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Just got updated to 26A this morning, but haven't bothered to check to see what the "improvements" are.
Same here
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Software Version: VS98626A
The current software update gives you the most up to date Android™ security patch on your device.
Going from 25A to 26A was 37.3 MB. It increased Security Patch Level to 2016-06-01. No version jump. No new apps or apparent changes.
HPloco said:
Verizon LG G4 software site
Software Version: VS98626A
The current software update gives you the most up to date Android™ security patch on your device.
Going from 25A to 26A was 37.3 MB. It increased Security Patch Level to 2016-06-01. No version jump. No new apps or apparent changes.
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I'm a little behind on information. Does the 26a stop me from downgrading to 13b with LGUP? I was rooted by using the LGUP to downgrade but recently went back to stock with the lg flash tool. I may decide to go back to rooted if it permits.
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HPloco said:
Verizon LG G4 software site
Software Version: VS98626A
The current software update gives you the most up to date Android™ security patch on your device.
Going from 25A to 26A was 37.3 MB. It increased Security Patch Level to 2016-06-01. No version jump. No new apps or apparent changes.
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I'm a little behind on information. Does the 26a stop me from downgrading to 13b with LGUP? I was rooted by using the LGUP to downgrade but recently went back to stock with the lg flash tool. I may decide to go back to rooted if it permits.
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I'm a little behind on information. Does the 26a stop me from downgrading to 13b with LGUP? I was rooted by using the LGUP to downgrade but recently went back to stock with the lg flash tool. I may decide to go back to rooted if it permits.
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I'm a little behind on information. Does the 26a stop me from downgrading to 13b with LGUP? I was rooted by using the LGUP to downgrade but recently went back to stock with the lg flash tool. I may decide to go back to rooted if it permits.
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I took the 26a OTA after getting my phone back from LG with a new main-board. Last night I decided to downgrade to 13b kdz and did not encounter any issues. I have already flashed rootedsystem img and everything works like a charm.
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I took the 26a OTA after getting my phone back from LG with a new main-board. Last night I decided to downgrade to 13b kdz and did not encounter any issues. I have already flashed rootedsystem img and everything works like a charm.
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Thanks for the info and reassurance!
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Thanks for the info and reassurance!
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Welcome!
The "security update" broke my wifi calling. I've tried rebooting, turning it off and on, turning wifi off and on... no luck... and of course i applied this update while visiting my family where cell reception is awful.
Does anyone know the LG download link to the 26A KDZ? I flashed the 25A kdz and it shows as Modified even after a Recovery Menu reset...connectivity and battery drain major issues also...
Did you find a link?
Hi, Bro, did you find a link for the download yet!? I am looking for the kdz files as well!!!
Looking for kdz as well, thanks.
Quote from Martin -"I took the 26a OTA after getting my phone back from LG with a new main-board. Last night I decided to downgrade to 13b kdz and did not encounter any issues. I have already flashed rootedsystem img and everything works like a charm."
Thanks for the info, I am in exactly the same situation getting a 25a phone with new board back from LG, now getting prompted every day for 26a and didn't want to lock myself out of a downgrade, not that I am going to do it at the moment.
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Quote from Martin -"I took the 26a OTA after getting my phone back from LG with a new main-board. Last night I decided to downgrade to 13b kdz and did not encounter any issues. I have already flashed rootedsystem img and everything works like a charm."
Thanks for the info, I am in exactly the same situation getting a 25a phone with new board back from LG, now getting prompted every day for 26a and didn't want to lock myself out of a downgrade, not that I am going to do it at the moment.
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No problem!
Martin4XDA said:
I took the 26a OTA after getting my phone back from LG with a new main-board. Last night I decided to downgrade to 13b kdz and did not encounter any issues. I have already flashed rootedsystem img and everything works like a charm.
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Hey Martin, would you mind sharing which method you used to downgrade and root? I've rooted phones in the past but the g4's process is a little foreign to me. Thanks a ton.
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Hey Martin, would you mind sharing which method you used to downgrade and root? I've rooted phones in the past but the g4's process is a little foreign to me. Thanks a ton.
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I used LGUP first to downgrade from 26a to 13b kdz which is the original system ROM. I used the "Refurbish" method which completely erases everything before flashing the KDZ.
Once 13b KDZ was flashed I used the LG Root to flash the rootedsystem .img.
I can't post any links here yet but if you do a quick search on this forum you will find detailed instructions on how to proceed and all the necessary files you want to download. It's really not that difficult, just make sure you read and understand what you're gonna do so as to minimize any chance for mistakes.
Happy flashing!
Bro, did you find the kdz for 26A???
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Bro, did you find the kdz for 26A???
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68336210&postcount=5
Thanx
Thanks a lot, bro!!! Downloading it now!
Hi there, I've been struggling with this for the past couple of days and have finally figured out how to reliably get AOSP H930 roms to run on H931's.
The steps are pretty straight forward actually and are taken partially from this post here for the H933: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78183349&postcount=2
Needed Files:
H933 KDZ: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/h933-lg-v30-canada-h933-t3795908
H931 keep twrp: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/lg-v30-att-h931-20f-rom-t3872926
Steps:
1. Starting with a US998 converted H931 with TWRP, download the H933(20G) KDZ and boot into LGUP. In LGUP choose partition dl and select everything except recovery.
