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[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Alanon:
It was probably just a universal method they were testing out. Otherwise, it wouldn't say not enough requests...
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] carraretto33:
Yesterday I upgrade , at start the SD had problem (rebooting loop), the SD was a adb shell modify, so I formatting again and repeat the adb shell procedure to make the sd to internal storage, future updates will not do them, ah.... the version remained 6.0.......
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] mayankjet:
Someone managed to unlock the bootloader or not ?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
Nope. If people are going to ask about about unlocked bootloader then read the last 10 or so pages of forum. Maybe [MENTION=4722961]polfrank[/MENTION] can put up something on the first page.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
It is there

Sent from Serbia
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
Maybe it's not obvious enough because there are people still asking the same question.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
Right now, tried with Kingroot,and, again, root strategy is available.

But, it crashed at 30% for me.

Maybe is my model, wich is H440AR, cause from Argentina.

Can you try guys? since you have H440N...
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Samug11:
Yup, same as before, crashing at 51% on H440N. But at least we have some movement.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
What is latest kdz is it v20a or there is v20b

Sent from Serbia
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Alanon:
I don't see 20b anywhere. It's probably some kind of fix for carrier phones. No website with firmware lists shows a 20b update.

Maybe there will be more info later on, perhaps it's a rare version with a low number of devices, so nobody noticed?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] RxDxPx:
there is only one v20b for Poland, here it is

http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=168
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Alanon:
Yes, that's why I said it was probably a carrier fix. That firmware is for P4 phones, it's been there for weeks. The latest unbranded Polish firmware is also 20a. A similar fix might have been released for a carrier in a different country, but not yet reported to the websites that collect such information.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] mayankjet:
Did any of the guys in india received android m update via ota ?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] pcformat14:
What about the bootloader, after all, you only need to edit the file aboot

Wysłane z mojego LG-H440n przy użyciu Tapatalka
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] shomyns:
Quick question...can i downgrade to lollipop with lg up?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] WoW2ndJob:
Research is on the way on kingroot!
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
what are you talking about? I just tried it and the result is the same as a lot of days ago:
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
Wut, how you have only 5ppls
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Alanon:
It might be another version of the phone, like the AR build?

To be honest, I don't see what's changed regarding our status? The app now shows some kind of queue, but we're still barely in the top 1000 models! Google's stats say there are around 10% of phones with MM on the market, how many models can that be? Probably not many more than 1000. And the KingRoot team can't be expected to simultaneously try to hack all the models in the queue, right?

Add to that the newer, more popular phones that will get MM, and top the list very quickly... I think we're in for a long wait, unless someone breaks the protection for all LG models, and that implementation works for our model. :(
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
Wut, how you have only 5ppls

coz my model? (H440AR)
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] mayankjet:
[MENTION=4722961]polfrank[/MENTION]

Any news about bootloader ?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
My kingroot shows H440n 937th in the queue. I reckon at 2.5k we would be in top 500-ish.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
Read first page
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
can you share a screenshot to see what it has changed? For AR we don't see any changes at all... :(
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
Here you are:
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] polfrank:
There hasn't been any progress at all regarding the bootloader unlock issue on the latest LG phones. I think that LG Spirit's type of security is the same as the other LG phones' type of security (G4, G5, G Flex 2). So, I believe that a workaround will come first for LG G4 or G5 and then someone is going to mod this workaround's method for LG Spirit.

In my oppinion, the development on those other LG phones is much more serious than LG Spirit's (if I am not wrong LG Spirit has no development at all, lately). So, in my mind the LG Spirit is going to get its bootloader unlocked only if LG G4 and G5 ever get an unofficial method for unlock.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
Well, if there is official unlock why would someone try to find unofficial?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
Official method for G4 work only on G4, method for G5 work only on G5...

Maybe this is a moment to ask LG for LG Spirit official method?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Alanon:
Someone asked a while back, for Lollipop, I think they said they had no plans for releasing an unlock method for the Spirit.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] WoW2ndJob:
If LG UP was only for LG G4 why developers couldnt mod bootloader soo it would work on LG H440N?

---------- Post added at 05:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:44 PM ----------

Maybe for H440N , but not AR..
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] polfrank:
This is true. My only hope is that they will find a workaround because LG G4 has the bootloop issue and it would be nice to be able to relock in order to get warranty. But time passes and LG G4 is getting old...
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] WoW2ndJob:
If you want to fix GPS just put little cardboard under the connectors by speaker and it has to fix it. It works for me idk for others, found out 1 day ago.

