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[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
Clear data & cache under settings/apps/all Google Service Framework.

Then check Settings/System updates/update LG software/ check now
[Sprint LG G2] keepah:
tried that but no luck..

don't know if it matter but the one I got the OTA is "designed by LG in Korea. Assembled in China" and the other I'm waiting OTA is "Made in Korea"
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
I guess the servers are busy, sometimes that happen. It happened to me with ZV8. Or you use Autoprimes thread which has ZVC.tot.
[Sprint LG G2] DevalB:
The S3 and EVO 4G LTE were the first generation LTE devices, which had a discrete antenna path for 1x and 3G/4G LTE, so you could do sim voice/data on both LTE and EVDO (3G).

None of the newer tri-band devices can do that, as they are a single antenna path. The device idles on LTE, and drops down to 1x based on network pages, not device pages.
[Sprint LG G2] mrbkarate:
Do all of these steps over and over till you get it. Everytime you do it it resets your phones token and you have a random chance at getting one thats been selected for update. Doing it just once will not not have very high chances you will get it.

Clear data & cache under settings/apps/all Google Service Framework.

Then check Settings/System updates/update LG software/ check now
[Sprint LG G2] RootUserDWR:
Google Wallet is working flawlessly for me. My Tap-n-Pay information popped right back up after the update. Came from an S3 with Google Wallet.

From my Sprint Spark LG G2...!
[Sprint LG G2] Spaniard85:
Is anyone getting immersive mode to work? I've bought both EvolveSMS and Talon in the past, and of course they work just fine on any AOSP based 4.4.2 ROM. I can't get either one to go into immersive mode for me now on the LG KK update. I did disable the "bleed immersive" mode in G2 Xposed, but it's still not working properly.
[Sprint LG G2] freeza:
It's probably not supposed to do anything, but it does work. I changed the date on my friend's LG G2 just now and the update started downloading, where as the entire morning, yesterday, the day before, and the week before, no update was found.

I did not clear any GSF, as that's not needed and causes more problems.
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
I don't know unless Sprint servers work differently from Google's OTA servers, I just quoted what was mentioned by a google worker. I never had the date changing work for me honestly, last time I did that was when I had a HTC Butterfly, then I tried it on G2 just to confirm as well and nothing. GSF clearing is only bad if you don't reset your device after OTA, I reset anyway because battery life was dismal immediately after until I reset, and also as a habit. I'm definitely

not

going to say you are wrong as you are a recognized developer with more experience than me, but maybe it could be a coincidence that you got the update, because I assumed token deployment per timeline was on server side?
[Sprint LG G2] keepah:
Thanks it worked :good:
[Sprint LG G2] Spaniard85:
I think I should be a little more specific in that, it's not quite the full-screen immersive mode that they're not doing, it's the translucent status and navigation bars that aren't working.
[Sprint LG G2] ceyo14:
Thats normal even on at&t and tmobile.. but obviously they stay on 4g hspa
[Sprint LG G2] darkpoe:
You are correct didn't realize Sprint had released sv-do phones, I somehow skipped all of them.
[Sprint LG G2] KenpoAP:
Att and tmobile devices aren't triband spark devices... That's why this is the thread for the sprint lg g2...
[Sprint LG G2] ceyo14:
I dont think your following me... att and tmo both drop LTE to hspa when they are in a call... regardless of spark... sprint drops everything though...
[Sprint LG G2] jonapunk:
Finally got my update! Should i factory reset and reinstall apps for battery life
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
If your battery life is fine dont bother, as OTAs generally should be seamless upgrades. However, I got the OTA and only had ~6hrs screen time to shutdown (50% Brightness) on average which was lower than before (~7-8 hrs), till factory reset (I actually reinstalled via .tot file because I deleted Skyfire Observer and Sprint Extension Manager which apparently are needed by Visual Voicemail). Now I got about 7hrs 30 mins with 15% battery remaining, with all the same apps etc on the first charge.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
Dont need a brick

I just got the OTA update this morning in NY. Im on stock ZVA but I am rooted.

