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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdembiske:
Members please note

: This individual has been running around on various posts citing that the H815 International version software can be flashed on other models. But, please realize that he has not provided any actual proof of this claim whatsoever and when asked for has failed to provide an ... unedited, uncut, seamless video link showing under Settings - General - About Phone - first the Hardware info screen and then the Software info screen, then, turning off the phone, removing the back cover and the battery, showing the complete back of the phone so any fine print shows and then zooming in on the white tag under the battery so the information can be read clearly on that tag, all without stopping and restarting the video once. . He has indicated it would be too much work ... By way of 'proof', he has only cited a "friend" who has done this successfully on an H812.

Your choice if you choose to follow his proclamations of course ...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
Those of you with LG G4 H811.. please go and see this:

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-g4/general/how-to-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-t3344421/page2

And of course you should be able to flash 'custom' roms now... and something like another variant's G4 stock firmware is not even CLOSE to be considered "CUSTOM".... So now that you can handle TWRP and Cyanogenmod and all this, YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE STOCK H815 INTERNATIONAL ROM.

Oh, and lets assume worst scenario... you screw up your device... THATS WHY YOU HAVE TWRP..... TO BE HONEST, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR SURE UNTIL SOMEONE ACTUALLY TRIES IT.. I WOULD TRY IT ... IF I HAD THE H811...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdembiske:
Tell you what! Why don't you take your H815 and ... flash the H811 firmware and video the process. Then you can re-flash the H815 firmware back again. Put your phone where your mouth is for a change. You seem to want everyone else to do what you haven't ....

By your own admission you hadn't even installed TWRP when you picked up a remote access trojan, yet you spout off like the great guru of the how-to-do-everything ...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
U do realize that varient that dont have fm enabled the antenna is not grounded so most will only get static ive done proved this on g3 and i will assume lg hasnt changed anything yet

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Well said good sir

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The hardware is identical in many phones that dont mean the software is interchangeable. U need to rethink telling people this. If they hard brick its on your hands. My sprint varient is almost identical and supports most of the bands are u telling me i can flash another models firmware
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steadfasterX:
The bands/radio/modem and so firmware partition are different between the device models.

Even when the most hardware specs are the same (that's why I can build a unified TWRP for all) flashing a not matching model kdz may boot fine but leaves you with an unusable device (at least if you need your phone to call/sms/internet). There are chances that it all even works but it may depends on your country and device model.

Ofc u could test this and you SHOULD (risks are everywhere) be able to get back with re-flashing your origin kdz but what badass suggested here sounds like it was tested and this is misleading and so others complaining (which is understandable).

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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdembiske:
In a previous post badass did state that a "friend" (who doesn't seem to be an XDA member and has yet to appear in any post to validate his claim), successfully flashed the H815 International version kdz on an H812. He was asked to provide proof by way of "an ... unedited, uncut, seamless video link showing under Settings - General - About Phone - first the Hardware info screen and then the Software info screen, then, turning off the phone, removing the back cover and the battery, showing the complete back of the phone so any fine print shows and then zooming in on the white tag under the battery so the information can be read clearly on that tag, all without stopping and restarting the video once."

He cited that this would be too much work and then went on to imply that the bootloader of the re-flashed device could be unlocked by providing a fake H815 European IMEI to LG in order to unlock the bootloader "officially" (seemingly forgetting that the Device ID has to be provided as well - but, perhaps he would then say that could be also faked), forgetting of course the information provided to LG has to be "valid". This speaks volumes about his honesty, integrity and general character, IMO.

You can hopefully understand then, my and others reticence in believing or following any information or proclamation he makes.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steadfasterX:
Absolutely. Those ppl are called trolls and get usually banned..

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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
Not difficult to ground the antenna if you can locate it, and good with hardware mods..., just attach a small copper piece to the antenna pin so it will be grounded... But before doing it, please check the current and resistance, so you can calculate how much potential difference you need....

Also, the difference in software is because the partitions are different... so lets say you format one variant and flash another variants firmware onto it, it should work. The problem with doing this without formatting it, is if the partition tables are different, you cannot completely overwrite it... (ie, BOOT partition has to be overwritten by BOOT, etc) ... So if the partition table is identical, it should work...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
Yes in therory second could work but ure previos posts are basicly telling people to do it then report back. But what about all the qfuses that are implemented. Perm data that cant be erased from the partitions. And the signing keys for the bootloader. And the first. Its not a pin its in the qualcom prosccessor not grounded. I m3an its not been done yet that i know of.

