yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] SrdjanPsy:
[MENTION=8639605]Phoenix591[/MENTION] I got https://www.walmart.com/ip/Portable...SB3-0-USB2-0-Ethernet-SD-TF-Adapter/493809895 and it works well so far. I'm not sure if it's the hub, or the phone processing/apps but I noticed occasional frame drops in the phone projected image compared to same on Fire TV.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Phoenix591:
dirtysanta has nothing to do with fm radio. By default the us996 doesnt have fm radio enabled and thus far no one has enabled it except by flashing stock based roms for the att variant which may cause cellular signal issues.

Not sure about the verizon variant, but the att h910 and tmobile h918 both have fm radio enabled by default.

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No it is not. The 10f part is the firmware version and even the factory unlocked us996 has had an update since then. Latest is 10n or 10p depending on the carrier subvariant. (Random site I googled, lgup checks the signature to ensure theyre genuine before flashing anything anyway though)
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] __-_-_-__:
but here it says:

"

Known Issues:

AM&FM Radio no longer works

Boot time higher

No way to revert to stock(LS997/H910)

Possible overdose of root awesomeness!

Maybe more. Let us know!"

https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Phoenix591:
Grab a tmobile h918 then if you want to be sure, it has fm radio and can be rooted via lafsploit , perhaps it's just the kernel used in that dirty santa thread that broke fm radio, but I believe I saw people mention fm radio working for like the h910 in other room threads
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] nassyr:
hi

I bought LG v20 claro H910PR, I want to root it, i look for that but i didn't find how to do that, some speaking about rooting H910 and they say it won't work with my H910PR
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] wyldnewbie:
Hi, all.

Well, I recieved my H918, used Lafsploit (thank you, Brian... you're pretty awesome........) , and got TWRP on it.. but here's the thing, I am currently running on Super V20, V2.1, (with MK2000, although it reports kernel 3.18.31) and I have tried repetitivelyto install any of the mods, Weta or Zachary or anything really. All attempts end with a non booting phone, either alternating from the "lock your bootloader" warning screen and the LG logo screen, or just frozen on the LG screen.

I have tried Maximum overdrive with the same result, and am scratching my head.... I *don't think* I'm doing anything wrong, but I'd love somebody to prove I'm stupidly skipping some important aspect.

So far the only ROMs I've been able to make boot are the aforementioned super V20, V2.1, and Debloathed H91810s-v2. I have managed to confirm that magisk 16.0 installed, but it's self test button kept returning an "Invalid response" error.

I have been flipping through the V20 pages for a while now, and haven't seen anybody else's queries describing similar situations....

Can anybody point me in the right direction to solving this?

Please.....?

And thank you.

Kevin

PostScript: I forgot to mention one other deficit the phone is presenting: in TWRP, I have tried multiple time to create a backup. The backup usually failed, but twice it was able to complete: once in SuperV20, and once in the Debloated ROM. Caveat: I was unable to restore either of the backups I created... (Thought it was worth mentioning.)

I just got through almost 4 years with an LG G3, and I love lots about the V20, but my G3 never gave me any grief through rooting etç. I really want this phone to behave properly for me.

EDIT:I think the common thread here might be TWRP, at least, my copy of it. I was initially suspi pious of a bad magisk install or copy, but I found topjohnwu's xda post where he explains the "invalid response" problem. Could also be hardware, which concerned me at first, but I'm not so inclined to think that anymore.

I'm going to flash the latest version of twrp (does anybody have info on any versions I should avoid?) and see if that helps me make a working back up.

I'll report my findings in a bit.... Actually I think I'll do a little bit of a deeper search and see if there's any warnings first... Sometimes working on this phone feels like working on a grenade! But it's a really nice useful grenade....
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] ViolHellifornia:
VS9951CA on may 1st update looking for someine to kindly put together a root .zip f9lder for me ? I tired dirty Santa but no luck probably because the system update from may 1st?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Phoenix591:
Need to use use LG up and downgrade to the dec 2016 security patch.. check out the vs995 thread pretty sure it's that version 13a you'll need to roll back to, the thread has a video guide on how to do that, and dirty Santa.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Always Complaining:
Hi all,

I have problem on my Lg v20 h918, when I split 8ball pool (or any other game) and i.e. open facebook, (or any other app) 8ball pool freezes (or Pause) and it just stucks at that one frame, unfreezes (resume) when I click on it.

