Hi. I'm wondering if I can get some help with this device. I purchased this device unlocked from my local Rent a Center in New York. Since its unlocked, I am using with my servicer provider Metropcs. Here's where im having some issues. Metropcs offers WiFi Calling on all their devices [ have a LG K7 ] as does T-mobile since they own metro. I noticed that the feature is MIA on my G4. I did some research and found out from LG that the phone itself was originally a US Cellular device. I then called US Celluar. I spoke with their techs and was informed that they don't offer WiFi calling at all with their service, but it doesnt mean the phone doesnt support it. Believe it or not, the tech told me that its more or less a software thing. I went through the stage to upgrade the device to Marshmallow, but apparently its not available. I noticed that all US Cellular LG G4's have Marshmallow. Im wondering if theres a root method that might fix my issues. I looked around and didnt see one for this LG G4 US99111a. I only see them for US99110. Can anyone here at XDA possibly help? Any and all info will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
mrrock79 said:
Hi. I'm wondering if I can get some help with this device. I purchased this device unlocked from my local Rent a Center in New York. Since its unlocked, I am using with my servicer provider Metropcs. Here's where im having some issues. Metropcs offers WiFi Calling on all their devices [ have a LG K7 ] as does T-mobile since they own metro. I noticed that the feature is MIA on my G4. I did some research and found out from LG that the phone itself was originally a US Cellular device. I then called US Celluar. I spoke with their techs and was informed that they don't offer WiFi calling at all with their service, but it doesnt mean the phone doesnt support it. Believe it or not, the tech told me that its more or less a software thing. I went through the stage to upgrade the device to Marshmallow, but apparently its not available. I noticed that all US Cellular LG G4's have Marshmallow. Im wondering if theres a root method that might fix my issues. I looked around and didnt see one for this LG G4 US99111a. I only see them for US99110. Can anyone here at XDA possibly help? Any and all info will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I have same phone no root yet I'm in NY also purchased phone from same place
MrRock...you should be able to root that phone without any problems. Do the send commands work in download mode? I need the modem files from your phone
Theres no root method for us99111a only us99110a and I bricked phone trying it so dont bother with that
joeeboogz said:
Theres no root method for us99111a only us99110a and I bricked phone trying it so dont bother with that
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How did you brick the phone? If the phone has access to the DD commands then you can create the image yourself...obviously your going to brick the phone flashing another phones pre-rooted system img... All LG's on Android 5 can be rooted if you can access the proper commands. If your working with your own image how are you going to brick it???
I say this because I was even able to flash the LS991 TOT and root my phone and its a US991...only problem was it flashed the Modem files and the KDZ does not contain ModemST1 and ModemST2.
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I got this phone off ebay for a deal 330$. My plan was to root and install an aosp rom.
I have rooted the phone but cannot find anyway to install twrp. Seems like all the twrp recoveries and custom roms are for tmobile and international versions
i was not aware when i bought this phone that it would be a us cellular version the ad did not say
anyways what are my options? Is it possible to get an aosp rom on this version of the phone any advice would greatly be
appreciated
Unfortunately there are no options as of now. The bootloader is locked and there hasn't been a workaround discovered for it yet like for other devices.
At best you can root and flash xposed on the phone as long as it has Lollipop, but as it looks now, you won't be able to keep root if you upgrade to Marshmallow.
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Unfortunately there are no options as of now. The bootloader is locked and there hasn't been a workaround discovered for it yet like for other devices.
At best you can root and flash xposed on the phone as long as it has Lollipop, but as it looks now, you won't be able to keep root if you upgrade to Marshmallow.
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thanks for the reply, i can stop searching like a fool lol
will i even get the marshmallow update, i have a us cellular version running on att network
The US Cellular model will most likely get MM soon, but if you're on the AT&T network, you won't get the OTA. I'm not sure if you would have to put a US Cellular SIM back in temporarily to get the OTA download, or if you could just remove the AT&T SIM and download it over WiFi. Otherwise, you could just get the kdz when it comes out, plug into your computer and force the update that way.
