yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon LG G2] mrgoodpaul:
To be completely fair I think that waiting is our best choice. They will bring us a stable and usable rom that will be epic. I'm thinking that tomorrow might be the day but don't quote me
[Verizon LG G2] Enter The Nexus:
It is Verizon so I doubt tomorrow.
[Verizon LG G2] Steamer86:
Just talked my bro out of an S5 / 5S upgrade for the G2, hopefully the update is within the next week.
[Verizon LG G2] ApriliaM3:
Back on-topic please guys...
[Verizon LG G2] zathus:
Please stop calling it "kk". kk is way to close to kkk and that offends me! It should be called kitkat or the "k word"
[Verizon LG G2] abdel12345:
This is on topic. They're all taking about g2 vzw kitkat in some form or another.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
I keep having an irrational urge to flash back to complete stock and keep checking for the update. Dumb and the sign of a phone junky.
[Verizon LG G2] MicroMod777:
Even in soak test there's usually more than one person who gets early ota. I once got one on the Rezound.
[Verizon LG G2] IamPro:
Not sure how accurate but says all carriers have tested KitK (credit to r/LGG2)

https://twitter.com/LGNordic/status/448745355996573696

http://www.reddit.com/r/lgg2/comments/21eu7r/44_kitkat_update_tested_ok_by_all_carriers_roll/
[Verizon LG G2] 1ManWolfePack:
No need, brother - as I'm doing it for you ;)
[Verizon LG G2] bonesjones:
Soo who thinks it will be released tomorrow?
[Verizon LG G2] renawld:
well it IS the last friday before Q1 ends. I'd say a 20% chance. I'm not holding my breath. It could be any day tbh. AT&T's OTA got released on a random sunday morning.
[Verizon LG G2] marleyinoc:
Meanwhile I get roaming issues on CM11 but no SODs.

I have roaming off, though Verizon had told me to turn it on and not worry on Bionic stock LTE.

The roaming issue isn't and wasn't a big deal to me. I did go an hour out of my area and had a few issues so reverted to nandroid for a day or so.

Options? CM11

I'll bad mouth Verizon if that's a prerequisite. I bought this phone so I could use another Sim. Straight Talk ATT or TMo...

Still on Verizon Sim though. Really anxious to try straight talk options.

My Verizon contract is now over.

VS980 - CM11 nightly
[Verizon LG G2] Enter The Nexus:
What does this have to do with anything?
[Verizon LG G2] mrgoodpaul:
He's probably confused and in the wrong forum. I've gotten lost between tabs before
[Verizon LG G2] BigBoyPL:
Guyz do system application list from system/app I will see whih app is hidden menu.
[Verizon LG G2] Griffbot:
You can get the hidden menu apk from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567709&page=1

Installed it with twrp. Maybe with stock you could root and push with adb?

The apk in the link seems to have a FOTA installer.
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
I wouldn't call that irrational or dumb.

Mostly due to the fact I've done it. ?

VZW LG G2 VS980
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Looks like you get access to the main lg service menu using the apk!

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Lol well that's part of it... Other people like you are doing it, but also I've been checking the lg website through the download tool. I'm on cm11 with relatively no issues, but it's not shiny and new hehehe.
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
It's there.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Now I wish I had returned to stock to try it lol. Who's up to it?
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
Not me!
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Chicken!
[Verizon LG G2] mrgoodpaul:
I'm on pure stock unrooted
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
I'm on stock and you can't install the apk from that zip. Unless you have a custom recovery and then return back to the stock recovery
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
That's right. I'm on cm11 so I'm not even close to being able to try.
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
Sounds like 3 or 4 steps away, depending on if you do a backup or not. In reality, you won't need the backup as you'll be stuck on whatever firmware or brick status that ota file takes you to. More than likely.
[Verizon LG G2] mrgoodpaul:
So if it's on there does it mean it will be available for ota today?
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
It will only come ota thru verizon, we still have no idea if the hidden menu will let actually make recovery install the file

If the ota magically comes out today then that's a different case altogether
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
No- I installed the hidden lgservicemenu that Verizon removed to see if the fota menu was there.

