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Used Newest FreeGee - Stuck in TWRP

ATT LG Optimus G Pro Here
I used newest FreeGee , Installed TWRP & Now im stuck in recovery mode. I flashed gummy rom first time & It worked. Ran into problem after I installed the Google apps so I did a factory reset, wiped everything to try again to install gummy rom. Now I'm stuck in TWRP. I also used ADB sideload commands to push the rom to phone & It did push it, except now. When I try to install the rom, It keeps saying FAILED. Can someone tell me what im doing wrong?

newgeek- I don't know if the AT&T version of this is very different to my F240 version but I am familiar with that 3rd screen you posted with the "secure booting error" or something like that.
What about just pulling that battery out and doing factory reset and start over from the beginning ?
LL13-

newgeek35 said:
ATT LG Optimus G Pro Here
I used newest FreeGee , Installed TWRP & Now im stuck in recovery mode. I flashed gummy rom first time & It worked. Ran into problem after I installed the Google apps so I did a factory reset, wiped everything to try again to install gummy rom. Now I'm stuck in TWRP. I also used ADB sideload commands to push the rom to phone & It did push it, except now. When I try to install the rom, It keeps saying FAILED. Can someone tell me what im doing wrong?
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Try to push another ROM via adb, I read in the general Section that there were some Gummy files that weren't the right size, just download CM11 and try to flash it, TWRP is saying that the flash failed, that's why you are stuck in recovery.
Erik

The phone currently has no OS , I also tried to mount my 64gb sd card to install off of that & It gives me a mounting error for SD CARD. I have tried several other roms & No luck , Keeps giving me FAILED. Is this because of the secure boot perhaps? I'm totally clueless why it's not taking it. I'm running my nexus 4 with the gummy rom without a hitch.

Why not try a different SD card ? If that SD card was in the phone when all this happened maybe something is on the card that's bad ?
LL13-

I borrowed a 2GB SD CARD & It mounts but same thing as before FAILED. Tried both gummy & CM 10.2

newgeek35 said:
I borrowed a 2GB SD CARD & It mounts but same thing as before FAILED. Tried both gummy & CM 10.2
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It looks like an error with the updater script, maybe something twrp isnt reading or executing? try a different rom.
At worst try a different Recovery.
ADDED:2/4/2014: I would avoid twrp on freegee, i've heard others have issues and it may have something to do with your situation.
Also, I noticed your twrp says 2.6.1.0, am I mistaken or is the newest teamwin 2.6.3.1? That number don't look right.
If possible try to flash madmacks twrp or cwm 6.0.4.6.

1.Try to Flash a ROM via sideload
2. you can end the recovery boot loop by using adb commands, there are two methods try them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49370751&postcount=70
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48136185&postcount=268

I had the same issue seems like the are some problems with TWRP on this particular phone I flashed the regular clockworkmod and it works perfect.I tried on another phone with same results.
Right now
Flash stock rom
root
use freegee to install regular cwm I tried rom manage but recovery did not installed
the flash another rom if thats what you really want but copy rom directly to sd card instead

Its not just twrp apparently the new update of freegee installs the wrong bootloader/image on our phone. It bootloops anyone that uses it.
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Use Madmack's hacked TWRP located in his CM threads. Best recovery for our device from what I've seen/tested.
Sent from my AICP 4.4 LG-E980

Neroga said:
Use Madmack's hacked TWRP located in his CM threads. Best recovery for our device from what I've seen/tested.
Sent from my AICP 4.4 LG-E980
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Madmack's TWRP is reliable when you want to have no bootloops into your recovery. But i have the problem, that i cannot flash any other roms and it shows, that my LG E986 isnt recognized as a suitable device for the rom and it aborts the procedure. Although on the other recoveries it worked fine...
Is there something what i have to do except switching recoveries to my phone's death?

I used ADB to push the stock rom back to device & It took it's sweet time but it worked. I sold the phone to a friend of mine LOL! They wont know the difference.

Can someone give me the link to go from 4.3.1 to 4.4??

