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

[joonboi]

will try out

 

[Gijoey1980]

Thanks man this works great..

 

[Jnlsrosebud]

Wow, so much info

 

[gyanos422]

thanks

 

[manny29]

Can this image be flash over xionia recovery

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[jstntp]

Can this image be flash over xionia recovery

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Yep, just follow the directions.

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[manny29]

Yep, just follow the directions.

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Ok thanks and what roms are available the same one cm7,reborn,shell,ect....

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[sblood86]

Ok thanks and what roms are available the same one cm7,reborn,shell,ect....

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As I understand it the cm7 builds don't work properly with the thunderc recovery, someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they have to be ran over a clockword mod like xionia

otherwise your list looks about right

 

[brandonrz]

Hey i've noticed the roms that you have put really hard work in. For your. Next rom that you should meantion to mikeOS, and beezy, is to enable moble ap (wireless tethering) after the VD update on lg Optimus s. Through a kernal, or a new rom, or an adition to nrom reborn rom thunde rom dark hourse rom ect.......
one of your fans,
Brandon Ruiz. Ps. It would bring lots of views to the new work. And to the other roms.

 

[manny29]

As I understand it the cm7 builds don't work properly with the thunderc recovery, someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they have to be ran over a clockword mod like xionia

otherwise your list looks about right

Thanks for ur time.

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[thekd53]

sorry ima complete noob and need this in detail with help
rooted lg optimus t

 

[manny29]

sorry ima complete noob and need this in detail with help
rooted lg optimus t

Well im in the process that I.did everything correct and it work.but when.i go to recovery its just black but my phone still works fine and I re did.the steps using xoania recovery

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[runcheck]

I keep getting a blank screen when I try to get to the recovery menu... what should i do? sorry if its been answered im reading through all these pages right now

Found this answer to my question

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You probably have the new video display and drivers. You need to go with the latest xionia recovery.

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now where do i find the xionia recovery file?

 

[ichihollow]

I keep getting a blank screen when I try to get to the recovery menu... what should i do? sorry if its been answered im reading through all these pages right now

Ill save you the trouble you have to use screen cast the recovery you're using doesn't have drivers for the newer screens. Screen cast will take care of you though.

 

[runcheck]

Ill save you the trouble you have to use screen cast the recovery you're using doesn't have drivers for the newer screens. Screen cast will take care of you though.

what is screen cast exactly? thanks for the quick reply

am i on the right track with this thread http://forum.androidcentral.com/sprint-optimus-s/62168-can-anyone-use-android-screencast-their-optimus.html

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still no luck, I have the screencast up and running, but it won't load up on the recovery mode

 

[ichihollow]

what is screen cast exactly? thanks for the quick reply

as it's name implies, it allows you to "cast" your "screen" on to your computer monitor.

very easy to use, i'm assuming that because you have a custom recovery you have adb already, if not go Android SDK | Android Developers, this is where you go for screencast AFTER you have downloaded and installed adb

as with adb, to make things a hell of a lot easier and faster for you, in windows, right click on [My]Computer>>Properties>>Advanced System Settings, under the Advanced tab click Environment Variables in the bottom half select PATH, edit and add the location that the screencast jaws file is located, I put mine in my adb folder so it should read ;c:\android (adb for me is located in platform-tools in android but screen cast is just floating in the android folder). I would also add ;jnlp to the PATHEXT list, and the full location of where screen cast is at to the CLASSPATH list, though I'm pretty sure you don't actually have to add the class path part, but i can't remember and did it on my system and everything works. now I don't have to navigate command prompt to the folder that the jaws file is located at I just type in "screencast" when cmd opens, hit enter and it starts (the default file name is 'androidscreencast.jnlp' but i didn't like that so i shortened it to just screencast.jnlp) if you need more help with setting that up let me know, other then that screencast is really obvious to use, just make sure your phone is plugged in via usb to the computer.

 

[runcheck]

okay screen cast is working, but im not sure how to enter the recovery menu with the screen cast still working... it stops working when i enter it

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for anyone else who is having the blank recovery screen problem, just use this recovery file here, it supports the newer screen drivers

 

[ddark1]

Updated recovery 5/05/11: Fixed & and updated many issues. Will work on all device lcd panels both novatek & hitachi

Ra-2.2.1-GNM


Its very hard for me to keep up with posts all over so questions/comments in this thread will not be monitored all the time by me.

Lets start the custom roms!!

To use copy flash_image and recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img to the root of your sdcard.

To flash: via adb shell or terminal type this from root # shell

# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image

# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image

# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak

# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img

# reboot recovery

Key combo to boot custom recovery from powered off is vol_down + home + power and release keys at LG splash.

Recovery Features:

ADB as root user

USB-MS Toggle :mounts sdcard as mass storage

Backup/Restore:
Nand Backup : runs a nandroid backup of data, cache, boot, system
Nand Backup + .android secure : backs up above plus .android_secure on sdcard (froyo native apps on sd)
Nand + ext backup : data, cache, system, boot, plus apps2sd on ext partition (old style apps2sd)
Nand Restore : browse to and select nandroid backup to restore

Flash Zip From Sdcard: Update.zip must be in root of sdcard

Wipe Menu:
Wipe data/factory reset: wipes data & cache
Wipe cache
Wipe Dalvik cache : Wipes Dalvik cache in all possible locations if moved by apps2sd
Wipe SD:ext : Wipes Apps2sd ext partition
Wipe Battery Stats
Wipe rotate settings
Wipe .android secure : Wipes froyo native .android_secure on sdcard

Partition Sdcard:
Partition SD: Partition's sdcard for apps2sd (this formats card so all non backed-up data is lost)
Repair Sd:ext
SD:ext2 to ext3 : coverts apps2sd ext2 partition to ext3 (requires kernel support for ext3)
SD:ext3 to ext4 : same as above but ext3 to ext4 (requires kernel support for ext4)

Mounts:
Gui mounts to avoid typing in terminal to mount and cd into a dir to mount system, data, cache, sd-ext (if exists), sdcard

Other:
Fix apk uid mismatches
Move recovery log to SD
Toggle Signature Verify : Turn of signature checking on flashing zips
Key Test : Output keycodes for debugging recovery

Recovery Key mapping:
Up & down : vol-up and vol-down
Select : Menu
Backup : Back

Thanks to :
zefie for dumps
Amon_Ra for his awesome source and a few pointers. His original Source Link
Worstenbrood's desire recovery Link

Donators Thank You List:
None Yet

Donation link to Buy me an Energy Drink is below:
Donation Link

Download-recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s.1.1.0.img.zip
Md5 = 6e1afcbcebda3adda43aa76a408ec705

BRICK WARNING DO NOT FLASH A RADIO.IMG WITH RECOVERY
My Github Source Link

Do I need to do all the steps above including all under backup/restore, and partition, and all the wipes, because, I flashed mines for the first time and only did the nandbackup, just want to make sure before I flash a friend's for the first time.

 

[blackops1125]

No he is just explaining what everything does in this recovery.
This is the only stuff that needs to be done!
Code:
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image

# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image

# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak

# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img

# reboot recovery
The rest is just all of the features of this recovery

 

[ddark1]

No he is just explaining what everything does in this recovery.
This is the only stuff that needs to be done!
Code:
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image

# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image

# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak

# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img

# reboot recovery
The rest is just all of the features of this recovery

ok, thanks, just wondering, so I'm ready to flash, thanks for the fast response