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[LG Nitro HD] jabmorris:
I have had multiple issues with my phone in the past. Even sent it back to LG twice. Although I found a way to install the rooted 4.0.4 rom onto my phone, I still cannot install a custom recovery onto my phone any longer. I've tried using Rom manager to do so and all I get is

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Secure booting Error!

Cause : boot certification verify

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Enter the fastboot...

Enter the fastboot...

Long time no see!

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with the LG logo on screen. For me to restart phone, I have to take out battery and powerup again. I also tried to flash recovery via ADB but ended up with the same message. Does anyone have any ideas or is my recovery on my phone permanently broken??
[LG Nitro HD] lilila:
You need to start from the beginning, play with the unbricking process again.
[LG Nitro HD] Hutch89:
Start the unbricking process:

1-successfully install the original stock Korean rom listed in the guide.

2-successfully root that using the tools provided in the guide.

3-after your positive you have root, install rom manager from the market and use it to install cwm recovery.

4-after that try to boot into recovery using rom manager, if it's successful, flash desired rom from there....if not, post back the results
[LG Nitro HD] jabmorris:
just afraid I gey stuck again and have to send back to LG
[LG Nitro HD] Hutch89:
Essentially, you already are stuck without a recovery and security errors. There are very, very few reasons you should need to send the phone to LG because they essentially do the same thing the unbricking guide does, I believe....
[LG Nitro HD] mattman86:
Have you tried downloading a recovery and flashing it in Fastboot mode with this command?

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[LG Nitro HD] jabmorris:
Are you saying I'm in fastboot mode then? Will ADB work so I can run that command?
[LG Nitro HD] pcguru000:
I am trying this too- having the same problems getting out of the ICS leak (the unbrick process is crapping out on me saying "fatal error")

I am trying the recovery image via fastboot flash - i am using the recovery.img from the Nitro Easy Unbrick instructions...

Just stuck on "waiting for device" in adb...

Any ideas?
[LG Nitro HD] yapcogamer:
Simply use fastboot http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=602988&d=1305975649

and type "fastboot erase recovery"

That should get things back to normal then you can use ROM MANAGER from playstore to get CWM recovey
[LG Nitro HD] Swetnes:
LG's ICS has a locked bootloader, the only way CWM can be installed is to replace the locked bootloader with an unlocked one. I have discovered a way to do it without using the unbricking guide with a simple batch file. Are you interested?
[LG Nitro HD] jabmorris:
Sure, post it here
[LG Nitro HD] Swetnes:
I will create each new thread, which will be done tonight late. And will post a link here when it's ready.
[LG Nitro HD] Swetnes:
available here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2598278

:victory:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khalidduder:
hey. i've noticed this problem very recently, everytime i go into recovery mode some of my apps get deleted and when i try to re-download it doesnt allow me. an example of an app that gets deleted is "Songify". So what's the solution?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunreturns:
I think its not just recovery mode.. Media scanner needs some time to run and maybe Songify is installed on SD card.. So it takes some time to appear in ur list.. Just One question but.. Does the app never show up...??? Or it shows up after some two to three hours??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
It shouldn't, only of you wipe data/factory reset.
[General Topics] Eckyx:
What are the capabilities of the Android OS as far as carrier tracking is concerned? I had a family member ask some questions earlier about it and I'd like to know too - what exactly can carriers do and what can be disabled (hypothetically) on the user end?

I remember the was a big stink a few years back about police being able to listen to the Mic of certain Nokia phones even when the phone was off, can anything like this be done on stock android? How about the android that comes on, say, an ATT Galaxy S2 stock?