Which both of what were talking about here can and will leave 90 to 95 % of devices bricked hard bricked or even worse. Nothing on moost people but no just anyone has the skills to solder let alone solder the micro joints that todays circutry has.

And i can already see the tried to covert my g4 and hard bricked thread from here and newbies to android see it and attempt it. Againg to people no offense meant.

Any ways if its not about the fm radio issues u need to start another thread as to see this ones going offcoarse to much
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
Aside from Qualcomm's Qfuses, the bootloader's keys should be accepted if it's unlocked. And all the partition data should be wiped through a full format.

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I'm in India now.. and here, lots of electronic stores that provide carrier unlocking version, do it by changing the IMEI#.....

Now I see more advantages to doing this... so of course I'm going to carry on with it....

Now for honesty... I told a store vendor when I was in Qatar that my old H812 was the AMERICAN version, and had more features than their version.. so he gladly exchanged it for the H815 European version.... HAHA... he had no clue what he got himself into....

Now stop complaining sdembiske...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdembiske:
Are you challenged ... ? Carrier unlocking is not bootloader unlocking and has nothing to do with LG validating to officially unlock your bootloader ... what you were referring to. There is also absolutely no need to change an IMEI to carrrier unlock a phone when done in the first place on a newly purchased phone.

Member's FYI

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कमीने in Hindi = Bastard in English (how cute ...)

ट्रोल in Hindi = Troll in English

PS

: Not complaining ... just trying to prevent any unsuspecting Members coming across any of your misinformed, misunderstood, ill advised and potentially harmful advice or suggestions, from following or implementing anything you post that qualifies in that regard, in order to make them aware of the type of individual they may be taking as some sort of LG G4 guru ...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
I'm saying, changing the IMEI results in carrier unlock... I didn't say it's the only way...Also you were the one saying must provide IMEI to unlock bootloader????
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
mistyped
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdembiske:
Direct quote from member BIG BADASS: post# 1371 at: https://xdaforums.com/g4/general/canadian-guide-complete-source-lg-g4-t3212449/page138

Now regarding the IMEI...why not change the IMEI to a european one, then unlock the bootloader?

ill-advised

( मूर्ख ),

again

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Anybody coming across this members newest ascertion here, please refer to:

IMEI changing is going to get you sore! by vijay555, Retired Moderator at https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=276851CHANGING

Quote:

CHANGING YOUR IMEI IS VERY LIKELY TO BE A CRIME IN YOUR COUNTRY

Now, you may well be a pimp or snakehead already, so no worries relatively speaking, but understand that changing IMEIs can result in a prison sentence or castration, not merely a slap of the wrists. One way or the other, you won't be bending over in the shower if this is a crime in your country and you're found guilty. The law is there for a valid reason, if not necessarily a good reason.

Please check the law in your country before considering changing your IMEI.

You should note that in these days of heightened terrorist threats, if your phone is found to have a false IMEI and you also happen to have a beard and a beautiful tanned completion, you're likely to be spending time with wires hanging out of your orifices, so again, think twice.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
But you have to consider, what are the chances of actually getting caught? How will they trace you?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
Yep, this is why you must always buy open market devices if you want the full functionality

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How difficult is it for service provider to detect IMEI change??
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
We need someone with H811 (unlocked bootloader) to flash H815 software and see if the FM Radio is working....
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
i have easy way to change iemi on my g5 my carrier picks up change of iemi in about 15 min

but accepts it as a bring my own device and service is good

now i normally dont condone iemi changing but i do it for testing purposes and i have a small number of test numbers i use from destroyed devices that i owned.

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also this is a touchy subject on xda because it is illeagal in most contries.

even if swapping clean numbers

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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIG_BADASS:
Here's the link:

http://nrb.org/news-room/articles/fm-chips-get-attention-in-congress/?ccm_paging_p_b33272=10
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuco Ramirez:
Dave Lee, So U wanna know "What does the FCC & Congress have to do with this?" The FM signal capability on our cell phones? Really?!! Evidently u weren't paying attention to the teacher in your social studies (US Government class). It's got all to do with those two institutions because Congress created and empowered the FCC to review, REGULATE and determine anything relating to consumer and non-consumer electronics in the USA! Get it dumb dumb? That's exactly where we are suppose to complain if and when we suspect the big boys are taking advantage of us (the consumers). I have a cheap 100 Euro LG D415 phone I bought in Spain in 2014 & the darn thing comes with a free over the air AM-FM Radio App. No internet necessary to listen to it. No need to pay any carrier to listen to "streaming" radio. And yes, it's a Google Android phone! To bad you have not taken the time to know your rights or to protect them. Some of us do.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIGWORM:
Absolutely no need to be rude to OP or anyone else in this thread. There's a polite way to get your point across and be civil about it. No need to call anyone a 'dumb dumb' because of someone's differing opinion, or potential lack of information. Thank you.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] අධිරාජ (Adhirāja):
Wow. I can't believe I just came across this now... anyways... there is hope now for us guys....

