yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxTECRAxx:
yes, you're right. i was able to go back to the newer twrp, then it was in recovery boot loop. luckily i had access to fastboot and i rolled through step 3 a couple times along, then i think adb recovery reboot, and finally it took classic rom with supersu. all good now :good:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Classic was updated to v7 with magisk baked in
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxTECRAxx:
right sorry, i meant "Stock_LS977.zip". i was never able to get classic to take.

on another note, has anyone actually followed the guide on LG's developer site? i can't seem to find where that was but i recall somewhere on LG's site that gives directions on how to unlock the bootloader.

found it here: http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I think you're still on twrp 3.0.2.1 because you got the stock ROM to install. Boot recovery and check. It will tell you St the top. If you used RootLinux flasher, you have to make sure you don't reboot to the ROM. Tap NO, them reboot recovery and it will switch to 3.1.1.1 ... That's probably why classic would not flash. Trust me, you won't be sorry If you get it to work.

Edit:

Actually when you reboot it might be on 3.1.1.1 now but I'm willing to bet it wasn't when you tried to flash it before.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxTECRAxx:
bro, does classic rom include tethering? stock rom rooted and no tethering! just stumbled upon this ghettoness this morning.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
It has tethering for me right out of the gate. I know some others that it didn't for whatever reason, but it was an easy fix because it's a magisk module anyway.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxTECRAxx:
tethering out of the gate yes, but sprint isn't allowing me to access it. this magisk module can be installed as an apk? please keep in mind i am already rooted with dirtysanta and supersu.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxTECRAxx:
i did this and read every other thread concerning wifi hotspot/tethering but i not only is the "APN type" unavailable in the first place, i cannot edit any of the APN settings without a service code. there's a popup when i hit "edit" instead of "view" after launching the hidden menu from shortcut master.

anyone have this service code or know how to get around this?

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...now im stuck in static screen and can't get back....
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Magisk replaces SuperSU. It can work wonders.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotYetADev:
When I get to the part where I run the command "run-as con" on my Verizon LG V20 I get the error that the package con is unknown. Anyone know how I can get past this? Do I need to run a firmware downgrade with LG UP, or will that brick my phone?

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Or you can post on the main first post that the exploit is no longer working, A HURRHURRHURR
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loopytee:
Will I always have to boot into the factory reset yes yes to get to twrp? if not how do I get there directly.

Edit: nevermind. I thought it was going to actually erase everything. I guess it isn't really functional at this point
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] autostrada048:
My H910 keeps going into recovery. I accidentally did a factory reset through the rom and thats when it started only booting into TWRP. I have tried formating and reinstalling rom but it doesnt work it still goes to twrp.

Any help would be much appreciated.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Try 3mint rebooter
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmmmmmmma:
Try a factory reset by pressing a combination of buttons. Press and hold the Power and Volume down buttons. When the LG logo appears, quickly release and then re-hold the Power button while continuing to hold the volume down button. You'll come upon a white screen asking you twice to confirm if you want to reset. Select yes both times, you'll boot in to TWRP. From there, if necessary, flash a ROM, and reboot in to the system :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] autostrada048:
???? This worked!!! Thank you, I would have never figured that out.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
Any help would be apreciated: i have a sprint v20 and i wanted to know if i have to flash the stock sprint rom or can i just flash lineage rom following this guide? I have it running on AT&T
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmmmmmmma:
If Sprint was your carrier, It is always advisable to flash stock, update PRL and Profile before flashing LOS. I would imagine you do not do such updates for GSM carriers. To be safe, given your setup, if possible, take a nandroid of your stock before flashing LOS.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
Att is my carrier but its an ls997 im using...i was wondering when i follow this guide if i have to flash the stock rom?

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, 10:43 AM |#3255

Member37 posts Thanks: 2

Att is my carrier but its an ls997 im using...i was wondering when i follow this guide if i have to flash the stock rom?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Convictking:
needing help rooting ls977 v20

I have followed each step for the site here to max lee on youtube but every time I do the run-as com command it fails or says unknown files is their anyone willing to help out? I have rooted my note 4 with no problem using Odin but Odin cant be used on the v20. anyone willing to help base stock sprint LG v20 maybe use team viewer or something?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
the log doesnt prompt to run step2.bat after applying the patch which also isn't running successfully i copied the cmd from the guide...any suggestions?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Sounds like you have a security patch after 12/16. If that's the case, dirty Santa will not work. Check in about phone
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Convictking:
Yep september 1st 2017 any way around it?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
may 1 2017 please tell me there is a way...the person who was using this phone installed the patch smh
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmmmmmmma:
What is your firmware version?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
All I can tell you is you can not unlock the bootloader with dirty Santa now. Beyond that, they're are a few maybes depending on your carrier etc. I haven't keep up with all the variants but the answers are buried in this dirty Santa thread somewhere. Read and search .
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
v7
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Zv7 is sprint. Sprint can't use dirty Santa on anything above zv5. You can not unlock/ root.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
Damn...anyway of downgrading?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bebe_D:
Help

Hi all !!!

