yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Yes.

Ive already fixed all issues on sprint devices except static on boot. Sprint devices have the following working now that OTHERS don't have: Wificalling(confirmed working 100%), Update PRL and Profile/Hands free activation(Yep you can now activate sprint devices on this new rom), Comfort view, youtube works, LTE/Wifi works out of the box. Its basically a fully working sprint stock rom. except for the static on boot. Which there is a fix in the 2nd post of this thread.

Read my quote right above.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] qstarin:
Unreleased at this point though, yes - or did I miss it (fixes aren't in LS997-deODEXd-signed.zip or the Konverged kernel, or are they)? My apologies if I simply missed it somewhere.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Correct. Unreleased. I am having my original sprint testers check it out to make sure that it is truly working before release.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dricacho:
Thanks, I have read the 2nd post addressing the issues and workaround for the screen static. I'd be more comfortable modding my phone if there is a way to restore my device to factory stock/unrooted just in case I have to return or exchange the phone. I'm really not in a hurry unlike many who can't seem to be happy with an unrooted/unmodded phone for some reason. But I do like modding my phone, I did that with my last phone. I would rather wait for a fully developed, tested, official custom ROM for this phone. Thanks to you and all the devs involved in this for the hard work and perseverance.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Team DevDigitel:
Awsome.. can you pm me a link?

I have a good sprint boot.img that will make it to load up and fails. No static tho and is reading correctly for the most part.

Glad to see your getting progress.. Ive been trying many things to the boot.img any elaboration on what worked to get it going? I've gone ahead and patched the boot for dm. For selinux.. removed decryption and added adb with some flags removed. It sticks after bootlogo and installs some things buthat won't fully boot
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Destro1979:
Stuck at runmefirst

I know I know.... shouldnt be stuck so soon...butttt..

I ran the runmefirst. My cmd window shows "beginning of main" and will not open anything else.

Please tell me what I am doing wrong ?

:cool:

Thanks for the help and all the effort !

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I know I know.... shouldnt be stuck so soon...butttt..

I ran the runmefirst. My cmd window shows "beginning of main" and will not open anything else.

Please tell me what I am doing wrong ?

Thanks for the help and all the effort !
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nowerlater:
Will it be based on ZV5?

Sent from my fake Pixel XL aka LS997
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Not doing anything wrong. you just need to keep that window open. then continue on.

Yes. I am attempting to extract the OTA but im unable to open the system.patch.dat file. if Someone has a way that would be great. Ive already tried the conventional extractors but they don't open OTAs
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Destro1979:
Tried that. Nothing else happens. No new window. Nothing.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
so. you are opening runmefirst.bat. a window pops up and it says starting main correct? THEN you are double clicking step1.bat?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] saigonson:
Hi me2151,

Could I use this kernel and apply for my LS997? and does it fix sd card corrupted?

Regards,
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Yes. thats exactly why its there. its for ALL variants
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Buzzy42:
EDIT: Figured it out, sort of-- basically had to use another computer that had never had adb/fastboot installed and the drivers went in fine, so something's messed up with my original install on the first computer. Ugh-- but now in TWRP and progressing nicely. (and Edit 2: everything is done, fully rooted!!)

On the VS995, trying to get rooted-- all went fine until running STEP3, phone is in fastboot mode and said "fastboot mode started" but it's stuck at "fastboot flash boot1.img", saying "looking for device".

I stopped the script and did "fastboot devices" and nothing is listed. I've tried to do the update drives and it says it can't find drivers for my device.

I'm reading the thread as fast as I can as the vibration is driving me crazy :D

Any help much appreciated :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] NastyBedazzler:
Holy moly that was an intense hour of my life.

Everything seems to be working properly, thank you guys so much for all of your hard work! I just got this phone from Sprint today only to get home and find out it has a locked bootloader I was SO PISSED OFF I almost went back to the store to immediately return it.

Glad everything worked out the things you guys do for this community are incredible.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wr3ckd90:
I could use some help I have sprint and my phone wont boot into recovery and it will not go past the LG Powered by Android Screen when I was in TWRP and I followed all the steps I went to reboot and it said no OS was installed I tried flashing the deodexed zip a few more times and its throws error /system code 150 or something like that my phone then rebooted on its own now I'm stuck
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Sprint has been locking their bootloaders for years now. What's there to be surprised about, much less get "SO PISSED OFF" about?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
I disagree. It has only been in the last year or two this has happened with Sprint. It used to be just Verizon that did this crap.

