yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skarloey28:
Ok I seem to have had more success than anyone but need someone to help finish the job. I have successfully been able to install undate.zip from the sdcard through recovery. You need to format your SD Card to EXT2. Once it is formatted correctly you will be able to install from the External SD Card. Everything installs successfully but the OS now seems sluggish and seems to freeze when trying to use root required apps. If someone could use what I have done and finish this that would be great. I used windows 7.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dscutta:
see i told ya but anyway have you tried this with the DATROOT.zip included with ioroot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skarloey28:
I tried it with one from a russian forum that had superus apk included. I am pretty sure it was just a modified DATROOT zip since it scrolled something regarding DAT during installation.

What is the status with your phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] handygeek7:
Thank you for the quick summary.

I Searched using http://ixquick.com a while back but wasn't sure what had happened since - that was specific to my device.

It sounds as though a Custom Rom remains out of reach ... sigh.

Thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Perhaps. I'm fairly competent at building ROM's. Specifically, CyanogenMod. Assuming LG has made sources public (like they're supposed to, I really haven't looked very hard), it shouldn't be too hard to get a bootable ROM made. I have a decent setup that could probably get CM built fairly quickly. Like I said, I really haven't looked very hard because I've been working too much (60+ hours a week). We're coming up into the slow season for my work though, so I should start dropping towards 30/40 hours a week and have weekends off, so after I get some things I've been putting off done I may jump into doing just that.

Want to help? If you can, find me a link to sources.

D631 users: 5.1.1 KDZ is definitely NOT available. Its also not a KDZ, its a TOT file with a DLL file from 10B. (4.4.2) I'm currently unsure exactly how to utilize this, as I've just received the email. However I'm sure there's a way to flash it. Also, if there's a TOT file for internal usage, why hasn't a KDZ been released for the D631? Can one of you guys go here and see if you come up with anything? http://devtester.ro/projects/lg-firmwares/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
There is nothing confirmed there for us, although I didn't input imei as I do not have the phone next to me right now. As for tot file, it can be flashed if and only if you have the desired DLL file for that file, which you said there was one. We ATT users don't have kdz simply because att only utilizes OTA updates, where as th. Verizon has the pc updater, hence why it is kdz for them and not us. No att phone to date has ever had a kdz, well official anyways.

edit: confirmed nothing there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Thanks for explaining why you don't have a KDZ and exactly what that DLL file is for. In that case, it looks as though only the 4.4.2 10b TOT is available. I'll forward some PayPal cash towards him and pick it up for you guys. At least then you can go back to stock and update if you want.

Also thanks for confirming that there is no firmware available.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
No problem, here to help. So the tot/DLL file is for d631?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Yes, it is for the D631/AT&T variant.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
Interesting.. if it does work we are in a whole new level my friend. You had mentioned earlier about sources ... Are you talking about the ones on opensource.lge.com?

edit: specifically here for the d631? http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=d631
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I sure hope it works, or its a waste of money lol. Also, like I said, with having the D631 open to development without fear of bricking the device, that doubles the chances we have of getting anywhere with the phone.

Yes, those sources. I've been home long enough to shower, and its 8pm here. I usually don't even touch my computer at night. But I have my first Saturday off since March, and no commitments. So why not this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
What better way to spend your night doing this :)

Also, are you on Verizon or AT&T? If you need me to test it when you do get it I can.

Also also, if you do end up getting cyanogenmod made for the device, I as well can start making some Cyanogenmod based roms and such. Just making the CyanogenMod itself isn't really my cup o tea
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
I'm Verizon (VS880), but as the recovery works universally I'm guessing so will CM12.1. Paths might need modified a bit, but nothing too bad.

