The Intro
UPDATE: This does not work anymore. But I got TWRP to work! Click here: http://androidforums.com/threads/twrp-for-lg-ultimate-2.917529/
I have spent a good amount of time with Viewpoint Technologies on this recovery for the TracFone LG L70 (LG Ultimate 2) and have came up with something amazing: Developer support for the LG Ultimate 2! There are 2 ways so far to install some type of recovery on this phone. I will list all three. In all three methods you need the LG USB drivers. You need ADB to. I gave a download link to that. Also you will need to enable USB debugging in settings. Settings –> About phone –> Software Information. Then in there tap on Build Number like 5 times quickly. After that you should see some type of option that says developer on it in the main settings. Tap on that and enable USB debugging. When you connect your LG Ultimate 2 to the computer for the first time on the phones screen it will ask you to allow USB debugging. Tap "Allow" or "Trust" depending on whatever it says. Oh yea, you also need root for this.
Method one: Unlock the bootloader and install CWM recovery
In this method we use a few handy apps to get into recovery and one Windows Batch file.
What to download
Download the recovery to your phone and install Flashify and install it. Also you will need Rebooter. To unlock the bootloader download bootloader.zip from Dev-Host.
Unlocking the bootloader
To install a recovery you must unlock the bootloader first. If you don't know already, a bootloader is a stupid thing the manufacture puts on a phone to make it so you can't boot into anything else but their own firmware/ROM. To unlock the bootloader, click here.
Flashing the recovery
When you open Flashify, the first thing you will see is a disclaimer thing. Tap allow. Next tap "Recovery Image" and select the "Choose file" option in the box that pops up and select the recovery you downloaded. Press "Flash". It will flash the VPT CWM recovery (Viewpoint Technologies ClockworkMod recovery) for a few seconds. After that it will ask you if you want to reboot now, say no and close Flashify.
Rebooting into recovery with Rebooter
Open the app "Rebooter" that we downloaded. Then tap "Reboot into recovery" and your all set. And 10 seconds later your in CWM! It's that easy! The photo below is what it should look like.
Method two: run a batch file and sit back and relax
That sounds a lot better than downloading fifty things a following like 20 steps of instructions. So I am working on a one-click recovery installer that unlocks your bootloader and installs CWM. Its in testing so don't expect it for another 7 days or so.
How it all works
I make a MS-DOS batch file that runs adb and fastboot commands. You just follow the steps is says to do and with in 2 minutes you have a working CWM recovery. All you need to do is download my zip file with adb, fastboot, CWM recovery and my batch file in it. Run the batch file and your all set. No need to type in commands, it does it all for you. Its really simple and I am sure you will love it 10 times more than method one. Its just a matter of time before its done. So bookmark this page and look at it everyday. I will post updates on the project.
Final thoughts
LG L70 ROMs will not work because they are not made for the TracFone one. The Cricket wireless ones might work, but not sure of that. Viewpoint Technologies and I will make at least 2 ROMs for this phone: Lollipop and stock KitKat. If we can, we will port the LG L90 Android 5.0 version to this phone. Not making anything for any version but the TracFone one. You should feel special now. The only use for this CWM is to backup your phone. That's really it.
And also, thank you for downloading this! Please send us photos of your phone in recovery mode, and we will post them! This is to show that it works. Also give us feedback or if you have issues, please email us at ryanc.viewpoint@gmail.com and we will respond within 12 hours or less.
Here is one more way to get a recovery on this phone. This way will make you lose all your data so backup the data folder in root browser. Flash this update.zip using Flash Gordon. And using ADB type in "adb reboot recovery" and your phone should soft brick. Don't worry: just reset you phone. Then using ADB type in "adb reboot recovery" and your phone should reboot into recovery It's not CWM, but it can still flash zips and ROMs. The issue with this is that you cannot backup your phone with this. Until we find a way to unlock the bootloader, the most you can do is flash zip files named update.zip. You need root for that too.
If this makes your phone unable to boot, its not my fault. Your phone = you responsibility. But if it soft bricks I can try to help you fix that. But anyway, this is only for people with a backup phone or if they use the LG L41C as a play toy.
