yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G4 General] WTF?:
I am not sure - perhaps DEVICEID and IMEI are not a match - post a photo of the end of your box similar to the pic I posted and I will see if I see any obvious issue. :)
[G4 General] appileh:
---------- Post added at 10:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:53 PM ----------

Ok how the hell!!! My phone is just another imei number? So whats on the box is not the same as the phone
[G4 General] WTF?:
the phone whose true IMEI that matches that box should unlock with no problem, if you follow the instructions exactly, shown here developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS

---------- Post added at 04:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:03 PM ----------

if the IMEI in Settings --> about phone and also the IMEI under the battery doesn't match the box, then that is your issue - you have some issues to straighten out with the phone vendor!
[G4 General] appileh:
Yes i make a case of it. Im really pissed off right now!!! Thanks for support if i hadn't you i was screwed on long term mate.
[G4 General] WTF?:
If you bought the phone on ebay or swappa or any place where you paid with PayPal then you have purchase protection guarantee - also many credit cards have this feature, ask your card issuer.
[G4 General] appileh:
No no i bought it in a store with a subscription of 2 year and paid 150 euro extra. It is gsmwijzer.nl. Crappy store i guess.
[G4 General] WTF?:
It is fraud and against the law in most every country to sell a new phone in a box that does not match the phone inside. Take it back and tell them that the phone and box must match, and stay with the NLD code version, and before leaving store make sure box, Settings-System-About Phone section, and under battery, all three places have matching IMEI :)
[G4 General] darkruby:
Any ETA on TWN verion bootloader unlock? :p
[G4 General] WTF?:
You should consider selling your TWN G4 on ebay or swappa, because 99.9% of G4 buyers are just regular folks with no interest in unlocking the bootloader, so the phone you recently bought is still extremely desirable to nearly everyone, and the prices reflect that. If you have kept the phone in mint condition, you could just take the money and turn around and buy one of the H815 with the codes I listed. Waiting around for LG to change their silly policies might take years.
[G4 General] killswitx:
hi, want to just know if there is any method of not losing warranty after unlocking bootloader...? seen that there is some time if someone came up with something. thanks
[G4 General] patalao:
No.

For now unlocking = losing warranty
[G4 General] shigi1231:
I need help. IT would seem that my H815 cannot be unlocked the bootloader because LG says that it's from Taiwan. IS there any other way? Or am i just doing it wrong? plsss help, I want CM 13 lol
[G4 General] WTF?:
sell your phone for about the same as you paid, and then buy one of the country codes I have shown here: H815 models you can unlock - there is no other way that is sucessful
[G4 General] shigi1231:
But, can you still flash/kdz the marshmallow kdz for the H815 taiwan?
[G4 General] WTF?:
yes - go here
[G4 General] dudewatdahell:
Help

Hi, I want to unlock my bootloader and I'm just a noob. I don't know where to download these things (adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, fastboot.exe). Can't find them on developer.android.com. If someone could point me at the right direction, that'd be great.

Thanks :D
[G4 General] WTF?:
well first of all, you must have the exact model H815 and it must be the European sold model or no bootloader unlock for you, regardless of what tools you have.

as far as getting adb, this method is the most painless
[G4 General] dudewatdahell:
Hey thanks man, I got to the fastboot thing "adb reboot bootloader". But when i try the "fastboot oem device-id" command, I just get stuck at < waiting for device > and nothing happens. I tried waiting for it for soooo long but nothing still happened. Maybe something is wrong with my phone?

BTW, the model number of my phone is LG-H815, so there shouldn't be any problems right? However, when I checked the software version it says V10e-SEA-XX - does that matter?

Thanks! :D
[G4 General] WTF?:
yes, it absolutely matters - SEA models were only unlockabe for about 1 week during an internal test

here is the list of the ones we know can be unlocked, I am about to release a supplemental list of a few more models that look promising, but most H815 variants cannot be unlocked
[G4 General] dudewatdahell:
Thanks again! :D

Damn I won't be able to unlock my bootloader, would you recommend rooting it and installing TWRP via the low effort root? Your response is very much appreciated. :D

