yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] johnmurrayvi:
To be honest, at this point, I think we should bring that fact up to them directly and say "clearly you intended to allow these devices to be unlocked, the V30 is already unlockable, so why isn't the V30+ with the same model number unlockable yet, and why haven't you "officially" put them on the site yet?"

Also, [MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION], can you get a dd image of the sec partition on your unlocked V30?

Should be

dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/sec of=/sdcard/sec.img

or whatever.

I want to double check the fuse address that gets blown when unlocking the bootloader. I'm fairly certain it corresponds to 0x00780350 in the qfprom_addr.h header from the released kernel source. I was planning on comparing it to the sec.img I pulled from my V30+ and see if it does actually get blown when unlocking. If so, blowing the fuse by itself without flashing the "unlock.bin" may allow a workaround.

Would be incredibly nice if LG dev would get there act together though. I've emailed them several times but held off saying anything about the V30 being unlockable for obvious reasons, but by now, their only real option should be to open them up finally. Not sure if anyone else has been pestering them as well, that could help I think.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
T-Mobile LG G6 has root, idk how far you guys have progressed but I thought that might help as I know they were in the same boat as yall.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] raver445:
i have a LG V30 i m not using...i d be willing to be a test dummy of sorts...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
[MENTION=2448653]johnmurrayvi[/MENTION] You found some indication that they blow a fuse now? On older phones with aboot, it was only written to a partition that usually can't be written to.

Either way, the first step to rooting this phone will be finding a laf image that will boot that has the COPY opcode.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ibnbazooka:
WP flag

Solution is

Pull the laf of the same device

Write the laf in misc partition

Write protection will be gone

Then you can write what ever you want

Note(you write laf in misc it just write flag for remove WP)

;)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
What are you talking about dude? The V30 doesn't have the COPY opcode. Unless a laf can be found from another device, write protection doesn't matter. I have the WP flag for the OPEN opcode, and IOCT.

Without COPY to copy from the misc partition, you aren't getting anywhere.

So we need someone with an unlocked US998 V30 that has full fastboot to try an boot multiple laf images from other devices. IF one can be found, then this will work. If not, then a kernel exploit is the only thing that is going to root an H932.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I can do it this weekend if you give me the flash commands and the files.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] texasaggie1:
https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-g6/how-to/root-h872-to-including-11g-t3775518

I want root so bad ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
I just got back from my little vacation, so I will finally be able to get this to you. Basically it will be a bunch of laf images laf-blah.img laf-blah2.img etc.

You will need to get into fastboot mode, and: fastboot boot laf-blah.img

Your phone will try to boot it. If it fails, you just boot back into fastboot and try the next one. Keep trying till you either find one that does, or you have tried them all.

I will post a zip as soon as I can....

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Addiso:
Came across this. Very interesting nonetheless. Kernel Exploit.

https://t.co/VguaiwJnVM
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xblackberryuser:
Pardon my ignorance if this is a novice question. Are any of the tools in kali linux useful?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Thanks [MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] for your help in this process.

I am also again offering my device as a sacrifice if needed for multiple reasons but mainly to help our cause.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
Just show my H932 with root and BL unlocked, I got it from the seller mentioned serveral days ago.

More information I got, the TWRP is for Samsung Galaxy S8, ver. 3.1.1.0.

Plz have some try.

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[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
LMAO! If that is a real picture, then we really need to think outside the box. Boot the Samsung equivalent of laf, and see if ODIN can see the V30 partitions and actually write to them.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I can't see the picture in this app.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Same here, that's odd, but this app is buggy as hell anyway
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
I can't see it either. Can anyone actually see the image outside of the thumbnail?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Apparently the pic has been deleted since I get a 404 error on my PC
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Please post more information. Thanks!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Like others, I too was unable to see the picture in yangweitony@126.com's post, except as thumbnail (before it was removed). I tried both in XDA app, Tapatalk, Chrome (Android) and Chrome (Windows).

[MENTION=8148583]yangweitony@126.com[/MENTION]: There is much interest in what you are saying here, but everybody is understandably skeptical, given the amount of trolling going on everywhere. I am NOT saying you are trolling, just that the amount of trolling in general is the reason for people's skepticism.

