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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steadfasterX:
There is no guide yet, I'm working on one.

u need fastboot:

pull out battery,

unplug usb,

plugin usb,

wait until u see the battery symbol with a question mark,

press vol down and KEEP it pressed from now on,

put battery in and do not release vol down until you see fastboot screen.

if that doesnt bring up fastboot try this:

pull out battery,

unplug usb,

put battery in,

wait 5 sec,

press vol down and KEEP it pressed from now on,

plugin usb and do not release vol down until you see fastboot screen.

check the line "secure boot" it should state "

disabled"

.

then

(ONLY then!):

fastboot flash boot twrp.img

fastboot flash revovery twrp.img

(YES exactly like the above to both: boot and recovery)

then:

fastboot reboot

you should see twrp

reboot from TWRP into TWRP by choosing in TWRP: reboot --> recovery

that step is important.

then go to WIPE and choose "format data"

then flash this: http://droid.binbash.it:8008/lineage/marshmallow/ls991/lineage-13.0-20170813-UNOFFICIAL-h815.zip

and boot into lineage.

my friend all known antirollbacks are listed here: https://tinyurl.com/antirollg4

ZVB was a f**** bad idea to flash. thats when ppl get impatient...

Youre not up2date my friend ;)

there is lineage 13 for the ls991 made by me but you can also flash anything else if you know how!

true.. so true.. ( [MENTION=6858966]IvchoLord[/MENTION] )
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IvchoLord:
Iam glad meeting you guys.. Thank you soo much !! I already give thumbs up but should I tap it on every yours comment ?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] auliamaster74:
If I remember correctly, there's a limit in "thanking" post per day
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnob2014:
please help...

I recently bought a new Lg h815 from ebay with a firmware version " LGH815AT-00-V10h-GLOBAL-COM-SEP-10-2015-ARB02 " which i am unable to update even though it is carrier unlocked,through the IMEI code, found it to be a Vodafone DEU germany branded h815 however i have read across multiple forums that Eu firmware doesn't have " Anti roll back " so have i been duped and sold a refurbished device with different internals . I cant seem to find the firmware LGH815AT-00-V10h-GLOBAL-COM-SEP-10-2015-ARB02 above anywhere after going through " https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73206763&postcount=3 "I realised that mostly US carriers have released firmware with ARB v1,2,3....

whats worse is that now I am stuck with android 5.1 with no scope for an official update after using flash tool LGUP etc I am still unable to upgrade to marshmallow ,

i am sorry if I have posted this at the wrong place
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoenixwestl:
Hello everyone,

Just want to say thanks to all the guys on this thread as all the help ,advice, info on these pages has helped me to revive my LG G4 H815.

Thanks to a .zip gone wrong my h815 was dead.

No bootloader,recovery,download !!!

But thanks to QPST and a guide from another post and site i was able to get the device into dloader and flashed it back to life.

Thanks again everyone.

Sean.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enesaltin55:
same problem.

Hello guys.

Its now a year since my H815 hard-bricked. Back than i tried everything to fix but i couldnt. Now 1 year later i stared a 2nd try.

I found this Thread and i see some people have/had the same hard-brick as me.

So i found this guide ( http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f779/unbrick-lg-g4-brick-hs-usb-qdloader-9008-without-box-2211744/ )

but i really cant understand what to do... when i follow the guide it just stops and says "failes to enter EDL"

I cant enter in EDL, I cant enter Fastboot. Nothing. In the guide the LG has COM9 and in other guides COM39 or COM40 and the name is Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008

But when I conncect it just shows up as LGE AndoidNet USB Port (COM4).

I am really confused and dont know what to do.

EDIT: i also tried the SD-Card thing ( https://xdaforums.com/g4/development/solution-hard-bricked-lg-g4-9008-t3456419) but nothing happend just the SD is now broke aswell i thing.

Sry for bad english

greetings from germany
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuedasLocas:
Hi!

Install:

-LGUP_Install_Ver_1_14_3

-LGMobileDriver_WHQL_Ver_4.2.0

-LGUP_8994_DLL_Ver_0_0_3_23

Use H81520p_00_0314.kdz, extract the "LGUP8994.dll" from there using "WindowsLGFirmwareExtract-1.2.6.1-Release". Rename it to "LGUP_8994.dll" and replace the one on LGUP installation folder (search for it).

Flash it and it should be done. Keep an eye on "Device Manager" to see if Windows don't change the type of device, making it "unknown" for LGUP.

Good luck!
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enesaltin55:
Hey!

First thank you fou you reply.!I did everthing how you descriped.

It was very nice to see first time that something happens! In download mode COM3 showed up on Display and it started to install.

At ~80% it reboots and my device stays in bootloop, while on my PC the installation goes on. "Rebooting [150s]".

