ARCHIVED: [Custom Recovery] Optimus S/ Thunderc-sprint

[drewwalton19216801]

If efficiency is not learning how to do it the right way... I'm glad there's an easy way to do this, i think knowledge of adb commands is much more important. Using your the oscc method may be easier and faster, it causes issues like the other day when someone posted "where do you learn adb commands?". Some things can only be done with adb so where possible try to promote the use of it first. Its okay to strike a few keys now and then too, don't try and lean on GUIs too much.

You make a really good point. However, some people just don't want to take the time to learn so OSCC is good for them. And even though I am pretty fluent with ADB and such, I find myself using OSCC to make some things go a little faster even though I could do it manually. It's all about choices here. Also, the beta build will have a built-in command shell that users can do ADB stuff with, so its not totally lazy

And if you have used z4root before (which I have), your argument is invalid.

But let's wrap this up before we get TOO off topic

 

[Arnontheweb]

so i cant get the custom recovery to load, and now im getting an "invalid length" error after the second line of code

I am getting the same thing here as foolforfood. I havent seen answer.

Did you ever get this resolved?

Newb
Optimus S, Sprint
V9, Z4 root, trying to flash drellisdee recovery

 

[Arnontheweb]

I am getting the same thing here as foolforfood. I havent seen answer.

Did you ever get this resolved?

Newb
Optimus S, Sprint
V9, Z4 root, trying to flash drellisdee recovery

I assumed this meant that the file was not the correct size. I copied it to sd card 3 times. Currently it's on the sd card zipped and unzipped.

Getting invalid length after second line.

Newb
Optimus S, Sprint
V9, Z4 root, trying to flash drellisdee recovery

 

[ichihollow]

I assumed this meant that the file was not the correct size. I copied it to sd card 3 times. Currently it's on the sd card zipped and unzipped.

Getting invalid length after second line.

Newb
Optimus S, Sprint
V9, Z4 root, trying to flash drellisdee recovery

i just downloaded and the two zip from the front page a few minuets ago and went ahead and flashed this recovery. It worked just fine, to start, download both files fresh, and extract both of them to your adb.exe folder. (yes there are other ways to do this but those who know the other methods will understand when you see the code.)

open up command prompt and follow along,

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>cd c:/android/platform-tools

c:\Android\platform-tools>adb push flash_image /sdcard/
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
44 KB/s (9640 bytes in 0.212s)

c:\Android\platform-tools>adb push recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img /sdcard/

1279 KB/s (4935680 bytes in 3.768s)

c:\Android\platform-tools>adb shell
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
mv: can't rename '/system/etc/install-recovery.sh': No such file or directory
# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img
# reboot recovery
reboot recovery

c:\Android\platform-tools>

there you have it, you should get a screen with cyan colored text.

 

[uberjam545]

I assumed this meant that the file was not the correct size. I copied it to sd card 3 times. Currently it's on the sd card zipped and unzipped.

Getting invalid length after second line.

Newb
Optimus S, Sprint
V9, Z4 root, trying to flash drellisdee recovery

When if first tried this the problem i had was that i still had the files in a folder after i extracted them and put them on my sd card so make sure your not making the same simple mistake that i did

 

[pcubed]

Quick question: when I restore a nandroid backup, do I need to do anything else like wiping caches, Dalvik cache, data?

Or do I just restore and reboot?

And I'm assuming it's normal to have to restore your apps (through Ti backup) after you've restored the backup?

 

[mercrapper]

Quick question: when I restore a nandroid backup, do I need to do anything else like wiping caches, Dalvik cache, data?

Or do I just restore and reboot?

And I'm assuming it's normal to have to restore your apps (through Ti backup) after you've restored the backup?

An nandroid restore should put your phone back to the exact same stat as it was when you did the backup.

You should not need to wipe cache or dalvik-cache, though it won't hurt. Doing so will just make our first boot take a little longer as it has to rebuild the dalvik-cache.

You do not have to restore any apps, unless you install new apps since the backup you are restoring from.