Just waiting on someone that doesn't mind a brick to try loading a miscellaneous bin file.
[Verizon LG G2] xgman:
Verizon and Sprint need to join the party and end the suffering. I can only imagine that their marketing programs rank cell phone updates close to the very bottom of the list of priorities.
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
I doubt loading that file will brick our devices. It's from Verizon and it's a proprietary bin format.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
I hope everyone is using the lg csmg tool to check for the kdz file then if you aren't going to be our bin tester...
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
Really? Who's suffering? You have a phone that works for what it was sold to you to do, right? So what, if it's not exactly what you want it to be right now.

All this drama is getting childish.

If someone wants it that bad, then stop whining, bite the bullet, load the fota hidden menu apk that's been posted and take the plunge with the mystery bin file. It's all on you.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Well said. Now who is going for it?
[Verizon LG G2] xgman:
Wow, you are a little tightly wound huh? :eek: I'm finding this to be a bit of a mean spirited place. Why are some of you so angry? Oh well . . never mind.
[Verizon LG G2] xdabbeb:
Guys, just make sure you're only pushing the hidden menu apk manually to system and not flashing the whole zip, as I have also modified framework files in my mod. If you trying patching via an ota with those files changed it won't work.
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
thanks for the heads up!
[Verizon LG G2] Enter The Nexus:
Same thing is going on over at the Sprint thread, it's no different. We should be able to cry out about VZWs infidelity!

Anyway, today we must make progress, everyone. Someone is going to have to make the jump and try the hidden menu update thing. Otherwise, our babbling wouldn't be justified.

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Thanks for your insight man, I can't wait to try your 4K Camera Mod out sometime!
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
Extracted from xdabbeb's zip just to make it easier.....
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
Who ever is able to do is.

Your going to have to be on 12b

Flash the hidden menu via a custom recovery

Flash back to the stock recovery

Try and apply the update from hidden menu

At least that's what I'm thinking
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
Nah, man. I'm not wound at all and I'm sorry to promote any meanspiritedness here. I just think we have to keep perspective on what this is really about. I'm as flash-happy as the next guy, but my phone still works fine on 4.2.2. And I would hate to see anyone, without the experience to recover, brick their phone.

I think if you're seeing a shift in attitude amongst the guys who've been around awhile, it's because we've seen a lack of willingness to research and a disproportionate sense of entitlement amongst many of the new people coming in. Sorry if that offends.
[Verizon LG G2] Enter The Nexus:
I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but, where to get the stock recovery.img?
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
No idea, I just know that's how It would have to be done for it to even have a chance of working
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
If you're using the extracted hidden menu then you can just push it to system/app and fix permissions. The dev said not flash the package because of framework edits.
[Verizon LG G2] Enter The Nexus:
Aww Jesus Christ. Oh well, whoever has the prerequisites, please try and take one for the team.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
Or just push it, that will save a step if abd is setup for that person
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
It's an extracted apk.

Push to system.
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
Using tapatalk pro there is no zip posted at the top of the page, only an attachment for the extracted apk, which needs to be pushed manually.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
You replied before I edited that post.
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
How do I access the menu? I'm ready
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
If I had the time, I would definitely try this. Time to take the kid to the playground. Good luck guys.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
I think it's

##5473784236368. Then when asked for password hit 0 till it opens,

Edit, that is if the apk from the previous page is installed
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
You need to use the apk in the previous post.
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
I put the apk in /system/app and tried to install after fixing permissions. It said that it did not install.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
Did you try using the code to open the apk after you pushed it
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
After you push and fix permissions, you need to reboot.
[Verizon LG G2] xdabbeb:
The dialer codes won't work. That's what I had to modify the framework for to get working. Once you've put the apk in /system/app/ with 644 perms you can just launch it via root shell with am start.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
Stupid app.... wasn't sure what he needed to do
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
Sorry, man. Too much time on my hands today?
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
root@android:/system/app # am start HiddenMenu.apk

am start HiddenMenu.apk

Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.L

AUNCHER] pkg=HiddenMenu.apk }

Error: Activity not started, unable to resolve Intent { act=android.intent.actio

n.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10000000 pkg=HiddenMenu.apk

