yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaggyjagz:
Guys I am very close! Got all the way to step 1 completed successfully, was going to do step 2 but by definition the statement below is not possible..

"CONNECT YOUR DEVICE AGAIN IN DOWNLOAD MODE AND ENTER THE FOLLOWING COMMAND ./step2.sh"

- It is physically not possible to connect the phone back into "download" mode because you have already installed TWRP onto the laf partition in Step One. This doesn't make sense... am I missing something?

Also, when in the software, The line "INSIDE TWRP RECOVERY. FIRST FORMAT USING WIPE--ADVANCED FORMAT--TYPE yes AND FULL DO A FULL FORMAT, THEN FLASH MAGISK AND THE LATEST TWRP RECOVERY BELOW. " does not exist.

There is a Swipe to Format data, or you can click a button for "Advanced Wipe" which allows you to select the partitions to wipe. Which ones should be wiped? Or there is a swipe to factory reset, which is where the "yes" option comes in. What the correct wipe procedure at this point?

Finally, what is the correct sequence after the correct wipe indicated above, install TWRP to recovery, then Lineage, then MAGISK, then Gapps? And do you flash both MAGISK and TWRP via the "install" button in TWRP? If so, which partition is MAGISK installed to? Thanks so much for all your help!

UPDATE: EVERYTHING ABOVE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. Thanks to the members for all the help on this forum!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
I can see in another thread that you succeeded and, are running lineage and, are looking for navi bar mods. I answered your post. It's always good to update your post so that members here know that the problem has been resolved.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
Did you get Lineage to boot? I got a mount error during step2.sh and manually loading TWRP to recovery (from the TWRP installed during step1.sh) seemed to work. However, after flashing lineage from recovery's TWRP, I don't boot. I don't even see the Lineage animation.

TIA
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaggyjagz:
Yes I got Lineage to boot, just make sure you are flashing the correct LineageOS version using the TWRP in the /recovery partition, not the one that is installed on LAF initially. You can boot into recovery from the initial TWRP install by selecting boot to recovery in TWRP. If you can get as far as the Lineage animation then you are good. By you don't boot, do you mean you aren't seeing anything at all, or it is not even going to the TWRP screen? Mine seemed to always default to go to the TWRP screen after I had wiped the partitions. Also make sure you had done a proper wipe and format data (i.e., wiping system, data, cache, dalvik) and format data type yes while in TWRP. I am assuming you can enter TWRP via recovery or are you entering via download mode? What version does it show? Also the link I used is specific to my version of phone, h918, arb1, given I am on 10p, ended up using lineage-15.1-20181214-X86CPU-h918-10p.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
I hope these aren't too many questions. :)

How did you install TWRP into recovery? I got an error in step2.sh. Because of this, I used LAF TWRP to flash latest TWRP into recovery. I didn't flash Magisk.

When you boot to recovery, to install Lineage, do you have to go through a white screen that says "factory reset"?

Do you have the link for the LineageOS that you used? I tried the latest official 14.1 nightly.

When trying to start, after flashing Lineage, I get the bootloader unlocked warning, then the LG screen, then it goes blank. :(

Thanks for taking the time.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] redheadplantguy:
Hello. My Version is H91820H. Unsure which method I should use. I remember from my first LG years back, the KDZ and bootloader is sometimes difficult. Can someone let me know if I'm anti roll back

please
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
You can downgrade to 10p use the laf exploit to root just make sure you read the instructions carefully
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] astronugget:
dont know where to go for this

I press the power button on my phone and it vibrates once, then nothing happens. I have to take the battery out and put it in again and it does the same thing. I know it isn't a screen issue because if I take the battery out and put it back in it has the battery with a "?". anything would help
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Just a heads up, 14.1 nightly builds are alittle on the back burner. 15.1 builds up to pie are lineage most concentrated roms.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
Thanks, scorpio. I may be in the wrong thread.

I am able to boot to LAF (TWRP 3.2.1) using the Vol & cable option.

I am able to boot to Recovery (TWRP 3.2.3-4) using the Vol & Power option.

Per your suggestion, I downloaded the latest Lineage and will ask questions in that thread.

