yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jtay419:
Yup! However you'll need to downgrade the firmware using uppercut. This is because the security patch needs to be Dec 2016 or earlier. For Verizon I'd recommend version 12a. Can easily be found using Google ;)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
Hi guys. Recently bought a second hand lg v20 f800l. It was already upgraded to android oreo when i bought it. Based on my experience with itb it's only getting 1-2 hrs of sot with mobile data turned on and the os is just a slugfest. I already did factory reset a couple of times to no avail.

Can i use this method to root my f800l even though it's already in oreo?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
You will need to downgrade via a kdz prior to Dec 2016 in order to use the dirty santa exploit
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jordonrim:
My phone is LS997 on the LS99720a firmware(Oreo update) has same issue with PC won't see the phone in fastboot. Does this method still work on the new firmware?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Phoenix591:
Nope, and you can't roll back to the old firmware either. There is about a 1:1000 chance you'll ever be able to root:

In order for you and anyone else who has taken an update on Sprint in the past year+ to get root one of the following needs to happen

A new engineering aboot leaks that is ARB 1

ARB gets incremented on the unlocked US996

ARB gets incremented on the H915 AND they don't patch a hole

An engineering boot leaks that has dm-verity disabled
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] avcomp1:
Dirty Santa

I am having problems getting the Verizon V20 vs995 rooted. It has 7.0 and software version vs9951aa and build# NRD90M and I did the steps , pasted v20 files in the ADB directory and got twrp in there as well, usb debugging on and all security off on the computer, tried other usb ports and tried on another pc with windows 7 and when I click on step 1 I get this message:

C:\Users\Her C\Desktop\adb-tools-1.0.31>adb logcat -s dirtysanta

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

- waiting for device -

and just sits there and does nothing. Am I missing a step somewhere?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slutexpress:
Hey guys I want to get a refurbished/used LG V20 off of eBay/craigslist, what should I look for to make sure I can unlock the bootloader.

I want to flash LineageOS 14.1 and I need it to be able to work with cricket (At&t).

I got lucky before when I bought one off of eBay, I got the unlocked Sprint variant and luckily it wasn't updated to the latest firmware version, but I'd rather not risk that again.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bverow:
Have you installed android drivers on the pc? Go into device manager and see if you have your phone as a recognized device.

---------- Post added at 09:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 PM ----------

Go to settings, system, about phone first. Check to see if you're still on Android 7. If so, you'll have to roll the firmware back before installing. There's a tutorial by Lazer wolf (I think?) that explains it on xda.

---------- Post added at 09:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:13 PM ----------

Go to settings, system, about phone first. Check to see if you're still on Android 7. If so, you'll have to roll the firmware back before installing. There's a tutorial by Lazer wolf (I think that's his username?) that explains it on xda.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] oofyrey:
Hei guys , i want to ask you , I'm using ls997 but there's no stock gallery and music app like the T-Mobile version , I try to download and install it but , it can't , "the file is corrupt, any solution please?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Manuel Rodriguez Collado:
Gallery, calendar and radio fm

https://mega.nz/#F!wVIH2K4B!2DVFXqODEhI7RxVMDfW2HQ

Enviado desde mi LG-LS997 mediante Tapatalk
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] STiNG4443:
It is actual for f800 stock android oreo 8.0?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Already replied to your other post that it won't work on oreo
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
What's the latest nougat firmware that is still rootable?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
What variant?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tekken Lord:
Do you have the Music app too?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
Sorry, i'm using F800L and i actually updated it to oreo already. I'm planning on downgrading it back to nougat and then rooting my phone.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Manuel Rodriguez Collado:
Player lg is bad enough as to sound quality, I use Stellio

Enviado desde mi LG-LS997 mediante Tapatalk
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
Anybody with any knowledge on weather dirty Santa works on a bpt (Bright Point) us996? Then if it does what version it needs to be in to do it and if I can just flash standard us996 firmware over it? I have tried posting in the a few other thread about it with no luck. There is info on using dirty santy on us996 but most of it is about standard unlocked version or the ucl (US Cellular) version there is almost no mention if bpt version.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnanava:
i have vs995 with 10B firmware, unlocked bootloader with dirtysanta, twrp installed and rooted

is there any way to update firmware and save unlocked boot and twrp?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
After almost 2 hours of trying and countless errors emcountered to downgrade back to nougat, i was finally able to do so.

