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[Q] LG Thrive P506

I did not see any thread for this so opening a new one so its easy to find.
I rooted my phone using gingerbreak and like a wiseazz, loaded a custom recovery image of "recovery-RA-GNM-thunderg-1.2". Although the costom recovery loaded fine, I am stuck with a phone which has only blue and green colors. I loaded one of the custom 2.3 ROMs by Andy and it loaded fine, but still the graphic display is all messed up, only green an blue and some other tinges. When I look at the About phone I see that it says the model number as LG P500 , although mine is LG P506. Any help people??
My wife will kill me. Its her phone!!

why would you flash a P500 ROM to a P506 ? did you make a backup ?

I made a backup of the ROM, but I did not backup the recovery.img.
Can I try NAND restore of the old ROM. I have my doubts if that would work, because as soon as I put the custom recovery in it. It started getting messy colors. But I will try. If any one else has any pointers please let me know.
Also, I ready in one of these posts that Thrive and Phoenix are just variants of Optimus One, architecturally same. Bad decision

Ok. An update. I did a Nandroid backup and I have the ROM which came with the phone. It sucks. But I guess I will have to wait till one of the brainys in here come up with a good "Custom Recovery" and "Custom ROM" for LG Thrive.

I have a LG Optimus T and the LG p500 roms work fine with no problems. I would of expected the same for the att version. I guess you have to wait for one that supports it.
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App

More bad news. I thought if I can mix and match boot.img of LG506 with the system.img of P500, I can get away by loading the Custom ROM.
Bad Bad Bad decision. Right now, its in a bricked stage. Basically stuck in something called..fastBoot udc_start()...
Its not getting to recovery mode whatever I do. I wanted to get to recovery so I can restore NAND backup. I can even get to adb so I can start in recovery....
Somebody help please

Can anyone help me. I tried all possible routes to unbrick my phone. It keeps getting wosre and worse. Right now its stuck in "Emergency Mode". I have the NAND backup file with system.img and boot.img, but cant do anything with it since no ADP or customer recovery. I tried to do a KDZ update, but I think i need the v11e_00.kdz file for P506. Can anyone give me some pointers to recver my phone.

I have a thrive as well and I get the weird blue green screen using the unofficial cm7 rom from the optimus dev section. Luckily I back up the phone with rom manager first so now im back to where I started.
edit: Well after your post I decided to try it again... mistake. Now im stuck at the cm7 logo and im not really sure how to fix it...
edit 2: cant load recovery either... ****

I have tried out the custom roms and i get the strange color problem too. It's strange how the cell phone board is P500 but the model is P506. The phone must be different somehow hardware wise. Hmm....

Ok. An update.
I bricked my phone trying to experiment. I sent it out to LG repair and they put in the stock ROM and sent back. I will not be continuing my experiments again
Can any big hearted rooters help the LG thrive owners please..

Do experiments but cautiously
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA Premium App

I have a similar problem with my phone now. I flashed rom and now my phone gets stuck on boot screen. I can get to recovery. But my backups not there for sum reason.
Edit: I found what was supposed to be tha stock rom for my phone but didnt work. Gets stuck after lg screen goes away. It will go to recovery. Does anyone have a copy of a nand
Backup for a P506 thrive?

I've managed to get myself in the same situation would you happen to recall the LG number you called or have a lead on who I can contact at LG. I will continue to search also. Thanks in advance.

Ok wow. You need to go to WWW.androidcentral.com once there go to the Phoenix/ thrive thread. We have a custom kernel made by joban to run the p500 roms without the color issue. Also have how to threads for rooting, CWM, and flashing.
Running oxygen v1.1 w/ joban kernel,cwm on my LG Phoenix. And its awesome. Fast, great battery
Don't forget to hit the thanks button!

Sorry that it took me forever to get back to this, but just one question. Are the kernels for the Phoenix and Thrive exactly the same?

No issues that i can recall being specific to the kernel.

Question: I have rooted the phone and installed ROM Manager. Set up Rom Manager as Optimus One. Here is the issue: I am able to reboot normally and keep root. But when I select to reboot into recovery from ROM Manager, the phone does a default setup and I'm back to factory default. When I try to get into recovery by using the PWR+Home+Vol up (and vol down at times), I get into fastboot with "udc_start()". Which I'm guessing is normal. What am I missing to get into recovery?
Thanks.

