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[Verizon LG G2] SquireSCA:
Yeah, I just installed the software and let it do it's thing, and it worked. Now I have a permanent icon in my system tray and when I plug the phone in, it recognizes it.

What you might want to try, is grab a zip of a flashable stock ROM. If your phone is rooted with Recovery and all that, grab a stock ROM, flash it, then plug it in and see if the VZW software sees it and lets it do a full restore.

Maybe that is the trick here, that if you are on a custom ROM, the software won't recognize it. Luckily there are flashable stock ROMs here for you to install.

Let me know if that works, and the OP or I can add a new "How to" restore to stock process. Perhaps people on custom ROMs need to flash a stock one in TWRP or CWM and then use the VZW tool to do the rest. It is still a lot easier than the other methods I have seen.
[Verizon LG G2] sefirosu0522:
I'll give it a shot. Right now, I'm on CleanROM. Are you saying that somewhere here there's a flashable stock, not rooted rom? Should I leave CleanROM on the phone or install something else first?
[Verizon LG G2] SquireSCA:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2452411

I am thinking that we need a sticky for the best restore method. Why? Because there are several of these threads already, and it is obvious that on this phone(and others), that the custom ROMs just are not cutting it. The stock ROMs have gotten so good, that frankly, going to a buggy custom ROM, that is missing features, that is often unstable, etc... Just doesn't make sense any more. As the phones get better and better, the need for custom ROMs gets less and less. As they pack more hardware and features into these things, the custom ROMs have a harder time getting stuff to work.

Hence, you see a much larger percentage of users posting about "how to get back to stock" than you saw last year, or the year before.

Anyway, try that stock ROM and see if the software recognizes it. The Verizon software, not the other method. The stuff that comes on the phone.
[Verizon LG G2] sefirosu0522:
Thanks again. Looks like the links in that thread are dead. Would this work?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2533018

Also, I don't have any issues, I just want to make sure that I'm able to get back to stock if anything happens., ya know?
[Verizon LG G2] SquireSCA:
I would imagine that that would work.
[Verizon LG G2] Xyriin:
I admit I was rather wary after reading over the details about the program function but can confirm it worked flawlessly for me.
[Verizon LG G2] sefirosu0522:
I actually found a link to the rom you posted. I'll give it a shot tonight.
[Verizon LG G2] afmracer6:
I tried the method in the op and was never successful. I'll try [MENTION=4363462]SquireSCA[/MENTION] way and report back later tonight.
[Verizon LG G2] rmelts315:
So everything looked as if it was running smoothly until I had to plug it back in, my device is still showing 0% and the LG Flash Tool still says READY and waiting for connection..however if I unplug the device it says download FAIL. Anyone else experience this or have any ideas??

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I keep getting "Model Information Check FAIL" and then DOWNLOAD FAIL after reconnecting to flash box. Any help with this?
[Verizon LG G2] dave_k605:
Thanks, I will probably be trying this later.
[Verizon LG G2] sefirosu0522:
Ok so I flashed this rom and there was progress. Can't upgrade though. See below:

Any suggestions?
[Verizon LG G2] afmracer6:
the OP method worked! thanks WACOMalt!!! :good:
[Verizon LG G2] sefirosu0522:
What Rom were you running?
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
ok so im trying to do this after a LOOONG ay of nightmarish mayham! I rooted my new g2 this morn, then proceeded to spend about 8 hrs trying to get twrp recovery flashed (nothing worked) finally i read to use flashify cuz it was real fast and easy and it says it worked, yet when i used rom mngr to go into restore mode it showed a dead droid with his belly open and a warning sign....i held down power and it restarted, when i go into download mode it just says "firmware updating" and never actually updates!

I unrooted it, and i did a full reset. Still says its rooted but its not, and still cant get to download mode. So im wondering how i am supposed to flash back to original os when i can get into dl mode?

