yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G3 General] rezadue:
Thanka [MENTION=5231281]topet2k12001[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6574754]D852_Canada[/MENTION]

I will follow 1.5 to the letter, which is to download the kitkat version of the firmware, put in in the unzipped directory of 1.5 and ro run the batch file. BUT, if my phone is not recognized when I plug it into my PC, will this procedure work?

If I download a ROM zip file (Say CM12), put in on my external SD anf flash it (since TWRP is working), will I be able to boot back into the phone?
[G3 General] Tornisyourdaddy:
Hey [MENTION=5231281]topet2k12001[/MENTION] , I was just wondering what wre your plans on this one.

Are you gonna offer variants versions of ImagePrep that would include the files of the other models in here ?

I am currently on D852.

And with this new version of auto-script, do I still need to have a freshly installed ROM ? I am on stock lollipop with Root, I would like to be able to flash TWRP without having to wipe completely once more ...

Anyway thank you for your work !
[G3 General] YoCrae:
Will this work on LG G3 D850 Lollipop stock?
[G3 General] topet2k12001:
Hi [MENTION=4388912]Tornisyourdaddy[/MENTION],

Yes that has always been my intention. My motivation for doing this comes from the fact that I also have a non-D855 variant. Yes you can with version 1.5.

With version 1.5 you don't need to reflash to a fresh state. The only reason why I advise this is to reduce/eliminate outside variables (i.e. custom ROMs, mods, etc.) which may make troubleshooting a little difficult as far as pinpointing problems with the script, if any.

Hi [MENTION=4134502]rezadue[/MENTION],

It requires LG drivers already set up prior (so that your phone is recognized) before using.

For custom ROM questions you may need to ask in the relevant threads.
[G3 General] rezadue:
OK!

Somehow I have managed to get the phone in download mode and have installed a fresh version of Lollipop.

I have downloaded the 1.5 script directory and my D852 Rogers KitKat stock image. I am now going through the instructions and have hit a speed bump.

I have the TOT of Rogers KitKat firmware. I have chosen the appropriate file for the KitKat version in LG Firmware extractor and clicked on Extract TOT. This produced a lot of files, but none of them have a .DZ extension. So I can't proceed to the next step.

Did I miss something here?

Thanks
[G3 General] Tornisyourdaddy:
@ topet2k12001

Hello ... I'm sad

I did download ImagePrep1.5

I did download d852 kitkat stock Firmware (D852G10e00.kdz

I did download TWRP 2.8.6.1 for D852 model

Followed every steps , tried to reboot in Recovery Mode but insted of the TWRP blue screen, i'm having that painfull Security Boot message.

Can't boot to Recovery mode, neither to System.

Is there a way to recover anything beside fully flash the KDZ on my phone and loosing everything ?

thanks...
[G3 General] topet2k12001:
Hi @rezadue,

I see - a TOT file. TOT will not produce a DZ anymore, because it is a more "uncompressed" version of the firmware. Please check the working folder (where the script is located) if you see a file named aboot_xxxxxx.bin and laf_xxxxxx.bin (where xxxxxx are numbers).

If you exit the KDZ and TOT Firmware extractor, the script is scheduled to continue. It will automatically rename aboot_xxxxxx.bin and laf_xxxxxx.bin into aboot.img and laf.img.

Hi @Tornisyourdaddy,

May I ask where you got a copy of TWRP?

Do you still have a screenshot of the Command Line (DOS Prompt) with all the messgaes so I can check?

Yes, there is a manual way to do it. I sent you a PM if you want assistance (probably through one-on-one chat via Google Hangouts).
[G3 General] topet2k12001:
Hi @rezadue,

TOT will not produce a DZ anymore, because it is a more "uncompressed" version of the firmware. It will instead go ahead and extract all the partitions of the firmware (in ".bin" format). Please check the working folder (where the script is located) if you see a file named aboot_xxxxxx.bin and laf_xxxxxx.bin (where xxxxxx are numbers). Those are just the files we need. If you see them there, you're good so far.

When you exit the KDZ and TOT Firmware extractor, the script is scheduled to continue. It will automatically rename aboot_xxxxxx.bin and laf_xxxxxx.bin into aboot.img and laf.img.

Also don't forget to place in there a copy of your TWRP custom recovery (make sure to temporarily rename it to boot.img).

