yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG Optimus G Pro] AzureV:
Yes I am on stock Kitkat.

Hmm.. I want to install CM10 stable for my OGPro. What should I do then? From what I have read and understood, I should unlock my bootloader (using FreeGee I assume) before I can flash CM. And in order to install CM, I also need to flash Phillz Touch Recovery.
[LG Optimus G Pro] abumy:
Flash back to stock jb. Then, root, install busybox, followed by freegee. You can install philz in recovery after installing one of freegees recoveries.

Then, install rom, madmacks modem, and gapps as usual.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Addicted2xda:
This is what I did..

Returned back to Stock 4.1.2 using flashtool.

Rooted and installed FreeGee... Then used flashify to install TWRP 2.8.1 and finall installed CM12 :P

I know it seems complicated, but IMHO it is the easiest way... and foolproof too :)
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Does anyone know how to remove the 2nd-init file? I tried installing freegee then installing cwm but after i rebooted, my phone's external sd card wouldnt mount and the thing would just change settings on its own. I installed it on kitkat. I know, shouldnt have done it. Some guy said it just works sometimes, so i tried my luck.

Anyway, any help guys?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hammad.mohsin:
Not supporting LG GK F220K

Kindly help me, I want to install TWRP or CWM recovery on my LG GK F220K smartphone but nothing is working. I've rooted my phone via towelroot and super user has been installed.

Please guide me what should I do?
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
I need stock kdz for jelly bean which I cant find anywhere..
[LG Optimus G Pro] channeledbymodem:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2420219
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Lol thanks but i found it. The problem was different threads refer to the kdz with different names so i got confused.
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
Guys, does FreeGee work on LGOG Pro E988 Stock KitKat? I want to install TWRP Recovery so I'll be able to flash custom roms.

Will FreeGee work or not?

Thanks.
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Nope doesnt. Cwm will but twrp will soft brick ur phone. It wont be able to read your memory card and you'll have to flash back to stock using kdz. It happened to me so trust me when I say, it'll soft brick your phone so dont even try installing Twrp from freegee if ur on stock kk
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
Thank you for the help, man. I was gonna flash TWRP. Not anymore.

My intention is to install a Custom Rom (Ressurection Remix). If FreeGee and then ClockworkMod will work, that should do for my purpose, do u agree?

Thanks!

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Do u know about this aparently new procedure to install recovery? Does it work? Using Stock KK + FreeGee.

http://xdaforums.com/optimus-g-pro/orig-development/recovery-boot-unlock-install-recovery-t3054295
[LG Optimus G Pro] mrmcshagbag:
artssa what phone model do you have? I towel root, busybox, freegee twrp just fine on my e980. Idk whats wrong with that other dudes phone but he does have a different model.
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Well you see i have the E988 but freegee on kitkat does softbrick most variants of OGP.. My friend f240 got soft bricked. Thats why the g pro recovery was made. If it works for you guess you're lucky :p

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Yeah i do know about it. It does involve using freegee but it also works without freegee. You see freegee on kk is a hit or miss. It didnt work for me but some threads say you should install the g pro rec that was posted on lg viet, its the same one u linked. Then when u install it and flash the kitkat rec(aka. Cwm touch) then you can flash a modded twrp 2.8.1.0 via the cwm u flashed which again has to be downloaded separately. Bt most it depends on your model. Mine is the E988 and it works.
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
E988 model (actually used to be E989, but when I update to Stock KK using HK rom, it turned into E988. So, E988).

* just to be sure what to do when I (I hope) get to install recovery properly: to update the recovery (CWM or TWRP) version, do I have to flash necessarily with Flashify or is there a path from the old recovery itself?

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A XDA user from Vietnam said that if I Install this G Pro Kitkat Recovery, flash it from inside the app, install Flashify and then flash the TWRP Recovery it will work (even without Busybox installed). Do u agree?

* And what about Unlocking bootloader and bypassing LG security? Isn't that whats FreeGee is also for? Or using this new procedure (but with Flashify, not FreeGee) it doesn't have to be done?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm afraid to brick my phone.

Thanks.
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Well I was worried about it too but yeah thats pretty much what you have to do. I inquired from people and apparently, with or without freegee, both should work. You can flash twrp from the old rec or flashify but I prefer flashify. Its just more reliable for me. As for the unlocking bootloader, nope its not required. You domt need to go through adb hassle for that.

