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[Sprint LG G3] Valsorim:
Tried what you suggested EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition and still no go. Looked through that forum and found this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeblahblah View Post

Here is how I got mine going on my Samsung Galaxy S3 Sprint model with a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card with Adapter (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A)

I used Mini Tool Partition Wizard Home Edition http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Pa...-10962200.html

NOTE - Backup any files you wish to keep 1st. Power down phone before removing card.

1. Install after download

2. Select the card (in my case it was drive E

3. Click on Delete from the top between Create & Format

4. Click Apply on the far left hand side, this will take like 30 sec to a few min to run depending upon your system/card speed.

5. Click Create from the top between Merge & Delete.

6. In the Create As: dropdown choose Primary. In the File System dropdown choose Fat32. In the Cluster Size: drop down choose 32k. Click Ok.

7. Click Apply at the top left hand side and then Yes, it will take like 10-15 sec to apply then click OK.

8. Click Format at the top between Delete and Copy.

9. In the File System: drop down choose Fat32. In the Cluster Size: drop down choose 32k. Then click OK

10. Click Apply at the top left hand side, then Yes to proceed. It will take a few seconds to do, then click OK.

11. Close the program and that should do it.

12. Put the card back into your phone and power back up again.

Clockwork Mod backups, Titanium Backups, moving apps all worked after that and see's 64GB of space.

Hope it helps!

After using this info, finally twrp recognized my 64gb card. I'm guessing it has something to do w making it primary. Anyways very grateful for your help. Thank you
[Sprint LG G3] meyerweb:
Weird. Don't know why things work for some people and not others. Anyway, glad you got it working.
[Sprint LG G3] scottspa74:
Hey, OP has comes for Windows prompt. I don't have access to that. Would the commands be same thru TE, or even would it work thru flashify?. About to root finally, but I don't have access to and push recovery recovery.ing ATM.
[Sprint LG G3] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Yes and Yes. Either way will work:good:
[Sprint LG G3] scottspa74:
Thanks. I actually just went to page 14 an hour ago and found this. Bad on me for being lazy.
[Sprint LG G3] Ducalion:
Worked like a charm!! Thanks a lot!!
[Sprint LG G3] aukhan:
I used flashify tool method recommended on xda TV it was quite simple.
[Sprint LG G3] Srambo217:
Pushed flawlessly with Terminal Emulator. Backing up now. Thanks OP :)
[Sprint LG G3] lip008:
By ''unlock'' does this mean that another ROM can be flashed to allow a Sprint device to work with a GSM prepaid SIM?
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
Unlocked, as in you can flash another rom period. But I've seen AT&T users that run a Sprint G3 with an AT&T sim

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Cm12, specifically. Don't know if it's been tried on other roms or not
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
So I'm assuming by the fallout this won't get updated .
[Sprint LG G3] kdm212:
so this does not also sim unlock? correct?
[Sprint LG G3] chrisctb:
yes, this does not do sim unlock
[Sprint LG G3] fergie716:
There's been a few twrp updates: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2966096
[Sprint LG G3] toastedjelly:
links dead. :/

excited to give this a shot though as soon as I get ahold of it.
[Sprint LG G3] scottspa74:
Get root via stump then use flashify to flash whatever the latest TWRP version is.
[Sprint LG G3] caballon:
Bump is working with zv6 ota?
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
Don't know. Most of us didn't take the OTA because we didn't want to find out the hard way that you couldn't root to install the recovery.

As far as working "with", once you have the recovery in place, it really makes no difference whatsoever if you have ZV4 ZV6 or ZV8192. That's kind of the good thing about the custom recovery.
[Sprint LG G3] meyerweb:
There is currently no working root method for the ZV6 OTA. Without root, I don't think you can install a custom recovery, like the bumped TWRP, and even if bump itself will work you won't be able to do anything with it.

If you want root and bump, don't install the OTA. If you've already installed the OTA, you'll need to use the LG Flashtool to revert to ZV4, then root with stump, then bump.
[Sprint LG G3] shivaagarwal1:
Hi I am on ZV4. It was rooted by stump root. I downloaded the supersu app from play store and when it went on updating binaries, it got stuck and lost my root. Earlier titanium backup was working but now its not. I did factory reset again installed stump root but it shows as device is rooted but still there is no root access to apps. Can someone help? I can't download the tot file since it is a very big download. I am on ZV4. Please help.
[Sprint LG G3] slyest12:
I can think of 2 options- flash a rooted stock ROM, or download a zip from this page (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053) and flash that in TWRP. I hope this works for you.
[Sprint LG G3] shivaagarwal1:
Thanks for reply but I do not have recovery installed. I am stock ZV4 and stump root says device is rooted when it is not.
[Sprint LG G3] meyerweb:
This was answered in the thread you started in the Q&A section.

