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[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
IMEI doesn't much matter anymore. Heck my IMEI on my account still shows up as a flip phone, and LTE works fine on my imported Xperia Z2 from the UK
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Not sure what you meant by second tab, but my settings match almost exactly as they are here, except under APN type I also have "fota" (so it's: default,mms,supl,hipri,fota).

Aha! When I tried dialing that string, it says Network type: HSPA.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Then change that to LTE/WCDMA/GSM

There ya go ;)
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Umm dumb question: how do I do that? Is that from within this menu?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Yeah, its a drop down menu
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
OK after seeing your picture, I'm dumbfounded. That dropdown menu just isn't there.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
I bet that's because its running att firmware. AT&T blocks that, that's why I by my phones out of the country lol!

Anyway look at your APN does the first two match the same as mine?
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Haha of course, OK. Is there a different tot that I could use that might open these settings up (without, of course, creating other problems)? And also would still allow me to eventually root and install a different ROM? (I'm assuming if I used an international tot, receiving stock OTA updates in the future would be out of the question.)

Also yes, the first two APN settings match yours.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
No. No other tot will work for you. You can flash the Panama e980h firmware its an older firmware 4.2 or 4.1 I think.

What does your data icon at the top show?
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
The bubbly looking "4G" icon.

You think that different firmware might, then?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
So it just says 4G and not 4G LTE?

Cause I know AT&T likes to call 3G 4G lol.

You can try, but I don't think it will. As unless your phone has been running a ROM before and that got changed then flashing a ROM might not help.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Yep, here it is.

Alright. I might have to try that different ROM.

First I need to root my phone though which I haven't been able to do. Do you have a link to a guide for rooting the tot in your OP? Because a couple of the oneclick roots I've found thru Google (and this one here) don't work for the 10P update.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
I have no clue always ran stock panama firmware on my E980.
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
call att first. I had to when going from A4G to AHD to get LTE.

towelroot sec i'll get you a link.

towelroot here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785465 then follow my post 17 in http://xdaforums.com/optimus-g-pro/general/noob-to-g-pro-t2975524/page2

- seriously.

you are posting too fast for me.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Hmm. What is the Panama firmware, exactly? I'm not the most savvy about this stuff- sounds like you're saying it isn't a ROM nor is it an entire tot either, is that right?

I'm wondering if I could get that, try to get LTE back, then try rooting it and getting a new ROM.

Kris I've talked to AT&T at length. I had a case opened with engineers which was eventually closed without a resolution. When I called back to talk to a case manager, after a while she completely dodged the issue and in essence told me to **** off (she had me do a speedtest, told me that my speeds were within the range of LTE speeds, even though my girlfriend's E980 sitting right next to mine was getting twice the speeds of mine). I don't think she had a clue what the problem was and just wanted me to hang up.

I looked thru your links- I'm currently on 4.1.2, not KitKat.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Panama the country lol.

Panama and another county and USA are the only models for the E980 model number. Its a kdz file which is just a different way of flashing a tot. Its a stock firmware.

But your best bet is to use the method to go back to stock using the AT&T one and if you still don't get LTE something is up somewhere else.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Haha OK. Well I'm at my wits end with the LTE. Like I said, AT&T has given up on me. Maybe I'll try that KDZ instead. That's in your OP as well?

Kris- thanks for jumping in on this. So Towelroot is an APK, if I set it up on my phone it should more or less walk me thru the root? Chrome is throwing up all sorts of errors and "untrusted certificate" warnings so I just want to double check.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Yes.

And yes chrome throws up crap with everything lol
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
a) please call att and give then your IMEI - it doesn't cost you anything unless of course you have an illegal phone.

b) towelroot is an "exploit" you will have to check a "run anyway" for whoever is running interference on your phone.

click on let it rain

it will tell you you are rooted

use play to get SuperSU

run SuperSU and do what it asks

reboot

then if you want to freegee follow the other post I gave you.

