yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cargohook:
Question: Would it be idiotic or fruitless to run this and then restore a nandroid backup? I mean, would that defeat the purpose?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
It's an oddity that CWM isn't self-contained as far as booting. But I made the OP extremely clear. And I can't see why someone wouldn't have at lest one nandroid on their phone. Outside of that I think 99% of people have a nandroid and a ROM before wiping. I really don't want to have to stick it to the vast majority because of one or two people. Kiari, if I spelled that right, is an exception since she (you're a she, right? It's something in how you talk and your name sounds feminine) flashed before the O2x thread was updated

and hadn't known there was a new unknown issue. She was also able to completely figure out on her own how to get back up and running.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kairi_zeroblade:
I'm a MAN!!

well i have 2 test units an SU660 and a G2X..since i port for these devices..the one i bricked was the G2X..i was soooooooo sleeeeeppppy last night that i freakin forgot to install something before rebooting..and my face spelled CRAP all over and i was awake for like another 30mins just to figure out HELL..and there was the idea..why not flash just a boot image..it was possible through nvflash so i gave it a blow..well amazingly after pushing a boot image and then reflashing the CWM..i got past the White LG logo.. :D

actually its a very nice neat and helpful script..don't blame yourself..its a natural course if somehow someone happens to forget..we all do.. :D i am happy when i use this before a new Test firmware gets to my phone.. :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Uh, Uh, language barrier maybe? If it helps, Russian diminutive names sound very feminine. Boris turns into something like Borya. Ivan to Ivanya/Vanya or Ivanushka. Yea, stuff happens and the fact that you neither followed a tutorial or posted asking how to fix it gives you tons of room in my book for an occasional mistake. Heck, it turns out I am horrible with coding if I am sober, lol. I sent Pharoah a kindle fire port but actually sent him the install script or HFS. And since my stuff was done at work and not backed up to DB I can't access it until tomorrow.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] :
I've got a little question. I'm not sure.

there are 3 versions:

Cache only - is self explanatory - (Cache and Dalvik)

what's difference between single and dual wipe? and which is recommended?

Dual for first time and then single wipe?

or is Dual meant for internal and external sd card?

makes me a little bit confused.

thanks in advance. =)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] e4e5nf3nc6:
Dual wipe makes an extra pass to make sure everything gets reset to a zero. It's more thorough than the single wipe but does the exact same thing, only an extra time. Not for internel/external SD cards.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] x0xhellx0x:
i erased the wrong thing somehow on my phone now my G2x is use less i tried nv flashing cwm again it compleats but still stuck in white LG any help if not im done with the G2x

i think i deleated the boot partion or something i dont friken know Someone anyone help
[T-Mobile LG G2x] stevew84:
BAM!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1248644

Happened to me, same symptoms as you...this got me going very quickly.

Basically turns your phone back to stock conditions.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] x0xhellx0x:
this would probly work great if i had windows

im using ubuntu
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
edit

disregard this post.. issue fixed
[T-Mobile LG G2x] x0xhellx0x:
u sir are a F*****God i love you and want you to have my baby you will be first to get my betas for now on
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mister Hat:
Lol Volk had that thread posted a couple pages back to fix your problem. Shoulda read the thread
[T-Mobile LG G2x] x0xhellx0x:
yah i know i should listen to my own words and trust in Volk
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
This is the best thread ever!

Hi Volk!

artifintel@ACSyndicate
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Yea! Now I get to give you crap for it. Read the OP, also, granted you're on Ubuntu, but NV flashing a boot.img will fix you up as well, no need to revert back to stock.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] x0xhellx0x:
can i get another copy of the nullifier for kindle ty
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Maybe. I gave you guys the wrong thing. I was sober. I get it out to you shortly, well, when I get to that work in a bit.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] thegreenfamily04:
Volk,

Thank you VERY much for your hard work! I have used the scrubber (2 wipe just in case of klingons ;) ) and it works great!!

