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LG G3 - Unremovable Bloatware?

Short history of what I've done/where I'm at now:
The History
Wanted to upgrade rooted D855 from 4.4.2KK to 5.X Lollipop
De-rooted using SuperSU. Rebooted, and went to update center to apply update. Message saying "Phone has been noted to be rooting. Software update not available for rooted phones." or something thereabouts.
Decide to factory reset phone. Does nothing.
Follow this guide (Link) to completely wipe and start fresh. All goes well.
Bunch of bloatware comes pre-installed. What the hell?
Decide to combat this by following this guide (The KDZ way) (Link) and this Image (3 UK variant) to attempt to get back to my original version.
Used this one-click root (Link) to re-root my Android 5.0 variant (question on this later)
Goes well pretty much; everything seems about right. However, here are the problems.
The Problems
I have rooted and have Titanium Backup Pro; tried using this to remove the bloatware. Doesn't do anything, and if I try to do them individually I get the message "cannot remove System app. Failed to locate the APK file." This is my #1 problem. I have a bunch of European apps that I can't pronounce, plus rubbish like 'Orange Antivirus'. Even things like Deezer is now pre-installed system crap, listed under the Software center portion of the LG Updates area on the phone.
My 3 splash screen no longer comes up, which is fine, makes the booting either faster or just seem smoother. However, it makes me wonder whether I'm on the right version of Android now; will I miss updates to future version of Android from hereon out?
Is Android 5.0 the latest update for the EU D855? I heard 5.0 was having problems on the G3, hence why I've updated so late. However, if I'm now stuck on the version WITH the problems, that's not good.

Bump; anyone? This is driving me nuts!

Hi,
1. To uninstall the antivirus you need to remove it from the phone administrators.
2. There should be at least the LG boot animation.
3. Yes. The latest update is still 5.0.
I suggest that you move to a custom Rom based on stock like cloudy 2.5.
Much better Rom and free of bloatware.
Regards
Sent from my phone

ypsmav said:
Hi,
1. To uninstall the antivirus you need to remove it from the phone administrators.
2. There should be at least the LG boot animation.
3. Yes. The latest update is still 5.0.
I suggest that you move to a custom Rom based on stock like cloudy 2.5.
Much better Rom and free of bloatware.
Regards
Sent from my phone
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I gave up on waiting (the bloatware was driving me crazy, not usually so impatient), and just installed TWRP, wiped it and reinstalled a fully stock ROM, so all sorted now. Any benefit to using Cloudy 2.5 over complete stock? Any performance/battery benefits?
Thanks for your response though

BRPW said:
I gave up on waiting (the bloatware was driving me crazy, not usually so impatient), and just installed TWRP, wiped it and reinstalled a fully stock ROM, so all sorted now. Any benefit to using Cloudy 2.5 over complete stock? Any performance/battery benefits?
Thanks for your response though
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Felt faster for me plus a load of newer updated app versions for stock apps and a lot more customization options :good:

Will_Xda said:
Felt faster for me plus a load of newer updated app versions for stock apps and a lot more customization options :good:
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Maybe I'll look into it then On another note, you're from Leicester? Where abouts you from?

LG G3 D855 Factory Reset Status 2 HELP PLEASE IM DESPERATE

hello newbie here
so i had until now a stock version of mm on my LG G3 D855 (i guess the phone is european because im from israel)
i tried to change the version to cyanogen mod 14.1 cuz lately my battery has been dying pretty quick (and i basically had no idea whatsoever on what i was doing)
so something happen along the way while i was following the tutorial and the phone just would get stuck on the LG screen with nothing happening. i tried a couple of methods (both TOT and KDZ or something like that) to just get back to some sort of functional phone (i really need it for work) with no luck.basically i see a MiniOS screen of some kind every time i boot for a couple of seconds then it goes to a blue screen saying Factory Reset Status 2. I have no idea what to do now and ill really apreciate to get some sort of help.
thank you very much.

Try and boot into recovery then you should be able to drag another rom onto your SD from your computer. Then you can flash a marshmallow build or fulmics easily. Probably I would recommend the most recent fulmics if you are still learning about flashing and what not. They have a good installer which is easy to use and it is near bugless. All Nougat ROMs have some fairly large bugs, so you probably don't want to be using that for work unless you know a bit about working around these problems.

VK810 Root and ROM Successful

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!

XDAnonymous said:
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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XDAnonymous said:
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?

AirForceOnes0010 said:
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.

XDAnonymous said:
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.

Marshmallow upgrade G3-D855

Hi,
After something like 3 years of using G3 installed with android i can see the phone is getting a bit too slow.
The phone is currently installed with stock ROM android 5 (version 21a-SEA-xx) which was installed via FOTA. But at some point it stopped finding updates. Now I can see LG did release android 6 for the G3, although I didn't get.
LG PC Suite, found version 30b.
I can see there are also 30d and 30f, and maybe some other as well.
Are these consecutive versions (meaning 30f is a later version with some bug fixes or improvements ), or just same version for different D855 phones with different hardware or something like that?
Is flashing this ROM with LG PC Suite, is an upgrade or "clean install".
My main incentive for reinstalling is performance. I want to clean everything. All the junk left by OS an apps.
I assume a clean install will actually do better job in the respect.
Is that true?
will this process (installing with PC Suite) will erase everhing from the phone (pics, documents, etc)?
tx
O.

@OJNSim: it's not, what you asked, but before you put time to get an old system +bloat, read 1st post of Clean ROM: based on latest O-firmware, debloated, useful extra's.

rp158 said:
@OJNSim: it's not, what you asked, but before you put time to get an old system +bloat, read 1st post of Clean ROM: based on latest O-firmware, debloated, useful extra's.
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Hi,
I only thing I understand is that you recommend flushshig this rom.
what do you mean by "it's not"?