Hi @Tornisyourdaddy,

May I ask where you got a copy of TWRP?

Do you still have a screenshot of the Command Line (DOS Prompt) with all the messgaes so I can check?

By the way, what is your LG G3 model/variant? Is it D852 or D852G? I assume you're using D852G (as you mentioned you downloaded the D852G Kitkat Firmware)?
[G3 General] rezadue:
Hey [MENTION=5231281]topet2k12001[/MENTION]

I see aboot.bin and laf.bin but not aboot_xxxxxx.bin or laf_xxxxxx.bin where X is replaced by a bunch of numbers.
[G3 General] topet2k12001:
HI [MENTION=4134502]rezadue[/MENTION],

Oh okay, great. You can manually rename them to aboot.img and laf.img, respectively.

By the way, you need to click on "View" (at the top portion of your File Explorer) and then check the box that says "File name extensions" to be able to properly rename the file extension (from .bin to .img). Not doing so will rename only the file name but not the file extension. We need to rename both the file name and the file extension.

You'll know you are able to rename successfully when you see their icons change to a CD.
[G3 General] beaver5963:
I'm having the same problem with my d852. Run the script follow the steps everything goes perfect. But when you try to boot into recovery get the red light blue light. Then have to pull battery and put back in then phone boots into android.

I have tried with TWRP bumped version for g3 and TWRP from team wins site for this model. Both end up the same result.
[G3 General] rezadue:
Hi [MENTION=5231281]topet2k12001[/MENTION]

I just wanted to thank you. Everything worked great and I am now fully operational and rooted and TWRP'ed thans to your help and script.
[G3 General] ninerpride:
same issue here
[G3 General] dangkhoa116:
Is It work on LG G3 F400?
[G3 General] chuyennho184:
[MENTION=5231281]topet2k12001[/MENTION]: I have few question to you.

1. I copy kitkat firmware & twrp (bumped) to Imageprep LG G3 One-Click Script folder. But in your script have a sentence "Root Recovery folder and temporarily rename it to "boot.img" is mean change recovery.img (twrp bumped) to boot.img?

2. I download TWRP from dl.twrp.me and then rename & copy to Imageprep LG G3 One-Click Script folder to bumped TWRP? Is is right?

Please give me advice! Thanks! Sorry for my bad English.
[G3 General] gatesjunior:
Good work on the script. Will work with VS985 Verizon mode with a couple of changes. Well, at least on Windows 8.1 and LG VZW USB Drivers installed. You have the two registry entries you are searching, I needed to modify them to LGVZANDNETDIAG1 in order to work correctly. Other than that, no issues. Obviously just make sure you have the correct KK images ready for extracting....

Might want to consider looking for LG*ANDNETDIAG* or something.
[G3 General] trevorb21:
I getting ready to try this on my d850 lollipo 5.0.1. I have been reading all weekend. From what I can tell I will do what it says below (with d850 kk and twrp, etc.)

I am confused on the aboot.img stuff......there seems to be a lot of discussion on that and flashing different things.....doesn't the sharpening mod take care of that?

Using this.....

What you need beforehand:

1. Your LG G3 KITKAT Firmware (KDZ)

2. Your custom recovery (TWRP) for your respective LG G3 model

How to use:

1. Extract the zip to a folder

2. Run (double-click) the "OneClick_ROOT_RECOVERY.bat" file

Download (v1.5): https://mega.co.nz/#!1Nc1lSKD!vfiiTO5wIZP8bvtfZNEb4P7m0_8rCKl-Ltfv2iCjwu4
[G3 General] micahgentry:
I had read all the different threads to for several days and finally took a leap of faith using the terminal emulator method, I was stock 5.0.1 D850 rooted and now I'm flashing ROMs like a true flashaholic lol!!!
[G3 General] h16h:
D851 Instructions

I struggled with this a bit so here are some tips for noobie users like myself on D851.

D851 running latest LP Rom Stock (Tmobile) (and probably others):

1. Extract aboot and laf from a KitKit KDZ using the provided tool. I used the following stock firmware: D85110R_00

2. Download/Copy the appropriate TWRP recovery image to the working directory and rename to boot.img.

3. Edit the OneClick_ROOT_RECOVERY.bat file and comment out/remove the "adb reboot" line. This will force you to later go to Download mode manually (which you had to do anyway).

