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[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Noone has the KDZ of either yet. It's not available yet. You don't have to downgrade to 10B. Flash the 12B KDZ, then use Activity Launcher from the Play Store to apply the 23B OTA.

You could dirty flash the 12B KDZ (Normal mode instead of CSE in LG Mobile Tool 2014) to keep your data. You'll lose root but you can reroot once on 23B.

There's a thread for the details around here.

Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59177992

Sent from my VK810 4G
[Verizon LG G3] leirazepol:
Tanks for the Reply.

The thing is that once the LG reboots to the Download mode to try to update it pops-up an error with a bunch of 11111000002x

i cant go on from there, it just reboots and comes back to normal.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You're welcome.

When you try to flash the 12B KDZ? That sounds familiar, I may have seen threads for that in these and other LG sections. Try Google:

XDA KDZ 111110000002x

or leave off the XDA to get results from all over.

Sent from my VK810 4G
[Verizon LG G3] leirazepol:
Thanks.

the error is when i tried to FOTA using activity launcher from stock Verizon updater assistant 12B to 23A using annoyingduck proccedure.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Weird. Hope you figure it out. You have the 23A.up file on the internal storage on a folder called SoftwareUpdate (from memory)?
[Verizon LG G3] sailorfreddy:
[MENTION=4795150]annoyingduck[/MENTION]

Thanked. My first foray in to downgrading/flashing/whatever, as the OTA to 5.0.1 from big red was all kinds of a mess for me. Your step by step guide helped a total noob get back to where I can flash something that isn't broken. Lots of these guides assume someone has been doing this for a while and lots of steps are either skipped or aren't completely explained. Thanks a ton for laying this all out.
[Verizon LG G3] jcvermillion:
kdz...woohoo!

Thanks for the thread and the link to the KDZ for VS985 [MENTION=4936949]hokiealumnus[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION] and thanks to [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2200907]avicohh[/MENTION] for easier rooting of the LG G3!
[Verizon LG G3] staypuft1652:
Thanks

[MENTION=4795150]annoyingduck[/MENTION]

I greatly appreciate you putting this guide together, along with providing the kdz files and tools. Thanks again.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
Will this work if my VZW G3 has downloaded the lollipop update but not installed it? When I go into download mode, it notifies me that there is a firmware update and it appears to start installing it. It does not identify what the firmware update is but I assume it is the lollipop ota. There does not appear to be a way to cancel the firmware update (aside from pulling the battery) . Any ideas?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
Yes, it will work.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
How do I know or prevent it from installing the verizon OTA update?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
You have to be rooted, and freeze or delete the update apps. I'm not in a position to look them up right now, but a quick search should show them. It's been discussed countless times.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
I know how to do it when rooted and I understand your comment but I am concerned that the OTA that has already been downloaded but not installed will install when I go into download mode. How do I make sure that does not install?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
Ahh, well you need to be rooted to delete this files. There in the fota folder, just delete everything in there.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
Therein lies the problem. I can't delete the problem file until I am rooted and if I go forward with the root method in here there is a good chance when I enter download mode that the vzw ota will install. Crap!!!!!!!
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
I'm not really seeing the issue. Let the OTA install, use the kdz to flash whatever build you want. It will be like new. I guess I'm just not understanding what the issue is with taking the update.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
If I take the update, is this root method going to be available? My understanding is that it would only work for certain software build numbers. I currently have 12B which, as I understand it, will work with this root method. I am afraid that if I take the OTA this root method will be closed off.
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
There is a root for Lollipop, look in my reference post above. It works, I have used it before.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
What and where is your "reference post"?
[Verizon LG G3] markfm:
See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2966958

The second post, the Mods section has a link for the root thread.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
Wow, there is a ton of information in that post. That is awesome. Thank you for the link. I appreciate the help. Thanks bweN diorD for all the work in compiling all of that info.
[Verizon LG G3] pacedrum69:
Will this work if I'm on rooted lollipop, running jasmine? 23c?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
My thoughts too...
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
Well, I actually used this method to revert back to 10B (and then root) and it worked perfectly. It did not install the verizon OTA as I feared it might.
[Verizon LG G3] pacedrum69:
After doing this, will I be able to update again to lollipop via OTA?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
If you're going to use this method to flash a KDZ anyway, why not just flash the 23C_01 KDZ from the beginning and you'll already have the official Lollipop? Otherwise, yes you could use this to flash the 12B KDZ and you'd get the OTA for 23C_01.

