Help Get optimus M into Recovery Mode

[santia213]

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

 

[new optimus]

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.

 

[santia213]

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.

ooh ok thanks are both easy to use or should i use one vs the other?

 

[new optimus]

adb is slightly easier as you can copy paste everything
but you have to get it set up first.

here is adb just unrar and it is in a folder ready to go.

if your running vista or win7 just open the folder hold the shift key and right click and when the menu opens choose open command prompt here.

http://localserver.no-ip.biz/Public/adb.rar

 

[santia213]

adb is slightly easier as you can copy paste everything
but you have to get it set up first.

thank yeah im downloading it right now to do it via pc

 

[new optimus]

check my previous post I added the adb so you dont have to go through android sdk

 

[santia213]

thanks i was trying to figure out the sdk but got lost i will try your method

 

[new optimus]

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

 

[santia213]

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.

i get mount is not recognizeable command phone just has to be plugged in correct? and debugging enabled?

 

[new optimus]

i get mount is not recognizeable command phone just has to be plugged in correct? and debugging enabled?

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.

 

[santia213]

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?

 

[new optimus]

usb storage should be off, and no dont format the sd card, it already is,

 

[new optimus]

you need to open adb, type in adb shell
then when you have the
$ you type
$su
on your phone you will get superuser pop up asking to allow

then you will get
#

if you dont have # none of the other commands will work

 

[santia213]

you need to open adb, type in adb shell
then when you have the
$ you type
$su
on your phone you will get superuser pop up asking to allow

then you will get
#

if you dont have # none of the other commands will work

i got this far but i have a different recovery img

 

[new optimus]

i got this far but i have a different recovery img

which image do you have?

 

[santia213]

which image do you have?

recovery-thunderc-m-v1.2.0-GNM.img do you have link for the img in your code?

im running android 2.2 if it matters?

 

[new optimus]

recovery-thunderc-m-v1.2.0-GNM.img do you have link for the img in your code?

im running android 2.2 if it matters?

ok I got a link one sec.

this is an all in one recovery it will work.

 

[new optimus]

recovery-RA-optm-2.2.1-GNM.img

and the flash image just incase its different too.

flash_image.zip

 

[santia213]

recovery-RA-optm-2.2.1-GNM.img

and the flash image just incase its different too.

flash_image.zip

thanx!! bout to use these

 

[new optimus]

no problem

 

[santia213]

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

 

[new optimus]

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.

 

[santia213]

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

 

[new optimus]

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.

 

[santia213]

did a nand restore for now will give flashing a ago again once i get outta work and home

edit: did a wipe and reflashed sense and it worked