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Requesting Cyanogen Upgrade Help

Hello all, I have a friend with a G1 that is currently running Cyanogen 4.0.4. He is interested in updating to the latest stable release, but has had trouble booting after he does. Since I have no experience with the G1 or Android in general, I was hoping someone might be able to walk us through the process.
I know his phone is rooted, but I'm not sure what he used to do so. I also think he could probably use a radio update.
Thanks for your time!

xiton said:
Hello all, I have a friend with a G1 that is currently running Cyanogen 4.0.4. He is interested in updating to the latest stable release, but has had trouble booting after he does. Since I have no experience with the G1 or Android in general, I was hoping someone might be able to walk us through the process.
I know his phone is rooted, but I'm not sure what he used to do so. I also think he could probably use a radio update.
Thanks for your time!
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This link provides all the steps needed to upgrade from 4.0.4 to the current release
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.p...version_less_than_4.1.99_or_other_rooted_ROMs

Download the Android 1.6 Recovery Image (it has "-ota-" in the filename):
http://www.4shared.com/file/164243978/15081498/signed-dream_devphone_userdebu.html
Download the latest CyanogenMod ROM for your device:
http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/upda...7.1-signed.zip
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You are now in recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-W to wipe all data
5) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
6) Choose signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (You won't see the entire filename)
7) When it is done it will ask you to reboot to complete the installation. Press Home+Back
8) You will be returned to the recovery screen in a few minutes, be patient.
9) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
10) Choose update-cm-4.2.7.1-signed.zip
11) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
12) Complete the setup process

i have looked everywhere (i think) for signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip Where did it go... i'm also on 4.0.4 and want all the googly goodness if you have- or- can find a link?? thanks so much. i've learned alot from u guys, sorry for not posting

Found a mirror using the Google (real complicated stuff, not recommended for beginners)
http://pomac.netswarm.net/mirror.html/mirror/android/adp1/android-1.6
It has both
signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-14721.zip
&
signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip

yozpalang said:
Download the Android 1.6 Recovery Image (it has "-ota-" in the filename):
http://www.4shared.com/file/164243978/15081498/signed-dream_devphone_userdebu.html
Download the latest CyanogenMod ROM for your device:
http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/upda...7.1-signed.zip
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You are now in recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-W to wipe all data
5) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
6) Choose signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (You won't see the entire filename)
7) When it is done it will ask you to reboot to complete the installation. Press Home+Back
8) You will be returned to the recovery screen in a few minutes, be patient.
9) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
10) Choose update-cm-4.2.7.1-signed.zip
11) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
12) Complete the setup process
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iirc, his loader only lets you upgrade if you rename the files to update.zip. whats the one you are using that lets you preserve filenames?

xiton said:
iirc, his loader only lets you upgrade if you rename the files to update.zip. whats the one you are using that lets you preserve filenames?
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If you can only apply "update.zip" you probably want to upgrade the recovery image
What recovery are you on?
Are you sure the phone is rooted and you're not at the stock recovery?
Either way give Cyanogen's Wiki a read, there's a lot more info there
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Upgrading_From_Older_CyanogenMod_or_other_rooted_ROMs

jackslim said:
If you can only apply "update.zip" you probably want to upgrade the recovery image
What recovery are you on?
Are you sure the phone is rooted and you're not at the stock recovery?
Either way give Cyanogen's Wiki a read, there's a lot more info there
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Upgrading_From_Older_CyanogenMod_or_other_rooted_ROMs
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Thanks for all the info. I'm going to forward the info to him, since I'm not sure what he's running atm.

xiton said:
iirc, his loader only lets you upgrade if you rename the files to update.zip. whats the one you are using that lets you preserve filenames?
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get the CM recovery here the update to this one here then you can apply any zip

yozpalang said:
please don't comment if you don't know what you are talking about
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That's the OP asking for clarification because he's still lost

jackslim said:
That's the OP asking for clarification because he's still lost
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sorry ,my bad

Needing some assistance as well.
The steps outlined on Cyanogen's wiki are dead simple. I followed them to the letter (save for installing the Hard SPL).
The problem is when my phone gets to the above listed step 11, it reboots and sits at the T-Mobile G1 logo. This is my second attempt to make the rooting/new mod changes and I let it sit at the logo for over an hour with zero change on the boot screen.
I have already installed the dreaimg.nbh, and I have DL's (3 times fro 2 different sources) the "signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip" and the "update-cm-4.2.7.1-signed.zip" and can use the 'apply any zip' option from the recovery menu.
The process itself seems to go fine (i.e. installing/formatting, blah blah blah) but the final reboot does nothing.
So, I am at a loss why apparently installed OS simply will not boot. Odd thing, is that I left my blue tooth headset on by accident and upon the last reboot, I hear it connect! It's almost as if it does boot up but will not change the screen.
I setup a second machine(Karmic Ubuntu) strictly for ADB but haven't the best clue on how to get it to work. While in the recovery menu I can issue "adb shell reboot" and the phone reboots but I cannot get the status. Even when trying "adb usb". Either I get 'device not found' or "connection closed" with either of those commands.(Not recalling which at the moment).
After this 'stuck on G1 logo', I can reboot and 'restore latest backup'(as noted in Cyanogen's steps) and the OS loads (although it is buggy as hell when trying to use any browsing, signal cuts in and out, drops carrier and gets it back.....severely annoying)
So....could use some real guidance.
As it stands:
OS: kila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247 ota-rel-keys, release-keys
Recovery menu shows "Build: CyanogenMod v1.4 + JF" at the bottom.
Where to go from here?

[Q] Help! Bricked my phone during Flash!