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The US Cellular model will most likely get MM soon, but if you're on the AT&T network, you won't get the OTA. I'm not sure if you would have to put a US Cellular SIM back in temporarily to get the OTA download, or if you could just remove the AT&T SIM and download it over WiFi. Otherwise, you could just get the kdz when it comes out, plug into your computer and force the update that way.
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yah but even with the mm kdz file comes out it will be for us cellular and the phone will become carrier locked and i will have to go thru the hassle if getting unlocked. btw my firmware version is us99110a i bought it off ebay. the seller did not specify it was under any network just said network unlocked. but like i said my firmmware version is us99110a which i believe is a us cellular firmware
US991 Marshmellow
Hi Guys,
I am having a real issue here after reading this tread. I recently upgraded to marshmellow but my data stopped working. I cannot get the H+ anymore. I need to go back to lillipop. I am looking all over the internet trying to find out how i can roll back. i even factory reset the phone but is goes back to marshmellow. do you have a clue how i can do it?
I asked around and they directed me to http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/lgup-install-kdz-mm-lp-t3249803
My software version is US99120c.
Can I get help rooting the 10a? Every tutorial I see is 10c and I can''t update mine.
My G4 was sold to me as "unlocked". There was no mention of US Cellular and the battery door nor boot screen shows any US Cellular logo. Model number is LGUS991 and software version is us99111a. To my understanding this is not the US Cellular model, but rather an unlocked model different from the US Cellular one. Upon emailing LG about why I can't receive an ota update for MM they told me its because I am not using US Cellular service which got me thinking that maybe this is the US Cellular phone. A Google search just yieleded me a result about root that said "LG G4 carrier models can now be unlocked like the unlocked model"......I could've sworn with all my reading that the damned unlocked model was the one that had trouble being rooted yet searching google it appears to be the other way around as if the unlocked model already had easy root for a while and yet looking around the sub forums here at XDA I see no root method for my model or any roms.
Again I'm pretty sure this is the straight unlocked model I have and NOT the US Cellular one........so WHAT can I do with it? And why would the ota for MM not be appearing? (i don't want it anyway with all the issue people have had but am just wondering). Sorry to make these posts but the info is all over the place. Can't seem to find the correct answers.
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carnivalrejectq said:
My G4 was sold to me as "unlocked". There was no mention of US Cellular and the battery door nor boot screen shows any US Cellular logo. Model number is LGUS991 and software version is us99111a. To my understanding this is not the US Cellular model, but rather an unlocked model different from the US Cellular one. Upon emailing LG about why I can't receive an ota update for MM they told me its because I am not using US Cellular service which got me thinking that maybe this is the US Cellular phone. A Google search just yieleded me a result about root that said "LG G4 carrier models can now be unlocked like the unlocked model"......I could've sworn with all my reading that the damned unlocked model was the one that had trouble being rooted yet searching google it appears to be the other way around as if the unlocked model already had easy root for a while and yet looking around the sub forums here at XDA I see no root method for my model or any roms.
Again I'm pretty sure this is the straight unlocked model I have and NOT the US Cellular one........so WHAT can I do with it? And why would the ota for MM not be appearing? (i don't want it anyway with all the issue people have had but am just wondering). Sorry to make these posts but the info is all over the place. Can't seem to find the correct answers.
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Model number is LGUS991 and software version is us99111a.)
isnt that us cellular? as unlocked it means carrier unlock not bootloader unlock..
and yes theres is a way to use root . i have unlockable phone TMOBILE but i dont want to void my warranty due to thte bootlooping issue... and i have root and xposed installed. to roo its called low sffort root . search.
