yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Someone else with a rooted device can pull the app, I would but I am hesitant to root without a recovery or a way to flash a new image
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
Did you do a hard reset after you were finished?
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Nop, but I remember that happened when I started messing with gravity box. So I cleared the app data and took my time on selecting the only things I need. Everything is back to normal, just don't know what I enable inside the app to make the LG apps not usable.

But thanks for trying to help, :) now what's the benefit of getting the costume recovery? If I brick my device can I unbrick it since we have costume recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Since I am new to this thread, has any progress been made on that front?
[General Questions and Answers] marth141:
I would say to read the thread, since I wrote a long post on the current state of the LG Volt. But to explain again, there has been progress made but we're kind of at a skill plateau.

User, danhalen1 I believe was the one who managed to crack the boot-loader and make it semi-usable. However, we have one big issue where the boot-loader isn't 100% open right now so we can't flash a recovery without getting a catastrophic error. We are able to run a live custom recovery (The same way you would run a live linux off a flash drive or CD), from what I've heard, that is capable of making images, I'm not sure about flashing images. You could call it half of a custom recovery, by all regards.

So, the problem we're facing is, there is just something in the code for the boot-loader that is not letting us do anything and no one is quite sure what it is. danhalen1, if I remember right, did say he was hoping someone more experienced would jump onto the LG Volt. This is honestly something we were all hoping for, but so far, I believe anyone more experienced is probably playing with higher end phones than the LG Volt. Even now, Virgin has the HTC Desire 816. HTC is very easy to mod, even having their own website to get a boot-loader unlock code from them. Considering the HTC Desire 816 also has better specifications than the Volt, it seems that more people are probably working on that. The Volt is nice, would be better with a custom rom, but unfortunantly, I don't think anyone with a lot of experience has any interest in the phone. We're kind of on our own over here.
[General Questions and Answers] robles4242:
Is there a working method to remove or bypass the Virgin Mobile data throttle? This sllllooooowwww speed is killing me!!! Im rooted, and not running the update.
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
The throttle is most likely server-side

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Very informative, thank you for your time
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
It doesnt work [emoji34]
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Not sure, have you tried much googling? Things that work on other devices should work on this
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
I downloaded the wrong app (autorun manager) i opened autostart manager and it forces close pffttt
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Not sure then
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
I found a solution. Theres an an app called disable service. It works great
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Is anyone else having write problems to an external sdcard?
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
Use this app to fix the issue https://play.google.com/store/apps/...store&pcampaignid=APPU_Gt0uVMuqMbOUsQTC-oDYAw
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Well since this requires root how would you recommend rooting, I got the update that came a few days ago.

Also, what does the spinning sun on the status bar mean?
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
Did u install the update?
[General Questions and Answers] ronaldg4181967:
root for LG volt ?

It there a root for the LG volt? If so how would I go about doing it?
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
Yes as long as u dont install the ota update
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
So I did install it, did it patch root?
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Has anyone looked at BaiduRoot? I saw someone said it worked after ota.

Edit: It's got a 5 out of 54 on virus total??
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
Unfortunately, yes
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
How bad was it?

Edit: I looked at the permissions on this app and NO ONE SHOULD USE IT EVER!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
My antivirus won't even let me visit it's download pages
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
But u can downgrade

[quote name="mountaindweller" post=55678188]Sadly, My LG Volt (VM) lost root after receiving an update yesterday. This great performing but relatively inexpensive phone was easy to root using "Towelroot". I had a working wifi tethering app on my Volt that has since stopped working due to loss of root access. If anyone hears of a method that will root a <b>post update Volt</b> please let the community know. Thank you! Incidentally, I tried using Framaroot, Kingo and of course Towelroot without success.[/QUOTE]<br />

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http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/872005-rom-zv4-updated-stock-rom.html<br />

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This will outline what you need to do. You need to downgrade using flashtool and download mode to genericls740 build. Then root, enable fastboot, and boot my cwm recovery and then you can flash the z4 zip donjuro made.<br/>
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
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http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/872005-rom-zv4-updated-stock-rom.html<br />

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This will outline what you need to do. You need to downgrade using flashtool and download mode to genericls740 build. Then root, enable fastboot, and boot my cwm recovery and then you can flash the z4 zip donjuro made.<br/>[/QUOTE]

Well that flash a whole new Image eg. A reset?
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
Well that flash a whole new Image eg. A reset?[/QUOTE]

I can confirm this working! Successfully downdgraded to version 3 and re-rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
What did you disable to get the system update notification to go away

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What did you disable to get rid of the system update notification
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
Open the app and go to system apps. Select "Google Services Framework" then uncheck the "SystemUpdateService" box
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
Unfortunately the update still shows
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
Did u reboot ur phone?
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
That did the trick. It's still in the pulldown menu, but my status bar is clear
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Does anyone else use gosms pro and have mms problems?
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
I got rid of it by going into Google freamwork appinfo and disable notification.

