[Q] Already rooted but Qs about Custom ROMs - Droid X General

I'm rooted but have never ran anything but stock on my phone. Only having experience with flashing WinMo devices, what exactly do I need to know before flashing a custom ROM?
If I flash, do I lose the data on my phone now (does it do a factory wipe)?

Most times toy will need to do a wipe of the data and cache to get a full rom working correctly.
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Yeah, thanks.. Just downloaded ROM manager and Clockworkmod Recovery ($2), kinda following the instructions from Gummys post.
How long does this process take? I installed from SD and did the reboot.. I must of waited a good fifteen minutes before pulling the battery assuming it was stuck. Now it's sitting on the Gummy Screen with the 4 rotating colored android pics.
Got into recovery but it's not allowing me to apply the update.zip (e:can't open/cache/recovery/command)?

Dang it! I was in the middle of posting the following instructions when I got interrupted (at work)
Code:
Flashing will wipe your phone. The nice thing with android is -anything you have purchased or installed from the market will automatically be restored to your phone after you log in using your gmail account.
Let me qualify my statement though - I have flashed a few roms and my free apps were not automatically installed for whatever reason. My purchased apps were not installed either - but they were available for installation at no charge.
Here is another important thing to remember - this will only happen if you chose the correct settings in -uh well- settings. There are some options in there to back up your data to google. If you did that then 95% chance it will all be good.
I recently switched from the DX to the D1 (gave my wife the DX bc I wanted to try some D1 roms) and all my apps were installed and somehow google even migrated my current wallpaper over! I was blown away by that.
Also -make sure your contacts are set up to sync with google. if they are just being added to your phone and not in sync with your google account you are going to loose them all.
Flashing roms:
1. You need to get the droidx bootstrapper app from the market (or I think you can get it for free if you search clockwork mod on google and go to Koush's website. I just bought it to help the developer.).
2. Open the app.
3. Press the "Bootstrap recovery button"
4. You should get a dialog box saying success (or something and then press ok).
5. Press "reboot recovery".
6. Your phone will reboot into clockwork recovery (not the stock phone recovery). It will be a black screen with old school green letters and a menu.
a. In recovery you do not have a touch screen.
b. The volume rocker is up/down.
c. The camera button is "Enter".
d. The physical back button will take you back one menu (also I believe the power button but I always used the power button.
7. The first thing you want to do before you do anything is make a nandroid (backup) of your phone.
8. The opening screen of recovery has the option to create a nandroid. do that.
9. It takes around 5 minutes then choose to reboot your phone when it says, ""complete".
10. To flash a rom put ti...
Wish I would have just posted what I had. Maybe you would have had a nandroid to revert to.
Dang.
Yea. It shouldn't take that long. Sounds like something got hosed. I am getting interrupter again. I will try and get back with some info.

Awesome info, thanks for this. Did a factory wipe and now it's booting up normally (or so it appears into Gummy), will definitely bookmark that info though, thanks again man!

Were you installing Gummy. And did you follow the instructions exactly?
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looks like you got it. glad to hear that.

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[Q] remove account on cm6.1 on htc magic