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Model number is LGUS991 and software version is us99111a.)
isnt that us cellular? as unlocked it means carrier unlock not bootloader unlock..
and yes theres is a way to use root . i have unlockable phone TMOBILE but i dont want to void my warranty due to thte bootlooping issue... and i have root and xposed installed. to roo its called low sffort root . search.
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I dont know that that is US Cellular. The answer seems unclear. Like i said my battery door contains no logo nor do i have any bloat from them or a boot screen from them. Also, i understand the difference between an unlocked phone and an unlocked bootkoader lol.
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I dont know that that is US Cellular. The answer seems unclear. Like i said my battery door contains no logo nor do i have any bloat from them or a boot screen from them. Also, i understand the difference between an unlocked phone and an unlocked bootkoader lol.
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did you look at amazon. as i read that too ... and i tought it would be a european model.. but i read reviews then i saw it wasnt bootloader unlocked.. so i avoid it.
raptorddd said:
did you look at amazon. as i read that too ... and i tought it would be a european model.. but i read reviews then i saw it wasnt bootloader unlocked.. so i avoid it.
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No I didn't. I should have avoided this phone I guess. Camera is great and it's fast but idk battery life leaves a lot to be desired and I feel out of place being stuck on marshmallow and unable to root. I got the bastard child forgotten G4 I guess.
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No I didn't. I should have avoided this phone I guess. Camera is great and it's fast but idk battery life leaves a lot to be desired and I feel out of place being stuck on marshmallow and unable to root. I got the bastard child forgotten G4 I guess.
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can you go back to LP then root with locked bootloader and use xposed...
How to root lg g4 us991
carnivalrejectq said:
My G4 was sold to me as "unlocked". There was no mention of US Cellular and the battery door nor boot screen shows any US Cellular logo. Model number is LGUS991 and software version is us99111a. To my understanding this is not the US Cellular model, but rather an unlocked model different from the US Cellular one. Upon emailing LG about why I can't receive an ota update for MM they told me its because I am not using US Cellular service which got me thinking that maybe this is the US Cellular phone. A Google search just yieleded me a result about root that said "LG G4 carrier models can now be unlocked like the unlocked model"......I could've sworn with all my reading that the damned unlocked model was the one that had trouble being rooted yet searching google it appears to be the other way around as if the unlocked model already had easy root for a while and yet looking around the sub forums here at XDA I see no root method for my model or any roms.
Again I'm pretty sure this is the straight unlocked model I have and NOT the US Cellular one........so WHAT can I do with it? And why would the ota for MM not be appearing? (i don't want it anyway with all the issue people have had but am just wondering). Sorry to make these posts but the info is all over the place. Can't seem to find the correct answers.
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Hello carnivalrejectq, were you able to root your phone even I have this same problem with my LG G4 US99121a.
How can I root my phone ?
Negative, you have a Rent a Center G4.
10A = Unbranded G4
10C = US Cellular
11A = Rent A Center
LG is full of **** when they say the updates only come with a SIM card for this phone. The only way to get an update is via WiFi if there is even an update to be had. My unbranded US991LD updated to 21A without a SIM card connected to WiFi even while the morons at LG were telling me otherwise. You can't get an update from USC if it's not even a USC phone!
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Negative, you have a Rent a Center G4.
10A = Unbranded G4
10C = US Cellular
11A = Rent A Center
LG is full of **** when they say the updates only come with a SIM card for this phone. The only way to get an update is via WiFi if there is even an update to be had. My unbranded US991LD updated to 21A without a SIM card connected to WiFi even while the morons at LG were telling me otherwise. You can't get an update from USC if it's not even a USC phone!
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I have 21a. Can I root it ?
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I have 21a. Can I root it ?
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MM can't be rooted without an unlocked bootloader, so no. There are some possibilities, but I got stuck with the modem not working. I am able to downgrade our phone to 5.1 and root. The process to downgrade and root basically converts our phone to an LS991...but it breaks the modem. There is no TOT file with all required files to completely restore our phone...I'm not willing to send my phone back to LG again.
