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[T-Mobile LG G3] Jephre:
Hi again,

I finally got it to work via the TOT method. However, is my entire device (including internal memory) wiped? I'm planning to resell my device, I just want to make sure I have no more personal data on the device.
[T-Mobile LG G3] hyelton:
It sometimes will but I've seen it not. Why don't you just check??
[T-Mobile LG G3] Zachary droid:
I know dude, but maybe there's just something wrong with my computer/phone, it always does that,.. Idk why tho, its weird, but it worked, I'm good now,..
[T-Mobile LG G3] gunner05:
latest ota

Guys, what should i do.... I am on earliest build 10c flashed using purple drake (flashed it when they first came out in september). I ignored the OTA updates until now... I want to update to lollipop. What is the safest course of action? Downgrade to stock 10c, install latest OTA, then root again using purple drake?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Purple drake won't root 10 R so your best bet is to use the twrp guide to get on 10R rooted.
[T-Mobile LG G3] gunner05:
Ok, I am on 10c rooted right now. I want to update to lollipop 10r. What should be my next step? May require a little exta noobie guidance :)
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
R is still KitKat. Just read the twrp guide before you do it then use it as a reference as you flash R.
[T-Mobile LG G3] gpstrucker:
Thanks!

Wow, thanks for these instructions! Saved my phone. I stupidly took the latest OTA update hoping it was Lollipop, but it just wrecked my rooting and pretty much annoyed me. These instructions, TOT method, really helped. I was able to downgrade to 10c then root, install TWRP, and restore the nandroid backup I made prior to the OTA update.

The only part where I was stuck was figuring out how to reboot the phone out of MIniOS. Once I figured out the phone needed to be plugged in to get normal boot +power to work all was good.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Swizzle82:
Sorry if this has been covered.. I want to stay on 10m but want it to be clean again with root and revovery. If I flash 10m you're saying you have an option during installation to reroot and that I don't need to flash su zip or root with drake again? From what I read you're also saying that this will replace twrp with stock and I need to reflash twrp recovery once I boot back up?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Correct. Just a FYI twrp manager can bug out and say you still have twrp installed after flashing. Its wrong and should correct itself and flash twrp after a reboot. The prompt to install su is right before it reboots but after you select reboot and as long as you aren't flashing r it should work. Since the link is up you could just play it safe and flash su along with m.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Swizzle82:
Thanks a lot. I downloaded su just in case anyway.

Flashed flawlessly without wiping anything.. Didn't see option for root at end so flashed su zip anyway. Once I rebooted I installed busybox and downloaded su from the playstore. Twrp manager wouldn't let me flash 2.8.3 regardless of what I tried so I used flashify. Thanks for everything. You are one of the most helpful and unrude members I've come across here so thank you for that as well.
[T-Mobile LG G3] yuukimoonstar:
what would be the correct method to downgrade from 10r? also will i loose all my data?

thanks
[T-Mobile LG G3] hyelton:
Follow the OP.

When doing anything with your phone, always asume you'll loose Data so always backup it never hurts :)
[T-Mobile LG G3] tscholz2001:
Is there a difference of files for the 16gb model and the 32gb model?

I have the 32gb model but in the files there is no difference between the 16gb (2gb RAM) and 32gb (3gb RAM). Is it safe to flash?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
D851 16gb doesn't exist so yeah you are good to go.
[T-Mobile LG G3] bluegreenandroid:
I followed the TWRP method steps as posted on the OP but for some reason I needed up of a soft brick. I was able to revive my phone using the LG flash tool. I never saw the big 2 or 3 screen but it booted into the miniOS with the Auto Touch Test and "Do Not Touch the Screen" message. After I got an OK button it flashed a few colors and landed on the mobile menu. The phone didn't respond when tapped the "Normal Boot +Power" option until I held down Power and tapped the menu option. Then it booted normally. At the time my he was running rooted stock 10m, now I have rooted 10c once again.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Odd you soft bricked I think you are the first one for my twrp files. Yeah the end of the tot flash changed after you update to 10m I just never got around to changing it but as you found out it is pretty self explanatory on its own.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ohemetophobia:
Does what described mean I can flash TWRP after having 10r and then root via flashing the supersu binary?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Nope you need to downgrade before you can have twrp/root. The op root is for rerooting via twrp before first reboot. 10R broke all the rooting tools.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ohemetophobia:
This **** gets so irritating. I'll just wait to see if the rooting tools get fixed. I'm glad there is a fix for those that have more perseverance than me. All this losing data just isn't worth it.
[T-Mobile LG G3] brendan2012:
I could really use some help guys!

