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Hey guys,
I have too basic questions which I'm sure you can answer me with ease. I'm kinda new to all this stuff so please don't flame me to hell. I always use XDA search and Google before asking but I just don't find clear answers to that.
So first things first.
I have a D855 16gb with t-mobile branding (germany) on firmware V10c. This seems to be the latest one for my branding. I stumped and bumped my phone recently with great success, thanks to good instructions from all you guys and devs.
Now the questions I just can't find clear answers to are the following:
Can I flash other firmwares like V10l for example, even tho my phone is branded (but bumped)?
The latest firmware for my IMEI according to LG is V10c...
The second thing I can't figure out is:
Do I need to flash a specific firmware (compatible to the custom rom) before I flash a custom Rom?
Yes I have read the instruction of many roms and almost the full thread of AndroidNow, but there are a couple of contradictory posts so I want to be very sure on that.
Maybe someone can help a beginner on those two things. I'm really trying to figure most things out on my own.
Thanks guys.
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>Can I flash other firmwares like V10l for example, even tho my phone is branded (but bumped)?
There is a guide on how to properly install an OTA update (read: .KDZ and .TOT files) onto your phone. You can read the guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
>Do I need to flash a specific firmware (compatible to the custom rom) before I flash a custom Rom?
As far as I know the kernel is the only important thing you have to really keep an eye out from. It is very important to flash the correct kernel for your phone model. Other things like whether it is an 16GB or 32GB model, provider etc.. is not clear to me if that is important too.
I think it's best to just follow the threads here on XDA and wait until there are going to be releases of major ROMs and more information about these subjects.
sunnymacer said:
Hey guys,
I have too basic questions which I'm sure you can answer me with ease. I'm kinda new to all this stuff so please don't flame me to hell. I always use XDA search and Google before asking but I just don't find clear answers to that.
So first things first.
I have a D855 16gb with t-mobile branding (germany) on firmware V10c. This seems to be the latest one for my branding. I stumped and bumped my phone recently with great success, thanks to good instructions from all you guys and devs.
Now the questions I just can't find clear answers to are the following:
Can I flash other firmwares like V10l for example, even tho my phone is branded (but bumped)?
The latest firmware for my IMEI according to LG is V10c...
The second thing I can't figure out is:
Do I need to flash a specific firmware (compatible to the custom rom) before I flash a custom Rom?
Yes I have read the instruction of many roms and almost the full thread of AndroidNow, but there are a couple of contradictory posts so I want to be very sure on that.
Maybe someone can help a beginner on those two things. I'm really trying to figure most things out on my own.
Thanks guys.
Sent from my LG-D855 using XDA Free mobile app
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In short, no and no. If the latest firmware for your branding is 10c, do not flash any updates for another model number.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
That Guide will show you how to take the kdz or tot file, when an official one for your model number is available, and safely flash it without losing TWRP. As the title of that guide warns, never take an OTA update while Bump'd and never flash a stock kdz or tot file. You must follow that guide exactly to create a safe zip file to flash.
As for your second question, in the original Bump thread it states that this is not like Loki and that you do not need to be on any specific firmware to flash a custom rom as the kernel will come pre-Bump'd and require nothing from the end user.
Hope that answers your questions, feel free to ask more here anytime. And thank you so much for putting this in the proper thread and having legitimate questions that are well justified. I know there is a lot of talk about the Bump method, mostly trolls, but just know that this phone is far more "unlocked" than the majority of others.
Thanks to both of you.
I already blocked OTA`s properly. Its just very confusing because of the "suffix" of the firmware like "A6MD". I wasnt sure if that has to match up, since its unlocked.
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I wouldn't recommend you to manually download firmware by yourself especially if you are begginner as you said you are. You could brick your phone if one tiny thing is done wrong. But you can try updating it using LG PC Suite. I got my International model 2 months ago and it was on basic firmware version v10a. Trying to update firmware with the phone itself just showed me message that latest firmware is installed. After that I installed LG PC Suite from LG's website if I remember correctly and installed it. I just plugged my phone to pc and ran LG PC Suite and then it said that I can update my firmware version to v10l.