Hey guys,
So I've been at this all day on another forum. Here is the link to ONE of the threads : (Edit removed, cant post links yet)
So I was trying to Flash to Android Revolution HD and it got stuck at 30% half way through the installation. This lasted a good 5 hours...
I finally managed to reboot the phone using "adb reboot bootloader"
But now I'm stuck on "HTC Quietly Brilliant" splash screen!
I JUST bought this phone last night off kijjiji and I'm reallly ****ting bricks now (no pun intended)
Any help whatsoever will be really appreciated
Added a screen shot of what it was stuck at a few minutes ago. I JUST managed to reboot it..but it's still stuck.

PoRco1x said:
Hey guys,
So I've been at this all day on another forum. Here is the link to ONE of the threads : (Edit removed, cant post links yet)
So I was trying to Flash to Android Revolution HD and it got stuck at 30% half way through the installation. This lasted a good 5 hours...
I finally managed to reboot the phone using "adb reboot bootloader"
But now I'm stuck on "HTC Quietly Brilliant" splash screen!
I JUST bought this phone last night off kijjiji and I'm reallly ****ting bricks now (no pun intended)
Any help whatsoever will be really appreciated
Added a screen shot of what it was stuck at a few minutes ago. I JUST managed to reboot it..but it's still stuck.
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Hi, hold it under a bright light and hold down power until it turns off, then reboot into bootloader, select recovery, then reflash the ROM

MacHackz said:
Hi, hold it under a bright light and hold down power until it turns off, then reboot into bootloader, select recovery, then reflash the ROM
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Hey I got the phone to restart and it goes almost immediately into the HTC screen again. I think "fastboot" setting is on or something. I just can't get it to go to the bootloader

MacHackz said:
Hi, hold it under a bright light and hold down power until it turns off, then reboot into bootloader, select recovery, then reflash the ROM
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Just tried it under my bright lamp too. No dice

Okay so I used Hansoons AIO toolkit to get it to load into CWM-based Recovery... phew
What's next!?

you need to do this when in fastboot
type fastboot erase cache
just to be sure redownload his rom

expertzero1 said:
you need to do this when in fastboot
type fastboot erase cache
just to be sure redownload his rom
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Not really sure how to get into fastboot. Will typing that command get me to fastboot and erase cache.
Here are my options now, using the Hasoon2000 AIO
1) Re-flash a recovery - ClockWorkMod, ClockworkMod Touch, TWRP AND THEN Install zip via sd card
2) Do above ^^ but install via sideload
3) Just erase cache with AIO and install zip from sim card
What should I do?

PoRco1x said:
Not really sure how to get into fastboot. Will typing that command get me to fastboot and erase cache.
Here are my options now, using the Hasoon2000 AIO
1) Re-flash a recovery - ClockWorkMod, ClockworkMod Touch, TWRP AND THEN Install zip via sd card
2) Do above ^^ but install via sideload
3) Just erase cache with AIO and install zip from sim card
What should I do?
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It doesn't matter, once you're in cwm recovery, reflash the Rom with a full wipe and you should be good. Calm down dude.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

just like the gentleman above said, you need to calm down first. If your phone can boot, although it hangs midway, it has a big chance not to be bricked in anyway.
And I don't advice you to use the AIO tools, just try to follow every simple guides to flash custom recovery-root-custom rom and you'll get familiar with the process in no time.
So I assume that you can boot into recovery, these are the steps that I think you should follow:
- re-download the custom rom that you wanna flash (make sure that the download is not corrupted)
- boot into recovery (in your case,CWM)
- wipe cache . wipe dalvik (in advance settings)
- install zip --> choose zip --> point to your custom rom
- you'll see the aroma installer, pick your options until it begins to install.
- if the installation went smoothly, don't reboot phone yet, get back to recovery, wipe cache/dalvik then reboot system and let the phone install the OS (first boot usually take long timer)
- if the installation hangs at midway, reboot again into recovery (power + vol down until button blinks and phone boots into bootloader) then start again from first step
once again, I advice you not to use the AIO tools. it's safe but you need to know what you are doing and the process to conquer your phone is not that hard.

What are you holding to try to enter bootloader? I use power and volume down and it works every time. Just hold them until the bootloader screen appears then let go.
Also, like others have said, it's better to use adb and fastboot commands yourself in cmd or terminal, rather than using the toolkit - it's not too hard, there are plenty of guides, you learn quicker and it's more satisfying
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

ryryzz said:
just like the gentleman above said, you need to calm down first. If your phone can boot, although it hangs midway, it has a big chance not to be bricked in anyway.
And I don't advice you to use the AIO tools, just try to follow every simple guides to flash custom recovery-root-custom rom and you'll get familiar with the process in no time.
So I assume that you can boot into recovery, these are the steps that I think you should follow:
- re-download the custom rom that you wanna flash (make sure that the download is not corrupted)
- boot into recovery (in your case,CWM)
- wipe cache . wipe dalvik (in advance settings)
- install zip --> choose zip --> point to your custom rom
- you'll see the aroma installer, pick your options until it begins to install.
- if the installation went smoothly, don't reboot phone yet, get back to recovery, wipe cache/dalvik then reboot system and let the phone install the OS (first boot usually take long timer)
- if the installation hangs at midway, reboot again into recovery (power + vol down until button blinks and phone boots into bootloader) then start again from first step
once again, I advice you not to use the AIO tools. it's safe but you need to know what you are doing and the process to conquer your phone is not that hard.
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I really appreciate your reply man. Yeah, I need to calm down haha.
Alright, the problem is that I can't get into recovery mode unless I use the AIO tool. I've tried everything else. Using the volume down button, under the bright light etc etc. IT just goes straight to the HTC screen. It must be noted that I DID have problems getting into my bootloader before as well. A moderator of another forum made me download an app from the app store that let me either reboot int bootloader or reboot into recovery.
Rebooting in bootloader didn't work through that app either, it just restarted the phone, However,rebooting into recovery worked. Also, AIO tools doesn't seem to allow me to reboot into bootloader either... that command just restarts the phone and gets it stuck on HTC screen.... BUT the "reboot into recovery" works here too
Problem 2 ) The device is being detected by my pc but I can't access the file system in it. It just showing as a drive with no GB in it whatsoever . when I use "adb devices" in cmd it shows my device along with the serial id though.