I just got the phone, and tried using Drake to root it, didn't work and read a bit and figured out I had the r version. I downgraded fairly easily to m. One thing I noticed when downgrading from r to m was that while my windows laptop showed the progress bar, my phones stayed at 0%.

Once I have m, I flash TWRP and Supersu, TWRP has some issues and tells me to get busybox. I do this, but busybox gives me some errors too. I reboot form TWRP into recovery to see if that works, it does. So I download a ROM (Liquidsmooth) and a lollipop kernal. I try flashing them, but on the reboot I get a "760 fastboot mode" error, which I believe is a softbrick.

Next, I try and use the soft brick tool to fix it. Everything goes fine until the port shows "ready" and I plug my phone in. The status bar reads 0% on the phone, and nothing happens.

Thanks for taking the time to help me out, and thanks for all the amazing resources that are included in this thread!

EDIT-

I tried something else and got a little farther along. I kept the phone plugged in, and once it said "Ready" I unplugged it for 5 seconds and then plugged it back in. This time I got it to 6% but encountered an error.

"Can't change to download mode"
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
I hear you on that, if you want to risk it and if the kdz method works for you it has a no wipe option. If you do decide to try make sure you back up just in case.

Have you tried to boot into twrp recovery? If you cant get into download mode or twrp I can help you use fastboot to fix your brick. I can tell you right now that your brick was most likely from flashing the wrong models kernel. There are several guides on how to use fastboot to flash what you need (aboot, boot, system, and recovery). Technically you should only need to flash the d851 aboot.img or .bin then you could use the tot or kdz method to get you back. Be warned I wont be able to help you with fastboot until later tomorrow sometime so ill edit this post with a link to the aboot for you then you can find a fastboot guide.

Edit* this should be all if not most of the partitions you will need other than the system which you can get by flashing the tot or kdz. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712472493 <-- these are taken from 10c if you want the system image download one of the twrp files from the op and use the system located in the zips.
[T-Mobile LG G3] christian2399:
hey how did you downgrade from 10r to m can you send me a link or tell if its either the ktd twrp or tot?im a nube sorry
[T-Mobile LG G3] hyelton:
The same way as upgrading or going back to stock. Its all the in OP
[T-Mobile LG G3] itsxshawnxbytch:
how to root with out loosing data

how can I root lg g3 d85110r tmobile with out losing data
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Somebody got purple drake working over the past few days. You can find his thread over in the development section. If that doesn't work for you then you could try to downgrade via kdz normal flash and hope you don't bootloop and need to factory reset.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Omarley01:
This recovered my device after my girl tried to update ota while rooted.....Thanks very much

---------- Post added at 04:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:55 AM ----------

Use Stump Root v1.2.0 then install super su and busybox from playstore
[T-Mobile LG G3] fr3d0x:
i was using cloudyg3 and works fine,but then i install this and works better no more lag,thanks..
[T-Mobile LG G3] troysyx:
Firmware Update screen

Hey everyone,

I'm having a problem using the TOT method (using this since i'm on windows 8.1). Every time i plug my phone in holding the volume up button to get into download mode, download mode comes up, but then turns into the firmware update screen after a few seconds. I changed the port to 41 and set everything up correctly, and when i go to plug the phone back in, the flash tool errors out at 15 seconds and says that it cant enter download mode. Any ideas what the problem could be? i've tried it multiple times using different ports just to make sure but the same thing happens.
[T-Mobile LG G3] s.pwyll:
Whenever I enter download mode the same thing happens--it has the little graphic that says download mode for a few seconds and then the Firmware Update screen comes on. Since I've had to use the TOT method twice now (and it's worked both times) I'd say the graphic is merely the "splash image" and it was a poor decision to call it "download mode" and then display "Firmware Update" on the screen while you're downloading the firmware to the phone. Same thing, just confusing to call it by two different names while you're using it.

As for your actual problem, the same thing happened to me on my first attempt to reflash the stock firmware and I just shut down the LGFlashTool and restarted it, with the phone still plugged in, and started over. It worked fine on the second attempt, and worked perfectly on the first try when I had to reflash it a couple days later.