I'm still waiting on a reply for this TOT. I hear he's usually swamped with requests, but he does usually get to them. I also saw earlier today that PayPal had accepted the transfer, so he has my $, I'm just waiting on a link to download it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
Nice right on. Hopefully this turns out to work in our favor
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
[MENTION=4427107]bobdamnit[/MENTION] how did you even find this? I have been searching and have not been able to find anything relating to D631... only VS880 :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
A guy on Usenet sells them. I assume he works for LG, but I haven't asked.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
Ah well that makes sense then...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kraigkent:
Sincere Gratitude

I have to chime in with a big THANK YOU to krayzieone209 for figuring out how to downgrade. I don't know what made you think to try that but I'm so happy you did. I prefer Kit Kat to Lollipop so I plan to stay with VS88012A rooted. It shouldn't be a problem as long as I keep MMS Autoretrieve disabled. It's great to have my phone back the way I like it. Thanks again!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
D631 tot+dll

D631 users: Great news! I am currently downloading 10B TOT+DLL for you! As soon as I get it downloaded, I will upload it to somewhere else so you guys can have it. I acquired it, you guys gotta figure out how to use it. ;)

Edit: Its LIVE!!!!!!

Second edit: You WILL need LG Download mode to use this TOT file. I have a backup of the laf partition from the VS880 10B KDZ, but I don't know if it will work on the D631. I will link that as well, in case one of you wants to get very brave. It also appears as though your going to need "Megalock.dll". I will also link that here.

TOT + DLL Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f4doo8i0ngmbbel/LG D631 TOT DLL.rar?dl=0

VS880 10B laf: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ef7rgeuygwtlai3/laf.img?dl=0

Megalock.dll: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zc922iyvvm73650/MegaLock.dll?dl=0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
Will test when link is open :)

edit: HOLY @&^e*71&!@*@$!#(^)@!*&^(! [MENTION=4427107]bobdamnit[/MENTION] you are the man. WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!

D631 Users: please download the file marked above for tot/dll. also download the megalock file above.

a big thanks to [MENTION=2607037]hyelton[/MENTION] for this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2432476, Once you go there scroll down to "2015 TOT Method" and do exactly that. Worked flawlessly for me, and I'm currently dusting off my soft bricked vista :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krayzieone209:
[MENTION=4427107]bobdamnit[/MENTION]: My apologies for the delay with my system image, my Linux box has been down with a hardware failure. Now that i have that resolved, I once again have access to my projects.

Here are the links:

Flashable zip with Bumped 23A boot image, 23A modem image & pre-rooted 23A system image:

https://mega.nz/#!GtVWlBJS

Bumped 23A boot image:

https://mega.nz/#!e5V1ET4Z

Nandroid backup of 23A boot & system image:

https://mega.nz/#!S9sFUBgT

The only way I have been able to have working service so far, is to keep the 11B modem image on the phone. So in case you might need that too, here it is:

https://mega.nz/#!DglFBajQ

Unfortunately though, after a few hours my phone would drop service & immediately reconnect. Although still functional, I don't consider it a success.

I have also tried manually updating the partitions similar to what autoprime had done with the G3 in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412?nocache=1

I had the same results as with using Bump.

My ideas for my next plan of action are to:

1) Get a proper recovery built for the VS880 & possibly continue with a full ROM. So here's a copy of the 23A

source code downloaded from LG:

https://mega.nz/#!vpsRjCbb

2) It seems to me that if we can take apart a KDZ, we should be able to assemble one. Especially since we have an

official KDZ to duplicate.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
No problem. Glad you got your system back up and running. :)

1. Recovery needs to be done before anything else. I have very little experience building CWM/TWRP. Possibly you have more experience? Also, your MEGA link for LG source is encrypted and requires a key for decryption. I could not access it.

2. We can indeed build a KDZ, however I believe CRC checks are in stock recovery that check the KDZ for sha1/md5 hashes, and unless we can create a KDZ with the exact sha1/md5 of a stock KDZ, it will never work. We can create a KDZ that will flash in non-stock recovery, but why? If you have non-stock recovery you might as well just create a flashable zip. Better to take apart the stock 23A KDZ and create a flashable zip out of it for use in newly created recovery.

Edit: In fact, all of your MEGA links are encrypted. I can't access any of it. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krayzieone209:
A little over a month ago, I'm fairly sure I read in this same thread, another member had stated that he was able to downgrade from 23A to 10B by renaming the kdz. I could be wrong, but since you asked, I'll look back through posts to see if I can find it again.

