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[G3 General] nghiacbg:
reupload pls. this link dead
[G3 General] p70shooter:
That's coz the link is not needed. This is a tethered twrp.
[G3 General] LaFlume:
How did you go to download mode? I'm in your exact situation.
[G3 General] Ferindel:
Oh my lord, stop bumping dead topics. Can a mod close it, please ? That'd be wonderful.
[G3 General] deltadax18:
Got a Problem

Install the last nightly of CM

and now i'm not root because binarys are not updated, and i can't updated because there's no recovery to install it. How can i root my phone again?
[G3 General] galonpzw:
Thanks! :)
[G3 General] wasifwaseem:
done all steps correctly

I've done all this steps correctly after second reboot I just setting up to backup and restore its start rebooting again:(:(:(:(:(:(
[G3 General] Dr.Vaska:
HOOOOOOOOOW ??????

I cant access download mode, fastboot says processing commands and thats all... even "fastboot reboot" doesnt work, phone says "rebooting" nothing happens....
[G3 General] illmatters:
Phone in not detecting

Thanks, I have downloaded all and it all looking great until I go to run flashtool and it dosent detect my phone. I have no "ports" in device manager. My phones stuck on bootloading, id appreciate any help. Thanks
[G3 General] Ryguy85:
Hope you can help

How did you get into download mode? Im having the same problem, fastboot commands show up on the phone but wont complete. I have the d852 32G (Canadian version) I feel like Ive tried everything. Maybe Im missing a crucial step. Thanks in advance.
[G3 General] rucana:
Hi there, I know your post is more than one year old, but after searching for an answer to my problem (LG G3 boot loop), it seemed to me to be the more suitable and technical that I found. It happened that I use a mac and it did not work (would you have a version for this fix for a mac?). I also have my wife's computer with Windows 7 but it would't work either. Could you help in any way? Thx in advance!
[G3 General] Ghikya:
Get out from fastboot mode

OK, this is indeed an old post, but I want to share how I managed to get out from fastboot mode. So at the moment I write this post my phone is still on stock firmware D855-V10m-ISR, and like many others I tried to flash custom recovery the last version of TWRP for D855. Then when restarting it booted fastboot mode. Next, after flashing a stock recovery from other D855v10m firmware because I could not find D855-V10m-ISR version, fastboot log gived me: DTB offset is incorrect...

Now the strange thing is that this(D855-V10m-ISR) firmware is based on D850 an not D855 like it says in software info settings section, that's why when you try to flash a TWRP for D855 it throws this(DTB offset is incorrect) error.

So if someone is in the same situation just flash or at least fastboot boot twrp_3.0.3-2_d850_17-01-26.img this version, and you'll be able to enter custom recovery successfully.

The same thing you can do with LAF partition, just donwload any d850 stock firmware, extract LAF image, and flash it on your phone.
[G3 General] kony2:
Hello,

I followed your steps. Flash tool finished 100%. Then green robot appeared but immediatelly restart. I saw also some updates messages (1/50, 2/50,...) but again restarted :(

It looks like it's still restarting even after reflash.

Any advice?

Many thanks!
[G3 General] MrTip:
The method still uses sdcard as a buffer. I would very much like a method to do a nandroid backup when there is not enough space left on sdcard.

Maybe using mkfifo on android side and reading the named pipe with adb pull ? I don't know android much, I don't know if that's possible.
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
Hmm, maybe this is a solution:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1818321

However here in Denmark a sdcard dosen't cost that much, (16gb for 15-20 euro). Why not just have a spare & save the trouble? ;)
[G3 General] MrTip:
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you. (using mkfifo is possible)

I could also delete a few non-essential files, but where is the fun ?

There is no trouble searching for thing I had no knowledge or use few minutes ago.
[G3 General] robto:
These are great news, absolutely.

But.... how is it possible to restore and nandroid (confirmed working) when bootloader still locked?

Sent from mobile device
[G3 General] zimmerAndy:
stuck

stuck in fastboot wont boot in twrp:confused::confused::confused: stuck ad waiting for device but device is in fastboot
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
Touché. Glad to help you. :good:

You can feed your knowledge from here: http://www.androidcentral.com/android-z-what-fastboot

While booting our "Tethered" recovery through fastboot it opens up for everything we need, which makes it possible to restore a nandroid backup.