I think Im on stock recovery (how do I confirm this?)

I also have xposed installer, SuperSU installed. (should I uninstall these?)

If im on stock recovery can I accept and instll the ZVC update and then if desired reroot?

Thanks,
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Well for one thing dont be rooted or have custom recovery before doing an OTA, unroot via superuser app.

Instructions to enter recovery mode:

http://itechtriad.com/articles/2014/2/27/how-to-reboot-lg-g2-into-recovery-mode#.U0QHj8oo4m8

Or simpler install an app that reboots to recovery.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
That was easy

It showed the android guy with tiny tiny print "Android Recovery" with recovery options to select, That's the factory recovery right?
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Yep, if it shows things like install update from zip, adb, etc then its the one.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
ok,waiting for the backup to finish then putting on my swim trunks and diving in...
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
If you are unsure you may have done something else while rooted, safest thing is probably flashing the .tot file for ZVC via LG Flash Tool. It will bring you back to factory fresh with all the preloaded Vienna Boys Choir music and Videos included lol.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
Weird, clicked on the update to reboot and install, phone rebooted and was installing an update, booted up and its still showing the ZVA. It seem to fast to install the update, it was a 618.1mb file. Can I force it? I read somewhere it was saved in FOTO?
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
If having problems just do the .tot method, you can still root after, with ioroot 25, just backup your EFS manually (They give instructions on ioroot thread) as it doesnt do it for KitKat automatically.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
I turned off wifi and its downloading the update LS980zvc_12_inc again (its in progress now), maybe it didn't like the 1st one.

edit: Did the same thing, Downloaded ,verified, shutdown, installed update (only took about 1 minute) rebooted and still on ZVA
[Sprint LG G2] lipak:
Manually tried updating to ZVC , having trouble ..

I received the OTA update but it was not successful , I saw the 621MB file in my cache folder. I did complete unroot , booted to recovery and ran "Update from Catch" .. selected the downloaded ZVC file and it has updated the same ... Now for last 5~10 minutes my phone is in LG logo and intermediately it's also showing "Installing Systems Update" (with Android logo) .. Is it something normal , how long it may continue .. or have I bricked my phone !!:eek:
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Do the LG Flash Tool method after downloading ZVC.tot.
[Sprint LG G2] arehm:
I concur, this happened to me as well and the .tot fixed it. (it will wipe EVERYTHING on your phone. Everything.)
[Sprint LG G2] mistermidas:
Yeah bro, it's pretty much soft bricked. The exact same thing happened to me...exactly. I let mine "install" for about 10 minutes before i gave up. Luckily the zvc tot was already out so i just used the lg flash tool to get going again...but all my apps and pics, videos, etc were gone after.
[Sprint LG G2] eddro22:
Mine rebooted three times to install it took like 20min but i was completely stock
[Sprint LG G2] Trina9:
I don't know if it was just me, but this was the longest time any update took me to install. Was wondering if I had issues several times.
[Sprint LG G2] eddro22:
I wonder when we can get a custom recovery working im rooted and i dont feel safe without a backup lol
[Sprint LG G2] mistermidas:
3 reboots is what it was supposed to do. Mine rebooted about 50x in 10 minutes, literally.
[Sprint LG G2] eddro22:
Wow that may be a issue lol im pretty sure only three reboots may have been four but that's it.
[Sprint LG G2] mistermidas:
Yeah my friend and cousin have G2's also and both received the KK update confirmed it was 3 reboots. I tried to push the update through the stock recovery by the "update from cache" method. It looked like it was working fine at first until it went nuts on me lol. Live n learn, it's all good now though so I'm cool.
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
did you replace any file or done some MOD? You have to be complete stock for the OTA to work.

it's a 3 stage install, will take time to install. Do not reboot, let it reboot by itself.

Can downgrade aboot to ZV8, but breaks the download mode, flash.ZVC modem to get the download mode back.

Fourth is final reboot to switch the phone on :)
[Sprint LG G2] brndn67:
How do you root ZVC, not a recovery just to get root access for dpi an camera mods?
[Sprint LG G2] arehm:
Ioroot25
[Sprint LG G2] brndn67:
Thanks, about to do it now.

EDIT: It worked
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Backup your EFS manually, because in Kitkat Ioroot wont do it automatically, instructions are in ioroot thread. Save it on computer or better yet back it up to cloud just in case.
[Sprint LG G2] brndn67:
I already am rooted, did I mess something up or can I still do it and what is a efs?
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
Use FreeGee from play store, backup your EFS.
[Sprint LG G2] brndn67:
The ZVC update is not supported by FreeGee.

EDIT: When doing the ioroot method from that page I get access denied.
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
Yeah just checked, ZVC can't backup EFS using FreeGee

L
[Sprint LG G2] brndn67:
Yes I used ioroot25, and if I open FreeGee it says LS980ZVC is not supported, and yes I granted it root access.
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
It is a place that stores your Android smartphone important data like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth MAC address and IMEI

Our phone has 2 EFS partitions.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48709232&postcount=869

Either do that in adb to backup EFS or go to RootExplorer and find the 2 EFS Imgs, the path is mentioned in the adb instructions.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
Just the root which I undid. Backing up everything now so if something goes wrong I have it.
[Sprint LG G2] lipak:
Waited for 25 minutes and concluded that it's a soft brick.. Only flickering screen with lg logo and system update message, no reboot..

Now flashed Zvc tot.. Up and running, had lost few data but I had back up...

One more thing.. I use GSM with full unlock MOD.. Applied the same mod and everything is working like the way it was in zva...
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
once im done with backing up everything Would It be easier to do a hard reset then get the update again? Im at work and we are blocked from installing drivers and software.
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
Looks like that's the only way for now.

After reset, clear cache & data of Google Services Framework in Phone settings/apps/all, then check for updates in Phone settings/System updates/LG software update/check now, you gotta repeat it till you get the update.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
Did that and it started downloading the update...(again) right away. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I needed a clean slate anyway.

update: Same thing happened, downloaded the updated file, verified then I updated my profile as it said to do then pressed the button to reboot and install. Update progress bar only lasted about a minute then it rebooted. Still on ZVA

update again: clearly its available to me because I just cleared the cash and data in Google Services Framework and its downloading the file again.
[Sprint LG G2] xtremeyouth1:
Same thing is happening to me. Exactly. The update progress goes for about one minute and then - Bam - reboot.
[Sprint LG G2] arehm:
Time to back everything up and update via the .tot.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
What about applying the update via recovery mode? Would that be an option in the recovery menu?
[Sprint LG G2] xtremeyouth1:
I've thought about that but it looks a little complex for me. I'm not sure. Sprint told me they don't have the proper software to fix it. LG told me they can't help me because it's sprints software. Fml
[Sprint LG G2] MeestaAytch:
Just follow it verbatim following the guide autoprime has linked, replace with the files he provided of course. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Can't go wrong. Just back up EVERYTHING first. TOT does wipe out EVERYTHING on your phone.... EVERYTHING
[Sprint LG G2] xtremeyouth1:
Thanks so much for the help. I may try tonight.
[Sprint LG G2] tomc585:
the tot method is a little scary for me right now, besides the tot file is too big for me to download via wifi @ home. Should have grabbed it while at work.

cant understand why it wont install on my phone, its wiped clean.
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
It seems scary but its not don't worry you will be fine.
[Sprint LG G2] seastones:
I look forward to seeing some new ROMs based on KK and the LG launcher, I've grown quite fond of it. Until then, I sadly won't be taking the update.

I'm guessing the zv7 aboot isn't a functional workaround for loading a recovery anymore?

Also, if someone can tell me how to get rid of the notification telling me I can update, I'd be grateful.
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Uncheck notification in apps like FOTA and any update related apps, it might do it. After factory reset I get better battery life on kitkat than jelly bean.
[Sprint LG G2] dwr3ck3d:
I received the update late last night and tried to install it, but it failed. It went to the update screen and then just failed randomly partway through the process. I proceeded to go to recovery and try to install it from the download. Below is what it says when trying to install this way...

