[How-To] Unlock, Install SU, Custom Recovery

[BrianDigital]

that was amazing, the hardest part was getting drivers

 

[fixxxer1022]

Try chatting with drellisdee from getitnowmarketing. He made all the amon_ra recoveries for the LG optimus series of phones.

i hope someone can get this going.

 

[kalex]

Why do people hate clockwork?

How does one backup the RSA keys?

 

[KSmithInNY]

Why do people hate clockwork?

How does one backup the RSA keys?

I don't hate clockwork at all, i just prefer Amon_ra. When i started, that was the only option so i stick with it. I find some features i use frequently (mount as USB, wipe dalvik) tucked away in sub-menus on CW which causes more button presses while those same features in Amon_Ra are centrally located (mount USB is #1 option, Wipe dalvik is conveniently located with wipe data and wipe cache).

 

[kalex]

Oh ye I noticed that too. when I switched my LG to CW menus were all over the place. Wipe cache was in one place and davlik was buried inside menus

 

[kalex]

Hmm weird problem. I unlocked bootloader, installed and rebooted into clockwork but now when I select backup restore and press power button all i get is hat with orange semi circle arrow. Any ideas?

Nevermind. Re flashed CW and all good. running nandroid now

 

[LocationDudeNYC]

Would someone please point me to the file I need and Terminal commands to root this on a Mac? I would appreciate it. There doesn't seem to be any one definitive way I can see.

 

[12MaNy]

Cannot find USB drivers. Any ideas?

 

[12MaNy]

Ok....it doesn't matter what I do. I have drivers installed and everything. When I run "adb reboot bootloader" it boots into bootloader/fastboot just fine, but when I type "fastboot oem unlock" , I get " 'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

WTF?!

 

[Animal99]

-Long press on install-recovery.sh and rename to install-recovery.sh.bak

I get to this part and can't find that filename anywhere...did I do something wrong somewhere?
Thanks!

 

[betachains]

Cannot find USB drivers. Any ideas?

Install PDAnet on your computer.

 

[betachains]

Ok....it doesn't matter what I do. I have drivers installed and everything. When I run "adb reboot bootloader" it boots into bootloader/fastboot just fine, but when I type "fastboot oem unlock" , I get " 'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

WTF?!

In your CMD window, make sure that change to the directory on which "fastboot" is located.

 

[betachains]

I get to this part and can't find that filename anywhere...did I do something wrong somewhere?
Thanks!

I couldn't find it on my phone either (3-hour old Nexus S 4G). But the new recovery image stays put after reboots.

 

[piaa_nissan]

I too was also missing the file but it's rebooting into CW correctly. Now I need find a decent kernel and ROM

 

[mih0u5e]

Install PDAnet on your computer.

PDANet doesn't work on my computer... this driver thing is pissing me off.

 

[kalex]

what exactly doesn't work? u only need to install PDANet to get drivers

 

[mih0u5e]

what exactly doesn't work? u only need to install PDANet to get drivers

Not sure... I do just what PDA says, but when I plug my phone into the computer, the computer fails to recognize it and PDANet just sits there doing nothing...

 

[kalex]

Do u get a little popup that says drivers weren't installed? If you want to do remote support session PM me and we can use teamviewer app to connect and I can take a look

 

[12MaNy]

Unlocked! Reinstalled fastboot drivers and used different USB port and it worked like a charm.

 

[mih0u5e]

Got mine unlocked!

BIg thanks to Kalex1114!