[How To] Install Custom Recovery on LG Optimus One P500

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Manas

So now that you are done with rooting on your LG Optimus One P500, the next step before installing a custom ROM is to install a custom recovery on your phone.

Custom Recovery is the most important step in the process of installing a custom ROM and it is imperative that you follow the instructions carefully. Once custom recovery is successfully installed, you can flash new ROM’s, backup your current ROM and do much more. In short, once your done with custom recovery it is a 99.9999% assurance that you will never brick your phone.

Disclaimer– No one will be held responsible for any damage to your device. Proceed at your own risk.

Update 02-Sep-2011

The earlier method was obsolete.

ClockworkMod recovery is the best recovery available for Optimus One now and can be easily installed through ROM Manager. Follow the below steps to install ClockworkMod recovery:

Install ‘ROM Manager‘ from Market.
Open ‘ROM Manager’ and click on ‘Flash ClockworkMod Recovery’.
It will ask you to confirm the phone. Make sure it says ‘LG Optimus One’.
Confirm the ‘Superuser’ prompt to give root access to ROM Manager.
ROM Manager will install the CWM recovery and show you the success message.

Select ‘Reboot into Recovery’ to go into CWM recovery.

In custom recovery, you can use the menu key to select ‘Reboot’ for rebooting your Android phone back into the OS.

That is it. You have got custom recovery on your phone now and are ready to install custom ROM’s. I will show how to do that in the next post.

51 thoughts on “[How To] Install Custom Recovery on LG Optimus One P500”

ollie on May 10, 2011 at 3:20 am said:

why is typing
sh /sdcard/rf.sh
in the emulator different to all other posts ive seen on other sites they seem to be typing a lot more

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Manas on May 10, 2011 at 10:22 pm said:

The sh file contains all the commands that needed to be typed previously. Just open the sh file and check, you will find all the commands there.

The sh thing just makes things simple.

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ollie on May 11, 2011 at 4:20 am said:

so (sh /sdcard/rf.sh) is all i have to type in to get custom recovery installed , then i can install a custom rom
brilliant a guide that makes sense

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akhil on May 12, 2011 at 12:16 pm said:

description for custom recovery installation is good but plz post installation of custom ROM asap

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- Manas on May 12, 2011 at 2:23 pm said:
  
  Thanks Akhil. Will post the custom ROM instructions soon.
  
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manjukc on May 17, 2011 at 9:49 am said:

when I type sh /sdcard/rf.sh I says”can’t open /sdcard/rf.sh

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raj on May 20, 2011 at 1:27 am said:

even i hav the same prob manjukc

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- Manas on May 21, 2011 at 7:19 pm said:
  
  @manjukc and raj – Did you extract the zip amon_ra_recovery_installer.zip to the root directory of the SD card ?
  
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seal on May 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm said:

thats normal, when u type sh command, just wait for ur phone to reboot in recovery mode, assuming u got the correct recovery img files. good luck

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seal on May 21, 2011 at 9:25 pm said:

the above procedure is the best recovery procedure using your phone terminal emulator. thanks to the developer.

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trumpmech on June 2, 2011 at 7:50 am said:

DONT DO THIS…it Bricked my Optimus M
What now?

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SANTOSH on June 2, 2011 at 9:30 pm said:

get rommanager from market and click install clockmodrecovery..installs in seconds but after clicking make sure you select optimus one carefully otherwise your phone may get wrong recovery and requires fastboot to recover it(bit tedious)

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manju kc on June 2, 2011 at 9:44 pm said:

i tried rom manager and the one told above both bricked mine twice made them useless

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manjukc on June 4, 2011 at 10:24 pm said:

yah get rom manager installed recovery in my o1 in secds now tring to instal roms backedup my current rom it was pretty easy takes time though where can i get the perfect rom for my optimus one a really powerfull rom i need suggest some powerful roms guys thanks santosh

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Rbus on June 14, 2011 at 9:35 pm said:

I try this “sh /sdcard/rf.sh”
and it show error message
“failed on/system/etc/install-recovery.sh no such file or directory”
I check the rf.sh file and see that in my phone miss this file, install-recovery.sh, who have any idea?
Thank you so much

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Rbus on June 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm said:

Now I try to edit the rf.sh file
just delete the line “mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak”
and It work.

thank you

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weilun on June 16, 2011 at 8:49 pm said:

when i typed su in terminal emulator, it doest show anything! i have LG O1 android 2.2.2 rooted using gingerbreak and has superuser!!!

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Rap Rage on June 22, 2011 at 10:45 am said:

okey so finally i gotta some probs … for custom recovry should i install Android SDK in my PC..or only terminal emulator can work.. bcoz ive read so many blogs about 0-1 & In every Blogs they saying Android Sdk is nessesory ..so plz tell me wht i sud do for custome recovery..plz help me outta …
thx in advance

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Alex on June 24, 2011 at 4:26 pm said:

HEY…….my phone is nt rebooting
it has entered in fastreboot mode
WHAT TO DO NOW

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Manjukc on June 26, 2011 at 2:51 pm said:

Alex does ur phone says fastboot mode udc started if it is then urs is bricked as for as I know

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Nikunj on July 4, 2011 at 10:31 am said:

Thenks

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Mr sotero on July 29, 2011 at 12:46 am said:

Dont follow these instructions if you have an Optimus M from Metro PCS It will BRICK your Phone. The author should amend his instructions to say it does not work on this device!