Have you followed the steps in #1? Also what version are you using? Do you have all the drivers installed needed for USB?
[G3 General] pRo_lama:
Yes, you can use ADB in recovery. But I didn't test it on G3. On another devices is working very well.
[G3 General] zimmerAndy:
yes offcourse i just saw why i doesnt boot in cmd it says writing error no space in device..
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
Well that solves the mistery! :good:

Good you found the mistake. :)

Thought that also. :good:
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
I have just shutdown my phone for testing this. I was still available to boot the phone into "Download Mode".

Have you tested this yourself? :cyclops:

However if your sure that I was just lucky, I will add the following to OP & Thread name. :good:

Best regards
[G3 General] suljo94:
Okee now I will test this thing (I brick my device 1X per week so just making sure
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
Sounds good, let me know your findings!

If you can't flash in "Download Mode" i'll add the warning sign! :)
[G3 General] Pfeffernuss:
Well, you aren't the only lucky one :angel:
[G3 General] suljo94:
No, I misread your instructions download mode does work srr
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
Works like a charm on my D855.... Feel so much safer with my first nandroid under my belt. I take my Hat off to the dev.... Awesome work!

If anybody trying this cant get it to work, make sure your adb is running in insecure mode on your device (Download adb insecure in the play store and enable it ;)
[G3 General] misiokicio:
took a minute! all good here, adb worked right away, windows 8.1 x64 just performing a full nandroid as we speak lol,

edit: but strangely i had a write error in cmd, no space left on device, but it did still perform the operation and backed up recovery to sd card, 16Mb in total... is that normal?
[G3 General] Pfeffernuss:
No, should be 2/3/4GB :cool:
[G3 General] vvaleta28:
You can talk to Wolfgart to see that you said the new recovery, I think that she is preparing something big
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Bud i meant the recovery.img... 16MB my nandroid backup is 3.13 GB
[G3 General] Pfeffernuss:
Yup!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1wrujdivcfavw8d/14066573784560_hAkg220140729_200945.png
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Cheers bud:thumbup: i see you running xposed.. Now i feel safer to get it done too, nandroid comes handy
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
Great to hear that it is indeed working! :)
[G3 General] suljo94:
ow btw I have made a flashable zip of your buildprop settings. I hope that you don't mind that I put your buildprop settings into flashable zip and posting it in the buildprop modification thread
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
No problem! I will look forward to flash it tomorrow. :)

It will also make things easier for everyone! I'd needed to copy it to the sdcard, upload it to dropbox, edit it with notepad++, transfer it back to sdcard and back to system where permission where set'd. So I think it's better! Now even the novice user can find out to supercharge her/his phone! :D
[G3 General] yoavst:
Well, you can try adb pull /system/build.prop

It is awful that novice can supercharge its phone, cuz one step wrong, and they doesn't know how to recover :P
[G3 General] suljo94:
that is why I made a flashable zip. after seeing the amount of people lossing sound or ending up in a bootloop. I decided to make it A whole lot easier for them. they just boot into recovery and flash my file and they are good to go.
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
Your right, but it shouldn't be that hard to flash a zip :angel: but nice command, ill right it behind the ear. :good:
[G3 General] jodvova:
Can anyone explain to a dummy, how come you can install TWRP if a bootloader is locked ?
[G3 General] 557953:
hell yeah :) working fine here :) reflashed 10F clean and made back up of stock rooted.
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
THE JOYS OF FASTBOOT.

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-z-what-fastboot

;)
[G3 General] suljo94:
because you don't install it you just force your phone to boot in to it. it does its work and then all traces are removed of twrp(what you flashed stays active.)
[G3 General] jodvova:
I didn't understand. Do you mean that next time your reboot the phone, it automatically deletes TWRP and restores the factory bootloader ?
[G3 General] suljo94:
but we officialy don't have fastboot we have LG download mode and 50 questions in the q&a about it

---------- Post added at 10:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 PM ----------

the bootloader is never altered. and yes all traces are deleted
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
Haha true say... Fastboot is download modes evil siamese cousin. Its there, its just masked behind a pretty face. Fast boot allows you to boot from an image not on your phone. Mr d855 gets violated without a trace, and no evidence is left.

Whenever I hear download mode I think of odin... Still nostalgic about my S3...lol
[G3 General] suljo94:
unless you mess up like the guy you quoted said and therefor we are better of with novices not finding fastboot before they can handel themselfs

but lets get ontopic: flashing works and the fact that that nandroids work completely is a huge plus over the chinese cmw and the fact that is is standardly in english is a plus to the only thing that could have gone better for this one is the ease of use.

can someone tell me how to check if bootloader is locked? If I will be going though fastboot, you can bet your ass that I will try Fastboot oem-unlock
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
I tried adb OEM unlock... No joy man. if only it was as easy as the nexus 5 lol.

In response to fastboot vs download mode and the dude i quoted. I guess it comes down to depth. If you cant swim, dont dive in, and you might avoid drowning. Just my 2 cents. Im no unix/linux master but i treat the phone like what it is under the hood... A linux device. If you dont get it, dont do it, and if youre willing to risk it, it might pay off or you might end up asking for a lifeguard. sometimes the hard way is the best way to learn.
[G3 General] 557953:
if we need to install the stock recovery, can we install it with flashify???
[G3 General] suljo94:
you probably can but why should you want that recovery it is only good for updates and kdz flashes do the same:silly:
[G3 General] 557953:
Just checking really :)
[G3 General] poczynek:
So won't work on any other variant?
[G3 General] Mistertac:
I'd hope it's at least a step in the right direction for those of us on other carriers with locked bootloaders.

- Sent From My G3
[G3 General] bunchies:
[MENTION=1211621]danny_and_2[/MENTION] this post^

Just in case it's true
[G3 General] :
Hi,

Is the recovery removed after a new KDZ flash?

Are the /system and /data partitions writeable from this recovery?

Thanks
[G3 General] sooti:
why are people saying that fastboot overrides download mode? you can access both, one using arrow up and usb when off the other with arrow down, you will not lose download mode no matter what you do, lets not confuse people, its very hard to brick this phone a hard brick, especially considering bootloader is locked
[G3 General] Pfeffernuss:
Of course, otherwise a Nandroid restore would be impossible (tried it, it works) :good:
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
+1 to this.

Download Mode is there Regardless.
[G3 General] :
thanks

have you tried to flash a kdz after flash the recovery?

is reverted to stock recovery?

possible? not possible?
[G3 General] Pfeffernuss:
The recovery isn't flashed, it's a tethered recovery...

(gonna try anyway now, flashing 10E kdz over 10F and see what happens...)
[G3 General] :
ok, is not a permanent recovery.

lg can lock whenever :(

thanks!
[G3 General] Pfeffernuss:
For now: true! Anyway, flashed 10E kdz, entered recovery, works :good:

(afterwards you do naturally need to reupload the tethered recovery to the phone to let twrp work again)
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
Avoid OTAs like the plague!

I don't think it can be too long until TWRP in untethered mode comes along anyway - this is a massive leap.
[G3 General] :
The real problem of this device, I think, is no cookers are gaming with it

If no ports of CM, AOKP or OmniROM are available how do you upgrade your device without flash a OTA?
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
They Will Be....

Boot-loader being locked is a deterrent and a big one at that. I Hope we will get there!

Hopefully the CM team will add the LG G3 Device tree soon....

I cant see nobody wanting to customize the best phone on the market.
[G3 General] :
Can't wait! :)
[G3 General] oska3:
+1
[G3 General] autoprime:
guess this is what happens when we let things out of the dev circle.

no, this file didn't originate on italian forums.. it was just leaked there without permission.

...
[G3 General] B4rnzEE:
I saw your posts about this on Twitter. Thought it was strange there was no mention of your name in the thread...

If this is your work, YOU ARE A DON.
[G3 General] clandes:
Flashable stock recovery anybody? I'm such a stupid b.... GAH! After years of flashing I should know to use brain first right? Prepared eveything as per OP and TWRP works great. Now a few hours later I saw OTA and hit install without thinking - no stock recovery anymore! Now I'm stuck in fastboot mode whenever I reboot. I can get into TWRP and use fastboot commands but I can't boot the phone until I got that blazing stock recovery back via TWRP *headdesk*

Thank God I still have my Nexus 5 at home,hmpf.

And yes, you are allowed to kick me for being so brainless :crying:
[G3 General] :
just made a backup for you using the commands in OP :)

Note that you need to uncompress before flash...

I assume that no personal data in the recovery partition...
[G3 General] Pfeffernuss:
Flashing a kdz rom also not possible?

