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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pro_granade:
I remember staying up until 5 in the morning, sleeping for an hour, then going to school working on ROMs for the S5 back in the day lmao
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gman_aka_Pop's:
Just curious as to how far away we are for the methods to be released( Specifically LG-H910? Waiting patiently amd not trying to be a bother I appreciate all the hard work put in by all the DEVs in this community. :good::good::good:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3r0k:
It's been previously stated that they are aiming for a weekend release.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gman_aka_Pop's:
Thank you for the response I did not see that post. Very much appreciated
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krillen:
It was only me not worrying about if people if I was taking the wrong way and make people mad at me or something and saying it was all.

Also he has brought up a good question about the fingerprint scanner. I myself have come to depend on it when using it for things like unlock my phone, buying apps from the play store ect. So if the custom rom with room were to brake the use of the fingerprint reader I would be out of luck? From what I have red so far the is no xposed for android nugot 7.0+ unless I'm wrong and there is?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Growking99:
Thanks for the info I will definately look into doing that and its not so much that I dont like to teach people I was just taught by someone who went to school for botany and became a botanist, so the the "way" or "style" I know is very technical and "old school" and most people dont want to sit though seminar like ? sessions about how micro organisms and all of that stuff works. But thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
bro, just stop.. dont use any rooting method that gets released if it does since you clearly do not want it.. THE ROM FOR YOU IS NOT SPRINT. The fingerprint reader works but i am not sure about banking apps n all that stuff bcuz i dont use it for that.

Its not perfect amd stop asking all these questions as you dont care.

If and when it gets released surely many will be finding fixes and helping eachother out and then you will know more information.. until then just sit and watch for when its released before making any decisions.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] A_Richie:
Is there a way to "mute" certain people on tapatalk? Lmfao I think there's an important update and it's just more from that bozo lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krillen:
Was only wondering cause it was something brought up by going by "jetracer" and I was just wondering. I will not keep things to myself if I wonder/have a question about it just cause someone tells me to stop. If we all did that then nobody would ever learn anything. I asked so maybe I could you know know more about it to better choose weather I wanted to use it when it ever get released.

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Very funny wanting to mute someone trying to learn more about something just because YOU don't like what they are saying and can only see it as wining in your eyes. I wouldn't want to mute anyone at all unless they were causing problems.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] twistedvip:
You are not trying to learn something - you are mainly complaining. And you cannot seem to take a hint - even when it's been hinted at you by several members.

Also as far as banking goes - I can only speak for the Chase app still working with the fingerprint scanner.

But seriously - if an app isn't working because of root - It's not something they are responsible for.

Twisted
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrtruckincowboy:
Apparently that guy does not know how all this stuff works pestering is not the way to go.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AllGamer:
Please do not disrupt the work of our Hackers going it hard to find us a stable root.

Remember these threads are for development purposes, if you have personal issues to Talk about, please use the PM system.

... and this is why I retired from moderating, just too many of these little issues that shouldn't even take place.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pro_granade:
I'd just like to say, it's a very easy install, very clean. It runs amazingly too, rooted on Sprint! <3
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jedorado:
Hey guys, been following for a while and I've taken the liberty of using the PM system to talk with Krillen and answer as many questions as he throws at me, hopefully it'll keep him off you backs for some time and let you get on with your guys' dev work. I'm impressed with what you guys have done so it's the least I could do. :good:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fogame:
Is it worth not having a way to go back?

All works well? LTE and such?

Still deciding if it's worth it lol. I'd like to but....almost bricked my phone trying to get fastboot on it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SaintZ93:
Worth every step it takes to root ;p everything works to perfection!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pro_granade:
Very much worth it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fogame:
Consider it done once root drops.

Thanks for all the help.

Cheers.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thread cleaned.

Please treat all users with the same respect you ask for yourself.

If a post is a violation of XDA rules, just report it. Flaming another member for being new and asking questions, will only get you into trouble.

Either use XDA's ignore user feature or guide the member to right place to ask.

Thanks!

The Merovingian

Senior Moderator
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
It's awesome to hear that you guys have come so far with the development of this. I too will need a new F5 button on my keyboard pretty soon. The speaker on my Sprint model just blew so I think I might test this out before I get the replacement device in the coming week. I want to thank everyone that has been involved with getting our community root access and testing the work that has been done. [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] [MENTION=4668174]EMSpilot[/MENTION] [MENTION=5365083]rickberg[/MENTION] [MENTION=3610850]SaintZ93[/MENTION] [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] and anyone else I forgot to mention :)

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Well damn didn't mean to double post. Again great work guys!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nowerlater:
1 quick question, when Sprint pushes out the ota to enable 3x carrier aggregation, will we be able to utilize it? I mean like install the firmware that would enable it? Great work, I'm super stoked and want to root but that is the only thing keeping me from doing it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Its a possibility. If its a firmware img itsslf we should be able to
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nowerlater:
Thanks for the quick response
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
or someone could create a rom. zip if they ever actually release it as a tot lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Cleaned again.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thought you might like to see this ;)

[IMG="F800L Rooted"]https://i.imgur.com/WTviEKV.png[/IMG]

(Not checked the sim card in it yet)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Thats great news. It looks like it should work too. On sprint i got crashes even if the sim was out
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krillen:
[LS997|VS995|H910] DirtySanta Bootloader unlock and Root guide.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
My F800L is Rooted, and working with SIM. I should probably point out that I used the VZW/ATT Method, in case anyone else tries it (but don't blame me if it doesn't work).
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alcolmena:
Wind/Freedom has just released the firmware update for LTE connection in: freedommobile ltesoftwareupdate

This should open doors for V20 H915 user to finally get their bootloader unlock + root done anytime soon. It would be up to the H915 devs to have the last word on this matter.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] BakaSenpai:
I'm also waiting for the dev to confirm about service since he's using the H915 on Rogers - I myself am using the H915 on Public Mobile, but once there's confirmation, I'm going to root this bad boy.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] the1stSecond:
Is this the "static screen"? After following instructions my phone is rooted and running like a champ. Just curious if I did indeed mess up somewhere along the way.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] twistedvip:
No worries - happens with all AT&T H910s - at least that I've seen. Idk about other variants though.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlkaliV2:
That is just the unlocked bootloader warning screen which has no effect on functionality.

The static screen others are talking about is when you try to use an incompatible kernel with your rooted software and you boot the phone to a colorful looking snow static like what used to be on old TVs when there was no signal. It is seen after bootup is complete and I got it when I installed the US996 ROM to my device with the 996 kernel installed. Cleared up after installing boot2.img though.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Just thought I'd let you guys know (in case you're interested) that I managed to install the T-Mobile H918 ROM onto my F800L, and it seems to be working perfectly. I tried previously with a US996 deodex'd rom, but had issues with the phone rebooting itself. This one seems to work perfectly for me. Finally rid of the korean dial pad, apps and ANNOYING shutter noise (which used to work even when the phone was on silent) :D
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fenrir_ac:
Which T-Mobile ROM did you flash onto your F800L? Did you modify anything in the ROM so that it would flash onto F800L?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Nope, didn't modify anything! Just installed the system.img, used the boot2.img from the dirtysanta guide and installed supersu before rebooting.

This is the one I installed: http://www.mediafire.com/file/pcuslla00j22zqw/h918-v20d.7z, I randomly picked it up from this thread at some point, and just decided to try it. Think it's odex'd.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Guys take a look at the guide again. I updated some of it so look at the 2nd post.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
Great work on this guys!

Will there ever be a way to go from this unlock/root back to a stock/locked bootloader again for the Sprint variant? I know this basically makes the LS997 into an US996. Do you think eventually someone will reverse engineer it back to where we can get our phones back to stock? Or better yet will someone eventually figure out a way to be able to root without changing the model number to begin with?

This really is the only reason I haven't pulled the trigger yet on root.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Im trying to get a stock rom backup uploaded. If someone uploads that i could test my methods.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] MANDROIDS:
Has anyone been able to get you a stock sprint rom backup?

If not, can you write down the steps a newbie would take to get you want you need?

Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Someone is uploading one for me.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sjr19:
Hey [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION], appreciate all the work you and everyone else is doing on this bootloader! Just want to confirm, there's progress being made but no definitive way to revert should a catastrophe develop during the root process, correct? Want to make sure I know where we stand before I take the plunge.

Happy Holidays!

Edit: I should clarify, ls997
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Well... There was progress being made. I am hard bricked from trying to revert :) So no more progress right now.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sjr19:
Oh damn!! Hope you find a way around that. Again, thanks for the hard work!!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
I can't really do anything. I have no recovery no fastboot no regular boot. Just download mode with no KDZ :/
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sjr19:
[MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] damn sorry man, what's the plan then? Wait for someone else to take up the banner and hopefully come up with a method that works in download mode for you?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Nah. Ill just unbrick and reroot or replace phone.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sjr19:
Well good luck!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gman_aka_Pop's:
Thank you [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] for all your hard work. Your method worked perfectly. Now I am back on Stock ATT Rom with Root and recovery installed, Hotspot works, Youtube screen off playback works, Dual speaker mod and forced high impedance mod and ViperFX work perfect simultaneously, Sound is amazing and clear. Battery life is great also. I'm loving this phone even more now. Thanks again to all the Devs that played a part in this process.

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Also I have completely wiped my phone a few times through the entire process and ended up with no Rom at one point. But I was able to get back up and running with ease.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
Both links are dead. Hook a brother up? Or am I misunderstanding? Is it rooted or no?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Those links were not for rooting. The devices have been rooted for almost a month now though
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
I really hate to be this guy, but I have searched - unsuccessfully. Do you have a link?

EDIT: found it, dirty Santa
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
Thanks so much man
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rickberg:
My apologies but due to a bad aaccident I have been away for a while I will try to update this in the coming weeks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
Get well soon, friend!

Rooting is a one way street for sprint at the moment? The root method says no way to return to stock at this time. This is accurate? Hope not. Appreciate all the hard work out devs put in
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Correct. one way unless your devices has a KDZ available.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
And since LG doesn't store the KDZ for Sprint we are screwed correct? That is just stupid. Didn't have this problem with Samsung devices. Isn't it against Google's usage rules to not supply this stuff openly and freely for all?

So we need to find a person that is good friends with a Sprint repair shop or knows where Sprint keeps their KDZ files for the V20.

Is there a way to convert the stock img files to make a KDZ file, or is there a way to trick the phone into flashing stock images to phone and not bricking it? I was reading other LG devices used a dd command with the phone off but power and volume up pressed with USB connected to direct flash img's to the phone.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
I don't actually know what a kdz is, but it was often quite a while between an update being released and Samsung releasing source.

I've not even taken the very first system update - this thing is out of the box new. If there's anything I could extract from this phone via adb or anything that doesn't require I unlock my bootloader, I will, but I'm waiting for unroot and relock method before taking the dive to unlock.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rayraycarter4:
So my girl works for Sprint as a retail sales rep, I could ask the tech there if he had the kdz file , you think he would transfer it to USB drive?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i doubt the techs in the store have kdzs to be honest but if they did i doubt theyd leak it unless hes a manager lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
We would need the KDZ for the phone and the DLL file for the LG up software. He should be able to put it on a flash drive if he access to it. It may be that they don't have access though and send them off to fix software issues they can't fix in store.

The .kdz file will be big. Probably 1-2 GB file. The .dll file is needed for the device as well so LG up will flash the KDZ file correctly.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rayraycarter4:
He does have access to sprints DNA database
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
Cool. Let us know how it goes. Be careful and don't get him fired. It's good to have a connection and keep that connection.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Its not as easy as you would think. I have already been given a sprint kdz BUT Sprint doesnt use LGUP for flashing phones so its encrypted into a different format for sprint proprietary tools only... aka useless.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
that doesnt mean anything lol.. not sure what dna is yet until next week but if its basically an online darabase its probably filled with policies and procedures and a lot of information as well as troubleshootinv information.. however, theres different levdls of technical support and surely certain items are restricted depending on who you are and what your position is. Meaning he might have some access but doubt he has full access to just take and leak whatever he wants to
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
Even if you're not an administrator you sometimes have read permissions on program files. Maybe they haven't obfuscated the program files, and you could get a tech to leak the whole program files directory for the sprint flashing program. That would be a hell of a paydirt, huh?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
[MENTION=4001289]rayraycarter4[/MENTION] any luck getting a KDZ file from the sprint employee?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rayraycarter4:
Lol no I asked my gf (who works at sprint) and she said they they probably wouldn't leak the files because that arnt allowed to have any thumb drives on the sprint computers...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
Can he open an incognito web browser window and send it to his email or a Google Drive?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
even if they did have access it would be a serious violation of sprint policies and they could get fired or worse.

Also pretty sure they are on a private network where everything is tracked and highly dount they have unrestricted access to the internt, downloading and installing software and/or sending 1.5gb+ files through any kind of email system.

I actually am in 6 weeks of training for sprint right now but in the retention dept. over the phone and I can honestly say what your asking will not be reasonable for any employee that cares for their job and doesnt want to be sued for stealing if it is even in any way possible to begin with.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] since you will be in retentions maybe you can answer a question for me. Sprint in the last couple of days has remove the ability of any current customers from getting a two-year contract subsidized phone even on a reactionary basis at this point. My question is when I come up for renewal in about a year-and-a-half, what's the chances of sweet-talking in retentions employee into a two year subsidy still?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
lool i have 0 idea.. to be honest, policies change constantly throughout the year.. one thing i can say is that they will try to keep you and at times can give pretty great deals on 50% off or maybe even a free phone or even 100s of dollars in credits..

most carriers are getting away from subsidy upgrades with 2 year contracts.. i dont see them coming back at all for any major carriers

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in fact they potentially lose money on subsidy.. at least on installments if customer cancels eventually they get full price of the equipment..

i have no idea why they have a "lease" option lol who wants to pay for the phone and not own it haha
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] DSR_1106:
2 year agreements are gone in my humble opinion because technology changes so quickly, I certainly don't want to have my v20 when I purchase the Note 8 in October. I'm already completely over it and I bought it the day it was released in October. Sprint told me then that my 2 year lease would change to 1 year after January 1st and I now see on Sprint Zone that indeed it has . I'm now done 10/1/2017 instead of 2018. Just my take, who knows...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i personally like to own my devices when i get a new phone lol.. the lease option allows you to upgrade sooner with a device trade in whereas on installments you can accellerate the payments and upgrade early while keeping the device..

they should just do installments with the option to trade the device in after 50% is paid off to get a new phone or keep making your payments to own it or accellerate to own it instead of having two separate options lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] DSR_1106:
I think that is an excellent idea
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
thats how US Cellular is lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
this may have been answered already, but sprint still does the contract upgrades, just not in stores. You can get it online - l just got my v20 a couple weeks ago that way
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Team DevDigitel:
Sprint no longer offers 2year at all anymore. Its been pulled off telesales and online as well. The V20 has been on multiple promos with sprint for the last 40 days. 50% off. 390$ full retail. New lines only now but dec 28 29 30 upgrades were covered too @ that price.

If you aren't on a legacy plan sigining a 2yr contract would have incurred you a 25$ penalty for 24mo. A majority of users have switched to newer plans that include hotspot etc and were cheaper then the 2yr plan they had before.

In 18months sprint wont even have a 2yr price to tell you. Its going away forever lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
Ooh, okay, I've been with sprint more than 10 years so I used my legacy upgrade.I have unlimited data and just root for free hotspot,
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
I will say supposedly in the last few days the 2 year contract price showed back up on upgrade activities for lines as per s4gru.com forums. So it was off their site for a few days and then they put it back on. It isn't the first time they got rid of it only to bring it back for old customers who complained.

We shall see if the option is still available in 1.5 years when my two upgrades become available.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] kevinrocksman:
All he has to do is start the computer in safemode. Use the guest or admin account to get in. None of that is logged
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Team DevDigitel:
whats up bro ? long time no see!

you rocking the V20 now?

get at me on hangouts " devdigitel@gmail.com "

we can def do another colab and do some mod testing and theme's!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yuppicide:
I don't know if I missed it. Do we have a bounty somewhere for the V20 on Sprint rooted? I'll donate.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Matt07211:
Yea, it's been rooted. https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowswittness:
From what I read after the december patch dirty santa wont work on sprint anymore.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Works ON the december patch not the march patch(zv6). there has only been 1 confirmed phone that we have seen that is zv6 though so for the most part sprint is rootable.