Root [WIP][DEV] Custom Recovery/Bootloader unlocking Work In Progress Thread

omgbossis21 · Dec 10, 2012

Lets try this.....
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Im not sure why the recovery file because so much larger this time around but im going to roll with it. The recovery.fstab in the 4x recovery was pointing to directorys that do not exist on our motion.

enigmadroid · Dec 10, 2012

FWIW I obtained the recovery.fstab from recovery.img

omgbossis21 · Dec 10, 2012

Okay i was thinking boot.img bc i believe i extracted that first and messed with longest. I could only vaguely recall seeing it.

theisonews · Dec 10, 2012

in lament terms please explain whats going on.

omgbossis21 · Dec 10, 2012

Hopefully the last apk i just posted works. If not im starting work on 1.2. Not much else going on.

OptimusSlime · Dec 10, 2012

It installed. When I run it the program shows a black screen only. Do I navigate it blind? Please post further instructions!

ninjasinabag · Dec 10, 2012

Installed and rebooted with no boot loop, tried the recovery boot and got led to a black screen for about 5 seconds. You're getting closer.

omgbossis21 · Dec 10, 2012

Thanks guys. Im going to begin work on 1,2 tomorrow. Does anybody have that recovery for the phone that i wanna say sammy created? I think i know which way to go and do feel im getting closer its just finding time. I work heavy construction during the days so i gotta find motivation in the evening. I do however want this as bad as everyone else.

ninjasinabag · Dec 10, 2012

Hell boss, you've been working your ass off on this. If you don't have the time, then don't force it. We've waited this long for recovery.

HereticSins · Dec 10, 2012

omgbossis21 said:
Thanks guys. Im going to begin work on 1,2 tomorrow. Does anybody have that recovery for the phone that i wanna say sammy created? I think i know which way to go and do feel im getting closer its just finding time. I work heavy construction during the days so i gotta find motivation in the evening. I do however want this as bad as everyone else.

I think it was shabby and its a few pages back.

omgbossis21 · Dec 10, 2012

Well i know a few programming languages but im learning all this android as i work. Its got a familiar "feeling" to it that really helps. I want recovery working and time to build my first rom....its just like i said though labor in the day lol

jpizle · Dec 10, 2012

Got my fingers crossed for ya buddy!

get this working and I can quit using my connect and start using my motion again! Thanks for your work!:thumbup:

ninjasinabag · Dec 11, 2012

Just tried a hard recovery with no change, using the soft recovery in ROM toolbox I got brought back back to the five second black screen. I'm gonna take that as a sign that you managed to overwrite the the recovery with something that lg.morningcall accepts, but I think the recovery is getting lost during the actual boot process.

omgbossis21 · Dec 11, 2012

Yes i believe that is the case Also. Im going to try it with a recovery written specific for our phone

jpizle · Dec 11, 2012

Sweet! It will be awesome to see this connect in the spare phone drawer and my motion taken out

ninjasinabag · Dec 11, 2012

Just did a hard reboot before using adb to boot into recovery, it lead back to the basic recovery. So in the end i factory reset my phone.

omgbossis21 · Dec 11, 2012

Yea no need to use adb to try and boot recovery. Factory reset is a huge downfall for me lol. Ill try a new recovery tonight.

ninjasinabag · Dec 11, 2012

omgbossis21 said:
Yea no need to use adb to try and boot recovery. Factory reset is a huge downfall for me lol. Ill try a new recovery tonight.

Im just doing my usual run through of possibilities. I was facing an issue like this while installing clockworkmod on my ascend, nothing i did would open the recovery prompt until i used adb. ><

TheAmazingDave · Dec 11, 2012

in case nobody said it recently; you guys really, really rock!

snake557 · Dec 11, 2012

Ive been using "Absolute. System Root tools" from playstore to check my rooting. if you hit menu when the app is open it gives you an option to "Boot to Recovery" that and the rest of the functions of the app pretty much details the system state to me. That plus the prop editor makes it a good app to have. It may be able to save you some time figuring out the restore.

theisonews · Dec 11, 2012

adam outler from xda unlocked the bootloader from the note 2. by tricking the phone to think its a gs3. he also found 3 exploits to unlock the bootloader. one way had to do while it charges.

plasticarmyman · Dec 11, 2012

snake557 said:
Ive been using "Absolute. System Root tools" from playstore to check my rooting. if you hit menu when the app is open it gives you an option to "Boot to Recovery" that and the rest of the functions of the app pretty much details the system state to me. That plus the prop editor makes it a good app to have. It may be able to save you some time figuring out the restore.

yeah Rom Toolbox has the same stuff, but can do more things as well...you might wanna check it out

enigmadroid · Dec 11, 2012

omgbossis21 said:
Yes i believe that is the case Also. Im going to try it with a recovery written specific for our phone

FWIW I used Jenkins to build a recovery providing our stock recovery and fstab. Keep in mind also the app uses the recovery and boot as a ramdisk of the img not the actual img.

theisonews · Dec 11, 2012

Battery Charging Exploit - YouTube

video of note 2 exploit

omgbossis21 · Dec 11, 2012

Alright so i spoke with shabby and he believes its no longer even attempting to load a recovery, be it cwm or stock. I have to agree with him so I am comparing every single file from the stock apk to the ones on my modified apk to see what im missing. Found a big deal, not mounting the sd card, set to boot not set to adb and not debuggable. All fixed up now im going to continue comparisions for awhile in the meantime try this : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97327128/signed_LG-Optimus-4XHD-Recovery-v1.0.apk

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