how / why do you root your phone?

[nyktos]

can you boot into recovery again? then you can move files in revovery through an option...!!

can i boot into recovery again?



i was hoping you might have something clever to say!



if i sync my cell phone to my PC, can i "force" it to boot in recovery (through CMD or something)?

[sorry, pretty new to this!]

[mirajp1]

can you boot into recovery again? then you can move files in revovery through an option...!!

can i boot into recovery again?



i was hoping you might have something clever to say!



if i sync my cell phone to my PC, can i "force" it to boot in recovery (through CMD or something)?

[sorry, pretty new to this!]

Instead tell me from starting in detail what you did.?I coudnt understand what you wrote before
i guess u messed up between basebands.
anyways detailed info would be easier for me to understand your problem

[nyktos]

oh sure! sorry about that...
this is like a new language for me.

i was successfully rooted with Gingersnap for about 3 hours, and i wanted the CyanogenMod firmware...



Cyanogen for LG optimus S (an amazing phone for the price!)
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-opt ... 011-a.html

Installation Instructions:
1) Download ROM and Google Apps from links above. DO NOT EXTRACT, DO NOT RENAME!
2) Place ROM and Google Apps (and kernel if you downloaded it) on your sdcard.
3) Perform a FULL data/cache wipe from recovery mode. (MUST HAVE CUSTOM RECOVERY)
4) Wipe (or format) /boot and /system from the "mounts and storage" menu in recovery mode.
5) Flash ROM using the "install zip from sdcard" option in recovery mode.
6) Flash Gapps in the same fashion.
7) Reboot
8) Done

i got stuck on #5 (above) using the method below to access custom recovery




Recovery
http://androidforums.com/getitnowmarket ... hread.html

1. Download and unzip recoveryflash.zip onto sdcard. You should have a folder called recoveryflash on sdcard after unzipping.

2. Place the recovery.img you downloaded in this folder in /sdcard/recoveryflash and then turn off sdcard as mass storage.

3. Reboot phone and wait for sdcard to mount.

4. Become root user in abd shell or terminal emulator with command without quotes "su" & you should have a # prompt

5.

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cat /sdcard/recoveryflash/recoveryflash.sh > /data/local/recoveryflash.sh
chmod 0755 /data/local/recoveryflash.sh
/data/local/recoveryflash.sh

6. It will automatically install & reboot you into new recovery. Using the script above your old recovery.img was copied to /sdcard/dump-recovery.img. If you had the stock recovery copy that file to a safe place as running the script again will overwrite it.

i saw other one click root methods, but i wanted to learn something and my phone only cost me $20.
after reading several forums, i trusted these as much as one can trust what one reads online.

[mirajp1]

1)first of all install Android sdk and adb on pc using this guide.(ignore logcat)
EDIT: I will get you a detailed new guide soon lol
edit2: new guide in next post

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1450553

2) read this all :

http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-opt ... -info.html


3) install this recovery.(if you cant understand how to ask again )
the combo to go to recovery is stated in this thread
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-opt ... 8-6-a.html

4) then try to install the cm7 you were trying to install

[mirajp1]

thanks for the advice, i'll let you know how things turn out!

use this link to install sdk and adb properly on pc:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1152148


just download latest version instead of r11(stated in guide).(just follow first two steps and ignore htc sync)

adb(on pc) is same as terminal(on phone).
but adb can be used via cmd from pc

[nyktos]

thanks for the advice, i'll let you know how things turn out!



not quite to a PC yet, but it would be great to save the phone!!!

[mirajp1]

thanks for the advice, i'll let you know how things turn out!



not quite to a PC yet, but it would be great to save the phone!!!

yes it can be saved
because bootloop(stuck at boot logo is normal if you are doing this stuff first time )

[nyktos]

i tried to edit my post but posted twice

oops...

anyway, thanks for the update

sounds promising very cool!

[mirajp1]

i tried to edit my post but posted twice

oops...

anyway, thanks for the update

sounds promising very cool!

enjoy reading

[nyktos]

ok, everything is installed.
trying to use the adb shell for the first time
the guide says...

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To flash: via adb shell or terminal type this from root # shell

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am i going to be typing commands in CMD to start the ADB?

or am i opening SDK manager from windows?