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S4 MF3 Firmware

I know i cannot install recovery and custom rom on this baseband yet, so my question is. Is it possible to root , and then install titanium to remove the bloats ? will doing this damage my phone when i want to factory reset it later ? . thank you

You can root. But do not delete the bloat. Only freeze with Titanium Backup
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so when i need to factory restore , i have to unfreeze them ?

sjhotwings said:
so when i need to factory restore , i have to unfreeze them ?
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Depends on which apps your freezing/considering bloat. Its probably safer to unfreeze first before you reset in the event you accidentally freeze something that is required for the phone to function properly. Heres a list, BUT I didnt see which firmware they were using.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265296

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should have posted this in the MF3 question and answers thread 3 post down...may get more help...

sjhotwings said:
I know i cannot install recovery and custom rom on this baseband yet, so my question is. Is it possible to root , and then install titanium to remove the bloats ? will doing this damage my phone when i want to factory reset it later ? . thank you
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If you root on MF3 then your stock recovery will be corrupted. Factory reset through the phone will not work and make your phone in bootloop. There is no ODIN/factory reset at this time. So please be careful
Your best bet if you want to root is to carefully know what you're doing.
As for your other question if it's possible. Yes, it is possible to root but read above as I have warned you. Since you can root on MF3, you will also be able to install titanium backup to freeze the bloats. Do not remove/uninstall ANY of the bloats in case something goes wrong.
If you choose to unroot later: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45340743#post45340743
Good luck

Phewww..i followed the link and got the phone unrooted. So i guess i can factory restore now ? correct ? haha thanks

I unrooted my S4 before sending it back for a warranty exchange. I factory reset it and it worked fine.
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mrro82 said:
I unrooted my S4 before sending it back for a warranty exchange. I factory reset it and it worked fine.
Sent from the other side of the Milky Way with my S4.
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thank you

"If you root on MF3 then your stock recovery will be corrupted."
haremmon said:
If you root on MF3 then your stock recovery will be corrupted. Factory reset through the phone will not work and make your phone in bootloop. There is no ODIN/factory reset at this time. So please be careful
Your best bet if you want to root is to carefully know what you're doing.
As for your other question if it's possible. Yes, it is possible to root but read above as I have warned you. Since you can root on MF3, you will also be able to install titanium backup to freeze the bloats. Do not remove/uninstall ANY of the bloats in case something goes wrong.
If you choose to unroot later: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45340743#post45340743
Good luck
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I have been using CM as my OS since around the first stable release. I am now on 10.2 JB 4.2.2 Yet when I go in and look at my About Phone it says MF3. I have installed root for about a week and all was well and working with CWM (corrected) recovery. I even upgrade to a later version (corrected). Then some app (I can't remember which unfortunately) put on a different recovery with tiny letters - the purpose of which so it can script a full install so I didn't have to do it every step myself. When it installed it, I encountered the horrific blue letters of "Booting Recovery..." and it will not get past that.
I can't load any other recovery no matter what method tried, and I have tried many, and many different recoveries. I think I found out after installing the apk from the verizon section SAFESTRAP program some things. First there appears to no way to delete the cache partition. Both the cache and the recovery partitions can be empty. The recovery partition is not always empty but usually that is the case.
I have the sinking feeling I am the victim of what you said at first "If you root on MF3 then your stock recovery will be corrupted." But I dont see how this is possible considering I had CM 10.2 4.2.2 (corrected) when root was installed. But my symptoms fit what you have said above. Can you explain a lot more about what this is about and and details inside the phone as to what is known so far? I have a MS in CS so I have a good background, even though I am very limited on what I can do on computers today. Details!
I am willing to do most anything to get back to a starting point.
HP

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I have been using CM as my OS since around the first stable release. I am now on 10.2 JB 4.2.2 Yet when I go in and look at my About Phone it says MF3. I have installed root for about a week and all was well and working with Rouge recovery. I even upgrade to 1.5.0 Rouge. Then some app (I can't remember which unfortunately) put on a different recovery with tiny letters - the purpose of which so it can script a full install so I didn't have to do it every step myself. When it installed it, I encountered the horrific blue letters of "Booting Recovery..." and it will not get past that.
I can't load any other recovery no matter what method tried, and I have tried many, and many different recoveries. I think I found out after installing the apk from the verizon section SAFESTRAP program some things. First there appears to no way to delete the cache partition. Both the cache and the recovery partitions can be empty. The recovery partition is not always empty but usually that is the case.
I have the sinking feeling I am the victim of what you said at first "If you root on MF3 then your stock recovery will be corrupted." But I dont see how this is possible considering I had CM 10.2 4.2.1 when root was installed. But my symptoms fit what you have said above. Can you explain a lot more about what this is about and and details inside the phone as to what is known so far? I have a MS in CS so I have a good background, even though I am very limited on what I can do on computers today. Details!
I am willing to do most anything to get back to a starting point.
HP
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How do you have cm 10.2 4.2.1? That doesn't make any sense.

