Wow. What an ordeal this turned out to be. After a week of failed attempts :crying: and retries , my Samsung Note 3 10.1 (gt-5210) is finally upgraded from Kitkat 4.4.2 to Lineage OS 14.1 with Android 7.1.2. Having found a smattering of sparse and spread out information on how to make this happen (and how to solve the various issues I ran into), I'm going to try to collect my thoughts here in hopes that it might help one other poor soul.
My problems fell into three basic categories: (1) Finding the up to date and compatible with one another files (TWRP, ROM, and gApps); (2) Getting TWRP to actually install; and (3) most painful of all, getting past the Google Services stonewall errors. I'll expand on these as follows:
1) Getting the right files: Man, don't go Googling around. You're going to find a bunch of blocked (questionable malware?), and when you download the files they offer, most than likely you'll end up with corrupt and/or incompatible ROMs. It's amateur hour out there. Thank God I found forum.xda-developers.com, where I found several versions of Android (5.0, 6.0, 7.x) in threads that nicely pointed to all the correct files.
2) Installing TWRP with Odin: Short story short, disable auto-reboot in Odin. After several tries which only took me back into Samsung's stock recovery, I, by chance, found a post somewhere saying, oh, yeah, disable auto-reboot. Once I did that, and rebooted the tablet myself, I was in business for the next part of the adventure.
3) Flashing OS _and_ gApps: together, that is, on after the other. Like every single YouTube and written tutorial tells you to do. Except... it doesn't work. More to the point, Google Play Services is all honked upon first boot-up. With the added benefit of locking you out of using the tablet at all, because the Google wizard/setup gets hung up with "Google App has stopped" or "Google App keeps stopping." (I tried a 6.0 Marshmallow installation for kicks, and though I didn't get stuck on the wizard [none started at first bootup], all of the Google Apps would fail with various complaints about missing or incompatible Google Play Services; and no, installing the latest didn't help any.) Solution? Again, another found-by-chance post somewhere in the ether recommended flashing the OS *without* gApps, rebooting, then surfing, finding, and installing the latest version of "Android System Webview", then rebooting into recovery to flash gApps. After that, the sun came out, the flowers bloomed, and the birds sang their symphony. Why "Android System Webview" isn't included with either the OS ROM or gApps is beyond me, but there you have it.
Now back to enjoying my tablet...
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First this is the kids tablet and I don't spend tons of time on the Samsung side as I am mostly hanging in the HTC parts of XDA. I've spent a lot of time in this forum this week reading up and trying to find a solution but I am getting nowhere.
I have downloaded Odin v 3.09 and have been trying to load the firmware update for the WiFi only version and even though it seems to complete fine with no errors when it boots it seems that most everything generates a force close (settings, start wizard, etc.), or what appears to be system reset (not a full reboot but just the OS resets).
I have redownloaded the update a couple times thinking that perhaps I got a bad download or something but that hasn't made a difference.
I have tried downloading the previous firmware a couple times and loading that but I can't seem to get that to boot as it sticks on boot screen.
I just don't know what to do with this at this point and really need some help from the community to get this functional again (my kids are driving me nuts!!!)
Thanks!
MG
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First this is the kids tablet and I don't spend tons of time on the Samsung side as I am mostly hanging in the HTC parts of XDA. I've spent a lot of time in this forum this week reading up and trying to find a solution but I am getting nowhere.
I have downloaded Odin v 3.09 and have been trying to load the firmware update for the WiFi only version and even though it seems to complete fine with no errors when it boots it seems that most everything generates a force close (settings, start wizard, etc.), or what appears to be system reset (not a full reboot but just the OS resets).
I have redownloaded the update a couple times thinking that perhaps I got a bad download or something but that hasn't made a difference.
I have tried downloading the previous firmware a couple times and loading that but I can't seem to get that to boot as it sticks on boot screen.
I just don't know what to do with this at this point and really need some help from the community to get this functional again (my kids are driving me nuts!!!)
Thanks!
MG
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Did you do a factory reset before upgrading. The jump from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2 included a lot of changes. If you didn't, try that; then report back.
Our 4.1.2 version roms use the /data/media directory as the "internal sdcard".