So, what's your situation at the moment? You can get into recovery? What are you trying to do?

redbull123 said:
So, what's your situation at the moment? You can get into recovery? What are you trying to do?
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Well, I'm not sure what my course of action should be.
I'm in recovery mode right now. Got there using AIO.
The Android Revolution HD rom is STILL in there.
However, I'm wondering if I should put in a new rom using adb push (just watched a youtube video that says I can apparently do that)
Or should I REFLASH with new recovery and then install the rom?
What should be by next step? Because I dont want to be making mistakes

PoRco1x said:
I really appreciate your reply man. Yeah, I need to calm down haha.
Alright, the problem is that I can't get into recovery mode unless I use the AIO tool. I've tried everything else. Using the volume down button, under the bright light etc etc. IT just goes straight to the HTC screen. It must be noted that I DID have problems getting into my bootloader before as well. A moderator of another forum made me download an app from the app store that let me either reboot int bootloader or reboot into recovery.
Rebooting in bootloader didn't work through that app either, it just restarted the phone, However,rebooting into recovery worked. Also, AIO tools doesn't seem to allow me to reboot into bootloader either... that command just restarts the phone and gets it stuck on HTC screen.... BUT the "reboot into recovery" works here too
Problem 2 ) The device is being detected by my pc but I can't access the file system in it. It just showing as a drive with no GB in it whatsoever . when I use "adb devices" in cmd it shows my device along with the serial id though.
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It is not bricked, you should hold down your vol down+power a tad bit longer, you should hold it until the screen comes on and not until when it's turned off. If the installation is stucked in recovery you should be able to go to bootloader.
You need to mount usb to your computer first. If you cannot find the option to mount it, you probably need to push files through adb in fastboot mode.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

PoRco1x said:
Well, I'm not sure what my course of action should be.
I'm in recovery mode right now. Got there using AIO.
The Android Revolution HD rom is STILL in there.
However, I'm wondering if I should put in a new rom using adb push (just watched a youtube video that says I can apparently do that)
Or should I REFLASH with new recovery and then install the rom?
What should be by next step? Because I dont want to be making mistakes
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I would just try flashing the ROM again - it sticks at 30% all the time, it's a common problem with Aroma (the installer), nothing to do with anything you've done, nor the ROMs fault. It sometimes takes a few tries to get it properly. I'd recommend using the volume and power buttons to navigate around aroma instead of using the touchscreen...
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

JazLiew said:
It is not bricked, you should hold down your vol down+power a tad bit longer, you should hold it until the screen comes on and not until when it's turned off. If the installation is stucked in recovery you should be able to go to bootloader.
You need to mount usb to your computer first. If you cannot find the option to mount it, you probably need to push files through adb in fastboot mode.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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Yeah, I tried that too. The phone was INITIALLY just stuck and wouldn't even restart. Nothing I did made it restart until finally... I used adb reboot bootloader to make the phone finally restart into the HTC screen. But no matter what I try to do, it hasn't taken me to the bootloader even ONCE, ever since I got the phone in fact.
Should I push in a new rom using adb? And if so, which one? Android Revolution HD (fresh download) or a different one that you recommend?
Btw, I apologise for the delayed replies, the forum is making me wait between each message since I'm new

PoRco1x said:
Well, I'm not sure what my course of action should be.
I'm in recovery mode right now. Got there using AIO.
The Android Revolution HD rom is STILL in there.
However, I'm wondering if I should put in a new rom using adb push (just watched a youtube video that says I can apparently do that)
Or should I REFLASH with new recovery and then install the rom?
What should be by next step? Because I dont want to be making mistakes
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While in recovery, on your computer try boot into bootloader with "adb reboot bootloader" and see if your phone can boot into fastboot mode. If it can, I strongly recommend you to COMPLETELY go back to stock by flashing your RUU.exe. After going back to stock, do the whole process of unlock/root again

redbull123 said:
I would just try flashing the ROM again - it sticks at 30% all the time, it's a common problem with Aroma (the installer), nothing to do with anything you've done, nor the ROMs fault. It sometimes takes a few tries to get it properly. I'd recommend using the volume power buttons to navigate around aroma instead of using the touchscreen...
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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It's funny you mention that! I had serious issues navigating through the aroma installer, I would have to click the "next" button at least 2-3 times. And when I tried using the volume buttons, it would only go to the button inbetween "back" and "next" which was something like "more info"
Does this point toward any other issue? Or should I go ahead with flashing rom again?
ryryzz said:
While in recovery, on your computer try boot into bootloader with "adb reboot bootloader" and see if your phone can boot into fastboot mode. If it can, I strongly recommend you to COMPLETELY go back to stock by flashing your RUU.exe. After going back to stock, do the whole process of unlock/root again
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I used adb reboot bootloader to get OUT of the installtion screen, but it didnt take me to the bootloader (as usual) it just restarted. The AIO tools also didn't take me to bootloader when I used one of the commands there. So going to booatloader is really being impossible now!!

