Root Stock Recovery?

[tunaman2]

Could someone post, or direct me to a link to, a working stock recovery for the VM Tribute?

I'm having a hell of a time getting the ZV6 update to install. It's so bad that I actually ordered the Tribute 2 from VM's website, which should arrive tomorrow. But I'd like to return my existing Tribute to full stock and turn it into a white noise machine and music player for an upcoming trip.

I installed TWRP via Flashify in order to install ZV6, but it didn't help with my issue. With the new phone ordered, I tried reverting back to the "stock recovery" linked in these two threads:

http://androidforums.com/threads/please-help-revert-to-stock-rom-recovery.947917/
http://androidforums.com/threads/lg-tribute-stock-zv5-deodexed-unmodified-4-4-2.922509/

But despite not getting any error messages, the phone seemed to remain on TWRP (that's what Flashify reported I was using). More alarmingly, I could not get into recovery AT ALL by the VOLUME DOWN+POWER method. So I downloaded the TWRP img from this thread:

http://androidforums.com/threads/ls660-root-recovery.920301/

and now can get to recovery by VOLUME DOWN+POWER, so that makes me a bit happier, at least.

Thanks for all your help!

Tuna

 

[HasH_BrowN]

Could someone post, or direct me to a link to, a working stock recovery for the VM Tribute?

I'm having a hell of a time getting the ZV6 update to install. It's so bad that I actually ordered the Tribute 2 from VM's website, which should arrive tomorrow. But I'd like to return my existing Tribute to full stock and turn it into a white noise machine and music player for an upcoming trip.

I installed TWRP via Flashify in order to install ZV6, but it didn't help with my issue. With the new phone ordered, I tried reverting back to the "stock recovery" linked in these two threads:

http://androidforums.com/threads/please-help-revert-to-stock-rom-recovery.947917/
http://androidforums.com/threads/lg-tribute-stock-zv5-deodexed-unmodified-4-4-2.922509/

But despite not getting any error messages, the phone seemed to remain on TWRP (that's what Flashify reported I was using). More alarmingly, I could not get into recovery AT ALL by the VOLUME DOWN+POWER method. So I downloaded the TWRP img from this thread:

http://androidforums.com/threads/ls660-root-recovery.920301/

and now can get to recovery by VOLUME DOWN+POWER, so that makes me a bit happier, at least.

Thanks for all your help!

Tuna

Try the links again,
The first link
The google.doc page that @AMOCO reference to is for a stock recovery.img, it works.

The second link
Thread for Stock rom by @SuperR, has this link in the OP for stock recover.img
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347762060, it also works.

 

[tunaman2]

So I just download it, go to Flashify, choose "Recovery Image" and point it to the file? It didn't work the first time, but I'll try it again. Thanks!

 

[HasH_BrowN]

So I just download it, go to Flashify, choose "Recovery Image" and point it to the file? It didn't work the first time, but I'll try it again. Thanks!

If you just install SuperR stock ROM youll be fine, from the 2nd link

 

[tunaman2]

Follow-Up: after trying to get the stupid update installed for weeks, I flashed the phone with SuperR's stock ROM... and was prompted to install the ZV6 update... which installed without a hitch. Oh well: at least I have a new phone with Lollipop and twice the storage space of my old Tribute 1.

Incidentally, after activating the Tribute 2, I set up the Tribute 1 with a white noise app and many streaming audio apps. With airplane mode on, the Tribute 1 can run the white noise app at full blast for at least 13 hours on a single charge, which is pretty neat.

Thanks to HasH_BrowN for the assistance!