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-lg-g3/help/help-uregnt-ls990-please-t3006078

It's generally frowned upon to post the same question in multiple forums.
[Sprint LG G3] shivaagarwal1:
Just a few questions (since I am new to G3):

1. After installing stump root and rooting the device. How can I flash recovery? I mean should I use bump method or directly flash the twrp from flashify?

2. Whats the difference between bump twrp and normal twrp?

3. Are there any special roms for bumped twrp or I can flash any rom for LS990?

4. Any other suggestion.
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
1. You can use the command line method or flashify. Either one will work.

2. They're functionally identical, but the bumped TWRP has been signed with what basically spoofs a legit recovery image, which fools the bootloader into thinking it's LGE software and not aftermarket.

3. There are dozens of ROMs for the ls990 on here and all have either been bumped, or are based on the stock kernel and boot.img partition and don't NEED bumped. The developers are responsible enough to bump the ROM before uploadinging it. The bump script is actually written into the code for many ROM sources, so you're not going to have to worry about looking to see if a ROM is bumped before you flash it.

4. Suggestion: ALWAYS make a backup before you do anything. You want to flash a mod to a stock ROM? Make a backup. You're upgrading a ROM with the same ROM, but a different nightly? Make a backup. You're going to alter the build.prop to change screen density or some other thing? Make a backup, even just of the affected files and then you can reinsert them with TWRP's file manager if whatever you did breaks booting the ROM.

And remember that from a completely powered off state, holding Power+VolumeDown will boot you into recovery. Just keep holding it until you see the graphic telling you it's loading recovery. You don't need to worry about being able to boot into the system so that you can run a "Reboot into Recovery" command. You can do it from a cold boot.
[Sprint LG G3] shivaagarwal1:
Thanks a lot mate for such a detailed reply.

Guess I have to first flash the stock ZV4 before rooting it again. I did rooted my ZV4 but SuperSU from play store unrooted it. Stump root still says device is rooted. Downloading ZV4 tot takes a lot time. Hard reset didn't helped.
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
If you're planning in using SuperSU, it might be a better idea to flash it in recovery instead of letting the app handle it. There's a thread on here for both the beta and stable version, and I personally just add it to the tail end of my flash when flashing a rom.

Rom, gapps, SuperSU beta. Wipe caches and reboot

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If you've already got recovery installed, try flashing that first instead of the complete zv4

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Also, no need for gapps when flashing stock based roms. That will mess things up.
[Sprint LG G3] negativzeroe:
Sooooo what if you are already on twrp and rooted, but didn't do this the first time around, will it still work to unlock the bootloader?
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
If you're already using TWRP and you have root, you're at the end of the process. I'm not sure if maybe I don't understand the question.
[Sprint LG G3] negativzeroe:
I can't use the HW buttons to get to recovery. I used stumproot then used flashify to get twrp. Never unlocked the bootloader.
[Sprint LG G3] scottspa74:
I did the same things as you. Stump to root, then flashify for TWRP. Now you've got me wondering if I missed something. HW buttons to boot recovery works for me.
[Sprint LG G3] whoppe862005:
Are you holding down power and volume down to get into recovery? On the Sprint variant you just keep holding them down until it says recovery loading. You don't have to release and then press them again like the other variants.
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
You've done the only steps necessary. There is no hidden unlock step.
[Sprint LG G3] negativzeroe:
What about the adb commands? Hmm it appears it now works. When I wiped cache/davlik on my first attempt at a LP rom, it simply went into boot loops, holding them down did nothing and I had to use download mode to flash the zv4 rom again. Odd...
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
Those adb commands are just the command line equivalent of using flashify.

dd if=twrp.recovery.img of=recovery-partition

Just means disk dump from the input file of the TWRP recovery to the output file of the partition named recovery. That's all flashify is doing. It's dumping the IMG files to the recovery partition. Direct 1:1 write.