So at ~80% my phone turned off and on and stays on LG screen while LG UP continues the Installation to 100% and finishes the Installation.

Now i am still at my start point that the device dont boot or anything works... :(
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuedasLocas:
Did you try to use the extracted .dz instead of the .kdz ?

Jump between "refurbished" and "upgrade" mode ?

Did you try to flash v29a (Nougat, .tot) and than go back to the v20p ? Maybe it works...

Already had situations that the solution was mess so much until it work. I don't know very well if the problem is the device or whatever happened during flash, or how windows manage the process...

Anyway, good luck and keep on trying.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enesaltin55:
wow dude now it gets more f*cked up xD

I flashed the V29A. It flashed and rebooted to THIS

after that screen it come to the LG screen and stucks there.

If i want to enter download mode. It sucks on THIS screen.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enesaltin55:
UPDATE: I can enter Download Mode now

When i want to flash v20p THIS error pops up.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuedasLocas:
Did you replace the standard LGUP_8994.dll with the extracted one?

The warning screen that you show is normal, I had it also.

After the process stop with the .dz file, keep the phone connected, restart LGUP, select the v20p.kdz and try again in refurbished mode.

Don't forget to keep an eye on "device manager". I had times that I have to uninstall all relative hardware drivers completly and reinstall them again.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enesaltin55:
again i can't enter download mode :/ When i press VOL+ and connect cable THIS Screen comes for few seconds

and the Phone restarts and stay in LG Screen.

Early this day i had the same problem with stucked download mode screen as i described but however than it started normaly in download mode

than after few unsucessfull flashes i had this rebooting download screen prboblem but after a while i was able to enter download mode.

but now again since ~6hrs it doesnt work. Its so random.... i really dont understand whats going on here.....
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuedasLocas:
My last idea is, uninstall all LG software and drivers, all LGUP software and drivers. After uninstall search for instalation folders in C:\Programs, C:\Programs(x86),C:\ProgramData, C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local, C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Roaming, etc... delet them.

Connect the phone, go to device manager and uninstall all relative (adb, com, modem drivers completly.

Reinstall only what its needed:

-LGMobileDriver_WHQL_Ver_4.2.0

-LGUP_Install_Ver_1_14_3

-LGUP_8994_DLL_Ver_0_0_3_23, after this replace the .dll by the one from .kdz

Restart yous computer and try to flash it.

I know that is hard. And harder to imagine whats going on on your side... I had times that I spend around 10 or 12 hours until I get it done.

Not only with G4, also with other devices, bricking them on purpose, or sometimes things just don't run as they should, and then I need to make them work again, and they don't work as it is suppose to , or something its just so messy that the windows or flash software don't work recognize the device properly or just can´t manage the process anymore...

You got to be patient and stubborn, or give up and forget about it.

Wish you all the good luck!
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enesaltin55:
Very thank you for you efforts to help me with my problem :) very very thank you!

But i cant even follow you steps for flashing when i cant enter download mode.

I think my DL mode is kinda broke or something. I tried on a "fresh" computer. Installed all the software and drivers.

But it will not work. I think its done.

I am very thankful you tried to help and replied everytime!
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foto-AG:
Schau mal Bitte in dein Postfach nach, also PM. Habe dich dort mit einer Lösung angeschrieben...

---------- Post added at 09:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:08 AM ----------

Hey..

Schau bitte in dein Postfach, also PM, habe dich angeschrieben..

Please look into your PM, wrote something to you.

The solution is, use H81520p_00_0314.kdz instead of H81520g !
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] xlr8shun:
Coming from a note4, the last thing I would like to do is transfer my MMS (already did SMS) to my new phone.

Note4 is running stock, ATT variant, so no root capabilities.

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] ScottIsMyName:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en

This app is great
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] hassa9:
Titanium Backup can do it, even without root (one of the few things it doesn't need root for).

Also just FYI during the setup process for your pixel 2 xl, it will prompt you to connect your old phone using the included USB to USB-C adapter to transfer apps/music/photos, call log and messages as well. Coming from a Galaxy S7 Edge, it was able to transfer everything for me *except* for messages, so I ended up using Titanium Backup for that part.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] A_Str8:
I'm use the pro version of this, but I think the free version would be fine. You just lose the ability to back up to and restore from Google Drive with the free version

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] MrMeeseeks:
+1
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] ScottIsMyName:
I've used tibu for years exclusively....but restoring sms/mms is painfully slow, especially with a lot of messages.... Sms backup and restore is so much faster and easier to use that I'm definitely making a permanent switch for texts
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] galaxys:
SMS Backup to my Google drive worked great for me this time around!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] AndrasLOHF:
The phone is supposed to do it automatically if you use Android messages. Unfortunately there can be long periods of time the phone will go without backing up.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] galaxys:
How do you force a backup of Google SMS messages? And not one message was restored for me after the device setup...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] KidJoe:
I use this -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&hl=en

It backs up SMS and MMS to my Gmail account (so I can read/search via gmail) under an SMS label... But it can only restore SMS, not MMS. To view MMS on a new phone, I have to go into Gmail.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] nikhil.agrawal:
+1 for the app. Works great, have been using it from a long time.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] xlr8shun:
Thanks all, I ended up using SMS backup and restore. Worked perfectly..