On another note, I misplaced my copy of the 12A kdz. If you have a copy of it, would you be willing to share it with me? I prefer it to 11B & have been kicking myself for deleting what I thought was a duplicate copy, but was actually my only copy.

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Checking to see what happened with that. Back in a few
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Beautiful! I'm thrilled! That's a LOT of softbricked D631's I just saved. Totally worth the $15. Thanks for testing and confirming that it works. I had no way to do that lol.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krayzieone209:
I copied the links wrong. Here are new ones:

23A source code:

https://mega.nz/#!elEngIAQ!JATzU1_Fug34NMTHEAgdxhrBXKUAB7QzzqDz98emtU0

23A flashable zip:

https://mega.nz/#!K4s3HbbT!RZIRKarvGI1mFWo24BoNtjJMcNayzhXn4UGEr9Ms2uQ

Bumped 23A boot image:

https://mega.nz/#!348RlabD!PSK6USWnPCvgRNEIXYLrDUHz8aTpqVNbfhVj0FEFS64

23A nandroid backup:

https://mega.nz/#!rg923aCL!ilfKT_jEQEj0JamcpCFz_aUhnsi91d1Kp1L6yY-tIbY

11B modem image:

https://mega.nz/#!S8sCwJTR!YR5xkCnaJcnBjn9882q4jRV8s9rWe1YjYHVjcaXyj9U

My apologies for the inconvenience
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
No inconvenience. I got them all. I'll take a look at sources and see about getting them working with CyanogenMod. There's a lot of very similar LG devices running CM, so any trip-ups should already be fairly well documented. I have off time on Friday, so I'll probably spend most of that day online researching while I update my build rig. It needs some TLC. (Software, not hardware.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
Just a few screenshots of my phone showing that I do not have root anymore and am on lollipop on ATT D631 for anyone wondering if using .tot/dll file method gets rid of root so you can upgrade.. So I hope this answers that question.

edit: [MENTION=4427107]bobdamnit[/MENTION] I thought 5.1.1 was rooted? or are you talking about for D631? We only have 5.0.2 and I thought someone said kingroot worked for them. I could be wrong though
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Glad it worked out for you. Hopefully we can get 5.1.1 rooted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkman08:
How-to flash .tot/.dll File

Okay so many people have been wondering how to do this so I thought I would make a step by step guide so you all can see what to do.

First off: I am not held responsible to what you do to your phone. You are taking responsibility on doing this to YOUR phone. I am just sharing with you guys what had worked for me.

THIS WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR DEVICE SO PLEASE BACK-UP IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO AN EXTERNAL SOURCE.

This turned my soft-bricked 4.4.2 rooted D631 into a fully working D631 on latest lollipop update.

IF YOU HAVE A CUSTOM RECOVERY AND NO LAF PARTITION THIS WILL NOT WORK. PLEASE LOOK THROUGH THE FORUMS TO FLASH THE PARTITIONS BACK!

Guide coming soon...

1. Download [MENTION=4427107]bobdamnit[/MENTION] s files from here .tot/.dll file and here Megalock.dll

2. Download LGFlashTool, courtesy of [MENTION=2607037]hyelton[/MENTION] here LGFlashTool

3. Copy the Megalock.dll file into the folder where LGFlashTool was created. (Ex. mine is in C:/LG/LGFlashTool)

4. Turn your phone off and when it is fully off, plug the phone in WHILE HOLDING down volume up button (this puts the phone into download mode)

5. You need to change port settings on device manager to COM41 so that the program will recognize the phone in download mode. Please refer to the pictures attached on how to do to.

6. Now that you have everything set up, launch LGFlashTools IN ADMINSTRATOR mode. Once you do that, click on manual mode and insert files into designated spot. Check attachment "D631 update" to make sure its right.

7. You should now get this screen here https://www.dropbox.com/s/a896jjt54xzohnh/D631 update2.jpg?dl=0 Notice how all of the D631's information in the top right corner :)

8. Press the yellow arrow to start the update! NOTE: Update might not start right away. After waiting 10 sec, if it still did not start, unplug the phone and plug it in again. You will know when it starts.

