yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] gavilan2010:
I will say flash full kdz as OP Say.

Just to be safe

*.A true warrior enters the battle with all his powers at the ready*. LG-H918
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
...and I will ask: what are you trying to achieve? What's your goal here?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Warrentheo:
I need some help, I believe I got TWRP on both LAF+Recovery, but this doesn't seem to let me install LineageOS 14.1... Screen goes past the "Bootloader can't be checked" screen, then the LG logo's, but then goes blank and keeps cycling the backlight on/off about once every 2 seconds... Because TWRP was working I was able to make it back to 10p...

Steps I took:

Flashed 10p kdz with LG UP...

Reset to factory, went through setup just enough to debug/oem unlock

fastboot oem unlock + confirmed

lafsploit step1.sh with FWUL

booted to LAF/TWRP, installed TWRP "twrp-3.2.3-0-h918.img" version on recovery

Booted from Recovery/TWRP

wiped dalvik,cache,system,data,internal storage

installed lineage-14.1-20190218-nightly-h918-signed.zip (current nightly for me) + open_gapps-arm64-7.1-nano-20190209.zip + Magisk-v18.1.zip

rebooted to system...

Again, I realize this is not the thread for ROM issues, but I just want to make sure that there is not something missing from the unlocking process, any help would be appreciated...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
If you read back a few posts, you'll find that you've done exactly what I did (and got the same result). :)

For me, the answer was to use the UNOFFICIAL 15.1 LineageOS which I found in that thread.

BTW, I think the TWRP I installed into recovery is 3.2.3-4, in case you want the latest.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Well, I just flashed LAFpartition using Octopus... Saw it safer...

I want to SIM Unlock the phone after root.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
SUCCESS Rooting

but not that simple.

I live in cuba, and gitlab.com seems to be blocked for my country, so it was a bit hard to connect for the git pull stuff.

SO, because I need to unlock the phone and the unlock software AFAIK needs the download mode for the process to work... I will need to restore the LAF partition after I install TWRP to recovery partition.

I comment this here, because my scenario is different to the most here, almost eeryone root for installing custom roms, etc
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ferouzferzkassim:
alpha@alpha-HP-EliteBook-840-G2:~$ git checkout h918-miscwrte

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

alpha@alpha-HP-EliteBook-840-G2:~$

the repository might have changed ir deleted
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
Stuck on boot screen!!!!

Stuck on boot screen!!!!

No custom roms are working on my lg v20 except stock rom when flashed through twrp! PLEASE HELP!!!! If I flash a custom rom it gets stuck on lg logo/boot screen and then nothing happens!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] hahmad78:
i need nt code for h918 t mobile , kindly help me. i have h990ds, i need for some volte checking
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
New Antutu Score Record For All LG V20!!!!

Thermal paste mod+ performance governor +full hd mod using easy dpi changer !!!!!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
What's that have to do with laf exploit
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Nothing at all... should be deleted by a mod

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aleph930623:
I've been stuck several days with a phone, and I'm asking humbling for your help, if its possible.

Excuse my English, it's not my original speak language.

It's a LG H918, V20 TMO. I've been able to downgrade to H91810p, but my problem comes when I'm trying to install twrp.

I live in Cuba, and apparently the gitlab links require a VPN connection. I've created, but it's to slow, and from FWUL has made completely impossible to get the required files for twrp flashing.

Ive also clone the zip from a browser, but I can't find the steps files.

Is there a chance that you can help me with the updated files?

From now, thank you.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Email me

Yurais at gmail.com

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Looks nice, I see that you are on the H918 like me. Could you share a little knowledge on how you achieved it? Inbox me, btw. Your posting in the wrong thread.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] linux.dude.:
success

your method was concise, detailed and easy to follow. after reading extensively on the subject of rooting the h918, i was beginning to get discouraged. am i glad i decided to follow your method, as it worked well and painlessly. thank you for the time and effort you put into this project.

all the best
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jaysu1:
I'm getting this error when enter this command (git pull) fatal: unable to access 'https://Golan.com/running nak3d/lilac.git / ': could not resolve host:

PLEASE HELP!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
You are going to have to give more details -- like what version of FWUL you are using. I don't know where you are getting that URL.

-- Brian
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Don't quote the entire OP
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jaysu1:
It's the one of the description 2.7 I followed all the steps I'm not sure what I'm missing

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I'm using the one of the description 2.7 I followed all the steps I'm not sure what I'm missing
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] steadfasterX:
Latest stable FWUL is 3.1
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jaysu1:
Thanks yesterday I was finally able to acquire root on my LG H91810p.