Hello everybody,
I have bought an LG G4 Sprint, i have marshmallow installed on it, but it's locked (saying valid sim)
So i wan't to root it...
Lokmane Deve said:
Hello everybody,
I have bought an LG G4 Sprint, i have marshmallow installed on it, but it's locked (saying valid sim)
So i wan't to root it...
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You can't root it. Theres no known method. Zva and lower can dg to zv6 but if ure zvb and above no dg and no root
Posted all over the sprint threads
A 3rd party company may be able to unlock but without root you can't even edit the apn sprint has it greyed out. Sprint will if u r a customer of there's and you fulfil there requirements. So even of it is unlocked you won't get any data or mms. You can thank sprint for that
TheMadScientist420 said:
You can't root it. Theres no known method. Zva and lower can dg to zv6 but if ure zvb and above no dg and no root
Posted all over the sprint threads
A 3rd party company may be able to unlock but without root you can't even edit the apn sprint has it greyed out. Sprint will if u r a customer of there's and you fulfil there requirements. So even of it is unlocked you won't get any data or mms. You can thank sprint for that
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thank u for explanation,
so, is it possible to get root at a time later? and how much time it will takes approximated if yes?
Lokmane Deve said:
thank u for explanation,
so, is it possible to get root at a time later? and how much time it will takes approximated if yes?
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At this point in time. Never I don't like to say that but. Things always happens. But for now. All out of luck. Sell it get a rootable model or phone. I own a sprint g4 on zv6 rooted and it sucks not having any dev on it at all now all due to encrypted bootloader. Even the new twrp release is for lollipop only. If u look in the sprint threads there was a link for a company that unlocks mm sprint g4s but still without root cannot edit apn settings
Hello forum, I have much experiences with mobile technology and computers however, this has me mind boggled. I've flashed my LG tablets and LG G3 phone to various firmware versions. I now use a Samsung S9+ unlocked version that can be flashed to any carrier firmware at Best Buy with the Samsung reps however, I have a Sprint LG G7 that I purchased for my son and I want to move him to Verizon. I called LG and they told me first that I have to get Sprint to unlock it then I can take it to geek squad and they will flash it for me. I called geek squad and they told me they don't do that. I start looking on the internet and from the looks of it, I see people with trial and error on doing this. My question is this, since this phone is basically the same version as a CDMA unlocked phone and can be used on various other network, why am I unable to find anyone who has easily flashed this model to a full unlocked variant or to a full Verizon firmware flash? I'll pay someone to do this or show me the exact steps without bricking my phone. I mean, I can probably un brick if that happens but I need experienced help from techy to techy. Thanks
Ok before I start I just want to say I'm a complete noob at android and how it works (got my first android a month ago) so don't get too angry if I say something stupid :/
So I bought an unlocked sprint g8 off of ebay but switched to another carrier called mint (uses t-mobile network) so I'm not sure how the software updates work. I'm aware I won't be getting updates from sprint, but I know that I have gotten 1 or 2 updates from lg since I got it. I'm a little confused as to if the updates from lg are all I need or if they are just security patches, and if there is a way to install sprint updates anyway.
I know I can solve this by unlocking the bootloader and installing custom roms once they start coming out, and on sprint I can enable oem unlock, but there is no way to access fast boot. If I do adb reboot-bootloader (or whatever the command is) it just does a normal restart. If I'm not wrong I should be able to do the bootloader unlock after lg adds the g8 to their supported devices, but I don't know how I'll be able to do this without accessing the fastboot. Recovery mode seems to be incomplete too (I can't use adb in recovery I think the drivers are not installed yet), so I think part of the sprint firmware is still kind of in a beta. So if the not being able to access fastboot and an incomplete recovery mode is a problem with the sprint firmware, will the lg updates themselves be able to solve this? Or is there anything else I'm completely missing?
Sorry if that was a little confusing but any answers would be great!
