yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]

But since it's released, and when (if) roms start coming out , I'm sure 8.0, or preferably 8.1 cause it squashes some really annoying bugs on 8.0, will be released and probably faster than LG and their slower than **** updates.

---------- Post added at 10:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:09 PM ----------

Oh and the file is encrypted that he posted and requires a PW

Edit: oops I just saw you were talking about the v20.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] igotroot:
Everyone get your beer/coffee $$$ ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Septembersrain:
Can we like, do a crowdfundme to get you a V30? [emoji23]

Oh I'm so sorry. I doubt I see root before I replace my V30+.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] rdeets:
Well, the reason I ask is because if this method somehow allows Lineage H932, I might just hold onto it and return/sale my Frankenstein LS/US998, as I think it might have the early screen banding issue.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Understood. Again, if we get root (and I trust runningnak3d more than anybody on here) I don't see why you shouldn't be able to use any custom ROM that is compatible with your firmware (Nougat vs Oreo 8.0 vs 8.1 etc).

And yes, I can imagine some of those low priced V30s being sold on eBay may have undisclosed issues.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
I forgot today is a holiday. Not sure if I am going to feel like driving down to work. I would just download the KDZ and do it again, but making the partitions file is not just a walk in the park. Also, the H932 that I have is it work, and I definitely would want to test the image .. would suck for you guys to be stuck with a brick till I could figure out what was wrong :)

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] el.quechon:
Take the day off sir
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Thanks dude. I will say that anyone that wants to do this need to download FWUL and burn it to a USB stick. That is how we are going to wipe tz. Make sure you have network access since you will need to clone a repo.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] el.quechon:
I gotta wait to see if it work on oreo my impatient **s decided to upgrade
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] kr1shna:
I have the exact same problem. I upgraded. Thank you Brian for everything. Lot of respect for you.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] heero01:
So how are we supposed to do this and with what file ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
The detailed steps and the file have not yet been posted. I have zero doubt that runningnak3d will post them as soon as they are ready, and he finds them safe for users of varying skills. And no sooner.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Just a heads up guys. I haven't been around because a family member had an accident. I just don't have time right now to do anything, and my head is not really in it. I figured I would at least pop in and let you guys know I hadn't just up and left.

I am not sure when I will be back. I apologise, it is about 75% done. Just need to make it safe, but I don't even have my laptop with me.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
Don't stress out for us. You're human and we all appreciate everything you've already done. Take your time and be with your family. We don't mind, sir. The community understands.

Godspeed.

With love and positive vibes,

-The XDA V30 community.

Er-hm, I mean.... How long until it's done? LOL JK.

We're not going anywhere. I hope you and your family get through the current hardships.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
^

As [MENTION=6287517]brossovitch[/MENTION] said.

(That was perfect [emoji1] )
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] el.quechon:
Yea it was ^ +1
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] zrzhu:
Yeah. Family first.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Is your family okay? If you need anything, let us know. I'm sure I'm not the only one who will pitch in to help however I can. I was there a few months ago when my 5-year old (then 4) was in the hospital for a month..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Opsectx:
Thoughts and prayers go out to your family Brian.

~goodspeed~
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Apolyonic.Demise:
Family is the most important thing on this Earth. Take care of them the best you can. Everything else comes second. I hope you and your family are strengthened through the hardship.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] inuyasha1999:
Take your time, Brian. Family comes first. Hope everything turns out ok.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cato1986:
Any one heard any updates?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Brian will update when he's good and ready. :)

Be patient. Real life is much more important than anything on XDA.

Brian will send us goodness when he has time and his priorities are in order.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cato1986:
That is not what I meant. But thanks.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gamesoul Master:
I don't think he's said much to anybody about how things are going on his end, personal or otherwise. And certainly nobody else has done anything significant on this front.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cato1986:
I suppose no news is good news. Was just curious since the thread has been unusually quiet. Meanwhile anyone noticing any quirks or issues with the Android update? My phone seems to stop listening when using voice to text. I can say one sentence in a text message and then it stops altogether.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] said that if you upgraded to Oreo, he doesn't think it will work but we never know. Still on nougat here.

Hoping him and his family is okay I think is mostly what all of us are worried about.

[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] I and a lot of others here are up for donating money your way if it would help
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] rdeets:
He seems to be more active on XDA over the past week, so hopefully that's a good sign as far as his personal situation is concerned.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
I saw in the laf thread that [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] said he was sticking to his guns about not releasing anything until the V20 gets Oreo, so it'll be interesting to see where that leaves us. I've been treating the daily "tap to learn more and download" system update as Java updates.. (not today, Java. Not today.....) :D
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Opsectx:
Last update I know of he was releasing the method for v30 because the cat is out of the bag. He wasn't going to hold out for Oreo on the v20. This something new he recently said???

