[ROM][Jul 05] -=- CloudyG3 2.5 -=- [All Variants]

[fefe128]

widget google search in RECENT APPS

I would like to remove the Google search widget in recent apps. After uninstalling the google app it says: Couldn't add widget.
how to put this message off ???
Thanks.

after unistall:
imgur.com/a/1CdqLFQ

before unistall:
imgur.com/a/kGNwti8

 

[FSadino]

Thread cleaned!

Keep this thread on topic and avoid unrelated discussion.

I'LL BE BACK

 

[cidxtc]

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[Mechif]

I downloaded the zip file at the beginning of his thread and used twrp to flash it. Problem is it says it was unable to mount. I had tapped on verify zip certification. I’m guessing I shouldn’t have done this?Then it started to reboot but got hung up on the LG boot screen logo.
(I rooted perfectly well with xda instructions. Everything was going so smoothly.)
I pulled battery and restarted in recovery mode. Then went to recover nandroid image from sd card. But it says it can’t recover from the backup image on the sd card.
What shall I do now?
Please help.

 

[marcdw]

@Mechif, could you give the exact error regarding the failure to restore backup. Could it not read the backup or something else. I do know that you have to change/mount system read/write first. Restores will fail if /system is read-only.


ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, /e/OS 0.7-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

 

[Mechif]

@Mechif, could you give the exact error regarding the failure to restore backup. Could it not read the backup or something else. I do know that you have to change/mount system read/write first. Restores will fail if /system is read-only.


ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, /e/OS 0.7-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

Hi!
Thanks for responding on such an old thread.
I downloaded the cloudy file from the first page of this thread.
1. One error pops up in very small print is “secure booting error. Error code 1003” in top left corner of screen just before TWRP loads.
2. The second error: When I try to do a restore with the NANDroid image from my sd card the error says “Cannot restore System. - - mounted read only.” All in red print.
The sd card WAS NOT read only before I used it, now it’s read only since I tried to do the restore. The other sd card with Cloudy 2.5 is now read only as well where before it was fine. I’ve tried doing the flash and restore by installing the sd card in the phone and by OTG cable. The sd card with cloudy was used first to try and flash, then when that didn’t work I used the second sd card with the backup image to try and restore and the same thing happened to make them “read only”.
When I try to flash cloudy it gets to the point where twrp says “checking for digest file. Starting Aroma installer version...”. Please see attachment for picture of my screen.
I initially clicked on the option to certify the image with twrp before trying to flash cloudy and I’m hoping that didn’t mess things up.
I know there has to be a way to fix this. I just need some help. I was also wondering if I need to install a flash tool like LG Flash Tools on my pc or something of the like.
Thank you.( please see next post in thread as well)

 

[Mechif]

Also, once twrp reaches this point for the cloudy install then the screen goes black and the the LG logo boots up trying to start the system then it just hangs there forever. However, the LED notification lights blink blue and green alternately. (Think those are the colors...or blue and yellow).

 

[Mechif]

@Mechif, could you give the exact error regarding the failure to restore backup. Could it not read the backup or something else. I do know that you have to change/mount system read/write first. Restores will fail if /system is read-only.


ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, /e/OS 0.7-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

After reading about “read only” I came across the twrp mount option to deselect read only. I did this, then went to “restore” in twrp and selected the backup on my sd card using OTG. I swiped for restore and the system restored! I took a picture of the twrp screen and attached for you. The phone rebooted to original format rooted.
What shall I do next for the cloudy zip? Do the same thing? I’ll await your response.
Thank you.

 

[Mechif]

@Mechif, could you give the exact error regarding the failure to restore backup. Could it not read the backup or something else. I do know that you have to change/mount system read/write first. Restores will fail if /system is read-only.


ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, /e/OS 0.7-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

Also, when wiping prior to flashing Cloudy what should I wipe? When I originally did this I wiped system, cache, Dalvik, and data in advanced settings as that is what the thread on xda recommended but now I’m wondering if I should just do the regular wipe clearing cache, Dalvik, and data only as the factory reset wipe.

I am doing this only to get the motherboard Ls990zve sprint to work on gsm networks for data. My factory board was a D852 but it died from the WiFi chip not working and heating up. I’m trying to revive this phone to use until October when I buy a new phone.

 

[marcdw]

Just a quick reply before I go to work. Your initial wipe was good. System, dalvik, cache, and data is a clean wipe and recommended when installing a new ROM.

The secure boot error probably means you need to flash MR_bump. Usually needed on most G3 variants except D851. I have it linked here...
https://mega.nz/#!fEpABDCL!ai1_59OHgpLEUcEEGmGxS4pb1kdPj59necPIH1mPOWQ

When starting the Cloudy install and it immediately reboots it may indicate that your TWRP doesn't work with the AROMA interface. What version of TWRP do you have?


