This ?How to? was created for ?nuub?s? by ?nuub?s? (or newbie?s (potato/potahto)) in order to simplify the rooting and flashing process using the program ROMTools by mmmark111. This process is so you don?t have to use any command line prompts. Even though this is a step by step instruction set, please read the stickies and the orginal post by mmmark111 (here) as well as this post in its entirety as you will have a better understanding on what you are doing to your phone.
This guide is for ?nuub?s? who want to root and flash a custom recovery and flash a new ROM. (The boot animation 'how to' is at the bottom of the page.) The only thing you would need is a ROM of your choice and Google apps (gapps) which is required if your going to use a Gingerbread ROM. You can get the needed ROM?s here. I personally use the BACKSide ROM from Blarfie and JerryScript which is a Gingerbread ROM. You can get that one here. Please give the Dev?s (developers) of the programs you are using now and in the future the credit they deserve. That ?thanks? button at the bottom of their posts and in some cases the ?Donate? button means a lot to them. They put in a lot of hard (and unpaid) work so we all can have a better than stock phone.
Standard Disclaimer: What you are about to do may semi-brick your phone!!! This will also void your phones warranty!! Please read and understand everything before you proceed!! If you don?t, you may have an expensive Hockey Puck!!
Warning>> Rom Manager is not completely compatible with the Optimus V and might cause boot looping when trying to install ClockworkMod Recovery from it. Xionia recovery is the only recovery that has the option to fix the boot looping should it occur.
Things you will need:
A: ROMTools. Please read his sticky so you know what to expect and to download it. It will install the needed LG drivers for Windows and includes Xionia_cwma custom recovery.
B: ROM. You can get the one of your choice here. Froyo ROMs are based on the Android 2.2 which comes with your phone. Gingerbread ROMs are based on the Android 2.3 and up and is the latest and greatest. The BACKSide ROM is not listed yet and is still a WIP (work in progress) but is stable and smooth!! Do not unzip any ROM!!
C: gapps. This is the Google applications. You can get it here. The 6/13/11 is the latest one. I highly recommend getting a Gmail account. When you flash a new ROM, your contacts are gone. When you sign into Google after flashing, it will restore your contacts!!
1. Battery fully charged.
2. Back up individual apps using programs like ?titanium backup?.
3. Turn on USB debugging, >Menu button> Applications> Development.
4. Go to the folder where you unzipped ROMTools.
5. Rename ?recovery? to ?vrecovery?.
6. Double click ?ROMTools.exe?.
7. Select #2 ?Flash Recovery to Phone? by typing 2 then press ?enter? (the numbers will appear at the bottom of the window)
8. Select #1 ?LG Optimus V? then ?enter?
9. Select #1, ?Drivers, Root and Flash Recovery? then ?enter?.
10. Make sure the phone is unplugged from computer then press ?any key? for ROMTools to start installing the drivers needed for windows. It will install a total of 3 driver packages. Between installation of packages, there may be a long pause (15 to 30 seconds or more). Be patient. Installation may take a few minutes depending upon your computer.
11. Once they are done installing, press ?Any key? again to start the SuperOneClick program. This program enables ROMTools temporary ?Root? privileges needed to flash the recovery. At this point plug your phone back in. Now Windows will recognize the phone and may continue to install ?Necessary software?. When windows is done with that, press the ?Shell Root? button. Do not press the ?Root? button!! This may take a few moments for it to complete. When it?s finished, a small ?ok? window will pop up. Click ?ok? but don?t exit out of SuperOneClick.
12. From this point, ROMTools will check to see if it has temporary root privileges. Press ?any key? and a new window will pop up. Give it a moment and if you see a ?#? sign on the third line, we are good. A ?$? means you are not rooted. If there?s a ?#?, you can exit out of that window and SuperOneClick. If not, then press the ?Shell Root? button again.
13. After pressing ?any key? again, it will now start to flash the new recovery to the phone. It only takes a few seconds. Once done, it will reboot the phone into your new recovery. Once there, you should be presented with 8 options. A stock recovery only has 4 options. Pressing ?any key? in ROMTools will put you back at the main menu.
14. At this point you must make a backup. This is to insure that if there is ever a problem, you can restore your phone exactly how it is at this moment. All your apps, contacts? everything. To do this, using the volume down or up buttons, move down to ?backup and restore?. Press the ?home? key. That ?should? be the select key. If not then try the ?menu? or the side ?camera? keys. Then select ?backup?. The screen will go black and it will show the progress of the backup. It may take several moments for this to take place. Be patient. Once done it will say ?Backup Complete!?.