Sincerely,

me - noob
[G4 General] WTF?:
personally I would resell it if it is still in nice condition, 99.9% of LG G4 buyers are just regular folks that don't give a crap about whether their bootloader can be unlocked, or what the country code is, so you get a nice high price for it on ebay or swappa (swappa charges a much lower selling fee), then take the proceeds and buy one that has the right code on the box, and make sure the IMEI on the box agrees with the IMEI behind the battery and the IMEI in Settings-About Phone

having an unlocked bootloader makes screwing around with the phone hassle free. Besides, I don't trust any method that says it can install TWRP with a locked bootloader phone, or that TWRP would be able to function correctly even if you could install it, sounds like BS to me, but I am old school!
[G4 General] darrenjdoc:
Anybody know if its possible to delete the Bootloader Unlocked warning when booting the phone? I read on Moto's handsets it is stored in logo.bin and it could be overwritten.
[G4 General] petro_ionut:
I'm interested too!
[G4 General] ChriKn:
If it is what you are asking for, you can't relock the bootloader after having used this method actually.
[G4 General] ChriKn:
Just click the thanks button in such cases ;)

Have a nice day
[G4 General] jasonzarko:
Where did you get your 99.9% from? Sounds like a made up statistic if you ask me[emoji6]
[G4 General] WTF?:
everyone should not be so worried about the warranty, LG G4's don't break unless abused, one of the most reliable phones ever made!

---------- Post added at 04:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

NO LG G4's ship with the bootloader unlocked, but the ones from my list above should be able to be easily unlocked in about one minute using the LG factory tool

---------- Post added at 05:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:43 PM ----------

prove it to yourself, go to a busy store during shopping season, and ask people if their smartphone has an unlocked bootloader, and after a few hundred times of hearing "what's a bootloader?" you will not think it is such a made up statistic - people on XDA are probably 1 in 100,000, not 1 in 1000 as 99.9% would indicate, my statement was quite conservative!
[G4 General] jasonzarko:
I don't need to prove it. I'm the one coming out with those stats. I just would like to see more evidence. Maybe an article or something?
[G4 General] WTF?:
the fact remains, not even 1 in 1000 smartphone owners even know what a bootloader is, so the original point is correct, your LG G4 has excellent resale value because it's a great phone with the best camera of *any* phone as well as removable battery and storage and a plethora of LTE bands so you can enjoy it almost anywhere in the world. No other phone on earth combines these attributes.

rather than fight a locked bootloader, just swap it for a variant that is easily bootloader unlocked, I don't know why people kill themselves trying to force a square peg into a round hole, I swapped mine for the unlockable model, and haven't looked back, makes an already great phone into the greatest phone you can buy, currently!
[G4 General] jasonzarko:
You started off with LG g4 buyers and ended up with all smartphone buyers. That is like mixing apples and oranges, Both fruit but completely different.
[G4 General] core720:
Sorry, SEA?
[G4 General] WTF?:
SEA is no go - they had about 1 week where you could have snuck under the wire with a SEA code for a bootloader unlock, but they patched that hole. :(
[G4 General] core720:
Only root metod for MM is unlock bootloader?
[G4 General] reg66:
Yes
[G4 General] arun_crux:
Guys...... a quick question... can the Brazilian variant G4 (H815P) be unlocked.

Thanks in advance.
[G4 General] dboechat:
No.
[G4 General] hyperfriend:
Why answer that guy? He's got almost 40 posts but hasn't learned enough to look for the easily available answer to that question.
[G4 General] WTF?:
because it takes much more typing to be douchey than to type "No"
[G4 General] daniel4653:
No....

Sent from my LG-H815 running CM13
[G4 General] BrainNotFound:
Hi, someone can send me the "aboot.img" and "abootbak.img" from an unlocked phone?

Thanks
[G4 General] larsdennert:
Does ATT VOLTE work with a generic 815 EU phone?