@OJNSim: my recommendation is not, what you asked. You asked for reflashing stock-ROM.

Stock rom issues, BL unlocked no more OTA updates [Help/Advice?]

Hi guys,
I am using the stock rom now since the day I got it and unlocked the BL and installed Magisk for root and SafetyNet. Phone worked fine all the time (lazy me never changed the rom) until recent.
Most applications like Instagram, Snapchat (and all that garbage) and others randomly crash recently.. Application stopped working or process.media whatever stopped. Did try to do the usual stuff removing cache, but now this also does not work anymore. Also it's time to update because the WiFi driver has this RCE flaw(CVE-2017-13292) in it and well, lots of other bugs in the rom. The most irritating bugs that all my android devices had. The flashlight stops working because of the camera initialization or something, need to reboot the phone in order to use the flashlight again (when I was with a hot soldering iron in my car waiting for the device to reboot to solder some ****ing wires under the dashboard pissed me off really good. Though long time ago, but you get the idea... )
I did try to update my device using OTA (I knew it wasn't going to work, because mine is rooted). I did try it and the update failed(lol), luckily the phone still booted :cyclops:
What should I do now, can I just flash a stock rom using twrp or is there another stable rom that is clean like the lenovo roms without all the garbish? Which ones are advised?
The version of the rom I am using as of now is in my signature. I do not really need Magisk anymore for now, I had it installed mostly for NFC emulator but the company I emulated the card for no longer exists so meh.. No need for emulating anymore Pachting ads away with luckypatcher is also not worth it and there's like no proper way of blocking ads so I'll rather live with it instead of messing around and putting effort in it.

NiTrOwow said:
Hi guys,
I am using the stock rom now since the day I got it and unlocked the BL and installed Magisk for root and SafetyNet. Phone worked fine all the time (lazy me never changed the rom) until recent.
Most applications like Instagram, Snapchat (and all that garbage) and others randomly crash recently.. Application stopped working or process.media whatever stopped. Did try to do the usual stuff removing cache, but now this also does not work anymore. Also it's time to update because the WiFi driver has this RCE flaw(CVE-2017-13292) in it and well, lots of other bugs in the rom. The most irritating bugs that all my android devices had. The flashlight stops working because of the camera initialization or something, need to reboot the phone in order to use the flashlight again (when I was with a hot soldering iron in my car waiting for the device to reboot to solder some ****ing wires under the dashboard pissed me off really good. Though long time ago, but you get the idea... )
I did try to update my device using OTA (I knew it wasn't going to work, because mine is rooted). I did try it and the update failed(lol), luckily the phone still booted :cyclops:
What should I do now, can I just flash a stock rom using twrp or is there another stable rom that is clean like the lenovo roms without all the garbish? Which ones are advised?
The version of the rom I am using as of now is in my signature. I do not really need Magisk anymore for now, I had it installed mostly for NFC emulator but the company I emulated the card for no longer exists so meh.. No need for emulating anymore Pachting ads away with luckypatcher is also not worth it and there's like no proper way of blocking ads so I'll rather live with it instead of messing around and putting effort in it.
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Android Pie ROMs are pretty stable and usable now (everything works but be aware that all custom ROMs will have darker video recording in comparison to stock)
ROMs of choice:
On Oreo: RR(Unofficial final builds by fullbustah),CrDroid,Arrow or Xtended
On Pie: CrDroid(has an extended desktop bug), SuperiorOs,ArrowOs,AospExtented
I also recommend installing a modded Gcam version because that will significantly boost your camera quality without any throwback or setback.
To install a pie ROM, I have written a tutorial somewhere in our guides section. You will find it pretty quickly.
Also Magisk 18.1 (latest for now) and Adaway still blocks ads perfectly. (Systemless hosts enabled in Magisk settings needed)
I recommend joining Lenovo P2 telegram group for latest news, support and download links.

sm00th4f3 said:
Android Pie ROMs are pretty stable and usable now (everything works but be aware that all custom ROMs will have darker video recording in comparison to stock)
ROMs of choice:
On Oreo: RR(Unofficial final builds by fullbustah),CrDroid,Arrow or Xtended
On Pie: CrDroid(has an extended desktop bug), SuperiorOs,ArrowOs,AospExtented
I also recommend installing a modded Gcam version because that will significantly boost your camera quality without any throwback or setback.
To install a pie ROM, I have written a tutorial somewhere in our guides section. You will find it pretty quickly.
Also Magisk 18.1 (latest for now) and Adaway still blocks ads perfectly. (Systemless hosts enabled in Magisk settings needed)
I recommend joining Lenovo P2 telegram group for latest news, support and download links.
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Alright thanks for the information. I will try to flash my phone next week. I do have one more question. Is there a hardware selftest or test menu in the stock recovery or bootloader because I have a bad feeling that my board might be about to fail. I think this because all kinds of funky things did happen the last few days (I hope the mainboard is still fine, fingers crossed).. I know my old Lenovo had this menu and this way I found out it was dead. Well it was obviously dead but for sure after the test failed because Android didn't boot anymore, and was not able to flash another rom and get that one to boot up.

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Alright thanks for the information. I will try to flash my phone next week. I do have one more question. Is there a hardware selftest or test menu in the stock recovery or bootloader because I have a bad feeling that my board might be about to fail. I think this because all kinds of funky things did happen the last few days (I hope the mainboard is still fine, fingers crossed).. I know my old Lenovo had this menu and this way I found out it was dead. Well it was obviously dead but for sure after the test failed because Android didn't boot anymore, and was not able to flash another rom and get that one to boot up.
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I'm not sure if the p2 owns a menu like that.
You might wanna boot to bootloader and navigate through the small menu via volumekeys.
But otherwise...no idea.
Good luck!