I'm running Dirty Unicorn 4.3.1 and MK4 and want to root to 4.4 kit kat and load some new roms.
I have tried just wiping and flashing, but I get no data unless i'm on wifi.
Is there a step by step to get the update?? I also read about some knox crap also. Don't know what that is.
Please advise.......
Thanks in advance
Dave

wascapsfan said:
I'm running Dirty Unicorn 4.3.1 and MK4 and want to root to 4.4 kit kat and load some new roms.
I have tried just wiping and flashing, but I get no data unless i'm on wifi.
Is there a step by step to get the update?? I also read about some knox crap also. Don't know what that is.
Please advise.......
Thanks in advance
Dave
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Well if you read most of the 4.4 rom threads you will see you need to use cwm recovery or philz recovery. Since you are using twrp you wont get data to work without going through a few hoops.

jlmancuso said:
Well if you read most of the 4.4 rom threads you will see you need to use cwm recovery or philz recovery. Since you are using twrp you wont get data to work without going through a few hoops.
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I did download rom manager and Philz. I just wasn't sure how to get them to override TWRP. Do I just flash Philz??
Thanks so much for chiming in. I've been rooted for several years, but this update flew right by me.
Keep talking......

Yeah just flash it through ROM manager then reboot into recovery. If it is not philz recovery (although it should be) then you can just flash it in recovery.
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jlmancuso said:
Yeah just flash it through ROM manager then reboot into recovery. If it is not philz recovery (although it should be) then you can just flash it in recovery.
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I downloaded rom manager, but it doesn't seem to override TWRP. I also tried to flash Philz (which I preferred), but I could only try to flash it with TWRP, and of course, it failed.
Do I need to freeze TWRP in Titanium backup ???

Please re-download Philz and verify md5 then flash in twrp. After flashing in twrp reboot the recovery within twrp and boom! you have Philz!

flynhawn2002 said:
Please re-download Philz and verify md5 then flash in twrp. After flashing in twrp reboot the recovery within twrp and boom! you have Philz!
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Each time I download Philz, I try to flash it, (through TWRP),but it fails.

wascapsfan said:
Each time I download Philz, I try to flash it, (through TWRP),but it fails.
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Like you, I could not get TWRP to leave my device (no matter what I tried). Only thing that finally worked was this flasher utility to get CWM:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools
Granted I didn't try to Odin PhilZ or CWM but that was about the only thing left I hadn't tried.

I had twrp for a recovery. When I installed DU 4.4.2, I downloaded cwm 6.0.4.3 because I guess twrp and 4.4 roms don't play nice. I actually downloaded the cwm recovery, saved it on my external sd, and booted into twrp recovery, flashed the recovery file for cwm, and it rebooted. I boot back into recovery with cwm on board, and then downloaded whatever 4.4 roms and gapps package that was necessary. It works fine for me.

[Q] help with recovery

I am sorry about the noobness but i cant seem to find a proper thread for recovery setup.
I installed ROM Manager and then the CWM recovery from there.
But if i try to root into recovery I get a " android with a exclamation mark" - so assumes i messed something up ?
only way is to power cycle the device .
Can anyone here please help how i install CWM as i want to flas CM 11

mshenoy4573 said:
I am sorry about the noobness but i cant seem to find a proper thread for recovery setup.
I installed ROM Manager and then the CWM recovery from there.
But if i try to root into recovery I get a " android with a exclamation mark" - so assumes i messed something up ?
only way is to power cycle the device .
Can anyone here please help how i install CWM as i want to flas CM 11
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Have you tried going back to freegee and installing cmw there?

I used freegee.......it works...but couldn't get philz to work.. Its all good though 6.0.4.7 I think it is works fine for me so far
*2SHAYNEZ*KCCO*E980*

Yes guys. Thank you for the help.
Tried freegee and I got CWM to work finally pheww.
Now I have backup and just installed CM11 nightly
Thank you so much
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shayneflashindaily said:
I used freegee.......it works...but couldn't get philz to work.. Its all good though 6.0.4.7 I think it is works fine for me so far
*2SHAYNEZ*KCCO*E980*
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How were you able to make flashing custom roms work using freegee? I successfully rooted my Optimus G Pro and used freegee to install CWM recovery 6.0.4.7, but everytime I try to flash a custom rom - the phone would reboot after 10 -15 seconds. I followed and installed the custom roms accordingly to the instructions. Can you help me?

