yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dimm0k:
anyone still active here? wondering if anyone flashed Magisk 11.6 and higher instead of flashing SuperSU mentioned in the instructions? I tried last night after getting past the TWRP part of the guide and instead of flashing SuperSU I flashed Magisk 11.6, which ended up giving me frozen LG logo boot screen. still had access to TWRP and restoring my backup didn't do anything, but keep me at the LG logo boot screen. at this point LGUP wouldn't let me upload a KDZ anymore so I flashed a stock 10f ROM found here only to give me bootloops. ultimately I was able to get back to a usable device using LG Bridge, but that was a pain and nightmare to go through... any suggestions?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] quanghpth:
help me

after i reboot into TWRP i can't find any zip or img inside my internal storage to flash. i know it's still there but how to show ? help me please !
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ng1012:
NO signal at all

I am using US996. After I have followed all of the steps, there was no signal , no connection at all. How to enable the signal? When I dial *#*#4636#*#* , and then phone information, it shows This application does not work on this device

Please help!!

:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ng1012:
Anyone help please ?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ng1012:
Can anyone help me please??
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Beall619:
So i am an idiot

I flashed the stock image to the boot, realized that was wrong and flashed it to the system image. I rebooted and am now stuck on frozen lg logo. Im sure i can still access twrp but i will leave it here for now until i can get a reply on what to do next

edit: i realize what i did, i know how to fix it
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] JerichoAbles:
stuck on the "applypatch" part, it keeps giving me the usage/help dialogue. Help?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Can anyone else confirm this has worked for them on the H915? Also will the weta rom work once the process has completed without the static at boot?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Talabis:
Couldn't get it to work on my V20. Here's some info on my phone:

-LG V20 (LG-H915)

-Build number: NRD90M

-Software Version: H91510a

-Android: 7.0

Following the guide, I get stuck on the 'applypatch' command line. Simply nothing happens for me. All that occurs is I am displayed with details about 'applypatch' (i.e. options, syntax, etc...). The 'applypatch' portion of the guide does not work for me. Fortunately, up to this point, no changes were made on my phone so it is still in perfect working order.

Curious if anyone else using the same variant (purchased from Bell Canada) was successful with this guide or, if someone might be able to help out.

Also, I may just wait until a more sound method of unlocking/rooting is found for my variant. I have to say, the stock ROM isn't THAT bad in terms of stock ROMs. It already has some of the options I liked from custom ROMs (such as resurrection remix). So far, the phone is pretty good. Better than I expected. However, I'm a tech guy and like playing with my toys.

Thanks all!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CaptShaft:
Some critical questions before we get started...

My US996 V20 is on the way and I'm prepping to do this for the first time. I've been flashing ROM's for a while, unlocking phones, downgrading, etc., to get CM or LineageOS on there, and been doing this for years, so this isn't my first time around the block with this.

A few questions, for FijNNY and others:

Does this DirtySanta exploit still work on the latest OEM V20 OS? (This guide is a few months old, after all.)

If not, is it possible / required to downgrade a later V20 firmware to an earlier version using Uppercut?

Can we use the latest TWRP recovery, rather than the twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img ? Is there some reason we need that older recovery for this process? (I could rename the newer version to the old name to make the scripting work.)

Do we have to use Tilde88's US996 100% Stock deODEXEd Rom ZIP file at the end? Could we instead install the ROM of our choice at that stage?

Do we have to flash no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip ? Or can we lave that out?

" - Static on boot for a few seconds then need to cover second screen sensor (fixable with some kernel) process could soft/hard brick" <-- This is slightly unclear. What does this last part mean? We need another kernel to not make it lock up?

Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
I'm getting a new US996 as well. Since this procedure has a ton of instructions, I would like to clarify that, in your general instructions for a US996 user, and NOT a Sprint user (I am a Verizon user) that I would do this:

General Overview for official US996 owners:

- Backup

( Phone will be brand new, so nothing to back up here.)

- Me2141's Dirtysanta unlock/rooting

○ At Step 3 ,TWRP backup everything except data to microsd , then Format DATA

(then continue on through all 27 lettered and sub-numeraled steps if the Me2141's Dirtysanta unlock/rooting procedure)

- Rooted and unlocked US996

(I am done, rooted, and the bootloader is unlocked. )

At which point my US996 V20 will be running Tilde88's US996 100% Stock deODEXEd Rom.

