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Hey guys massive noob here, wondering if it is possible to downgrade from android l to kitkat or to root android L on the G3. I foolishly updated and my root is gone, stump is not working (obviously not made for L yet) and I can't find any help elsewhere.
I need to root my phone and I don't care whether the the best way is to downgrade or to root if it is available for the new os. I will lose my data other than what is backed up via dropbox etc but it's not a big deal for me.
Help much appreciated thanks
Yes it is possible just downgrade to Kitkat using the lg flash tool then root using Purpledrake
You can get the KDZ file required from this link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2791761 (make sure you select the correct file)
LG Flash tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/root-root-lg-g3-easily-purpledrake-lite-t2821000
Yup, what he said it's fairly easy. Give it try, let us know if you need help.
cyaiphone said:
Yup, what he said it's fairly easy. Give it try, let us know if you need help.
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Ok thanks guys I'll give it a go thanks for the really quick replies
ineedahand said:
Ok thanks guys I'll give it a go thanks for the really quick replies
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I've fallen at the first hurdle, which firmware do I need?
I have a UK vodafone LG G3, 16GB, LG-D855, and I want the last version of kit kat available. I'm more than a noob.. .
Also why do you choose Purpledrake over stump, is there any difference?
Thank you so much
This firmware you want is A6VF, it is near the bottom of the list.
The reason I use purpledrake over stump is because some times it won't root and says "...Not supported" but feel free to try stump if you want and if it doesn't work just use purpledrake.
Hi. I got trapped with unrooting and updating to lollipop lg g3 D85520e-EUR-XX and wanted to return to kit kat 4.4.2. It's the 32 Gb model. Can you help with the KDZ i must download (I can't understand the four first characters of the list!). Thanks!
What network are you currently using? or is it an unlocked phone. A country name would also be helpful as that's how the files are organized.
KickingWriter said:
This firmware you want is A6VF, it is near the bottom of the list.
The reason I use purpledrake over stump is because some times it won't root and says "...Not supported" but feel free to try stump if you want and if it doesn't work just use purpledrake.
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Thanks for the help man, I've tried getting into download mode as required but I am stuck at 0% on the firmware update, any suggestions
Thanks
ineedahand said:
Thanks for the help man, I've tried getting into download mode as required but I am stuck at 0% on the firmware update, any suggestions
Thanks
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The Percentage will stay at 0% until you start the LG Flash Tool , The tutorial tells you what to do
KickingWriter said:
The Percentage will stay at 0% until you start the LG Flash Tool , The tutorial tells you what to do
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You're a a lifesaver man thank you so much it worked!
Is everything working okay? Has it booted?
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What network are you currently using? or is it an unlocked phone. A country name would also be helpful as that's how the files are organized.
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It's unlocked. It's in Spain. Lg g3 D85520e. 32 Gb model. It came with kit kat 4.4.2 and i aplied PurpleDrake succesfully. Then I unrooted to upgrade to Lollipop 5. Ver. 20e. And now, I can't root anymore. So I would like to downgrade to Kit Kat 4.4.2 to be able to root again with PurpleDrake to recover my root privileges, especially to manage apps and their writing to the external sd card.
Thanks very much for your help!
To get the exact suffix required use this website
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=IMEI
Replace IMEI with your imei then press enter. Then post your suffix
It looks like if it were the same KDZ already installed... : FW9BRPVE022NAX045560S86/D85520E_00.kdz ??? What I need is the Kit Kat version 4.4.2 10x(a,b,c,...) to downgrade from this one (20e) and be able to root again the phone. I probably have explained myself wrong. Any idea?
And thanks for your efforts, by the way!
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xttp://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW9BRPVE022NAX045560S86/D85520E_00.kdz
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This is the Kitkat KDZ file you need AITA
Don’t forget you have to wipe all even bteetr hared reset with recovry after downgreat back to 4.4.2...
u1988 said:
Don’t forget you have to wipe all even bteetr hared reset with recovry after downgreat back to 4.4.2...
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If he does a CSE flash he won't need to? Just making sure.
That's it! I'm going to download! Thanks very much. Everything is possible with people like you!
I'm glad we could help Keep me updated on your progress in case you have any problems.
Hi guys,
I might get flamed, I might not.
I have searched on google on how to root my LG G3. I have used towelroot and it says something like it isn't compatible. I used stump root and it says its patched. I used purple drake and I manage to find my device but the error comes up about vulnerability.
Luckily with PDrake, I found my software version as I have been seeing 10f 10e etc everywhere and it seems mine is a v20f.