DraghanC said:
How were you able to make flashing custom roms work using freegee? I successfully rooted my Optimus G Pro and used freegee to install CWM recovery 6.0.4.7, but everytime I try to flash a custom rom - the phone would reboot after 10 -15 seconds. I followed and installed the custom roms accordingly to the instructions. Can you help me?
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When you start the freegee app is there an option to "unlock" ?
also, are you able to use CWM otherwise? liks to make a nandroid backup and such ?

mshenoy4573 said:
When you start the freegee app is there an option to "unlock" ?
also, are you able to use CWM otherwise? liks to make a nandroid backup and such ?
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There are two different versions of Freegee on the Playstore. One is the free version and One is the paid version. I used the free version and when I open the app to install CWM recovery I don't see the "unlock" option, so I think the "unlock" option is only available in the paid version. Also, when I used the free version of Freegee to install CWM recovery, I can make and restore my nandroid backup. Maybe I need to buy the paid version of Freegee??

no u don't need paid.
also I didn't have the unlock option and I was able to flash.
I would say try twrp.
also are u trying just 1 ROM or have to tried a couple. maybe do that

mshenoy4573 said:
no u don't need paid.
also I didn't have the unlock option and I was able to flash.
I would say try twrp.
also are u trying just 1 ROM or have to tried a couple. maybe do that
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I already tried 3 different roms and they all turned out the same. Keep rebooting after 10 - 15 seconds. I might have to give twarp a try. thanks

Just wondering, what software version is your phone?
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Check in CWM recovery, before you flash any of the ROM's that LOKI support is enabled, I think you can find it under Advanced and it says something like "Toggle LOKI support"
Erik

ricco333 said:
Check in CWM recovery, before you flash any of the ROM's that LOKI support is enabled, I think you can find it under Advanced and it says something like "Toggle LOKI support"
Erik
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okay I will try that and see if it works.

ricco333 said:
Check in CWM recovery, before you flash any of the ROM's that LOKI support is enabled, I think you can find it under Advanced and it says something like "Toggle LOKI support"
Erik
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do I enable Loki after the flash or before the flash? Because I enable loki in the advance option of CWM recovery after I flash a custom rom and the phone still reboots 10-15 seconds. I did all the normal wipes and stuff too. I'm thinking maybe its because of I'm the software version that I'm on which is E98010g.

He said "check before you flash any rom,that LOKI support is enabled"... You should carefully read instructions before you do anything or you will end with bricked device...
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mshenoy4573 said:
I am sorry about the noobness but i cant seem to find a proper thread for recovery setup.
I installed ROM Manager and then the CWM recovery from there.
But if i try to root into recovery I get a " android with a exclamation mark" - so assumes i messed something up ?
only way is to power cycle the device .
Can anyone here please help how i install CWM as i want to flas CM 11
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i did this as well and somehow now i can only get into twrp however i cant flash anything...any direction on this? i cant find the file i need to put on the sd card and flash thru twrp...any help?

For some reason Rom manager cwm didn't work for me so I tried installing freegee from the play store and installing cwm from there.
Since freegee my cwm works fine and I was able to flash.
Have you given freegee a try ?
Sent from my LG-E980 using xda app-developers app

I'm having the same trouble with recovery. I was on SlimBean for several months and decided to flash a ROM from RadeonMaya, but it wouldn't boot, so I tried to restore my backup of Slim from CWM. It looked like it restored properly, but it wouldn't boot either. I finally reverted back to stock and rooted again, downloaded Freegee and tried to flash CWM. I booted into recovery to flash my Slim backup, but I got an "error loki-ifying the boot image". I tried Phil's recovery, but couldn't boot back into recovery from CWM
Since then, I have not been able to flash anything, and have reverted back to stock probably a dozen times. I've tried TWRP, but can't flash a version that works on 4.1.2. I'm beyond frustrated at this point. I had fun flashing on this phone until these problems showed up, now I'm just going to try to like the stock ROM and hope we get an update to KitKat.