Thanks for your very detailed instructions. They allowed me to ask the above once, instead of having to post a ton of questions over and over. :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
[MENTION=7983925]FijNNY[/MENTION] - Could we get an MD5 for the download package?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zoandroid:
[MENTION=7983925]FijNNY[/MENTION]

Could you give me a yay or nay on my post #83? I have a US996 coming Monday and I don't wanna mess it up. Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] haseeb.khld:
I have us996 when i returned to stock no signal help
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CardboardBox93:
Just wanna confirm if it will work before I attempt to try this method, but I want to know if this will work for US99610h

Here's some info about my phone

Kernel version: 3.18.31

Build number: NRD90M

Software version: US99610h

This is a U.S. Cellular variant if that also helps. Any confirmation would be appreciated, I did so much digging around to find a clue if this method works for this specific software version and I've had no luck :/

Edit: run-as: Package 'con' unknown leads me to believe that this method is patched on my device because I have the April 1st 2017 Security Patch.

Bummer.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Black6spdZ:
Easy fix, download the us99610f kdz, flash with LGUP and try again.. it will work. I've done it a couple times on my USC 996 as well.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CardboardBox93:
Upgrading to us99610f worked, but everything started crashing, terminal emulator would not work, the Play Store couldn't even download and install any app.

I can't get the exact name of what exactly is crashing, it just flashes letterboxes every so often. I'm probably just going to wait.

Thanks for the help though
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Black6spdZ:
try first just going into recovery and clearing davik/cache folders.. if that doesn't work save your files from internal SD to PC and then do a fresh install of a custom rom such as weta or LOS
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] satukoro:
Out of curiosity (while I wait for my V20 to get delivered), why does step3.{bat|sh} flash boot1.img and twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img multiple times?

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
fastboot flash boot boot1.img
fastboot reboot

Rather than the following:

fastboot flash boot boot1.img
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img
fastboot reboot
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] sathara:
hello guys i have us996 locked boot-loader, can i unlock by this method ? anybody tired this on us996 locked.?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayits:
Hello, Somebody can help me please?

my phone (US996) stuck in Logo LG. But before I was in the red triangle because i try to back to stock and I thought that i flash the firmware US996k keeping root would work well, but not this just lock bootloader. But now the bootloader has been blocked and I can no longer enter recovery. What can i do?

Edit. The LGUP detect the phone but with unknow model. I put the dll in common and doesnt work. I dont know how to unbrick my phone

Edit 2: I think the OEM is blocked, because I tried the "fastboot oem lock" command and it says it was already blocked, then try to unlock it "fastboot oem unlock" and says: FAILED (remote: unknown command). I think it's because the box was unchecked in Settings> General> Development, but the problem is that I can not boot to activate it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkknight200:
can any canadian h915 make video to show step by step? I am new to this process.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] simondadiamond:
Any chance this would work to change the US996 us cellular version to a ''normal'' US996?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jahcure:
Hi ,Is this method still valid for the h915 i just got mine on the Rogers network with firmware h91510a

feb 1 2017 security patch

Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] metaleloi666:
Just wondering if anyone from Quebec with Videotron as provider succeeded in rooting their H915 and if everything works fine after?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] riohasmadi:
Problem dirtysanta not found

i have us996, and i have problem dirtysanta not found in the emulator android step,
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Plitskin5:
im confused, I have been trying to flash the L version of https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/us996unlocked-twrp-flashable-10f-t3544573. and I get bootloops where I cant get back into twrp, can I flash that in twrp after the the rom you suggest? or will I still get into a bootloop and have to lgup back to stock? us cellular 996 variant.

Edit: I could not get back to twrp the past two times I tried with magestik, I tried with the super su here and didn't bother checking if I could get to twrp.

Edit2: nvm that wont work with us cellular's 996
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ciqiroel:
stuck at Logo

Please Anyone, help me..

im stuck in logo when im sucessfuly step 3.bat,

try to acces TWRP, but still in logo..

please help..
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] XblackdemonX:
Anyone in here has de H915 modem backup partition from LGUP? Thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkknight200:
are u on freedom mobile? the 2nd post has modem that works for freedom mobile on us996. I have tried extracting modem from h915 kdz and it won't work on the converted h915->us996 phone as it will give green screen.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] XblackdemonX:
I am on Fido. I guess it should work.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkknight200:
sorry got confused with another thread. the modem link is this https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754467708
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] XblackdemonX:
I'll try that. thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheRoonDogg:
About 90% there

