Just like the title says. Yes I am 100% new to this. i followed the directions here http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-all-things-root/380801-guide-rooting-without-computer.html to root my phone, and then i followed the directions in another link to flash a rom. Well my ignorance took over and i flashed clockworkmod like the directions in the ROM flashing link said, and now I can't access the recovery in my phone. I have uninstalled ROM manager and deleted the clockworkmod files from my sd card, and I still cannot access the recovery in my phone. Is there any way that I can undo what i did? Sorry for the dumb questions... I should have been paying more attention. Thanks in advanced.
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Root Accidentally flashed 2 recoveries.
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Sounds like you've had a fairly rough go of it…
So, a couple things.
1. Can you still access and use your phone like normal?
2. Can you mount the SD card via USB from your computer?
If so, you may just need to redo step 4 from the http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-all-things-root/380801-guide-rooting-without-computer.html guide.
Things to check:
1. does "su" work - open up terminal emulator (or download it from the market if you don't have it). type "su" (without the quotes) at the prompt and hit enter. This should cause the command prompt to turn from "$" to "#". su is short for super user and means you have root access to your phone. try typing something like "ls" just to verify that it outputs. If this is all good, then exit out of it. If this isn't working for some reason, you don't really have root on your phone and you'll need to resolve that first.
2. Locate a recovery that works for your s-screen phone and download it to your computer. You are looking for an image file (.img) not a zip file. There is information for that here: https://github.com/inferiorhumanorgans/android_device_lge_thunderc/wiki/Binary under the "For Optimus V" section. Once you've chosen the appropriate recovery and downloaded it, change it's name to "vrecovery.img" (again, no quotes). Connect your phone to your computer via USB and place the vrecovery.img file on the SD card. It should be at the base level of that card and not stuck inside of any folders. This will be replacing the file called vrecovery.img that you likely created the first time you went through the guide.
If you were able to do both of these things then you are ready to go back to step 4. from the rooting without a computer guide. Please understand what it means to have items like "flash_image" available on your sdcard as things like this are important.
If you have any questions about what any of the commands are doing in that guide, please ask before you proceed. Each of those steps has a distinct meaning and need to execute without generating an error. If you encounter any errors at all, then please STOP and post what the error is so that you can get help to resolve it.
EDIT: Actually you'd only have to repeat part of step 4. If you've been able to previously flash a recovery that means you've already successfully installed "flash_image" from your first trip through the guide. So you'd just need to do the following: (note - $ or # is the prompt you should see in terminal emulator and red underscores "_" are just spaces)
$ su(return)
# flash_image_recovery_/sdcard/vrecovery.img(return)
# reboot_recovery(return)
If that all works and you're able to get into recovery, then make a backup, and then exit out (reboot). Then read some more to make sure you are 100% comfortable before going in and flashing a new ROM.
So, a couple things.
1. Can you still access and use your phone like normal?
2. Can you mount the SD card via USB from your computer?
If so, you may just need to redo step 4 from the http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-all-things-root/380801-guide-rooting-without-computer.html guide.
Things to check:
1. does "su" work - open up terminal emulator (or download it from the market if you don't have it). type "su" (without the quotes) at the prompt and hit enter. This should cause the command prompt to turn from "$" to "#". su is short for super user and means you have root access to your phone. try typing something like "ls" just to verify that it outputs. If this is all good, then exit out of it. If this isn't working for some reason, you don't really have root on your phone and you'll need to resolve that first.
2. Locate a recovery that works for your s-screen phone and download it to your computer. You are looking for an image file (.img) not a zip file. There is information for that here: https://github.com/inferiorhumanorgans/android_device_lge_thunderc/wiki/Binary under the "For Optimus V" section. Once you've chosen the appropriate recovery and downloaded it, change it's name to "vrecovery.img" (again, no quotes). Connect your phone to your computer via USB and place the vrecovery.img file on the SD card. It should be at the base level of that card and not stuck inside of any folders. This will be replacing the file called vrecovery.img that you likely created the first time you went through the guide.
If you were able to do both of these things then you are ready to go back to step 4. from the rooting without a computer guide. Please understand what it means to have items like "flash_image" available on your sdcard as things like this are important.
If you have any questions about what any of the commands are doing in that guide, please ask before you proceed. Each of those steps has a distinct meaning and need to execute without generating an error. If you encounter any errors at all, then please STOP and post what the error is so that you can get help to resolve it.
EDIT: Actually you'd only have to repeat part of step 4. If you've been able to previously flash a recovery that means you've already successfully installed "flash_image" from your first trip through the guide. So you'd just need to do the following: (note - $ or # is the prompt you should see in terminal emulator and red underscores "_" are just spaces)
$ su(return)
# flash_image_recovery_/sdcard/vrecovery.img(return)
# reboot_recovery(return)
If that all works and you're able to get into recovery, then make a backup, and then exit out (reboot). Then read some more to make sure you are 100% comfortable before going in and flashing a new ROM.
Thanks for the help. To answer your questions, I can still use my phone normally, and can still access the sd card through my computer, I have opened terminal emulator and i still have root access to my phone. I will follow your instructions very very carefully and report back.
EDIT: So i downloaded this recovery - http://inferiorhumanorgans.com/android/iho-vm670-recovery-4.0.1.4.3.img. I went in and renamed it "vrecovery.img" and transfered it to my phone, and in androzip its named "vrecovery.img.img" so in terminal emulator it says it doesnt exist... any ideas?
EDIT: So i downloaded this recovery - http://inferiorhumanorgans.com/android/iho-vm670-recovery-4.0.1.4.3.img. I went in and renamed it "vrecovery.img" and transfered it to my phone, and in androzip its named "vrecovery.img.img" so in terminal emulator it says it doesnt exist... any ideas?
If you're going with the IHO recoveries I had used the BobZ variant on my s-screen: VM670NH_recovery.img
I haven't tested the 4.0.1.4.3 recovery on the s-screen phone so cannot give feedback as to whether it works properly or not… perhaps others can.
Based on how your recovery file got renamed I'm guessing you are using windows. Windows has a tendency to not display the file suffix to you when renaming a file and will append it on it's own. So your vrecovery.img became vrecovery.img.img.
Long story short after you download the file linked above just rename it "vrecovery" and window's should append the ".img" for you.
If that doesn't work you can always rename it through the command prompt on your windows machine.
Start > cmd
cd to the folder where your file is that you want to rename
move filename newfilename
Once you've got the file called "vrecovery.img" on your sd card you should be good to go with the steps in the previous post.
I haven't tested the 4.0.1.4.3 recovery on the s-screen phone so cannot give feedback as to whether it works properly or not… perhaps others can.
Based on how your recovery file got renamed I'm guessing you are using windows. Windows has a tendency to not display the file suffix to you when renaming a file and will append it on it's own. So your vrecovery.img became vrecovery.img.img.
Long story short after you download the file linked above just rename it "vrecovery" and window's should append the ".img" for you.
If that doesn't work you can always rename it through the command prompt on your windows machine.
Start > cmd
cd to the folder where your file is that you want to rename
move filename newfilename
Once you've got the file called "vrecovery.img" on your sd card you should be good to go with the steps in the previous post.