Essential PH-1, /e/OS 0.7-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

 

[Mechif]

Just a quick reply before I go to work. Your initial wipe was good. System, dalvik, cache, and data is a clean wipe and recommended when installing a new ROM.

The secure boot error probably means you need to flash MR_bump. Usually needed on most G3 variants except D851. I have it linked here...
https://mega.nz/#!fEpABDCL!ai1_59OHgpLEUcEEGmGxS4pb1kdPj59necPIH1mPOWQ

When starting the Cloudy install and it immediately reboots it may indicate that your TWRP doesn't work with the AROMA interface. What version of TWRP do you have?


Essential PH-1, /e/OS 0.7-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

Thank you.
I have twrp 3.3.1-0
I think it is the newest one for my phone...top of the list.

 

[Mechif]

Just a quick reply before I go to work. Your initial wipe was good. System, dalvik, cache, and data is a clean wipe and recommended when installing a new ROM.

The secure boot error probably means you need to flash MR_bump. Usually needed on most G3 variants except D851. I have it linked here...
https://mega.nz/#!fEpABDCL!ai1_59OHgpLEUcEEGmGxS4pb1kdPj59necPIH1mPOWQ

When starting the Cloudy install and it immediately reboots it may indicate that your TWRP doesn't work with the AROMA interface. What version of TWRP do you have?


Essential PH-1, /e/OS 0.7-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

Do I flash mr bump from twrp? I’m wondering if I can just download it to the sd card from mega, then power down, reboot into twrp recovery and flash the image.
Or do I have to connect to pc and use ADB and SDK to flash bump image?
I’m wondering which is the best sequence. And does mr bump just unlock the boot loader allowing roms to be flashed easier?
The root was the hardest thing to figure out for this variant and I got past that on my own so I’m learning this stuff. I really appreciate your help for this part. I’m almost there to solving things.

 

[marcdw]

@Mechif, now I'm into "not too sure" category. I'm sure TWRP 3.3.1 supports AROMA but I wonder if it's too new (if that's possible). Because I multiboot I'm using MultiROM-TWRP 3.2.1 so can't use 3.3.1.
Are you using official TWRP or HardStyl3r's. If not the latter, you can find it below. Has more features than official and you can ask there if it's okay with older ROMs.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3813552

[RECOVERY][3.3.1][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP for LG G3


MR_bump is just a zip flashed in TWRP. Usually flashed after the ROM, or a kernel. Alas, I really don't remember the particulars about what bump does exactly. Since I have a D851 I've never had to use it.

Hopefully others can provide more info on the above topics.

Oops, one more thing. I'm not sure if you mentioned what G3 you have. We'll need to know that.


LG G3 D851, PAC-ROM 6, MultiROM, XDA Legacy

 

[Mechif]

@Mechif, now I'm into "not too sure" category. I'm sure TWRP 3.3.1 supports AROMA but I wonder if it's too new (if that's possible). Because I multiboot I'm using MultiROM-TWRP 3.2.1 so can't use 3.3.1.
Are you using official TWRP or HardStyl3r's. If not the latter, you can find it below. Has more features than official and you can ask there if it's okay with older ROMs.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3813552

[RECOVERY][3.3.1][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP for LG G3


MR_bump is just a zip flashed in TWRP. Usually flashed after the ROM, or a kernel. Alas, I really don't remember the particulars about what bump does exactly. Since I have a D851 I've never had to use it.

Hopefully others can provide more info on the above topics.

Oops, one more thing. I'm not sure if you mentioned what G3 you have. We'll need to know that.


LG G3 D851, PAC-ROM 6, MultiROM, XDA Legacy

I downgraded twrp from 3.3.1.0 to 2.8.0.0 using the twrp app. The 2.8 version includes bump from what I understand. I then booted to twrp recovery, wiped (system, data, Dalvik, and cache) and then flashed Cloudy. It actually worked! When I booted into the system the problem now is the SIM card isn’t connecting to the network (Koodo in Canada using gsm). I went into apn settings and set up Koodos numbers for the g3 and selected gsm, wcdma, lte auto. I search for a network to connect which in this case would be Telus LTE (Koodo uses Telus network as Koodo is owned by Telus). But the sim won’t connect.
Are there any gsm flashes that allow better connections or maybe an app to tweak the settings?
I’m almost there...

 

[marcdw]

@Mechif, oh, now you've hit another snag. If I read correctly in the other thread you have a LS990? That is a Sprint CDMA phone with very limited support on a GSM network. No 4G LTE at all. Maybe 3G at best.

LS990 supports 4G bands 25 (1900), 26 (850), and 41 (2500). Only two of the 3G bands may be supported and apparently no 2G according to willmyphonework.net and frequencycheck.com sites. For both Koodo and Telus.

