yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG G Flex] bbobarino:
I wish the only people I no r capable of this is shellnut and djrbliss . there is som1 working on it now aznrice2k4
[LG G Flex] foxdigital2k2:
Nice
[LG G Flex] bbobarino:
I feel like this thread has died? Any1 no any updates on any progress to get custom recovery? Is shellnut still working on it?
[LG G Flex] Ickyz:
I feel the same way

But im still gunna sell my G2

Cuz the flex is smoother
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Sorry man that is my fault. It has been crazy at work. I just got a ton of stuff laid on me. Not only do I have my apps, two of which are due next week, and new mobile stuff, and these phones and tablets to figure out and then make a pitch. But now I have to make a new custom WordPress theme and several new custom plug-ins that don't make any sense, but now I have to start coding for SharePoint and making custom add-ons and **** for it. I hate Microsoft! With the passion! And apparently I have to use 8.1 for some of the features in Visual Studio for it? Is that right? Why can't I just use Eclipse? It plugs into SQL server.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
To answer your question, yes there are people working on it and there have been some potential for a working unlock but no real successes yet that I know of. There are a ton of really cool mods that people have done as a way of releasing frustration, but this thing is a ***** to work on. LG has locked this thing down and I am out of my comfort zone. If this Flex was a guitar hero song you would get an achievement for beating it on expert. If anyone knows someone besides the loki guy that won't get back to me because I'm sure he is really busy with this phone, please let me know and I will sit down with them and work on it until it gets done because I really want my work to choose this as our phablet and the M8 as the phone phone. So PM me the people I need to hook up with to get this bad boy unlocked.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
This phablet has so much potential it is sick. There are a couple of kernel mods I have found that make this device crazy fast. If there are mods that can improve the speed and handling of this device then think what we can do once the bootloader is unlocked. Even though I am frustrated because of the failed attempts I have made to get this thing popped, I am even more excited to see what it can do once it is. If some of you want to start helping, we could use all of it we can get. I am still looking for someone who knows this stuff better than I do because I would love to be shown what to look for in situations like this and how to get around them. This is really like nothing else I have seen before and every time I think I've found an answer LG throws a curve ball. I really hate that LG has chosen to go this route. Why make it so difficult for the people that make Android such a fun and interesting platform to have? I mean the whole reason a lot of regular consumers even purchase Androids is because they can download apps to customize the damn thing exactly the way they want it. If we can't get in it hinders development which means less apps on the store for that device and that means less consumers will buy them and on and on. It is just a really poor business model for them to chose for a device that could make or break manufacturers deciding to innovate on their idea.
[LG G Flex] Vinsane:
Keep going man - it looks like you're our only hope on this. You're right, this IS an amazing phone and has sooo much potential.

We just need a guru such as yourself to help us unlock it so we can all be free!
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
I am no guru on this nonsense, I am out of my comfort zone on this which is why I need some help from someone who has more knowledge than I do about this type of issue. Every time I think I have found the right thing to do I end up having to flash the damn aboot.img. I have never been this frustrated and hit this many walls in my life. Thank God I love the Edisonian method of working through an issue LOL.
[LG G Flex] imarq:
Well we definitely appreciate everything you are doing. If i can help in any way let me know...im down for whatever...i have some time to throw at it...im pretty new in the coding arena however im pretty seasoned when it comes to android and troubleshooting.
[LG G Flex] kintwofan:
Interesting find. This app successfully installed the 2nd init I can't get it to boot into recovery with its instructions though.... But I used titanium to boot into recovery and the recovery quickly flashed. It was quick, but looked like cwm to me. So if we replace the recovery in this app with one for our phone, maybe......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1032212
[LG G Flex] juggamonkey:
Interesting find looking forward to hearing more about it
[LG G Flex] brittoking:
Did you run 2.0 or 2.3? App? The last post in the thread said 2.3 in init does not work, only 2.0 version does?
[LG G Flex] kintwofan:
2.3, 2.0 just FC Ed for me
[LG G Flex] mattwheat:
I tried that app myself with no luck. When I use any app to reboot to recovery it reboots and the android man flashes on the screen for a second then reboots normal. That's just the stock recovery trying to boot. I never saw CWM. After extracting the apk and the file the apk made on my SDcard I noticed from going into boot menu/recovery/images/res folder that it would seem to be some sort of generic recovery or addon to the Motorola defy recovery kind of like the old bootstrap recovery used to be on Motorola phones 3-4 years ago. But I'm uploading a drop box link to the "boot menu" file it made on my SDcard in case any DEV wants to have a look. Maybe it will help.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/75zlolnx2w55of0/bootmenu.zip

