yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ephemera:
Let me clear a few things up.

1) Phone was not in my possession at all. I was selling for a friend

2) Phone was unlocked when sent to him and he had no proof he didn't set the lock himself and just wiped there's plenty of pics of it unlocked and ready to use.

3) It makes no sense to issue a refund if the item is not in my possession.

4) He went from a $400 "fix" to a $250 "fix"

5) If the product was mine, I would've supplied the debug files

6) PayPal asked for evidence which he did not supply, my account was restricted for weeks. All he had to do was send a picture ofthe locked screen and they would've approved a return.

7) When asked questions he refused to answer

It's quite clear he intended to keep the debug device, for half the price. He did not want to return it nor did he want to cooperate so I may ask the original owner. It's my fault that he was being stubborn and immature? The device isn't even mine. All I'm saying is, we are a community, we work together not against each other. It's sad to see all these members jumping on the bandwagon while being completely uninformed just because you supplied them with root. It's kind of funny to think I gave up a chance at creating this method because he purchased the device, I told myself it doesn't matter who gets the credit, all that matters is the community has a chance of achieving root for a device that seemed sealed. Again, kudos to those who have created the method.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrtruckincowboy:
Be careful what you flash via twrp I got in a bootloop last night.all fixed now I had to format the data and start over installing apps

---------- Post added at 07:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:12 PM ----------

Id like to find a suhide that works so I can use direct tv now app but chainefire latest put me in a loop
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
well your story differs from what we saw. Just saying, you couldnt answer simple questions and the device WAS LOCKED AFTER A RESET. So you are now upset because your account was locked pending a valid dispute through paypal when you chose to sell a device for an unidentified source and do not know where the device originally came from or if it was stolen?

It was a debug phone so it had a sig lock on it, not your typical frp lock which you wouldnt have any way of knowing yourself since YOU NEVER EVEN HAD POSSESSION of the device.

Again, lesson learned for you is to not sell devices you cant validate information on including whether or not theres any type of locks on it. Surely he did you a favor by not supplying the proof we saw and know he has and apparently you didnt have to refund anything.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] grrump:
Could use some help. I am stuck in fastboot, if I reboot I get the static looking screen someone got in an earlier post. I tried the fastboot reboot and it reboot me in to fastboot then any other command I give isn't acknowledged
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrtruckincowboy:
Need to get the boot2.img flashed
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] grrump:
Any idea how ? I've tried the fastboot flash boot boot1.IMG. everything I try, I get a waiting for device response.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rootlinux:
No. The problem was TWRP us996. I found TWRP Elsa 996 and fully running. I knew it was a TWRP issue but had to find the right one to push. All fixed. Elsa 3.1.1.0 should be posted on the OP for Sprint users.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rholm:
Should Verizon users switch TWRP too? I might try RR or DU when it's ready.

Cheers,

Rich
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rootlinux:
I would look for a vz996 TWRP but I am not sure.

Check out the vz rom threads.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ilxaot:
Hello everyone.

I purchased the Factory Unlocked V20 from this link on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M98V0I9/ref=twister_B06X9CPLQG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

How can I view which model number I have? I am unable to find it in settings. Is this version rootable? Does it have a locked bootloader? I've been reading what I can but I can't seem to find a definitive model number listed for my device. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] DeliriousHD:
I left my vs995 at the boot screen for 30 minutes after launching the step3.bat and it never booted. What am i doing wrong, everything else succeeded.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KirkH420:
It happened to me also when I received a new v20 in the mail. You literally MUST turn off the Internet and wifi and data WHILE you are setting the phone up. Don't attempt to set up any part of the phone, no contacts, no google accounts, no transfer from old device.......... As soon as you turn on the phone, deny it any Internet or Data. The phone will ***** about not being able to complete some parts of the initial setup. Just keep skipping everything. Then as soon as you get booted to android where you can access the settings panels...... you must enable Developer Options and from inside there Turn off Automatic updates. I got lucky and had my v20 stolen!!!! yay and so I got to pay 125 bucks for insurance to send me another one. First thing I did was stop it from updating. When my original one updated.... I had like tried to deny the update or delay it or something..... set the phone down at work and came back to find it was rebooting.... tried yanking the battery out when it said "do not turn off phone" in hopes of maybe bricking it so I could tell ATT that "it tried to update it's self and it never came back on." No such luck.... that 10m update is pretty hardy and pulling the battery out half way through it did nothing. One thing I can warn you about is don't play around with ATT's warranty replacement service unless you're very certain you can convince them it was a factory error.... I sent them a samsung s6a which they rejected and billed me the full $680 to my cell phone bill all in one billing cycle and told me not to pay late or my service would be shut off.

For me, this will be how I turn on every new phone in the future. I can also verify that as of 7/05/2017 the Asurion Insurance company mailed me a v20 with 10L December software!!!!! So if root is worth paying your insurance deductible..... this could be an option.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] blindassassn:
normal restart after step2.bat?

I have a LS997 ZV7, is this because im patched? if so, is there any way i can downgrade? thank you
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] midmadn:
Not at this time and possibly never.

Unless someone gets there hands on a sprint kdz of zv5 or older.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ruttedbeez:
At step 6 when reflashing "bootbackup" it gives me a static screen and I can't use my phone. If I flash "boot2" it loads up no problem rooted, but has the "devices is corrupt" screen on boot. It's not really an issue just wondering if anyone has any info to remove that and get it booting 100% correctly?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Not right now. Look at the thread where the DEVs are working on kdz for the 997. If they get that project done successfully, then you'll be able to kdz downgrade to zv3 and dirty Santa root. Otherwise you're sol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jpiv83:
Is there anyway to unlock the bootloader yet on a h910 at&t April 1, 2017 patched version?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
no
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] omaralkha99:
so I have a att (h910) model and when running step 3.5 "run-as con" I get the message that it is unknown. Looking through the thread I am supposed to downgrade to a version before the patch, but there isnt any firmware files available from att. So does that mean im screwed from unlocking bootloader and rooting or is there still another way?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
What is the date of your security patch? If it's 2017 you're locked down for now.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] omaralkha99:
april 1st 2017
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] AkotheGod:
LG-H910 Question

I have an h910 on the December 2016 Security patch and I still get the same 'run as con' unknown thing,

But when I do the 'id' command on terminal emulator it says untrusted app. Can I just skip this part?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Double check that you moved twrp to the adb folder. And that anti virus is turned off. I think I remember having that problem
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Looking back at the instructions now that I'm home and seeing what I told you wouldn't affect that step. It would later. Run as con then you're waiting for a prompt right? Wait and then enter the next line. If you copied both and pressed enter that will not work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nhannon9:
Do you have a link to this thread?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/kdz-creator-t3577524

I think this is it
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] p1gnone:
I got stuck some months ago. Not sure where it broke down. Just came back to see if it can be salvaged.

I get a crimson triangle with claim of corruption and refusal to boot, but then reboots into Recovery. So I have twrp, and fastboot. The PC can see the device, and I can copy files onto it so that I can flash zips for SU, Kernels, and other ROMs, even flash *.img files. So I was able to flash twrp 3.1.1. But other PC tools fail to recognize the device, e.g. LGUP

The device is a Verizon 995, but in fastboot mode it shows product name msm996. When in Recovery: adb devices gives: LGUS996e2b0fef8 unauthorized, hence us996

I have attempt to restart to procedure. But when in Fastboot mode it hangs waiting for device. Unauthorized, but I have file manager access in twrp, and should be able to edit or replace any file that affects this authorization. Right? I imagine that I have lost usb-debugging, and this was set up in the gui that I no longer have.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] omaralkha99:
So is there anyway to root the h910 2017 patch? even without unlocking bootloader?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Smittiegee19:
No there isnt.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] enki7:
Question: after unlocking and rootin my LS997... may I flash US996 (LG v20 to sim unlock it)

Question 2: What about Magisk, can I use it in my rooted LS997?

Thanks.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] emdroidle:
1> Certainly not, unless you want a hard brick.

2> You can replace SuperSU with Magisk with minimal difficulty. See reports elsewhere (I haven't done this myself, but there are plenty of success reports).

As long as the key tools are still available, you're easily recoverable. From below, you're in an annoying situation, but no major problems.

You're now the second report of trouble accessing a device via `adb` with TWRP 3.1.1-0. The solution is easy, go back to TWRP 3.0.2-1.

There are a number of ways this can be accomplished. This can be done via `fastboot`, this can be done via root shell in Android, this can be done via TWRP. Via shell (more reliable way), you need "twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img" on your device somewhere, this can be SD card, /data or elsewhere. You then run

dd if=twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery

Via `fastboot` (distinctly less reliable) the command is

fastboot flash recover twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img

`fastboot` repeatedly reporting "<waiting for device>" is a well known symptom, recall the opener? Did you perhaps reload your computer and reinstall software? Sounds like you forgot the fastboot driver.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] enki7:
Well, There are topics saying if you used dirty santa to unlock/root, you can use US996, instead of LS997 rom... your cellphone is already partly US996 (look at bootloader).

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/v20-h915us996-dirtyelf-bootloader-t3568013
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] p1gnone:
Getting back to twrp 3.0.2-1 is even easier than that, as the device has MTP mode and I can leave any/all updates *.zip or *.img on the device, dragging them on from the PC.

