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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] by_the_dog:
Towelrooted

Okay, complete nooob here, and I just need to make sure I've done the right things so far and what I need to do next (I nedd a better undestanding of the recovery/backup side of things...)

On my

Verizon LG G2

(bought from Swappa used, so no worries about warranties for me) I rooted with towelroot (and confirmed I was rooted with rootchecker).

I also installed SuperSU and set it up. Also G2 Xposed, and went ahead and fixed the soft keys to my liking.

I installed AutoRec but haven't done anything with it yet.

So, this is where I am. What next?

I know I need to install a "recovery" and have a backup of some sort, right? This is where I'm a bit confused. I'm not sure what to do - do I run AutoRec?

Guess i just need help with my

next steps

now so that I can restore things back if need to. I am not even sure I will run any custom Roms, just mostly want to install some of the mods that need root.

I know there are tons of threads on this stuff, like the AutoRec thread, which to be completely honest, I get confused by the terms and some things seem to be assumed in those threads.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Faith_G3:
Root beginner..again..

Yes I've used the search and yes I'm none the wise to certain items, so i just would like some guidance if possible.

Ive got an LG G2 which i would like to Root because i really like the look/idea of G2 Tweeksbox 2.3 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2549923) Which i believe needs rooting before can be applied to the phone.

Ive done some reading and by the looks of it this is the correct procedure that i could follow to root (http://youtu.be/HKuedInhdjU)

My phone details:

LG G2

O2 Network

4.4.2

Kernal: 3.4.0

Build: KOT49I.D80220d

Software: D80220d-EUR-XX

Would that way of rooting be ok for my phone, do i need to wipe/factory reset my phone prior to a Root or do i just plug it in and carry it out?

I understand once the Root is complete and need to download SuperUser from Google Play Store.

I believe I also need to download Xposed Framework? Is this something else on Google Play Store?

There also seems to be mentions of installing 'Recovery' and a TWRP system? Are these essential or are they just extras if you want to mod something else on the phone?

Sorry for all the questions but i just don't want to brick my phone, i have tried doing my homework but I just don't simply understand some of the terminology or technical Jargon.

Any help is really appreciated,

Faith.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Okay first let's clear somethings out:

-rooting is just rooting nothing more, it is done so that we the user can have access to system files and other things

-there are only 2 rooting methods ioroot and towelroot, I prefer ioroot because it was the original method needed to root the g2 the only g2 owners who cannot use ioroot are t-mo owners on kit Kat

-debloating is something you need to do there are no apps that will do it for you

-custom recovery is what is needed to flash roms

-flashing is what we do to flash New better roms, usually after rooting the user would debloat the stock rom or install custom recovery and flash a debloated rom

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] by_the_dog:
I'm a noob as well, and used Towelroot on my Verizon G2. It was easy (paste the broken link together below).

But I'm in the same boat as you understand this recovery stuff. I put AutoRec on my phone after rooting, but haven't run it yet. I'm kind of wondering what I do next.

http://gs5.wonderhowto.com/how-to/ root-any-samsung-galaxy-s5-variant-even-at-t-verizon-20-seconds-flat-0155617/
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Have you tried flashing different baseband

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800

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Okay well you need to run autorec because that backup we all talk about is done from inside custom recovery; so you run autorec and install custom recocery, boot into recovery, and go to backup option and since this is your first backup I recommend you backup everything and make sure to keep it somewhere safe in your pc so that you can always go back to stock

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NBreunig3:
No I have not tried to flash a different baseband. My current baseband is the Verizon 12B that has android 4.2.2. I have read that if u flash ur bone stock rom it starts to work again so I might try that.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
That video is rooting method before ok came out and you need to use ioroot to root your device, after rooting you have to search on xda for xposed framework installer, and that is what used to install it also you can download g2tweaksbox from play store and it is up to version 2.4

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800

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Yes that is usually best method to get things working again because it restores all stock files

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NBreunig3:
So if I flash bone stock and it starts to work. Am I able to then restore my cyanogenmod backup and then it will work on cyanogenmod too not just stock?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Yes that is correct

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NBreunig3:
OK thanks! I will try it soon and let u know if it worked or not
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Faith_G3:
answer metiemb

Lovely thank you very much for your response,

There are 2 links on that page, 1 for downloading an ioroot.zip which i presume is the main programme, the other is after the rooting process which mentions Drivers for Windows, do i need to download these aswell?

On that page for the ioroot thee is a section below which mentions EFS Backup, do i need to do this as i don't understand a work of it! :eek:

Would it make sense to carry out a backup before i start the Root process or is there no point?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] by_the_dog:
Okay, so when I first open and run AutoRec, I say "yes" to the warning about modifyinig partitions.

Then click "flash recovery"

Then I click "to recovery"

Then at the next screen I'm a little overwhelmed. There are 8 options - is this where I would choose install? It then prompts me to pick some spot on my phone's internal storage...so I'm not sure where to go from here/where to save...

Thanks for your help.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Grab the ioroot.zip from the link I provided and drivers can be grabbed from video it won't make a difference as for the efs backup it is recommended to do it incase you imei ever gets erased and can only be done after rooting

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800

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Can you share a screenshot because when I used autorec it installed recovery and that was it nothing about saving something to internal storage

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] by_the_dog:
I just realized that I'm actually in TWRP at the point that I asked the question...It is the screen with 8 (micro SD card shaped) boxes in the following layout :

Install Wipe

Backup Restore

Mount Settings

Advanced Reboot

So at this point I'm kind of lost. Thanks for your help.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Lols ok

Well to do backup go to the box that says backup and make sure you backup all partitions data/system/cache/efs and I don't remember if there was another one

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NBreunig3:
So I flashed the stock zip. I installed some games that use the tilt sensor and it still did not work. I also tried it with the YouTube app and it still did not work. What do u think is going on?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] by_the_dog:
Yeah, I'm struggling here...

The only one you left off is "boot". So check boot, system, data, cache, and efs?

Then, what is next?

Also, since I did this with Towelroot, I haven't used my PC for any thing so far, so keep that in mind. I think I downloaded the LG VWZ drivers yesterday, but haven't done anythign with them.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
when you said you were going to stock I thought you meant back to stock method

yes boot was the one I forgot, select them and then touch the backup button when done you can just reboot into system because you are done; you will have a backup in case a mod flash does not work and you have custom recovery so you are good to go
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] by_the_dog:
Wow, this was ridiculously easy.

So if something goes wrong (a mod flash doesn't work), then how do I get to this custom recovery I have created?

I'm going to go mod crazy now I guess. Probably hold off on Roms for now.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your time and help. It is very appreciated. Are you an app developer, or just a rom/mod developer, or just a guy/girl who helps folks out for fun?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
I prefer to use quickboot from the playstore to boot into recovery from os but if the phone is powered off then you hold volume down+power button then when lg logo shows up let go and press them again you will see the factory reset screen press the power button three times and do not worry the phone will not factory reset instead it will boot into twrp custom recovery

I am a dev who does stuff for himself in free time and helps other in creating flashable files and I just like to help out the community
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralle69:
My first entry. :cool:

I flashed newest Mahdi Rom on my LG G 2 D802 - everything works fine. My Device has a jdi panel but it looks good,...no white lines. Should i use the jdi Kernel as it says in the op ? (Mahdi Rom)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
if you don't have the white lines there is no need to flash the jdi kernel but you should download it and keep it safe on your phone this way if at some point the white lines do appear then you can just flash the kernel and done
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Faith_G3:
How do i go about backing up the EFS as there are just 4 scirpt like sentances, do i need to write something down from the phone menu or will it ask me to back up EFS after i have rooted? Sorry for the silly questions.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
after rooting is done, inside ioroot folder go to an empty space and do a shift+right click and there will be an option to open command window here>in this window with phone plugged in with usb debugging enabled type adb devices and your phone should appear in the list>type adb shell once it opens you want to type su and then:

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst1 of=/sdcard/modemst1.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst2 of=/sdcard/modemst2.img

after it is done just copy the modemst1&2 to somewhere safe on your pc(right now the modemst is in you phone sdcard), if someday you happen to notice your phone imei is missing then you can restore using above procedure but instead of:

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst1 of=/sdcard/modemst1.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst2 of=/sdcard/modemst2.img

after su you want to use following command

dd if=/sdcard/modemst1.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst1

dd if=/sdcard/modemst2.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modemst2

keep in mind the modemst have to be in phone sdcard for restore to work
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Dependable:
I am not sure i've understood your question correctly ( i am a noob myself you see :) ) but this one worked out for me a while ago >>>> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2705509

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Sorry to hear that mate, but it happened to me too. Factory reset wipes off everything including the ones you've backed up in SD card of the LG G2.Seems like you're in a bootloop, there's plenty of suggestions on how to get out of it, search and hopefully you'll be OK.