Troy.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Flame

Hey, who's gonna FLAME Hell? JK :D. So it's the lack of a Boot.img that causes the brick? So, what I said about CWM5020 being flashed on a persistent partition isn't necessarily true?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] MWBehr:
Ya....Volk's no lightweight. It takes him time to get good and drunk so he can get to scripting ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
I would. One of the few that can and get away with it. I think the partition it's flashed to it is persistent, and so long as you flash a ROM or at least a kernel, again the need for boot.img, you can just boot right back into CWM, no reflash of CWM needed.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Recovery

I guess that's my question, if cwm5020 is persistent, why, after nullify and say battery pull, can't you just button combo back to 5020? What does 5020 rely on that gets nullified?::confused:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
boot.img

I have to assume that boot.img gets loaded into memory (or rather the contents do) and provides some sort of bootstrap loader.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
http://elinux.org/Android_Booting

Ok, so we have a boot loader.

And a kernel

My only thought is that the boot loader by itself can't load CWM.

"memory and I/O areas are initialized" Let's go computers 101, you have info on a drive and you need the computer to use it. Well that info needs to be loaded into memory. So, for CWM to boot there needs to be a loadable memory. A stock recovery I think is a little more basic. But if we compare to say, recovery discs for your laptop, again, it must boot and more drivers than what the BIOS provides/more devices than what the BIOS configures are needed, so there is further boot and driver info on those discs, no matter how generic or basic those drivers are.

Confused yet?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
hahaha love how no one replied to this... so yea im still going with CWM is loaded into RAM based off the recovery.img when certain keys are pressed. It only makes sence for me to believe this. I could be wrong. but thats why when you nullify /system that it goes away, because the img is on /system to begin with and with no data on system the bootloader cant load it when those keys are pressed or boot.img... maybe thats just me.. but it makes sense. (btw that thought is done with the process that when you nullify and then not flash a rom but then either turn off the phone or it dies your bricked)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Ok,that answers my question, so if we didn'thave nvflash, everyone that powered off after nullify would have all had kick ass paper weights. This information has me thinking about the boot manager app. Use the bootloader to boot different boot img's.

artifintel@ACSyndicate.net
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
nice.. well then dual boot the world hahaha!! ok really just the g2x...

edit

sorry forgot to say this too.. but yea without nvflash we all would be screwed if we turned off our phones after nullification.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Actually it's just the nullification of 0p5 (the 5th partition on mmc block 0) which creates a problem. If the nullifier wiped out the recovery.img we would never be able to boot back into cwm with out re-flashing CWM (recovery.img) as well, simply re-flashing CWM doesn't solve the "brick" issue, but as Kairi proved, it's the lack of a kernel (boot.img) which causes the problem, ergo, cwm is dependent on the kernel. There's something which gets activated by the kernel or after the kernel is loaded which allows CWM to load and run. For any program to run it must be loaded into Memory or Swap.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
And if someone can toss the ROM from here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17258229&postcount=1

up on drop box for me, I can download it without killing most of my data limit. My works blocks Mediafire, Rapidshare, et al.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
Yea stand by
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kairi_zeroblade:
@Volk

i used your script added 1 line to wipe /emmc..lolx took me hours but its worth for sure my IO speeds together with the tweaks turned out great..i almost AGAIN bricked it.. :D

oh btw if anyone bricked theirs and the NVFLash ROM thinggy does not work..try pushing a boot image to partition 5 that helped me..and its easy to do just 3 mins away from unbricking..did it for the 2nd time on my unit..now i lazy edit volks script not to mess with boot partition..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
I never got around to finding the right command or agrs to format anything that large. PM me.

I'm looking at taking that NV flash ROM apart and seeing about just making it flash a boot.img, pretty much what you did but a little different angle.