If you can post convincing pictures, I am sure you will find a very receptive and eager audience here. I would suggest unedited screendumps of the Hardware Info screen (so we can see the H932 model number) and the Magisk/SuperSU screen (so we can see it's rooted). And then I would suggest you take an actual photo of the phone (with another phone or a camera) of that Magisk/SuperSU screen, so everybody can see that it's actually on your V30, not on some other phone.

If you can post that, you will definitely have my undivided attention; and I am sure that of others too.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
[MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION]

Is your phone running Oreo or still nougat?

Hopefully not stepping on [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] toes here, but Here a couple files to try fastboot boot (filename).img on. I put the h998 as a test to see if it would boot as a control test, please try that one first. Thank for your help :cool

G6 H972 LAF.img

[url]http://www.fast-files.com/getfile.aspx?file=159746[/URL]

US998 LAF

[url]http://www.fast-files.com/getfile.aspx?file=159745[/URL]
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Nougat. All three.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Awesome, I dont know if that would change anything but just in case glad its 7.0 still. Files added in above post for when you get time.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Awesome dude. Unfortunately the G6 doesn't have the COPY opcode. You can try the US996 V20, also the Nexus 5X was made by LG, so it should have a KDZ.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Is that US998 LAF or US997?

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jubeldum:
Sorry for going off toppic, but has anyone else noticed that the V30 Plus has disappeared from the T-Mobile website?

https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone/lg-v30

https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone/lg-v30-plus
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
That LAF is from the h872 tmo. I disnt realize you were flashing h918 on the G6. My bad
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
No repair, nor no damage, should be possible with fastboot boot filename.img. Nothing will be flashed, and hence nothing overwritten. The phone merely loads the image into RAM and attempts to boot it.

We're simply abusing your lovely phone and its lovely bootloader (with full fastboot) to test various LAF versions (that still have COPY, which our V30 LAF doesn't) to see if they'll boot.

I believe Josh included the US998 LAF (which should already be on your laf partition) just as a baseline: If that one doesn't boot, we know something else is wrong.

Thanks a lot for doing this, on behalf of H932 owners of the world!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Ya, as he said in the post above, fastboot boot xxx.img will not hurt anything. I think the worse that could happen is that the phone may need a restart. It's either a go/no go deal
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I flashed the US998 LAF first, just to see. Stuck on a screen now, saying "firmware update" "now waiting for any connection". What do I do to get out of that?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
See

OK, rebooted by doing this:

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
Hold down the power button for about 10 seconds or longer for a reboot.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
OK, now flashed the G610elaf.img. The phone immediately booted to the LG V30 boot screen and is stuck there.

OK, got out of that frozen screen. Now what?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
See

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Here was the first one.

And the second.

So, what does this mean?

First I tried the command given to me a couple of days ago, but then I realized Josh McGrath named them differently than Brian was going to, and I changed the command to just flash the file name.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Flashed both. Now have got phone turned back on after both flashes. See screenshots above.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
As I interprete this, the US998 LAF booted alright (as would be expected), while the G6 LAF failed to boot.

Did you also try some LAFs from Brian?

One would think that the G6 LAF should have been likely to work, being the most recent before V30. Heck they already stripped COPY from it as well.

Let's see what our distinguished Dev has to say.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
For some reason the screenshot of the g6 flash isn't working for me.

So the g6laf did not boot? But the us998 did, correct?

And sorry, I should have told you about the hard reset method. but I'm glad you figured it out.

It's not all a failure cause now I verified for myself that the bin can be changed to img
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
I don't think there was a screenshot for the G6, just Chazz telling us it went straight to the V30 boot screen and stuck there -- as opposed to the US998 which went to download mode, waiting for something to download.

Again, that's how I interpret it.

Edit: Oh, there were the fastboot screenshots of course, of both attempts. I meant I don't think there was a V30 screenshot of the G6 attempt. At least I didn't see it either.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Addiso:
What if we try booting the v20 laf also? Could be worth a try as well.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
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Funny you said that cause thats exactly what I was doing. The H918 LAF is what nuked my download (Dont worry Chazz, it isnt possible to do anything like that to your phone) but I wanted to try that with the unlocked 998 to see if it was just me or something. Also the same with the H932

[MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION], are you still okay with doing this for us? Ill donate for your help cause I know its a PITA for you. If you dont mind still, I have a couple more LAF images I wanted to upload tonight before I crash and will get to the ones suggested by naked tomorrow. I named the files by the model to make it easier on you to type when you boot.

