yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Pad 8.3 General] hodgestl:
United States market is ALSO left out of the LP update. I'm with you. No update in the EU or in the US makes absolutely no sense from a marketing standpoint. Unbelievable!!!!! So now, I'm sure someone will post that LG is skipping LP for our tablets to take us straight to Marshmallow. I think that is just wishful thinking! Very disappointing.
[G Pad 8.3 General] DeanGibson:
Be careful what you wish for ...

I presume you are referring to the VK500, as the VK810 has had LP for six months.

However, you may not want to jump from the frying pan into the fire:

LG may be waiting until the latest (October) Stagefright vulnerability fix is fully tested, before the fix is pushed to devices.

I used to have two VK810 tablets, which worked fine under v4.4.4. After I upgraded OTA to v5.0.2, Google Play app installs and updates were excruciatingly slow. App updates on either VK810 to a small app often took ten minutes, and occasionally would time out. The update on my LG G3 to the same app, at the same time, on the same WiFi network, took only a few seconds. After five months of this, finally last week I had enough, and traded the two VK810s into Verizon for two VK815s. Wow what a change! App updates that used to take ten minutes, now took 10-15 seconds.

So, if you are happy with the speed of app updates, you may want to wait. Do some reading on the Stagefright vulnerability. This is an issue that has the greatest risk when receiving MMS messages, and if you are not using your tablet for video-type stuff, you may be better off waiting to see what LG does.
[G Pad 8.3 General] hodgestl:
You are right. I should have said the V500 version in the US has not been updated. Thanks for the clarification.
[G Pad 8.3 General] TehJumpingJawa:
Noticed a week ago that my 8.3 gpad (UK) has an ota update available.

Unfortunately I downloaded the update without taking note of the release date, and there doesn't appear to be a way of viewing this info after the download. All it says now is a uselessly inaccurate & ambiguous description "Enhancements: 1. Phone usability and functionality has been improved further."

Is it the lollipop update?

If so, what version? what's it like for bugs?

How's the lg skin stuff?

Does it have the horrible 2-stage lollipop notification bar, and annoying carousel task switcher?

Is rooting still possible?

Sorry in advance if this has already been asked, I don't follow these forums religiously.
[G Pad 8.3 General] AB__CD:
Nope, prob not. My V500 got the update too, and it was only minor performance improvement.
[G Pad 8.3 General] tmohammad:
Anyone with further news for the UK owners?
[G Pad 8.3 General] Upu:
Hi, i just discovered something:

but all im able to get is this :

i hope somebody would be able to download that vietnamese.kdz

all we need is S/N from vietnamese GPAD
[G Pad 8.3 General] auleu:
it's an old build anyway
[G Pad 8.3 General] Upu:
How do you know it?

Odesláno z mého A0001 pomocí Tapatalk
[G Pad 8.3 General] auleu:
in your screenshot it says 500.20f and thats like 4.4.2 i think
[G Pad 8.3 General] n0credit:
You are looking at the wrong screenshot.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Upu:
Yea my 2nd screenshot should mean that i can download only this bcuz of my country. :(

Odesláno z mého A0001 pomocí Tapatalk
[G Pad 8.3 General] bogdan109:
Here, last ROM from Vietnam. Bad news, only 20F KK : http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW09OFW232HGAVZ500938FF/V50020f_00.kdz
[G Pad 8.3 General] tmohammad:
Looks like this will.....

..... Never get updated!!!!!
[G Pad 8.3 General] Colchiro:
Time to start looking for a different tablet....
[G Pad 8.3 General] Surgeman:
Lolliop for LG G Pad 8.3 is up to 36B now...That's for VK810..but the link below has all firmware.Keep an eye on that link it's updated regular..

http://lg-phone-firmware.com/firmware-Lg+G+Pad+8.3-Tutti-39.html
[G Pad 8.3 General] Fullmetal Jun:
Why? V50030B(Hong Kong) is as stable as it gets without any different country bloats!