There's adb commands prior to that for wiping the recovery partition first. It can't hurt to do that, but hundreds of us have used flashify to do it without wiping first, and there's no adverse side effects.
[Sprint LG G3] unrly:
I'm having an issue where whether I use Flashify or ADB, after reboot it always goes in to a black screen with a Fastboot message. The recovery never installed.

Any ideas? I've tried several times but can't seem to figure out what is going on.
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
What file are you flashing, exactly? And to where?
[Sprint LG G3] unrly:
The file in the first post and to the recovery.

Also did it using the instructions in the first post to no avail.

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Nevermind. Using the new TWRP seemed to work!
[Sprint LG G3] meyerweb:
How are you trying to boot? Most of the guides I've seen online say to hold the vol down and power, then release, and then press them again. That doesn't work for the Sprint version. With the power off, hold both buttons, and keep holding them, until it boots into recovery. Don't release the buttons at all.

I don't think you missed anything.
[Sprint LG G3] lucky_515:
just got the sprint lg g3..tried stump,but says allready been patched..on 4.4.2 zv6 model num..ls990...is there a new root methad on xda working

EDIT=ok by good google search,there is no working root for my firmware...does give 5 methads witch there are couple i dont see on here one being ioroot ,anyone try this on zv6?? i doubt it,i know xda is the most trusted place to get info...its a real long shot,just praying for a working methad,dont want to just sell thephone,just ggot on a trade
[Sprint LG G3] whoppe862005:
Use the LG flash tool to revert back to zv4 the root with stump root. The thread is stickied in the general section. Follow that you and will be fine. Sorry for some reason I can't post the link to it.
[Sprint LG G3] The_Big_H:
Use the LG Flash tool to revert to zv4. I sent my G3 in for warranty repair (cracks in housing) and they updated it to zv6. I am now back yo zv4 with root.
[Sprint LG G3] lucky_515:
im sure i can find this lg flash tool here on xda...how hard is this tool to use?...do people normally have problems with it?have many bricked there phones??..also do you know if there is a working sim unlock for this phone?..i really got screwed on this trade,its got a bad esn,the guy let his account go bad,like couple weeks later ...now ive got to sim unlock,and cant even use it on my sprint account..and the guy of course not answering my calls...
[Sprint LG G3] israphil622:
Check out the stikies in the General section. fergie has a discussion on how to restore to stock using lg flash tool. The instructions are really straight forward and clear. I believe all the links to what you need will be found there.
[Sprint LG G3] gLam16:
I have Lolipop 5.0.1 LG g3 sprint in my hand.

Want to sim unlock . is it possible with BUMP ?
[Sprint LG G3] rollrsk8ter:
Edit: bump has nothing to do with sim unlock
[Sprint LG G3] xVermicide:
how do you get "root & recovery" from someone asking about sim unlock?

Sent from my LG G3
[Sprint LG G3] meyerweb:
No. Bump is about unlocking the bootloader, not the SIM. Two very different things.
[Sprint LG G3] texasjmzmd:
So how does This method compare to the new way to root lg g3?

https://youtu.be/i22O9VHGi3k

Does this new method eliminate need for bump'ed roms?

Anyone?
[Sprint LG G3] Ragnar:
Root and bootloader are two very unique things. You can be rooted and still have a locked bootloader keeping you from being able to install custom recovery and flashing roms.

Bumping has nothing to do with rooting but only works if you have root. It essentially is a work around and tricks the boot loader into allowing your to flash roms and other things without actually unlocking the bootloader.

Edfunkycold

Have a great day!
[Sprint LG G3] MsOhSoPhresh:
I dont know what did wrong.....

Everything went well using ADB..... But when I try to boot into recovery, it just goes into fastboot. I made sure I placed the image file in the internal memory. Didn't get any errors when using the adb.

Can someone tell me what I might have did wrong? I am fully rooted.
[Sprint LG G3] engine95:
Did you root ZV8 and use those methods?

Or did you revert to ZV4 then root/unlock.

I think these 2 methods will require different ways to install your recovery

This Bump/recovery will work with ZV4, but I don't think it will with ZV8.

If you rooted ZV8, then I THINK you have to use this method. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60033021&postcount=1

Which is going to be interesting since almost all of our ROMS are built using the older ZV4 bootloader.