4.2+ versions of Android use the /data/media/0 directory due to support for multiple users.
If you switch to a different Android version, you need to be aware of this difference.
I recommend wiping "internal sdcard" also before switching from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2.
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Did you do a factory reset before upgrading. The jump from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2 included a lot of changes. If you didn't, try that; then report back.
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Thank you for the reply. At some point in the process I did try that but didn't initially before I started. I have tried that again today and then loaded again and still get the force closes, and such. Tablet is really unusable at this point.
Thanks,
MG
My device is SPH-L710T, but after flashing this rom it say SPH-L710 under 'About phone'. That's probably irrelevant, but possibly an underlining issue. In 'About phone' it says Android Version 6.0.1. I've tried installing plenty of Gapps, but nothing seems to be working. I end up wiping my phone and re-flashing the rom every time things don't go well. If anyone can link me a Gapps that is compatible with this build it will be much appreciated. I'm still fairly new to this so if so if additional information is needed please ask and I will provide.
I just had this problem. My problem was that GApps kept crashing and after continuously flashing it, it still couldn't be resolved. You are a lucky man, I spent a whole week trying to solve all of this. The problem is in the TWRP download this version instead and odin it.
https://dl.twrp.me/d2spr/
First link. After that install both how you normally would. I used ARM Pico Gapps and it works fine which you can get here:
http://opengapps.org/?api=5.1&variant=nano
As more Lineage OS builds come on line and multiple "nightly" update builds for devices start to appear, one of the issues users may face is the how and why of installing them. The Lineage UPDATER states that it will reboot to the device's recovery to install the update, but that doesn't guarantee anything. If that recovery happens to be, for example, TWRP 3.0.2.0 on an LG v410 tablet, all that might happen is you might find yourself, as I did, staring at a TWRP screen with NOTHING happening. The goal of this thread is to give Lineage users a place to consolidate their experience-based knowledge of how to handle this - other than re-flashing the whole thing -for whatever device(s) they may have.
It will probably be the same as for my L900 with CM13 were I have to download the update, reboot into TWRP and update manually.
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As more Lineage OS builds come on line and multiple "nightly" update builds for devices start to appear, one of the issues users may face is the how and why of installing them. The Lineage UPDATER states that it will reboot to the device's recovery to install the update, but that doesn't guarantee anything. If that recovery happens to be, for example, TWRP 3.0.2.0 on an LG v410 tablet, all that might happen is you might find yourself, as I did, staring at a TWRP screen with NOTHING happening. The goal of this thread is to give Lineage users a place to consolidate their experience-based knowledge of how to handle this - other than re-flashing the whole thing -for whatever device(s) they may have.
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Are you able to navigate to the download directory in TWRP?
/data/data/org.lineageos.updater/app_updates
This is far from the worst thing that has ever happened, but WHAT, for instance WOULD be the recoveries that DO allow for automated updates? In my case, I downloaded the new nightly to the root directory my SD Card and let fly, and everything worked, but that seems rather not elegant.
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This is far from the worst thing that has ever happened, but WHAT, for instance WOULD be the recoveries that DO allow for automated updates? In my case, I downloaded the new nightly to the root directory my SD Card and let fly, and everything worked, but that seems rather not elegant.
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Automated updates work fine for me. It automatically boots onto TWRP, applies the update, and reboots.
Might be a device-specific issue. I am on the OnePlus One, and the same TWRP version (of course made for my device).
I am guessing that perhaps there is an issue reading or writing the recovery script.
Interesting. Sure didn't work for me this a.m. but as I said, far from the end of the world. I also think the "nightly" is going to morph into the "weekly" and that will be fine, too. I have yet to find anything that doesn't work to my satisfaction aside from not automatically picking up my Wi-Fi at boot - not exactly a deal breaker
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Interesting. Sure didn't work for me this a.m. but as I said, far from the end of the world. I also think the "nightly" is going to morph into the "weekly" and that will be fine, too. I have yet to find anything that doesn't work to my satisfaction aside from not automatically picking up my Wi-Fi at boot - not exactly a deal breaker
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BTW, are you able to navigate to that directory in TWRP?
Oops. Right after I clicked on send I realized I didn't answer your question!!
