted on 4.0.4, and im a little confused about some things...
i want to install ClockwordMod, but i dont know how... i open rom manager 5.5 and i find my device on the list (lg p990) i fond it and then i downloaded the CWM but when it reaches 100% it looks like nothing gets installed :s i dont know what is happening. i found another ways to do this (running .bat files on my pc, but it doesn't work either) you guys have a clue why is this happening?
i want to install cyanogenmod 10.1, and i know i need CWM... but in their website they say: You must use the Gingerbread bootloader and partition layout in order to use CyanogenMod. The ICS firmware is NOT compatible.
my question is: i have lg original 4.0.4, this means i have to downgrade right? i have to downgrade maybe to 2.3 right? ^
(by the way sorry about my english, im from portugal )
thanks to all
well if you get nothing then it means it is for the old gb bootloader if you have a pink lg logo then you are on the new bootloader so find roms for thenew one or you can downgrade but dont forget your internalsd wil be wiped.
look in the development forum for the aio toolkit and dont forget to install apx drivers hope this could help you
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wulsic said:
well if you get nothing then it means it is for the old gb bootloader if you have a pink lg logo then you are on the new bootloader so find roms for thenew one or you can downgrade but dont forget your internalsd wil be wiped.
look in the development forum for the aio toolkit and dont forget to install apx drivers hope this could help you
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yeh i do have a pink lg logo, but how can i find roms if i cant install a recovery?
i have that toolkit, i rooted my phone with that
icetuto said:
yeh i do have a pink lg logo, but how can i find roms if i cant install a recovery?
i have that toolkit, i rooted my phone with that
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you can install also recovery with that and unlocked bootloader if you don;t have it yet
wulsic said:
you can install also recovery with that and unlocked bootloader if you don;t have it yet
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this is the toolkit.(attachment)
so all i have to do is, press 2 (change recovery image) and then select via ADB and my recovery will be installed?
and about the bootloader just press 8 and there will be no problems right? no chance of bricking the phone...
thx a lot for the quick responses