I keep getting tld that is the only way to fix it is to go back to the original but i dont see how i can! please help!! lol

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ok so im trying to do this after a LOOONG ay of nightmarish mayham! I rooted my new g2 this morn, then proceeded to spend about 8 hrs trying to get twrp recovery flashed (nothing worked) finally i read to use flashify cuz it was real fast and easy and it says it worked, yet when i used rom mngr to go into restore mode it showed a dead droid with his belly open and a warning sign....i held down power and it restarted, when i go into download mode it just says "firmware updating" and never actually updates!

I unrooted it, and i did a full reset. Still says its rooted but its not, and still cant get to download mode. So im wondering how i am supposed to flash back to original os when i can get into dl mode?

I keep getting tld that is the only way to fix it is to go back to the original but i dont see how i can! please help!! lol
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
The easiest way to get to download mode is to power off your phone (you can do that by holding down power. It will flash the lg logo really quick then turn off.) With your phone powered off, hold the volume+ button and insert the USB cable. Your phone will turn on and automatically go into download mode. Follow the rest of the OP to restore to stock.
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
Not trying to be rude, but please actually READ my post before answering. I know how to get to download mode, ut like i said (if you are still reading) it just says "firmware update" it will not move from 0% and no way to get off the screen. So your answer does me no good at all when i already said i know how to do that, a basic google search will tell you that.

Trust me hear people, i am about 15 hrs into this mess now and wouldnt be posting if it wasnt my last resort, i have read THOUSANDS of pages of forum suggestions and nothing works. Cant even find anything about this problem at all!
[Verizon LG G2] doublej713:
The last poster is correct. I have done the process twice now and it worked both times. The screen you are seeing is correct. It is waiting for the LG Flash software to start sending it data. When you follow the procedure in the OP, once you have the flash software primed, when you put the phone in download mode the second time your computer will start sending the firmware and the progress bar on the phone will show progress.

Two things I noted when I was doing it:

1) When the phone is first connected and the drivers install the phone ends up in the unknown device section of device manager. I just unplugged it then plugged it in again. Then it shows up in the Ports section where you can set the port to 41.

2) I made the mistake of leaving the phone plugged into the computer with the flash software open and when I turned the phone back on after the update it booted into download mode and started doing it all over again. Just make sure you unplug the phone when it is done flashing.
[Verizon LG G2] chrisdl824:
I was doing some tinkering around last night and somehow got myself stuck in a boot loop. I also failed to make a backup like a dummy before I started messing around with the phone.

Anyway, this method saved me! I followed the instructions and everything worked perfectly. It sucks to have to start over from scratch, but at least now I have a working phone again. Many, many thanks.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
i read you post my friend. it was a little vague. how about you tell us what you did step by step and maybe with a little more detail we can try and solve this? ive done this method a half dozen times and it does work flawlessly if you follow each step.

when you connected your phone, did you see it in device manager? did you change the com port to COM 41? did you make sure to download the DLL file from the OP and replace it with the file thats included in the Flash Tool folder (people have forgotten to do this before)? the more info you provide us with, the easier it will be to help :)
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
i am completely lost! my phone showed up in device manager just fine, as far as com 41 goes, i cant even open the flash software so cant change anything! you say it is waiting for flash software when it says firmware update? so its suppose to just set there and not do anything? How can i flash it if i cant even get the flash software running? ive unistalled and re downloaded 3 times now and even on a diff comp and still does the same thing when trying to open it. it just says LG USB/PARELLEL & no log in and i hit ok twice then nothing else happens.

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lol i dont remember step by step being that i tried so many different things, i DID follow EVERYTHING step by step though. It is showing in device manager yes i replaced the file and it says LG USB/PARELLEL & no log in i click ok twice then nothing, i tried it without the dll file and it does the same except after i click ok twice it asks for a login. As far as the com 41 idk how to change that if i cant open the flasher?

idk what else to say lol, i just want it back to factory now or someone to give me DETAILED instructions on how to push twrp recovery so i can get malladus.

When i follow the instructions listed in a 100 forums it always does the same thing, Sometimes the first command will see my phone, sometimes it wont, usb debugging is on as well as ethernet internet,...the second command NEVER works no matter how i try it.