Yes, and the zip file is there, but nothing happened. As I said, far from fatal.
I updated my opo (Bacon) with the nightly ota download and most recent twrp, after reboot I had lost my home screen (2 of 3 pages remained) and several of the apps that I had dragged to those screens.. didn't work well for me. I let the ota reboot into twrp and it seemed to proceed without troubles until the opo came back to life. (finished booting)
Galaxy S5 SM-G900T here. Wiped my phone and installed lineage-14.1-20170131-nightly-klte-signed.zip with open_gapps-arm-7.1-stock-20170131 the day it came out and it has been good so far, no crashes or freezes and all apps work good except FolderMount, no biggie. Tried to install lineage-14.1-20170207-nightly-signed.zip and is giving me an "error 7 can't install this package on top of incompatible data". Any way to fix this without factory reset? Doesn't make sense to factory reset every week for an update.
Update: Tried to reflash lineage-14.1-20170131-nightly-klte-signed.zip and got the same error. So something must have changed. The only thing I can think of is I have SU 2.79 installed.
Update 2: Removed root, restored boot and same continues. I dont want to wipe on every update.
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Well, now semi-automatic at any rate.
Are you able to navigate to the download directory in TWRP?
/data/data/org.lineageos.updater/app_updates
First, sincere THANKS to jhedfors for this priceless bit of wisdom
Getting better. Still no "automatic update" but the latest "nightly" build did fire up TWRP, and put the update zip file into the aforementioned folder, and after that, installing it was the proverbial snap. I can't speak for everyone, but I would find no horror in the folks at Lineage giving in to reality and calling the "WEEKLY" as opposed to "NIGHTLY" builds.
Hey, since the only device I happen to have running Nougat at the moment also happens to be the OLDEST device I use on a regular basis, the Complaint Department shall remain CLOSED on this one. :angel:
I have an LG G3 (d855) with working LineageOS. The updater downloads OK and the zip is indeed in /data/data/org.lineageos.updater/app_updates, but TWRP refuses to do anything about it on reboot. I can browse to the folder manually, but it does feel that something isn't firing to get TWRP to perform the install automatically.
What is the trigger for TWRP to install a specific Zip on reboot?
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For me, One Plus 3, automatic updates don't work. Also manually installing the latest
https://mirrorbits.lineageos.org/full/oneplus3/20170214/lineage-14.1-20170214-nightly-oneplus3-signed.zip gives me an error:
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
Zip file is corrupt!
Updating partition details...
...done
Any idea?
I did a migration via experimental build coming from cm13 then updated to lineage 14, which worked OK.
But since then I cannot update the daily builds.
I have the "same" issue on a Nexus 6.
The updater tells me I have an update, I ok it to download. Once done, I click install, gets into recovery and stops.
Still in the recovery, if I try to manually install from the downloaded location (data/data/...), it says zip failed.
I reboot and try opening that zip on a PC and sure enough, Windows thinks it is corrupt also.
If I re-download manually from "https://download.lineageos.org/shamu" that copy opens fine on the PC and when moved to the phone (data/data/...) installs fine.
There is something corrupting the zip when the updater does its thing. ;-(
Note: This isn't a migration, I have just been updating "nightlies".
Stuck in the TWRP...
Hi everyone, in trouble :/...I have got an LG d802 and updated TWRP from 2.8.7 to 3.0.2-1, then did a boot/system backup of the current cm 13.0 and after that the "experimental" update (as described in the recent update & builds post on lineageos) from cm 13.0 to lineage 14.1 which worked.
I decided to use lineage updater to go to the latest nightly as described which must have failed (booted in TWRP an did nothing...). When installing the 14.1 nightly manually, TWRP 3.0.2-1 showed two error lines with "unknown command".
Since then I'm stuck in TWRP.
Restore of cm 13.0 backup was not possible with neither TWRP 3.0.2-1 nor 2.8.7, no errors, just wouldn't boot. I can't even find any cm 13 build... to try to back which would be an option of course.
I did wipe the system then, lineage expermental + nightly or just nightly can be installed "successfully" with TWRP 3.0.2-1 and 2.8.7 with no errors there anymore, but also the system won't boot.
