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[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jubeldum:
Please Santa!

I don't want a hippopotamus for Christmas.

Only an unlocked bootloader and SU will do.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] igotroot:
Seems like this thread is of little importance, concerning the T-Mobile variants... I couldn't even see this thread anymore; I found it in my laptop's cache.

Even if we don't get root and/or bootloader unlocked, this is the best phone i've ever had. BOGO, and possibly getting an additional $400 LG rebate. makes it less disappointing.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] 20degrees:
I just applied for the $400 LG. We'll find out soon. ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] maflin18:
Does any of this apply at all to VS996 (Verizon V30)? If not, is there a root/unlock progress thread for that device someone could point me towards? Thanks!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
None of the carrier sold models are currently rootable. You can unlock the bootloader on them but that defeats the purpose when the flash commands are missing. If you can't flash to the device, having the bootloader unlocked is just a way to void your warranty.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
we need some User Root Exploit like was for DirtyC0w ....

Make us a Cristhmas Gift guys...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
Big dreams. It's too bad.

At the same time, OnePlus phones and Pixel phones don't get void warranty when you unlock bootloaders or root.

That's BS.

We should be allowed to own the phones that we own..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Dirty Cow worked because it unlocked the bootloader. After which the phones had full flash commands available.

But this year, LG has removed most of the ADB flash commands (at least for the T-Mobile variant, and presumably the others -- more moment on that), so unlocking the bootloader on the T-Mobile variant does no good.

However, the V30+ sold by TIM in Italy is a "carrier" phone and it had full flash commands available. It's on the LG Developer Bootloader Unlock list.

It makes me wonder if all carrier phones have flash commands removed -- or just T-Mobile? Thus, IF you could get an exploit to unlock the bootloader on other carrier phones (AT&T, Version), what would you find underneath?[/b]

Also the U.S.Cellular model US998 MAY have full flash commands available, since ostensibly it's otherwise identical to the "open market" LG US998 which will be eligible for bootloader unlock.

Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998

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And those aren't sold by carriers.

Also, not true about all Pixels. The Verizon Pixels are as locked down as any other Verizon phone.

Motorola makes you void warranty also to unlock bootloader on eligible phones. I know because I willingly did it. And again , same model phone on Verizon was not eligible. For that one (Droid Turbo) Verizon users had to use an exploit to unlock the bootloader.

Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
Yea, we all know this. Its common sense man.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Well, you acted like LG policy is the exception. It's not.

Even not all Pixels have bootloader unlock.

The first sentence in almost every XDA dev thread is "your warranty is now void". That's the price you pay to own your phone, and I accept that. I will own my phone.

Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SGCMarkus:
So was my V30 (H930) from the Austrian Carrier "A1", only had 2 Apps installed additionally (and i think only after i did a OTA update, not sure). Now it has TWRP installed, is rooted with Magisk, and running smooth af (also battery life is excelent). Yet i nearly (soft)bricked it yesterday while trying my LOS build (no, it didnt work, LG V30 logo forever lol)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] maflin18:
Do we have factual information that Verizon model is lacking the fastboot commands like T-Mobile? Or just assuming because no one has tried...?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Assuming, because no one has been able to unlock the bootloader of Verizon LG V30. And published the results. Not that "no one has tried".

To keep it factual, like you said. ;)

If we really want to discuss this, we should take it to proper thread. This thread is for the LG V30 T-Mobile variant.

The op made it clear he only wanted to discuss the T-Mobile variant in this thread.

The T-Mobile variant has easily unlocked bootloader but all relevant fastboot flash commands removed. Same as with the T-Mobile LG G6.

No one has unlocked (and published the results) the bootloader of any other carrier variants of G6 or V30, which are not on the LG Developer Bootloader Unlock list. One person may have unlocked and rooted Verizon LG G6, but he declined to publicly release the results. Knowing who it is, I believe him.

Here's the general LG V30 Bootloader Unlock and Root thread:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3665927

Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] maflin18:
Thread created: https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/vs996-verizon-v30-bootloader-unlock-t3725650

Your help/info on getting this thread rolling (aforementioned LGUP method, any other possible ideas, etc) would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
It's actually Qualcomm that removed the fastboot commands for "security reasons". I'm sure google had to agree too though.

What I don't understand is why ita just locked in certain markets. Android pay maybe?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
WHICH markets do you think has locked phones? Because they aren't locked in North America or Europe... If you buy the right variant. Any variant sold unlocked in a "market" shows it's NOT the "market" that is locked, it's something else.