Again, thanks to all that make this possible. I can't believe we can't just buy Android phones sans Google, et al. :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] axel06:
TWRP

For us latecomers that have your identical TWRP wipe & format questions (not verbage used in TWRP in original instructions), instead of just saying "...RESOLVED...", can you re-write them please for everybody to see? Thank You!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] tenkensword:
Sorry man, re-formated my phone, error was way too anoying, I did placed the exact error, or at least as exact as I could, just replace the "NameOfTheApp" with a sort of apps, from whatsapp to facebook, don't matter.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] waterlubber:
I followed this guide and had TWRP installed and the likes, then went to update to the -u version following this guide: https://xdaforums.com/v20/development/rom-h91810q-stock-rom-twrp-flashable-zip-t3681312

However, after upgrading that route, I experienced a load of issues ranging from play store not working (error 963) to weird unlocking/fingerprint/data storage problems, so I thought that following this guide again I'd be able to rollback. However, that is not the case, as I am currently stuck on the T-Mobile logo boot screen after flashing with LGUP. No idea what the problem is as LGUP says "Complete."

- The "Download Mode" recovery is still intact.

- Fastboot works, but I can't flash from it.

- Recovery does not work and phone does not boot.

Edit: I realized that I accidentally forgot a step in the initial upgrade and lost my stock recovery, so that's probably why stock recovery/TWRP is gone. Still, I have LGUP working, where can I go from here? I suppose this counts as a soft brick.

Any help?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mgzavala:
Hi, I booted from the FWUL usb I created with Rufus, once booted up I open lg folder & open the lglaf ng terminal I enter the command git pull & it updates fine with no errors that I can see. Next I enter the command "git checkout h918-miscwrte" & I get the following "error: pathspec 'h918-miscwrte' did not match any file(s) known to git.". Does anyone know what could be the problem?

Besides the above mentioned problem, I tried to use the phone as it is & found out it doesn't read the sim card, when I checked in "settings-about phone-network status" it says "radio off". I got desperate & done a factory reset, & I ended up with H91810m with unlocked bootloader (I believe, it has the yellow letter warning at startup). But still, "radio off" & no cell signal. & On top of that, it has terrible battery life, brand new battery & it will eat it up in 2 hours using internet(wifi), & 100% to 0% in 6-8hrs on stand-by. Any advice greatly appreciated
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
I imagine that, if your LAF partition still has TWRP, you can just boot to that and install latest TWRP into recovery. After that,

you can reboot to recovery and use the latest TWRP to setup your system.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] waterlubber:
I was able to fix it using a different method.

LAF was back to stock and recovery wasn't working, neither was boot or the LGUP tool. I re-ran lafsploit to put TWRP back on, then wiped basically every partition. After that, LGUP worked and I was able to reinstall TWRP, root, and get it working again with Oreo.

I recommend disabling force encryption if you're using Oreo otherwise TWRP won't work and you'll need to wipe /data...
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] walidham:
hi

I have LG V20 T-Mobile (918), software version H91820h,

Can i install H91810p to root device ?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] gavilan2010:
Just Follow The Instructions On Page 1 OP and u will be fine.

*.A true warrior enters the battle with all his powers at the ready*. LG-H918
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] walidham:
Thanks

My current stock rom is T-Mobile H91820h, can i install H990DS?

mean convert the model to international
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cnjax:
If you cross flash another variant's rom on to the H918 you will brick
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] IndifferentBear:
i cannot connect to the internet wirelessly on FWUL.

not throwing shade, but if you cant connect to the internet via wireless, as essential as this feature is, i dont think this os is really worthy of that name.

just giving my thoughts, as this bug or whatever it is has stopped me from rooting!

everytime i type "Git Pull" it gives me an error, stating that it couldnt resolve the host name at h t t p s://etc/etc/etc

please, do let me know if im doing something wrong, or if theres some command im missing!

thanks in advance,

Indifferent Bear
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
You have to have Firefox installed and, running on your pc before running FWUL
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] IndifferentBear:
Thank you so much!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] UnidentifiedBear:
Hi, this is indifferentbear. I couldnt use my other phone to access this site, so im on my iPhone 6s. I couldnt log in via google on my iphone either, so i had to create a new account here. I got firefox on windows, i booted into fwul after and still no internet connection. Any other solutions?
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Hitting the thanks button is a great way to say thank you
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Phoenix591:
Look: if you can't get internet working on FWUL, all you need is the download from https://gitlab.com/runningnak3d/lglaf/tree/h918-miscwrte (click the cloud with the down arrow for download options, any of them should be fine) somewhere that you can find it while running fwul. Just get it unpacked, then open a terminal and type cd path/to/where/you/unpacked it (note, that linux paths, like android paths start with /) then, pickup the guide again startingwithrunning step1.sh
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] DJesri13:
I know someone is going to tell me to read the 1st post again but its confusing. Can someone please tell me step by step how to flash twrp/ root without bricking my v20? I have the T-mobile H9180h. The only other phone i have messed with was a nexus 6p where everything was straight from google and no carriers, so i am completely lost. TIA