It keeps saying the file twrp .img file will be labeled as openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2vzw.img and to rename to recovery.img yet i have downloaded it from several sources and its always labeled as recovery NOT openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2vzw.img!

I have tried renaming it and that doesnt help.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
The com is changed in device manger, not the flash tool. Open it up, right click on your phone and choose properties. Then hit advanced. In the COM drop down menu select COM 41.

If you're still having probs, we can do a remote desktop session so I can see what going on.
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
will switching to com 41 solve the flasher error problem? If not then it does no good to do that right? If i cant opent he software. im a trying another one now that does open but am downloading the rom now because it is a kdz file. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2432476

will this way work the same as the other one? it doesnt say anything about changing the com either
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Yes that method will work as well. I have used it. Not being able to open the flash tool is strange. I've never heard of that happening. Maybe right click it and open as admin?

Go ahead and give the alt method a try. If you're still having probs let me know and we can do a screen share so I can see what actually happening.
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
yeah i know, i just tried it again and redownload everything and now it always asks for a login now and say parrallel key not detected. I will try the alt one when its done downloading, prolly about 30 min or so. Thanks

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The alt method worked!!! But it says to do a reset again because the flash wont delete everything but i was wondering if i actually needed to and lose all my info? The status now says unrooted so i believe it worked...next step, if anyone wants to help, is i want to root it (a simple way) then run twrp recovery (which is what messed my phone up to begin with) and then install malladus. Any good links or instructions?

Seemed to me all the links i found were not very easy to follow, especially the twrp recovery process!

I am going to delet all the old files off my comp and start fresh.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Sweet. Glad it worked. I would do a reset, just to make sure all is well. As far as TWRP, I used flashify but I don't use ROM manager to boot into recovery. Flashify will allow you to boot into recovery or quick boot (you can download it free from play store).

Here's what I used to root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45692679
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
ok i got it rooted, but as far as flashify goes, im a little nervous, last time i did it it took like 2 seconds and said it was done, is that normal? Is there any instructions on how to do it with flashify?

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lol ok nvmd got twrp done with flashify, took 2 minutes....idk what happened the first time, i think something went wrong when i originally tried to push it with adb. now im gonna attempt to flash malladus...can you use flashify for that or just follow normal instructions?
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Nope. You're good. That's how long it should take. So I'd say download the ROM you wanna flash to your SD card, reboot into recovery, backup your stock ROM (just in case), and flash away.

BTW, I would flash TWRP 2.6.3.3 as I've heard 2.6.3.4 won't flash some ROMs correctly. Let me know if you can't find a copy of 2.6.3.3.

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just use flashify to reboot into recovery. follow the instructions in the malladus thread to flash the rom.
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
ok, lost again, lol.....i used flashify to flash twrp, it rebooted in that mode and malladus says to wipe it, so i did and it rebooted and now flashify is gone so i am gettin it again. So do i just put the malladus file on my phone and use flashify to flash it while the phnes on? or do i go to twrp revoery mode and load it there r o it thru my comp...the instructions dont telll me nothing, just say flash rom, flash apps, flash gapps.

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and if i do need to send it to my phone...should i send it in a zip or already extracted folder and where to?
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
make sure you have all malladus files on your sd card before rebooting into recovery. once you have all the files needed, reboot into recovery. in twrp, choose wipe and then advanced wipe. select data/cache/dalvik and slide to wipe. once finished, go to the home screen and choose install. navigate to where all the malladus files and select malladus rom file first, then choose add more zips and choose gapps. once flashing is finished, reboot.
[Verizon LG G2] plexlove:
ok ive got them all saved to my internal storage as zip files...but idk how to get to twrp recovery now? I held the vol down and power then let off and hit again when lg logo came up but it just took me to the regular hard reset screen not twrp

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ok i got it all flashed, its loaded but now it keeps saying google has stopped working! is that normal?
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
not sure. might be gapps. id ask in the malladus thread.
[Verizon LG G2] doublej713:
My first boot after flashing malladus gives me the Google+ has stopped working also. Not sure if it normal, but it was the same for me and everything still seemed to function properly. I think you are finally there, breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy.
[Verizon LG G2] evolishesh:
I just did this for the hell of it, and it worked great...than re-rooted again... Thanks OP
[Verizon LG G2] almahix:
I don't remember from when I had to do this. Does it wipe the internal ("sdcard") memory?
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Yes the restore wipes everything including SD card.
[Verizon LG G2] evolishesh:
Yes it does. So backup everything that you want
[Verizon LG G2] xarius76:
Just wanted to say I followed the steps and this works great! Restored back to stock (status is unrooted) without issue. Was trying to DD CM11, but too many outstanding issues were killing me.