Edit: Just to make sure the procedure goes well, install busybox. Most rooted apps need it i guess. Keep me updated on what you're doing via pm or reply here :D
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
Ok, will do.

As soon as I get home from work (5-6h from now), I'll try it and will get back here to update you and the other users.

Thanks, guitarboy021.
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
No problem! Just make sure to make a backup before you do anything. Good luck!
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
guitarboy21, all worked out ok!

But first, when I installed the LGOG Pro recovery, then flashed the recovery using Flashify, it didn't work, it softbricked my phone.

I don't know if I did something wrong, but I don't think so, I followed the steps.

However, after solving the softbrick (I flashed original KDZ), I followed the steps from the XDA topic that i posted earlier (http://xdaforums.com/optimus-g-pro/orig-development/recovery-boot-unlock-install-recovery-t3054295) and it worked perfectly (LGOG Pro Recovery 6.0.4.4 + Busybox + FreeGee (TWRP) + after all that, update TWRP).

Thank you guys.
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Wow pretty good! :D Im scared to use freegee again lol xD after u installed g pro rec..then freegee.. Then within freegee u installed twrp?
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
Yep, exactly! Luckily it worked, lol
[LG Optimus G Pro] hawkwind212:
By just flashing the recovery without unlocking the boot loader will cause soft brick. Freegee unlocks the boot loader and install the recovery. The only problem with Freegee's twrp is that it can't read the external sddisk.
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Lol idk what happened with mine but i actually used freegee the first time and it bricked my phone. The second time i flashed the g Pro rec then twrp using flashify and it worked. O.o
[LG Optimus G Pro] irt118:
This is what I always do. No problem at all. :fingers-crossed:
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Hey you know, instead of avoiding freegee altogether, after installing the g pro rec, install freegee and open it. If it shows "your aboot is not supported-E98x' then its best to avoid it. Id it doesnt then just install the recovery of your choice. Id prefer twrp. Open flashify then flash twrp 2.8.1.0 zip.
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
So I did all this from Stock KK (Root + LGOG Pro Recovery + Busybox + FreeGee (twrp) + flash TWRP 2.8.1.0 (from Flashify) and all went well and I succeeded to install Ressurection Remix Rom (5.1.1) custom rom.

But I didn't get ANY deep sleep at all. And I repeated everything 3 times. Tried also other versions of the rom, but no deep sleep, although all users reported their devices were getting deep sleep with no problems.

I researched a lot and tried also other solutions, using Wakelock Detector, GSam Battery Monitor, Battery Stats, to understand why all that. I learned that the problems were suspend_backoff, msmc_01, msmc_02, something like that, these wakelocks were the problem. So I unistalled the apps that most keep the device awake, used Greenify, everithing. Even flash the rom and don't install nothing, even so, no deep sleep (!).

So I researched even more and saw a guy that had the same problem as I did, and the only solution he got was to go BACK TO STOCK JB + all the steps (Busybox, FreeGee, TWRP 2.8.1.0..). Today I flashed Stock JB and I'll gonna try it.

Before that, I have a question: do I have to install LGOG Pro Recovery apk OR can I go straight to Root + Busybox + FreeGee + TWRP 2.8.1.0, without it??
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Install the ogp recovery but dont flash the recovery, just keep it installed just in case.

Follow up with your way then when you install and open freegee, if you get the error dialog that says your aboot is not supported. Try out ogp recovery.

Note: OGP rec would most likely not be needed since its for kitkat but still keep it. If freegee works uninstall it.
[LG Optimus G Pro] artssa:
Worked out perfectly! Now I get deep sleep. Thanks!

To those who experienced the same thing: if you come from LGOG Pro Stock KitKat and want to flash some CM12 custom rom or CM12 based, first its necessary to downgrade to Stock Jelly Bean 4.1.2. Then you will do everything above (root + supersu + busybox + freegee + twrp 2.8.1.0 from flashify + flash new rom). I don't why, but doing it from Stock KitKat simply doesn't work deep sleep.

Thanks to those who helped! Regards.
[LG Optimus G Pro] AzureV:
I flashed back to 4.1.2 using flashtool, and I'm stuck at bootloop. Is my phone softbricked?
[LG Optimus G Pro] AzureV:
Phone recovered from softbrick, and I'm now in 10A version. I've redownloaded FreeGee, and installed and run it,but there was not any prompt to unlock bootloader.