Hmmm that would be quicker, yes :cool:
[G3 General] clandes:
HA - IT WORKED!!! THANK YOU!!! *pounces and smooches*

You're my hero :laugh: I'm at work right now so I had to do everything in between actual work :p
[G3 General] :
Happy to help :)
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
I don't think there is neither, however! What version were you on when doing the backup? I already posted a backup of mine in post #2, would like to see if there's any diffrence on the original ones. :)

Happy you got it working! :)

Oh btw! Could you provide the commands that got you out of fastboot & into Download Mode? Just if anyone else have the same problem.
[G3 General] :
Model:LGD855 /16GB

Suffix:A6ITT

Country: Italy

Software Verison: D85510g_00
[G3 General] pRo_lama:
So you are saying that you flased OTA and after that your recovery was gone? Also you couldn't get into DOWNLOAD mode?
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
It dosen't seem like there's any difference in the diffrent kind of versions.

Here a comparison picture:

Did a md5 check as told, they are different:
[G3 General] clandes:
Happy you got it working! :)

Oh btw! Could you provide the commands that got you out of fastboot & into Download Mode? Just if anyone else have the same problem.[/QUOTE]

I put the recovery.img in the TWRP folder on my PC (same one that holds the d855.img), cmd and then:

fastboot boot recovery.img

That brought me back to the OTA screen where it said update could not be done (due to root). Rebooted phone and was back to normal.

Now I have to re-do the OP to get TWRP back but hey - my phone is working again!
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
Good, i'll post it in #2.. :good:
[G3 General] :
You can't compare using the file size.

You need a md5sum...
[G3 General] clandes:
Erm no. I'm saying that I "installed" tethered TWRP as per OP which deletes the stock recovery. Then I forgot all about it and tried to install OTA which of course didn't work due to missing stock recovery. So I got stuck on black fastbood mode screen as the phone kept looking for the stock recovery
[G3 General] pRo_lama:
Oh, now I get it. Thanks for explanation.
[G3 General] Tectas:
When you just booted to the recovery.img with fastboot, you didn't flash it, but just temporarily booted from it, but probably it got reverted at boot up of the ROM, like it is on some Samsung devices (had to be disabled there to be able to stick to a custom recovery), but anyways, if it isn't there, when you reboot again, flash it with dd (e.g. dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery , but beware that the path to the img points to the stock recovery and not the twrp image, if you have it on the sd).

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 General] clandes:
When you just booted to the recovery.img with fastboot, you didn't flash it, but just temporarily booted from it, but probably it got reverted at boot up of the ROM, like it is on some Samsung devices (had to be disabled there to be able to stick to a custom recovery), but anyways, if it isn't there, when you reboot again, flash it with dd (e.g. dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery , but beware that the path to the img points to the stock recovery and not the twrp image, if you have it on the sd).

Sent from my LG-D855[/QUOTE]

Yup, I guess so but it worked for the purpose and I got tethered TWRP back on anways. And I saved an additional copy of the stock recovery.img on my Google Drive just in case :silly:
[G3 General] biustech:
Flashed the TWRP! Nice! Working perfectly and already did a backup from the whole phone!

but i have a question:

let's say i flash something and get stuck on a boot loop. how can I boot in the custom recovery (to restore from a backup) since the phone won't be visible from the computer?
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
I think in this case, you have 2 options:

1. You do a CSE flash, root it, do the ADB commands to enter fastboot, boot TWRP and do a restore.

2. Use this at own risk!!!: http://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/2b5jce/lg_g3_does_have_access_to_fastboot_heres_how_to/
[G3 General] biustech:
Thanks man i'll keep that noted.:good:

But this mean we still have to be carefully what we flash since we can not boot to recovery without a pc (using buttons) otherwise would be necessary extra work to get the phone back on track.
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
You are compltely right! We really need to be carefull which is the reason to the thread is naned experinced users & also the red fonted warning signs in #1 & #2.

However the method 2 above seems interresting, because of the easy access to fastboot. :)
[G3 General] vvaleta28:
Everything is cleared up with [MENTION=1211621]danny_and_2[/MENTION], luckily we have the best to have recovery in the g3 for all, there will soon be good news... A greeting.
[G3 General] robto:
Yes, thanks!! Well done!! Will help all us to read carefully. A nice opportunity also to read and learn about some concepts

Sent from mobile device
[G3 General] danny_and_2:
It is indeed!