I think u need to send it to repair or warranty. Since you can't go to bootloader there's a lot of things you can't do right now.

So now I have two options at hand now...
1) Go ahead with rom installation (this I know how to do)
2) Flash official stock using RUU (this I dont know how to do yet, since I'm not entire sure what carrier this was initially on)

$25 BOUNTY to anyone that can get my H811 / H81120o factory unlocked to run CM

It's bootloader unlocked, but can't get into bootloader. I wand Cyanogenmod on it.
I'll give remote access to my computer / device, and even talk on the phone. I have all files I can find downloaded, but none will root the device or roll back, etc. I can't access the bootloader in any way (power / volume down or power / volume up just result in a normal boot).
I will pay via PayPal. I need this ASAP. I don't know what I did wrong, but hope you're the person than can fix it and install CM (or any other way to wifi tether on T-Mobile / Simple Mobile).
Serious offer. Can you do it? If so make some quick cash.
Thanks,
-Joe
[email protected]

this should help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...ck-guide-h811-20-o-bootloader-unlock-t3421589

Yes, this should help resolve your issues. What you wanna do is get ADB on your computer. Download the file in this link. It will get everything running, system wide. I did this, personally, because I'm a lazy mofo. Also, you want a custom recovery, not your bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118
Next up, you wanna enable developer setting on the phone.
-Settings....about phone....software info.....click on "build number" until you are granted developer settings (it'll say it.)
Click back, twice and you'll see Developer Settings. Go there and make sure developer options is toggled ON, up top.
Make sure "Enable OEM unlock" is checked. Scroll down and make sure "USB debugging" is checked on.
Grab all your files (cyanogenmod and gapps) Put that in a folder. and recovery img, you'll need that.
Plug your phone into your computer....Make sure you allow USB connection! Your phone will prompt you about this.
Now, within the folder,with all your files, including your recovery img, hold shift and right click. Click on "open terminal here"
Type in "adb reboot bootloader"
Your phone will boot to a black screen with some writing on the top. Since you said it's bootloader unlocked, let's move on.
type in "fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-h811.img" (FYI, please have this downloaded, and in the same folder as you opened the terminal window)
Your phone should now be in TWRP recovery! Your phone should still be recognized by your computer, so open up the device, so you can browse the files of the phone.
Windows start menu....file explorer....this PC....click on your phone.
For the sake of simplicity, transfer all your files, including the recovery img, to the phone.
Once all files are on, click on "install" click "install IMAGE"...look for your twrp file and select it. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT! FLASH IT AS RECOVERY!!
Swipe to confirm...done.
Hit the home button....click "reboot"....click "recovery".
This is just gonna boot you back into recovery, so you know that you have a permanent recovery!
Next step is to backup...click it. Just swipe to backup. The three important things are checked (system, data and boot.
Once that is done, "wipe" (click it) swipe now. The recovery will do everything for you. Factory reset, basically. It doesn't wipe your internal storage, so your CM and Gapps are still gonna be there. ALWAYS BACKUP. Everybody knows that a backup can really save your ass!
Once done, "install"....click on CM then click "add another zip". Click on gapps. Now, swipe to flash the files
The recovery will do it's thing, and will confirm when it's done and successful! "Reboot system now".
The phone will take a bit to boot up, get apps ready, etc etc.
Welcome to Cyanogen mod.
If for any reason you get red errors and are panicking , just "wipe" again, then click on "restore" and swipe. Once that is done, you can reboot into stock and still have a functional phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...ck-guide-h811-20-o-bootloader-unlock-t3421589
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csimo said:
It's bootloader unlocked, but can't get into bootloader. I wand Cyanogenmod on it.
I'll give remote access to my computer / device, and even talk on the phone. I have all files I can find downloaded, but none will root the device or roll back, etc. I can't access the bootloader in any way (power / volume down or power / volume up just result in a normal boot).
I will pay via PayPal. I need this ASAP. I don't know what I did wrong, but hope you're the person than can fix it and install CM (or any other way to wifi tether on T-Mobile / Simple Mobile).
Serious offer. Can you do it? If so make some quick cash.
Thanks,
-Joe
[email protected]
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Maybe try installing these drivers before using the "adb reboot bootloader" command inside of LG Root folder.
-install "LGUnitedMobile_Win_Driver_Ver_3.14.1"
Download:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347823763
-install: "adb-setup-1.4.3.exe" to get adb and fastboot drivers etc.
Download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...8#post48915118
-you may want to restart your computer.

I did what was suggested in post #2. It got to 98% and never finished. The phone shut off and has never restarted again. Completely dead. I sent it back to LG since it had a s/n starting with 505 and see if they'll replace it.
Dead phone, dead issue.
-Joe

csimo said:
It's bootloader unlocked, but can't get into bootloader. I wand Cyanogenmod on it.
I'll give remote access to my computer / device, and even talk on the phone. I have all files I can find downloaded, but none will root the device or roll back, etc. I can't access the bootloader in any way (power / volume down or power / volume up just result in a normal boot).
I will pay via PayPal. I need this ASAP. I don't know what I did wrong, but hope you're the person than can fix it and install CM (or any other way to wifi tether on T-Mobile / Simple Mobile).
Serious offer. Can you do it? If so make some quick cash.
Thanks,
-Joe
[email protected]
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These guys did the deed for me. https://www.oneclickroot.com I screwed around for DAYS before I just had them do it in a few minutes.

I had a similar problem, took out my micro SD card and redo everything over and it finally rooted.

