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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
NRD90M has nothing to do with the build.. in fact majority of all v20s have the same firmware header
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thrgk:
Oh so even if I'm on Verizon I can flash sprint kernel ?

Btw know of any good glass screen protectors ? Hate non glass ones lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fogame:
No. Make sure you flash one for your phone. Notsostock ROM I hear is good for VZW.

With screen protectors....Haven't found one yet.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thrgk:
I forgot to do the data wipe thing, and now I have no adb access and cannot seem to get into recovery, i tried volume down + power but nothing, and im on my final attempt with safe boot :(

I can get to fastboot but not sure how to get to recovery from there

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I did this, but how do i get back adb access? wait and then try vol down + power or ?

Thanks, sorry about this
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emtownsend:
Which step, if any, removes the red triangle warning at boot? I'm all good except that and the static screen. Boots and works fine otherwise.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CharlzO_2000:
Red Triangle stays. As of yet, I haven't seen any rumblings of anyone who has managed to get that to go away on booting up. A minor annoyance, yes, but I guess on the grand scheme, it's either a) not a major priority, or b) it's more difficult to get rid of / hidden.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jerrycoffman45:
no fix yet
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3r0k:
Any experienced users who have a 910, PM me I need someone to discuss particular details with me regarding root. Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Red triangle is part of the aboot this time. so we are unable to edit it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] midwboss:
Everything was going good until i got to step 3 and got the error that i had to install drivers. while downloading the needed drivers my phone left the mode it was in and booted to the verizon screen. I now have the needed drivers and can get my phone into recovery mode by holding the volume down and plugging in the usb . I tired step three and it just takes me back to the verizon screen and sits there.

My question is how do i start the process over again or where do i go from the fastboot mode???
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] midmadn:
To get to recovery you hold volume down and power - (do not plug cable in) as soon as the lg logo appears release and re-press the power button while holding volume down the whole time. It will ask to factory reset. Tell it yes twice. Don't worry - if you flashed twrp it will not actually reset the device. It will just boot you into TWRP recovery.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] midwboss:
thank you
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] daw41:
Search is your friend
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Matt07211:
Adventurous I see. Any extra steps needed to be taken for it to work. Is theit any problem, or anything not workings as it should?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Did you have to use the fastboot erase system command? if so then before you install the rom you need to go to wipe->advanced->system inorder to reformat it properly. also make sure the system isnt set to read only in the mount section(fafter formating)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cordell12:
so finishing the last few steps now, nice jobs guys! is it normal at the " Red Triangle with a "!" inside" screen to be fuzzy, like i see 8 of them across the top of my display and the lettering below is fuzzy. but once I am in TWRP or system the display is fine. #BlameLG

Thanks!!!

edit...ATT device
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nahepler90:
Sorry it is late but I have been eager to get root. Everything seems to work fine up until step 3. My phone dropped on my first attempt when it rebooted into fastboot to do step 3 and the battery popped out. Had the whole static screen issue but it went away when I turned the screen off and back on. (big panic attack when that happened) now when I go to do the process, whenever it reboots to fastboot/bootloader, all the command prompts disappear from my computer and adb disappears from my device manager. Havent gotten past that issue.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Normal. after step 2 you boot into bootloader. scripts see that so they close because they arnt needed. The reason adb doent show your phone is because adb and fasstboot are different. you need to be using the fastboot commands now.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Which one is for the phone terminal emulator
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nahepler90:
gotcha, i did some reading, internet isnt the best so pages are loading slow. looks like i need the fastboot.exe...

thanks sorry for for the idiocy,
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
download the terminal from play store. Get ADB and fastboot from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
Go the **** to sleep dude. You deserve it. I could've waited until morning.

But back on topic. I figured it out, I think my phone must just suffer from a retard in the processing department. I had to follow the format steps twice before it would allow me to mount the 'system' partition. The phone was looking a little unpromising on boot as it was quite laggy and very slow, though this may just be it loading all of my Google backup garbage. I am at the point now where I'm installing all of my apps - About to put L speed on it (I missed this app). Will continue to test and update. Thank you so much - you and everyone who has contributed to this. I still have to do this process again once my replacement device gets here. Should be interesting.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
I see my problem stuck on waiting for device
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
Which step?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nahepler90:
so when it is in fastboot mode to flash boot1.img, it does not read my device. i have all drivers and whatnot installed. just says waiting for any device. sorry to bother you guys, ill be going to bed and seeing when i am up for responses. thanks in advance.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
The very first runmefirsr
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
Do you have adb and fastboot installed/working on your PC? If not you can acquire them here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 (Not my files)