Hi all,
I need to remove the Google account from a mt3g running cm6.1
I have been digging for info for days. I'm now dizzy
I bought this phone used, already rooted, & running CM6.1
I just sold the phone and would like to delete all the account info.
settings- acc & sync- remove account, brings up that this account is required by some apps, and must reset phone to factory default under the privacy settings to remove. Tried that.
No joy. account is still there.
When I do the factory data reset, I start with a full charge, and plugged in, but the charge indicator light goes out. The phone hangs on the green my touch screen for 2-3 hours then shuts off. I think the battery just goes dead. I wanted to give it every chance to succeed. When I power up, same 'ol same 'ol. The account is still there and locked in.
The reset did however clear out the contacts and gmail's.
I have uninstalled all downloaded apps. Cleared data in all google apps, and market.
I have added an additional account and then try to remove the original it's still a no go. However I can remove the added account.
I like the cm6 rom and so does the phones new owner so I'd like to keep it.
I'm tempted to try to install the Ginger Yoshi rom, but If I'm going to take the time to figure out the process I'll do it on my current mt3.5jack
If I give up the phone to it's new owner like it is, Tell them to just not sync my personal account, I still have to give them My password for the Market to work.
Feeling pretty vulnerable with that deal
I have bought 2 used my touch's. One rooted and one stock. Neither had any account info on them. Surely this is possible?
If you have read this far, Thanks !
Any help would be appreciated
Boot into recovery and wipe data from there. Hold home + power to do that
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wipe data in recovery,everything gone
Thanks all for the fast reply's.
I just tried to boot into recovery by holding down the home and power button to turn on the phone.
This took me to the splash screen that is the green "my touch"
screen.
The phone just hangs there. I had to pull the battery to free up the phone.
I waited 10-15 min before pulling the battery. How long should it take?
I also have the option to reboot into recovery from the shutdown menu.
This also just hangs up on the splash screen when it turns back on.
I just tried to power on while pressing the "down" volume button.
From there I had the option to "reset phone".
Just booted ... and no change. The account is still there and I cannot remove it?
Any additional advice would be greatly appreciated.
I have a 15 year old girl calling me every 2 hours, excited to get her new toy
Flash recovery again then
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Thanks again for the replies.
I've tried getting the phone to boot into recovery for a few hours.
All I can do is get it stuck on the flash screen or normal boot.
I waited 5 min each time I tried to boot into recovery, while stuck on the splash screen.
Do I need to have a sim card in the phone for this ?
I assume there is some glitch in the code causing this? I've been reading up about flashing rom's. I'm worried this glitch may cause a problem with that. I'm a noob, and If Flashing a rom hangs something up, I will end up being a real nuisance here
Loading a zip file from the sd card is no big deal but the radio kernel's and such are bit intimidating. Most of what I have read here seems to be focused towards advanced users.
I really like the cm6.1 rom. I will learn how to load on my personal phone next!
I just need to get this phone to it's new owner.
What is the down side of leaving the google account on this phone, and giving the owner the password. I can create a new google account for myself.
I assume that the new user can just have 2 accounts live on the phone.
They can still use their own account for their contacts and whatnot?
Just my password to get to the market. Will their purchases end up on my bill?
A bit more info here,
I have the ginger Yoshi rom sitting on the sd on the phone in question.
If I just execute the zip file, would I be swinging? I'm worried without access to recovery mode I may be jacked if something goes wrong.
Right now the phone has a radio that is fast compared to stock.
Will that be lost?
The phone has titanium backup, Rom Manager, super user, and super manager loaded on it.
Thanks again for the help.
8-up said:
A bit more info here,
I have the ginger Yoshi rom sitting on the sd on the phone in question.
If I just execute the zip file, would I be swinging? I'm worried without access to recovery mode I may be jacked if something goes wrong.
Right now the phone has a radio that is fast compared to stock.
Will that be lost?
The phone has titanium backup, Rom Manager, super user, and super manager loaded on it.
Thanks again for the help.
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If the recovery is hosed you wouldn't be able to flash Yoshi. Don't leave the account on the phone. Just do what the other Guy said. Reflash the recovery using the ROM Manager app and then wipe data from the recovery menu. No need to overcomplicate everything.
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Thanks again for the reply.
I used rom manager. I selected to "reboot into recovery"
the phone starts to reboot, but get's stuck on the splash screen. Like always.
How long should I wait?
Any thing that I've tried that causes a non-conventional reboot, freezes the phone. I wait 10 min to one hour sometimes. I pull the battery then restart normally, and I'm back to same 'ol same 'ol ?
I just tried rom manager "flash clockworkmod recovery". It gave me a successful pop up.
I then shut down the phone. I held the home button then pressed the red power on button. Now stuck on the splash screen again.
I generally assume the problem is me, however I'm not so sure right now?
If this phone doesn't transform into a brick it will transform into a frisbee
Thanks Again for spending energy on this.
Hurray !!!
I had to use rom manager to flash recovery. When doing this I was selecting
HTC magic. I started going through every variable.
Yep it was me. One option for recovery was "ION/MyTouch GSM" I was glazing past that one 'cause I saw "ION" and didn't recognize that.
I finally saw the elusive recovery menu
Thanks all for keeping me motivated

