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Need some help rooting g2x on gingerbread

I went through all the steps to installing clockword recovery but when i tried to enter recovery mode the phone just booted up normally. I have tried to flash clockword recovery again but then I get a message that usb device is not detected. I need some help please.

Start over. Install drivers again and do everything all over.

Ya redownload drivers u can get them at LG website and then there is a program called superoneclick to root its amazing application....
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deder21 said:
Ya redownload drivers u can get them at LG website and then there is a program called superoneclick to root its amazing application....
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Super one click no longer works on the G2X GB rom. The exploit was patched. Google purposely left the exploit in the Nexus One GB rom since it is a developer phone and they expect it to be rooted. Right now the only way is to flash CWM recovery with NVFlash and then install a pre-rooted rom.

I've been lurking for a while, and I saw others complaining about the camera after updating. Is there a pre-rooted rom with the LG camera on it, and where would I find it?

did u install the adb drivers also?

jboxer said:
Super one click no longer works on the G2X GB rom. The exploit was patched. Google purposely left the exploit in the Nexus One GB rom since it is a developer phone and they expect it to be rooted. Right now the only way is to flash CWM recovery with NVFlash and then install a pre-rooted rom.
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I rooted my g2x 2 days ago and I didn't have to install any roms. Just stock 2.3.3. rooted now. Then again, I'm a noob at this though. I installed your zip file and skipped all the command prompt stuff. I don't know what I could have messed up but I couldn't post of the dev forum because I'm a noob still.

I am totally lost. I rooted 2.2 and ran with Weapon. But now I have new g2x and cant handle the rooting process. Read everything I can and still I can't figure it out. I am going nuts with stock. It keeps eating by batter up. Help!!!!!!! I need it spoon fed.

cjdjd said:
I am totally lost. I rooted 2.2 and ran with Weapon. But now I have new g2x and cant handle the rooting process. Read everything I can and still I can't figure it out. I am going nuts with stock. It keeps eating by batter up. Help!!!!!!! I need it spoon fed.
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All you have to do is install Clockworkmod with the One-Click Flasher (search for it) and then install my root zip in Clockworkmod (search for it also). It is very easy and simple to do.

Just follow this guide to get your 2.3 Gingerbread rooted and with a custom ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274998

jboxer said:
All you have to do is install Clockworkmod with the One-Click Flasher (search for it) and then install my root zip in Clockworkmod (search for it also). It is very easy and simple to do.
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I beg to differ. Ever since I got my 2.3.3 preloaded G2x from T-mobile, my computer does not even recognize a new APX device was connected. I've ran the procedure following step by step to the T several times, and it never pops any "S/W Upgrade" on my phone's screen anymore and does not show windows finding any new APX device. Can someone please tell me how I can make windows force install the APX driver without recognizing that the device is there? Is that even possible?

Use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13330067 to get
coachwork mod recovery, then just
Flash a rooted custom rom or if you wanna keep stock rom just dl and flash the g2x root zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17398464
Good luck hope this helps..
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SSJ4Asterisk said:
I've been lurking for a while, and I saw others complaining about the camera after updating. Is there a pre-rooted rom with the LG camera on it, and where would I find it?
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You can get the LG Camera in the market. Free version or paid.
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Tattooed5150 said:
You can get the LG Camera in the market. Free version or paid.
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Giving the market links would be helpful. Cannot find by searching in the market.

[Q] Noob needs a little help

Ok so I just got me a New samsung showcase. It came with 2.2 installed build number sch-i500.ee25. Ok so i find out about rooting and all this so i start researching all about it. Here is where i am. I rooted with SuperOneClick. Worked fine. I installed ROM manager to get the clockworkmod but it did not work so I used Odin to install clockworkmod. That worked fine. So at this point I decided i need to backup the stock ROM. I try this using ROM manager but no go. it reboots into clockworkmod and gives me the sd card not mounted stuff. So I read and read and read but i can't seam to find a solution to this problem. I know there other people that have had this problem. I have read through the step by step guides and i really see nothing on this. Anyone have any type of solution.

Running on stock 2.2 rom manager doesnt work. You will need to go into cwm by turning off phone, holding power,vol up and down at same time. after samsung blinks 2nd time let go of buttons and you will boot into recovery.

Thank you. I thought I tried that before but I guess i did something wrong. Worked that time. Now if my memory is correct from reading that will not back up two things. The kernel and something else. How do I back up the kernel? Or am I just not thinking correctly cause I have not had enough sleep.

Samsung Galaxy S with Cellular South
I had to have Kies Mini open and running on my computer to root my phone

First, Welcome!
Second, Download and familiarize yourself with a program called Odin. This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
Third, Showcase files are not common. Send me a PM and ill give you my email address. I can better help over email.

studdyhalllooser said:
This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
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Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.

add144 said:
Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.
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that is true. ive seen phones get restored that have been flashed with roms for other phones and wont even get past the samsung logo. he said nearly, I'm sure you can come up with some weird far out situation but don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
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sageDieu said:
don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
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What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.

add144 said:
What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.
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It's ok he's the only one still here so he'll have to help them.
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You say that but the fact that you said it means I'm not the only one.

Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll

add144 said:
Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll
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dang right
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Same phone
I have the exact same phone as you. I just rooted my phone for the first time yesterday and I am having trouble installing CWM. Can you explain to me how you used Odin to flash CWM. And after you flash CWM, is it possible to revert back to stock recovery? If so how?

[Q] Rooted phone being sent back

I recently rooted my phone and tried to put roms on it but in the process I messed somthing up and whenever I boot it up it stays at the red motorola logo. If I send this back will they find the root? And what are the consequences if they do discover it?
Droid 2 Global

zViiNz said:
I recently rooted my phone and tried to put roms on it but in the process I messed somthing up and whenever I boot it up it stays at the red motorola logo. If I send this back will they find the root? And what are the consequences if they do discover it?
Droid 2 Global
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Can you get into recovery? You're just in a boot loop....easy to fix...
If they find it you're buying the phone...for 400+
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knipp21 said:
Vs you get into recovery? You're just in a boot loop....easy to fix...
If they find it you're buying the phone...for 400+
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How do I go about fixing this? I need help quick before I have to send it out tuesday
Edit: No I can't get into recovery, the only thing i see when i turn my phone on is the red motorola logo

zViiNz said:
How do I go about fixing this? I need help quick before I have to send it out tuesday
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Boot into recovery, wipe the data/factory reset..and load up a new Rom.
Don't send it back. I don't know much about the Droid 2 but if you get it working you need not send it back.
You should have researched before rooting bro.
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knipp21 said:
Boot into recovery, wipe the data/factory reset..and load up a new Rom.
Don't send it back. I don't know much about the Droid 2 but if you get it working you need not send it back.
You should have researched before rooting bro.
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What I did when I am frozen now is started my phone up holding the X key, went into some menu and wiped data to factory settings, would that have cleared the root?

no that just clears any bad data preventing boot up, not root. you should also be able to use that recovery to flash a different rom. (stock rom maybe?!)
if your phone turns on, it doesnt need to go back, you need to learn how to read,
root isnt the only thing that voids your warranty. the custom rom does too!
read the XDA user guide in my sig, learn where your device sub-forum is, learn where to find "stickies" in each sub-forum of your device.
find said stickies and READ THEM for your device.

TRusselo said:
no that just clears any bad data preventing boot up, not root. you should also be able to use that recovery to flash a different rom. (stock rom maybe?!)
if your phone turns on, it doesnt need to go back, you need to learn how to read,
root isnt the only thing that voids your warranty. the custom rom does too!
read the XDA user guide in my sig, learn where your device sub-forum is, learn where to find "stickies" in each sub-forum of your device.
find said stickies and READ THEM for your device.
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Thanks bro. I can only help so much..I use HTC lol
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TRusselo said:
no that just clears any bad data preventing boot up, not root. you should also be able to use that recovery to flash a different rom. (stock rom maybe?!)
if your phone turns on, it doesnt need to go back, you need to learn how to read,
root isnt the only thing that voids your warranty. the custom rom does too!
read the XDA user guide in my sig, learn where your device sub-forum is, learn where to find "stickies" in each sub-forum of your device.
find said stickies and READ THEM for your device.
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I was unsuccessful to even get a rom to work

zViiNz said:
I was unsuccessful to even get a rom to work
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After a factory reset and installing a new Rom? Maybe try a different Rom.
If I've helped. don't neglect my thanks button

knipp21 said:
After a factory reset and installing a new Rom? Maybe try a different Rom.
If I've helped. don't neglect my thanks button
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ohh i wont, you've helped a bunch

zViiNz said:
ohh i wont, you've helped a bunch
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Lol that's just my Sig
thanks for giving it some love.
If I've helped. don't neglect my thanks button

G2x stuck in recovery...go figure

I successfully rooted my G2x and attempted to flash the hellfire sandwich rom. I believe I did everything correctly, but I have wound up in a situation identical to what is described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059155
I have attempted the suggested recovery steps, but my computer does not detect the g2x when holding the volume buttons and then connecting.
Any help would be greatly appreciated I am more than willing to donate to anyone able to help me out of this mess.

How did you install your recovery? Did you use nvflasher to root and install cwm? Or did you install rom manager and click the flash recovery button?
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This phone is almost impossible to mess up...
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lawdawg45238 said:
How did you install your recovery? Did you use nvflasher to root and install cwm? Or did you install rom manager and click the flash recovery button?
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The latter.

theking_13 said:
This phone is almost impossible to mess up...
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I hope that means this will be easy to fix

It's official, I'm a noob
I didnt see the computer detect it and try to install drivers like in the videos, but when I looked for it under device manager, it was there.
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Another crisis averted by following the directions! Glad to hear you fixed it.