So i'm on stuck version sprint and i wanna root the lg v20 but i have :

Software version LS997ZVA .

Whenever apply the command in Terminal Emulator of "applypatch /system/bin/atd /storage/emulated/0/dirtysanta" it does not work.

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

or someone know how to downgrade the software version of the phone if this is the problem Thank You and waiting for some good news and answer .:(
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThaHaloMilitia:
Read above answers. Sprint V20 cant be downgraded ZV5 and above. So no root
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bebe_D:
Thank You for simple fast answer . :good:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kw2t3v:
F800k worked too. Just want to confirmed :) do not flash bootbackup after install recovery u need to flash custom kernel like schwift kernel that had SuperSU built-in :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] 1337haXXor:
Well, I've searched this thread for a while now and I'm stuck. Completed all steps up to 7, just not the final, step 8, or re-reflashing su. I have a VS995. I get the static at boot and was hoping to use the WETA ROM, but I can't get into TWRP... I see when I start up it's the Red Triangle, but I can't clear the static at that point. adb boot recovery just restarts the phone, no twrp, and holding volume down while plugged in gets me into fastboot. I've tried doing the factory reset when booting as well, and still no twrp. Any ideas?

EDIT: I repeated step 3 to get back into TWRP, though I'm not sure how that affects root.. Either way, I'll be going with WETA, so if I have problems rooting, then it will be a question for that thread. :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] durriej:
Stuck with RUNMEFIRST

I am stuck on the RUNMEFIRST.bat step. It opens a CMD window and only displays Beginning on System & Beginning of Main nothing else. I moved onto the next step but it will not work. LGv20 H910
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Security patch date?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] durriej:
august 1, 17
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
You can not dirty Santa to unlock your bootloader with a security patch after 12/31/16.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotYetADev:
Hope isn't lost!

The bad news is above, HOWEVER if you don't apply any further updates you should be able to roll your firmware back with LG UP/Uppercut THEN run the exploit. (It worked for me)

Here's some resources

https://lg-firmwares.com/ -- Download the EARLIEST FIRMWARE RELEASE SPECIFIC TO YOUR MODEL from here. Should be a .kdz file.

https://xdaforums.com/lg-g5/development/uppercut-lgup-loader-g5-variants-t3511295 -- Uppercut (disable antivirus due to false positive)

http://oceanhost.eu/eps4h4pmwphu/LGUP.zip.htm - Download this and install the LG UP DLL THEN LG UP

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On an unrelated note, I ran into a pretty nasty bug today.

Do NOT update Android from within the OS. It will lead you into an odd situation where you can only boot to TWRP even after wiping everything and re-installing the OS. The only solution I have found is to hold VOL UP and Insert the USB cable to boot to download mode and then doing a full restore from the earliest dated KDZ I can find. On that note I must recommend that

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS, BUGGY ROOT METHOD (better than no root), BUT TRUST ME WHEN I SAY DO NOT USE IT UNLESS YOU CAN DO A 100% RESTORE FROM A KDZ!!!!!

After restoring from the KDZ in this particular glitch, you will have a bootloop. Clear the cache by going to the POWER + VOLUPDOWN menu and you

re 100% restored.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jrusso01:
I have a VS995 with my Android security patch level at December 1, 2016. Does this mean that I should still be able to do this? I don't want to try anything unless I know it probably won't be bricked.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Yes it will wotk
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dingoyabuki:
Hi all,

I have a new VS995 V20 because my old one had hardware issues. I was able to root it in the past, but now, my new VS995 does not enter the bootloader after I run Step 2. It simply restarts.

I've tried multiple times, and have followed the steps. I'm on the November 1, 2016 patch, and I have factory reset after installing the kdz for it.

I can't even enter the bootloader by using adb reboot bootloader, or holding the down volume key while plugging the phone in via USB; the phone just restarts as normal, or goes to its charging screen.

--------- beginning of system

--------- beginning of main

--------- beginning of crash

11-08 17:32:24.497 15722 15722 I dirtysanta: Starting Backup

11-08 17:32:25.562 15722 15722 I dirtysanta: Backup Complete.