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Anyone knows of a Audio enhancement or something like beats audio for this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Whole phone or just a player? Player pro has its dsp pack which is actually really good
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Whole phone without bricking it lol
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Not sure then, compile pulse audio for Android :P
[General Questions and Answers] robles4242:
How did you get to that page to view those options and boxes? I went to setting, apps, google framework, disabled notifications, it went away for a little then come back, i want to get where your at.

Someone said "open the app" then goto apps ect.... whats the first "app"?
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
The app is called disable service. I will still see the update when I pull my taskbar down, but the notification icon is gone.
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
I used gravity box to get rid of the notification and when pulling down the taskbar
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Anyone have a problem with apps being constantly killed? Player plus and OpenVPN for me, keep getting killed by the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] robles4242:
Can you delete the update file? I went to the framework and removed show notifications andwent to the app listed above and unchecked the service update box nut it keeps showing up and is annoying as all hell!
[General Questions and Answers] robles4242:
I also have one other question reguarding cell reception, i dont think any of the apps work to give you better service, i updated my PRL, is there anything else i can do to get a better signal (calls and or data signals)?

Also on the back cover battery plate, i see two metal tabs, i see they connect to some type of sticker with a conductive grid under it... is this an "antenna" and can it be modified or upgraded to work better?
[General Questions and Answers] Ph0enix_216:
The antenna on the battery cover is for NFC, according to the user manual.

Also, you can delete the firmware update. You'll need a root file explorer to navigate to /cache/, and it's a 250ish MB update.zip.

>>>Sent from my rooted LGLS470 (Volt)<<<
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Recovery

What if we take the update file and replace the recovery.img file in with the one that was made for our phone?

Edit: That way if we flash this update then we can simply flash back the broken kernel and get root back or even better flash the su files
[General Questions and Answers] Ph0enix_216:
That would require someone to pull the update first. I think it's possible, but don't we need a way to sign the update for use with the stock recovery?

>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.4... or maybe it's a Kindle Fire HD running Cyanogenmod 11<<<
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
I can post the update zip if that will help? I'm trying to see if there is any way to turn this update into something we can use.
[General Questions and Answers] Ph0enix_216:
You can post it, sure, but it's just a matter of a.) finding someone with the knowledge of adding the recovery image and root and zipping it all back together, and b.) finding someone willing to test it with the risk of bricking their phone. I'd do both, but I'm a poor community college student who can't afford to buy another phone if I brick it.

EDIT: We do have a way of booting ClockWorkMod via fastboot from a PC, so signing the update.zip may not be a problem after all (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.4... or maybe it's a Kindle Fire HD running Cyanogenmod 11
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
Where is the update zip stored?
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Under /cache/ but you need a root explorer

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I think all that if it fails all that will happen is the update will fail. Because it should just be looking at the cert and say ya or ney to installing it. but then again i could be wrong.(most likely am)
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
So to downgrade from the update all I have to do is fastboot, flash the recovery and then the z4 rom correct?
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
From what i understand you boot into the recovery not flash it(correct me if i'm wrong)
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
That's what I meant, live boot into it, but the custom rom will not require anything special to be done to go from 4.4 to 4.3
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
I believe so, do a backup first just because its a good thing to do.