Just a quick question guys. What does freegee's "unlock" feature do? I ask because I don't get that option in Freegee either. Is it supposed to network unlock your phone or? Also, what is the need for the unlock?

[Q] Error loki-ifying the boot image when flashing ROM

can't flash a CWM recovery on my wife's E980 using Freegee....Mine is the white one and I had no loki issues with it...everytime you flsays:
"checking if loki-ifying is needed/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc. /by-name/boot needs lokifying. [-] Failed to find function to patch.
Error loki-ifying the boot image. "
yes I did use Freegee already and install CWM. When I booted it gave me this...I can't install any ROMS. yet my other G Pro (white) is fine and hasn't given me any issues. RIght now I'm stuck with it booting into clockwork by itself. And I would like to use TWRP but the version that comes with Freegee doesn't work right on the damn screen. If it's not bootlooping into Clockwork then it gets frozen at the LG screen with something about security crap. and the funny part is...I used Freegee both times.
EDIT: used LGFlashTool to bring it back..but she wants a custom ROM and every recovery I flash to it either
1. used this recovery. tried flashing using a CWM recovery that I used from Freegee http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552611
freezes at the LG screen with a SECURITY ERROR on the left corner of the screen (flashtools will fix)
2. When I do successfully flash a recovery using Freegee and I get it to boot into CWM it won't come back out of CWM it will boot automatically into it (LGflashtools will fix)
3. the freegee TWRP in won't work right with the touch screen.
Yes I saw that there are 2 topics similar to this, but they are G2's. Mine is an AT&T E980 that i'm having issues with.

I had exactly this same problem. I'm also on AT&T E980 and could not find a fix anywhere for this phone. I flashed back to stock so many times that I was ready to just get rid of it. What I finally noticed was that, if I flashed back to stock and took the update to E98010P, I could flash TWRP through FreeGee and the touch would work. I also used VooDoo OTA to preserve root through the update. I don't know if it was necessary, but it didn't cause me any problems and everything worked.
I have no idea why CWM stopped working and I could not use Phil's recovery either, but the whole experience has been maddening and I have never had so many problems with a phone before. Hope this helps.

i have the same annoying problem!
can someone help?
after the rom flash was done i've got the error so i immediately restored my backup

EdgarSnyder said:
I had exactly this same problem. I'm also on AT&T E980 and could not find a fix anywhere for this phone. I flashed back to stock so many times that I was ready to just get rid of it. What I finally noticed was that, if I flashed back to stock and took the update to E98010P, I could flash TWRP through FreeGee and the touch would work. I also used VooDoo OTA to preserve root through the update. I don't know if it was necessary, but it didn't cause me any problems and everything worked.
I have no idea why CWM stopped working and I could not use Phil's recovery either, but the whole experience has been maddening and I have never had so many problems with a phone before. Hope this helps.
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so...Root using the old firmware...voodoo OTA then update?...and then restore root and then Freegee should work fine with TWRP?

ive installed the twrp recovery and the flash completed , but the idiot checked the MD5 than skipped it than finished and on the bottom line just did NOTHING!
what the hell!
what is going on with this phone! so frustrating ...

Yeah, I went back to stock, rooted and installed FreeGee and Voodoo, then took the update and flashed TWRP thru FreeGee.
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and?
no you can install whatever rom you want?