I'm content waiting and giving him the time he needs for family. If he drops the method cool if not still cool. My v30's can stay in the box and be put on letgo.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
From the LAF thread:

Of course, that coooould just be related to v20 stuff. We can only hope, though ;)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Septembersrain:
Well by December, if no root, this device will likely be traded in.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Eh, whatever will be will be. I'm not one to rush a Dev. He'll provide his method eventually. Until then, this is still a solid device.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Yeah, saw Brian's post in the LAFsploit thread, great to hear that things seem to be settling for him after the accident.

Like others, I am in no rush to root my V30. It'll be great to know that I can when the day comes I feel like busting my 2-year warranty.

But it would be great to know if we can update to Oreo without losing the exploit. Of course for now we have to assume we can't. I'm on Red Pocket AT&T, so I don't get bugged by OTA notifications (and if I did, I'd disable them).
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] heero01:
That's kind of lame tmobile v30 got oreo recently I would think the v20 is going to take a much much longer.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] kr1shna:
I'm sorry to be a noob. Does the lg up use the fastboot commands to flash? It probably does. If it doesn't, I have an idea to flash twrp but I think someone might have already tried this. I have gone through the v20 forums and v30 forums and couldn't find anything related to it. I got this idea from the Frankenstein phone thread. Can we flash twrp using modded lgup? Pack it into a kdz or something.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] devilsmarch:
I'm 99% sure that this idea was covered in this thread somewhere.

Edit: the phone uses LAF as security checks anyway. So it wouldn't work.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] kr1shna:
I'm sorry my bad. I might have missed it.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] devilsmarch:
You're good. It's a long thread.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Looks like LG has gone the way of Samsung. The new lgs can't be bootloader unlocked without getting a unique code like htc does and as far I know, they haven't allowed the us versions to be unlocked.

I can't say I didn't expect this though. V30 is the last LG I will ever own
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
All the North America V30 variants except T-Mobile H932 has bootloader unlock and root.

Every V30/V30+/V30S in the world -- except T-Mobile H932 -- has bootloader unlock and root.

Maybe you didn't mean it the way you wrote it. No, LG didn't "allow" it officially. But they allowed it. ;)

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
True, I did make it sound that way but by "new" I meant post v30 lol I can't find anything at all on how to unlock the g7 or if anyone has done it yet .
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
I'm hoping that once Brian pushes out the root method for us, the T-Mobile modem file(s) can be extracted. If that's the case, it'll be interesting to see if that's all it takes to give the 998 band 71.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I was helping on that efs for a bit and the EFS files are completely different. Different tree, different files, some files were there on the 998 yet not on the h932 and vice versa. Even the CDMA files were different which was really odd cause it should roam the same across the board.

After seeing that, I don't see how anyone will be able to do it or the time it would take would be too much and not worth it at all.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Well, then I'm glad I didn't offload my h932.. if it gets root and then I can flash lineage, I'll be a happy IT nerd :D
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] deadlyquirk:
Do we have confirmation that the oreo update is ARB 1? I've been putting off upgrading to get root, but at this point I don't think it's going to happen.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
I've been wondering about that too. I always assumed Oreo would be ARB1, but seeing as the other V30 models are able to Frankenphone/WTF back and forth between Nougat and Oreo, seemingly without harm, maybe it's ARB0 after all. Of course T-Mobile's Oreo could still be ARB1, even if the other models aren't, H932 being the Fort Knox of V30s :(

If anybody who updated their H932 to Oreo could post their ARB, it would be much appreciated: Hidden menu (277634#*#) -> Version Info -> Anti-Rollback. Thanks in advance :good:

Edit: Oh, and [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] just repeated in the LAFsploit thread that he intends to release root for H932, with an estimated timeframe of September, still pending LG's release of Oreo for V20.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Addiso:
Just checked.. It's ARB 0.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Virus.Shell:
Just checked and it's ARB0

Edit: Ha! Late by two minutes. But at least there's double confirmation now
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cato1986:
September?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
T-Mobile is rolling out an updated OREO for V30 starting yesterday (June 27).

T-Mobile announces new LG V30 update

June 27, 2018

https://www.tmonews.com/2018/06/t-mobile-lg-v30-new-update/

So, NO it's not 'P" (I know someone is going to ask!) No V30 is going to get P until the Korean carrier variants get P.

