I have the Verizon version of the LG G2 and when I received the device, it was already loaded with 12B firmware. I was able to root the device with ioroot16, install SuperSU, all that jazz... I'm under the impression that I need to use loki flash to flash TWRP onto my device, but when I try to do this through ADB, I get an error saying that my device has a Read-only filesystem. Is there some step that I'm missing in this process? Is loki flash the only way to get TWRP onto my device? or is there some other way?
You can use freegee from the playstore to install a supported recovery easily.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48969786
Shelnutt2 said:
You can use freegee from the playstore to install a supported recovery easily.
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Thanks! Worked flawlessly :good:
Same here worked perfectly
Just rooted using ioroot17. And of course, as soon as I do, I get the OTA (12B) pushed to my device. Going by autoprime's post, it says 012B root was added to ioroot way back in v12.
EDIT: After reading more I think my question should be will it break recovery? Currently have TWRP 2.6.3.3 flashed. TIA.
Maybe when you see my post, you said that 'another root question'. But it is not.
I own a D802.
I had install a kitkat 4.4.2 F320S rom on my phone. I had no issues. But I had lost my recovery.
Now I rooted my phone with ioroot25.
However, I cannot install recovery with freegee
It detects my phone as F320S and it doesn't support my device.
What I am supposed to do to install a recovery.
You can't install custom recovery on kk yet, because there isn't one that works yet.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
Hello,
sometimes I am reading that some users are installing TWRP via AutoRec.
But sometimes I am also reading that some users install Bump!ed versions of TWRP by simply flashing it directly via Flashify for example.
Are there any advantages/disadvantages comparing those methods?
Or would both give the same results?
What is currently considered the best way to install TWRP on the LG G2 when TWRP has not been installed yet?
Regards
wq0913562 said:
Hello,
sometimes I am reading that some users are installing TWRP via AutoRec.
But sometimes I am also reading that some users install Bump!ed versions of TWRP by simply flashing it directly via Flashify for example.
Are there any advantages/disadvantages comparing those methods?
Or would both give the same results?
What is currently considered the best way to install TWRP on the LG G2 when TWRP has not been installed yet?
Regards
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It depends on the roms you will be using, if you're going to use a bumped ROM then using the latest stock base and flashing twrp though flashify is the cleanest method, but if the ROM you're using isn't bumped you need the jelly bean bootloader and thus should use autorec. Note that you can install bumped ROMs on the jelly bean bootloader but you CAN NOT install non bumped ROMs on the kitkat bootloader. If you are using a bumped setup and flash a non bumped ROM, it will boot loop. If you don't have a BUMPED ROM still on your storage, you will need to factory reset through download mode or fastboot (whichever you have, some flashable bootstacks purposefully break download mode to enable fastboot. I personally prefer download mode, if I can't get to an adb prompt I'd rather just flash a kdz).
wq0913562 said:
Hello,
sometimes I am reading that some users are installing TWRP via AutoRec.
But sometimes I am also reading that some users install Bump!ed versions of TWRP by simply flashing it directly via Flashify for example.
Are there any advantages/disadvantages comparing those methods?
Or would both give the same results?
What is currently considered the best way to install TWRP on the LG G2 when TWRP has not been installed yet?
Regards
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Hey wq.
I very recently installed AutoRec on my D802, which has the latest 4.4.2 KK. It works flawlessly, and I recommend it. I believe the .apk installs TWRP 2.7.0.0, which has worked for me very well, and I have installed at least 15 different ROMs with it so far.
Hello,
thank you very much for your fast and detailed answers.
So, let's assume someone uses AutoRec to install TWRP for the first time on a LG G2, which only installs an old version of TWRP (version 2.7.0.0).
Which TWRP version should one then use to update to the latest version of TWRP?
Would you use the blastagator version from over there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development/twrp-twrp-2-8-0-0-kernel-f2fs-tools-t2898705
Or would you use the official version from over there:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/197
And how would you install it?
By simply booting into TWRP 2.7.0.0 (provided by AutoRec) and then from there flashing the latest TWRP zip file?
Regards
wq0913562 said:
Hello,
thank you very much for your fast and detailed answers.
So, let's assume someone uses AutoRec to install TWRP for the first time on a LG G2, which only installs an old version of TWRP (version 2.7.0.0).
Which TWRP version should one then use to update to the latest version of TWRP?
Would you use the blastagator version from over there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development/twrp-twrp-2-8-0-0-kernel-f2fs-tools-t2898705
Or would you use the official version from over there:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/197
And how would you install it?
By simply booting into TWRP 2.7.0.0 (provided by AutoRec) and then from there flashing the latest TWRP zip file?
Regards
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I wanted to flash cloudy rom which is bumped.
So i straight away used flashify to flash bumped recovery and then flashed the rom..
No autorec needed.
I flashed blastgator's twrp with thermal control.
hi,
according to instructions I'm suppose to root my G2 in order to have custom recovery. After I have CM on the device, can I stop the root mode?
thank you.