- I do feel we are kind of lucky to have a "Tethered" bootloader as for now, of course the T-mobile variant beats us by miles, by having this unlocked by default. But I do think we are getting closer & closer to what it's all about. The unlocked one! Once the most essential part of the phone is open for business, all the fun can start! :)

- Kernels, Roms, Mods/Tweaks, Skins & Much moooore!

Why wouldn't the devs come floating to one of the most powerful devices of the year, so far!? :D

Exactly, because of the steps we have to do, to get our phone into this state, is absolutely important to read #1 & #2 from top to toe, before jumping out on it. So little can be done wrong & we may end of with a bricked device, which we can rescue at the given time. So far we haven't had a real accident & I do not hope we are getting it. :)
[G3 General] pRo_lama:
Here is my backup from LG G3 (32GB) with V10F (Indian) - http://www.4shared.com/file/MOn-Ji8-ba/recovery.html
[G3 General] flapmio:
Hi,

Tried this on my F400S:silly:

Got to "fastboot boot d855.img" and the cmd window errored with the message "FAILED <remote: dtb not found>"

Had to take the battery out. Boots up and seems to be fine, but will I need to do something else just to make sure it's back to normal?
[G3 General] sooti:
You're fine, since you didn't flash the recovery, just executed it, its fine
[G3 General] :
Hi

Can you confirm if leaked files are genuine?

Thanks
[G3 General] thecubed:
Since they're leaked, by definition I unfortunately cannot. I don't know what bugs this release has, and I don't know what features it has.

Sorry about that...
[G3 General] maechid:
How do I root my D855 V10F?

I rooted my D855v10a with uproot but had to remove rooting to enable me update to D855V10f. Now I don't know what straightforward way to root it again.
[G3 General] paratox:
i think you are definitely wrong in this thread!

please don't try any of the adb / fastboot commands from this thread.

look in development forum for purple drake root.

bye, thanks!
[G3 General] robto:
I did a similar upgrade today: from V10a to V10G. Rooted and with TWRP.

Dont know if it is the easiest way, but this is what i did:

1.- restore original boot (undo TWRP)

2.- Update with LG PC Suite to latest version. This will unroot you G3 and will keep your current configuration (files, applications, settings....)

3.- Root using PurpleDrake. Works with latest firmware versions

Hope will help.

Sent from mobile device

---------- Post added at 11:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:52 AM ----------

I tested most of adb commands in OP and worked perfectly. What's exactly your concern?

EDIT: Oops! I red again last posts and understand you are just trying to redirect maechid to a more adequate thread. Not a recovery question. Sorry, my fault

Sent from mobile device
[G3 General] saMMuel'sky:
First of all thanks alot to developers of this amazing recovery.

I would like to ask one or two questions if I may.

I went through all the steps from the beginning (with the first time steps included). I normally come into TWRP but when I reboot the device, I can't find the way how to get into the TWRP again without using the PC again? Because now I had to go through all the steps again to get into recovery.

And then I would also like to know, when I make a backup of the original recovery, I'm wondering what is the name of this newly created file and where it's saved, so I can make a backup and keep it safe on my PC?

Hope you guys understand my questions, and sorry for my not brilliant English.

I would be really grateful for any help about that as this is my first LG device, and first time installing recovery after more than a year. :o

Thanks alot for any help! :)
[G3 General] misiokicio:
1st question you cant, that's why is tethered, so has to be connected to pc everytime you want to use it

2nd look for folder TWRP on your device mate, depends if you choose to save the backup to internal or external memory, just copy and save the whole folder on your pc
[G3 General] saMMuel'sky:
Ohh, now I understand the 1st question.

But I think that you didn't get me right for 2nd question. I know that the nandroid backup is in TWRP folder under backups.

But I thought how can I keep safe the original recovery?

The 1st step in the installation process is for backing up the original recovery, if I got it right? So where can I find that backup to save it on PC?

Hope you understand me.

Thanks alot for you help!
[G3 General] pRo_lama:
Here: /sdcard/recovery.img (/sdcard is internal memory)
[G3 General] saMMuel'sky:
Ahh, this is it. I saw that file but I wasn't sure if this is it.

Thanks alot to both of you! ;)