PS. Under the motherboard as i call it. And tighteen the screws!
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
I can flash Lolipop in LG UP?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] WoW2ndJob:
Yes.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
Just as marshmallow?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
yes
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Fobos531:
Look at post #96 in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/g4/general/custom-rom-lg-g4-h818p-h818n-lp-t3384632/post67961991#post67961991

Is this something we could use as well?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
I too have an idea, a fairly 'out there' one, what if there was a way to root the phone through the stock browser? Only got this idea from the recent PSVita homebrew install through its browser.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
Is any way to create nandroid backup without unlock bootloader and without custom recovery?

I find this (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup&hl=pl), but this work without custom recovery/unlock bootloader?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
No because we don't have root on marshmallow yet.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
I have lolipop rooted with Super SU ^^
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] sotoLOTO-:
GPS fix

Worked for me on h440n ... not Mediatek. Easy trick that seems to have worked for now! Thanks! :)

EDIT: After some testing - the fix worked, as I said, but GPS signal is still somewhat poor. It is enough to get you from point A to B, in a way, but the signal keeps on dropping. It simply won't lock to any satellite gps, constantly loses connection and reconnects again, and then the same again. I've read there are some apps that can help with that. Will try out some. If anyone has a solid one that fixes this, do mention it.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] gogyly:
Can someone upload any of previous lollipop version for lg. I can't find anything on net. Please I need to downgrade my phone, it's acting crazy on marshmellow.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] RxDxPx:
you can find them here

http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=168

lollipop are v10
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
i don't believe in order to gain what f*** thing our device is setted up by default this way, killing apps in background over and over again.

i have 2 options:

1. go back to lollipop and apply Tomo's tweak

2. be patient
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] aggourodolmas:
Well, for me there was no difference. No gps fix app and no screw method solved the problem. I am starting to believe that the problem exist because of TIM brand. Just a thought. I don't know..
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] sotoLOTO-:
Could be. Don't know. I've read that some ppl have placed some thin piece of paper or cardboard in order to press the gps module to make a tighter connection. That is pretty much the same idea as tightening the screws, but who knows. Maybe it'll help you. Look it up.

I just find it so weird that at least I couldn't find anything on ebay, aliexpress, amazon and other similar sites as a spare part of the bottom piece of the plastic frame, which contains the speaker and the gps module. That is really easy to swap and if it is simply a faulty gps module then it's easy to just replace it, but I'm just not sure where the issue is form. The module itself, the connection to the main board or what ...
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] kamango:
Ive sent my phone to service, they returned it like that.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] ShinOrochiX:
New forum!

Guys we have our own forum now! :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62171169&postcount=18782

Forum link: http://xdaforums.com/t/lg-spirit
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] polfrank:
Nice! I just notice that some threads for the older LG Spirit ms870 from 2013 are also included in the section. It would be nice if they can be removed!
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] ShinOrochiX:
Lol true, there is only like three or four and they're pretty ancient. :highfive:
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] leripe:
How to access stock recovery and is there a working root?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] polfrank:
For root check the first post. You can use KingRoot. (not KingoRoot, there's a difference.)

You can reboot to stock recovery if you have root and then install an app like Link2SDor Flashify that offers an advanced reboot menu and choose "reboot to recovery".
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] gaeazero:
theres a 440F version on lg-phone-firmware.com/
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MjezZza:
my lg spirit started to lagg pretty much, chrome is harder and harder to use. I am considering to root it, so i can delete every garbage apps that i dont need and also install greenify. Do you think that would help with lagg problem?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] kamango:
First of all, start using stock browser. It usses less ram and its quite faster.

Id recommend uninstaling all the google apps (google play music, google magazine, google books etc, if youre not using them). Lollipop has a quite good ram managment so i dont think that greenefy would help a lot. My phone has 4 pages of installed apps in drawer and i get occasional lags even though i have over 250mb free. Guessing its because of the slow NAND and ram.

edit: Also, LGs lollipop skin isnt that light. Launcher, weather app etc dont use ram that much but are surely not well optimized. Try FlyMe launcher from Meizu, you would be surprised how different device works in general, since its lighter and phone doesnt have to reload the app from time to time.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] ShinOrochiX:
+1 to kamango's reply. I also have the lags and choppy performance, I believe the problem lies in the firmware itself so hopefully LG can fix them. Maybe you could email LG and send them your concerns (I previously did mentioning other bugs). So using greenify and debloating probably won't fix the lags but is likely to give a bit more free RAM and better battery life. Another launcher will definitely help.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MjezZza:
Can you give me the link of that flyme launcher?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] kamango:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwgX-mmZdr5RdC11U3EtNzN2QVk/view?usp=sharing

Couldnt find the thread from xda so here is google drive link.

This is just an example how laggy, choppy and badly optimized LG Home is. Ported launcher works like a charm. But, you cant use LG widgets and it sort of has navigation and status bar transparancy.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Fobos531:
If I root my phone, will I be able to receive OTA update notifications? And if I decide to update, should I unroot and uninstall xposed framework?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Fobos531:
As [MENTION=4722961]polfrank[/MENTION] said in Q&A section of this thread, the guys at LG Leon have unlocked bootloader and even a CM 12.1! When you compare it to LG Spirit, they are basically the same devices. In their CM 12.1 thread I asked how to unlock LG Leon's bootloader and they say you only need to root and then you put twrp. So that got me wondering: since lg spirit and leon are basically same devices, would it be possible to flash lg leon's firmware on lg spirit? Apparently you need their stock 10b firmware. What do you think?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] polfrank:
No no no, there 's been a misunderstanding! LG Leon has a metroPCS version that comes with the boot loader unlocked by default!! So they built cm12.1 for this version of LG Leon only...

Also, we cannot flash LG Leon's kdz to our device (LG flash tool wont let you) and even if we could, I think it wouldn't work.... The devices may look alike in terms of hardware but a very slight difference may be enough to prevent it from booting. For such devices that are kind of similar, the easy thing to do is port roms from one to another but still, we need an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery to do this.

Note that the metroPCS version of LG Leon has even a different code name (MS345), so LG flash tool won't let you flash it on LG Leon H340N ...
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Fobos531:
So this MetroPCS version has unlocked bootloader unlocked by MetroPCS company themselves, not LG?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] polfrank:
Yes, I think this is the case.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] leripe:
Has anyone experienced a loss of the real icons for some apps? Im using nova launcher and suddenly some of the stock app icons are showing up as green android icons, instead of for example camera icon?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Fobos531:
I'm using Nova Launcher as well, but I'm using custom LP 5.1 icon pack featured in Nova Launcher. I haven't experienced the loss with these icons. You can try using them if you want.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] midzan21:
How to get stock LG Spirit Bootanimation

OK, here I am after vacation, and after having some spare time I finnaly found how to remove bloated bootanimation from your mobile operator. It is just simple and only thing you need is:

Root Explorer (ES File Explorer is recommended because it is free)

2 minutes of spare time

so in your favorite root explorer go to

/persist-lg/poweron

and there remove all stuff for bootanimation from your bloated operator ;)

Reboot phone and voila, you get stock LG bootanimation :D

Again here I should wrote 1 thing about bootloader: it is getting closer than I expected. For now I need to redownload Croatian v10c kdz to have it in case of unbootable phone and after that I would try latest changes which I done.

EDIT: Seems that I f*cked up phone with one aboot change :/ ... No download mode, no recovery, not even anything showing on screen plus I broke screen while on vacation :/ If battery drain and then trying to enter in Download mode doesn't help I should send it service center and then maybe get some other LG phone for same price (L90, L70 or something else from LG but with official 5.0 update if possible if it won't be fixed :/ this is my first device which need to get to service after all)... Evetrough I wanted to get it to service because of broken screen, but yeah, now it really needs service :/
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
Hi, guys. Kingroot team has published in its facebook page a wishlist for all those devices that need root access. Our device doesn't found in the list, but, you can add it and vote it too, in order to be considered in any kind of priority. For some reason Im not able to edit the list, but, you can try to do this?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Ninloth:
I wasn't able to edit, but added in the "other" section. Just entered "lg-h440n/h440f/h442f (same device)" and voted.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
stupid tip:

go to settings - > developer options - > drawing and disable all animations scales. now probe scrollig, launch apps and return to homescreen, etc.so... yeah, you'll have your phone as a lightning
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Zer01neDev:
Hello guys, thanks for all what you'r doing.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
I know, but i like my animations xD
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Jasper1194:
hello, i'm trying to download the stock roms from the link in the post, but i keep getting a not found error. Even when i try the other links. Can somebody help me?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] midzan21:
If somebody didn't saw, but this phone got real subforums, not just tagged with LG Spirit small one...

http://xdaforums.com/lg-spirit

S*it now after a year got real ;)
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] jonixas:
Now if only we could fill this forum with functional roms and kernels...
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] ignatovidiu:
Hello i own a lg spirit 4g.and i update to 6.0 via lg ota to version v20a-EUR.xx i will like to root the phone but i did to root with one click root or king root i did try same tut from here but nothing working. Please give me some advice.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Mzjedz:
At the moment, you can't root android 6. Rooting our device only works on lollipop.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] RxDxPx:
try this link

