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[Verizon LG G4] nst6563:
At first - yes. But I noticed that the phone would just start heating up and draining battery at random times. No real reason that I could find. I'd check the battery stats, and in the graph you'd see a gradual decline and then a sudden drop. Android System was the culprit along with the screen.

So I backed up all the data (again), and then formatted it with the phone, tried again, and noticed the same behavior. I even tried a factory reset and format the card with the phone. Same behavior returned. So I just pulled the card and haven't put it back in since. Ever since then I haven't noticed ANY instances of the phone heating up or rapid battery draining. Not sure if it's the capacity of the card, the speed of the card, the combination of the two, or what....but ever since I've removed the card my experience with the battery life on this phone has been phenomenal.

Still hasn't stopped me from seriously considering switching to the Moto X Pure though ;)
[Verizon LG G4] Katmeat:
I hate to think that we are usurping this thread with the ongoing discussions about battery life and overheating, but you may want to give a free app called Media Scanner Switch a try, or some similar app that stops the constant scan of media cards.
[Verizon LG G4] nst6563:
No, simply responding to a question posed to me that was in response to my initial report that the 12a update DID improve my battery life. While it did improve it, I still found times where the phone got very hot and the battery drained rapidly for no apparent reason. I simply posted what I found to resolve what was happening since updating to 12a.
[Verizon LG G4] noobsquared:
Did anyone capture the 12a update? I would like to mess with it but I can't seem to find the file anywhere.
[Verizon LG G4] chewybang:
Dude, thanks for sharing! In the past 3 days, I've been experiencing some INSANE battery drain. I did a few things that day, including putting a new card.

I'm going to run it through one more day, then take the card out tomorrow for a few days to see if it fixes it.

This is ridiculous, LG.
[Verizon LG G4] nst6563:
Did you update to 12a as well? I had crap battery life on 11 all the time. After I updated to 12a it was hit and miss and that's what made me try to track it down. I still haven't put the card in the phone, and I still make it past 5pm with about 70% battery left depending on usage. Before removing the card I was lucky to make it to 1-2pm before it was down to 70%. With 11 I was lucky to make it past noon before I had to plug the stupid phone in. So bootloader unlock or not...the 12a update was definitely worth it to fix the touchscreen issues and the battery life.
[Verizon LG G4] DarkWolf747:
For what it's worth, I recently started using a wonderful app by xda dev M66B called NetGuard which provides an excellent, working firewall that does NOT require root(!!) - with the side benefit that it also fixes our sync issue since it uses the VPN api to do it's magic. And it's safe - it's open source and vetted by the community. :D
[Verizon LG G4] Slash8915:
I wonder why I'm not getting prompted for updates. I do a manual check, and it says I'm up to date even though I'm on 11A.

Edit: Never mind... I realized the post about 12a was from a month ago. I thought Verizon put the update back out.
[Verizon LG G4] oldblue910:
Verizon pulled the 12A update due to problems with it, so unless you got it before it was withdrawn, you won't get it. We're waiting on Verizon to push another OTA that fixes 12A's problems, and that will presumably go out to people on both 11A and 12A.
[Verizon LG G4] bkrickles:
Please explain how this works and how to set it up. I'm on 12a and my syncing and wifi is screwed. Thanks
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
How's your touchscreen? Any issues with screen on 12a?
[Verizon LG G4] bkrickles:
Touchscreen is improved but wifi is huge issue. I ordered nexus 6p so im waiting patiently
[Verizon LG G4] player911:
The actual ISSUE is IPv6 connectivity. It is a known Android issue. A FireWall VPN (I use "NoRoot Firewall") tunnels ALL internet traffic through the Firewall filter inside the APP, which forces all traffic over IPv4... which works.

Android patched the issue a while ago but apparently the patch wasn't included when 12A was released (it is an older patch so someone dropped the ball).
[Verizon LG G4] ghostbustaj:
Well, I had enough of this problem of notifications. I replaced my 12A phone. Verizon sent me a replacement and its software version 11A. Notifications work again! I'm about 80% through my data plan though, and have about 2 more weeks to go in my billing cycle.

