yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arfzck:
After i do factory reset the supersu is gone.. XD

Before i do root the focus is fine.. But after i doing root, my camera is cannot focus anymore.. Maybe my phone refuses the rooting.. ?

Thanks for helped me up ?.. I will unroot my phone and reflash with .kdz..
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] theleftykid:
May we could ask [MENTION=3102329]roosta[/MENTION] to edit the OP and replace it with the ROOT instructions?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] roosta:
I've contacted [MENTION=6984210]emdroidle[/MENTION] and asked for some assistance/information to get the ball rolling everyone. From there, I can contact all contributors with instructions on how to complete (pay for) their bounty pledges and update XDA accordingly.

I also need one of the XDA mods to assist with 'Updating' page 1 posts for contributors (or remove), which AGAIN gives me time out errors. I cant help this, its a flaw and limitation on this site...it has to do with the number of references of @ {username} listed in each post. I thought XDA have troubles with 30 mentions, but now its struggling with 12.. So due to these limitations and no mods addressing it, I can't do much. Someone can report this post and get a mod to contact me...as the one helping me about 20 pages back isn't responding to PM.

Everyone else - no need to reference/mention me in this thread,

I'll recount everything and contact you in due course with emdroidles assistance. I'm not on here daily due to other work/restrictions, but I am also committed to getting the bounty pledges paid, refining emdroidles methodology/steps at the same time, as we can't have 2 people bricked and another 3 saying its working, as clearly - thats a the steps aren't properly laid out. I cant test this myself, as I've sold my v20.

RoOSTA
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] djodjo131:
Wait for RUNMEFIRST.bat console to prompt you to run step2.bat.

i have a problem with the command i m wait but nothing change on RUNMEFIRST.bat
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] UL7RA:
If I do a factory reset from settings, do I lose the root?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] speculatrix:
Can this be written up on the XDA Wiki?

https://xdaforums.com/wiki/

then the community can improve it and add additional notes.

thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Harukisan:
But there is a video guide?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] djodjo131:
i have a problem i m not acces to twrp i press buttom vol down and power i acces to factory data . i m push ok twice choice and i have a splash screen .
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SlavaTi:
What about H990 int' single sim version?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blastphemer:
It works, I have rooted my H990DS! Thank you very much!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] djodjo131:
Hello, how did you do to root his h990ds? Because I try but my screen becomes hatch with instal twrp.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rubiicon59:
I rooted following the guides in the last ten or twelve pages. They're not easy and it took me many hours trial and error but I got there.

You need to do the same, and make sure you copy all inputs exactly as shown.

[MENTION=3761704]farwish[/MENTION] there's no need to quote entire posts especially if you're replying to one directly above.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Moordenaar:
Hello

I still keep my promise of 50 USD but my model is the H990N Dual sim, do you know when the root could be ready for this model? I already want to delete the pre-installed garbage from LG.

* He's doing a great job.

Thank you very much
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] exadeci:
[MENTION=3544509]eagleeyetom[/MENTION] maybe?

As for the steps he made a new thread (add it to OP if you can edit):

https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/dirtysanta-h990-t3624296/post72734983

As for people bricking their phones, it's clearly a user mistake, yes the steps are long a more complex than other devices but if you follow them properly it works great.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mikesco3:
Dear LG Developer,

I'm sure you've already received enough hate mail regarding this issue so I'm not going to add to that.

I personally don't understand.

And at the same time I'm sorry you (unfortunate individual having to reply to these emails) have to be in this position, however if there is any upward request you can forward it would be appreciated.

I am sure you are well aware that that there is a whole section devoted to cracking this phone in xda forums who have successfully done it... But I don't realize why you (LG company) would hold hostage a device I purchased with my own money when the clear assumption is that if I purchase an international carrier unlocked android phone is because I intend to make the most use out of it and I made the mistake in assuming you followed the logic of most other android phone manufacturers, that when you buy an international non-carrier provided model you therefore hold the right to do unlock it and use it to it's fullest extent.

When you sell it on amazon it clearly says Unlocked device and Sold by LG.

To me that borders unethical and I'm surprised you haven't received some legal pressure about it already.

Would you consider exchanging it at a small cost for the price difference provided it's in mint condition just unboxed?

Otherwise I am left with no choice than to debate whether to re-sell this phone and bite the bullet on the difference since I can't return it (considering I'm a single father, self employed technology consultant that doesn't make a whole bunch of money) but will vow to never purchase another LG product even if the world were to be flooded in urine and LG owned the only device that kept me floating, and also recommend as many as ask me to never purchase an LG product if they can help it.

Michael

----------------------------------------

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 8:31 PM, DeveloperLG <developer@lge.com> wrote:

Hello,

Currently, you can only unlock the bootloader for the models below.