I will try to flash a custom ROM later on today and see how it goes.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] wolf45801:
I just wanted to verify that this will work on 20h without downgrading?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Yes it will work on 20h but you have to downgrade to 10p as stated in the OP
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lilonex3:
I have a few questions I already downgraded from Oreo.

1. If I make a backup via LG Backup on 7.0 and I install rooted Oreo will I be able to use that backup to restore all my information?

2. If so could I remove LG Backup afterwards?

3. Would I remain rooted?

I had installed twrp but for some reason it didnt install to recovery. I didnt have an sd card at the time. I just don't want to reinstall all my apps, and login to everything again. I want to keep my phone looking like it wasn't tampered with.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Yes and, you have to flash the twrp image to the laf partition too
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lilonex3:
Scorpio, so was that a yes to all my questions?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
If you use Migrate you should be good. Keep the latest Majisk on your ext SD card and, flash should keep you root. It might be a little extra but, it works on 2 H918's that I have.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lilonex3:
I thought migrate was between two phones? I only have one. I'm sorry if I sound like a noob I just have it rooted anyting since my Note 4 thank you for all your help
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Migrate will back up your data and, apps
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabe1021:
After TWRP has supposedly flashed, the LG lafsploit program terminal asks me to remove the USB cable and states that once I enter download mode again TWRP would boot. It doesn't, it just goes back into download mode. What am I missing?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] steadfasterX:
Flashing TWRP will take not more then a few SECONDS . There is nothing fetched from anywhere ! LOL there is no vpn to Russia to talk with putin if he allows flashing ;) there is something wrong with your install.

Make a screenshot of what you are doing and the result . Which FWUL version are you using?

VirtualBox or on USB ? If in VirtualBox ensure you have USB set to 2.0 in the VM setttings and that your phone gets passed through to the VM
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabe1021:
I'm running FWUL 3.1 on a USB drive.

I wasn't in download mode when I first attemtped this, it wasn't in the directions that I read.

The issue I'm having now is that when TWRP finishes flashing (supposedly, probably not) and I'm asked to remove the USB cable and go back into download mode, TWRP does not load, it only goes back into download mode.

What's with the shared libraries not loading? How do I fix that? Where are those libraries supposed to be?

[IMG="Lafsploit Error1"]https://i.imgur.com/Zc8ARXZ.png[/IMG]
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] steadfasterX:
That's why one should provide always a screenshot .. Yes the library error isn't good and I guess that's the reason why the hash isn't generated as it should for you.

I suggest 2 options :

1) download the latest FWUL nightly and try again (good idea anyways)

2) try to re/install the readline package:

- open a terminal

- execute: sudo pacman --noconfirm -S readline

Then try again . You can try 2) in your current install first and if the error is still the same and the hash is still just "S" try 1) + 2) .
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabe1021:
The sudo pacman --noconfirm -S readline command didn’t work for me, it resulted in FWUL not being able to reboot.

So I downloaded the 30GB image and tried that version, and it worked for me.

For those that are attempting this and are running into similar issues as me, below I wrote a list of things that worked / didn’t work for me using this lafsploit method:

1.	I unlocked the bootloader.

2.	I downgraded firmware to version H91810p using LG UP + Uppercut

3.	I flashed 30GB FWUL (15GB did not work for me) onto USB drive using Balena Etcher (Rufus did not work for me)

4.	Booted FWUL from the USB. Logged in using password: linux

5.	Connect LG V20 H918 in download mode.

6.	Double click the LG folder that is on the desktop

7.	Double click on LG LAF (runningnak3d) program icon which opens its terminal prompt

8.	Enter these commands:

a.	git pull

b.	git checkout h918-miscwrte

c.	./step1.sh

9.	If TWRP is flashed properly, both the download mode status meter and the LG LAF (runningnak3d) terminal prompt will display 100% completion.

10.	Disconnect cable from PC, which turns off phone.

11.	Get back into download mode and it should boot into TWRP.

12.	Flash TWRP onto recovery so you can easily get to TWRP!!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ZoronicElysium:
Missing files on GitHub

Hey, so a few years ago I used your lafsploit method and it worked great on my T-Mobile V20 but I've since reverted to stock through flashing the KDZ. I'm trying to reinstall TWRP and the such but when I run the commands to even get the files from GitHub, I get the error:

"error: pathspec 'h918-miscwrte' did not match any file(s) known to git."

I'm lost man. Every source for rooting this phone has been referring to this method and I've browsed the GitHub page myself looking for the appropriate files to maybe download them manually but to no avail. I followed the tutorial and met the requirements completely (no "expert mode").