It's just an update to make really sure you never get root! ;) "They're getting too close!"
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Awesome! That's good news. Thanks a lot, both of you!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mkoch351:
I updated mine to Oreo and it's ARB00.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mike_77:
The new Oreo update is also ARB0
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cato1986:
Arb0
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Thank you, all!

You mean the very latest 220j? If so, even better.

I've been postponing updating all this time to keep my phone rootable for the future, assuming major updates such as Oreo would be ARB1. But it seems I didn't have to. We should be able to rollback to Nougat if needed, when the time comes to root.

Thanks again to all who confirmed this.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mike_77:
Yes, the 220j update. Ive been having GPS issues since Oreo update so was willing to take the chance.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gamesoul Master:
I've been having GPS issues the last couple/few weeks too, but I'm still on Nougat. And that's even with clearing the GPS data and such. It hasn't been too serious, just a lot of drifting.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] pre4speed:
Not so much GPS issues as location resetting on restarts, apps "stopping" for no reason, can't even use google+, is stops if I try to forward a post, not getting notifications for many apps. Bought on eBay 3 weeks ago, but tmobile is doing a warranty exchange for me due to being under manufacturer warranty. Just update to 10j today, and issues persist.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] itisme424:
Lg v20 NA Oreo coming soon hopefully...

https://www.gsmarena.com/lg_v20_gets_oreo_in_august_in_north_america-news-31977.php
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mdowns989:
Oreo is awful
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
It really is. The only good thing about it is the saving passwords auto fill. That's it.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mdowns989:
Although I have NOT done a clean install (due to no decent backup options without root) the worst thing is battery drain...its insane...and this new Cam software is frustrating as hell
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Oreo, on its own, isn't bad at all. I had a OnePlus 5 that was running OxygenOS Oreo, and I liked it. I got rid of it for personal reasons. Once I bought the v30, going back to 7.1.2 was initially a pain, because Oreo had some nice features that I got used to. Really, though, it's when carriers touch things that it then goes to crap...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I like the new AI camera software, especially the bright mode which really helps low light pictures.

And maybe it's because I have the US998, but Oreo is fine for me and my wife's phones.

My battery levels are good.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] pre4speed:
Battery life on Oreo for me is amazing coming from the V20. I drive 2 hours to work. I would fully charge the V20 before leaving. I had to plug in 20 miles down the road at 74% or it would not make the whole drive. My V30 is still at 80% at the end of 91 miles. It's awesome
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
I don't know. My V30 is great on battery under heavy usage daily. One of the best phones for battery life I've ever had besides my OP6.

Always want to do a factory reset when updating to a new version of Android. The LG backup app is honestly quite good. Even backs up internal storage. The only issue is resetting ALL ringtones and notifications as it will usually just play random songs from my music folder on my SDcard, but that only takes about 10min max to take care of. Plus a few minor settings tweaks. Nothing horrendous. Except yesterday I forgot to reset ky alarms in Google Clock and woke up a few hours late, LOL

The biggest issue I have with V30 Oreo is the crazy lag & crash when using picture-in-picture mode with YouTube.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lightninbug:
So root is going to be slim to zero chance? On the tmobile variant
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] igotroot:
LG has allowed the U.S. G5, G6 and V20 to be on their bootloader unlock list.... be patient, the U.S. V30 looks likely to also be placed on the list.....
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I'm not a dev, but I have a theory based on what worked with the LG V20 AFTER Dirty Santa was patched. A dev used a custom made LGUP.exe file that tricked the LG V20 into installing KDZ for another LG V20 variant. He then rooted, installed TWRP, and then re-flashed the original firmware but still had TWRP recovery. The person who did this saw a similar method being used for the LG G5 to do something, and he coded an LGUP.exe file for the V20.

And yes, he then used Dirty Santa to unlock the bootloader, but ignore that. The T-mobile LG V30 doesn't need bootloader unlocked -- it needs firmware which can let TWRP be installed.

For something like this to work on the T-mobile, you need to wait for the open market US998 to be released, and placed on the bootloader unlock list. Then you need KDZ from that and a specially coded LGUP.exe file. The file for the V20 will NOT work, you will need one coded for the LG V30.

You would basically convert the T-mobile H932 temporarily to a US998, install TWRP, then flash back to H932 and still have TWRP installed.