}
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Stock recovery should be in here.
[Verizon LG G2] Griffbot:
Did you also push lghiddenlibs.jar and lghiddenlibs.odex to /system/framework? They're in the original hidden menu zip.
[Verizon LG G2] xdabbeb:
Reading is fundamental. Please don't push the modified framework files.

just use "am start -n com.lge.hiddenmenu/com.lge.hiddenmenu.HiddenMenu" to launch it.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
[MENTION=3072222]RandomGuy982[/MENTION] this this and this
[Verizon LG G2] bonesjones:
Sorry guys, I would.

I did what I could the other night.

Can't risk my phone today or this weekend.

That being said my birthday is tomorrow. Maybe Verizon will give us the Ota for my present. :)
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
I have the bin inside of /cache/fota, and inside of the hidden menu I press Do Update. It returns RESULT_NOT_EXECUTED. I then pressed Self Test. It returned: This software update is for Developer. Installation can take several minutes. No personal data stored in device will be deleted. You cannot use phone or make emergency calls during installation. Software is updated automatically and phone restarts once or twice before installation is complete.

The $400-$600 question.....should I :D
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Your call of course.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
How curious are you?????? and wouldnt you be able to use a. Kdz tool to flash back?
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
If you do & it goes sideways, will the flash tool/.tot file method bring you back?
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
Well that wasn't what I was expecting. It just rebooted to recovery for step 2 of installation. How do we initiate step 1?

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I think so. The AT&T and T-Mo group was able to KDZ flash back to JB. Hopefully that remains the case for us. If not, then I can wait until the kitkat KDZ to correct it.
[Verizon LG G2] Rippley05:
Damn. I was hoping the people guessing Friday for the update were right.

Ahh well. Good luck guys!
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
You renamed the file, right
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
I applaud your courage ?
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
I must have missed that instruction. What does it need to be renamed to?

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Gary, you should remember my lack of common sense with the xt912 updates :laugh: (I'm Vicious on droidrzr. the name was taken here)

I have a work phone as a backup, plus I still have my old razr.
[Verizon LG G2] jnclocker:
Man you guys are courageous and i commend you. keep up the good work may be you'll get some beers.

Am just really mad at verizon for refusing to update us for the fact that our phone if updated would overshadow HTC the one.

I hope whoever said Friday was right.:good:
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
dlpkgfile.bin I think it was on page 56
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
It still skips to step 2
[Verizon LG G2] bonesjones:
Damn! The rabbit hole gets deeper and deeper.
[Verizon LG G2] freebird_78:
Is this just a nand backup of 10 and 11? Something you can resort or install from CWM?

I lost my stock nand, but have all the stock apps still backed up and frozen in titanium. I'm hoping I don't have to KDZ back to 11 when the OTA comes out. Hoping I can just get a stock nand, unfreeze, voodoo OTA rootkeeper and unroot, restore stock boot image and be back to stock to receive OTA.
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
Yeah, I think it's incomplete because it's still being worked on. Or the engineers have a way to install it that isn't available to us. Sounds like it ended up on the wrong server and got pulled when it was discovered.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
This is exactly what I'm thinking at this point.
[Verizon LG G2] Haxcid:
I have a feeling of mid to late April and it will include the knock on update as well.
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
Something interesting to note is that when I was messing around with the FOTA options in the hidden menu, one of them created a 5MB dlpkgfile without an extension. This is the file that step 2 uses. I'm pushing the update file again without the .bin at the end. I'll let you know what happens.
[Verizon LG G2] player911:
Damn. I think Verizon is the last carrier in the world to provide KK. I'm in no rush.

Kitkat isn't rootable yet nor has a custom recovery. The only way to" keep" root and recovery is to flash them manually.

Fotunately once the official KK releases, well be able to use the radios and kernels for stability and radio updates on custom AOSP KK roms.
[Verizon LG G2] slagg3r:
That may do it. Let us know your results for sure
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Lol I was going to suggest that but didn't want to sound stupid
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
I think that 5 mb file might be copied from /system/etc/data.dat or /system/etc/dummp_package.up

What happens if you initiate that OTA process with the menu, and then at the last second switch out the 5 mb dlpkgfile with the actual 24A OTA?
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
Tried that a few minutes ago. It reboots the phone, then goes straight to step 2 again, but instead of there being progress it throes an error up with a black background.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
Darn. I'm going back to 11A and I'm gonna take the OTA for 12B and I'm gonna snoop around the cache and data partitions to see what is changed to notify the OS that there's an update waiting to be installed. If I can find this flag it might help getting our devices to install the 24A OTA
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
It creates a file fota_script.txt

I have been trying to upload it, but my computer does not recognize it as a file. I am going to try dropbox.

.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv6a3gm09b316da/dlpkgfile.bak

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qgxycfjun7c234y/fota_script.txt

EDIT: I renamed it .bak to try and get the pc to recognize it.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
You don't have to, it's just a text file with some files in it
[Verizon LG G2] xdabbeb:
OK. I've got some time so I'll give this a whirl too
[Verizon LG G2] nrage23:
Verizon is just bad all the way around with device updates. I got a deal last week and picked up a HTC One Max figured I might switch back and forth with my G2. All the other carriers have pushed KitKat (Sprint did it 2 days ago) to it now except Verizon.
[Verizon LG G2] MicroMod777:
I found link to where vzw pulls the ota's.

Here's the KK file. Seems its live, but our phones our not pulling it.

https://pvzwmdmcdn.vzw.motive.com/firmware/LG_VS980_12B_TO_24A.bin

12b is the same.

https://pvzwmdmcdn.vzw.motive.com/firmware/LG_VS980_11A_TO_12B.bin

taken from ipth_package.bin.dd file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<media xmlns="http://www.openmobilealliance.org/xmlns/dd">

<type>application/octet-stream</type>

<objectURI>https://pvzwmdmcdn.vzw.motive.com/firmware/LG_VS980_12B_TO_24A.bin</objectURI>

<size>701851724</size>

<name>LG_VS980_12B_TO_24A</name>

<vendor>LG</vendor>

<installParam>estimatedDownloadTimeInSecs=720;estimatedInstallTimeInSecs=600;packageSizeLimit=734003200</installParam>

</media>
[Verizon LG G2] abdel12345:
Isn't this the same bin file that was uploaded earlier? The one we can't really do anything with?

Anyone have any progress yet? I'm really hoping we get the update before my spring break is over which is Sunday
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
? Its the same thing we already have.
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
I think the point is that they're the same types of files. The real question is why does one update firmware and not the other?
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Don't know if this helps:
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
In what way are they different? Its from the same server same name same size same everything. Also who says that 'second' one updates firmware
[Verizon LG G2] bonesjones:
If they are indeed the same then a MD5 check should show the two hashes exactly the same.
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
That's the question now, isn't it? Except they are named 11a to 12b and 12b to 24a respectively.
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
It must be reliant on some verification they send from their side. It has to be more than just the file. They must make it live in order for the stock updater to see it. Not like moto at all.
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
Anyways just did an md5. They're 100% exactly the same
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Any other file types on that server
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
12b and 24a are exactly the same?
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
No, the 12bto24a files
[Verizon LG G2] bonesjones:
You think it could be reaching out via wifi?