the download for Marshmalow Portuguese rom works

http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=168
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
I can upload for you v20b P4/Play Poland
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] velikopen:
how is your lg spirit guys? mine is pretty much washed up on this back cover lol. Gold baxk cover turning into white. also there are many scratcjes, but screen is pretty nice without major scratches. Performance wise it's still solid if you dont run heavy apps.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Jasper1194:
Thnx! But i already found a dutch lollipop rom which worked for me.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
mine has a silicon back cover protector, so back cover is new as when I bought. screen hasn't scratches couse I use fabric cover and every time phone is into it. I don't use tempered glass couse I have experienced sensibility loss of touchscreen with it. about performance, I disabled all scales animations and run trebuchet launcher v 6.0.1.6 wich is the fastest and lightest launcher that I've found. Also, I use uc browser mini which is the only browser that does not restart in the background, at least for me.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
Mine's on MM 6.0 it has silicon case and screen protector from 1st day. I use UX launcher and thats it
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Fobos531:
How do you guys rate the overall experience in Lolipop vs Marshmallow? I'd love to see some opinions.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
I return from 6.0 to 5.0.1 because 6.0 have problem with RAM (killing applications, slow work) and I have root 5.0.1 :)
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] velikopen:
[MENTION=6069655]Fobos531[/MENTION]

Lollipop had some weird memory issues. Without tweaks lollipop is probably the worst OS on Spirit i have ever seen . Marshmallow multitasking is way better without any tweaks and root. i can run multiple apps at the same time. Battery on marshmallow is near the best i have ever seen on Android. I get around 5 hours of SOT. Standby time is not bad at all. I charge it at night and battery last about 1 day from morning till 10-11 pm . I had lollipop 5.1 on Moto phone and couldn't reach 4 hours of SOT even on custom rom . Lg did tremendous effort imo.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] colliflower1107:
im torn on whether or not to go back to lollipop just cause of root access but im worried that i wont have as much storage space. opinions?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
multitasking in my case is almost imposible. I am on MM Poland free.

i. e. I just want listen music with radio app and surfing internet, but after few seconds radio app stops work.

MM runs more smoothly than LL, and saves more battery also, its true, but multitasking problems still go there, and they are killing my patience
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Alanon:
That really depends on your usage habits. Personally, I force myself to keep a lean phone, evaluate and get rid of all the crap I rarely use, and I still have fair amounts of memory. For me that means keeping only one game at a time, regularly transfering pictures to PC, etc.

Root is really useful only for achieving some systemic changes, changesregular backups, etc. but with good habits, you can do without it on MM.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] 69PerTTu69:
I still haven't tried MM purely because there is no root access. Without any kernel tweak (tried them, phone became unusable), with Greenify, Trimmer and stopping autostart of the most leeching apps (with Kingroot) I have a wounderfull battery time and a fairly good multitasking. Constant music (Poweramp+Dolby Atmos) surfing (Chrome) and Facebook with out problems.

The only app that kills everything for me is Pokemon GO, but only overheats and shuts down the musick after 10-15min of gameplay.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
This work? You can run Chrome, music and youtube in background?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] 69PerTTu69:
You just cannot run Youtube on background! (without xposed) :D

But music + surfing ain't a problem at all. With Greenify everything stays the same, even GoogleMaps resumes were you left it. I reached over +1000 hours uptime without any kind of problem.

We all know it's nos precisely the fastest phone, but there are many thing you can do to improve the performance as much as you can:

Disable all Google apps that you don't use (For me G+, Hangout, Talkback, G. Videos, etc)

Disable Google Now or at least "OK Google" recognition [This mother f*cker drains even your bloody life]

Use "Autostart" function from Kingroot => Damn usefull

Greenify leeching apps (Facebook, Pokemon Go, Netflix)

Weekly use of Trimmer

AdAway also helps a lot

At least with this kind of configuration my phone runs quite smoothly (With animations activated =D)

Hope it helps

By the way, if you know how to restore the whole /system using LG up/LG Flash Tool, you can purge all the carrier apps and Gapps and gain a lot of storage space for things that you actually use [Don't touch LG apps, just disable them]
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
Wait... I can delete apps from KDZ and flash it? LG UP not return any errors?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] MadjijaHacker:
He meant flash new system to get rid of carrier and disable lg apps in phone settings
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] tbox963:
Any tutorial/link? I can test this on lolipop?
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] jonixas:
I can't decide if I should stay on MM for adopted storage to use with spotify, or to get back to LL to use V4A to have good sound with spotify. At this point, you just have to minmax everything and weigh all the pros and the cons.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] walterfuster:
not only you have the chance of flashing mods like V4A cause root acces, also (maybe the most important) in LL you can tweak LMK settings, with them you'll can run spotify and another apps at the same time.
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] jonixas:
Well, it's not like I have problems running anything I need
[LG Spirit Questions & Answers] Fobos531:
Can someone give me detailed instructions on how to improve/fix this phone's GPS? I have satellites in view, but I'm not getting a lock at all.