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[Sprint LG G2] mchlbenner:
Just wondering if update fail do you have to go back to stock.

In the other thread right by this one their are two updates that what im talking about.

Thanks
[Sprint LG G2] rvalenzuel9:
Need help

i had a stock rom with twrp rooted and ran the update but it sent me to TWRP. I tried doing a nandroid restore but after i reboot the system it still sends me back to TWRP what can i do?
[Sprint LG G2] mchlbenner:
Which did you flash update
[Sprint LG G2] rvalenzuel9:
i clicked the notification that said to install the VZA update
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
if you tried to take the ota and it failed you wouldn't have needed to restore a nandroid. You could have just rebooted and nothing would have changed.

you'll have to sideload a new rom.
[Sprint LG G2] rvalenzuel9:
i tried it again and it went back to TWRP, im not sure why

can you please help me with that?
[Sprint LG G2] johnzm:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49812199&postcount=58
[Sprint LG G2] rvalenzuel9:
WORKEDDD!! Thanks alott!
[Sprint LG G2] Geezio:
Hello so I also was stock rooted took the ota and it's been stuck on the Sprint boot logo with the fancy spark emblem all day I don't know what to do because I do not any longer have a recovery some help ,direction prayer all that would be much apreciated thanks.
[Sprint LG G2] mrrogers1:
Geez.... Did you read any of the posts right above yours? Need to try somethings out that others have and look in other threads.
[Sprint LG G2] Red_Kamel:
I am on Stock OTA ZVA Rooted. I installed TWRP-2.6.3.3 through FreeGee. My objective was to do a Nandroid to try out some other mods and Roms and FreeGee worked perfectly for my needs. I just wanted to share with the community and thank [MENTION=4316709]Savoca[/MENTION] for posting this. Very helpful :)
[Sprint LG G2] Demonlinx:
If your wanting the latest TWRP you can find 2.7.0.0 in the original android development thread. I, along with many others, have confirmed it working with ZVA.

Also I would recommend using flashify only due to the fact that FreeGee has given other users issues, only connecting with data connectivity, and often times the time youll need to use it is when your restoring EFS or something like that where you wont be able to connect.
[Sprint LG G2] Red_Kamel:
Thanks I got it this morning and all is well on my LS980 Sprint LG G2! :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449679

See post #2 for Sprint Variant Download
[Sprint LG G2] MDMonster:
I was on BeenStalk, went through Optimus420s install instruction for installing his ZVA ROM and installed it. I still have a recovery :P

Sent from a 420:ZVA-ⓐⓕⓘⓔⓓ ใง ง2 ใร980
[Sprint LG G2] j3rmain:
Stumped - calls wont connect but shows registered

I recently purchased a LG G2 (LS980) variant and used ioroot to gain root, installed twrp 2.6 and upgraded to 2.7 successfully. Did the permament SIM Unlock method and tried to install my foriegn sim card into the phone.

The phone shows registered to the carrier but calls will not go out or come in neither sms. I though maybe it was the stock rom so i installed energyROM same issue, tried rayglobe same thing even tried Cyanogenmod but still not able.

I checked the settings ensures it was on GSM even on 2G which is what my carrier uses (i know i know) i even tried another local carrier but the issue remains.

can someone provide some assistance

Country : St. Lucia

Carrier : Digicel ( i have tried another carrier locally same issue)