I'm on Windows7 so I don't know if that would work for you or not.
[T-Mobile LG G3] troysyx:
Alright, so after it fails, keep the phone plugged in and exit out of LGFlashTool. Open LGFlashTool again and make sure everything is set up correctly and press the yellow arrow pointing to the right to start?
[T-Mobile LG G3] s.pwyll:
That's what I did. I don't know why it worked, or if it'll work for you, but I couldn't see a "try it again" option so that's how I tried it again.

Don't know if the different windows version will make a difference or not, but good luck with however you proceed from here :)
[T-Mobile LG G3] troysyx:
I'll definitely be giving it a shot tonight when i get home :). Thank you for the advice!

*It scared the crap out of me to unplug and do a battery pull at the Firmware Update screen where it said Dont unplug phone!
[T-Mobile LG G3] s.pwyll:
Ummm...I never pulled the battery. I've just re-read the TOT instructions in the first post of this thread and the only mention of pulling the battery is after the flash has been successful. And even then I did not pull the battery--just used the power button to turn off the phone and then turn it back on again. If you're pulling the battery on the Firmware Update screen, that may be your problem :)
[T-Mobile LG G3] troysyx:
haha, oh no. I pulled the battery because after it failed and i let it sit there for a few minutes just in case. I couldn't get the phone to power off. I held the power button multiple times, for almost 15-20s each time but it would just stay on the Firmware Update screen. So to make sure i didn't ruin my phone, i pulled the battery and made sure that it would power back up alright.
[T-Mobile LG G3] nani666:
Is there no way to root the T-mobile G3 with the firmware OTA installed without downgrading....?
[T-Mobile LG G3] s.pwyll:
Aha. I was hesitant to pull the cable too, so I waited a couple minutes to make sure it wasn't going to start dowloading/upgrading the firmware. I figured the waiting might have been what caused the failure the first time, so after I restarted the flashtool i pulled the cable as soon as it said "ready"--and got it back in the phone as soon as I could.

Back when I started all this flashing stuff on a Motorola Razr v3, one of the things I discovered was sometimes just trying over and over actually worked. When you're looking at a brick and you've got nothing to lose and nothing else to try it's both joyous and exasperating that the sixth attempt works when the first five identical tries were abject failures...
[T-Mobile LG G3] troysyx:
My experience

It Worked!!!!!

alright everyone, i decided i'd log my experience and what happened while following the instructions in case anyone else has something similar and needs some help:

I followed all the directions to the T (make sure and do this). after downloading, installing, and extracting all files needed, i went to the step to put my phone in download mode. When i did this, the phone showed a download mode screen for a few seconds and then went to a Firmware Update screen. After setting up LGFlashTool as the instructions told, i connected my phone when Com41 said Ready. After the connection established, it would time out at 15seconds and say it failed to go into download mode. To exit out of this, i unplugged and did a battery pull (i did this a few times with no errors). Finally, after getting yet another failure, i kept my phone plugged in, exited out of the FlashTool, restarted the FlasthTool and made sure everything was set up correctly. Pressed the Yellow arrow and waited for it to say ready. I let my phone stay connected for about 5-10 minutes, then quickly unplugged and then plugged it back in. The download started working and sending to my phone. At 89% my phone went into the miniOS scree and the FlashTool said it was waiting for the reset. After a couple minutes, the FlashTool error'd out and i was stuck in the miniOS. I had to hold the power button and press the Normal Boot (+power). after doing this, it restarted my phone. All my data was erased (I planned ahead for this just in case) and after going through the setup, i looked and i was back at 10c!

I should note that i'm on WIndows 8.1.
[T-Mobile LG G3] euler74:
Hey bro! I did the exact same thing, the phone boot up into t-mobile logo, restarted a second time then it went into download mode and FlashTool started the whole process again! can you please help? when do i need to unplug the usb cable?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Unplug it from the PC before you reboot normal. Just be safe and wait 10 - 20 seconds after its done.
[T-Mobile LG G3] euler74:
That worked! Thanks a lot.
[T-Mobile LG G3] askfriends:
i am following tot method, everything gone good, but at step 19 my phone restarted in mini os and some auto test performed, it do not power off so i removed battery and plugged it back, now whenever i switch the phone on it boots into mini os and nothing happens.

it is also worth mentioning here that in lg flash tool screen it says "Download Fail!!!" Error Usb Port Open Fail!