heartspeace said:
I have been using CM as my OS since around the first stable release. I am now on 10.2 JB 4.2.2 Yet when I go in and look at my About Phone it says MF3. I have installed root for about a week and all was well and working with Rouge recovery. I even upgrade to 1.5.0 Rouge. Then some app (I can't remember which unfortunately) put on a different recovery with tiny letters - the purpose of which so it can script a full install so I didn't have to do it every step myself. When it installed it, I encountered the horrific blue letters of "Booting Recovery..." and it will not get past that.
I am willing to do most anything to get back to a starting point.
HP
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Yea jd and I are confused.
Just to make sure you are on our train, are you sure it says "1337UCUAMF3" under Baseband Version in the 'About device' and not "1337UCUAMDL"?

haremmon said:
Yea jd and I are confused.
Just to make sure you are on our train, are you sure it says "1337UCUAMF3" under Baseband Version in the 'About device' and not "1337UCUAMDL"?
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I think he's trolling. He says he has 3 different firmware on his phone.
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He even mentions rouge recovery. Non existent on our device.
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Sorry for the typo!
jd1639 said:
How do you have cm 10.2 4.2.1? That doesn't make any sense.
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Sorry that is 4.2.2 - a typo.
I have CM 10.2 JB 4.2.2
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jd1639 said:
I think he's trolling. He says he has 3 different firmware on his phone.
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I am not trolling. I have a solid past on many forums. A Recovery is not the same as a firmware. I do admit to one type.
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Febby said:
He even mentions rouge recovery. Non existent on our device.
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Rouge Recovery is available for Xoom, which I also have. Sorry, I crossed paths there and got them confused in the name of the recovery program. The recovery program was clockworkmod with with touch.
HP

Picture of About Device for Not Nice Skeptical Types & Helpful Types
heartspeace said:
Sorry that is 4.2.2 - a typo.
I have CM 10.2 JB 4.2.2
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I am not trolling. I have a solid past on many forums. A Recovery is not the same as a firmware. I do admit to one type.
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Rouge Recovery is available for Xoom, which I also have. Sorry, I crossed paths there and got them confused in the name of the recovery program. The recovery program was clockworkmod with touch.
HP
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Check out attachment for About Device Info.

First, cm 10.2 is android 4.3. But it really doesn't matter because your on mf3 firmware. You can't flash a recovery or rom.

jd1639 said:
First, cm 10.2 is android 4.3. But it really doesn't matter because your on mf3 firmware. You can't flash a recovery or rom.
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I guess I got confused with all the numbers I'm sorry about that guys. When did AT&T sneak mf3 on to my phone considering I have had custom OS is on here since I remember?

heartspeace said:
I guess I got confused with all the numbers I'm sorry about that guys. When did AT&T sneak mf3 on to my phone considering I have had custom OS is on here since I remember?
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Can you still boot into a custom recovery?

Noob guide.

Just wondering if there is anything special to know about rooting etc on the G2. Or is it as simple as others? I have had MANY android phones from Xperias to Galaxy's, htcs and most recently the Nexus 4.
Is there a noob guide on here I can't find much but admittedly I'm on Tapatalk at the minute.
How do I unlock boot loader or even can I?
Can I just fastboot flash a custom recovery?
What is this root checking that voids warranty is it like Samsung yellow triangle?
Sorry if any of this is stupid but I've never had an LG.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

ephumuris said:
Just wondering if there is anything special to know about rooting etc on the G2. Or is it as simple as others? I have had MANY android phones from Xperias to Galaxy's, htcs and most recently the Nexus 4.
Is there a noob guide on here I can't find much but admittedly I'm on Tapatalk at the minute.
How do I unlock boot loader or even can I?
Can I just fastboot flash a custom recovery?
What is this root checking that voids warranty is it like Samsung yellow triangle?
Sorry if any of this is stupid but I've never had an LG.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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first things first what model of g2 do you have/ are planning on getting(to recommend proper rooting method), anyways I recommend ioroot for rooting your device(easiest way and lots of support), second to unlock bootloader and flash roms/kernels without issues you need to loki your device or get a twrp/cwm with loki built in to it. As for flashing recovery the easiest is to use freegee from the play store and choose which recovery you would like to use, once rooted the root check is in download mode it will say if it's rooted or not but using lg flash tool and going to stock removes this and there aren't any stupid questions if I do say so myself. Hope this helps any thing else let us know
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ddzado said:
Take all of those questions and start searching google/forums. All of those questions already have a nice post associated with them.
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If you are not gonna help you are better off just not saying anything in the first place

XxZombiePikachu said:
first things first what model of g2 do you have/ are planning on getting(to recommend proper rooting method), anyways I recommend ioroot for rooting your device(easiest way and lots of support), second to unlock bootloader and flash roms/kernels without issues you need to loki your device or get a twrp/cwm with loki built in to it. As for flashing recovery the easiest is to use freegee from the play store and choose which recovery you would like to use, once rooted the root check is in download mode it will say if it's rooted or not but using lg flash tool and going to stock removes this and there aren't any stupid questions if I do say so myself. Hope this helps any thing else let us know
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If you are not gonna help you are better off just not saying anything in the first place
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That does help thanks I've learnt to ignore the unhelpful and ignorant.
It is just the international version it should arrive tomorrow. So from what I understand I can follow any root and boot loader unlock guide that matches my version. And can fully return to stock with no traces or issues?
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ephumuris said:
That does help thanks I've learnt to ignore the unhelpful and ignorant.
It is just the international version it should arrive tomorrow. So from what I understand I can follow any root and boot loader unlock guide that matches my version. And can fully return to stock with no traces or issues?
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yea pretty much as long as you don't flash the wrong file everything will be smooth anyways this is the international thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development-d802) so you can sart planning what you want to do once it arrives and trust you gonna love it
also:
root- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48709232&postcount=869 (latest ioroot and drivers)
rooting instructions- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887
recovery twrp- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 (I prefer twrp)
recovery cwm- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468858 (just in case your not a fan of twrp)
(both recoveries include loki already)
As a last note if by any chance you want to try stock kitkat (you can try official without root by flashing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2664933 through lg flash tool) or if you root first you can try(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665985) although you will lose custom recovery and need to use the flash tool to jump down to stock jb and start again have fun :fingers-crossed:

