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[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I'm testy because you say it's not possible with such surety, and yet people do it every day.

I wouldn't give you link to that thread if it's not possible. ;)

I'm testy because you're either not reading or either not believing me. (You seem to be saying you don't believe me, because you claim you read it.)

If you aren't sure, if something is confusing, then ask "Hey is it still possible for H932 because it only lists xx firmware?". I wouldn't even mind, "Are you sure, because blah blah..." Even ask in THAT thread, to people who have already done it. But don't declare it's not possible to me, when I just told you to go there in bolded letters. :p To me, that's sort of disrespectful.

The only good thing is at least you put it in writing so I could tell you YES it still works. ;) I didn't understand why you were saying it didn't work, but you should have asked instead of just stating it.

Read the

almost last post in the T-mobile H932 root thread. Go read it.

Rather than assuming it no longer worked, someone asked. (Hint: when I go to a thread I always read the first page and the last page. Sometimes more, but at least those two.)

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I wrote the instructions for both Frankenstein conversion and WTF bootloader unlock/TWRP installation and root (which covers all V30 variants except for T-mobile H932). Although [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] later found the root exploit for T-MOBILE H932 (after a lot of hard work!) and wrote those variant instructions, I'm quite familiar with them. H932SV was the finally able to join the V30 root party, thanks to [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION].

That U.S. T-mobile H932 root thread merely doesn't list most recent firmware because the dev got tired of updating the thread title every time T-Mobile released new firmware. I think originally he meant to update it every time? But it still works until he says it doesn't. He's

busy working on other stuff, like rooting the LG V35...

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TotallyAnxious:
This is called ad hominem. Not a sign of civility. Lol https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad hominem
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bmurphr1:
I said that it's not possible because of the position in I'm, not that it isn't possible period. I cannot use a rooted Android device at work and I assumed you would have read between the lines and picked up on the fact that not everyone can walk around with a rooted android device because of encryption and security measures put in place. Even the software I use at work checks for root access and thus far the guys that created the root check I know haven't found a program yet that you could install and hide your root access from it, such as Magisk. That's where your testiness seems to come from. I mentioned that I wanted access to my mmssms.db file on a rooted ROM so that I could be able to pull all of the data out of it and analyze it for a device I have possession of for security concerns in my company, and since I have access to the company Google account the employee used while he worked with us I can transfer the file once uploaded to the phone from the older rooted ROM to my computer. Then turn around an reflash the phone back to current stock firmware so that it can once again be used by the next person that receives this phone as their personal cell device while working for our company. I work with hundreds of coders, programmers and debuggers, engineers, and people with all sorts of masterful skills that we use to put together technology that helps the world out, and none of the people at this company have a demeanor that approaches yours. Therefore I bow before you as I wear my dunce cap, stand in the corner, and pout because I can't win a simple internet argument and actually read what someone has to say rather than attempt to explain my current situation and hope that my master can think of a snarky comment that will embolden him even more to find exploits that can be used to unlock bootloaders of future phones. Honestly at this point, I think I should just seppuku myself and get it over with. So long, world. I loved thee fiercely.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] xaxxelous:
So anyways...

I've been trying to get this H930DS/US998 activated with no luck. I spent a few days going around with Verizon. They blame the phone. I had issues getting my open market V20 activated too, so I haven't given up all hope there.

In the mean time I tried activating a new Fi SIM in it just to see. Still no signal. Fi support blames the SIM so a new one is being sent. I hope they're right, but I wonder...

Just an update for anyone wondering about bands on this particular Frankenstein combo. Hopefully I'll know more soon.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] xaxxelous:
I used the currently active SIM from my V20, which is now back in the V20 as I type this.

2 reasons for preferring VZW here. There is a huge difference in coverage, especially in the remote mountainous places I go for work. Also I have an old unlimited plan that I'm not going to be quick to give up.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Then I guess it's just not going to work on Verizon. Because former LS998 converted to US998 can use already-activated Verizon SIM card. Verizon won't let them activate with new SIM card, because Verizon still considers them to be LS998 (due to IMEI). But in reality they're now US998 with LTE band 13. So, they work with already-activated Verizon SIM card.

If yours doesn't, then my best guess is the bands must not be there?

If you have any more news, please let us know.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] xaxxelous:
Thats one of the things I wonder... But to not work on Fi is either weird, bad luck, or just plain bad news.

TBC...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] geminihc:
sorry i'm abit confused and overwhelmed by the IMMENSE amount of info and development on the v30. I just got a Sprint v30+ that is locked to sprint, and I want to use it in Canada as well as US carriers like AT&T/T-mobile. Should I follow this Frankenstein guide or the WTF guide? It seems like these are the 2 ways to do what I want...? i would like the most simply easy way...

thanks!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
[MENTION=675981]bmurphr1[/MENTION] If you are looking to temp root the device to copy some files off, and then flash back to stock -- not going to happen. There is no way (at least no publicly known way) to root a phone and keep your data if it isn't backed up.