Assuming you have a thrive. You may want to check this out.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-lg-phoenix-thrive/138186-how-clock-workrecovery-mod-cwm-6.html
There appears to be a hickup with thrive and CWM.

lg thrive p506 EMERGENCY MODE!
my lg thrive come on and immediately goes into emergency mode. i have been searching for about two weeks for anything that will help me in xda forums, and youtube and phandroid. i cant find anything that conclusively brings the phone out of emergency mode. can anyone direct me to a program or forum that might be of assistance?

need more info. are you on stock unrooted, just rooted, or rooted with custom recovery and rom?
what were you doing when this happened?
^^^^need to know^^^^^^^^^
try this and let me know what you get. hold at same time Home+vol down+power.

lg p920 ics update

i have heared the ics for lg p920 was officially released
so i tried to update it using lg software update and it told me problem in communication
so i have resetted my phone and tried to recover it
now it is stuck at 4% at the recovery please help i need that ics update

When I up dated last time using LG's updater I had to try about 3 times for it to work. Here is another way...setting up can be tricky but it is more reliable once set up correctly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39269819
Sent from my SubGenius™ LG P925 with XBSA vR3D ROM and Supercharged Slack™

drastic00 said:
When I up dated last time using LG's updater I had to try about 3 times for it to work. Here is another way...setting up can be tricky but it is more reliable once set up correctly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39269819
Sent from my SubGenius™ LG P925 with XBSA vR3D ROM and Supercharged Slack™
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so i have only one question is it official
you know i don't want to mess with my phone or put it a custom rom
i want it to be officially updated to ics
also every time i update it tells me emergency mode if you can please tell me how to disable it

If you don't install the rom, the v28B normal partitions .bin file is official ICS, only rooted with custom recovery. If you don't want that, instead install a .bin that is pure stock ICS. Or, there is a tutorial for installing a .kdz file using a different tool.
It all depends how you want to do it.

drastic00 said:
If you don't install the rom, the v28B normal partitions .bin file is official ICS, only rooted with custom recovery. If you don't want that, instead install a .bin that is pure stock ICS. Or, there is a tutorial for installing a .kdz file using a different tool.
It all depends how you want to do it.
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ok well i want it official
and one more question i have lg p920 so if i installed this rom will it erase the apps like 3d gallery 3d converter 3d space ??

The v28B ICS is official + root.Stock v28B ICS has all stock apps + a root app or two. If you look at the link to XBSA rom, it will list what apps are in there. I just wrote this installation guide, not the rom. VR3D has the 3D apps. I think XBSA 8 does also, but I don't remember. Either way, having root lets you install whatever you want.
If you do it, do it carefully. And if you have 10 posts you can ask me questions over there.

Please help
Hi,
I tried today to update my p920 thru PC to ICS.
After more than ten unsuccessful tries I wanted to try from the begining but with the phone factory reseted.
After reseted my phone, it displays "not enough space. clean ...."
In settings - applications - manage aplications does not show as usualy the mb used and mb free.
In settings - SD card&phone storage settings shows total and available space for internal and esternal SD but ...
"not available" for internal storage.
What can I do?
PLEASE HELP.

What did you do to cause that?
If you are following my tutorial you missed something. Read all details.
If you installed xbsall's v28B large, you need to erase internal memory.
But I don't know what you did. Please explain.

drastic00 said:
What did you do to cause that?
If you are following my tutorial you missed something. Read all details.
If you installed xbsall's v28B large, you need to erase internal memory.
But I don't know what you did. Please explain.
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Nothing else than I said above.
- connected the phone to pc
- started LG mobile support tool
- When showed there is an update available I pressed the red button "start Update"
- Then try and try. disconnected the usb cable and battery as the LG Support Tool requested ... still same message:"problem in conection to your phone. Even if seconds ago recognized it.Didnt get further than 40% on analizing tab.
Then the same message: "there is a problem conectic to your phone..."
- then I thought to perform a factory reset.
Pressed the tab got me to the bootloader mode where I wiped the cache and dalvik and pressed factory reset.
Pressed the Reboot tab. The phone rebooted normaly but when I tryed to download fx explorer I got the message with no enough space ....
That is all.

