yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
Does anyone have an update on a new rom or updated recovery? Lol also can someone tell me all the apps or services I don't need to have installed Ive Uninstalled most of the Google apps and MetroPCS apps
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 011awhdamn:
Ok so, i just rooted my LG K7 for metro this past week. Ive never rooted anything in my life so im pretty sure i ****ed something up already. I know for sure i used kingroot and i didn't even bother with system recovery, i just took out the battery and restarted my phone. Now ( after several unnecessary app downloads like rom toolbox lite, busybox, es file reader, rar, unseen, etc.) i see apps are not working properly. Can i get some help please?

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Also, and this is of upmost importance, i need to access one of my old phones from this one, any good cheap and safe sp apps?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
unlock your bootloader, flash twrp recovery, then flash the latest supersu with your recovery. id you dont get rid of kingsroot, you will have more problems. sure, it lets you get root, but you font know what other malicious code is included with it.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 011awhdamn:
I have no idea how to do any of tbat
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Billybobjoe13245:
FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION, THE KDZ IS ALREADY ON XDA http://xdaforums.com/android/development/-t3432878 IT'S ALSO THE UNBRICK METHOD. THIS IS FOR YOUR CONVINCE. No need to search any more. I have older kdzs and newest update too. Please if anyone needs this, go to that thread.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
time to learn?

first, download adb/fastboot, and install it in your computer. now, go into dev settings and enable the oem unlock option.. then, reboot into your bootloader. to do this, download a terminal emulator app and open it. type, su. this will give it root. now type reboot bootloader. this will put you into your bootloader. now, open fastboot. type fastboot devices. if it sees your phone, itll give you a code number. now type fastboot oem unlock, this will unlock your bootloader. after, download the flashify app and use it to flash twrp recovery.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 011awhdamn:
I wanna learn everything and anything about technology! But (the word we all hate to hear) i dont have a computer. Only one cell phone.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
i dont either :angel:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] k7problems:
hello! Im BRAND new to rooting and im trying to get hacked versions of my games. I need the framework for XPosed to get my mods and i need a custom recovery which requires me to go in fastboot and whenever I try fastbooting in OS X terminal it just tells me waiting for device. please help! I also tried flashing this recovery and it just tels me waiting for device
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 011awhdamn:
Lol, i highly appreciate your help man. Also, well two things one. I was given a samsung galaxy s4 and the person sat on it and the screen just never lit up.... Is it as easy as a screen change??? #2) what phone would be best to obtain and root?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Still enjoying excellent battery life!
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 011awhdamn:
So i rooted my phone (lg k7 lgms330) and skipped the system recovery step. Phone works fine and says its rooted. Rootcheck verified. Cant get custom roms though and i have no idea what im doing half the time (first time root cx). Any advice?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
Hey what app are you using, I'm experiencing slowdowns too and I want to fix it, examples are apps loading up slowly, feed on various apps taking forever to load
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Did you install Xposed?

Also, do you have links2sd or apps2sd installed to increase storage to sd card?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
Yes I have xposed installed
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Xposed drastically slows the phone down as soon as you install it... if you want your phone to be fast like when you first got it, Xposed needs to be uninstalled.

EDIT: The more modules, the laggier it gets.

Also, using APPS2SD or LINKS2SD etc. will further deteriorate performance.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
OK thnx do I need to do anything to Uninstall xposed?

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Sorry let thing, I went to the xposed installer and the box for Uninstall in is grayed out? How do I Uninstall xposed
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Flash the XPOSED Uninstaller in TWRP:

http://click.xda-developers.com/api.../08]&txt=http://dl-xda.xposed.info/framework/
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] reemobeens19:
double post, sorry
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
Ladies and gentlemen I give you the first TWRP

ALPHA

recovery for the LG K7...This is very ALPHA...

What I know that works...

1. Time is displayed correctly

2. All partitions and storage(s) mounts...have not tested OTG

3. Back up and restore work.

4. Terminal works.

5. Reboot menu works

6. Time is fixed

7. Date and time stamps fixed thanks [MENTION=718594]superr[/MENTION] for the post boot script.

8. File explorer works

9. Flashing zips work

Untested

1. OTG storage

DISCLAIMER

You use this at your own risk I am not responsible for any bricks or busted devices...this is an initial port and is for testing and further development. As soon there is a source built version this will be discontinued.