It's basically an international rom which has not been released and by now no one cares about warranty, so just install twrp using rashr and flash the stock rom 30B(1.2GB) zip and its stock kernel zip and voila you're on official lollipop!
[G Pad 8.3 General] Colchiro:
Sorry, I forgot the name of the thread. I'm on the international version of Lollipop, but want official Marshmallow.
[G Pad 8.3 General] tmohammad:
I take it that this will NEVER see Lollipop let alone Marshmallow!
[G Pad 8.3 General] Upu:
Just saw this thread Android 6.0 Marshmallow is out for Verizon LG G Pad X8.3 so there is some hope ? :eek:
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Not really. The VK815 is much newer than the V500, V510 and VK810, and my VK810 hasn't had a new OTA in almost nine months, and has never received even 5.1.1, only 5.0.2.
[G Pad 8.3 General] outcasted2003:
VK815 only had 5.0.2 which was just upgraded to 6.0
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Well in that case, that's a huge upgrade behavior and performance-wise.
[G Pad 8.3 General] tmohammad:
My V500 in the UK is still on KitKat!!!!! Shame on you LG!
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I flashed back to KitKat on my VK810 yesterday and am seriously considering keeping it that way. I had been on Lollipop 5.0.2 (although rooted and fully debloated) ever since it OTAd for the VK810 a year ago or so, but it's so sluggish it's driving me nuts.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Kzyw:
Cm13 by fefifofum is the best rom!
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Too bad that's for the V500 though, not for the VK810. Also, last times that some developers works on CM for the VK810, Mobile Data still wasn't working reliably, unfortunately.
[G Pad 8.3 General] devanHacker:
Noooo! I've been working for days with your "best way..." post. First time was buggy which was my fault and fixed it. Flashed back to 4.2.2 and am literally sitting here writing my documentation to flash your VictoryROM again with some of my own stuff. You're pretty much the authority on the VK810, so yes, 5.0.2 is much better looking, but not worth it? Not new here, but have been away awhile and in different accounts dodging Google. I'll wait on your reply before I pull the trigger. I'll finish my setup, though.
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You never know, try Lollipop yourself and see.

I am reminded of some of the things I'll want to change on KitKat to make it more like Lollipop, but only through existing apps when possible.

It is nice just how fast KitKat is but I haven't loaded all my apps back on yet so we'll see.

Really wish they had updated to 5.1.1 - that was a noticeable improvement on the Verizon G3.
[G Pad 8.3 General] devanHacker:
Okay, I will. About debloating scripts, that was something I never ran into before. How can I replicate that for different builds? Not looking for nicely wrapped Christmas presents, but maybe a link to info that I can glean how to methods from. Not new to XDA, but new to the idea of creating and contributing. Just installed Java JDK and Android Studio. Ready to get busy breaking stuff!! ?

Also, same type of info, if I have a stock 5.0.2.kdz (We'll use our beloved vk810 as the example), how to methods of making into a flashable zip.
[G Pad 8.3 General] devanHacker:
Thank you for taking the time to explain all that and I understood every bit of it. Good communication skills. My thought, right after I hit the send button was, "F*ckin Google it, Stupid!" But thanks for sharing your process and insite. Going back to KitKat, 4.4.4 or 4.4.2? I just finished installing your ViktoryROM and if I feel it's lagging, I'll be going back too. And if I do, I'll try to work on debloating as well. Decided you can't hide from Google so I'll be switching accounts once more soon, integrating everything into that one, but I'll PM you when it's set up. Lol, I kind of faded near the bottom and just noticed the dear. Lol. It's dinner time.Copy/Pasted to a .txt file to read either later tonight or first thing in the morning when I can focus and follow up on the sources you pointed out. Been working on my tablet since 11 this morning and am completely cooked. Getting it on Wi-Fi so it can update and calling it quits. I really do appreciate you helping me out. I'll return the favor once I'm up to speed.
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You're welcome! Thanks! Stock KitKat ROMs on most devices seem to only go to 4.4.2, and indeed all three KitKat releases for the VK810 were 4.4.2: 22A, 23A and 24A, just as they were for the three for the VS985 G3: 10B, 11C and 12B.

4.4.3 and 4.4.4 were probably very minor updates.

No sweat and good luck!
[G Pad 8.3 General] devanHacker:
Finished up with getting Viktory moved in an unpacked and already running into issues, again, probably my own doing. Your TL;DR post provided me with some very essential terms and definitions that I was lacking before. My VK810 is powered off and on a shelf until I get some things torn apart to see how they work. My goal is to start with a 5.0.2 ROM and learn the file system and what is what and does what, then start breaking sh*t. But since 4* is more of a known quantity, if I start hitting too many walls with 5, I might be back at 4 with you. If I start making progress I'll corroborate with you, or just keep you in the loop. Thanks again for all the info!! Without it, I wouldn't even know where to start.
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You're welcome! Right now I'm looking up all the system apps that are in 24A KitKat that I don't already know what they are, and then determining if there's any I can debloat that I wasn't already debloating previously.
[G Pad 8.3 General] tmohammad:
So Lollipop in the UK never got launched! Thats so sad that LG treated their customers like that! Others around the world got Lollipop why not the UK! :confused:
[G Pad 8.3 General] dark0shark:
Forget about LG and Lollipop. Jump to Nougat with LineageOS, details at

[ROM][7.1.x][v500][OFFICIAL] Lineage OS 14.1 [Nightly] https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3538884

For TWRP here: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3135886
[G Pad 8.3 General] Wingchundub:
I am for over 2 years going to try and update one of my boys gpad's.