2. After the phone is done flashing it should boot immediately to TWRP.
3. Immediate reboot to recovery then format data, and in advanced wipe choose dalvik, system, data, and cache and wipe that as well.
4. Now flash the H931 zip in TWRP, and dirty flash your AOSP rom of choice and whatever else you need/want (gapps, magisk, etc).
If TWRP decides it doesn't want to flash anything, then choosing wipe->format data, and restarting TWRP until it does.
That should be it! Thanks goes to @Who-Lep who originally figured it out.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask. Also let me know if anything doesn't make sense and I'll try my best to fix it.
Nice write up! And thanks for creating the thread.
I can't take all the credit tho, @losingway chimed with his success using the h933 kdz. I just filled in the blanks and did some troubling shooting and testing.
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Nice write up! And thanks for creating the thread.
I can't take all the credit tho, @losingway chimed with his success using the h933 kdz. I just filled in the blanks and did some troubling shooting and testing.
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Forgot to mention, doing it this way fixed all the issues I was having before. Phone, videos not playing, etc. They're all fixed and I am happily typing this from liquidremix
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Forgot to mention, doing it this way fixed all the issues I was having before. Phone, videos not playing, etc. They're all fixed and I am happily typing this from liquidremix
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Nice, that is awesome news!
You'd better not use zip of us998 20f,just use 20e.
20f will cause some problems soch as sounds
Good job. Thanks for helping others.
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You'd better not use zip of us998 20f,just use 20e.
20f will cause some problems soch as sounds
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Are you sure that applies to the H931 as well? I thought that was just US99820F, and it seems nobody is reporting issues in this thread so far.
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Are you sure that applies to the H931 as well? I thought that was just US99820F, and it seems nobody is reporting issues in this thread so far.
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I've flashed a multitude of different ROMs following this process throughout the last day, and haven't had any issues with sound. Just flashing the US998 and not the H931 does cause issues though.
EDIT, this post is confusing, don't worry about anything I've said below.
So I don't know which H931 issues specifically these steps are intended to resolve, but I was having video and sound not playing issues in Pixel Experience 2018-12-27 and US998 20F.
I was on US998 20E with Pixel Experience and not having those issues I just mentioned. I used the TWRP flashable US998 20F zip to upgrade firmware (and reflashed Pixel Experience and magisk before rebooting). The audio and video issues were immediately present. Downgraded back to 20E with the TWRP flashable zip (and reflashed Pixel Experience and magisk before rebooting) and things were working seemingly normally on reboot minus the various known issues that seem to be affecting everyone. Hope this helps someone. The audio and video not playing issues are gone at least.
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I was on US998 20E with Pixel Experience and having those issues I just mentioned.
I used the TWRP flashable US998 20F zip to downgrade firmware (and reflashed Pixel Experience and magisk before rebooting).
Upgraded back to 20E with the newer TWRP flashable zip
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Going from US998 20E to US998 20F would be upgrading, not downgrading.
Then going back to US998 20E from US998 20F would be downgrading, not upgrading.
US998 20F (November 2018 security patch, but released in January 2019) is newer firmware with more features, like DTS 3D stereo libs which older US998 20E (September 2018 security patch) does not have.
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Going from 20E to 20F would be upgrading, not downgrading.
Then going back to 20E from 20F would be downgrading, not upgrading.
20F (November 2018 security patch, can but released in January 2019) is newer with more features, like DTS 3D stereo libs which older 20E (September 2018 security patch) does not have.
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Lol, whoops, sleepy brain alphabet fail. Gonna go back and reverse those to help avoid confusion!
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It actually looks like US998 20F is a problem for me with Pixel Experience. I think I was actually correct before about the order I flashed the ROM firmwares and wasn't thinking about 20E being the downgrade. To clarify, do the procedures in the OP get sound and video working with AOSP ROMs ultimately with the US998 20F firmware? It appears things work just fine with the H931 20F firmware, so maybe I'll just stick with that for now.
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It actually looks like US998 20F is a problem for me with Pixel Experience. I think I was actually correct before about the order I flashed the ROM firmwares and wasn't thinking about 20E being the downgrade.
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It's possible you need the "older" US998 firmware instead of "newer" firmware as a base to flash AOSP custom ROM.
But the recent US998 20F firmware is much better with lots of fixes and even added features than the older US998 20E, if you're just running rooted stock firmware.
US998 20F V30 ThinQ performance update progress
- DTS: X 3D stereo effect function has been added.
- Improved accessibility.
- Improved keyboard performance
- Improved the delay of keyboard input when installing multiple market apps at once.
- Photo display error in some apps since Google's latest security patch has been improved.
- Improved to keep app aspect ratio settings after app updates.
- Improved the phenomenon that fine lines are displayed on some screens when power saving mode is executed.
- Google Security Update has enhanced your phone's security.
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It's possible you need the "older" US998 firmware instead of "newer" firmware as a base to flash AOSP custom ROM.
But the recent US998 20F firmware is much better with lots of fixes and even added features than the older US998 20E, if you're just running rooted stock firmware.
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Yeah, I'm guessing kernel sources will have to be updated in AOSP ROMs for the newer US998 20F firmware.