Thanks again, great support around here.
[Verizon LG G2] wicked_beav:
Can someone tell me why I'm getting a reguest for login when opening the LG Flash Tool?
[Verizon LG G2] sefirosu0522:
Wow!! This worked. Must have been reading it wrong all along. Thanks so much OP!!!
[Verizon LG G2] xarius76:
Because you skipped step 3. Download and replace the DLL.
[Verizon LG G2] D4Phault:
I could not get this to work on my primary machine (i7-4771, Z87, 16GB, 840 Pro, etc). It would hang up and various percentages and never the same number. However... I tried it on an old, crappy laptop and it worked smoothly the first time. Both OSs are Win 7 Pro x64.

Any ideas why it wouldn't work on fast, modern hardware but would on a POS machine?

BTW, thank you, OP.
[Verizon LG G2] moosc:
This really sounds tricky, extracting files moving E around etc. There wouldn't happen to b a YouTube video on this would there.

Sent from Bad Azz VZW LG G2 Cyan Tapatalk
[Verizon LG G2] almahix:
It sounds more daunting than it is. Perform each step in order and it works. If you skip something like replacing the dll you'll have issues. At one time there was a YouTube demo in one of the ioroot method posts in this forum.
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
Once you set this up and run it properly the first time, any subsequent reverting to stock is even simpler and quicker! The Flash Tool remembers the files so you don't have to do that.

I was flashing between all the kitkat roms. Now that I'm back to stock (debloated with a couple mods added), it's refreshing to have everything just work properly!

Verizon G2 VS980
[Verizon LG G2] BreakingVZW:
This is for 10b. Do you have the .tot for 11a?
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
I just let it update from 10b before re-rooting. Hopefully the upcoming 12b tot will be made available.

Verizon G2 VS980
[Verizon LG G2] player911:
Worked great for me. Yea the DLL had me confused cause there are 2 to download.

Won't you package everything up in 1 download so there isn't all the confusion? Anyway thanks for the write up.
[Verizon LG G2] Eluse9:
Thank you so much
[Verizon LG G2] BreakingVZW:
For the record restoring with this method did indeed take the rooted flag back to unrooted
[Verizon LG G2] coolkatz321:
If I go back to stock (unroot), will it wipe everything? I just want to get this update downloaded and re-root.
[Verizon LG G2] kbuck13:
Yes it will, so back up what you want to keep
[Verizon LG G2] BOY_:
I'm getting ready to go on vacation so I bit the bullet and reverted to stock so I could accept the OTA. The procedure worked like a charm, to those who are having problems, take a step back and follow the directions one at a time. Very VERY straightforward and not near as complicated as it looks.
[Verizon LG G2] krazie1:
Great write up!
[Verizon LG G2] madisonjar:
Weird because I did this and took the 12b update and it says I am rooted still...even though I didn't reboot...can I restore from 12b?
[Verizon LG G2] BreakingVZW:
Flash the 10b tot. That takes you all the back to stock unrooted. I've done it 3 times now and every time I'm unrooted. You can then ota to 12a first (for some reason it doesn't auto incorporate the 12a improvements to 12b so it needs 12 a first). As long as you never root again it says unrooted. I'd do it again and take a screen cap but after doing 3 times today testing various recoveries on 12b I don't want to waste another hour of my life lol.
[Verizon LG G2] krazie1:
Ok i'm having trouble with the "unplug phone, turn off device" part, How do you turn off your phone when its in Download Mode?

EDIT: I held Power+Vol Up to turn off the device.