You will still get software updates. I have a sprint lg g8 unlocked on cricket and yesturday i just recieved the August 1 security software update.
I don't have an answer to your question, but does your Sprint model get VoLTE on Mint/T Mobile? Thinking about buying one.
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Ok before I start I just want to say I'm a complete noob at android and how it works (got my first android a month ago) so don't get too angry if I say something stupid :/
So I bought an unlocked sprint g8 off of ebay but switched to another carrier called mint (uses t-mobile network) so I'm not sure how the software updates work. I'm aware I won't be getting updates from sprint, but I know that I have gotten 1 or 2 updates from lg since I got it. I'm a little confused as to if the updates from lg are all I need or if they are just security patches, and if there is a way to install sprint updates anyway.
I know I can solve this by unlocking the bootloader and installing custom roms once they start coming out, and on sprint I can enable oem unlock, but there is no way to access fast boot. If I do adb reboot-bootloader (or whatever the command is) it just does a normal restart. If I'm not wrong I should be able to do the bootloader unlock after lg adds the g8 to their supported devices, but I don't know how I'll be able to do this without accessing the fastboot. Recovery mode seems to be incomplete too (I can't use adb in recovery I think the drivers are not installed yet), so I think part of the sprint firmware is still kind of in a beta. So if the not being able to access fastboot and an incomplete recovery mode is a problem with the sprint firmware, will the lg updates themselves be able to solve this? Or is there anything else I'm completely missing?
Sorry if that was a little confusing but any answers would be great!
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There is almost a 0% chance LG will let US variants be unlocked. And with the impl lock we cant even crossflash the G8, so yea you are stuck with the sprint rom.
Your phone will update. Received August Security patch yesterday. Use ADB to remove Sprint bloat.
Any way to get WiFi calling to work on mint mobile using an unlocked Sprint G8?
I just received Android 10 update on LG G8. I'm on Total Wireless. The biggest thing is RCS is working now. It's a great update btw.
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rldev said:
I just received Android 10 update on LG G8. I'm on Total Wireless. The biggest thing is RCS is working now. It's a great update btw.
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Can you add or edit your apn settings?
acekid109 said:
Can you add or edit your apn settings?
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Just do reset to default with ##3282# and it will adjust to your current sim. Often mms needs that
After reset apn, my issues got resolved
wow it worked thanks . i just reset whatever now i can send photos through messenger
antintin said:
Ok before I start I just want to say I'm a complete noob at android and how it works (got my first android a month ago) so don't get too angry if I say something stupid :/
So I bought an unlocked sprint g8 off of ebay but switched to another carrier called mint (uses t-mobile network) so I'm not sure how the software updates work. I'm aware I won't be getting updates from sprint, but I know that I have gotten 1 or 2 updates from lg since I got it. I'm a little confused as to if the updates from lg are all I need or if they are just security patches, and if there is a way to install sprint updates anyway.
I know I can solve this by unlocking the bootloader and installing custom roms once they start coming out, and on sprint I can enable oem unlock, but there is no way to access fast boot. If I do adb reboot-bootloader (or whatever the command is) it just does a normal restart. If I'm not wrong I should be able to do the bootloader unlock after lg adds the g8 to their supported devices, but I don't know how I'll be able to do this without accessing the fastboot. Recovery mode seems to be incomplete too (I can't use adb in recovery I think the drivers are not installed yet), so I think part of the sprint firmware is still kind of in a beta. So if the not being able to access fastboot and an incomplete recovery mode is a problem with the sprint firmware, will the lg updates themselves be able to solve this? Or is there anything else I'm completely missing?
Sorry if that was a little confusing but any answers would be great!
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Planning to get one, may i know which seller did you get yours?
scypth said:
Planning to get one, may i know which seller did you get yours?
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Yywireless
antintin said:
Yywireless
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I also bought one from them but cant update it to android 10 , how did you do it?