How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the LG G2 (Verizon)
If you’ve rooted your LG G2 (Verizon) smartphone and are looking to flash custom ROMs on it, then you’re gonna need a custom recovery. Fortunately the LG G2 on Verizon is blessed with the TWRP Recovery, a custom recovery that allows users to flash custom ROMs, Mods, take backups and so on. The guide below shows how you can get it up and running on your LG G2 in no time, and here you go:
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 (Verizon) procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.
2. This should flash TWRP Recovery on your device.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Verizon 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 (Verizon):
1. Download and place the TWRP Recovery Image onto your Desktop.
2. Connect your device to your PC via 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 it’s been installed, launch it from your App Drawer.
7. Type in following commands into the app. Make sure to replace recovery.img with the actual name of the Recovery Image you have downloaded:
su
cd /sdcard/
dd if=/data/local/tmp/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
exit
8. It should flash the recovery on your device.
9. Once the recovery’s been flashed, reboot your device.
10. And you’re all set!
Awesome! You now have a custom recovery installed on your device that enables you to flash various custom ROMs as well as Mods on your device!
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 (Verizon) to learn how to do that.
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Do you unzip the recovery file before copying it over to your phone?
change the file from zip to.img then in the line above dont put dd if=/data/local etc, because thats not where the file is its in ur sdcard so it would read like this ( dd if=/sdcard/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2vzw.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
I can’t get to root my Lg G2 VS98039A… I can’t get past setting my phone in manual download mode… only in one initial instance it past it and found the phone, but wasn’t able to root it…