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You may want to read this one mate!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2769770
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryshah:
Does the AT&T model D800 also work the same like the other Sprint LS980 and Indian D802 models ? Or is there something I need to take care while getting that model ?

A friend is currently in the US and has a box packed LG G2 D800. And a cousin needs it in India. Should I ask him to get it ?

Is there any issue with that model ? Locked / Development / Rooting ?

I am new to the G2 world, and have little to no idea about the models.

Thanks for your help!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
all of them are same with their specifics, they all have locked bootloaders/etc but we have gotten pass all this; question is what bands does he need over in india because not all g2 share same bands and it may not work depending on what bands he needs
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryshah:
Thanks! I have checked and the AT&T bands are fine for where the phone needs to be used! Will take the call! :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boot_Derran:
OK so I'm on AICP d801 furnace 2.2.3 Right now but its happened on any ROM I'd been on after stock rooted. Oh and double tap to wake doesn't work anymore but double tap to sleep works fine. These conditions are persistent w/ROM changes
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roadhero:
Model conversion?

Hey guys! Could somebody point me to a step by step guide allowing to fully convert Sprint LS980 to international D802 version? I am totally new to LG world, but performed this a while back on HTCs via MID and CID changing. Thanks in advance :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
if I may, why is it that you want to convert it to d802?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abe21599:
did you flash to any carrier? try toggling airplane mode? do the APN check previously mentioned? a quick reboot?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marek_poland:
Thanks for the reply, I'll do that

Wysłane z mojego LG-D802 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 645590829:
I got it``
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZuQi:
I haven't flashed any carrier, I have toggled airplane mode, done tons of reboots, but there is no APN'S :P But I don't know what APN is other than an access point name?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zekurosu:
u need to config a new one according to your telco provider APN .. ask google :good:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZuQi:
Yup that was the problem! Thank you so much guys! I really appreciate it!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicdon1225:
Bluetooth streaming quality

Guys I need some help and direction. I have been in search on every Forum and site I could possibly come across. Seems there are others with the same problem. The blue tooth streaming sound quality of my G2 is absolutely horrible. I have tried different music players, apps, boosters, and even different radios. They all have had the same results. The high end of the music all has a hiss and a crackle. I have rooted my G2 for the purpose of making sure APTX is enabled. This also mad no difference.

My question is to you I have been in the waiting for Kit Kat update not here yet(Verizon) hoping that the quality issues have been fixed. Is there anyone that has had the same problem and has updated to the unofficial OTA and seen a difference in streaming quality.

I have seen that others have flashed CM and that rom has corrected this problem but a few others from what i have read have come with it. I am not against skipping waiting for Kit Kat and moving to Rom that will allow me to actually listen to my music i just dont know which one will work with my needs.

I am on 11A Rooted no custom recovery (not opposed to changing but have no problems with it)

I have hotspot provisions bypassed (would like to keep this option)

I want to keep Knock on and knock off.

I want blue tooth quality issues to be gone.

Any direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarjvela1:
APNs stick, remove Bloat. OTA problem

please help me with this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2704386
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JEEVADON92:
i have updated my lg g2 indian version to 4.4.2 through ota now i need to root and install custom recovery some one guide me
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feeling7:
I consider buying a LG G2 but one thing which im not sure is a stable CyanogenMod for G2, anyone can tell me if any version of cyanogenmod is really stable? all phones which I used before was with cyanogen and i really like it, i testet LG stock ROM on market and it looks ugly for me. If there is no stable cyangoenmod for lg g2 what then on Galaxy S4 ? have samsung better support with cyanogenmod?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richielasalsa:
Lg g2 bricked

I have tried every recovery method on XDA on my LG g2 VS980, i hvae already sent one in for repair.

My second device which came in the mail had the same issue so i tried to recover it with all the methods all the OTA's

It boots it can get into download mode but it just shows no service and keeps boot looping

any info on this would be wonderful
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
you should be able to root with http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48709232&postcount=869 but you cannot install custom recovery
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Life Engineer:
Stock browser bookmarks

Maybe stupid question but till now I couldn't find a way to bring my google bookmarks to built in "Internet" browser!

Inside bookmarks it only show "local" whereas on all my previous phones it synced on his own with google and brought them!

I did uninstall chrome and logged in to my gmail account from within stock web browser and still when I go to bookmarks, it only shows "local".