The 10B KDZ is actually 10B_01 which wasn't official so OTAs won't work with it, but the 10B_03 TOT would accept OTAs.
[Verizon LG G3] Punchieo:
Why is there no 10B_03 kdz?
[Verizon LG G3] markfm:
It just depends on what community members have picked up and contributed. The person who contributed 01 was oriented towards getting people a kdz from which they could root and go to a custom recovery, which it does quite well at.
[Verizon LG G3] annoyingduck:
We missed it, they dropped 11c before we could grab it. Lg changed how their update tool downloads, before it didn't download a direct kdz, I didn't realise the change until after 11c, or I'd have grabbed the 10b.03 when I got the phone. Nobody has it, or if they do they are not sharing it. At any rate, it's not needed now that root is available for all firmware. Though the 10b.01 is my preferred way anyways
[Verizon LG G3] newbie4ever:
if i use KDZ. will it rewrite my partitions too? i tried to bump while on 23c... now i have no recovery... any help would be appreciated
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
As long as you can get to Download mode, a KDZ will put your phone back to completely stock unrooted, all partitions including Recovery. It will wipe your internal storage, too, so if you have anything on it you want to save and you have access to move the files, move them to your external SD card.
[Verizon LG G3] Sirrometan:
I am trying to revert back to stock using this method because my G3 won't mount any storage and am stuck in a bootloop. When I go through this process it gets to the 99% and reboots but does so to the custom rom I had installed. AKA nothing is formatted or reverted back to stock. So not only am I unable to fix it myself, I can't take it into Verizon to claim storage issues because the custom boot image shows up. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
That's very odd. The only thing LG Flash Tool 2014 (with CSE mode, but even Normal mode only leaves Data) doesn't touch is the Micro SD card.

Try a KDZ of a different build just to see if there's any difference.

Use the original USB cable if possible.

Take the Micro SD card out just for the heck of it.

Install the very latest LG Verizon drivers v2.22, and reboot after.

Plug the USB cable into the PC.

Turn your phone off, then put it in Download mode by holding the Volume Up button while plugging the USB cable into the phone.

Open Device Manager in Windows and give it between a few and 10 minutes to load the new drivers.

Run LG Flash Tool 2014 with Admin privileges.

Choose the KDZ.

Choose CSE mode.

No matter what it says, leave it alone. Don't answer any dialogs, just drag them out of the way of you need to. You might have to wait a total of 20 minutes in very extreme cases but when the phone reboots on it's own it should be all reset.

Ignore that I'm repeating some out all you already know or tried, just covering all bases.

You can always try the TOT method with the 10B_01 TOT (the only one available). I haven't been able to do TOTs yet but there's those who swear by it and haven't had luck with KDZs.

Good luck.

[VK810.4G] [altev] [ViKtory810ROM] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 35A_08 5.0.2

[VK810.4G] [altev] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 35A_08 5.0.2

DEBLOAT SCRIPTS

and copies of all the files they remove

[VK810.4G] [altev] OTAs, .IMGs and KDZs, oh my
[Verizon LG G3] raskalaaron:
[Guide] [VS985] Flash Back To Stock - KDZ Method (updated)

Aftewr i returned to stock my service is dissconnecting and connecting constantly, have any ideas on how to fix this
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Did you do a CSE flash or Normal?

Try a factory reset. This will wipe your internal storage, too.
[Verizon LG G3] Edde3d:
Mine has done that before too. Check the baseband. That's usually the problem if 4g icon comes and goes . Shouldn't be if it's a fresh kdz flash though.