I used twrp 3.1.1-0 to get back to 3.0.2-1

I can get the device into Recovery or Fastboot and a PC terminal

when in Recovery responds to 'adb devices' : LGUS996e2b0fef8 recovery or

when in Fastboot 'fastboot devices': LGUS996e2b0fef8 fastboot

I seem to be rooted [how to be sure] I can chmod in the Recovery access to the files system.

I can also flash a rom.

I can in a Recovery terminal execute shell commands, even those of the dirtysanta sequence, but having played around I lack the same file system. e.g. /local/tmp/ doesnt seem to be there.

Is there a back-to-stock rom that I can download-push-flash?

________________________________________

found this LGMobileDriver_WHQL_Ver_4.2.0_3.exe. Both adb and fastboot work, although some commands fail, and the device still unchanged:no os boot.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snake-Plissken:
I followed the guide step by step.

my problem is after flashing SU. I flashed the latest one i found on the linked site in OP: SuperSU-v2.82-201705271822.zip

so now after i flashed that I waited for about an hour to get back into android but i only saw the verizon boot logo with the dots running on the bottom. after 1 hour i pulled the battery as mentionend in the OP (i wasnt sure if i have to do it right away or wait) and booted into bootloader to flash bootbackup.img and rebooted

now when I boot up, my screen is all messed up with thick lines of random pixels. in the background however i can see that the phone boots into andorid. I wasnt able to get usb debugging re-enabled because i cant see. I ried to flash bootbackup.img again in bootloader but same thing.

so now my device is vibrating like crazy and my screen is all messed up....

after turning on everything is fine for a few seconds. It shows the lg logo and once it goes to verizon logo it gets all messy. what can I do?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Did u format the data to get rid of ecrytion and also the static don't go away put your finger over the sensor on the front of the screen when your full back up get red dragons kernel and you'll have no static make sure u choose the right one
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snake-Plissken:
I used the re-stocked kernel which solved the static issue. Also the "latest" su doesnt work. I then installed su 2.78 and the SU app is finally on the phone and it starts and looks fine.

Is there a way to get the latest security patches on verizon and stay rooted. prefereable with a good custom rom. anyone any experience?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yuppicide:
I am running DirtySanta for awhile now and today I was in settings and accidentally clicked "System Update" and it says

"Activity is not exist in this device."

I wonder what Spanish/Mexican or whatever LG has working for them that wrote that.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rholm:
WETA is a good stock ROM with some (most?) of the security fixes. I have been running it without issue since I rooted.

Cheers,

Rich
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rafa2745:
Did the step for Verizon users on my H910 due to it being stuck on att logo for 30+ minutes everything worked fine until after step 6 doing that step resulted in a static screen and it won't allow me to boot into recovery due a static screen covering everything from what I can tell it stays stuck at the LG boot logo until the screen turns off and then it goes through a boot cycle where the static starts after the bootscreen and totally turning of both displays fixes it
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chris_caron25:
Stuck at encryption

So when trying this I ran into quite a few problems, after step 3 I never booted back to the lockscreen it just sat there and never booted back in, now adb still read the phone so I could boot right into twrp from there so that fixed that problem.

I flashed WETA right from there after clearing everything and when I attempted to boot I got encryption failed and it reboot me back to twrp. Ive been trying to figure this out all week and this is the furthest Ive gotten. Any suggestions?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] kamekaz3:
I'm getting an refurbished LG V20 in the mail tomorrow. Sprint unlocked.

Since it's refurbished, I'm going to assume it's updated. I read some post in this thread the ZV7 (firmware name for LGV20?) won't work with this. Is this true? Would I check this under the Build number in about phone?

I'm assuming I won't lose the SIM unlock for doing this right?

Sorry for newbie questions. I've unlocked bootloaders and rooted other phones but never an LG one, and I always forget what I have ever done with them. Just want to prepare because I understand the risks of flashing anything and messing with bootloader. Thank you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Joseph0893:
run-as con not working

please help me root my v20 variant f800l run-as con is not working
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
NEVER quote the OP. If run-as con doesnt work then you are most likely patched and unable to root(which if you searched your issue you would have easily seen.). Otherwise you are not following the directions. If your security patch date(found in settings) is newer than Dec. 2016 you are patched.

EDIT: also please remove the quote. its an unnecessary wall of text for your one sentence.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
First things first. Go to settings and about phone. You're going to see both the build number and the security patch date there. If you're on zv6 or zv7 OR a security patch date that isn't from 2016, you're out of luck. That will probably be the case.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] kamekaz3:
So mine came with ZV3 and Sept 2016 security patch. I should be safe to do this right? Thank you for your reply.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] siulmagic:
Yes you can. anything before dec is ok, if i am not mistaken.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] kamekaz3:
Edit: nevermind I'm stupid. Didn't read second post to fix static screen issue.

To update TWRP, do I just flash it in TWRP recovery? I'm planning to flash ClassicRom and it needs the updated TWRP.