The verizon model also has Video chat. I'm guessing that without the dialer and some other stuff it wouldn't work on the EU model.
[G4 General] WTF?:
yes, the H815 will work with ATT VOLTE, however, during their transitional period, if you want ATT VOLTE and an unlocked bootloader, it's possible that the H811 (T-mobile) might work even better in this application. Verizon & Sprint models of G4 phones would be a no go on unlocking the bootloader, and probably a no go on ATT VOLTE as well
[G4 General] ktomika:
Hi all my question is that the bootloader logo can somehow hide ?
[G4 General] SixStringSW:
I have a (rooted) SEA model, too. Bluetooth stopped working, so I tried to do a factory reset, but it hangs at the bootloader screen. Is it not possible to do a factory reset unless the bootloader is unlocked?
[G4 General] glasseffects:
You may flash KDZ or TOT that corresponds to your phone. No unlocked bootloader is necessary for this.
[G4 General] core720:
sea= no unlock
[G4 General] WTF?:
An unlocked bootloader is not necessary in order to do a factory reset, but an unlocked bootloader can sure get you out of a lot of problems with a lot less effort and frustration! - if my bootloader was locked, I would have to sell the phone and get the same model with an unlockable bootloader, because the stress level of being locked out of what I need to do would not be worth it.
[G4 General] PixelBurst:
Done this the other day, pretty simple and I'm loving CM13.
[G4 General] iKillCypher:
lol people are still fighting out this bootloader issue? well all I can say is give it time, eventually it will be unlock one day. but who knows when. It is either lg release the official one for all the variant or someone will.
[G4 General] Juzman:
I'm assuming this is "sim unlock" not "bootloader unlock"?

LG 2-3G Tool v7.5 released. LG G4 (P1) added First in the world

While other trying to copy our old solution, we creating for our users other and exclusive.

Added :

- support LG H815 (direct unlock, imei repair, qcn read/write, nvm read/write, sec zone read/write/reset, hint) - first in the world

- support LG H815AR (direct unlock, imei repair, qcn read/write, nvm read/write, sec zone read/write/reset, hint) - first in the world

- support LG H815K (direct unlock, imei repair, qcn read/write, nvm read/write, sec zone read/write/reset, hint) - first in the world

- support LG H815P (direct unlock, imei repair, qcn read/write, nvm read/write, sec zone read/write/reset, hint) - first in the world
[G4 General] WTF?:
yes, it's bogus BS - there has been no bootloader unlock breakthrough, just the H815 Euro models on my list + the H811 comes already unlocked. There is NO bootloader unlocking other than the official LG tool. It doesn't matter how deep you search the Internet, it's not out there! - if anything changes, you will hear it first here on XDA! (but LG has been pretty adamant that there will be no change, for whatever reason known only to them - I would guess it is the carriers that are telling LG what they can do, and right now LG needs market share and is not in the bargaining position of Samsung) The H811 is unlocked because T-mobile USA is kind of the cool carrier, too bad they only have coverage in cities and not in rural areas :(

People need to quit blaming LG for this bootloader unlock situation, they likely have a gun to their head, blame the carriers!
[G4 General] Juzman:
I've already contacted my carrier to request an unlock, I will see what happens.
[G4 General] WTF?:
You need a bunch of you guys to all request it from your carrier, then something might happen - the problem with bootloader unlocking is that it is extremely rare to even know what it is, so us XDA people can't put a lot of pressure on the carriers, because we are probably about 1 in 10,000 mobile users, if even that.
[G4 General] EmanZ80:
You know when the phone boots up, just before the boot sequence it shows the LG G4 logo. On the top left hand corner, there is some text saying "Bootloader state: Bootloader unlocked!" How do I hide/remove that from showing to make booting look more sleek?
[G4 General] pushnoi:
Ok, so I'm getting the whole 'device id and imei do not match' when entering the data @ lge developers site when trying to get the unlocked bootloader. I've triple checked everything, but still no go. I've read someone had this before, also with the NLD type, but he had a different IMEI on the box than in his phone. Not in my case though.

Any idea what's going on?
[G4 General] WTF?:
so you are saying that the box IMEI matches the IMEI behind the battery and those two both match the IMEI in Settings> About Phone > Status ?

I am not convinced that all three of these match! - the LG developers unlock tool site doesn't have a record of having any issues.

if you are SURE that all three match, then I would check that my USB drivers were up to date and that adb and fastboot are up to date.
[G4 General] pushnoi:
Yup. All three match. Would post pics, but hey - it's my IMEI =)

Tbh, I didn't check or update the drivers since ADB + Fastboot just works... You really think wrong drivers would cause a different Device-ID? Wouldn't it just not recognize my device? Might be worth a shot though..
[G4 General] WTF?:
it almost has to be the drivers or else outdated adb/fastboot version transmitting the IMEI erroneously - a bad cable could also be the culprit, use the genuine LG USB cable that came with the phone (it's white colored and about 1.2 m long)

the LG tool is extremely reliable, never heard of if not working correctly if the IMEI is legit and everything is up to date and cable is fine.
[G4 General] pushnoi:
Ok so, updated them all, still same device id...