You will need both of these in order for your PC and phone to communicate. Runmefirst.bat will not find your phone unless these are in working order. Once you have them installed open a command prompt where you have them installed and type adb devices and it should detect your phone.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cordell12:
pretty sure I goofed somewhere.

the red triangle screen is fuzzy, and i am seeing some high battery drain from system and dex2oat (ART). i did the extra final steps, flashing boot2.img and superSU again. at the end of the day, what are the final files/images i can fastboot flash manually?

ATT device

thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
It does detect my device the it disappears
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
This might be normal as every version of android ive installed has had an incredibly high battery drain on it while everything is 'initializing'. Though don't necessarily take just my word for it. I would give it a few days and see if it improves.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
Runmefirst.bat detects your device or running the adb device command detects your device? Also, do you have adb debugging checked in your developer options?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Yes I do
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nooget37:
Okay so when you have all the required files (Linked in the original post) extracted into your adb installation directory what you need to do is direct the command prompt at that location and type

once you do that you should see something similar to the first image I have attached.

A dialog should come up on your phone screen identifying your device and asking if you'd like to allow pairing. Tap OK and rerun adb devices in the command prompt. Your result should be similar to the second image I have attached.

Start RUNMEFIRST.bat from your adb directory and upon starting it should read something similar to the final image I have attached.

Let me know what your results are.

**Edit - TIL gyazo images are not postable with the IMG tag.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] midwboss:
yes sorry im a bone head lol havent been into rooting since gs3
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wdcspurs:
stuck in bootloop

I got as far as step 2 and when I started step 3 i rebooted. While still vibrating, I can only get as far as the Verizon screen with the pulsing dots. I assume this is a bootloop. Where do I go from here? I assume this isnt good since I never got to the twrp part.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Just type adb reboot recovery. You didnt do anything wrong
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wdcspurs:
Am I still able to do that if I closed the adb session I was in? Or better yet, what would I need to do at this point to get back on track? Ill fire my phone up of course, but from the pc side?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
just open a new adb window
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wdcspurs:
Im not the sharpest with adb. I tried to reopen it with the adb and fastboot files I downloaded, exactly how I started the process. It quickly brings up a command prompt and flashes through a bunch of stuff and closes. How else can I access it?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
You have to open command prompt itself and manually go to your directory
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] repsol_23:
Shift + right click. Choose open new command window. Make sure you right click in the and folder with the files.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Should have quoted the other guy not me.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wdcspurs:
the directory would be where I have all of these files on the pc? what command would I need to type in to get to that point?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Listen to the other guy. he quoted me by mistake.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wdcspurs:
Gotcha. And straight from that command window type adb reboot recovery?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] repsol_23:
My bad. Watching ufc pay per view and was in hurry to post!! Lol.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wdcspurs:
I believe I got it. I should have kept reading instead of jumping the gun. Much appreciated. I noticed another step for Verizon phones if stuck in a long boot. Do I enter that command in the same command window after following the steps for the battery pull and volume -?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
yes. Just keep following the guide
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Well guys. My laptop was stolen last night. It had all of the sources and all the progress for a one click method. I put in a lot of code so sorry to disappoint everyone but I'm not redoing it.I will probably be stepping out of the XDA scene for awhile because of personal stuff. If you absolutely need to contact me talk to one of the other mentioned people from the first post.

It was fun. Enjoy.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr pnut:
whats up everyone..... i have a problem when flashing the supersu r5 i get a boot image not found (aborted) but im still able to flash the sprint rom but i have no root any help would be appreciated......
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tooandrew:
Very sorry to hear that, friend. I hope it wasnt too much of a financial or sentimental hit.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lumince:
Does the phone boot at all? I would suggest maybe backing up and flashing the konverged kernel to see if that helps flashing su? It seems a few people are having issues with this guide because they skip one small detail that is needed. Make sure you didnt miss anything. If the konverhed kernel doesnt help, Id start from step 3 again.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nahepler90:
I scowered the internet and was only able to find bad reviews for screen protectors. If you can shell out the extra few $'s, get one directly from your phone/service provider. About $15~$20 for me through Verizon. I was a little too concerned about the protector being too far to the top of the phone (screen slightly curves at the top and bottom at the end.) So it doesn't cover a small part of the 2nd screen. And they should have a return policy if you are not satisfied with it, if they are decent enough.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] planetbeen:
This is horrible! I'm so sorry to hear this. What is wrong with people anyway??

Insanity. ??
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thrgk:
I didn't notice till today but I cannot send or receive text messages. When I go to text it says try again after inserting sim.

I do have service, full 4g but in settings / about/status it says out of service for some weird reason

Please help
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] twistedvip:
What's your phone variant?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr pnut:
K I was able to to flash the sprint rom and super user again but now I have no data ? I tried putting in the apn which are good but still no data when trying to make a call it's telling me to turn off airplane mode which is not on. I think I actually messed up the carriers folders.

Edit. K I was able to flash the us99610d deox rom n still no data anyone has a solution I'm also thinking it's the radios that are screwed up
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lumince:
Did you flash the sprint stock rom?? Im pretty sure that fixes most of the bugs and the no data thing.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thrgk:
I flashed a different rom and all is well now. Maybe the rom was wacking out my phone. Thanks foe the help guys
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] hotshot2:
I have a sprint lg v20 ls997 this works my phone is unlocked and rooted Thanks you very much
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr pnut:
Yeah I flashed that about 10 times lol n still a no go.....
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nrod0784:
I had the same issue with my first v20. I spent three days working on a fix with no results. Ended up getting a replacement as I couldn't get a fix found. I hope you find a solution but I was not able to on any rom. Good luck!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dricacho:
So is there a way to revert back to stock yet? I don't want to root my device just yet just in case a hardware problem arises and need warranty repair.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lp894:
Just an FYI, I never actually found a solution to the whole "step 3 issue" and "update drivers" didn't work for me. 1 - You have to specifically go to LG's website (at least I did on Windows 10) and install the phone driver from there. Then it will update the driver for you, and you can at that point you can open a command prompt, go to your adb folder and type "adb fastboot recovery" and that should take care of it.

Basically, if ADB Adnroid Device shows up under "universal serial bus" in device manager, then you have the wrong driver. It SHOULD show up close to the tup under Android Devices
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Smokey Woody:
So when i try to flash boot2.img it will say it cannot load. I am rooted and everything. Would i be able to flash that file via TWRP or something? Any insight on this would be helpful. Searched the thread and cant find a solution. I have the VS995
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nahepler90:
Depending on what variant you have, there are methods to revert back to stock. Some still do not have it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] moejoe88:
I hate to hear that. Wish I had the money, l'd buy you a new one. Thanks for your help rooting my phone.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr.lumbergh:
So I just ran through all the steps on my LS997 all seemed to be good until I noticed no data. I'm hoping since [MENTION=4306079]mr pnut[/MENTION]'s issue someone has a solution.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Update profile from setting menu
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr.lumbergh:
Perfect thanks!! Just in time for my commute :)

Working great! I miss having my root from my last decid device. Happy Valentine's to me [emoji7]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dricacho:
As my signature indicates, I'm on Sprint (LS997) variant.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
You asked a general question if there was a return to stock method. You didn't ask if your variant has a return to stock. You only asked if there was one in general. He answered that question the best he could. No there is not a ls997 return to stock and all progress I had on one has been lost.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dricacho:
Hmmm...

This is what I wrote: "So is there a way to revert back to stock yet? I don't want to root my device just yet just in case a hardware problem arises and need warranty repair." How is that a general question when I stated that I don't want to root my device just yet and in my signature, it shows what variant I have.? How is that a general question? Anyhow a simple Yes or No would have been good enough, no need to be defensive.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
It is generic. It should have been worded like "So is there a way way to revert to stock on the LS997 yet?"

We shouldnt have to look at your signature to figure out what you have.