-- Install /cache ...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

Installing update...

Warning: No file_contextsVerifying current system...

"/system/app/LGHome_Theme_Optimus.apk" has unexpected contents.

Installation aborted.

Would deleting that .apk make this work? Seems like deleting would just give me a similar error if it couldn't find it in the system.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
Have you done any modification to the phone ?

If yes then revert back or request the same apk from a fellow member here with the same baseband.
[Sprint LG G2] dwr3ck3d:
I have not done anything to this device. Just running stock. Would I even be able to modify this without root?
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Flash using LG Flashtool its simple.
[Sprint LG G2] Robisgnarly:
WOOOT!!! a day ago i decided to use the ZVC .tot and worked simple and easily as always... kit kat stock on this phone is awesome. getting great battery life, and my favorite part is the clippy audio i was getting with google music over bluetooth is now crystal clear!
[Sprint LG G2] Omar04:
If you go this route (not recommended) be sure to remove and add again you Google account or you will end with broken notifications and sync.
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Before I reflashed ZVC .tot I (because I deleted support service for voice mail - Skyfire Observer),I only had 5-6hrs Screen time, now I get 7.5Hrs (50% Brightness) with 15% left. I had enabled gesture mode via root before reflashing but didnt have those issuses, maybe something got corrupted. If you did factory reset it should maybe have cleared that, at least for others like me, it did.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
Clear which issues? And what good is gesture mode for the battery?

*Edit*

Oh, Gesture Typing. Well, I did tried to factory reset, but it didn't work. I'm scared to try it again. What did you do to get yours working? Give me the playbyplay.

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Gesture mode has nothing to do with battery, I'm just saying it didn't cause any issues for me like it did for you. I had no problems due to being rooted.

Flash the ZVC .tot, I get 7.5Hrs now (50% Brightness). Maybe OTA screwed up for me I don't know but once I flashed the ZVC.tot I got much better battery and no standby battery bleeding.

You can also achieve that just disable location settings/autosync & NFC when not used, disable junk apps: Lumen, Life Square, LGQVoice, Swype (Connect drains battery for some even when all online settings are disabled, its a known issue), Life Square, TextTranslator (autoruns sometimes). Use task manager to auto block Sprint ID and Sprint Zone or any other carrier junk). Sprint/AT&T Connections Optimizers actually drain battery too ironically. If rooted you can delete that stuff, but im not, for now.

Also, if Sprint coverage is so bad, complain; I had call dropouts & missed calls and so did my family. They gave us an Airave. If you say you have a large home they will set it to maximum coverage.

Best of all its free.

Here is my battery stats w/WiFi (Only Web usage no gaming or other 3D intensive stuff) :
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
How did you enable Trace Input for the LG G2 keyboard, though? You used Root Browser and changes the IME values from "false" to "true" in the Build Prompt, right?

*Edit*

Can you link me with the ZVC .tot and .dll files? When I search on Google, I don't get anything. ?

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2702422

Zvc 4.4.2 tot

Search xda not Google.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
Thanks, man. And I only use XDA via Tapatalk Pro since I can just sign in using Google+. The downside is that search sucks. It hardly presents me with relevant results, lol. Without LTE, downloading this large .tot file will probably take all night. Ugh.

Another question: do you know how to get the Trace Input (LG's version of Swype/swipe-to-type) to work? I'm rooted with stock recovery, so I'm guessing I need to get TWRP so I can make a backup this time before trying anything. ([Irrelevant] My only gripe is that TWRP is, like, 10 times slower than PhilZ's CWM),

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Instructions to flash .tot

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448960

Its a verizon guide, but I used as just like all Sprint owners.

Use the dll on bottom in this site:

http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G2/Stock/Sprint+LS980/

There are two ime keyboard settings marked false in build.prop, change those to true and you will get swiping feature.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
I know how to use the LG Flashtool to flash a tot file, and I'm aware of the two IME settings set to "false", too. I'm just afraid that if I tamper with them, my phone will go haywire again and I'll have to Flashtool back and re-set up EVERYTHING again... INCLUDING all my images, music, and other internal SD files. I'm sure you'll see why that's an absolute last resort.