And I can confirm, Verizon had to have pulled the update, because the phone says there is no update available, as stated before.
[Verizon LG G4] sleepwlk78:
Not sure if your plan qualified but here is a quick way to get 2gb of extra data a month for 3 months.

http://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/8137784
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Ugh... It's been over a month now, does anybody have any idea how long it will take Verizon to published a fixed version of 12a? I know no one probably knows for sure, but based on some past experiences maybe.
[Verizon LG G4] mruno:
based on past experiences with Verizon.... "Summer of 2016"
[Verizon LG G4] player911:
I was thinking. With Android 6 out, they may fargo an update and focus on that.
[Verizon LG G4] lennie paz:
I called Verizon today to complain about the missed taps on my phone. The tech said he would send me a replacement, but he can't since my phone is rooted. I asked him how he knew I was rooted, and he said it shows when he runs the diagnostics. He said all I have to do, is unroot it, and he'll send me the replacement.
[Verizon LG G4] DarkWolf747:
Just install it and configure it how you'd like - as it uses vpn to do the firewalling, it disables ipv6 which fixes the problem. It has options to whitelist or blacklist as you'd like per app, etc. Check out the XDA page I linked for more info. :)

So spring 2017 we might see this fixed, eh?
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
This is probably not going to make a difference, since it seems to be a software issue that affects all G4s. But if you try, please report back.
[Verizon LG G4] Almighty1:
It's done with the My Verizon app, you can just either unroot with SuperSU before the call and then renenable root after the call. or rootcloak with Xposed and block MyVerizon from seeing root.
[Verizon LG G4] player911:
Or just use a firewall app, which I highly recommend all the time. When they say they cannot see the device to run diagnostics, I just use that to further my case for a replacement.
[Verizon LG G4] Spookymyo:
Or just delete the My Verizon app along with all the other Verizon apps.
[Verizon LG G4] player911:
I agree. If you are rooted, you can just delete those apps, if you are not rooted, just use a firewall to block it.

However if youve never used a Firewall, it is amazing how much crap is constantly squaking internet connections. Amazon crap still calls to the mothership even after being disabled. Youtube and others do too. I typically block most stuff from constantly calling home on mobile, and allow some on wifi.

I actually switched to No Root Data Firewall because it not only allows/denies based off wifi and cellular, but also has options for dataconnections when apps are in the background. For example, I dont need Chrome and Youtube using data unless it is the app I am currently using.

This probably saves battery too.

If you physically remove apps from system using root, you wont be able to update very easily without flashing a kdz, which would require one is actually available.

So this is the safest method too.
[Verizon LG G4] Spookymyo:
It's just as safe to use titanium backup. You always backup any app prior to deleting it that way if you need to update you can.
[Verizon LG G4] DarkWolf747:
Yep, I do the same. The way I do it is to create a label and place all the apps you plan to remove from there, make sure to take a fresh backup and then delete them. If for any reason you need/want to restore them, then it's easy to do so without you wondering what you need to restore etc.
[Verizon LG G4] player911:
True, i guess if you backup your system.img prior to deleting the apps, you can restore everything in 1 go
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
New Update

I just now received an update notice - that it is ready to be downloaded and installed. I am still on Rooted 11A. I'm obviously not going to take the update (for now), but I wondered if any body else was seeing this.

VZW website says the G4 was last updated on 10/8/15.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/software-updates/

Anybody know what's going on?
[Verizon LG G4] scrillakev:
So it looks like if we have an update coming along. I hope this fixes the WiFi issue.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Wow, that would be some good news finally. Hoping to see a rooted image of this soon.
[Verizon LG G4] scrillakev:
Confirmed I am receiving GMail, Hangouts, GroupMe, & Twitter notifications.
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
Were you / did you lose Root?
[Verizon LG G4] scrillakev:
Didn't have root to begin with BUT I would assume that they'd break root if you were to take the update.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Oh oh, my phone already downloaded a 422 MB large OTA. I don't dare to apply it, since I am rooted, although I guess the worst that can happen is that I lose root and can re-root it later. The changelog doesn't seem to be up yet, clicking on the link just take you to the Verizon homepage.
[Verizon LG G4] chairthrower:
My update was only about 71 MB. I had taken the 12A update previously though. I am glad to see this update, because it does seem to fix the cloud messaging issue. I received my Duo push no problem this afternoon on the WiFi in my office. Any ideas what else it might fix?
[Verizon LG G4] sbutera:
I too noticed at 61.3 MB update. I haven't taken it yet because I'm at work without wifi. Hopefully, this is the fix for the IPv6 and receiving notifications via wifi.
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
What is the software version number now?
[Verizon LG G4] jzmax22:
Should I take it or wait to see if it gets rooted? I'm not rooted by the way.
[Verizon LG G4] spk_xda:
So, I am on 11A and when I checked whether any update is available manually, it mentioned that an update is available. I was not notified automatically and I have been using the phone for the past one month. Should I even try to update it since you guys are seeing issues? Thanks.
[Verizon LG G4] chairthrower:
VS98613B is the version number.