Kickin it on my VS985
[Verizon LG G3] Rydah:
Okay so I restored my G3 with the 12B via the KDZ method. It went well but now I cannot receive OTA updates, not sure why. I red post 2 and it says the 12B KDZ file will allow OTA updates, yet I haven't been able to receive an update... Any help? trying to get back to 23C. Thanks!
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Why not just flash the 23C KDZ?

Do you have a Verizon SIM card in it? If not that's why you can't get the OTA. You can find the 12B->23C OTA file around here, put it on the phone, and start the OTA process manually.
[Verizon LG G3] Rydah:
I actually just did that exactly. I didn't see it in the return to stock thread, but found it a few minutes ago. I don't have a Verizon sim as I am a T-Mobile user.

Unfortunately the device I bought that was only supposed to have a broken screen also has a bad IMEI. I suppose nobody will be able to help with that...? ?

Sent From My HTC One (M9)
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
That sucks, sorry to hear! I don't know anything about fixing bad IMEIs and haven't come across any posts mentioning fixing them in any of the G3 sections.
[Verizon LG G3] Rydah:
thanks for the sympathy. I repaired then screen then was saddened by the Sim refusing due to the imei. I found a thread on how to restore the imei. I'll try that, but use an imei of another phone I have but don't use.
[Verizon LG G3] cooldman224:
Tried flashing the 23C image from a rooted 10B (non bumped) and I'm stuck at 55% where it says COM 3. The LGFlashTool2014 crashed and I couldn't read the text since it was all question marks. Can I unplug and try again? Or I do something wrong? Newest drivers.

EDIT: For anyone who comes across this... Went ahead and unplugged and tried again. The real key is not to click any dialog from the LG tool (the one that you see after you chose Korean as the language). You really aren't supposed to be paying attention to the progress listed there but instead to the firmware update progress on your phone. So keep an eye out for that! The firmware update will continue until you click OK (which I couldn't tell since it was ?s) after it telling you the Connection to the server failed. Doing so will terminate causing the process to appear stuck.
[Verizon LG G3] schwem:
That's strange that yours was all question marks. If you don't change the language and leave country to korean it is supposed to read all english and not be question marks. I've made the mistake and changed to usa and had all question marks but anytime I leave it alone I get it all in english. Even says in the lg flashtool xda threads OP that thats the way it was made. Anyway, glad you got it working. I have flashed probably 30 kdz's and each time it is literally different. Sometimes it hangs, sometimes the status on the phone or tablet doesn't change until the last second and other times I see the progress on both flashtool and the phone. No matter what it tends to finalize if I just leave it alone.
[Verizon LG G3] cooldman224:
Well that's strange you have English even though Korea is selected as the instructions say. I did have English the second time I did it, and then I was able to understand the dialog. So not really sure why that happened. Oh well. This was the first time flashing a kdz for me. Anyway, I'm configuring and debloating 23C right now! :)
[Verizon LG G3] joshua70448:
Awesome!

I was really nervous about flashing my phone back to 12B (I had a lot of trouble trying to get TWRP working a few days ago) but this guide did the trick! My biggest piece of advice would be to have a lot of patience. The Flash Tool itself took a couple of minutes to appear after starting, and the LG flashing utility also took a few minutes after selecting the region and language (also, my language dropdown was blank). After the flashing was finished and the phone booted, it did the LG boot screen then went blank for a few minutes, but it finally showed an Android loading screen then rebooted a couple more times and everything was fine! I was on 23C and rooted (stock ROM) and now I'm back to 12B "official". (I forgot to mention that I pulled my SIM and SD cards before flashing, just in case!)

In the process of screwing up TWRP, I managed to mangle my recovery image (secure boot errors, yay!) but I was able to perform a factory reset after flashing and it worked perfectly. Now that I've tested on my phone, I can give it a shot on my wife's phone (she's not happy I rooted her phone and even after unrooting it won't accept the latest OTA, so hopefully I can get her back to "official").

Also, I already had ADB drivers installed (version 3.13, slightly newer than the guide) but when I connected in download mode my computer got stuck trying to find and install drivers. After a computer reboot, the "LGE Android Phone" and "CDC Serial" devices were listed as unknown with no drivers. To fix this, I just right-clicked each in Device Manager and selected Properties, then clicked Update Driver in the Driver tab. Again, this process took a few minutes, but it found the proper drivers on my computer and got everything working (the CDC Serial driver install timed out, but it was appearing in Device Manager without any complaints).

