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Strange Root Issue

When I saw the port for ICS come out I got really excited and flashed it right away. Then I realized for whatever reason I didnt have SU permissions so I couldn't tether to my computer. I was disappointed but I thought, "no biggie, I'll just restore from my back up." When I flashed my back up the SU app was in my app drawer but I still couldn't tether. As a matter of fact I can't do anything that requires SU but the bootloader still reads unlocked. WTF?
I can't flash a new recovery either. I tried installing from ROM manager, I tried pushing it from my computer but I can't get to the recovery any more. ROM manager says that I have CWM 5.0.2.0 currently installed but I can't get to it at all. Again, WTF?
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^clearly the phone is working perfectly fine with the stock ROM from the back up but obviously I want my SU back.

Root your phone and read the development thread versus making blog posts.
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Flash this http://www.tylerwatt12.com/XDA/ics/root_and_theme.zip and please post in right section
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Thanks for not answering my questions. The bootloader is unlocked but I don't have root and I don't have access to recovery mode even tho ROM Manager says I have Clockwork Mod 5.0.2.0 currently installed. I cannot access the recovery mode AT ALL. I cannot flash or push a new recovery but it fully boots into Gingerbread w/o any issues. What is wrong with my phone and how do I fix it.
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Try from rom manager to reinstall a previous recovery version.
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That doesn't work either. It goes through the prompts but it doesn't actually reboot do the installation.
I just tried unrooting and then re - rooting but that didn't work and I think that actually wiped my phone completely. I don't even know where an SD card would get into this thing.
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Use adb on your computer and push a clockworkmod recovery.img. And we are trying to help u no need for the sarcasm
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I'm sorry but I'm just really frustrated right now. Nothing I have tried has worked. Maybe its my commands? To push that recovery image what would I type?
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I also I can't download that zip you linked to. Every time I try it just says failed.
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obsydian2k7 said:
I'm sorry but I'm just really frustrated right now. Nothing I have tried has worked. Maybe its my commands? To push that recovery image what would I type?
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I get it
Fastboot flash recovery recovery-xxxxxxxxx.img and hit enter
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Esteway.619 said:
I get it
Fastboot flash recovery recovery-xxxxxxxxx.img and hit enter
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Get cwm image from here CWM Recovery
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relock the phone then unlock it again i had the same problem

I tried relocking and unlocking again then pushed the recovery I just (finally) downloaded but it didn't work. Terminal says error cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo4g.img'
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obsydian2k7 said:
I tried relocking and unlocking again then pushed the recovery I just (finally) downloaded but it didn't work. Terminal says error cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo4g.img'
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Is that the right name of the recovery img? Try renaming it to just recovery and see if that works.
Edit: make sure your phone is in debugging mode. And uninstall then reinstall the drivers on your computer
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Esteway.619 said:
Is that the right name of the recovery img? Try renaming it to just recovery and see if that works.
Edit: make sure your phone is in debugging mode. And uninstall then reinstall the drivers on your computer
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manually go into recovery with volume down and power flash the su.zip and u should be good to go that wat I did
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No suggestions have worked so far. It does not matter what the recovery image name is, whenever I try the flash it Terminal says that it cannot load "***.img" or if I try an install command it says that it cannot find "***.zip" I'm on a snow leopard iMac so I don't need drivers n such.
Let me pose the question like this, what would I do to completely restore the phone to factory condition and try to root it again? Like I said before, the bootloader says that it is unlocked but I do not have any root privileges, could not access the recovery I had before nor install a new recovery after having locked the unlocked the phone's bootloader again.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13773677&postcount=1
go to the link above and follow the directions for returning to stock.
find yourself a one-click root method on XDA that includes superuser, busybox, and CWM.
EDIT: Also, double check the md5 sum for the CWM .zip. use
Code:
md5 recovery-aaaaaa.img
in the terminal and make sure the output matches whatever is given on the CWM site. if they dont have one up, ask for it

NS4g one-click root app:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2jx8xtx2602hi23
this will:
unlock the bootloader
install cwm 5.0.2.0
root
No commands, no messing with pushing files manually, etc. This thing has already saved me from major headaches while restoring my phone once and I've only had it for 3 weeks lol

hp420 said:
NS4g one-click root app:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2jx8xtx2602hi23
this will:
unlock the bootloader
install cwm 5.0.2.0
root
No commands, no messing with pushing files manually, etc. This thing has already saved me from major headaches while restoring my phone once and I've only had it for 3 weeks lol
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im assuming this is for windows. he said he has a mac so that wouldnt work for him. here this is for mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129759 just copy and past everything thats there in terminal

Esteway.619 said:
im assuming this is for windows. he said he has a mac so that wouldnt work for him. here this is for mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129759 just copy and past everything thats there in terminal
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I missed that...my mistake

Rooted, now what?