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tried modifying the update got status 7 from the clockwork recovery and a cert error from stock so i guess thats not going to work
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
So even though it is only a live boot it works just like an installed cwm?
[General Questions and Answers] danhalen1:
yes it will backup/restore/flash stuff just fine. Here's the thread on a different forum where donjuro took the update and made it flash able.

http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/872005-rom-zv4-updated-stock-rom.html
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Sounds great, I'll try it tonight
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
So , I put the CWM image on both the Internal and External but both times when in fastboot it loads a Firmware update page with 0% on it and my command just says "Waiting for device"

EDIT: I followed this: http://androidforums.com/volt-all-t...r-no-flashing-needed-working.html#post6660832 to try to enable fastboot but I do not have root to run the command
[General Questions and Answers] danhalen1:
So you have already done the OTA update to z4? How did you delete laf if you dont have root? if you are still on z3 use towelroot to root. If you are on z4, you will have to downgrade to z3 by following http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/861292-how-restore-phone-dl-mode.html . Then root and follow the link i posted earlier. my cwm image needs to be on the computer so when you run fastboot boot cwm.img it will upload it to the phone then run it.
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
do you have access to a computer?
[General Questions and Answers] trueword1:
donot hesistate

i was hesistating a lot b4 rooting my note 2 ,but actually i followed the steps very carefully and the mission done successfully and now i almost have note 3 s5 hybrid instead of stock note and either way the guaranty period expired
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
It doesn't work on our phone
[General Questions and Answers] trueword1:
but i have another phone which is note 2 not LG
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Then go post about it in the Note 2 section

Edit: Here is the link: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-2
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
Yes, Linux and Windows

I am a recent purchaere of the Volt, never did a custom ROM. The day I got it the latest OTA was pushed.
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
What you need to do is use adb and fastboot to execute those commands from your computer. Let me see if i can find a good link for you.
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
But the CWM page said fastboot had to be enabled over download mode, which requires root.
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
go here and follow the instructions. DON'T use terminal emulator and you shouldn't need root.

http://androidforums.com/volt-all-t...ck-bootloader-no-flashing-needed-working.html
[General Questions and Answers] danhalen1:
It does. I would double check in settings >about phone> software information >build number. If you are on ls740zv3 use towel root. If you are on ls740zv4 you need to use something else to downgrade back to zv3. Here is a tutorial i wrote on another forum.

http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/874943-so-you-upgraded-z4-lost-root-guide.html

This brief tutorial lets you go back to zv3, then root, then get fastboot, then boot cwm to flash the debloated zv4 so you will updated and still have root.
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Actually if you flashed the rom listed here: http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/872005-rom-zv4-updated-stock-rom.html you should be able to use towel root to get root back

Edit: It's basically the OTA update with the v3 kernel so towelroot will still work on it.
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
The second command used is "su" which I cannot

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How would I go about flashing without cwm?
[General Questions and Answers] dtb1987:
Try to use towel root, if that doesn't work try this: http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/874943-so-you-upgraded-z4-lost-root-guide.html

You will have to downgrade and then flash the upgrade listed in the link
[General Questions and Answers] lil-g-gamegenuis:
does the ota get blocked by root?

i have been trying to update but during the install it stops half way and reboots

also what does the ota have and is there a point to download it?
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
So if I upgrade to v4 and than downgrade and re root than upgrade by flashing the v4. I can have root? Or do I have to just stay on v3?
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Does anyone know how can I edit this shortcuts?
[General Questions and Answers] Child's Play:
This
[General Questions and Answers] hunterk11:
.[/QUOTE]

I am on zv4 and that downgrade looks like a real pain in the ass, especially since 4g and multiple carriers are involved. I think I will just wait for the next masterkey. Thanks for yalls time though
[General Questions and Answers] progamerqwerty:
Hey guys I am having a lot of issues with my phone the lg Volt I rooted it and used the app freedom which when I uninstalled messed up my hosts file. So normally I would just delete the file and go on with my day. Well now instead of doing that my device updated and got unrooted and towelroot which was how I rooted it before says my phone isn't supported. I have a pc if needed but could one of you please help me root this phone again but without a one tap root because none of those are working. I have tried running adb commands on my computer but it says error no device found every time so thankyou for reading and I would be so great full. if you could help me with this thankyou
[General Questions and Answers] sellersj27:
There is a link to androids forums a few posts up that will detail what you need to do. Give that a read and if you need help just post here.
[General Questions and Answers] Kroniq:
Can somebody help me out a bit? I'm on Boost and I have rooted and tried to update to zv4. It downloads the 236 mb zip and then i let it install. It gets about a quarter of the way through and quits. I was thinking maybe it was the root so i did a factory reset and realized that it didnt even reset anything. Still had all my apps. Still have root but it will not allow me to finish activating it without a force close. I was wondering if root was the problem keeping me from updating, or what. I cannot use any lg apps on my phone either after a reset.

