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Root PLEASE HELP, trying for hours, nothing's working-CWM

jeremytfsp said:
wait, i've changed the permissions of the flash_image in /system/bin to 755, but not the downloaded one in my external sd card.

so should i change the permissions of the flash image in my sd card to 755, and then run commands with chmod 755 flash_image?
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The one on the sd card is fine. Once you install it you no longer need it or the recovery on the sd card. The ROM and Gapps are the same way. Once anything is installed from a sd card the sd card version is no longer needed.That includs apk's as well.

What your changing is the permissions on the one installed. That is the one that matters.
 
i think i just made a huge mistake

accessing the internal sd card drive on my pc, the original flash-image and recovery.img were shown in the root of the sd card due to sorting, so .zip files, folders, files, and disc image files were shown in groups.

i then copied over the downloaded flash_image and recovery.img, and without think, i "copied and replaced" both original files with the downloaded ones from the external sd card.....

does that affect anything?
 
You need to get a flash_image and recovery on the Internal SD card, right? You might go ahead and throw a ROM on there as well (and the Gapps as well if a CM-7 ROM), you going to need it to, right?
 
yea i'll be moving the flash image, recovery, cm7, and gapps onto my internal sd card, but since i had deleted the original stock flash image that was in /system/bin, and also the original recovery.img, do i need to recover those, or can i just continue on with running adb commands?
 
sigh, once again, i don't know why this keeps showing up, the recovery is spelled exactly as recovery.img

C:\Users\Jeremy>adb shell
$ su
su
# mount -o remount, rw /system
mount -o remount, rw /system
# cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
# cd /system/bin
cd /system/bin
# chmod 755 flash_image
chmod 755 flash_image
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
error scanning partitions
#
 
The mount script is doing that. At first I thought it was for the external. By I thought I read it was for the Internal? I think we need to put on our wet suits and break out the boards again.
 
OK I forgot. You can put the flash_image in the /system/bin using a file manager. Duh.
Change the permissions using the file manager. Then you will know you have the proper flash_image. Put a Recovery.img and the ROM and Gapp's on both sd cards. Then we'll do the steps in the code you need. I still don't know which one is getting mounted in the script.

When we get this figured out your going to have to write a guide so the next member that is having problems won't have to go thru all this. What file manager do you have?
 
es file explorer, but my phone was stolen in school today and i'm going to try and get it back with cerberus and plan b....so we're gonna have to take a break for a while....
 
I know you said it got stuck in a boot loop when you used the info from here 29 Jun: 4.0.0.5 - ClockworkMod Recovery for the LG Optimus 2X - LG Optimus 2X - 2X.MoDaCo.com - MoDaCo . But have you tried: Turn the device on while holding the volume down and power buttons until recovery loads. It could be it installed the recovery which would explain why the flash_image in the /system/bin looks like the right one.
EDIT: Don't boot into recovery just in case you don't have a recovery installed. Instead:
You rooted. If you have a ClockWorkMod recovery installed, ADB on the PC, the USB drivers for you phone installed on the PC, you should be able to use this utility http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-all-things-root/517758-playing-qtadb.html#post4093175
Download it to your PC. Open it up and open the next folder. Make sure you have the USB debugging box on you phone checked (applications/development). Plug you phone into the PC without mounting the USB Mass storage (with the phone on, in the home screen just plug it into the PC, that's all). Go back to the QtADB folder. Click on the Green Android. If you have the Clockworkmod recovery installed the box on the right side will show you the contents of the / directory, or is it the /sdcard/ directory. At any rate, if you have a ClockworkMod recovery installed it will show some files in the box on the right.

If not, you don't have a clockworkmod recovery installed. More digging will be necessary.
 
I know... I just posted it so if you get it back you can just jump right back in.
 
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