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Flux4000

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So I factory reset my phone via the settings within the phone like a dumbass and now im stuck in the ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.1 menu. Each time I restart the phone, it just boots into recovery.

I found this thread and followed the steps as mentioned.

To start off the thread says to download a ZIP file and put it into the root of the phone. The link provided says to download the .img file and the flash recovery file in ZIP and copy it to the root of the phone. Thats what I did. The main file is a RAR and you have to extract.

Everything seems to work up until the part where I try to install using a ZIP file.

It goes like this:

> Finding update package...
> Opening update package...
> Installing update...
> Installation aborted. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


Can someone please help me. :)
 
Put the xonia.zip file on the root of your sd card, leave it in it's zipped form. Then pull the battery and put it back in, hold power button, volume down button and home button down all at the same time until you see the LG logo then release the buttons, this will put you in recovery, scroll up and down with volume keys, select with camera key. Scroll to the xonia.zip and flash, hit the back button, go to advanced section and hit reboot recovery, now scroll to fix bootloop option ,go back to main menu flash rom and gapps if needed.
Right now the MiRaGe rom is the most stable for our phone.
Everything you need can be found in the all things root guide sticky.

Read this guide, this is an excellent user friendly guide for flashing roms, recovery and themes.
http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-all-things-root/697813-how-install-flash_image-flash-recovery-rom-theme.html
 
If you have a ZV4 V you need the zipped Xionia found here: http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=1200365
Go to bottom of the first post, look for the attachment.
You will need to sign up first to see links.

If you have a ZV5 V you will need the zipped COT.

The link in the thread you mentioned needs to be changed as It is a rar and not a zip, the recoveries won't flash a rar.
 
badblue1 said:
Put the xonia.zip file on the root of your sd card, leave it in it's zipped form. Then pull the battery and put it back in, hold power button, volume down button and home button down all at the same time until you see the LG logo then release the buttons, this will put you in recovery, scroll up and down with volume keys, select with camera key. Scroll to the xonia.zip and flash, hit the back button, go to advanced section and hit reboot recovery, now scroll to fix bootloop option ,go back to main menu flash rom and gapps if needed.
Right now the MiRaGe rom is the most stable for our phone.
Everything you need can be found in the all things root guide sticky.

Read this guide, this is an excellent user friendly guide for flashing roms, recovery and themes.
http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-...all-flash_image-flash-recovery-rom-theme.html
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I was able to flash using the file Andy linked to. I then went to advanced and then hit reboot recovery. The phone wiped some stuff and rebooted. As soon as it showed the LG logo it just shut off. After multiple attempts, it went to the virgin mobile welcome screen and now its just stuck there.
 
Ive tried pulling out the battery and holding down all the buttons to into recovery, and it just boots up and does a couple wipes, says "Rebooting", turns on, and then turns off right away at the LG logo.

At this point I just want to smash the phone with a hammer.
 
It is really alright. Have patience.
First you will need the LG USB drivers for the V installed on the computer.
Then you will need the Android SDK folder placed on the root of your computers C: drive, with the path to the adb.exe put into the computers environmental variables.

Next Question. Do you have a ZV4 phone or a ZV5 phone?


Note: I have the proper Android SDK folder on my Mediafire site if you need it.

Basically what where going to need to do is wipe the recovery partition, the boot partition, the cache partition, the system partition, and the user data partition using fastboot commands (The reason for the proper Android SDK folder).
(If you have a ZV4 phone then getting into the fastboot screen is pretty easy. ZV5 will be a little harder, but doable.)
Then we are going to use either the KP500 utility if you have a ZV4 phone or the KDZ utility if you have a ZV5 phone, to re-flash the stock firmware and recovery while your phone is in emergency mode.

After that we will use the Gingerbreak.apk to re-root your phone and flash a custom recovery, and custom ROM (with no factory reset option in the privacy setting) to your phone.

Anything you don't have let me know. If you already have the LG USB drivers and the Android SDK setup properly, plug your phone into the computer with the phone in the recovery menu, then let me know if you get a serial number output followed by "recovery" when you open a command prompt and type in:
Code: 
 adb devices
 
AndyOpie150 said:
It is really alright. Have patience.
First you will need the LG USB drivers for the V installed on the computer.
Then you will need the Android SDK folder placed on the root of your computers C: drive, with the path to the adb.exe put into the computers environmental variables.

Next Question. Do you have a ZV4 phone or a ZV5 phone?


