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[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
Went to my work computer (new laptop) and got TWRP to install then flashed SuperSu successfully!!!!!

Do I just reboot system now or do something else while still in TWRP, like formatting data or anything??
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
Awesome!

If it greeted you with the Decrypt screen (which I'm sure it did), then you do want to Format Data from TWRP.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
I didn't and rebooted into recovery and TWRP was still there. Should I go back in and format data?

Also, I chose option 2 to set selinux to Permissive mode but it still shows Enforcing.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
[MENTION=2961139]bezeek[/MENTION] Thanks for your efforts! This is my first LG phone, after ton of Samsung devices (most recently, the Note 5). So, I'm great with Odin. But, I know nothing about adb. With newer Samsung devices, rooting "tripped Knox" and permanently disables things like Android Pay, even if you unroot and Odin back to stock.

So, my question is: does rooting the v20 (TMO version) permanently disable any functionality? In other words, if I decide to unroot and go back to stock will everything work, as if the phone were brand new? Or, does LG have an equivalent of KNOX which, once tripped, can't be undone? Thanks!
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
I went ahead and tried and am stuck at the following:

- - - Making sure we're good to go - - -

Locating adb.exe... SUCCESS!

Looking for ADB device... elsa_tmo_us

Checking unlock status... FAILED!

Your device does not appear to be unlocked.

Please boot into fastboot mode and run:

fastboot oem unlock

From your computer, then try again.

http://i.imgur.com/2BhNatP.png

Press any key to continue . .

I understand how to boot into fastboot mode. But, I don't know how to run the fastboot oem unlock. Can someone please help? Thanks.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] tourbound129:
Follow step 1 in this thread to unlock Bootloader.

http://xdaforums.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594/page68
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
I saw that right after I posted. Thanks.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
Need help with the selinux permissive not taking (option 2). Selinux mode changer says no root, but I am rooted.

Any help?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
I got past the issues I had with unlocking the bootloader. It is now unlocked. I followed all the pre flight instructions

I am now unable to get the EasyRecowvery.cmd to work right. I am now getting the following:

- - - Making sure we're good to go - - -

Locating adb.exe... SUCCESS!

Looking for ADB device... This device doesn't look like a T-mobile V20. Proceed anyway? (DANGEROUS!)

(Y/N)

If I proceed, nothing happens.

The instructions seem to have changed with different version of the EasyRecowvery. This probably sounds stupid, but, I'm not sure whether EasyRecowvery is supposed to be run while the phone is on or when it is in fastboot mode. Either way, I am not having success. Any advice? Thanks.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xDEMON87x:
EasyRecowvery cant seem to find adb.exe.. i tried installing the official google one, and i even put them in the folder. any help ? my lg is unlocked and adb is installed perfectly
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
If the Decrypt screen popped up, it means TWRP won't be able to do things like backup or restore because your internal storage is still encrypted. Wiping (now that forceencrypt is disabled) is currently the only way to get that screen to stop popping up and to get TWRP's other features working.

I haven't heard of any permanent effects of unlocking the bootloader (or rooting, for that matter) like Samsung's e-fuses (AKA Knox), but I can't personally guarantee that at this time. Up to this point, Google's SafetyNet's most "extreme" check is to ask the device if the bootloader is unlocked, so I'm inclined to say that relocking it (which does also wipe user data) is enough to get things like Android Pay et. al. working again.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jagman96:
I think that's my problem, too.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
All the included features are meant to run with the phone on and booted into the normal system.

After it fails, please locate any log files contained in the EasyRecowvery folder (especially recowvery-exploit.log) and attach them here. I'll be happy to take a look. :)
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
Is usb supposed to be connected as . . . ? File transfer? Photo transfer? Charging? Thanks.

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@bezeek log just says:

Starting in mode 1

adb.exe found at "C:\Users\David\Desktop\EasyRecowvery-1.2b\adb.exe"

C:\Users\David\Desktop\EasyRecowvery-1.2b\adb.exe version

That's it. Then it asks me if I really have a v20

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I think it just worked finally. What made it work for me is using the adb I got here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24521665358595410

I'll report back soon.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] turilo:
Well just my luck, Canadian H915 v20 has a locked bootloader.

Tried the adb reboot bootloader and phone just rebooted back to original screen. Looks like it's going back
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
I got the exploit working. It went into TWRP when it was done.