And I used dual games(8ball pool) on my lg G4 and Samsung galaxy s5 with marshmallow its work fine .
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] ejdavis72:
Hello, I am looking at a Sprint LS997 on craigslist for really cheap but I am on T-mobile.. I was wondering if the Sprint version can be flashed over to a T-Mobile? I have ran the search but got no results back.. Any info would be great. Thank you.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
If you flash the 918 firmware on any of the other variants you'll have a permanent brick
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] ejdavis72:
Well isn't that wonderful. Thank you.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] s_nieto:
Can I download my LG v20 (sprint) from oreo back to nougat so I can root it? Or is there some other method to root it if it is on oreo please help
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
You can't downgrade far enough to root the 997
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
You are correct. I do hope that fact changes oneday though.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] faizanfarooq315:
have Lg v20 H918 (T-mobile)

Originally it was on naugat.

I unlocked bootloader. I used lafsploit for twrp. Succeeded.

Then i installed custom oreo rom and magisk for root. Succeeded.

As i knew that second screen won't work so its not working.

Now the main thing is that i want to go back again to naugat. I have kdz file too. To flash kdz it is necessary to be in download mode.

MY PHONE IS NOT GOING INTO DOWNLOAD MODE.

Whenever i restart my phone it gives a screen with a cationary message that your bootloader is unlocked and phone can't be checked for security..

Now when i try to go into download mode ( turn off phone then insert data cable while holding volume down ) it just gives a blink of download mode then again that cautionary message screen appears that your phone can't be checked for security, please lock your bootloader.

Any help how can i boot into download mode????
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
If you used the laf exploit to root then go to laf thread and find the zip which restores your laf partition giving you back download mode
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] faizanfarooq315:
Didn't root using lafsploit.

Just installed twrp using lafsploit.

And then installed custom rom lineageOS. Oreo.

That cautionary message screen is due to unlocked bootloader.

As it says " your phone's software can't be checked for corruption, lock the bootloader"

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Didn't root using lafsploit.

Just installed twrp using lafsploit.

And then installed custom rom lineageOS. Oreo.

That cautionary message screen is due to unlocked bootloader.

As it says " your phone's software can't be checked for corruption, lock the bootloader"
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
Again you used laf exploit so do as I told you
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] faizanfarooq315:
Sir i got it.

My purpose is to only go back to stock nougat. Can it be done using some zip in twrp?? And not restoring laf
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
I would think so if you can find one for your variant
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] d0p35m0k3r:
VS995 stuck in bootloop. Every time it boots up it goes to fastboot and I don't know how to get out of it. I can still access TWRP but wipes are re-flashing aren't helping. Thoughts?

Edit: After some research I found an un-brick tutorial... Is there anything I could try before reverting back to stock?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Gr4s5:
hello, can i add language (slovak/czech) to H910 (US distribution), or flash rom (no custom) with language in it?

i try more locale, but it translate only few things and after restart phone is back in english

sorry for weak english :)
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Fat Rat Bastard:
adb doesn't see device

I've got an H918 running 10j, LG Mobile Drivers installed (v4.2.0.0), Developer's options enabled, and USB debugging enabled. Am using Windows 8.1.

When I plug in my phone, the PC sees it as either a PMP or camera, depending on the USB option I choose on the phone. However, adb doesn't see any devices when I tell it to list devices. Also, there isn't any popup on the V20 asking me to authorize my PC. I've tried revoking debugging authorizations, rebooting PC and phone, and it hasn't made any difference.