Please, please help (and/or redirect me to the right thread), what can I do? Thank you!
First, you can ignore the two errors in TWRP
I've gotten them with each update I've installed, but in my case - an LG v410 tablet - I have successfully, if manually, installed three updates so far, with a few peculiarities. "Automatic" is just a nine-letter word concerning updates at this point. I can live with that.
One - it is going to download it to /data/data in the tablet's storage no matter WHAT I do. I can live with that.
Two - I seem to have to download the update at least two times before the Lineage updater accepts the fact that it is there. I can live with that, too.
Three - a "getting there and almost what I want with no major glitches" Nougat build is much preferred to a KitKat build that LG couldn't give a rat's rear end about supporting, and I can DEFINITELY live with that.
But, back to YOUR problem with being stuck in TWRP. Worst case disaster recovery scenario - ANY chance you have a non-Lineage ROM you can revert to and start over from THERE? Realize what a pain that is going to be, but... When I still had CM 12.1 on it, I once did that out of desperation when nothing else seemed to be able to get it to boot. WHY such a laborious process fixed it I have NO IDEA, but better to have a working mystery than a well understood paperweight.
I ASSUME you have respectable backups of your data, etc.. so that loss of TIME is your major issue ?? Also assume you've wiped the caches, etc..?? You COULD try offloading your data, wiping data, and reloading.
It also seems to take a LONG time to reboot after an update. Can I assume you are at least getting to the Lineage animated LOGO screen or are you hanging in TWRP itself?
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I ASSUME you have respectable backups of your data, etc.. so that loss of TIME is your major issue ?? Also assume you've wiped the caches, etc..?? You COULD try offloading your data, wiping data, and reloading.
It also seems to take a LONG time to reboot after an update. Can I assume you are at least getting to the Lineage animated LOGO screen or are you hanging in TWRP itself?
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I'm hanging in TWRP, also did wipe data before. I found a full 13.0 backup, selected all but Data because of storage space..."successful"...still system won't boot...
(Power Off in TWRP doesn't even work, just reboots, if that is of any help...)...A wild guess...file system issue maybe?
Yikes
As reasonable a guess as any, I suppose. I admit I've never had TWRP refuse to power off if nothing else, no matter how badly I had screwed things up (often spectacularly) elsewhere.
ASSUME you've tried the hold the power button until it shuts off, after which it should have booted to Android when powered on trick. Or, assuming you can do so, pull the battery?
Perhaps your bootloader is the culprit. Can you just re-flash that?
I got stuck in TWRP Recovery Boot-Loop. Already had the issue before with cm14.1 beginning of december. Didn't they fix the bug or is it another one?
For the specs: I got a Nexus 4 - mako.
I did this FIX and it booted up again as it was before: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/fix-recovery-loop-twrp-computer-t2873386
What's now correct update? Download and dirty install manually in TWRP?
Thanks for the post
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I've NEVER encountered that issue so glad to see someone has figured out a more elegant solution. I suspect your CM 14.1 problem is / was device (build for it) specific, as NONE of my CM / Lineage devices has ever done any such thing and they've all been updated several times in the last month.
In every case, however, I 've had to MANUALLY install the update zip file from within TWRP. Far worse things have happened and since I drive a stick shift car anyway, what the problem?