When I press "local" I get nothing but local!

I even cleared cache and data and re-did the same steps but to no avail!

Any help?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poplavok:
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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hubbz:
PAC-man verison AOSP

Flashed then wiped, wiped and then flashed.

Still loses connectivity to 3G/4G and then I can't get network back (unless I go wifi which doesn't help when I need to navigate).

Am I missing something glaringly obvious? Thanks!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HueyT:
Did you try to change the Network settings from "Global" to "LTE"?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hubbz:
Yeah, I switched it to LTE which was (Recommended) but I also turned on roaming.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
I'm not sure if that's even possible, why don't you just use chrome?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Life Engineer:
In using Chrome man! I just wanted to give the stock browser a shot!

But it's interesting since apk stock browsers on my previous phones did this !
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serious96:
Guys, how to flash custom kernel?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roadhero:
Well, just like it stock with possibilities of receiving OTAs and they're the earliest for D802 if I'm right? Then I can install custom ROMs and fall back to that stock if needed.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
even if you were able to successfully convert to a d802 the hardware inside was designed for ls980 software so a few issues will appear:

1)knock code won't work for simple reason that lg has not released it for spr for ota and there is no source code available yet and I know this because for my d800 a couple days ago knock code update started rolling but since lg no release source there is no rom that can add knock code support from my device and since there is no source we cannot even get a d800 based rom with knock code

2)touch screen issues will arise

3)problem with network may arise(although I may be wrong on this one)

4)returning to stock issues will arise if you need to use download mode

5)custom/root issues will arise

6)who knows

the above is from my experience in people who desperately tried to change there device model in different ways dll/build.prop changes/root+custom recovery then changing build.prop and flashing another devices rom, those people ended with not being able to restore their devices and hard bricks so I suggest if you want to try you do so at your own risk by gathering any available info on xda because there are no guides to this
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrunkFuX666:
Hey guys, i was thinking about getting a G2, i currently have a Nexus 5, main reason for the conversion is for better battery life.

I need to run the phone using Tmobile, so i was wondering which variants i can use that will properly support Tmobiles LTE network.

Having said that, i would prefer a phone which doesnt have the ugly Carrier branding on it, so was thinking the D802, but i dont know if that would be supported. Also, which variant is best in terms of development, and last but not least, is it true that the only G2 variant that supports Qi wireless charging is the Verizon version?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
The device with best support is international d802(if I had the extra cash I would buy me one) and it is true that only vs980(Verizon g2) is the only variant with wireless changing but if you are planning on using t-mo network then check to see if d802 supports t-mo lte band in your are here are d802 lte bands LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / 850 I do not know what are t-mo bands
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnotron:
Lg g2 d802t

Hello,

Complete Rooting noob here just got a LG G2 and am sick of bloatware so I decided to investigate Rooting. I was looking at the Dev section which listed Roms for the different G2 versions and could only see D802 version listed, just wanted to make sure I could use D802 versions on a D802T version. Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Also if i want to root my device should i not install the system upgrade, its currently running the stock 4.2.2.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
I was wondering why no one has ever made a sticky for the screen dead zone issue, seems like a major oversight to me. When past HTC phones had emmc problems I remember a sticky for that, seems reasonable to also warn New G2 users as well...I would've never got the phone if I knew about that. Luckily the thread with the screen issue was revived by a poster, so I found out about it.

Sent from my LG-D802
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wisefreakz:
Just hate to be noob again... But well!!!

I've got a G2 D805... So the question is... Is it safe to flash any ROM from here? Any considerations? Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Sadly no you have a d802t and it actually is different model to d802, the method we use to get recovery does not work on your device for reason(ends up with soft brick :/) and to root you need to use manual method with ioroot(better to upgrade to kitkat and then root) or you can use towelroot which is universal and works on any device for now

I believe it isn't a stupid question because one would believe the same logic that applies to any d802 from any region would apply to d802t but it doesn't(with d802 it does not matter the region it can flash any d802 firmware)

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800

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Well it's not like it ain't stickied for no reason the op of the thread should make it so as much relevant info on deadspots is available and should ask a mod to sticky it so that everyone can see it, you should complain to op of that thread

Sent from my potato powered LG G3 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanthrax:
Don't do like the Brazilian football team and take everything that easy... Read properly before taking any action, you must flash the correct ROM for your phone version, read properly and completely the first post of the threads, all infos are there

Sent from my Darkside of LG G2