11-08 17:32:30.562 15722 15722 I dirtysanta: Starting flash of Aboot!

11-08 17:32:30.587 15722 15722 I dirtysanta: Finished. Please run Step 2 now.

Could anyone help? Thanks.

Edit: I re-extracted the v20-root.zip file and went through all the steps again, and it worked. I hope this helps the few others who had this issue. I assume it was because of a mixmatch between the boot img files of both of the phones I was trying to use this root method on.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
It dont work after december 2016 security patch ..
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dingoyabuki:
After having issues with custom ROMs (wifi not staying on, USB connectivity not working, second screen not working), I decided it would be best if I stuck with stock.

When I flash boot2.img, stock works, but unbearably slowly. I'm not sure why, but everything is terribly slow..

Meanwhile, when I flash boot1.img (which will not get past the startup screen), and flash a custom rom over it, I don't have issues with the slowness, but I have whatever issues are inherent with that rom.

Has anyone else had this issue of boot2.img making their phone very slow on stock? This occured on both of my VS995 V20s...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] remarkablecow913:
I had something similar with my k20 plus. I found a updated su that worked for me perfectnow everything is fine. No wifi

Or hotspot but I'm pretty sure that's ROM. I'm on los 7.1.2

. and am also listed As device lg stylo 2
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] karmacoma7:
anything specific or completely similar to F800L ?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kw2t3v:
Yes, It's completely similar to F800L. but as I say do not flash the bootbackup after install recovery. flash custom boot from guideline or custom stable boot. so you wont get static screen or lag. for me I got lag after first boot cuzof system and user apps are generating data and cached.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Anyone remember or if you're still running this Rom on Sprint if the option to update profile/PRL is in settings?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] karmacoma7:
Thanks, Mate!

Did you notice any difference in phone behavior ?

Some users complain about bad reception and bad sound quality comparing to stock firmware.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kw2t3v:
Cuz of kernel I got 2 problems on 2 kernels before first one is stock kernel I got static screen then the second on swift3 kernel I got a problem with video playback in browser (chrome+UC) it's laggy both video and sound like slow motion vid. But I decide to flash custom kernel from this thread now seem stable like original except the build is old (F800K10e) wish I can get root with F800K10z that had much features :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] karmacoma7:
can you provide a link to a working kernel ?

I accidentally flashed boot backup and now got the static noise. rom boots, but is unusable. Same for TWRP

however, I managed to get to fastboot, so I can flash a kernel to fix that, but I cannot find any suitable kernel here.

Mine is backed up in TWRP, but because of static I cant restore
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kw2t3v:
http://xdaforums.com/v20/development/kernel-konverged-kernel-lg-v20-t3510500
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chekhova:
Im stuck on step 1 lmao. Im at the step where you type in applypatch on the TE. and it just doesn't work. also when I use run-as con. it says that con is unknown.

Iv'e been trying to root this thing for awhile and found this guide, Iv'e gotten further with thi guide more than any other but still fails. Iv'e also tried downgrading my Security which is at VS95514B. But LGUP fails at 9% every time . :/ I'm afraid that root just isn't possible for my phone.. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Alright so I finnaly got it flashed to 12A. Im now at step3 and now its sitting at the Verizon loading screen. What do I need to do? It says After you've rebooted and at the main lockscreen type in adb reboot recovery, but my phone is vibrating lik eit said it would and just stuck at the screen, im lost. Do I need to just wait awhile to see what happens?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
That happens in the YouTube video also. Search for it and watch it. It should help. There's little to no support left here. They all moved on to other devices.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chekhova:
Thanks, would you happen to know about the last step? Im on step 5 but it still has yet to boot, I've tried flashing back the bootloader to the backup and all it does is make it have a static screen and then im still stuck at the same spot. Ill search for the video but if it doesn't work is there anyway to revert my phone back to stock?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Static screen could be the phone trying to boot. Cover the proximity sensor at the upper left corner of the phone. Cover it real good. Then just wait even 15 minutes. It might boot. You have to trick it into going to sleep.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] karmacoma7:
Just to report, included kernel caused input lag, and general unresponsiveness, for my F800L

Kw2t3v gave a link to another kernel, it just showed garbage on screen after booting.

This kernel works perfectly. https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/kernel-restock-stock-based-kernel-v20-t3556263
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sachiru:
How did you do it? What firmware version were you running when you rooted?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kw2t3v:
F800K10e
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sachiru:
Is there any way to downgrade to that version?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kw2t3v:
I used LG UP
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jburd23:
I download twrp on my laptop but when I try to open it, it says "the disc image is corrupted" is tis normal? also, when i double click on step1.bat it pops up for a second and then disappears??
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sidhak:
Hi,

will this work on LG v20 ls 997 zv6?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
I don't remember the security patch dates for all the ZV#S. WHAT'S YOUR DATE?