Gilligan87 said:
It's official, I'm a noob
I didnt see the computer detect it and try to install drivers like in the videos, but when I looked for it under device manager, it was there.
Mods can delete this thread
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Told you it was impossible to brick it.

theking_13 said:
Told you it was impossible to brick it.
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You were right! Than ****ing god. I JUST bought it last night, too; I almost didn't sleep at all...my girlfriend kept saying "Go to sleep, you'll figure it out in the morning!" Should have just listened, and instead I was up another 2 hours just plugging my phone in and out, rebooting it, and scouring the forums desperately...
jcbofkc said:
Another crisis averted by following the directions! Glad to hear you fixed it.
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Heheh...actually I didn't follow the directions! The ones that I was watching showed an error message popping up, and to then look in the device manager; I got an error message once but thought it was wrong and then kept trying to replicate it, but no error message showed. I just hadn't thought to just look in the device manager, and when I did, there it was! ^_^

theking_13 said:
Told you it was impossible to brick it.
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Not impossible, just improbable, if you attach the phone with something which operates at a file-system level you can brick it. Granted with NV flash, we can NV flash CWM back on and we know we can flash a baseband, so there's not much else which we could access that we could permanately screw-up which can't be unscrewed in some fashion.

hope you have the july baseband before rooting, or else you made an extra step for yourself

Bricked G2X

GUYS HELP PLEASE I nullifed my device, left it on all night (unplugged) because I fell asleep. Now, I can't boot to CWM.. I've tried to install stock recovery, but once I turn it on it just stays on the plain, white LG logo. If I hold down volume down + power buttons the same thing happens. Can you guys help me please. I hope I didn't permanently brick my G2X.

U cant permanently brick it. Search the forums there's been a thread like this in the past week
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Use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523
Next time read the little part which is in big bold letters about not turning off your phone with out flashing a ROM or restoring a nandroid immediately afterward.

MrFdhigsKp said:
GUYS HELP PLEASE I nullifed my device, left it on all night (unplugged) because I fell asleep. Now, I can't boot to CWM.. I've tried to install stock recovery, but once I turn it on it just stays on the plain, white LG logo. If I hold down volume down + power buttons the same thing happens. Can you guys help me please. I hope I didn't permanently brick my G2X.
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Try this method, this will bring your phone back to life. Make sure you root your phone again and install CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
Good luck

thanks guys. I think I lost root access

MrFdhigsKp said:
thanks guys. I think I lost root access
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Just root your phone again and install CWM and you are good to go

ratza66 said:
Just root your phone again and install CWM and you are good to go
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No need to root, just nvflash cwm and flash a ROM.

buru898 said:
No need to root, just nvflash cwm and flash a ROM.
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really? but I when I installed TB it says I have no more root access =( and also my internal storage got wiped. LIFE'S HARD. I blame LG. lol

MrFdhigsKp said:
really? but I when I installed TB it says I have no more root access =( and also my internal storage got wiped. LIFE'S HARD. I blame LG. lol
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Flash a ROM which is rooted
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Hey guys, I rooted my friends G2x and everything went fine until I flashed the ROM. Like an idiot, I did not make a nandroid backup...I downloaded BionixReloaded and up it on the sd card. Rebooted to recovery and went through the usual steps. I did a factory reset and formatted the system. However, when I went to flash the ROM, I got the "E: Can't open /sdcard/zROM/*name of ROM*.zip (bad). Now the phone won't reboot which I'm assuming is from formatting the system. I can still get into recovery and download mode....will this method fix the problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644#
Like I said, I'm not very familiar with the G2x, so any help be be appreciated!

I cannot remember for the life of me remember what that error means, but you can just re-download the rom you want and place it in the sdcard by mounting USB storage through mounts and system, and then flash.
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drscott333 said:
Hey guys, I rooted my friends G2x and everything went fine until I flashed the ROM. Like an idiot, I did not make a nandroid backup...I downloaded BionixReloaded and up it on the sd card. Rebooted to recovery and went through the usual steps. I did a factory reset and formatted the system. However, when I went to flash the ROM, I got the "E: Can't open /sdcard/zROM/*name of ROM*.zip (bad). Now the phone won't reboot which I'm assuming is from formatting the system. I can still get into recovery and download mode....will this method fix the problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644#
Like I said, I'm not very familiar with the G2x, so any help be be appreciated!
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Make sure the Rom.zip isn't named Rom.zip.zip. if so rename correctly, also can check md5 of the zip to ensure its a good download prior to flashing.
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Thanks everyone for the quick responses. I'm guessing it boiled down to a bad download, but for some reason I could not connect via USB from recovery on my laptop, so I brought it to my friends house and was able to get it to connect so I redownloaded the ROM along with another incase I got the same error, but it worked flawlessly. Thanks again to all that offered help instead of sending me a useless link via LMGTFY!