1) It's not locked ANYWHERE if you buy the LG G6 and V30 variants placed on the bootloader unlock list. ;) Those are sold in Europe and North America, and can be bought and used anywhere.

Therefore you aren't talking about "markets", unless you mean Asia or maybe the mid-East. You are talking mostly about carrier variants. Not markets.

2) Also, please provide proof it was Qualcomm who removed commands from SOME LG phones. Until you do, it was LG. ;)

LG did it with the 2017 phones -- SOME of the G6 and SOME of the V30. Specifically the T-Mobile variants for sure.

3) There's no proof the U.S.Cellular model LG G6 US997 and V30 US998 commands were removed -- as they seem identical to open market US997 and US998, which have full flash commands available. LG will soon place the open market LG US998 on the LG Developer Bootloader Unlock list, but the open market US997 is already there since June. The only issue is no one has cracked the bootloader on the various carrier variants and published the results.

Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
[MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION] I have what I would consider 'proof' that I would like to share with you actually and let me know your thoughts on it. I'll have to dig around for it and send it to you in PMs. I'll send it when I get the chance
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Interesting read for sure. But that's not what I was referring to, the security bulletin. I have a PDF I need to send you shortly. I will have to send a link from my Dropbox because I don't think I can send files over pm here .

However, please let me know what you think about this as you are more familiar with fastboot than I am. I'm still learning .

Pm coming shortly.

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And it Sure would be helpful to know if fastboot commands, if they are indeed buried within the bootloader. And I think I know who you're talking about...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] 20degrees:
Think this would do anything for us?

Android Police: Verizon Pixel 2 bootloader can be unlocked via a simple fastboot command. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw_tizpDc
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
The Pixel 2 is made by HTC, which is now owned by Google. It does mention that this does not work on the LG made Pixel 2 XL and as a result, will more than likely not work on the V30/V30+.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] 20degrees:
Didn't know if the v30 would accept similar commands. Figured I'd ask and bring it to attention.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
i think we need of a user root instead. Applicable to normal OS. From there and using temporal root commands we could achieve other good things ...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] 20degrees:
What if "fastboot flashing lock_critical" the actual command was altered and could be used to perform the commands we need that were disabled? Might be thinking too much in to this. But it doesn't hurt to think.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] igotroot:
Anyone try it?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cameron581:
You guys have an unlocked bootloader for the tmobile, what you need is a way to root since you can only lock and unlock bootloader not flash anything, once you root you could manually dd the twrp images
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I've tried it, it doesn't do anything. I did it on my V20.

I can't remember, but I think when the bootloader is unlocked, dm-verity doesn't enforce anymore. A good well known dev,/anaylist told me that a while back. (If I remember right, I'll have to go back and check)

So all we have to do is find a way to flash twrp once it's unlocked. I haven't had time to try anything yet on the v30
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] unfaix:
So sad, i loved the v20 and when it got root, the phone was amazing.

viper for android, immersive mode, adaway.

I really only want to hide the nav bar and have my keyboard work. :(
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
The LG V30 non-carrier version at B&H Photo is currently $150 off.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1357369-REG/lg_lgus998_ausasv_lg_v30_us998_64gb.html
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Translation: the North America open market US998 V30 that will be guaranteed to get root. (Not yet on the the list, but will be.)

Others may, through dev efforts, but only those added to the LG Developer Bootloader Unlock list have are assured of root.

Sent from my official carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lightninbug:
Are there any known devs working on root for the T-Mobile variant?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Probably, but if so they are keeping their efforts quiet until they have something to announce.

One dev has asked for beta testers in the past, but that's about the closest I've seen to announcing an exploit before it's ready to go.

My theory for T-mobile variant is you will need a bootloader unlocked US998 KDZ with a custom LGUP file to be able to root the T-Mobile V30. US998 is not bootloader unlocked yet, so there's no such KDZ file yet. You have to wait for those things to happen.

For other carrier variants (other than T-mobile) you need bootloader unlock exploit. Those

other variants may or may not already have fastboot flash commands available

, unlike the T-mobile variant. This is unproven until a carrier bootloader is cracked and results published.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes, I'm sure you do know. If so, then you know what I mean that if he says he did it with Verizon LG G6, then he did it.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] S-C:
Did anything ever come out of the guys DEMO phone? Fastboot commands were working for him.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] texas83:
I've got a phone with the same exact issue (userdebug imprint on home screen). It's an ATT V30 H931. I can use adb commands to get to bootloader, but when trying fastboot oem unlock command I get FAILED error. Any ideas of what to try to get it unlocked and eventually rooted?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
This thread is for the T-mobile H932, which already has bootloader unlock but is missing fastboot flash commands. Here's the

LG V30 Unlock Bootloader and Root thread.

