plasticarmyman
Android Expert
yeah worst case you'll have to unbrick and re-root.....no biggie...trust me...5 times in less than 24 hours 
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Root [WIP][DEV] Custom Recovery/Bootloader unlocking Work In Progress Thread
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plasticarmyman
Android Expert
is there anyway we can unbrick and keep root?....i think that is the most annoying part of the process
officer623
Well-Known Member
ok i downloaded the apk, installed the apk, pushed install recovery no options came up just said install was sucessful
clicked reboot recovery and i got a black screen with the home, menu, back buttons lit up....the buttons then went black with the black screen....pushed the volume down button and the reset android came up
so how will i know if it did install or not?
clicked reboot recovery and i got a black screen with the home, menu, back buttons lit up....the buttons then went black with the black screen....pushed the volume down button and the reset android came up
so how will i know if it did install or not?
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
Nope. Unless you're a beast at hex editing.....you would have to hex edit the tot....... (I think)
Oh and if you fail you hard brick
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
then why the heck did you put up the link???? You should state whether it will brick you or not
as proof i wasnt just talking out my ass about attempting
. i said it was unreleased ergo with this being such a big item everyone wants its a fairly safe bet it didnt get released cuz it didnt work what you see publicly of my work is only about 75% of what i do
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
you were ninja'd, read posts before.....also go unbrick yourself.
officer623
Well-Known Member
Already d o n e....o n l y t a k e s 5 m i n t o u n b rick o r l e s s l o l
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
I'm also confused, how much of CWM works????
Also kernels won't work until we get the bootloader unlocked, otherwise you are just flashing themes/themed ROMs/other stuff requiring CWM.
officer623
Well-Known Member
after reboot computer not reading my phone so i can reroot....any one know why or can help me
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
nothing works
in fact as far as cwm is concerned nothing has changed from 2 days ago :/
officer623
Well-Known Member
ok i am back up and running next test hahaha
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
It boots and buttons work...nothing else?
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
i wrote up a nice read on forging the signature on the files
what i mean is flashing anything is risky since the fstab (filesystem table) isnt for this device. imagine if you told windows to install and it went to the wrong hard drive and wiped out everything there? thats what you risk with a diff fstab
omgbossis21
Android Enthusiast
Ive read that some phones will fail to boot after repacking and pushing due to a difference in size so sometimes they use fillers to make the boot.img the same size it was originally.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
So basically we have 3 options:
1) Forge the kernel signature
2) Get LG to unlock bootloader
3) Find a dev who can get the bootloader unlocked
I think 3 will happen first.
omgbossis21
Android Enthusiast
We should just push a modified boot image to the phone and see if it enters fastboot.
sammyz
LG Whiz Kid
I think it will just brick...can someone use CWM to erase /system??? that will get you fastboot......if CWM works. I'm so confused.
omgbossis21
Android Enthusiast
Yeah im kinda confused about it too lol
omgbossis21
Android Enthusiast
Well I just ran out of space on ubuntu so i am going to have to wait until i get a larger hard drive b/c it was full to begin with. I cant seem to figure out how to repack my kernel folder but i got the ramdisk repacked. I changed one thing to see if it would move us over to 1.6g or maybe put us in fastboot? If anyone else can try to do the same thing it may be possible to overclock this way or even leave us in fast boot....
enigmadroid
Android Enthusiast
Mayhap we could compile CWM using our rec.img, board config, fstab, default.prop, etc. Determine what services need to be stopped on our device in order to allow mounting /system as writeable and reflecting this in the scripts. Following Dexter's methodology using the raw ramdisk, since we can't flash boot.img or rec.img to the proper partitions. Pack that shiznit up and test it. We should be able to use what we have as a roadmap. If I had another Motion I would test but I'm limited.
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
thats what the difference between my apk and dexters v1.0 apk is. it doesnt come out very pretty, ive never worked with bootstrap before and its not the esiest thing to get rollin.