- LG G6: H870 for the European market

- LG V20: US996.USA for the U.S. open market

- LG V10: H960A for the European market and Android M (Except France)

- LG G5 SE: H840 for the European market

- LG G5: RS988 for the U.S. open market

- LG G5: H850 for the European market

- LG G4: H815 for the European market

If there are any changes to the supported devices, we will let you know via our website.

Best Regards,

LG Developer site Team

---------- Original Message ----------

From : Mike <>

To : DeveloperLG STAFF(developer)

Date : 2017/06/20 14:56:46

Subject : Please Unlock LG-H990DS

This is the second time I've decided to purchase an LG phone.

I know it has been widely requested on the internet that you please unlock the LG V20 LG-H990DS.

Michael
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] farwish:
my H990N dual-sim bootagrs shows this:

sched_enable_hmp=1 sched_enable_power_aware=1 console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.console=ttyHSL0 user_debug=31 ehci-hcd.park=3 lpm_levels.sleep_disabled=1 cma=32M@0-0xffffffff androidboot.hardware=elsa lge.rev=rev_10 model.name=LG-H990N lge.sim_num=2 lge.dsds=dsds lge.bootreason=charge_reset cc_mode=0 kswitch lge.bootreasoncode=0x776655a0 bootcable.type=400MA lge.battid=SW3800_VC0 androidboot.bl_unlock_complete=false androidboot.dlcomplete=0 androidboot.ddr_size=4294967296 androidboot.ddr_info=0x1 lge.crash_handler=off lge.hreset=off boot_cpus=0-3 androidboot.revision=12 androidboot.verifiedbootstate=green androidboot.veritymode=enforcing androidboot.rpmb_state=1 androidboot.bootdevice=624000.ufshc androidboot.serialno=LGH99084ca7463 qpnp-power-on.warm_boot=1 gpt androidboot.authorized_kernel=true lge.signed_image=true androidboot.baseband=msm mdss_mdp.panel=1:dsi:0:qcom,mdss_dsi_sw49407_dsc_qhd_video:config1:1:none:cfg:single_dsi
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
Okay, a thread dedicated to H990 root now exists. Given the situation, discussion of rooting devices should likely move there, and this bounty thread can handle the task of the bounty.

There is an appropriate untested kernel posted on the above thread. I cannot verify it works since I don't have one, but there is a good chance it will work for you. Absolutely no guarantees, please be prepared to have your H990 V20 out of commission for a day in case it doesn't work (also be prepared since the instructions are tough to follow).

I believe you will at least temporarily lose root. You can though simply go back into TWRP and reflash SuperSU.zip, which avoids most of the complexity of re-rooting.

Less than 24 hours (likely quicker). There is a report the H990DS kernel does in fact work on the H990N, but I've got some concerns with doing so. (notably if you go into settings it will report your phone as a H990ds; perhaps not a big deal to you, but something which I worry could have deeper consequences)

Please also see the above mention, I don't have a H990N in front of me so I can't guarantee functioning.

[MENTION=3761704]farwish[/MENTION] Uh, you likely want to edit the value of "androidboot.serialno=" out of that post. Perhaps it isn't that personal, but it does point directly at your device and only your device. I've got the information, now it will take a bit of

In theory I've got PayPal working, simply by connecting here.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Just sent you my $50.00 pledge/donation.

Thank you for your contributions to the XDA Community! :good:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] djodjo131:
https://img.xda-cdn.com/tci20LWUz5w...img15.hostingpics.net/pics/892284Picture3.jpg

I have a gray screen instead of twrp why?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] eagleeyetom:
I can suggest using links instead of mentions. I know it's not a convenient way, but putting so many mentions will always give an error.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blastphemer:
Flash this firmware version H990ds10c_00_OPEN_SG_DS_OP_1214.kdz ad re-try from the beginning, it will work!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] speculatrix:
Hi 990DS should arrive tomorrow, so I am eagerly awaiting final easy instructions. I've never had an LG phone before, only Sony and Samsung, so the tools will be a bit unfamiliar; I've been downloading everything I can find!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] djodjo131:
I have the right to a secure boot with a password request and none of mine works? Somewhat help me
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] FACAF:
I have H990DS from Korea and the software is V10e-TWN-XX. It is unlocked and I live in Argentine. What firmware need I flash ? Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] djodjo131:
H990ds10c_00_OPEN_SG_DS_OP_1214
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ramyeohy:
Too late? I can only find firmware of 2017. No more 2016. :confused:

Found it. Dated 2017-01-06.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] FACAF:
Here you find it : https://lg-firmwares.com/download-file/?fileId=5196
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hamodi:
had anyone stucked on lg logo and fix it somehow ??

i flashed everything right but stuck on lg boot logo
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] farwish:
i didnt change anything, maybe i got wrong file to read？

and thank you for doing it, i mean i may be only one who use H990N dual sim lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
You had the right file. Just there is that one value about a quarter of the way from the end which I don't believe should be public information ("androidboot.serialno=H990" uniquely identifies your device). I wanted to confirm the H990N also merely used "H990" as the prefix of that value, but otherwise the value isn't important to me. The DirtySanta bootloader instead reports the value as "androidboot.serialno=US996". I'm unsure whether it effects anything, but my kernel corrects the value so userspace sees it as "androidboot.serialno=H990".