Anyone have any suggestions as to what could be causing my phone not to be recognized by adb?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
Have you tried a different USB port or a different USB cord?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Fat Rat Bastard:
adb still not seeing my phone

Yes, I tried both another cable and both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. However, as the PC sees the phone as either a PMP or camera (depending on mode setting on the phone), doesn't that mean that the data lines are working?

What driver versions are you guys using?

What about the version of adb people are using?

Maybe I'll see about trying a Linux box next.

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So, I think it may have been my firewall, ZoneAlarm Pro. that was frakking me, but not in a pleasant way. I downloaded a fresh version of adb with an update of the Android SDK, and it worked fine. ZAP popped up to ask for permissions for adb, I granted them, and then all was good. It's been so long that I forgot that ZAP moderated adb. However, it sure as hell didn't ask about the binary I was using in my working directory, c:\tmp\v20, else I would have granted it.

Fraaaaaaaak! What a waste of time!

Thanks for those who took the time to wonder what stupidity I could be committing.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Blutdroid:
I have a perhaps not so quick question:

My old phone died and I just bought a T mobile LG V20 (H918) that I am waiting to arrive that I plan to root. However, reading through the numerous instructions and developments after the new firmware updates, I could use a little assistance knowing which steps to follow first.

Do I downgrade the phone to an older firmware first, or do I have to unlock the bootloader (if that is even possible)? And where can I find a working link to the stock firmware? Would this forum link be the correct one, or is that something different entirely?

Apologies for the dumb questions, but I rooted my old LG G3 ages ago, so I'm quite rusty.

*Edit - would this guide be the most current one to follow, or is there another way without a USB boot drive to run linux?

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/step-step-guide-lg-v20-h918-unlocking-t3808258
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
That guide is probably the best one to use also check the laf exploit thread for additional instructions and links to files
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Blutdroid:
Thanks for the quick reply. I was getting concerned because I had also read that the newer firmware was designed not to be rolled back past a certain point.

As for the laf exploit, just to be certain: when it says up to H91810u, does that include if the new phone happens to already be on H91810u? The last thing I want to do is brick my new phone the moment it arrives.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
More than likely your phone will arrive already updated with arb1 so you can't roll back to anything earlier than 10p. As far as 10u I believe that is correct
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Blutdroid:
Thank you very much, I think I have a grasp on this, I just might have to pick up an extra pen drive by the looks of things.

Another quick question, but if I were to get the unlocked LG V20 (US996 UCL), would it be less risky to root?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Phoenix591:
The UCL means that is NOT the unlocked variant, but rather the US Cellular variant that shares the US996 model along with the BPT bright point variant. The US996 USA is the factory unlocked variant and the only one that LG officially allows unlocking the bootloader on (basically almost guaranteed ability to be able to unlock bootloader and root/rom). The problem is it's a toss up if you'll actually receive a US996 USA or one of the two other US996 variants that LG won't unlock.

The UCL and BPT US996 variants are rootable too, but it's just as much of a hassle as the H918, which involves (like the other V20 models besides the H918 and LS997) rolling back to the December 2016 security patch and using the dirty Santa exploit.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Blutdroid:
Thank you for the in-depth response. The seller's listing was a bit confusing about the details, and I ended up getting the T-Mobile variant just so that I could be sure it would work (Plus it had a 30 day guarantee as a precautionary measure).

I'm probably going to see how much I like it "as is" before I decide to do any modification. I know that a lot of the non-root quality of life types of applications have improved greatly over the years since I started rooting, so it might be time for me to get used to that side of Android as well for future phones down the line since I never foresee myself switching to Apple.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Fat Rat Bastard:
I just bought a refurb'd H918 v20, and it came with 10j. Hopefully the OP will be as lucky as I was.