MIui Question

I cant post in the thread because I am "new" so I am asking here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181486
Post 1 says:
NOTES:
You MUST be on CyanogenMod 7 or .340 Froyo to flash this rom!
Remember to wipe before flash!
On 1.7.22.1: It is on Rom Manager, Click Check for Updates!
You must go into settings and change resolution of MIUI Camera to get it to work.
Do not wipe to install it.
Market apps are fixed!
Post 2 says:
If you haven't heard about this ROM yet then check out the videos in the 2nd post to see it in action!
This is an excellent ROM if for no other reason than it introduces the first non-CyanogenMod/carrier/manufacturer framework overhaul of Android 2.3.4 and boy what an overhaul.
So what version should I have to install it?
I don't want to install and end up in a boot loop because we all know how hard it is to fix a Droid X when that happens
You must be on either CyanogenMod 7 or 340 Froyo. You must flash 1.7.22, not 1.7.22.1, it can be flashed later.
Also, it's not that difficult to fix a bootloop lol.
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Thanks
How do you get out of a boot loop with the Droid X?
I can't get into recovery unless I am in a Rom and run Droid 2 Bootstrapper
Well since I can't post in the real thread I will post here all the bugs I find.
1. Lot's off apps in the market don't work. I am talking a good 40-60 at least. There are a few important ones I use like Noom and Cardio Trainer.
Market shows that the app is incompatible with my device. Ti Backup tries to restore but either says it is successful or fails, it works neither time.
2. When I check Settings>System>About Phone and then click Systems Updates it force closes settings.
Reason I was checking this was because I tried to update using ROM manager but that didnt work.
3. ROM manager works, however it does nothing when I click "Check for ROM Updates"
4. Google Maps was said to be installed, maybe on the next version but since I cant install that I had to install it myself
5. Tethering and hotspots. No hotspot option shown. Also USB tethering did not seem to work. I tried the 4 different settings you can have the phone in when connected to USB but the status says USB not connected (obviously not true since I am able to connect and view my SD card through my computer)
6. ROM fails to load after a reboot. Happened to me twice and I had to SBF it back to stock for it to boot up. This happened when I just did a normal reboot
So for now I am done as I am looking at the Motorola logo even after a wipe of data and cache
curtdragon said:
Thanks
How do you get out of a boot loop with the Droid X?
I can't get into recovery unless I am in a Rom and run Droid 2 Bootstrapper
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I experienced a bootloop when I was flashing back to froyo 340 (droid logo, droid eye, droid logo, droid eye, and so on).
Here's what worked for me:
1. Power down the phone (battery pull)
2. Put battery back in
3. Hold home key, then hold the power key until the phone turns back on (you should see the M logo)
4. Press the search key when you see the Android next to the triangle
5. Using the volume up/down keys on the side of your phone and the camera button to select, wipe the data and cache (please note: you only need to push the camera button half way to select)
6. Reboot the phone and it should work, at least it did for me.
Maximaniac said:
I experienced a bootloop when I was flashing back to froyo 340 (droid logo, droid eye, droid logo, droid eye, and so on).
Here's what worked for me:
1. Power down the phone (battery pull)
2. Put battery back in
3. Hold home key, then hold the power key until the phone turns back on (you should see the M logo)
4. Press the search key when you see the Android next to the triangle
5. Using the volume up/down keys on the side of your phone and the camera button to select, wipe the data and cache (please note: you only need to push the camera button half way to select)
6. Reboot the phone and it should work, at least it did for me.
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Yeah I tried that and it works sometimes but not usually.
How did you flash miui? Did you flash it over CM7 or froyo 340?
SBF to stock 2.3.34
Wipe data and cache
Reboot
Install Z4Root and run (reboots on its own)
Install Droid 2 Bootstrapper (Flash recovery/Reboot recovery)
Install MIUI from zip
Reboot
It works fine for a while but after install some apps and fixing settings it wont get passed the Motorola screen.
This happened twice. I miss the OG Droid because if that happened you could just boot into recovery and load your last save and you are good to go
curtdragon said:
SBF to stock 2.3.34
Wipe data and cache
Reboot
Install Z4Root and run (reboots on its own)
Install Droid 2 Bootstrapper (Flash recovery/Reboot recovery)
Install MIUI from zip
Reboot
It works fine for a while but after install some apps and fixing settings it wont get passed the Motorola screen.
This happened twice. I miss the OG Droid because if that happened you could just boot into recovery and load your last save and you are good to go
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how are you installing the apps? manually from the market? or titanium backup?
Are you referring to post 4? If so I tried both ways. Market won't let me install the ones that I cant get installed. They just don't show up in the search. If I go onto the market website they are there but once I choose my phone it disappears.
Titanium fails when i try to install the apps
It's as if the phone is not broadcasting what model it actually is. So the apps that do work are just "works on any old Android" while the others ones say these devices only
cdexsw said:
how are you installing the apps? manually from the market? or titanium backup?
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Oh, I see where I mentioned installing apps in the last post. I did the same thing as i mentioned above. A combination of Ti and market installs