Into google it went and the search it very minimal on answers.
Do I have to rollback the software to a kit kat version in order to root??? Is there any other way or more importantly is it a safe way?
All I really wanted to do was change some of the UI sounds and I cant access the system folder without a root!
P.S. Is there up to date, guide on how to roll back?
Thanks!
Yes, you have to go back to kitkat, then I used IOroot and then install twrp via Bump
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Thanks for the reply hgneto
Dammit, so downgrading it is.. <_< Been searching and you have to download custom ROMs? They are labelled with 10g/10f, are these related to the version of the phone?
Sorry, not clued up on all the jargon/acrynoms.
nomez said:
Thanks for the reply hgneto
Dammit, so downgrading it is.. <_< Been searching and you have to download custom ROMs? They are labelled with 10g/10f, are these related to the version of the phone?
Sorry, not clued up on all the jargon/acrynoms.
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Here for downgrading.
What's your phone variant ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
This what I need? It says back to stock but I am assuming its just for the version you want?
I have gone through the files and not sure which one I dl?
Im from the UK, on three.
EDIT: @ Raptor - Not sure what you mean but its the LG G3, D855 v20f 16gb.
Seems it is the link I am supposed to be one, thanks.
Just not sure what rom I should be picking.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
This what I need? It says back to stock but I am assuming its just for the version you want?
I have gone through the files and not sure which one I dl?
Im from the UK, on three.
EDIT: @ Raptor - Not sure what you mean but its the LG G3, D855 v20f 16gb.
Seems it is the link I am supposed to be one, thanks.
Just not sure what rom I should be picking.
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Ok nice, so D855 16GB from UK and unbranded ?
This KDZ should work. It will bring you to V10A, so Kitkat, and after that you can root.
If you have issues downgrading, I suggest you ask in the other thread, it is especially for this step.
Good luck.
BTW: doing that will erase all your data on your phone.
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Ok nice, so D855 16GB from UK and unbranded ?
This[/URL] KDZ should work. It will bring you to V10A, so Kitkat, and after that you can root.
If you have issues downgrading, I suggest you ask in the other thread, it is especially for this step.
Good luck.
BTW: doing that will erase all your data on your phone.
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Again im not sure if it is branded or not. Its an LG G3, is LG not the brand? lol Sorry!
Thanks for the link, clicked it in another tab and doesn't seem to be working but ill figure it out.
So doing this process wipes my phone? So much for just wanting custom UI sounds :haha: No way around the phone wiping? I mean most of my stuff is backed on google+ but its just tiresome considering I have just put everything on there already with the phone being new..........
Thanks again.
nomez said:
Again im not sure if it is branded or not. Its an LG G3, is LG not the brand? lol Sorry!
Thanks for the link, clicked it in another tab and doesn't seem to be working but ill figure it out.
So doing this process wipes my phone? So much for just wanting custom UI sounds :haha: No way around the phone wiping? I mean most of my stuff is backed on google+ but its just tiresome considering I have just put everything on there already with the phone being new..........
Thanks again.
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What I mean by branded is that you might have some Vodaphone software on it or from an other carrier. Unbranded means it's a pure LG phone unmodified by the carrier.
LL can't be rooted so you have to downgrade to KK.
For doing so you need to factory reset your phone using a KDZ or a TOT file, and there is no way around wiping the thing doing that.
Yeah that's a lot to modify a sound, but eh that's the deal as of now. And mind that if you downgrade to KK and root, you can't get back to LL if you are rooted. (Well you can but your phone will become a brick)
If you want a rooted LL, you need a custom rom like CloudyG3 for example.
Cheers for reply, already hit that thanks button.
Seems a lot for custom UI sounds, think ill wait until someone develops something. In the mean time I will continue to search for the ability to mod the system audio file without a root
Sorry to hijack, but can I confirm that the way to go from stock lollipop to rooted lollipop is to downgrade to Kitkat using the links above, then root, then install a rooted Lollipop rom?
Thanks
nbanbury said:
Sorry to hijack, but can I confirm that the way to go from stock lollipop to rooted lollipop is to downgrade to Kitkat using the links above, then root, then install a rooted Lollipop rom?
Thanks
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Yep !
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Yep !
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But this is only until someone produces the root method for Lollipop right? Then we just root, install the recovery and dance in the moonlight?
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But this is only until someone produces the root method for Lollipop right? Then we just root, install the recovery and dance in the moonlight?
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Yes. LL has been rooted, but it´s way more complicated than previous versions of Android. You can wait, but it could be weeks, months or years for an universal safe and stable method
And the G3's locked bootloader isn't helping too....