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I had a similar experience, and like you decided on getting an H918 to insure I'd be able to officially unlock the bootloader. Additionally, if you plan on using vendor ROMs, the unlocked US996 has only received one update since release, and T-Mobile is still releasing updates for its version, so the H918 is more usable in that respect. My goal is to run LineageOS, and not a rooted vendor ROM, but if LineageOS ends up sucking I know I can fall back to a supported ROM that should always be rootable.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] neodenjin:
NOOB that needs your help

:highfive:

I just got a LG V20 H910 AT&T + GSM UNLOCKED from ebay and I need your help decided which rom to flash.

I don't have AT&T and live in Canada so I can't get regular updates.

In the short term I want the fastest most debloated stable version of oreo possible and in the long term I want a debloated phone with a custom rom.

For today I was thinking of rooting my phone and installing H910 Oreo 20g, but I have a few questions

1. Do I even need to root the phone if I am going to use Oreo? Can I just use patched LG UP and flash the rom?

2. Should I install H910 Oreo 20g or is there a different less bloated version of Oreo that I should use?

3. Do you recommend that I go in a different direction? Flash a custom rom and custom kernal?

Thank you for your help
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Fat Rat Bastard:
Is fastboot boot disabled?

Hello. I've got an H918 and I'm trying to boot into TWRP by loading it into RAM and booting it via:

fastboot boot twrp.img

However instead of booting I get:

booting FAILED (remote: unknown command)

So, did LG disable fastboot boot?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
If you have a h918 t-mobile limited fastboot commands
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Fat Rat Bastard:
Yes, I have an H918. Sorry I left that important bit out, I was running late. Thanks for the lightning-quick answer.

So, why the fИск did T-Mobile do that? Makes absolutely no sense that they provided a phone with an unlockable bootloader, but limited the boot options. But, hey, it's better than what AT&T did.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
No idea
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] neodenjin:
Would love to get an answer on my questions below.

Thanks!
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Redline:
Go with an AOSP ROM like LineageOS or ResurrectionRemix. We get near weekly updates, and never more than monthly. I've even recently built a second screen capable custom Gamma kernel if you want those functions on those ROMs too, making the device (somehow) even more snappjer. On stock, you're likely to very rarely, if ever at all, get anymore updates. It's like buying a Pixel once you go AOSP, I promise you that, it becomes a whole other beast of a phone.

I've been using LineageOS as my daily driver for nearly 2 months now and I've never had a single problem with it.

Follow the root process for your phone, install TWRP and follow the directions in the LineageOS 15.1 thread in the ROMs section. Feel free to ask in there for help.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Zeuszoos:
Hi,

LG (H910-10C) V20, Nougat 7.0

I am NOT Rooted yet, but hopefully will be soon.

Question: I cannot seem to copy files over to my 64 GB exFAT Ext SD Card. I can read/copy from it fine and Install Apk's that are on it fine as well.

Is Writing to it only accomplished with Root?

Whether "Yes" or "No", how is it done, please?

Thank You,

Dave
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] jago25_98:
I've just switched from a Pixel1 to the LG-990N in a rage because I couldn't replace the battery.

I don't like the overly complicated stuff everywhere. The question is - how do I simplify everything?

I have the OEM unlock option available (great!) so I can just hit that, unlock with fastboot, put TWRP on and then flash something like Lineage. I prefer Lineage but it's v14 only which means no Oreo. I'm not sure how well supported the various rooms are?

Perhaps there's a better way?

If I root (magisk) instead I could then deodex. It looks like a lot of work though? And... I'm not sure it's a very clean way of doing things. I worry a banking app will notice and block me.

One more thing - the screen is massive. I can't use it one handed. I tried a thumb ring but it doesn't help much. I tend to rest the phone on my little finger instead. Is there a way to use the phone single handed?

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I read a lot of support is still lacking. Which thread and post has more current news on this?

Very glad to hear AOSP is possible. Will definitely switch if confirmed no bugs :)
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Redline:
Uh. There's an unofficial LineageOS 15.1 thread for Android 8.1 in the ROM section. It's rock solid and stable, and you've got some kernels to choose from as well (I maintain the second screen Gamma kernel). I've never had a ROM related crash or anything.

You SHOULD be able to use the regular H990 unofficial version and have it work with your variant, but I'm not 100% sure. I'd do a TWRP backup first and give it a go. There's REALLY no point to stay on the official 14.1 builds when 15.1 is so, so much better. Plus there's (basic) second screen support with Lineage second screen or RessurectionRemix (which is based off the Lineage source) if you want something more up to date. 16.1/Android 9 is being worked on too.

To answer your question, you don't simplify things on stock. Stock is pretty bad on 7.0, wouldn't imagine it's much better on 8.0 (they couldn't even give us 8.1 lmao). AOSP/LineageOS/RessurectionRemix is the way to go. If that's the case, you'll want to follow the instructions in whichever ROM you choose's thread, should be easy enough since you have an official bootloader unlock.

Magisk works well for root and MagiskHide which is built into the app let's you hide root from apps, so it works well as least for me personally.

As for the size, it is a big phone. I can't really help answer that, I've got pretty big hands myself so it's not too hard for me to use, but I wouldn't go any bigger. You might be able to dig around XDA or google and find something that helps you out there.

Lastly, as for support, it's only lacking if you're on stock. There's only a couple major bugs I'm aware of and they're listed in the first posts of the LineageOS 15.1 and RessurectionRemix threads, most notably is VoLTE but you can probably get by without it, I've never used it tbh. FM Radio also doesn't work, but that's because of LGs proprietary stuff.

Feel free to ask for help in the thread of the ROM you decide to go with, take your time and find what suits you :)
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] jago25_98:
Thanks. I'm definitely motivated to try Lineage again now. I read somewhere that the 990n (dual sim Hong Kong) works but at the time had a bug with the sim menu. I can't find that thread now. Still, I don't use dual sim much at the moment anyway.

If I want to do a nandroid backup with TWRP though I have to flash that boot image and there's risk in that already. I won't then have a backup of the original boot recovery partition.

hmm.

($ fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-1-h990.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.590s]

booting...

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.609s)

oh. Although there is a menu item allowing me to OEM unlock it doesn't actually OEM unlock when in fastboot!

$ fastboot getvar unlocked
unlocked: no
finished. total time: 0.020s
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] jago25_98:
I guess the menu item in settings is a bug?

[IMG="unlock bootloader selected"]http://i.imgur.com/oOqqu1x.jpg[/IMG]

I could OTA update and that might fix it.... Or I could end up with a bigger problem, needing to downgrade flash... More risk.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
Hello, does anyone know of a way to stop certain apps from showing in the play store update list. I want to keep it on auto update but don't want to update every app. I'm on rooted V20(H918) running latest Alpha rom with magisk. Thanks in advance.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
Only way I know of is to freeze or uninstall them to keep them off the playstore update list
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
I was afraid of that because the two Apps that I'm talking about is youtube and, go launcher. They don't seem to work right when frozen. I am using Vance youtube.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
Might want to try using an alternative app store
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] scorpio76r:
Thanks, I will look into that.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Xyrian:
Hi guys,

My stock H910 apparently bricked itself after a reboot. Right now everything that happens if I try to start it is about 4 seconds of the android logo followed by a black screen, and that repeats itself endlessly. Since I bought it from a ebay seller and would have to send it to china to get it replaced, I am looking into reflashing it to try and solve the issue myself. My problem is that I cant seem to get it to boot the download mode because it just shows "Download Mode" for a couple seconds and then reboots itself into the forementioned loop. I tried a Hard Reset, where I could enter the prompt where I got asked to confirm twice, but that just resulted in the same behavior.

Is there a possibility that my issues are software related and can be fixed by myself, or is my only possible solution to get it replaced?

Greetings
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Redline:
Go onto the play store page for the app, click the little options dots and turn off auto update for that app. Repeat for any apps you don't want that to happen for.

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Well if they're frozen then they won't work? Freezing them is essentially disabling them.

For YouTube Vanced you'll want to use an app like root uninstaller to uninstall the regular YouTube and then install Vanced.