---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:24 AM ----------

Another fun little tidbit: after 12B was flashed, I installed the 23C OTA and my notification bar and softkeys were gone! After another factory reset, they reappeared.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone with that symptom. I don't know what exactly causes it, but I've had that symptom on both my wife's and my own G3 under a variety of circumstances. As you found out, Factory Reset usually solved it.
[Verizon LG G3] joshua70448:
Another stumbling block I came across: I was flashing my wife's phone this weekend on my home computer (I used my work computer for my own phone) and had a lot of issues trying to get the ADB drivers working on both my Windows 7 machines. I finally tried running the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant and everything started working correctly after that.
[Verizon LG G3] dannieloco:
Quick question, Im on the vs985 latest OTA update 24B and I can't root it for the life of me. Is it a good idea to flash 12B back and then root it? I'm assuming it'll be a lot easier then once I'm on Stock ROM. I just want to get root access so I can ROM this bad boy.
[Verizon LG G3] joshua70448:
I was able to get root on 24B using this guide, but you can also flash back to 12B (or even 10B, since you're planning to flash a custom ROM anyway) and you should have success that way as well.
[Verizon LG G3] dannieloco:
Wow.. that totally worked for me. I can't believe i killed 2 hours yesterday with no luck. Off to romming!
[Verizon LG G3] nintendo1889:
I found a way to show hidden devices. You go to a command prompt and run:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1

then you go into device manager, view, and select "show hidden devices", then you can remove any removed or inactive devices, and remove their drivers, if a driver and inf file was installed into the windows driver store when the device was installed.

You can also add it to your environment variables, just be careful to not remove any system devices
[Verizon LG G3] RJFrank33:
I need to get back to stock to fix some issues but I'm currently on 24b.can I use the 23a/b/c file? When I'm done do I just start over and reroot?
[Verizon LG G3] andy_zhang:
I hope get Accurate answer，it's said skydragon 23c receives update information.

来自我的 VS985 4G 上的 Tapatalk
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Yes. There's only one 23 KDZ, the 23C_01 official. A, B and the first C were test OTAs that were leaked.

[VK810.4G] [altev] [ViKtory810ROM] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

[VK810.4G] [altev] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

DEBLOAT SCRIPTS

and copies of all the files they remove

[VK810.4G] [altev] OTAs, .IMGs and KDZs, oh my
[Verizon LG G3] RJFrank33:
Thank you. I realize I got the files mixed up because I was working with trying to flash a different modem to correct things and I had files from different forums mixed together in my head. Thanks for understanding, it's been crazy trying to get back to sanity with this thing.

Anyway, if I flash the 23 kdz I will lose root and have to start over rooting then flashing my rom of choice, right?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You're welcome. Yes.
[Verizon LG G3] TheLoonyRebel:
So I am trying to restore to 24B stock as the micro SD card slot on my G3 bit the dust. Installed the latest drivers on Windows 10 x64 and yet somehow in the flash tool once it gets to flashing the file it gets 2% then stalls. I am running a Marshmallow AOSP ROM should I drop back down to perhaps something 24B LG based? Help?
[Verizon LG G3] TheLoonyRebel:
Here is a log file showing what is going on when I try to go to stock 24B. I did manually change the COM port to 5 in Device Manager and I'm not seeing any other noticeable driver errors. I am absolutely confused here.

Edit: WORKING! I did a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 then only installed the base essential drivers (ie: graphics, sound, phone, ADB, LG) and Visual C++ stuff. I then installed SkyDragon 5.0 then had Windows detect the phone while in the OS itself and not Download mode. Everything detected then went into download. 24B flashed smoothly with no issues.
[Verizon LG G3] annoyingduck:
That's how you problem solve... Well done!
[Verizon LG G3] bgboii:
im having problems with the lg flash tool. its for vs985 it says upgrade stopped due to an error im trying to downgrade to 10b.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
What are you downgrading from? If 35B, you'll have to use the TOT method with the new DLL.

