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[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
"March" security patch, but you got the update sometime April or so, right?

For example, US998 just got May security patch in update released in late June. Created on 05/24, released like 06/28: US99820b_03_0524.kdz

Count 90 days from release date in April. You should get another update by then. ;)

Still, it should be coming up soon. Looks like the last Canada KDZ (with March security update) was released like April 3. July 3 (next week) is 3 months.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
With Canada Day tomorrow and Independence Day on Wednesday. Don't expect anything this up coming week.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Iain_S:
the Canadian v30 has only seen the one update to Oreo and that included the march security updates, there has been nothing since. LG are crap when it comes to updates, Samsung looks great with my S9+ on May patch and June patch coming in 7 days.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
But that one update (in April) was to Oreo.

LG only promised 90-day updates once on OREO.

They had to promise that to get into the Google business program.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Iain_S:
well finally the Canadian V30 will be getting June security update on July 11th.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bnevets27:
Anyone flashed the 933 modem onto a Franken 998?

Side note, my stability after rooting has been terrible. Mind you I had installed a things like substratum and exposed but I have since disabled them. All I have now is magisk, titanium backup and adaway.

I get random reboots minium once a day and often it will freeze when making or picking up a call. I'm really happy to have root but it's caused or allowed me to cause the phone to have serious issues.

I'm thinking of maybe uninstalling magisk and using supersu.. Not sure if that would. Make a difference.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hello,

I have been using the Frankensteined 998 on the Canadian H933 for a bit now and, in general, I find it rock solid and have had NO REBOOTS or freezes or lags. it is smooth and responsive. I would say the problems you are having are related either to Titanium Backup or Adaway. No issues with Magisk on my end either.

Now as for the modem flashing, I have tried it several distinct ways and have not had luck, using either LGUP or ADB as per some of the instructions on the different threads. So, yeah I too would be very happy to hear from any fellow Canadian users who have successfully managend to flash the H933 Oreo Modem on top of their converted US 998 Oreo.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mad Medik:
I can second what [MENTION=2214862]gilnfld[/MENTION] said; I use my H933>H998 with magisk root as my primary device and have not had a single lock up or reboot since flashing several weeks ago.

The present setup has actually improved my service in a very specific way; my roaming now happens right away when I lose my home network. Previously, it would search for over a minute with no connection before roaming. As a Freedom Mobile customer, living near the fringe but with unlimited roaming, this is a big plus for me (but a rather unusual situation).
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mad Medik:
Duplicate
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ern88:
Just downloading a new update for my H933. Not sure what version it is yet. Still downloading. I'm pretty surprised though. Will update version when installed.

---------- Post added at 10:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:36 AM ----------

It's June security update. Now on H93320F

---------- Post added at 10:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:46 AM ----------

Did anyone catch the notes on the changes. I clicked through it by mistake. Thanks.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bnevets27:
Thanks guys, I should have known better. Disable everything when having troubles and then work back from there. I've disabled titanium backup and adaway and I think I haven't had any problems since. I'm going to wait a couple days to be sure. Didn't expect either of those to really be the cause but looks like they might be.

This is definitely the first device that after I got most/everything I wanted working that required root it started to have those issues. I hope I can find away to run all the root apps I was hoping to after getting root as that's kind of the point. Either way still so happy to have root.

As for being on 998 now. The major "issue" or difference I see is, if my memory is right, is that on 933 while in a call you were still on LTE. If you look now it will drop to 3G while in a call.

Which means we might have lost HD voice also which was actually really nice.

I also hate the 4G icon but that's just cosmetic.

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Hope you didn't want root, there is a good chance it got patched in that update.

EDIT: aparently it wasn't patched in that update, so I've learned.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Might be Adaway, as there are different versions for "regular" and hidden systemless root with Magisk. May also depend on which version of Magisk you are using. Magisk 16.6 borks a lot of stuff on our phones. Stable is 16.0.

We had worries about the June security patch, but so far US998 and others on June seem to be OK. Let's see how July goes...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mad Medik:
The LTE during your call refers to VoLTE. Not surprised you lost that (similar to my losing Vowifi). At present the Canadian networks are using their own variations to implement or authorize access to their VoLTE services. So even if your device is capable, and the network offers it, it may be restricted to specific models or to units with their firmware. I don't kmow if the canadian modem will be sufficient to get that back, or if it is based on something else. Maybe someone more texhnically knowledgable can chime in.

On Freedom Mobile, my HD is still working though based on the icon coming up.

To help you narrow down the possible source with Chazzmatt's thoughts, here are my version numbers:

Magisk 16.0

Adaway 3.2(60) (regular?)

TB pro 8.1.0

Firmware US99820a
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bnevets27:
Thanks both of you.