*coughs* chicken *coughs*
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kairi_zeroblade:
haha.. :D i don't drink coffee nor beer to drive me up awake..i need women to keep me awake.. :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
Here volk http://db.tt/mbZtGeR1
[T-Mobile LG G2x] redmonke255:
I used the Nullifier (great work, thanks for the tool) and I'm still getting an error saying location not found when I clear the dalvik cache. I'm using CM 7.2 RC1. I thought doing a full wipe would fix this.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
You're vetting an error because it's not there. You won't have a dalvik until you boot a ROM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kairi_zeroblade:
or before rebooting you run the wipe cache command from CWM..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] redmonke255:
No as in I've had the rom installed and I'm still getting it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kairi_zeroblade:
Boot to recovery and then just WIPE CACHE..done this a few million times..and its working after rebooting once again in CWM..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] timothy7732:
og

um i have used both single and duel wipe versions and i like the duel wipe much better to me it seems that the duel wipe gets more done .or its just my ocd that makes me feel better ha ha lol thanks brother love your work
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
+1 to this!! Volk and I came to same conclusion too. Yes its probably has some scientific value that also correlates to the location of the moon when your nullifying!! hahaha jk no but really its to satisfy the ocd of nullifying and crackflashing, or as I like to say eating flashberries...mmmm...flashberries :).... Android is picky and if one '1' was missed then that second pass comes along and zero's that f*cker out!! then it gets formatted... haha love it!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Caliyork:
Is cache nullifier sufficient between roms? What's it used for anyway?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
just to wipe /cache...lol.. between roms use the single or double pass.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
As well, I found out that if you connect via adb you can simply put a boot.img on the boot partition if you loose button control.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Solace50:
whats the difference between g2x scrubber and this? other then the former is unsupported probably.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
The scrubber is equivalent to a quick format in windows... The Nullifier is the low level format that you run using a live cd that loads in RAM and gets yo sh!t working great again! Good enough analogy?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] te_quiero_forever_girl:
running single wipe right now and it seems like it's stuck at Nullifying /cache. What should I do ?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Please read the OP, it takes a bit of time.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] XxTripleBeamxX:
I just used this before I installed HF 1.5, I now no longer have the first boot Google sign in feature so am unable to receive my apps via the market since my phone doesn't have any of my Google info. Even when I added my account to the market app it's not syncing any of my apps and the apps I did buy I have to re-buy (which I'm not doing). I first thought it would be the Rom but I than did a clean install of Weapon 3.0 and the original stock Rom which I have ran before with no issues like this and it did the same thing. I have no first boot google sign in, it just goes straight to the main screen so I'm thinking that the Nullifier removed something that it should'nt. Thank God I had my backups but the thing is if I want to install a new Rom I now no longer get the first Google sign on :/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Caliyork:
Are you flashing gapps after roms?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
The nullifier didn't cause your issue... that's an issue caused by not flashing gapps.... believe me I have ran the nullifer more then 35 times now if an issue like that had arised, it would have been noticed right away and volk would have fixed it. "4 out of 5 dentists recommend The Nullifer'' ... they also say don't miss those gapps!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
i didnt have that problem. ive flashed HFS 1.5 a few times now (working on another issue) and i always get the google sign in screen (and i nullify each time before i flash)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hannsz:
Can somebody please put this on a non-China blocked host?:confused:

Thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Drop box is blocked in China?

Give me a site, preferable one I don't need to worry about getting a virus from (I just wiped my computer the other day and had next to no web access, so an AV was of less concern) and I'll mirror it, mainly because you said 'please' and 'thank-you'.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
Can u provided an example of a host that china doesn't block??? That could help ya know...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hannsz:
I've been using Box still, does that work for sharing files like Dropbox?:confused:

I'm a westerner and haven't been here entirely too long, so I'm not entirely sure what's open or not. I use their websites, which wouldn't be too much of a help for non-Chinese speakers.

Mediafire, Multiupload, Rapidshare, all that's blocked. Uploading.com and 4shared seem to be accessible.

Like I said before, thanks much! I don't use Facebook or tumblr or anything so I've never found a reliable proxy.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
actually, why don't I just up it here? It's small enough that I can.

edit: there ya go.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] daxecutioner24:
Hey Theres no major diffirence between dual wipe and single wipe right?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Please read a few pages or so back, this has been asked and answered.