Please help me what happened and how to solve it??

Screenshot attached.
[T-Mobile LG G3] askfriends:
thank u so much. i also got stuck at mini os but did as u said "pressed the power button and click Normal boot (+power)".

thank u so much.
[T-Mobile LG G3] android4temo:
Thanks for this. The KDZ Method worked for me. I am now a rooted T-Mobile LGG3 user running Resurrection Remix Lollipop Rom.
[T-Mobile LG G3] labrea:
Hi all,

I am not a G3 user, yet but I will be getting one tomorrow from T-Mobile, I was stuck between Nexus 6 and LG G3, reason I like Nexus 6 was because of its Pure OS, I have had Samsung S3, S4 and S5 in the past but was not fan of pre-installed apps and sh*ts, this thread looks what I just need but just to confirm, can I flash stock, pure android onto LG G3 t-mobile ? If yes, which flashing method am I supposed to use? I've downloaded 10C, 10M and 10R, I assume 10R is the latest which I should install.

Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G3] hyelton:
For pure android you'd want a CM ROM. So you'd need to root etc.
[T-Mobile LG G3] labrea:
Well, I may used wrong word by saying pure rom, I may not want "pure" android, Nexus 6 like android will make me happy, I had many issues with CM, lots of force closes and etc.
[T-Mobile LG G3] fix-this!:
Are there any twrp flashable zip based modems for our g3?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Yes, but I don't keep track of the links. Your best bet is the reference thread which should be one below or one above this thread.
[T-Mobile LG G3] d88naimi:
Hello new to the lg g3 family, trying to root phone but on d851r and only access to a mac. Can someone point me in the right direction to go about downgrading and getting root thankyou
[T-Mobile LG G3] hyelton:
You'll need a PC to flash it in anyway to downgrade.
[T-Mobile LG G3] buckless:
success! thx op.had to get a replacement phone and it came with 10r. was able to follow instructions and am now back on 10c. fyi using windows 8,had to try multiple times as it would fail @6 seconds but it finally did it.no # 2 or 3 but did go to mini os. some scary **** for someone like me with limited computer knowledge. really appreciate this,donation coming! thx againu nique Transaction ID # 3G120804JJ703324Y)
[T-Mobile LG G3] bradbusa:
i just used the kdz file to flash 10r. i was using zonerom which i think is 10c?

will doing this put me on the latest bootloader, modem, etc? as if i had downloaded the 10r ota file?
[T-Mobile LG G3] mitbit2k3:
Zone is 10m and yes a KDZ flash updates everything.
[T-Mobile LG G3] bradbusa:
Awesome. Thanks. Idk how it happened but i insralled the 10r ota file from zonerom and got a twrp boot. Then i kdz flashed 10r, cse flash with wipe. And when it booted up, all my files and info are fully intact. Texts, all installed apps, password, search history, everything was still there
[T-Mobile LG G3] fr3d0x:
when lollipop comes out are you gping to update it?
[T-Mobile LG G3] hyelton:
update what?
[T-Mobile LG G3] fr3d0x:
The rom.
[T-Mobile LG G3] hyelton:
What rom? Theres no rom here. These are stock firmwares.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Yeah, I'll add both the kdz and twrp full update when it comes out.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Perfect thankyou for the update! Perhaps I should say ymmv at the 80% mark.
[T-Mobile LG G3] jordanyork:
You, sir, are a life saver! Having to send mine back in after rooting it on Saturday and didn't want to risk them sending it back. :) Thanks a million!