This one is history. It won't power on under any circumstances (with or without battery). Like I said it was a 505 s/n and LG did give me a return number and even paid the shipping. They know of the 505 problem and what I was doing probably put it over the edge.
I was going to put CM on it to see if I could get wifi tethering to work on T-Mobile. FoxFi nor any of the other tricks seemed to work and I was hoping CM would allow wifi tethering. Anyone know the answer?

As for me, I accidentally flashed a lower fw version and screwed it up, filed a repair ticket through LG, told them it died and wouldn't come back on after the T-mobile ota, they replaced the board, no cost, due for delivery tomorrow, didn't need a receipt or proof of purchase either.

I used every fix in a combo.. fixed without lg help.. someone need to clean up my post and repost as a thread for a cheap permanent fix.. the problem starts from the rubber resistor in the battery.. the phone doesn't get the right amount of power from the stock battery so the phone gets hot from over compensation. Then the CPU/GPU will get so hot that the contacts to the main board get a little faulty.. when I bought the phone it bootloop bad and never got pass the LG boot screen.. tried the freezer trick which made the phone moist for a better connection but only boot to home screen then bootloop again cause it also has bad thermal contact.. then I did the heat gun I fix with a blow-dryer. It ran perfect until I ran an app. I then followed a guild and added a thermal pad directly on CPU and GPU. Then added thermal paste between the metal frame and the metal that cover CPU/GPU. Ran for 15 to 30 mins before bootloop.. all the time I need. I then followed a guide for bootloader unlock. fastboot boot TWRP. Flash TWRP via TWRP. Then reboot into TWRP ( if you try to fastboot flash it will fail and you will have no recovery) to make sure it stuck. Flash supersu and thermal mod from xda. Rebooted and downloaded BusyBox.. now stable but running hot. Flashed a nougat ROM.. running perfect but got 43° average instead of 63°. Used kernel editor to disable 2 big cores and thermal throttle and set everything to enable on boot. Perfect and stable no matter what in doing. Temp stay between 23° & 33°. I plan on using better thermal paste, pads and getting the TOTHL battery for better stability without a mouth full of mods.. who needs lg help? Not me.. good luck guys. There's a debate about what the real issue is. Simple.. every answer is correct which made it fixable for me with sending anything to lg. The processor is very powerful and the battery resistor is the source. I also tried a more powerful battery before any mods. When the processor needed more power I got a pop-up message about use an LG ( original) battery before it bootloop. Also with the more powerful battery, I'd get a message if I tried changing it with the phone off saying not compatible but since using a custom ROM it work fine. Lg has something in the stock software to make people think paying them extra for warranty or tech fix is the only solution. That is your only option if you bone stock. That's why they still sending patches.. to the g4.. to block root meaning you will have to pay them for fix..

Solved - Plz try my way, if does't work, I will change the Title
Gentleman, Please try the following and don't forget the bounty $s lol.
I hope you have all the files and pc is reading your phone in adb.
Keep the downloaded twrp file in your adb folder with dwonloaded name (Ex:1234twrp.img)
Copy the same twrp file and keep in phone internal storage with named recovery.img
adb reboot bootloader (wait for phone to boot in bootloader ofcourse)
fastboot boot 1234twrp.img (whatever your twrp img file name would be in your adb folder)
Now you are in twrp recovery page in your phone.
Tap Install (STOP) > Images (bottom right) > select recovery >
Now you are in next screen where options to select recovery or boot
Tap recovery and swipe you will see [image flash complete]
Now twrp is permeant. You can restart in recovery without PC. (Tested)
Download this rom (Stock of 81120o with root access supersu installed from
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...om-mm-lg-g4-h811-20o-stock-debloated-t3412394
or
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g4/development/tm-h811-genisys-rom-3-7-1-t3313173
in twrp install and select your downloaded rom zip file. I prefer the second link. You have options to remove all LG junks.
Don’t run this rom with temporary trwp (which can start with pc only) then your will lose twrp and your OS and you have to do download mode and kdz thing.
Good Luck and please let me know.

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csimo said:
It's bootloader unlocked, but can't get into bootloader. I wand Cyanogenmod on it.
I'll give remote access to my computer / device, and even talk on the phone. I have all files I can find downloaded, but none will root the device or roll back, etc. I can't access the bootloader in any way (power / volume down or power / volume up just result in a normal boot).
I will pay via PayPal. I need this ASAP. I don't know what I did wrong, but hope you're the person than can fix it and install CM (or any other way to wifi tether on T-Mobile / Simple Mobile).
Serious offer. Can you do it? If so make some quick cash.
Thanks,
-Joe
[email protected]
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Solved - Plz try my way, if does't work, I will change the Title
Gentleman, Please try the following and don't forget the bounty $s lol.
I hope you have all the files and pc is reading your phone in adb.
Keep the downloaded twrp file in your adb folder with dwonloaded name (Ex:1234twrp.img)
Copy the same twrp file and keep in phone internal storage with named recovery.img
adb reboot bootloader (wait for phone to boot in bootloader ofcourse)
fastboot boot 1234twrp.img (whatever your twrp img file name would be in your adb folder)
Now you are in twrp recovery page in your phone.
Tap Install (STOP) > Images (bottom right) > select recovery >
Now you are in next screen where options to select recovery or boot
Tap recovery and swipe you will see [image flash complete]
Now twrp is permeant. You can restart in recovery without PC. (Tested)
Download this rom (Stock of 81120o with root access supersu installed from
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...oated-t3412394
or
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...3-7-1-t3313173
in twrp install and select your downloaded rom zip file. I prefer the second link. You have options to remove all LG junks.
Don’t run this rom with temporary trwp (which can start with pc only) then your will lose twrp and your OS and you have to do download mode and kdz thing.
Good Luck and please let me know.

