yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon LG G3] phillymade:
I believe the one that tries this needs to be bone stock. no root and on stock recovery (fresh out of the box style) any modification will cause a failure. the key is find one that does not care about root and see if you can roll back. word on the forum is att can roll back.
[Verizon LG G3] ohlin5:
Yep that was my interpretation too. Sounds like rollback should be possible unless VZW decided to throw in some special sauce with their version of LP.....which I REALLY hope is not the case!
[Verizon LG G3] skiman10:
Screw it. If no one volunteers by 3:30 est when I get home I'll do it. It should be fine and rollback should be possible.
[Verizon LG G3] bigboi3021:
Anyone else getting a "RESULT_NOT_EXPECTED" message after selecting Do Install?
[Verizon LG G3] skiman10:
Are you on 12b and completely unmodified?
[Verizon LG G3] TCPDump:
I just ordered another LG G3 from VZW stock to test. I should have it tomorrow. Once I get it, Ill do the OTA, and test flashing back.
[Verizon LG G3] bigboi3021:
I'm rooted, but I thought I had to be to invoke the ADB command?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I'm in the process of preparing to restore to completely stock unrooted (all my backups, moving everything I want to keep from Internal to External storage). I'll monitor this thread while doing this in case someone tests rollback capability before I do.

Just in case it comes up as a question, I'm getting an MD5 hash of 85F01BFDEFB4615328A29300A3625B64 for this OTA file.
[Verizon LG G3] fr4nk1yn:
Stupid question of the day:

You have to be rooted to run the commands to update, does the update kill root?

Pproper upgrade method?:

Tot back to 10b,

Stumproot,

Update to 12b ota,

Force 23a update.

I have the microphone case crack and need to replace, I may try if I get a free moment today. Unlikely into evening.
[Verizon LG G3] annoyingduck:
That's correct. I actually just noticed the "su" in the Shell command, so yeah, this won't be as simple as kdz flashing 12b then initiating the ota as I previously posted. A full roll back to 10b is required in order to achieve root. You can use the tot or kdz, but with the kdz you'll need to manually update the partitions using [MENTION=2684188]autoprime[/MENTION]'s "flash to" methods because OTA's fail on our 10b kdz build.

Another option that may work which will be much quicker is to kdz to 10b, root, then kdz to 12b, but this time choose "normal flash" instead of "cse" flash. That's essentially a dirty flash, and root should remain.
[Verizon LG G3] airintak25:
linux Help

how can i insall this using linux comand dosent work and adb sees my device Thank You
[Verizon LG G3] annoyingduck:
If your rooted, and connected in adb shell, the os doesn't matter. It'll work the same (if it works to begin with - no confirmation yet).
[Verizon LG G3] airintak25:
not rooted total stock 12b
[Verizon LG G3] annoyingduck:
That's why it's failing. The first shell command is "su".... Read a few posts above for explanation.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I'm currently KDZing 12B as a "Normal" flash so I retain root. Thanks for the reminder root is needed - I was going to check the OP when the time came, if I remembered. :D

Nothing like watching the pot boil. Hopefully it doesn't boil over! ;)

I hate it when, although I remembered to ignore the LG Mobile Support Tool saying something or other failed, I waited an extra 15 minutes or so before I tried "Retry", and now the phone is properly updating.
[Verizon LG G3] bigboi3021:
I'm rooted on 12b, but that's it.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Dirty KDZ flash to 12B successful but root not retained. SuperSU is there but binary isn't installed, says that SuperSU can't install it and that I need to manually re-root. I knew this might happen.

Preparing to go the long way.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Thank you for trying!
[Verizon LG G3] Ariac Konrel:
LGE_FOTA

I had a thought, but I am not sure.

The dlpkgfile is extracted by the LGE_FOTA, is this done before or after the reboot (on the update screen)?

If it's done before, getting those extracted files won't be too hard to get.

So is it extracted prior reboot or not?

Is that step 1 in every update screen the extraction, and step 2 being the actual installation?
[Verizon LG G3] HolyAngel:
Well, it extracts the updater script before reboot. And then I believe it does the rest as it's installing.
[Verizon LG G3] thevinman143:
can someone please asssit me

i cannot get it to see the 23b upgrade file after I place on phone and enter fota screen

please tell me what I am doing wrong
[Verizon LG G3] cjchevez:
This happened to me , try to download the file again make sure to delete the old folders.