EDIT: I actually read more of this long ass thread and see that the file you want is your sms history which you (or someone) backed up to ... "the cloud".

So yea, root, restore it, copy it off, flash back to stock.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Depends on what you want to do. Frankenstein is for carrier unlocking/SIM card unlocking models like LS998.

WTF is for bootloader unlocking, installing TWRP and rooting. If you have a North America variant which is not US998, you have to temporarily convert to US998 for the requisite fastboot flash commands (except for H932). So you would be sent here to Frankenstein do that. You would then go back to WTF thread to finish up after that.

IF all you want is to run LS998 on other carriers, then all need is Frankenstein.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] geminihc:
Thanks! That clears it up for me well. Yes I do want to install custom ROMS as well, so I do want to have a recovery like TWRP on it. If I simply follow the WTF guide, does that mean that I automatically have to do Frankenstein which means I will be network unlocked any way?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes, for the LS998.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] bmurphr1:
Thanks for the information...much obliged :)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinkerer_:
LS998 V30+ back in stock for $380 at (that gigantic retailer with the name beginning with "W" and ending with "Mart").

Only 6 left at the moment after I ordered one. (My second LS988 from this seller. I'm stocking spare V30's, the DAC is too good to do without. :)

Frankensteining yields a US998 at half price, with this deal. This seller has the better 90 day satisfaction guaranteed return policy.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
You can find better deals than that. I got my V30+ for 109 .. mint condition in the original box (I am guessing a floor model).

Just an FYI .. I had (have) an H932, but the battery is toast. I don't know what TMO did, but the US998 is MUCH faster than the H932.

I would highly suggest anyone thinking of getting a V30, not get the H932 even if you are on TMO. The US998 works with everything except VoWiFI, and band 71 out of the box, and with a small tweak, VoWiFI works. So the only thing you are missing is band 71, and that just isn't that big of a deal.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
I'm sorry for being disgusting, I'm stuc on G6's AVB. I know that I'm really annoying, I'm so sorry.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinkerer_:
There are lower prices, but the big advantages of this deal are (1) it is very likely new etc. as represented - a mandatory criteria IMO, (2) this retailer has a return policy unmatched by other retailers selling this phone at a similar or lower price: 90 days, satisfaction guaranteed (return for any reason - including bricking it, or no particular reason at all), no restocking fee, no return shipping (return to local store).

I'm not shilling for the retailer, just pointing out justifications for the price being higher than the lowest price on the web.

PS - this retailer is almost sold out again.

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[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Q3 2017 V30 series is what the Q1 2017 G6 SHOULD have been, if LG had done it right.

ALL V30 models came with:

QUAD DAC

Qi wireless charging

64GB/128GB storage

2017 Snapdragon 8XX -- instead of previous year's 2016 Snapdragon 8xx

Whereas, LG "regionalized" the G6 specs -- so no one could buy a COMPLETE G6 with all the advertised features. For instance, U.S. G6 models only had 32GB storage and had no Quad DAC... while other countries got Quad DAC and others got more storage instead... while some didn't get Qi wireless charging. Stupidity. And LG used previous year's Snapdragon (2016) on all the 2017 G6. :rolleyes:

If you have G6, sell it and get the much better V30 -- preferably the V30+ (128GB internal memory). ALL V30/V30+/V30S can be bootloader unlocked and rooted.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
You can rest assured that the procedure for the G6 is coming. With that said, I do put priority on a phone I actually own.

I have rooted the G6, but it is a very, very, very, complicated process. Writing it up is what is taking so much time.

Due to me making assumptions about the knowledge of the people rooting, I have seen WAY too many bricks in my past procedures, so I want to get the G6 right.

I have no doubt that there will be bricks anyway, but, if I were to post the METRIC crapload of commands that you would have to copy / paste, there would be more failures than successes.

I am having to write tools to make it as easy as possible. It will just take some more time.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
Absolutely.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Danbidanbi:
FRANKENSTEIN - CONVERTING ANY NORTH AMERICA V30/V30+ (except T-mobile H932) TO US998

Hi ChazzMatt,

Can I convert to this rom from VS99620j ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Well, what does Instructions title say you quoted? Read the title of the instructions. There's your answer. ;)

The 2nd sentence of the instructions is also pretty definitive.

Also, please do NOT quote the entire instructions post. It's quite long. Please EDIT off all that, when you get a chance. We know what it says. ;)

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] badmaan:
I mean can you look at AS993 thread? [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
That's an LG G6.