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[LG G Flex] AndroidUser00110001:
Myself and [MENTION=4557482]Drgravy[/MENTION] are going to look into the Flex bootloader this weekend. Maybe we can figure something out.

Does anyone know if any version of the G Flex has a custom recovery? If so, which model?
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
havent seen any version of flex with a custom recovery..
[LG G Flex] kintwofan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48104527

Isn't this cwm for the international variants
[LG G Flex] brittoking:
The F340k variant does.
[LG G Flex] kintwofan:
You're right. After a closer look it is the stock recovery flashing.... It was late. It does make the directory and appear to install everything correctly. I'm comparing it and 2 other similar apps (one that is for lg) to see if I can make it work for us.

I'm going to hold of until Androiruser and crew let us know if they can get it because an unlock would be much better.

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If you need something to help (aboot pulled or something like that) I'll be glad to help.
[LG G Flex] papi92:
Per Tmobile the only partitions that are locked are the bootloader/aboot and modem. Anyone try flashing a straight none loki custom recovery?
[LG G Flex] Ickyz:
f340

Koren verison f340 has custom recovery I thought it was CWM
[LG G Flex] D-FUSE:
Yeah I built cwm 3 times and you loose recovery to fastboot mode
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
You loose recovery because stock requires recovery as a binary in sbin for the ramdisk. LG made it even more complicated to get the recovery.

Sent from my Boosted Zee
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
I'm having the same issue as D with both customs. So if LG made it more difficult than how do we get around it? Both the developers that have supposedly gotten around it won't reply to the PM that I have sent them and if they won't answer the questions that I have posed, and LG won't answer my request for bootloader unlock then we need to start working to resolve this issue. So where do we start?
[LG G Flex] will0899:
Wondering if a f340k kdz could be flashed on u.s. version with lg restore tool. Then a custom recovery could be installed. Just throwing that out there because on the lg l9 some people got their bootloader unlocked using similar method.

Example:

Flash international kdz, root, install recovery, enter unlock bootloader command thru adb.
[LG G Flex] mattwheat:
I don't know a whole lot about recoveries or boot loaders for that matter but I believe the boot loader goes a little deeper than just the kdz. Or some form or software / firmware that makes the ability to restore with another variant useless to keep this from being an option. I may be wrong but for risk of sounding like a smart*$$, and not trying to be at all, we would have been doing that all along with pretty much every brand, make, model, etc. That would be way to easy for the general public to get by their bootloader. Or to be able to restore on a different carrier's variant to jump ship and go with another network.

I could be wrong though...

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[LG G Flex] AndroidUser00110001:
No but part of the boot chain might be able to be used from the F340. This is my idea which we used for the G2 when KK update came to the AT&T version.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51558599&postcount=121

G Flex (D950) has the loki exploit patched. So the only way we are going to get recovery is if someone finds a new exploit or the method I mentioned works...
[LG G Flex] imitenotbecrazy:
Kind of disappointing this hasn't gone very far. HTC is going to be doing a retail sales trade in for certain employees and I may go to the M8 if this isn't solved by then. Shame cuz I love the Flex but there's a lot that needs to be cleaned up that just root can't fix.

sent from the new G Flex
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
That's understandable, as they are both great phones..

