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Fully format/ partition "SD card"??

I want to fully format my gn how do I do this including the " SD card"? Thanks
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Why do you want to do this? The reason why is important for the proper answer.

rosswaa said:
I want to fully format my gn how do I do this including the " SD card"? Thanks
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Factory reset (or unlock/relock bootloader). Since there are no separate partitions, it will delete everything iirc.

Iv installed the aokp rom after coming from arhd and power amp and double twist don't work which is a major bug
I used this super wipe zip when i flashed arhd and not sure if this is the issue as no1 else seems to have this problem
Power amp just opens then closes and runs a scan in the background which just loops and can't do anything so easiest thing for me is to start from scratch
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rosswaa said:
Power amp just opens then closes and runs a scan in the background which just loops and can't do anything so easiest thing for me is to start from scratch
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If you want to go back to stock it should be sufficient to delete all caches from recovery and flash the Galaxy Nexus ICS stock image provided by Google.

Nah I want the aokp rom, its soo good but if power amp doesn't work then its a noo noo
So thought if I wipe it and start fresh all will be good
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I would also like to know. I flashed arhd and want to format the entire device but keep root/arhd. Is it just a matter of factory reset and wipe dalvik cache?
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Simmo3D said:
I would also like to know. I flashed arhd and want to format the entire device but keep root/arhd. Is it just a matter of factory reset and wipe dalvik cache?
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read the third post.

martonikaj said:
Factory reset (or unlock/relock bootloader). Since there are no separate partitions, it will delete everything iirc.
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Factory Reset, while having the bootloader unlocked and while using AOKP, did not delete the contents of my galaxy nexus's SD CARD... WTF?
Unlocking the bootloader will surely erase everything.

[Q] Galaxy Nexus wipe data/factory reset HELP

Hi All
Im trying to do a wipe data/factory reset so i can install a new ROM but im running into a major problem, my wipe data does not work i have tried from the settings menu and also from CWM Recovery but to no avail all of my apps are still there and all saved settings widgets etc
i'm currently on Fox hound 1.2 and have CWM maguro touch 5.8.0.2
Galaxy Nexus UK GSM
Any Ideas

A wipe will not erase the contents of your "sdcard" partition on the GN. Are these the files that you are seeing?

Thought I would just try and change ROM anyway to see what happens I went for foxhound 0.2 and works OK but I can't open up the ROM control settings it just force closes every time
Did wipe from CWM recovery first but all of my apps are there with their relevant data along with Google, Facebook and twitter accounts
Will changing the kernel help?
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You could always try wiping through ADB. See if that fixes your problems. If not, I'd say reflash your recovery maybe?

I've tried to reflash the recovery hence why I have the touch version but it didn't do much and I'm guna sound very much like a noob and I probably am but how do u wipe thru adb and will I lose things like photos and music on the sdcard??
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evillee87 said:
I've tried to reflash the recovery hence why I have the touch version but it didn't do much and I'm guna sound very much like a noob and I probably am but how do u wipe thru adb and will I lose things like photos and music on the sdcard??
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Well.. I think it might wipe everything, so you could just pull /system/media (virtual SD card), and then wipe, thus keeping everything on your SD card safe. Go to this site and follow the instructions (setting up SDK, etc.) If you don't have ADB/fastboot. But you would have to have it right? That's how you got rooted? Or did you just root it using the Gnex toolkit? If so you can wipe your data partition through the toolkit as well. Link and Link

I used a toolkit on my lapdog so It will have to wait until I get home I will report back in a few hours,
unless I can do anything without the use of a laptop?
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evillee87 said:
I used a toolkit on my lapdog so It will have to wait until I get home I will report back in a few hours,
unless I can do anything without the use of a laptop?
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Yeah, you have a very unique problem, that I doubt you could fix without using a computer... I mean, your data wipe doesn't work? That's just crazy...

I'm on the same boat. Not a nu-b either, but I just want to factory reset and it's not happening. Will try with toolkit right now...

Complete pain in the arse all I wanna do I just enjoy the new ROM juicy goodness nice to know I'm not the only one with this issue cheers man
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I have this problem as well. I'm trying to search google for fix but if you know how to please post. I used wugfresh toolkit to unlock. Which option do I use to reset?