@Malnilion
I tried it today with just flashing the US998 firmware, and not flashing the H931 and the sound and video were both not working for me. As far as I've found dirty flashing AOSP over the H931 zip is the only way to have it working.
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@Malnilion
I tried it today with just flashing the US998 firmware, and not flashing the H931 and the sound and video were both not working for me. As far as I've found dirty flashing AOSP over the H931 zip is the only way to have it working.
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Sound and video work on top of US998 20E firmware as well. I think we'll just have to wait and see when ROMs incorporate the kernel changes to work with US998 20F. Maybe we can get DTS X support when that happens as well!
@Jkaspar could you clarify step 5 in your write up? It says "repeat step two," which is just "After the phone is done flashing it should boot immediately to TWRP." Does this mean we should let the device reboot to TWRP or does it mean we should proceed to step 3, which is wiping partitions with TWRP?
Do you know if this can be used to install H930 AOSP roms on US998 converted H933 devices? Thank you in advance.
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Do you know if this can be used to install H930 AOSP roms on US998 converted H933 devices? Thank you in advance.
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Some people try to use a similar method,it works on 933,but his phone can't call.
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@Jkaspar could you clarify step 5 in your write up? It says "repeat step two," which is just "After the phone is done flashing it should boot immediately to TWRP." Does this mean we should let the device reboot to TWRP or does it mean we should proceed to step 3, which is wiping partitions with TWRP?
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Sorry, I'll edit the post to clarify. It should say let the phone restart and try to boot the US998 zip you just flashed. It will bootloop and you'll need to then return to TWRP. With out doing that I was getting some weird errors with the phone not being able to Mount the cache.
Wait... so all we needed all along was the H933 partition scheme? (I'm assuming that's the main reason why we needed to flash the H933 KDZ to begin with.) If that's so, then why do we need to flash the US998 20e/20f when we could just go to the H931 20f zip and then dirty flash an AOSP ROM? (I'm asking for clarification)
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Ok guys, so after waiting for too long for Pie to land on US998, i decided to figure out how to do this myself.
Please read the disclaimer above before doing this
If you dont understand any term like using LGUP, where to get KDZ file, what is download mode, and how to get out of a brick situation then i suggest you dont try doing this
So far, i can only test this method on 2 device with US998 and LS998 converted US998 on a GSM network outside US, I cant confirm if this will work with CDMA network or any other carrier in US. So if it work for you, then good, if it doesnt work, try to partition DL back to Oreo via the Frankeinstein method
So here are the step you need.
Prerequisite: Us998 20H kdz and H930 30B kdz, working LG up for Pie (attached file), and backup all your data first
Make sure you are on a completely clean Us998 20H base, i recommend refurbish to us998 20H
When on US998 20H, get to download mode via power off + vol up while plugin your PC
Open your LG up, select partition DL and select the H930 30B kdz
Select all partition except the following 3: modem, xbl, xbl 2, click Ok and accept partition changes
Let it complete and restart, if you stuck on LG logo, try reboot again, it will boot completely
Result: H930 30B on a US998 with working network and stuff working (testing on GSM network outside US only, cant confirm Vowifi, VoLTE or any other netwrok stuff.)
Bonus: if you go back to oreo and cant boot any AOSP rom (AOSP rom still do not suport PIE) you can try following my other guide here
Edit: to get back to us998, you need to partition DL to Us998 nougat then do a master reset, let it boot, then get to downlaod mode and do a refurbish to 20h or any other oreo us998
Interesting.
H930 and US998 radios are incompatible -- so I see you are keeping US998 radios.
There's nothing about LG Pie I'm dying to get. You flash this and stuff like Anxious V30 Magisk module no longer works (until the VS996 gets Pie and then she'll update her module).
I'll wait for US998 Pie, but thanks for the efforts.
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H930 and US998 radios are incompatible, so I see you are keeping US998 radios.
There's nothing about LG Pie I'm dying to get. You flash this and stuff like Anxious V30 Magisk module no longer works (until the VS996 gets Pie and then she'll update her module). I'll wait for US998 Pie, but thanks for the efforts.
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Not only this is an update to Pie, it also is a method to convert us998 to h930 in the future, if this method is working for many people
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Not only this is an update to Pie, it also a method to convert us998 to h930 in the future, if this method is working for many people
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OK, I'm genuinely asking, I'm not trying to be a smart aleck. But except for getting Pie a couple of weeks early, what other advantage to converting US998 to H930 firmware? Especially since users are not REALLY converting everything -- they are keeping the US998 radios by necessity.
Is there something about H930 firmware which is better than US998 (which is fairly bloat free)? Status bar icons, some other difference? I've never used H930 myself. I'm just asking, because in the past people who wanted to convert like H930DS to US998 or vice versa were interested in the RADIOs. They wanted the OTHER variants' bands -- the way that H931/H933/VS996/LS998/AS998 actually BECOMES a US998 (with all radio frequencies) with Frankenstein.
US998
CDMA: 800 MHz CDMA
2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
3G UMTS (HSPA):850/900/1900/2100 MHz
4G LTE Bands: 1/2/3/4/5/7/12/13/(17)/20/25/66
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2G GSM: 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G (HSPA): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G LTE: 1/2/3/4/5/8/12/17/20/28/38
And if you say, the advantage is just to try something different -- that's OK. I just want to understand.
