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[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
Hello everybody and welcome to my second guide for how to get root, unlocked bootloader, CWM, and finally installing the roms for our precious LG optimus L5! (e610,12 and 17)

Let's start!

If you are still on android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich, follow my other guide: ICS GUIDE

ALL in one!

So for rooting Jellybean i haven't found a proper root method yet, so that means we are going to flash a pre-rooted kdz file!

In this case this pre-rooted kdz file also contains unlocked bootloader and CWM so this is much easier.

1. Download kdz updater (attatched below)

2. Be sure to first install msxml.msi or else you will get crash during the update process.

3. Download the all in one kdz file, this contains firware version 20D Baltic with root, unlocked boot and CWM recovery. (comes in all languages)

4. Make a backup of your phone, contacts etc. (optional)

5. Once you downloaded everything, take your phone out of your pocket and turn it off.

6. Hold the "-" volume button and connect your phone with your pc (make sure you have all the drivers installed)

7. Now your phone should be in emergency/download mode

8. Now we are going to install the new firmware, open up KDZ_updater.exe and set the type to: 3GQCT and phone mode to DIAG

select the kdz file you just downloaded (20d+root + cwm.kdz) and click "launch software update".

9. KDZ updater will probably crash,

this is normal, that means that it is finished

;) the last code you will see is something like "wparam: 100"

10.If everything went well your phone should reboot and launch in the new firmware. Download "superuser" from Playstore.

When your phone is bricked you can just follow these steps again to unbrick your device.

Installing custom roms

1. Download the custom rom you want and place it on you phone. (Preferred on external SD card)

2. To install custom roms you have to go into CWM (clock work mod). you can enter CWM by going into terminal and type "su" and then "reboot recovery" OR turn your device off, then press volume"-" + home button + power button until it vibrates and shows LG logo then release only power button and keep pressing both of the others for about 8 seconds then release.

3. While you are in CWM you can navigate with the + and - volume buttons and the power button is enter.

4.

Before

you install any new rom, wipe everything from your phone by going to "mounts and storage menu" --> format /cache, /data and /media, /system, /sdcard, then wipe the dalvik cache under the advanced tab. If you don't do this you can get problems!

So now you can select your customrom.zip and press the power button, your rom will now install. after it is installed you can reboot your phone and if you did everything right your phone should boot into your new rom, the first boot can take a long time sometimes.

Some custom roms for jellybean:

CM10.1

CM10.2

JellyBeer

If you want a ICS based rom like cm10 or MIUI you first have to flash v10 baseband attatched below.

Happy Flashing!
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] silverblade960:
oh thank god. there is still development for our little l5:). thanks you very much. gonna test asap
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] BuffMcBigHuge:
This method does not work for all L5 devices. LG L5 E617G users should follow this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2392762
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
I thought that that rooting method didn't work for android 4.1.2
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] BuffMcBigHuge:
You're right. The E617G does not have 4.1.2 with stock anyways, only 4.0.3. Please disregard my post.

I meant to post this in in the ICS thread, where it states that there is no unlocked bootloader support for the E617, which is false.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] LuiizFenix:
Key combination for recovery is (if I'm not wrong cause it sometimes fails just keep trying) volume"-" + home button + power button until it vibrates and show LG logo then release only power button and keep pressing both of the others for about 8 seconds then release.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
Yeah true, thats because i made that tutorial a long time ago, i shall edit my old thread ;)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] rickychew87:
Test working! Thank you very much. Have been looking for LG L5 root for quite a long time.

---------- Post added at 05:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:25 PM ----------

CWM working perfectly. Key combination is exactly what you described.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] rickychew87:
Phone is not detected in computer after flashing pre-rooted kdz file.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
It should be... Are you sure you installed all the drivers? Maybe usb debugging helps your pc detecting your phone?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] rickychew87:
Fixed

my mistake. It's the USB port connection problem. Now it's fixed. Thanks.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] SnowRaptor:
KDZ update over V10 failed

Hello,

I tried to isntall this V20 KDZ on top of a V10E image on a E612F.