15. Select ?Reboot system now?
16. Once it reboots, pull down the status bar and select ?USB Connected?, then ?Turn on USB storage? and hit ?OK?. Now we can move files to and from the phone.
17. On your computer, open Windows Explorer. Now we just want to move the Kernel or the ROM zip file that you want and the ?gapps? zip file (if needed) to the sd card. In windows explorer, my phone is listed as ?Removable Disk (D)?. I just drag and drop the files there. They are not supposed to be in any folder.
18. Once they are there, comfirm they are there by clicking on example: ?Removable Disk (D)? or whatever it is on your computer. The files should be way at the bottom. Once verified unplug the phone and shut it off.
19. Once the phone is off, at the same time, press the home, volume down button and the power button and keep holding until the ?lg? logo appears. (I personally hold them until the ?lg? logo disappears). Now you should be back into your newly installed recovery.
20. Move down and select ?Wipe cache partition?. You will come to a confirm page. Scroll down to and select ?Yes ? Wipe Cache?.
21. Move down and select ?Advanced? then select ?Wipe Dalvik Cache?. Again, you will come to a confirm page. Scroll down to and select ?Yes ? Wipe Dalvik Cache?
22. Hit your ?back button, then go down to ?wipe data/factory reset?. Scroll down and select ?Yes?
23. Then go down to and select ?mounts and storage?
24. Go down and select ?format boot?. Again scroll down and select ?yes?. It is recommended to do this 2 or 3 times when you?re using the Xionia recovery.
25. Do the same for ?format system?, ?format data? and ?format cache?.
26. Hit the back button and go down to and select ?install zip from sdcard?.
27. Then select ?choose zip from sdcard?.
28. Hit your ?volume up? button and that will bring you to the bottom of the list where you will see the files you moved over earlier.
29. Select the rom you chose and again select ?yes?. After that, it will take some time (a minute or two) for it to extract, verify and install the rom.
30. Once that is complete, if your installing a Gingerbread ROM select the ?gapps? file and again select ?yes?.
31. Then go to the first page of the recovery (back button) and select ?reboot system now?.
32. If all went correctly, you should be booting into your new ROM!! The first boot after flashing a new ROM will always take a little longer. Once it boots, Google apps will ask you to create or sign in. I suggest skipping that part and let the phone load completely. Select ?Market? once the phone loads and Google will ask you again to sign in.
33. Once signed in, download titanium backup (or whatever app you used to backup) and restore your apps. Do not restore ?system apps?.
If you decide to install a different ROM in the future, you don?t have to use ROMTools. All you have to do is connect your phone to your computer, turn on ?USB Mass Storage? and move the new ROM onto the sd card just like in step 17.
If you are just installing a Kernel, all you need to do is wipe the cache partition and the Delvik cache then proceed to step 25. A Kernel can be flashed over a supported ROM much like flashing a theme (all you have to do is wipe cache partition, and Dalvik cache). Many gamers like pickasticks because it allows them to overclock the stock ROM.
If you want to restore a backup, all you have to do is go back into recovery, go down to 'backup and restore', then select 'Restore'. You will be shown all your backups that you made in recovery. They will be named in a date format ie. 2011-07-22.03.45.24. Select the backup you want and it will restore your phone exactly how it was at that time.
Trouble shooting:
After flashing the ROM and ?gapps? and phone is rebooting but gets stuck on the ?LG? logo or the boot animation, try pulling the battery and restart the phone. If not, repeats steps 19 thru 29.
If you?re upgrading to a new version of the same ROM, you do not have to ?format data? or 'wipe data/factory reset'. That way all your apps and settings will be saved. But you must ?format data? if your flashing a different ROM.
Rebooting a few times after flashing and installing your apps should cure some hesitations and slow downs if your experiencing them.
Installing a different boot animation:
If you want to change your boot animation all you have to do is find the one you want. Rename it ?bootanimation? and put it in the bootanimation folder in ROMTools. Then press option 7 in ROMTools and of course hit ?any key? and it will flash (push) it over to your phone. That?s it!!
Please if anyone has suggestions for this how to, please let me know and I will update accordingly. I tried to write this in the most simplified way possible. I can?t account for all contingencies; it can?t get much simpler than this, but if you have a problem, please feel free to ask. The great people in this forum will gladly help.
And a very big thanks goes to AndyOpie150 for helping me with the polishing of this how to and for making me do it.