4. Run it, follow the instructions.

Note: I couldn't boot back to Tmobile stock rom once done but I was planning to install another Rom regardless, which was successful. It would be helpful to know why I got stuck at Tmobile logo on boot though..any ideas?

PM me if you need any help and I'll do my best.
[G3 General] trevorb21:
Worked perfectly on d850 att!!.

I used prepackaged imagprep for d850 as per link on post#153.

No problems at all.

Thanks
[G3 General] Magnerion:
Thank you!

Worked perfectly on D855 Norway!
[G3 General] trevorb21:
This worked for me today....but when I install stock Roms (cloudy) I cannot reboot without pulling the battery. Other Roms (bliss) reboot fine.

Is that ROM related or image prep?
[G3 General] javedah:
thank you :D

success :D works like a charm: LG -D855
[G3 General] QSR1:
Thanks

Thanks very much for making convenient method of installing custom recovery!

I just got bit confused with title and bat file name. In tile, it is written that recovery for rooted device. But the name of bat file is "root_recovery.bat" So please make us clear that this method is used only for installing twrp on rooted lollipop stock roms or it installs both root and recovery on un-rooted stock lollipop?

And another question, Is it necessary to extract bin files from kdz or we can also extract them from tot as well (i have 10d tot)?

Thanks!
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
The latest version of imageprep (1.5) takes care of both rooting as well as twrp recovery. The previous version (1.4) was meant for rooted devices and did only the recovery part. I think you will have to use a kdz file. Tot would not work as far as I understand.
[G3 General] JoLo_The OG:
LG VS98520C Success V.1.4

Just wanted to say that i installed vs98520C via Verizon Assistant, rooted with one click method, and successfully installed bumped twrp 2.8.0. using imageprep 1.4. (imageprep 1.5 kept asking to manually put phone in download mode and i did, but nothing happened.) Thank you so much to the people responsible.
[G3 General] yym789:
You can use LG PC suite on your PC to fix your LG G3.
[G3 General] shoxxy:
Hi Together

I tryed this and several other Methods on my LG Gpad 7 (v400) the process finished succesfull. but it takes me to secure boot error or Softbricked my Device. My Device have no Dbi Partition, could someone say me if i have to use another partition instead of dbi???

my Partitions are Listed:

DDR

aboot

abootb

boot

cache

cust

drm

eksst

encrypt

factory

fota

fsc

fsg

grow

laf

misc

modem

modemst1

modemst2

mpt

pad

persist

rct

recovery

rpm

rpmb

sbl1

sbl1b

sdi

sns

ssd

system

tz

tzb

userdata

Thx in Advance ;)

Best Regards
[G3 General] story:
I probably spent 2 hours on this already.

I have a D858HK, which is what OP has. I am rooted by the newest one click method. I downloaded a bump'd twrp and lollipop-bump-boot.img and copied both to internal card and my phone just reset. It doesn't go into TWRP. I am stuck at this stage.
[G3 General] story:
bricked with blue/orange blinking light.

It never booted into TWRP, security/cert error, unable to boot after blank screen wkth blinking light

D858HK Lollipop 5.0.1

Imageprep 1.5, KitKat KDZ, lollipop-d858-signed.IMG recovery

No error along the way except recovery not copied or something.

What can I do now?

I have access to download mode but not recovery.
[G3 General] mustasusi:
I'm getting the following error when attempting to download this file from Mega:

How do I "free up some space" here?
[G3 General] vassagout:
Guys I'm a little confused. Using the imageprep 1.5 script, what files do you have to put in the same folder before execute the bat file? stock kdz(firmware) and twrp (for your device) ? the new script make the extract operation automatically or do you have to extract the files manually. Thanks for your answer.

best regards.
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION], you need to place your KK kdz and custom recovery (twrp) for your model before starting the one click script.

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[/COLOR [MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION], and yes the script is more or less automatic... There will be a point where it opens up the kdz extract tool.. Otherwise it's auto.

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[MENTION=292220]story[/MENTION], did you rename your twrp file to boot.img after copying to the imageprep 1.5 folder? The script renames this to recovery.img so you can check if such a file is present or not.
[G3 General] jcvermillion:
KITKAT LG G3 Firmware (KDZ)?