Phone stuck in Samsung logo

Hi guys, I need help please!
I am using Samsung Note 3 SM-N9005 ARMv7 Lollipop 5.0. Rooted it with Kingoroot. "installed" TWRP through Flashify.
I downloaded Xposed Framework xposed-v86-sdk21-arm.zip onto my phone and installed it through TWRP in Flashify. Everything seemed fine, got the message install successful, I selected "reboot" instead of "clear cache/dalvik". Phone went into reboot...Samsung Note 3...Samsung logo...and stuck there. I understand that it takes some time for first boot, and I waited, but almost an hour and its still showing the same screen. So I tried to power off the phone, but it restarted again and stuck in the same logo screen. I tried to go into recovery mode hoping to get TWRP to do a reset or something, but no TWRP! Was only given option of "volume up - continue(to odin mode)" and "volume down - cancel(restart phone)". No option for factory reset either. So i booted odin, and tried to flash openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-hlte.img.tar, got the messaged passed, phone rebooted and again stuck in Samsung logo. Tried recovery mode and still no TWRP! Please help!!:crying: :crying: :crying:
p.s. phone won't power off, only way to do it is to remove the battery.

Samsung phones stock ROMs need an special version of Xposed framework. Geez, it is on the official thread:
Known issues:
- Bootloops on Samsung stock ROMs. That's due to Samsung's changes to ART. There are unofficial builds that work around this by deodexing and adjusting the ROM.
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Archy12 said:
Hi guys, I need help please!
I am using Samsung Note 3 SM-N9005 ARMv7. Rooted it with Kingoroot. "installed" TWRP through Flashify.
I downloaded Xposed Framework xposed-v86-sdk21-arm.zip onto my phone and installed it through TWRP in Flashify. Everything seemed fine, got the message install successful, I selected "reboot" instead of "clear cache/dalvik". Phone went into reboot...Samsung Note 3...Samsung logo...and stuck there. I understand that it takes some time for first boot, and I waited, but almost an hour and its still showing the same screen. So I tried to power off the phone, but it restarted again and stuck in the same logo screen. I tried to go into recovery mode hoping to get TWRP to do a reset or something, but no TWRP! Was only given option of "volume up - continue(to odin mode)" and "volume down - cancel(restart phone)". No option for factory reset either. So i booted odin, and tried to flash openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-hlte.img.tar, got the messaged passed, phone rebooted and again stuck in Samsung logo. Tried recovery mode and still no TWRP! Please help!!:crying: :crying: :crying:
p.s. phone won't power off, only way to do it is to remove the battery.
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When you flash TWRP, you have to have reset unchecked in Odin, when the flash finishes you pull the battery and then boot into recovery via button combo. If you don't do that TWRP doesn't stick. From there flash the Xposed uninstaller so you can boot properly.
Sent from my SCH-R220

io_gh0st said:
Samsung phones stock ROMs need an special version of Xposed framework. Geez, it is on the official thread:
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Thank you for you reply. Yes, I understand that, which was why I have been trying to find the correct version. Did a few searches using my phone type and version and found a list of sdk21.zips...so i selected the latest version..

mattzeller said:
When you flash TWRP, you have to have reset unchecked in Odin, when the flash finishes you pull the battery and then boot into recovery via button combo. If you don't do that TWRP doesn't stick. From there flash the Xposed uninstaller so you can boot properly.
Sent from my SCH-R220
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Thank you for your reply, I'll try that now.

mattzeller said:
When you flash TWRP, you have to have reset unchecked in Odin, when the flash finishes you pull the battery and then boot into recovery via button combo. If you don't do that TWRP doesn't stick. From there flash the Xposed uninstaller so you can boot properly.
Sent from my SCH-R220
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I tried it, unchecked "reboot", flashed TWRP, power off. When I tried button combo, I can't boot into recovery. It either keep giving me the restarting loop (power on, samsung note 3..then power off, and on again..) or if i let go of the power button at note 3, it goes to the samsung logo and stuck there.
update: I kept trying, and finally got a little different response. I pressed volume up + home + power buttons, and got 3 small lines of colorful words...
Recovery booting
Recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit : recovery
and then the phone turns off and start again
Tried different combinations, so far only the volume up sequence showed something a little different.

Archy12 said:
I tried it, unchecked "reboot", flashed TWRP, power off. When I tried button combo, I can't boot into recovery. It either keep giving me the restarting loop (power on, samsung note 3..then power off, and on again..) or if i let go of the power button at note 3, it goes to the samsung logo and stuck there.
update: I kept trying, and finally got a little different response. I pressed volume up + home + power buttons, and got 3 small lines of colorful words...
Recovery booting
Recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit : recovery
and then the phone turns off and start again
Tried different combinations, so far only the volume up sequence showed something a little different.
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If you your phone does not boot into TWRP right after you flash it it will not stick and you need to flash it again. To get into recovery is power+home+volume up
Sent from my SCH-R220

mattzeller said:
If you your phone does not boot into TWRP right after you flash it it will not stick and you need to flash it again. To get into recovery is power+home+volume up
Sent from my SCH-R220
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Could it be the TWRP versions doesn't work on my phone?
I tried openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-hlte.img.tar and also twrp-2.8.7.0-hlte-4.4.img.tar both getting the same results "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" when I pressed vol up + home + power