Will look at you're link and see if i can get nougat installed, as from previous attempts years back, i struggled to install twrp and custom roms.

Best wishes
[G Pad 8.3 General] dark0shark:
Maybe rooting is the most challenging part. I forgot, how I did it, but towelroot.com might be still the best and reliable tool. There is also a XDA thread for rooting the v500, but kind of outdated too. Good luck, fingers crossed.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Wingchundub:
I kept a notepad i made back then, and rooted very easily with kingoroot.

Only issue i have now is installing twrp, as i tried with flashify like i did with my other son's lg back then, but it cocked up the tablet.

Had to reflash 4.4.2 stock again and reroot.

One son has uk version which i did put custom rom in back then and he still uses it now.

This one is us version and not sure if it is that was is causing me issues.

I'd love to put custom in this if possible

Best wishes
[G Pad 8.3 General] dark0shark:
Give the official TWRP App a try, that should work (if device is rooted), download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.twrp.twrpapp
[G Pad 8.3 General] harryzee:
Problem

Disregard please.

Thanks.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Wingchundub:
It certainly did work, thank you :)

Now i need to read up on which rom to install now.

He won't be happy as i keep messing with his table lol

Only thing i am confused with is the GAPPS and which one i require, arm, arm 64 x86?

Best wishes ;)
[G Pad 8.3 General] dark0shark:
It's arm, download Open GApps with the related app. I prefer nano package together with official LineageOS 14.1, see https://xdaforums.com/lg-g-pad-83/orig-development/lineage-os-14-1-t3538884
[G Pad 8.3 General] biljerr:
has anyone had issues rooting vk815 with 6.0

i get a message

"hi i am laf nice to meet you"
[G Pad 8.3 General] elganso:
Wow! :)

Is Korean version different to the European one? Is that KDZ file flashable in other region devices?
[G Pad 8.3 General] ckret:
ive downloaded the kdz and will mirror it by time

i didnt want to spent my time on flashing it since old methods dont work anymore (you need kdz flasher with offline fix etc...)
[G Pad 8.3 General] freezenook:
You can flash korean kdz without problems.
[G Pad 8.3 General] mash hossein:
is this version flashable with LG Flash Tool 2014?
[G Pad 8.3 General] ckret:
yes it is

just select cse flash

i did now and the pad is on korean

i will post some screens when it finally boots
[G Pad 8.3 General] :
Still the same bloat as with kk?
[G Pad 8.3 General] java87:
Is it good, fast? I will wait european version and easier flashing.
[G Pad 8.3 General] auleu:
5.0.2 ? wtf
[G Pad 8.3 General] leroideskiki01:
Does it solve the SD card problem ?
[G Pad 8.3 General] kalagas:
I think sdcard problem was cuased by kitkat. Lollipop is allowing to write in sdcard, so i think it's solved by Google in lollipop
[G Pad 8.3 General] leroideskiki01:
Can [MENTION=2981524]ckret[/MENTION] test the SD card ?
[G Pad 8.3 General] ckret:
if you flash lollipop you can not root or install twrp

right now i am looking into creating a flashable zip

edit: how should i test something occuring occasionally?
[G Pad 8.3 General] kalagas:
what do you mean? checking the sdcard?
[G Pad 8.3 General] leroideskiki01:
Just testing if you can wrote on it
[G Pad 8.3 General] Stu C:
[MENTION=2981524]ckret[/MENTION], Thanks for the screens! Excited to see the split screen "button" at the bottom. Can you confirm that the third "button" is now recent apps (as it should be) rather than menu?

The Korean version seems to be running fine for you in your native language, right?