 

[pcubed]

An nandroid restore should put your phone back to the exact same stat as it was when you did the backup.

You should not need to wipe cache or dalvik-cache, though it won't hurt. Doing so will just make our first boot take a little longer as it has to rebuild the dalvik-cache.

You do not have to restore any apps, unless you install new apps since the backup you are restoring from.

That's kind of strange. I did a nand restore and my apps didn't show up. It had the Android market icon in its place and the apps wouldn't load. I had to go through and restore all of them through Ti backup.

 

[scifan]

Were they "on the phone" or "on the sd card"?


Edit: of course both should be captured with a nand backup?
Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk

 

[pcubed]

Were they "on the phone" or "on the sd card"?


Edit: of course both should be captured with a nand backup?
Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk

For me, they were on the SD card.

Oddly enough, the apps that were stored on the phone were restored with no problem through the nand restore.

 

[scifan]

I know if I backup my apps with astro, the files on sd aren't backed up... I would have expected a nandroid to work right.

Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk

 

[pcubed]

If that's the case. I wonder if I'm missing something...maybe a step along the way or if it's a problem with my ROM, etc.

 

[insanecivicvtec]

I didnt see this posted anywhere. But I reverted back to V9 with the newer screen hardware. I was able to get drellisdees custom recovery installed. I then followed the directions on how to update to VD and keep root from that post but when I load the recovery it still wont show up on the device itself. I have to use androidscreencast to see anything. Any ideas? also when I connect to the adb shell i still have root but in front of the #sign it says "sh-3.2#"

 

[ichihollow]

I didnt see this posted anywhere. But I reverted back to V9 with the newer screen hardware. I was able to get drellisdees custom recovery installed. I then followed the directions on how to update to VD and keep root from that post but when I load the recovery it still wont show up on the device itself. I have to use androidscreencast to see anything. Any ideas? also when I connect to the adb shell i still have root but in front of the #sign it says "sh-3.2#"

Which version of the thundrc do you have? As far as your adb question i cant answer why your getting sh-3.2# but if it works it works. My roommate's captivate and my friends epic display stuff before the # too so it shouldnt really matter.


EDIT: For anyone who cares, SuperOneClick is usually responsible for getting the "sh-3.2#", just found this out, as i've started helping out the LG Vortex people, and SuperOneClick is their best friend.

 

[sfhub]

I didnt see this posted anywhere. But I reverted back to V9 with the newer screen hardware. I was able to get drellisdees custom recovery installed. I then followed the directions on how to update to VD and keep root from that post but when I load the recovery it still wont show up on the device itself. I have to use androidscreencast to see anything. Any ideas? also when I connect to the adb shell i still have root but in front of the #sign it says "sh-3.2#"

The revert instructions ask you to install Xionia CWMA recovery for a reason. It works with the new LCD panel.

As to your prompt, different shells will have different default prompt output strings. Either that or some environment variable got set to change the prompt format. I'd have to look specifically at what your setup was, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. The important part is you see the #.

 

[ichihollow]

The revert instructions ask you to install Xionia CWMA recovery for a reason. It works with the new LCD panel.

This i didnt know i thought they must have just had the original as i thought both supported the new panel.

 

[insanecivicvtec]

Which version of the thundrc do you have? As far as your adb question i cant answer why your getting sh-3.2# but if it works it works. My roommate's captivate and my friends epic display stuff before the # too so it shouldnt really matter.

As far as I know it was the newest version posted. I dont really know how to check. I did switch over to Xonia Clockwork and it fixed the lcd issue.

 

[ichihollow]

As far as I know it was the newest version posted. I dont really know how to check. I did switch over to Xonia Clockwork and it fixed the lcd issue.

For future reference when you first boot into the recovery look at the bottom of the screen and there is you recovery's build information.

 

[flumpy]

=\ Damn, I was diligently following these steps BUT,
I guess I have to flush everything I've learned so far from KSmithinNY, apparently he's an idiot.

My bad.

=] Just kidding, thank you SO much KSmith, your hard work is seriously appreciated. Thanks again.

 

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