[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] Do the signatures have to match still with the laf images?

H932 LAF img [url]https://nofile.io/f/w4x0BuXRyHO/H932.img[/URL]

H918 LAF img[url]https://nofile.io/f/pTxuo3hSqAR/H918.img[/URL]

May not need or work but heres the 997 unlocked G6 LAF

[url]https://nofile.io/f/GbKyfXVN3pv/US997.img[/URL]
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
After G6 LAF, phone went straight to this.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Anybody in the thread have thoughts on this:

Hong Kong H930DS owners can flash European H930 OREO firmware.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=76267893

AND HERE:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76268254&postcount=35

Last week US998 people flashed Verizon Oreo KDZ over US998 and it worked. They have Oreo now, and their US998 device identifies as Verizon VS996:

Another one:

I thought the cross flashing LG firmware was dead?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
I never checked the key in the Verizon model, just the US998, H930, and H932. The Verizon model must have the same key as the US998. That is great for the Verizon folks, but doesn't do anything for the H932 :)

Also, laf that isn't built for your phone may not be able to init the screen, so even though it looks like it is stuck on the LG logo, it may be in download mode.

You will have to see if LG UP sees your phone.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Right, but I've been telling people they can't cross flash firmware to their phones -- and yet they are doing so willy nilly. ;) H930DS now to H930. Doesn't help them for root, as their IMEI are not in the LG database but might help in the future if there's some exploit found for one firmware.

Hmmmm.... OK, I will try again tonight. I need to go to work now. I got out of that "frozen" boot screen by pushing power/volume buttons, etc. Didn't want to respond at first. Sigh of relief when it finally shut off and rebooted normally.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Yea, doing fastboot boot doesn't modify your phone in anyway, it stores the boot image in a temp location, and then forces a boot. The absolute worst that would happen to your phone is having it not respond to the reset combo (power + vol down I believe), and then you would have to just wait till your battery died.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]

Can we write the h918 laf to the MISC partition and use that in the same way the G6 is working? Or would this conflict with the original LAF ?

Since it doesn't boot on regular LAF, maybe it would there?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
Here you the pic from my old G6
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
Just curious can you extract your phones system using the modified lg up to see if any other user can get root working on the h932?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
That's a good idea. Even if it has to be a clean flash

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So how do we flash the Samsung twrp? How do we flash *anything* then?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Abdiel1224:
Why he didn't take a good screenshot and why the pic is way too edited? I call it BS. If that really is a v30 trust me he will be so excited to show us everything... We will see maybe im talking trash.... Good job guys keep doing great job [MENTION=5070414]Josh McGrath[/MENTION] [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] [MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION]
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Yeah we're all skeptical of it. I mean, why not just tell us how to flash/root
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
Sorry for that. Just feel hard about being skeptied.

im always willing to provide help.

what was 404 screenshot.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Abdiel1224:
Im not going to quote your whole history, but if you choose to brag about something here in LG V30 h932 topic you should at least go with the flow, by all means ask question we are here to help each other to obtain something. Dont be an a*****le and just say screw everybody else I have my thing good to go. If You are following this topic we have ppl trying their a** off (like hard bricks)to do that. Im just asking to be polite and ask the big guys how you can download or save img or something, they will guide you step by step. Sorry if you think Im rude but im not trying to I'm just speaking for the others.

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He can ask question this is why xda is here for. ;)

---------- Post added at 07:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 AM ----------

He can ask question this is why xda is here for. ;)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
Just a thought here but if you could do a dump using lg up it would help out a ton for us to understand how root was achieved on your phone. All in all you are not obligated to do anything of course.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
No one was being rude. Skeptical is different that rudeness bud.

Your English isn't very bad, actually. I'm glad you replied. Your post about buying it rooted was several pages back...

We have seen people try to sell fake phones/stolen root tools such as jcases laf tool so people being skeptical is expected.

Usually when root in a device starts, people try to sell the method even if it's not theirs so again, being skeptical is expected.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
Is twrp backup OK? not free to us a PC but macos.

system+boot+recovery?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
Yes that would be okay.

[MENTION=6242844]JoshMcgrath[/MENTION] what do you think can be done with a twrp backup?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
OK,uploading, wait several hours.