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Maxz on July 31, 2011 at 3:42 pm said:

Yeah Android 2.3 is out for LG Optimus One ! Finally no lag anymore with 3D Games…

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arjjjj on August 5, 2011 at 4:28 pm said:

where is that available haan gingerbread for optimus 1

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arjjjj on August 5, 2011 at 4:28 pm said:

teelll

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maxz on August 6, 2011 at 3:17 am said:

Er.. what do you want to know?

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Thoshith on August 6, 2011 at 5:39 pm said:

ThanQ guyz… Itz worked xatly fine in ma P500 <3 !!!

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Siddhartha on August 12, 2011 at 1:50 pm said:

When I type in su it says permission denied. What should I do?

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Moonjar on August 22, 2011 at 1:07 am said:

Can I flash recovery using this procedure on optimus one running rooted stock 2.3.3? has anyone dne it succesfully? I dont wanna brick my phone!

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rushabh on September 1, 2011 at 6:37 pm said:

whenever i type sh /sdcard/rf.sh its saysfailed on/system/etc/install-recovery.sh no such file or directory” but the recovery console opens even if this msg comes and when recovery console opens at the bottom build : RA-thunderg-1.2.0-GNM E:Bad boot message

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rushabh on September 1, 2011 at 6:38 pm said:

plzz help me

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Manas on September 2, 2011 at 12:21 pm said:

Moonjar – Yes the new method will work on rooted stock 2.3.3.

Rushabh – Please try out the new method.

All having issues, please check out the new instructions. It will work on any LG Optimus One phone running Froyo or Gingerbread.

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Moonjar on September 2, 2011 at 1:48 pm said:

I installed custom recovery folowing this proce
dure on o1 2.3.3 stock and it works perfectly! The easiest method around! Thanks

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Sunny on September 25, 2011 at 7:25 pm said:

Did anyone else get a message like “It’s recommended that you have wifi access” when they chose “Flash ClockworkMod Recovery” or was it only me?

Anyway I went and said “Ok” to that and nothing has happened since then. It’s been over 45 mins now and a little circle keeps rotating at the top right hand corner of the screen to show that something is being processed.

Does this require an active connection? Would it be safe to terminate this action while this app is showing it’s busy? I mean it has been 45 mins you know

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Manjukc on September 25, 2011 at 7:48 pm said:

yah u need an internet connection or wifi to download recovery and every one gets that pop up…it takes 20 min on slow network.I think its about 4mb of size.

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koonlay on November 29, 2011 at 5:10 pm said:

NEED HELP BADLY GUYS….
I encounter this error “An error occured while flashing your recovery”.

I have Lg optimusus one P500, what should I do?

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steven on December 3, 2011 at 12:46 am said:

Can you use the rom manager to put the custom recovery using a lg optimus t too??? Please respond back……

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shafath on December 15, 2011 at 11:45 am said:

cannot enter into cwm recovery,but shows the message that cwm recovery is installed successfully..please help..running gb 2.3.3 software ver -v20e

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Peter on December 17, 2011 at 8:04 am said:

I got through steps 1-5 ok but when I “Select ‘Reboot into Recovery’ to go into CWM recovery” all it did was it rebooted with a factory reset. The Recovery never loaded. Any idea what’s going on here and how I can fix it?

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Rafael on December 17, 2011 at 8:07 pm said:

I have the same problem of Peter, anyone can help?

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pipi on December 18, 2011 at 1:21 pm said:

so guyz wat else to type on terminal emulator……

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shafath on December 18, 2011 at 1:30 pm said:

Yea,thats the same problem i have,help manas?

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shafath on December 18, 2011 at 2:34 pm said:

just follow this.. this helped me out!!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750

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shafath on December 18, 2011 at 2:46 pm said:

And btw its not the menu button for selection it is setting button(once in the cwm recovery)

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anonymous on December 30, 2011 at 11:44 pm said:

Thanks shafath. The instructions for flashing CWR using LGMDP from your link works well and it solved the CWR booting problem (factory reset instead of CWR) on my Optimus One. Now I can boot to CWR using ROM Manager and try out new ROMs

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Android Anonymous on January 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm said:

Step 1-5 worked fine. When I did ‘Reboot to Recovery’ to go into CWM Recovery, it rebooted with factory reset. Didn’t go into recovery menu. How to fix this? Please help.

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Bruin on January 9, 2012 at 8:23 am said:

K twice have I followed these instructions (two different sites) and each time it just factory resets. nothing else happens and I’m sick of it lol my sole mission is to install gingerbread and I’m a failure, thanks for any help or effort given.

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Rahul on February 4, 2012 at 2:22 pm said:

@manas r u or twitter or ny oder networkin site…? gt a lot of qns …btw, cud u help on hw to install custom roms.. explain thngs in detail, just like d one here…

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Khalil on March 2, 2012 at 9:21 pm said:

Guys ive got the old baseband, should I update to the new BB then go for the custom recovery?
Please note that I want to install CM7.2 after that

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