It worked for me without root.
[Verizon LG G3] thevinman143:
help

tried downloading 5 times

not sure what im doing wrong,if its were im placing file or file name

I don't have any of the folders he specifies

can you give me directions or advice what im doing wrong
[Verizon LG G3] xplicitmind20:
Did you rename the file to 23A.up before trying to run the updater?
[Verizon LG G3] cobrien13:
What I did I created a system update folder in the root of my internal storage then placed,the 12b-23a in the newly created folder then went to the activity app then,found that FOTA thing and the process took like 5 mins hope I helped
[Verizon LG G3] cjchevez:
First download the file ,make a SoftwareUpdate folder in the internal storage folder,rename

The file LG_VS985_12B-23A.up and place it in the SoftwareUpdate folder.

Then launch activity launcher app,open all activities,scroll down to SoftwareUpdate or

FOTA test menu "com.lge.lgfota.permission.DmcEzUpdateStart" and launch it.

You should see a black screen with blue letters "for a software update".

Leave the phone alone and it should reboot and flash the update .
[Verizon LG G3] thevinman143:
help ty

using the fota test menu through the command line

when I select file it freezes then says app not responding

don't know where to find activity launcher

I appreciate all the help
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Play Store.
[Verizon LG G3] thevinman143:
help

it sees file now when I open test menu

when I select update file it sits there then says test menu has stopped responding and wont let me do update

ty

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tried using app from play store wont work crashes gives me error

using the command line to get in test menu

it sees update

when I select file it sits there then says in download load folder when I hit do update it gives me error
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
the prerequisites are clearly explained numerous times throughout this thread.

tbh, at this point, anyone who cant figure it out, doesn't deserve to have it. #JustSayin

-clean system, other than root if desired

-rename file and place in appropriate location

-use app to initiate install

how difficult is that really?

and dont quote me asking to elaborate, i wont respond. all the information is in this thread.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
What exactly do you mean by that? ;)
[Verizon LG G3] Fuse8499:
I actually may try this. My dumbass restored a nandroid of my stock rom and attempted to accept an OTA with TWRP installed (I somehow knew I would soft brick.) Luckily I saved all the files to revert back to stock. Might as well backup current rom and give it a try. My gut is telling me to wait until we have a flashable zip of a rooted version. My only concern is losing root. I've read through pages and pages of this thread and my gut tells me to just wait. But if I always went with my gut, I wouldn't be a daily user of XDA ;)
[Verizon LG G3] vmancini3:
The grass may be greener on the other side, but if it's not at least you can always turn back!!!
[Verizon LG G3] vzdragon:
this method worked . This should be pasted as an alt on the OP. A whole lot easier i spent two days trying the do it the normal method as listed throughout the thread with no luck
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
Did everything he stated when the phone reboots it gets to 1% update then gives me an error.
[Verizon LG G3] iArmghan:
Updating to 12b

I am currently on version 10b and rooted! i dont have any custom recovery installed! can i just simple upgrade to 12b using kdz method? P.S i don't want to keep the root! i just wanna upgrade to 12b and then to 23A! any help will be appreciated :)
[Verizon LG G3] Fuse8499:
I managed to update no problem with the instructions in the op. The problem is I lost root :(. So I reverted back.
[Verizon LG G3] hokiealumnus:
There is no root on stock Lollipop. Thought that was a well known fact at this point.

In case it's not, WARNING, you will NOT retain root when upgrading to 23a! There is also no way to root it currently!
[Verizon LG G3] iArmghan:
what steps did you follow?
[Verizon LG G3] Fuse8499:
The steps in the op that everyone says doesn't work lol. Make sure you reboot after you follow the steps in hidden menu. The update will auto start. I also put the 23A.up file on my internal storage under "SoftwareUpdate" folder. For some reason it wouldn't work on my sd card.

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Common sense told me that was probably the case. I didn't read far enough into the thread. I was just experimenting anyway. I like to try things out. Practice makes perfect.
[Verizon LG G3] imilleson:
I was able to figure it out on my own just using common sense and reading that there was a hidden menu. Naturally Activity Launcher could call the activity up and viola! Update started.