Just a quicl question though, can i use magisk instead of supersu for rooting?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Yes
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
Nice. Thanks for the quick response.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] d0p35m0k3r:
What software versions of the VS995 are rootable? I bricked today and have to roll back KDZ :\
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] a_jalambadani:
Hi

In first page in one step tell:

1) Copy all the files from inside the "Required Files" (Inside the unzipped "v20-root" folder) and paste it into your active ADB directory. Then copy and paste twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img to your active ADB directory.

My qustion:

Where is active adb directory?

Thanks for answer
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Where ever you installed adb on your computer
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] a_jalambadani:
Ok.thanks.

In under below:

● I would at least backup your modem, and flash the latest H910 firmware, the if you don't have signal, restore your modem, modemst1 and st2.

******************

Before flash i back up from my phone with LGUP

When i flash to h910 10e kdz if i do not signal

How to restore modem?

Where is modem st1 and st2 in file back up?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] qs504792:
I keep getting stuck on *Flashing TWRP and Fixing Varient Issues* with the VS995

At step 2, the device didn't reboot after 30 minutes on Verizon logo.

I read on to: *****VERIZON USERS******

It has come to my attention that some users have encountered abnormally long first boot time(over 20 minutes before first time setup)

To resolve this issue:

Boot into bootloader by pulling the battery and reinserting it and holding VOL- and phugging in the phone. then typing:

Code:

fastboot flash boot bootbackup.img

fastboot reboot

But the device was not being seen in ADB when exc fastboot flash boot bootbackup.img

The fastboot reboot* cmd worked but it just brought me back to square one.

when unplugging the battery i was able to boot into TWRP and tried the steps for flashing SU but the device would go back into 20+ minute Verizon logo.

I then repeated Code:

fastboot flash boot bootbackup.img

But still nothing. What am i doing wrong? Help would be much appreciated.

i am using

VS99512A_06_1114_ARB00.kdz
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
After you booted into twrp did you wipe davlik and cache and format data?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] qs504792:
Yeah i did.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
Need some assistance guys. I'm getting stuck after i double click on step2.bat. The phone doesn't boot into fastboot mode, it just boots normally. All the drivers are installed fine. When i run "adb devices" in a cmd window, it recognizes it just fine. I honestly don't know what i'm doing wrong.

I'm using an f800l variant with F800L10e_00_0914 firmware installed.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
I tried it again last night, this time it was sort of successful. Supersu did not install properly though, coz when i used root checker and supersu app, they both can't detect root.

How do i boot into recovery without a pc, coz i tried dozens of times last night and it just boots into system. TIA
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] a_jalambadani:
Hi

I have lgv20 h910pr v10j-clr-pr with android 7.

I have not signal lte.

If i just flash to h915 v10e kdz it correct lte OR

I should too root and flash to h910 v10r for fix this problem?

Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Olalaekan:
Is there a way to root F800L on Oreo
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] a_jalambadani:
Hi

When in terminal emulator in phone type:

applypatch/system/atd/bin/storage/emulated

/0/dirtysanta

and press enter

It show in terminal emulator:

applypatch/system/atd/bin/storage/emulated

/0/dirtysanta not found.

why no work?

Plz help me
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] vendra29:
Hey, can you provide guide or link to downgrade from oreo to nougat.

Mine is LG F800k.

Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckRN:
Just download the kdz at lg-firmwares.com, or just search f800k nougat firmware on google. Then search this on google as well: LGUP_V20dll_Patched. Enable usb debugging on your phone, then flash the kdz file using the patched lgup. Probably best to install lg bridge too, then copy the lgup folder inside the lg bridge folder. That way, you can avoid as many errors with lgup as possible.

I don't take credit for any of that, credit should go, where credit is due. (Unfortunately, i forgot to whom it should go to)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] NgTr:
Question

Hello everyone,

I recently bought an LG V20 LS997 ( Sprint variant ), I updated the OS to the available Oreo 8.0 provided

by Sprint. I've researched on the possibility of rooting this one but for what I've found apparently It's not

possible due to the Firmware / Security patch version being too new.

Even though I'll may not be able to Root it, I would like to know if I can at least install

TWRP, given that I'll may be able to unlock the bootloader for starters ?!?!.

Thank You
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
You can't get a custom recovery without unlocking the bootloader first and you can't roll back or downgrade because arb has been incremented
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] a_jalambadani:
Hi

One qustion.

Lgv20 h910 at&t not support band3,Can it be a way

For support band3 in this model.

Exampel change rom,change imei and.....

Thanks for answer.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
If the hardware doesn't support that band, then there's nothing you can do about it
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] a_jalambadani:
I contact with at&t:

I tell,i have signal with lgv20 h910 but i have not

Mobile network in my country with this phone.

They tell we have not mobile network in your

Country,you must buy international plan that comes

Roaming, so you can use network.

I think then not limited hardware that with

Buy international plan fix network.

Must it be away for use mobile network

Without buy anything.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
I already gave you the answer in my previous reply, and AT&T already gave you an option. So you have two choices.

1. Get an international plan from them.

2. Buy a phone that has the hardware that supports the bands your carrier uses.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lamepsycho:
I have a f800l lg v20 not Rooted

Android 7.0

Updated security patch 1st september 2016

Kernel 3.18.31

Build no Nrd90m

Software version F800L 10g

My question is that can I update my Android to Oreo 8.0 which is available via Software update and then gain root access? If no, what is the last update limit for me to not lose rooting possibility. Or is it possible to downgrade to a previous update state after updating it to either Oreo 8.0 or other updated security patch levels? What would you suggest? I've heard Oreo is good with little battery drainage percentage as compared to Nougat which is my primary interest. I don't want to make a move to lose my rooting ability. Are there any other means available to upgrade to oreo without using lg software update in order to achieve both Oreo and root? And if it is not possible to achieve both Oreo and root are there any custom roms or kernels available with good battery drainage percentage? What would suit me the best. Sorry in advance for asking so many questions and not knowing if these questions have already been discussed and answered.

Thank you
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thechainrule:
I have an LS997 that I am looking to unlock and keep unrooted so that I can continue to use it as my work phone as well (f**king android for work). Is this possible to do if I am already running Android 8.0.0?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] never4ever-87:
how unlock Bootloader LS99720a oreo

plz i need that or downgrade

---------- Post added at 02:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:43 AM ----------

how unlock Bootloader LS99720a oreo

plz i need that or downgrade:fingers-crossed:

invalid sim plz help
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] compressorhead:
Hi:

Recently I bougth a second hand LS997 and after reading great part of this thread, I will try to root my device.

I have a couple of questions. Is the supplied full stock firmware a LS997 or US996?, cause I check a little bit the zip file and it says us996 on the installer script.

If I flash this zip file isn't this crossflashing? It will turn my LS997 in a US996?

Thanks in advance.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Dirty santa won't work on the 997 unless you're on a security patch earlier than Dec 2016
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] compressorhead:
LS997ZVC, I'm out of luck. :crying:

Thanks.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thechainrule:
So is there anyway to sim unlock a 997 now?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] compressorhead:
SIM unlock and bootloader unlock are two differents things.