So I recommend you to try with LG PC Suite first, I think its your safest bet to get correct latest firmware for your G3 variant.
Lavoslav said:
I wouldn't recommend you to manually download firmware by yourself especially if you are begginner as you said you are. You could brick your phone if one tiny thing is done wrong. But you can try updating it using LG PC Suite. I got my International model 2 months ago and it was on basic firmware version v10a. Trying to update firmware with the phone itself just showed me message that latest firmware is installed. After that I installed LG PC Suite from LG's website if I remember correctly and installed it. I just plugged my phone to pc and ran LG PC Suite and then it said that I can update my firmware version to v10l.
So I recommend you to try with LG PC Suite first, I think its your safest bet to get correct latest firmware for your G3 variant.
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But this method seems pretty so simular to generic OTA and would probably screw up my custom recovery and/or root access? Or am I getting something wrong here?
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My G3 is the 16gb D855 V20h-EUR-XX version, I would really like to root it but have been reading on these forums that I'd have to downgrade to KitKat first, I've never rooted a phone before let alone downgraded one either, is their any in depth guide's or videos I could follow because I'm not really sure what to do, I don't know how to flash and I don't know what TWRP is , any help would be much appreciated please.
Steve27uk said:
My G3 is the 16gb D855 V20h-EUR-XX version, I would really like to root it but have been reading on these forums that I'd have to downgrade to KitKat first, I've never rooted a phone before let alone downgraded one either, is their any in depth guide's or videos I could follow because I'm not really sure what to do, I don't know how to flash and I don't know what TWRP is , any help would be much appreciated please.
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First, root then discuss TWRP and flashing.
How to downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
Same process (Including install) for G3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg693AYgoTo
Make sure you get the proper files for your specific phone. Don't try to use a file that wasn't made for your phone model or build number.
Hello,
I have an LG G3 AS990 (Ntelos). I would like to root and flash a different ROM, but am having trouble finding my variant as Ntelos is a smaller carrier. Does anyone have any advice on compatibility between any other variants? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
I've continued to search, but haven't found anything. Just hoping someone may have some information.
Same Boat
Snakemanc6 said:
I've continued to search, but haven't found anything. Just hoping someone may have some information.
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I've been researching this as well. You could try finding the beta version of CM for Sprint's LS990. I would try it just for the fun of it, but I'm nervous that I don't have the stock rom for AS990 to revert back to. I have my system backed up, but I'm not comfortable enough to rely on that to save my phone if I brick it trying to install CM.
Bump. I have the same problem here, except that mine got pushed an OTA patch that prevents stump and others. So far no firmware I have found is compatible with this device to even downgrade in order to root in the first place. If anyone has succeeded with as990 NTelos please help.
Bumping the necro in hopes of support. XD my software says as99020a but the writing on the back under the cover says us990... So I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do especially since I can't even find a place to download the firmware for manual updates.. Etc. :-[ Damn ntelos
AS990 Recovery?
Has anyone found a recovery that works with the AS990?
I have an option
I've posted a way to use TWRP and ROMs for the LS990 on the LG G3 subreddit, I need 10 helpful posts before I can post it here because I have a few xda posts and downloads linked.
AS990 experience
Hi all,
I have tried different roms on my as990 (Carolina West Wireless) by using the method on reddit (HERE) and everything works just a few things to keep in mind
To get your sim to work on a custom rom you may need to change the build.prop ro.build.target_operator=, and ro.afwdata.LGfeatureset=
Take note of these settings before you try to reflash the phone. If you change one, change both if applicable.
Remember to backup your old build.prop
Backup all apns before you start using method found (HERE)
Backup build.prop
Oh and did I mention backup build.prop
The restore files can be found (HERE) and use the guide found (HERE) replacing the files mentioned with the ones in the post. If you use this method to restore you phone, the build.prop from the reddit post will not work so use the old build.prop that I'm sure by now you have backed up or you will have to get the custom .dll file elsewhere to restore.
For all who have taken the ota update, the restore method works for that too
Your carrier files are automatically restored if you use the firmware in the above post. That is to say they were for me but if anyone else test this
no guarantees but it did work flawlessly for me.