Here is what I did to update my unrooted LG G3 on the latest 12B patch:

1. Created a folder called SoftwareUpdate on my internal storage

2. Put the ota package in said folder

3. Renamed ota LG_VS985_12B-23A.up

4. Opened Activity Launcher (from Playstore)

5. Click "all activities"

6. Scroll to the bottom and expand "com.lge.lgfota.permission"

7. Click the "DmcEzUpdateStart"

8. Wait for the black screen with blue text, and wait for device to auto shutdown. Update starts automatically

See screenshots
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
I get the update to start but get an error after 1%
[Verizon LG G3] imilleson:
Well here are the screenshots
[Verizon LG G3] gregcapps:
May be a corrupted download then.
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
I downloaded it twice i can try it again see what happens
[Verizon LG G3] imilleson:
Use a download manager? Verify MD5. Also make sure the permissions aren't getting screwed somehow, I used Windows 7 to download and then transfer and rename the file on my SD card.
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
Ill use pc instead of my phone ill let you know thanks
[Verizon LG G3] iArmghan:
i'm currently on 10b what should i do first? update to 11c then to 12b? i tried to update to 11c it failed! :(
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
Those of you having issues getting this to work should use https://www.apple.com/iphone/ from now on. #JustSayin #MaybeAandoidIsNot4U?
[Verizon LG G3] rbloedow:
So when I select DmcEzUpdateStart.....it says "starting activity" and the screen flashes black for a second....then it just goes back to the "All Activities" menu........device never auto shutdowns.....?

NVM - should have RTFM....did a reset and then was able to install. TY
[Verizon LG G3] Ariac Konrel:
Lmfao, I am dead. (Sorry for the useless post, but lmao.)
[Verizon LG G3] jarvis54:
Would following this tutorial reset my phone and delete all my data?
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
Lmao first off **** a iphone second off those of us who didnt get it to work and follwed steps are asking for help not smart ass comments lol iphone

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Might ass well wait for the update instead of reading useless, unhelpful comments.
[Verizon LG G3] mopartonyg:
[MENTION=528551]justiz33[/MENTION] dumb question, are those terminal commands? tried twice seams to update correctly but I have no nav keys on the home screen.
[Verizon LG G3] gregcapps:
I can say if you use the activity launcher method it does not wipe any data.
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
with all this relevant information posted in the last 4 pages, not to mention more in the op, and countless similar post throughout the thread, smart ass answers are not only warranted, there encouraged at this point.

if you cant get it to work,

1. you dont know how to read and follow proper instruction

2. your system is not clean stock 12b

3. if #1 and #2 fail to resole your issue, please refer to this post for a guaranteed resolution to your issue.

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no, unless you need to restore stock, then possibly yes, depending on what needs to be fixed, and how you do it.

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there are no terminal commands in the post you quoted.
[Verizon LG G3] mopartonyg:
What are the lines under reddit com for? anyway got it to work after clean kdz to 12b and following the steps here 23A, had to do factory reset in the system recovery menu. After that rebooted to 23A with all working and official in about phone. Thanks
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
thats the address at reddit, copy it and the line above it, then right click and google search.

just a needless step to get you to the app.
[Verizon LG G3] Stone2323:
uhhh

Followed steps exactly and go to the install part. Unrooted phone on 12B. Rebooted - notification light steady flashing red/blue then I get a

"Secure booting error"

Cause: boot certification verify

Can't get passed this.

Please tell me that I am just didn't brick my phone?
[Verizon LG G3] phillymade:
Be sure you are on Stock Recovery and the file is named LG_VS985_12B-23A.up

I forgot the .up the first time, makes a difference.
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
When you say clean stock do mean unrooted? Im on clean stock rooted, it starts to update then i get an error i tried downloading it on pc to and transfering still the same thing.
[Verizon LG G3] mopartonyg:
Yes clean unrooted stock 12B. I used the new 12B KDZ and then followed these steps.

1. Created a folder called SoftwareUpdate on my internal storage

2. Put the ota package in said folder

3. Renamed ota LG_VS985_12B-23A.up

4. Opened Activity Launcher (from Playstore)

5. Click "all activities"

6. Scroll to the bottom and expand "com.lge.lgfota.permission"

7. Click the "DmcEzUpdateStart"

8. Wait for the black screen with blue text, and wait for device to auto shutdown. Update starts automatically

after the reboot I had to do a factory reset from the system recovery menu (volume down and power) and then rebooted into official 23A.
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
Ok ty ill unroot and try that out
[Verizon LG G3] Fuse8499:
As people have said earlier, make sure you move anything important over to your external sd card. I made sure my nandroid backup was on my ext sd before I flashed 23A. It was very easy to convert back to 10B with LG Flash Tool, root & bump. I've done it so many times, I can do it in 15 min. Idk if thats a good thing or bad thing, lol.
[Verizon LG G3] gpost104:
How about wireless charging? Is that working on this official lollipop rom?
[Verizon LG G3] da0ne:
Thanks this worked for me

Yes it's working for me
[Verizon LG G3] gregcapps:
How did you get your wireless charging working, new back cover or case?
[Verizon LG G3] droidkevlar:
Haha. Guess ya dont read so well. Sorry, but tired of reading noobs messing things up.

It will not make it magically work. You need a qi back cover for it. Or are you saying that the qi back u have doesn't work anymore?
[Verizon LG G3] fr4nk1yn:
Vs980 got a leaked 39A lollipop ota. Their in the same position so we now have more people working on root. Xdabbeb days he has an idea, ought to be interesting.
[Verizon LG G3] gregcapps:
No I dont have the cover yet, was just curious what you did. There are some very inexpensive options for replacing the qi sticker in the back cover but I'm scared to remove the old one and possibly mess up nfc if the new one does not work.
[Verizon LG G3] Marine6680:
Yeah, I hope we see a stock rooted lollipop ROM soon. I have various issues with the ROM options

Stock KK ROMs are ok... Don't like the auto brightness method they use, which accounts for the added battery drain I see.

AOSP L Roms tend to drain my battery quickly when using the phone... the standby time is good though.

AOSP KK ROMs give me the best battery life but have issues... the biggest being Bluetooth calling, so my car's BT won't work. I remember the PacROM version being good, until an update introduced a lot of bugs, and then it seems the ROM stopped getting updates.

Hoping a Stock L build will give decent battery life, and add some of the L features...

Is the new modem compatible with KK ROMs... I don't want to assume yes. If so, is it an improvement? But I guess that may be a subjective thing.
[Verizon LG G3] Fuse8499:
Have you tried IllusionROM 5.5? Battery life is actually pretty excellent and it's the most stable AOSP LP rom I've come across.
[Verizon LG G3] jfriend33:
Who isn't ready for stock lollipop?! But can any ROM or update significantly improve the battery life more than what it already is?

Using stock kk firmware with Xposed, greenify, amplify, cf lumen, exact same battery life as Illusion 5.5 5.0.2 based rom. Roughly 4-5 hrs screen on time per stock 3000mah battery and idle drain is about 0.25%/hr. Haven't tried xposed with lollipop yet.

What I'm eluding to is the display. It's energy consumption probably won't improve. I use Screebl pro to keep the screen on or off based on orientation. I lower the red, green, and blue values on the gamma which is essentially lowering the max brightness.

No freezing from kernel. Bluetooth works. Gps works. Call quality has never been better. The one thing I've consistently had issues with was miracast which I barely use. And one time I had to force wifi to 5.0 ghz to snag a connection to a dual band router.

I'm excited to have lollipop, root, and xposed for quick circle case watch face customization. I think this phone will become more polished and refined like it was meant to be. At least LG made an attempt (although lazy at best) to remedy they battery life with their spare battery and charger promo. But man did we get the shaft on OEM accessories! (slim guard, slim hard, etc) Coming from a Droid Maxx I thought surely a non carrier exclusive device would be a case utopia...
[Verizon LG G3] gpost104:
Can anyone give us an update on the battery life of this new rom? I've looked and haven't see much said about that. Personally, I found KK roms based on stock to be the best battery life. I could never get a LP rom to have battery life that matched a kk rom.
[Verizon LG G3] DigitalMD:
its great,,,,,
[Verizon LG G3] lingo2012:
Thanks unrooted worked just fine.
[Verizon LG G3] i0sandman0i:
icon lag?

Followed instructions, went smoothly thanks for this! So far its great, does anyone else notice a lag for icons and pictures to load. ie the text on google now loads instantly but then takes like 30 seconds or more for the icons to fill in.
[Verizon LG G3] da0ne:
Same back cover with qi
[Verizon LG G3] mopartonyg:
Stone2323 Did you ever get your phone back working? There are a lot of people that will try and help.
[Verizon LG G3] Stone2323:
Thanks Mopartonyg! Really appreciate it.