Similar Situation but with Sprint
Hello, I'm kinda in the same situation. except the G2 is with Sprint.
First, i'd just like to say that i can root, twrp, custom with quite a few HTC and Samsung phones but have yet to tackle an LG. It's actually my girlfriends. I told her not to accept any updates when she recieved the phone today from the local Sprint Store. So as it stands she's completely stock to my knowledge. I've included pictures.
Since she's on Sprint and NOT International, i can only assume the guides that you posted to help our other friend will not help me(or at least to an extent). I'm definitely not opposed to reading and learning, just really unsure where to start as the G2 is only split on the carrier level at Development. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

lancemulvihill85 said:
Hello, I'm kinda in the same situation. except the G2 is with Sprint.
First, i'd just like to say that i can root, twrp, custom with quite a few HTC and Samsung phones but have yet to tackle an LG. It's actually my girlfriends. I told her not to accept any updates when she recieved the phone today from the local Sprint Store. So as it stands she's completely stock to my knowledge. I've included pictures.
Since she's on Sprint and NOT International, i can only assume the guides that you posted to help our other friend will not help me(or at least to an extent). I'm definitely not opposed to reading and learning, just really unsure where to start as the G2 is only split on the carrier level at Development. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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the rooting works with the g2 as long as it's stock 4.2.2 and the recovery guide for twrp plus 2.6.3.3 from here(http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/g2spr) should work but I did see somewhere that an update to the sprint model added some spark thing(I don't know what it is exactly) that does not play too well with custom kernels
on another note the reason for it splitting on a carrier level is so that no one flashes something that isn't for them which would cause lots of unwanted problems but of course if you want a rom for your model you head over to the sprint thread look for the one you want and flash away, and always remember to have a backup it can save your phones life someday
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also forgot to mention there are other methods of flashing recoveries from play store like freegee, goo manager, rom manager, etc but I did not include because I am not sure wether they include loki or not which is important if you wanna flash certain roms and mainly different kernels

Wow that's some great help and info there mate thanks for all the help! Seems like everything I need all in one place. Its out for delivery today so will hopefully be playing with it by this evening.
From what I can tell from a little reading there isn't a UK KitKat officially yet at the minute? Is there any I can manually flash with minimal to zero bloat? Just standard LG software?
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ephumuris said:
Wow that's some great help and info there mate thanks for all the help! Seems like everything I need all in one place. Its out for delivery today so will hopefully be playing with it by this evening.
From what I can tell from a little reading there isn't a UK KitKat officially yet at the minute? Is there any I can manually flash with minimal to zero bloat? Just standard LG software?
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Well like I mentioned before if you root first you can flash this(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665985) if done correctly you keep root but will lose recovery because as of yet there isn't one and since its international bloat is minimal unlike when it's from an American carrier

Once you root, using freegee to install recovery is trivial and yes it includes Loki.

I used ioroot to root my G2 and I have no complaints, everything went through smoothly
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XxZombiePikachu said:
the rooting works with the g2 as long as it's stock 4.2.2 and the recovery guide for twrp plus 2.6.3.3 from here(http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/g2spr) should work but I did see somewhere that an update to the sprint model added some spark thing(I don't know what it is exactly) that does not play too well with custom kernels
on another note the reason for it splitting on a carrier level is so that no one flashes something that isn't for them which would cause lots of unwanted problems but of course if you want a rom for your model you head over to the sprint thread look for the one you want and flash away, and always remember to have a backup it can save your phones life someday
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also forgot to mention there are other methods of flashing recoveries from play store like freegee, goo manager, rom manager, etc but I did not include because I am not sure wether they include loki or not which is important if you wanna flash certain roms and mainly different kernels
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Thanks a bunch! It seems as though this is going to be unexpectedly simple!
I highly doubt I'm going to be flashing anything other than a modified stock Rom for her. Stability, battery life, with no bugs is all I'm looking for as it's not my phone. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Also, I get why they're split at the development level, it's just that running through the QA and General sections is a little tougher. I do so appreciate all the help and advice!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk

lancemulvihill85 said:
Thanks a bunch! It seems as though this is going to be unexpectedly simple!
I highly doubt I'm going to be flashing anything other than a modified stock Rom for her. Stability, battery life, with no bugs is all I'm looking for as it's not my phone. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Also, I get why they're split at the development level, it's just that running through the QA and General sections is a little tougher. I do so appreciate all the help and advice!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
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well that's good then anyways I won't recommend a rom mainly because I have the d800 at&t variant so I don't know what has what anyways glad to be of help enjoy the freedom root