Also I am currently working on a recovery for AS990 if anyone has any ideas feel free to chime in
A couple of side notes
The method by tybskinner may also work if you flash to US990 as well, but I have not tried this yet. To do so you would need the custom .dll or the build.prop for US990
Users have reported that SIM unlock is possible by changing the the build.prop ro.build.target_operator= to global or open however I have not tried this yet
If anyone has a method to change the PRL on the device please let me know I have tried several options but no method I have tried will allow the PRL to stick
P.S. not trying to steal your thunder tybskinner just making it easier for people to find the links
Thanks for the info guys. At this point I'm having issues just trying to root the thing. Lost root with Lollipop, and for some reason I cant seem to regain it. Oh well. The price you often pay for having a smaller carrier (I actually work for nTelos, so its my work provided device).
Thanks again. I hope you guys are able to get yours setup the way you like. :good:
Snakemanc6 said:
Thanks for the info guys. At this point I'm having issues just trying to root the thing. Lost root with Lollipop, and for some reason I cant seem to regain it. Oh well. The price you often pay for having a smaller carrier (I actually work for nTelos, so its my work provided device).
Thanks again. I hope you guys are able to get yours setup the way you like. :good:
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Currently there is no root method for the AS990 device on the newest ROM however if you follow the guide posted you can downgrade to the previous version and go from there.
Have a look here...I found a way around the whole super secure as990 crap
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/how-to-as990-custom-recovery-roms-t3216133
It may seem like a bit much but it works like a champ!
HI
bobo040 said:
bump. I have the same problem here, except that mine got pushed an ota patch that prevents stump and others. So far no firmware i have found is compatible with this device to even downgrade in order to root in the first place. If anyone has succeeded with as990 ntelos please help.
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you need to download iroot on your computer then connect your phone on the portable usb outlet make shure your phone is debbugged then open iroot it will read your phone wait wor a while and you are golden
yorimoto1987 said:
you need to download iroot on your computer then connect your phone on the portable usb outlet make shure your phone is debbugged then open iroot it will read your phone wait wor a while and you are golden
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You can still use the method in this post to downgrade.
hi need help
thjubeck said:
Hi all,
I have tried different roms on my as990 (Carolina West Wireless) by using the method on reddit (HERE) and everything works just a few things to keep in mind
To get your sim to work on a custom rom you may need to change the build.prop ro.build.target_operator=, and ro.afwdata.LGfeatureset=
Take note of these settings before you try to reflash the phone. If you change one, change both if applicable.
Remember to backup your old build.prop
Backup all apns before you start using method found (HERE)
Backup build.prop
Oh and did I mention backup build.prop
The restore files can be found (HERE) and use the guide found (HERE) replacing the files mentioned with the ones in the post. If you use this method to restore you phone, the build.prop from the reddit post will not work so use the old build.prop that I'm sure by now you have backed up or you will have to get the custom .dll file elsewhere to restore.
For all who have taken the ota update, the restore method works for that too
Your carrier files are automatically restored if you use the firmware in the above post. That is to say they were for me but if anyone else test this
no guarantees but it did work flawlessly for me.
Also I am currently working on a recovery for AS990 if anyone has any ideas feel free to chime in
A couple of side notes
The method by tybskinner may also work if you flash to US990 as well, but I have not tried this yet. To do so you would need the custom .dll or the build.prop for US990
Users have reported that SIM unlock is possible by changing the the build.prop ro.build.target_operator= to global or open however I have not tried this yet
If anyone has a method to change the PRL on the device please let me know I have tried several options but no method I have tried will allow the PRL to stick
P.S. not trying to steal your thunder tybskinner just making it easier for people to find the links
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Iam actually stuck in the in blue screen and a red number 2 factory status everytime i turn on my phone it says miniOS icant actually find any stock firmware for my lg g3 as990 it really does sucks doe becouse i had a lot of stuff in my phone that really needed but if you can help i will be really regretful ive been trying for a weak now
yorimoto1987 said:
Iam actually stuck in the in blue screen and a red number 2 factory status everytime i turn on my phone it says miniOS icant actually find any stock firmware for my lg g3 as990 it really does sucks doe becouse i had a lot of stuff in my phone that really needed but if you can help i will be really regretful ive been trying for a weak now
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You need to hold the power button and press normal boot
The as990 stock rom is http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/lg-g3-as990-firmware-as99010a-t3183928
I recently installed TWRP's custom recovery on my V495 AT&T but trying to boot into recovery gives me an error and not being familiar with Flashify I missed the step to backup the stock recovery.