NEVER FLASH A RECOVERY AND THEN BOOT - NEVER.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Alright guys big thanks to the both of you. Later I'm going to try the Panama KDZ, see about LTE, then try Towelroot and go from there. Thanks a ton for your help so far.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Well, hyelton, switching to the Panama firmware actually worked- I think I have LTE again! Just to be clear, since the data symbols are different now, there's 2G, 3G which is EDGE, H and H+ which are HSPA and HSPA+, and 4G which is LTE right?

Thanks man! I'll be sending what little extra beer money my broke college ass can afford.

I have a more general question about rooting. If I were to flash, say, BlissPop now, I'd still have the Panama firmware underlying the ROM, right? Is that how that all works?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
I'm glad it worked! :). 2G is edge. 3G, H & H+ are Mean 3G/HSPA+. And 4G means LTE.

Not sure what blisspop is, a rom?

If its a rom it will remove the panama and loadwhatever blisspop is.
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
butting in again... :D (glad you got LTE going)

so it sounds like any E980 can flash Panama... Is there an advantage? Thanks butting out...
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Yeah it's a Lollipop ROM over in the Android Development forum. So why is a KDZ or TOT file so much larger than a ROM if a ROM replaces all the firmware, too? I'm still a bit new to this.

Kris- well the one big advantage was that I can manually set which antenna(s) my phone uses, which is what my issue was- for some reason the LTE antenna wasn't being used (I think it changed when a ****ty prepaid service I was on, H2O, had trouble getting my data to work; I installed all sorts of stuff that they sent me...). Otherwise it seems there's a lot less bloatware, but an app like AppMaster can take care of that anyways.

Hey also Kris, Towelroot seemed to have worked- rooted apps are acting as though I am rooted, although I can's use them to do anything that I normally can do rooted. I don't think it actually worked. For instance I can't edit build.prop. Edit; yep I used a different method to root:

For future anyone who happens to stumble across this and is trying to root/recovery: I had the Panama firmware in the first post of this thread, Android v4.1.2, and I followed this guide for root and used FreeGee to get TWRP recovery (can also use for CWM).
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
difference = bloatware + radios + bootloaders + etc that don't come with your average custom rom; which is why if your radios get hosed you need to reflash stock.

edit build.prop is a permission thing - you need to know how to change permissions, which I don't. It's Linux permissions that's stopping you, not root.

To flash a ROM like blisspop (wait a release or 2) you need to go through the freegee stuff I pointed you to. - That has the effect of making it appear that your bootloader is unlocked (smoke and mirrors!)
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Yeah, when I originally created the thread here I think 2 years ago? It was for flashing the AT&T E980 to a panama stock firmware.

Its for if you wanna be stock but not have all the AT&T Crap.
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
Ahhhhh

Thanks!!!

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odd, it gave me "connect to server failed - try again in a moment"

and it deleted my panama kdz file... :(
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Flashtool always deletes the kdz file if it or fails. Try putting the file in the flashtool folder
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
Thanks.

put a copy inside flashtool folder but it did it again.

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now stuck in bootloop to download even though I try power+voldn or anything else
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Stuck in bootloop after flashing? Or after failed flashing? Bootloop on LG logo?
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
reflashed ATT stock

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no it was stuck on download (failed flash same as before.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Did you do a battery pull?
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
sorry, the delays here are me setting up att stock

Didn't think I have now a removable battery - DUH - still running AHD in my mind -

was just holding power for 10 secs, but regardless of which vol I held it would eventually bounce back to download. No LG logo.

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okay, now that I am back on the old rom where I was (via root, freegee, philz), I would need to know why I'm getting that flash error before I try anything because an attempt seems to wipe the bl.

