How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the LG G2 (AT&T)

Maybe you have rooted your LG G2 from AT&T? Maybe you want to get rid of bloatware apps that have come preloaded on your device without manually deleting them? This guide should help you do that. Once you’ve flashed a custom recovery on your device, you’ll be able to flash wipe scripts (that’ll help you remove bloatware), custom ROMs, take nandroid backups and so on. Features are limitless. So here’s how you can go about flashing a custom recovery on the LG G2 (AT&T) smartphone:

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must be rooted before you can do this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the LG G2 (AT&T) procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.

2. This should flash the TWRP Recovery on your device.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. AT&T TWRP Recovery Image (Download link’s given in the first post)

2. Terminal Emulator — QR Code (Google Play Link)

III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the LG G2 (AT&T):

1. Download and place the TWRP Recovery Image onto your Desktop.

2. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Copy the Recovery Image over to the root of your SD card.

4. Once it’s been copied, disconnect your device from your PC.

5. Head over to the Google Play and download and install the Terminal Emulator app on your device.

6. Once the app’s been installed, launch it from your App Drawer.

7. Type in following commands into the app replacing recovery.img with the actual name of the Recovery Image you have downloaded:

su
cd /sdcard/
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
exit

8. It should flash the recovery image on your device.

9. Once it’s done, reboot your device.

10. You’re all set!

Brilliant! You’ve successfully flashed TWRP Recovery on your LG G2 (AT&T) smartphone, enjoy!

IV. Flash a Custom ROM (Optional):

1. If you are ready to flash custom ROMs on your device, head to the How To Flash a Custom ROM on the LG G2 (AT&T) to learn how to do that.

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.