No I have not got it to work.
[Verizon LG G3] mopartonyg:
Where are you and whats up? I am not a expert like some of these others but I will try.
[Verizon LG G3] hokiealumnus:
Well, it took a while, waiting for things to download, copy for backing up and then waiting for the phone to do its thing, but the method below worked perfectly for me, with all my apps already installed; it's great! Thanks to [MENTION=4795150]annoyingduck[/MENTION] & [MENTION=528551]justiz33[/MENTION] for breaking that down for us. It really could not be any easier. The only catch is I had to copy the SoftwareUpdate folder with 23A.up in it to my internal storage. I left that folder with the file both on internal & external storage and the update worked perfectly.

I've quoted both of their posts below. The only thing not copied is the KDZ method, which you can check out in this post here, which was also kindly compiled for us by [MENTION=4795150]annoyingduck[/MENTION].

Thanks to you both once again. I'll report back after I have a chance to use it for a while and see how things work. I didn't want to go stock non-root, but what can I say...I'm a flash-the-newest-thing addict! :cool:
[Verizon LG G3] Marine6680:
Display is the problem as you say... The biggest reason AOSP kk ROMs had better battery life for me, was the probably the backlight control. I hate manually adjusting that kind of thing, I just want to pick up and go. So a good auto brightness was important. I don't like needing to run special apps to fix battery life, and the auto brightness replacements never worked as I would like.

Another problem was the way the CPU throttles when doing various tasks.

With a stock based, running youtube, the screen and cpu would cause drain of between 18-23% an hour.

AOSP kk would get down to 11-15% drain per hour under the same usage.

AOSP L was similar to stock based, or a little worse, and I got the occasional wake lock issue preventing the CPU from going into its lowest idle mode.

I tried it a couple times, the last time was after an update, and it freaked out on me, had to swap right away.
[Verizon LG G3] Brickman221:
You deserve so much thanks! This was the only method I was comfortable with attempting and It worked! Thanks you so much!
[Verizon LG G3] hokiealumnus:
Here is a little proof to bring us past the nonsense and back on topic, and because why not? :)

The only reasons I really want root are TiBu and to change DPI to 600. It would also be nice to shrink the giant nav buttons too. Aside from that I'm quite pleased so far.
[Verizon LG G3] gpost104:
Ok, I installed this on a stock G3 I had. I also have a rooted G3 with a custom KK rom so just in case, lol. Anyhow, there sure is a lot of bloatware. Not too happy about that. Disabled some, but couldn't get it all, like Answer Me and LG Health. Anyhow, what is the deal with the rectangle on the lock screen? It's like there's supposed to be something there, but it's just a blank rectangle.
[Verizon LG G3] skiman10:
Picture please? That intrigues me. I haven't heard or seen it.
[Verizon LG G3] Woofa59:
Tap to unlock rectangle?
[Verizon LG G3] gpost104:
Yes, that's it. Just kind of weird. I guess they are showing you where to swipe.
[Verizon LG G3] kahzinski:
I have no idea if anyone else had similar problems

My installation went fine, everything works great.

Except for a few things.

I noticed that I can't send or receive MMS, and my Google Play store doesn't work. Nor does Facebook Messenger.

I switched data on but nothing worked.

Any ideas?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
everything works fine here, but i did do a factory reset before i updated.
[Verizon LG G3] kahzinski:
Ooh, I skipped a factory reset because I don't have an SD card.

Does that mean I have to do it again but reset first?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
its not a required step, but if you have an issue, its a recommended fix.

just save any data you want, then do it now. no need to start over.
[Verizon LG G3] Woofa59:
I might appear to be a noob here but I'm not exactly new to the Android world. That said I don't know it all either, not by a long stretch. Anyway, my suggestion would be to clear your caches as a first try and if that doesn't help you then if it were me I'd say go to factory data reset. Yes, this can be a pain to set your phone all up again.
[Verizon LG G3] hokiealumnus:
Stock Lollipop, after disabling most of the bloat. Obviously no tweaking without root. Not too bad!
[Verizon LG G3] jfhanny:
Any way to update and keep root?

If I do update and lose root, will I never be able to re-root?
[Verizon LG G3] luke24:
As stated multiple times previously in this thread, no you won't keep root.

And yes it's possible to re root, but you'll have to downgrade back to 10b and root from there