Phone : LG G2 LS980

Phone Status : ROOTED

ROM : CM-11-20140322-NIGHTLY-LS980 | PA GAPPS

NB - My carrier said they do not support custom ROMs hence why I humbly come to you the XDA developers for assistances :D
[Sprint LG G2] bravo1565:
I'm stock on zva I have rooted before used freegee to install twrp recovery but ran into issue I couldn't install any roms keep saying fail don't know why so went back to stock so to get this straight I'm going to root again them downgrade my about to zv7 then flash recovery is that right and also if down grade my aboot can just start flashing zva roms
[Sprint LG G2] garwynn:
CM and AOKP still require Furnace kernel atm to run on ZVA. Which congrats to Savoca for the promotion! Otherwise yeah... probably rolling back is better.
[Sprint LG G2] bravo1565:
Thanks but i actually went back to stock on zv7 would it better to root now and install recovery if so can i install recovery through flashify?
[Sprint LG G2] garwynn:
That's the route I went.
[Sprint LG G2] eShrooms:
This helped me immensely! Thanks for all the information.
[Sprint LG G2] supasanch24:
With K.K. coming soon I was hoping to get some suggestions on how to unroot my rooted ZVA device. I only have Xposed installed and no custom recovery. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
[Sprint LG G2] secret.animal:
If you have su installed tell it to unroot if not install and tell it to.
[Sprint LG G2] infirno77:
What about rooted zva with twrp and the odexed native tether mod? Anyone have the stock recovery img, and know if the tether mod will affect the upgrade?
[Sprint LG G2] jcwxguy:
the tether mod will affect the upgrade. Its best to just wait and be patient for your fav. dev. to come out with an updated ROM so you can flash that.
[Sprint LG G2] sand1303:
Ok so i am confused. I just picked up the g2 sprint variant today. It was stock 4.2.2 I am in a spark area and did some speed tests today. Was getting 25-35 mps download on the average. So if i want twrp i am gunna lose my spark signal? I am rooted but no custom recovery yet.
[Sprint LG G2] secret.animal:
That won't affect you speeds
[Sprint LG G2] sand1303:
So no matter how i try the commands either terminal or adb i have no luck, i am not really familiar with terminal but i think i am doing it exactly as described. Adb keeps telling me divice not ready
[Sprint LG G2] zevas1993:
How long will it take to boot up after i do this? It seems to be taking forever...
[Sprint LG G2] Demonlinx:
The first boot after root will always take a little longer than all other boots, since it has to create the dalvik cache. My first boot took about 1-3 minutes. Anything longer than that and I would wonder what happened.

I'm assuming you were either trying to root or flash a custom Rom? Can you give us a little more information.
[Sprint LG G2] zevas1993:
well it didnt boot up and still stays stuck on lg screen. I have no idea whats going on...
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
If you can access adb while on the bootanimation, you can downgrade your aboot and reboot back into recovery.

If you can't, you're going to need a .tot
[Sprint LG G2] MDMonster:
So from the sounds of thing, someone creating a flashable zip of the the zVA radio/modem isn't gonna be possible anytime soon til the bricking issue and whatnot is fixed? And by flashable zip, I mean one that works with any ROM and is ONLY the radio/modem update :P
[Sprint LG G2] Williek113:
So. Lets say I'm not exactly sure what I did. I get spark and those new 3g and LTE icons. I assumed I flashed the radio only. Later, I booted into recovery by pressing the power and volume down keys. It booted into some odd screen with two small lines of text. So I assumed my twrp recovery was gone. I downloaded flashify on my phone and tried flashing the twrp 2.6.3.2 .img file but it booted into the same two lines of text. Then I assumed it was because I was on the zva radio. So I flashed the zv8 radio in flashify but since I don't exactly have a working recovery nothing happened. Help?

Edit: The two lines of text I was referring to said "Fastboot mode started" and "UDC_*something, I forget*"
[Sprint LG G2] bigpappa:
Im still learning so please forgive me, but when someone refers to TOT or .tot, what exactly does that abbreviation stand for?
[Sprint LG G2] mistermidas:
When I copy-paste the terminal line I get cannot open for real: no such file or directory. Do I need to put the file in a certain place or rename it or what? I know Im entering the line right because I copy it as you typed it in your OP.
[Sprint LG G2] Williek113:
Notice the line you put in says /path/to/your/zv7-aboot. Path/to/your is not a real path. You must find where your file is located, usually in "/sdcard/Download/zv7-aboot" but I moved mine out of /Dowload. That is all.
[Sprint LG G2] pinetreehater:
I am a little confused. I am on stock with root. The spark update is downloaded and waiting to be installed.

After reading the information after the "Aosp/LS980ZV8/7" header, it seems that you can only begin this process after downloading the new radio (the ZVA radio) AND after installing a ZVA rom....

So you install a ZVA rom, flash the radio, boot, reinstall recovery....right?

My question is, where is this ZVA rom? The OP seems to be implying at one point that it isn't even made yet, is this correct?
[Sprint LG G2] mistermidas:
Yep, I'm an idiot...thanks lol.
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
For now, (Until AOSP ROMs start adding support for tri-band) this is the workaround. Eventually we won't have to switch radio's to switch ROMs, but we will all have to downgrade our aboots if we want to use new radios.

That header is an explanation for people to safely try the new ZVA Radio (With tri-band) who are rooted and are running AOSP/ZV7/ZV8.

I know stock ROMs are going to be coming out for ZVA, the OP was written to anticipate that. but you can't just flash that ROM (when it's released) and expect it to work on the Spark network, you have to go through the process of flashing the new radio, booting, then downgrading your aboot. (Or you won't be able to flash anything else, and your recovery will be disabled)
[Sprint LG G2] Williek113:
Does this mean we can use this new radio on other AOSP roms by just doing this aboot dance?
[Sprint LG G2] AKfortyseven:
You don't even have to. spark is already enabled in CM 11.