Vibrant (Not rooted) not starting up properly...

My Vibrant (which is not rooted at all, its 2.2) is not starting up properly. When I start it up, it makes it past the S logo and it only shows the notification bar (which has the time, battery status, etc.) at the top which doesn't go down when I pull it down. Everything on the screen under the bar is just blank black and every 10 seconds it all goes blank and the notification bar reappears again and that's all.
I've tried taking out the battery and restarting several times. I've also held down the 2 Volume (up & down) keys while holding down Power and entered the recovery menu thing which has some options for me. I see: reboot system now / reinstall packages / delete all user data / delete cache data / format internal sd-card
What is wrong with my phone and what do I do?
Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Do you know what Odin is?
I've seen Odin around here a lot, but I'm not fully aware of it. Would it be helpful in my case?
Will it delete all my data from my phone or just the apps? If so, is there any way I can fix my phone without deleting my photos, videos, music, etc. I don't care if some apps get lost but I want my media.
Odin will delete your apps but it will not lose your Photos, Videos, Music, any of that stuff. It resets your phone to stock state (2.1 eclair) and doesn't touch the internal SD (unless you tick Masterwipe-so don't do that).
I posted this in another thread but it'll do for you too.
Go to the Dev section and download tha AIO Toolbox (Stickied at the top). It has the Odin v1.8 (I think), all the drivers and pit/tar files that you need to get back to stock 2.1 and then you can download CWR from my signature, find a ROM.zip that you want to install and put them on your Internal SD card.
Make sure you put the ROM in a folder and also make sure that the CWR that you get from my sig is on your internal and is the only thing on it labeled Update.zip. Once those are done, boot into recovery, scroll down to "Reinstall PAckages" and hit it. Let it cycle through and you might have to do it again. Once it cycles through your recovery will go from Blue (stock) to Green (CWR) from there, you can flash your ROM and profit. [If you are going to an ICS flavor, you may have to be on GB bootloaders and flash CM7 as an intermitant step. I suggest trying Moped_Ryder's ROM and Fishman's Bionix Mod-both 2.2 but quality and everything works.]
The toolbox is a valuable thing and you can do many things with it, but mainly and most importantly, it HAS the files to get you back to TMo 2.1. (I use it all the time and I am not even a TMo customer).
One thing you could try before going the Odin route that Woodrube mentioned(which sounds like what you're going to have to end up doing anyway) is find a CWR (Clockwork Recovery) zip file that you can install. You can find them somewhere on XDA if you do some searching; should be a little under 2 megs.
If your status bar comes up, even briefly, are you able to mount your phone on your PC and copy a file over? If you can, I'd say try putting that CWR zip file (renamed to update.zip) on your internal SD (where everything else is) and in the recovery you can get to now do "reinstall packages".
It'll load up CWR (you may have to do that "reinstall packages" twice), and you can do a couple of last ditch efforts. Wipe the cache, go to advanced and wipe the dalvick cache, and then fix the permissions.
You don't have to be root to do that, and while a long shot it may at least get you back to workable. But even if you do you should still backup your apps and goodies in preparation to Odin back to stock and format everything. I'm a big fan of clean wipes when things get all quirky like that.
Why don't you just root it while you at it its makes life easier lol
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I would recommend trying out a custom rom if you are going to Odin anyway. I had numerous issues with Samsung's software. You can Odin flash quite a few custom roms as well.
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[Q] Nexus 7 wifi