I know this thread has been quiet for awhile now but if anybody could assist with this it'd be great. Coming from 915 I'm doing the followup steps to enable the modem, however LGUP doesn't recognize the device. The model list says unknown, on COM3, H91510e... After moving the common folder into the directories model folder and running uppercut, the common folder is deleted, and replaced with an empty folder called AllInOne. I've searched through this rather packed thread and found nothing, so if anybody has any ideas, that'd be great, since a phone that can't make/receive calls is kinda crap XD
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jeff.p:
i just recently bought a refurb us996 and after following the root instructions here, when i turn the phone on i get the screen with the triangle 'your device is corrupt and will not boot', then it boots, but it takes the phone a little over two minutes to boot and stop loading the home screen. any tips?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jeff.p:
for anyone else with this question, i get much better performance with the rom here: https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/us996-nrd90m-modded-notsostock-rom-v5-1-t3526542

also, i know it's old news, but if you get the color static screen when you boot the phone (the very first time i rooted this phone i did not have that, so i know it is possible to not have it..) once the phone boots you can turn the screen off and then cover the proximity sensor until the screen goes completely dark, and then when you uncover the sensor the screen will work as it should.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vovk88:
I have a proplem on step: applypatch /system/bin/atd /storage/emulated/0/dirtysanta i have a mesage "could not open /system/bin/atd" us 996 secirity patch from 1 december 2016 b version of software US99610f. How can i fixed it and continues to unlock bootloader and rooted my device?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] EightBitLife:
im getting this now

1|elsa:/ $ run-as con

run-as: Package 'con' is unknown

254|elsa:/ $ chmod 0777 /storage/emulated/0/*

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Alarms' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Android' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/DCIM' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Download' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/LGBackup' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Movies' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Music' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Notifications' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Pictures' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Podcasts' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Quickset Setup' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/Ringtones' to 40777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/aboot.img' to 100777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/dirtysanta' to 100777: Operation not permitted

chmod: chmod '/storage/emulated/0/theme' to 40777: Operation not permitted
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Do you have one of the variants listed in the OP? This is dirty elf, so you may need to dirty santa in addition for either of these exploits to work you need to be able to downgrade to a version prior to Dec 2016
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
What's the latest version dirty Santa would work on us996 bright point? Most appears to be 10p. I got one on eBay with 10n. Would I need to roll it back further?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrabCakeLoco:
I just wanted to chime in and says this method still work, as of 3 September 2018. I bought a US996 on eBay last month. I tried unlocking the bootloader the official way via LG website. It did not work because my IMEI and Device ID did not match, which makes sense since my unit is refurbished so...

I tried DirtyElf. BTW, I am a complete noob, praying to gods and devils my device will not get bricked at the very minimum. And hurray, it worked! Thank you, FijNNY! Also, thank you to the person who posted a photo of the static screen and the person replying how to fix it. Good thing I read the thread a couple pages back for explanation of what the static screen is and the quick fix. Would have gotten a heart attack if I didn't expect this issue heading my way.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
Where's that photo with static and the fix?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] FijNNY:
Most newer rooms should include the static fix for the kernel. Mine went away after flashing the latest weta rom.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chatbox:
Currently running the LineageOS 15.1 20180821 build by X86CPU...but this particular ROM still has the static / corrupted / scrambled screen during bootup.

Really comes down to the kernel I guess.

(Converted from H915 to US996)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chatbox:
Just reporting back: The toolset (LGUP, patched-up LGUP, TWRP, Dirty Santa...etc) is all good. I'm able to go from H915 to US996, and back to H915. Yay.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrabCakeLoco:
On this page: https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/v20-h915us996-dirtyelf-bootloader-t3568013/page7

I'm using SuperV20. I don't have that issue anymore. Maybe try it instead?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] carlos1984:
So the process is reversable? I was under the assumption that once ypu convert to US version you cannot revert back. Would warranty still be ok. I want to root my h915. Also I have been holding back on intstalling the update sent out july 17 2018 because I am afraid I wpnt be able to root tgat version. Is it ok to update?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ckvp:
After doing these steps can we flash other roms? I'm currently waiting on my staticy screen.

How long should the static last? I'm going on an hour.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Phoenix591:
It can be avoided by covering the front facing camera during boot. As a better more permanent solution install a different kernel like mk2000. You can install any rom you want.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ckvp:
Something must have went incorrectly, mine whole screen and second screen are static with lines, doesn't go away after boot. Can't see anything on the screen. Anyone else have this?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
It's normal for ds boot up without a ds kernel. Hence him suggesting a different kernel like mk2000, or bttf in stock. For lineage only ds kernel that doesn't do that right now is the kennel with lineage DS build
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ckvp:
So should i flash US996Santa_v1.0-mk2000 to fix this? Or which kernel should I flash. My whole screen is static, not just the second screen.

[IMG="Phone screen"]https://i.imgur.com/atlRG3X.jpg[/IMG]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
Well that apears to be the Oreo version since it's 1.0. Nougat version is mk20001.5.6beta10 or bttf. Only way I know how to get to them is through the Oreo link then click on devs name and then navigate from there. To v20 etc. Once again this is assuming you are using stock or stock based rom. Honestly if you did ds I assume it's because it's a ucl(United cellular), bpt (brightpoint)or bgr(bluegrass, think there is one of these but may only be for lg g5) model which means you should probably just flash A_O 4.0 rom to get most up-to-date and open modem files. Super room would not work for me for some reason. I suppose you could flat magisk then disable verity then try super rom though. I'm on a bpt model.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] hamza.khan678:
I was about 90% through the process i just needed to flash the us99610f kdz but uppercut kept recognizing it as a h915 even after i copied over the common file to the c directory so i just flashed the h91510d kdz file. if anyone can help me that would be great.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dharakv:
Really in need of some help here....

So I bought a V20 from amazon, which was labelled as an US open market unlocked US996, but instead got an LS997 (Sprint) with US996 10p firmware flashed onto it.

The ARB is 0, so I guess I can flash the 10f software, but will that affect the cell service? I'm in Canada btw if that matters.

Thanks.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
Yeah you should be able to root it. As for if it matters, well it depends which cell service you use. Google model and frequency will normally give you the in info you seek. Here's a shortcut this time though!

https://www.frequencycheck.com/compatibility/NY2YhQW/lg-ls997-v20-td-lte/canada
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dharakv:
Can you still KDZ flash after BL unlocking through this method?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
Yeah that's literally what the directions are telling you to do. Honestly if you don't care about vendor apps just keep it as a us996. You can't go back to h915 through kdz. Might be a rom somewhere though.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dharakv:
Hey, sorry if I wasn't clear enough.. what I meant to say was, after the BL is fully unlocked, can I go about flashing different KDZ's from different service providers ? I'm in Canada and I'd like to flash the Canadian KDZ because 1. there's minimal bloat, and 2. cellular frequencies.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
There is hidden menu for frequencies to be enabled it's based on modem rather ROM for that I'm pretty sure. Only Canadian version I know of is h915. This is h915 thread. The answer is clearly stated in the op aka opening post for the question your asking if it's about said h915. Unless your phone is not h915... Then look at different thread.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jerryspring:
Does this work for US Cellular as well?

---------- Post added at 12:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:48 AM ----------

I have the us996 10n software. I think it is us Cellular as the boot animation does not show that it's an AT&t, Verizon or excetera
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dharakv:
I tried going through the SVC hidden menu and enabling other bands but it doesn't allow me to do so.... it just says "FAIL" for every band I tried.... so I'm guessing it has something to do with firmware.. ie. if you flash the Canadian kdz you get the Canadian bands...

I'm 100% sure the hardware isn't an H915, it's either a LS997 or a US996 (not quite sure exactly which one, because I got a converted device from the vendor).. But lets say hypothetically speaking, I wanted to flash the Korean KDZ in order to get korean frequency bands.... will BL unlock allow me to do so ? Or will this brick the phone?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
First it didn't allow me to enable bands that already have been enabled. As for the bands, No phone firmware is not the same as modem firmware. Qualcomm uses a special method to control what bands a device uses. It's technically possible to change bands with the right equipment. Good luck getting the equipment. Other brands like Motorola, OnePlus and Google just get modems that have most bands enabled but not lg. LG is in love with carriers so they do Thier evil bidding. LG also has a lot of proprietary bs in it. Since you are unsure what model I suggest you try to find out. I'm pretty sure the ls997 is almost worthless in Canada without international sim unlock. The easiest way to find out what model the phone is, is to pull the battery and look under it. Most of the time the model number is in top right sometimes I have to seen it in bottom right in eBay pictures. It will always be two letters and 3 numbers .
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dharakv:
Well it's sim unlocked and the firmware's US996 but the sticker says LS997.....Is it possible the vendor could have swapped the original motherboard for a US996 version while leaving the outer cover the same? Because I do have 4G LTE connectivity on Bell (GSM provider)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vortell:
The size is proportional to amount of internal storage used on the phone. Get one larger then what it's listed in settings and storage if you want all your apps and data backed up as well. You can also look at getting migrate app from play store. Getting this will allow you to back up apps and data before TWRP backup and completely separate from it. You could then get a smaller SD card and use a sperate storage device. Like a second smaller SD cards. You can also just buy a thumb drive and otg adapter it think drive with usb-c built-in. I use otg for all my backup needs now both micro and usb-c. I got a: $3; 3in1; usb-a; otg usb-c and micro USB with SD reader and USB 3.0 plugin. Good for backups and using keyboard and mouse for wifi direct to my tv. You can even use a spinning hard drive with this setup and I am close to starting to.