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If you just checked today it should be the 13B update. Who knows if it's good or not, but it doesn't have the really bad bug that caused Verizon to pull the 12A patch.
[Verizon LG G4] jzmax22:
Downloading now, 422.1 MB. Version 13b.

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Hopefully touchscreen issues are fixed and root shows up soon. Only time will tell.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Does the old way of rooting work on 13B? If someone could try this out... and how is the touchscreen?!? :)
[Verizon LG G4] jzmax22:
The old way is flashing a pre rooted image of 11a. I would not attempt this.
[Verizon LG G4] kuz420187:
I started to download this update. At about half way I lost internet connection and the download stopped. Now on the software update screen it says failed with a code 409. It will not let me download it any further. I have even gone as far as wiping the cache on system update app, as well as cleaning the cache through the stock recovery. I am on stock 11a software after a soft brick weeks ago. Any ideas?
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
Rebooted?
[Verizon LG G4] jzmax22:
Mine said that, then I just checked for an again and it loaded.
[Verizon LG G4] rustypie:
OTA File

Hey all,

Whether this is worth anything to anyone or not, here is the dlpkgfile from the 13b OTA. I downloaded this but have not installed the update as I am rooted. I plan on flashing the stock 12A system image, taking the 13b ota, injecting root into the 13b system image then flashing the rooted 13b system. For now, and before I lose it, here is the 13b file in a rar archive. It's hosted on my personal web server so it may or may not become unavailable due to bandwidth issues.....

The MD5 of the actual file inside the archive is 060592efb10ad4d0730986387f5d38b9

http://computer-e-sources.com/vs986/dlpkgfile_13b.rar
[Verizon LG G4] kuz420187:
It just says no update needed, up to date, even though im on 11A. I did reboot a few times also.
[Verizon LG G4] oldblue910:
I guess I never realized how bad the touchscreen was on 11A until I installed this. Christ, this thing feels like a brand new phone.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
I am on rooted 11A, and the OTA fails. I am willing to lose root for now to go to 13, but how can I unroot first without losing all my apps and settings?
[Verizon LG G4] kuz420187:
Must have been a server issue, cause now she a downloadin' ! Cant wait to see if it fixes the touchscreen issues, my ONLY complaint :(
[Verizon LG G4] rustypie:
I was rooted on 12A. The OTA failed. I had the stock unrooted system image of 12a so I flashed it, took the OTA, it installed successfully and its now optimizing apps. Yay. Now I'm gonna pull a stock 13B image and see if root injection will work.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Talking about this http://xdaforums.com/g4/general/lg-g4-100-root-success-directives-root-t3180586

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Nice, thanks for taking the plunge. Please let us know asap if root injection works. Fingers crossed!
[Verizon LG G4] kuz420187:
Downloaded and flashed. Smoooooth so far. Keyboard accuracy seems much better. Unlock screen issues/lag seem to be fixed. Curious to see what the battery life will be after the rom settles in.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Guys, I need stock 11a system.img, if someone could share that with me, that would be great. The OTA fails to apply, and I didn't make a backup intially.
[Verizon LG G4] rustypie:
I can confirm root injection DOES work with 13B. I am running it now. I'm working on integrating some ported V10 system apps into the system image as well as removing a bunch of bloatware from the system partition and making a stock rooted debloated 13B system image.......
[Verizon LG G4] mightyblazer:
I'm on 13b now after update my first post so if this it's wrong sorry seems better so far
[Verizon LG G4] madmaverickmatt:
Cool, are you going to release your modified stock system?
[Verizon LG G4] rustypie:
I'm uploading it now......
[Verizon LG G4] rustypie:
I started a new thread where you can get the rooted 13B image.
[Verizon LG G4] divineBliss:
Thanks! Just got the phone, updated to 13B, now need to root it - perfect :) ....