At least on the baked ROM. dunno if that's standard across all AOSP ROMs
[Sprint LG G2] david279:
You've been able to connect to b41 or b26 on a aosp rom?
[Sprint LG G2] AKfortyseven:
Well it's not live in Boston so no but theoretically the ROM I was running had the ability to.
[Sprint LG G2] david279:
Has anyone ever connect to b41 or b26 in aosp? Been searching different thread and I can't recall anyone confirming.
[Sprint LG G2] mrrogers1:
Never seen it confirmed either and with as much trouble as getting regular LTE to 3G and calls reliably going, I'm not sure it was possible but I surely could be wrong.
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
No. They won't boot. ZVA radio only works on ZVA ROMs.
[Sprint LG G2] Williek113:
Alright um a shot in the dark here but I used this patch on a zv8 rom to get spark. I can't say it works on anything other than the stock zv8 rom though so don't blame me for bricks. I forget who I got this from but whoever it was deserves all the credit. It was from some post in the G2 general section.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxji9kev0ut1bdt/spark update.zip
[Sprint LG G2] souleman:
That looks like these http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2627646 except the file size is wrong. I'm always hesitant to try something without knowing who the dev is. Not saying it's harmful, maybe they used one of those and changed something (it's 20 meg smaller, I don't have time to check the contents right now) to get it to work on more phones. But still...

Just checked.. looks like the same thing, but they removed the part where it downgrades aboot and installs TWRP. So it should just be the actual OTA. Then you would have to follow the directions in the OP to change aboot and install a recovery if desired.
[Sprint LG G2] yoitsjustin:
ADB Sideload a stock ZV8 Rom, there is a link to it in G2 Android Development (Sprint.)
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
Nobody flash this. Re-read the OP if you don't understand the OP.

Flash that you will either:

A) Get ZVA - Loose recovery and have a loki-proof aboot

B) Fail - Nothing happens

C) Be forced to run a .tot if the ROM doesn't boot. Since you will loose your custom recovery if the flash does not fail.
[Sprint LG G2] mrrogers1:
As Savoca states above...

Flash that you will either:

A) Get ZVA - Loose recovery and have a loki-proof aboot

B) Fail - Nothing happens

C) Be forced to run a .tot if the ROM doesn't boot. Since you will loose your custom recovery if the flash does not fail.

It's bad practice to just go flashing up something in which the origin, author NOR true use is even known or posted. :eek:

If Savoca posted something and said, "I made this and it should work, I did it, this is what happened and why" then sure, that's one thing BUT the mystery zip, while the intention of sharing was good, it's only adding more noise and unknowns to the equation for people to sift through.

Savoca has clearly and plainly stated in the OP what needs to be done and how to do it. These other mystery (if it'll work or even what it will do) work arounds honestly have no place in this thread but that's just my opinion and you know what they say about those.
[Sprint LG G2] yoitsjustin:
If I have stock ZV8, nothing removed but rooted and have TWRP, can I update? If not, how can I?
[Sprint LG G2] mistermidas:
Just wanted to share some update spark speeds. Color me impressed! I'm in Dallas by the way
[Sprint LG G2] djnarcotics:
im officially Jello
[Sprint LG G2] mrrogers1:
Yes, will mess up, do some searching (light searching should do) and you will find what you need. :good:
[Sprint LG G2] HeckNoTechnO:
I think I am bricked! Not sure what to do from here. I flashed the update on stock rooted rom. I still have fastboot commands but phone will not boot.
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
Should have followed the guide and waited a few for a stock rom to pop up.

Run a .tot
[Sprint LG G2] djnarcotics:
kinda funny when this happens cause people don't read thoroughly or just are impatient
[Sprint LG G2] yoitsjustin:
It wouldn't let me update anyway xD. I'm just going to stay on CM11 and hope they eventually get Spark. Not like Sprint will ever expand it far enough anyway -.-
[Sprint LG G2] HeckNoTechnO:
No it is not funny FUing your phone! I read the OP. My understanding was and still is you would loose root and recovery, and not the fact that my phone would not boot at all after flash. The OP said you would have to re-root and downgrade aboot to v7 and re-flash recovery. I have a lot of knowledge of adb, fastboot, ect... I have rooted, s-off, and flashed roms, kerenels, ect... I am not a dev but I can decompile an apk and this is not my 1st rodeo. I come here for help and to help anyone who needs help! Not to laugh at someone who has a problem!
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
This isn't my first rodeo either. If you read the OP it addresses those who took the OTA. (Stock Unrooted)

