I believe LG removed partition flash from fastboot, so you must boot into android and flash laf and recovery from adb or terminal (phone must be rooted).
Extract laf and recovery partitions from your KDZ, put both in the root of your internal sdcard and:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
dd if=/sdcard/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
Extract laf and recovery partitions from your KDZ, put both in the root of your internal sdcard and:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
dd if=/sdcard/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
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Please help,
I booted into fastboot and the command fastboot flash laf laf.img doesn't work. It might be that i didn't install the correct drivers. Can u plz provide them. If not, for ur method, i only have the laf, not the recovery partitions. And also Where exactly do i put the two files on my device? Also terminal means terminal emulator on the phone right? Please help
What is your phone model?
I mean android terminal emulator or ADB and the files must be in phones internal memory, note the path dd if=/sdcard/...
d415 btw i used extracted adb and fastboot files from sdk for fastboot so i doubt i have the drivers
What is the currently status of your phone? Can you turn on and boot android or recovery?
D415 is the only variant that uses a different partition layout, maybe the people from this thread can help you: http://xdaforums.com/lg-l90/general/guide-fastboot-l90-d415-t2827825
I'm not sure if you can reflash laf from fastboot in this variant, because in all others you can't do it because fastboot have been emasculated by LG.
Btw, all partitions can be retrieved from your official variant kdz.
Yes i have twrp 3.0.2 running flashed from flashify. Everything on android also works fine i just want to get download mode back in case i screw up while flashing a rom. And what partitions would i need from the kdz, where to get that too? Thanks
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You can flash straight from fastboot with fastboot flash laf laf.img.
If you can boot into android and you are rooted, other option is to flash from adb or terminal emulator.
Download LG Firmware Extract 1.2.5.0 from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2600575
Download your KDZ from here (scroll down to USA - check twice if you are downloading the right kdz for your variant or you can brick your device): http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=55
Open LG Firmware Extract, in KDZ / TOT File, open your KDZ you downloaded and click on extract KDZ.
In DZ File, open the DZ you just extracted. Now below you'll have all partitions available for extraction.
Extract laf_278528.bin and just rename it to laf.img
They can be flashed in adb or terminal emulator using this command:
dd if=PATH TO FILE of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/PARTITION NAME
For example, you want flash your laf back, extract the laf binary from the DZ, put in your internal memory root directory and you can flash with:
dd if=/sdcard/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
If you want to put the file in your microSD, use:
dd if=/storage/external_SD/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
You can flash straight from fastboot with fastboot flash laf laf.img.
If you can boot into android and you are rooted, other option is to flash from adb or terminal emulator.
Download LG Firmware Extract 1.2.5.0 from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2600575
Download your KDZ from here (scroll down to USA - check twice if you are downloading the right kdz for your variant or you can brick your device): http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=55
Open LG Firmware Extract, in KDZ / TOT File, open your KDZ you downloaded and click on extract KDZ.
In DZ File, open the DZ you just extracted. Now below you'll have all partitions available for extraction.
Extract laf_278528.bin and just rename it to laf.img
They can be flashed in adb or terminal emulator using this command:
dd if=PATH TO FILE of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/PARTITION NAME
For example, you want flash your laf back, extract the laf binary from the DZ, put in your internal memory root directory and you can flash with:
dd if=/sdcard/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
If you want to put the file in your microSD, use:
dd if=/storage/external_SD/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
Thanks. If the laf is the only partition i need right and which file do i exactly put the laf in on android? Last thing, if i were to use adb, how exactly would i download the adb and fastboot drivers? Thank You, sorry for all these questions, im a bit of a noob
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About the drivers, depends on which OS you are using. In Linux naturally you don't need any drivers, in Windows 10 I think drivers are also not needed since they are already included, but I think starting from 8.1 and below you'll need the mobile drivers: http://tool.lime.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00120120425
And I didn't understand your first question.
I tried in fastboot "fastboot flash laf laf.img" and all I get is failed, unknown command. pretty much every command I put in, I get the same response.
You can flash straight from fastboot with fastboot flash laf laf.img.
If you can boot into android and you are rooted, other option is to flash from adb or terminal emulator.
Download LG Firmware Extract 1.2.5.0 from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2600575
Download your KDZ from here (scroll down to USA - check twice if you are downloading the right kdz for your variant or you can brick your device): http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=55
Open LG Firmware Extract, in KDZ / TOT File, open your KDZ you downloaded and click on extract KDZ.
In DZ File, open the DZ you just extracted. Now below you'll have all partitions available for extraction.
Extract laf_278528.bin and just rename it to laf.img
They can be flashed in adb or terminal emulator using this command:
dd if=PATH TO FILE of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/PARTITION NAME
For example, you want flash your laf back, extract the laf binary from the DZ, put in your internal memory root directory and you can flash with:
dd if=/sdcard/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
If you want to put the file in your microSD, use:
dd if=/storage/external_SD/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
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11I believe LG removed partition flash from fastboot, so you must boot into android and flash laf and recovery from adb or terminal (phone must be rooted).
Extract laf and recovery partitions from your KDZ, put both in the root of your internal sdcard and:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
dd if=/sdcard/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf1
You can flash straight from fastboot with fastboot flash laf laf.img.
If you can boot into android and you are rooted, other option is to flash from adb or terminal emulator.
Download LG Firmware Extract 1.2.5.0 from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2600575
Download your KDZ from here (scroll down to USA - check twice if you are downloading the right kdz for your variant or you can brick your device): http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=55
Open LG Firmware Extract, in KDZ / TOT File, open your KDZ you downloaded and click on extract KDZ.
In DZ File, open the DZ you just extracted. Now below you'll have all partitions available for extraction.
Extract laf_278528.bin and just rename it to laf.img
They can be flashed in adb or terminal emulator using this command:
dd if=PATH TO FILE of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/PARTITION NAME
For example, you want flash your laf back, extract the laf binary from the DZ, put in your internal memory root directory and you can flash with:
dd if=/sdcard/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
If you want to put the file in your microSD, use:
dd if=/storage/external_SD/laf.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf