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Huge thanks for your help by the by - it is all fun even if it turns out i can't get there! :D :D :D
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
:). Back when I had my G Pro I ran the panama firmware 100% the day I figured it out lol. I gave it to a friend which its still running on the Panama firmware today
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
Thanks. any idea what the "server" is that it's talking about.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
No telling it happens with some people. This method has helped flashed thousands of phones lol. My G2 back to stock is the same and its has a ton of use.
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
Not a problem!!! I tried! LOL I think I may try again sometime just in case that is a real server somwhere, since it's only a 20 min grind-it-out recovery! THANKS!!! :D
[LG Optimus G Pro] capnloo:
Are there any other mirrors for the att tot?the one in the first post is very slow.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Do you not read the OP? The files in the first post are no where near slow... I host all files on my own server, which is on a 2gbps port. Its not slow.

Please check your connection or use a download manager.

There's nothing wrong with the links in the OP.
[LG Optimus G Pro] capnloo:
Ah, switched to chrome and all is well, thank you.
[LG Optimus G Pro] kingrise:
Sorry if confusing

Sorry bout that. To simplify I was worried about my battery life but it seems it was ROM manager causing the problem. What I was saying was that I couldn't get recovery on my phone. I guess it was because of loki. When I tried to enter recovery nothing happened. I just got an error message. So I wanted to reflash stock using the TOT method. Can I?
[LG Optimus G Pro] javi1609:
help

sorry if it is misplaced, can anyone give file link E980 flash stock rom 4.1.2 had one user uploaded tdm, thanks !!!
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
It's clearly in the OP links..
[LG Optimus G Pro] javi1609:
thanks

sorry, I flash rom for recovery 4.1.2, no file .dell .tot with flashtool I have those in backup, thanks for your reply !!!
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Both the dll and tot files are in the OP if you need them :)
[LG Optimus G Pro] yasilation:
the kitkat tot

can someone please tell me where the kitkat tot is @?, is it among the three that are in the at&t folder, if so which on?.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
I'm assuming you have an E980 then. Then you want 20g
[LG Optimus G Pro] KrisM22:
V20g (edit sorry dup)
[LG Optimus G Pro] yasilation:
Thanks,

so my phone was mistakenly soft bricked , I then used the tot method to restore it back. But unfortunately I used a tot that is jelly bean (android 4.1). So if I now want to have kitkat on my phone do I have to brick it again then use a kitkat tot. Or there could be another way?. Please help, am in of need android 4.4.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Just follow the guide and flash it as your flashed jelly bean..
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
How can I start with Panama firmware and get to stock KitKat?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Follow the OP in this thread you just posted in.

Sent from my LG-D850
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Isn't the Panama kdz 4.1.2?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
I didnt see where you had said kit Kat. Panama never got the update.

Sent from my LG-D850
[LG Optimus G Pro] mityman50:
Damn, alright.
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
This guide doesn't seem to work for the e980. Any help? Please. I really need to get this phone fixed.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Yes it does... It works for G pro. G2,G3, and so on every day. You need to explain more of your issue before anyone can help.

I'm assuming your using tot method? Phone in download mode? Set your com port to com41?
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
I'm not using the tot. I'm using the kdz.
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
Would it work better using tot?
[LG Optimus G Pro] kingrise:
It does

You must be doing something wrong. I've used it several times. Reread and carefully. It'll work.
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
i did the tot one and when i waited for it to get to 100 percent it said failed. so i just did it again.
[LG Optimus G Pro] kingrise:
Then it worked

If it got over 90% it worked. If it didn't (let's sat 5%) then try to reboot your phone reconnect your USB and try it again. It happened to me once. Did what I just said and went through to 100%
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
Thanks it worked! :D but sucks that everything got wiped which is why I had tried the kdz method. :(
[LG Optimus G Pro] kingrise:
Great

Yeah tot is back to factory version. Like new. Did you make a nandroid backup? If so root, custom recovery and restore. You'll get everything back. If not at least restore a Titanium backup.

Sorry. The nandroid will only work if you saved it somewhere else. Computer. SD card etc.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
What kdz where you using on your e980? If you have the AT&T e980 theres no AT&T kdz file, its only tot method..
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
Yeah I did make a nandroid but it wasn't saved anywhere else but the internal device. :(

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I was using the panama kdz. But didn't work. Sucks that had to lose everything.
[LG Optimus G Pro] kingrise:
sucks bro

I recommend to always keep at least 1 nandroid back up somewhere else. You never know when something like that may happen. I've got my last 5 :laugh:

I only keep the current on the phone.
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
Yeah that's a good idea. It wasn't my phone it was my friends phone. But wow the e980 seems tedious. I have a nexus 5 and I've never soft bricked it.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
can you help my?

Hello,

my lg optimus g pro is (version Korea f240k).

I have a problem regards boot, I'll explain right away...

I unlocked my lg optimus g pro f240k, so everything is ok. And I installed the recovery twrp. (a year ago this)

therefore, I've the system Olleh original lg 4.1.2, I did an update OTA with the system. Up to this point the download is finished, but then the update has been successful partially. You turn the phone always in recovery mode twrp, and not boot the phone is always remains on the TWRP, in the end did not install the new update.

What can i do ??? why remains stuck on recovery TWRP.

Then on google I downloaded the file .KDZ for my phone but as you use it?

I have no experience regard. Only, I was able, to unlock and customize the recovery following instructions.

I hope much we can unlock and that me can help solve this problem it's important because I am with the phone locked on twrp !!

I would like to make it work again, even if it's for another type phone lg (lg g pro at&t) for example you can guarantee me if I can do it without problems on lg optimus g pro f 240k?

I can not do it because it will not let me make the system XDA. because I must first post 10 messages. and therefore... I can not do.

Thanks very
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
If you are stuck in recovery why don't you flash another ROM onto it? All you have to do is download one from your PC and connect it and put onto the phone and flash it.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Just flash an F240k kdz.... Don't flash any other model kdz to your phone.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
Just flash an F240k kdz.... Don't flash any other model kdz to your phone.

for my safety, which one program use to be more safe. Because I want to stay on 4.1.2

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what program to use for my security and not make mistakes for the telephone?

Thanks

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I want to stay on the system 4.1.2 Jelly Bean thank you anyway

you can do, I imagine that don't is difficult. I hope...
[LG Optimus G Pro] xcpdq:
Hi,

Can this ROM be upgraded to a more recent version of Android? I managed to successfully install it after 4 hours. I tried the auto-update but it says it can't connect to the update server or something. Any advice please?

Thanks!
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
What rom? This is a guide to going back to stock. These are not roms, these are stock firmwares.
[LG Optimus G Pro] xcpdq:
My apologies. It's 5.30 AM here and I am tired. I mean is there a way to update this STOCK (ROM) to a more recent Android version?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
What's your model # ? And what kdz did you flash? There's several models [emoji14]
[LG Optimus G Pro] xcpdq:
Thank you hyelton for replying. Model number is LG-E980h. I bought this phone from ebay and it used to have a bunch of AT&T apps and I wanted to get rid of them so I flashed Panama E980H10A_00.kdz. This works great but I would like a newer Android version (currently using 4.1.2). I am sorry if this is a newbie question. I am still learning.

Thank you again!
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Is it a E980 or E980h? If it originally had AT&T stuff then it was an E980. The E980h is the Panama version which you said you flashed that. Your running the latest possible firmware. If you flash it back to AT&T I bealive its KitKat.
[LG Optimus G Pro] xcpdq:
Hi hyelton,

You are correct. It's E980. After I flashed Panama it shows E980h. So there is no easy way to upgrade to KitKat from the Panama firmware, correct?

Thanks!
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
There's no way what so ever.. You can go back go the ATT firmware and update. But nor on Panama.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
Which one on the two put on lg g pro F240 thanks?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
You don't touch any of that... It says as it is when you open it up.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
thank you very much hyelton,

only two things ...

how do I get into download mode?

which keys to use for my g pro F240?

I want to go with feet of lead, as they are delicate passages :)

then what are those two boxes? (cdma-3gqc-cs_emergency-diag-emergency) What serve they?
[LG Optimus G Pro] bgboii:
Hold the volume up and down buttons then connect to pc
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Just leave those boxes alone no need to change them
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
ok:) but for lg flash tool I possess some registration key or install it normal without doing anything, and function normally.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
There's no register key
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
I now see if I can combine my phone: D

I can not wait that works my lg

thanks hyelton
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
thank you bgboii :)
[LG Optimus G Pro] Zbor:
I see four files for the ATT e980. What's the difference? I see the dates are different. Is one version specific to geographical location or different OS? Does one have better call quality or reception?

I face the reception issue now. I'm using madmacks but anyway.
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
The difference is just the version. Like 20g is the latest.

Yeah E980 signal is weird on anything other than stock.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Paleskin:
is there a stock rom, in zip cwm flashable format ? so we can go back to stock painlessly
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Its not at All possible to go back to 100% stock that way... The guide is simple to use.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
1. Setup_LGFlashTool_1.8.1.1023.exe 9.3 Mb

2. LG_Flash_Tool_2014.zip 3.1 Mb

What changes? this at the beginning of your post

which one do best of both?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Those are 2 different methods

The first part of the OP is the kdz method and the 2nd part of the guide is the tot method. Please read the OP [emoji14]
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
I know it, which one is best to use?
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Which ever is available for your phone, each method can only do either one not both, only some. What's your model number?
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
OPTIMUS G PRO F240K. However I HOLD FILES TOT AND DLL
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
Then use the TOT method.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
:good: thanks
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
A question :3 do I need to turn off my wifi or internet for that matter while I perform any of the above mentioned methods? Im asking this because I saw another similar thread that specifically said to turn it off (in bold) but I think it was for the ATT E980 model so just wanted to know if it applied for any other variant. :D

Oh and I have the E988 variant so do you think the KDZ method would be better to complete return it to stock? the TOT. method seems rather confusing. Sorry, I'm a BIG noob at all this. I just wanna make sure not to wreck my phone any further than I already have.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
for your E988 how can see there are two variants the TOT and the one commonly used for model F240 but also yours.

This guide of hyelton covers all modelli optimus g pro including the original Korean, version of the European, AT&T etc... ;)
[LG Optimus G Pro] guitarboy021:
Haha thanks for answering bt it doesnt answer my Q. Okay so ill be a bit specific. Another thread said I have to TURN OFF WIFI when I install the kdz file. So is it only for f240 or is it also for E988

Sent from my LG-E988
[LG Optimus G Pro] hyelton:
You never have to turn off WiFi.. The entire guide in the OP never states that so you shouldn't have to. There's nothing missing from this guide.
[LG Optimus G Pro] @lexda:
no, when you do KDZ depends if you update, or if you have to reinstall Rom, always phone off.

then read op at the beginning of heylton

depends on what you want to do.
[LG Optimus G Pro] DSpartan:
Can't finish upgrade

please, i have an lg g pro e988 with android version 4.1 but have not been able to successfully complete the upgrade to kitkat. Each time i try using the lg mobile support tool, my system gives me an error message that the device cannot be recognized once it goes into download mode. i have downloaded series of drivers but to no avail. I also tried using the flash tool and still got the same response. From the very first day i got the phone, its been a wonderful gadget and the best i have used and i would like to explore the endless possibilities of the new kitkat. Please i need urgent help as to what i can do. thank you guys.

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please, i have an lg g pro e988 with android version 4.1 but have not been able to successfully complete the upgrade to kitkat. Each time i try using the lg mobile support tool, my system gives me an error message that the device cannot be recognized once it goes into download mode. i have downloaded series of drivers but to no avail. I also tried using the flash tool and still got the same response. From the very first day i got the phone, its been a wonderful gadget and the best i have used and i would like to explore the endless possibilities of the new kitkat. Please i need urgent help as to what i can do. thank you guys.