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[LG Revolution] koda1789:
I did the same thing to my phone and was able to fix it using the information in the post that thecubed linked:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741375

This worked for me I'm not sure if it'll work for everyone, try this at your own risk.

First I needed to update my USB driver, I grabbed the USB the driver files here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878786

Then went into Device Manager and pointed to it manually.

Next (not sure if this is needed) I put a copy of fastboot.exe into the folder where adb.exe is. Another member sent it to me but it looks like you can grab it here as well:

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f8/adb-fastboot-for-rookies-18124/

Next I took the recovery image I created from step 6 here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121952

and renamed it "recovery.img" probably don't need to do this but I wanted to shorten the file name and remove the dash from the file name.

I then placed it in the same folder where adb.exe is.

With this done I opened the cmd prompt and typed:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

It copied my recovery image back to my phone then rebooted. Once it came back up it booted like it did when I took it out of the box.

Thanks to thecubed and majorpay for their help and info :)
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
So, here's the problem that I don't quite understand yet... bricking to fastboot requires that either mmcblk0p1/2/3 be nuked, and/or recovery.img to not exist (mmcblk0p14 must be empty!) for fastboot to even initialize.

I'm not sure how this is happening.. my device hasn't given me a lick of trouble.

To everyone: are you using the stock LG cable? I noticed someone on IRC couldn't get ADB working until he swapped out the LG cable...

Next question, did you do the last md5sum check? If you did, and it matched, I'm wondering what happened...

http://goo-inside.me/private/iomonster/files/recovery-cwm-pr1-fastboot-flash.img

Download that, and use "fastboot flash recovery <path/to>/recovery-cwm-pr1-fastboot-flash.img

That is the get-out-of-fastboot-free card :)

I'll update the first post and make that as a reference.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
You have a bad USB cable. Or so it would seem...
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
luis and I are in #lgrevolution... he has an interesting unique situation that caused his brick. If you're available?
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
also, if anyone's bricking to fastboot, use the link I posted above to "fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-pr1-fastboot.img" it, that should bring it back to life.

When you "brick to fastboot", is it before or after you press power+volume down to enter recovery mode and confirm it?

EDIT: question!

Anyone bricked to fastboot-- was your device OFF, then plugged into the wall, then after that you noticed it wouldn't boot?

I'm wondering if this is related to the fact that I did not implement charge mode in recovery...

Symptoms would be:

Device is working fine, then is turned off.

Device is plugged into wall charger or computer to charge.

Device is turned back on, only to discover it's stuck in fastboot mode.

Sound familiar to anyone?

(yep i'm on IRC)
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Quick fastboot fix: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14888535#post14888535

Sorry for the imperfect instructions, just trying to get this out there ASAP in case anyone is in dire need of it.
[LG Revolution] powder007:
I'm going to take a wild guess that the md5sum mismatch is the culprit on a lot, maybe not all.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Possibly, but I was reluctant to admit that it may be something else until a few hours ago.

Looks like charge mode "may" have something to do with it.

Boot.img controls charging, but charge mode also seems to do quite a bit of other stuff too. I haven't finished disassembling the charge mode binaries in IDA Pro yet, so I won't know for sure until I'm done.
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
I'm going to assume that you forgot about me cubed. :(

I guess post a reply when you have time in your busy schedule to help me out, thanks.
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
You have two commands on one line. Go check the instructions and do it again?

See this (which is what your error message is saying):

is two different commands mixed into one.

Command 1:

Command 2

or were you trying to say that you did each individually and got two different errors (the errors you posted)
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
I forgot what was which so I started over. During step 7 after the command

I got "No space left on device" which cubed said was okay in the instructions. Then I followed up with

and got "No such file or directory" (Is this a bad thing?). After that I went to step 8

and I got

This is where I left off with cubed. He told me to upload the recovery-orignal.img somewhere because it didn't match up with his code (0df0ee2ccf359945d8f0029a2ffa29cd). Which is here
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
OK, FIRST AND FOREMOST: Don't reboot your phone until I (or someone else) has a chance to look at this! You'll end up one of the fastboot bricks...
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
ok, do a:

adb shell ls /sdcard/*.img

and post what you get here.