Im new to Android world, so please help me.
Now, my Nexus 7 Wifi is now unlocked and rooted by your tutorial, and
flashed Xenon HD Custom Rom.
I was in Jelly Bean 4.2.2 before. And i found some site that says
XenonHD is updated to 4.2.2 version, so i try to get it, and installed it to
my device. But after evrything done, i checked my device's version and it
says 4.2.1, but im sure i downloaded the right one, dated April 2013, as
far as i know. So, my device was downgraded to 4.2.1
Question:
a) Is it just that easy for downgrading an Android device? Because on
iOS, there are lots of concerns first before you can actually do
downgrading..
b) After installing apps, i made a backup with Nexus Root Toolkit, and
after the backup process, it reboots, and i notice that something is
wrong, the X animation logo goes somewhere at the lower right, and
when it goes to lockscreen, since im locked on landscape orientation,
half right side shows first then the half left side, youll really say that, it is
not okay. I tried rebooting by XenonHD settings, i tried to turn off and turn
it on again, same thing happens, what should i do?
c) About XenonHD, is it just one theme available? or i can download more
themes elsewhere? can somebody point me to where can i do that?
d) should i be re-flashing for XenonHD 4.2.2? How would i do that?
e) And what more can i do to my device to achieve it AWESOMENESS
Thanks in advance..
a) Yes, on many android devices it's that easy to downgrade. You don't need to jump through all the hoops like iOS requires you to.
b) Sounds like something may have gone wrong during the install process. Perhaps you could post a picture of what it looks like.
c) not sure, never used it.
d) Guess that's up to you. If it's an upgrade then it could fix the screen issue you're having. You'd flash it the same way you flashed the 4.2.1 version.
I'm sorry for spoonfeeding.
zeneleven said:
a) Is it just that easy for downgrading an Android device? Because on
iOS, there are lots of concerns first before you can actually do
downgrading..
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Yes. XenonHD says it's 4.2.2 though, so I'm pretty sure you flashed an old build or the dev forgot to edit some text to make it say 4.2.2.
zeneleven said:
b) After installing apps, i made a backup with Nexus Root Toolkit, and
after the backup process, it reboots, and i notice that something is
wrong, the X animation logo goes somewhere at the lower right, and
when it goes to lockscreen, since im locked on landscape orientation,
half right side shows first then the half left side, youll really say that, it is
not okay. I tried rebooting by XenonHD settings, i tried to turn off and turn
it on again, same thing happens, what should i do?
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Flash a different ROM or reflash your current one. Backups shouldn't have any effect on the ROM; if the backup app you're using negatively impacts your experience, switch it (I use titanium backup). TWRP recovery also supports nandroid backups.
zeneleven said:
c) About XenonHD, is it just one theme available? or i can download more
themes elsewhere? can somebody point me to where can i do that?
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From the ROM thread, it says it supports CM10.1 themes (theme chooser). Search "CM10 themes" on Google Play to find them, then go to your settings to apply.
zeneleven said:
d) should i be re-flashing for XenonHD 4.2.2? How would i do that?
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First, download the ROM to your device (if you haven't already), and google apps.
Make a backup of your data (nandroid or Titanium backup or some other backup app).
Then hold the power button, and select either "reboot"/"restart" or "recovery".
If you select "reboot" and no option for "recovery" comes up, hold down the volume down key while the device is restarting, then navigate using the volume buttons once the bootloader pops up, to the "recovery" tab.
Verify that the recovery installed is indeed TWRP (TeamWin recovery). If it isn't stop, and get TWRP before continuing.
Once your recovery pops up, select "factory reset", and swipe.
Then, select "install" from the menu that pops up, navigate to the folder labeled "downloads" and select the ROM file, and then select "add more zips", then select the gapps (google apps) file.
After that, swipe the little bar to start flashing, then after it's finished, select "reboot system".
Once the thing has properly booted into the setup screen, set it up, and restore your data.
zeneleven said:
e) And what more can i do to my device to achieve it AWESOMENESS
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Install M-Kernel and Trickster Mod (app).
Install Nova launcher.
Install fdroid (for freedoms).
Install MX Player.
Ive already re-flashed with XenonHD's latest update i think, and yeah its on 4.2.2. and still, got the lockscreen problem which i solved by changing the lockscreen orientation, locking it to portrait.. and got more error like "Apollo" and its launcher "has stopped" something.. and the voice dictation, exits when being used, wherever im in..
Now, im planning to switch to Cyanogenmod for 4.2.2, since it has few themes available.
About Kernel? Can someone help me how to do that? a great guide will be greatly appreciated, done searching and cant find it, i swear.
Thank you so much in advance