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Phoenix591:
its on gitlab, NOT github. if for whatever reason the version on fwul isn't updating properly you can clone (redownload) the whole thing again, open a terminal, then

git clone https://gitlab.com/runningnak3d/lglaf -b h918-miscwrte
cd lglaf
./step1.sh

if for whatever reason you're having a hard time getting internet working under fwul, you can download a copy by clicking the cloud (on the gitlab link above) and saving and unpacking it somewhere you can find it while running fwul, just get in a terminal open in the folder you unpacked it and run step1.sh
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lilonex3:
Does anyone know if twrp interferes with quick charge. When I restart my phone. Sometimes twrp loads , I reboot system and my quick charge don't work,also my battery drains faster than normal.

Forgot that when I plug into my car charger with qc 3.0 charging stops and starts. Had no issues with it before.

Edit:added another issue
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Probably kernel related
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lilonex3:
Have stock no root with twrp
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Thats strange.

Consider flashibg to stuck fully.

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lilonex3:
All I did was downgrade from Oreo, installed twrp and that was it. Haven't flashed anything.

Fully stock as in removing twrp too?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Yes, back to oreo stock and check there if problem persist

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] lilonex3:
I would prefer not to since I have almost 40gb of music and pictures.

Once in a while after reboot quick charge works again. Currently quick charge not working.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] JonDoeXDA:
./step1.sh

After this step, whenever I try to boot into download mode it just goes by for a second and then a red triangle comes up. After that it loops if I keep holding the volume up button. I can boot into the system and fastboot mode.

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./step1.sh

After this step, whenever I try to boot into download mode it just goes by for a second and then a red triangle comes up. After that it loops if I keep holding the volume up button. I can boot into the system and fastboot mode.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] JonDoeXDA:
Edit: Nevermind, it finally started booting into twrp, but now the triangle is orange/yellow.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TC93:
I must have done something wrong... It acted like it flashed the twrp fine, but when I tried to enter download mode again it gave a full screen error.

It does still boot up Android ok. I just lost the download. I had downgraded to the version of android stated on here. My phone is an H918.

I just thought of something. I bought my phone as an unlocked phone, is that different from an unlocked bootloader? If so that's probably the problem? What can I do to fix this?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
This exploit replaces download mode with twrp
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TC93:
I think I'm probably screwed on my error message, I doubt it can be fixed. This is the very thing I dreaded about doing this. I don't know if doing a factory reset would help but I kinda doubt that. The phone does work, just that the bootloader won't let me access it. I did see the original download mode screen popup for a second, then it disappears with that error message.

I also probably should have disabled my fingerprint scan before I installed the downgraded version of android.

***

UPDATE: Now for whatever reason the error message is gone and I can access that download mode like normal. I don't know what fixed it, although I did let it install one security patch which did seem to take longer installing than normal. I don't know if I want to risk this again. I think I'm past the version limit, it shows me on on H91810q now.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rcboosted:
I'm in the wrong thread.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] kemkemk:
Hi. When the post said "ROOT" I thought I would be able to do as I normally would with Supersu. However this Magisk Systemless root is not working for me. I don't really care for OTA or banking apps, is there a way to achieve normal System root? I tried to flash Supersu but it also ended up being "Systemless" for the LGV20 H91820H
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Wrong thread, check the respective supersu threads
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] OzArctica:
The option LG LAF(runningnak3d) no appear

Thats all the option is not there, i traying to download diferents version of FWUL and the options is not there.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Phoenix591:
its still there in the exact same place the OP (guide) says it should be, in the LG folder on the Desktop. Just double checked with FWUL_v3.1_x86_64_forgetful.iso
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
not loading twrp

Hi.

this is the second time I do this, but this time is not working well.

I do all the git pull, and step1 stuff.

LAF is beeing replaced by twrp

however when I try to run TWRP, the TWRP Screen appears, then suddenly phone reboots to normal mode.

so, right now I have run out of ideas, since there is no longer downlaod mode...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] brilliant_smart:
I downgraded to 10p but the twrp still fail to install after 5 retries
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aleph930623:
What kind of error are you getting on the script?? Comment here, so maybe I can understand your problem. Are u trying this from FWUL, right?

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It's probably the version of TWRP you flashed onto the LAF partition. What version did u used? The one into the folder from gitlab??
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] hrk3r:
Thanks for the resources. Does this work on H918oh? 8.0

Regards
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] gavilan2010:
No you need to downgrade to nougat Read the Op

*.A true warrior enters the battle with all his powers at the ready*. LG-H932
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
The one linked in thread

The question is, how to fix this ?