Can someone be kind enough to please send me the stock recovery for the AT&T V495 that is made and Flash able through Flashify? Thank you all!!
PS> Warning for others with V495 that want custom Recovery. = Once rooted you can install flashify and the instructions for V496 custom recovery all work without errors but once you try to install TWRP and reboot things may go wrong.
Can someone please upload the stock (v495) recovery created by or flashible through flashify?
I have a new/ rooted v495 that I have not messed with the boot loader. If you can point me in the right direction on getting you a copy of the stock boot loader I would certainly be happy to.
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I figured it out. I sent you a message with the link. You can repost it if you would like. I still do not have my 10 post quota yet to be able to provide external links.
ksimmons1571 said:
I have a new/ rooted v495 that I have not messed with the boot loader. If you can point me in the right direction on getting you a copy of the stock boot loader I would certainly be happy to.
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I figured it out. I sent you a message with the link. You can repost it if you would like. I still do not have my 10 post quota yet to be able to provide external links.
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do you mind sending a copy my way. My stock recovery is also broken TIA
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjtxfcc9f3t23k4/v495 Stock Recovery?dl=0 Courtesy of ksimmons1571 --- Thanks Buddy..
I have not tested it yet as I just saw it today and I'm at work. If you get it going please let us know. Thanks.
soft bricked v495 on stock recovery
I'm soft bricked on 5.0.2 lg support tool says I'm not in need of update at this time.so I can wait for next update but who knows when that will be lol. Will I be able to flash this stock recovery if I'm on stock recovery. ? I dont think I can thow. I'm thinking I'm going to have to extract my kdz file n use flash tools 2014. Unless I can get on twrp well I'm soft bricked n flash a ROM. But I don't see any Roms for device. Well any help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance also if I figure it out I'll post back.
can anybody extract kdz or tot file like @Player1211 said or can anybody extract their system folder?
m_reyna_16 said:
can anybody extract kdz or tot file like @Player1211 said or can anybody extract their system folder?
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If there's a KDZ or TOT available, you can extract it on Windows with WindowsLGFirmwareExtract-ver.1.2.5.0, available at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600575.
My tablet is messed up, stays stuck on att logo after I manually tried extracting and installing xposed framework files. I cannot extract anything on mine.... Unless ure telling me the tot file is on that other forum? Sorry I'm on my phone and driving, can't check in detail
EDIT: read your post right this time, like I said I was driving... No, there's no tot or kde file for my tablet
Hi my friends, I am looking for a STOCK RECOVERY for my LG G Pad F 8.0 AT&T (V495). I was trying to do an OTA upgrade to 6 but after the Download and restart the installation is giving me an error because i am ROOTED. I need to flash stock recovery to be able to install new OTA upgrade to Marshmallow 6. Is someone have a 5.0.2 STOCK Recovery or maybe another idea on how can I do and upgrade to Marshmallow 6 I will appreciate any help. Thanks
Anyone leak a V495 KDZ yet? Mine is toast without a way to flash stock recovery. Bootloop of death.
Tikerz said:
Anyone leak a V495 KDZ yet? Mine is toast without a way to flash stock recovery. Bootloop of death.
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Haven't seen one. Just the TOT without the necessary .DLL.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Haven't seen one. Just the TOT without the necessary .DLL.
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Arghghghhg
Tikerz said:
Arghghghhg
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I understand. Although there were at least KDZs for my VK810, we didn't have a known tested TOT until a few months back when a fellow user was nice enough to purchase, test and share the TOT for the VK810 from this site http://www.lgbbs.com:41/thread-838-1-1.html. Since we had KDZs available, we were able to extract the necessary .DLL from one of them.
I know someone else recently looked on that site for V495 stuff but you might want to look again and/or use Google Chrome to translate the site (slow but effective enough), and maybe even there's a section to put a request or a bounty up for a .DLL or at least KDZ, which you'd be able to extract the .DLL from. It appears the standard prices of items is $10 U.S., from what I could tell.