On a personal note... I read and read until I was comfortable in flashing a ROM. I've only been on the flashing scene for a month but am very comfortable in doing it now. It is well worth delving into. Your phone will never be the same!! (in a good way)
This guide is for ?nuub?s? who want to root and flash a custom recovery and flash a new ROM. (The boot animation 'how to' is at the bottom of the page.) The only thing you would need is a ROM of your choice and Google apps (gapps) which is required if your going to use a Gingerbread ROM. You can get the needed ROM?s here. I personally use the BACKSide ROM from Blarfie and JerryScript which is a Gingerbread ROM. You can get that one here. Please give the Dev?s (developers) of the programs you are using now and in the future the credit they deserve. That ?thanks? button at the bottom of their posts and in some cases the ?Donate? button means a lot to them. They put in a lot of hard (and unpaid) work so we all can have a better than stock phone.
Standard Disclaimer: What you are about to do may semi-brick your phone!!! This will also void your phones warranty!! Please read and understand everything before you proceed!! If you don?t, you may have an expensive Hockey Puck!!
Warning>> Rom Manager is not completely compatible with the Optimus V and might cause boot looping when trying to install ClockworkMod Recovery from it. Xionia recovery is the only recovery that has the option to fix the boot looping should it occur.
Things you will need:
A: ROMTools. Please read his sticky so you know what to expect and to download it. It will install the needed LG drivers for Windows and includes Xionia_cwma custom recovery.
B: ROM. You can get the one of your choice here. Froyo ROMs are based on the Android 2.2 which comes with your phone. Gingerbread ROMs are based on the Android 2.3 and up and is the latest and greatest. The BACKSide ROM is not listed yet and is still a WIP (work in progress) but is stable and smooth!! Do not unzip any ROM!!
C: gapps. This is the Google applications. You can get it here. The 6/13/11 is the latest one. I highly recommend getting a Gmail account. When you flash a new ROM, your contacts are gone. When you sign into Google after flashing, it will restore your contacts!!
1. Battery fully charged.
2. Back up individual apps using programs like ?titanium backup?.
3. Turn on USB debugging, >Menu button> Applications> Development.
4. Go to the folder where you unzipped ROMTools.
5. Rename ?recovery? to ?vrecovery?.
6. Double click ?ROMTools.exe?.
7. Select #2 ?Flash Recovery to Phone? by typing 2 then press ?enter? (the numbers will appear at the bottom of the window)
8. Select #1 ?LG Optimus V? then ?enter?
9. Select #1, ?Drivers, Root and Flash Recovery? then ?enter?.
10. Make sure the phone is unplugged from computer then press ?any key? for ROMTools to start installing the drivers needed for windows. It will install a total of 3 driver packages. Between installation of packages, there may be a long pause (15 to 30 seconds or more). Be patient. Installation may take a few minutes depending upon your computer.
11. Once they are done installing, press ?Any key? again to start the SuperOneClick program. This program enables ROMTools temporary ?Root? privileges needed to flash the recovery. At this point plug your phone back in. Now Windows will recognize the phone and may continue to install ?Necessary software?. When windows is done with that, press the ?Shell Root? button. Do not press the ?Root? button!! This may take a few moments for it to complete. When it?s finished, a small ?ok? window will pop up. Click ?ok? but don?t exit out of SuperOneClick.
12. From this point, ROMTools will check to see if it has temporary root privileges. Press ?any key? and a new window will pop up. Give it a moment and if you see a ?#? sign on the third line, we are good. A ?$? means you are not rooted. If there?s a ?#?, you can exit out of that window and SuperOneClick. If not, then press the ?Shell Root? button again.
13. After pressing ?any key? again, it will now start to flash the new recovery to the phone. It only takes a few seconds. Once done, it will reboot the phone into your new recovery. Once there, you should be presented with 8 options. A stock recovery only has 4 options. Pressing ?any key? in ROMTools will put you back at the main menu.
14. At this point you must make a backup. This is to insure that if there is ever a problem, you can restore your phone exactly how it is at this moment. All your apps, contacts? everything. To do this, using the volume down or up buttons, move down to ?backup and restore?. Press the ?home? key. That ?should? be the select key. If not then try the ?menu? or the side ?camera? keys. Then select ?backup?. The screen will go black and it will show the progress of the backup. It may take several moments for this to take place. Be patient. Once done it will say ?Backup Complete!?.
15. Select ?Reboot system now?
16. Once it reboots, pull down the status bar and select ?USB Connected?, then ?Turn on USB storage? and hit ?OK?. Now we can move files to and from the phone.