Because we have unofficial bootloader unlock thanks to steadfasterx, we have access to custom roms which may activate the FM radio.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] alnova1:
does anyone else have the golf shot GPS app installed on their Sony SmartWatch 3 and if so how do you get it to work as a standalone GPS. I can't for the life of me get it to work. if I click on the app on the watch it just says loading I think and spins and then disappears. I can get it to pop up when I use the app on the phone but all its doing there is just giving me the reading from my phone. I want to be able to use just the watch as the GPS like it says it can be. Any help would be appreciated.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] GolferSWE:
same problem however when I click on the app and after a few seconds of loading I get the message "no round currently being played" and if I scroll to the left I get "open on phone"
[Sony Smartwatch 3] jester450:
Played a round last Sunday.

There’s no way to use it as a stand-alone app. You have to start the round on your phone and then start the app on the watch. The good is that you can leave your phone in the cart as the yardage provided will use the GPS on the watch. Compared to my rangefinder, it was at times about 1-5 yards off, which I can live with. Scores marked on the watch will be reflected on your phone.

As for the battery, that’s another story. The round lasted me 4 hours and the watch completely died on the 16th hold. Having the GPS constantly on definitely does a number on the watch. Kind of sucks, but figure I can have a charger in the bag for a quick charge. All in all, I’m very pleased.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Andyman10:
Standalone Golf Shot App

Hi

You may have answered your own question by now but yes I have Golfshot on a SW3 and you can select the course on your phone and once it's loaded to the watch it will stay there as the default course when you launch Golfshot directly on your watch...just close the app on the watch but don't end the round when you've used it.

I also turn on Aeroplane mode so that the Golfshot app, which uses the Google Fused Location Api to find out where it is, falls back to the internal GPS chip... as it uses the phone's GPS by default. That has the added benefit of 1) not draining the watch battery as quickly and 2) reducing on-board noise from WiFi and Bluetooth that impinges on the accuracy of the GPS.

I've found though that the watch running Golfshot stand-alone will only last maybe 14-15 pretty quick holes of a round without draining the battery flat....so I've written my own wear app that runs completely on the watch with it's own database. That has holes positions ,max 8 hazards per hole, shot measure etc and finishes a round easily with ~ 35% of the battery left! That database however extends to exactly two courses at the moment(!) so I'm looking for a way to add a Google Earth 'course mapper' to let users add their own.

The Wear app has been a bit of struggle for someone not used to Java, Android or the SDK :) ..but interesting..so I will press on and do the course mapper...or source one by some other means.

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Hi, see my reply to alnova1 in this thread.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Jalfrezi:
Cheers for sharing AndyMan I wondered how it worked and googling just says it works LOL

I'm using GameGolf on my phone to track my club distances and wanted GOLFSHOT on my watch so its easy to check distances without having my phone in my hand all day (which I did yesterday)

Seriously need something to make me keep my SSW3 don't wear a watch for normal activity in day to day life !
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Andyman10:
Which course is your 'home' one ..and I'll see if I can add it in to my database and send you a copy of the app.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Jalfrezi:
Appreciated but I sold the watch earlier this week the battery just wasn't up to the job for what I needed :(
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Andyman10:
It's a real shame that all the commercial apps I've seen have such awful battery life..probably because they make extensive use of the play services API whereas I use my own optimised routines for many things . My own app has pretty much the same features as the major ones, including up to 8 hazards per hole, plus a compass pointer to the next tee or green centre and I can finish a 4 hour+ competition round with 30% plus battery left!

Still, good luck with whatever route you've gone down now.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Jalfrezi:
Sounds 100% better, I kinda feel the whole watch isn't really overly useful pretty lame apps etc

back to using my nexus 5 gps rangefinder app #GameGolf - NFC tags the next purchase (and probably next to be sold :)
[Sony Smartwatch 3] davidjac:
Hi Andy. Did you ever progress this?
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Guul:
Would be very interested in testing your app Andy!