Anyway I answered your question. I am not developing any new methods for rooting or revert to stock.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dricacho:
Wow... I have no words. Go find a new laptop sir. And I didn't ask you to do anything. I'm extremely cool about things but when someone plays word games with me, it's not happening. It would have been better if you just ignored my question entirely and let me sit here without an answer. I would have been fine with that as I'm used to it anyway.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xplict310:
LG v20 Sprint, Unlocked but can't send or recieve photos

Any solutions to why i can't send or receive MMS? Its being used on T-mobile network with working 4Lte.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jacob_Bentzen:
Hope there soon will be for my H990DS :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Emilius:
Anything for H915 model? :crying:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] MPH33:
I've had the Sprint LG v20 for 4 months now and at the time was no root for this device. Is this root safe does it really unlock the SIM for this device?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nrod0784:
Not to put you down or anything but xda is meant for people who know how to search. Almost always the information is available if you just look.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Guitarfreak26:
Can anyone confirm this works on f800k on the latest 10u? I need to pick up a memory card before I attempt root anyway [emoji14]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lp894:
Long as you follow the directions exactly it's safe. I've rooted 2 V20's. Had a few issues with the second one but nothing permanent. And yes it does SIM Unlock the device.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rtneon79:
[MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] take care man. Hope everything works out for the best. You will be missed and appreciate all your efforts.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Negan:
I don't think the 915 will ever get a working method. I know thos eorks for root but from what ive read signal gets borked so you can't use the phone for calls or data. Idk why and i don't think anyone is working on figuring out why or how to fix it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Emilius:
How is the signal broken? There is no operators visible? Is it possible to enter manually network operator?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Negan:
I have no idea how or why but i do know people say it doesn't work. I don't know if anyone tried to enter anything. All i know is when they booted up they had no signal.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Emilius:
I use yo have same thing with Sony Xperia Z Ultra. There was no signal and no visible operators but I was able to manually enter network operator and everything was back to normal. Can anyone test it with this access points?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Negan:
I am not testing anything. I use my phone for my businesses and can't be testing things like this. I believe someone has a how to revert to stock for 915 in this section but i simply do not have time. But have at it and let us know how it goes. Idk if that would work or flashing anything like a rom or kernel would fix it. I haven't read enough on it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lumince:
Ok help from anyone right now would be nice. I "bricked" my phone and booted into fastboot to restore TWRP and now I cant get out of fastboot mode... It wont boot into the system at all... I just boots into it and thats it.. I can get it into TWRP but that doesnt really help me that much...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlkaliV2:
I'd boot to twrp, do a full wipe (which means format data/internal storage along with everything that isn't your microSD card) then flash the full deodex 996 ROM made by Tilde88, immediately flash root so it doesn't attempt to encrypt your phone, and then reboot.

If that doesn't work you'll need a KDZ fallback to replace your system to factory.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SteinerCS:
I have the LG V20 H910 AT&T phone

I got it rooted

I bypassed the SafetyNet

I get the Raido app to work too

But how come the Radio app works but not Nextradio?

Anyone get Nextradio to work on there rooted LG V20 phone? And if so how?

thanks

SteierCS
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
I tried to stomach all of it but I keep getting stuck thanks itsme donation dropped tonight

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Willing to pay anyone who can do it remotely for me
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SteinerCS:
Do what for you?

What do you need help with?

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As long as you have twrp your never out of luck

Just find a rom

And use it

There are several for the LG V20
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlkaliV2:
[MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] yesterday I was attempting to upload a system.img file to my device via fastboot and kept getting transfer failed for "too many links" (fixed by using USB 2.0 port) and target data being too large. I tried:

- Updating my fastboot drivers (minimal ADB and fastboot install, ran command prompt as admin)

- Installing the LG V20 USB drivers (and rebooting)

- Trying different USB ports

- Using the OEM cable

- Changing the Android Device Recovery drivers in Device Manager

Ultimately I never got it flashed. It was a little over 4.6 GB and even though I eventually got it to report, "Sending Sparse Data 1/10" it would fail a few seconds in complaining about the file size. Is fastboot flashing the system not possible with our version of fastboot or am I doing something wrong?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
System.IMG flashing through fastboot should work fine. I never tried it though. You can system IMG flash through twrp though. You are not doing anything wrong.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wdcspurs:
Right after I bought the phone I rooted and unlocked the bootloader via dirty Santa. The phone didn't come with a sim card. I went to VZW today to try and activate it and it kept failing. They did say they were having problem.s with their activation servers. But they were able to put my old phone back on with ease. I am going to try activating it later tonight after work now that I have a sim, but was just curious if anyone has ran into this with running the root and bootloader unlock before activating their phone with a new SIM.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SteinerCS:
Any way to get nextradio to work now that I rooted my LG V20 H910 (AT&T)???

I can/did get the stock radio app to work

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What do people think of the lineage rom for the lg v20?