If you understand android so much why did you think it would be safe to take an OTA after modifying your system partition?
[Sprint LG G2] HeckNoTechnO:
My reply was not directed at you.
[Sprint LG G2] djnarcotics:
and i get u but why would u try to flash something before there is even a stock ZV8 rom no where in the development thread is there one i get it ive been there before but thats why u get dev input and go into the chat and ask questions dnt get ur panties into a bunch if u couldnt have been patient enough to wait or ask questions before u dive into tinkering with a $600+ phone
[Sprint LG G2] souleman:
The OP also said in at least 2 different places (including the very last line of the post) that you must install a ZVA Rom first, or your phone will brick.

At the moment, there are no ZVA Rom's available.
[Sprint LG G2] djnarcotics:
which is my one and only point which is why i said i found it funny that people couldn't follow directions people see a new zip file,ota,rom,kernel and we all want to jump the gun myself included.
[Sprint LG G2] HeckNoTechnO:
It is all good live and learn. Most of the stuff I have learned here over the years is because of me messing something up! :) Good news is I have learned a few things about my LG G2 that I didn't know. This device is a little different from the HTC devices I have owned in the past. I am the one who jumped the gun and i take full responsibility for that. I did learn how to use the LG flash tool though, so something good did come out of this for me. Thanks everyone I hope you all have a great day.
[Sprint LG G2] solver404:
This is about as dev as it gets. Thanks for all your work on this Savoca.

Yes, there are too many people soft bricking their phone over impatience and/or lack of reading.
[Sprint LG G2] Clark Joseph Kent:
Members, please keep the Off Topic/Off Topic pic's clear from the thread. And I highly suggest for those that are not familiar, do your homework and read...read...read...

As with all Development, this is at your own risk, if you are not "smart enough" or have done your/or any homework, do not just jump into tweaking/rooting/flashing your device... But it is your $$$, so if you are one of those that just jump in without reading, do not come back and say I have issues.

Thanks & Thread Cleaned of OT
[Sprint LG G2] hellot1M:
I kinda skimmed through and didn't see anything about this.

I rooted my phone back during zv7. I am still on the zv7 radio. Have not flashed outside of paranoid android. Since then zv8 and now zva is out. Am I missing out on anything by not updating my phone, rerooting, then flashing PA. If not then I would at least need to flash the new radios. I can't seem to find a thread with the zv8 or zva radios
[Sprint LG G2] Koopa777:
So....As/if ROMs get updated to ZVA, there would be no real difference between ZV8 for the end-user, seeing as the loki-patch is in the radio files, correct? So in theory, if one has a ZVA ROM with ZV8 radios and the bands enabled via engineering menu, it's the same thing correct? Or am I missing something?
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
Read the OP please.

If you run a ZVA ROM with the ZV8 radios, you will not have spark, just the update.

If you want spark, you flash the ZVA radio from the OP. First thing to fo after that is downgrading your aboot. If you want to go back to ZV8 or AOSP you will need to flash back to the ZV8 radios first.
[Sprint LG G2] raji4celtics_579:
Zva Update

Sorry to all of i annoy and this may me off topic too.

But i want to know if i had to flash stock recovery to update my lg g2 ls980 to the zva and get spark.

I rooted my phone, but i only rooted my phone to get luckypatcher for games and gamekiller. I have not done anything else. I am still on stock rom and everything.

Thank you in advance for who ever helps me out.
[Sprint LG G2] Koopa777:
You can have Spark on ZV7/8, you just need to switch the band priority in the LTE Engineering menu. What I meant was if one enables Bands 26 and 41(a.k.a Spark) on ZVA without the radios, what the stability would be like, or if it would be equivalent to ZVA radios. B41/Spark is a bit.....temperamental on ZV7(when I tried it in Philly a few months back). I was wondering if the radios do more than just trip the flags. On a slightly related note, won't this get awkward when KK comes out, and requires another radio update? How long can we dance around the loki issue?
[Sprint LG G2] MizzouBrent:
Just went to make sure i have my stuff straight....