I think it has more to do with Android and the new versions trying to be more secure than past ones than the carriers.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Do you still have TWRP access?

I could have sworn that Sprint locked their LG phones since the LG G4, Samsung ever since the s5. I remember HTC users complaining about locked bootloaders even as far back as when I had my Galaxy S3.

Of course I am not happy that they are locking the phones but before buying a phone, a few minutes of research would have shown whether they are locked and their status.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Slypnslyde:
Like I said before.. I think locking the bootloader has to do more with being secure but also stealing data with free tethering
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] slickdaddy96:
Well some manufacturers always had their bootloaders locked as soon as it was possible to do so in Android. Other manufacturers like Samsung held off for quite a long time. Samsung started it soon after Knox due to wanting to get government contracts for phones or at least I think that is when they started.

I have no experience with LG ever except now. Frankly I'll probably go back to whatever Note style device Samsung puts out in 1-2 years. The V20 is nice but it is no Note.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wr3ckd90:
Idk if I do or not I have not been able to get back to twrp I no longer have adb to use adb reboot recovery and I've tried a few different things to get into recovery mode like power + volume- then repeat once lg logo shows up unless I did that wrong otherwise I'm unsure as to another way to get into recovery
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Make sure that the phone is off and not plugged in. Hold the Volume down button and while holding it, plug in the usb cable. I oddly had to do this 2 or 3 times for it to work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wr3ckd90:
I have attempted this in hopes it would help me it sends me to fastboot Everytime so I can get there but not into twrp
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Well, at least your device isn't bricked. Seems that someone with some knowledge will have to help you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] osva:
Flash boot1.img again and twrp

fastboot flash boot boot1.img

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

fastboot reboot

and after that wait a bit and see if you have adb access,
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wr3ckd90:
Thank you very much I got back into recovery and tried to flash a OS again but I get this error exactly

Failed to mount '/system' (unknown error 150) and I get same error when flashing supers zip and when I go to reboot says I have no OS installed do I want to continue
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] osva:
Did you follow all format data and wipe steps?

Also you did allow TWRp to do system modifications?

Can you try to mount system?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wr3ckd90:
I did follow those steps not sure what happened but I went back and redid those steps and now it flashed properly so I'm unsure to what happened I probably didn't do something right but it's working now thank you again.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] osva:
Glad it is working now.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jauger:
ZV5 Dec Security Update rooted

my Sprint V20 had the latest update, ZV5 (Dec Security Update)......dirtysanta rooted now.......whew that was nerve wracking
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Raxsymelich:
Any update on a custom kernel for the ls997 (Sprint)? I've been holding off on rooting yet.

Much appreciation for all the work done!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Wow, I thought that ZV5 was patched. That's good news for many. You were brave to try it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jauger:
Im impatient....figured the worst that would happen is a trip to the Sprint store and act like the latest update borked my phone......
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chaz187:
So you were definitely on VZ5? Alot of people will try and blame you if not able to root..... Or worse mess up their phones!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jauger:
Yes I was.....I took a chance ( I know enough to screw up, but nothing i read convinced me it couldnt be done).....but rooting is always about taking a risk.......I did get the corrupt SD card error like everyone else and Im now on US996 unlocked....All I can say is I followed the directions and it worked...dont try it if you cant afford to risk bricking your phone
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Ill honestly be 100% honest. I dont believe it. If atleast 2 others with ZV5 are able to root then I will believe. In your adb active directory(where you ran the commands) there should be a bootbackup.img. Upload that somewhere and PM me a link.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] twistedvip:
Wasn't the ZV5 on the Dec 1st security update? Because I remember somewhere that the Dec 1st one didn't patch dirtycow exploit, but the Dec 5th one did.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
I am aware. Ill admit its possible. but I still dont believe :D
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigco504:
I flashed step 3 and ive been stuck in fastboot ever since,please help
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jauger:
I messaged you my bootbackup.img.................anything else you need just let me know
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Team DevDigitel:
[MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] probably should update op for sprint users. Replace the rom links and such. If youd like i can upload the stock img you had put together and just add root. Lmk bro
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SketchyStunts:
You got me feeling all gutsy to try it

Hmm... Upon reading Dirty Cow CVE-2016-5195 was patched in the Dec 5th. (I assumed it was the 1st)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrtruckincowboy:
Konverged works on Verizon
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] memnochlv:
I searched and didn't find an answer. Is there a chance to play Pokémon Go after doing this, using Magisk, systemless Xposed, sugide, etc... ?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] eurominican:
[MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION] is it yay or nay on the ZV5 ?? Im about to do this and would like your blessing first :D

EDIT: Do I gain anything by updating to ZV5 before following this guide and flashing a rom? im in ZV3 and plan to flash [MENTION=4731846]Team DevDigitel[/MENTION] ROM
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
I dont know on ZV5. no one else has posted success. As for if you update there does appear to be a modem update. Im not used to working on OTAs so i dont know... That ROM is ZV3 based so it wont matter too much
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] eurominican:
Thank you for the fast reply! I see [MENTION=4731846]Team DevDigitel[/MENTION] is working on a 2.0 of the ROM so Ill just test a HTC Bolt in the meantime.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kevin_xail:
I'm stuck in Fastboot after step 3. Has anyone figured out how to get out of fastboot brick yet?

I've tried flashing the stock .kdz via LGUP and factory reset from recovery menu (volume down, click power on off during boot) but I'm still stuck in fastboot! Anyone have any suggestions to get out of fastboot?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
rerun step 3 make sure you have fastboot drivers properly installed and you can see your device by doing

fastboot devices
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SketchyStunts:
I'm thinking of giving it a try on ZV5 today. If I brick, ohh well

Edit: downloaded all files, verified ADB is working.... Now, should I attempt this? Lol

What are my chances of brick?

Sprint variant, ZV5, Dec 1 patch.

I also downloaded TeamDevV20d ROM for Sprint to flash instead of what's listed in OP (although that ROM is on my sdcard as well)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bond32:
Verizon version here, just downloaded an update. yeA I believe, any way to help out with it? I suppose I'll accept the update later. If I can upload something I'll help out.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] repsol_23:
I was on the phone with me wife about 30 minutes ago and saw that my phone was downloading something. Saw it was an update and it was about 2/3 of the way thru. Told wife had to go and shut phone off instantly. Had to google search in a panic what apps to stop in Titanium Backup while here at work. Found the apps and started phone and immediately froze the update (was still downloading) and it stopped immediately.

If rooted you can freeze the following: "System updates 1_15_10_0" and "System updates 1_16_02_0"

I didn't want to take a chance of my phone updating all on its own!!!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bond32:
Just seems to be security updates.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ZachJohnson:
Yes, that's totally possible, I'm playing right now. I've never monkeyed with Magisk and I don't think Xposed works with Android 7 yet, but there's a really simple apk that'll do this. It's an app called Root Switch, it's made by somebody on some Asus forum (which is in Chinese, so it's hard to sort through), but there's a link for it on this Pokemon Go Dev subreddit.

The latest version of Root Switch is 1.3.3.2 - I haven't tried that one yet, but I'm on 1.3.1.2 and it works like a charm. Check the option for "stop all su daemons" and it's good to go. Just remember to reenable root before a reboot or shutdown or you're liable to really screw things up.

Oh yeah...you may need suhide as well...I'm not sure about that one... I flashed it before finding Root Switch and kinda forgot it was there...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Buzzy42:
Might be enough to kill DirtyCow/Santa..... glad I rooted when I did!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
you wont brick. if its patched it wont do anything. if its not congrats.

And they will mostlikely be patched for dirtycow.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SketchyStunts:
CONFIRMED!! Rooted just fine on ZV5 with DEC 1 security patch! :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nahepler90:
Yeah, I just checked my phone and it auto downloaded the update. Did not install though. I wish they would prompt you and have you accept before it downloads. I'm on a tight data limit as it is lol. But I just bought titanium backup and wiped the system updates and froze them.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] BruinSkiiz:
I've got the Verizon variant of this phone, and I see it's asking for permission to download the latest security update. Still waiting on someone to YouTube these instructions so I can finally root this V20, as it is a very powerful phone. Just don't want to screw anything up in the process, which is why I've been waiting to root it until such time as there are video instructions. Hopefully one goes live soon.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Raxsymelich:
Awesome.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bond32:
I went ahead and took the update. I may try to run the foot later, on official. It says its the Dec 1 security update not Dec 5, I thought Dec 5 was the one that patched the exploit?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SketchyStunts:
You'll be fine. Rooted mine today. Sprint variant on ZV5 & Dec 1 patch when I rooted
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Artimis:
Does this work for Android Pay too? Does your phone pass the safety net check (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scottyab.safetynet.sample)?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ZachJohnson:
I think so...? Maybe? I don't use Android pay, and I've never looked at safety net. I ran that app though, this is what I get with root enabled, and then disabled. It looks like it's passing that check...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
hey there i am stucked , i did all the steps and now my phone is stuck on the boot screen , it has been so for more than 1 hour , i have a sprint ls997
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] DeMightyWit:
I also had this problem, I fixed it by going to going into mount and selecting the box that says mount as read only, then rebooting system will boot the proper system and not just go back to recovery.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ricohz:
need more info so someone can help you out
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] esqueue:
Any info on the new sprint rom? I just installed teamdevdigital's.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jannmedia:
is it any way to unlock Sim card to work for GSM?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
hey i got the phone to boot but now i am noticing a lag and my service continously dropping , (ls997)