How much is tied to your cell signal and is disabled by airplane mode? How much is tied to your SIM?
[General Topics] Eckyx:
Bump!
[General Topics] SimonTS:
Let me Google that for you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] farrock02:
Has any roms added a option to disable the "frequently called" list. This is the most annoying and useless feature of android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patruns:
You can clear the list whenever you wish, but doing so will force email apps to relearn your preferences.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] farrock02:
Yeah im fully aware on how to clear the list. I just want it disabled. I just doesn't serve me any good and doing that clear changes other settings
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gregus59:
Just take this app : "frequently call disabler" on the market, it's works, you must have a rooted phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] farrock02:
Thanks for your input. that app is great and does exactly what I needed done.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Usual Disclaimer: I am not responsible for bricking your device!

For Locked and Unlocked Boot Loaders.

CWM Recovery for ICS

Credit to @popfan for making this work

RECOVERY_for_XperiaIon_v.4.zip

CWM Recovery for JB

Credit to @cray_Doze and @DooMLoRD

CWM6_Ganesh_Jb_Xperia ION_v1.zip

Requires:

(ICS & JB)

- rooted phone

- adb debug enabled

- busybox installed

- unknown sources enabled

How to install:

- download your version of cwm from above.

- unzip it into a folder.

- there are batch files for windows users and also for linux users in both the zips.

- just execute the batch files and follow the messages if any.

How to enter CWM:

(ICS)

- boot the phone

- tap continuously on the sony logo to enter cwm.

(JB)

- let the phone boot

- at sony logo, the phone will vibrate

- a blue led lights up

- press volume up immediately and keep pressing for a few seconds

- the CWM does not come up immediately. after a few seconds delay, press vol up or vol down.

- you will enter CWM recovery.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] popfan:
CWM - Xperia Ion

Mod Edit - > As popfan requested ownership of this thread has been transferred to ganeshbiyer the original files he uploaded are below
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
@popfan

Do we need to do the whole rooting process again?

Since the rest of the steps seem to remain the same, Could we just move the recovery.tar file to /system/bin.

Would that be okay or do i need to do something else.

I tried to just move the recovery.tar using root explorer, restarted the phone and tapping on the Sony logo, did not go any where. Did not even boot.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vladvertigo:
tried RECOVERYforXperiaIon and it worked for me, only had to move install.but one directory up
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Not for me.

Executed the install.bat as you said.

Edit:

When I tap a few times on the Sony Logo, the phone stops booting.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] popfan:
Ok, I fixed the files. I just noticed that my zip program did not zip the folders to right position. I also made sure everything is in the right location.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fcb13:
Just ran the installer in RECOVERY for XperiaIon - v2.zip. CWM runs fine for me. Maybe ill flash a boot animation or something to really check if its working..

EDIT: Did not work, i get "installation aborted" when i tried to install a XPS bootanimation.zip
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Looks like it installed fine. Running a back up now. This is really great work!

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Well, the back up looked like is was running fine until the end, then it started wigging out. Warnings of "Xperia Home stopping" kept flashing up. I finally had to hard reboot to get it unstuck. I don't know if the back up it created is viable.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tribalartgod:
I'm curious to know... The zip file you are trying to load for the Bootanimation... Was it edited to be compatible with the Ion, or is this one from the other device that you just tried to flash?

---------- Post added at 10:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:49 AM ----------

I think for a quick test, and to ensure the file is signed properly... Someone should try something from here: http://uot.dakra.lt/

Maybe just a boot animation, or perhaps a battery mod.

I will later if no one else has, but I have work for another 9 or so hours...So I can't do it at this current moment.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fcb13:
It is a working bootanimation that is for the Xperia S, which has the same screen resolution as our ION.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tribalartgod:
Where does the Xperia S store the boot animation? This is just one of many things that could be the issue.

the problem with boot animations, custom themes, etc, is you have to make sure the phone you are flashing it to can read the code. There may be just a slight variance somewhere within that zip file that the Ion may not understand. that's why I suggested trying one from the online theme kitchen, as you upload your own files there, and it creates the zip for you, based on your own system files.

I'm sure this is just a minor glitch, and is nothing more than finding that one piece that's missing. I've confidence we can get this working! :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
should be /system/media
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] popfan:
I tried to flash the nandroid backup 5.8 and it did not work either. It didn't error, just does not register in the system.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] accts:
I was able to access CWM, however when choose to install zip. It's directly go into internal SD ? I get used to install from SD-External, can we change that to default ?

Edit: Tried battery Mod - didn't register to the system. Everything is the same old, nothing changed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tribalartgod:
Has anyone checked to see that the files being flashed are in fact going where they are supposed to go, just not working? Meaning... accts, you flashed the battery mod... I know it didn't work, but did the recovery actually put the files where they should be?

You will have to pull your Framwork-Res.apk and extract it to check...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] accts:
uhm...I wouldn't know that - I meant where the recovery installed to ? I know my zip file tell it where to go to, but does CWM does it job - go figure :) ... After flashing - I used Root explorer to check the file, the date/size is the original. So I figured it didn't register using CWM.

FYI: UOT-Kitchen doesn't work in this case, framework-res.apk doesn't register on their server. It will give an error as the result. What I tried was using the Xperia S mod (like other was saying - this had the same resolution & similar spec. with ION).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
What are the contents of the battery mod?

If the mod is for deodexed rom, it wont work as our rom is not deodexed.

Cwm is not concerened as to where you dump the files. It is the updater script that takes care of this. Cwm just facilitates.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tribalartgod:
The updater script... For the Xperia S, is the file structure the same, or close enough to work, with Ion? I'm sorry, I'm not at home, so I'm unable to do my own testing at this time. :(

Also, has anyone tried a direct inject? That's what I call it... Try to physically replace the bootanimation.zip, without using recovery... Just to see if the phone will even read it... (If no one else has tried this, I will when I get home.)

And finally... Can the FTF not be de-odexed, then repackaged before using the flashtool? (Forgive my ignorance on FTF files... This is my first phone to use them)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fcb13:
Manually moving bootanimation.zip to system worked
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bach415:
Thanks for this pops. Took two tries using the install.bat before it actually enabled cwm for me.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nv0id:
I can share dual recovery for ICS ion (CWM6/TWRP) if anyone still needs it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
You can share it here.

I am sure it can be added to the OP, after a little testing. ;)

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MrGezz:
share please :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Any advantage of having dual recoveries?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] albuah:
no cwm for jb leaks ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nv0id:
Not really, lol.

Here it is. It was made for locked bootloaders so it's not recommended on unlocked due to how easy it can be wiped from device.

All the credit for original recovery package goes to _SiL_ at 4pda.ru.

TWRP recovery for ion is compiled by ganeshbiyer.

Also, as noted by author of original recovery there can be some problems with formatting failing in CWM. After 50 downloads of ion package at 4pda no one reported any bugs.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
Does anyone have an updated version of cwm touch recovery for the ion by chance?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Smash2Bash:
Just downloaded using tapatalk and went to a PC, extracted it. Ran it and it worked. booted into TWRP and it ran. On my locked bootloader LT28at XZXperiance rom. Gonna test CWM if I don't get back and respond or edit this it's running fine.

Edit: Both recoveries working fine. CWM included is 6.0.1.9.

TWRP included is 2.4.3.0

Sent from my Xperia Ion™ on AT&T
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] max1001:
Don't mean to sound like a new but what button combo do I use to enter recovery mode?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ARNOB:
Volume Up to TWRP and touch logo continuously for CWM at boot logo.

Posted by Sony Xperia™ Ion via xda-premium
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] max1001:
Omfg, I would had never guess that one.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Parastie:
Hey, I'm having problems with TWRP. When I hold the volume up, I see the indicator light flashing blue and purple, then it boots normally. CWM works, however. Any suggestions?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nv0id:
You should press volume up only after led starts flashing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Parastie:
Oh! That did it. Thanks! :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] peshovec:
Finally i put cwm on my ion.

Usually my work flow of using such tools (recoveries) are to use directly the shell on the phone ... e.g. adb shell .

I was surprised that this functionality was not working.. So i had to make it work ...

Basically all i had to do, was to modify the recovery.tar (resides in /system/bin after installing the cwm)

Here are the needed modification :

diff -rupN recovery-tar/default.prop recovery-adb-enabled-tar/default.prop
--- recovery-tar/default.prop	2012-07-20 13:42:03.000000000 +0300
+++ recovery-adb-enabled-tar/default.prop	2013-06-19 15:21:29.000000000 +0300
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=adb
+sys.usb.config=adb
diff -rupN recovery-tar/init.rc recovery-adb-enabled-tar/init.rc
--- recovery-tar/init.rc	2012-08-30 04:37:12.000000000 +0300
+++ recovery-adb-enabled-tar/init.rc	2013-06-19 15:22:09.000000000 +0300
@@ -43,3 +43,13 @@ service recovery /sbin/recovery
service adbd /sbin/adbd recovery
disabled

+#exec /sbin/usb-adb.sh
+
+on property:sys.usb.config=adb
+ write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/enable 0
+ write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/idVendor 18d1
+ write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/idProduct D002
+ write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/functions $sys.usb.config
+ write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/enable 1
+ start adbd
+ setprop sys.usb.state $sys.usb.config
diff -rupN recovery-tar/sbin/usb-adb.sh recovery-adb-enabled-tar/sbin/usb-adb.sh
--- recovery-tar/sbin/usb-adb.sh	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ recovery-adb-enabled-tar/sbin/usb-adb.sh	2013-06-19 15:12:11.000000000 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+echo 0 > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/enable
+echo 0FCE > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/idVendor
+
+echo 5146 > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/idProduct
+
+echo 1 > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/enable

After that i am able to use "adb shell" inside the recovery (the cwm one). As this use case is not very common (actually i suppose very few will be interested in it), i will not write step by step.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Thank you for your contribution.

I was wondering if you could explain more about what this does.

I have CWM installed also.

Is this a shell terminal from CWM?

Or a PC connection shell?

Thanks, I am just trying to gain knowledge ;)

~JAB
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] peshovec:
Pc connection shell (via adb)

The mentioned files are in the recovery.tar archive

slided on-screen
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Serede:
Will this still work with Jelly bean 6.2.B.0.211? Or will you either work on something for it?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] andreaspe:
That's my question too. Is it still working with JB?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
No. It looks like it tries to load but just sits at a black screen. After a few seconds it rebooted into normal android. You can still just let it boot to normal android but it just won't boot into CWM. hopefully he makes an updated version.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanhhii:
PLEASE, WHO CAN ADD CWM FOR 6.2.B.0.211!

I use the version for ICS but not work: when restart and tap into SONY logo it show blank screen and after 10seconds it automatic Reboot!

Who can install CWM for 6.2.B.0.211 please share

OR can use the version for JB Xperia S or Z, someone try and report??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Captain Droid:
The ICS CWM will not work. You have to wait like everybody else :silly:

A working CWM will be released soon (:fingers-crossed: hopefully) , so be patient mate :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Updated OP with CWM6 for JB. (Locked and unlocked phones) :victory:

Requires:

- rooted phone

- adb debug enabled

- busybox installed

- unknown sources enabled
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Captain Droid:
ganesh b iyer thanks a lot bro. :good:

Edit:

I am getting this error when installing . what does that mean ? :( :(

Its a pre-rooted rom, and i installed busy box. usb debugging enabled, unknown sources enabled.

I get this log in cwm-install- notpad

Edit 2:

Never Mind the Above posts, i restarted the phone now and tried to install and its working fine.

Thanks again ganesh :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
I am getting this error while i am trying to install JB CWM , I tried to restart my phone but still get the same problem.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Check the cwm-install.log for the problem.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
20130630 190037: busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

/data/local/tmp/cwm-install.sh[27]: busybox: not found

20130630 190037: RET=127

But i have root!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
The problem is you did not read the requirements on the OP.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Captain Droid:
Install Busybox , restart phone and then install cwm. it worked for me ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
Lol all the time i was thinking that installing root will also install busybox.

So where i have to install busybox? in xbin or bin?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Captain Droid:
Download busybox apk,(google) . do the smart install it will install automatically.

reboot the phone, then install CWM.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Najuto9tail:
I love having CWM Recovery :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
Super awesome work. Let the fun begin ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
Done!

I like this recovery , it's better than the ICS one :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Captain Droid:
@ganeshbiyer

The clock work mod is working and is better than the last one.:good::)

But i do have a suggestion.

Can you make the clockworkmod directory to be made in memory card instead of the internal memory..

I took a backup of my Rom for a safety. i noticed that the backup is made in internal memory, previously it was on memory card.

Anyway to change it?

Cos i dont keep nandroid backup on my system(pc) , memory card is lot safer than internal memory right ?

correct me if im wrong.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
Deleted!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
I know in the ICS version it was a while before we had the option to save to external sd. For me I think the internal is safer but does use up some space especially if you have more than one back up. My stock sd failed after six months so I try not to keep to much important stuff on it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] albuah:
dude,

there is 'backup to external sdcard' option to select in backup and restore :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
Guys how can we skip android_secure backing up?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] armando_rod:
[MENTION=3507070]ganeshbiyer[/MENTION] I think TWRP is better than CWM, could you add it or a dual recovery like the one [MENTION=5112042]nv0id[/MENTION] did for ICS?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
I would just give it a bit of time as I think there is still some work being done for us. :highfive:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
I have small questions , i hope you will give me the answers:

1- Is wipe the same as format? and what is mount and unmount? Sorry i am bad in english :D

2- What changing font setting can do? i try all of then after restart the CWM and i didn't find any different!

3- What is "android_secure" in MNT contain?

4- What is "secure" in SD Card contain?

5- "boot" is the kernel , "data" is the data folder , "system" is system folder , so what is "sd_ext" and "cash"?

And the last one , can i skip secure_android backup?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CRHASH:
You can find answers on all your questions on google

1- wipe and format erases all in that partion so kinda the same.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
IDK how to search because i can't read much.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Captain Droid:
1) wipe is same as format, but from my experience it doesn't wipe everything from phone memory.

mount & umount - > software process that enables the operating system to read and write data to the disk. ( its linux commands) simple meaning is that mount is like inserting a disk, and umount is ejecting.

You can flash fonts through cwm. it works for me all the time. i dont know how to answer your question.:p

3) the android_secure folder is a folder where all the App2SD apps go to. Basically, where all of your moved apps go to.

5) sd_ext - external sd card. & cash or cache ?? :confused:

cash - Cash is personal finance accounting application, freely and available for all android devices. (google)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hotrodnc:
So I recently tried to recover from a nandroid backup just to see if it was working, and I got a surprise with an md5 mismatch. When trying to generate a new md5, I discovered there were no *.img files...all of them are *.tar or *.tar.*

Any ideas as to where I'm going wrong? Is there a way around this? Are my backups just bad?

The files in the backup folder are in the screenshot below:

View attachment 2088100
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
You are not wrong!

Just generate the md5sum for the .tar files and restore. It's Okay.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hotrodnc:
Ah thank you! You saved me lots of trouble! :) So I just go about the md5 generation process and instead of typing md5sum *img > nandroid.md5 I type md5sum *tar > nandroid.md5?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Belbol:
Thanks , that's all what i want!

I mean that in new CWM for JB there is "font changer" in the settings.

And there is a folder called only" secure" in "mnt" so is it the same that android_secure in SD Card?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Captain Droid:
Anytime :)

font changer ?? i never saw :p i wil try that then.