Please??? ;)
[G3 General] SanjayG:
I use script on G3 Beat (D722) lollipop, path same as G3 (D850)s. Ext SDcard mount on pc as CD_rom only

Any body get Mass storage working on Lollipop stock rom, pls share :(
[G3 General] agnostic-apollo:
did it show the folders of ur memory card?

try it on another computer, it might be a driver problem.
[G3 General] jcfunk:
On ls990 stock rom, /sys/devices/virtual/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/ is a link to msm_dwc3 which I believe is a cd-rom device. I think phone has window drivers to install, maybe wrong. I use linux.

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-06-09 14:39 lun -> ../../../../msm_dwc3/f9200000.dwc3/gadget/lun0
[G3 General] agnostic-apollo:
/sys/devices/virtual/android_usb/android0/f_cdrom_storage should be for cdrom

open up the f_cdrom_storage/lun/file with text viewer...

it should be blank

f_mass_storage/lun/file should have /dev/block/179:65 f_mass_storage/lun/cdrom_usbmode should be 0

not sure about all this btw.

although i think it might be windows driver problem, thats why i asked him to try with a different pc to be sure.
[G3 General] SanjayG:
Thanks for your respond. I try on another PC , find on Pic about the two mount drive on the PC
[G3 General] agnostic-apollo:
the first pic is because sd card didnt mount.run the mount script.

the second pic is because sd card mounted but 'file system' was not compatible with windows. sd card should be fat or ntfs.

run 'su' then 'mount' command in terminal emulator.

you should get this

/dev/block/vold/179:65 /mnt/media_rw/external_SD vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1023,gid=1023,fmask=0007,dmask=0007,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:65 /mnt/secure/asec vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1023,gid=1023,fmask=0007,dmask=0007,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

vfat is for 'fat' file system , if yours is ext4 it wont mount on windows. either format sd card in 'fat' or google ext4 mounter for windows..
[G3 General] SanjayG:
Hi Hassan

Thx for trying to help me. I have two partition on my Ext SD card, Fat32 and Ext4. I use Link2SD in the partition Ext4

I was able to mount my Ext SDcard as mass storage in kitkat ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2740826 )

I loss this useful mean to sync some of apps with my PC when I upgrade to lollipop 5.0.2

I check the path /sys/devices/virtual/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun and it is link to cdrom_usbmode

Also check the path /sys/devices/virtual/android_usb/android0/f_cdrom_storage/lun and it is link to cdrom_usbmode

Pls see image, is it Ok or need to amend
[G3 General] agnostic-apollo:
my pleasure..

you didnt understand me

go to /sys/devices/virtual/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun

and open the file 'file' with text viewer..it should have /dev/block/vold/179:65 written inside..

open the file 'cdrom_usbmode' it should have 0

ext4 partition might be causing problems..

sourceforge. net /projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.62/Ext2Fsd-0.62.exe/download

go to this link and install it..remove spaces in link...

this is ext4 drivers tool for windows..try mounting after this... btw do u still use link2sd?

also send me your 'mount' command output...
[G3 General] SanjayG:
Hi Hassan

I have done some check and mod as you advice

Replace my partition SD Card with another one, single partition and fat32

Re write all script as start of post

Delete /system/usbautorun.iso from f_cdrom_storage/lun/file (now blank)

Check f_mass_storage/lun/cdrom_usbmode should be 0 , Ok

Check /sys/devices/virtual/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/file ---> Not ok, file blank

Write this /dev/block/vold/179:65 inside file and test see Pic

USB is enable drive mount but can't access "Empty Disk"

Check again /sys/devices/virtual/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/file --->

file blank

Thx, there is progress awaiting your advice to proceed
[G3 General] agnostic-apollo:
did you write yourself or run the script?

run the script and see..

also you did not send 'mount' command output..

and USB mass storage mode is working but the sd card wont mount on pc. thats why you are geting the error.

and it is connecting as removable disk and not as cd rom..like its supposed to be.

also go to settings->storage and unmount sd card and then run script.
[G3 General] SanjayG:
Hello Hassan

I run script with SManager

See attached "Mount" output, unmount Card and run script same result
[G3 General] agnostic-apollo:
did you check the file 'file', is it still empty?

and go to device manager in your computer, if there are any yellow exclamations when you connect, uninstall those drivers and connect again.

did you try restarting the device and checking?

and use the attached script, and also enable usb debugging in developer options
[G3 General] agnostic-apollo:
one thing that i missed, are you using su when running script with script manager?

see attachment