I tried to use the built in transfer when setting up the phone. I plugged in the C to A adapter and tried 8 different cables I have laying around, most of them KNOWN GOOD DATA cables and the setup process kept telling me that it couldn't connect and to try a different cables.

Other than the transfer tool not working at all for me, everything else seems to be fine.

Thanks again for the recommendations.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Solar257:
I'm running into the same issue but the problem is I use Textra. So its database is larger than the phone's sms/mms storage database (2gb vs 7gb). It seems like a number of the backup apps only look at the phone database and not the Textra,my default texting app (which makes sense). I tried doing an app-specific adb backup and restore going from my LG G3 to my 2 XL (adb backup com.textra and adb restore backup.ab). However, even when I left the app running overnight, it didn't seem to work. Am I missing something in going from Marshmallow to Oreo? USB debugging is turned on (on both phones), verifying apps via USB is turned off on the Pixel... I may try this later today to see my luck in moving all my messages over to my new phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] AndrasLOHF:
I wish I had an answer to that. I even contacted Google about it and they couldn't give me an answer. Just noticed my pixel 2xl finally backed up texts even though my phone has been setup since Monday morning.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sflesch:
The last I knew, it didn't support MMS. It still doesn't list it in the description. I also had issues backing up because I didn't have an SD card.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EMcTx:
It does restore MMS. I used it all the time on my Nexus 6P, and was able restore all my pictures and texts to my Pixel 2xl. Works great!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] mlin:
Backs up and restores my mms just fine and has for a couple years
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sflesch:
I may be thinking of a similarly named app, but it doesn't say it in the review, which would be helpful.

I was using Easy Backup, but started getting errors. I didn't realize (and it wasn't clear) that the SD card was full. I tried looking into it to find the app and even the developer was pulled from the Play store. It seems the app (EB) may have some nasty ad stuff in it, so I am looking into alternatives. I will definitely give this one a try, though I wish it had Box integration as that's where I've been putting my backups.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Candygirl777:
I need to store and save mms photos from text messages from my LG android phone to my computer. Is there an app I need to install first or do I connect my phone to my laptop with a cable to do this? These are really important photos that came from someone and need to be saved. Thanks for the help.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Save the photos from your mms to your internal storage, then transfer them to your pc. You can also save them to google photos as well :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Alekos:
there are so many ways to save mms photos from messages. just long press on the photos and click the share button, you will find many ways to send the pictures to anywhere you like (Gmail, Photos, etc)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sn0warmy:
I enabled full immersive mode to help prevent screen burn-in and now I'm finding that a couple of apps, namely Spotify, won't utilize the full screen area and keeps a huge black bar on the top and bottom of the app. On my LG V30, there was an option to force apps to utilize the full screen and this worked perfectly with Spotify. However, I'm not seeing this option on my 2 XL.

Does anyone know how to force certain apps into full screen on the 2 XL?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JORDANZ1998:
Same problem here, would love a fix for this so I can use the whole screen
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] obsanity:
Accessibility has a magnification option when triple tapping the screen. It zooms in a bit too far but it does go full screen. I wonder if there is a way to lower the zoom amount somewhere.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] SWBgHz:
The LG V30 handles this really well. Little button on nav bar to switch between full screen and regular and the setting sticks per app.

This seems like and option but I haven't tried it out yet myself.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sn0warmy:
Yeah, I pulled my V30 back off the shelf for a bit yesterday and it made me envious of how well it handles immersive mode, compared to the 2 XL. Sadly, yesterday, I started to experience the issue that others have mentioned with immersive mode enabled on the 2 XL, which is that occasionally the screen won't wake and the only way to fix it is with a hard reboot (hold power for 10 seconds). It happened to me 3 times yesterday. So now I'm realizing that in order to keep my phone fully functional and reliable, I have to disable immersive mode. :(