Not advocating the site or the fact that they sell the stuff, but when there's no other option, and at least it's not an arm and a leg.
suspected root.
trying to update after root, what exactly do we need to do to get this Update going? btw i only have a little experience rooting. and that was an HTC about 4 years ago. So far i have Flashfire installed which says can Flash OTA updates but LG is untested. im not going down that road without unlocked bootloader and a rom to pull my ass out of the bricks, unless someones has success already.
So far i haven't heard of an unlocked bootloader for The V495, can we do that yet?
i'm hearing about flashify, never used it, what does it do, how does it work?
Is there a way to remove root evidence with Android studio?
Why don't penguins Fly, do you suppose they miss it?
Sleeper0013 said:
trying to update after root, what exactly do we need to do to get this Update going? btw i only have a little experience rooting. and that was an HTC about 4 years ago. So far i have Flashfire installed which says can Flash OTA updates but LG is untested. im not going down that road without unlocked bootloader and a rom to pull my ass out of the bricks, unless someones has success already.
So far i haven't heard of an unlocked bootloader for The V495, can we do that yet?
i'm hearing about flashify, never used it, what does it do, how does it work?
Is there a way to remove root evidence with Android studio?
Why don't penguins Fly, do you suppose they miss it?
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I can only address some of your questions.
Flashify simply flashes stuff like kernels and recoveries, but it's limited as to what it can flash and I doubt if you'd be able to flash an OTA with it. There are other apps that do the same thing with the same limitations. Also, just because it can flash something doesn't mean that's all that's required to get it to work. What I mean is, to use an example that doesn't necessarily apply to you or the V495, some LG devices require a certain older version of the bootloader (aboot) in order to be able to get into TWRP, so if you're rooted on a later release of the stock ROM (with newer bootloader) you could flash TWRP with Flashify, but you either still won't be able to actually get into it, or you might not even be able to boot at all after.
Flashfire is reasonably early in its development - having only yesterday been updated to v0.51. I've only tested a little bit. On the Verizon LG G Pad 8.3 VK810, backups seemed to work okay, but I haven't tested restoring through Flashfire. I was able to successfully flash a ROM made from the stock tablet ROM but no matter what it doesn't keep root, even when the ROM includes the necessary SuperSU.zip and flashes/roots fine in TWRP. Flashfire's Everroot option, or having Flashfire flash SuperSU.zip separately didn't work on that device either. @Chainfire said there were segfaults in the log and has no way of determining what's causing them.
I would say you are wise not to try to flash anything without having a way to recover - there are enough people on here with broken V495s with no recovery option already.
Regarding removing root evidence: From Lollipop on (at least on LG), OTAs check to see if your system (and possibly other not normally modifiable) partitions have ever been modified. It doesn't explicitly check for root, but rooting your device usually modifies the system partition. Before Lollipop, OTAs commonly only checked if the files the OTA would update have been modified from their original. OTAs don't normally contain copies of the entire files that will get updated - it contains a "delta", which is basically a list of "change this into that", as quite often files don't need to change completely - only be modifed to be up to date.
You can't reasonably "unmodify" your system manually. Only by flashing a 100% stock unrooted ROM.
*If* or when Flashfire works, it could conceivably get around a modified system partition, but it'll be challenging and might take some time for @Chainfire to support all or most OEMs/models working as smoothly as it does for the #1 primary devices he's testing it on, which I believe are Nexus devices.
I talk to penguins all the time and they do miss flying, especially when they're the prey.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
You can't reasonably "unmodify" your system manually. Only by flashing a 100% stock unrooted ROM.
I talk to penguins all the time and they do miss flying, especially when they're the prey.
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Ok so where do we look about getting stock rom?
And poor penguins and all their bricked devices. :crying:
Sleeper0013 said:
Ok so where do we look about getting stock rom?
And poor penguins and all their bricked devices. :crying:
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LOL re: penguins!