People, please, read, there is more in store for you in Nullifier Land, but having to check the thread because someone wants to ask something which has been asked and answered, and has a degree of common sense in the answer, only delays stuff.

Remember, I am a person with a life, just like most of you, I like giving stuff to you but I am not rich so I can't devote all my time to it, every moment is relatively precious.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Solace50:
hi the sd card is still not unmounted properly after nulling.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
uh, ok. Nullifier doesn't touch your SD card, and by your word "still" you had a problem before Nullifing. Why is it a problem if your SD card is mounted anyhow? It's not like say, leaving /system as r/w.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Solace50:
you sir are the expert, i honestly dont know but after running the wiper i noticed the SD card was mounted and was unable to be unmounted unless rebooted. maybe its a CMW issue? executing other zips then unmounting the sd card is fine though. latest version of CWM. also no sorry it was fine prior to running the zip, ill check later to confirm its not CWM by reflashing gapps and see if the SD card is stuck mounted.

edit: yea its a CWM issue after flashing any zip. my mistake.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bowmanspeer:
I used Nullifier single pass for the first time to install an ICS ROM 2 days ago. When I found the ROM didn't do something that like I wanted to go back to a GB nandroid. After wiping I tried to restore and CWM could not open any of my GB nandroids. They are there, but just cannot be opened. I could only restore the ICS ROM. Any Thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buru898:
MD5 mismatch? Did you rename your backup with a file manager?

You have to be more specific.

Nullifer wouldn't mess with anything like that.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bowmanspeer:
OK. If nullifier won't mess with it, fine. All I know is I had 4 GB nandroids on my SD card and now they don't work just since I nullified. Just trying to figure something out. Thanks.

Wait a minute: does renaming change the md5? I have been using windows explorer actually to rename my nandroids to more easily identify them. I have not had any problems doing that before. They still restored. ...till now. Just asking here because this is the one thing I did differently. thanks.

Sent from my LG G2x with XDA app because I can.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cargohook:
Wow, Dentists, fa real? So, let me get it straight: The Nullifier fights tooth decay and loss, cavities, and the germs that may cause bad breath?

Cool. :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Yep, just step over to my side of the bay and I'll show you how. :-P
[T-Mobile LG G2x] IRASadPanda:
Having a space in the name of your backup will corrupt it

Sent from Narnia
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buru898:
You should always use rom manager to rename backups, and don't use any spaces.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] shovelhead83:
If you don't use from manager you won't be able to restore. I speak from experience so yes you are correct.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bowmanspeer:
OK. I double checked my nandroids. No spaces from the rename. Thanks though.

Sent from my LG G2x with XDA app because I can.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Yuhfhrh:
Considering my brother has lost a Nexus one due to the nand failing, shouldn't this be somewhat of a concern? What are the actual benefits vs just the usual cwm format? I haven't been able to tell a difference personally
[T-Mobile LG G2x] erupe:
Any chance this would work with other devices?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] overground:
With partitions modification, it probably would.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Yep, this has been fully ported to the O2x and I am in progress making one of the kindle fire and Nook color.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] x0xhellx0x:
Hehe he he he is good :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jwuerz:
Indeed!

Thanks for kick arse low level format engine. Works great!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dj-Dubster_TN:
I love the nullifier so much, but omg does it take a long time I always dread running it between flashes lol, it's a great tool thoug
[T-Mobile LG G2x] da-pharoah:
Use the single pass script. It only takes like 10 minutes.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maxesxp:
haha i wish i could, but my paranoia and my ocd gets the better of me :P
[T-Mobile LG G2x] korny647:
Was 2.0 final release?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Only as far as the basic functionality. I may do other things as a spin-off though. As far as progress on this is concerned, I have a bunch of googleing to do on it and am in the middle of researching other things for future releases of HFS and having only one computer makes things rather difficult as I usually can't just shutdown and boot into Ubuntu, I have too many things I and trying to get done.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] korny647:
Thanks for the heads up! :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Not a problem!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bowmanspeer:
Hey Volk! Check pm.

Let's see if I have some computer parts you can use...

Sent from my LG G2x with XDA app because I can.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rosevilletoyota:
[TOOL] G2X Cleanup Batch

What is the difference between your app and this one?

thanks:eek:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] menting:
The other one breaks the links to the data, which makes the stored bits mean nothing, whereas nullifier actually goes and writes 0's to those bits.

Some people might disagree, but as far as an operating system is concerned, they amount to the same result
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
What do you mean? This is my app/script. Do you mean the "clean-up batch"? Two totally different things. The other deletes and re-creates the internal partitions and formats them. Outside of the partitioning, which if something goes wrong can result in having a paperweight not a phone. As I stated previously, I feel it's more a recovery tool not a cleaner, the G2x scrubber only formatted, nothing else, and people were having issues because of it. For the sake of keeping the forum clean, further opinions can be discussed in PM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] timothy7732:
I love the nullifier and I use it every time with out fail thanks for all your hard work
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Thanks! I am toying with the idea if making one which formats ext4, but I will have to ensure that there aren't issues with ROMs not reading it, I know ICS should be fine since /system is ext4 but I am not sure about GB.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] menting:
I think GB is the first android version that supports ext4
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rosevilletoyota:
Help me after Nullifier

I just Nullifed my Phone as I have done many time before. Now I am stuck at the LG start-up logo. The only difference is I had to shut down the phone. Then after I plugged it into the charger. How can I fix this?? thanks :D:D:D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] timothy7732:
Do you think miui would work with the new the updated version
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mansa_noob:
Try this to put CWM back on.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13330067
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Won't do it. It's an issue with a blank boot partition. I was actually about to refer him to your tool, since yours will put a boot.img onto the boot partition and not restore anything else, like the ROM for recovery does. I knew that at some point someone would still power off without flashing and I'd send them to your thread.

Edit: his thread can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1590523

@Timothy, no clue yet. I'm about to step out and get some vodka, so I will be looking into such in a bit.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mansa_noob:
Thanks. I did not realize you were nullifying boot as well.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Yep, and this and O2x versions will be the only ones which do, some devices, such as the Nook Color, don't respond well (to put it lightly) to having the boot partition touched at all.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Serious_Beans:
I did the dual-wipe nullifier and then flashed CM9 Kang build 39, it's been at the 2nd LG screen(with the blue/purple/red design) for about 10 minutes now. How long is it suppose to take?

Should I take out the battery? I'm scared to do that, though I did flash the ROM. Don't understand why it's not booting.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
Ask the ROM dev. Sounds like what occurred on Owain's first build (and others) where /system doesn't mount and the ROM doesn't install but the kernel installs so, no brick, but no boot to ROM either. I haven't, nor has anyone else, had the same issue.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rosevilletoyota:
Rom stuck on LG bootup screen

So your saying that NFlash will not work? I am a Mac User do I need a Windows Computer to do this? thanks:D:D

I have a dual Boot but am really dumb when it comes to windows 7
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
as far as I know, nothing works on Mac as far as core android tools. ADB is and exe, as is NVflash. NVflash can be used in linux though. But check out his thread, it's really simple and so long as you follow the directions exactly, all will be fine.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rosevilletoyota:
Suck in lg boot screen

I am now in windows 7 mode on Mac. I download the Zip and cant seem to get the phone to be seen. do I need to install a driver? Any chance someone can help me VIA tex message? thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] timothy7732:
Watch the video on YouTube
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rosevilletoyota:
Help with suck on LG

Sorry cant find a link for a you tube video. I do not know how to install the driver. This is very different from a Mac. BTW will donate $10 if I can get this up and running. $10 is all I can Afford. thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] PhantomRampage:
Boot into windows 7 and follow this tutorial. It should be easy enough to do on your own, but if you need help I guess you can PM me

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rosevilletoyota:
Suck in lg boot screen

How do you get the computer to see the driver?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Волк:
PM sent