I felt compelled to register here and post my success on getting LineageOS installed on my Verizon VK810 4G Altev LG G Pad tablet. It would not have been possible without this forum and the users who contribute, both with information and with uploads. I initially tried rooting with KingRoot and the OTA updated OS I had from Verizon but the app said there were 63 requests for rooting my device. Forget that idea. After also trying iRoot which wasn't working, I used the LG Flash Tool to downgrade to VK81035A and then was successfully able to root that. SuperSu definitely helped with the process. My guess is, even though both were Android 5.0.2, mine had OTA patches that I guess caused issues for rooting. Installing TWRP was a hassle though. None of the v500 TWRP images worked for me and many of the custom TWRP versions that I found on here did not work for me. You would not imagine the number of times I thought I bricked my device because I kept getting "Secure Booting Error! Cause: boot certification verify" errors. However, what did work for me was, using Platform-tools and VK810_twrp_2.7.0.1.zip for TWRP. For some reason, the other versions posted here did not work for me. It did take me a while to figure out how to get into TWRP because I kept using the Power-VolUp key combinations and it kept bringing me to what looked like LG's recovery menu. I didn't realize that the screen is actually fake and you have to click "Factory Reset/Wipe" on there to get into TWRP. It actually took me a long time to figure that out. With TWRP installed, I searched for ROMs that I could use that were newer than Android 5.0.2 and ended up downloading LineageOS as it came up for the VK810 and since VS500 ROMs weren't allowed to be installed. Now to be fair, the LineageOS Rom that I used (lineage-14.1-20171228_233442-UNOFFICIAL-vk810.zip) is pretty glitchy. The display likes to blink a lot, many apps crash on it and there is no cellular data working for me, but I assume that will possibly be fixed in the future and at least now, I can customize more than I could on stock. On first install, I also lost my root and forgot to install the GApps package from the Lineage website. Anyway, hope this helps at least one person here. Nothing was one-click for me, but I did learn a lot about the process of rooting and flashing, and now better than to automatically allow OTA updates. I do hope LineageOS or another ROM keeps updating for the VK810 because this tablet does not seem that popular and I would like to see Oreo. Thank you everyone for your help!
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I felt compelled to register here and post my success on getting LineageOS installed on my Verizon VK810 4G Altev LG G Pad tablet. It would not have been possible without this forum and the users who contribute, both with information and with uploads. I initially tried rooting with KingRoot and the OTA updated OS I had from Verizon but the app said there were 63 requests for rooting my device. Forget that idea. After also trying iRoot which wasn't working, I used the LG Flash Tool to downgrade to VK81035A and then was successfully able to root that. SuperSu definitely helped with the process. My guess is, even though both were Android 5.0.2, mine had OTA patches that I guess caused issues for rooting. Installing TWRP was a hassle though. None of the v500 TWRP images worked for me and many of the custom TWRP versions that I found on here did not work for me. You would not imagine the number of times I thought I bricked my device because I kept getting "Secure Booting Error! Cause: boot certification verify" errors. However, what did work for me was, using Platform-tools and VK810_twrp_2.7.0.1.zip for TWRP. For some reason, the other versions posted here did not work for me. It did take me a while to figure out how to get into TWRP because I kept using the Power-VolUp key combinations and it kept bringing me to what looked like LG's recovery menu. I didn't realize that the screen is actually fake and you have to click "Factory Reset/Wipe" on there to get into TWRP. It actually took me a long time to figure that out. With TWRP installed, I searched for ROMs that I could use that were newer than Android 5.0.2 and ended up downloading LineageOS as it came up for the VK810 and since VS500 ROMs weren't allowed to be installed. Now to be fair, the LineageOS Rom that I used (lineage-14.1-20171228_233442-UNOFFICIAL-vk810.zip) is pretty glitchy. The display likes to blink a lot, many apps crash on it and there is no cellular data working for me, but I assume that will possibly be fixed in the future and at least now, I can customize more than I could on stock. On first install, I also lost my root and forgot to install the GApps package from the Lineage website. Anyway, hope this helps at least one person here. Nothing was one-click for me, but I did learn a lot about the process of rooting and flashing, and now better than to automatically allow OTA updates. I do hope LineageOS or another ROM keeps updating for the VK810 because this tablet does not seem that popular and I would like to see Oreo. Thank you everyone for your help!
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Wow thank you so much I thought it was me having issues. I have a 410vk and as you said nothing was one click. I hope to continue to try and get root on the G Pad. Still an awesome device.