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OK, I'm genuinely asking, I'm not trying to be a smart aleck. But except for getting Pie a couple of weeks early, what else is any advantage to converting US998 to H930 firmware? Especially since you are not REALLY converting everything -- you are keeping the US998 radios by necessity.
Is there something about H930 firmware which is better than US998 (which is fairly bloat free)? Status bar icons, some other difference? I've never used H930 myself. I'm just asking, because in the past people who wanted to convert like H930DS to US998 or vice versa were interested in the RADIOs. They wanted the OTHER variants' bands -- the way that H931/H933/VS996/LS998/AS998 actually BECOMES a US998 (with all radio frequencies) with Frankenstein.
US998
CDMA: 800 MHz CDMA
2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
3G UMTS (HSPA):850/900/1900/2100 MHz
4G LTE Bands: 1/2/3/4/5/7/12/13/(17)/20/25/66
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Sorry if i mean to offend you or anything.
Well US998 outside of US have very weak signal (around 2-3 bar) in my country. So yes change to H930 improve signal (not sure how it work). And yes US998 lately download a buch of random app (like candy crush etc...) (Mobile service manager in system app is at fault) so moving to H930 to have a clean system is better
Edit: Mobile service manager is the LG default app, not some random app installed
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Sorry if i mean to offend you or anything.
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There's no offense, I'm just trying to understand what advantage H930 firmware would have if you are keeping the same US998 radios. Yes, I see Pie for people who don't want to wait another couple of weeks for US998 Pie.... But after everyone gets Pie, would there be any reason? I was genuinely asking.
They both have fastboot flash commands, so no difference there.
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Well US998 outside of US have very weak signal (around 2-3 bar) in my country. So yes change to H930 improve signal (not sure how it work).
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Hmmmm.... if you are keeping the US998 radios, how would the H930 firmware magnify US998 radio signals? I'm never saying never, because I've seen strange things before that defy logical explanation, so that's interesting if true. There are also people who claim Canada H933 has "stronger" signals than US998, even though they have almost identical frequencies. I would be interested in seeing some more data on that or more people's testimonials.
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And yes US998 lately download a buch of random app (like candy crush etc...) (Mobile service manager in system app is at fault) so moving to H930 to have a clean system is better
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Candy crush? OK, here's where you'll get offended. Between me, 4 family members and 5 different friends who have US998 phone (10 people), that's never happened to any of us. It just means you downloaded some malware app or something. Could happen again on H930.
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Candy crush? OK, here's where you'll get offended. Between me, 4 family members and 5 different friends who have US998 phone (10 people), that's never happened to any of us. It just means you downloaded some malware app or something. Could happen again on H930.
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No idea, but it happens on everytime i do a refurbished (app download while i'm doing the setup) so basically, it has a very low low chance to be malware since i do a refurbished flash via KDZ. and i check the app download these and it is an LG app Mobile sevice manager, you can read about it here
Qualcomm 9008 mode for my US998 though I did it differently a bit (removed these 3 files from seadersn H930_30B zip and then clean flashed it via TWRP). Waiting on Ebay from Moldova to see if they can fix it for $35 USD .
Thus, flash with caution as I'm no noob but there are risks in cross-flashing. Looking back, I'd just wait but what's the fun in that? I'm running rooted Pixel 2 XL on Q beta 6 which is AWESOMELY smooth and fast so I'm in no rush. If your phone is critical to you and not just a $150 toy (I bought my V30 with mildly burnt screen noticeable on white background only on ebay), don't do it
P.S. Getting to Qualcomm 9008 mode is not easy: black screen, not dected by PC at all. Had to open phone up, unhook battery cable, and short 9008 test point (same as V20's test point) with wire.
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Qualcomm 9008 mode for my US998 though I did it differently a bit (removed these 3 files from seadersn H930_30B zip and then clean flashed it via TWRP). Waiting on Ebay from Moldova to see if they can fix it for $35 USD .
Thus, flash with caution as I'm no noob but there are risks in cross-flashing. Looking back, I'd just wait but what's the fun in that? I'm running rooted Pixel 2 XL on Q beta 6 which is AWESOMELY smooth and fast so I'm in no rush. If your phone is critical to you and not just a $150 toy (I bought my V30 with mildly burnt screen noticeable on white background only on ebay), don't do it
P.S. Getting to Qualcomm 9008 mode is not easy: black screen, not dected by PC at all. Had to open phone up, unhook battery cable, and short 9008 test point (same as V20's test point) with wire.
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Well sad to hear that. I never mess with the zip file since they have very different script to point to which partiton to flash which img. So your case maybe flashing the wrong img to wrong partiton which is very very bad
Edit: or maybe the zip erase those partition and dont flash anything there
By converting US998 to H930, would it be possible to receive updates from international centre for H930? Or there would be no updates like other models.
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By converting US998 to H930, would it be possible to receive updates from international centre for H930? Or there would be no updates like other models.
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1) Anytime you convert a phone, you will NEVER receive inferior partial image OTA updates any more. You will have to flash full image KDZ for updates or use TWRP-flashable zips.
I prefer to flash my own updates from full image KDZ. If something goes wrong, I have resources at hand to fix, whereas with partial image OTA you do not.
