What's going on world. I've recently found out that the T-Mobile G2 has kit kat ROM floating around and I was just wondering if anyone has flashed it and what their thoughts about it are? Also I've read that after flashing the ROM you lose custom recovery which in turn would leave one stuck with that particular ROM until one is created.. I guess I'm just asking if anyone believes a custom recovery would be up any time soon?
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DurbanPoison24 said:
What's going on world. I've recently found out that the T-Mobile G2 has kit kat ROM floating around and I was just wondering if anyone has flashed it and what their thoughts about it are? Also I've read that after flashing the ROM you lose custom recovery which in turn would leave one stuck with that particular ROM until one is created.. I guess I'm just asking if anyone believes a custom recovery would be up any time soon?
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Read the general G2 section.. There is a long thread about this.
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I just received my D801 back from LG repair after dead spots and phantom inputs on my device. LG replaced the touchscreen under warranty. Now the phone is smooth and very responsive, like it should be.
Since I had restored phone to the 10g firmware and unrooted before sending it in, I decided to flash the 20a KK update. Of course I lost root access and custom recovery, but I can live with that awhile I evaluate performance, which is, so far, better than 4.2 JB. T-Mo will eventually push the OTA update, which requires stock recovery. I figured I'd do it manually by flashing the .kdz file, which BTW does NOT wipe data. Despite large size (1.5 GB), file flashes quickly using LG Flash tool.
Maybe I'm just very happy to have my G2 back and working properly, but I like the KK update, although I hope a root exploit is found soon and we get a new custom recovery. That's why I donate to devs!
Don't know if that helps. Give KK a try, you'll like it!
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I apologize if this is somewhere where I haven't been able to find it. Every answered question seems to be about root only and with the fiasco going on in the Verizon Galaxy S4 threads where root is possible, but still no recovery and custom ROMS, I want to make sure of this.
If I buy a brand new Verizon LG G2 right now and it is delivered to my hands with the newest OTA already on it, will I still be able to not just root, but also install a recovery and custom ROM like Cyanogenmod?
If it is questionable, I'm giving up on Verizon and going to AT&T where I can get a Nexus 5. I'm coming from a Nexus 4 running CM and tried a VZ Galaxy S4 but it came with the MJ7 ROM already on it and there is nothing that can be done about it at the moment so I sent it back and am thinking about the LG G2 and will decide based on the answers I get in this thread.
Yes, even with the newest OTA.
getut said:
I apologize if this is somewhere where I haven't been able to find it. Every answered question seems to be about root only and with the fiasco going on in the Verizon Galaxy S4 threads where root is possible, but still no recovery and custom ROMS, I want to make sure of this.
If I buy a brand new Verizon LG G2 right now and it is delivered to my hands with the newest OTA already on it, will I still be able to not just root, but also install a recovery and custom ROM like Cyanogenmod?
If it is questionable, I'm giving up on Verizon and going to AT&T where I can get a Nexus 5. I'm coming from a Nexus 4 running CM and tried a VZ Galaxy S4 but it came with the MJ7 ROM already on it and there is nothing that can be done about it at the moment so I sent it back and am thinking about the LG G2 and will decide based on the answers I get in this thread.
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I have not been able to root. just bought the phone yesterday. been flashing for years so don't think im doing anything wrong. but every phone is different sometimes.
I got mine about a week ago, and was able to root no problem. If you do have issues, you can always download the original KDZ or TOT file and flash it onto your G2, then root on that since it's an older version.
Sent from CAMACHO, my Verizon G2 (VS980) running PAC ROM.
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Yes, even with the newest OTA.
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If so. point me in the right direction. dieing over here. g2 d80010o
This method doesn't work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887
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If so. point me in the right direction. dieing over here. g2 d80010o
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you can use the ioroot 12 software in the link posted above me. I think the main OP says ioroot 10, but version 12 can be found closer to the end of the thread.
Hello all. Finally upgrading from the Droid Incredible 2 and I am expecting my G2 to be delivered on Saturday. My carrier is Verizon and I would like to know if I should not allow OTA updates on my phone since I plan to root it. I am contemplating playing around on it before I root and install a custom rom, but I know that updates can sometimes mess up the ability to root a device. Should I avoid OTA's?
Also, there seem to be many rooting methods, recoveries, and roms out there. What should I look for?
I can't wait to receive my device and move over to this seemingly thriving community!
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Hello all. Finally upgrading from the Droid Incredible 2 and I am expecting my G2 to be delivered on Saturday. My carrier is Verizon and I would like to know if I should not allow OTA updates on my phone since I plan to root it. I am contemplating playing around on it before I root and install a custom rom, but I know that updates can sometimes mess up the ability to root a device. Should I avoid OTA's?
Also, there seem to be many rooting methods, recoveries, and roms out there. What should I look for?
I can't wait to receive my device and move over to this seemingly thriving community!
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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11A is less trouble than 12b
12b has recoveries and root, but each rom needs to patched and bypass part of its script
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11A is less trouble than 12b
12b has recoveries and root, but each rom needs to patched and bypass part of its script
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Forgive my ignorance... what exactly does 11A and 12B mean? How can I make sure to have 12A?
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Forgive my ignorance... what exactly does 11A and 12B mean? How can I make sure to have 12A?
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they're the different updates, yours will probably be shipped with the most recent, being 12b. you'd have to check out the thread on flashing back to "stock" which would put you back an update or two
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they're the different updates, yours will probably be shipped with the most recent, being 12b. you'd have to check out the thread on flashing back to "stock" which would put you back an update or two
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How will I tell which update my phone has? Will it be as simple as looking on the "About Phone" screen?
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How will I tell which update my phone has? Will it be as simple as looking on the "About Phone" screen?
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It should tell you under Setting>About phone> Software update
I got the g2 about a month ago. The root method ioroot worked really well for me. Personally, I'd recommend staying on the stock rom after rooting. Imho, you'll lose more features with a different rom. With xposed framework you can add nearly any feature and customization to the stock rom. It'll probably be shipped with 11a most likely, but I'd recommend declining the update. It is relatively minor. Go ahead and flash which ever recovery you prefer (I use twrp). Or keep the stock recovery if you choose (if you plan on taking the ota). When the big update comes (4.4.) I plan on flashing the ota manually after somebody posts it to xda. As far as kernels, keep stock, download trickster and change gov to interactive. As of right now, I don't see a need for a different kernel, except maybe force fast charge, but with this phone running out of battery (or charging) isn't an issue. Just top it off when you go to bed, and you're probably good for a couple days!
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I've been reading these forums for two days now and I'm just add confused as when I started. If I get a new device that comes with the current 12b update, I see root is available, but very Unclear about recovery - all the threads op's are vague and misleading. Any clarification would be appreciated. 2nd: of the plethora of roms available, is it true that the rom itself must be updated for the 12b firmware? That's the jist I'm getting, and how on earth do you know if they have been? It's all very confusing and Unclear. I'm coming from the beautiful unlocked bootloader if the vzw galaxy s3 and our important threads are grouped into guides and updated regularly. Understanding the basics is easy with the s3, but I'm truly questioning if I want the g2 now (I'm a flashaholic) - so confused!
Any detailed help would be awesome..
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you might have some problems with 12b and installing recovery root your phone install an app called freegee and select twrp or cwm i like twrp but i think both work i had one problem when i backed up stock rom stock freaked out and asked for a decrptyion code reboot fixed that so some have reported problems one thing if your going to root install a custom rom because if lg pushes the ota to your device if its rooted it will brick it cm11 is a little unstable but if you can look past some bugs its a great experience
I DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY if you brick your device ROOTING or modding your device has risk
oh and have fun with cyanogenmod
Personal Experience
Just got a replacement 12B G2, this is what I've noticed:
-Installing root/recovery is still fairly simple on 12B.
-No problems with flashing roms either (tested both TWRP and Philz Touch).
-But KERNELS will throw you a curve ball. 12B requires a separate loki patch from the older builds. PAEK refused to flash in both recoveries (assert failed: run_program("/tmp/loki.sh ==0) until I found a user-patched workaround kernel. After that it flashed fine, but it required some digging.
Right now AOSP is nowhere near 100 percent stable on the VZW G2 and probably won't be until LG gets their act together. Just something to consider. Best of luck!
I hope lg gets there act together cm11 is unstable but I can use it as mY daily driver no problem maybe with a kitkat update it will be more stable
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Guys, my phone just told me there's another upgrade for the lg g2 D803 variant....Anybody seen this yet?
I'm wondering what the upgrade is, seeing it's 1.5 gb.
It's gonna take me to D803B20G. Not sure if the current rooting and autorec recovery method will work on this new firmware, sceptical about installing it......
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Guys, my phone just told me there's another upgrade for the lg g2 D803 variant....Anybody seen this yet?
I'm wondering what the upgrade is, seeing it's 1.5 gb.
It's gonna take me to D803B20G. Not sure if the current rooting and autorec recovery method will work on this new firmware, sceptical about installing it......
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1. wrong place to post this.
2. general rule of thumb - if you like having root and recovery, NEVER take an OTA from the manufacturer EVER, until it's confirmed that it doens't block root / recovery /bootloader exploits (like the 4.4 ot'as blocked loki)
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1. wrong place to post this.
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Sorry, I wasn't sure where to put as there is no folder for 803 variant.....
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jakew02 said:
1. wrong place to post this.
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Sorry, I never seen a folder for the D803 variant so I wasn't sure where to put this.... Should it have gone in Q&A?
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Sorry, I never seen a folder for the D803 variant so I wasn't sure where to put this.... Should it have gone in Q&A?
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Q&A if you're asking a question about it, General if you wanted to let people know about it..
yes probably in q&a or general maybe, like stated above please dont install on your phone if youre rooted with a non stock recovery otherwise you will mess up your phone big time! really not sure if its possible but if you can, switch off firmware updates as they are not compatible with the custom recoveries and whichever rom you are using will update soon enough anyway if your on stock rom the same applies if you have a custom recovery
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yes probably in q&a or general maybe, like stated above please dont install on your phone if youre rooted with a non stock recovery otherwise you will mess up your phone big time! really not sure if its possible but if you can, switch off firmware updates as they are not compatible with the custom recoveries and whichever rom you are using will update soon enough anyway if your on stock rom the same applies if you have a custom recovery
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I have stock Rom rooted and twrp recovery that's all.
Avoid the update.
However it has the knock knock code addon. Or, as far as I've heard, that's the only new update LG had planned for the LG G2.
Do not install it. If you REALLY want to try it, make a backup, store it on your PC, OTA. If you lose root, you can revert to stock, get a recovery, put your backup back on your phone and restore.....but that's honestly a lot of work just to possibly get the knock knock code. (I know turning on is knock on, but for the "code" you knock more than once minimum, so I call it knock knock).
You can also force supersu to keep root, but last time I tried that for an OTA I got stuck in a bootloop.
TL;DR: Might be knock on/knock knock code. Not sure what else. You can backup and try to OTA, but no one can be certain what will happen. Expect to lose root. You can force SuperSu to keep root, but you may bootloop.
I'd just wait for more info.
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I have stock Rom rooted and twrp recovery that's all.
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twrp recovery is a custom recovery, so never update.
I'm pretty sure there is an app in /system that you can freeze to stop push updates. Sadly, that is the only info I have. It may have been carrier specific and I haven't been on stock since the first week I had the phone. Haha.
Guys I already know all what you just said......I've done this loads of times. Just wondering if I can uninstall custom recovery without re-installing stock firmware?
I know I can take my chance and try the OTA but not without recovery gone first.
It's a lot of work to just flash stock firmware, install update and if there's no big change, flash stock again.....
Thats why i was wondering if the only option is flash stock to get rid of recovery
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twrp recovery is a custom rom so never update
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Twrp is not a Rom it's a recovery. Hence the "recovery"
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Esteway.619 said:
Twrp is not a Rom it's a recovery. Hence the "recovery"
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Lol, yeah I didn't want to say anything. He should read up before doing anything with his phone.
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Guys I already know all what you just said......I've done this loads of times. Just wondering if I can uninstall custom recovery without re-installing stock firmware?
I know I can take my chance and try the OTA but not without recovery gone first.
It's a lot of work to just flash stock firmware, install update and if there's no big change, flash stock again.....
Thats why i was wondering if the only option is flash stock to get rid of recovery
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I think its possible, (but it should be really hard to do so) but the easiest way is to flash a .kdz file And you should not take the chance to update when you have recovery, it just isn't worth it. Anyways I would just have sticked with a custom rom which gets updated regulary..or flashed a kdz and get back to stock.
Btw can the good judger @Judge Joseph Dredd move the thread to q and a section? I think that it is even more help to get there
OP Moved out of the Development Threads, since this does not belong there....Please read the Forum Rules on posting.
Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well.
I purchased a used G2 a couple weeks ago and activated it on the Sprint (Ting) network. The previous owner seems to have made a failed attempt at rooting the device; There is a SuperSu app in the app drawer but it doesn't work (missing binary) and RootChecker fails.
I've tried using StumpRoot but the "Grind" button is greyed out, as well as IORoot but the flash fails.
If anyone has any tips I'd really appreciate it. Otherwise, if you need any more information about the device just let me know and I'll be sure to post it!
same problem
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I just got my g2 ls980zve 4.4.2. My device is not rooted but stump root keep saying your device is rooted. And i couldnt find a proper root guide for this update. Help...!
Best solution: use one of the ZVC tot files and take it back to pure stock, then do the OTA upgrade to ZVD, then ZVE, and use Stump Root nice and clean once you're back on ZVE.
That's my recommendation. Yes it's a bit cumbersome but if you're going to be pure stock (rooted, of course), that's the why I would suggest it be done properly. Trying to "fix" a busted root or one that didn't get done properly could cause more trouble than it's worth. You could do the reflash to pure stock ZVC in a matter of minutes, then the ZVD - ZVE update in a few more and have zero issues whatsoever.
Or flash the zve tot and then use stumproot.
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Or flash the zve tot and then use stumproot.
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Didn't realize there was a proper ZVE tot file available, would have suggested that if I did but yep, that's even easier and the best solution overall.
Neat...
I am having the same issue, glad to see a solution.
It may be a stupid question, but since I do not know the answer... Where do I find the ZVE, or ZVC files to load? If someone has a link for a thread kn this subject that would be very helpful. In the mean time I will be doing some more searching.
Thanks!
Thanks for the responses guys, really appreciate the pointers!
I'll definitely be trying some of these suggestions when I have time First week back at Uni is kicking my ass so far lol!
Rynglade there is a guide to restore to factory in the lg g2 general section at the top. Internetcommand. if the previous owner attempted root then failed,stumproot will not work as it still detects the phone as rooted. the only way to get it to work is to do a restore with lg flash tool.
@broadband and rularn
Thanks dudes
Hey guys, quick update as I've finally found time to try working on this:
The only issue I'm having right now is that my phone will NOT go into download mode. I've tried several times and nothing seems to get through.
I really don't know what to do from here since I can't flash a stock firmware without going into download mode...