Hi guys
I just got my Verizon G2 2days ago and was able to root but all the threads that I find are confusing. I need a custom recovery to start flashing ROMS but don't know what to install. I have searched. How can I install TWRP 2.7.0.0?
Thanks
Mario
docmarioce said:
Hi guys
I just got my Verizon G2 2days ago and was able to root but all the threads that I find are confusing. I need a custom recovery to start flashing ROMS but don't know what to install. I have searched. How can I install TWRP 2.7.0.0?
Thanks
Mario
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Autorec, look for it in the G2 Dev section.
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Autorec, look for it in the G2 Dev section.
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Excellent! Thank you very much. Did my first nandroid backup and here I go XDABBEB's VS98024A v1.1.1 !!!!
Thanks again
Mario
Other question how do I know if I have a full 24A bootstack already. I got the phone 3 days ago. I installed the 4.4.2 update (2 updates) and then I rooted and installed the last recovery. I am ready for flashing but I don't know if I have 24A bootstack. Can anybody clarify? I am new to LG world coming from the Galaxy S4, S5 and then HTC One M8. I am liking better the LG G2.
Thanks
Mario
If you took the OTA to 4.4.2 you're on the 24A bootstack. You're all set. When you start flashing ROMs be sure they are for 24A before you flash. If they're not they won't boot without the 12B radios.
Great! I can't wait to start flashing. Thanks! Any recommendations on ROMs?. I like stock look but is a little slow. I guess if I have the same system just faster I would be happy.
Thanks again. Enjoying my new forum and phone so far.
Best
Mario
For 24A we have the stock based ROMs. Like Malladus, Cloudy and a few others. AOSP for 24A is currently Carbon, there's a CM11 build for 24A in the VZW development section. C-Rom, Resurrection Remix and Mahdi. Which I highly recommend, so much closer to AOSP than CM and the others as dr87 pulls in stuff from the N5 to make our G2 as awesome as possible. Personally its my favorite. I'd keep an eye on the thread and wait til the next build for that one though. Should be coming soon.
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For 24A we have the stock based ROMs. Like Malladus, Cloudy and a few others. AOSP for 24A is currently Carbon, there's a CM11 build for 24A in the VZW development section. C-Rom, Resurrection Remix and Mahdi. Which I highly recommend, so much closer to AOSP than CM and the others as dr87 pulls in stuff from the N5 to make our G2 as awesome as possible. Personally its my favorite. I'd keep an eye on the thread and wait til the next build for that one though. Should be coming soon.
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Good info to start. I have work to do now. Will be around for a while. Thanks!! :good:
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Has anyone seen any mention of modem/TZ/RPM packages so those of us still on AOSP, can flash those and new ROMs and kernels built with new sources when available? Rather than having to go back to stock, update to KK, then pushing the JB aboot to get custom recovery back.
JRJ442 said:
Has anyone seen any mention of modem/TZ/RPM packages so those of us still on AOSP, can flash those and new ROMs and kernels built with new sources when available? Rather than having to go back to stock, update to KK, then pushing the JB aboot to get custom recovery back.
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Not yet. We will have to see how out plays out the next week of so.
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JRJ442 said:
Has anyone seen any mention of modem/TZ/RPM packages so those of us still on AOSP, can flash those and new ROMs and kernels built with new sources when available? Rather than having to go back to stock, update to KK, then pushing the JB aboot to get custom recovery back.
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Depends on whether or not people can figure out a way to put a recovery on 4.4. As it stands right now, there is an issue with Loki and 4.4.
If no one can, then they are going to have to make the new 4.4 builds compatible with the 12b aboot just like roms needed patched for 12b when it first came out.
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Post #2 to reach 10 min required posts to participate in Dev Section--yes I have a LG G2 running 24A :good:
Totally new to the G2. I previously had a Galaxy S4. I have the 24A build. Rooted with TWRP v2.7.0.0 I was able to install beanstalk and Resurrection but not carbon or pacman (boot loops). Is there some kind of patch I need to flash with certain roms? I did some searching but with my grandson tugging on my arm all the time it is difficult at best finding time to research.
Tulsadiver said:
Totally new to the G2. I previously had a Galaxy S4. I have the 24A build. Rooted with TWRP v2.7.0.0 I was able to install beanstalk and Resurrection but not carbon or pacman (boot loops). Is there some kind of patch I need to flash with certain roms? I did some searching but with my grandson tugging on my arm all the time it is difficult at best finding time to research.
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Because your bootstack is 24A, you can only run roms that are using the 24A source code underneath. That would be any stock based KK rom. There is a Carbon beta in the thread that will work also, you just can't use the nightlies until they are updated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52376271&postcount=444
Most of the AOSP based roms are using the drivers/kernel from the older JB source that was available at the time, to go back to one of them, you need to downgrade your bootstack on your phone to 12B.