EDIT: Plus, I am using the original cable. Just tried a different one, with the same result. A faulty cable would probably end up in not connecting instead of giving me a bogus device ID...
[G4 General] WTF?:
I would try a different computer.

The other thing to try even before a different computer, is a a battery pull for 1 minute on the phone (remove battery for a full minute)

something is dodgy on the phone or on the computer - I have zero reports on XDA of the LG tool failing to unlock a Euro H815 phone in good working order with matching IMEIs and good drivers, phone, computer and connection, and hundreds or thousands of people have used this tool.
[G4 General] EmanZ80:
How do I remove the boot message when the phone boots when it's unlocked.

I don't like how it looks when the phone boots because there is a boot message at the top left hand corner which makes it look a lot less professional. Pls help! Thanks in advance!
[G4 General] WTF?:
You cannot remove it - it is there to warn LG that your bootloader is unlocked and therefore your warranty is invalid.

Also, it looks very cool! - like the ultimate badge of honor that your phone is seriously bad-ass!
[G4 General] EmanZ80:
But this sort of thing can be removed on Motorola so surely there has to be some way of removing it on LG ...
[G4 General] WTF?:
Motorola has nothing to do with LG - two completely unrelated companies

I am sure if you are a world-class phone developer, you could figure it out, and a lot of folks here would appreciate it if you did, it would make warranty service easier.

Fortunately, except for a factory screen defect on a few phones that has been discussed here on XDA, the LG G4 is extremely reliable and doesn't ever tend to need warranty service. :)
[G4 General] EmanZ80:
:laugh: haha yeah that's true but I don't think a 15 year old can become a world-class phone developer in a day
[G4 General] pushnoi:
There's a first for everything I suppose. Just tried it on two other laptops for good measure - same result. New drivers, new everything. Couple of cables. No cigar.

Just emailed LG dev support. Hopefully they can tell me what's going on. Might just be some kind of administrative error, although this seems highly unlikely to me.
[G4 General] WTF?:
what about the battery pull on the phone? - don't ignore that!
[G4 General] pushnoi:
Oh sorry, didn't ignore it, just forget to mention - tried that as well. Again, same results.

I'm hoping I'm just overseeing something, or doing something really stupid =)
[G4 General] WTF?:
It's either that, or somehow your phone has something defective in it, such as a bad motherboard, USB port, etc - which would be rare, but not impossible
[G4 General] pushnoi:
Still, I'd be hard pressed to think that would cause a different sys id to be given rather than just some kind of error.

I think I'm going to give it one last go. Do you, by any chance, have a confirmed working version (number or link to) of the drivers plus adb? Just to rule out I'm using the wrong ones.... I'm on firmware 20a, currently using adb:

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32

Revision eac51f2bb6a8-android

And drivers (according to Windows) 4.0.0.0. This was after installing LGMobileDriver_WHQL_Ver_4.0.3.exe
[G4 General] WTF?:
yes, your adb version is current, same one I am using successfully

and your USB driver version looks correct.

just to verify nothing is obviously wrong that you are overlooking, do this:

1. download LG Phone Info from play store - Run the "View Information" button

2. screenshot the info it gives (make take two screenshots to get it all)

3. go into an image editor and obscure a portion of IMEI and phone serial, in the screenshot, for privacy.

4. post the screenshots here ( or PM to me if you don't want to bother image editing them)

also - make sure IMEI generated in LG Phone Info matches IMEI in the other three places!
[G4 General] pushnoi:
PM send =)
[G4 General] WTF?:
I think this is a legitimate case for support at LG Developer - you may need to warranty the phone.
[G4 General] pushnoi:
Yeah - that's why I emailed those guys. I'll wait and see what they have to say first. I don't think there are many requests @ our local support center for people who can't unlock their G4's =)
[G4 General] pushnoi:
Lol, ok.. So I contacted LG Support by phone, and had to show them what I meant (nobody knew what 'unlocking a bootloader' actually meant). After 10 mins of guiding them to the LG Dev site they adviced me to email dev support since they had nothing to do with this. You go LG! Guess I'll just await the reply to my email...