Prerequisites:

1. root

2. unlocked bootloader

3. knowledge of fastboot commands.

cmds

To test and not replace your recovery

fastboot boot twrp-image-new.img

If you feel its safe for daily use....

fastboot flash recovery twrp-image-new.img

DOWNLOADS:

Beta1:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B46DbOH2IgChZDVocUpRR0djMHc/view?usp=docslist_api

Alpha2:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B46DbOH2IgChZTQ4NjdFV3dXdEE/view?usp=docslist_api

Alpha1:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B46DbOH2IgChQWNfMm9sQy1RVmM
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] reemobeens19:
What environment are you using as a host to compile this and if not too much trouble can we get an md5 check sum? also if you do not mind ill post a mirror of your work simply for support and or resources.... thank you again for your hard work!
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
I had mentioned it in my post but I have used android image kitchen for the port, the port device was the desire 626s has the same chip set etc. So basically I just edited the fstab, zimage and dtb.img ... Its a temporary solution till there's a source built version. I'm going to set up a virtual machine and a build environment and do it from source next week. I've already got a fix for the backup date issue.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] reemobeens19:
i understand a little better now, thanks for the clarity.

on another note, driver issues. x86win7 every solution to install mtp for either device (bricked or virgin) fails. sat up last night and installed ubuntu as dual boot

and have the rule created

"lsusb" returns

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b19d Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1004:633e LG Electronics, Inc. G2 Android Phone [MTP mode]

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

but "adb devices" return

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

for brick. for virgin same results for lsusb but different for adb devices, it shows

List of devices attached

LGMS330xxxxxxxx	offline (where xxxxxxxx=possible unique serial #)

i can also get virgin to show "online" as well. i would like to push your recovery to brick and have something to begin with.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
If you can get into fastboot you should be able to boot it from there. I'm testing a post boot init script to fix the time/date issue on the nandroid backups. Should have it out a little later today. If someone has a wiped/clean ROM they can actually backup the system.img and post it. I don't have a lot of experience with LG devices outside of the Nexus project so if anyone knows how to put together a kdz that'd be great. We can update the op and actually have the tools to get bricked people recovered.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
Hey guys and gals. Updated my post with Alpha2...lots of fixes and further testing have been done.

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I've already flashed it as replacement recovery, successfully wiped, flashed, backed up/restored and various functions. Using material power menu for now for a boot menu. Going to build us a deodexed ROM so we can get some mods going.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kewhiteh:
Will this recovery also work on lg k330 (tmobile)? From what I've seen its the exact same specs.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
You can fastboot boot it and check functionality before flashing.

Sent from my Nexus 6P.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kings241:
Can someone please upload a copy of their mixer_paths.xml file located in the systm/etc folder. I was modifying it using root explorer and made a copy but i guess the stock text editor broke the file because its missing alot of lines. Please help me out i have no sound at the moment, no media playback, and phone keeps soft bricking every once a while! Thank you
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B46DbOH2IgChUlkwR0V4RTg5V2s/view?usp=docslist_api

Sent from my Nexus 6P.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kings241:
U saved my life thank you soo much i was starting to feel helpless searchin all over with no luck lol. Btw Sorry if i posted this in the wrong section.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
Beta1 posted in post #42...cleaned up post boot script, edited default.prop in ramdisk. Now reflects more accurately in recovery logs.

Sent from my Nexus 6P.

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No worries.

Sent from my Nexus 6P.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kewhiteh:
TWRP is confirmed working on the T-mobile LG K7 (k330). Excited! Now to wait for some mods and custom ROMs. :) :cool:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] reemobeens19:
disreguard, diddnt see prev post
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] reemobeens19:
using download mode (device off, press volup, pug in usb from pc) is there any way to get adb to recognize the k7? apparently all other modes at this time are inaccessible. are there any other Boot modes im unaware of?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tyson170:
I realize this response is pretty delayed and mostly irrelevant at this point, but yes, I did drop my DPI below 220. I think I had it right at 200. It was running smooth as silk until I performed a factory reset (don't ask why). After that, it wanted me to re-enter the Google credentials that were previously in use, but the LG Keyboard kept crashing and I couldn't proceed any further. I've got a replacement waiting for me at the Metro dealer; I'll pick it up after work and wait until someone can confirm that TWRP is stable and that at the very least Nandroid backups are being written and restored correctly to mess with it any more. I don't think they'll replace it again! :p
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
I can confirm nandroids are backing up and restoring properly. All the partitions are mounting correctly.

Sent from my Nexus 6P.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
Guys just wanted to chime in and let you know I'm working on the next build. Trying to address an error related to the post boot script (doesn't effect functionality just grates on my ocd) so far everything I can test works, the only thing I've not been able to test is OTG storage. If anyone can test and report that'd be great.

Sent from my Nexus 6P.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] starkly_raving:
This is what I'm talking about...again it doesn't seem to have any impact on functionality just appears after the post boot script runs. I've seen things in other device forums where the same issue was present. So if anyone has any ideas how to get this cleared up let me know and we'll call this stable.[emoji4]

Sent from my Nexus 6P.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
OK thnx

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Umm which one do I download?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Oops... hang on
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
Lol I clicked on it and it popped up arm etc.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
This one:

http://dl-xda.xposed.info/framework/uninstaller/xposed-uninstaller-20150831-arm.zip
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
Thank you lol sorry I'm a hassle
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Did you uninstall? Notice performance improvement?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
my apps load fine, a little slower than my nexus did, but still alright. all i did was mess with my cpu and started up my ram management.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
What app do you use to do that?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
elementalx kernel app, root explorer, and some scripts with a terminal emulator.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Plaztek98:
incase you havent fixed it, you can goto , accessibility, motor&cognition,touch assistant on,from there ull be able to connect to wifi,and eventually find a google search...type in "settings" in apps,disable "setup wizard" - with the ANDROID icon,, just restart and your out of that situation

hope that helps,because i know it work, worked for this phone and i bought it hot
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Who are you talking to?

That's the Google account lock bypass method.

Also, you shouldn't be buying or posting about phones you have purchased that have been stolen.

No one has any kinda morals anymore.

Unbelievable
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
ok, i have no more K7. technically, i still have it, and it boots up, but the screen is shattered! i got hit with a bus, metro bus, nyc, and the k7 was in my hand at the time. my hand with the k7 got hit first. luckily, i fell just right onto my backpack, and slid about 15 feet with the bus. if no backpack, i would have been hurt :eek:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Billybobjoe13245:
Glad you're okay, does this mean you wont be a part of the K7 community anymore?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
THAT'S CRAZY MAN! Were you on foot when hit then?

Yes, thank God you are OK!

Thank God in Heaven yet? I hope so!!

They are $49 95 at Walmart for AS330. If you ever get 55 bucks, you can just swap out motherboards. 9 screws on back cover, none inside lol...just carefully unplug screen and front camera ribbon connectors, then lift out board slowly.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
K7 community.. probably not(unless i get another). im using my old nexus 7(2012) on wifi at the moment. at least i can make and get calls with my google number at least!

starting monday, im gonna start thing about a temporary phone, until the new nexus comes out.

im ALWAYS here on xda, seriously, look at my post count. so im sure ill be back here to check on you guys from time to time, i mean that i wont completely drop out of the k7 community :)

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i was on foot crossing, and he was turning right, he just didnt see me.

oh, and ive got a buddy with a dead k7, but a good screen. since i can boot mine, but cant see anything, im gonna try to talk him into giving it to me, so i can experiment :)
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
What about the new Octacore 1.5ghz ZTE ZMAX PRO w/2gb RAM/3400mah battery/1080p screen/13MP camera for $99?

6" though, and probably nearly impossible to root/dev on.

I'm personally not paying anymore than that from now on for a phone.

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Sounds like a plan : )
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] simms22:
really, im a nexus ***** :angel:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Billybobjoe13245:
I still have both my 2012 @ 2013 Nexus 7. I would be rocking the Nexus 5x if I could afford it.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Heavy use battery life.. no gaming though:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
UPDATE i finished compiling the ROM, i'll flash it later on and see if it works or not. lol.

[IMG="heres the terminal snapshot"]http://imgur.com/nLanykY[/IMG]
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
OK.. what would cause it not to work?

How much later on will it be before you flash it?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
rn im just backing up my phone.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
*fingers crossed*
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
aight im flashing rn :fingers-crossed:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
K, Mount system first
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
ok i mouted system

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done, it just keeps rebooting lol. ill use the kdz file. i'll go back to VirtualBox and see happened.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Billybobjoe13245:
Sooo... Does it work!? Make sure you wipe data, dirty flash probably won't work. If it at least get's to the boot animation you've gotten farther than anyone else. I tried and it wouldn't even get that far with stock modified rom. Remember, if you get bricked, I got you on this thread http://xdaforums.com/android/development/stock-firmware-rom-unbrick-lg-k7-k330-t-t3432878
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
i went back to twrp again, mounted system, factory reset, flashed it. and its booplooped at the LG screen. ill check the files out on VirtualBox and see what went wrong.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Billybobjoe13245:
That's too bad. Same thing happened to me. Hope you can figure it out. I'll also give it another try.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
ill update my github device tree.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Billybobjoe13245:
What's the link to the github?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
www.github.com/TheOddTaco

i didnt update it yet.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
This is sad news. : (

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Would it help wiping more stuff in advanced wipe?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
i wiped everything except for Micro SD, its just something in the build. ill check it out later.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
Are you flashing a custom rom or a modified stock rom?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
custom
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pikagunmike2:
Cool
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Have you looked into what the problem might be yet?
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
i changed the blobs idk if thats gon to fix it or not. plus that built got hella errors while compiling it. rn, im recompiling it, fresh. i be back later on, it should be done compiling around 7 - 11pm EST.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Okay, thanks for working on it and keeping us updated ..hope it works!
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] stephenseiber:
LG k7 k330

well im crossing my fingers for you... if you are successful this could pave the wait to bloatless rom for this phone.

good luck
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
I'm guessing it didn't go so well.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
u guessed it, lol. idk ill mess with it tomorrow i guess. :eek:
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
OK : (...
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
ill upload the .zip files if anyone wants to mess with it.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] stephenseiber:
if i knew how to program i would but i lack alot of needed info on that front.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
the problem rn is just the phone keeps on rebooting when its flashed. i restored my phone back via LG UP.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] stephenseiber:
did the compiling have any errors? does it show anything relating to the custom or is it just LG bootloader?

now that the bootloader is unlocked it is only a matter of time right. I hope that it works on Tmobile or the unlocked versions
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
no errors while compiling, oem unlocked.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
Ask the guys who did CM 12.1 for the Leon for help?

http://xdaforums.com/leon/development/rom-unofficial-cyanogenmod-12-1-lg-leon-t3166642

It's very similar phone, seems like someone who worked on it would be able to help you, if they are willing that is.

I don't know, just a thought.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
ill contact him later.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
So you made new kernel configurations? I compiled the kernel but it just replicated the same build date as when you first get the phone. I redid my whole build environment. Im using xubuntu now. I have to redownload all the sources and try to assist you. I have been having family problems. Which is keeping me from development.

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The phone doesn't have the same board. Ours is msm8909. HTC desire has the same board but different ways of building. HTC and LG build android on their devices with their interface (UI) user interface. Touchwiz for Samsung, Sense for HTC and so forth. I have been trying my hardest to focus on the Twrp Stability so we can truly have development. Once the recovery is solid so can the roms be stable. I used Super r's kitchen to build for this phone and that's when you rescued me. I backed up but couldn't get in recovery so all the compilation in the world won't help unless we have a stable recovery. Even if it's CWM recovery anything is better than none. I know that HTC desire 626s had a CWM before the Twrp. Someone should start there it might be of benefit.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
im using the kernel from LG K7 source code. i was fixing the proprietary files and vendor blobs makefile before i left. i used c50's and w5's script as reference.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] goitalone:
I meant that the guys who dev'ed the Leon's ROM should be familiar with the process since the software is similar and by the fact that they work on lower end devices that it may be worth asking them for their knowledge/help.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
I was working on the board for the HTC desire using w5 sources check this out and see if it works.

https://github.com/czarsuperstar/android_device_htc_a32e?files=1

https://github.com/czarsuperstar/android_device_htc_a32e?files=1

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It was building but the kernel wasn't building since you are using a prebuilt kernel you should succeed. That's when my gf broke my laptop and it was doa for a little bit.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
aight ill check it out when i get back home
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheOddTaco:
i'll try to build from your device tree and change couple of things.
[LG K7 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
The device tree wasn't complete so you have to make a lot of changes. Like I said my harddrive busted so I couldn't make all the necessary changes to the commit and then I sold the phone for 10 dollars. Wish I would've known it was getting 6.0 smh