So those of you that Root/Unlock using the ZV8 methods MAY have issues running any ROM because now you have all of the Lollipop partitions.

The "Revert to ZV4" method uses the old partitions.
[Sprint LG G3] MsOhSoPhresh:
I used this method.... http://highonandroid.com/android-smartphones/how-to-root-lg-g-flex-2-g2-g3-on-lollipop/

I didn't have to revert back, but ill try that way. Thanx a lot.
[Sprint LG G3] AndroidGuy78:
I'm rooted. Version AS990 of the G3. But no recovery or bump mentions my model. If anyone feels up to the task, we need a recovery and a way around the boot loader and a rom or 2. I'm not a noob, but not quite that experienced. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
[Sprint LG G3] nemanja1:
I have rooted my LG along time ago with stup root, and now running 2.8.7.0 TWRP does this made any difference at flashing roms or updating?
[Sprint LG G3] csansom:
What about stock ROMs? Anything wrong with rooting and unlocking ZVA and then manually flashing OTA updates as they come?
[Sprint LG G3] engine95:
I don't take OTA's. But I hear it fails with root/unlock. Not to mention the risk of losing root/unlock.

But I could be wrong.
[Sprint LG G3] Teknician:
I just moved an OTA out of /cache and flashed it manually with Flashfire and didn't have an issue. Safer that way to keep root and TWRP.
[Sprint LG G3] Mr_Anonamoose:
"Bump"?

Anyone like to define this term for me? The use of it in this context is new to me...
[Sprint LG G3] WaxPaper:
So for a phone that's really hard to root like the Sprint G3 running on 5.0.1 with LS990ZVC or even the newest ZVE, does that mean you can use something like Kingoroot (or anything that can at least get root on the phone), then use Bump to flash a pre-rooted ROM like CM (or whatever), then get rid of Kingoroot and keep root access?

Or on the other hand, does Bump let you flash a different bootloader onto your device? For example, a recovery mode that includes the ability to root, something like Philz Touch used to do for the older Samsung Galaxy S3? Sorry man, I've been using Android for a few years but I usually never mess with ROMs, just gain root access. But I haven't been able to since I bought this LG G3, so I'm wondering if I can finally find something that will at least provide a "pseudo-root" like Kingoroot, if that would be enough to use Bump in order to flash into a ROM or recovery with a better method of root. (Because I've read that stuff like Kingoroot only provides root access on-boot, something similar to build.prop modifications, insofar as they aren't actually "true" system changes.)
[Sprint LG G3] drsparsh:
can we unlock other 4g bands on this device. I want lte band 3 (1800mhz) to work
[Sprint LG G3] Nikyle18:
Hey guys so I'm trying to get the recovery rn and I get a "No such file or directory" when I put the second line in the command prompt. Any ideas on what's going on or what I'm doing wrong?
[Sprint LG G3] carboncrystal:
Same question, but seems that's impossible ?
[Sprint LG G3] xxsanioutlawxx:
That's usually it, Debugging is not enabled. My process went smoothly.
[Sprint LG G3] xxsanioutlawxx:
So a question, when I do get around to flashing a custom rom on my Sprint G3, will I have to edit the build.prop to ATT each time I flash (as I'm using it on ATT)?
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
Idle curiosity here. Since this is just a straight dd command, could it be run from the phone in a root terminal app? I'm not at home, and I'm wondering if the PC connection is just to make zeroing the recovery partition and writing the recovery over it easier, or if the recovery depends on the PC connection during the initial write process

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Either way, I'm not going to mess with it until I'm home, so I have PC access to a way to fix anything that might go wrong
[Sprint LG G3] mhsbrian:
Worked perfect but didn't exactly do what the instructions said.

If I held the power button and volume then let go and re-pressed the power it would simply boot normally, if I just held the power and volume without ever releasing it it said "Recovery Mode" and then booted right in to TWRP.

Normal ?
[Sprint LG G3] Lurien:
The video mentions that the device has to be bump'd for this to work and not lose your data. What exactly does bump'd mean?
[Sprint LG G3] wvebert:
So, I did it all via terminal, booted into recovery, and backing up now.

Is it really this easy? or am I missing something?
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
It means that if you try this WITHOUT a custom recovery, the stock recovery will do a full data wipe, including internal SD
[Sprint LG G3] JustusIV:
FYI

I had troubles rebooting into recovery.... so i went back to adb and did adb reboot recovery and booted into TWRP just fine.