Question: when running the Flashtool, when it does that little BNC check (or whatever it's called), does it take, like, ten minutes before it's ready?

Sidenote: I think it'd be wise of me to just downgrade my boot.img, make it bootable, and then install TWRP so I can have a backup to come back to before losing everything for no reason, right? That way, even if I DO have to tot back to nothingness, I can just reroot, reflash recovery, and restore that backup, and everything should be great.

P.S. Sorry for the long responses. I'm just a very thorough person, and I like to make sure that a lot gets covered to minimize a bunch of messages overall. Lol. Thanks for your patience and help!

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
Use Titanium to backup, I suggest not to mess around with aboot on ZVC, it breaks download mode.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
I can always restore the ZVC radio to re-enable download mode.

The reason I want to give this a shot now is because I'm tethering my internet, and since LTE is down, I only have 3G to work with. With full bars of 3G, downloading the ZVC tot file is going to take 3-4 hours (according to Google Chrome) as opposed to 40 minutes to an hour (maybe even less) with just one bar of LTE. That's a long wait to download something that I may not even need... especially if changing the IME values works this time.

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
No vinod is right, if something goes wrong and you lose download mode it will be a chore to recover, just look at the multiple threads where people lost download mode due to various circumstances.

As for the build.prop edit it does not cause any problems. I had done it before as mentioned earlier. You might have had a problem because some editors truncate the build.prop if too big, rootexplorer is a good example of that. I copied and edited it on desktop and then overwrote the original. Make sure permissions are changed to how the default is rw-r-r for that file.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
Okay. I'll just do a titanium backup. If something goes wrong, I'll just have to start flash back to ZV7 and OTA all the way back to ZVC since downloading the ZVC tot file still has 3 hours remaining (?).

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat

---------- Post added at 05:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:19 AM ----------

@abhinav.tella I have a question: assuming you're any good with Titanium Backup Pro, what is the "update.zip" feature good for? Is that use to restore all my apps+System data in stock recovery after I get back to KitKat and re-root?

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
I barely use it, I just backup my files to computer and my google apps are backed up on Google. But yes the update.zip does as you said but never backup system apps/data as you could run into issues. Only do it for apps you downloaded.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
I thought you'd only run into problems if you tried to restore system apps+data from one ROM to a different one? It wouldn't work when restoring on the same one?

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
True but I have heard it happen in this case as well.

http://www.s3forums.com/forum/galax...backup-pros-update-zip-restore-your-apps.html
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
Wow.

Well, even if I backup system apps with data, I can choose whether or not I want to restore it all. I can restore something as a tester, then boot into stock recovery and apply the update.zip if it was successful.

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Honestly I never tried that, I generally use it to freeze uninstall system apps now.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
Guess I'll be trying it out for the both of us lol.

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
Lol, hope it works out for you. I always enter with a clean slate to avoid problems, but unlike a lot of you I dont have much if any important data on my phone other than music. I can imagine how much it would suck to lose all that data though.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
It's the absolute WORST! Lol. And thanks. I hope it works out for me, too! ?

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] abhinav.tella:
idrive supports app data backup and has a $0.99 per year for 50GB for Android users as a new promo or 5.5GB for the free storage.
[Sprint LG G2] andriodee:
Google Drive gives you five for free. Then there's Mega and Box, and they give you fifty for free, as well.

Sent from my Sprint LG G2 running KitKat
[Sprint LG G2] dwr3ck3d:
Thanks for the help! I was able to find this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 and revert back to ZV8. Then got the OTA updates for ZVA and ZVC (I refuse to call it ZVB). Worked like a charm.
[Sprint LG G2] pvinodnayak:
As long as you are on the same phone you can backup even system apps related to Google. Once you backup, make sure you take a copy of Titanium Backup folder from internal of your phone and back it up on your pc. That's what I do, flash stock.tot & restore using TB.