Ok, it sounds like possible error in flash. You might try erasing internal memory. Or redoing with LG Mobile Support tool, but I have had trouble using it. Just going from between Froyo and GB was a real pain. It took about 3 tries to get it to work, following LG's instruction exactly.
You can try my tutorial, it should be linked some posts up. It uses LG Flash Tool, not the other one. Or there are other tutorials in the General section that use other tools.
I don't use LG Mobile Support tool.

drastic00 said:
Ok, it sounds like possible error in flash. You might try erasing internal memory. Or redoing with LG Mobile Support tool, but I have had trouble using it. Just going from between Froyo and GB was a real pain. It took about 3 tries to get it to work, following LG's instruction exactly.
You can try my tutorial, it should be linked some posts up. It uses LG Flash Tool, not the other one. Or there are other tutorials in the General section that use other tools.
I don't use LG Mobile Support tool.
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Same here ...
About 3 tries to get from froyo to GB.
Would you be so kind to tell me exactly what tutorial of yours to try?
And also what soft I need to download for pc since the phone doesnt let me to install anything.
What you mean by "erasing internal memory" ... how can I do that?
Thank you.

First I'd try Mobile Update again to see if redoing it fixes it. Then I mean go into Android system settings/storage/internal memory/erase and see if it fixes it (back up your stuff to pc first, if you can).
My tutorial for installing ICS and XBSA custom ROM with AC!D Audio mod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39269819

drastic00 said:
First I'd try Mobile Update again to see if redoing it fixes it. Then I mean go into Android system settings/storage/internal memory/erase and see if it fixes it (back up your stuff to pc first, if you can).
My tutorial for installing ICS and XBSA custom ROM with AC!D Audio mod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39269819
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Since your last answer I tried an tried with LG mobile support.
Nothing.
From more than 40 times, on 2 times passed 40% on Analyzing TAB and it said my phone has the last software.
LAYER.
The rest of times didnt pass 40%
I tried to erase internal memory but it didnt show the tab "erase" only 0, 00 mb available.
Your tutorial seems pretty hard to me so ... maybe there is somethin I can do from CWM where it takes me after pressing "factory reset"
THANK YOU for your time.
PLEASE HELP.

Hi Guys , I got the same problem! I tried to update my phone ( P920 UK ORANGE WITH GB ) from LG Official tool, the Tool find an update for my phone but when It try to analyse my phone it stop at 40 % with a message say : PROBLEM COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR PHONE,PLEASE TRY AGAIN" Ive tried a few times WITHOUT LUCK!,
Just a quick easy question: Is finally available an Official update to ICS ? other wise is no point to go mad and try to update the phone if there is no update to ICS
Please help with some more details
Thanks
Mark

XLNCDK said:
Your tutorial seems pretty hard to me so ... maybe there is somethin I can do from CWM where it takes me after pressing "factory reset"
THANK YOU for your time.
PLEASE HELP.
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If you don't want to learn to flash and have CWM, you could install ics by doing 1, 2 (choose 1 option in part 2) and maybe 3 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39130435
I have NOT tried it that way and I don't know if it will fix your problem. Plus, if you can't use storage I don't know how you will access the .zip(s) in CWM, unless you can get to it in there somehow.
If you do ending up needing to flash, my tutorial is about as clear as you will get as far as LG Flash Tool.

claudioglasgow said:
Hi Guys , I got the same problem! I tried to update my phone ( P920 UK ORANGE WITH GB ) from LG Official tool, the Tool find an update for my phone but when It try to analyse my phone it stop at 40 % with a message say : PROBLEM COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR PHONE,PLEASE TRY AGAIN" Ive tried a few times WITHOUT LUCK!,
Just a quick easy question: Is finally available an Official update to ICS ? other wise is no point to go mad and try to update the phone if there is no update to ICS
Please help with some more details
Thanks
Mark
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same here i want to know if there is a way to make lg tool update the phone without getting stuck in 40%
also i want to know if there is an official ics s/w released to p920

victorramy said:
same here i want to know if there is a way to make lg tool update the phone without getting stuck in 40%
also i want to know if there is an official ics s/w released to p920
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My tutorial is linked 4 posts up but it does not use LG Update.
Sent from my SubGenius™ LG P925 with XBSA vR3D ROM and Supercharged Slack™