Actually I was still referring to being able to be on LTE for data while in a voice call.

Now if a call is active my data connection drops to 3G until the call is over.

Unless that's somehow the same thing.

But yeah I/we did loose VoLTE. Would really like to get that back. I never have VoWifi so not missing that personally.

I'll try the same versions/builds you posted, that will definitely speed up/help the process. Greatly appreciate that.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mad Medik:
Yes, the same thing. So if you are on LTE and try to place or receive a voice call without VoLTE, your device will drop the LTE connection and reconnect to the lower speed service for the duration of the call.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bnevets27:
Ah ok. Yeah that kind of sucks then. Be nice if we can get VoLTE back then.

Only difference I had was adaway 3.3 so I've downgraded to 3.2. We'll see how that gets on.

It was a bit weird though. I had it disabled in magisk and went to android apps settings to look at the version and my phone rebooted right then. I'm pretty sure it hadn't done that in a couple days. So I'm going to guess adaway 3.3 is likely the cause.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Way back when I followed the AdAway thread, a lot of people comained it never worked properly with magisk root. If 3.2 doesn't work for you, try going back further to AdAway 2.8. I still use 2.8 on my Nexus 6P but I use ChainFire's SuperSU and suHide for root.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Yeah the drop from LTE to 3G due to VoLTE restriction is a bummer for data usage during calls. But as for the 4G icon, you can change parameters in build prop to show the LTE icon instead of the 4Glte icon.

gs
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Please give more information on exactly what category to edit and what to enter? I hate the "4GLTE" icon.

Can you also edit the fake "4G" to be H or HSPA?

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hey,

Yeah, the two fields that can be edited are the following:

ro.build.target_county:

ro.build.target_operator:

There are several options you can play with here. From my experience if you leave the 'country' as US there will always be that ridiculous 4GLTE icon. Change country from US to CA (canada). Now as for the operator code, I have played with several options for the local telecoms here in canada. My current setup has ro.build.target_operator:TLS as in telus and this has a fixed LTE icon whenever you are on LTE and a 4G icon whenever phone is on either on 3G or HSPA+. Now, if you change TLS to either BMC or VMC for Bell /Virgin respectively you still get the LTE icon for LTE but the 4G icon for lower than LTE becomes H or H+. Now, I will say however that -- at least for me -- this has some strange effects on the default LG dialer specifically for codes -- for example I could not enter things like *#06# or *#*#4636#*#* it just does not respond. However if i use a different dialer like 'google phone' they do work.

cheers,

gs
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bnevets27:
Awesome gilnfld! Thanks for the info.

I was going to ask or suggest something for getting the 933 modem on the 988 but you clearly know a lot more then I so I have nothing to add.

I do worry about messing other stuff up just for the sake of changing the icon so I'm not sure if I'll go through with it but I'm glad it looks like we can restore the icons. Being on bell, that functionally sounds right to what it should do.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
You are more than welcome, dude. And by all means if you or anyone else here has some tips on how to flash the stock 933 Oreo Modem after the US998 conversion ' I AM ALL EARS''; i have followed the two suggested methods -- one using ADB Shell 'dd' command to flash the modem.bin extracted from the Canadian KDZ file. This booted the phone without ANY radio/modem and with lost IMEI. Perhaps it needs more than just the one modem file? I also tried flashing the modem using the full Canadian Oreo KDZ with LGUP ontop of the 998 20b Oreo by selecting ONLY the Modem Partition. that caused endless bootloop. So i am not certain what is the next move...

gs
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bnevets27:
All I was thinking was from my note 3 days was modems were flashable zips. Which I doubt would have any different outcome.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hey [MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION], got a quick question for you. Could i flash my Canadian H933 -- already converted to 998 with bootloader unlocked,TWRP, rooted etc -- back to the stock Canadian Oreo KDZ file using LGUP but without selecting the Boot and Recovery partitions? Will this allow me to run the stock Canadian software but remain on unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, or is this wishful thinking?

Cheers,

GS
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Your bootloader will remain unlocked even if you flash the boot partition. It's just you won't have fastboot flash commands anymore. Not flashing the recovery partition should leave you with TWRP and root ability, etc, yes.