I was also wondering if someone could provide me with lghome.apk and the home selector apk. I have tried downloading them but to no avail. Id rather have the one made for the volt instead of one for a different device
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
have you tried kingo root or Vroot? i could be wrong but i remember seeing that the bootloader is unlocked on the device.
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Yea I try them still no luck!

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I try to root with the method to root the lg g2 and took me to recovery to update from adb but since the the dev doesn't support this device it couldn't push the superuser file to system. I wonder what we need? Like what type of files!?
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
you should be able to push superuser to there even if its not rooted. did you enable USB debugging?

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Hey guys just found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2732311 try it out!
[General Questions and Answers] aguba:
This method looks like it could work

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2732311
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Yes I enable USB debugging but computer says can't recognize the USB device.. Even after installing the drivers

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Can't wait to try this! But have to wait to buy an sdcard :( have any of y'all try this yet?
[General Questions and Answers] :
we've been having the same issues at android forums

http://androidforums.com/f90-all-things-root/849037-root-developer-options.html

cant get windows to recognize adb drivers upon using the adb reboot recovery command

it shows up in device manager as an unknown device, and doesnt respond to adb commands.

http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-LGLS740

on lg's site there are no drivers or anything on the volts page either may have been updated *shrugs*

ive had 0 luck as well tried many root methods motochopper saferoot adb sideloading some methods for the g2 and the l90
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Have you try the link above ^ ^ ^ ?
[General Questions and Answers] :
not yet at work will try and post later
[General Questions and Answers] staknhalo:
Whelp, this phone had a short life in my inventory. I decided to buy the Moto G LTE, and will be returning the LG Volt when the Moto G arrives and going from Virgin Mobile to T-Mobile. The Volt has NFC, an IR port, a larger screen (albeit, a lower resolution one), a nicer camera, and muuuuuch better battery. While the lower resolution of the Volt doesn't bother me - the screen has very poor color accuracy compared to the G (I compared it to one in person). Also, seeing how fast Motorola churned out 4.4.3 after its release; along with their commitment to future software updates for their handsets - that alone is worth the $70 price difference to me. Even when they don't provide updates anymore, the G has a very, very, very, active ROM community. I realized I would be surprised if the Volt even receives one insignificant OS update, let alone a major one - so i jumped ship.

Best of luck everyone here with their Volts; these phones are really great for the price. I just decided all the pros didn't outweigh the con of official software updates/community support for me alone. Enjoy :laugh::good:
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Off topic:

What prepaid plans T-Mobile has? Do they have unlimited data?
[General Questions and Answers] staknhalo:
Yeah, I'm going with the $30 prepaid plan, which gives me 100 talk minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data (first 5GB @ 4G speeds).

You can see the plans here: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
Wow that's better than boost .. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
I saw this guide just like the link provided early.. But hey it claims to root this device ...

http://www.thetechbulletin.com/how-to-root-lg-volt-ls740-on-kitkat-4-4-4114/
[General Questions and Answers] jglm4u:
I'm sorry guys but I need some opinions. Should I trade this phone for the moto g from boost?
[General Questions and Answers] Tesla74:
Depends on how fast you need root. I'm going to give it a few weeks.. but if no root, I'm going with moto g. I wish boost had the LTE version of the moto g.

I posted some things to try over here.

http://androidforums.com/f90-all-things-root/849037-root-developer-options-3.html
[General Questions and Answers] NeoGraven:
I left the motog for this phone. The motog is a great phone though the display is smaller and is only 3g. The Volt has way better battery life too. But, if you want root bad enough, it's worth getting. I've found nothing I need root for on this phone other than using tb to back up my work apps. It will happen eventually
[General Questions and Answers] Deamonolith:
I have the lg volt(ls740) Ive tried rooting my phone as to the l90 and g2 guides. The only difference is that to get the recovery to stay open i had to type adb reboot recovery rather than typing adb shell and then reboot recovery. The problem im having with the guide is that the update.zip file in those guides does not have the proper signatures for my phone. It goes the same for the update.zip file from the tech site listed above anyone happen to be able to help me with this? Would it be possible to get it to recovery and odin flash the file onto the phone?
[General Questions and Answers] theminor19:
Odin is strictly for samsung devices in my experience so no it wont work
[General Questions and Answers] Tesla74:
Can you turn off the signature verification function from your recovery menu to disable the signature check?

Perhaps we can get the zip resigned.