Doing through ADB means you dont have to risk that.
[Sprint LG G3] Will32:
What about rebooting to recovery from the advanced power menu, does that work?
[Sprint LG G3] jptesar:
It worked for me.
[Sprint LG G3] I-IoLLoW:
Christmas came early! Now I have to change my signature - my prayers have been answered! Ty!
[Sprint LG G3] wvebert:
We all know it's coming so I'll be the d#ck in the room.

We have the boot loader unblocked, why are there no good ROMS out yet?

JK LOl!
[Sprint LG G3] Will32:
Used terminal emulator. Worked great!
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
I am getting device not found even though my PC knows its there
[Sprint LG G3] jptesar:
Do you have the LG drivers installed? Your PC is capable of seeing phone storage without the drivers so maybe that's holding you up...
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
Ill check. Do you know why terminal tells me "su is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" ?
[Sprint LG G3] autoprime:
usually means not rooted
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
I rooted my G3 with stump when it first went public. I typed the first two commands in android terminal and they work.

Edit : Could i be mistaken and this is all one command su

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery

dd if=/sdcard/twrp-2.8.0.0_ls990-signed.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery ?
[Sprint LG G3] autoprime:
hmm weird.

no thats two commands.

its 4 commands total.. or if using terminal emulator.. u skip the first adb command.

or use flashify to flash it :X
[Sprint LG G3] matthew0776:
3 separate commands
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
If i used flashify won't i still need to run the commands?

Edit:Flashify worked
[Sprint LG G3] papote777:
I wrote the command but nothing so I use Rashr and it works good job!!!!!
[Sprint LG G3] RandomPooka:
I'm saying that the key combination to get into recovery is what the stock recovery would use to trigger full wipe and reset. You already have TWRP, so this doesn't apply in your situation. The warning that was asked about was in reference to using that key combo without TWRP installed
[Sprint LG G3] treezy26:
Using flashify...do we flash it as a recovery image?
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
Yeah. That's what i did.
[Sprint LG G3] treezy26:
And that's all you did? Once it flashes you were able to boot into TWRP? Sorry just a little nervous about all this..been waiting for this for awhile now and just want to have all angles covered.
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
I opend the app, chose recovery image, used the file from OP (not pre listed TWRP), let it installed then rebooted when promoted. Now i can boot right into recovery just by holding volume down and power without the reset message.
[Sprint LG G3] budeone:
works great... I have a recovery.. almost forgot was a noid bu was.. mine was power up
[Sprint LG G3] treezy26:
Worked like a charm with flashify. Let the Roms begin:thumbup::D:thumbup:
[Sprint LG G3] whskytango:
I also used flashify and it worked like a charm
[Sprint LG G3] asacado:
I reccomend using flashify. The whole ADB shell thing was difficult for me without in depth instructions.
[Sprint LG G3] gorillaz1:
Just to to confirm.

Download Flashify

Choose Recovery Image

Select File from OP

Install

Reboot

Done.

Right?
[Sprint LG G3] ruff97:
i can not mount the external-SD
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
Yes. My post has shows how.
[Sprint LG G3] gorillaz1:
Perfect, worked great.

Making a nandroid now. Hooray.
[Sprint LG G3] meyerweb:
After installing this, or before?

Anyone else have a problem with the external SD?
[Sprint LG G3] DHSoccer4:
I used flashify and it got me to the TWRP recovery, Ran a nandroid backup and booted to my original screen. So I know everything is working fine, Problem is I cant seem to boot into the bootloader. im holding the volume down and power button as shown in the video but just not getting there.

correction:

Now I can get into the recovery, but only when going through the flashify app and selecting boot into recovery. Is this the only way?
[Sprint LG G3] jptesar:
I can't mount external storage.
[Sprint LG G3] IM0001:
Works like a charm.

Also to get in to Recovery from a Power Off on a Sprint phone is just Hold Vol Down + Power the entire time right into Recovery. No button dance needed.
[Sprint LG G3] ruff97:
ext.SD work fine in OS but if I goto twrp it does not see ext.SD
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
External SD works is seem fine for me.
[Sprint LG G3] ruff97:
what size are you use.

I am use 64gb
[Sprint LG G3] Nexus11:
32gb