[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I have no idea if these will be any use to anyone. We were able to manually apply the 10B to 11C, 11C to 12B, and 12B to 23C OTA files but I didn't have any luck trying to do the same with the 23C to 24B OTA file so I don't expect anything since then to work either.

If anyone tries or figures out a way to apply the 24B, 35B, 46A or 47A OTA manually to an unrooted VS985, I'm sure some who both don't root their phone and also don't use Verizon will be made happy. If anyone does test it or figure out how to manually apply it, let me know and I'll post a link to your method.

The files are captured from root/cache/fota after downloading, but before applying the update.

All of the following OTA files are available in my section on Android File Host at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=35187. Thanks to everyone who has made us aware of upcoming OTAs.

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_10B_03_TOT_(not_10B_01_KDZ)_to11C_OTA_-_4.4.2_-_KitKat.7z

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_11Cto12B_OTA_-_4.4.2_-_KitKat.7z

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_12Bto23C_OTA_-_5.0.1_-_Lollipop.7z

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_23Cto24B_OTA_-_5.0.1_-_Lollipop.7z

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_24Bto35B_OTA_-_5.1.1_-_Lollipop.7z

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_35Bto46A_OTA_-_6.0.0_-_Marshmallow_-_2-16-2016.7z

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_46Ato47A_OTA_-_6.0.0_-_Marshmallow_-_3-24-2016.7z

Verizon_LG_G3_-_VS985_47Ato48A_OTA_-_6.0.0_-_Marshmallow_-_8-4-2016.7z

Stock bloat count:

47A - 224 apps optimizing

48A - 223

The updates through 23C will work if you're rooted as long as everything else is completely official stock. No custom kernel, no custom recovery, etc. You won't have root once you use the OTA to get you to 23C, however, plus the About Software menu will show your status as "Modified" due to the prior root.

I haven't had any luck so far trying to implement the method of manually applying the OTAs (starting with 23Cto24B) without root by way of [MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] 's instructions in these two threads. I don't know what else to try.

By the way, I had no idea before now that [MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] was the one who had discovered and made guides to this method.

VS98024A - OTA manual install + Patched Stock Kernels

and

VS980 Resources - Bootstacks/Modems/Manual OTA/etc at the bottom of the first post in the section "Manual OTA".

I've tried both via Activity Launcher and ADB without any success. The black screen with the blue lettering "FOTA Easy Update" pops up but eventually goes away without it doing anything. The best I've gotten is possibly a reboot with a notification saying Software Update Failed after the reboot.

In summary, these instructions will ONLY work up through the 12Bto23C OTA.

1. Create a folder on your internal storage called "SoftwareUpdate", exactly like that.

2. Put the largest file for the OTA you want to apply (will only work on the "from" version, i.e. the 12Bto24B will only work if you have official and with no custom recovery stock 12B) in the folder from step #1.

3. Rename the file so that it has the extension ".up" at the end. In other words, rename "dlpkgfile" to "12Bto24B.up", just for example.

4. You can use an app in the Play Store called Activity Launcher (there are probably other methods) to start the OTA process by finding the right activity in the list. I don't remember the exact specifics but if I have time sometime, I'll post details and screenshots.

If anyone has any corrections for my instructions, please let me know.

If anyone can find a way to apply the 24B and later OTAs manually, they will require 100% completely official UNrooted (and never rooted since the last time you used a KDZ or TOT) stock, and again with no custom recovery or kernel.

Thanks to [MENTION=4031599]DeanGibson[/MENTION] for providing the OTA update PDFs (Verizon started using HTML pages instead of PDFs after 24B).