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can this kernel (konverged kernel ) work on the sprint ls997 v20?, my service constantly drops and i cant seem to get my service to work properly
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] raresoul77:
I'm totally lost! I finally decided to take the leap and I followed the instructions and nothing is happening. I can't even Brick my phone!!!! Can someone on sprint give me a hand please?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SketchyStunts:
Do you have developer options, OEM unlock, & USB debugging enabled?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] raresoul77:
Yes and yes.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SketchyStunts:
With it plugged into your computer, what happens when you type

adb devices
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcall8588:
no matter what i do, i can not get my phone to boot past the lg logo screen. I can get back into twrp and wipe and reinstall but it never goes past lg screen. I have the sprint ls997. Can anybody help me>
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tide and wave:
get into twrp then choose reboot to bootloader. Then flash boot2.img. After this you can boot into system.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcall8588:
I get an error saying "cannot load 'boot2.img'

I have boot1.img and boot2.img in the same folder on my c drive so why would it not load boot2.img?

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can boot2.img be converted to a zip file so it can be flashed in twrp
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcall8588:
i finally got the phone to boot by adding boot2 to rom file. but not it just keeps poping up unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped. Now what do I do
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
hey i am willing to pay /donate because idid dirty santa on my sprint ls997 but now i am rooted but my service keeps dropping i really need my phone working properly cause its by business phone , can someone plz help me
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Read the guide...

Service drops haven't been reported so you may have an isolated case. When you did everything was it a clean install or did you restore data through twrp?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ricohz:
have you updated prl and profile?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcall8588:
clean install
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
That install question was for the other guy. For you I want you to download the rom in the guide(fresh download) and from twrp wipe data, cache, dalvik and system. then install the rom. THEN you need to install SuperSu. Then reboot.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Steps are different for sprint now. Please don't confuse him.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
i did a Clean install and everything works but for some reason when i look at my netwok it comes and goes constantly , i cant even make or receive calls
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
go to your phone dialer and type ##72786# then on the top right hit the 3 Dots and tap reset. then yes. Let the phone reset and reboot. then let it re activate.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
when i dial ##72786# nothing happens and when i select the 3 dots there isnt an option that says reebot
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Yo are not on the correct rom then. Once again re download the rom on the first page(its a new one) and install it then Supersu. Then you should be fixed.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
ok i will report

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i now have the files how do i go about flashing it? i am already rooted and running the first (LS997-deODEXd-signed) how do i go about flashing the new rom (Stock_LS997_Full) ?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
you need to boot to twrp and go to install.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
ok i just flashed the new rom but now the phone locked back and saying invalid sim

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can i get rid of the static on the boot ?

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the updated rom doesnt have the Gallary option
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
If it says invalid sim you may need to call sprint to reactivate your phone.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
No you cannot get rid of static. the updated rom is literally the stock rom. nothing removed. if it doesnt have that option thats because sprint didn't come with it
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] skets:
i ment when i take pictures with the camera i cant go back and view them
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcall8588:
ok so my phone finally started and appeared to be working...then it restarted. When it restarted, it put itself into recovery bootloop. no matter what i did, everytime i restarted the phone it went straight to recovery. so i was told to boot into bootloader and and run go to fastboot and type

fastboot erase misc and fastboot erase fota. Now that I have done that, now the phone just keeps rebooting into bootloader. I tried rerunning step 3 at least 10 times but i can not get it to boot into anything other than bootloader. Anybody know how to fix it now?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] zagman:
Whats the success rate so far for Sprint LS997?

Sounding like the Sprint rabbit hole is a hell of a lot deeper than the others.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] me2151:
Sprint is actually the most complete now. The only ACTUAL bricks out of all devices have been 3. My original V20(bricked by trying to revert to stock), a H918 because the guy did it on an unsupported device and our original test device(tried a different method of rooting. the ONLY way the device is bricked is if you don't have fastboot access. you can completely recovery if you have fastboot access.