What differences do we expect in the Korean and European ROMs, given this is a wifi-only tablet? I can understand there being differences for phones and tablets with 3G/4G, but not sure with the wifi models that should be identical hardware in all regions.
[G Pad 8.3 General] ckret:
the third button is recents and the forth split screen as you have guessed

nothing different except the beginning which was preset on korean

differences to expect are wifi minor wifi changes, as the standards are different

else it works flawless till now, but i will revert to aosp soon since i cant root or install twrp
[G Pad 8.3 General] Kzyw:
Good news gays :laugh:
[G Pad 8.3 General] Stu C:
I'm going to chalk that up as a typo, though the A and U keys are pretty spaced apart on my keyboard!
[G Pad 8.3 General] Kickoff:
Just installed without issues. The volume panel covers the full screen the notification panel not. They left the old wallpaper which is pretty strange for me. Testing now.
[G Pad 8.3 General] gatgat23:
Being my second LG device (an ARMv6 device being the first), will we also get the Lollipop update via FOTA or only through flashing KDZ?
[G Pad 8.3 General] iconicpaul:
is that the koreean version?
[G Pad 8.3 General] annoyingduck:
You'll have both options once your area is released.
[G Pad 8.3 General] iconicpaul:
is that the Korean version of the ROM?
[G Pad 8.3 General] Kickoff:
yep
[G Pad 8.3 General] attika79:
Hi all, hi Kickoff!

You have root acess on 30A? If yes, how, wich method?
[G Pad 8.3 General] Kickoff:
Not yet. Tried some methods but no success.
[G Pad 8.3 General] attika79:
Thank's.

You tried the G3 Lollipop method? It is works on G2 30A Lollipop also.
[G Pad 8.3 General] iconicpaul:
LG has always released the updates sooner on the Asian versions, either Korean or Taiwan.

I have a G Pro 2 D838 with Taiwan rom and it got the lollipop update immediately after the Korean did. It is natural since LG is a Korean company.

The european versions are among the last, unfortunately so having an Asian rom is an advantage for future updates.

My G Pad 8.3 has an "open_eu" rom, "open" meaning unbranded. I don't know exactly how many regions are there on LG roms.
[G Pad 8.3 General] palmwangja:
http://zgundam.tistory.com/64

Here I found a couple of screenshots for 30A.
[G Pad 8.3 General] attika79:
Everything good, waiting the root method. Unfortuanely, I have not found... :(
[G Pad 8.3 General] java87:
What about gamma? Is it better than on KitKat?
[G Pad 8.3 General] naudmick:
Language French in koreean version ?
[G Pad 8.3 General] volginster:
Oui monsieur :)
[G Pad 8.3 General] Die Bruine:
Although you can write to external SD (I had to enable this function, ES Explorer showed me how) it's still of little use to me.

I want to move game and app data to SD. But the system says there already on SD. Yes, internal, not external :( . So the option to move an app to SD is utterly worthless as does exactly nothing :@
[G Pad 8.3 General] Impromark:
Also wondering if the screen gamma / brightness has been tweaked at all. :)

Incidentally, and although I *knew* that the update would not yet be ready for my US-region G PAd, I tried anyway. I got a message of "Could not connect to Update-Server". This probably means that the actual server is busy dolling out updates to the Korean tablets. Patience, it'll happen. :)

Mark
[G Pad 8.3 General] dadaa1:
could it be possible that no one finds root method and we have no luck with this one?
[G Pad 8.3 General] Disrupthor:
Try Purpledrake...
[G Pad 8.3 General] annoyingduck:
This should root it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3056951

Confirmed on the 7" version.
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
That message happens sometimes even when it's going to work. You just have to drag the dialog out of the way and ignore it. Honest. Don't press OK or Cancel. It doesn't always give me that message but the last two times it did. It still works.

Sent from my VK810 4G
[G Pad 8.3 General] iconicpaul:
i have asked several LG support call centers and emails regarding the update to G Pad 8.3 and so far everyone says: "the update is in progress" but they don't know other details....dates, regions....etc

i have read here on xda and other forums that the other models, G Pad 7, 8 and 10 already got OTA....several owners from different countries reported they received OTA to lollipop.

so far no one with a 8.3 tablet reported an OTA
[G Pad 8.3 General] Disrupthor:
Calm down and wait. You will get lollipop soon.
[G Pad 8.3 General] ASW1:
There is no much to be exited about, unfortunately.

I tried stock lollipop for a couple of days and except for the notifications that are slightly different nothing really changed.

(invisibly under the hood for sure things changed)
[G Pad 8.3 General] auleu:
guys just follow https://twitter.com/lg_firmware , when multi region firmware will be released it will be posted there first.
[G Pad 8.3 General] ravi_buz:
Is there any tut on how to get back to stock rom from custom rom posted in XDA?
[G Pad 8.3 General] Stu C:
I'm excited about having new navigation buttons! The current menu button is a waste of space, and the frequent programs (currently long press home) is the one that I am always using. The split screen option also looks like it may be very useful. These are probably the most used "buttons" in Android, so a change is significant.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Fullmetal Jun:
This and better status bar!