amirnew said:
and?
no you can install whatever rom you want?
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No, i'm pretty sure on the firmware i'm running (not sure what you're running) can only flash touchwiz based ROMS. No Cyanogenmod, AOSP or anything not based on samsung's stock UI

stanleyopar2000 said:
No, i'm pretty sure on the firmware i'm running (not sure what you're running) can only flash touchwiz based ROMS. No Cyanogenmod, AOSP or anything not based on samsung's stock UI
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i've tryied flashing custom 4.1.2 rom... and my phone is e980 from att

amirnew said:
i've tryied flashing custom 4.1.2 rom... and my phone is e980 from att
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wrong thread. it was meant for this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51529974

stanleyopar2000 said:
can't flash a CWM recovery on my wife's E980 using Freegee....Mine is the white one and I had no loki issues with it...everytime you flsays:
"checking if loki-ifying is needed/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc. /by-name/boot needs lokifying. [-] Failed to find function to patch.
Error loki-ifying the boot image. "
yes I did use Freegee already and install CWM. When I booted it gave me this...I can't install any ROMS. yet my other G Pro (white) is fine and hasn't given me any issues. RIght now I'm stuck with it booting into clockwork by itself. And I would like to use TWRP but the version that comes with Freegee doesn't work right on the damn screen. If it's not bootlooping into Clockwork then it gets frozen at the LG screen with something about security crap. and the funny part is...I used Freegee both times.
EDIT: used LGFlashTool to bring it back..but she wants a custom ROM and every recovery I flash to it either
1. used this recovery. tried flashing using a CWM recovery that I used from Freegee http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552611
freezes at the LG screen with a SECURITY ERROR on the left corner of the screen (flashtools will fix)
2. When I do successfully flash a recovery using Freegee and I get it to boot into CWM it won't come back out of CWM it will boot automatically into it (LGflashtools will fix)
3. the freegee TWRP in won't work right with the touch screen.
Yes I saw that there are 2 topics similar to this, but they are G2's. Mine is an AT&T E980 that i'm having issues with.
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Ok I have used CWM from FreeGee and used the Carbon (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439911) ROM and it does not need lokifying for my AT&T E980. It loads fine. I'm looking for a way to fix the lokifying thing though as I can't flash too many ROMs, a lot need lokifying.

I've personally had no issues on my E980 using TWRP flashed by FreeGee, but you can always try the "hacked" TWRP provided by @madmack
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45497511&postcount=235

chp said:
I've personally had no issues on my E980 using TWRP flashed by FreeGee, but you can always try the "hacked" TWRP provided by @madmack
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45497511&postcount=235
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Always used Madmack's hacked TWRP for anything that requires loki and it works flawlessly.
Sent from my 4.4 Sphinx REMOD LG-E980

CWM 6.0.4.8 Mounting storage not work

Title says everything I cant get get to phone storage when I mount USB storage, i installed latest version of CWM 6.0.4.8.

Or try to update the drivers, or flash philz 5.15. Mount the sdcard and wait literally minutes to let it pop up.

I've found this problem too.
I've tried to use CWM 6.0.4.8, TWRP 2.7.1.0 (Unofficial), Philz 6.19.3.
It doesn't have any recovery can mount USB storage. :crying:

Tokemon said:
I've found this problem too.
I've tried to use CWM 6.0.4.8, TWRP 2.7.1.0 (Unofficial), Philz 6.19.3.
It doesn't have any recovery can mount USB storage. :crying:
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Flash Philz 5.15.9 after this copy what you need and after this flash again latest TWRP CWM or Philz

Thant said:
Flash Philz 5.15.9 after this copy what you need and after this flash again latest TWRP CWM or Philz
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Now, I work with your step every time that I flash rom. But I need to know how can I fixed or something better?

Tokemon said:
Now, I work with your step every time that I flash rom. But I need to know how can I fixed or something better?
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Can't you copy the ROM.zip through Android system? How long did you have patience to wait for sd card to show in your pc explorer?

Tokemon said:
Now, I work with your step every time that I flash rom. But I need to know how can I fixed or something better?
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Yes like @[email protected]|-|oR say before flash new rom use the old rom to copy files to your sd card my way is if you dont have working rom and is for critical moments:silly:

[email protected]|-|oR said:
Can't you copy the ROM.zip through Android system? How long did you have patience to wait for sd card to show in your pc explorer?
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I just found it after try to flash recovery that newer than CWM 5.8.4.0
Thant said:
Yes like @[email protected]|-|oR say before flash new rom use the old rom to copy files to your sd card my way is if you dont have working rom and is for critical moments:silly:
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Thank so much