17. On your computer, open Windows Explorer. Now we just want to move the Kernel or the ROM zip file that you want and the ?gapps? zip file (if needed) to the sd card. In windows explorer, my phone is listed as ?Removable Disk (D)?. I just drag and drop the files there. They are not supposed to be in any folder.
18. Once they are there, comfirm they are there by clicking on example: ?Removable Disk (D)? or whatever it is on your computer. The files should be way at the bottom. Once verified unplug the phone and shut it off.
19. Once the phone is off, at the same time, press the home, volume down button and the power button and keep holding until the ?lg? logo appears. (I personally hold them until the ?lg? logo disappears). Now you should be back into your newly installed recovery.
20. Move down and select ?Wipe cache partition?. You will come to a confirm page. Scroll down to and select ?Yes ? Wipe Cache?.
21. Move down and select ?Advanced? then select ?Wipe Dalvik Cache?. Again, you will come to a confirm page. Scroll down to and select ?Yes ? Wipe Dalvik Cache?
22. Hit your ?back button, then go down to ?wipe data/factory reset?. Scroll down and select ?Yes?
23. Then go down to and select ?mounts and storage?
24. Go down and select ?format boot?. Again scroll down and select ?yes?. It is recommended to do this 2 or 3 times when you?re using the Xionia recovery.
25. Do the same for ?format system?, ?format data? and ?format cache?.
26. Hit the back button and go down to and select ?install zip from sdcard?.
27. Then select ?choose zip from sdcard?.
28. Hit your ?volume up? button and that will bring you to the bottom of the list where you will see the files you moved over earlier.
29. Select the rom you chose and again select ?yes?. After that, it will take some time (a minute or two) for it to extract, verify and install the rom.
30. Once that is complete, if your installing a Gingerbread ROM select the ?gapps? file and again select ?yes?.
31. Then go to the first page of the recovery (back button) and select ?reboot system now?.
32. If all went correctly, you should be booting into your new ROM!! The first boot after flashing a new ROM will always take a little longer. Once it boots, Google apps will ask you to create or sign in. I suggest skipping that part and let the phone load completely. Select ?Market? once the phone loads and Google will ask you again to sign in.
33. Once signed in, download titanium backup (or whatever app you used to backup) and restore your apps. Do not restore ?system apps?.
If you decide to install a different ROM in the future, you don?t have to use ROMTools. All you have to do is connect your phone to your computer, turn on ?USB Mass Storage? and move the new ROM onto the sd card just like in step 17.
If you are just installing a Kernel, all you need to do is wipe the cache partition and the Delvik cache then proceed to step 25. A Kernel can be flashed over a supported ROM much like flashing a theme (all you have to do is wipe cache partition, and Dalvik cache). Many gamers like pickasticks because it allows them to overclock the stock ROM.
If you want to restore a backup, all you have to do is go back into recovery, go down to 'backup and restore', then select 'Restore'. You will be shown all your backups that you made in recovery. They will be named in a date format ie. 2011-07-22.03.45.24. Select the backup you want and it will restore your phone exactly how it was at that time.
Trouble shooting:
After flashing the ROM and ?gapps? and phone is rebooting but gets stuck on the ?LG? logo or the boot animation, try pulling the battery and restart the phone. If not, repeats steps 19 thru 29.
If you?re upgrading to a new version of the same ROM, you do not have to ?format data? or 'wipe data/factory reset'. That way all your apps and settings will be saved. But you must ?format data? if your flashing a different ROM.
Rebooting a few times after flashing and installing your apps should cure some hesitations and slow downs if your experiencing them.
Installing a different boot animation:
If you want to change your boot animation all you have to do is find the one you want. Rename it ?bootanimation? and put it in the bootanimation folder in ROMTools. Then press option 7 in ROMTools and of course hit ?any key? and it will flash (push) it over to your phone. That?s it!!
Please if anyone has suggestions for this how to, please let me know and I will update accordingly. I tried to write this in the most simplified way possible. I can?t account for all contingencies; it can?t get much simpler than this, but if you have a problem, please feel free to ask. The great people in this forum will gladly help.
And a very big thanks goes to AndyOpie150 for helping me with the polishing of this how to and for making me do it.
On a personal note... I read and read until I was comfortable in flashing a ROM. I've only been on the flashing scene for a month but am very comfortable in doing it now. It is well worth delving into. Your phone will never be the same!! (in a good way)
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