After flashing and booting,"Home" and "Lg Setup" and "Laucher" and all other apps start crashing.

If I try to flash a V10 KDZ back on, it fails with error "Wparam 100 LParam 1002" after the phone reboots to download mode.

I am only able to flash V20 KDZ files and I can`t get the phone to a point where adb works in order to replace bootloader or whatever.

Any idea to solve this?

Thanks
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
- maybe a factory reset helps, on this site they explain how: http://www.hard-reset.com/lg-optimus-l5-hard-reset.html

If that didn't worked, can you go into recovery? If so, wipe /system,/data,

/cache and flash over a custom rom like cm10.1 or Flatzki's cleanrom --> not too heavy modified and good performance
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] SnowRaptor:
Thanks, I tried resetting with the Vol - + PWR + HOME, but the phone behavior was not what I expected. In the end, I managed to install The modded V20 from xoxodemo's thread and mixing and matching with bootloaders for E610 and latest CWM. This allowed me to install CM10.1 on the E612f

Thanks, anyway =)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Axims:
Hi , just bought a new LG L5II E455 with JB 4.1.2. yay!

so before messing things up just wanted to know if this guide also

covers this model?

had some MTK 65xx phones before and using MtkDroidTools for backup and root

but seems it can't do squat about this phone. so as a seasoned droid user I know

my first step before anythings else should be making a full backup so which tool/flasher

would you suggest?

tnx.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
There are no roms etc. yet for the l5 II this method wouldnt work for you...
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Axims:
So.. any hint, other thread, alternate root procedure , anything?

already feels like a bad choice.. oh,well.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
I could only find this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2337802
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] 4Freedom:
?

is this guide for l5 E610???
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
Yes
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Amathagma:
Is it just me or the CWM in this guide stucks the keyboard after reboot?

I flashed this package and whenever i get in CWM recovery and reboot without doing anything, the keyboard does not work and i can't enter pin code (I 've flashed CM but it's the same with both 10.1 and 10.2 versions), so I believe it's not CM's rom issue.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
Did you completely wiped your phone before you installed cm?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Amathagma:
I don't remember well, but the instructions you give on the first page don't say anything for wipe before install rom.

Anyway is there a way to fix it now?

Thanks...
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
yes sorry about that, i will add that. But to solve your problem you have to wipe everthing from your phone, you can do this by going into CWM and go to "mounts and storage menu" --> format /cache, /data and /media, /system, /sdcard, then wipe the dalvik cache under the advanced tab. after you wiped everything you can install your rom and everything will be okay.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Amathagma:
Ok thanks for that, I'll try it.

So, after that the phone will be completely empty and I'll need KDZ updater, right?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
After that you can install the rom trough cwm no need for kdz updater.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Amathagma:
Aaah ok ok I see.Thanks :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] su_haris:
I cant access Root!

Downloaded SuperUser from play, but still no root!

Also, after flashing this KDZ, my Phone is identified as LG-E610 (instead of LG-E612)

Is it Okay to flash a ROM without the superuser installed?

PS: I am new to this thats why! thanks in advance
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
If you can enter cwm your good to go, just be sure to wipe everything from phone before installing new rom like cm11.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Kontos_Gr:
Despite my efforts phone can't see my sim card.Tried flashing 20d+root + cwm.kdz nothing happened.Then tried custom roms but same problem still..Flashed both basebands but still "no sim card" message..any ideas?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] raphysaur:
I've rooted and installed CWM 6.0.2.8 on my LG E612(V20e) using V20d+root+CWM on KDZ updater...

I've tried installing CM 10, 10.1, 10.2 and 11, Vanir, AOSP mod+Clean and Slimbean ROMs. All seem to be installed properly but once the phone is booted the touchscreen doesn't work? The only L5 Custom ROM wherein the touchscreen worked was KOLROM.