I have not taken the ota. But i want spark...it was actually just activated here in Kansas city today. I should be ok to flash a zva rom and radios in the same recovery session and then reboot right? Obviously no stock zva roms are out yet but that should work right? I could stay on stock forever unless aosp gets compatibility for spark. Thinking of just unrooting completely for it.
[Sprint LG G2] kr0matik:
Your post might annoy ppl because this has been covered many times in this thread lol. It's even in the op. Just wait for Youdug to upload the stock ZVA Rom. It should be the safest way to go. Hopefully it gets uploaded tonight. You don't wanna soft brick your phone then spend time fixing it while others will be flashing the ZVA Rom and Radio that Youdug will be uploading.
[Sprint LG G2] raji4celtics_579:
Would taking the ota have any other risks other than taking away the root?
[Sprint LG G2] kr0matik:
Yup. You might lose recovery and might not be able to even boot into the Rom. Then you might be spending time trying to find out how to downgrade your aboot and flash a stock Rom. I don't know what all that is yet but I hope I won't have to find out. I'm waiting for stock ZVA by Youdug just to be safe. Believe me, I'm anxious too.
[Sprint LG G2] raji4celtics_579:
will all the stuff that comes with the ota be in the rom like the spark radios and everything?
[Sprint LG G2] MizzouBrent:
Stock zva up now
[Sprint LG G2] MANDROIDS:
So now that the stock ZVA odex rom is up http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2630748 (with much thanks to youdug) can someone revise the first post and easily spell out the steps to take to make our devices Spark enabled? Thanks!
[Sprint LG G2] mrrogers1:
No
[Sprint LG G2] raji4celtics_579:
Sorry to all of i annoy and this may me off topic too. I am a n00b.

But i want to know if i had to flash stock recovery to update my lg g2 ls980 to the zva and get spark.

I rooted my phone, but i only rooted my phone to get luckypatcher for games and gamekiller. I have not done anything else. I am still on stock rom and everything.
[Sprint LG G2] SkdnSn:
Posted this in the ZVA thread as well, but when I did a clean wipe from CM and flashed only the ZVA ROM, I got stuck at the LG screen. Not sure why? Maybe just a bad download, so I'm redownloading to try again
[Sprint LG G2] RevolcFael4:
Hello! I got a few questions here. I see

In the OP, You stated:

(So what your saying is that if I mess up my phone, I cannot access Recovery? I just confirmed yes by reading all 8 pages.) How could I flash ZV8 radio without a recovery?

Then, this part confuses me even more:

So now I cant flash a ZV8 Radio over a ZVA Radio? How can I go back then?

So my questions are: If you said I need to flash a ZV8 Radio to go back, what do you mean when you said that you cannot flash a ZV8 Radio over a ZVA Radio?

What is a .TOT I see here in the comments you keep mentioning as a form of repair? What does it do and how can I use it? Where is one located?

Thank you to all the Devs that are working on making this work.
[Sprint LG G2] savoca:
You can start using your custom recovery again after you downgrade your aboot (which is after you flash the ZVA radio)

You cannot flash a ZV8 radio over a ZVA radio unless your intention is to flash a non-ZVA ROM after you flash the ZV8 Radio.

Basically, if you want ZV8 radio + ZVA ROM, have the radio first, then flash the ROM, you can't boot back into a ZVA ROM which has been previously flashed with a ZVA Radio. (If for some reason you didn't want spark anymore. I'm just going over all possibilities.) if you're going to an AOSP rom, flash ZV8 first, then you're good to go.

A .tot file (in combination with the LGFlashTool) will bring you back to absolute factory stock, on all partitions. Radio included.

You can find them in a back to stock thread.
[Sprint LG G2] beezar:
Sorry, I'm a bit slow on the uptake here, so please bear with me. I just want to verify I have this correct in a step-by-step fashion:

To upgrade to spark from ZV8 with TWRP:

1) In TWRP, flash youdug's ZVA ROM

2) Do a normal reboot into ZVA ROM, then verify that the software version is ZVA

3) Reboot back to TWRP, then flash the ZVA radio

4) Downgrade aboot to ZV7 aboot using the image you provided and entering the terminal command in the OP

5) Use Flashify to reinstall TWRP

6) Now I can flash stuff like Xposed, camera mods, etc., just not other ROMs without some adjustment as below.

To go back to ZV8 or to flash AOSP, etc.:

1) In TWRP, flash ZV8 radio, but do NOT reboot.

2) In the same TWRP session, after flashing ZV8 radio, flash ZV8 ROM or AOSP rom etc.

3) Reboot and good to go?

Thanks for the incredible work you guys are doing here.
[Sprint LG G2] MizzouBrent:
Savoca

I swear i've read your post over and over. Is downgrading aboot only required if you took the ota or is it required even if you're flashing youdugs rom and radio separately?

---------- Post added at 05:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 AM ----------

Meaning the full update from Sprint includes the new Loki proof bootloader. Surely the rom update does nothing to the bootloader right?