9. DO NOT TOUCH PHONE OR DO ANYTHING WITH IT OR FLASHTOOL UNTIL THE COMPUTER SCREEN SAYS FINISHED. Once it says finished, your phone should either be rebooted or in a blue "Factory Reset 3" status. Just simply wait 5 seconds and pull your battery to restart your phone.

10. Phone turned on, update google play services, etc. complete stock phone, update to lollipop within 2 hours. PROFIT!

11. Don't forget to thanks if I helped you, and please whatever you guys do, enjoy lollipop!

BIG THANKS to [MENTION=2607037]hyelton[/MENTION] for the guide on flashing tot for the G2, the pictures and download for lg flash tool, without him it wouldn't be possible for us to flash our files.

also to [MENTION=4427107]bobdamnit[/MENTION] for going out of his way and helping us D631 users for the .tot/.dll file so we can enjoy our lovely phones :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LupusGallus:
I'm about to attempt this. Will post again in a few hours confirming success or not.

On a second note I noticed before that when trying to flash the 10b/11b KDZ to downgrade, that a specific driver would not initiate and basically fail to communicate with the device for the flash. Does this not happen with the newer file or is something on my phone not set up properly? Didn't have that issue before when downgrading and removing root on KK, only since I went to 5.1.1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Those of you trying to get Megalock and the TOT/DLL...

Apparently I did not realize that so many D631 users needed these files. Dropbox has suspended my public links, so as SOON as I get home from work, I will reupload the files to a different host (Or several different hosts) so that this doesn't happen again.

My apologies.

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You must start the flash with the ORIGINAL 23A KDZ. Once you see "expanding software" pull the phone cable from the computer.

Inside LGFlashTool2014 folder, remove the ORIGINAL 23A KDZ and replace it with 10b RENAMED EXACTLY AS 23A! Then plug your device back in. It will flash no problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyelton:
Your welcome to host them on my server if you'd like
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Superb! Please PM me with details. I should be home around 6pm EST (About 3 1/2 hours) and should be able to get it all sent over tonight. The TOT + DLL is around 1.8GB. I'm not even going to give you Megalock, as its pretty available elsewhere.

Many many thanks for the free hosting!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LupusGallus:
Don't know if it's because I used 11b, but I'm stuck on the Verizon screen loop.

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Flashed it wrong. Did Emergency > CSE flash and I'm up and running on KitKat again!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Glad you got it working!

Could I get a copy of 11B? For some reason, I don't have it. I have 10B and 23A but no 11B. I know another user asked for it also.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rueta1:
Can't seem to get the pre rooted 23a zip file to boot. Hangs at the verizon screen. Also tried the nandroid backup and same results.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LupusGallus:
Got the 11B KDZ from here: (Direct download) http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downl...016432109876543213/VS88011B_00.S11B_00.R5.kdz
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Not enough space. It'll only let me do 100Mb in a single file. For me to be able to use this, I'd have to split a 1Gb RAR file into 10 100Mb pieces and upload them, then share all ten links. Thats just not worth it. I'll upload it to MEGA.

Thanks again.

TOT + DLL File downloads:

MEGA Link: https://mega.nz/#!bV8wSIYJ!NwKZ3nZk9J7uVjPjBQxPLHF-K1lvsZKu5R5iEU5bpJM

Dropbox Link: Nothing I can do for Dropbox. You guys hammered my account and they've temporarily disabled public links. Not sure how long it takes to reset.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LupusGallus:
rename the 10B/11B file back to its original, then flash again in the LG flash tool using EMERGENCY > CSE FLASH.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
That won't work. The 23A pre-rooted zip file is meant to be flashed in a custom recovery, like ClockworkMod, not in LGFlashTool or LG Flash Tool 2014. I haven't given the pre-rooted flashable zip a shot yet, however I do have CWM installed. I may nandroid and give it a shot. Perhaps I can get it to boot and maintain cellular connection. (In fact, thats exactly my plan.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LupusGallus:
Woops! Did not realize they were speaking of the .zip. Thought they were using the KDZ flash. Carry on
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rueta1:
Let me know if it boots for you, Thanks. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Can do. As soon as I figure out how to save a nandroid to the friggin external SD card. I'm used to TWRP which does it by default, so this is kind of bugging me. As of now, I have no way to create a nandroid (internal SD card is too full) so I'm hesitant to try this. I might just give it a shot and if it fails, reinstall the laf partition and use the 11B KDZ to go back to total stock. However, I need my phone tomorrow, so its going to have to wait until Saturday unless someone can tell me how to nandroid to the external SD card.

