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[ktb83]

Are you going to try flashing back to stock?

 

[salvy512]

Are you going to try flashing back to stock?

I would but you have to start booted up first or you will loose NV

 

[ktb83]

I would but you have to start booted up first or you will loose NV

Man, I'm sorry. I really wish I could help. This is out of my league.

 

[salvy512]

Man, I'm sorry. I really wish I could help. This is out of my league.

Dont worry about it, I am going to bring it to bestbuy tomorrow if this doesn't work

 

[kwknott]

Can you get adb to see phone in download mode?

 

[dobbs69]

I'm no dev and this my be a noob question but I was wondering, since the phone has an internal sdcard and most apps think our sdcard as external_sdcard could we change the "flash_image recovery /sdcard/external_sdcard"

That's not exactly what the command would look like but you get my train of thought.

Again, sorry if this is a bad idea, just throwing out what I'm thinking.

 

[salvy512]

adb push recoveryimage.img /data/local/
dd if=/data/local/recoveryimage.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14

He told me to try this. which I can't because I got a new phone.. lol

 

[salvy512]

adb push recoveryimage.img /data/local/
dd if=/data/local/recoveryimage.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14

He told me to try this. which I can't because I got a new phone.. lol

dont do this, it doesn't work

 

[salvy512]

I'm no dev and this my be a noob question but I was wondering, since the phone has an internal sdcard and most apps think our sdcard as external_sdcard could we change the "flash_image recovery /sdcard/external_sdcard"

That's not exactly what the command would look like but you get my train of thought.

Again, sorry if this is a bad idea, just throwing out what I'm thinking.

I tried both before because I had put the replacement recovery in both folders. but thanks

 

[kwknott]

Here are commands to flash recovery
1. Open terminal

2. Type SU

3. First backup stock recovery
cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p14 > /sdcard/recovery_backup.img

4. Now zero recovery partition
cat /dev/zero > /dev/block/mmcblk0p14

* You will get a warning about device full.. This is ok

5. Now flash new recovery
cat /sdcard/nameofrecovery.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p14

6. Power off phone and hold volume down while turning on and hold volume down till recovery appears

**The recovery posted does not work. It bootloops twice and then boots to rom. I then used steps 4 and 5 to flash the backup made and it boots back into stock recovery

 

[salvy512]

Here are commands to flash recovery
1. Open terminal

2. Type SU

3. First backup stock recovery
cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p14 > /sdcard/recovery_backup.img

4. Now zero recovery partition
cat /dev/zero > /dev/blockmmcblk0p14

* You will get a warning about device full.. This is ok

5. Now flash new recovery
cat /sdcard/nameofrecovery.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p14

The recovery posted does not work. It bootloops twice and then boots to rom. I then used steps 4 and 5 to flash the backup made and it boots back into stock recovery

Sorry lol, I found that out =/ lol. I tried 2 different ones just now, and am still working on getting another, utkanos is amazing with working with me.
I am able to pull off what he needs me to do but we need to keep trying until one works, I gave him system folders and all so he can make another tonight, this will be the 3rd attempt =/
The second one just so you know, was a LG logo freeze instead of a bootloop lol

 

[kwknott]

Well post em as you get em and I'll help you test em.

 

[salvy512]

Well post em and I'll help you test em.

I tested the 2 one was an update.zip that didn't work because LG needs them verified and we can't and the other gave me problems when trying to boot into it, he said that it's the recoveries not the way we flashed them =/

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/m3s/test.img

if you want to try but I did try .

 

[kwknott]

Sorry meant new one's you get

 

[salvy512]

Sorry meant new one's you get

Yea I just figured maybe you'd want to see it.

 

[ktb83]

salvy512,

It's good to see you're back in action.

Thank you for the progress updates and not giving up.

It's good to see that kwknott was able to replace recovery with the backup.

 

[salvy512]

salvy512,

It's good to see you're back in action.

Thank you for the progress updates and not giving up.

It's good to see that kwknott was able to replace recovery with the backup.

Yes, if anyone breaks recovery but can boot up then they can do:
put original recovery on sdcard root
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/nameofrecovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14
and it will flash it to the right place.

 

[cmsman13]

Well, i built a port of CWM for the phone.... didn't work. So when there are any new test builds let me know and I'll give it a shot

 

[salvy512]

Well, i built a port of CWM for the phone.... didn't work. So when there are any new test builds let me know and I'll give it a shot

I have a friend working on it still
Will do

 

[salvy512]

ok 2 new builds niether of them boot up, if you want to look at them I will post them in a minute, but try not to flash them if you do not know what you are doing

 

[salvy512]

older builds:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/m3s/build2.img
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/m3s/beta.img
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/m3s/beta2.img


Latest build/didn't work for me
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/m3s/beta3.img
He said if this didn't work there is padding problems

So if you know what you are doing and have a backup please test and let me know

 

[cmsman13]

Padding problems?

 

[salvy512]

Padding problems?

He said that he took the img and just repacked it, and it still brinked the recovery

(THIS IS JUST A GUESS)
so he is assuming that the phone is rejecting it on purpose

 

[WhisperPntr]

Got out of boot loops with the following (ymmv)
start the phone in download mode,
from QPST Diag remove/add com port
then reset phone from memory debug app

imho we will likely need to build a kernel that includes cwm.

 

[ktb83]

Got out of boot loops with the following (ymmv)
start the phone in download mode,
from QPST Diag remove/add com port
then reset phone from memory debug app

imho we will likely need to build a kernel that includes cwm.

Hey, it's good to see you around.