EDIT: While looking through the forums @ LGE Dev site I did come across someone who had the same issue. I Guess I'll just have to await that reply. Might be worth posting there if I won't get a reply though.
[G4 General] bresbres123:
I am also having problems with unlocking my LG G4 H815. I got the message "device-id is unmatched....." i checked and rechecked everything. But somewhere it goes wrong.
[G4 General] pikachukaki:
Im waiting my g4...and i have one question coming from g3...do i need to unlock my bootloader to be able to flash twrp,root,custom roms (stocks/aosp)
[G4 General] WTF?:
YES! - and your G4 had better be model H815 and a Euro country code model from this list, or no boot unlock, flash twrp, root, custom roms, etc. for you!
[G4 General] pikachukaki:
And sorry to ask again...not even root??so the guy im buying it have updated to MM i need to unlock to get all those stuff??that sucks at least with g3 even with locked bootloader we have everything...also i read somewhere that you cant relock your bootloader after unlock is that correct?

Thx
[G4 General] WTF?:
if you are in Greece, you can easily have an unlocked bootloader, root, TWRP, custom ROMS etc. by just buying buying a G4 model H815 with one of the Greek country or carrier codes such as:

GRC - GREECE

CSM - COSMOTE

VDX - VODAFONE

VDG - VODAFONE

or one of the 130 other Euro country codes in the thread I reference in my previous post. So it's no problem, since you are already in Europe where all of the unlockable phones are!
[G4 General] pikachukaki:
Yeah its greek but i can't do anything without unlock??and i can't relock it after?
[G4 General] WTF?:
no, you cannot do anything under Marshmallow - Android 6.0 "M" without unlock.

what is the 3 letter country code on the box and under Provider on LG Phone Info App ?

and no, you cannot relock - LG G4 is extremely reliable, you will never need to relock
[G4 General] pikachukaki:
I know he bought it in a greek store not an online one so it has to be greek..i will get it tomorrow and hopefully its greek or at least a country that support unlock...i dont care about warranty cause i never send a phone back never i always fix it my self..but its good to know...
[G4 General] _delice_doluca_:
I am sorry, I could not understand the last part. What is LG's reliability to do with not being able to relock the phone again?

I am coming from a Sony Xperia Z2 and still could not make the unlock decision with G4. Back in Sony times, I was able to unlock and lock the phone as many times as I wanted and reclaim the full warranty. With the G4 I believe I will lose my warranty permanently the second I request an unlock code, if I have read every related topic correctly so far.
[G4 General] WTF?:
Unless you have one of the less than 1% of G4 phones that came with a bad screen (read the thread on this) then the chances of you ever needing a warranty before this phone becomes old and obsolete, are about like your chances of winning the lottery - almost zero.

So feel free to unlock the bootloader, it's silly not to, on such an incredibly reliable phone.
[G4 General] AC5L4T3R:
Trying to unlock the bootloader, managed to get in to the fastboot menu but it hung whilst getting the device ID. Since then I've not been able to get the phone to show up in ADB devices. I've deleted and reinstalled all drivers, restarted etc but to no avail. Anyone had this problem?
[G4 General] WTF?:
you likely have an old copy of adb & fastboot or else usb debugging not enabled or else old drivers or else not using the real LG usb cable.
[G4 General] AC5L4T3R:
I downloaded the latest SDK from Google, usb debugging enabled and the real LG cable. I downloaded the Minimal ADB and that worked fine.
[G4 General] roydest:
I think you can`t unlock your bootloader (Carrier Branded Phone?)
[G4 General] chocolatet:
Is the oem unlock located under developer options not the same thing? I just received my tmobile g4 today. I noticed that
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Nope.
[G4 General] chocolatet:
How do I check if it's locked just for giggles. I'm new to lg
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
They're all locked ;)
[G4 General] AhsanU:
Honestly, no point in unlocked bootloader unless there's a custom recovery available. It's nice that it's out though!
[G4 General] lappydk:
TWRP ready

Like TWRP :)

Ready: http://xdaforums.com/g4/orig-development/recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-touch-recovery-t3125859

Now we only need dev. to get starting :D
[G4 General] AhsanU:
Lmao, it's amazing what can happen while you take a nap :D
[G4 General] zedmarcus:
the_Scotsman? With an LG? Looks like I'm not the only one to make a break from HTC. Nice to see a familiar face here.
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Yep. The M9 is rubbish, wasn't going to waste my money - G4 is where it's at :good: