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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AthieN:
Umm, that's pretty much what this is. Except that [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] added the APN's and stuff into it to get it working with other carriers... I'm not seeing what the advantage would be to flash a pure 996 ROM? Not to mention that it probably wouldn't work right out of the box.. You would essentially have to redo everything that was already done and provided for you in this thread... Just my two cents.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fenrir_ac:
Meaning I have to boot into fastboot mode and do the step3 again? As far as I know when in fastboot mode, I can't seem to write a command that boot straight into recovery from there. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Yeah, but I would love to boot from phone off state in case if anything happens to my ROM.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryuk359:
I'm sure he knows. He's one of the devs on it.

If you were talking to me I'm well aware just some theories I'm working on.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlkaliV2:
What is the outcome of doing a full conversion to the H996? Using its kernel and software and the debug bootloader instead of hybridizing the carrier models with a debug kernel and retail ROM?

Source code for the US996: http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=us996
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryuk359:
Unrelated, are there many others that get the staticy, messed up red triangles on reboot? I know there comes a warning with a unlocked bootloader just wanna actually see the warning vs the broken screen effect. Not a big deal at all just curious.

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Would that affect the specifics of apn and carrier settings? That would be the only reason I would see why we needed the hybridizing.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Sorry, I got confused between fastboot and recovery. It appears that there is no way that I know of besides going from adb only. Vol + goes into download and Vol - goes into fastboot. I don't know of a command from fastboot to recovery.

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I tried troubleshooting dun via ## codes but I haven't gotten one to work. Seems that all the ## codes don't work. at least ##debug# and ##data# codes don't work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] vanemburghj:
Stuck at TWRP

Followed the steps in the OP and get to TRWP, however after following the when you get to twrp steps my Verizon phone boots right back into twrp.

1. Format Data, type in Yes and goes through the process with no errors.

2. Verizon(VS995):

a) Flash SuperSU.zip

b) Go back to Main-menu > Wipe > [Format Data] > Type ?Yes?

c) Go back to Wipe > Advanced > Check Dalvik, Data and Cache > Slide to wipe

d) Go back to Main-menu > Reboot > System

Have tried using boot2.img and have the exact same result.

Assuming it is not bricked as I can get to twrp......
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] saboture:
Hello, first off I want to thank the guys who developed this and for the hard work and many many hours sank into this. I'm ecstatic that an unlocked bootloader is available for the carrier v20s. Is there a donation link available somewhere?

Now, my next question. I'm not getting any of this lag people are talking about and I had the whole process done in about 10-15 minutes (AT&T H910) with zero issues. What are my options for roms currently? I see the Deodex rom being mentioned in various posts, but it's not for the 910, it's for the 996 if I remember correctly. Am I able to flash this without issue? Usually flashing roms for different carriers is a no no.

I guess I have a second question as well. On the official rom, after the boot unlock and root, has anyone been able to remove the vendor bloat? I'm talking about yellow pages, kindle, Uber (I'm in West Virginia and don't want to use uber here.. Who knows what will happen to me lol). I've tried removing with titanium back up and that prompts and error about being unable to find the apk. I installed FX Explorer and went digging and found them in the system/vendor folder and removed them from there but the apps never disappeared and still work correctly.

Thanks again for the hard work, this is truly awesome!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlkaliV2:
Mine is a scrambled mess on bootup as well, but it is just a warning screen so you're not missing out on anything.

As far as APNs are concerned, they can be added manually after the device has been setup since it would be an "unlocked" device. I had to do this on my Oneplus 3 each time I upgraded because AT&T wasn't "officially" supported. I know I would lose extraneous carrier features but converting the phone to US996 means that it could run custom ROMs available for the H996. This allows for greater flexibility of the device and I would assume that since I have a backup of my AT&T system image I could go back if it isn't to my liking. The only thing I asked me2151 about earlier is the LTE bands. I don't know if the LTE bands are hardware or software controlled and I use LTE band 30 in my apartment that is exclusively used on the H910/915 model. That said, I could just quit being hypothetical and just do it already, for science, I just spent most of the day getting this setup and running only to wipe it now. Also, I think [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] beat me to this conversion.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] saboture:
I've got the same issue as you. Currently on the AT&T H910
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
So the closest thing I can see working is by booting into fastboot and using the 'fastboot reboot recovery' command. It should work regardless of whether the ROM is intact or not.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlkaliV2:
Are you in TWRP now and did you do a system backup when prompted in the guide? You did not do an advanced wipe that included system did you?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] daktah:
just rooted my h910 (and flashed natf megarom v20), the triangled exclamation is all banded and interlaced (imagine the image and text being drawn multiple times across the screen with alternating vertical lines missing) and i still get the screen static even after flashing the kernel in the op. of course the messed up triangle splash isnt a big deal but its ugly, but the static is annoying. pls halp?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tonycstech:
Thee is no help

Static will not go away untill 2 screens turn off.

You have to boot the phone complitelly and then turn the screen off (by pressing power button) while covering the proximity sensor on the front.

both screens will turn of.

Once you turn it back on, its all normal.

I used ReStock kernel that CLAIMS they fixed it, but they didnt.

They fixed it only to a point of battery removal.

Once battery removed, its all over again.

Not to mention, it will vibrate until you press any soft button on the screen once booted.

JEEZ, that could simulate that at boot to stop the damn vibration.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
You can go AOSP and get rid of static if you don't care about second screen. I've been in this ROM ls997 since Nov and it's amazing.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] daktah:
as soon as lineage has 2nd screen support im switching to it, i wanted it in the first place but didnt want to give up the main gimmick right away. seeing as theyve figured out how to control the screen and write custom widgets it hopefully wont be long.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I wouldn't hold my breath. Can't hurt to try it though. I thought I'd miss second screen. I don't even think about it unless someone else brings it up.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mdanish4:
Hey guys. I will really appreciate anything i can get. So i am new to LG family. I recently bought sprint lg v20 LS996 amd its already carrier unlocked and i am using tmobile in it. I am getting this HANDS FREE ACTIVATION msg everytime i reatart my device and it geta stuck there. I want to know if i can flash a US997 firmware on it directly? Phone ia not rooted and has a latest firmware. Please advise
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Post in the questions and answers thread. This is for rooting only. You'll get a better response there.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] capttripppp:
Howdy, I'm trying to root my vs995 but I am running into the problem of not being able to boot my phone into fastboot. I've tried holding down the volume button, and plugging the phone into my computer but nothing happens. The phone vibrates, flashes the LG screen, and then shows the battery charging sign. I've tried to reboot using the powershell/cmd prompt, but all that happens is that it reboots normally. I have tried searching online and on here, but I can't seem to find any information on how to fix this. Any help is greatly appreciated
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Sounds like you don't have the fast boot drivers installed. You might have the program but not the drivers. Update your drivers and try again. There's a sidenote in the op about this.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] capttripppp:
I have all of the drivers on my computer. I have uninstalled, and reinstalled adb using the tool from this link (https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979). The issue is the phone itself, I can call up cmd prompt, and issue commands like adb reboot recovery, or reboot-bootloader,. and all the commands do is to cause the phone to reboot. When I try to hold down the volume button and plug it into the computer all I get is the LG screen, and the the normal charging screen. Whatever the problem is, it's not on the computer side of things. My Android version is 7.0, with my security patch being June 1, 2017.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Q.D.N.L:
LS997 ZVB

not work on LS997 version ZVB (newest)

Who can help me? :(
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
You're one year late to the party. Meaning you can't root with dirty Santa unless you have a 2016 version
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] capttripppp:
After searching for information over and over again I came across a video/post that LaserWolf452 posted on how to downgrade from VS99515A to VS99513A using Uppercut/LGUP.. According to that post, and some other info that I have come across I should be able to root it after the downgrade. I figure that when I downgrade if I can't use fastboot then I'll just apply the update to it again.

Link found here
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Not what you asked but good luck with that
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rootlinux:
I got lucky. Mine Said manufacturing date Feb 2017. It still had the old patch.

Get them from online or the store will update them.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] BrianD01:
what year is my phone?

been outta the rooting game for years, so would someone just point me in the direction of where I need to go to find out what year my phone is for this dirty Santa root is? The phone is a Verizon LG V20 running on straight.. thanks folks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rootlinux:
Go to settings/about phone/software info

Look at the security patch. What does it say?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Same here. Got mine without a box. Just a bad charger, a wire a battery and the phone. The bad charger made it fail the quality control check so the price was $300. They even sent a new charger when I complained.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ive9th:
Is it possible for someone to recreate this post with up to date information? I'm willing to help in whatever way I can but I'm an beginner to intermediate user.

