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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] deepaktalwalker:
Dear elite fellow users of LG V20 H990DS, enclosed herewith below communication from LG Product Security Update Team regarding regular on time monthly security patches update & Oreo Upgrade for our LG V20 devices around the globe.

Dear Deepak Talwalker,,

This is a staff of LG Product Security Response Team(LG PSRT).

Next security patch will be included in Oreo update.

It means that your V20 H990DS will get the Oreo update soon.

Additionally, the Oreo update is scheduled at the end of May.

Thank you for your patience.

Regards,

PSRT

To above their E-mail again I replied back as follows:

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Thank you for your E-mail. I feel dejected by the same. LG PSRT is either requested to prepone Oreo 8.1,x upgrade by end of March 18 or if possible instead of scheduling stale Oreo 8.1.x for a flagship like LG V20 H990DS may directly jump to Android ‘P’ as soon as it is released. Such huge time lag of 09 months from 21st Aug17 to end of May 18 for the Oreo upgrade is not at all appreciated for a flagship like LG V20 H990DS.

Meanwhile if soonest possible, please arrange for a quick Kernel update for LG V20 H990DS so that undue/undesired/ unsolicited battery drain will be arrested or reduced considerably thereby improving Battery Back up & Screen On Time for the world wide LG V20 devices. Also LG V20 H990DS users will get rid of possessing & carrying nasty power banks all the time & happily wait for Android ‘P’ if a quick proper Kernel update is released for their LG V20 device to improve battery back up & Screen On Time instead of Android Oreo 8.1.x for their LG V20 H990DS.

Thanking you,

Yours truly,

Deepak Talwalker
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tahirkhann08:
:cool::cool::good::good:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fenrisswolf:
Good news. Hopefully AT&T confirms their own Oreo update relaease, and actually stick to it...

On related news, does Oreo have project Treble built in? or is that limited to 8.1? If it did, it'd make later updates potentially even easier, wouldn't it?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] syn3h:
Project Treble is built in to 8.0 Oreo.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] toastyp:
That's not necessarily the case. Only phones that SHIP with 8.0 have to support treble. Phones that originally came with anything less do not have to implement treble support for oreo builds in the future. I think it may be why LG shipped the v30 with 7.1.2 instead of Oreo.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIronMaiden:
http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=vs995

Check this out
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] nirvikkhanal:
Thanks. Since I own an h91O and I am not in the US, I will never get the update officially.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ivoh95:
Anyone managed to get it running? Whats the arb?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIronMaiden:
A build had been attempted but had failed. Might as well wait for the OTA. Unless the prodigal son [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] wants a hack at it lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
That is just the kernel and a few other open source pieces that LG uses and must release the source code for.

-- Brian
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIronMaiden:
At least its confirmed at the very least. Just have to wait for the ota then
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLoonyRebel:
F800k Oreo kernel source now available.

http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=f800k
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLoonyRebel:
H910 Oreo kernel source now available!!!!

http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=h910
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] askermk2000:
I have started to work with the VS995 Oreo source, so far it boots on my G5 but there are some problems. I assume it's some incompatibility with Nougat, maybe binder and/or selinux differences.

Another nice thing; Looking at the G6 and V20 (VS995) Oreo sources I can see that LG has finally made the effort to make a properly unified kernel tree, i.e the G6 and V20 sources are virtually identical (except only that the V20 is a bit newer with a few fixes).

That means much less effort (and potential bugs) for me to make mk2k-oreo.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creative_X:
I hope that they done something with kernel and color calibration (retention)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
[MENTION=6814590]askermk2000[/MENTION] Saw you popped onto the IRC channel, but you were gone by the time I got there :P

I don't know what is going to happen with Oreo. LG very well could make changes that require you to run the Oreo firmware in order to run Oreo, and they could have changed the firmware so that it no longer works with the engineering aboot.

If that happens the only model that will can have root with Oreo is the H918.

Now I seriously doubt that is going to happen. LG pretty much uses the reference SD820 firmware implementation from Qualcomm. I can't imagine they would expend the resources to build their own.

Bottom line though, we won't know until Oreo is released.

-- Brian
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLoonyRebel:
Meanwhile the H918 has a new kernel source for 10T which is Nougat based. This tells me either there'a a new OTA coming or LG simply uploaded the kernel source even if the OTA isn't being released as they have done several times already with the H 918 model.

http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=h918
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Winterdeath:
I was also taking a look at the Poco F1, but I've read that it has unimpressive audio quality (at least by GSMArena's testing) when headphones are being used and since headphone audio is one of the main reasons I've purchased the V20 in the first place, I don't find the Poco to be a worthy enough replacement despite it having many good features by itself.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rssy:
Is there anyone who has received oreo on their LG V20 H990DS???
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] kingtm:
No, but i receive this[emoji16]View attachment 4599046
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] goulash2011:
^Awwwww you should have gone nokia
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rssy:
Still choosing LG even by facing their horrible after support for their devices :eek:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] krk2krk:
Great but you should have waited for V40 with Android Pie. Since here we have been talking about slow updates and you bought a phone with Android Oreo when Pie is already there in some of the phones. Between enjoy your new G7 :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] manbat:
Just got my notice to download Oreo on my VS995 (Verizon V20)...downloading now...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] X-Nemesis:
I'm thinking TMo's one tester they have for the V20 is asleep at the wheel. Maybe he lost his V20.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Is he in hibernation? Lol
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] temperne:
Can anyone check to see if phone call recording still works on the Oreo Update with a app called ACR?

It needs to be able to record both sides of the conversation to work for me.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] stinka318:
Have LG v20 us996 but no updates.....W.T.H lg.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
You are not alone, us H918 users feel the same
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Trastommy:
Cries in H990ds

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_infinity:
Lmao.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creative_X:
990ds will never gona get Oreo
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnrsenpai:
why are you so confident
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creative_X:
That is LG tradition with international models.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creative_X:
Lazy LGView attachment 4601481
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_infinity:
Lol. End of October ?

Too slow LG. Too slow.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Trastommy:
Lol thanks(?)

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] baldybill:
Anyone on US 996 got theirs?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Na, he turned on Doze mode.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Andy Chi:
And he wears Greenify donation chonees instead of Superman chonees while he making meemees timez zzzz zzz zzz z
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLoonyRebel:
Meanwhile the G5 T-Mobile variant just got Oreo.... you know a device that is OLDER than the V20. WHAT THE WHAT?????
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Winterdeath:
That's nothing. My friend's Samsung A5 2017 got Oreo more than a month ago and it's not even a flagship device and it launched not with Nougat, but with Marshmellow XD
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
You guys are both right. I have never had a daily driver that wasn't a lg device. I try not to lose confidence but, sometimes I wonder if I should upgrade. Loyalty is the only reason I'm still remaining confident.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Winterdeath:
Loyalty is fine if it's being rewarded, but I don't think that's the case with LG.

I've never owned a smartphone from LG before buying the V20 and I've bought it only because it's one of the best devices I could find on the market that offers the kind of functionality I want to have on my phone (I couldn't care less for its branding). Considering how good it is hardware-wise and that it was the very first phone to be launched with Nougat, I really wasn't expecting such miserable software support after owning it for a year now. The V20 itself has to be the biggest irony among all of the modern smartphones.

In the end, I would love to replace the V20 with another smartphone as I don't want to have any kind of connection to LG anymore because of how their horrible approach to updates, but sadly, there is no real replacement for the V20. There is no other smartphone on the market that offers a combination of still capable performance-related features (like the Snapdragon 820 and the 4GB of RAM), but also generous amount of internal storage combined with the microSD slot, durable metal construction, a very capable camera that manages to beat the V30 and the G7 themselves in a lot of regards, removable battery, 3.5mm jack with Quad DAC, dual SIM slots (at least on my H990DS) and most importantly, the secondary screen, one of the most useful things ever put on a smartphone since the dawn of time (you can keep your 18:9 ratio bezel less screens and notches, I find the secondary screen to be a much bigger selling point). Also, let's not forget the V20's current price, which is way below the 800 - 1000 dollars you would have to spend for any of the modern flagships. I'm also very annoyed with the adoption of the current trend of using glass as a main build material for the majority of flagships, why does fragile suddenly mean premium?

So, yeah, I think I've rambled long enough. The LG V20 is really a case of a very unique phone being ruined by the very company that has created it and it's certainly a damn shame that that has to be the case.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
That's real talk.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] itm:
+1
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] supaet:
Lol what. So tmobile released g5 oreo while its still shows under development and still testing v20 oreo for weeks? What kind of joke is that
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] fercas:
T mobile not yet releases Oreo for G5 by OTA. I have a v20 and G5 both of t mobile and don't have Oreo. In the web page is still in development.

Greetings

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] supaet:
News says otherwise
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] buongu:
supaet is correct, unfortunately...

https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg5/comments/9hrt9r/verizon_is_pushing_the_vs987_oreo_update/
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] askermk2000:
I've been looking at the newly released H830 Oreo boot image (I assume it's the same for V20 and G6). The ramdisk no longer contains "init.lge.rc" (which had the rctd service) or any other reference to rctd.

Except for a binary called "rctd" in sbin folder. So I'm guessing the service is now started from system, after boot.

I don't know how to disable it as I don't have oreo yet, but later I could include some code to write to system partition and disable it. Perhaps better with a magisk module, but I don't know how to do that.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dgattenb:
My V20 .. ( UK) unlocked NRD90M V10i-TWN-XX still on 7.0.. october / november for 8... even then it wil be 8.0 and not 8.1.. me thinks ??
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tim3tripp3r:
Yes, From my research all V20's will only get Oreo 8.0. I have not read anywhere anything to suggest other than that, also all the variants that have received Oreo to date are on 8.0.

A few blogs/ websites are suggesting that the V20 could get Android Pie update in 2019 - personally I think that is highly unlikely given LG's record recently with updates. It would be great if it happens but don't hold your breath.

Also, some forum posts show interaction with LG in India and dates for getting Oreo on the H990DS. The thing is that there are 6(?) variations of the H990DS, so it could mean completely different timetables for each of the models [TWN, SEA, etc). Even in the USA the different carrier models have been staggered in the release dates of the OTA.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkknight200:
https://i.imgur.com/My3rCEE.png

H910 att got their second Oreo update
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dudeawsome:
Well kind of expected that model to be last to get oreo
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Wow, they got a second one and, the H918 is still in the testing phase according to Tmobile. Smh
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] krk2krk:
Atlast Oreo source code released for H990DS. I guess the same variants will get Oreo in a month or so.

http://opensource.lge.com/osSch/list?types=ALL&search=h990
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ak7J4:
Oreo is out !!!!! I just got it on h918

Sorry for yellow tint.

CONFIRMED ARB 1 STILL.

WIFI IS BROKEN. DON'T UPDATE!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] McDown:
Just updated. Wifi is fine.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Hello, just a quick question. I just saw on tmobile website that oreo is still in the testing phase. Do they change that after everyone has gotten it?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tim3tripp3r:
It could also be that Tmo just hasn't gotten around to updating the website page that says "testing". If it's available to everyone for OTA then I'm guessing that it's beyond the test phase. Not saying that this is the gospel, just another possibility.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheLoonyRebel:
I posted the OTA in another thread but I will post it here too....

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904016179

Not TWRP flashable. Not rooted. This is the straight OTA zip file taken right from my H918 V20.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ak7J4:
Already changed .
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
You are correct. Thank you the heads up.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] dgattenb:
nothing on sim free in the uk .. i have a bt sim in the phone .. v10i-twn-xx nrd90m... update still says up to date.. 6 nov 2017 !!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] spiderx_mm:
I just checked with LG Mobile Singapore this morning. They said the update for V20 is still in the queue, but they don't have the ETA at the moment. My V20 has near it 2 years birthday and showing sign of life. The battery is the worst. Can't find an original replacement and 3rd parties don't work well. I felt like enough is enough and ordered a P20 Pro. I'll still keep my V20 around. After all, this is still one of the best audio phone.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
The Perfine extended battery on Amazon is the best I have been using that battery in two devices and, have no complaints.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] spiderx_mm:
I think it's no longer available on Amazon now. And even if it's available, I don't like my phone to be bulky. So, let it be.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
It's available, I recently purchased another one for a friend. It's actually not bulky. My girlfriend thought that it would be until using it. It gives your phone a distinctive look. I use heavily and at tops if any only charge twice a day. It's definitely a worth it.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] uxairmalik:
Lg g5 h850 international model getting oreo. And still no sign of oreo on international models of lg v20.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] spiderx_mm:
Thanks for the info. My definition of thick or bulky is quite sensitive. .. anything 1mm thicker than the device thickness is considered thick or bulky by me :D. That's why I only apply skin on my phone. Not even use a case.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
I understand.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] uxairmalik:
Got Oreo Update on Lg v20 H990N dual sim model.

Hongkong based international variant.

?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] usman92:
But i'm getting message "using latest software version" on my v20 h990n
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] uxairmalik:
Update via LG Bridge

Or KDZ
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] usman92:
thanks got it
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
I'll pass until there is root available for my H990 Oreo.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] YPG70:
Hi Friends I need help I checked LG Bridge and OTA, there is no Oreo available for my US 996 US Cellular. Is that correct? If not does anyone have the KDZ for it?

Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Trastommy:
I can't update lg bridge, after downloading it says "error c:user/filelocation"

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
It's not available therefore no kdz either, you're just going to have to wait
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] zwat:
hi, i have an Indonesian h990ds on norwegian carrier. will i get the oreo update tru update center or must i update manually or spoof my ip? i'm on 1st january security patch and no update since 19th february.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] guillemopra:
vibration strength

get the oreo update in my t-mobile v20, everything works good except that i cant change vibration strength anymore, and apparently y set in the hardest and its making laud noises every time theres feedback super annoying, anyone has this problem with oreo
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Winterdeath:
I also have that same problem and it's pissing me off XD
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/rom-h91820f-oreo-root-t3848854, worked for me. I cannot use a device without complete stability.This has provided it for my daily driver needs.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tim3tripp3r:
From what I have read all H990DS variations should see the OTA over the next week. It should not matter where in the world you are, but you will need to use wifi to do the OTA download. That is the safest way to update. If you do decide to download a file it is critical that you get the correct version, also you should check that the file is all there. If the file isn't 100% completely correct (sometimes things happen during the download that corrupts the file) then you can risk a brick during the update process. Good luck either way.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blard23xx:
Receveing OTA H990DS right now. As soon as I get home from work, I update and see how it goes. View attachment 4615486

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] reza_xdv:
Guys I have H990DS AME variant. Can I flash another variant like SEA or TWN? Does it cause any problems?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creative_X:
It causes problems, wait for your AME version
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tim3tripp3r:
So much for this prediction.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Creative_X:
I provoked LG support [emoji1]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blard23xx:
Server are overload... Is it possible? 6 hours and I am 4 percent under wifi. Bah

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tim3tripp3r:
It's probably just luck of the draw. I'm in western Canada using public WiFi in fast food joint and have 3% in approximately 30 mins. There's a lot of variables besides the actual LG servers themselves. Amount of traffic in your region, possible backbone outages where they have to route traffic to alternative routes, etc.

I'm updating a H990DS TWN so it could also vary by what regional version you have. I have no idea how many of each version there is in the wild but it could be that some versions are generating more traffic than others.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Trastommy:
7hours and only 37%

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blard23xx:
Update done. A little bit more fluid but I see an increase of image retention (with sFilter app ON, that usually resolve this issue). On dual sim version H990DS seems that now when I reboot, it stay on 4G (on 7.0 there is a bug that It forces me to switch 3G in 4G every time when I change battery). It change all graphics (a little) and add a new mode for take screenshot (it add a mode that can take GIF now). We'll see in a few days how it goes (battery and so on). I tried Treble app and it doesn't support it (I already knew but it's a shame anyway). I hope no more bugs, because it seems legit suppose that this update will be the last one we will receive on this device... (another shame, of course).

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] itm:
Got the update last night on my H990DS (Taiwanese import) - build no OPR1.170623.032 - software version v20a-TWN-XX. It took more than 6 hours to download (I had to leave it downloading overnight. Looks good so far.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jah:
So my 1 hour to download 50% isn't too bad :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] goulash2011:
Mines took hours also to complete.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tim3tripp3r:
Yes I agree about the image retention and that sFilter doesn't quite have the same effect.

My biggest bug so far is that the whole phone side (both SIM's) crashes leaving zero SIM's recognized. I run mine with both SIM slots occupied and it has been rock solid on Nougat. I could switch back and forth to make calls off either SIM just by tapping on the drop down notification bar. Now on Oreo after a little while of uptime it starts lagging when switching SIM's then out of the blue while doing something non phone call related both SIM icons dissappear replaced by a single SIM icon with a diagonal line through it. Only way forward is to reboot.

My honest opinion is that this Oreo update is not as polished as the original Nougat that the phone shipped out with. That is absolutely crazy considering the amount of time that LG has been screwing around with the update.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] goulash2011:
I also run 2 sims and iam not sure if iam going crazy but it seems on oreo the reception is weaker.

Where i normal sit in lounge it shows less bars than before iam sure ive lost at least 1 bar in reception after oreo installed.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] laneyyy:
I'm running dual Sims and haven't had any issues. You probably need to factory reset.

Don't take notice of reception bars. They're only an indication. Use something like Signal Strength to find out your actual reception
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
I always have a 1 - 3 signal bar but it doesn't even affect my activities such as calling or messaging.. ( probably my device is started to break soon since i do accidentally dropped it a lot )
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] YPG70:
I feel missed out.. still no update for US996 unlocked cellular. :(
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] baldybill:
I also have the US996 unlocked...

While I feel the same as you, I look at it this way: Hopefully by the time we get our update, there will be a way to root Oreo OR someone who's working on a rooted Oreo Custom Rom will have the bugs worked out and we can go straight to a version of Oreo and be rooted.