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I felt compelled to register here and post my success on getting LineageOS installed on my Verizon VK810 4G Altev LG G Pad tablet. It would not have been possible without this forum and the users who contribute, both with information and with uploads. I initially tried rooting with KingRoot and the OTA updated OS I had from Verizon but the app said there were 63 requests for rooting my device. Forget that idea. After also trying iRoot which wasn't working, I used the LG Flash Tool to downgrade to VK81035A and then was successfully able to root that. SuperSu definitely helped with the process. My guess is, even though both were Android 5.0.2, mine had OTA patches that I guess caused issues for rooting. Installing TWRP was a hassle though. None of the v500 TWRP images worked for me and many of the custom TWRP versions that I found on here did not work for me. You would not imagine the number of times I thought I bricked my device because I kept getting "Secure Booting Error! Cause: boot certification verify" errors. However, what did work for me was, using Platform-tools and VK810_twrp_2.7.0.1.zip for TWRP. For some reason, the other versions posted here did not work for me. It did take me a while to figure out how to get into TWRP because I kept using the Power-VolUp key combinations and it kept bringing me to what looked like LG's recovery menu. I didn't realize that the screen is actually fake and you have to click "Factory Reset/Wipe" on there to get into TWRP. It actually took me a long time to figure that out. With TWRP installed, I searched for ROMs that I could use that were newer than Android 5.0.2 and ended up downloading LineageOS as it came up for the VK810 and since VS500 ROMs weren't allowed to be installed. Now to be fair, the LineageOS Rom that I used (lineage-14.1-20171228_233442-UNOFFICIAL-vk810.zip) is pretty glitchy. The display likes to blink a lot, many apps crash on it and there is no cellular data working for me, but I assume that will possibly be fixed in the future and at least now, I can customize more than I could on stock. On first install, I also lost my root and forgot to install the GApps package from the Lineage website. Anyway, hope this helps at least one person here. Nothing was one-click for me, but I did learn a lot about the process of rooting and flashing, and now better than to automatically allow OTA updates. I do hope LineageOS or another ROM keeps updating for the VK810 because this tablet does not seem that popular and I would like to see Oreo. Thank you everyone for your help!
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Can you link where you got the ROM? Is anyone actively working on it? Really too bad the vk810 never got much love, great little device. Been awhile since I've done anything with it, it's my dad's so I got it rooted on 5.0.2 and just kinda left it alone. What prompted me to come back to this forum is screen mirroring won't work. The tablet sees TV and vice versa, it tries to connect but never completes the connection, just kicks back to satellite TV after a couple of seconds of black screen. Don't suppose you tried casting on that lineage build?
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Can you link where you got the ROM? Is anyone actively working on it? Really too bad the vk810 never got much love, great little device. Been awhile since I've done anything with it, it's my dad's so I got it rooted on 5.0.2 and just kinda left it alone. What prompted me to come back to this forum is screen mirroring won't work. The tablet sees TV and vice versa, it tries to connect but never completes the connection, just kicks back to satellite TV after a couple of seconds of black screen. Don't suppose you tried casting on that lineage build?
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I got the ROM from the Invisiblek ROMS site under /roms/lineage-14.1/vk810/ (Can't post the link as I'm currently under 10 posts)
It's definitely a start. There is screen glitching, and no LTE service (Wi-Fi only), so it definitely limits the tablet. I have not done much with it as it was a hassle just to get the root within the OS to work correctly. Some apps aren't detecting root when the OS is trying to give it to them.
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I got the ROM from the Invisiblek ROMS site under /roms/lineage-14.1/vk810/ (Can't post the link as I'm currently under 10 posts)
It's definitely a start. There is screen glitching, and no LTE service (Wi-Fi only), so it definitely limits the tablet. I have not done much with it as it was a hassle just to get the root within the OS to work correctly. Some apps aren't detecting root when the OS is trying to give it to them.
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It'll have to wait until/if LTE is ever functional then, my parents don't have internet other 4g out in the sticks lol. Google took me right to it, thanks. Will keep it bookmarked just in case
I'd like to write about my experience too as it took me some time to finally get the device up and running.
I will describe what I wanted to do, what mistakes I've made and what should've been the correct way.
The device itself is LG G Pad 8.3, Verizon LTE variant aka vk810
Initally I received it in a bricked state, on launching it showed the "Secure booting error" message and that's it.
1) Unbricking
The goal was to install an official LG system image and restore the tablet to a working state.
Basically, I did everything according to the steps outlined here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-pad-83/general/vk810-4g-reliable-to-root-install-t3283027
Installed LG drivers
Downloaded the LG Flash Tool 2104
Downloaded a KDZ image
Plugged the device in the download mode into the PC and installed the KDZ using the flash tool
At that point I got a fancy idea to install a non-stock Android on this tablet.