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You're not suppose to open TWRP. Just put it in your ADB FASTBOOT folder and follow the instructions.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sachiru:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

My F800K is now rooted as well!

Excellent work!

Now, a small question: How do we upgrade to the latest firmware (10z) without losing root? I do have a dump of the previous system partition and data partition using LGUp.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kw2t3v:
I also want to upgrade to 10z too but I don't know how to do that if you achieved that plz share :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fadeyt:
Can I do this if I'm on 17a for software version?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Betozx:
hello, will this work on LG v20 ls997 software version zva , security patch september 1, 2017
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loopytee:
No
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sonpro10x:
Help

Hello guy, I using a H918 v10k and a H910 v10p. Can I use this tool for unlock?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] karmacoma7:
Searched the thread, but did not find the answer.

if I uppercut the only available kdz for my f800l, will it relock my bootloader ?

My problem is as follows, the stock I downgraded to is from September 2016, so is the security patch.

I tried the weta rom, but since its for 918 not f800 even after flashing certain files from stock f800 as one person suggested, its either 2g or 4g in my phone. Bands selection doesn't work.

Today I reverted to Korean old stock with root, and 3g works again.

So is there a way to update stock rom via OTA (more recent KDZ are not available alas ) and keep a patched bootloader ?

In other words I want to keep TWRP and root and have m phone at least on December 2016 security patch ( I know it will not work beyond that) ?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loopytee:
This true but. Zv7 can be rooted. There is now a thread about it. anything above zv7 cannot be rooted.

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/root-ls997-to-zv9-t3696488

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The ls997 with zv7 or lower can be rooted. I don't know about using it on att but here's the root thread. Might want to ask about your particular scenario there.

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/root-ls997-to-zv9-t3696488

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https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/root-ls997-to-zv9-t3696488
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
Im receiving cant load model error LGup...any suggestions?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loopytee:
Are you in download mode?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fadeyt:
Also it's a vs995 any in site would be great. Thank you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
yes

QUOTE=loopytee;74594754]Are you in download mode?[/QUOTE]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nanoo29:
LGup sees the com port but errors out when i look at the LOG it says timeout

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nevermind thank you!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dingoyabuki:
I'm currently running stock with reStock kernel on my vs995, rooted with boot2.img

I've installed SuperSu and Xposed. I'm still having the "wifi dropping when the screen is off" issue, and it's quite annoying.

I thought running stock would fix this, but I still have this issue. I don't have this problem on a fresh, stock, non rooted kdz (what my phone was running before I followed the DirtySana procedure).

Does anyone have any suggestions, or can anyone else relate with this issue? I've had it with both VS995s I've owned after rooting.

Disabling SuperSu and Xposed doesn't seem to be helping.

I've even tried apps that are supposed to keep my wifi on, and they don't even work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] loopytee:
Have you checked this setting

wifi->advance wifi-> keep wifi on even when screen off
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jrusso01:
Hi,

My antivirus keeps finding some malware in the v20-root.zip file after I extract it. It's under Required files\dirtycow - is this normal or is something wrong? I use Sophos Home, btw

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OK, nevermind, figured that out, but I can't get fastboot flash bootbackup.img to work. cam someone send me that file? please? I am DESPERATE

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Nevermind again, but is there a way to stop the corrupt message on startup?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Don't worry about the red triangle corrupt. This is a debug bootloader. It's nothing to worry about.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Slypnslyde:
I need urgent help. I flashed magisk 14.5 and my device boots into kernel panic screen. I'm sure I didn't turn on USB debugging. I can't get into recovery using volume down because the button is broke. Is there anyway I can get into recovery?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jrusso01:
Oh ok. That's fine. I guess that means I can't stop the obnoxious vibration every time I turn it on? (I have 2 batteries that I swap between when one gets low, so I can see this becoming annoying, but I can survive.)

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As far as I know (and I'm clearly new to rooting my V20), there is no other way. You could probably disassemble your phone and try probing its connection to the motherboard or replacing the buttons, but other than that, I don't know.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/LG+V20+Volume+Button+Replacement/89230

If you'd rather not rip apart your phone, then you should probably wait for another reply.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cityneversleepz:
Try ADB REBOOT RECOVERY

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Regarding vibration, that must have something to do with your model. I don't have it on LS997.