What seems to be the problem? Please help.. Thanks..
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
Did you do a clean install? (Did you wiped /system /data (everything) and then installed the custom ROM?)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] RobDC:
Gonna try this on my sons l5 :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] tetakpatak:
[MENTION=5159658]dev-DaT[/MENTION] thanks for this guide!

I will flash friend's L5 with this :)

Just one question:

By formatting SD card, will the storage of the L5 get erased? (all data)

I will use extSD anyway....
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
By formatting SD card you will delete everything except /system and /cache. on sdcard are all apps, user information, foto's, downloads etc. But if you want to install a ROM on it you have to delete everything so that you have an empty phone, then you can flash a ROM properly through cwm, if you dont do a full wipe upon installation of a new ROM you (can) get problems.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] tetakpatak:
Of course.... I will anyway also format system and cache +dalvik, so all data must be saved on PC

OK, extSD will do it then.... :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] tetakpatak:
[MENTION=5159658]dev-DaT[/MENTION]

Mate, do you think this method might work with the L5 e460 ??

It has now JB 4.1.2

I have the feeling that this baltic FW doesn't match the device I have to flash....
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
E460 is lg optimus l5 II so this would not work. But if you accidentally flashed you can use the same tool to recover the phone, you only have to find the right kdz.

Sorry for that i should have been more clear about the device type, going to update that soon.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] tetakpatak:
That's good idea, mate- update the OP.

Don't worry, (I flash aprox about 12-15 times a week :silly: ) and wouldn't start on an unknown device without being 100% sure :D

No hard brick yet therefore .....

Greetings and thx ;)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] su_haris:
Reverting?

Hey there!

Currently, My phone runs on CM11..

Since, I am giving this phone to my mom to use for a while, I'd like to revert back to stock..

A few doubts:

-Is it okay if I flash the firmware which came with my device (V20B, LGE612)..??

-Will my CWM go and bootloader will lock?

-Any Issues?

And, I plan to do like this; correct me if I am wrong!

-Take Nandroid Backup.

-Wipe data, cache and dalvik.

-Reboot.

-Power off and enter download mode.

-Flash via KDZ

Thanks in advance!! :D
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
Yes but just wipe everything, so also /system <- thats important else you will mix up 2 Android versions and it would'nt work. For the rest you should do it like in your plan.

If you use the kdz file i provided then cwm and root will stay.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-E610 met Tapatalk
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] tetakpatak:
[MENTION=5464065]skyinfo[/MENTION] why return to stock? Don't you like your mum? :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] su_haris:
haha, i gave my phone with cm11 but she cant get the hang of it (she's completely noob). also stock has better battery life than cm11...

[MENTION=5159658]dev-DaT[/MENTION] : One last question, if i take nandroid backup, later after flashing the kdz u provided, can i restore cm11 with my data?

thanks in advance and once again, a superb guide... keep it up!! :D :D
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Jared20098:
Ugh.. Slow download time.. :C It said it's going to be done in two hours

I JUST WANT TO ROOT MY PHOONE
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
If you make an account on yandex and then save it to tour disk, it's finished in like 5min
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] Lirimaer:
Is it necessary to format /sdcard? What happens if I don't format /sdcard?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] dev-DaT:
You could try. But i always recommend to do a full wipe upon installing your first rom else you would most likely get problems... Trust me i have experience with this.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development] HanSolo77:
Cannot get into download / recovery mode anymore

Hi! After several unsuccessful attempts, I finally managed to follow this guide (that was about two weeks ago), in the sense that the KDZ_FW_UPD_EN tool found my phone and reported a successful operation (with "20d+root + cwm.kdz"). However, I did not notice any difference when re-booting my phone.

What's worse, my main goal was to get CWM running for further flashing / custom rom installation. However, I cannot get into download mode or recovery anymore. The LEDs just briefly light up when holding one or both of the volume buttons during boot, and the phone goes black again.