Note: I have the proper Android SDK folder on my Mediafire site if you need it.

Basically what where going to need to do is wipe the recovery partition, the boot partition, the cache partition, the system partition, and the user data partition using fastboot commands (The reason for the proper Android SDK folder).
(If you have a ZV4 phone then getting into the fastboot screen is pretty easy. ZV5 will be a little harder, but doable.)
Then we are going to use either the KP500 utility if you have a ZV4 phone or the KDZ utility if you have a ZV5 phone, to re-flash the stock firmware and recovery while your phone is in emergency mode.

After that we will use the Gingerbreak.apk to re-root your phone and flash a custom recovery, and custom ROM (with no factory reset option in the privacy setting) to your phone.

Anything you don't have let me know. If you already have the LG USB drivers and the Android SDK setup properly, plug your phone into the computer with the phone in the recovery menu, then let me know if you get a serial number output followed by "recovery" when you open a command prompt and type in:
Code: 
 usb devices
Click to expand...


I just finished installing the LG drivers on my computer. Let me get the files from you just in case.

As for the ZV4, ZV5 phone, I have no clue. Is there a way to find out with my phones current condition









EDIT:

I set up the environment variables and everything seems to work. On command prompt, I used the command "adb devices" instead of "usb devices" since usb devices didnt work. I got the name of the phone and next to it it says "device" under "attached". It doenst say recovery
 
Sorry. Major typo. It should have been adb instead of usb.
Did you get a serial number?
Could you post the exact output (Don't post serial # just put "serial #" in it's place).

When did you buy the phone? Did you buy it new, not reconditioned?
 
List of devices attached
A00000######## device


Before I tried the instructions you guys provided, instead of "device", it said "recovery".
 
AndyOpie150 said:
Sorry. Major typo. It should have been adb instead of usb.
Did you get a serial number?
Could you post the exact output (Don't post serial # just put "serial #" in it's place).

When did you buy the phone? Did you buy it new, not reconditioned?
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List of devices attached
A00000######## device


Before I tried the instructions you guys provided, instead of "device", it said "recovery".


EDIT:

I forgot to answer the last part. A friend of mine passed it on to me after getting a new phone. This was a little over a year ago. The phone was in great condition, not rooted.

EDIT 2:

I ran the LG support tool and it says that the phone version is ZV4
 
badblue1 said:
Glad you got it fixed! :)

Just wondering, what rom did you flash?
Recovery?
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Thanks for the help. you guys pointed me to the right direction.

I installed the recovery that was suggested here. As for the rom, I installed this rom and used the gapps provided there. I saw the other thread about the recovery that mentioned gapps for that rom, but I came to the conclusion that I should install whats provided from the developer.

So far everything is working perfectly. After a couple crashes and restarts everything sped up. It looks great imo. Ive always wanted the jelly bean look on this phone.
 
I hope you remembered to make a nandroid backup of your rom.
Always backup before flashing.

Just. F.Y.I.
Right now the MiRaGe Rom is the most stable for our phone.

If you become a flashoholic, AndyOpie150 has been working hard on a modded and themed jellybean rom.

[ROM][MOD][THEME] Bean_Whiz-CM10 - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

Check it out if you get a chance! I can't wait to flash it myself but i've been busy and need to get to a wifi hotspot to download (3g sucks in my area).
 
Flux4000 said:
I UNBRICKED THE PHONE USING THIS GUIDE.
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The ZV5 firmware has a locked bootloader.
The ZV4 firmware doesn't.
Seeings how your phone was a ZV4 to start with, I could link you to a KP500 utility.zip that I made with the ZV4 firmware included that I have on my Mediafire account. This way you can use the ZV4 firmware to get back the unlocked bootloader.
I actualy was in such hurry to upload so a friend could use it to unbrick his wife's phone that I didn't have a chance to included the LG Mobile Support Tool and edit the readme.txt for proper instructions. Shouldn't be a problem as you already have everything else needed.
I'm planning to straighten all that out and upload new file first chance I get.

I actually messed up my V just recently so bad I had to get into the fastboot screen then erase the recovery, boot, system, cache, and user data partitions with fastboot commands from my computer. Couldn't have gotten into the fastboot screen with the ZV5's locked bootloader (at least not without doing things to a ZV5 phone that have never been attempted before). It was pretty easy because it was a ZV4 phone to start with.
Once I wiped the partitions it was easy to fully install the ZV4 firmware. Before I wiped those partitions I couldn't get the firmware to fully load.