I also hope the Adreno graphics software is updated for even better performance!
[G Pad 8.3 General] ASW1:
You are right about that, not having a "recents" button was a major error in LG stock 4.4

However I used Xposed with G2 module to have a recents button anyway, plus a "settings" button (that I lost in LG lollipop) and a few other small but important tweaks.

But I got very irritated with LG stock lollipop after only two days.

The auto brightness is still too dark, and there is no way to adjust that.

And having to manually adjust brightness via the pulldown menu also pisses me off.

I changed to Euphoria rom 5.0.2, and that is a major improvement over LG stock rom.
[G Pad 8.3 General] dec1153:
Sounds more promising!!
[G Pad 8.3 General] Mhden2x:
Well, that's typical LG lol... I remember the suffering and anticipation for ICS on Optimus 2x!
[G Pad 8.3 General] Impromark:
Looks like the HK and Chinese 8.3s started their Lollipop rollout on the 16th, according to the above Twitter feed. I'm hoping some Western nations are opened up next!

Mark
[G Pad 8.3 General] Masteryates:
I agree about the navigation buttons. What were LG thinking leaving the recents button out of 4.4.2? I've done the Xposed thing on my G2 to get around the problem but there is alot of lag when the recents button is pressed. :rolleyes:

I'm concerned that LG are building on 5.0.2. My Nexus 7 (2013) got 5.1 a few days ago and the performance is excellent compared to 5.0.2.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Impromark:
Well, they have to put a line in the sand SOMEWHERE, so at least we're getting 5.0.2 instead of 5.0.1 or raw 5.0!

The REAL question is how much better 5.0.2 on the G Pad is compared to 4.4.2... If your Nexus 7 is any indication, reviews suggest it's quite a good update?

It wouldn't surprise me if this is the last major upgrade for the 8.3, though I'd love to be proved wrong - the 8.3 GPE got 5.1, surely they could spare a couple days' development to roll it out to us?

Mark
[G Pad 8.3 General] redhk886:
i just flashed over stock kk and it does seem to be a bit snappier.i also think it looks a bit more nicer compared to previous versions.best new feature so far is split screen mode.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Brunoams:
Is there any improvement in others apps? Like new functionalities to quick remote and so on?
[G Pad 8.3 General] Masteryates:
On my Nexus 7 (2013), 5.0.2 was slow compared to 4.4.4. I just kept it on to be my Lollipop test device. As a daily driver it was stable, but not fast. 5.1 is significantly faster.

Lets just hope LG have done a good job with 5.0.2 and the extra horsepower of the Gpad makes it was quick as 5.1 on the Nexus 7. :fingers-crossed:
[G Pad 8.3 General] iconicpaul:
it seems there are some delays with the updates, maybe next month in May....they still have to update some cheaper phones like G2 mini
[G Pad 8.3 General] DeanGibson:
Recent apps button

Press and hold the "home" button???

---------- Post added at 01:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 PM ----------

Press and hold the "home" button???
[G Pad 8.3 General] ASW1:
Yes, very annoying that was indeed.
[G Pad 8.3 General] DeanGibson:
Not nearly as annoying as on the G3, where LG replaced the "menu" button with the "recent" button, and then you have to hold the "recent" button to get the "menu" button for most apps. Of course, I almost never use the "recent" button, but use the "home" button a lot, and the "menu" button the most.

Of course LG could provide a separate button on both devices, and then we could select "recent" as a separate button, to replace either the "notifications" button or the "notes" button (neither of which I ever use).
[G Pad 8.3 General] Brunoams:
Sorry, the menu button should have been gone long time ago.

Unfortunately everyone kept it for no reason. All apps designed correctly have the three dots/bars as standard. Why keep an outdated button?
[G Pad 8.3 General] roirraW "edor" ehT:
For the apps that aren't designed modern. It's all about choice, anyway. Nothing wrong with having it available, whether it's enabled by default or not.

CM12.1’s configurable implementation works for me:
[G Pad 8.3 General] iconicpaul:
most likely the updates have been postponed for the next month or the summer
[G Pad 8.3 General] Impromark:
Do you have a source on this? Granted we have two days left in April, so having it in May would almost be a given at this point. I haven't heard of anything BAD with the 8.3 rollout in the other countries, has anyone?

Mark
[G Pad 8.3 General] iconicpaul:
no, i have no source

i am just speculating but on some other related information like one received by a user who has a G2 Mini and received a reply from LG stating that the update for that particular phone will come in July although previous LG plans were for April also

based on the current silence from the other tablet models, the 7, 8 and 10, no update so far there....i am speculating that most likely the previous LG plans were modified
[G Pad 8.3 General] satamateur:
G2 mini is not flagship device