I can still boot up normally, I can access the phone via adb, I have root access and can flash partitions with dd, I can enter fastboot, I just cannot enter recovery anymore. (That also means that KDZ_FW_UPD_EN does not find my phone anymore, so I cannot follow typical "unbricking" guides.)

I think I accidentally wrote to mmcblk0p7 instead of 17 once (using dd with tired eyes). I could not find out what the purpose of that partition is.

Phone: LG e610 (with NFC)

Android: 4.1.2

Baseband: MSM7225A-1-AA

Kernel: 3.4.0

Build: JZ054K

Software: E61020d-EUR-XX
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domini99:
Hey

I really want to try Ubuntu Touch.

I got the following tablet:

Zenithink C93

1.3ghz dualcore

1gb ram

10.1" 1024x600 screen.

I want to use Ubuntu Phone because my tab has not enough RAM for ubuntu tablet

It has a cm10.1 port, but it is not registered in Cyanogenmod, not even under unofficial ports

The computer i'm working at has;

Intel Core i3 530 2.93 GHZ

4Gb Ddr3

Hd6570 gpu.

Is there any chance i can port?

Can somebody help me with it? I cant do it alone :(

Thanks, Dominique.

Sent from my jailbroken iPhone

How much toast could a toaster toast if a toaster could toast toast?

My MC Server:

domini99.iclanwebsites.com
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deucalion29710:
any answers to this"?

I would like to bump this topic with the hopes that somebody will actually answer. I do know that it is possible but it's a matter of unlocking the bootloader so that you can flash with ADB. Would somebody please help us with this? I know for a fact that it's possible with Cortex A9 and the newer Ubuntu Touch builds don't require as much RAM.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domini99:
i dont think this tablet actually has something like bootloader unlock.

i mean the stock rom is pre-rooted and has aokp settings.

just putting any recovery.img in a zenithink update folder, then holding power and back on boot will make it boot in the custom recovery, or any kernel named recovery.img

it could be possible, we have cm10.1, i can prepare my desktop with ubuntu and give it a try.

but the tab has no official cm10.x, how am i even going to start without the official sources?

Sent from my sending thing..

I hate you so much im going to kill you to death!
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f69m:
There is an official porting guide at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting and a mailing list for getting help. Unfortunately, there have been lots of changes lately and the porting guide is incomplete/out-of-date. Unless you are experienced developers using source code instead of documentation, I strongly suggest you wait, till the porting guide has been updated.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deucalion29710:
It doesn't and the recovery.img is a locked bootloader. When I try to use fastboot using linux terminal it is infinitely "waiting for device" I am currently using a 4.3.1 aokp rom and the author has been real evasive with me as to how to unlock the bootloader. I could upload the recovery image here if it would help or I could send it to somebody. What I was told by the rom developer was "the Amlogic kernel does not like mtp" which really had nothing to do with my inquiry.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deucalion29710:
Let me ask this...would flashing back to a stock rom make it possible to install Ubuntu as dual boot as seen in many current tutorials? I would post a link to one I have attempted to utilize but I can't post links yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elia222:
This is crDroid AOSP for Galaxy Nexus - Toro :)

crDroid AOSP build will always be based on CyanogenMod with some extra features (Cool and useful).

My goal is: include as many features (useful) as possible and try to keep up to date with CM10.2

ROM: crDroid-build16-toro.zip

GAPPS: CM Gapps (you can use also slimbean gapps if you want TRDS compatibility in gapps: Downloads - Addons4.3)

See the attachments/screenshot section

Cristiano Matos

CM Team

Slim Roms Team

ParanoidAndroid Team

AOKP Team

Der_schubi

And Many More...

GITHUB:

ROM Source

Kernel source

Tuna device tree

Everything else is on cm github ;)

XDA:DevDB Information

**crDroid AOSP**, a ROM for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus

Contributors

elia222

ROM OS Version: 4.3.x Jellybean

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2013-09-24

Last Updated 2013-12-02
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elia222:
Reserved
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vrahn:
I see this is new. I just setup my phone from orca. Let me check the wallpapers and I'll give her a go ok?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 47th_Ronin:
Dl in progress...

Will let you know after work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Alton (Halo 2):
I can check now

Edit: is superuser built in this ROM or do I have to flash them. Because I flashed them and it says I'm not rooted
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerrycycle:
Have you tried? Settings/developer options/root access/apps and adb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elia222:
Just enable dev settings and change root access to "apps and adb" :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Multisupermono:
Oooooooo! Downloading now! This one looks pretty awesome! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hexto:
This seems to have everything I'm looking for but I can't tell if it has AOKP Ribbons. Can anyone please confirm?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Multisupermono:
After a quick look through the settings, I don't think so :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cd95yj:
Holy smokes this ROM is running great on my phone! Awesome job!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nalanotae:
Download got to 100% then said unsuccessful. I haven't been having any trouble downloading from dev host before. I cleared the data on my download manager, gonna try once more. Really want to check this Rom out. looks awesome

Edit: That did the trick got it to download and flashed. Running awesome so far.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaydubbs:
Not ribbons, per say, but pretty much the same thing called App Bar under settings. Very customizable but not to the AOKP level.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infinit22:
Really nice ROM. Like the AppBar

AppBar seems to quit working after awhile
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bluerez79:
I can't get gesture typing to work. It is enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CLeDInc:
ROM is running great. Like the transparency options. Halo makes the phone quite jittery but that's to be expected.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nalanotae:
Wandering if anyone uses ROM toolbox font installer. I have tried to use it to change fonts but every time I do after I reboot I get a boot loop. I have seen the fix to get titanium to work on 4.3. Is there a fix for ROM toolbox font installer?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bluerez79:
Love the features of this rom. Running very well. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akademix:
I use and encountered the same thing. The only thing that works for me is flashing SuperSU. This is for all roms for me BTW.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5347:
OK I think I found the bug. Clean flashed the ROM and slim gapps. Reinstalled from tibu my apps + data. At this time market still worked. Went to setting to change my LCD density. I set LCD to factory(it was anyways), did the next steps and clears PS data, reboot, go to accept terms on PS again before changing to preferred density and PS just keeps coming up try again, can't connect. This worked in build 4 but seems a bug for build 5. Anyone else get this. Before al all this I redownloaded slim gapps again to make sure the first one wasn't corrupted. Anyone else get this when trying to change density?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sefirosu0522:
Real quick, This is kind of silly but I don't have a CRT animation when I switch off the screen. Is there a setting for it somewhere that I'm missing?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5347:
Well I don't know what happened but finally got it working. Tried 2 more times. The first one still was a nogo but the last one doing the same actions.....got it all to work correctly. Hm don't know but no bug I guess
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elia222:
Have you enabled it into display settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sefirosu0522:
Just saw it. Thanks for the heads up. I feel like a knob. I should have noticed that!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akademix:
For anybody curious, MMS issue is still there (for me at least anyways - (clean install) anybody else feel free to chime in). Other than that, ROM is slick!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5347:
Same here, clean install, no MMS. All else works perfect
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cujo6801:
Yep tried it

No mms

sent from the DOG pound
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] antwong45157:
Waiting for mms fix before flashing
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trini.s2k:
*noob*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rushead:
Happened to me, too. Keep repeating clear market data & reboot until you get the "accept conditions" screen for market.

Sent from a frequent flasher.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sefirosu0522:
So another question. Not a fan of the soft keys. Don't like the grey. I tried changing them with SoftKeyz and I lost the nav bar and notification bar. Does anyone have a good way of changing them without losing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] antwong45157:
I created a custom systemui.apk that changes the navbar to make it a little more stylish. You can look up how to make your own using picture editing software and winrar. Very easy.

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../1/3/5/6/4/Screenshot_2013-08-25-18-57-00.jpg

Since were running same rom, If you like it enough I'll upload the systemui.apk and you could replace yours. Although I would def do a back up before, just in case ..