A rom (bin/fls) for my P920h

Hi Everybody, I'm facing an issue. I've brick my phone but now is working.
I've put the V21e so I've lost my email and using the tutty tool, but I couldn't get my imei again.
Yesterday, I've try with and ICS version but my phone is being restarted again and again...
So, I would like to know which rom could I use to get my imei and my phone working. If it's possible a rom which has bin and fls files
soft version - LGSU760-V30b-OCT-18-2012
Kernel- 3.0.21
baseband-XMM6260
android version - 4.0.4

You can use this to flash either of two versions of v28B (regular or large partition size)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39269819
That will fix bootloop. Large partition v28B allows you to then install any working custom O3D ROM using custom recovery (included in the .bin). Or you can choose XBSA ROM.
It uses LG Flash Tool. It can be tricky to set up the drivers if you have never done it, but I have never lost imei with LGFT; doing it correctly should fix imei. If not there are tutorials for that.
Sent from my SubGenius™ LG P925 with XBSA vR3D ROM and Supercharged Slack™

Thanks, I will try with Large partition and let you know if it works :good:

laloquisloli said:
Thanks, I will try with Large partition and let you know if it works :good:
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Now I only have the screen LG logo all time
Could I try only the bin file from the older version that I had? I'm using smartflash

If you follow the tutorial LG Flash Tool has been known to fix imei in the flash process. I don't use the other one because I have heard too many stories of imei loss.
But you are, of course, welcome to try.

Thanks for your help. I decided to take it to a repair center. They assure me that they can not fix it, but they will try...
If they can't, I will try this

[Q] Optimus 3D (P920) - official ice cream sandwich update

Hi all,
Recently I've been trying to update my optimus 3D.
I've been using the LG mobile support tool, to try to update from 2.2 to 4.0, the update tool wants to update from 2.2 to 2.3 then to 4.0
I'm fine with this, and have tried to let it run! the update downloads, and unpackages but then when it tries to install, at about 5-10% the update
stops and states that the phone is disconnected-its not!
have any of you got any suggestions on what to do as I don't want to root until my contract is over then I'll properly mess with it. the support tool/update tool says that if the update stopped abruptly try the customer support to recovery- this looks like it will put a clean install, which im sorta okay with but im not sure if it will be 4.0 or not cause its kinda useless on 2.2... :/
any ideas?
thanks a lot !

LG updater unfortunately has been causing problems all around. I used it to update to GB and I had to try about 4 times before it worked. I have heard several stories about problems updating to ICS also.
If you do have problems, one way to fix it is do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39269819
But if you don't want root, you will need to find an unrooted .bin and .fls and flash those instead of the files linked there. There is also a tool for flashing .kdz files around the forum someplace (driver install procedure for both tools should be about the same). Again, you will need an unrooted .kdz.
You can always unroot if needed, if you do want root. Honestly, unless you break hardware, the info you will find on xda allows you to a better job at servicing your phone than LG and others will do for you. I have read that some of these places will say they "can't" fix it, but really they won't/don't take the time to learn how.
Sent from my Oldschool Hardcore LG P925 with XBSA vR3D ROM and Backside Boneless FTW

i have the same problem! damn! what to do... CAN U GIVE ME JUST A TUTORIAL WHAT TO DO IN THIS CASE?;//

Help with flashing Cyanogen

Hey, I'm kinda new to this, but uh, I have a LG730 (Venice) And I want to flash cyanogen to my phone but I honestly have no idea what I need to use... When I first rooted I was new and dumb, so as a idiot I just immediately tried putting in on my phone and I used Rom Manager.... Bad choice either way but, as I was saying it didn't have my phone listed, but it had the LG Optimus L7 Which is the LG Venice but not LG730 the Optimus was like P700 I think? And I used that and I downloaded Cyanogen from Rom Manager and booted into Clockwork mod and it gave me a screen as soon as it booted that I had to wait because it was downloading and it also said not to disconnect the cable but I didn't have a cable in it? So i tried booting into recovery but, no luck. So I then realized I messed up and bricked my phone, I was nervous knowing that I couldn't simply send it back since it was rooted so that voids the warranty, it was out of the question, so I looked it up and I got lucky and reinstalled my stock rom and drivers so I rooted again and it's back to normal now but, I do want to Flash Cyanogen mod onto my phone so if you guys could help me out here it would be appreciated :angel: