[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I have. And this thread is especially... uhm -- irritating -- because the thread title is now blatantly false. I wish the mods would LOCK it so it can die the death it deserves.

Here's the deal.

1) In North America, if you flash any KDZ (Verizon VS996, Canadian H933, AS998 US998) the phone BECOMES that model. Radio, bands, etc.

Verizon users first loved that (before root) on their US998 when they could flash the Verizon Oreo KDZ and not only get Oreo, but now get Verizon voicemail, etc. But then after root became available, they had to flash back to US998. But they were able to figure out how to get VoLTE and Wi-calling. Not sure about Verizon voicemail.

Sprint LS998 users who flashed to US998 temporarily lost LTE bands 26 & 41, until they flashed some modem stuff back.

You have to use the US998 Oreo for North America LG V30/V30+ to get bootloader unlock and root.

2) We thought this would also be the case for the H930. And initially some users incorrectly/falsely (not sure what happened) reported their bands changed. They didn't. They also incorrectly/falsey (it seems) reported they lost dual SIM card functionality. You don't. At least not when you flash the H930, and bootloader unlock and root. At least a dozen people say they still have dual SIM card functionality.

So, it seems flashing to H930 does NOT change the H930DS in any way. Except maybe in the "About Phone" section.

Why the difference between the two regions? I don't know. Ask LG. We are doing stuff they don't want us to do anyway, so they aren't going to give an answer.

3) I have a question. Do ALL H930 DS have the same bands?

I count at least a dozen different regional H930DS. Do they all have the same bands? What happens when you flash the H930DS of ANOTHER region, if there's any with different radio bands?

Why does

this website show the H930DS has LTE band 4

? Is it because SOME do have it?

https://www.mylgphones.com/lg-v30-h...-checking-the-lg-h930-software-update-history

Model	Buyer Suffix	Buyer/Carrier	Country/Area	Live date

LGH930DS	IND	INDIA	IN/India	2018-02-10

LGH930DS	CIS	CIS	04/Cis	2018-01-30

LGH930DS	KAZ	KAZAKHSTAN	KZ/Kazakhstan	2018-01-30

LGH930DS	HKG	HONG KONG	HK/China	2018-01-15

LGH930DS	SEA	ARROW	SG/Singapore	2018-01-13

LGH930DS	TWN	TAIWAN	TW/Taiwan	2018-01-13

LGH930DS	IDN	INDONESIA	ID/Indonesia	2018-01-11

LGH930DS	IRN	IRAN	IR/Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2018-01-11

LGH930DS	PHL	PHILIPPINES	PH/Philippines	2018-01-11

LGH930DS	ARE	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	AE/United Arab Emirates	2018-01-11

LGH930DS	GCC	ASBT_3PIN	AE/United Arab Emirates	2018-01-11

LGH930DS	AUS	AUSTRALIA	AU/Australia	2018-01-10

4) There IS a regional H930DS that will also give you bootloader unlock and root. It's the CIS H930DS, according to [MENTION=288948]crubbish[/MENTION]. He says he flashed the new_unlock.bin code directly from THAT Oreo, not from European H930 Oreo. I'm uploading it now. But unless you can answer the question in #3, it doesn't really do any good. It's not really any better for H930DS users to get bootloader unlock, root, and dual SIM functionality. The H930 Oreo already does that. It would only be useful if it has a different radio, and if flashing it would give you that radio.