>>> http://xdaforums.com/verizon-g4/general/vs986-rooteddebloated-t3256814

Actually, I'm looking for pointers on rooting my 13B image the manual way .......... any pointers appreciated for this VS986 newbie :) .......
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
I have to say, the touchscreen improvements are quite significant. It feels a lot more responsive, and I don't notice any missed taps anymore. It's so much better, it's definitely not a placebo effect I am talking about, you notice it typing on the keyboard right away.

Also, did anybody else notice the new slow-mo mode in the camera app? :)
[Verizon LG G4] oldblue910:
I noticed the slo-mo mode but I haven't played with it yet. I also like how ringer and notifications are two separate volumes now a-la the G3.
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
Here's a kdz for 11A:

http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G4/Verizon+VS986/
[Verizon LG G4] player911:
I believe stock system images were posted up online.

Instead of having to wipe your device just to take the OTA, you could find the stock system.img file and copy that over. Probably faster and easier to do that.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Thanks. I was not able to find any stock images. I created a stock.img myself from the kdz that is avaiable, but even though this img was working perfectly, the OTA still failed. Ended up doing factory reset using Verizon tool.
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
I unrooted via 11A kdz. Then did a factory reset. Still trying to get the update....

Asked phone to update: says it is up to date

Verizon Update tool: says 11A is up to date

Deleted data in Google framework and rebooted: no help

Any ideas?
[Verizon LG G4] sbutera:
UPDATE: Took the upgrade. Software version is 13b. Notifications over wifi are fixed.
[Verizon LG G4] DjCalvin:
Ditto. Let me know if you get it.
[Verizon LG G4] silent_20:
Can someone please test if mms and LTE with voice is working with the new update on ATT/Cricket or T-Mobile. I'm unable to install the ota update. Thanks
[Verizon LG G4] oldblue910:
It doesn't. The VS986 software only includes VoLTE and HD Voice support for Verizon.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
I just tried it out, no dice, still the same behavior as before the update.
[Verizon LG G4] SkandaH:
Mirror: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087004552

:good:
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
After using 13B for a day now I have to say it's a huuuge improvement. If you are on the fence whether this OTA is worth it, it's a total no-brainer in my opinion. It makes it feel like a brand new phone. The missed tabs issue was a big frustration that is finally gone, totally happy with the phone now. Just sucks that Verizon took such a long time to propagate this update to the G4 users. All other variants, and especially the unbranded devices, got the same fix months ago, that's why there was no *****ing and moaning on these forums anymore about touchscreen issues. I wish every manufacturer would do it like Apple and handle the software updates. Then the carriers would finally stop messing with the devices and installing their bloatware.
[Verizon LG G4] fr4nk1yn:
Verizon removed the ability to do a manual OTA upgrade.

I guess I'm stuck until we get a KDZ. My system is showing as modified even after flashing my backuped system.img and wiping.
[Verizon LG G4] savingwizard:
Does ota update needs sim with Verizon service?

I'm rooted with tmobile. Not sure I'll get the update if go back to 11A stock.
[Verizon LG G4] oldblue910:
Yes. Unless you have an active Verizon SIM, you won't get the update.
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
I put the phone in airplane mode a couple times. After the last one I checked updates and it finally came through. I don't know if it happened because of that or if it was from requesting it on VZW website earlier today.

Good luck!
[Verizon LG G4] coolkatz321:
Anyone know how to update to version 13 with root? Keeps failing!
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
You can't, you need to install your stock system.img backup first. If you don't have that backup, then you need to go the LGUP or Verizon Repair Assistant route of restoring your phone first. There is a small chance that the Verizon Upgrade Assistant may be able to update it for you, but the last time I checked 13B wasn't available there yet, it was only showing 11A.
[Verizon LG G4] fr4nk1yn:
Flashing the backuped system image doesn't work, at least in my case. It still shows as modified and will not take the update even after unfreezing apps and/or wiping.

Now I'm pissed off. It's one thing to block root. it's another to flag the device and gimp it even after being restored.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Not sure that this is the reason. My device always shows modified, even after the factory restore which allows OTA to go through. So status modified by itself won't prevent you from installing the OTA.

I had a similar issue though as you and it's very frustrating. I spent until 3 am cursing at the phone that day. I didn't have a backed up system.img, but I created my own system.img from the kdz. Even though that img worked fine on the phone, it still failed to take the OTA. I chalked that off though to me having made extensive modifications, including dpi, xposed, frozen apps, etc. which I could not all undo. For instance, I noticed that even after installing the system.img, the system apps that I froze previously were still frozen, so that information must be stored somewhere else than the system.img.

But since there are some people for which the system.img restore worked, I think you may just have dome some sort of modification that prevents you from applying the OTA. I guess this is the price to pay for fully mod'ing your device. :) I ended up doing a factory reset, which was very unpleasant to say the least. I have learned my lesson now, I made a backup of the system.img, and I will limit my mods, hoping that next time I will be able to apply the OTA. I also need to better backup my app settings, since I lost a lot and spent hours setting up the phone again. At least I didn't lose any user data like pictures, messages, and contacts.
[Verizon LG G4] lennie paz:
I'm rooted and on 11A. How would I go about getting the latest update, and being rooted again? I don't want to mess this up.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
In a nutshell, this is what you have to do:

- Unroot back to 11A stock (install a backup of stock system.img, or LGUP/factory reset if that's not available)

- Install the OTA (this will also update your bootloader to 13B)

- Download and install the root injected 13B system.img from here http://xdaforums.com/verizon-g4/general/vs986-rooteddebloated-t3256814
[Verizon LG G4] divineBliss:
You cannot update via OTA with root ........ you must go back to unrooted first or find a rooted .kdz . Latest VS986 is 13B.
[Verizon LG G4] fr4nk1yn:
I flashed the rooted image, unfroze all apps, unrooted, flashed my back up image, and wiped. Just flashing the image doesn't wipe anything, but I should be clean. Its 12A though.

My 1st phone was "modified" and still took 11A. This one is being onery.

-edit: It appears GCUV is frozen or blocked and will not thaw. LG Setup is also frozen but I think it's that way after initial setup.

-edit2: Nope. Got everything unblocked by flashing my rooted image, unrooted, flashed the backup, and still wont take the update.
[Verizon LG G4] lennie paz:
So just factory reset will unroot? That definitely seems like the easiest option.
[Verizon LG G4] Dyscalculic:
I tried this command to do system image backup on Verizon 11A. Seemed to work.

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=8192 skip=65536 count=548352 of=/data/media/0/system.img
[Verizon LG G4] photos.by.fako:
I am on 11a and using my Verizon LG G4 for Straight Talk. How could I take this update? I have tried Verizon Software Assistant and it didn't work. OTA doesn't work either. Please Help
[Verizon LG G4] sbpetro:
I just KDZ'd back to 11A but now when I check for the system update it says there is no update for my phone. How do I get 13B?
[Verizon LG G4] oldblue910:
Do you have an active Verizon SIM in the phone? You won't get the update unless you do.
[Verizon LG G4] sbpetro:
I sure do and everything else works like it should. Everytime I check for the update I says there isn't one. I'm stumped!

Here is the error message:

Software not updated to DummyPkg

Failed - date

Error Code: 409
[Verizon LG G4] dvgb173:
You may have to factory reset after the kdz flash.
[Verizon LG G4] sbpetro:
Did that...no luck
[Verizon LG G4] rfarrah:
I did this and it still took awhile for the update to be available for my phone. I did everything I could think of including going in and out of airplane mode and going to VZW website to have it "send" the update to my device. After a couple of hours it eventually showed up when I went to Settings> System updates> Check for updates.
[Verizon LG G4] sbpetro:
I guess it's time for a little holiday patients then :)
[Verizon LG G4] lennie paz:
Before I attempt this, I just want to be sure I'm understanding all this. If I update to the latest software, and I flash the image in the OP, I will have the newest software, and I'll be rooted, correct? Is there any catch to doing it, other than a bootloader unlock only being released for older software?