Just a quick update, rooted with io24, twrp with freegee, backing up as we speak (also to pc).
Now to find a Rom!
Thanks again!
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Tried flashing a rooted kitkat stock rom and my touchscreen didnt work!
Flashing the kitkat kdz works though but no root...hmm

ephumuris said:
Tried flashing a rooted kitkat stock rom and my touchscreen didnt work!
Flashing the kitkat kdz works though but no root...hmm
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Yea I noticed on international that has been an issue, not really sure why well there are other options you can try a flex rom or maybe aosp
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Replacing factory firmware!!!
Hello,
i Am newbie here, recently i brought a LG G2 D802 supposedly from a EU store and i am in Finland, but to my surprise the software firmware is Asia made, Hong Kong to be particular. it goes like this, D80210b-HKG-XX build JDQ39B kernel 3.4.0. With this original Stock software, the 4G option is not shown( i know it can be done by hidden menu but i want to get a permanent fix); the MMS setting althought i did it manually by inserting the values provided by the Network service provider.Still i am unable to get that fix.
I am in turn to contacting my seller for the correct working OPEN stock rom installed G2 but if the case does not go like that then i wish to root it to the OPEN international ROM . From what i have read, if you update then it goes back to the HKG rom, if there any way i can remove the factory rom with the OPEN Rom and receive the update OTA and it will not revert back. I have been doing my research on this but i am not able to get the answers... Hope some one will shine some light on this.
Thanks in Advance !!!

[Q] KitKat Rom on T Mobile Lg G2

I've tried this two times and both I had the same result. I downgraded back to 4.2.2 with the D80110g_00.kdz for the tmobile g2. Then I rerooted it and added philz touch recovery. I flashed with the kitkat baseband in the cloudystock 1.1 fourm, then the rom with the patched 801 kernel after. Everything boot's up ok, and the phone works. But when I turn off the screen and back on its all grayed out with yellow lines. I have the reboot the phone for the screen to show up again. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Do the same process except do not use 80110g. Find the 80110c kdz.
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Thank you, that fixed the problem. Another question I have is that when I flash the baseband, do I have to keep reflashing it when I move to another kitkat rom?

JPrinceStar said:
Thank you, that fixed the problem. Another question I have is that when I flash the baseband, do I have to keep reflashing it when I move to another kitkat rom?
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baseband stays the same when flashing other roms. Pretty sure the rom zips don't touch baseband unless specified otherwise. Glad it worked for ya btw
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Problem came back, turn off screen and its grayed out when back on unless reboot. I dont have this problem when I root 4.2.2. Am I flashing the files in the wrong order, or am I missing something.

JPrinceStar said:
Problem came back, turn off screen and its grayed out when back on unless reboot. I dont have this problem when I root 4.2.2. Am I flashing the files in the wrong order, or am I missing something.
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Doesn't seem like you are flashing in wrong order. If you boot up and everything runs...it's probably just due to the fact this isn't an official release and there may be bugs
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v2.2v said:
Doesn't seem like you are flashing in wrong order. If you boot up and everything runs...it's probably just due to the fact this isn't an official release and there may be bugs
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I have the exact issue...here is a picture of what it looks like, maybe this will help so that people can see what we talking about

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I have the exact issue...here is a picture of what it looks like, maybe this will help so that people can see what we talking about
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same issue here. Cannot run any stock KK roms at all. I've flashed so many times and have had to return to stock. I wish this problem could be identified.

Did anyone out there figure this out?

I'm having the same problem on my device, tried several stock ROMs but nothing works even when using different basebands.

I have this problem as well and no, you're not doing anything wrong. Devs have absolutely no idea why this is happening. It seems that this is only happening with users that bought the phone and have the G build pre-installed. People that bought the phone earlier with the C build don't have this problem.
I gave up and just flashed the official KK TMO ROM with root installed. I lost my recovery but hopefully devs can get recovery on stock KK. If anything, I can always KDZ back to 4.2.2 and re-install the recovery if I want to go back to AOSP ROM's.
FWIW, I bought the G2 a week ago. When did you get yours?

I think you hit the nail on the head with G build comment. I got my phone about a month ago from TMO and it came pre-installed. I wonder if something in the actual hardware is ever so slightly different with the latest G2s...

I flashed with the C build and it didn't fix it also, guess I'll stay on 4.2.2 till there is a official kitkat root.