If so we could easily use wireshark to sniff the traffic out and see what it's doing.
[Verizon LG G2] John Cantrell:
This may sound stupid, but has anyone other than me used a hex editor to look through the file to find anything? I've just scrolled through some of it and of course did searches for keywords, had several hits and seen several named apk files (Amazon, VZ Navigator, etc..) and a lot of hits for the word android. I tried for 4.4.2 but nothing, I was trying to see if it actually listed the android version anywhere in the file. Maybe someone more tech savoy can scroll through and find something more relevant. It appears from what I looked through to be the update, or at least a update for some phone of LG's.... I also found reference to VS980 throughout the file... So looks like it is for our phone....
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
''Please note that the absence of the proper IMEI ranges will block the IOT and production device launch process''

Maybe this IS for testing devices. Can we spoof an IMEI? What would the correct range of IMEI be?
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Can someone compare the 12b you actually get to our file

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I think we're stuck until someone gets the full kdz file unless someone can package it correctly.
[Verizon LG G2] MicroMod777:
Well just bricked my G2 again. lol. Did it last time for the 12b. Thank god for warranty. Seems whoever posted that recovery file was a .bat. not img. I flashed it and it bricked my G2.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
Can't you fastboot flash a working recovery?
[Verizon LG G2] MicroMod777:
Finally got it into download mode. Odd.. Got it restored, but after I got vzw to send me a clrn! lol
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
Hmm... So just uh repeat the process to break it when the new one arrives [emoji18]
[Verizon LG G2] RandomGuy982:
ipth_package.bin seems to be the update file, and ipth_package.bin.dd is the manifest, according to this post http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-spectrum/155161-changing-where-ota-updates-get-stored.html
[Verizon LG G2] xdabbeb:
OK. I've made some progress on what's going on, but I have an appointment to do some serious drinking for the evening so I'm out for the night/morning. Bascially, the bin is an archive containing the actual update, update binary, manifest, script, etc which are parsed by fota. That app is looking for it in /sdcard/SoftwareUpdate/ and has a few activites (test, target validator, execute, etc.) that handle the process. I've gotten it to start the update, but I believe its failing on the target validation so I will have to look into it more later.

[MENTION=3727492]JackpotClavin[/MENTION] if you are still working on this and need anything from me, feel free to ask. I could get you everything I have so far.

EDIT: Actually, it may not contain the manifest. That could be where my problem was. Someone could put it in there with the bin and fire the activity manually to see if that was the missing piece.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
Oh wow what did you do to get it to start updating? Nobody could get to do anything with the file, it would just reboot into recovery and then reboot back into Android. Can you see if it's dumping a log file in /cache?

I'm gonna give it a shot with my own device, I just gotta get back to stock

I'll take a look into things this weekend
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
Hmm! Yes please somebody do that and then upload it via mega

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Also, I put the file in a folder called softwareupdate on the sdcard and the hidden menu doesn't see it. Named if ipth_package.bin
[Verizon LG G2] MicroMod777:
I'm done testing. Jacked it up again. This time its dead dead!! No power no nothing. lol Got into the hidden menu mode, and it did some kind of developer test, and it killed it. Oh well.

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If somebody can figure out the path the LG Update pulls the .kdz files, we might be able to replace it with that. It pulls the VS98012B_00.kdz file. I looked through the folders and can't find the path it pulls the 12b.kdz.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
I'm only able to pull the 12b file myself. Can't figure out the general path yet.

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How about this tool http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1920505

It's supposed to read the server and create a list of available firmware.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
I've been crawling their servers looking for a KDZ with my Raspberry Pi, but haven't found anything yet. I heard earlier that somebody said that they talked to somebody who worked at LG and they said that LG doesn't have a KDZ yet, and that I do actually believe that
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
That was me lol.I think they do have it, but you have to have the right esn to access it.
[Verizon LG G2] Jhall8:
Thanks guys for the work you're doing. I appreciate it!
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
I wonder if this approach would work even though it's not for lg http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1803090

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Someone had to create a command file for the ota on another device like the below. Keep in mind this isn't for our phone.

"Copied dlpkgfile to /cache/ and created text file called command (no file extension) in /cache/recovery/ . My "command" file contained the following text:

--update_package=/cache/dlpkgfile"

Also something to keep in mind is to get rid of .bin extension and fixing permissions.