Also, to anyone that sees a message that the flash tool can't communicate with the server, DON'T FREAK OUT! Just move the window to the side and you will see that everything is still progressing and you should be all fresh and clean once it finishes. :)
[T-Mobile LG G3] sublimaze:
The root thread says that if you root via Windows command line, the root checker is tripped. Will this undo tripping the root check? If so, I may go ahead and root. I am already tired of ads taking up half of my browser pages.
[T-Mobile LG G3] tridogg97:
+1
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Im not sure guess we need to find someone who is flagged and convince them to try it out.
[T-Mobile LG G3] LGSilva:
I'm having problems with the kdz file download. The CRC does not match, I've tried chrome and firefox and 5 different mirrors. Any ideas?

edit:

Using another computer I was able to download the file...
[T-Mobile LG G3] kirdroid:
Can we flash the international firmware to T-Mobile model using this method? I don't want to be on carrier firmware and want get the updates from LG directly instead of our wonderful US carriers.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Im not saying it will be safe or that it is a good idea infact I would say don't do it but yes it should work if you can find a kdz. Will your phone power up after now that is the question. Seriously you shouldnt do it.
[T-Mobile LG G3] rbtady:
Not sure why I couldn't get this to work. I could get into download mode, but my phone wasn't being read. I'm not sure if it was the drivers or what, but it either got stuck at 2-4% on the normal flash and then would say error and to try to unplug an replug phone back in an still wouldn't work or it gave an error on CSE flash and said to install B2Capp, which I already did. Man I miss Odin.
[T-Mobile LG G3] rbtady:
Does the other method for international G3 work for the T-mobile version as well? This version did not work for me.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
You probably need c++ runtimes which I dont uave a link for right now but that one might. Other wise its the same flash program.
[T-Mobile LG G3] rbtady:
I'm just going to return mine and exchange since I've only had it 3 days. If this happens again, I will download C++. I wonder if being on Windows XP is also an issue.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Its possible especially if it hasn't been updated in years. Crappy thing is I don't think microsoft has the xp updates on their servers anymore.
[T-Mobile LG G3] raw2000j:
Worked great thanks
[T-Mobile LG G3] dems86:
Trying this out tonight, hopefully all goes well.

Thanks for this btw, great help.

Edit... worked perfectly, no issues at all
[T-Mobile LG G3] tridogg97:
Did it reset root counter?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Yeah it doesn't work with xp right now but I think he is working on a fix.
[T-Mobile LG G3] rbtady:
Thanks for the update. Hopefully, there will be a fix for xp users. I was able to return the phone for a new one too.
[T-Mobile LG G3] msarnowski:
I bricked my phone after purpledrake rooting and then changed thermal daemon mitigation and phone is just gone.. I had TWRP installed but when I went to factory reset and then restart through TWRP it says that I have no operating system installed.

So my question is, will this method wipe everything and install the phone back to stock (even with no operating system)?

Yes I can enter downloading mode still. Sorry, I'm kinda new to bricking phones and flashing rom...
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Yes
[T-Mobile LG G3] fr3d0x:
thanks,but i think that lollipop is here :D http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/stock-lg-d851-20b-t3062164
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Its not up to par for updating and downgrading. I'll just wait until the official kdz is pushed. That way its the final version with the updated modem. I'll check tonight its been a couple weeks since I checked.
[T-Mobile LG G3] fr3d0x:
i´ll wait for ur rom
[T-Mobile LG G3] 3165dwayne:
using twrp to return to stock for selling a phone

hey, I'm wondering if it would be fine to use the twrp method to return a phone to stock for selling it. Would it install updates from T-Mobile just fine? Is there any reason as to why I'd need to use the other methods instead of using twrp because I haven't seen any.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Vegasden:
It depends where you sell it. If on Swappa, you can sell stock/rooted. But, I'm pretty sure the only way the phone would take an OTA would be with stock recovery. If going all the way to back to stock, I used the TOT method in the OP.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Swizzle82:
Yes! Just the reason I came to have look at this thread, I am waiting on you. I have never had any problems with your flashable stock firmwares.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Yes, tot recommended but the kdz is also great to return to T-Mobile. If tot and kdz doesn't work follow the twrp method exactly then do a factory reset after first boot just to be safe. If you do that all traces of root should be gone including twrp. Just remember the my T-Mobile app reports root to a remote server so you could be flagged but I doubt they really care as long as its stock when they get it.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Added D85120B_00.kdz (lollipop)

Will add a twrp flashable for 20B in the next couple days hopefully tomorrow.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Djspinister:
Used twrp method a few times, but to no avail. I still have what I believe is a modem issue (signal of and on every 3 seconds or so). Only thing I can do is run lollipop but it has constant crashes/restarts/disconnects. Also cannot go to any ssl addresses on the web....
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Try a factory reset and see if that helps any.
[T-Mobile LG G3] fr3d0x:
Waiting for twrp [emoji4]