-Ryan Cunningham
UPDATE: This does not work anymore. But I got TWRP to work! Click here: http://androidforums.com/threads/twrp-for-lg-ultimate-2.917529/
I have spent a good amount of time with Viewpoint Technologies on this recovery for the TracFone LG L70 (LG Ultimate 2) and have came up with something amazing: Developer support for the LG Ultimate 2! There are 2 ways so far to install some type of recovery on this phone. I will list all three. In all three methods you need the LG USB drivers. You need ADB to. I gave a download link to that. Also you will need to enable USB debugging in settings. Settings –> About phone –> Software Information. Then in there tap on Build Number like 5 times quickly. After that you should see some type of option that says developer on it in the main settings. Tap on that and enable USB debugging. When you connect your LG Ultimate 2 to the computer for the first time on the phones screen it will ask you to allow USB debugging. Tap "Allow" or "Trust" depending on whatever it says. Oh yea, you also need root for this.
Method one: Unlock the bootloader and install CWM recovery
In this method we use a few handy apps to get into recovery and one Windows Batch file.
What to download
Download the recovery to your phone and install Flashify and install it. Also you will need Rebooter. To unlock the bootloader download bootloader.zip from Dev-Host.
Unlocking the bootloader
To install a recovery you must unlock the bootloader first. If you don't know already, a bootloader is a stupid thing the manufacture puts on a phone to make it so you can't boot into anything else but their own firmware/ROM. To unlock the bootloader, click here.
Flashing the recovery
When you open Flashify, the first thing you will see is a disclaimer thing. Tap allow. Next tap "Recovery Image" and select the "Choose file" option in the box that pops up and select the recovery you downloaded. Press "Flash". It will flash the VPT CWM recovery (Viewpoint Technologies ClockworkMod recovery) for a few seconds. After that it will ask you if you want to reboot now, say no and close Flashify.
Rebooting into recovery with Rebooter
Open the app "Rebooter" that we downloaded. Then tap "Reboot into recovery" and your all set. And 10 seconds later your in CWM! It's that easy! The photo below is what it should look like.
Method two: run a batch file and sit back and relax
That sounds a lot better than downloading fifty things a following like 20 steps of instructions. So I am working on a one-click recovery installer that unlocks your bootloader and installs CWM. Its in testing so don't expect it for another 7 days or so.
How it all works
I make a MS-DOS batch file that runs adb and fastboot commands. You just follow the steps is says to do and with in 2 minutes you have a working CWM recovery. All you need to do is download my zip file with adb, fastboot, CWM recovery and my batch file in it. Run the batch file and your all set. No need to type in commands, it does it all for you. Its really simple and I am sure you will love it 10 times more than method one. Its just a matter of time before its done. So bookmark this page and look at it everyday. I will post updates on the project.
Final thoughts
LG L70 ROMs will not work because they are not made for the TracFone one. The Cricket wireless ones might work, but not sure of that. Viewpoint Technologies and I will make at least 2 ROMs for this phone: Lollipop and stock KitKat. If we can, we will port the LG L90 Android 5.0 version to this phone. Not making anything for any version but the TracFone one. You should feel special now. The only use for this CWM is to backup your phone. That's really it.
And also, thank you for downloading this! Please send us photos of your phone in recovery mode, and we will post them! This is to show that it works. Also give us feedback or if you have issues, please email us at ryanc.viewpoint@gmail.com and we will respond within 12 hours or less.
Here is one more way to get a recovery on this phone. This way will make you lose all your data so backup the data folder in root browser. Flash this update.zip using Flash Gordon. And using ADB type in "adb reboot recovery" and your phone should soft brick. Don't worry: just reset you phone. Then using ADB type in "adb reboot recovery" and your phone should reboot into recovery It's not CWM, but it can still flash zips and ROMs. The issue with this is that you cannot backup your phone with this. Until we find a way to unlock the bootloader, the most you can do is flash zip files named update.zip. You need root for that too.
If this makes your phone unable to boot, its not my fault. Your phone = you responsibility. But if it soft bricks I can try to help you fix that. But anyway, this is only for people with a backup phone or if they use the LG L41C as a play toy.
-Ryan Cunningham
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