Anyone know where I can get a LG G3 KITKAT stock firmware OTA file? I am rooted on Verizon VS98523C and need to install TWRP via the "No Downgrade" approach. I have all the needed files so far minus the KDZ. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Will the 10B file work for what is needed?
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
No KDZ FIle in Imageprep LG G3 One-Click Script File

My LG G3 is already rooted using this method: [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2200907]avicohh[/MENTION] one-click script method.

Im trying to get TWRP using this "No Downgrade Method" but im having trouble using Firmware Extract because i don't have KitKat Firmware(KDZ) file, And i've been looking every where for one. Please help.
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=6613267]xCassiousx[/MENTION], have you checked this link:

http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=41

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The kk files will be named v10x or something similar
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
I need D850 v20F(AT&T). That link you provided doesn't have it.
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=6613267]xCassiousx[/MENTION], you will need Kitkat firmware not lollipop for this procedure. Did some searches, seems like the AT&T kk version is 10d. Can anyone plz confirm?

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Try this link: http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-stock-factory-firmware/
[G3 General] vassagout:
Hi guys, I got the following message when I ran the imageprep 1.5:

This version of c: \......\imageprep LG G3 One-Click Script\bump.exe it's not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher.

Mine is 32 bit.. Is Bump file only for 64bit?
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION], oh yeah the bump included with the package is 64 bit. I got hold of the 32 bit and just replaced it within the folder and all was good.

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http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/general/bump-window-version-t2956829
[G3 General] vassagout:
Can you provide me the file or the link?

Thanks.

Edited. Sorry I didn't see the link.. Thank you very much ravi.vydianathn :thumbup:
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION] let me know how it goes ?
[G3 General] vassagout:
thank you very much, I'm able to enter to twrp. Just another question: is it normal to see the screen of erase all data every time I enter to TWRP?
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION], you shouldn't be seeing the factory reset screen every time. I did see that when I ran the script first time. Did you try using quickboot to enter recovery?
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
Ok i'm going to try it.
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
[MENTION=6511877]ravi.vydianathan[/MENTION]

Ok i downloaded the firmware and dll then extracted the TOT file, Now i need a DZ file..
[G3 General] vhercastillo:
Hey topet, where are you in manila? Im in manila as well, can i just bring my phone over to you to update it in lollopop? :D
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=6613267]xCassiousx[/MENTION], oops I forgot that these are Tot files. These won't do. You will need the kdz firmware file for this procedure. Let me look around.
[G3 General] DE52:
I'm pretty sure TOT files still contain the partitions required depending on what utility you use to extract. [MENTION=6511877]ravi.vydianathan[/MENTION] [MENTION=6613267]xCassiousx[/MENTION] Personally I used the windows LG firmware extract utility linked in autoprime's thread here It's under the heading "How-To Download Updates and Extract KDZ/TOT Files"
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=5374539]DE52[/MENTION], Thanks for the info. [MENTION=6613267]xCassiousx[/MENTION], you should try out what [MENTION=5374539]DE52[/MENTION] mentions. Do let us know if Tot files work for you.
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
Is that how I'm supposed to get the DZ file? By extracting the TOT file?
[G3 General] DE52:
The DZ file is still a compressed format. When you extract a KDZ, it gives you a DZ and another file. Then you unpack the DZ to get the .bin files which are partitions. A TOT is a less compressed file format which is why they are bigger in file size. You unpack them once to get to the .bin files you need. Don't forget you must rename .bin to .img to be able to flash them
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
[MENTION=6511877]ravi.vydianathan[/MENTION] [MENTION=5374539]DE52[/MENTION] Same one i used which is the same one that i download from this thread :/.

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Ohh i think i get it now. So with a TOT file i dont need the DZ only the .bin files, which need too be renamed to .img in order for them too work. Correct?
[G3 General] DE52:
Yes, basically. Just look at it this way (only for your understanding): KDZ = a zip file. The DZ is a zip inside the KDZ. So, when you unzip the DZ file, you can access the real contents you need which is the bin files. That's why in the instructions, it says you need a DZ file.

TOT's are simply a zip with the contents directly accessible when unzipped.