EDIT: I got it working good
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
I just saw this post, sorry I'm late. We are on the same device. If you need assistance in the future, I can help.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
got an old v20 with h9180h version. any issues you encounter with downgrading to 10p? wanna play around with this old phone and root..
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
No issues when you follow the instructions exactly. When root first came out, it was harder to not brick. Runningnak3d has made everything easier since then.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] cv_unlk:
Big thanks
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] DJesri13:
I haven't encountered any issues. It's all working good for me. Sorry for the late response.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
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] SammyKitkat792:
New Antutu Score Record!!!!!

My LG V20 Antutu Score!!! Thermal paste+thermal fix+performance governor!!!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Hi,

I came across this page thru a reddit link.

A guy said his H918 already has Oreo (20F or something) on it and he asked if his phone could still be rooted.

Another guy said yes and pointed him to this page. But when I read this page, it talks about phones being between 10P and 10U and says nothing about phones that came with Oreo (20F) out of the box.

Can I still use these instructions? I am actually looking to have Nougat on the phone as an end result anyway. Will this method work for me on my Oreo Unrooted H918 and take me back to Nougat, Rooted and with TWRP?

Thank You

---------- Post added at 05:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:05 PM ----------

Scorpio,

Hello my friend! Funny catching you here! :)

I'll take you up on that offer. <lol>

Take a look at my post here (posted 2 minutes ago).

Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Hey Zeus, yes I'm everywhere like Street Lights, lol. To honestly answer your question, I can't. I only assist when I have been through something on a device that I own. I just try to help where I can and, I use personal experience only. Both of my H918's were on 7.0 when I got them last year. I wish I could say that you are 100% good to go following the instructions but, I don't want to lead you wrong because I personally haven't tried it. I will not contribute to someone's daily driver ending up a fancy paperweight, lol.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Well I appreciate you being up front about it. Thanks anyway.

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
No problem
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Hi,

I wanted to use this method on my H918, but I chose to have all PC downloads done and installed and ready for use before beginning. Of course, that included downloading the "FWUL" "15GB" file as instructed (except it's at v3.1 now) and creating the Bootable USB Stick and then testing it to make sure it boots, so that when I get to that step, I know it'll work.

I followed the Rufus instructions to the letter, even choosing "DD Mode". It put it on my USB stick with no problem and it finished successfully.

However, I could not boot off of it (CMOS is set to try to boot from USB first). So I tried my wife's laptop, but still no go.

So I looked at what was put on the USB stick (Windows Explorer is set to "Show Hidden Files") and there are two folders on it, "EFI" & "loader" with subfolders and files in them, but that's it. There's nothing other than those two folders in the root of the USB stick.

Admittedly I'm not a Linux expert, but shouldn't there be a couple of (hidden?) files in the root of the USB stick that makes it bootable?

Please help???

Thanks!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] aleph930623:
Does that way works?? I'm in that case.

EDIT: Totally worked fine. I downloaded the files from direct link of the repo, and Voila!!

Just a little thing. Need to edit link and became

https://gitlab.com/runningnak3d/lglaf/tree/h918-miscwrte
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jaysu1:
Stock on git pull command

Hey everyone I need a little help oh my LG h91810p I'm getting an error when I type command git pull

fatal: unable to access 'https://Golan.com/running naked/lilac.git / ': could not resolve host:
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] scorpio76r:
Make sure that you have Firefox installed on your pc. If you do open it up. After you do that just repeat the steps mentioned in the post instructions. Hope this helps.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bamboozed:
I was following the guide and the step2 shell script failed with the encryption error. So I attempted to do it manually.

1. Wipe. (I wasn't positive what a full wipe was - but some research said it was system, data, and cache so I went with that)

2. Flashed Magisk (failed - I think because I wiped system)

3. Flashed recovery

So now I have no OS and booting to download mode takes me to TWRP.