evillee87 said:
Hi All
Im trying to do a wipe data/factory reset so i can install a new ROM but im running into a major problem, my wipe data does not work i have tried from the settings menu and also from CWM Recovery but to no avail all of my apps are still there and all saved settings widgets etc
i'm currently on Fox hound 1.2 and have CWM maguro touch 5.8.0.2
Galaxy Nexus UK GSM
Any Ideas
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back up your SD card and re lock then unlock your bootloader again and it will wipe everything...
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hi diggs I've managed to sort the issue but it takes time with the lap dog
1. Download wugfresh gnex toolkit or one that you are comfortable using. MUST HAVE STOCK FIRMWARE in with toolkit!
2. Backup all personal files onto a folder in the computer I.e pictures, video's etc ya know the important stuff
3. Flash stock firmware and unroot and possibly re lock boot loader this will return phone to how it was out of the box and completely factory reset
4 from here you can then unlock boot loader and root just follow all of the steps the toolkit tells you
5 finally flash any from you desire transfer all the personal data back to your phone
Unfortunately the data from the apps cannot be recovered and also the messages but your contacts would have been backed up via your Google account
I will find the post with the toolkit and re posy shortly
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evillee87 said:
hi diggs I've managed to sort the issue but it takes time with the lap dog
1. Download wugfresh gnex toolkit or one that you are comfortable using. MUST HAVE STOCK FIRMWARE in with toolkit!
2. Backup all personal files onto a folder in the computer I.e pictures, video's etc ya know the important stuff
3. Flash stock firmware and unroot and possibly re lock boot loader this will return phone to how it was out of the box and completely factory reset
4 from here you can then unlock boot loader and root just follow all of the steps the toolkit tells you
5 finally flash any from you desire transfer all the personal data back to your phone
Unfortunately the data from the apps cannot be recovered and also the messages but your contacts would have been backed up via your Google account
I will find the post with the toolkit and re posy shortly
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Here you go buddy this is the most simple one for me no command prompt etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454168
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Here you go buddy hopefully this was helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454168
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evillee87 said:
Here you go buddy hopefully this was helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454168
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Thanks, I used wugfresh to unlock the first time. It was great timing I actually wanted a nice clean install after tons of flasing and testing. I wanted aokp b30 which was released just in time.
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where is the infamous darkside superwipe download??????????????????

?????
I searched all over

You just didn't use enough question marks.
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Download.
now.

please..? anyone??? wtf is this community about? sarcasm and hidden vital files?

OptimusCrack said:
please..? anyone??? wtf is this community about? sarcasm and hidden vital files?
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What recovery are you on?
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Vital? You don't need a super wipe. And you only need the cache wipe if you're using CWM5. If you don't know how to properly wipe..
1. Wipe Factory data reset
2. Wipe cache
3. go into mounts and storage
4. Wipe system
5. Wipe data
6. Wipe cache
7. Go to advanced
8. Wipe dalvik cache
Simple eh? Is this your first device? Super wipe scripts are very uncommon. Better that you learn how to do it the old fashion way for your next handset than rely on a shortcut.
But... if you insist. Google the derek jay source forge. Its in there in dark side tools. There's a reason he discontinued them.
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What he said.. I recommend upgrading to the newest cwm or twrp recoveries if you haven't done so yet.. The superwipe scripts are not needed on them
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Well I guess the Koodo version of this phone is **** because Ive done a factory wipe twice and wiped the system partition twice then wiped cache and dalvik twice each then flashed PA ROM and CM10 and neither of them will go past bootloop, but hey aokp works fine except for random reboots and rare sod's.
Just saying, I know what Im doing btw guy
and yes 5.0.2.6 cwm

OptimusCrack said:
Well I guess the Koodo version of this phone is **** because Ive done a factory wipe twice and wiped the system partition twice then wiped cache and dalvik twice each then flashed PA ROM and CM10 and neither of them will go past bootloop, but hey aokp works fine except for random reboots and rare sod's.
Just saying, I know what Im doing btw guy
and yes 5.0.2.6 cwm
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Upgrade recoveries..
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That guys sarcasm made me defensive
Could you kindly inform me of how to do that

Thederekjay has move on, and he has removed the link to his creation "superwipe" ,development of the superwipe is discontinued. If you really need a copy of it, you can PM him (nicely).

OptimusCrack said:
That guys sarcasm made me defensive
Could you kindly inform me of how to do that
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I understand that but don't take it so personal.. CWM 6+ is in the development section or flash twrp all your bootloop problems should be gone!
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Ive always been a CWM guy.. but TRWPs wipe is much more convenient. All wipe options are on the same screen and they work pretty quick. There's a flashable zip somewhere in the twrp thread. Flashing it through goomanager is a pain. Also how exactly are you wiping? The only way I know to get a boot loop is to wipe your cache and dalvik after flashing the ROM or you're on CWM 5.0.2.7.
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RushAOZ said:
Ive always been a CWM guy.. but TRWPs wipe is much more convenient. All wipe options are on the same screen and they work pretty quick. There's a flashable zip somewhere in the twrp thread. Flashing it through goomanager is a pain. Also how exactly are you wiping? The only way I know to get a boot loop is to wipe your cache and dalvik after flashing the ROM or you're on CWM 5.0.2.7.
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I don't trust goo manager for flashing and I also don't trust rom manager.. Flashing with either of them has never worked right for me.. Better to do it in recovery!
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OptimusCrack said:
That guys sarcasm made me defensive
Could you kindly inform me of how to do that
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My bad, I didn't know you were a sensitive chick.
So I went to the Google.com, it's this private website, and typed in "Darkside super wipe" and the first link that came up was this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
There's a download link.
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RTFOP said:
My bad, I didn't know you were a sensitive chick.
So I went to the Google.com, it's this private website, and typed in "Darkside super wipe" and the first link that came up was this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
There's a download link.
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Lmfao..
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I also recommend switching over to TWRP, there is a sticky in the android development section for this phone including a link for download and instructions for flashing it.