Archy12 said:
Could it be the TWRP versions doesn't work on my phone?
I tried openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.7-hlte.img.tar and also twrp-2.8.7.0-hlte-4.4.img.tar both getting the same results "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" when I pressed vol up + home + power
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That is ok, you get that when you have modified system/recovery. Means your are not fully stock. If you had full stock unrooted unmodified system and recovery that goes away, nothing to worry about. If you are still having problems follow these step exactly:
1) Pull battery out of phone then put it back in
2) boot to download mode (power+home+volume down)
3) open Odin on computer (run as admin)
4) plug phone into computer
5) Uncheck a. Reboot and f. Reset time in Odin
6) flash TWRP (TWRP.img file goes in AP)
7) after successful flash unplug phone and pull battery
8) put battery back in and boot directly to recovery (power+home+volume up)
If you let it boot normally without going into TWRP first, it does not stick
Sent from my SCH-R220

mattzeller said:
That is ok, you get that when you have modified system/recovery. Means your are not fully stock. If you had full stock unrooted unmodified system and recovery that goes away, nothing to worry about. If you are still having problems follow these step exactly:
1) Pull battery out of phone then put it back in
2) boot to download mode (power+home+volume down)
3) open Odin on computer (run as admin)
4) plug phone into computer
5) Uncheck a. Reboot and f. Reset time in Odin
6) flash TWRP (TWRP.img file goes in AP)
7) after successful flash unplug phone and pull battery
8) put battery back in and boot directly to recovery (power+home+volume up)
If you let it boot normally without going into TWRP first, it does not stick
Sent from my SCH-R220
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Thank you very much!!! I am finally able to boot into TWRP and did a restore, now my phone is back on!! Strange though, I was doing exactly those steps earlier but not successful. Anyways, Thank you very much!! <3
Oh, since I'm here, can you give me advise on which version xposed framework I should get? (Although I don't think my phone is touchwiz, is there a way to find out/confirm? I'm a noob as you can see)

Archy12 said:
Thank you very much!!! I finally able to boot into TWRP and did a restore, now my phone is back on!! Strange though, I was doing exactly those steps earlier but not successful. Anyways, Thank you very much!! <3
Oh, since I'm here, can you give me advise on which version framework I should get? (Although I don't think my phone is touchwiz, is there a way to find out? I'm a noob as you can see)
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Ok, now that TWRP is on there things should be easier. You are on Stock ROM, it is TouchWiz. You will need to flash a custom ROM that is deodexed. If you like the stock look, feel, and options look in the threads for your device for a stock deodexed ROM. Or you can flash CM. Depending on what version of Android you decide to run will dictate which version of Xposed you install.
Sent from my SCH-R220

I am getting a note3 and wanted to install xposed on it. the phone is running 4.3. with that version there is no need for flashing correct? simply download apk and install?

mattzeller said:
Ok, now that TWRP is on there things should be easier. You are on Stock ROM, it is TouchWiz. You will need to flash a custom ROM that is deodexed. If you like the stock look, feel, and options look in the threads for your device for a stock deodexed ROM. Or you can flash CM. Depending on what version of Android you decide to run will dictate which version of Xposed you install.
Sent from my SCH-R220
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I am quite used to the look and functionity of the current version I am using...which is lollipop 5.0. My phone is Samsung Note 3 SM-N9005 ARMv7 international Qualcomm. I'll need to flash custom ROM and then get a "matching" xposed framework,correct? Could you please direct me as to how to get xposed framework to work please?

Archy12 said:
I am quite used to the look and functionity of the current version I am using...which is lollipop 5.0. My phone is Samsung Note 3 SM-N9005 ARMv7 international Qualcomm. I'll need to flash custom ROM and then get a "matching" xposed framework,correct? Could you please direct me as to how to get xposed framework to work please?
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Just go to the threads for your device and flash a TouchWiz based deodexed ROM
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trulosdoulos said:
I am getting a note3 and wanted to install xposed on it. the phone is running 4.3. with that version there is no need for flashing correct? simply download apk and install?
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Correct, you would need this one:
http://dl-xda.xposed.info/modules/de.robv.android.xposed.installer_v33_36570c.apk
Sent from my SCH-R220

There is now an Xposed framework package supporting Stock (odexed) TouchWiz ROMS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65373013&postcount=3960

Help, Soft-brick my Lenovo K3 Note K50-t5

Hi all, first of all, i'm not full expert on android, but I know some stuff. anyway i tried to root my phone using kingroot (last version update) i don't know what i did wrong, but know the phone stuck on the Lenovo logo, then bootlops again and again.
I read there I have to flash a new rom to my phone, but again im not experts in android. so im not sure how to do it. There is any guide? or one click tool to help me flash rom to my phone from the computer?