How do I boot up the phone into TWRP? I tried powering on with vol down pushed. No luck.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xXCoolGuYXx:
Did you do it just like this power down, power up wall holding down volume down the once show let go of power for like 5 or 3 scents wall still holding volume down and then hold the power back down with the volume down it should work .
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
I'll try. I got one of those reboot managers from the play store and you can reboot in recovery from that.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xXCoolGuYXx:
Which root and do you have busybox ? An sometimes in su if you go to settings you will see something the says ( Namespace ) unclick it, it might help .

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That good too I had that app on my g5 got the BL of death tho lol BTW best of luck to you.

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Log file Dev can't fix it without it and are you doing everything step by step as he said ?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] corbs24:
I had that problem when I ran easy recovery administration rights.

When I ran exe as normal. Everything went through
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] turilo:
I'm not 100% on what you mean. I know the basics of adb, always been more used to using Samsung devices which involved using Odin.

I followed steps to try and boot the device into the bootloader. Device was detected fine with adb and did reboot the v20 just not into the bootloader. Which tells me it's locked
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
Just for clarity's sake: you powered off the device, held Vol Down, and connected the USB cable while still holding the Vol Down button? I know a few folks have been real curious about the Canadian variant.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xXCoolGuYXx:
Next time you try, get the log file so the Dev can look tho them and see what going wrong because it could be mine thing why it is doing that .
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] turilo:
That's correct, I just tried a few more times with nothing. Just shows the charge icon.

Holding vol up and plugging in the USB cable from pc put it in download mode tho.

I
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
That's pretty extreme... sorry to hear LG yet y'all down like that! :(
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] turilo:
I agree, I was hoping for the best and needed to find out so went ahead and purchased to test.

Luckily I can return it which I will.

Least now anyone looking to find out if possible on the H915 Canadian v20 that's a negative.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jagman96:
I just tried the minimal ADB fastboot 1.4 setup. EasyRecowvery didn't work. With the 1.4 setup I typed adb devices and it recognized the phone. I did adb reboot bootlader and it went to fastboot. fastboot devices recognized the phone. fastboot getvar all failed (command write failed (uknown error)). fastboot getvar showed all the options as usual. Then I typed fastboot reboot and it said "finished. total time: 5.001s" yet the phone doesn't actually reboot. I'm stuck in fastboot. I've tried fastboot reboot several times but the same thing happens every time. Any suggestions? I'm a bit worried...
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jagman96:
nvmd. I just pulled the plug and battery, then reinstalled the battery and turned it back on as usual. :eek:
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jagman96:
I can't get a log but I videod or ans slowed it down. Does this help?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] Swizzle82:
This was not easy for me but finally got twrp and root. Had to flash both zips in twrp. Twrp kept getting overwritten after boot. Kept getting green bot with message no commands. Took me hours. Had to boot to twrp through hardware side then like I said flash both zips. Made a backup and now have it all set up.. Thanks for this, don't know why I had so many issues.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
Version 1.3.b is up!

There are now two packages available. 1.3b includes adb.exe version 1.0.36, and will use it by default. You can toggle this behavior in the Extras menu to have the script search common installation locations for other versions like it did before. 1.3b-noadb does not include adb.exe, although you can put your own files (adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, and AdbWinUsbApi.dll) in the "adb" folder to use those.

I encourage anyone who has been unsuccessful so far to try this release - you may be pleasantly surprised!
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
I've only been able to exit fastboot using commands with the very latest LG United Mobile Drivers, and even then... only when the phone feels like it.

It's tough to make out, but it looks like it couldn't upload the exploit folder to your phone. Try a fresh download and extract it to a folder on your Desktop or similar.[/QUOTE]

If you didn't flash no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip, and did swipe to allow system modifications when you entered TWRP, then the phone's tamper-protection was kicking in and flashing itself back to stock. In any event, glad to hear you got it sorted!
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] Swizzle82:
If you didn't flash no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip, and did swipe to allow system modifications when you entered TWRP, then the phone's tamper-protection was kicking in and flashing itself back to stock. In any event, glad to hear you got it sorted![/QUOTE]

After the phone would boot into twrp it wouldn't flash through your program. It just kept sticking on flashing zip rebooting device waiting.. Then I would have to reboot from twrp and that's when it would reset. I had the zip in the zips folder.. That's when I finally put su and the other zip on ext sd and just flashed both while in twrp..
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] joeygee23:
Guys... I need a little help...I can run the exploit just fine...but it always fails at flashing TWRP for fun and profit. I have the TWRP image on the SD card...is they a particular name it needs?? I go back in and try flash only from advanced options and it still fails. I've tried file transfer mode and photo mode...please help!!
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] CaseyG:
Did you name it "recovery.img" ?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
Just a heads up for people running into problems. I am a noob when it comes to adb but I'll always keep trying and was having the hardest time getting this method working on my home desktop. I have used adb modestly with the Note 7 so there may have been left over things. Just was getting the weirdest responses. Then went to a brand new laptop I have and got it working. I felt I had too many versions of adb on my desktop that was probably interfering.

I also got selinux permissive working with a different version of selinuxmodechanger I found and finally Viper4android which was the whole point of getting this rooted.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jjr3211:
well i got it rooted restored all my apps then i rebooted the phone now i am stuck in some kind of bootloop. no mater what i do i keep coming back to a screen that says encryption unsuccessful.. im stuck any one have any ideas
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
which version of selinuxmodechanger is working for you? also which zip of Viper is working? When you check status, it actually shows "processing yes"?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
Here's the link for selinuxmodechanger I found. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67192946&postcount=392

The standard one wasn't gaining root access. This does.

I use this version or Viper: http://xdaforums.com/android/software/r-s-e-sound-systems-auditory-research-t3379709

Links to versions here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=59044

Processing = Yes

So glad to get this working on the V20 and sounds awesome!!
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
Which version of TWRP did you flash?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jjr3211:
the version that was in the op
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
Hey thanks! It is working perfectly. At first, Viper said not processing, even thought it was obvious it was. Now it says Processing yes.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
The only issue I have with Viper is that it goes off when I manually change tracks. Although it will show enabled, I have to toggle off and back on.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
Processing Yes was for a while. Now I can't get it to work. I'm annoyed. When I first installed Viper was making a difference whether is said Processing Yes or not. Not the case anymore. :crying:
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
Did you try toggling Viper off and back on ?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
Yes... I tried that... I tried earlier versions of ARISE. I tried reflashing the zip from TWRP. I treid uninstalling and reinstalling driver.. :confused::confused:

now it is processing again . . . weird
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] vibrantliker:
weird is right. I put my question up on the ARISE thread and will reply to you if I get an answer.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mcdavid:
thanks. the latest is it is working on BT on and not on wired. and yes . . . I have them both on. :p

It is a lot more needed on BT anyway, as the DAC with wired headphones helps a lot.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
Apologies for the delay there - if you're still looping, go back to fastboot and re-lock then unlock the bootloader to clear out the encryption data. Just a heads' up: newer releases of TWRP for the H918 will not suffer from that loop.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jjr3211:
I would but I can't get adb to work either
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
No need for adb. With the device off, hold Vol Down and connect the USB cable, then let go. You should enter the bootloader right away, and you can run `fastboot oem lock` and `fastboot oem unlock` from there. Try changing drivers in Device Manager if fastboot can't see the device - I've noticed my PC likes to pick the wrong driver almost every time I plug my phone in.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jjr3211:
when i did that i come to a screen that says welcome to fast boot not sure what to do now?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
Same as when you unlocked your bootloader before, except run `fastboot oem lock` and `fastboot oem unlock` this time around.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jjr3211:
you sir are a god thank you so much
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] johnboy693:
Ok so I'm stuck and not sure how to fix it. This is what I'm getting:

Running in normal exploit mode

Press any key to continue . . .

- - - Making sure we're good to go - - -

Locating adb.exe... SUCCESS!

Looking for ADB device... elsa_tmo_us

Checking unlock status... SUCCESS!

Using device with serial LGH918d146888

- - - Pushing exploit to /data/local/tmp/recowvery - - -

Copying files... FAILED!

Could not write to /data/local/tmp/.

Please check the directory permsisions and delete

any files or folders named "recowvery" if needed.

Press any key to continue . . .

I have all the files in the right places, the only thing thats different is it wouldn't let me download the beta4 twrp test build so I'm using beta 2. Any ideas?

Thanks for all of your help in advance!
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] nofroyo:
When trying to install supersu does it supposed to install it automatically or do you install it manually?
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jjr3211:
Well now that I got out of my boot loop I can not seem to get root access any longer the script keeps failing
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] Animatorman:
I'm having the same exact issue, hopefully it isn't a difficult solution.
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] bezeek:
Please attach recowvery-exploit.log so I can take a look.

Also, twrp-3.0.2-0-rc8-h918.img is up as of a little while ago. jcadduono made a ton of improvements since beta4, including the ability to enter recovery using the hardware keys (via. the factory reset screen) in case of bootloops. :)
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jagman96:
Me, too! I've followed the instructions precisely but the same thing happened to me. This is improvement over the previous version for me but we're not there quite yet. I'm sure he'll come up with an answer in due time. It's quite obvious he puts a lot of effort into this :good:.

[MENTION=2961139]bezeek[/MENTION] I still don't see any logs in the EasyRecowvery-1.3b folder. BTW I used the hotfix noadb version
[LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] Animatorman:
Hey thanks for the reply

Im the kind of person that is sometime more dangerous to myself than good, I usually just fumble my way through until I get success ( knock on wood, havent bricked anything yet). Please excuse my ignorance but how do I pull the log?

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] omaralt:
hey guys,

i know most of u are aware of the scrolling problem, when u use the scroll wheel on the top left, it sometimes goes up instead of down, and sometimes it doesnt work at all. it happens in PIE and pretty much any program where u may use the wheel (email, call logs, etc)

has anyone found a solution yet? i tried searching, but dont have access to computer ( posting this on my tilt) so i didnt really find anything. any help? thanks

omar
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] omaralt:
btw, dont know if this makes a difference, but im running dutythroys touchflo rom
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Farsquidge:
I'm not aware of it!

Is this one of those 'operator firmware specific things'? As I have an out of the box (unbranded by carrier) HTCTyTnII and have never found this problem!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Wacky2bakky:
So on my wife's sprint s7, she setup finger print scanner for lockscreen. But some how got locked out. So all it would ask for is the password which she didn't remember either. So my only option was a factory reset. I did that in recovery but when it went thru setup, it wanted the Gmail associated with that device which was her email. It wouldn't take that either. So came down to needing to odin stock firmware. I forgot the other day her phone updated to PJ2 firmware. Well all I came across online was stock firmware for PF2. I used the newest odin and filled all slots with appropriate files and flashed. Get nothing but failed. Assuming it's because I couldn't downgrade firmwares. My total fault. I haven't odined or rooted my phones since the note 5. Where it was just one file to fill in on the ap slot on odin. So basically her phone is a paper weight because when I reboot it, it goes thru setup but once it gets to the point of connecting to network, it just wants to sit there. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there another firmware I can download to get my wife's phone working again? I couldn't find PJ2 Stock firmware anywhere online. Please help!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Cooljb:
Try the unlocked firmware. PG9 was the unlocked version just prior to PI3 (the latest unlocked version). This will allow you to have hotspot without rooting.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/97548/G930UUEU2APG9_G930UOYM2APG9_TMK/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Wacky2bakky:
I ended up flashing G930U API3 firmware and I got it working again because it has the new bootloader like PJ2. I wonder if I can go from that to PH7? I would really like to stay on a Sprint firmware
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Cooljb:
I totally screwed up my last post. I copied it from notepad and most of it didn't copy over, which I just now realized after reading your quote of my post. I had written exactly what you ended up doing - flash the unlocked firmware and use Shortcut Master Lite app to enable hotspot. I also got the versions wrong. The versions I posted are the sprint firmware, not the unlocked. Been a long day. Did you get hotspot working?

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Unfortunately when you switch to/from the sprint firmware to/from the unlocked firmware, your phone's data will be wiped, so essentially factory reset. So you would lose hotspot if you flashed back to the sprint firmware from the unlocked firmware. You could root, but the root for this phone on the sprint firmware is tricky and unstable. And I'm pretty sure from what I've read in the rooting thread that the last couple of versions of the sprint firmware (PH7 and definitely PJ2) cannot be rooted. I think the last sprint firmware version that you can even get root on is maybe PE1, and I don't think you can downgrade to that version any more because of the new bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Wacky2bakky:
Ain't really too worried about root at this point. Just wanna know if since I'm on the unlocked fw, can I ever flash back to sprint fw?