I flashed the bootbackup.img for step 6 and its stuck on the LG logo. Is this normal and do I just wait longer? Was I not supposed to do that even though it said all users?

Edit: I fixed it by reflashing fastboot flash boot boot2.img and I can boot again. Let me know if this is wrong please.

I was trying to flash ClassicRom from TWRP but I'm getting Failed to mount /dev/block/platform/soc/74a4900.sdhci/by-name/system at /system: Block device required

Anyone know what's wrong with it? My TWRP is updated to 3.1.1.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loguhn:
i literally cant get past the verizon symbol upon flashing TWRP in the fastboot

any idea whats causing it?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chris_caron25:
I couldn't either, it never booted for me after flashing twrp what I did to get around it was send the adb command when still waiting on the verizon screen and it sent me into twrp and I flashed WETA rom over right from there

also Id suggest changing the twrp file thats included to the updated version specifically made for verizon, just rename it to the same thing as the one included and replace
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loguhn:
Do you have the TWRP file for verizon, also, i tried flashing RR but it gives me errors.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chris_caron25:
https://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=20590#downloads use the elsa version for verizon, the errors could be from not having the correct twrp but who knows, I couldnt get lineage os to work so far ive only gotten stockish roms to work
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Master0rg:
need help

whe installa temrinal emulator and apply this line ( applypatch /system/bin/atd /storage/emulated/0/dirtysanta

) says this

elsa:/ $ id

uid=10277(u0_a277) gid=10277(u0_a277) groups=10277(u0_a277),3003(inet),9997(everybody),50277(all_a277) context=u:r:untrusted_app:s0:c512,c768

h /system/bin/atd /storage/emulated/0/dirtysanta <

usage: applypatch [-b <bonus-file>] <src-file> <tgt-file> <tgt-sha1> <tgt-size> [<src-sha1>:<patch> ...]

or applypatch -c <file> [<sha1> ...]

or applypatch -s <bytes>

or applypatch -l

Filenames may be of the form

MTD:<partition>:<len_1>:<sha1_1>:<len_2>:<sha1_2>:...

to specify reading from or writing to an MTD partition.

2|elsa:/ $

did I do something wrong?

mi lg its lgv20 h910 at&t

need help please
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loguhn:
i got RR to work after downloading the us996 version to match the twrp version, works on verizon and all is well!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loguhn:
tried flashing RR over the elsa one, now i get the error "Can't install this package over newer build", any idea?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nwalker77:
I have completed all the steps. Everything seemed to work just like it should. But when I try to start up the phone, it gets stuck on the verizon screen. Been stuck there for 15 minutes now. Any ideas what to do?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rholm:
Did you try boot2.img?

Cheers,

Rich
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] MsJenn1986:
Hey guys so i made it to step 3.5 but i get the error message "con" is unknown, can anyone please assist me
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nwalker77:
I must have missed that step. What step number is it?

Thanks for the help! I thought I fried the phone. I let it set for over an hour, nothing happened.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rholm:
Not sure if it's mentioned in the OP. There are later discussions where it's talked about. I needed to use it to get past the last step. If you have issues look back to my posts in early June and the replies from Artimis. He was very helpful.

Glad to have you aboard. I use your build of RR for the Tab Pro 8.4. Hopefully, this evens the score somewhat!

Cheers,

Rich
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] grant61079:
Mine is doing the same
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
That could mean your build number is zv6 or zv7 with a security patch after DEC 2016. check in ABOUT PHONE. If it is, this root won't work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Popriko:
Hey everyone! I've been following this thread since back when I got my H910 in March (I know, I'm lagging behind). I happened to be unfortunate enough to update it to a post-December secruity patch before realizing that this would restrict me from the currently known root methods. I'm just wondering if anyone is working on a new method and if so, could we all know how that is going? I will put a 5 dollar bounty (I'm broke xD) on it worst case, but at least that's more motivation than nothing. If anything, some people should step up to this challenge because I see a lot of people calling it hopeless and that we will never see a new root method developed. Prove them all wrong! I'm sure there's plenty out there who are more than capable of doing so. Hopefully I can spark something, and if not, I at least gave you all a good laugh with my request. :o
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Dont bother. Im not going to make a new method. I have no reason to. G5 devs are developing a tool that can interface with the LAF partition. Once that is complete we can use it to install the dirtysanta bootloader. So theres no need for a bounty or a new method.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Popriko:
That's great to hear! Thank you for responding so quickly and letting me know this. Sorry if you had already stated this earlier in the thread, most of what I saw was just people running into problems or getting told that there was no hope for secruity patched phones. I will be highly anticipating the release of this tool!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Crazy question; can that be used to get that old g4 rooted?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
dunno. only really useful if you have a way to unlock bootloader or have a debug bootloader.