I have a link for where to keep an eye out or possibly request in the post right above yours. tl;dr There's only a TOT available for the V495 that anyone's found so far. It's available in one of these threads in these G Pad 8.3 sections and I've even uploaded it elsewhere just in case the only source I noticed for the link goes down. The bad news is that there's no .DLL available to use with it, which makes it at minimum partially or mostly, at maximum fully useless.
It's fully useless without the .DLL because you can't use the normal TOT flashing software to flash it to your V495 - you need the .DLL (as I've recently written somewhere, maybe above in the post I reference or nearby), the .DLL that's necessary would probably be able to be extracted from the KDZ for the V495 - but there's no KDZs that've been made available. KDZs include the .DLL necessary, TOT's require an external .DLL.
It's partially or mostly useless in that the TOT can still be extracted to obtain the individual partitions. It's conceivable that Flashfire might be able to flash either those partitions or a flashable zip made out of them as long as you're successfully rooted, although I have no idea if Flashfire works with anything but SuperSU - I believe it specifies that SuperSU is required but there's a chance it'll work with Kingroot or another root app.
I'm fully willing to make a flashable zip out of the TOT for anyone who wants to test it - just be aware of the dangers that you might end up with a brick with no way to recover since I'm guessing that there's no TWRP for the V495 and I don't even know the root capability since I don't have that device and I only follow the threads regarding it just to help where I can. If you do have root it's at least somewhat comforting that Flashfire worked fine for flashing the stock ROM on the LG G Pad 8.3 VK810, albeit without being able to re-root it as part of the process. Let me know if you're rooted and want to test such a flashable zip with Flashfire (which would probably be the safest/most trustworthy app that has capability of flashing zips).
I don't have enough knowledge to know how to figure out how to root any device that there's no established method for, nor have I ever made TWRP for any device.
I do know that Kingroot is very invasive and is sometimes only a temporary root, requiring re-rooting every time you reboot. It puts things on the system partition that run in the background - all sorts of things not necessary for simply rooting or keeping root, so who knows what kind of calls home it makes and with what data. I've only used it before as a temporary root in order to establish an alternate way to get TWRP installed on the Verizon G3 VS985 without fully downgrading the stock ROM to a more easily rootable/TWRPable version, and ultimately my method leads you to flash a ROM that uses SuperSU so that Kingroot is completely gone anyway.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I understand. Although there were at least KDZs for my VK810, we didn't have a known tested TOT until a few months back when a fellow user was nice enough to purchase, test and share the TOT for the VK810 from this site http://www.lgbbs.com:41/thread-838-1-1.html. Since we had KDZs available, we were able to extract the necessary .DLL from one of them.
I know someone else recently looked on that site for V495 stuff but you might want to look again and/or use Google Chrome to translate the site (slow but effective enough), and maybe even there's a section to put a request or a bounty up for a .DLL or at least KDZ, which you'd be able to extract the .DLL from. It appears the standard prices of items is $10 U.S., from what I could tell.
Not advocating the site or the fact that they sell the stuff, but when there's no other option, and at least it's not an arm and a leg.
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If I buy another V495 do you think I could use the KDZ/TOT extractor here to fix our V495s?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600575
Or maybe someone with functioning V495 could extract the KDZ/TOT or DLL for us?
Tikerz said:
If I buy another V495 do you think I could use the KDZ/TOT extractor here to fix our V495s?
Or maybe someone with functioning V495 could extract the KDZ/TOT or DLL for us?
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Having another V495 wouldn't get you a KDZ or TOT. The KDZ/TOT extractor takes an existing KDZ or TOT file and extracts it into the separate partitions - it has nothing to do with making a KDZ or TOT out of an existing device. There's currently no way to do that. And the .DLL isn't available except inside a KDZ, it's not on anyone's running V495.
Hello guys , i wanna know if the custom roms in this forum are compatible with my moto g5 Brazil version(baseband version : M8937_22.29.02.56R CEDRIC_BRAZILDSDS_CUST), a have some serious issues flashing some roms in my samsung gran prime because the version released in the world is a little different of the one released in brazil , anyone can answer me that pls ?