But from your post below and the other one, will it be stable? Do you think your instability below was because you didn't flash enough of the firmware back? I'm just asking.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hey Chazz,

Thanks for the very quick reply. That's good to know that I can run the unlocked bootloader AND leave the TWRP recovery partition, on a full stock Canadian OS. I found the Canadian Oreo release was running excellent I only did the Frankenstein for unlocking boot-loader. As for the question of stability, I never had any issues like the the other fella, my only difficulty was consistency of LTE on specific bands here in the east coast of Canada.. The difficulties i was talking about before were with flashing only the Canadian Modem only ontop of the US998 OS as a way of alleviating my LTE inconsistency, BUT if i can flash the full Canadian OS while remain BL unlocked and Rooted then i don't need to worry about the Modem stuff.

gs
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
This is basically what some of the Verizon and Sprint guys are doing, flashing back all firmware except for recovery (to keep TWRP). But please understand I can't guarantee results as this is all experimental stuff.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cre4per:
If you can get it to work please let me know i have tried everything to get back to stock 933 with root from flashing different partitions in lgup to even trying DD nothing seemed to work for me also the only way I could get a stable network connection after flashing from us998 back to 933 was to use chip erase which wiped my IMEI and S/N i got my IMEI back using automid but no luck with S/N
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hey [MENTION=5015107]cre4per[/MENTION], thanks for the heads up.

I didn't get a chance to do this as i am busy these coming days with some work things. BUT, you know, what you are saying does not surprise me at all. In fact after my exchange with chazz earlier I remember thinking back on my difficulties flashing the H933 modem via LGUP into the 998, and it occurred to me that the same problems would happen if i try to flash the full Canadian KDZ file, minus the recovery partition, in order to leave TWRP intact. It's not going to work. When I tried a couple of weeks ago to flash ONLY the Modem Partition from the H933 KDZ using LGUP it still ended up wiping my twrp partiition and installed the default recovery.

This could be an LGUP compatibility issues perhaps? Could we take the contents from an extracted KDZ/DZ file and flash all of it ( except the recovery partition) using Faltboot commands instead?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cloud1250000:
I don't think it's necessary to flash it all back.

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/getting-h933-modem-to-converted-us998-t3824769

Also, I've been looking at the content both modem file.. and i'm pretty sure they both have all the band...

https://www.diffchecker.com/eV4MAeul

these are the references to the lte band i found while comparing the 2 files

lets try to check the content of modemst1 and modemst2, pretty sure the restriction can be found there and maybe we can just edit the content to enable/disable whatever we want.

Still looking into this. I'll keep you updated in my thread
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mad Medik:
Did you ever try this?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Man i have tried everything under the sun when it comes to my H933 and modems, recovery, boot, system. None of it works. I have given up on it, unless someone has some new feedback to share. Here is a quick summary of what I've done after converting it to a 998 and rooting using chaz guides etc.

1) First, I just wanted the modem from the H933 to be flashed over once I had converted it to a 998. I tried by first of all using LG UP and flashing ONLY the modem partition in DL option from the H933 Oreo KDZ and that didn't work. As i had indicated in another post, even though i explicitly selected/checked ONLY the modem partition, i could see that LG Up was flashing other things as well and NOT only modem. Either way this always resulted in bootloops even after several wipes. I then tried to do this be extracting from the H933 KDZ the modem file and flashing it using the 'dd' command. This seemed to work but on boot I had NO RADIO and NO IMEI, so flashing only the modem is not sufficient. I then tried going back to LG UP and flashing also the boot img from the H933 that also didnt work. I then did a full Canadian H933 flash with DL partitions on LG UP and flashed it back to 998 but did not select the MODEM partition. That also resulted in boot-loops.

2). Instead of just the modem file from H933 i tried flashing the entire KDZ file with DL minus the recovery and then minus the boot, with hopes of getting the full H933 system software but not the recovery and boot so i can root and use fastboot commands. I tried this in a variety of ways and always end up with boot-loops even after wipes.

3. ) I also tried to take the full 998 KDZ, extract it, remove modem file, repackage and flash and that also bootlooped.

So i am kind of at the end of the road here and have decided to remain content with the 998 conversion. The only hope I had was to see if westwood24 could make twrp flashable zip from the H933 Oreo KDZ but I have a feeling that this too wont work even after modifying the boot.img. What do you think [MENTION=3642089]westwood24[/MENTION] , would you be willing to give this a go? I am willing to help in whatever capacity I am capable to.

cheers,

gs
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mad Medik:
Okay folks, I'm looking for some clarification. [MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION] created a thread in May with a stock H933 KDZ.

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/h933-lg-v30-canada-h933-t3795908

If I want to return to stock, is it as simple as flashing this with LGUP? (Or the patched version, or with uppercut? Sorry, I'm still a little fuzzy on the LG tools).

Assuming I applied the entire image, would I be right that it would put me back to stock Oreo, stock recovery, no abd or fastboot commands, no root... but ... Would allow for carrier OTA updates again?