As no download mode available

And no loader publicly available to boot on EDL mode

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aleph930623:
im afraid there isnt fix to that. if no download mode available, nor twrp working, only JTAG could fix it, but i think there isnt diagram either, because the usb loader to that model doesnt exists.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
It exists , just not public

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezzony:
I'm tempted to flash H918 KDZ on my spare VS995, so to get better rooted experience. I.e. shorter boot time, better kernel. I keep reading all over the forum that this won't work, that I'll get a unrecoverable brick.

Can someone explain why it won't work to convince me not to do it. Why is the H918 different. It's not official bootloader unlockable. I have crossflashed lots of variants on my VS995 including F800L PIE! and was able to revert back to VS995 Oreo, using LGUP patched.

I'm kicking myself that when I bought my second device I didn't get H918 as I didn't know it was better at the time. I could just get a H918 mobo for €45 from china and use that as my daily driver after rooting, but it would be a lot simpler to crossflash...if it would work. Why won't it work exactly! Different hardware or what? Has anyone tried this and got a brick? Convince me not to fry one of my mobo's!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] C D:
Yes, everyone has said that if you either cross-flash H918 firmware onto any other model or cross-flash non-H918 firmware onto an H918, the phones will permanently brick.

I don't know much about the details, but I'll quote Phoenix591 who recently answered this on the V20 Subreddit:

Edit: And here's an example of what will happen:

https://xdaforums.com/v20/help/lg-v20-power-download-mode-flashing-t3942992
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Inbox me
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Because the H918 has a different Rsa key than all of the other variants. So unless you want to hard brick don't do it
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezzony:
Okay so what I understand is that the phone will brick itself because it's designed that way using RSA keys for security reasons. I don't fully understand why this doesn't apply to all variants but maybe I don't need to - because you guys have scared me off from what I was thinking of doing. Thanks all.

I will probably sell one of my devices and get a new H918. I really do hate that slow red boot up warning screen as I swap around batteries a lot.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheExploitedOne:
This inspired me to find a way to unlock the LG Zone 2's bootloader and finally found an easy and simple method (noob freindly)

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/lg-zone-2-bootloader-unlock-t4049597

Please check it out if you have this device
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cyberspectre:
I have two H918s. One is on software version 10d, the other is on 10k. Do I need to upgrade to version 10p to use lafsploit?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheExploitedOne:
I'd probably stay on the lowest version to be safe
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cyberspectre:
That's what I assumed, I just wanted to make sure because the first post does say "If you aren't on 10p or 10q, grab the H918 10p KDZ." Lafsploit is usable on versions below 10o, right?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
That's because lafexploit was created to provide root for devices where arb has been incremented which started with 10p. So if your below 10p you can use the old method
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jritt:
I just picked up a v20 H-91820h. It's my understanding that this method is the only way to gain root. Is this correct?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] gavilan2010:
Correct read the firts page and follow the instructions you will be fine.

*.A true warrior enters the battle with all his powers at the ready*. LG-H932
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Anyone here with firehose loader ?

Pm me pls

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
There is no firehose for the H918
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Yes there is... Not public

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheExploitedOne:
Unless it was leaked from the OEM labs your out of luck. Kind off topic?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
Well good luck with that
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheExploitedOne:
That's what I was thinking too. Sorry to be off topic of the thread, but I hate how noobs do crap like that they think everyone in the world can give them help, etc ... especially with the proprietary programmers
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] yurais:
Did you really called me noob?

Look at my profile...

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheExploitedOne:
I simply called those who beg and ask for files, etc.. for a device that's completely off topic and maybe hasn't had development at all noobs. And you need to work on your grammer I'm really getting tired of reading these threads and seeing people that can't even spell a word right
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
If you can't get into download mode, then it was a bad flash. There is nothing that can be done now.

I should have had the hash check in from the start. I had no idea how many people would have flakey USB cables / busses / whatever.

-- Brian
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ki11aprime:
Ahh ok its all a process phone is still usable till i switch lol

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If I fastboot erase laf

Fastboot flash laf laf.img

Will that work?

Also can you provide me with 10p laf??
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] rivethead23:
Just want to make sure I'm understanding this when completed successfully you will have TWRP written to both laf and recovery? And no way to get download mode back,?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] ki11aprime:
In my case it seems like I got a bad flash
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
[MENTION=2854781]rivethead23[/MENTION] It will ask you if you want to flash laf back. If you don't now, you can always flash it back later.

-- Brian