Before coming to T-MO, my wife and son had one's, and I had a one max, so I know how sweet that phone is, and the M8 improvements make it about perfect.
[LG G Flex] imarq:
Yeah that m8 is nice. I got to play with one a week ago when they came to our call center. If they come out with an all new HTC max m8..I'm all over it.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
cant even imagine what a m8 one maxx would be!
[LG G Flex] tomthedancingbug:
i say go for it, the 2014 one will have a ton of development on it

lg is hell bent on locking everything down
[LG G Flex] imitenotbecrazy:
I'm definitely going to be getting a One as the trade in thing is too good to pass up. It's just a difference of trade in a nexus 4 and put out of pocket a little money or trade in flex and get it for free. Samsung already told me they're giving me an S5 so I'll be getting that in a few weeks too
[LG G Flex] mattwheat:
After some researching I'm going for the one+one. 3gigs of ram. Snapdragon 801 quad core clocked at 2.5 MHz 64 gig internal. Comes unlocked carrier and boot loader. Cyanogenmod built the stock OS out of the box. 5.5" 1080 display there's a reason why its called the flagship killer.
[LG G Flex] phillip_viado:
i would of gotten that along time ago its just so hard to get, since the only way to get is still the invite system.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
And, read the reviews about the yellow banding on the screen, overheating, and weird reboots.. remember, its CM11 ONLY, so you need to be ok with that for as long as you own the phone. And, if you have issues with it, there is no support..
[LG G Flex] mattwheat:
There's a ton of ROMs. As well as I can build aosp for it. Boot loader unlocked.

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[LG G Flex] phillip_viado:
do you have any invites you can give out?
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
wow, that is a ton of roms!
[LG G Flex] mattwheat:
I wish I had one myself I just discovered the one plus one for real the other day. And registered on their website yesterday. So I'm eagerly waiting myself. And those screen shots were just the first page. There was several pages of development. Gsmarena said it's the most highly customizable and sure to be the most developed phone yet. And with Cyanogenmod supporting it, it's sure to be the smoothest. I read somewhere else that since it's not carrier specific and it's ota's will come down the pipe from CM that it will most likely be the first phone to get updates. Even before the nexus devices.
[LG G Flex] JimmyMcFallon:
ONE

NOTHING YOU JUST SAID ABOUT ONEPLUS IS CORRECT. 1ST YOU CAN THROW ANY OS ON THIS DEVICE AS LONG AS ITS COMPATIBLE . THE YELLOW BANDING HAS ONLY HAPPENED TO FEW PEOPLE AND TO THOSE WITH THAT PROBLEM THERE IS NOW A SOLUTION. (Oneplus forums) THE PHONE GETS HOT WITH HEAVY USE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SMARTPHONE.

REBOOTS?? No NOT AT ALL. MY EXPERIENCE WITH ONEPLUS AND THE.SUPPORT I RECIEVED FROM THEM HAS BEEN NOTHINGS LESS THEM AMAZING. THE OPO IS.THE. BEST PHONE IVE EVER.OWENED PERIOD. SORRY FOR MY RANT,CAPS, AND PUNCTUATION.

THHHAANKK YOU!

I❤MY ONEPLUS ONE. DONT TALK **** HO.
[LG G Flex] sweets55:
Same here. However as much as I like flashing Roms the sound quality just isn't as good as stock. IMO I guess I don't talk on the phone that much though. The G2 and most KitKat Roms had a annoying echo bug.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Yes but I have been successful on putting Beats software on several different phones and ROMs that aren't HTC that I pulled off of the One X. And the audio quality really improved dramatically. I did have to replace a couple of the aux jacks though, especially the Motorola devices.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
I haven't dealt with either of those yet though a buddy of mine loves the carbon ROMs. I will see if they have their source code posted anywhere and see what they look like under their skirts.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
I do love the CM ROMs. They are my personal favorite and one I am working on now for the Flex. And I am going to try and push 1080 just to see if I can get rid of that burning when you change to a different app or the screen goes from portrait to landscape. I have been messing around with a app that will push the render but LG only made this ROM for 720 so it Jack's up the screen because the margins are built to only do one resolution.
[LG G Flex] schollianmj:
CM definitely.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
So how many of you guys have customized your own ROM from the source up? And when or if you did, did you start with the kernel or ROM first or kernel first? I've just been goofing with the ROM and didn't think about the kernel until I started seeing calls. So whomever has a good Idea or has done it before I would love to know.
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
AUDIO YOU SAY?! If you're rooted, open you favorite file text editor. Find com.lge.music.xml in system/etc. Change the lines to dolby. save changes and reboot. I also attached my sweet equalizer. Some may like it some may hate it.