I flashed a stock 4.4.2 t-mobile firmware to my sprint ls980.. is there anyway to get any ls980 firmware back on it? i use it for tmobile which is why i flashed it but seen a few threads on how to unlock the sim and now im stuck. did i ruin the phone? or could i at least get it to work through tmobile with the firmware i flashed? i cant even get it to connect to google play. wifi works tho
Sir,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.
Stand by
Good luck
First: Grab the ZVE Tot file
Second: Flash it in download mode.
Good luck, flashing in download mode is rather a pain to do.
G2 Ls980 with tmobile firmware
Fnord12 said:
First: Grab the ZVE Tot file
Second: Flash it in download mode.
Good luck, flashing in download mode is rather a pain to do.
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I have tried flashing a stock sprint fw but it fails because Flashtool says the mobile phone I have is a tmobile model!!.
mikon73 said:
I have tried flashing a stock sprint fw but it fails because Flashtool says the mobile phone I have is a tmobile model!!.
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There is a DLL file that is generic that should overcome that problem.
Facing the same problem..please help
I've also done the same thing just a little bit different.
i flashed D802 (international version) kdz file over my sprint g2 (Model is LS-980) but it does not work, when i turn on the phone I can't even complete the setup and the phone restarts. touch panel is also not working right.
Now i've downloaded the stock .tot rom for sprint version and trying to flash it using lg flash tool in download mode. But it does not flash it. It detects my phone as D802 and gives the error about the model number does not match
I need help getting it back to LS-980
looking for that lg g2 sprint generic .dll file
secret.animal said:
There is a DLL file that is generic that should overcome that problem.
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Supposedly there's a stock .kdz which I can use to extract the .dll from, but I haven't found any stock .kdz file so far.
So, this generic .dll sounds great and one of my last options left. I'll appreciate if you can point me to that file. I'm going to try to find it.
Thanks a lot!!! :good:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_F3sA56Gm2HMTVXejZla3R5RDg/edit?usp=docslist_api
Tried it but failed
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I've tried this .dll file with both the stock ls980zvc and ls980zve .tot firmwares.
but the flash tool gives this error "CrossDL [D802] to [LS980]. SWversion"
Is there any way around this?
Success
Successfully fixed this problem. My phone is back to life again
I explained the complete problem and the process to fix it in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/help/solution-flashed-wrong-firmware-lg-g2-t3056632
tauheed90 said:
Suucessfully fixed this problem. My phone is back to life again
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Share the love for anyone that does a search will find it without having to ask.
I'm restricted by xda
secret.animal said:
Share the love for anyone that does a search will find it without having to ask.
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The procedure I used is described and explained in this post and as i am a new member here, xda restricts me to post external links his is the the best i could do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g2/help/solution-flashed-wrong-firmware-lg-g2-t3056632
Hello!
I have just rooted my G3, and I thought I'd also flash custom recovery and unlock bootloader with Bump. However when I did that, and phone attempted to reboot, it doesn't boot and says "secure booting error". I know there had been many questions around this topic, but non had helped me. What is the easiest way to "undo" this? Unbricking? Unrooting?
Thanks for patience and help!
The easiest way is to use the kdz tool, you can follow this tutorial here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
RapHaeL_4_4_4_ said:
The easiest way is to use the kdz tool, you can follow this tutorial here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
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but how do I know which stock image and DLL file to download? I have D855 and running lollipop. I'm not sure what to download.
And also, what does TOT stand for?
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but how do I know which stock image and DLL file to download? I have D855 and running lollipop. I'm not sure what to download.
And also, what does TOT stand for?
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I don't know what does TOT stand for and personally I use the kds method, I think its the easiest.
You can download KDZ from here: http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G3/Stock/
Kdz for the D855 on lollipop here: http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G3/Stock/Lollipop+5.0/D855/
And just to let you know, bump only work on kitkat, so if you want to use bump you need to downgrade to kitkat before using it, otherwise you get this error
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I don't know what does TOT stand for and personally I use the kds method, I think its the easiest.
And just to let you know, bump only work on kitkat, so if you want to use bump you need to downgrade to kitkat before using it, otherwise you get this error
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ok thank you.
I have another kida stupid question but how do I know which link to download? I mean I know its 855, but I am not sure about the letters afer that.. Is there any way to find it, since I cant turn my phone on?
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ok thank you.
I have another kida stupid question but how do I know which link to download? I mean I know its 855, but I am not sure about the letters afer that.. Is there any way to find it, since I cant turn my phone on?