2) Also, with this method, you have to be careful to NEVER flash over the partitions the instructions say should be excluded. Flashing H930 to US998 is how WTF creator @TxanMoe bricked his phone. Yes, XDA Dev @runningnak3d helped him recover, but if you brick your phone you won't have a good day.
So, flashing future updates with H930 Pie, you would want to be in total control of which partitions you flash, which you have no control with when using OTA updates (even if it were possible). If you receive an OTA update notice on H930, do NOT take it!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Remote-Ser...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
I used his service personally for my Qualcomm 9008 US998_20H while crossflashing H930_30b as too impatient to wait for PIE. $37 with tax. Teamviewer used to remotely install drivers and software for JTAG writting using Octopus box remotely. Worked great. I highly recommend this guy, Tennolee. He even have all the KDZ at his disposal and up to date. He asked via messaging, which software: I said 20H so he did it. Took 15 min. max.
I've converted my V30 US998 (who was before Canadian H933) to the H930 and everything it's fine for now. I've the H930 30b with my 4G! But, I needed to enter the APN for Bell Mobility manually to have my 4G :good:
EDIT: My phone was with the US998 28a beta when I've convert it
Can confirm that this works on my H933 converted to US998, data also. Can't check on VoLTE or any network stuff though since I do not use them.
Stuck on boot
I did exactly what's in the guide. Everything seemed to work, but after flashing the H93030b_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0704.kdz got stuck on LG boot logo.
I tried to reboot by pressing Vol up+Power for 8 sec and it did reboot but stuck again.
I left "to boot" for a while, then I couldn't even reboot it. Now I can't just watch that stupid LG logo :crying:
Any idea what to do?
Btw, I wanted this conversion for a while now, I just haven't find a proper guide so far. I knew there is some small difference between the US998 and H930 and you just seemed to give the answer (modem,xbl,xbl2 stuff).
I needed the H930 version because of other, European languages.
Hope there is some way to get it back..
Thx
TiborAdam said:
I did exactly what's in the guide. Everything seemed to work, but after flashing the H93030b_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0704.kdz got stuck on LG boot logo.
I tried to reboot by pressing Vol up+Power for 8 sec and it did reboot but stuck again.
I left "to boot" for a while, then I couldn't even reboot it. Now I can't just watch that stupid LG logo :crying:
Any idea what to do?
Btw, I wanted this conversion for a while now, I just haven't find a proper guide so far. I knew there is some small difference between the US998 and H930 and you just seemed to give the answer (modem,xbl,xbl2 stuff).
I needed the H930 version because of other, European languages.
Hope there is some way to get it back..
Thx
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What is your model? Try a hard reset
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What is your model? Try a hard reset
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OK. I managed to get into download mode again and load an older rom, then root it, then update to 20h again and go to 30b and everything seem to be working perfectly.
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OK. I managed to get into download mode again and load an older rom, then root it, then update to 20h again and go to 30b and everything seem to be working perfectly.
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Ok glad for you. Thats why i said it need to refurbish to a completly clean 20h
This is so neat! I was wondering if this would ever be possible. h930 is almost always the most up-to-date model, from what I've seen
Hmm, wonder if I can do it without losing twrp.. Never done an lgup refurbish. Maybe I can do a fullwipe on twrp, flash 20h twrp zip from there, then do the kdz as per instruction, but omit recovery as well? Might report back here o.o;
Edit: Well, I'm running pie, but I no longer have TWRP, even though I didn't flash those with the kdz XD
Ruvaldak said:
This is so neat! I was wondering if this would ever be possible. h930 is almost always the most up-to-date model, from what I've seen
Hmm, wonder if I can do it without losing twrp.. Never done an lgup refurbish. Maybe I can do a fullwipe on twrp, flash 20h twrp zip from there, then do the kdz as per instruction, but omit recovery as well? Might report back here o.o;
Edit: Well, I'm running pie, but I no longer have TWRP, even though I didn't flash those with the kdz XD
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Re-flash TWRP in bootloader mode using fastboot commands
So I've just recovered my phone from my 1st attempt at updating to Pie on my unlocked AT&T v35.
But I'm left wondering if the process for updating from Oreo to Pie is somehow different than when I successfully updated from Marshmallow to Oreo.
The process I thought was:
1. Put phone in download mode
2. Connect phone to pc
3. Run the Modified version of LGUP
4. Select your ULM KDZ choice (any of the three will do)
5. Select Upgrade
6. Flash phone
Are any of these steps incorrect and should step 5 be Refurbish instead of Upgrade?
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So I've just recovered my phone from my 1st attempt at updating to Pie on my unlocked AT&T v35.
But I'm left wondering if the process for updating from Oreo to Pie is somehow different than when I successfully updated from Marshmallow to Oreo.
The process I thought was:
1. Put phone in download mode
2. Connect phone to pc
3. Run the Modified version of LGUP
4. Select your ULM KDZ choice (any of the three will do)
5. Select Upgrade
6. Flash phone
Are any of these steps incorrect and should step 5 be Refurbish instead of Upgrade?
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I used upgrade, when going from ULM 8.0 to ULM 9.0. I would assume you would use refurbish if going from stock to another firmware. Of course assumptions aren't really reliable.
I've been trying to figure out if I should do UPGRADE or REFURBISH as well.
I found this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-how-to-upgrade-downgrade-restore-t3738917
Says REFURBISH wipes user data, UPGRADE does not. If moving from one image say from AT&T, to the Unlocked firmware I'd assume you want REFURBISH.
