[Q] Restoring roms post-N4 conversion - AT&T LG Optimus G

Hi all,
I decided to take the leap of faith and N4 convert my LGOG the other day. Everything worked and it's awesome. Big thanks to the devs for that impressive hack.
After getting bored of stock N4, I decided to flash the cm 10.1 nightly found in the LGOG Android development thread. I backed up stock N4 in sk8's CWM 6.0.2.7. Now I want to try another N4 rom like PA 2.99, but I can't find my backup of N4 stock. I can see it in sdcard/clockworkmod/backups in Root explorer, but when I go into CWM, I cant see the backup.
So I now have two questions.
1) Do I need to find my N4 backup in order to flash another N4 rom? Or can I merely factory reset and flash a N4 rom in CWM?
2) If I do need to restore N4 stock first, has anyone else had problems locating/ know where to find CWM backups?
Thanks,
Brad

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You only need to factory reset and flash a new rom, just like flashing any other rom normally. What recovery are you running?
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Awesome! I'm using sk8's custom CWM 6.0.2.7 for LGOG.

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bwint1 said:
Awesome! I'm using sk8's custom CWM 6.0.2.7 for LGOG.
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Alright, you can try flashing a new rom with that but if it comes up with an error try flashing a Nexus 4 recovery (cwm or twrp) then flash the rom then re-flash sk8's CWM.

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Jakeroxs said:
Alright, you can try flashing a new rom with that but if it comes up with an error try flashing a Nexus 4 recovery (cwm or twrp) then flash the rom then re-flash sk8's CWM.
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Many rom installer scripts check device/build name before proceeding with an update. sk8's cwm uses 'geeb' while Nexus 4 is 'mako'.
If flashing a Nexus 4 rom in sk8's cwm gives you an error, unzip the rom and check '/META-INF/com/google/android/update-script'.
If it begins with:
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "mako" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "mako");
then remove this string and repack the zip. You should be able to install it in sk8's cwm.
So you can still take advantage of sk8's cwm to access external sd card.

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dvhexer said:
Many rom installer scripts check device/build name before proceeding with an update. sk8's cwm uses 'geeb' while Nexus 4 is 'mako'.
If flashing a Nexus 4 rom in sk8's cwm gives you an error, unzip the rom and check '/META-INF/com/google/android/update-script'.
If it begins with:
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "mako" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "mako");
then remove this string and repack the zip. You should be able to install it in sk8's cwm.
So you can still take advantage of sk8's cwm to access external sd card.
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If I do this, will it brick my phone? What confuses me is that my phone is recognized as LGOG running CM 10.1, but if I factory reset, does it go back to being a nexus 4?

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bwint1 said:
If I do this, will it brick my phone? What confuses me is that my phone is recognized as LGOG running CM 10.1, but if I factory reset, does it go back to being a nexus 4?
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No you won't brick your phone.
Yes, if you flash anything other then the CM10.1 linked in our forums it will be displayed as a Nexus 4. This is because Sk8 did some slight changes to make the rom work better for our phone.

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Jakeroxs said:
No you won't brick your phone.
Yes, if you flash anything other then the CM10.1 linked in our forums it will be displayed as a Nexus 4. This is because Sk8 did some slight changes to make the rom work better for our phone.
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^^^^ This
Nexus 4 roms are safe if you're N4 converted.
Just don't try to install anything other than Nexus 4 roms: like The Base, Nocturnal etc. For these you need to return to stock LGOG rom using LGNPST

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Reverting to Stock LGOG
Has anyone had any success reverting back to stock with LGNPST? I seem to be unable to get the phone into download mode since making the N4 conversion. Any insight here would be greatly appreciated.