Oh, you edited to mention someone specifically. :)

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sclarktay4:
How do you use the dump to restore in LGUP?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] xaxxelous:
After fiddling around and not getting the phone to activate on VZW or Fi, I took a drive. I live where cell service is spotty on any carrier except VZW so I went to where I know T-Mo and Sprint work, probably US Cellular too. Still couldn't get the phone to activate on Fi.

I was poking around and noticed I also can't get a GPS fix. I am now wondering if I am facing an issue similar to what TxanMoe described in Post 51 of the WTF thread.

I'll look into it after work, but (again) ideas and suggestions from anyone out there are welcome.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] neocyke:
You can but one thing to note, you may need to flash the 10c/10d TWICE. First is DL Partition and then again as REFURBISH. Otherwise it'd just bootloop needlessly prolly until the batt dies. The refurb should stop the bootloop and allow the UPGRADE flash to 20b and finally onward to whatever model it needs to be..

I speak from experience. Just did the whole darned thing last night. From china frankensteined V300L back to the original VS996 form to US99810 (to VS996, to US99810 and to US99820 several times in fact) to H930 and to a final V300S ending up at 21e. In the process I specifically flashed the VS99620j to return the phone to it's "natural state". Stable and fast but alas won't accept my local carrier sim. Dropping from that one to nougat 10d is what triggered the bootloop.

Now trying to decide whether to upgrade again to V30021o or just leave things as they are.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
That's what the Master Reset step #3 specifically is for, in the Instructions. To stop the bootloop and stabilize, after flashing to US998 Nougat (Step #2), before going on to US998 Oreo. You merely didn't follow the steps properly.

Yeah, Refurbish would also do the same thing, but Master Reset is simpler (in my opinion) and has worked for the entire past year for every one who has done this. ;)

You can do Master Reset even when LGUP is acting up and won't recognize the phone -- which happens sometimes during stages. At the very least then you still have a "stable" phone (on Nougat) until you can sort through the LGUP issue to then get onto Oreo.

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Unless the phone you got which you said was already Chinese Frankensteined was messed up due to whatever they did to it. :rolleyes: They probably used Octopus box or something similar.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] neocyke:
Master reset didn't work on mine.

Having flashed every single fone and ever used only one non rooted droid - a korean G5 - from back in the eclair days to now, I doubt that I'd get a step wrong.

Them chinese flashers got impressive skills IMO. They can get done things we say can't or at least struggle with..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Then your phone was messed up by the Chinese Octopus box flashing. So you needed to do Refurbish.

I'm not doubting the Chinese skills, but these instructions are for stock North America V30 variants looking to flash to other North America variants. That's all.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] neocyke:
Wasn't implying that you were. Just saying that if there's a config that someone absolutely needs to have, odds are posting it over to china and some random looking stall in a mall in shenzen could prolly do it. Lols.

BTW, major props to you dude. You done the community a great service sorting through all this.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yeah, I'm tempted by hardware upgrade to like 8GB RAM and 256GB internal memory which I hear can be done in China.... I have spare V30 I could ship over there. As well as a V35.

I just don't know where to ship it or where to look. :)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tinkerer_:
Update: This retailer misrepresented the product and deal, for the second one I ordered:

1. Just got the second one I ordered, the V30 box seal was broken and the package return address is "Return Center" in Miami FL. Not a new unit, retailer misrepresentation.

2. The return policy was indicated as 90 days online at time of order, but it appears to be only 3 weeks (21 days) according to info for this order in my online account now.

The first unit I got was new sealed in box as advertised.

Apologies for any issues if anyone ran into this same problem. (I'm off to return it to local store.)

-T
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] AsItLies:
Hi Brian, question that I think you are the most likely person to have the answer...

I have an H931 that I've frankensteined etc (now bootloader locked with us99820h on it). All is good with the device, but I'm wondering if I could use lgup in dl partition mode to restore it to at&t stock firmware? I have a file called factoryh931, it's a zip that has about 44 image files in it (I notice it does not have a userdata.img - which you indicate above as being critical for rsa passing... confused if that would cause probs or not).

basically, if I were to use dl partition and flash ea of the files I have, do I then have a brick or back to at&t stock? What's yer take? :)

Thanks Brian, I know yer busy, you do a lot for all of us, it's much appreciated!

Cheers
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
No, there is no KDZ for AT&T, so the only way to restore your phone will be to root it, and then either make a flashable zip or use dd to restore that backup.

As for userdata, no, you don't need the original, and don't see where I said it was RSA signed .. it isn't.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] neocyke:
Reading this again, I'm left wondering one thing : has anyone that had their phone flashed to US998 got it to work / are using it OUTSIDE of the US region (including north, south, canada etc) on their local carrier(s)?