You have the AT&T model which has locked bootloader. Right now there's no solution. You will have to wait for an exploit to unlock the bootloader. However, one interesting theory is the phones which have locked down bootloaders (unlike the H932)

may actually still have fastboot flash commands.

So, if you get an exploit to unlock your bootloader, it may be very easy to root then?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] texas83:
I can connect via ADB and then reboot to fastboot. Some fastboot commands work fine, but the main one (fastboom oem unlock) doesn't work. Also tried to get the device-id via fastboot as well but failed on that one too. Thanks.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Who-Lep:
Do you have the "OEM Unlocked" and "USB debugging" enabled or have those options?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lightninbug:
Maybe it's just a different command all together, but we just don't know it. It could be as simple as adding a "-" in the fastboot command, or it could be different all together. Is there a way to "get all commands" for the phone plugged in via adb?

TLDR: maybe the command IS there, we just don't know it.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Maybe in deep flash mode like with the xiaomi(sp) phone?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Xiaomi... Won't let me edit
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] S-C:
What happened here? Was he able to use fastboot commands because he was using a demo version?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes. Even though it was labelled H932 (T-mobile) it wasn't fully configured like a T-mobile retail version of the phone, but somehow got into the supply chain and was sold to him. Still had all the fastboot flash commands.

LG claimed it was an "international" version (like H930) but it's clearly labelled H932 and didn't need bootloader unlock code via LG website. He was able to unlock the bootloader like a "regular" H932 (simply through OEM bootloader unlock) -- but still had all the fastboot flash commands like an H930 that has been bootloader unlocked through LG website.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] S-C:
Thank you sir. I'm still wondering what will happen if we try fastboot commands in "demo" mode
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I don't get it. I worked for TMobile and my job was to set up and troubleshoot retail demo phones and they were no different than the oem one's, actually, they come out of the exact same box the others do with the same model number etc. All we did was have a list of numbers to push to enable to attract display and/or download files from the play store
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] S-C:
Desperate times..

http://www.lgsimunlock.com/lg-phone-unlock-network/usa-tmobile--usa--lg-v30.htm#model

"we have already unlocked a lot of same phones before 100% success rate"
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Why is it desperate times? And why is this post in this thread? It has nothing to do with rooting H932.

Sent from my official carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] S-C:
Desperate times because it doesnt look likely that we will ever see a rooted H932. I posted it here because i wanted a collective of users to give their thoughts ...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Thoughts about what? Taking H932 to another carrier, breaking your T-Mobile contract? That's all you posted, a company who says they csm SIM card unlock your H932 before T-Mobile allows it.

Sent from my official carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] S-C:
Thoughts about a site claiming to unlock an LG v30
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
You're confusing SIM card unlock/carrier unlock with development work like root or installing custom TWRP recovery.

All that company is offering to do is SIM card unlock your phone. People do that when they haven't paid off their contract yet and want to go to another carrier anyway.

The website even has "SIM unlock" in the URL.

That has nothing to do with this thread.

Sent from my official carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998

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It was probably used to test something, and someone forgot to remove the flash commands.

Maybe pulled off the line at the factory? Who knows. He's lucky to get it.

If you could flash a KDZ made from that phone... then you'd be in business.

Sent from my official carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
That's what I was thinking. If we could get our hands on a kdz of that, then we would be golden
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
Or if we could just get a copy of his partitions....

Still waiting for a KDZ of the US998 model so I can try and flash it on mine. Anyone know where there's a KDZ of the H932?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wills3gslide:
LG H932 KDZ

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620768916

MD5:

89b697a5f35e2992fc5053628c99bb02

Sorry guys still not much time on my hands, started another job working 50 to 60hrs a week

If one wants to help that knows how to extract/repack a KDZ, thinking if we extract the KDZ and root the system.img and replace boot.img with the twrp.img from the H930 and repack KDZ we should be golden, dont think we will be able to achieve fastboot commands at this time till we get the right uncarrier KDZ that we can flash on the H932 and flash just system.img back to H932:silly:

Twrp.img can be found on main man J's H30 twrp thread at https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/h930-h930g-twrp-alpha-testing-t3711279

The ones willing to try and help, I wish you luck!!!!