So since I used refurbish to go to the ulm software from 7 to 8, do I still need to refurbish going to any of the ulm pie variants?
Shawnashley said:
I used upgrade, when going from ULM 8.0 to ULM 9.0. I would assume you would use refurbish if going from stock to another firmware. Of course assumptions aren't really reliable.
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That's what threw me for a loop on my first attempt. Since I'd successfully upgrade from the AT&T 7.0 firmware to I believe the Amazon 8.0 ULM firmware without issues, I thought the process would be the same going to 9.0. But I ran the upgrade through LGUP which was the modified version, and it crashed at 74% and sent me down a wonderful rabbits hole of brickage.
X-Nemesis said:
So I've just recovered my phone from my 1st attempt at updating to Pie on my unlocked AT&T v35.
But I'm left wondering if the process for updating from Oreo to Pie is somehow different than when I successfully updated from Marshmallow to Oreo.
The process I thought was:
1. Put phone in download mode
2. Connect phone to pc
3. Run the Modified version of LGUP
4. Select your ULM KDZ choice (any of the three will do)
5. Select Upgrade
6. Flash phone
Are any of these steps incorrect and should step 5 be Refurbish instead of Upgrade?
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I don't understand how were you on Marshmallow before flashing to Oreo. I'm pretty sure the the V35 launched on Oreo 8.0. But I'm also looking for a way to get from Oreo to Pie on ULM kdz.
I went from AWM12k to ULM10i choosing REFURB and all went well (I followed xatokk's post on the lgV35 subreddit).
When I try to get from ULM10i to ULM20d (Pie .kdz) I guess I only have to drag ULM20d kdz in LGUP window?
I just want to make sure that's not how you bricked your phone before I try REFURB from ULM10i to ULM20d
Any advice would help, I'm a noob at this.
FWIW, partition DL worked fine going first from AT&T firmware to Oreo ULM and then again to Pie. Sadly I had to set up the phone again.
Neophy said:
I don't understand how were you on Marshmallow before flashing to Oreo. I'm pretty sure the the V35 launched on Oreo 8.0. But I'm also looking for a way to get from Oreo to Pie on ULM kdz
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Sorry, Brainfart, I was completely out to lunch on that. I wanted to flash the latest available security update, but since I'm in Canada I could never get that from AT&T so I had to find a way to flash it and that led me to XDA and the whole LGUP process. So you were correct on that, and I did flash the Amazon 8.0 KDZ I believe without issue.
My brick happened when using the Amazon pie KDZ and using the same Upgrade process in LGUP. The update got to 74% and then crashed. I then tried to run the refurbish option but that crashed as well so by that time, my phone was beyond my knowledge of how to fix it
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FWIW, partition DL worked fine going first from AT&T firmware to Oreo ULM and then again to Pie. Sadly I had to set up the phone again.
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Partition DL was not available in the process list of the modded version of LGUP I used. Which one did you use? I think I found the right one.
Now, selecting PARTITION DL, do I need to select all like mentioned in the Frankenstein Phone thread for the V30?
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I don't understand how were you on Marshmallow before flashing to Oreo.
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This phone launched with Oreo and had nothing prior. He's mistaken, confusing some other model.
That's what I did.
The error you experience may be due to a usb cable. a particular usb port on your computer, other software on your computer, and maybe bios settings. The v30 WTF and Frankenphone forums would be good places for background and solutions.
Fingers crossed for a successful flash.
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Partition DL was not available in the process list of the modded version of LGUP I used. Which one did you use? I think I found the right one.
Now, selecting PARTITION DL, do I need to select all like mentioned in the Frankenstein Phone thread for the V30?
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Here's what I did if you don't already found a way. I also faced an error trying to flash to Pie ULM.kdz.
I don't know why but LGUP for developer patched from 9to5lg.com didn't work for me. I tried PARTITION DL it crashed at 91% and I also had to reboot my PC. I kept the phone plugged and reinstalled LGUP.
My V35 was on AWM12k when I got it. I followed xatokk's post on the lgV35 subreddit to get it to to ULM10i choosing REFURB.
I kept the same .dll I extracted from to ULM10i and I did a REFURB to ULM20d .kdz just dragging it to LGUP.
I hope this can help you.
To update my earlier reply on this topic. Somehow flashing REFURBISH from AT&T stock Oreo to ULM(Unlocked) Pie it failed and bricked my phone. As mentioned in another thread regarding unlocking the bootloader and root, I had to call on @motogvasyag to not only unbrick my phone remotely but he also unlocked the bootloader and rooted it. If anyone has any issues with bricking you might want to contact him. He's fast and does amazing work. I only mention this because I am very appreciative of him and his work. I'm not sure why my flashing failed at around 70 something percent but I'm glad to have my phone working again along with the update to pie and root.
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MorningStarGG said:
To update my earlier reply on this topic. Somehow flashing REFURBISH from AT&T stock Oreo to ULM(Unlocked) Pie it failed and bricked my phone. As mentioned in another thread regarding unlocking the bootloader and root, I had to call on @motogvasyag to not only unbrick my phone remotely but he also unlocked the bootloader and rooted it. If anyone has any issues with bricking you might want to contact him. He's fast and does amazing work. I only mention this because I am very appreciative of him and his work. I'm not sure why my flashing failed at around 70 something percent but I'm glad to have my phone working again along with the update to pie and root.