I already compiled the kernel but I bricked due to bootloader. LOL
[LG G Flex] sweets55:
I think I just got a little burned out flashing. lol This thread is making me want to get back into it. I would like to see MIUI on the Flex but that's probably going to take awhile. The G2 doesn't even have it.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
That would be nice and would be a lot easier if they had a G2 ROM to download and look at. Their HTC One ROM is very nice. As soon as they have a G2 ROM it will be much easier to mod it for the Flex. Also we might need to translate it to English, really not sure I never really looked at the code when I flashed it to the One. And now I am curious. I will be right back.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Yeah ok so only a little bit of it is in Chinese and I have a translator so we might try this one after we are finished with the CM. Has anyone been keeping up with when the Flex and G2 are supposed to get Kit Kat?
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
How did you know the Dolby code was even in there to unlock? I don't remember that being one of the G2's features. I would really like it if you would just give a bit more of the insight you had on this for all of our edification. Stuff like this is what makes Android so magical. I wish there was a stary eyed emote.
[LG G Flex] Gerrett:
I think the flex will get miui .. but yeah this will take awhile :P

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[LG G Flex] wase4711:
where is your equalizer, or which one are you using?

thanks!
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
This equalizer is only available for the LGE Music app. I've been testing out the dolby digital plus option and I'm loving it. The custom option was what I was using before I found the hidden dolby option. It will only work with non 24/96 24/192. However I think the dolby effect is persistent system wide. I haven't been able to test the audio out spectrum because I've been busy with a lot of things.

I have been trying to port the lge music app but I don't think it is possible due to the heavy framework dependency.

And to the previous question, I'm a guy who knows my audio. It's literally the only thing that keeps me sane through hell. I can do so much more once we can get a working recovery. I'm the king of beats well one of my many labels. ? I push every phone I have to the limit. Beats audio is nothing. I think lge didn't enable due to the fact that they didn't want to pay dolby for its permission so they disabled it. I can't teach you how I do things because it's all intuition and second nature to me. The downfall of using 24/96 flac is it disables the equalizer. I'm sure I can bypass that But honestly I hate equalizer because it compensate for an unfinished audio system.

In short yes, this thing does play true 24/96. It's a beast.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
thanks, I had spent many years doing sound work for bands, so I love my music too!

I like your DD hack, and am using your equalizer settings now..big improvement!

Is there an LG music "widget"? I dont see it anywhere..

thanks again for the mod..
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Ok yeah that that puts Beats to shame. LOL. That is an incredible find man, but what happens if we run that script now without a recovery or a custom ROM? Will the phone get bricked?
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
you mean the mod of the xml file?

if so, no, it does no harm, and works great, using it now..
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
There's no script. All you did was enable options that weren't available due to unknown reasons.

What script are you talking about? Lol you lost me.

Just sharing what I love with people who live audio. What launcher are you using? It might only be available on the lge.launcher.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
you are correct sir, I am using Nova launcher, so that must be the problem :crying:
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Ok cool I'm at work and was half reading and haven't really looked at all the pictures. I am going to look at it closer tonight when I'm not trying to read and fix UI issues with this obnoxious tester. I really can't wait to hear the difference and my Monster headset is calling my name.
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
Set aside all plans, sit back and enjoy life via music. ?

I usually do that too but I've been too lazy to setup it to the way I want it. Stock launcher isn't bad. It grows on you and its crowded status bar.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
As soon as I get a minute I will take the time and change it. I can't wait the remasters of Pink Floyd are just sitting there waiting for me and mister Dolby. Or should I start with Blinded Me with Science?
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
I wish there was a way to import nova setup into stock launcher...spent alot of time getting nova setup already!:cool:
[LG G Flex] aloxotls:
I know they are still working on it but I would like to see Paranoid Android or maybe Omni or AOSB...
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
I prefer require for a dream.

I would had attempt a Rom but my buildbot is gone.

I kinda like the stock minus the ugly grouping.
[LG G Flex] will0899:
You should consider writing a [MOD] thread about this. Again thanks for the tip.
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
Haha I'm a lazy lazy guy. I will later. I just really hate making OPs. But no problem. I blame LG for not enabling it.
[LG G Flex] will0899:
Lol coming from the LG L9 I blame LG for alot of things...Mostly frustration.
[LG G Flex] sweets55:
Dirty Unicorns has a ton of features. As far sound quality I was talking about on calls. For some reason the quality is not as good with AOSP Roms compared to stock. IMO I think that goes for all phones hopefully I'm wrong with the Flex.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Ok done with work and now I'm going to try that mod for the Dolby. Is there anything else that you have found on your sudo adventures through the ROM of Doom that we can tweak now that I have some time?
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
I have never really liked any of the dirty unicorn ROMs. I would play with it for a week or so and then go back to CM. I'll flash one and take a closer look and read up on them. Were there any specific features that you liked that you didn't see on some of the others?
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
How big is space? ?
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
I'm sorry maybe I don't understand the question.
[LG G Flex] captainphoenixx:
Would love to see active display, if it's possible
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Like the moto x has? I'm thinking that would be pretty easy seeming as how they have the apk on the play store. Just yoink the code and make it an option in the settings.
[LG G Flex] captainphoenixx:
I've dynamic notifications, but doesn't work as the time and hates this phone, the one from beanstalk is just like the one on the moto x, but i don't know enough to pull it from that rom, and install out here
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Oh and to our discussion about the 1080 screen, we can do it now with two apps. The first being one of the epic launcher themes, I chose the kit kat theme because of how much I miss it, and the other is Resolution Changer. Go in and adjust the resolution to: width 1080, height 1920, and dpi either 450 or 500. Then you can go into the look and feel menu and change the size of the icons to make it look right. Go and play with it and have fun. But I can't wait until we can actually flash a full ROM.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
And guys make sure that you are thanking the people that are posting helpful posts. It's important to make sure that we are showing our appreciation.
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
[MENTION=5714393]PhantomThiefX[/MENTION], to confirm that we have dolby, it is actually built-in our kernel.
[LG G Flex] will0899:
Wooa... i missed this discussion but you have my interest... could you elaborate or link to the discussion?
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
BTW, you do know that our phone has two dpi settings. The primary 320 and the secondary 280.
[LG G Flex] captainphoenixx:
Where can we change this ?
[LG G Flex] reeher3287:
I going to 1080 is nice. But that's the resolution. I don't think it will fix the "shadow burn" because I think it's a condition of the screen tech. Cuz remember the phone is hard but the screen it self is pretty flexible if you take it out.

Maybe wrong but that's my opinion on it And what I know of screens :D
[LG G Flex] AndroidUser00110001:
I just built device tree for AOSP based ROMs so once we get a recovery then AOSP based ROMs will come quickly. Have a CM build ready to be pushed and tested ;)
[LG G Flex] aznrice2k4:
System/build.prop

This is 280/220
[LG G Flex] iamtha1:
So glad u are developing for us u da man!
[LG G Flex] dmbfan13:
Man!! This can't come soon enough!! Has there been any more discussion on getting a recovery? Or status of it? Still trying to decide if I want to keep this phone or not.
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
Oh I believe the phone is worth keeping especially after they complete the unlock so we can flash a recovery and custom Rom. Sometimes it's just not as easy to get around what the manufacturer puts in place, but it makes it all the more sweeter when it does happen. Have you tried looking at the phone when it's 1080? And with a custom ROM it could be 1080 native. Just be patient because it is coming and it shouldn't be that much longer.
[LG G Flex] dmbfan13:
I havent yet. Do I just need resolution changer? And is that in the play store?
[LG G Flex] PhantomThiefX:
I recently got to mess about with the Samsung Round and I prefer the way this screen curves hands down to the Rounds curve. So as far as options I believe the Flex is the better option no matter what the press says especially after they get the access we are all looking forward to. Again just remain patient and I think you will fall in love with this phone again.