Have a strong feeling we will eventually achieve our goals:cool:

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Also agree with Brossovitch, that demo phone could be another gateway to success, would be nice if we could get a full partition dump of that phone and upload here through AFH posting url here, would also advise that demo phone not to update through Tmobiles update which may leave it in the same state were all experiencing in the H932 realm

DEMO PHONE, UPDATE WITH CAUTION!!!!!!!

Personal opinion, I would only update through twrp Flashable or custom rom
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
Thank you.

I'm unsure if I want to try and flash h30 KDZ and twrp on my h932 or wait until the US998 is unlocked and use that kdz instead and hopefully use that TWRP.

What do you think? I imagine I'll unlock my h932 bootloader, flash the other devices (h30 or us998) KDZ and see if I have fastboot commands available and use that to flash TWRP. Then boot into TWRP and flash h932 system & boot partitions I'll extract from the KDZ. Obviously packaged in ZIP form. If someone could help me out with the script to do so, that'd be great. Then, if the device will boot, I imagine root will be possible and of course I'll have to do something about the root checker in the kernel, yea?

But then i should be good to go? However, I'm curious if TWRP made for us998 or h30 will not work with the h932 even if it's flashed..

Are we confident that I can flash the full KDZ for h932 in the case that my device decides not to comply with this series of actions taken? I'd really like to not lose all function of my device.

Also, does anyone know that if I re-lock my bootloader and flash the stock h932 KDZ, will that erase the unlock counter so that I can still warranty my device in WORST case scenario happens?

In any case I really would like to try this soon. I'm sure it could work if I do this right and I can then share everything I do with the community.

Also, I don't think we can simply package TWRP image into a KDZ anymore as the partition signatures wouldn't match. However, if the LG up trick can allow us to flash a single partition using an image we can skip all the other junk like packaging a zip and trying to repack a KDZ. However, extracting a KDZ isn't hard as long as the application still has the option to do so. Like I used to do with older iterations of LG devices..

Rather long response & quote, sorry guys. But we need to crack this missing root issue.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I still have my v20 as a backup phone so I'm willing to give it a go. And once the allow oem unlock and fastboot oem unlock is run, it will not check for signed images. The bootloader won't.

Think about, the open versions have the same bootloader, but once unlocked you can flash whatever they want. (But they have the commands as we do not)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
Do you want to try using the h930 firmware? If you can try to unlock the 932 bootloader and flash the 930 KDZ then getting back into Fastboot then flash the twrp.img for 930 we should be good to go. Then all we need to do is flash the system, modem, & kernel partitions from the 932..

You just have to make sure you're on the earliest 932 firmware, i believe.. 10b... If the 930 is on 10b also...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Yeah I'll try it. But do I use lgup or the other one (can't remember what it's called ATM)

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I can't find the 930 kdz. I thought it was linked in this thread? Was it removed?

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Not a damn thing. I was bored and tried it last night and still showed unknown command
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jubeldum:
I disabled the updates when I first got my 932U. I'm too afraid of it updating in case a unfound exploit gets patched since there is no going back to an earlier firmware.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
here is the right place to work on ....

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/help/lg-v30-snapdragon-835-meltdown-spectre-t3732140/page2
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
I'm thinking we'll use this one: https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/lg-flash-tool-2-0-2-5-lg-v30-t3720285/

As far as the KDZ, I'm searching. I don't want to go much newer than what the v30 has available..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
That's what I am having trouble with. I thought the kdz would be easy to find at this point. And I'm on 10c,
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] brossovitch:
May not be able once you've updated. That's why I want to try on my v30 it's never been updated. But honestly it could work. But all the KDZ for 930 are farther updated versions.

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If the firmware version doesn't matter that much, then there's tons of h930 KDZ available.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Mine must have come out of the box updated cause I don't remember ever doing it.

There's gotta be a 10c kdz out there for the 930 since it's at like V now or something .

I look more here in a little bit
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
If your V30 is from October or later, it was probably 10c from the factory. My wife and I bought a V30 and V30+ respectively on 11/25. The V30 updated to 10c right away, whereas the V30+ was already at 10c. No further updates to either phone since then.

A lot of us are following your endeavor with much interest and much gratitude. I know I am. I won't be rooting our V30s for awhile (warranty and all) but being able to do so down the road is huge. So thank you, both to you and [MENTION=6287517]brossovitch[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3034279]wills3gslide[/MENTION] -- and anybody else who contributes.