Root Stuck in CWM 5.0.2.7 HELP!!

[frozty_69]

OK, I've been searching everywhere on the internet on how to fix this.. either nothing works or i don't understand it I'm a noob. My phone (LG Optimus V VM670) is stuck in a cwm recovery v5.0.2.7 loop and i don't have the slightest clue how to fix it. Any help is very much appreciated. But since I'm a noob, I'm gonna need step-by-step instructions When I turn it on, it loads the lg sign then goes straight to the recovery. Then i have to click the home button and the back button simultaneously until it say "back menu button enabled" appears then i can work with it. Please anybody help as much as they can!

When the back menu is enabled, this is what the buttons do:

Menu: Nothing
Home: Nothing
Back: Up
Search: Down
Power Button: Select
Vol + : Nothing
Vol - : Up
Voice: Up
Camera Button: Returns to cwm menu​

 

[badblue1]

Did you make a backup?
What recovery and rom are you running?
Do not do a factory reset with a rooted phone!

Try reading this http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-all-things-root/375277-optimus-v-phone-stuck-in-clockworkmod-recovery-screen.html post back, let us know if you need more help.

 

[Prepaidguy9081]

Restore backup or flash a new rom

In cwm wipe data fac reset
Wipe cashe
In advanced wipe dalvik

Then indtall zip from sd card and install rom, or restore the backup

 

[badblue1]

If restoring backup, you need to :
Wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache partition
under advanced sub menu, wipe dalvik cache.
then under mounts and storage sub menu,
format all partitions except SD card.
restore backup and reboot.

 

[frozty_69]

Ok, so i went to the "Optimus V Phone Stuck" thread and it had another thread called " do not factory reset your rooted phone" so i went to it and that said to put Xionia_cwma_recover.zip_v1.2518.6 onto my sd card and go to install update from sd. i did and this is what my phone did:

-- installing: /sdcard/xiona_cwma_12518.6.zip
Finding update package...
Opening Update package...
Installing update...
installation aborted

-.- ...WHY does it "abort Installation"?? I tried clearing everything it would give me the option to (except format sdcard) but nothing worked.. maybe im doing this wrong?? Idk, its so frustrating.
I am able to make new backups with this thing, is it possible that somebody could make a backup that could fix this?

 

[AndyOpie150]

Go here: http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-...ecovery-zengarden-1-6-7-3-t-12-21-2012-a.html
Use the zip and put it on the SD card keep it zipped. Once you have flashed it, go to the advanced section of the ClockworkMod and select "reboot recovery". It will now boot into the ZenGarden recovery which has a fix recovery loop option in the advanced section.

 

[Earthnfire78]

Go here: http://androidforums.com/optimus-v-...ecovery-zengarden-1-6-7-3-t-12-21-2012-a.html
Use the zip and put it on the SD card keep it zipped. Once you have flashed it, go to the advanced section of the ClockworkMod and select "reboot recovery". It will now boot into the ZenGarden recovery which has a fix recovery loop option in the advanced section.

don't reboot the recovery.

 

[Earthnfire78]

If you flash the ZenGarden recovery zip, do not reboot the recovery. The install is only temporary, so rebooting well cause you to boot back into your current recovery.

 

[AndyOpie150]

When you flash a zipped recovery it will not appear until you reboot the Clockworkmod recovery.
I've had to do this to fix my recovery loop, a while back. If you don't reboot you will still be in the clockworkmod recovery which has no "fix recovery loop" option.
This advice is coming from actual experience.

 

[Earthnfire78]

The zip i built runs the killrecovery.sh script and is only a fakeflash, not a fullflash it runs on top of the current recoveries kernel.

 

[frozty_69]

Ok so i flashed it and it automatically put me into zengarden. good to see something new on this thing I managed to find the fix recovery boot-loop and selected it. then it rebooted me back into cwm recovery? i can go back to zengarden and everything but what do i do? I appreciate the help guys and i think were getting close so im a little excited lol

 

[Earthnfire78]

download a ROM and flesh the ZenGarden zip again, then flash the ROM and see if it boots after installing ROM.

 

[AndyOpie150]

The zip i built runs the killrecovery.sh script and is only a fakeflash, not a fullflash it runs on top of the current recoveries kernel.

Which is why it booted back into the CWMod recovery.

 

[frozty_69]

ill download a stock rom and flash it. i will let you know how that goes in a few min.

 

[AndyOpie150]

Try the Xionia recovery in it's zip form found here: http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=1200365
This is what I used.
Go to bottom of first post. This is a full flash, which is what is needed to get out of a recovery loop.
Sorry, I assumed the ZenGarden was a full flash, instead of a fake flash.

 

[frozty_69]

nothing... it does the same as cwm with randomly aborting installation :/ but this is trial and error. we'll (well you guys lol) find something that will work though!

 

[Earthnfire78]

When it aborting installation what is the UI message printed on the screen?

 

[frozty_69]

i flashed xonia and clicked rebooted from the advanced optins menu. it rebooted, said it formated the data, cache etc. and now its stuck on the lg loading screen. i dont know if i should wait for it or should i pull the battery?

 

[Earthnfire78]

Pull the battery, hard boot into recovery and flash a new ROM.

 

[frozty_69]

i pulled the battery and turned it on again. it formats everything again then loads the lg sign and stays like that. i tried to hard reboot and it goes dark for a second and then it formats, gets stuck on the lg loading sign... is my phone bricked? anybody help

 

[Earthnfire78]

You may have to try the fastboot method flash the LG stock recovery and flash the VM670ZV9 update, cause what it sounds like is the recovery you had on there wrote a RESET Command to the bootloader.

 

[frozty_69]

i cant get to any recovery is the problem I dont know what to do. please tell me i dont have a paper weight now..

 

[AndyOpie150]

Silly question. How did it get stuck in CWMod recovery in the first place.
Did you try to use the factory reset option in the phones settings menu?
If yes, we might have to try and use the Android SDK and shell commands from a command line interface to install the Xionia recovery after wiping the recovery partition with same command line interface (command prompt) on computer.

Either my suggestion or Earthnfires suggestion should work, but you need the Android SDK installed on your computer. Go here: http://www.support-4-you.com/main/i...d-adb-installation&catid=40:how-tos&Itemid=57
Click on the last link in the tutorial for directions on how to set the path to the adb.exe if you don't get the proper output from "adb devices".
For more info on " erase all" command and install of Xionia from command propmt just ask.

 

[frozty_69]

Ok well this all happened a while ago and im just now trying to fix it but im 90% sure that i recall shutting down my phone, hard rebooting and then i think that i formated everything from cwm menus and thats how i got here.
But now for my current progress, i installed it and i have no idea about what to type or anything so i need instructions.

 

[AndyOpie150]

Did you go into the environmental variable's and check to see if the path to the adb.exe was set.
It should read:
;C:/SDK/platform-tools
The ; separate's one path from another and is important.