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Help Get optimus M into Recovery Mode

santia213

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Aug 11, 2011
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well i wanted to flash a rom on my optimus but cant get into recovery mode
i copied the flash img and the custom recovery into my sd card
phone is rooted
2.2
i turned off phone
pressed
power + vdown + home until lg pops up
and it show android and package streaming but then it goes and does a factory reset
same goes when i try quickboot
 
well i wanted to flash a rom on my optimus but cant get into recovery mode
i copied the flash img and the custom recovery into my sd card
phone is rooted
2.2
i turned off phone
pressed
power + vdown + home until lg pops up
and it show android and package streaming but then it goes and does a factory reset
same goes when i try quickboot
Stock optimus has no real recovery, that just factory wipes it as you found out
to put custom recovery on you need to use adb, from your computer, or terminal emulator from market.
 
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do these commands one at a time, they have been altered to work with optimus M

from the getitnow all in one recovery. so you dont have to type things out.

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system


cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image

chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image

mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-optm-2.2.1-GNM.img

sync
 
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yes usb debugging needs to be enabled
and phone has to be connected, and you have to have the flash_image and the recovery image on your sd.

when you download flash image it is zipped, that has to be unzipped.

both flash_image and recovery image are in sd card does the sd card need to formatted?

usb storage should be off correct?
 
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doing a nandroid backup now so i can flash rom which do you recommend? you should do a quick tutorial! your directions were so much easier and helpful for a noob like me! lol
lol my grammer sucks so bad I hate writing. and my spelling isnt much better, but thanks to spelling correction software its not so bad.

I use teamchickeneater, its very stock like appearance, but fast.

some like sense rom, its cool themed and all the goodies under the hood.

then there is the cm7, gingerbread, few bugs but they are working on it and its pretty good.
 
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lol my grammer sucks so bad I hate writing. and my spelling isnt much better, but thanks to spelling correction software its not so bad.

I use teamchickeneater, its very stock like appearance, but fast.

some like sense rom, its cool themed and all the goodies under the hood.

then there is the cm7, gingerbread, few bugs but they are working on it and its pretty good.

well you certainly helped me! your directions were super easy to follow

i gave sense rom a go just cuz i used to have an htc before! err its seeems stuck at the android logo
 
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well you certainly helped me! your directions were super easy to follow

i gave sense rom a go just cuz i used to have an htc before! err its seeems stuck at the android logo
couple things about sense rom it works best if you have your sd card partitioned for ext3 extended partition, as well as fat 32 for storage,
and second you need to do a full wipe factory reset in recovery.
 
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