Hi there, I also had the same issue a while ago. I soft bricked my phone, it got stuck into bootloop and I got so confused what to do because I didn't wanted to lose my phone over some parlor trick. What I'm gonna do here is explain you all the things step by step and if you follow them correctly, you will see your k3 working at the end. So first thing first don't ever use kingoroot again to root your phone or any other phone. Not Helpful.
So I'm assuming that you are stuck at boot logo or somewhere around it, facing black screen. Don't worry it'll be alright at the end of the day. You need to download a few things before we start because to completely vanish the problem we have to unroot the device and install stock rom again using spftools.
Requirements Download files and tools :
1)Download flash_tool
2)Download USB Driver of Lenovo K3 Note
Link- https://drive.google.com/folderview?...kU&usp=sharing
3)Download K50a40_S112_150610_ROW.rar
Link- https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B1tnng1Ipox5S1NsVG53YndVNVU&export=download
After downloading all the necessary files keep your PC ready for the following things:
1)Install "LenovoUsbDriver_v1.1.13.exe", then Restart pc.
2)Extract "SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1452.00.000.zip" using Winrar
3)Open SP Flash Tool with Adminstrative rights (Right click on flash_tool.exe from inside the SP Flash Tool folder)
4)Go to Options > Option... > Download > Tick "DA DL All with Checksum" > Close the options box
5)Close SP Flash Tool.
Charge your phone up to 80% or more- is a must for the following process to avoid any issues.
Flash Recovery
1)Download and Extract "TWRP_v3.0.0-3_for_SP_Flash_Tool.zip" *
2)Open SP Flash Tool(admin rights), and From "Download" Tab click on "Scatter-Loading"
3)Browse the TWRP v3.0.0-3 folder and select the "MT6752_Android_scatter.txt" file > Ok **
4)Click on "Download" icon
5)Completely turn off your phone and wait for about 10 sec (BUT DO NOT REMOVE BATTERY) and NOW connect it to PC using usb cable.
6)Wait till the Process completes and a "Download ok" box will appear with a green tick. Disconnect the phone from cable. Done!
Now press and hold VolumeUp+VolumeDown+PowerButton all three buttons at one untill you see the "TWRP" logo.
The phone will boot into custom recovery you just installed.
Flash Stock Rom
1)Extract K50a40_S112_150610_ROW.rar to a folder and open flash tool extracted folder and run flash_tool.exe
2)On the flash tool, click Scatter-Loading button browse and then select file name MT6752_Android_scatter.txt, just find it on K50a40_S112_150610_ROW target_bin folder, then click open.
3)Now it will load the above file, make sure only recovery selected and select the Firmware Upgrade option.
4)In the menu Option tab, select Download and check DA DL All with Checksum.
5)Click Download button or hit F9
6)Completely turn off your phone and wait for about 10 sec (BUT DO NOT REMOVE BATTERY) and NOW connect it to PC using usb cable, this will start the flashing process on flash tool.
7)Wait till the Process completes (5-10mins) and a "Download ok" box will appear with a green tick. Disconnect the phone from cable. Done!
8)Then switch on your phone just wait, it will take some minutes for first boot and be patient.
You will see your device boot up like the first time you booted it up. Fresh as a new. It has a custom recovery installed so it advised to take a backup of the fresh system using TWRP incase you need it in future. Press and hold VolumeUp+VolumeDown+PowerButton to access recovery menu.
So now you have unbricked your phone and it's also in unroot condition. Follow the procedure and you'll be good.
Attention: I'm not responsible for any damage that occurs to your smartphone, for committing install Stock ROM on your smartphone is very risky, if you have a doubt it better don't do it or give to someone who is more understand with this installing. Thanks.

I would rather suggest you to directly install the latest stock ROM for our device I.e s433 instead of lollipop so you won't have to go through all the trouble of downloading and updating as the mm update is nearly a GB in size.
Here's the link to that
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzEmkxrdpsgRMFpxX0VPT3FMODg/view
After installing the rom, install twrp recovery as mentioned in the above post, boot to that recovery and then flash this SuperSU zip. When that is done just reboot and you will have a rooted stock rom

Here is the SuperSU zip

Hi, I have a slightly different problem would the fixes above help me too.
My issue started with installing lineage 14.1 using twrp 3.02, after a factory reset, due to selling to a friend, the phone now only boots to TWRP every time, so I'm kind of stuck in a twrp boot loop, I installed twrp 3.1 but that made no difference, still twrp loop.
So should I just follow the above method, not flash twrp, but just flash the latest official rom using the above method, to get the phone back to loading roms?

justwondering said:
Hi, I have a slightly different problem would the fixes above help me too.
My issue started with installing lineage 14.1 using twrp 3.02, after a factory reset, due to selling to a friend, the phone now only boots to TWRP every time, so I'm kind of stuck in a twrp boot loop, I installed twrp 3.1 but that made no difference, still twrp loop.
So should I just follow the above method, not flash twrp, but just flash the latest official rom using the above method, to get the phone back to loading roms?
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Yes you will be able to fix your phone with those methods. What you would want to do is this:
1) While your phone is booted to recovery, run sp flash tool on your PC.
2) Remove the battery and insert it again to power off your phone if you can't do it through the recovery.
3) Load all the required files in sp flash tool as written in the posts above.
4) Select 'firmware upgrade' option (This will wipe off your internal storage) instead of 'download only' and click on download button.
5) Now connect your phone to PC and long press the power button of your phone. You will see the download process has begun in sp flash tool. Wait for it to complete and leave your phone there till it completes.

raghuM said:
Yes you will be able to fix your phone with those methods. What you would want to do is this:
1) While your phone is booted to recovery, run sp flash tool on your PC.
2) Remove the battery and insert it again to power off your phone if you can't do it through the recovery.
3) Load all the required files in sp flash tool as written in the posts above.
4) Select 'firmware upgrade' option (This will wipe off your internal storage) instead of 'download only' and click on download button.
5) Now connect your phone to PC and long press the power button of your phone. You will see the download process has begun in sp flash tool. Wait for it to complete and leave your phone there till it completes.
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Brilliant Ty, just to confirm, when you say select "firmware upgrade option" I should at that point have the stock rom loaded into flash tools, so that will over write current installed recovery and rom.
Then I guess, try lineage again, great rom, only the twrp boot loop has been a big pain, I have read this is because of using twrp 3.02, twrp 3.03 and twrp 3.1 are said to fix this issue from happening next time.
Thank you

justwondering said:
Brilliant Ty, just to confirm, when you say select "firmware upgrade option" I should at that point have the stock rom loaded into flash tools, so that will over write current installed recovery and rom.
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Yes that's right, else the download process won't start. Once you load the scatter file it will also set sp flash tool to overwrite your current twrp recovery with the stock lenovo recovery.

When-ever i Plug my phone into USB with battery it auto boots into TWRP no matter what i do and SP doesn't even recognize or start flash