I have rooted my ATT g2 and am now wondering which recovery to use. Do twrp and cwm both work with my g2?
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I prefer TWRP, but i think you should just try it. Every has his own benefits and disadvantages.
Andi

andi2398 said:
I prefer TWRP, but i think you should just try it. Every has his own benefits and disadvantages.
Andi
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The reason I ask is because I just came from my s4, and after the MF3 update debacle we were unable to use cwm. I am used to cwm, but I think I'll give twrp a try as long as it works!
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Hi,
i came from the S2 and got the G2 since saturday. I read here and in a german forum that die CWM is a little bit buggy, so is used TWRP. It´s faster und got some more options.
Andi

jellybear456 said:
The reason I ask is because I just came from my s4, and after the MF3 update debacle we were unable to use cwm. I am used to cwm, but I think I'll give twrp a try as long as it works!
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Thanks for your input andi. I will give it a try!
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Even though you are rooted, make sure you have the latest SuperSU and Busybox installed and working. I found that when I initially rooted my LG G2, all apps had root access by default and without prompting, which is a major security issue.
Cheers!

Rayan said:
Even though you are rooted, make sure you have the latest SuperSU and Busybox installed and working. I found that when I initially rooted my LG G2, all apps had root access by default and without prompting, which is a major security issue.
Cheers!
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I had no idea. That's a major issue. Thanks for the heads up!
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I've installed TWRP and until now I've no problems with TWRP Recovery. Before my G2 I allways used CWM or 4ext but TWRP seems to be very nice :good:
regards

MaGnOlia88 said:
I've installed TWRP and until now I've no problems with TWRP Recovery. Before my G2 I allways used CWM or 4ext but TWRP seems to be very nice :good:
regards
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Thank you for the input! Should i install TWRP via goomanager from the play store, or push it with adb through cmd?(I've seen this alot when searching)

jellybear456 said:
Thank you for the input! Should i install TWRP via goomanager from the play store, or push it with adb through cmd?(I've seen this alot when searching)
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im using cwm touch, personally always seem to have issues with twrp on previous phones.
i put mine on with flashify from the market as suggested in the recovery post i used.

bweN diorD said:
im using cwm touch, personally always seem to have issues with twrp on previous phones.
i put mine on with flashify from the market as suggested in the recovery post i used.
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I am not sure how to do that. Are you able to give me the steps or a link on how to do so?

jellybear456 said:
I am not sure how to do that. Are you able to give me the steps or a link on how to do so?
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get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.

bweN diorD said:
get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.
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Thank you!
-Jelly

bweN diorD said:
get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.
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Sorry, first LG, never rooted/ROMed anything but a samsung galaxy! Where did you find the package to flash one you click "Recovery Image" under flash?

bweN diorD said:
get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
its almost self explanatory really. just look at it and i think you will be fine.
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Hey i tried this, and downloaded the latest from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager, but after I rebooted all i got was a grey screen. There has to be a way for this to work. I have tried a couple of different things. I tried rom manager, goo manager, and now flashify....nothing seems to work
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smartadmin said:
Hey i tried this, and downloaded the latest from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager, but after I rebooted all i got was a grey screen. There has to be a way for this to work. I have tried a couple of different things. I tried rom manager, goo manager, and now flashify....nothing seems to work
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Found the issue, the recovery images must be Loki-enabled(whatever that means, sorry new here just came from the gnex), here is a link to the thread that makes the loki-enabled images available. I used flashify and hte touch enalbed loki.img file... worked no problem...thanks!!!

smartadmin said:
Hey i tried this, and downloaded the latest from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager, but after I rebooted all i got was a grey screen. There has to be a way for this to work. I have tried a couple of different things. I tried rom manager, goo manager, and now flashify....nothing seems to work
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Found the issue, the recovery images must be Loki-enabled(whatever that means, sorry new here just came from the gnex), here is a link to the thread that makes the loki-enabled images available. I used flashify and hte touch enalbed loki.img file... worked no problem...thanks!!!
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Can you explain to me exactly what you did? i downloaded the .img from here and flashed with flashify. It then told me to reboot now and it went to a black screen saying "Fastboot started" and did not move. I had to hold in the power button to reboot my device. What did you do that worked? I have the ATT G2.

jellybear456 said:
Can you explain to me exactly what you did? i downloaded the .img from here and flashed with flashify. It then told me to reboot now and it went to a black screen saying "Fastboot started" and did not move. I had to hold in the power button to reboot my device. What did you do that worked? I have the ATT G2.
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I would love to know also
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jellybear456 said:
Can you explain to me exactly what you did? i downloaded the .img from here and flashed with flashify. It then told me to reboot now and it went to a black screen saying "Fastboot started" and did not move. I had to hold in the power button to reboot my device. What did you do that worked? I have the ATT G2.
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Thats pretty much what I did, previously i had tried to flash a bunch of other img's but they were not loki-enabled. I just downloaded the same file as you and used flashify.
I opened flashify > clicked recovery image > used flashify explorer > located the recovery.img file > clicked yes to the prompt > then rebooted.....boom done.
I am using a VZW G2...it had the latest stock build....running CM 10.2 m1 now

Rayan said:
Even though you are rooted, make sure you have the latest SuperSU and Busybox installed and working. I found that when I initially rooted my LG G2, all apps had root access by default and without prompting, which is a major security issue.
Cheers!
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Thanks for that! I had Superuser installed and it never prompted. SuperSU does though.

smartadmin said:
Thats pretty much what I did, previously i had tried to flash a bunch of other img's but they were not loki-enabled. I just downloaded the same file as you and used flashify.
I opened flashify > clicked recovery image > used flashify explorer > located the recovery.img file > clicked yes to the prompt > then rebooted.....boom done.
I am using a VZW G2...it had the latest stock build....running CM 10.2 m1 now
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Once I rebooted the screen stayed black and I had to hold the power button down to get it to boot up..should I try to reboot into recovery now? Or attempt a ref-lash?
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[Q] Help Bricked LG G2 D801

My phone was great until I tried flashing the hellfire ROM. It told me that it couldnt flash bc it was D801 and not G2. Idk what it meant bc all other D801 ROMS flashed successfully. Anyway I tried to factory reset after that and it says it cant mount data or something like that. Now I only get the LG screen. When I try to go into download mode to flash the correct kdz file in flash tool to reset the entire thing back to stock it stays on the screen that says download mode and has the blue dots. And when I try to run the program through windows and the flash tool it tells me that the phone isn't connected to the PC. Can anybody please help me? Oh and I have TWRP recovery installed but all my backups are gone all of a sudden,.I can't do anything with this phone....!!! Thanks to anyone who can help.

jcal321 said:
My phone was great until I tried flashing the hellfire ROM. It told me that it couldnt flash bc it was D801 and not G2. Idk what it meant bc all other D801 ROMS flashed successfully. Anyway I tried to factory reset after that and it says it cant mount data or something like that. Now I only get the LG screen. When I try to go into download mode to flash the correct kdz file in flash tool to reset the entire thing back to stock it stays on the screen that says download mode and has the blue dots. And when I try to run the program through windows and the flash tool it tells me that the phone isn't connected to the PC. Can anybody please help me? Oh and I have TWRP recovery installed but all my backups are gone all of a sudden,.I can't do anything with this phone....!!! Thanks to anyone who can help.
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Of you search up stock ROM for the lg g2 you should find something that has d801 stock firmware you would see d8010c or something like that find it and read up on it.
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wahid536 said:
Of you search up stock ROM for the lg g2 you should find something that has d801 stock firmware you would see d8010c or something like that find it and read up on it.
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I have the kdz file I need but my PC won't recognize my phone

jcal321 said:
I have the kdz file I need but my PC won't recognize my phone
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Are you able to get into recovery at least?
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wahid536 said:
Are you able to get into recovery at least?
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Yes I am able to get into recovery but all my backups are gone and I don't know why . I have TWRP if that helps

Install koush adb drivers and then reconnect your phone and you should be good google for koush adb drivers
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lingarajug said:
Install koush adb drivers and then reconnect your phone and you should be good google for koush adb drivers
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Ok I am installing them now. Should I try to connect in download mode and then use the flash tool? Or do I need to go in another direction?

jcal321 said:
Ok I am installing them now. Should I try to connect in download mode and then use the flash tool? Or do I need to go in another direction?
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Didn't work still won't recognize my phone

jcal321 said:
Didn't work still won't recognize my phone
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Not sure if this will help or if you read this or not but this is a link about the adb situation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448699
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Didn't work still won't recognize my phone
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This one says something about adb and drivers,
http://g2-lg.com/download-lg-g2-android-usb-drivers-ver-3-10/
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If your using windows make sure you run terminal from with ABD shell folder or it won't give you the ABD commnads.