Anyone around in this thread with the line problem willing to test a kernel?

mackster248 said:
I have this problem as well and no, you're not doing anything wrong. Devs have absolutely no idea why this is happening. It seems that this is only happening with users that bought the phone and have the G build pre-installed. People that bought the phone earlier with the C build don't have this problem.
I gave up and just flashed the official KK TMO ROM with root installed. I lost my recovery but hopefully devs can get recovery on stock KK. If anything, I can always KDZ back to 4.2.2 and re-install the recovery if I want to go back to AOSP ROM's.
FWIW, I bought the G2 a week ago. When did you get yours?
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How do you find if you have G or C build? I thought all tmobile g2's are c build. I am getting mine tomorrow, hope it is shipped with JB rom - if so, i think it will be better to stay. After reading a bit, i heard many say tot method is working fine as explained here.
Which rom (xd thread?) are you using? Does wifi calling work?

sam298 said:
How do you find if you have G or C build? I thought all tmobile g2's are c build. I am getting mine tomorrow, hope it is shipped with JB rom - if so, i think it will be better to stay. After reading a bit, i heard many say tot method is working fine as explained here.
Which rom (xd thread?) are you using? Does wifi calling work?
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If you go to software you can see the build, it either ends with C or D. Most likely D since you'll just be getting it. And it will be JB not KK. There's a new AutoRec file that gives KK users recovery, but since you'll be getting the D version, you'll most likely have the white line glitch issue. There's a way around it, just PM me for further questions and I'll help ya out.

v2.2v said:
Do the same process except do not use 80110g. Find the 80110c kdz.
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KennyJive said:
same issue here. Cannot run any stock KK roms at all. I've flashed so many times and have had to return to stock. I wish this problem could be identified.
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JPrinceStar said:
Did anyone out there figure this out?
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SeVIIn said:
I'm having the same problem on my device, tried several stock ROMs but nothing works even when using different basebands.
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i really want to root but this is making me nervous. Only things i want to change is the camera mod and sound mod really.
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Anyone around in this thread with the line problem willing to test a kernel?
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I am in the same boat as most these people.. bought my phone a week ago, i am rooting as i type. Will probably have the issue and completely willing to test a kernel. Should i flash your rom as well first?
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If you go to software you can see the build, it either ends with C or D. Most likely D since you'll just be getting it. And it will be JB not KK. There's a new AutoRec file that gives KK users recovery, but since you'll be getting the D version, you'll most likely have the white line glitch issue. There's a way around it, just PM me for further questions and I'll help ya out.
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Hmmm.. so i have a completely stock g2 non rooted (working on rooting right now actually) but when i go into settings, my build number ends with an 'A' ?? not c, d or g.... what does this mean? Man, rooting seemed so much easier on my HTC or samsung phones! No complaints though, i love this phone

frettfreak said:
i really want to root but this is making me nervous. Only things i want to change is the camera mod and sound mod really.
I am in the same boat as most these people.. bought my phone a week ago, i am rooting as i type. Will probably have the issue and completely willing to test a kernel. Should i flash your rom as well first?
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Hmmm.. so i have a completely stock g2 non rooted (working on rooting right now actually) but when i go into settings, my build number ends with an 'A' ?? not c, d or g.... what does this mean? Man, rooting seemed so much easier on my HTC or samsung phones! No complaints though, i love this phone
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It does seem confusing, but I promise you that it's a bit more painless than you think. I'm assuming your phone did indeed ship with TMO KitKat? Then in that case, once you're done rooting, all you have to do is install the AutoRec apk and that's it! Let me know if you need a link for AutoRec.

mackster248 said:
It does seem confusing, but I promise you that it's a bit more painless than you think. I'm assuming your phone did indeed ship with TMO KitKat? Then in that case, once you're done rooting, all you have to do is install the AutoRec apk and that's it! Let me know if you need a link for AutoRec.
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yeah it did ship with KK. pretty sure i have seen the thread regarding the autorec app. But will let you know! Thanks!

mackster248 said:
It does seem confusing, but I promise you that it's a bit more painless than you think. I'm assuming your phone did indeed ship with TMO KitKat? Then in that case, once you're done rooting, all you have to do is install the AutoRec apk and that's it! Let me know if you need a link for AutoRec.
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Mackster I'm on 4.2.2 which is rooted, is there anyway I could use a custom kitkat rom without getting the white lines? I dont want to keep downgrading everytime it happens.

[Q] I'm stuck in CWM recovery mode

Hello,
Yesterday an update came up on my screen, I clicked "Install Now"
The phone restarted into CWM.
I am rooted ofcourse, and I'm really scared for my phone,
Is there anything to be done?

Which phone do you have?
Your phone is rooted, do you have a stock or custom ROM?
You should provide a little more information so people can help you.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda app-developers app

LG G2 D802 T-mobile version
umm...I had stock firmware,
Just now i installed CyanogenMod, and still im going back to recovery...

btw, if i have recovery up and working, i shouldn't be madly worried...shoud i?,,

iMetalliX said:
LG G2 D802 T-mobile version
umm...I had stock firmware,
Just now i installed CyanogenMod, and still im going back to recovery...
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You should try to reverse back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
I've found that on the forums for LG G2's.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn HTC One X+ met Tapatalk
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iMetalliX said:
btw, if i have recovery up and working, i shouldn't be madly worried...shoud i?,,
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The only thing you probably have to worry about is the data on your device since it is possible you have to wipe it. No worries on bricked device.
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iMetalliX said:
btw, if i have recovery up and working, i shouldn't be madly worried...shoud i?,,
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No. But it looks like you flashed a borked file. Maybe the CM you installed has a wrong MD5, or you might have flashed a CM that's for a different G2. Either way, you can either push a new ROM zip into your phone to flash, or KDZ back to stock like the guy above me said. Good luck!
And don't worry, your phone is completely fine. But this should be a lesson to always perform a backup before ANY ROM flashing.

mackster248 said:
No. But it looks like you flashed a borked file. Maybe the CM you installed has a wrong MD5, or you might have flashed a CM that's for a different G2. Either way, you can either push a new ROM zip into your phone to flash, or KDZ back to stock like the guy above me said. Good luck!
And don't worry, your phone is completely fine. But this should be a lesson to always perform a backup before ANY ROM flashing.
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Thank you mate )
umm..i'm going back to stock, and the MD5 was ok, and yes, im a noob

Lg g2 d80220a
iMetalliX said:
btw, if i have recovery up and working, i shouldn't be madly worried...shoud i?,,
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What I'd like to know is how did you get CWM in the first place? I've tried for a couple of hours with ROM Manager and the D802 is not supported even though it claims it is. All I get is the red triangle on top of the green android bot and what looks like 2.x CWM. Not sure since I'm new. But it only has about 5 options. No MOUNT, NO ADVANCED, Looks unsuitable for flashing a ROM. I saw this version the very first time I flashed a phone and I soft bricked the phone. It was a Nexus 4. I recovered but I'm not taking any chances and messing with that again. The only way I recovered was using Wugfresh. I need something like Wugfresh for my D802 where I can take those risk. I'm angry because I can't flash anything now. I've got 327 apps to get installed. No one wants to do that manually. It is really inconceivable that this phone which is still arguably the best in the world after 6 months is not supported the way it should be with recovery. Any help in getting CWM working would be greatly appreciated.

notanymore said:
What I'd like to know is how did you get CWM in the first place? I've tried for a couple of hours with ROM Manager and the D802 is not supported even though it claims it is. All I get is the red triangle on top of the green android bot and what looks like 2.x CWM. Not sure since I'm new. But it only has about 5 options. No MOUNT, NO ADVANCED, Looks unsuitable for flashing a ROM. I saw this version the very first time I flashed a phone and I soft bricked the phone. It was a Nexus 4. I recovered but I'm not taking any chances and messing with that again. The only way I recovered was using Wugfresh. I need something like Wugfresh for my D802 where I can take those risk. I'm angry because I can't flash anything now. I've got 327 apps to get installed. No one wants to do that manually. It is really inconceivable that this phone which is still arguably the best in the world after 6 months is not supported the way it should be with recovery. Any help in getting CWM working would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you tried philz http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554053
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app

Lg g2 d80220a
XxZombiePikachu said:
Have you tried philz http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554053
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
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That won't work because you can't even get to the menus to install the zip. That the whole problem. You can't really do anything because it basically hangs up with the red triangle. With the number of people having this problem and how great a phone this is you'd figure this problem would not even exist. Here's a screen shot of the problem everybody is having.

notanymore said:
That won't work because you can't even get to the menus to install the zip. That the whole problem. You can't really do anything because it basically hangs up with the red triangle. With the number of people having this problem and how great a phone this is you'd figure this problem would not even exist. Here's a screen shot of the problem everybody is having.
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okay so that's the stock recovery, by any chance are you on kitkat because it says d80220a?

iMetalliX, can you still flash a .zip file?, if you can I know this would work for you, just translate the thread and OTG flash the small zip file. This happened to me yesterday, and piece of cake.

me having the same problem (stock recovery)
cant flash anything (E:footer is wrong ) (E:signature verification faild)
and now when flashing new Philz recovery ( assert faild : run_program (`/temp/loki.sh`) ==0 E:error in /temp/update.zip status 7
since 2 days trying to get out of it but i cant lol

same thing happened to me but i managed to install twrp now my problem is im stocked at lg logo. I have no back up nor any rom downloaded. i have kdz file saved on my g2 but i cant copy it to the computer since it cant be detected or if it has a way please please let me know. Pls help me out of it, i miss my phone. Thank you.

Lg g2 d80220a
XxZombiePikachu said:
okay so that's the stock recovery, by any chance are you on kitkat because it says d80220a?
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Yeah I made the foolish mistake of upgrading to kitkat. I knew it as soon as I hit yes button to upgrade. Too late.
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pmorales said:
iMetalliX, can you still flash a .zip file?, if you can I know this would work for you, just translate the thread and OTG flash the small zip file. This happened to me yesterday, and piece of cake.
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I'm new so don't know much. My understanding is you can't flash anything without being in recovery, right? Look at busted25's post. I'm not risking anything that is not concrete. Much as I like to tinker around I accomplish nothing if I end up with a brick. On my Nexus I could risk everything and because I had Wugfresh. No such thing. I'm going to look at he LG software suite and see if can backup the phone enough to restore it should i soft brick or something

notanymore said:
Yeah I made the foolish mistake of upgrading to kitkat. I knew it as soon as I hit yes button to upgrade. Too late.
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Well that's why you can't get recovery, kit Kat does not have ability for recovery and who knows if it ever will
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app

notanymore said:
Yeah I made the foolish mistake of upgrading to kitkat. I knew it as soon as I hit yes button to upgrade. Too late.
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I'm new so don't know much. My understanding is you can't flash anything without being in recovery, right? Look at busted25's post. I'm not risking anything that is not concrete. Much as I like to tinker around I accomplish nothing if I end up with a brick. On my Nexus I could risk everything and because I had Wugfresh. No such thing. I'm going to look at he LG software suite and see if can backup the phone enough to restore it should i soft brick or something
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Yesterday I just write but I forgot to include the thread to be translated for the instructions and the .zip file to be OTG flashed, here it is, sorry
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=746320