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@motogvasyag unbricked my AT&T V35 that was stuck in fastboot from a failed flash. Took care of it right away. Phone is now factory LG on Google Fi, Pie, wifi calling and all three carriers. Highly recommended!
I haven't been around much in some time but figured I'd mention I woke to a update message on my phone. Going to push it if as long as I can, that is assuming there is still development going on.
I'll try to see if I can find a location to DL the image to provide it to whoever might be able to tell me if it's okay to apply to my tired phone.
freduser said:
I haven't been around much in some time but figured I'd mention I woke to a update message on my phone. Going to push it if as long as I can, that is assuming there is still development going on.
I'll try to see if I can find a location to DL the image to provide it to whoever might be able to tell me if it's okay to apply to my tired phone.
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Yes, very surprising news.
This is probably OTA and full KDZ will be released soon. You can capture KDZ with LG Bridge URL.
drewcu said:
FINALLY! Almost 1 year later.... https://www.verizon.com/support/lg-v30-update/
Obviously no TWRP version yet, but at least LG/Verizon hasn't abandoned us completely just yet.
System Update 15
Release date: 08/31/2020
Android™ Security Patch Level: August 2020
Software Version: VS99630d
What's changing:
The current software update provides most up to date Android security patches on your device.
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In the mean time, how do I stop big brother Verizon from bugging me to update the firmware. My phone is rooted with Magisk so I can't take OTA.
In the mean time, how do I stop big brother Verizon from bugging me to update the firmware. My phone is rooted with Magisk so I can't take OTA.
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Use Titanium Backup to Freeze:
System updates 2_18_06_0
System updates 1_15_10_0
And possibly:
Software Update 9
spacepirates said:
Use Titanium Backup to Freeze:
System updates 2_18_06_0
System updates 1_15_10_0
And possibly:
Software Update 9
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Just freezing the 2 System Updates will do it.
I have to say I'm very impressed! Like it's been 3 years since the V30 launched, right? I had started at replacing this phone due to the lack of security updates, but now I can keep using it a while longer, awesome!
I am currently on the debloated vs99630c rom. Can the Verizon updated rom be downloaded onto the phone without losing root?
Do we know if anyone is trying to make this into a twrp installable rom, hope so?
ChazzMatt said:
Yes, very surprising news.
This is probably OTA and full KDZ will be released soon. You can capture KDZ with LG Bridge URL.
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Never used LG Bridge and saw a procedure you were trying out several years back: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/help/us998-kdz-file-request-t3726918/page2
Couple questions:
1) Does the procedure for downloading the KDZ "mess" with your existing recovery / system partitions? (I'd like to try and get the KDZ but not at the expense of needing to worry about restoring things back to the way they are now.)
2) You seemed to have trouble extracting the URL at first, then had success later on. What was the trick to getting it to work?
Thanks,
Drew
EDIT: LG Bridge doesn't connect to my V30 VS996 for some reason. Have tried within TWRP and the LG Pie ROM. Have tried File Transfer mode, Charging mode, System Update mode, etc. Within File Transfer mode, the software appears to try to connect, then fails and suggests I disconnect/reconnect the cable which I do to no avail. Oh well, I tried.
gimpy1 said:
I am currently on the debloated vs99630c rom. Can the Verizon updated rom be downloaded onto the phone without losing root?
Do we know if anyone is trying to make this into a twrp installable rom, hope so?
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You need TWRP flashable zip. The full KDZ has not been publicly released yet. JohnFawkes or Seadersn would have to make it, when the KDZ is released
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drewcu said:
Never used LG Bridge and saw a procedure you were trying out several years back: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/help/us998-kdz-file-request-t3726918/page2
Couple questions:
1) Does the procedure for downloading the KDZ "mess" with your existing recovery / system partitions? (I'd like to try and get the KDZ but not at the expense of needing to worry about restoring things back to the way they are now.)
2) You seemed to have trouble extracting the URL at first, then had success later on. What was the trick to getting it to work?
Thanks,
Drew
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You can look in the Bridge's download log file and find the URL that was used to download the .kdz
The link can then be downloaded by anyone using web browser. Sometimes User-Agent change is required, I think to "spider". I used a chrome extension to temporarily change the user agent so the LG Bridge server didn't see I was using a regular web browser.
Any chance that someone with a VS996 and LG Bridge that works can PLEASE check to see if the vs99630d KDZ is available for download?
I would, but I've tried using LG Bridge with multiple PCs and cannot get it to connect to my VS996. It shows the Connecting... screen but just times out regardless of what I do.
Thanks!
Drew
I will try
edit: LG Bridge is not working for me either. However I just googled and there is a 30d kdz on https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-vs996-firmwares/
Descartesisafraud said:
I will try
edit: LG Bridge is not working for me either. However I just googled and there is a 30d kdz on https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-vs996-firmwares/
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Thanks for confirming I'm not the only one with LG Bridge issues and for finding the 30d KDZ!
Direct link to 30d KDZ page: https://lg-firmwares.com/downloads-file/23387/VS99630d_02_0821_ARB00
Now the next question is -- is @JohnFawkes still on the scene and able to work the same magic he used for the 30c TWRP zip with the 30d version? My guess is this is the last time Verizon/LG pushes out an update for the almost 3 year old phone.