On the plus side, my squeeze for assistant feature will work again but now I'll be putting myself at risk for screen burn-in. So anything I can do to hide the nav bar whenever possible will be very welcomed. I'll give that GMD Full Screen app a try. No matter what I'm going to use Nav Bar Apps to change the color of the nav bar based on the app being used. This will allow me to prevent the black nav bar from showing up, minimizing the risk of screen burn-in.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Icyou:
Maybe set nav to 1 ?cuz apk need to see if there is a keyboard
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sn0warmy:
How do I do that? I'm familiar with ABD/fastboot commands but not sure what the command is to change nav to 1.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] :
Removing the navbar doesn't force apps into fullscreen
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] imtjnotu:
I like that my Note 8 gives you the option to force it in apps that don't support it and it remembers that decision
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] SWBgHz:
That is what V30 does, nice thing with V30 is you have a 4th button on nav bar that is a toggle between immersive on and off and however you set it 'sticks' for that app for next time. So it makes it very easy to setup/use. Frankly, this should be default behavior in Android and the fact that it isn't just wreaks of Google stubbornness we see where they just won't make and obvious and necessary changes because their original thinking is different than what people want.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] krolla03:
Guys you will have to wait for custom roms to come out. They (at least some) will more then likely have features like this. The pixel is stock android pretty bare bones when it comes to things like that. Google isnt going to put a feature like that in (for some reason) that wouldnt be utilized by other phones. Now i know what your thinking. "But the pixel does have some "pixel specific software features" And this is true. But hey its Google it only took them 13 OS iterations to give us a proper ****ing battery % indicator.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Pecata:
I haven't experienced this issue. I am using this command to enable immersive mode however in order avoid issues previously reported - battery drain, performance problems and delay waking up the screen: settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Nephilim:
Try out the app "Navbar Apps" in the play store. What it does is creates a matching color for the navbar of whatever app you're in simply lar to how the status bar works by default in apps. Some aren't accurate but you can manually set colors for apps too. Most are pretty spot on.

This works perfect to help with burn-in. The reason being is that people have it backwards, the navbar is the only thing not burning in due to black on Oled meaning the pixels are off. So by having a black navbar on all the time you're actually seeing burn-in from the entire rest of the screen with the navbar being darker since it's not active. Using the app I recommended above will basically even out the screen so it's all being used the same amount, thus reducing any noticable burn-in. It also looks really cool and has a bunch of great features.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] hatdrc:
I too would like to know how to do this. Had it on my S8+ and loved it. Someone over there made an rro theme that removed it
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sn0warmy:
Yeah, this option makes complete sense, actually. I couldn't understand why it would be the pixels that are turned off the most (with the black nav bar) that would cause the burn-in. So your explanation helps clear that up for me. Right before leaving for a 5 day trip in Costa Rica, I disabled full immersive mode and installed Nav Bar Apps. I spent my downtime on the plane to get all my app nav bar custom colors setup to my liking. Now all my apps have color variations ranging anywhere from red, to blue, to green, orange, yellow, white and everything in between. Everything EXCEPT black. I used the phone the entire trip for travel guidance, music, watching Netflix/Hulu, taking pictures etc.. All with absolutely no black nav bar. I just got home last night, checked the phone this morning for burn-in and there's nothing.

It's sad that this screen burns in so quickly with the black nav bar, but to me its become such a non-issue since it's so easy to avoid. The ideal setup would be to fully disable the nav bar and use pie controls instead but a ROM isn't yet available to do this. I've read that Custom Navigation bar is another solid option as it allows you to hide the nav bar by app. However, I'm not sure it allows you to change the nav bar colors and I'm fairly certain it still disables the squeeze for assistant feature because it's still technically using immersive mode in some form.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sn0warmy:
Can you elaborate on this a bit?

I tried that command but it didn't do anything. So I tried the same command with a different app, example...

settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,-com.google.android.youtube

And what I noticed is that it put the full nav bar immersive mode system wide on everything EXCEPT Youtube. This was the opposite of what I anticipated would happen. Now I'm thinking the "-" means I'm telling the system to make everything immersive except the app I specified in the above command. Is this correct? If so, the only benefit I see to using this method is to pick and choose certain apps to prevent the immersive nav bar.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Nephilim:
Glad you like it. I'm enjoying it a lot. It makes you feel like you're actually using the whole screen instead of having the ugly cut off black bottom with nav buttons.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] AndrasLOHF:
Thanks for the heads up on this. Back in the day an Xposed module was needed for this and there was a spreadsheet going on matching apps colors that were detected wrong. The last good PA ROM had it baked in as well. Though I wonder how much longer this will be on the Play Store with Google set on removing anything that touches Accessibility Services that aren't related to a disability.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sn0warmy:
So I spent some more time fiddling with this and tried testing the same command but without the "-". So the new command is:

settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=apps,com.google.android.youtube

What I noticed is that the nav bar immersive setting still seems to be system wide. However, squeeze for assistant is still working with the screen off. This has not been the case with any other immersive commands I've tried. So this definitely handles it a little differently. I'll test this for a while to see if I have any issues with screen not waking from sleep.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Nephilim:
I couldn't care less if things get removed from play store, we can still sideload and I'm sure someone as useful as Navbar Apps would just move to XDA Labs if it got removed.