The one reason I've got my US988'ed VS966 running V300 fw is because it can't get a signal. We don't have CDMA, only GSM here but then US carriers do have GSM. So.. In theory it should work but it just doesn't..

Anyone?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes, everyone has. People all over the world have North America variants they have flashed to US998. The most common examples are Sprint LS998 and AT&T H931. People buying those in other countries around the world have to flash to US998 not only to carrier unlock but to be able to update their phones. Plus all the people who have done so to bootloader unlock and root. Any North American variant -- except for T-mobile H932 -- has to convert to US998 for fastboot flash commands.

Flashing a North American variant to US998 completely converts it to US998, including the modems. The US998 has enough LTE and HSPA bands you should be getting a signal. What bands does your carrier use?

http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-US998-Unlocked-v30

US998

CDMA: 800 MHz CDMA

2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

3G UMTS (HSPA):850/900/1900/2100 MHz

4G LTE Bands: 1/2/3/4/5/7/12(17)/13/20/25/66

Don't know if this is accurate or not, but here's what I found:

It doesn't break down different carriers, but instead just what is found in "Malaysia". (And again I don't know how accurate it is.) You won't get the bolded LTE bands on US998 if that's what your specific carrier uses where you live -- but you should at least get HSPA.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] neocyke:
Well, that's the frustrating part of it all. It's SUPPOSED to. In theory and based on paper specs it SHOULD. But it just doesn't. I spent a whole night after getting the phone trying to get it to work only to resort to the tried and tested (on my other LGs) way of flashing a korean rom on it. *Then* it works. I was like... dafuq? :confused:

Prolly gonna take another stab at it when I get the time. It's all setup and working right now. Oh, and the bands my carrier uses are these (yes, everything's there!)

900	GSM

1800	GSM

B1 (2100)	UMTS

B7 (2600)	LTE

Edit : tried. Didn't work. Again. Wasted sleep hours trying and another hour reverting. The US roms seems to have modem.img in them that I suspect overwrites the working V300 ones. With nothing special about them, ain't gonna bother again..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] DROIDHIZEN:
Works fine 2 h931 at&t!!!

THANKS A LOT!

MY PHONE NOW IS VERY FAST, AND THE CAMERA ERROS W NOUGAT they have disappeared

THANKS!!! :highfive::fingers-crossed:
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] crumbling9999:
Brought a bad IMEI LS998 for cheap when eBay had the sitewide 10% off, did the usual, works fine in Australia. Flashing the V300 firmware has a good chance of permanently altering your device's partition table, considering what F800 firmware does to non-Korean V20s.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] neocyke:
It does change it indeed. But you only get to see the message when doing an LGUP flash with DL partition. It'll tell you it's changing 7 (or something) partitions. Doesn't show in twrp though even when switching between different region roms. Saw it on mine when frankenstein-ing from v30020e to.. I can't remember which. I think it was vs96620j. After unlocking & rooting everything else is in twrp. So, odds are, as long as recovery remains intact, one could switch back and forth between regional roms. I know I have.

Caveat to all that is : it works for someone else doesn't always mean it'll work for you. When in doubt, ask. No definite answer, try if you're willing or just forget about it altogether. :fingers-crossed:
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] crumbling9999:
That's the usual, it just tells you those partitions are getting overwritten. Korean model has drastically different partition table, and on the V20 at least going to their firmware is a one way trip. Upon flashing back, US996 ROMs would enter a cycle of restart (not bootloop, if you're fast enough you'll reach the end of the Setup Wizard), due to /persdata not being mounted as r/w, and on US996 logs are written there. Single SIMs V20 are confirmed to share boards, with refurbished phones popping up with other model's boards (i.e. H910 with F800 board, VS996 with LS997 boards, etc...), and the US models (bar LS997) reportedly being able to take each other's modem firmware Frankenstein style, so its something in the Korean KDZ that causes irreversible changes to the partition table. Nothing a firehose can't fix though.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] JellyFish3D:
Just wanted to confirm that I had the same issue. After successfully flashing Nougat either US99810c or US99810d to my H931 and doing hard reset, I was unable to UPGRADE to Oreo via LGUP. The phone was still recognized as H931 in LGUP and would not let me cross-flash. Booting up Nougat, enabling USB debugging and letting drivers to install did the trick, after that phone was recognized as US998 in LGUP and I was able to upgrade the firmware.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
The partition table changes can be fixed using just LG UP. If you flash firmware from a model that has a different partition table layout, you have to use partition DL to flash back to the firmware for your phone, and then reboot back to download mode, and flash that same firmware again with refurbish .. that will write the correct partition tables.

There are other ways as well, but that is the easiest for people that don't know how to manipulate GPT tables.

-- Brian