2) Lineage OS
I chose this OS for my tablet, because it seems to be the current standard for non-stock Android installations.
I followed these installation instructions: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/v500/install
BEWARE: that page is for v500, so it won't work for vk810.
Lineage doesn't support vk810 officially. A mistake I've made was assuming that I can just roll along with a v500 installation. Actually, you kinda can, but for me it resulted in Wi-Fi not working and my device's MAC address being 02:00:00:00:00:00.
3) Rooting
I was quite confused here too: there are different rooting methods, and some of them can be applied in different ways.
Ultimately I found Stump to be the most comfortable for me: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...root-stump-root-lg-g3-sprint-verizon-t2850906
It works fine on this device and uses a very straightforward process: download APK to your PC, connect the tablet to the PC, "adb install <filename>.apk", then launch the app and that's it. It had to go through the bruteforce process to root, which took several minutes.
4) TWRP
I don't remember what exact TWRP I installed initially, but it was a 3.x version, and I encountered an issue where it couldn't mount any of the tablet's partitions. That was quite a pain in the ass.
For a while I resorted to using an older version, 2.7.x, and it worked fine.
Ultimately what I'm the most happy with is this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-pad-83/general/vk810-twrp-3-1-1-0-unofficial-t3691551
The lesson learned here is that, again, you need to make sure stuff you install is compatible with your device.
Ultimately, after making mistakes at each step of the process, I figured out everything, and just followed the installation instructions on the Lineage page I linked earlier.
* Flash stock rom
* Root using Stump
* Enable USB debugging on the tablet, install Stump via adb and root the device
* Install vk810 variant of TWRP 3.2.1-0 via adb
* Reboot to recovery (turn off the tablet -> hold Volume Down + Power -> you should get a factory reset menu after the LG logo -> select factory reset, then confirm it and you'll be booted into TWRP. That factory reset is fake after you have TWRP installed)
* Wipe everything
* adb push the lineage / lineage's su / opengapps onto the device
* Install lineage, then su and opengapps and you're good to go
Main lesson learned: it is CRUCIAL to make sure stuff you install is compatible with your particular device. Do not assume that you can use another version, even if it is made for a device of the same family.
Just to provide an update here, this is where the ROM that I used came from: https://updater.invisiblek.org/vk810
The latest version at this time seems to be this: lineage-17.1-20200329-UNOFFICIAL-vk810.zip
XDAnonymous said:
Just to provide an update here, this is where the ROM that I used came from: https://updater.invisiblek.org/vk810
The latest version at this time seems to be this: lineage-17.1-20200329-UNOFFICIAL-vk810.zip
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Thanks for all the great information, but I have the VK810 that has usb connection problems. It will connect, but it keeps dropping (it cannot be trusted with usb cord). I have wanted to root, twrp, magisk and other things just to play around to see what it can do or how far I can go with it. I am not afraid to trash it. Have you or anyone else had this problem? I have reset it, wiped it out, factory settings, but nothing seems to help that usb port. I was thinking that reflashing the rom might help. Any advice is appreciated.
Hello dear HTC10 community!
My HTC 10 is driving me crazy right now and I'm at the end of my humble Latin and hope for your help.
Facts:
HTC_0034
ROOT (Magisk)
S-OFF
Radio: [email protected]
OS: 3.16.401.2
CustomROM: Viper10 6.0.0
TWRP: twrp-3.5.0_9-0-pme.img (I also used the 4-5 versions before that in between)
About two weeks ago I installed a Magisk update. I think it was Magisk himself and not the manager. After the reboot, the device wanted a decryption key. However, I was only shown a text field, although I had deposited a pattern. Unfortunately, the way via the sample number code translation (point top-left = 1, top-middle = 2, top-right 3, middle-left = 4, middle-middle = 5 ... and so on) did not work. I couldn't get to my data. Regardless, I synchronized all important data with the PC every day via MyPhoneExplorer. So I thought to myself that I would put the smartphone back on. That started the madness ...
Part 1: Restore via TWRP
However, some later installed apps caused problems. Hence the ...
Part 2: ROM flash via TWRP
First I flashed the latest Viper10 6.0.0 ROM.