Other than that, 99.9% of the time you should ignore all error dialogs in LG Flash Tool 2014. Don't push any buttons just drag the error dialogs out of your way. Normally if you wait (up to 10 minutes on this device) you'll find it's flashed. Not saying this is the case with the issue you're having, but a possibility.
[Verizon LG G3] bgboii:
Yeah I figured out that I need to use the tot file with the new DLL file as well. Got it figured out thanks.
[Verizon LG G3] bgboii:
Is there a link to 23c kdz?
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
I am trying to flash this but it LGTool gets to the point where it cannot connect to the server? Any ideas?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Ignore the error, don't push any buttons, drag the error dialog box out of your way. Wait 5-10 minutes and it'll be flashed.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
Thanks. Got it to work but its very very slow and laggy and constant reboots. Not sure why. Ended up doing another KDZ and still the same. Going to try and redownload it tomorrow night. Luckily it's my backup phone and all I want to do is sell it but if not, oh well.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Sounds like a dirty flash as in "Normal" mode. Did you do "CSE" mode, which wipes everything including internal storage?

It wouldn't have flashed at all if it were corrupt, I doubt if it was the download.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
Yes. CSE flash. Everything is back to factory. I thought it might be like a back ROM download where it will still install but with issues. Just going to the settings took over 5 seconds to load up. I couldn't even add my Google account because it was so slow. I tried to factory reset within the ROM and it doesn't even get that far. It just freezes. I did do a factory reset from the recovery menu. Well not recovery but when holding down the power and volume down buttons.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
There's lots of updates to built in apps especially Google's. Google Play Store and Google Play Services both update automatically. Did you try waiting 10 minutes and then see how the phone does? Try without the MicroSD card?

On a fresh ROM install there's always going to be some time before the ROM behaves as you would expect.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
No Micro SD card. I took it out just in case anything else gets wiped. I gave it about 15 minutes or so like I usually do since everything has to settle. I usually flash then wait for it to not up then cook dinner or eat or something then get back to the phone.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I don't know what else to suggest then besides just waiting even longer and rebooting in a while. I've been lucky. I've read of this happening to others but hasn't happened to me.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
I usually have been lucky with other ROMs. This is my first time I've KDZ so I'll give it another whirl with a fresh download. If all else fails, it will just stay a paperweight.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Just check the MD5 hash instead of redownloading. Save you a bunch of time/hassle. If it matches, the download isn't corrupt. Like I said, I don't think LG Flash Tool 2014 will try to flash a corrupt KDZ, anyway.

Especially not with two different KDZs.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
Ah I forgot about the MD5. I'll check it out tonight. Thanks for your help.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You're welcome. Good luck!
[Verizon LG G3] JMooney5115:
Hi all. I want to return my phone to stock. I'm rooted and my bootloader is 'unlocked.' If I flash the VS98512b_00.kdz will this get me to the current Verizon image that allows OTAs?

If I do this, is there any turning back or am I stock forever?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Yes, or any KDZ. You can download the 35B KDZ and flash it and already be on the latest (except for once the new 46A OTA arrives for your phone).

You can root 35B with Kingroot. No luck putting TWRP on it yet. The only way found to downgrade from 35B is to use the 10B TOT method along with the new .DLL from the 35B KDZ, but a handful of people haven't been able to do that either, they get something about a "ks error". I speculate that newer VS985s have something slightly different about them but that's completely a guess.

Only one person on XDA has actually said they got the new OTA so far, so no one has reported trying to downgrade from 46A, so it's a crapshoot on 35B and a complete unknown on 46A. Best bet is to wait until the KDZ comes out in the next week usually and then someone will make a rooted ROM of it.
[Verizon LG G3] lashley72:
Keep getting a retry.

I keep getting a retry and the upload to the phone doesn't change to com5. Have any ideas?
[Verizon LG G3] lashley72:
KDZ FLASH

I am trying to use a KDZ method you have listed. I get everything going fine but then it stops at about 4% and disconnects. Not sure what to do. Any ideas?