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Root optimus v wont go to recovery

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dustball30

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I rooted my optimus v then i installed Rom Manager and did fix permissions and now i cant get to recovery mode even if i hit home+vol down+power the lg splash screen comes up then just a black screen HELP!!
 
Did you first install the correct Clockwork Mod recovery for your device prior to installing ROM Manager as stated in the instructions for the app? (I'm sure you did but I gotta ask cuz not everyone reads directions)

Try using adb to boot into recovery to see if you can do it that way (adb reboot recovery).
 
I dont think i did install the right one guess i shouldnt play around with my phone when i only had three hours sleep and tried to use adb but just stays on the lg screen. What clockwork mod recovery do i need?
 
i have the same problem but i used but i flashed recovery-thunderc-v-1.2.0-GNM.img with flash_image using the terminal. BUT my system recovery was knocked out about a week before that i know it flashed recovery-thunderc-v-1.2.0-GNM.img because it shows it on my desktop to optimus viewer i downloaded, any ideas?
 
I'm having the same problem that dustball30 had. Would anyone be willing to walk me through the adb flash recovery process or point me to some directions? I have looked all over and haven't found any. I have adb installed on my computer and I have confirmed that I can run commands via adb on my phone but I'm not sure what exactly to run.
 
magnumbi said:
I'm having the same problem that dustball30 had. Would anyone be willing to walk me through the adb flash recovery process or point me to some directions? I have looked all over and haven't found any. I have adb installed on my computer and I have confirmed that I can run commands via adb on my phone but I'm not sure what exactly to run.
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After you have put a recovery on your sd card and RENAMED IT TO: vrecovery.img, then look on the Root of your C drive and find the SDK folder. Look in it and find out what folder the adb.exe is located. Mine is in the platform-tools folder,yours might be in the tools folder. Type in:
cd_C:/SDK/platform-tools(or wherever your adb.exe is)(hit the enter key)
adb shell(hit enter key). Let daemon do its thing. Then you should get a #
su(hit enter key)
mount_-o_remount,rw_-t_yaffs2_/system_/system(hit enter key)
flash_image_recovery_/sdcard/vrecovery.img(hit enter key)
reboot_recovery(hit enter key)

The red underscores are where the spaces should be
You don't have to rename your recovery. Just make sure where it says vrecovery.img that you type in exactly how it's named on the sd card
Example(on sd card) xionia_cwma_12518.4_virgin.img should be typed exactly that way in the command:
recovery /sdcard/xionia_cwma_12518.4_virgin.img(hit enter key)
 
AndyOpie150, thanks for the help. I entered everything as you have it above but I am still unsuccessful in installing the recovery image. When I enter
"flash_image recovery /sdcard/vrecovery.img" I get the message "flash_image: not found".

Any other ideas?
 
magnumbi said:
AndyOpie150, thanks for the help. I entered everything as you have it above but I am still unsuccessful in installing the recovery image. When I enter
"flash_image recovery /sdcard/vrecovery.img" I get the message "flash_image: not found".

Any other ideas?
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Make sure that the name of the recovery matches what you type after /sdcard/

example, On sd card: xionia_cwma_12518.4_virgin.img,Type in xionia_cwma_12518.4_virgin.img

or You can rename the recovery to what ever you want.
example, xionia_cwma_12518.4_virgin.img to vrecovery.img,or recovery.img or xrecovery.img etc.

Make sure the recovery.img is unzipped

Go back and make sure your typing exactly the same as on the sdcard.
 
You don't have the right flash_image file installed. I'm guesting you used gingerbreak to root. It only installs super user, you will need to install the flash_image file and busy box before you do anything else.
 
mkbkr1, you are correct that I used gingerbreak to root it. Sorry if I am a little dense here but I'm not sure what you mean by the flash_image file. I have tried to install busy box but something went wrong. I tried to reinstall it and I get a message (using the busybox from the android market) "It looks like busy box may not have been installed correctly....."

AndyOpie150, I did exactly as you said but it still isn't working. The phone is working normally and reboots normally so maybe I should just leave it alone?
 
magnumbi said:
mkbkr1, you are correct that I used gingerbreak to root it. Sorry if I am a little dense here but I'm not sure what you mean by the flash_image file. I have tried to install busy box but something went wrong. I tried to reinstall it and I get a message (using the busybox from the android market) "It looks like busy box may not have been installed correctly....."

AndyOpie150, I did exactly as you said but it still isn't working. The phone is working normally and reboots normally so maybe I should just leave it alone?
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Check out my "Guide to rooting without a computer." It has the files and steps you need to install the flash_image (needed to install the recovery) , flash the recovery and the commands to do it all.
 
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