Stuck in infinite CM spinner on Verizon LG G2

I'm a bit of a newbie with rooting and flashing but have been pretty successful up until now. I installed TWRP 2.3.6.2 and CM 10.2 on my Verizon LG G2 about a month ago.
Since then I've been updating with nightlies with much success.
When the 11.0 build showed up in the CM updates list I downloaded it and installed. It failed and I had to flash an older 10.2 nightly. My device became pretty unstable after this. Most GApps were gone or somehow corrupted. I re-installed a number of them but Google Play still didn't work.
I tried updating again to an 11.0 nightly today and again it failed. I then flashed a recent 10.2 nightly that had worked for me and now my phone is stuck an infinite spinning Cyanogenmod boot screen.
I have tried every combination of holding power and volume down to try to get into TWRP to try flashing another nightly but my device just continues to reboot to LG then Cyanogenmod spinner over and over.
I decided maybe I needed to reinstall TWRP (looks like there's a new version from today). I tried to access my device with it plugged into my computer using fastboot and adb push loki_flash and it returned "device not found."
I'm totally stuck now... no idea what to do next. Would be so grateful for some guidance on how to get my device functional again.
Thanks.
One additional comment: I've tried doing Power + Volume Down during LG logo but it doesn't do anything.
I managed to get into a Hardware Key Control Mode screen by holding Power + Volume Up + Volume Down which had some options about answering calls or turning off alarm using hardware keys.
Cannot seem to do anything to get to TWRP.
To get to TWRP:
* Hold Power until the phone shuts off
* Hold Power+Volume Down until the LG logo appears
* Release Power+Volume Down then immediately hold them both down again
You'll get a message to the effect of 'Press Power to permanently erase all user settings.' Do that (if you have a custom recovery installed, it'll just boot into that).
Also keep in mind that the first install of a custom rom like CM will sit on that logo screen for a couple of minutes.
I somehow just managed to get to a screen that says "Factory hard reset. Permanently Erase User Data & Reset Settings? Press Power key to confirm, and any other key to cancel." It says "Rooted" in the upper left corner.
The screen doesn't respond to Volume Up or Volume Down and I just let it sit there for a few minutes. It reverted back to the infinite CM spinner.
At this point I'm pretty much at a loss for what to do -- and afraid to do anything to mess things up even more.
Should I be trying to go back to stock? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
antinorm said:
To get to TWRP:
* Hold Power until the phone shuts off
* Hold Power+Volume Down until the LG logo appears
* Release Power+Volume Down then immediately hold them both down again
You'll get a message to the effect of 'Press Power to permanently erase all user settings.' Do that (if you have a custom recovery installed, it'll just boot into that).
Also keep in mind that the first install of a custom rom like CM will sit on that logo screen for a couple of minutes.
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Thanks for this suggestion -- I'll try to get back to that screen and do this. Also the CM spinner was stuck for 8 hours last night... so definitely not a function of bit of a delay for first install of a custom ROM.
tophy0 said:
I somehow just managed to get to a screen that says "Factory hard reset. Permanently Erase User Data & Reset Settings? Press Power key to confirm, and any other key to cancel." It says "Rooted" in the upper left corner.
The screen doesn't respond to Volume Up or Volume Down and I just let it sit there for a few minutes. It reverted back to the infinite CM spinner.
At this point I'm pretty much at a loss for what to do -- and afraid to do anything to mess things up even more.
Should I be trying to go back to stock? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
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This screen is what you want to see. Push Power a couple of times. It won't erase your settings. It'll boot into TWRP.
tophy0 said:
Thanks for this suggestion -- I'll try to get back to that screen and do this. Also the CM spinner was stuck for 8 hours last night... so definitely not a function of bit of a delay for first install of a custom ROM.
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Phew, that worked! Back into TWRP.
Any additional guidance on what I should be doing to try to get back into a stable version of CM? I have many builds of CM 10.2 in internal storage that I could pick from. But before I try another one of those should I attempt to clean things up at all? Seems like my current configuration must have some sort of conflict that's leading to all the instability. I do have Titanium Pro installed so I believe I should be able to get my apps + data back as long as I don't completely clean out everything.