When I was on this journey to root my V20 (a few months ago) it felt like an up to date guide would have served me well. I'm not complaining at all. It took me a bit to figure out the security patch and downgrading in order to "qualify" for this process.

I remember reading in this thread that the OP couldn't be edited for some reason. Maybe the original person was no longer active or something.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yemkoid:
I keep getting package 'con' is unknown when i run run-as con. Any help on this?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ampicillin:
Hello Mate,

Can you please tell if this build can root?

F800L10y

NRD90M

I noticed that the guy is on NRD90M with android 7.0 with root options.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
We can't keep up with all the v20 versions to tell you. You can tell yourself by just following the steps. Rootlinux told you where to look. If your security patch is old enough, then you can use dirty Santa. It has to be a 2016 patch or it won't work. Some people are finding a way around that by downgrading but again, we can't keep up with which versions can or can't. You'll need to search the forum. First step; find your security patch info. If you can't find it, you probably aren't going to get through this method because it's a hell of a lot harder than finding your patch date. Not trying to be mean, just trying to save you from bricking. Good luck.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sh525:
There is a way to avoid VS995 vibrating. Using the patched LGUP to write the KDZ of US996 to your device, then root , flash the ROM of VS995, Your device will return to 995, without vibration and can keep root & twrp.

The steps are as follows

1. Backup your data

2. flash the kdz of US996(version 10f) to your device,using the patched LGUP (https://xdaforums.com/v20...tures-t3652222)

3. Root your device with DirtySanta ( https://xdaforums.com/v20...oader-t3519410 )

4. Flash the other 995 ROM ,such as weta5.0.7, your device will changes back to VS995 , without vibration and can keep root & twrp (WETA Rom for LG V20 -V5.0.7: https://xdaforums.com/v20...a-1-0-t3532778 ).

5. You can also using the patched lgup to upgrade the stock KDZ and keep root&twrp.

6. Good luck
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creed14:
Those links aren't working. They're shortened. Any chance you've got the full length ones?

Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
They're all working for me.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creed14:
I've gone through most of this process: I've gotten TWRP flashed, but I'm having trouble getting the device to boot into system. If I try to boot into system, it gives me the "Your device is corrupted" screen, then boots back to TWRP.

What do I do? Searching hasn't yielded any results yet.

I'm on VS995.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Here's what I've done when I've had similar issues. Do not boot recovery automatically. If you do, this will not work. Manually boot recovery ( if you don't know how, let me know)

Wipe cache, data & system. Advanced wipe, format data. Advanced wipe, change or repair file system, check only system to repair it. Then flash your rom. I do all the wiping three times. That should boot system now.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creed14:
Thank you so much! What do you mean by boot recovery manually?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
F

Turn off your phone. Hold the vol down button and the power button until you see the LG logo. The next part you have to do exactly right. Continue holding vol down but let go of power for 1 second and then hold it again. You'll get a new screen that you need to use your vol bottom to highlight YES and press with power button and repeat. So basically you said YES twice. That will take you back to TWRP.

Sometimes it doesn't work after powering down. Just pull your battery and put it back in and try again.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creed14:
Oh my God. Thank you so much. This worked perfectly. Have a great day, and thanks for being so incredibly helpful!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
You're up and running right?

Edit: Wasn't in a good place to read that. Okay, glad you're up and running now. Good luck
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creed14:
Yep, got it going! That was my girlfriend's phone. Now onto mine!

Before I start on the next one, mind if I ask one more question? The US Cellular version of the US996 should work fine on Verizon, right? Ebay listing I bought it from said it was the unlocked version... it's not. Don't wanna go through the hassle of a return if I can avoid it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I don't know for sure but I think if you get dirty Santa to work and get TWRP installed it should be unlocked. I don't have any personal experience with that but I've heard it would be.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CallmeHenry:
Jan5 2018

I was on 18D software, flashed to 12D, and still cant get this to work. Verizon. Follow steps THOROUGHLY, vibrates like stuck in fastboot after getting the double reboot AFTER TWRP, and all steps. Just doesnt load. End up reflashing to 12 like 5 times before I gave up. Another method?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Justkevin09:
This is not working for me at all. I do everything it says and everything works up until step 3.5...

C:\Users\justk\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell

elsa:/ $ run-as con `

> chmod 0777 /storage/emulated/0/*

> `

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/AirDroid' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Alarms' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Allo' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Android' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/DCIM' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Download' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Kik' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/LGBackup' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/LG_apps' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Movies' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Music' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Notifications' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/PhotoEditor' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Pictures' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Podcasts' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Preload' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/QuickMemo+' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Quickset Setup' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Ringtones' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Snapchat' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Textra' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/aboot.img' to 100777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/com.facebook.orca' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/com.growbuddy.growbuddy' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/data' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/dirtysanta' to 100777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/music2_hprof_data' to 100777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/romtoolbox' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/theme' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/zedge' to 40777: Operation not permitted

run-as: Package 'con' is unknown
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] locomotive96:
Can confirm that I am in the same boat. I downgraded to 12A and no luck. Get stuck on run-as con. . . 'con' is unknown. Android security patch level is Nov. 1, 2016. Verizon VS995

Help! D:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AJS77:
cross download

I have followed the DirtySanta instructions and got stuck. I downloaded someone elses backup and used TWRP to restore it to my phone. I now have a warning each time I boot:

'Warning cross download mode! Development use only! Cupss matched for ntcode = [ffffff,71]'

I can find nothing on XDA or Google search about this.

Any clues anyone?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xenokc:
I just bought a used V20 that shows LS997 ZV5. Can I unlock/root?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dnkjordan:
Stuck in recovery

I followed all steps but when I go to reboot after performing the wipes the phone will show the triangle screen then go into recovery on every attempt to reboot. I followed the additional steps for Verizon user (flashing boot backup.img) then rebooting and have same result. How do I get out of this?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brotatochip1000:
Just rooted my VS995 this week, I was also on 18D I believe but I flashed back to 12A. Let me tell you, I have never had so much difficulty rooting a phone in my life, I ran into so many issues during this process. From the sounds of it I had the same thing happen during root. After running step3.bat and flashing twrp I would get stuck on the Verizon screen, I waited up to 40 minutes and never got a boot. You need to pull the battery and unplug the phone then use the hardware keys to enter recovery ( hold volume down and power, release power when you see the LG screen, wait one second then hold power again). This is kind of tricky but if you do it right you will get to a factory reset screen, hit yes for both questions, then it will boot into twrp. I found this solution in previous replies.

If you have more issues after this let me know, I certainly did.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ryny24:
Same exact situation. I bought my vs995 2 months ago but was afraid to touch it after an very unsuccessful attempt. I just got it working last weekend though and it's pretty good with Alpha rom + weta kernel.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brotatochip1000:
Did you have any issue with the camera after flashing back to 12a? When I open the camera now it defaults to the front facing camera but all the settings/software are for the rear camera. If I then switch to the rear camera all the settings switches to the front camera. So on the rear camera it has the beauty mode thing and won't let me zoom. Trying to switch to wide angle lens crashes the app and I have to clear cache to get it to work again. It's extremely annoying.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
So you have TWRP recovery? Sounds like you just need to repair system and format data. Follow the steps I wrote about a couple of pages back. Then flash a new rom for your device. Anyone that has TWRP and can get to it shouldn't be bricked. Make sure you're using the right TWRP for the rom your going to flash.

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Exactly. If people would read especially the replies by [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] and then later by myself after he left the thread, they'd have less trouble rooting. All these issues have been answered at some point. Also for Verizon there's a video on YouTube that's not bad. I'd watch it to the end before trying to follow it. He makes some mistakes and fixed them as he goes if I remember correctly.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xenokc:
delete, solved.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rholm:
I am not seeing this with AlphaROM and the ReStock kernel.

Cheers,

Rich
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] BenjaminDChambers:
I bought one back in September and wasn't able to; I couldn't find a way around the locked bootloader. Were you able to root yours?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Yes
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] RBEmerson:
I've got an eBay USC LG-US996TN UCL showing Andy 7.0 patched to Nov.,'17. It's been wiped; anything on it is nothing I put there. Am I basically SOL with this thing or can it be rooted? I'm on VZW. I want to run TI and V4A mainly (nice to fiddle around with FS Explorer but not a must-have). If I'm SOL, what's a viable alternative? I looked at the 128 Gb Pixel but IMHO they're insanely spendy. Is there a V20 I can root and still use with VZW and GSM out of country?

I've rooted maybe 4-5 phones by RTFM.