Check this thread > https://xdaforums.com/v20/help/lg-v20-ls997-successfully-unlocked-oreo-t3835061
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thechainrule:
Thank you
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] thechainrule:
Yeah, it seems like some people are reporting that Dirty Santa does in fact sim unlock the Sprint ls997 but I'll need to install the 996 rom variant afterwards to maintain a good signal with GSM networks.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] compressorhead:
Thanks, didn't know that.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jinato:
TWRP seems to be missing after step 7

Bought a VS955 off ebay and figured out how to downgrade from 1CA to 12A before running dirtysanta. ADB and fastboot work fine. Figured out the "static" screen and how to get past that, but I am having trouble getting root. All goes well until the last step, step 8 under the Flashing TWRP section. In step 4 I flash SU, wipe each partition as listed, then reboot via twrp to bootloader and flash bootbackup with fastboot. Upon reboot, it loads into android and I can enable ADB again.

But when step 7 sends me to reboot into TWRP, twrp is not there. It's hard to see through the static, and in a couple minutes, the phone reboots again and loads android. I'm so close, has anyone had success at this point?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
I was having issues with this one too so I used to package here:

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/guide-root-twrp-lg-v20-using-dirtysanta-t3722278/page19

Mine is a locked us996 but I think this will work for yours.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jinato:
Thank you for the reply! At first glance, this looks a lot like the normal install instructions; I'll have to go through it thoroughly tomorrow night...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
It is basically a not refunded version if the same thing. It just worked today me the other didn't. Make sure it says the transfer if twrp was successful. I had to change my usb mode to get it to work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jinato:
maybe I just don't know the right key combo to get into TWRP? I'm familiar with download mode, bootloader, and factory reset (which I thought was TWRP, but maybe I'm confused)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
It's tricky but you know you get it when it and you get to factory reset screen. You hold power and down volume key tell lg logo. Right away release power button for a second then press both again. One in factory reset screen select yes twice in a row then let it boot into twrp.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jinato:
Yeah, so that is how it should work, but after the following code, TWRP is seemingly gone and factory reset will actually factory reset.

This is why I can't finish the guide to get root :crying:

This command just brings up static, then it reboots into android in a few moments
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
Shouldn't it be: fastboot flash recovery *file name* ? Boot is kennel isn't it?

Yeah it is,

https://xdaforums.com/android/help/adb-fastboot-commands-bootloader-kernel-t3597181
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jinato:
I have no idea why flashing a boot image makes me unable to boot to recovery. I'm using the command from Step 6...

[edit] reflashing twrp from fastboot gives similar results
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
Does it say it successfully flashed the recovery? It should return a successful it failed in command line.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jinato:
Yeah, that's the part that kills me. I enter TWRP in Step 4 and can leave and return to it until I "fastboot flash boot bootbackup.img". If I "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img" it says, Sending OKAY, Writing OKAY, Finished, but TWRP is still inaccessible.

Thanks again for your responses, I still hope to track down the issue
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
I suggest you want a video on dirty Santa in the lgv20 and make sure everything goes just like in video. I thought mine worked at one point but the dirty Santa didn't complete totally. All because I was in wrong USB mode. So that's the easiest way I think. That way you can watch everything step by step.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jinato:
That's good advice, can you suggest one? I previously found one but all the comment said it was horrible and didn't follow the steps correctly

[edit]

Great news, I finally took the time to use the other guide you linked to begin with and now I can boot to android or twrp! I did have to flash Boot2 from under the advanced options before loading to android and back to twrp to reflash su. This is different than this guide. Hope no special issues for Verizon users show up. Thanks for your efforts!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fathergweedo:
Realizing I'm late to this game, there's an error in script3.sh (line 16) and I'm wondering why no one else has noticed this before (unless everyone is using Windows.bat files). Also some permissions are wrong:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 curley curley 2097152 Dec 10 2016 aboot.img

-rwxr-xr-x 1 curley curley 41943040 Dec 11 2016 boot1.img

-rw-r--r-- 1 curley curley 26800128 Dec 12 2016 boot2.img

-rwxr-xr-x 1 curley curley 9984 Nov 13 2016 dirtycow

-rwxr-xr-x 1 curley curley 18760 Dec 14 2016 dirtysanta

-rwxr-xr-x 1 curley curley 13796 Nov 20 2016 my-run-as

-rw-r--r-- 1 curley curley 25 Dec 14 2016 RUNMEFIRST.bat

-rwxrwxr-x 1 curley curley 102 Dec 14 2016 RUNMEFIRST.sh

-rw-r--r-- 1 curley curley 360 Dec 14 2016 step1.bat

-rwxr-xr-x 1 curley curley 423 Dec 14 2016 step1.sh

-rw-r--r-- 1 curley curley 111 Dec 13 2016 step2.bat

-rwxr-xr-x 1 curley curley 176 Dec 13 2016 step2.sh

-rw-r--r-- 1 curley curley 354 Dec 14 2016 step3.bat

-rw-r--r-- 1 curley curley 419 Dec 14 2016 step3.sh

Using Linux, ignore the *.bat files. You just need to give step3.sh the same (-rwxr-xr-x) permissions after fixing Line 16 (below).

________________________

#!/bin/sh

# step3.sh

#

#

# Created by me2151 on 12/14/16.

#

fastboot flash boot boot1.img

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

fastboot flash boot boot1.img

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

fastboot flash boot boot1.img

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

fastboot flash boot boot1.img

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

# Here --> fastboot flash boot boott.img --> Needs to be:

fastboot flash boot boot1.img

fastboot reboot

________________________

This gave me fits until looking into it.

On another note for *most* of us that prefer to copy/paste commands from OP instructions:

Step1.sh

is not the same

as step1.sh...

I don't mean to be critical, and I'm probably not the 1st to encounter this. The more experienced Linux users here have likely discovered this, and probably just fixed it without responding. That's unfortunate.

I wouldn't expect the OP to edit the instructions being such an older thread, as that's only a "case" change," (yet it matters)...

Many thanks to the OP and all involved! I got through it ;)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
This was addressed previously in the thread, the OP lost the ability to edit the post.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fathergweedo:
Just new in this thread and didn't see it in my search. My apologies...

EDIT: Should have searched "boott.img," my bad
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
No worries, just letting you know
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nellyczboy:
I am in the 8.0 oreo stock rom V20 910H, can i do this way?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
You would have to downgrade to a version earlier with a security patch prior to Dec 2016
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] careingemt:
Has anyone tried this to unlock boot loader with success Verizon lg v 30 996

http://androidbiits.com/root-verizon-lg-v30-vs996-easily/
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Why are you asking this in the v20 forum
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] careingemt:
My bad sorry
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Hi,

I was referred to this thread by someone in another H910 Rooting thread because of the version of my ROM (see below) and so I'm hopeful about this one! :)

But three quick things first, please.....

1) My phone has Nougat 7.0 but is an H910 10c

Will this method work on a 10c ?

2) Each page that I have come across has mentioned putting files onto the External SD Card. But right now on my phone I cannot Write to it (I can read from it). I know that I can remove it, then copy the files onto it using my laptop and then put it back into my phone. But for normal operation after Rooting, is there a way to make the card Writable (like the patch made for KitKat)? We're not stuck not being able to Write what/where we want on it, are we?

3) In reading some of the posts before writing mine, I saw mentioned that certain things had changed (like the boott.img file), but the original poster had lost the ability to Edit the OP. Are there any specifics that I need to know about before doing it? I'm trying to avoid having to read every message in the thread, of course. Or were they just updated versions of the files and those are what the links will now send you but he couldn't update the OP text to tell folks? I.e., can I just use the OP and be fine? Or do I need something else too?

Thank You!