Since the developers of Viper10 are unfortunately no longer active and the Venom HUB server is down, the setup is no longer fun and my PRO license could no longer be restored - even after the selective restore of the entire Venom Viper- Modules via TitaniumBackup.
A little annoyed, I looked around for more CustomROMs.
Part 3: AICP, crDroid, CarbonROM & XenonHD
The first alternative surprised me with Android 10. WOW - I wouldn't have expected that with the old HTC10. I tried them all one by one. It's cool that some of my favorite functions (e.g. the 1px thick battery bar at the top) have made it into other ROMs.
Now I wanted to flash both candidates crDroid and CarbonROM again and examine them carefully,
From here on, sheer madness followed!
The home button on one of the two ROMs no longer responded. I suspected a hardware defect, but still wanted to test a different ROM. It didn't work either. Okay, back to the beginning.
Stock-3.16.401.2 installed. Both as Flash via TWRP and via 2PS6IMG.zip in download mode. The home button worked again both times. So NO hardware defect. In return, the mobile data no longer worked. WiFi but yes. I hadn't touched the SIM up to now and the smartphone didn't fall down either, which could have explained a wobble on the SIM. SIM removed, cleaned, slot blown out, SIM inserted, reboot: nothing. No funk.
One of the CustomROMs flashed, yeah, radio including LTE works again, home button too, but the GAPPS and the Google setup didn't work. Unfortunately, I need this because of some paid apps. The alternative with MicroG and the fake store unfortunately only worked for a few apps. So I wanted to let Google go directly to my device, because thanks to XPrivacyLua it had been fed with fake data for years and should continue to do so.
So a CustomROM flashed again. This time I couldn't enter a PIN on the first boot. The touchscreen did not respond to any touch. The softkeys responded, however. The hard keys too. With a 1-second press of power, the power menu even came up. But couldn't click anything.
Tried more ROM. Same problem.
With XenonHD the screen went on again. But again no home button.
From here on I just had to look at the device and I got in a bad mood.
Back to the beginning: Stock-3.16.401.2.
Everything worked! Great!
So now my CustomROM favorite carbon flashed clean.
No touch!
After the umpteenth attempt and once more stock ROM in between, the screen went off and was able to enter the PIN. So entered the PIN and bang, black screen. No reaction. 1 minute, 5 minutes, 20 minutes. The device got suspiciously hot. So off and let cool down.
Tried again. Same problem.
Back to the beginning: Stock-3.16.401.2.
Everything goes. But get a slight stomach ache using it without Magisk, XPrivacyLua and AFWall +.
And this has been going on for almost two weeks.
StockROM works (mostly), CustomROMs almost all hang completely in different places.
In the meantime I can hardly get beyond the bootloader (where the red warning is).
When it goes on, I see the boot animation and then a boot loop follows.
I also tried to re-flash the firmware every now and then, because there seems to be some driver problem here.
I found the only ZIP here:
[8.0] HTC 10 OREO FIRMWARE
HTC 10 OREO ~ Firmware Downloads ~ HOW TO FLASH FIRMWARE (Thanks to @Sneakyghost) __________ I had previously provided a few firmware zips for Oreo in the older firmware thread. Some users have/had a difficult time reading and...
forum.xda-developers.com
Post # 2 at the bottom WWE Full_3.16.401.2_NoBootImg_Twrp3.2.1-2_firmware.zip.
However, this always caused problems when flashing. I have no idea what kind of error was displayed. I think it was because of the unpacking. Then left it.
The latest stock ZIP (2PS6IMG_PERFUME_UHL_O80_SENSE90GP_MR_HTC_Europe_3.16.401.2_R4_release_519849) contains the latest firmware anyway. So a clean basis should be created for a later CustomROM installation. Or do I have a mistake here?
What is going on here? Is there a limit to the number of flash operations?
Can't be that the device can only be operated with a stick.
In between the installation of the custom ROMs caused problems. But that always looked like errors when unzipping the images. After downloading the ZIP again, at least the installation went.
Basically I installed the ROMS from the external SD and previously deleted Dalvik, System, Cache, Data and Internal memory and formatted the data in order to really remove all remains of the previous installation.
I'm slowly getting fed up with the idea of buying the device new and setting it up based on its original condition.