if you are already at shell, type:

ls /sdcard/*.img

...See you cleared out p14, but then had nothing to replace it with because the new recovery file wasn't found to replace it (meaning the step you asked about actually was "kind of" bad). Next, your original recovery backup I think got destroyed with a null one by overwriting after you had done a wipe/zeroed it out the first time (second time through the process would have overwritten with the one you had wiped). That's not a big deal because I have an extra one of those (everyone who has been through this process does...lol). But I need a directory listing to see if the file you pushed got renamed or didn't get pushed at all?
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
Thanks for the quick replies. I got
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
First, did you put this: recovery-cwm-pr1.img in the same directory as ADB when you downloaded it and extracted it to your computer?

If you did, did you do this from a command prompt:

adb push recovery-cwm-pr1.img /sdcard/

because it isn't on your sdcard.
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
The recovery-cwm-pr1.img is already in my sdcard. I made sure of that from the start. Am I supposed to put it in any other folder in my sdcard?
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
the "ls /sdcard/*.img" was a directory listing of everything with the extension .img in the root of your sdcard. recovery-cwm-pr1.img is not there.
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
I'm not saying you're wrong or anything but I see the recovery-cwm-pr1.img in my sd directory while going to mass storage mode. If it helps I inserted the img manually by going through mass storage instead of adb push.
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
I know the phone has multiple partitions when mounted to windows, and typically, the mounted partition named: "INTERNAL" is the one that connects to the SDCARD we are looking at.

But since this is a situation where a wrong action could brick your phone, and something as simple as an ASCII file transfer would corrupt the image and give you bad md5sums, just to make sure nothing goes wrong, let's try the:

adb push recovery-cwm-pr1.img /sdcard/

then

adb shell ls /sdcard/*.img

to verify. If it's there after that, do a:

adb shell busybox md5sum /sdcard/recovery-cwm-pr1.img

and post the results here
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
Ah ok. So I put the recovery-cwm-pr1.img into INTERNAL and that did the trick. I can see both recovery-cwm-pr1.img and original-recovery.img now with ls /sdcard/*.img.

After checking the recovery-cwm-pr1.img with busybox md5sum /sdcard/recovery-cwm-pr1.img I got a1c61d06fa0f029411cf4cde44639b3f.

Since the recovery-cwm-pr1.img is in the correct location now, should I start over? Or will restarting write over the original-recovery.img in my phone?
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
Your MD5 matches what I have, so you are set now.

Continue at step 7. You don't need to start over since your backup of your original recovery, and the recovery partition itself is toast anyhow at this point.

If you continue from 7 on, it should work from here on out.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Woah! I'm sorry, I didn't see all these replies! XDA usually emails me when I get a reply to a thread I post on, but it didn't for this.

Yep, you're right-- I need to clarify that the recovery.img needs to go to the INTERNAL sdcard! Thanks!
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
Thanks a lot. I guess the problem from the start was recovery-cwm-pr1.img was in the wrong place. Everything went fine starting from step 7 and got no errors in return. But what do you mean when you said "backup of your original recovery, and the recovery partition itself is toast"? Should I be worried in anyway?

Also I have a few questions about ClockworkMod Recovery. Since I went through the process of all the steps, I should have the correct files made to be able to recover my phone right? What/how do I use these files to recover it? You don't have to go much into detail about it. :)
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
If everything went fine, you don't need to worry about it. It's just that when you started over from the beginning the second time, you started over after wiping the original recovery, so when you backed it up, you essentially backed up an empty recovery. It means nothing now.

The recovery files are provided in the other threads. If you follow the instructions there, it should work. It's just a matter of putting it in the right directory and selecting the appropriate backup. Do a backup of your phone first though.

In order to get into recovery, you just power off the device, then hold the volume down button, then press and hold the power button at the same time until the prompt comes up to factory reset. Hit the power button twice and you'll be there.
[LG Revolution] iarerice:
Oh I see. Thanks a lot for the help, I appreciate it. And thank you cubed for all the work you've done. My revo and I will be looking out for more of your work!
[LG Revolution] rd5150:
Just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work and sleepless nights! After reading a few of the posts about bricking to fastboot I was somewhat reluctant to put recovery on my phone,,,,, Did it anyway and everything worked great!

Bring on the roms!
[LG Revolution] bigdizzle92:
Hey is there any chance someone could link me a video on how to put clockwork on my phone lol unless i have a video its gonna be hard for me to do this i hate to be a nuisance lol if not ill keep searching myself loving the progress the phone has been having!
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
If you're concerned about how easy it is, it may be a good idea to wait until it hits ROM Manager. Once it's there, all you need to do is just click "Install clockwork" and it'll be done.
[LG Revolution] powder007:
The problem "iarerice" had is the exact problem i mentioned earlier w/ the tutorial saying sdcard but the backup being done to the internal memory as well as the recovery-cwm-pr1.img needing to be on the internal memory. Just thought i'd throw that in there. :D

I will also say it's what i was referring to when i mentioned md5sum mismatches a couple pages ago. Again, just saying. :D

Just to be clear, i'm not blaming it on you thecubed, i'm blaming it on people needing to pay attention.
[LG Revolution] nick99wj:
Any estimated possible shooting in the dark time frame on this? haha

I was about to install it (did it the current way on my Incredible)....but i'm a wuss and always deathly afraid of bricking.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
No worries, I clarified my instructions as I realized they weren't very good at explaining where to put the file if you didn't use ADB to push it to the SDcard.

In regards to ROM manager, I'm not sure. I need to get in contact with Koush, but I haven't been able to do so yet.
[LG Revolution] nimaim:
Out of curiosity, what version of CWM is this? I'm an Epic user on Sprint, so you have to forgive me for invading the Revo forums, but checking out CWMing and rooting for my friend who has the device :o Really appreciate the work you guys have done with this.

EDIT: N/m saw the screenshot, 4.0.0.2, very nice :)
[LG Revolution] Carbon_Rink:
Cubed.. what is the eta on going into rom manager? That would be a huge leap forward.
[LG Revolution] njKeever:
Cubed does a great job keeping us up to date, I'm sure he'll let us know when he knows more.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Right now, I'm not sure my CWM is ready for ROM Manager-- but I do have an easy-install app almost done :) It'll make installing CWM releases for the Revo a painless process.

I've just never written an Android app before, so it's a bit of a learning curve for me.

I'd be happy to push my CWM to ROM Manager, but thus far I can't seem to get a hold of anyone who knows the proper process for doing such.

The only thing I'd worry about is that if my CWM ends up having some major bugs down the line, I need to be able to quickly pull the download for it to avoid massive collateral damage. (Think something the lines of OTA update screws with CWM or something like that)
[LG Revolution] AndroidCraig:
First a big thanks to those who did this. I had to replace my original Revolution under warranty and the new one seems a bit more stable.

Next I'm new to this stuff and I'm trying to install the CWM recovery here. I've been able to verify the MD5 checksum, and get the file on the internal SD card.

I'm stuck on how to ADB Shell into the phone to finish the rest of the steps. Can someone help me with that first basic step?
[LG Revolution] S.Meezy:
type:

adb shell

also, u may need to make sure ur screen is on after you type su then hit enter, my wouldn't connect, and superuser was asking for permission...
[LG Revolution] AndroidCraig:
Where do I type that in? Do I need to get into a terminal emulator on the phone, or do I do it from the computer when the phone is connected via usb?

I presume I need a program on the pc called adb in that case.
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
If you have super1clickroot, it's in the adb directory you installed that in. If not, you can also install the android framework: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and that will install adb.

You are correct that you need to do it from a computer. Open a command prompt (or start->run->cmd) and change to the adb directory and then you can run those commands.
[LG Revolution] AndroidCraig:
Thanks that seemed to work, except that I can't seem to get into Recovery mode. every time I reboot and hold down the power and vol down buttons it just boots normally.

:eek::confused:
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
You have to hold the volume down button, then hold power, and keep holding until the prompt comes up. press power twice and you should be in recovery.

Otherwise, download quick boot from the market, run, and select recovery from the options.
[LG Revolution] forcejobu:
CWM Boot Loop

Quick question about wiping data and restoring..Today I wiped data and went to restore. When it was completed, my Revo keeps booting back into CWM. I tried the Nandroid that thecubed posed but get same results. Also tried the backup that I created once CWM was installed. Thanks
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
When you wiped data, did you do that through clockwork, or through Android?

Doing a "Master Clear" from within Android may cause the device to get stuck in Clockwork (easily fixable...)

No worries, this is an easy fix if just being "stuck in clockwork" is the only problem you're having.
[LG Revolution] forcejobu:
Thanks for the quick reply. I did do the "Master Clear" then did a wipe data through CWM also. I realized I probably should have left "Master Clear" alone but got trigger happy. :(
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
CWR Easy installer coming soon :)

I've got the ADK set up, and I'm getting ready to get this application working.

At this point in time, I'm not sure what I would do without my 2nd and 3rd monitors...

I just need a taskbar on each monitor haha! (seriously, if anyone knows a good program for that, let me know)
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Ah okay, no worries :) Did you make the p8 backup as instructed to do in the instructions?
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
http://www.displayfusion.com/

give that a go...
[LG Revolution] forcejobu:
I did make the p8. Thanks
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Okay, I'll make you a .zip here tonight. Will you be on around 9PM Pacific Time?
[LG Revolution] gbishop18:
Just got my revo today and had no prob trying this working on mine. Thanks
[LG Revolution] forcejobu:
Definitely. Really appreciate your help.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Slight delay.. got called in for some work.

I'll post detailed instructions for copy+paste when I get back...sorry about that :(
[LG Revolution] forcejobu:
No worries what so ever. I am happy that you are helping. :)
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Okay, instructions for you:

Boot to Clockwork

Connect your phone to USB and launch ADB shell

type

mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p15 /emmc

type

cat /emmc/p8-backup.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

once all that's done, type

umount /emmc

reboot your phone, and enjoy your working device :)

sorry about the delay-- had to make a housecall for some tech support :)
[LG Revolution] 3083joe:
Ok I have root but cant get # on adb permissions denied, Please help
[LG Revolution] forcejobu:
Worked like a charm. Thank you sir! :)
[LG Revolution] mtmichaelson:
Make sure your screen is on. There will be a super user request you have to allow after you enter su in adb.
[LG Revolution] thermal_tim:
What have I done???

I've done it this time. I was going through the procedure for installing CWM. I got to the part where it said reboot into recovery. I used Rom manager to do that. Thought that was what I was supposed do... No I'm on a black screen with

Fastboot mode started

USN init ept @ 0x3e3000

smem ram ptable found: ver: 0 len: 6

fastboot_init()

Fasboot maximum download size : 450 MBytes

udc_start()

-- reset --

-- suspend --

-- portchange --

-- reset --

What the heck have I done? I rooted my Droid 1 once and left it that way. Thought I could follow directions. I went back over them and am not sure what I did wrong. Thecubed, or anyone else, you Android Gods, what do I do now???

Thanks! Off to activate my old razor to get me through work tomorrow...
[LG Revolution] thermal_tim:
Did I mention that I can not get it to do anything. Battery pulls, holding volume up, volume down, both... nothing. LG splash shows up for a minute and then goes away. Any thing guys???
[LG Revolution] OmiDroid:
There's a thread about it already here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131616
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
You have "bricked to fastboot", which in essence really isn't a brick at all.

This usually happens if you push the wrong image, or don't verify the md5sums.

Using ROM manager to reboot into recovery shouldn't have hurt, but it definitely wasn't what I meant when referring to "rebooting into recovery" :)

Check the "Bricked to fastboot?" thread in here, it has everything you need.

If you're still having problems, get on IRC in #lgrevolution ( http://webchat.freenode.net ) and say "IOMonster !" and I'll be there :)
[LG Revolution] thermal_tim:
Thank you so much! I'm off to try and repair my mistakes. I did search for a thread for this problem. I hate repeats too. And yes, I watched the video. LOL! I didn't see it. Looks like I missed the proper tags for the thread.