Thanks again for the help.
Also mods: just realized that I should have posted this thread in Q&A not General. Sorry about that! I don't think I can move it over myself or I would.
I think what I would like to do now is update TWRP to 2.6.3.3 and then install 11.0 using this build: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/lg-g2-development/258385-rom-wip-cyanogenmod-11-g2-vzw.html
Not sure how to update TWRP from 2.6.3.2 to 2.6.3.3 though. When I originally set up TWRP I used adb / loki-push but it's a bit of a blur how that worked since I was just following step 1-2-3 instructions.
Sorry for being such a noob with this stuff. Any additional guidance would be awesome.
As I suspected, flashing any CM ROM now leads to an infinite CM spinner so I think I need a plan B to get my device working again. At least I can now get to TWRP thanks to the help above.
Not sure where to go from here.
Did you try to wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and system? Then install cm. I think this is why you got a bootloop :/
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Makrilli said:
Did you try to wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and system? Then install cm. I think this is why you got a bootloop :/
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Yup, when I finally got into TWRP I did this and was able to install a version of CM 10.2 that actually loaded.
All my apps and settings are obviously gone now so it's a good time to make the leap to TWRP 2.6.3.3 and CM 11.0. Trying to figure out how to do that now (in the proper forum!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563982
Thanks for the help.
tophy0 said:
Yup, when I finally got into TWRP I did this and was able to install a version of CM 10.2 that actually loaded.
All my apps and settings are obviously gone now so it's a good time to make the leap to TWRP 2.6.3.3 and CM 11.0. Trying to figure out how to do that now (in the proper forum!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563982
Thanks for the help.
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I htink the wipe would have helped from the beg. Any time you jump roms I suggest doing a wipe. Also one thing you may want to look at is a backup of all your settings and everything, I use titanium and it has helped me out in situations like this in the past.
madisonjar said:
I htink the wipe would have helped from the beg. Any time you jump roms I suggest doing a wipe. Also one thing you may want to look at is a backup of all your settings and everything, I use titanium and it has helped me out in situations like this in the past.
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Thanks, makes a ton of sense.
I also use Titanium to backup. When I do a fresh install of TWRP and CM 11.0 can I restore my system data in addition to apps + app data? I'm not sure to what restoring extent system data could create conflicts with the CM 11.0 build. For example will all the Google Mobile Services system data from my CM 10.2 build create conflicts?
What I really want is to easily bring back ~150 apps + all of my SMS messages, Contacts, Email settings, Homescreen layout and settings, etc. Not exactly sure what's achievable.
tophy0 said:
What I really want is to easily bring back ~150 apps + all of my SMS messages, Contacts, Email settings, Homescreen layout and settings, etc. Not exactly sure what's achievable.
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You can safely use TB to restore user apps, their data and trebutchets data if you use that. Backing up sms and contacts with TB, I'm not sure about that as I used other app "super sms backup". And about emails I have no idea. Also it's not a good idea to restore settings, better to set them again
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To get to TWRP:
* Hold Power until the phone shuts off
* Hold Power+Volume Down until the LG logo appears
* Release Power+Volume Down then immediately hold them both down again
You'll get a message to the effect of 'Press Power to permanently erase all user settings.' Do that (if you have a custom recovery installed, it'll just boot into that).
Also keep in mind that the first install of a custom rom like CM will sit on that logo screen for a couple of minutes.
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I owe you man! Saw the erase data screen and almost freaked out. Pressed power and it booted to TWRP.
Thanks again!
Mike
WCM3 said:
I owe you man! Saw the erase data screen and almost freaked out. Pressed power and it booted to TWRP.
Thanks again!
Mike
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You know, I was wondering as well of how to get to TWRP if a rom didn't boot. I got to that screen too and thought it would erase the phone. This is good to know and should be a sticky somewhere.

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