Lg g2 d80220a
XxZombiePikachu said:
Well that's why you can't get recovery, kit Kat does not have ability for recovery and who knows if it ever will
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
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What?! Are you sure about that? If true that is really foul. What, do they think we are Apple fans or something? If we didn't want recovery we would have bought Apple. I hope that is not true. Why would they do such think knowing you can't flash if you they do that. I'm addicted to custom roms...LOL! I need my fix now!!
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pmorales said:
Yesterday I just write but I forgot to include the thread to be translated for the instructions and the .zip file to be OTG flashed, here it is, sorry
It is in Spanish. Just trying working with that on your beautiful phone as a noobie...hahahaha! Thanks though.
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notanymore said:
What?! Are you sure about that? If true that is really foul. What, do they think we are Apple fans or something? If we didn't want recovery we would have bought Apple. I hope that is not true. Why would they do such think knowing you can't flash if you they do that. I'm addicted to custom roms...LOL! I need my fix now!!
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Well the exploit we were using to install recovery/Loki was patched in kk so currently if you want recovery it's the same procedure for all devices downgrade to 4.2(first firmware available) root install recovery and depending on your device I can link you a modified kk that uses the aboot from 4.2 plus modified kk kernel to boot to kk while retaining root/recovery
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app

Lg g2 d80220a
XxZombiePikachu said:
Well the exploit we were using to install recovery/Loki was patched in kk so currently if you want recovery it's the same procedure for all devices downgrade to 4.2(first firmware available) root install recovery and depending on your device I can link you a modified kk that uses the aboot from 4.2 plus modified kk kernel to boot to kk while retaining root/recovery
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
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I don't know if I have the skills to pull that off. I could wind up like busted25 and all the others who bricked. I think my best option might be to sell it very cheap quickly and order a new one and never upgrade. I'll take the hit. Phone is less than a week old. One thing I'm not understanding though is I'm seeing only kitkat custom roms for this phone out there. That's why I thought it was ok to upgrade. I didn't see any 4.2.2. Everybody who flashed the custom roms must have been fairly or very skilled.One thing that made me upset is ROM Manager advertised recovery for this phone that was bogus. I even paid for the touch version and got nothing and no email reply

[Q] Help With LG Optimus Zone 2 (VS415PP)

Need a little assistance. I have been searching everywhear for a month to find a recovery for my device. Its the LG Optimus Zone 2 (VS415PP) and thought i found it, it was labled LGOZ2 in the main heading and .zip title so i thought i had it, i flashed it. However it was for the LG Optimus Zone (VS410) and now i dont have a recovery. YAY!!! So I am hoping that someone here on XDA is willing to point me in the right direction to either a CWM, TWRP, Stock or some custom recovery for my device. I know quite a bit about flashing and other things but i dont know how to mod and compile my own recover or any other for my device.lol. Can XDA save me? ^.^

I actually have a copy of this recovery. (I have the same phone, so I know your pain.)
androidarea51.com/all-things-root/twrp-cwm-and-a-way-to-boot-to-them!/
(Copy and paste the link)
Try both CWM images. I used one of the two and it works for VS145PP1.

T3AR-Winter said:
Need a little assistance. I have been searching everywhear for a month to find a recovery for my device. Its the LG Optimus Zone 2 (VS415PP) and thought i found it, it was labled LGOZ2 in the main heading and .zip title so i thought i had it, i flashed it. However it was for the LG Optimus Zone (VS410) and now i dont have a recovery. YAY!!! So I am hoping that someone here on XDA is willing to point me in the right direction to either a CWM, TWRP, Stock or some custom recovery for my device. I know quite a bit about flashing and other things but i dont know how to mod and compile my own recover or any other for my device.lol. Can XDA save me? ^.^
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This is the recovery you need.
Extract the file to your download folder.
Command to flash:
su -c dd if=/sdcard/Download/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
(This is assuming it's in your download folder.)

I am currently looking for roms So far 0 exist.

Can anyone point me to a good custom ROM for my device? Also, is there an exhaustive list of custom ROMs available? This is my 3rd android device, and I've been able to find root methods and custom recoveries etc for all 3, but haven't found much development for the LG Optimus Zone 2. Would searching the deep web be useful? I've only been into these things since last July and haven't encountered many people outside of the internet that knows about or is interested in these things.
Any and all guidance is appreciated
Sent from my VS415PP using XDA Free mobile app

Towelrooted, SuperSU managed, TWRP recovered and BusyBox assisted VS415PP running on stock KK 4.4.2 .

g0nz01212 said:
Towelrooted, SuperSU managed, TWRP recovered and BusyBox assisted VS415PP running on stock KK 4.4.2 .
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What tarp recovery did you use by chance?
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Twrp* sorry.

