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ermacwins

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So got the gpad and have the urge to flash a custom rom, namely PA rom.

1. Will I be missing any good features from the stock rom? Only thing I can think of now is the remote but no much of a deal breaker.

2. And what is the best way to root?

3. When rooting, does it wipe the device?

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So got the gpad and have the urge to flash a custom rom, namely PA rom.

1. Will I be missing any good features from the stock rom? Only thing I can think of now is the remote but no much of a deal breaker.

2. And what is the best way to root?

3. When rooting, does it wipe the device?

Thanks

1 you ll be missing the lg apps, lg launcher and some widgets like accuweather's. There is a custom rom that is lg stock based named malladus but it is not updated often i think. Also there is a thread about the lg apps here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2594416, they re being taken from g2's forums and they say that they can be used in gpad but i havent tried them to see if they re working indeed.

2 there are 2 ways for root, kingo root app and dailingrin's method ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2553192 ), i strongly recommend you to use dailingrin's as kingoroot is suspected for stealing data from your tablet. Dailingrin's method is clean and uses adb commands.

3 no it doesnt wipe your device, neither installing a custom recovery does, unless you perform a factory reset
 

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1 you ll be missing the lg apps, lg launcher and some widgets like accuweather's. There is a custom rom that is lg stock based named malladus but it is not updated often i think. Also there is a thread about the lg apps here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2594416, they re being taken from g2's forums and they say that they can be used in gpad but i havent tried them to see if they re working indeed.

2 there are 2 ways for root, kingo root app and dailingrin's method ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2553192 ), i strongly recommend you to use dailingrin's as kingoroot is suspected for stealing data from your tablet. Dailingrin's method is clean and uses adb commands.

3 no it doesnt wipe your device, neither installing a custom recovery does, unless you perform a factory reset

Thanks for the prompt reply. Are you using a custom rom?
 

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I am, but I am using the LRS G Pad rom that is stock based. If you want to stay like stock then go with that one. If you want a Kit Kat rom there are plenty in the development section that work nicely.

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Thanks for the prompt reply. Are you using a custom rom?

i have cm 11, dont know if it's the best but it's the most popular rom. Gpad became faster in speed with more free ram available and less battery consumption than in stock. Although it is in nightly release state it is quite stable. Only issue that bothers me is that sometimes when i open my tablet it gets like frozen and i cant unlock it. The only way is to hard reset it by holding the power button down and then it boots normally after the reset.
 
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I've flashed Mahdi, CM11, Paranoid Android, and Carbon so far. Of those only Mahdi and CM11 are what I would call fully functional. PA is just about there but it doesn't see the external SD card. All of them make the G Pad feel much faster and smoother than stock. You give up the LG Weather widget and the QSlide apps among other things, but almost everything you give up you can find replacements for in the app store.

I initially used dailingrin's script to root, and then a little later I installed TWRP according to the guide here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2551499 . After that I used TWRP to flash PhilZ Touch (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588671) and started messing around with ROMs. As long as you use whichever recovery you install to make a Nandroid backup of the stock ROM before you start flashing new ROMs, you can always go back if you don't like your new ROM.

Its my impression after messing with it for several weeks now that the custom ROMs really unlock the potential of the G Pad's hardware and make using it a much better experience. And since you can always get back to stock with LG's recovery program, you really don't have anything to lose except maybe some time. Its worth the trouble, IMO.

Reference threads:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2554121
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2607333
 

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@katsika I have latest twrp installed and flashed PA all working good. Now flashed an experimental version of PA and stuck on boot logo. I followed the steps in OP to enter recovery and at the factory reset screen. When I press up and up, nothing happens
 

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@katsika I have latest twrp installed and flashed PA all working good. Now flashed an experimental version of PA and stuck on boot logo. I followed the steps in OP to enter recovery and at the factory reset screen. When I press up and up, nothing happens

to enter recovery this is the key combo:

- Press and hold Power Button + Volume Down
- When the LG logo shows up, release the power button only
- Now press and hold the Power and Volume Up button while keeping your hold on the Volume Down button
- When the factory reset screen appears, release your hold on all buttons
- And Select Up and Up Again
 

ermacwins

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to enter recovery this is the key combo:

- Press and hold Power Button + Volume Down
- When the LG logo shows up, release the power button only
- Now press and hold the Power and Volume Up button while keeping your hold on the Volume Down button
- When the factory reset screen appears, release your hold on all buttons
- And Select Up and Up Again

I've been doing exactly this, when I press up and up again, it still stays on the factory reset screen.

If I choose to do factory reset, will it wipe my nandroid and titanium backup files?
 

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I've been doing exactly this, when I press up and up again, it still stays on the factory reset screen.

If I choose to do factory reset, will it wipe my nandroid and titanium backup files?

Ignore the factory reset dialogue and confirm with the start button and instead of resetting the tablet you will be taken to your recovery :)

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ermacwins

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Ignore the factory reset dialogue and confirm with the start button and instead of resetting the tablet you will be taken to your recovery :)

Sent from my LG-V500 using XDA Premium HD app

I dont think its working. On the factory reset screen I pressed power btn once then itasked to confirm and I pressed it again but Im still at that screen.

edit: working now with usb unplugged
 
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katsika

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You probably have tried this but if you do the key combo and you are at the factory reset screen you confirm by pressing the vol up button x 2. If you have the latest twrp it wont perform a factory reset but it will enter the recovery mode. If you cant enter its weird, with version 2.6.3.2 twrp it should had boot into the recovery.