I include links to all this dev work in these two posts, and explain more:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74557506&postcount=76

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74561087&postcount=78

In those two posts I also state why this may not work... but like I said I'm not a dev.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wills3gslide:
In theory I agree with ChazzMatt, but flashing and gaining root/twrp from other carriers rom/kdz, then going back to H932 stock firmware you wouldnt want to flash whole H932 kdz firmware or you would be in same boat as beginning, you would want to leave out recovery partition only flashing T-Mobile necessities

I'm still in the process of tinkering with H932 but have very little time on my hands with holidays and kids/wife, if one would pull system image from H932 kdz and upload I will take a look, should be able to root the system image and repack and flash to gain root, recovery is going ro be the toughest right now and might have to wait on the carrier unlocked, with jcadduono on board the V30 we should be able to make this happen
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jubeldum:
LG V30+™ | US998U Unlocked

I wish the carriers sold these.

http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-US998U-Unlocked-v30-plus
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
1) Why? That's the whole point, these are carrier UNLOCKED phones.

2) One does, sort of. U.S. Cellular's V30+ is EXACTLY like this, even being carrier unlocked -- except it doesn't qualify for bootloader unlock.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] igotroot:
I'm hoping that this mindset and technique will work. I just bought 2 LG V30+ units from T-Mobile on buy one get one free and with an LG $400 rebate so if we could get root that would be awesome!!!!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] EMSpilot:
Verizon LG US998U-OD

Hmm this is very interesting! Verizon has an open development LG V30 US998U-OD.

https://opendevelopment.verizonwireless.com/device-showcase/device/6482

Cheers
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Interesting.

Are they actually selling that?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] EMSpilot:
Verizon Dev Phone

I have an email into LG about purchasing one. I also spoke with him on the phone. He seems open to selling me one. Will keep you all posted.

Cheers
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Cool make switch to verizon
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] thedarknight2023:
FRP Unlock (Nougat)

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-g6/how-to/frp-unlock-lg-g6-using-headphone-jack-t3616166

found this on Lg g6 page maybe it can help us
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
This mostly like got patched since its December and the security patch was in March but hey try mr
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
That just allows you to bypass factory reset protection. Unfortunately it won't give us any elevated access to push SU.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Has anyone tried using a 9001 or HDL (or whatever it's called) cable to get into deep fastboot mode?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Metachemix1:
According to the Official developer website from LG the LG V30 is unlockable in some European markets :D

https://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev

• LG V30: H930 and H930G for some European market
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
There is a dedicated thread for that already back in the main guide and news section. the H930/G have an unlocked bootloader with adb and fastboot they can have twrp and root but us on carrier models are stuck with nothing but lock counters in some cases. I also think this was mentioned a couple pages back in this thread.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
We told everyone about this in September, that this would happen and which models to buy if you care about guaranteed root.

Even see post #2 of this thread.

Those models now even have TWRP available.

US998 is next.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] shimigg:
Can anyone verify if the H930G (Other than Italy) is unlockable?

We got that model launched in Israel today, but I won't buy it if I can't have root.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Orof:
I will update you as soon as i can. LG has never actually allowed an unlocked bootloader for israel - so dont get your hopes up.

it is worth mentioning that they have removed the "italy only" and replaced it with "some European markets"
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] kr1shna:
Totally agree. It's horrible I have to leave the phone for 5 mins sometimes on end or restart to solve this issue.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
For all you guys who haven't seen yet, it is verified that you can flash back to Nougat from Oreo via stock kdz
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] pre4speed:
I saw and seriously thinking about it. This phone has been nothing but trouble since I got it, altho I hadn't used it long on 7.1.1. So many issues, won't return to my location when I'm reading anything and press the back button, can't use some apps as they crash on me, Waze is just retarded for me. I need my phone to work MY way lol. Otherwise I paid way too much for a feature phone.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
Jusy returned my V30 and traded for an Aristo Plus. LOL

Finally oulled my unused V30 out and its actually pretty good even after all 5 updates. It works decently. Not great battery life as compared to my OnePlus 6 getting 11hrs SOT, but the v30 is a somewhat reliable work phone.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
My US998 works with Waze everyday. Nothing is crashing. I'm on stock Oreo.

I read lots of news articles every day on the phone.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Hello, I was just wondering from what you have read and, also from your own perspective. What are the noticeable differences between the v20 and the V30, I'm aware of a few but, I don't know many. What's your list of pros and, cons between the two as your daily driver. I apologize in advance if I assumed you owned, had, or researched the v20 as well. Thanks.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Not to hijack from chazzmatt here but I came from the v10 to the v20 to the V30.

The biggest part you will miss is the v20 has a removeable battery while the v30 is water resistant and battery can't be swapped.

The v20 second screen I thought was very useful, but I really ended up not missing it at all. No 2nd screen on v30 helps with development (if we had any) since most everything breaks the 2nd screen like with Lineage, anything aosp.