Edit: Its not possible. For some reason, recovery doesn't see the external SD card, so basically its useless to me. Even rooted and debloated there isn't enough free space on the internal SD card to perform a nandroid. We really need a proper recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmcooperjr:
Hard brick?

Hello everyone. I've been following this thread to see about rooting my VS880 on 5.1.1. Tonight I took the plunge to downgrade to 4.4.2 so I could root that while waiting. Unfortunately I think I've got a brick now. The process went through as expected successfully flashing the 10b firmware. Then upon completion it rebooted, which is normal. That was the last I saw of my precious though. Now it won't boot... at all. No status light flashes, won't show charging, won't boot to download mode. Basically it responds to all button combinations as if the battery was out, complete darkness. The only sign of life I can get is connecting via USB and seeing it show up in Device Manager as QHSUSB_BULK.

Anybody have a thought on what else I can try?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
She's dead, Jim. It somehow blew all partition info away. It's fixable, though.

Basically, install the Qualcomm drivers to see if your in 9008 or 9006 mode. Follow this thread (but only as a tutorial!) and I will see about pulling apart the 10/11B KDZ and pulling all the partitions. Then you have to manually install the partitions using that forum thread as a tutorial.

Your in for a world of trouble, I think. This doesn't look like its going to be easy. I'd start hoping you have insurance or a warranty.

Edit for link: http://xdaforums.com/lg-g2/general/fix-unbrick-lg-g2-stuck-qualcomm-hs-usb-t2933830?styleid=19
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmcooperjr:
Doh! I've been rooting/roming Androids since the days of Froyo and never had one go this arwy. No warranty/insurance, so I'm willing to try anything for a chance to resurrect her. Certainly would appreciate any time you put towards it.

I'll review the thread you sent and await further instructions. Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaverslayer:
You didn't happen to download the 10B tot for the D631 and flash it by chance did you? I know during the ole Samsung Galaxy days people would flash international version ROMS on the ATT phones and brick them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Since you were downgrading to 4.4.2, I'll assume you took the 23A OTA. I'll extract the 23A KDZ and look into how you go about flashing those files to resurrect your device. But, first things first. Power the device off by removing the battery. Hold volume up and insert the battery. If the phone doesn't turn on, plug it into the computer and it should turn on. It should show the LG logo and go to a black screen. Fire up a Command Prompt and throw it a fastboot command. (Fastboot devices) If it doesn't respond, we definitely need to look into flashing partitions. (There's a lot, and I'm not sure where they all go as of yet.) Hope your Linux skills are up to snuff.

If you can get fastboot to work, we can just flash boot, laf, and, aboot and re-run the 23A KDZ install in LG Flash Tool 2014.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmcooperjr:
No, I got the 10b from an earlier post in this thread. VS88010B_03.S10B_03.R5.kdz to be exact.

The only oddity I can relay is the LG Flash Tool 2014. I downloaded the one from the first link in that XDA thread and could never get it to work (kept giving me Upgrade Failure). So I was reading down that thread and somewhere found where the original poster provided another exe for someone who was having a problem. The other files weren't included so I replaced the original in the LG FT folder and ran it, looked the same. I'll try to find it for reference. Anyway that version worked like a champ... well until it put my phone in carbonite :eek:

Nobody lose any sleep over this. If it's a lost cause I can buy another. Just hoping maybe I wouldn't have to tell the wife I broke it!

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No activity from those steps. I don't get any response on the screen, not even a flicker.

The fixed exe for LG FT I mentioned is on Page 10 of that thread posted by quangnhut123.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdamnit:
Then you definitely need to flash partitions. If it was me, I'd probably buy a new phone and consider the VS880 a challenge.