1.In any case, you click Open (the one beside the line indicated as KDZ/TOT)

2. Select your unzipped TOT (if it wasn't already unzipped, unzip it)

3. click OK on the popup

4. Click the check marks beside the .bin files you want

5. Click extract TOT

6. Files will be extracted to the same folder the utility is in

7. Rename them "blablabla.img" (where blabla is suppose to be the name). You should see the file icon (paper for unknown file types) become a cd in a rectangle. You can right click and check properties to be sure it is listed as a img file.

8. Follow the steps you were following in the thread

You can check the images I attached to see what your window is supposed to look like. Also, your TOT file name won't be the same obviously or at least not necessarily the same name format.
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
[MENTION=5374539]DE52[/MENTION] Sweet thanks, im working on renaming/changing the .bin files to .img files now. Ill give you feedback if i run into anymore issues or success. I appreciate you guys taking the time to help me out.
[G3 General] vassagout:
I'm on cyanogen 12 now and when I entered to twrp to flash the rom and then to flash the gapps I had to choose yes twice in the factory reset screen.. Same as this video https://youtu.be/x-cTpsDLNF8

I also installed quick boot and when I choose recovery option nothing happens.
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=6613267]xCassiousx[/MENTION] if you are going to use imageprep 1.5, then you don't need to rename your bin files. These are automatically renamed. You only need aboot and laf files. Thanks [MENTION=5374539]DE52[/MENTION] your info was useful.

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[MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION], sorry buddy no idea what's going on... Maybe someone more learned can enlighten.. You did grant superuser to quickboot right?
[G3 General] xCassiousx:
[MENTION=6511877]ravi.vydianathan[/MENTION] Ok understood.
[G3 General] vassagout:
It's weird, the superuser app wasn't installed and now that I already installed it shows the following message : the su binary has to be updated. But it failed when I try to updated via normal or twrp.

Suggestions?
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION], you can try supersu from play store or maybe get the latest version from chainfire's website and try flashing thru twrp
[G3 General] vassagout:
Thanks for your help my friend, I flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip(included on the zip) and even that twrp showed an error I was able to install super user, I gave permissions to quick boot and now recovery option takes me direct to twrp... Same happen when I go to recovery manually.

Regards.
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=1866247]vassagout[/MENTION], that's great news... Happy flashing [emoji111]
[G3 General] AtriosM3:
Verizon LG G3 issue TWRP

HI

I'm trying to work this on a Verizon LG G3 and have some issues. I am hoping someone can cue me in the right direction.

I am on on KK: 4.4.2

Version: VS98512B

I grabbed these files:

KDZ VS98512B - extracted all the necessary files as mentioned in tutorial

TWRP from TWRP's website for VS985's phone version (my specific phone) - renamed to boot.img ---Link here

I am getting stuck after everything is pushed to device and then tries to get the phone into download mode. After everything is pushed, the phone restarts manually to regular mode (phone mode). I tried waiting....but obviously nothing happened. Then I tired putting the phone manually into download mode. The phone went into download mode, but nothing happened for a while. My phone will not boot into recovery...only into original Verizon shipped recovery called "System Recovery" but on the top left side it says "Modified"....??

What do you advice for me to do or try next?

Thanks!

Plug the LG G3 to your computer via USB. Press any key to continue.
Starting adb server..

Waiting for device..

Device detected!

Pushing files..
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Busybox
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5501 KB/s (1048328 bytes in 0.186s)
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Rooting Script
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797 KB/s (10621 bytes in 0.013s)
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SuperSu by Chainfire
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4939 KB/s (4017570 bytes in 0.794s)
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Sharpening Mod Script by Skin1980
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3746 KB/s (2583669 bytes in 0.673s)
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Android Bootloader (aboot.img)
---------------------------------
6109 KB/s (2097152 bytes in 0.335s)
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LG G3 Download Mode (laf.img)
---------------------------------
3823 KB/s (17301504 bytes in 4.419s)
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TWRP Custom Recovery
---------------------------------
4913 KB/s (14184464 bytes in 2.818s)

Rebooting..

Looking for LG serial port..

Serial port not found, please insert the phone manually into Download mode.

Waiting for device..
[G3 General] ravi.vydianathan:
[MENTION=6613267]xCassiousx[/MENTION], hope it works for you. You can use restore upgrade errors even if it doesn't detect your phone.