I'm really torn between staying with the unlocked, rooted device with commands, versus returning to stock but getting VoLTE amd VoWIFI.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
You would have to re-lock the bootloader and then use the patched LGUP to go back to the H933 and have the phone able to receive and install stock OTA's. If you are on Telus, the WiFi Calling, VoLTE, and HD Voice all add to what makes the V30 great.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
He could also install updated KDZ, instead of OTA. He also wouldn't have to relock his bootloader.

He's he's asking because a certain Canadian carrier is promising certain features, and he wants to know if he just installs updated KDZ with their SIM card will he get those features. Or do they have some specific firmware, and my understanding is they do not -- that all Canadian carriers use the same KDZ.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Yeah, but he mentioned OTA's. They would have to install every OTA manually that way, which is fine for some but others find a bit of a pain. To take an OTA, they would have to re-lock the bootloader. Canadian carriers are starting to get as bad as AT&T down south. :P
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Or just install latest KDZ.

Full image KDZ is preferable to partial image OTA anytime.

Canadian carrier KDZ is up to 20f now:

H93320f_00_OPEN_CA_OP_0612.kdz

https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-h933-firmwares/firmwares/

Also see this LG Canada page, which lists the same firmware.

https://www.mylgphones.com/latest-firmware-for-lg-cell-phones-released-in-canada

LGH933	TLS	TELUS	QCT	GSM	2018-07-17

LGH933	RGS	ROGERS	QCT	GSM	2018-07-17

LGH933	BLM	BELL MOBILITY	QCT	GSM	2018-07-16

LGH933	AVC	VIDEOTRON	QCT	GSM	2018-07-16

All the 20f have the June 2018 security update, so they are still safe to install for bootloader unlock and root. The exploit block finally showed up on July 2018 security update (even though it was touted for June). When a newer Canada KDZ appears (and one should be coming soon), you will have to temporarily downgrade back to 20f or earlier to bootloader unlock and root. THEN, you can update back to newest firmware.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Yeah, which LG isn't exactly quick at releasing new updates either, so it wouldn't be as big of an annoyance. Without root through, that unlocked bootloader will lock them out of certain apps because there won't be anything to trick SafetyNet into passing. Netflix, some banking apps, Google Pay, and others apps they might want to use could be affected by not locking the bootloader if they don't plan staying rooted.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes, unlocked bootloader would need Magisk root for Safetynet. But even Magisk 16.0 (released February 2018) works well for all that, even though Magisk is now up to 17.1. I still recommend 16.0 in my WTF instructions. This is now September, 7 months later. There's not a lot of constant updating to trick Safetynet, which you stated in some other thread. Yes, it will happen at some point in the future, but right now it's been 7 months of same Magisk working.

I know you are against bootloader unlock and root, but if people want that we are here to supply the answers.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
What makes you think I am against bootloader unlock and root? I have rooted many devices before and my 6P is still rooted. I just don't think rooting is necessary for everyone. If someone asks about going back to stock. It seems mostly pointless to keep the bootloader unlocked if you aren't rooting. If they had mentioned they wanted to remain rooted, then I would have responded differently. I think people need to have all of the information to help them best make the decision best for them. I personally don't care one way or another what someone else does with their device.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I think that because of out of line comments you made

IN the WTF bootloader unlock thread where you urged me to not recommend bootloader unlock and rooting.

I will always urge that, for people who are able to handle it -- as I believe in actually owning your phone, being admin of your phone.

You also claimed

I was giving out misinformation

, which actually made you a liar in that instance.

I told you if you made any further comments like that in that thread -- not just false accusations but any other argumentative statements contrary to the stated purpose of that thread (which is specifically dedicated to bootloader unlock and rooting) --

I would report you to the mods.

I had to even

divert you to the Frankenstein thread

to continue the discussion because you were VERY off topic in that thread.

If you purposely go into a bootloader unlock and root thread like that to argue against bootloader unlock and root, and you make false statements while doing so, then at least for the V30 the evidence shows you are against bootloader unlock and root. I don't know why, but that's what the evidence shows.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
I don't urge anything! I am just not bias, one way or another. If I think someone doesn't need to root based on what they mention in their post. Then why try to sway them into doing something they won't or don't want the benefits of? I think you might be too pro root to actually grasp the concept that not everyone might need or want it. Stock, with no TWRP, no root, and mentioning OTA's really doesn't need to have the bootloader unlocked.

The purpose of the thread is one thing, but being completely bias to your opinion instead of answering someone's query without pushing them one way or another is something different. You are free to report me to any mod you wish! If someone wants to root, that's great! If not, that's great too! If they need help either way and I can help. I am more than happy to. Before someone decides one way or another, they should have all of the facts, not just what you choose to share. Without root, an unlocked bootloader can break some apps that may or may not be important to that person.

Trying to attack me for giving my honest opinion only makes you look bad! You or anyone else doesn't have to agree with or follow any or all of what I post.