http://androidarea51.com/all-things-root/twrp-cwm-and-a-way-to-boot-to-them!/
daishi4u over @ AA51 compiled CWM and TWRP for the LG Optimus Fuel L34C, which is the TracFone variant of the VS415PP I believe. I read further in the thread where someone else with the VS415PP flashed twrp and the boot.img and had to flash the OS, he then re-flashed only twrp and it worked fine for him. I grabbed flashify from the play store, downloaded twrp 2.8.4.0 from the top of the thread (which is where the preceding url will take you), and flashed the .img. Works like a charm
Towelrooted SuperSU managed TWRP recovered BusyBox running on stock KK 4.4.2 Verizon VS415PP1.
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TheUnbricker said:
I actually have a copy of this recovery. (I have the same phone, so I know your pain.)
androidarea51.com/all-things-root/twrp-cwm-and-a-way-to-boot-to-them!/
(Copy and paste the link)
Try both CWM images. I used one of the two and it works for VS145PP1.
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Btw, thanks for pointing me in the right direction
Towelrooted SuperSU managed TWRP recovered BusyBox running on stock KK 4.4.2 Verizon VS415PP1.

I'm sorry about the lack of custom Roms. Please tell me... What kind of ROM are you wanting? AOKP, Cyanogen, AOSP, etc. I'm working on a ROM now, however it is still in Dev phase 2. A preferred medium is appreciated!
-Cheers! Meow/TheUnbricker

TheUnbricker said:
I'm sorry about the lack of custom Roms. Please tell me... What kind of ROM are you wanting? AOKP, Cyanogen, AOSP, etc. I'm working on a ROM now, however it is still in Dev phase 2. A preferred medium is appreciated!
-Cheers! Meow/TheUnbricker
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Personally, I would prefer AOSP, mainly because it is lightweight.

Illogi.xbone said:
Personally, I would prefer AOSP, mainly because it is lightweight.
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L or KK?

TheUnbricker said:
L or KK?
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L would be great as it runs much better than KK on majority of devices.

Need some help i brick my lg vs415pp
Can somebody help me i bricked my lg vs415p.o... PLEASE

rootmob23 said:
Can somebody help me i bricked my lg vs415p.o... PLEASE
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what does it do. Is it a LG Security Error?

rpgslayer_redtelko said:
what does it do. Is it a LG Security Error?
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Exactly and then shut right off.. Anyway to fix it?
Sent from my LGL22C using XDA Forums Pro.

Correction: Do you have a boot partition backed up to a *.img file

I got it fixed.. Thanks anyways.

g0nz01212 said:
http://androidarea51.com/all-things-root/twrp-cwm-and-a-way-to-boot-to-them!/
daishi4u over @ AA51 compiled CWM and TWRP for the LG Optimus Fuel L34C, which is the TracFone variant of the VS415PP I believe. I read further in the thread where someone else with the VS415PP flashed twrp and the boot.img and had to flash the OS, he then re-flashed only twrp and it worked fine for him. I grabbed flashify from the play store, downloaded twrp 2.8.4.0 from the top of the thread (which is where the preceding url will take you), and flashed the .img. Works like a charm
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rootmob23 said:
I got it fixed.. Thanks anyways.
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It really bugs me when people don't give proper or any details.
Both accounts above (the third-hand account left out some important details) involved the exact same issue and neither poster gave any details worth a damn how to resolve it.
I just got this phone from work and decided to risk rooting and flashing TWRP. Then I did as the other two guys did and flashed the bootloader from the above-mentioned thread @ androidarea51 so VOL+ could be used during boot to get into TWRP. That's where I ran into a snag like the other two guys. I got the LG Security Error and had to use the LG Mobile Support Tool to recover the factory bootloader, recovery, and OS to the phone. Fortunately everything I had added to the phone was still there, so it didn't wipe any data. There are plenty of guides on how to use it.
The bootloader compiled for the Fuel L34C DOES NOT work for the VS415PP - only TWRP and CWM do. Therefore, if you flash either recovery, you must install something like Quickboot that allows rebooting your phone directly into the recovery. Otherwise, you can't use it. (It doesn't just work "like a charm" on it's own as g0nzo made it sound.)
P.S. If anyone wants to take a try at the ROM, I did manage to back it up. It's pretty much factory as I got the phone 2 days ago and did hardly anything with it in that time.

Your out of luck because building you own rom for the Lg optimus zone 2 is utterly impossible!! You would need the source code which is the heart of building a rom. Unless you find a device that is almost identical to the Lg optimus zone 2 you can use the source code from it but I have built roms for my LG G2 and LG optimus L70 and I needed the source code ? Sorry about spilling this news but I will be working on a way to retrieve the code but since the device is a bit old I focus on the later Devices

DROID_4_UsEr said:
Your out of luck because building you own rom for the Lg optimus zone 2 is utterly impossible!! You would need the source code which is the heart of building a rom. Unless you find a device that is almost identical to the Lg optimus zone 2 you can use the source code from it but I have built roms for my LG G2 and LG optimus L70 and I needed the source code �� Sorry about spilling this news but I will be working on a way to retrieve the code but since the device is a bit old I focus on the later Devices
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It's not impossible its actually quite simple, but when you cant get the updater-script then it becomes inpossible. You can find the source code for the LG Optimus Zone 2 here: http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=vs450ppThe G2 is about as far away from the Zone 2 as you can get. The L70 is closer... but still not good enough.