Folks who are paying their portion of the bounty, please remember to mention your username when paying. We should be able to attribute payments to people via real names, but usernames make it easier. :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Done & done..... :good:

Make sure you cash-in on the payments as they roll-in.

If left untouched after 30 days,it automatically gets refunded back to the donor (I had that happen on one occasion,the dev never accepted the donation).
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] djodjo131:
update ota it's possible with root? i have a notification on new firmware its available on my screen .
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rubiicon59:
NO
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Arfzck:
[MENTION=6984210]emdroidle[/MENTION], is camera modul exist in you kernel.? Because my camera can't focus while take a pict after unlocking bootloader and rooting, i've tried manual mode, but still can't do focus.

It makes me frustrating.. XD everything is perfect except this one..

Can you tell me where the problem is..? Which step i doing it wrong?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] faeterov:
My H990DS camera works ok.

In the future you should ask in the official thread.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] invertedskull:
Looks like I pledged $50 AUD. I am very happy I did because now that we have confirmed root method, I will cough it up. I cannot find the payment info though... can someone point it out, sorry!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Check the "here" link @ the end of this post:

(Or hit his "Donate to Me" link)

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72748684&postcount=683
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
I got no idea. I've never seen an issue like this. Double-checked and manual focus mode works fine for me, auto-focus works fine for me. :(

---------- Post added at 07:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:46 PM ----------

Trying to avoid the mention DB crunch...

Got payments from:

darkstorm99

exadeci

KOLIOSIS

Prowler_gr

speculatrix

One of the 30 Euro payments has shown up, but I'm unsure whom it is from (I see more than one pledge of that amount).
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elric002:
30 Euro payment

I have sent 30 Euro on June 21, but forgot to sign.

Thanks for the great Job.

Elric002
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] speculatrix:
As promised, I made my bounty payment by paypal.. actually, I paid a little extra just to make sure that any paypal fees emdroidle might suffer are covered by me.

Transaction ID: **A98835MX747****

thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Csetoue:
Did you got it? Root and BL unlock?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rubiicon59:
Seriously??? Read the post titles in this forum. Or use "Search".
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] hashim17:
[MENTION=6984210]emdroidle[/MENTION], run the steps for root access and it's working. However, phone crashed (green screen) after root when tried to restore data from USB drive via OTG. Have to reboot to continue. Also, can you provide steps for line 15 - (Save copies of the files "abootbackup.img" and "bootbackup.img) cause i skipped this step as there was no command line steps on this. Let me know how can i pay you. Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] speculatrix:
yay, I have root!

Next steps:

1. back up old phone with Titanium Backup Root onto memory card

2. ensure no files left in old phone's virtual SD card - copy or move from internal storage to the memory card.

3. shutdown phone, remove and backup memory card, insert into V20

4. restore all apps.

5. profit!

and many thanks again to [MENTION=6984210]emdroidle[/MENTION] and his team for fully unlocking the potential of this great phone!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
There really isn't supposed to be instructions for that. The important point is to grab those files and keep them somewhere safe, since they're needed for returning to stock.

PayPal is now in my profile.

I definitely didn't want to read about a problem with USB OTG. :( You're one of two reports of problems with USB OTG. I've got an idea of a fix, will hopefully have it posted to the main thread soon.

---------- Post added at 07:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:54 PM ----------

I've got it.

---------- Post added at 08:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 PM ----------

There is a report of it working, though apparently they had to work around one issue. In theory most superuser programs should work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] armsar1978:
HIFI DAC not working with rooted phone,any ideas???(((( in headphones no sound
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tanraymond027:
Can someone help.. i'm at twrp step. finish at format data, installing the kernel is my problem " unsupported device: updated process ended with error: 1 error installing zip file external_sd/h990ds-kernel zip"..

THANKS IN ADVANCE.... i'm a LGV20 H990DS user. V10e-ESAxxxxxx
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Here's the thread for BL Unlock/Root/TWRP:

https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/dirtysanta-h990-t3624296
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fHB848:
So how long did you wait after flashing and rebooting? Because I reboot after flashing and it has been 1 hour +
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rubiicon59:
You've done something wrong. It should take a couple of minutes at most.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fHB848:
So do i shut it down now that its stuck on the LG screen?

---------- Post added at 02:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 AM ----------

Nvm I shut it down, removed the microSD card and powered on the phone. Booted into successfully with SuperSU. Thanks for the help in any case
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] speculatrix:
works for me (TM)! when I turn it on or off the sound stops for just a moment.

that happens when using PowerAmp or LG's music player.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] brunochka:
I've tried to root my H990DS, for downgrading to firmware dd 2016 i've started having troubles, screen flashing all time so i have been obliged to return at factory settings, by luck i did a LG backup having inside important photos and datas.Then i rooted using all procedures but then i got a password request, then i read to go back at TWRP and have a wipe cleaning, i did it.

Then i wanted to restore all my back up being with original factory settings, impossible to do it and tryingo back again at factory settings i got blocked with loopboot on TWRP...... so i decided to aandon idea of rooting it and reinstalled firmware 10c then firmware upgrade until 10e and finally all backup has been recovered but i've been obliged to reinstall manually all applications.

Is there any solution to root it without troubles? To downgrading to 10c i get problems with a system warning of an application that it stops working, so it's compulsory to do a factory settings reset....
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fHB848:
So is there a method to switch over to Magisk as well as phh's SuperUser (NOT SuperSU) with the phone already rooted using the steps found in here?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
Do a search, you might find things like this.

I know where that message comes from, but that is rather odd to show up if you really are on a V20. Try running the commands in TWRP:

adb shell getprop ro.build.product
adb shell getprop ro.hardware

The first should be "h990" and the second should be "elsa". If those differ then that really is quite unexpected.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TommyStark:
help

my h990ds is stuck during root . i have twrp but i lost O.S. adb and fastboot detect it as us996. i can't load abootbackup.img. lgup and lg flashtool both faild. any thoughts?:crying:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
What are you looking to do? Do you wish to continue with rooting? Do you wish to go back to stock?

With TWRP, finishing root is simple. Just install SuperSU and the kernel and you should be good.

If you're looking to go back to stock, there is another way to do that. Boot into TWRP and then run the command:

adb shell dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/abootbak of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/aboot

Cut&paste is your friend since getting that command wrong will be bad. Always forget about those on-device backups, but they have their moments.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TommyStark:
thanks alot emdroidle, that code worked like magic. i tried the same dd code stated in the main thread with a big fail every time giving no such aboot file. thanks alot bro. btw the main thread needs to be more organised for each model. i figured out my fail during root. i used the h990 step3 file from this thread because the twrp flash command faild. i did falsh su and kernil but it stuck with lg logo. ( twrp was saying there is OS during reboot )
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] speculatrix:
Now things have settled down and I'm loving having Titanium Backup Root, I'm wondering how to get some of the LG updates without losing root and the unlocked bootloader.

Is it possible to pick apart the .kdz and pull out updated selectively?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
Hmm, you missed that the abootbackup.img file was the one you got after the step2.bat script? Guess I need to be more explicit about that, in addition to mentioning this alternative (as I wrote, forgetting about the on-device backup copy).

Quite possible. KDZ files have been mostly analyzed, problem is LGE keeps updating the format and old assumptions become invalid. Tools to disassemble the files are out there, though I can state mine was last updated for the V10.

I'm aiming to create a tool along these lines for the V20, but it will take some time to get it working. I've already discovered an odd difference between a KDZ file and what was actually present on the phone (oy vey, not good). :(
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
A theory has been proposed which could account for some issues. One person noted their phone worked fine when on an up to date firmware version, but had difficulties if on the earlier firmware version. It has been proposed the later software updates include support for additional hardware revisions. This explanation is unexpected, but believable. I am trying to make it possible to update to later firmwares after rooting, but this work could take a while.

I hope this doesn't effect very many people.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] brunochka:
Ok emdroidle, when root will be fully functional without problems at camera or HIFI DAC then i'll try again rooting it and i'll send you PAYPAL donation as promised , i need a fully working root, i tried already but i got problems with reinstalling LG Back up so i returned to stock firmware.

Anyway i thank you for all yr job and i wait to get root improved, thank you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prowler_gr:
No excuse for not paying your pledge people. You have a fully functional phone with a fully functional root.

Nagging about quirks with the video camera (which has a workaround), DAC VoTLE second screen are not related to the pledge & can be resolved by other developers building kernels & cooking roms...

The bounty requirements as per the OP have been fulfilled, so non payers should be shamed...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] brunochka:
As previously written in my case after root i could not retrieve my LG Back UP and when i tried to go back with root at origina factory settings i had as reply a bootloop image of TWRP without stopping! So i've been obliged to force with LGUP reinstalling stock firmware and then finally recover my LG Back Up, i am sorry but for me fully functional phone with fully fusnctional root is not like this, so i just prefer waiting until all will be solved, just this!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rubiicon59:
And who are you?