Same problem
I have exactly the same problem please help!!!

someone help please, me too have the same issue please.

Just boot into twrp and select install zip from sideload. Connect the phone to pc. Go to your adb folder and type
adb sideload .zip*(for example:adb sideload update.zip)
Be patient, you got to wait until adb has copied your zip to the phone. Then the actual flashing will start. So leave the phone untouched for like 15minutes and wait till it's done.
This way you can flash the phone in a working state and then kdz again.
Don't forget to wipe all before flashing and factory reset afterwards.
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Link to Stock Recovery needed

I have twrp installed and would like to reinstall the stock recovery. Anyone have a link?
I have Verizon VS980 (I assume i have a D802-anyone know how to tell?). thanks

Camoxjeep said:
I have twrp installed and would like to reinstall the stock recovery. Anyone have a link?
I have Verizon VS980 (I assume i have a D802-anyone know how to tell?). thanks
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That would be very helpful to have. I have a D801.
Thanks for suggesting it.
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Damn! I once backuped original recovery via flashify but now going to flashify app or to its data on internal memory, I cannot find anything anymore! That most certainly happened when I changed roms between stocks and AOSPs...
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Life Engineer said:
Damn! I once backuped original recovery via flashify but now going to flashify app or to its data on internal memory, I cannot find anything anymore! That most certainly happened when I changed roms between stocks and AOSPs...
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How do you do it using flashify so someone here can get us a copy? thanks

If you are rooted but still on stock recovery, you go into flashify and go to backup/restore tab! From there you choose "backup current recovery".
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Camoxjeep said:
How do you do it using flashify so someone here can get us a copy? thanks
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I have a Flashify VS980 stock recovery image backup on my sdcard if you want to give it a shot. Obviously the old I don't take responsibility if something applies here. Lol. I've never tried to restore it. Let me know and I'll try to PM you a link to my box account so you can download it.

Ronbo19 said:
I have a Flashify VS980 stock recovery image backup on my sdcard if you want to give it a shot. Obviously the old I don't take responsibility if something applies here. Lol. I've never tried to restore it. Let me know and I'll try to PM you a link to my box account so you can download it.
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Yes that would be great. thanks and I'll try it. if anything I'll have to reinstall trwp

ok, flashed the stock recovery image you sent thru flashify. Seemed to work but when I try to go to recovery it shows LG then at the top seems to give options then screen goes black and nothing. I did hold the power button for 10 seconds till it vibrated and rebooted. Phone restarted then I decided to defrost the app that checks for OTA. Now I'm stuck on the recovery section with a black screen I think all because I forgot to temp unroot before I decided to try and take the OTA:crying: Doesnt seem like the flash worked correctly either so I guess I'm going completely back to stock and lose all my info unless someone has a workaround?
THanks

Camoxjeep said:
I have twrp installed and would like to reinstall the stock recovery. Anyone have a link?
I have Verizon VS980 (I assume i have a D802-anyone know how to tell?). thanks
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MarkAtHome said:
That would be very helpful to have. I have a D801.
Thanks for suggesting it.
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I have since found a source here: http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G2

[Q] HELP!!! LG G2 stuck in Recovery, tried everything

My phone had Cyanogen mod 11 installed on in so i used flash tool to try to get it back to stock but it just booted into CWM recovery. After that i tried to fresh install CM 11 through adb but it didnt work, i really need someones help!!!.

[email protected] said:
My phone had Cyanogen mod 11 installed on in so i used flash tool to try to get it back to stock but it just booted into CWM recovery. After that i tried to fresh install CM 11 through abd but it didnt work, i really need someones help!!!.
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Is adb not detecting your phone? Can you be a bit more specific with what is going wrong

Art Vanderlay said:
Is adb not detecting your phone? Can you be a bit more specific with what is going wrong
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no my phone is detecting adb, just when i try try to flash it seems like it has worked well but it says something about loki and will still boot into recovery

I think your missing The lokifiying cmd line
I'll edit with more
Have you looked at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2633150
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Dethkid2008 said:
I think your missing The lokifiying cmd line
I'll edit with more
Have you looked at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2633150
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Thanks so much, i ended up getting it to work with philz recovery

[email protected] said:
Thanks so much, i ended up getting it to work with philz recovery
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thanks button?