If not ok, I will try to find a pc.

the seller told me he is using the Galaxy S8 twrp. Thats all i know
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
We can wait. That's odd but hey it looks like it got the job done getting root.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SGCMarkus:
Wouldnt it be also nice to have a dump of that laf? (and maybe lafbak if it got changed)

Just in case it might differ
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
Yeah that would be great too.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
I just don't understand hah, Im just a normal user. So tell me step by step. i will cooperate
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
a 2.64GB of zip file uploading

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View attachment 4480453
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
Awesome. Here is how to setup lg up :

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-how-to-upgrade-downgrade-restore-t3738917

Just install lg up for now. Looking for dll.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
.win is a twrp format- meaning it needs twrp to restore. I'm sure it can be done somehow.

Maybe try an ADB system backup to a pc, then upload the file.

Honestly, I have no idea on how to flash a twrp backup to a non rooted phone. I'm looking for an answer.

I know there's got to be a way

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The laf won't do us any good unless it has twrp saved on it. We can't flash anything but if it's rooted, the system kernel has permissiobs that we could install magisk or su then flashfire to flash twrp... But we gotta get there first
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
This might sound dumb but wouldnt swapping .win to .img make a difference?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
I‘ll try to do through LG UP.

But will I upload my data (through LG UP ) btw? that would be dangerous
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
It's always a possibility and worth a shot, but I don't know much about the .win format or what can open it on a PC.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SGCMarkus:
To get a full dump of laf, if yours should have been modified, idk if it has:

Open a terminal app

su <enter> (and then grant su rights)

dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/laf of=/sdcard/laf.img

Im just following this thread for a while now ?

maybe dont have everything said/needed in mind atm, but i want all the (possible) V30s to get root... the more the better :)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
This is like a catch 22 here. Or the man chasing two rabbits....

We can't flash twrp so we can't flash the backup (that I know of yet)

I think a pc and the ADB backup/restore will work cause it backs up the full system

ADB backup -all

Or

ADB backup -noapk

If I remember correctly. Second doesn't backup the apps, only system.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
suggest you bed early hah. the mediafire just upload it FROM THE VERY BEGINNING。。。

i don;t know when it whill complete...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] R800x_user:
+1

post link ? please
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
That's probably a good thing cause we can all figure this out together while it uploads haha

Thanks for the help!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
heres the laf.img

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xneaZTwe6bFczFVudJU2YFKBGfD0ep5u/view?usp=sharing
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I doubt this will do us any good since it's most likely the exact same LAF we have on our 932 unless it's been modified which I doubt it has. But anythibg is better and worth a shot
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
bad upload condition...recommend a site i upload?

i upload through a SSR VPN. Extemely unstable
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I was using this one earlier, it was the first one i googled lol Worked good though and easy

So I already downloaded the LAF. its corrupted or something?

https://nofile.io/
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
the laf.img

https://nofile.io/f/hBkWBjsmBtF/laf.img
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
SSR VPN may be unstable, but I would definitely stick with it always for privacy and for unblocking sites
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
Simply Im in China, everything needs it
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Yeah, I'm sure you need it to even access xda

No way to flash the LAF img anyway. LAF is write protected and cannot write partitions individually. I just tried it on lgup just to check.

It's the man chasing two rabbits here. No way to flash and no way install recovery.

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I'm pretty sure we're going to need an ADB backup img of your system but that needs a pc.

From there, simplified, ADB restore and then download superSU (for ease of use- magisk can be installed later) the flashfire then to flash with flashfire then twrp

I think I'm going to have to check out and hopefully someone who knows more about twrp backups and ADB backup can help more
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
using

adb backup -all

I got a 163mb backup.ab file

is that correct?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
how can i backup...

View attachment 4480541
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
If he got it from China, there's TWRP for Snapdragon Galaxy S8 in China and Hong Kong. Their Snapdragon Galaxy S8 have unlocked bootloader, unlike Snapdragon North America Galaxy S8.

There's a thread on XDA for it.

[RECOVERY][OFFICIAL] TWRP for Galaxy S8 and S8+ (Snapdragon)

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/sam...ecovery-twrp-galaxy-s8-s8-snapdragon-t3636718

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] yangweitony@126.com:
I can backup my recovery.img would it help?