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Root [H631/MS631] CyanogenMod 12.1 for LG G Stylo

Hey guys. I recently switched from the Lg Leon to the Stylo. Love this phone. Im currently on Katana Rom, and my carrier is Metro. I of course have root and TWRP. Im having a rather strang issue when trying to flash CM12.1 for this device. In TWRP, I factoru rest and when i go to flash Cm12.1 (ms631) it says my device is hs631. My software version in settings says i am ms63110j. TWRP allows me to flash the tmobile version without error, as well as my gapps, and my phone boots passed the lg screen, but the boot animation is a half screen all blacked out with a pulsating gray black orb. Unfortunately, my phone stays in this odd state until i pull the battery, put it back in, boot back into TWRP rewipe and restore my backup. Does anyone know what the issue could be? Do i have the wrong version of TWRP installed? Am i flashing incorrectly? Also, my Enable OEM Unlock button is checked in Developer Settings. Thanks to all of you in advance. Many great minds in these forums.
 
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Hey so i decided to try out the rom so i booted into recovery wiped data system dalvik cache and the other stuff then flashed this rom and when its done it doesnt boot up sometimes or will have half the screen gone i attached a picture below to show you what i mean.
 

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Hey guys. I recently switched from the Lg Leon to the Stylo. Love this phone. Im currently on Katana Rom, and my carrier is Metro. I of course have root and TWRP. Im having a rather strang issue when trying to flash CM12.1 for this device. In TWRP, I factoru rest and when i go to flash Cm12.1 (ms631) it says my device is hs631. My software version in settings says i am ms63110j. TWRP allows me to flash the tmobile version without error, as well as my gapps, and my phone boots passed the lg screen, but the boot animation is a half screen all blacked out with a pulsating gray black orb. Unfortunately, my phone stays in this odd state until i pull the battery, put it back in, boot back into TWRP rewipe and restore my backup. Does anyone know what the issue could be? Do i have the wrong version of TWRP installed? Am i flashing incorrectly? Also, my Enable OEM Unlock button is checked in Developer Settings. Thanks to all of you in advance. Many great minds in these forums.
Posted the same comment and then noticed im not the only one having this problem
 
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Hey so i decided to try out the rom so i booted into recovery wiped data system dalvik cache and the other stuff then flashed this rom and when its done it doesnt boot up sometimes or will have half the screen gone i attached a picture below to show you what i mean.

Hey guys. I recently switched from the Lg Leon to the Stylo. Love this phone. Im currently on Katana Rom, and my carrier is Metro. I of course have root and TWRP. Im having a rather strang issue when trying to flash CM12.1 for this device. In TWRP, I factoru rest and when i go to flash Cm12.1 (ms631) it says my device is hs631. My software version in settings says i am ms63110j. TWRP allows me to flash the tmobile version without error, as well as my gapps, and my phone boots passed the lg screen, but the boot animation is a half screen all blacked out with a pulsating gray black orb. Unfortunately, my phone stays in this odd state until i pull the battery, put it back in, boot back into TWRP rewipe and restore my backup. Does anyone know what the issue could be? Do i have the wrong version of TWRP installed? Am i flashing incorrectly? Also, my Enable OEM Unlock button is checked in Developer Settings. Thanks to all of you in advance. Many great minds in these forums.

Both of you have the Stylo with the new screen. So you need to flash what everyone is calling the noob build by bradym512. Are just use the boot.img from his build with the one posted here. You can find his build here.
 
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Well, I feel smart. I just flashed the ROM and GApps through TWRP, and upon boot, it displayed the CyanogenMod logo, a black box below, and wouldnt let me interact with the screen at all via touch. I could use the vol +/- fine, and power, but that was all that worked. Anyone know what went wrong? Also I can't seem to boot into recovery. I used an app to do it every time, and I dont know what the key combo is, and every one I have been able to find does not work.
 
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Well, I feel smart. I just flashed the ROM and GApps through TWRP, and upon boot, it displayed the CyanogenMod logo, a black box below, and wouldnt let me interact with the screen at all via touch. I could use the vol +/- fine, and power, but that was all that worked. Anyone know what went wrong? Also I can't seem to boot into recovery. I used an app to do it every time, and I dont know what the key combo is, and every one I have been able to find does not work.

Can you get the device connected to adb?
 
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Well, I feel smart. I just flashed the ROM and GApps through TWRP, and upon boot, it displayed the CyanogenMod logo, a black box below, and wouldnt let me interact with the screen at all via touch. I could use the vol +/- fine, and power, but that was all that worked. Anyone know what went wrong? Also I can't seem to boot into recovery. I used an app to do it every time, and I dont know what the key combo is, and every one I have been able to find does not work.
Read two posts above you man, your answer is right there.

Button combo for recovery mode is from power off press and hold the volume down and power button until you see the LG logo then quickly let go and press and hold the two again, it'll ask you if you want to reset your phone but ignore that and just say yes twice, then you're in twrp.
 
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Hey everybody I have been really busy with my current wrestling season so I haven't had much time. I just want to know if there's a flash for cm12.1 that has the video camera working?

No, but we now know what the issue is; Video recording broken is caused by using different color support format (eh.. that's what I heard :p)

It's reported that if you download Camera/Video Apps that use their own color format it will (partial) work.

CAMU
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sumoing.camu&hl=en

HORIZON CAMERA
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hvt.horizon&hl=en

VIVA EDITOR (if not working use paid PRO version)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quvideo.xiaoying&hl=en

CINEMA 4K
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frozenvolcano.android.cinema4k&hl=en

(I haven't tried all of them. So test & use at your own.)
 
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