Thank you!!
There is a tool to convert .kdz to twrp .zip. But it says it only works for old kdz. I dont know how the new KDZ are converted.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...-kdzz-create-flashable-zip-kdz-files-t3902423
I think though you can update with the kdz using patched LGUP via REFURBISH or PARTITION DL. You will lose twrp, but you can reinstall twrp afterwards. Then I think you have to install magisk again, as well as Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_08.18.2019 (encryption disabler) and AnyKernel 3 RCTD Remover (root checker disabler). All that is explained in this link.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/wtf-lg-v30-t3790500/post79972584#post79972584
Also I think you lose data, so have to backup apps and stuff if needed.
I might do this in the next time. I dont know if there will be a flashable twrp zip.
Descartesisafraud said:
There is a tool to convert .kdz to twrp .zip. But it says it only works for old kdz. I dont know how the new KDZ are converted.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...-kdzz-create-flashable-zip-kdz-files-t3902423
I think though you can update with the kdz using patched LGUP via REFURBISH or PARTITION DL. You will lose twrp, but you can reinstall twrp afterwards. Then I think you have to install magisk again, as well as Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_08.18.2019 (encryption disabler) and AnyKernel 3 RCTD Remover (root checker disabler). All that is explained in this link.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/wtf-lg-v30-t3790500/post79972584#post79972584
Also I think you lose data, so have to backup apps and stuff if needed.
I might do this in the next time. I dont know if there will be a flashable twrp zip.
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Was just looking into KDZZ and yeah I think John figured out a way with new KDZs (or else we wouldn't have one for 30c). I recall it taking a few tries with us beta testers so it's evidently not super simple. If John is still around, hopefully he can share a how-to on this new KDZ, or just create the TWRP zip for 30d himself...
Not sure about your 2nd idea because that method seems to require fastboot commands which the Verizon firmware doesn't allow. I could be wrong here, but I'd hold off doing any of this until someone confirms one way or the other...
drewcu said:
Thanks for confirming I'm not the only one with LG Bridge issues and for finding the 30d KDZ!
Direct link to 30d KDZ page: https://lg-firmwares.com/downloads-file/23387/VS99630d_02_0821_ARB00
Now the next question is -- is @JohnFawkes still on the scene and able to work the same magic he used for the 30c TWRP zip with the 30d version? My guess is this is the last time Verizon/LG pushes out an update for the almost 3 year old phone.
Thank you!!
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Thanks. I'll update the VS996 Pie KDZ thread tonight when I get home.
@JohnFawkes.
Nah I won't be updating anything. If you guys aren't aware, I don't do android development anymore. Please refer to this post as to why
https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1304871604833329153?s=20
Sorry. If I was still doing development I would make it but after everything with fontchanger and all the bull**** I put up with, I can't force myself to do anything dev related anymore
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I'm sure @seadersn would do it if he has time though
the developer is fed up with the constant harassment (even death threats) from other "devs"
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jesus, why do people have to be so aweful?
drewcu said:
Not sure about your 2nd idea because that method seems to require fastboot commands which the Verizon firmware doesn't allow. I could be wrong here, but I'd hold off doing any of this until someone confirms one way or the other...
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good point, if fastboot commands dont work on 30d
Honestly you can just flash the kdz and select everything except recovery to keep twrp
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Honestly you can just flash the kdz and select everything except recovery to keep twrp
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@ChazzMatt
Since you are the guru for all things V30, have you already made a guide for how to flash a KDZ in LGUP and keep TWRP?
My Download Mode has been borked since Oreo on the VS996, so do you think flashing the US998 20e TWRP zip will fix that issue AND should I expect any problems flashing an Oreo US998 rom after being on a Pie VS996 rom?
I am guessing if I somehow regain Download Mode with this 20e method, then I use LGUP's Partition DL mode and check everything but Recovery for the 30d KDZ?
Then what else would we want to do before booting into the ROM in terms of encryption and all that John normally includes in his TWRP zip?
If anyone successfully completes this task of keeping TWRP and Root with 30d, can you please report back?
Thanks!
Drew
drewcu said:
@ChazzMatt
Since you are the guru for all things V30, have you already made a guide for how to flash a KDZ in LGUP and keep TWRP?
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We tried that in the early days -- before Westwood24, JohnFawkes, and Seadrsn. It was hit or miss, and turned to mostly miss. Theoretically, using Partition DL but omitting the recovery partitions, it should cleanly only update the those partitions and leave TWRP intact. But for whatever reasons, that would often not work. (I can't remember whether it just bootlooped or got hung on logo. Been a couple of years ago. It would be discussed early in the Oreo KDZ threads.)
After attempting that, many people then had to reformat their phones, flash the full KDZ (either Refurbish or Partition DL) and then reinstall TWRP again. Bootloader was still unlocked, of course, but they had to go through Section 6 of WTF Instructions to reinstall TWRP over the updated KDZ. If you have H930 variant or US998 firmware, that's NOT a deal breaker as those have fastboot flash commands. But for Verizon firmware, you can't do that.
This is why the TWRP-flashable zips (basically stock ROMs) were such a godsend. You kept your data and kept TWRP.