I'll keep you posted on how the recovery goes....
[LG Revolution] powder007:
Did you make sure you put the recovery image on your internal memory space?
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
I'm working with him right now on IRC, seems his desktop had a problem communicating with the phone (or maybe it's the phone at fault...) either way, something's wonky, and I don't think it's a failure to follow instructions...

EDIT: all fixed :)
[LG Revolution] powder007:
Good deal.
[LG Revolution] atomizer0:
boot to recovery

ok i installed cmw recovery everything went fine... now i am going back to stock recovery and i wanna make sure that it executed the stock recovery fine...how do i check that and what data does it reset if you confirm on the recovery boot screen. BTW NOOBIE HERE
[LG Revolution] thermal_tim:
cubed.... you frickin' rock! Thank you for all you did last night. Wanna hear something funny? So, it was 415am when we parted ways last night, er, this morning. 5am, my twins woke up. 630 am, called into work... LOL! The stupid shall be punished! HAHAHA! Thanks again! I'm on lunch and about to push 1.1 to my phone. *crossed fingers*
[LG Revolution] razor532:
A BIG THANK YOU FOR THE CWM RECOVERY AND THE CUSTOM ROM 1.1

I got everything in working order on my new phone and just wanted to say thank you and sent you a donation to your paypal account.... I will b glad when you get this setup for CM7.... any hope for that..? What about the swipe crap on the opening screen? I still hate having to do that... thanks again..
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
He's not getting support from the CM side of things. If someone could light a match under their butts, or has a mole on the inside, I suppose it could happen, but as it stands now, the big man is not responding to his requests for inclusion.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
You're welcome :) As for getting rid of the "swipe up" thing, check this out that I posted: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1144420 . It removes LG's lockscreen and replaces it with a non-laggy version from generic Android.

Right now, the problem for Cyanogenmod isn't anyone else but LG. I need kernel sources to be able to get things rolling.

I _have_ made a test build of Cyanogenmod 7, but a lot doesn't work on it (audio, touch, cell, data, wifi, ...you name it), and I'm not going to release any teaser screenshots just yet, since that'd only stir up trouble :)
[LG Revolution] majorpay:
So ROM manager is not the same issue. My bad. I think it's time to light a fire with LG as their 30 day window has expired?
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
I agree. It's time LG gave us the source.

As for ROM Manager-- it wont be an issue here by the end of the day :) My RevoToolkit is almost done :)
[LG Revolution] razor532:
Well maybe it will be f time before they get on board. I can wait, in the meantime at least we have THECUBED,,,,,, hey do you know how to get rid of the swipe on the first screen..??? Driving me crazy... I hate it
[LG Revolution] razor532:
Man that was great... installed and no more swiping the screen.... Thanks,,,

I didn't wipe the dalvik-cache, everything seems fine.. should I go back and do this?

Thanks again... I really appreciate it..
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
Dalvik-cache wipe not NEEDED, but usually it helps prevent weirdness. Sometimes (not reliably) Android recognizes that a file has changed, and wipes dalvik-cache automatically.
[LG Revolution] thecubed:
"How to boot into ClockworkMod recovery" video posted, just incase anyone needs it :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLb5VJTEDL8
[LG Revolution] crackpot:
You sir, are a genious. Worked flawlessly on my girlfriends new Revo.
[LG Revolution] dmodae:
Sorry, I'm a beginner at all this stuff and I just got my phone rooted and trying to get CWM on my phone. On step 4, it says ADB shell into my phone. Can someone tell me exactly where and how I do this? By the way, I used S1C method to root. Thanks!
[LG Revolution] thermal_tim:
You have to use adb through cmd.exe or the command line. How comfortable are you with command line operations? If you are pretty comfortable, I'll show you some pretty simple instructions if not, I'd recommend waiting just a little longer until cubed finishes his cwm program... Just let me know
[LG Revolution] dmodae:
Well, I know how to use cmd.exe, I'm not quite sure what you mean by comfortable haha. I guess I'm not then? But I'm sure if you give me directions I will be able to follow them. I'm not that stupid when it comes to computers, I'm just new to the whole phone scene. Descriptive directions would be much appreciated!