IF everything else fails and you have to use lg's support tool to unbrick it you can enter in download mode and pull your titanium and nandroid backup with adb so that you dont lose them.
 

ermacwins

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You probably have tried this but if you do the key combo and you are at the factory reset screen you confirm by pressing the vol up button x 2. If you have the latest twrp it wont perform a factory reset but it will enter the recovery mode. If you cant enter its weird, with version 2.6.3.2 twrp it should had boot into the recovery.

IF everything else fails and you have to use lg's support tool to unbrick it you can enter in download mode and pull your titanium and nandroid backup with adb so that you dont lose them.

Volume up twicw didnt dp anything but pressing power twice with usb unplugged did the job

btw do you also have that thin blue when watching a film?
 

katsika

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Volume up twicw didnt dp anything but pressing power twice with usb unplugged did the job

btw do you also have that thin blue when watching a film?

oh my bad, i forgot that you had to press the power button and not the vol up, glad you sorted this out. No i dont have the blue line issue but i have the light bleeding issue on certain backgrounds and brightness setting.
 

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I think I will be returning mine because of the blue line problem and order from another retailer.

Whats the best way to go stock?
 

katsika

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I think I will be returning mine because of the blue line problem and order from another retailer.

Whats the best way to go stock?

I have exactly the same question as i m thinking of returning to stock because of a bug in cm11 (everytime i power on the tab it freezes and i have to hard reset it to operate normally again, i ve tried flashing various nighlies and clearing cache and dalvic cache but it keeps doing that). Searchign at forums i found 4 posts of how to return to stock:

1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2622777
2 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2543350
3 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2590185
4 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471370

Basically 1 and 2 are similar tutorials like 3 and 4, the originals are for g2 but it looks like the procedure works for gpad as well. In 2 and 3 people have reported that it worked for them.
 
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ermacwins

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I have exactly the same question as i m thinking of returning to stock because of a bug in cm11 (everytime i power on the tab it freezes and i have to hard reset it to operate normally again, i ve tried flashing various nighlies and clearing cache and dalvic cache but it keeps doing that). Searchign at forums i found 4 posts of how to return to stock:

1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2622777
2 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2543350
3 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2590185
4 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471370

Basically 1 and 2 are similar tutorials like 3 and 4, the originals are for g2 but it looks like the procedure works for gpad as well. In 2 and 3 people have reported that it worked for them.

Thanks but why don't you try PA rom or Mahdi?
 

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I flashed CM11 onto mine but it looked too mobile phoney if you know what i mean....i now have the latest Mahdi and so far its brilliant...
 

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    I've flashed Mahdi, CM11, Paranoid Android, and Carbon so far. Of those only Mahdi and CM11 are what I would call fully functional. PA is just about there but it doesn't see the external SD card. All of them make the G Pad feel much faster and smoother than stock. You give up the LG Weather widget and the QSlide apps among other things, but almost everything you give up you can find replacements for in the app store.

    I initially used dailingrin's script to root, and then a little later I installed TWRP according to the guide here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2551499 . After that I used TWRP to flash PhilZ Touch (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588671) and started messing around with ROMs. As long as you use whichever recovery you install to make a Nandroid backup of the stock ROM before you start flashing new ROMs, you can always go back if you don't like your new ROM.

    Its my impression after messing with it for several weeks now that the custom ROMs really unlock the potential of the G Pad's hardware and make using it a much better experience. And since you can always get back to stock with LG's recovery program, you really don't have anything to lose except maybe some time. Its worth the trouble, IMO.

    Reference threads:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2554121
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2607333
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    So got the gpad and have the urge to flash a custom rom, namely PA rom.

    1. Will I be missing any good features from the stock rom? Only thing I can think of now is the remote but no much of a deal breaker.

    2. And what is the best way to root?

    3. When rooting, does it wipe the device?

    Thanks

    1 you ll be missing the lg apps, lg launcher and some widgets like accuweather's. There is a custom rom that is lg stock based named malladus but it is not updated often i think. Also there is a thread about the lg apps here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2594416, they re being taken from g2's forums and they say that they can be used in gpad but i havent tried them to see if they re working indeed.

    2 there are 2 ways for root, kingo root app and dailingrin's method ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2553192 ), i strongly recommend you to use dailingrin's as kingoroot is suspected for stealing data from your tablet. Dailingrin's method is clean and uses adb commands.

    3 no it doesnt wipe your device, neither installing a custom recovery does, unless you perform a factory reset
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    Thanks for the prompt reply. Are you using a custom rom?

    i have cm 11, dont know if it's the best but it's the most popular rom. Gpad became faster in speed with more free ram available and less battery consumption than in stock. Although it is in nightly release state it is quite stable. Only issue that bothers me is that sometimes when i open my tablet it gets like frozen and i cant unlock it. The only way is to hard reset it by holding the power button down and then it boots normally after the reset.
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    I think I will be returning mine because of the blue line problem and order from another retailer.

    Whats the best way to go stock?

    I have exactly the same question as i m thinking of returning to stock because of a bug in cm11 (everytime i power on the tab it freezes and i have to hard reset it to operate normally again, i ve tried flashing various nighlies and clearing cache and dalvic cache but it keeps doing that). Searchign at forums i found 4 posts of how to return to stock:

    1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2622777
    2 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2543350
    3 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2590185
    4 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471370

    Basically 1 and 2 are similar tutorials like 3 and 4, the originals are for g2 but it looks like the procedure works for gpad as well. In 2 and 3 people have reported that it worked for them.
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    Pa doesn't recognize my external SD card on exfat, that's a big flaw, mahdi and cm did. Also when I tried pa, there weren't any pa features that we know and love, it was just stock android. If you want something very pa get mahdi, it has halo, it has a lot of customizability, it even has pie, its updated more often than pa for the glad too.