The devs should start moving all their roms to use the 24A/KK source now that is available, it will just take some time.
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Because your bootstack is 24A, you can only run roms that are using the 24A source code underneath. That would be any stock based KK rom. There is a Carbon beta in the thread that will work also, you just can't use the nightlies until they are updated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52376271&postcount=444
Most of the AOSP based roms are using the drivers/kernel from the older JB source that was available at the time, to go back to one of them, you need to downgrade your bootstack on your phone to 12B.
The devs should start moving all their roms to use the 24A/KK source now that is available, it will just take some time.
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Thanks! So after flashing most AOSP roms I then flash the full 12B bootstack, then GAPPS?
If you don't mind me asking, how did you flash TWRP. That's my next step. I rooted last night.
natypes said:
If you don't mind me asking, how did you flash TWRP. That's my next step. I rooted last night.
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I used the Kitkat 24A Freedom zip. Extract and run the bat file.
natypes said:
If you don't mind me asking, how did you flash TWRP. That's my next step. I rooted last night.
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AutoRec - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715496
The 24A release patched the exploit used to install a recovery, you need to downgrade your aboot back to 12B so it can be flashed, AutoRec does it all automatically for you. Just grab the vs980 version from that thread.
mjones73 said:
AutoRec - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715496
The 24A release patched the exploit used to install a recovery, you need to downgrade your aboot back to 12B so it can be flashed, AutoRec does it all automatically for you. Just grab the vs980 version from that thread.
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Thanks man. After going through pretty much every page of the TWRP thread, on page 22 I found that lol
mjones73 said:
AutoRec - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715496
The 24A release patched the exploit used to install a recovery, you need to downgrade your aboot back to 12B so it can be flashed, AutoRec does it all automatically for you. Just grab the vs980 version from that thread.
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How neat is that! Thanks for your help!
Tulsadiver said:
How neat is that! Thanks for your help!
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I found it's the easiest way to do it, for those who wanna flash it manually/understand what it's doing, JackPotClavin has the steps in his CM11 thread.
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How neat is that! Thanks for your help!
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One more stupid question, what gapps do I use after downgrading, I tied running this apk, going straight to recovery from there, installing carbon, kk gapps and still bootlooped.
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One more stupid question, what gapps do I use after downgrading, I tied running this apk, going straight to recovery from there, installing carbon, kk gapps and still bootlooped.
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I believe I used Banks gapps. Which Carbon are you installing? The nightlies won't work if you're at 24A.
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I believe I used Banks gapps. Which Carbon are you installing? The nightlies won't work if you're at 24A.
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I did get it install running the downgrade zip and also the pacman rom but i had issues when also installing gapps (worked fine without) but one of them didn't have data. Do you have any idea where the notification and status bar icons are located either within the roms before they are installed or after? I would like to change them.
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I did get it install running the downgrade zip and also the pacman rom but i had issues when also installing gapps (worked fine without) but one of them didn't have data. Do you have any idea where the notification and status bar icons are located either within the roms before they are installed or after? I would like to change them.
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Sorry no I don't.
Are there any 4.4.2 ota based roms other than cm11 which is no longer active?
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Dri94 said:
Are there any 4.4.2 ota based roms other than cm11 which is no longer active?
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These are the only ones I know of that work on the 24A baseband.
CM11 which still does get updated from time to time - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702958
CarbonRom Beta, use the betas that bigshotrob22 has been posting, not the nightlies - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52443336&postcount=487
Mahdi - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2590700
Beanstalk - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2686460
I've been on the third beta for Carbon since it's been released, been solid for me.
Just to be sure there all based on the 24A ota? Thanks for the quick reply!
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Just to be sure there all based on the 24A ota? Thanks for the quick reply!
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I know 100% the first two are. I hear Mahdi is and Beanstalk states it is in it's OP.
Are the 24a ASOP roms, mostly stable now? Meaning no SODs or random reboots?
--Opie
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Are the 24a ASOP roms, mostly stable now? Meaning no SODs or random reboots?
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Using the 24A drivers/kernel source has eliminated SODs. I have yet to have a reboot running Carbon based on 24A.
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Using the 24A drivers/kernel source has eliminated SODs. I have yet to have a reboot running Carbon based on 24A.
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Im running the C-ROM (i could not get carbon rom to install- kept doing boot loops)...
The rom is great, has a lot of features, but does not seem to want to stay on LTE very much... it's very flaky... I switch back and forth between the nexus 5 running Slim Kat, and the LG g2 running C-Rom, and the LG g2 will stay on HSPA+, and the Nexus 5 will stay on LTE...
Any reasons for this? both have the same APN (fast.t-mobile.com)...
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Im running the C-ROM (i could not get carbon rom to install- kept doing boot loops)...
The rom is great, has a lot of features, but does not seem to want to stay on LTE very much... it's very flaky... I switch back and forth between the nexus 5 running Slim Kat, and the LG g2 running C-Rom, and the LG g2 will stay on HSPA+, and the Nexus 5 will stay on LTE...
Any reasons for this? both have the same APN (fast.t-mobile.com)...
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Where did you download Carbon from? Don't use the nightlies.
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Where did you download Carbon from? Don't use the nightlies.
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ya i think i got a nightly before, ill try the link you posted later tonight... so i can just use TWRP to do full wipe, flash the zip, and then the GAPPS?
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ya i think i got a nightly before, ill try the link you posted later tonight... so i can just use TWRP to do full wipe, flash the zip, and then the GAPPS?
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Yep, stick to the betas bigshotrob22 is posting, my sig is to the latest. Hopefully someday the nightlies will get moved to 24A.
Yes all of those roms are 24a and there are no more SODs. Proximity is stil a little wonky but not as bad as before.
Currently using the 3/1 CM 11 build, and since it's not really being updated and there were so many issues with it, i'm trying to see if it's possible to get a completely AOSP very stable build on the G2. I'm talking google boot animation and the whole 9. Any suggestions would be nice. Kinda getting annoyed with random reboots, especially while i'm on the phone, along with the screen coming on during phone calls. Thanks in advance!
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Currently using the 3/1 CM 11 build, and since it's not really being updated and there were so many issues with it, i'm trying to see if it's possible to get a completely AOSP very stable build on the G2. I'm talking google boot animation and the whole 9. Any suggestions would be nice. Kinda getting annoyed with random reboots, especially while i'm on the phone, along with the screen coming on during phone calls. Thanks in advance!
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I'm not aware of any that are going to be completely AOSP with no tweaks. C-ROM, CarbonROM, and Mahdi, come to mind for light-weight AOSP, but even they have built-in tweaks.
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I'm not aware of any that are going to be completely AOSP with no tweaks. C-ROM, CarbonROM, and Mahdi, come to mind for light-weight AOSP, but even they have built-in tweaks.
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light tweaking is ok, as long as there's no major color changes or anything. i do like being able to have an NFC toggle in the quick settings
vanir is good
You can try JackpotClavin's CM11 builds for the 24A OTA release. I haven't had a single crash since I switched to his build.
Vanir is beyond stable, and is 4.4.3.
Mahdi is based on n5
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You need to stop using AOSP roms built on the JB source if you want to get away from the SOD's. Update your bootstack following the steps in JackPotClavin's CM11 based on 24A thread and you're free to install any of the AOSP roms built on top of 24A.
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You need to stop using AOSP roms built on the JB source if you want to get away from the SOD's. Update your bootstack following the steps in JackPotClavin's CM11 based on 24A thread and you're free to install any of the AOSP roms built on top of 24A.
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There are many 24a based roms that run perfect:
Vanir, Beanstalk, carbonrom, crom, and gummyrom just to name a few.
thanks for the input everyone. i think i'm gonna try updating the bootstack and trying out either mahdi or vanir after work. just looking for the closest ROM to a nexus 5
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Mahdi is based on n5
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can you post a link for the ROM please? i found 1, but i'm not sure if thats the right one since the screenshot shoes LG's UI.
Viper76269 said:
can you post a link for the ROM please? i found 1, but i'm not sure if thats the right one since the screenshot shoes LG's UI.
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Look for Mahdi under original lg2 development. It's on there. Just follow the steps
Finally got root and CWM recovery installed.
Debating on which ROM to use.
Vanir on the N4 has been pretty good, and they have 4.4.3 available now for this tablet.
I see a lot of people are using the CROmiX however.
I also see there's a CROMbi KK
I assume CROMix is most stable
Vanir is more cutting edge
and Crombi KK is somewhere in the middle?
Any input is appreciated.
Need stability and to make SURE that the dock/keyboard works.
Thanks,
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Finally got root and CWM recovery installed.
Debating on which ROM to use.
Vanir on the N4 has been pretty good, and they have 4.4.3 available now for this tablet.
I see a lot of people are using the CROmiX however.
I also see there's a CROMbi KK
I assume CROMix is most stable
Vanir is more cutting edge
and Crombi KK is somewhere in the middle?
Any input is appreciated.
Need stability and to make SURE that the dock/keyboard works.
Thanks,
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If you want to ensure dock and stability then try CROMi-X first mate. CM11 based roms have some dock functionality but can't guarantee all the special keys work.