(Sorry my english)
Your question has been answered multiple times. Why it is so hard to use the search function?
well , i search terms like compatibility , brazil and xt1672, and nothing related show up , then i went page after page and still i found nothing related (just hardbrick under this variant)
FrancyelZelling said:
well , i search terms like compatibility , brazil and xt1672, and nothing related show up , then i went page after page and still i found nothing related (just hardbrick under this variant)
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Hello...
Go to the guides session, there you will find some discussions on how not to brick your phone.
Read them and you should be good to go.
Basically what happens with the G5 is that you can't very simply go back to a stock Rom once you unlocked the bootloader and flashed a custom ROM.
This has to do with Custom ROMs and TWRP being 64 bit while stock firmware being 32 bit.
The hardbricks that you've mentioned happened when you've installed a custom ROM then you reverted back to stock and received an OTA update, that will definitely hard brick your device. But from what I've been reading, people going back to stock without reading anything hardbrick their G5's in general. Right way to go back to stock seems to be flashing 32 bit TWRP then finding a Stock ROM Zip file to flash with it.
But take my word with a grain of salt, I've just skimmed through some threads, don't know if I'm correct.
But it seems that as long as you use only custom roms you're good to go, the problem is if you try to go back to stock, it's not as simple as other phones, but anyways, I haven't done any of these myself, so read yourself through all of it, take A LOT of care if you ever want to go back to stock.
I personally haven't done any mods to my G5 yet, which is quite unnusual of me, simply because l don't think the Oreo ROMs available are worth unlocking the bootloader.
Namely, when we have official Oreo from Lenovo or Official lineageOS, then I think it's worth ( or not, maybe I'll root before that)
I want to add just one information, once u put a custom ROM on your phone, VoLTE is gone, in other words you won't be able to make calls using the LTE network, so your calls will be made under 3-g or GSM.
freeZbies said:
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Go to the guides session, there you will find some discussions on how not to brick your phone.
Read them and you should be good to go.
Basically what happens with the G5 is that you can't very simply go back to a stock Rom once you unlocked the bootloader and flashed a custom ROM.
This has to do with Custom ROMs and TWRP being 64 bit while stock firmware being 32 bit.
The hardbricks that you've mentioned happened when you've installed a custom ROM then you reverted back to stock and received an OTA update, that will definitely hard brick your device. But from what I've been reading, people going back to stock without reading anything hardbrick their G5's in general. Right way to go back to stock seems to be flashing 32 bit TWRP then finding a Stock ROM Zip file to flash with it.
But take my word with a grain of salt, I've just skimmed through some threads, don't know if I'm correct.
But it seems that as long as you use only custom roms you're good to go, the problem is if you try to go back to stock, it's not as simple as other phones, but anyways, I haven't done any of these myself, so read yourself through all of it, take A LOT of care if you ever want to go back to stock.
I personally haven't done any mods to my G5 yet, which is quite unnusual of me, simply because l don't think the Oreo ROMs available are worth unlocking the bootloader.
Namely, when we have official Oreo from Lenovo or Official lineageOS, then I think it's worth ( or not, maybe I'll root before that)
I want to add just one information, once u put a custom ROM on your phone, VoLTE is gone, in other words you won't be able to make calls using the LTE network, so your calls will be made under 3-g or GSM.
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Well , if i cant go back to stock rom , it's not worth, i am in the same sittuation as you , have my phone for 8 months and i didnt even root him , my others smartphones i did within a month, but anyway , thanks man
FrancyelZelling said:
Well , if i cant go back to stock rom , it's not worth, i am in the same sittuation as you , have my phone for 8 months and i didnt even root him , my others smartphones i did within a month, but anyway , thanks man
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It's not that you can't go back to stock...you can go but it's just not intuitive. If it was you I was just going to read through the forum because I saw some tutorials on how to go back to stock it's pretty possible it's just not simple as it was in previous Moto G edition, but it's possible.
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FrancyelZelling said:
Well , if i cant go back to stock rom , it's not worth, i am in the same sittuation as you , have my phone for 8 months and i didnt even root him , my others smartphones i did within a month, but anyway , thanks man
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For example, This Thread shows you how to go back to stock using fastboot. Don't know how reliable that can be, you should research it by yourself: https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/development/official-stock-moto-g5-cedric-firmware-t3733897