I don't know of any forced tweaks or workarounds. Almost sure you can't flash modems for one variant on another in a bid to get coverage.


LG G3 D851, Clean ROM v3.2, NanoDroid (microG), MultiROM, XDA Legacy

 

[Mechif]

@Mechif, oh, now you've hit another snag. If I read correctly in the other thread you have a LS990? That is a Sprint CDMA phone with very limited support on a GSM network. No 4G LTE at all. Maybe 3G at best.

LS990 supports 4G bands 25 (1900), 26 (850), and 41 (2500). Only two of the 3G bands may be supported and apparently no 2G according to willmyphonework.net and frequencycheck.com sites. For both Koodo and Telus.

I don't know of any forced tweaks or workarounds. Almost sure you can't flash modems for one variant on another in a bid to get coverage.

Yes, it’s LS990 sprint. I just want the text and calling to connect and I’d be happy with that. Data not a big deal...3g ok if it did connect. Right now the sim just spins at the top with no bars. I can’t call or text. When I used a sim in the Philippines where I got the mobo I used a Globe sim using gsm network and it gave me text and calling. If I turned on data the sim would disconnect and then just spin at the top with no bars like now. I would then do a factory reset and the sim would reset with text and calling. When I got to Canada I put in the sim for Koodo and it just spun at the top. So I did a factory reset but every time I did this the data was turning on as a default with the startup and would disconnect the sim. The data wouldn’t do that for the Globe sim in the Philippines when I did a factory reset. The data would only come on if I turned it on in the Philippines after a factory reset. That’s why I figured I needed to flash a rom to connect at least to calling and texting as I have nothing right now.

Any ideas?
Thanks again.

 

[marcdw]

@Mechif, nah, I'm at a loss as far as getting the LS990 working on Koodo. Other than choosing GSM/WCDMA in Network Settings I can't think of anything.

Might be preferable to try another ROM other than this Lollipop one. I'm not too familiar with the LS990 threads but maybe have a look see below for something more recent.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/orig-development

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/development

Or maybe from this starting point. Looks like there may be some threads discussing GSM on LS990.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3


LG G3 D851, Clean ROM v3.2, NanoDroid (microG), MultiROM, XDA Legacy

 

[Mechif]

@Mechif, nah, I'm at a loss as far as getting the LS990 working on Koodo. Other than choosing GSM/WCDMA in Network Settings I can't think of anything.

Might be preferable to try another ROM other than this Lollipop one. I'm not too familiar with the LS990 threads but maybe have a look see below for something more recent.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/orig-development

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/development

Or maybe from this starting point. Looks like there may be some threads discussing GSM on LS990.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3


LG G3 D851, Clean ROM v3.2, NanoDroid (microG), MultiROM, XDA Legacy

Thanks Marc. I’ll read some more. In the meantime I was looking at the build properties of cloudy and found the ro.build.target_country=US
should this be CA for Canada? I’ve attached photo.
Also you can see at top right the spinning circle for the sim not connecting.

 

[Mechif]

@Mechif, nah, I'm at a loss as far as getting the LS990 working on Koodo. Other than choosing GSM/WCDMA in Network Settings I can't think of anything.

Might be preferable to try another ROM other than this Lollipop one. I'm not too familiar with the LS990 threads but maybe have a look see below for something more recent.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/orig-development

https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/development

Or maybe from this starting point. Looks like there may be some threads discussing GSM on LS990.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3


LG G3 D851, Clean ROM v3.2, NanoDroid (microG), MultiROM, XDA Legacy

Hi Marc,
I sent a PM to your inbox. Please have a look.
Thanks.

 

[marcdw]

@Mechif, interesting. From what I read those settings usually have to do with getting the proper data icons to show. But yeah, change the country to CA and see what happens.
BTW, if you want to go further, operator code for Telus is TLS or tls. Sometimes upper or lower case makes a difference though not sure why.

Just for informational purposes (I couldn't/wouldn't recommend actually patching - unless feeling adventurous and have a full backup) is this article about GSM on CDMA/GLOBAL phones. LS990 is listed as a working phone.
https://www.internauta37.altervista.org/en/patch-fully-enable-gsm-cdma-global-phones-android

Here's an old 2015 thread about unlocking the LS990...
SIM UNLOCKING for LS990 ZV8 | Sprint LG G3 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/general/sim-unlocking-ls990-zv8-t3083567

Some folks say you could probably just call Sprint, tell them the situation, and see if they'll unlock it for international use. I assume that info was/is probably for actual Sprint customers though.




LG G3 D851, crDroidAndroid v4.6 ROM, microG (NoGapps), MultiROM, XDA Legacy