I have tapped on Backup EFS and TWRP-2.6.3.3 though. What can I do next with this?
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Are you on KK? When u opened freegee, did u get an error dialog?
[LG Optimus G Pro] AzureV:
Not anymore. I'm now on 4.1.2 Jelly Bean version 10A. Freegee installed and TWRP flashed via FreeGee. I'm searching for a suitable and light Lollipop ROM, but I don't know how to flash the custom ROM as there is no instruction.

From what I've gathered, it seems I have to download the zip and put it inside the internal storage, than reboot into recovery to flash it from there? CMIIW, or if there's anything I miss out.
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Make a backup of ur current rom. Most important step then save it somewhere other than ur phone. Like a usb flash drive or otg.. Download zip and gapps. There's many versions like banks, minimal. I prefer minimal.

Anyway so reboot to rec. Then first thing to do is factory reset. U can do that by going into wipe. Then go on to install/flash and select the rom u wanna install then same for the gapps. Finally wipe dalvik cache. Reboot and it should work.

If u have a Gpro, go for resurrection remix. I got the least problems with it.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Addicted2xda:
You need to download and copy the zip file in your sd card not internal memory.

Also make sure you flash the compatible gapps - in case you want to use playstore...

Would suggest you to go for CM12 ... have used them for some time - withotu any issues whatsover.

but yeah some apps are not compatible with it - but I guess that is for all Lollipop based custom ROMs....

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=e980
[LG Optimus G Pro] hawkwind212:
Vanir is what you're looking for, it's light, fast, and stable. It's basically a striped down version of cm. The latest nightly is the LP version equivalent of 5.1.1 but once you've installed the ROM, you need to do some system settings to fix some problems such as screen flickering and the phone mic issue. That's both the good and the bad parts of installing the custom rom; you have to do all the repairing yourself, yet at the same time t forced you to learn things that thou normally will not think about learning. Anyway, here is the link to what many consider the best guideline for flashing the custom ROM on lg ogp phone.
[LG Optimus G Pro] ecrum:
is there any way to lokify g pros stock lollipop aboot ? after rooting my f240k stock rom i don't have any recovery yet . freegee isn't working at this point .
[LG Optimus G Pro] :
Thanks for that, solved my problem a while ago that I had been trying to figure out for a couple of weeks.
[LG Optimus G Pro] tsirhcitna:
This didn't work on my cousin phone (I DON'T USE COMIC SANS). Error about an exception being thrown. I rooted it with towelroot and root checker confirmed it's rooted.

http://i61.tinypic.com/opbgup.jpg

How do I go about installing a recovery on his phone?
[LG Optimus G Pro] rakionowner:
E988

Lel, got the error msg "it says SOFTWARE VER ... LOKI Unsupported" :mad:
[LG Optimus G Pro] g0at1:
[MENTION=2432021]rakionowner[/MENTION]

Humm. By the way you are commenting, you sound like you have no idea what you are talking about.

So I'll recommend you to start from stock Jelly bean. If even doing that you are not able to make it work, then the problem is on your side.

Take some time to read the instructions and find out at what step you are making mistakes.
[LG Optimus G Pro] rakionowner:
Mistakes?

Nah, its not about my mistakes. Goes to the developer , he could help .lel
[LG Optimus G Pro] eschoco27:
Please Help

Hi i know this is an old thread but please bear with me. I am rooted and have a custom recovery. Is there a Freegee app that supports my variant

LG G Pro 240L-20J? The "unlock my phone" option doesnt seem to be there. Thus, i cant flash any custom roms as i keep on getting LG security error.
[LG Optimus G Pro] g0at1:
Go back to stock jb. That'll solve your problem.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Quinnshank:
Help!

Hi i recently tried to update my at&t LG-e980 through freegee and its now stuck in a boot verification error bootloop my computer cant even pick it up in download mode it just shows up as a malfunctioning compact usb device is there anything i can do??? please any help would be GREATLY appreciated!.!.!.?
[LG Optimus G Pro] dirtyreturn:
http://www.brickedmyphone.com/store/

The guy works really fast. Only 50$ too.
[LG Optimus G Pro] brosenz:
My external 64GB SD Card mounted fine on CWM Recovery (the one installed by FreeGee) and I did a Nandroid Backup to it. Mine is formated as FAT32, maybe yours is exFAT, can you check that?, thanks
[LG Optimus G Pro] turilo:
I have same problem and my 64gb external SD is formatted at fat32 also

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what application did you use to format your 64gb sd card to fat32? i used fat32gui and cwm still dont see my 64gb card
[LG Optimus G Pro] smaybe:
i format the my 64GB external card directly in android (i don't know format android use),

and when i want to see in windows it ask me to format the drive.... so i don't know
[LG Optimus G Pro] turilo:
ya i did the same after and forgotten, its exfat that's why we don't see it in cwm :P guess i need to reformat to fat32
[LG Optimus G Pro] smaybe:
ok ! thanks for the information

but we must wait a little no ?
[LG Optimus G Pro] brosenz:
I formated my card with my Mac computer, Disk Utility
[LG Optimus G Pro] buff31:
?? is lge security about

I am going to use freegee, but after reading I am unsure about the yes/no question for lge security and sw version of phone. I would like to know more about this first before I use the program. Is there any correlation with the issues people are having that this lge security question could affect? thanks...
[LG Optimus G Pro] monakh:
I said yes. Looks okay but no access to the bootloader yet. Not that I can tell.
[LG Optimus G Pro] buff31:
Would like to know keystrokes for commands. Also is their a sequence that needs to be followed. Obviously I am not that familiar with this type of boot detour.

Thanks....
[LG Optimus G Pro] zxaz:
How. To reboot in cmw? Installed cmw with the freegee apk....but cant figure how to go in recovery....

Thanks......
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
There are several apps in the play store that can boot you into CWM recovery..Just search for: CWM, Goo-manager, or reboot recovery..:thumbup:

When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
[LG Optimus G Pro] apascual89:
Use an app like goo manager, or shut down the phone then hold

Volume Up + Home + Power

Press and hold until the LG logo turns off then let go of the buttons it will take a second, then it will boot into recovery.
[LG Optimus G Pro] zxaz:
ok...thanks guy!!! its very appreciated......:good::good:
[LG Optimus G Pro] buff31:
Thanks for the info....
[LG Optimus G Pro] madmack:
some cool stuff for you guys:

I ported Shelnutt's integrated loki to TWRP and compiled a build for you guys. Attached is the lokified TWRP image that can be flashed using dd

$ adb push recovery.lok /mnt/sdcard/
$ adb shell
$ su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
# dd if=/mnt/sdcard/recovery.lok of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by_name/recovery

Reboot into recovery and you're all set. You'll see a new option under settings "Enable loki support." which is enabled by default. See screenshot

Source: HERE and HERE

Edit: I made it easier for you folks. Just grab the attached: TWRP-2.6.0.0-LGOGPRO-LOKI.zip file and flash it with any recovery. This will overwrite your recovery with the modded TWRP recovery. Reboot into recovery after flashing and you should be all set.
[LG Optimus G Pro] 1Zero3forlife:
Touchscreen has no functionality. I can't even flash the Kernel, going back to CWM.

It was easy though.
[LG Optimus G Pro] adizzle23:
Use twrp manager in the play store to flash the kernel then u will b golden.
[LG Optimus G Pro] 1Zero3forlife:
Will try in a little, thanks.
[LG Optimus G Pro] adizzle23:
No problem, that's how I flashed the kernel and now twrp works great.
[LG Optimus G Pro] smaybe:
we still can't access to sdcard in cwm ?

the version of boot img is still not supported, i've already upload

any chance we see those things fixed ?
[LG Optimus G Pro] Shelnutt2:
sdcard should be working fine, also all boot.img's as of 10 mintues ago are now uploaded and white listed.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mrfeuss:
I can confirm External SD is working-I have the backups to prove it. :P
[LG Optimus G Pro] smaybe:
So i've reinstall from a fresh f240l ROM and it doesn't work... With a custom ROM it's the same....

i've upload the boot img twice... tried the day after still not compatible

i'll do some screenshots
[LG Optimus G Pro] Dream Reality Syndrome:
Doesn't version 2.5.0.0 already have this option available?
[LG Optimus G Pro] reider123:
Hmmmm..... Can I get freegee v1.0.6?

freegee 1.1.0 does not seem working when I try to use disable lge security error.

and, my phone is F240S.

other 'F240's seem to have the same problem.
[LG Optimus G Pro] smaybe:
FYI i've successfully install CM10 (so a custom rom) even it can't disable lge security error
[LG Optimus G Pro] reider123:
Of course 'cause it has its own boot image.

I mean removing apps on stock ROM.
[LG Optimus G Pro] madmack:
Yep, Shelnutt already incorporated my patch.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Shelnutt2:
The problem is your not on pure stock, your sw version has characters which prevent my XML parser from recognizing it. I'll see what I can do.
[LG Optimus G Pro] jesi.james:
Hi, I decided to bite and install a lokified cwm recovery with freegee and well it downloaded and installed but right after it said my phone was liberated, this download screen shows up and has been this way with no change as of 8 min. I'm afraid of exiting out of the freegee app and rebooting. Am I safe?

Aditional info: i am At&T 980 and I opted for disabling lg security

Edit: I rebooted into recovery and things seems to be okay and cwm worked

Sent from the Professional Optimus..
[LG Optimus G Pro] rob219:
Anyone having troubles after making a backup with twrp recovery? I made one and after reboot the bootanimation takes forever and it reset my whole phone except data. I restored the back up and it made no difference, it really didnt even restore anything. My apex launcher is not restored back to how it should be and a ton of apps are updating that were already updated before I ran a back up. Is this a twrp problem or is it in both recovery in the app?
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
Mine did the same thing.. I rebooted and reran freegee, just to be safe..and it worked fine..

When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
[LG Optimus G Pro] jesi.james:
Weird, kinda scared me a bit lol

Sent from the Professional Optimus..
[LG Optimus G Pro] buff31:
Android Backup

Used Freegee and Twrp, with stock , and not software update, and I would like to know if there is a special way for android backups??? Whe I made my Backup I used boot,system and data checked and did not check recovery or cache. Am I ok ??? Should I also check recovery, due to Loki??? When I need to do a restore is there a particular method of doing the restore due to the Loki method??

Thanks for any info guys...
[LG Optimus G Pro] liamR:
Hi Shelnutt2, thank you for your awesome work!:good:

Can you add support for the E989 (security unlock+recovery) ?

Here is the original rom image (and I uploaded the recovery image through Freegee app) -

http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/swdata/WDLSW/LGE989/AISRBK/E98910A_00/E98910A_00.kdz

Thank you :)
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
Just purchased the App. Said it was installed and the phone was liberated. Yah! Tried power and volume down but only option is the hard reset no CWM. I have used both CWM and TWRP with my previous phone but the OGP is new to me and there will be a learning curve. suggestions?
[LG Optimus G Pro] mws1986:
Hold volume up, home button, and power button at the same time. The lg logo will come up keep holding until the screen goes black and then release all three it will reboot into recovery.

So I have noticed that twrp shows the wrong date, time, and battery percentage. Is any one else experiencing this?
[LG Optimus G Pro] MrDSL:
Most of us use goomanager from Play to get into recovery.
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
I also have GOO on the phone, I will try it. I might put TWRP on it too.

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Great. That worked. Now I might go over to TWRP. I was looking but didn't really see a touch CWM. I will look again.
[LG Optimus G Pro] MrDSL:
I tried twrp but my touchscreen didn't work so I couldn't select anything. Had to go back to cwm
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
I just installed the one here and it went into it and I am running a backup as I type. Completed back up and rebooted system. So far okay.
[LG Optimus G Pro] nnotis:
I get the feeling that it's right in front of my eyes, but where in the app can I see what version I have? I want to make sure Google pushed me the current build. Thanks.
[LG Optimus G Pro] ricco333:
In most launchers you can long press the app in the app drawer and select or drag the icon to "app info" and it will show you all the info for the app. I use Apex launcher and I drag the icon to app info.

Erik
[LG Optimus G Pro] Shelnutt2:
Support is added :)
[LG Optimus G Pro] jakiman:
Am I supposed to get the Secure Booting Error on the very first boot screen every time? (but it still boots up fine)

I rooted my phone, then I ran FreeGee 1.10 on my E988 and performed the unlock with CWM and disable lge security.

It went through without issues and now can boot into CWM. But not sure if that security error on boot screen is normal or not...
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
Completely normal!!!!!:thumbup:

When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
[LG Optimus G Pro] liamR:
I gave it a try(unlock+TWRP), everything went ok, but the device stuck on boot screen with this message -

"Secure booting Error! Cause: boot certification verify"

What should I do ?

Edit1:

I manage to save it with "Upgrade Recovery" in the LGMoblie Support Tool.

Edit2:

I successfully installed the CWM recovery without unlocking LG Security (for now...).

Can I safely install mods etc though CWM or do I have to unlock the LG Security for that ?

Thanks :)
[LG Optimus G Pro] 1Zero3forlife:
You can install mods through CWM all day.