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The letter after is the OS version, so for example if you watch the D855 lollipop folder you have:
D85519C
D85519H
D85520A
D85520H <-- This is the most recent
The higher the number and letter is, the newest the software is.
And if the name start with D855***, your device is compatible.
Hope this help, if you have any other question, don't hesitate
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The letter after is the OS version, so for example if you watch the D855 lollipop folder you have:
D85519C
D85519H
D85520A
D85520H <-- This is the most recent
The higher the number and letter is, the newest the software is.
And if the name start with D855***, your device is compatible.
Hope this help, if you have any other question, don't hesitate
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thank you sooo much! I will try as soon kdz will download. meanwhile, what exactly does this do?
KristjanBerce said:
thank you sooo much! I will try as soon kdz will download. meanwhile, what exactly does this do?
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It reset your phone, reinstall everything on it (Bootloader, OS, recovery, etc..)
Hi Guys i have LG G3 D851 ..i am currently on MM i want to downgrade to lollipop so i downloaded the kdz file V20e but the problem is that LGUP cannot detect my G3 shows the device as unknown model but correctly shows the comports i even tried using LGFlash tool used seems that i cannot downgrade shows error and stops so i wanna know is there any way to fix this unknown model in LGUP ...
Guess no one wants to help here ?? To anyone else who has this issue u may need to change the buildprop file and ur phone must be rooted it still doesnt shows as unknown in LGUP but since i have rooted my phone n bought a new battery and installed xposed and im having a good battery life i still want to know why it aint showing up in LGUP
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Guess no one wants to help here ?? To anyone else who has this issue u may need to change the buildprop file and ur phone must be rooted it still doesnt shows as unknown in LGUP but since i have rooted my phone n bought a new battery and installed xposed and im having a good battery life i still want to know why it aint showing up in LGUP
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Did you ever resolve this problem? The same thing is happening to me.
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Did you ever resolve this problem? The same thing is happening to me.
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i think D851 doesnt support LGUPdirect mthod thats what i figure but u can go back via tot method to lollipop or kitkat...im still using MM with custom rom
jinderation said:
i think D851 doesnt support LGUPdirect mthod thats what i figure but u can go back via tot method to lollipop or kitkat...im still using MM with custom rom
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Try this dll it works..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0VrTZddvLF7b3Q1b1BlQ2w0clE/view
Salik Iqbal said:
Try this dll it works..
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0VrTZddvLF7b3Q1b1BlQ2w0clE/view
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is there somehow can u install this dll ? i dont somehow know it ?
jinderation said:
is there somehow can u install this dll ? i dont somehow know it ?
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Dont install it.. use it with flashtool as dll and tot for ur model.. old flashtool way
Salik Iqbal said:
Dont install it.. use it with flashtool as dll and tot for ur model.. old flashtool way
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i cant seem to flash via lgflashtool 2014 cuz it needs kdz n in TWRP u need .zip file...what other flashing method is available?
jinderation said:
i cant seem to flash via lgflashtool 2014 cuz it needs kdz n in TWRP u need .zip file...what other flashing method is available?
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The only flashing method that has ever worked for me when my phone was bricked along with Corrupted recovery is the .TOT method. And that I'm afraid is the one from where you have to start all over from Out of the box experience with 4.4 Kitkat. If the LGFlashTool2014 does not work for you, I recommend the LGFlashtoolv1.8.1 + the crack. It will not ask you for the KDZ and should allow you to downgrade without any hassle.
There are 2 things you will need:
LGD851AT-01-V10c.zip & LGFLASHv160.dll
This will point you in the right direction. Just scroll down to the text where it says "2014 TOT Method (Old/Outdated)"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
Good luck
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Guess no one wants to help here ?? To anyone else who has this issue u may need to change the buildprop file and ur phone must be rooted it still doesnt shows as unknown in LGUP but since i have rooted my phone n bought a new battery and installed xposed and im having a good battery life i still want to know why it aint showing up in LGUP
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its dll you must download this one LGUP_8974.dll " LGUP_8974_8084_DLL_Ver_0_3_17_6.msi "
Hi guys,I'm a Chinese ,I found this dll in Chinese forum ,but it's difficult to download,thank you !! and I'll take this
Solution to LGUP LG G3 unknown
While an old thread, it'll be found in searches. For anybody who gets "UNKNOWN" device with LGUP for the LG G3, I found that LGUP for the G3 is often distributed with the wrong DLL file. See the details here, post #11.
HTH
LGUP worked with my LG G3 D851 when I used it as in this tutorial:
LG G3 LineageOS Tutorial - Linus Tech Tips