EDIT2: Awesome Video Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqw_LFuyHbE
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Hold the power button until its off
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
This is already stated in the OP. It is step number 1.
[Verizon LG G2] krazie1:
Ah I see disregard
[Verizon LG G2] madisonjar:
okay this time it shows as unrooted, wonder what happened the last time where it didnt, would maybe just redownloading superuser trip that?
[Verizon LG G2] BreakingVZW:
Gremlins probably. Did you feed your phone after midnight?

Also, no just downloading the superuser app wouldn't trip it. If you applied superuser then of course it would. I don't know how you managed to keep root after flashing the tot file as it resets everything in your phone (except for the ability to use awesome. Thanks Verizon. Merry X-mas to you too. Asses.).
[Verizon LG G2] krazie1:
I am trying to go back to stock from 12b on Verizon but it says Download Fail in red, any help?

EDIT: I was told because of a custom rom, you need to be on a stock lg based rom
[Verizon LG G2] BreakingVZW:
I thought that was implied. My fault. Yeah you have to be on stock to use this method.

Wait, you said you were going back to stock from 12b? 12b is stock LG.
[Verizon LG G2] xI mEzMeRiZe Ix:
I think he's just as confused as me. Is this just an unroot guide? The title makes it seem like it's a revert back to stock guide regardless of what's currently on your device. As a long time Nexus user looking to buy the G2, I was glad to find this thread, but then I realized that it doesn't actually restore to stock from another ROM. I was looking for something similar to the factory images for returning to stock.
[Verizon LG G2] krazie1:
Yeah I had flashed CM11 but found out by autoprime that you have to be on stock lg rom in order for the process to flash. So I restored my 12b backup i had made.

This is a go back to Complete Factory Stock when the phone was bought guide, it'll restore everything to fresh out the box status.
[Verizon LG G2] xI mEzMeRiZe Ix:
So you have to be on stock to restore to day one stock?
[Verizon LG G2] rfarrah:
Is there anyway to get just the Stock Recovery in a zip?
[Verizon LG G2] BreakingVZW:
I've been looking for one too. Usually you can just pull stock recovery out of an ota zip but I'll be darned if I can't find it anywhere. I came from HTC one and HTC makes everything clear. They name their stock recovery signed_recovery.img. I looked for stock_recovery, signed_recovery, recovery.img. Nada. Idk what the balls LG calls theirs. I'd like to have a stock recovery on hand in case I ever DO want to ota. As of now I have to refresh tot and ota if I want to go that route.

Oh I took my g2 back to Verizon and did an exchange due to "manufacturer's defect". What defect you ask (even though you probably didn't)? Volume isn't loud enough... bahahaha! I restored with tot and updated to 12a (on box sw version)so it said unrooted, he checked the root flag and swapped no questions asked. I was surprised how easy it was.
[Verizon LG G2] krazie1:
You have to be on any Custom LG Based Rom, no AOSP rom.
[Verizon LG G2] kozmikkick:
Ah but what if you were on an AOSP rom? Have had trouble finding out how to recovery and I was on Paranoid Android. I tried flashing a custom kernel I compiled but it failed and it loaded me into Fastboot mode.

Coming from HTC I figured I could simply Fastboot flash boot the original boot.img from paranoid android to recovery it. However it will now neither boot nor go into recovery or fastboot anymore. The only thing i can get into is Download Mode.

I've tried flashing back to stock in Download Mode and I get Device/model incorrect when trying to flash using the correct tot and dll.
[Verizon LG G2] BreakingVZW:
Flash a stock based Rom. Then you can revert back to unrooted via this method. That's the only way to use this. Hopefully you made a nandroid of stock before you flashed aosp

I came from HTC one also and was a bit shellshocked when it came to flash ability. Fastboot doesn't exist as we knew it on one. Dl mode is how you flash back. Has to be LG based or its no go
[Verizon LG G2] kozmikkick:
I would but it won't load into recovery anymore either. The only thing I can get into is download mode.

Sadly it just says:

Device model is different.

Check Phone or DLL.