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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] careingemt:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=73635957

I'm on Verizon.... I'd assume I'd walk out of the Verizon store with a 2017 security patch and not be able to obtain root.... Anyone have a link to the g5 root method... Mabye they have a solution
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
There is not a .kdz for Sprint as of yet.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Builtfordtough1:
Didnt think so thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
There are a few threads and since I sold my g5 and unlocked and rooted my v20 I stopped following. Search lg g5 root bounty. There you can ask and I'm sure someone will know.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] careingemt:
Thanks .... Will do
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Clodoveos:
Does security patch go back to 2016 if I go back to stock using kdz?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] careingemt:
Still looking for lg 5 thread
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Builtfordtough1:
Any way to get rid of this device is currupt?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
The red triangle will stay. If you're unlocked and rooted, and you're running a custom ROM don't worry about it. It's because of the debug boot loader.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Builtfordtough1:
Im a former note 7 owner and trading my v20 in on the note 8 for 425$ and wanted to make it look stock.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThreeDeep:
I doubt anyone can help me but when I try to flash the ZV7 stock rom for my sprint V20 it says in TWRP it can't flash because I'm using a US996. It most certainly isn't a US996 even the labels on the back of the phone say LS997. If ANYONE can help me it would be appreciated.

EDIT: Fixed it by flashing the latest TWRP. Saw it earlier in the thread when somebody else had the same problem.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
What carrier? There are kdz s out for some versions. You can search. I have Sprint and there's none.

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Glad you figured it out.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Builtfordtough1:
Sprint
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
The closest you'll get is to use the dirty Santa stock ROM and hope nobody reboots the device until you seal the deal. Good luck.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Builtfordtough1:
Lol i have to mail it in don't think the batt will last that long
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] reaverclan:
Okay I have a problem That I hope can be fixed. I followed the guide I have a vs955 I did all the steps to the point they said it would take 20 minutes to boot so go to fastboot and flash bootbackup.img so i did that then it rebooted and i got the static thing but it seemed to boot I did not at this point know that if you turn off the screen and cover the prox sensor the screen will come back. so I read that flashing instead boot2.img will fix this I did this and it loads fine but now wants the secure password and everytime it reboots it drops a chance, im at chance 7 now so I have pulled the battery till I get information. I can not get into twrp via the software reset command with hardware buttons it just reboots the phone again. I can use flastboot, that is it. I am aware this issue is due to the data needing formatted in twrp again correct? Should I reflash bootbackup.img and then do the prox trick when at lock screen or what?

Thanks for your time.

EDIT: I forgot I had looked into this before hand and forgot and now feel dumb but I started this on 12a so I can just KDZ with LGup and Uppercut to 12a again right and just try again or stay stock?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] murmurous:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm not sure if it was the TWRP update or the rom, but I was able to boot, clear the Verizon first-time setup (vibration begone!), and use the phone as normal. The quad dac is really quiet (usually inaudible), but I'll do some trial and error myself for that if I feel motivated.

I got the garbage data bars on TWRP, but turning the screen off and on again clears them. The UI can actually be seen between the bars; I think another person described a similar thing. Maybe they were never a real problem.

Seems like rooting the V20 has just entered a difficult time. I hope I'm not the only person to get this lucky with de-bricking and support.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
That's great. So you're on Weta now? I never flashed it but I THINK if you read the Weta thread you'll find a kernel swap will also help. I'm on the Sprint only classic ROM. I think werwolf kennel solves a lot of issues if I remember correctly.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruthlessnature:


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https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/how-to-return-sprint-lg-v20-to-stock-t3665954 follow this guide it will get you back to stock and get rid of the device is corrupt warning .
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Builtfordtough1:
Awesome! Thanks!!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruthlessnature:
No problem , I was in the same boat. I'm trading mine in on the note 8 as well .. $300 trade in value on Samsungs website.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I didn't know about this. I'm not there yet. Hopefully AOSP saves this phone. I'll give it some more time.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruthlessnature:
Yeah I love the v20 but I was playing with the note 8 at Best Buy and decided to trade it in while it's still worth a decent amount. And I think there will be a lot more development going for the note 8 . The restore method is easy to do too you just have to be patient while doing it. Some of the steps take like 20 mins.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
How much out of pocket for the note 8 with the trade in?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruthlessnature:
629.99
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] zzzk:
Hello,

I've rooted many devices, but I've never seen so many warnings as at the beginning of this thread. Is it really that risky?

I have the vg20 verizon, model vs995, Software version vs99513a, Security software version mdf 2.0 release 4, baseband mpss.th.2.0.1 c3-00011... It says it came unlocked.

Is this rootable? Risk? Procedure same as 1st page of the thread? Thank you!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I am not familiar enough with verizon to know what the security patch date is for that. What date do you see for security patch? If it is no later than Dec, 2016 you can use this method. It is pretty easy if you follow the directions, but be warned, the OP has moved on and he was answering all technical questions for everyone that had a glitch here and there. You'd be going it pretty much on your own.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] zzzk:
Security patch date Dec 1, 2016 ok?

Security patch date Dec 1, 2016, is that ok? thank you.

So I use the same procedure outlined on the 1st page?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Yes. I also recommend watching a couple of videos on YouTube. There are at least two and they're following these instructions. Watch them all the way through first, because I remember one made a mistake and then fixed it. Search lg v20 dirty Santa root. Don't count on any support here. That was made pretty clear already. Good luck.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] zzzk:
Rooted, safe to upgrade twrp?

Thank you, I just finished the root. Lots of steps. Good thing I've rooted many devices, a few glitches...

I used the twrp for the v20 twrp-3.1.1-0-elsa.img as it was recommended in a post for verizon model 995. Can I upgrade that to the latest or better to leave it alone? Thank you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
If you're ROM is up and running, you don't have to do anything. When you flash another ROM, just read the thread and or ask which TWRP is needed. It will probably matter. Look for [MENTION=1877667]rootlinux[/MENTION] twrp switcher. It allows for easy switching between twrp on the v20. There's one for most carriers.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] JoshTrumble:
Sounds super long and scary lol but I shall begin this tonight.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] omaralkha99:
I can't find any xda forums for the note 8?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ROTORGAMES:
Hi!

I have some doubts that I read in the forum that I´m not sure how to solve it before I start the process.

Frist: What are the versions that can´t be unlocked with this method? ZV7 for LS977, but for VS995 and H910?

Second: In the warnings say FM Radio no longer works, I need FM radio, If a Flash a New Moded rom Still not working?

Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruthlessnature:
There probably are none yet. The device is so new there is probably no development threads for it yet.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Open about phone and look for the date of your security patch. What is it?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrimsonComet:
Link?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruthlessnature:
http://www.samsung.com/us/galaxy/note8/buy/
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] hwsenter:
What glitches did you run across?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sygion:
Is the camera app Still glitch with the Focus thing when applying root ?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] titmus:
I have the static issue on boot. Does the kernel flash work for all model numbers or just h918?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Khiraji:
Triumph at last

Well, almost 4 hours later I have a rooted V20. Holy smokes.

My G3 died today, very suddenly. It was the "screen flicker" issue that finally did it in, and at the worst conceivable time (job hunting right now and I cannot be without a reliable phone). I knew I wanted a V20, as it appears to be the last phone with a removable battery, microSD card slot, and decent specs, but I was hoping to wait until the V30 dropped to maybe save a few bucks.

Life had other plans. This V20 came with 14B and already wanted to do an upgrade. I first found this guide, and then dove right down the rabbit hole of downloading the 13A KDZ (which accepts the DirtySanta exploit no problem), and downgrading. I think I hit every possible branch of the oh-no-I-just-bricked it tree in the last 4 hours - had lots of screen static, lots of vibrating (I'm on VZW), lots of trying and re-trying to flash bootbackup and TWRP, and lots of desire to just march down to the bar and forget about it. But then I'd want to text people to come with me, so that idea was out.

Whew. A million thanks to every single person in this thread who has contributed bits of knowledge. I used the search feature so many goram times. Really, you all collectively saved my behind big time here. And a gigantic shout-out to me2151 for making this all possible.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xmadxpenguinx:
It was the v20-root.zip. When I tried to download it, Avast blocked it as a virus.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Avast blocked it because it IS a virus -- well it uses exploit CVE-2016-5195.

Disable your AV and download it again.

-- Brian
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ph4nt0m117:
When I do run-as con I get

"> run-as: Package 'con' is unknown "

Is con a user mode like sudo?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lazybumx:
So i am at the last step where it was asked to boot back into twrp to reflash SU but with all the statics going on the screen after adb reboot recovery how can read the twrp screen ?

update: found the fix couple pages back about flashing twrp at fastboot and boot into factory reset with combo button. Got into TWRP and flashed a custom rom. hopefully it will fix everything. Just for those who have the same problems i did.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] champstar:
Should I purchase a Sprint variant of the v20 if I want to root it? I currently have the att version (h910) and I cannot root it because it has the latest version of the firmware (h91010m). I will be getting whichever version that I can root.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
You can root Sprint but the one thing you need to knew about is the last security patch date can not exceed 12/31/16 on any device. If you get a Sprint device it might have that patched. I got one on eBay that was good to go. That was a few months ago.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
[MENTION=898505]champstar[/MENTION] H910 v10m can be rooted, search is your friend. The full procedure is around here somewhere.

Most other variants can as well even on the latest security patch, but I haven't checked each one.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
No one knows how to search not to sound like a jerk :fingers-crossed:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Redline:
Just want to expand upon this by saying that you can flash an older firmware, root, and update /system using KDZ Writer in the development section. It enables you to root, and then update your phone to the latest patches.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LeftyGR:
What a jerk. J/k [emoji1]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] whynotletmeusemyemailaddr:
I want to call out this post again, which helped me when I was desperate: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72245004&postcount=2487

I have a VZW VS995, and I had static when I had to enter TWRP. I couldn't see anything, and couldn't enter. The post I linked to above solved the issue.

Tangentially, I never understood why these boards don't incorporate some sort of wiki functionality. There's so much knowledge by helpful citizens here, but it's scattered among 314 (and counting) pages of comments. Reading all of that is impractical, and searching has proven challenging to me, and I consider myself to be pretty good at searching. IMHO, not having some sort of wiki post on every thread (like they do at slickdeals) is a huge usability opportunity cost.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] markmessier8888:
Its so sad..the V20 is made by a korean company but its almost impossible to find root for the F800 models :( I hope it will be possible soon
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mkc90:
i need help please . i just bought an At&t V20 phone. I want to use dirty santa to root it.

But not sure if i can since software version is H91010m

how do i know that this procedure will work ??

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i need help please . i just bought an At&t V20 phone. I want to use dirty santa to root it.

But not sure if i can since software version is H91010m

how do i know that this procedure will work ??
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Is it the april security patch

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https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/root-h910-v10m-t3664500/page27
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sntraders:
Help Needed..........................

Great Work Guys

I am new here. have 5 LG V20 LS997 Sprint Which when we bought had TWRP installed and I am not sure whether they were rooted or not and what was the bootloader status ( it would show a warning in start" your device is Corrupt. it can not be trusted and will not boot" but it will boot. But a few days ago they all stopped booting and instead they go in TWRP.

I tried flashing another ROM while in Recovery and rebooting, Factory reset. but every time it boots back to TWRP.

I Followed the method to Copy System img via adb and then flashing the system img and then in fastboot flash aboot and boot back up. it went successfully but now the phone is in boot loop it won't go in recovery, instead, it will show the message about a device is corrupt and will not boot and keep rebooting.

It only goes into download mode now. Any solution....Pls, help...I am sitting on 5 LG V20 it is a lot of money and yes I am a reseller.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lucia758:
Hello Everyone!

I am having issues with this dirtysanta stuff. after i followed the procedure and the phone boots up I keep having network problems. the phone keeps dropping the signal every few minutes and I know it is not hardware problem because the problem arise after following the dirtysanta procedure. Can I flash another rom on the phone or because of the dirtysanta stuff, am I stuff with it?

my phone is ls997
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Redline:
Try one of the other kernels available in the development section, as these include different drivers for things such as networking.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] hoi_lai:
You missed the step, type run-as con and chmond 0777....... <---- this should wait for step 1 until cusor show adb shell, this takes a long time
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ruthlessnature:
With the phone powered off . Hold volume down and power, as soon as it powers on release power button and then press and hold power again right away. It should take you to a reset process . Do that reset and it will take you to twrp again . At this point you should be able to instal a rom and it should boot up. Make sure under mount system is selected when you flash the roms.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] charlie95113:
Can anyone please confirm that this YT link is the one that works best as tutorial for this device along with its files in description [youtube]2hMxjeZW-nE[/youtube] im on ls997 with propper security patch etc... I just want to make sure that the guy in video is correct because a video is easier for all this manual stuff .... Ughh .... Oh another thing, i dont have a computer or laptop but i have a mini pc or tablet running windows can that be used in order to root this device using this method with that tablet or should i get a hold of a laptop
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I don't need to look at it. But you do a few times if you're at all unsure like I was. Watch this one and any other one. There's at least one more. Then read this thread. You're coming in late so nobody is left they can just jump in and help you if something goes wrong. The OP is off to other things. That's the downside. The upside is that all the questions were asked and thoughtfully answered already. It's all here. Watch the videos, but don't follow them exactly. Follow the instructions here. The videos will just help you understand what's going on as you go.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] charlie95113:
Thanx man, i see im very late. I already started reading, its just been so long since ive messed with any device and coming back to this and its all manual all over again... Thanx again
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Just don't do it until you're sure. Better to ask questions before you start. Don't skip steps. Some things take a few minutes to complete.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcpowell:
Just got this device. Was excited now sorta let down. Up to date with all patches etc on ls997. Just wanted to confirm that any chance for any sort of root is dead in the water. Like I said just got here and spent several days reading when I get a chance and that's situation I believe I'm in.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
There's some good news but I'm not following it. It's in the G5 forum. If they get root, that method is suppose to work for you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cbc0201:
Can you be more specific than G5 Forums? Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I haven't searched due to I don't need it but you can or maybe someone else might know.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] coreyfro:
I searched the G5 Dev Forum and don't see what you are talking about. Deeply interested. Any clue as to where you read this info?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Search this thread for "G5" without the quotes. That's where I first saw it. Again, since I didn't need it because I started out on zv3, I just didn't care very much.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcpowell:
Here is the thread. It looks very promising so far..

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/laf-download-mode-how-root-t3676011
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
What I'm wondering now that I read all that is this might be a way to get Sprint zv8. Maybe we would have to restore back to stock first. Then update to the latest firmware. Then root again with the new method.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Black6spdZ:
US Cellular us996 works as well. There may be some slight kernel differences from the US unlocked us996 though because TWRP 3.1.1 boots with static, 3.0.2 does not. WETA 5.0.7 has no static on boot, but LOS builds do.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] juer63:
applypatch string do not work ..

Hello, something seems to be wrong, but I have no idea, what is the right way.

I use the applypatch-string, like in the description, but it do not work. I get only a view, how to use applypatch..

May I kindly ask for a solution?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards

Juergen

sorry for the large pics (I try to resize)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
If you typed it like that, then that might be your problem. It's "patch" but you may have typed path as you did on this comment. If you typed it correctly and it still didn't work the instructions are clear to go back to the previous step and do it again.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] katsuowota:
got an LS997 here that got updated to ZV9.

Is there any update yet on being able to either downgrade or unlock the bootloader with this version?

Dirtysanta isn't working as it says that run-as con doesn't work.

I need to do this as the Sprint ROM doesn't support other sim cards, making the V20 unusable as a phone for now since I use the phone in the UK.

thanks in advance..
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmmmmmmma:
Unfortunately, not. Not yet, anyway.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] katsuowota:
do you know if its being worked on?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmmmmmmma:
Not likely :( At least from what I've read.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Read one pg back
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmmmmmmma:
I stand corrected.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] juer63:
thanks, sure, its it applypatch, not applypath. I will try it again.

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It seems, the error is one step earlier. If I start "step1.bat", I get the error: "/system/bin/sh: /data/local/tmp/dirtycow: not found"

Is something wrong on my preparation? Thanks for help in advance.

[IMG="dirtycow not found.."]http://www.juer63.de/v20/ausgabe3.png[/IMG]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
If if it's in your ADB folder and it's not finding it then I don't know what is wrong. Check to make sure you moved everything into your ADB folder so the process could find it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] juer63:
I think so.. I wonder, there is no file or folder called "dirtycow".

I unzip v20-root.zip and copy all files form folder "Required files" to the ADB folder. Also the bootimage twrp-3.0.2-1-h990.img.

[IMG="ADB Folder - alll files inside"]http://www.juer63.de/v20/ausgabe4.png[/IMG]

What else can I do to fix it? Thanks in advance for helping to root my device and using twrp-boot-img.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] backinblack05:
Anyone get rid of the static after boot? Please read

Hello I am a reseller and have a LG LS997 V20. I got this to work but has anyone figured out how to get rid of the static after booting up? I can't really tell a customer they need to turn off the screen and put there thumb over the second screen to get rid of the static everytime they reboot. Anyone know? I tried search and just get a ton of pages with static screen on them and can't really go through all of them.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmmmmmmma:
Download and flash this: https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/rom-ls997-stock-debloated-su-goodies-t3531923