Something to think about.

PS: Good job on getting your phone unbricked. The recovery you chose is the absolute best for our phone when it comes to it's ability to flash anything. There are a few more recovery's with some pretty cool options, they just have a problem flashing some things.
Don't forget to make a Nandroid backup of the Stock ZV4 ROM before you flash a new ROM. It comes in handy if you want to use the Utilities required to find out what your AAA code is so you can write it down in case you ever brick your phone so bad you end up having to flash an S firmware.bin to unbrick(zero's out everything). You will then need to rewrite all codes back to phone (Once lost, lost forever, no 3G unless you wrote the AAA code down before super bricking the phone).
I actually super bricked my first V 2 1/2 years ago and had to use the S firmware.bin to unbrick. Didn't know the AAA code so the phone never had 3G again. Ended up giving to friend who didn't have a computer at the time so they could still get on the web and check e-mail and such via WiFi connection.
 
badblue1 said:
I hope you remembered to make a nandroid backup of your rom.
Always backup before flashing.

Just. F.Y.I.
Right now the MiRaGe Rom is the most stable for our phone.

If you become a flashoholic, AndyOpie150 has been working hard on a modded and themed jellybean rom.

[ROM][MOD][THEME] Bean_Whiz-CM10 - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

Check it out if you get a chance! I can't wait to flash it myself but i've been busy and need to get to a wifi hotspot to download (3g sucks in my area).
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Thats the first thing I did when I got the phone booted into recovery. Ive flashed so many ROMs that I lost count already. I settled with MiRaGe. Its fast, and stable. Almost every other ROM I installed crashed almost every time I used the phone.

Ill give Andys ROM a try. It looks good.



AndyOpie150 said:
The ZV5 firmware has a locked bootloader.
The ZV4 firmware doesn't.
Seeings how your phone was a ZV4 to start with, I could link you to a KP500 utility.zip that I made with the ZV4 firmware included that I have on my Mediafire account. This way you can use the ZV4 firmware to get back the unlocked bootloader.
I actualy was in such hurry to upload so a friend could use it to unbrick his wife's phone that I didn't have a chance to included the LG Mobile Support Tool and edit the readme.txt for proper instructions. Shouldn't be a problem as you already have everything else needed.
I'm planning to straighten all that out and upload new file first chance I get.

I actually messed up my V just recently so bad I had to get into the fastboot screen then erase the recovery, boot, system, cache, and user data partitions with fastboot commands from my computer. Couldn't have gotten into the fastboot screen with the ZV5's locked bootloader (at least not without doing things to a ZV5 phone that have never been attempted before). It was pretty easy because it was a ZV4 phone to start with.
Once I wiped the partitions it was easy to fully install the ZV4 firmware. Before I wiped those partitions I couldn't get the firmware to fully load.

Something to think about.

PS: Good job on getting your phone unbricked. The recovery you chose is the absolute best for our phone when it comes to it's ability to flash anything. There are a few more recovery's with some pretty cool options, they just have a problem flashing some things.
Don't forget to make a Nandroid backup of the Stock ZV4 ROM before you flash a new ROM. It comes in handy if you want to use the Utilities required to find out what your AAA code is so you can write it down in case you ever brick your phone so bad you end up having to flash an S firmware.bin to unbrick(zero's out everything). You will then need to rewrite all codes back to phone (Once lost, lost forever, no 3G unless you wrote the AAA code down before super bricking the phone).
I actually super bricked my first V 2 1/2 years ago and had to use the S firmware.bin to unbrick. Didn't know the AAA code so the phone never had 3G again. Ended up giving to friend who didn't have a computer at the time so they could still get on the web and check e-mail and such via WiFi connection.
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yea, if you can go ahead and send me that, Id appreciate it. How do I go about getting the AAA code?
 
AndyOpie150 said:
Here you go: VM670ZV4_KP500
Just pull the VM670ZV4.cab out, you have everything else.
I'm in the process of downloading every unbrick utility for the V and updating them.
Then I will make a Unbrick Mega Thread with everything to unbrick the V in it.
A one stop, unbrick thread.
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Awesome.

Quick question. Is it possible to install and run jelly bean apps on the MiRaGe rom? By jelly bean apps, I mean those games/apps on the play store that require a newer phone (or phone version).

And if you can, do they run fine?
 
I think the PlayStore somehow reads your OS version. If your running Froyo for instance, it won't let you install apps specifically for the Gingerbread ROMs
 
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