dsg32 said:
I also recommend switching over to TWRP, there is a sticky in the android development section for this phone including a link for download and instructions for flashing it.
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+1 I switched to TWRP and never looked back.

Rtfop, well write it down
Aaanyways I was about 3 letters and the enter button away from switching to twrp when I wondered what will happen to my old restores, I need one

OptimusCrack said:
Rtfop, well write it down
Aaanyways I was about 3 letters and the enter button away from switching to twrp when I wondered what will happen to my old restores, I need one
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Unfortunately cwm restores do not work with twrp.. That may be a deciding factor in which recovery you use..
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[Q] Can't mount SD card from recovery

I've tryed reading other forums but I'm not familiar with some terminology. I seem to have wiped all data on my phone including internal storage and just want to get my phone back into working order. There are no roms I can flash that are on the phone and can't seem to figure out how to mount the SD card to put a rom on the phone. No idea what to do from here. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!!!

You'll have to fastboot flash a stock Google ROM now.
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How does one fastboot flash?

geoffcorey said:
You'll have to fastboot flash a stock Google ROM now.
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uh no. thats an option, but not the only option
OP,
you need to have ADB setup so you can push the rom in CWM.
adb push nameandlocationofzipofromfrompc /data/media/

Okay. How exactly do I go about doing that?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1814266
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Okay I've attempted setting up ADB but when I type in adb devices under the directory C:\Andriod\andriod-sdk-windows\platform-tools> it does not find my phone. I've tryed watching and looking at a few tutorials but everything leads me to a dead, confusing end. Please help

is your phone in cwm and do you have the adb driver installed?

temperature omisten
I have Team Win Recovery but yeah when I search for devices its in Recovery. I'm double checking on the drivers

Zepius said:
uh no. thats an option, but not the only option
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From what the op said, he's fully wiped /data including /data/media. And he'll need to reboot a ROM to rebuild the sdcard stuff (at least that's how it's seemed from my experience) and I'm assuming he's wiped /system. So he's pretty hosed for the adb method.
If he just flashes a system.IMG, he should be able to fix his issue.
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geoffcorey said:
From what the op said, he's fully wiped /data including /data/media. And he'll need to reboot a ROM to rebuild the sdcard stuff (at least that's how it's seemed from my experience) and I'm assuming he's wiped /system. So he's pretty hosed for the adb method.
If he just flashes a system.IMG, he should be able to fix his issue.
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custom recoveries have ADB built into them, so no he's not hosed for adb.

How exactly do I flash a system.IMG?

Zepius said:
custom recoveries have ADB built into them, so no he's not hosed for adb.
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But the sdcard structure is erased, and at least from my experience, you need to boot into a ROM to properly fix sdcard. Unless twrp allows you to flash zips not located in /data/media then pushing a zip to /data is useless.
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Help please?

geoffcorey said:
But the sdcard structure is erased, and at least from my experience, you need to boot into a ROM to properly fix sdcard. Unless twrp allows you to flash zips not located in /data/media then pushing a zip to /data is useless.
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That is true IFF the userdata image is completely erased/formated, which I don't think can happen by using a custom recovery.
Regardless, it seems like he lost all his data, so he might as well flash it back to stock entirely.
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Help please?
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Look here.

[Q] Am I trapped AOSP?

I flashed an AOSP Rom (SuperNexus) on my LGOG. Now when I try to flash a Stock (ZVB) based ROM, my phone reboots every time data connects. I tried Stock Rooted and Lifeless. The ROM's will flash onto my phone, but I can't get any data.
I tried installing LGNPST, but every time I connect my phone and open the LGNPST software I get a message that LG USB/Parallel dongle is not detected. I flashed back to Super Nex and my connection is fine.
And I am re-flashing, not restoring a backup. I ran a backup in TWRP before I flashed Super Nex so that I could get back to my Stock setup, but TWRP can't see anything to restore.
Ugh

Androidawg said:
I flashed an AOSP Rom (SuperNexus) on my LGOG. Now when I try to flash a Stock (ZVB) based ROM, my phone reboots every time data connects. I tried Stock Rooted and Lifeless. The ROM's will flash onto my phone, but I can't get any data.
I tried installing LGNPST, but every time I connect my phone and open the LGNPST software I get a message that LG USB/Parallel dongle is not detected. I flashed back to Super Nex and my connection is fine.
And I am re-flashing, not restoring a backup. I ran a backup in TWRP before I flashed Super Nex so that I could get back to my Stock setup, but TWRP can't see anything to restore.
Ugh
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sounds like you're having similar issues as bmp7777, have you made any changes to your storage? as in the whole sdcard0 stuff? are your backups stored in sdcard0 ? when you flash a aosp rom it changes the way your storage is set up make sure you put your important stuff on sdcard0
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Androidawg said:
I flashed an AOSP Rom (SuperNexus) on my LGOG. Now when I try to flash a Stock (ZVB) based ROM, my phone reboots every time data connects. I tried Stock Rooted and Lifeless. The ROM's will flash onto my phone, but I can't get any data.
I tried installing LGNPST, but every time I connect my phone and open the LGNPST software I get a message that LG USB/Parallel dongle is not detected. I flashed back to Super Nex and my connection is fine.
And I am re-flashing, not restoring a backup. I ran a backup in TWRP before I flashed Super Nex so that I could get back to my Stock setup, but TWRP can't see anything to restore.
Ugh
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spleef said:
sounds like you're having similar issues as bmp7777, have you made any changes to your storage? as in the whole sdcard0 stuff? are your backups stored in sdcard0 ? when you flash a aosp rom it changes the way your storage is set up make sure you put your important stuff on sdcard0
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Why not just completely erase data? Including data media? That will solve all problems.
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sharkboy0901 said:
Why not just completely erase data? Including data media? That will solve all problems.
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Good idea. I'll give that a run.

sharkboy0901 said:
Why not just completely erase data? Including data media? That will solve all problems.
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Didn't want to suggest a complete erase If it could be avoided... so was basing my response on a minimal damage scenario... Lol,

spleef said:
Didn't want to suggest a complete erase If it could be avoided... so was basing my response on a minimal damage scenario... Lol,
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Hope I didn't come across as rude, wasn't my intention, just thought up the quickest way I knew would solve it
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This happened to me a couple months ago.
Easy solution:
Go to TWRP -> Wipe -> Advanced -> make sure you wipe all four options data, dalvik, cache, and system.
When you factory reset you only wiped data, dalvik, and cache. You forgot to wipe system, then you can go back to flashing normally.
Dont worry this wont wipe your SDcard.

Well I ****ed up. I formatted the data partition. I am now hard bricked. No recovery, no boot, nothing. glad I purchased that insurance.

sharkboy0901 said:
Hope I didn't come across as rude, wasn't my intention, just thought up the quickest way I knew would solve it
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Nah not at all bud just explaining why I went the route I did

Androidawg said:
Well I ****ed up. I formatted the data partition. I am now hard bricked. No recovery, no boot, nothing. glad I purchased that insurance.
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Are you actually hard bricked because at this point normally I'm pretty sure you could just LGNPST back to stock? I mean I've wiped everything before to rule out dirty flashing related bugs on ROMs and I don't think TWRP actually touches any of the really critical low-level files.

Androidawg said:
Well I ****ed up. I formatted the data partition. I am now hard bricked. No recovery, no boot, nothing. glad I purchased that insurance.
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Yeah hop on irc lgpnst that sucker and follow their instructions to the letter you'll be back in no time

spleef said:
Yeah hop on irc lgpnst that sucker and follow their instructions to the letter you'll be back in no time
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I was on irc earlier and the mega download was unavailable. I'll check it again tomorrow.

gentlemenace said:
Are you actually hard bricked because at this point normally I'm pretty sure you could just LGNPST back to stock? I mean I've wiped everything before to rule out dirty flashing related bugs on ROMs and I don't think TWRP actually touches any of the really critical low-level files.
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Worse than I've done before. Whatever I did I got black screen no matter what volume rocker power button combo I use. I have lgnpst installed on my computer but it doesn't recognize that I have my phone plugged in. Not sure what to do with that. Everything worked well when I rooted.
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Androidawg said:
Worse than I've done before. Whatever I did I got black screen no matter what volume rocker power button combo I use. I have lgnpst installed on my computer but it doesn't recognize that I have my phone plugged in. Not sure what to do with that. Everything worked well when I rooted.
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I sent you a pm so we can talk on gtalk/hangouts.
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I had the same issue with LGNPST. The solution is very simple. Uninstall LGNPDT completely from your computer. Go into start-computer-c drive and delete folders labeled LG electronics off of there and inside program files. Then reinstall LGNPST but right click the .exe file and select install as administrator. This will solve your issue and flash back to stock. Make sure you follow the normal process of selecting the .dll and .bin files.
Let me know if this helped.
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Well i took it back to best buy and they rapid exchanged it. So I'll get a new one in 3 to 5 days. Back on the galaxy nexus for now.
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