I was hoping to be on a stock ROM with root. However, in the current state I can't even get Uppercut to recognize the phone/port. So I can't put 10p on there the way I'm aware of and simply start the process over.

I'm wondering what my options are going forward? I've read numerous posts on XDA, TWRP, and search results for possible options but most require Uppercut. Do I have any options with TWRP for stock? If not, then LineageOS?

Just looking for some helpful guidance before I take another step. I foolishly did not take a backup prior to wiping. Sometimes you learn the hard way.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
Don't use V3.1 use V2.7 as described in the root tutorial! And burn the iso using rufus using dd mode and then boot from your pen drive! Go to your laptop bios using f12 or whatever is specific on ur laptop and then boot the os from your pen drive! The root tutorial worked out perfectly for me! Remember to read it 3 or 4 times , so that u won't end up bricking! Good luck wishing u to have a nice day :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Thanks, but you should have read all of my post. I did all of that.

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
Did u use select NTFS as file system while burning the iso? There's something wrong in ur burning procedure I guess and Use V2.7 of the FWUL! It worked out for me!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
I did try both 2.7 & 3.1 As for NTFS, it was a few days ago, but if memory serves, it doesn't have you pick a file system. In fact, it tells you that you'll lose any partitions on the stick.

It does create files and folders on it, but it's not bootable. I tried it on two different laptops and followed it to the letter.

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
Okay! I'll send u the screenshot of the configuration that I selected on rufus, at night!Here's its day out here and I'm a bit busy rn!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Okay, thanks. I am curious. :)

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] bamboozed:
I couldn't get it to boot from my laptop (it had trouble with getting network connection as well as GUI). However, it launched fine on my desktop. With that said, take a look at the official FWUL thread:

Hit CTRL + F on that thread and search "Installation" and they advise you to use Etcher (and they even provide steps to using it). I know this is not part of the guide in this thread, but perhaps it'll help you get to the next step.

Once the image is on the USB again, be sure to check the boot order on your machines as well as the secure boot settings. Sorry if you've already mentioned this, just checking the boxes.

If USB just won't work for you, consider doing a virtualbox image.
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Thanks for the info, but I read that and I did try Etcher. Same exact result. Both laptops did try booting from the stick. The stick has a light on it (I did try a different stick).

Upon looking at the stick, there are no boot files on it. Just two folders (see original post).

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
Here's everything in the screenshots below!! Rufus requires an active internet connection too! Happy to help :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Sammy,

Thank you so much for taking that time out of your day to do that for me! I really do appreciate it! And yes, my screens (except not booting) looked identical.

What I finally had to do, was to give up on the H918 and I got my wife an H910 which is what I have. But there is a hiccup.

When I did mine, it was at 10C and so the simple "Dirty Santa" routine worked great!

But my wife's came as a 10U and so now I don't know which process will work with it, or if I have to use LGUP and a KDZ or something. The ones I've read so far kind of jump from 10R to 20G and I'm like; "Hey, what about me, guys! I'm right here, in between!" Of course. <lol>

Thank you again! At least thanks to you I know it wasn't me and I'm not crazy. :)

TTYL

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
If u root ur v20 successfully please let me know! I have rooted mine, installed twrp but my V20 won't boot anything other than rooted stock rom! No custom roms boot on my V20 when flashed through twrp idk why! Only stock roms gonna boot!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
That's weird! I flashed the A-O ROM using TWRP >> INSTALL on my LG V20 H910 that I'm typing on right now (the one about which you responded was for my wife).

Does the ROM Install go through the steps okay? What exactly do you mean by, "won't boot"?

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
It just gets stuck on lg boot logo! And even after hours it won't boot! And if I flash its rooted stock rom device gets ready in 2 minutes! I'm soooo confused!!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Sammy,

Very weird! And this is when installing the A-O Nougat ROM?

I can tell you that I chose the following on the first (?) screen (reciting it from memory):

Full Install = Yes

BusyBox = Yes

Kernel = MKxxxx (?)

Magisk = Yes

If memory serves, all 4 of those are on the same page/screen of the install.

I also "Skip"/"Exit" anything like Fingerprint Setup, Carrier HotSpot Setup and anything else like that. Those can be accessed and set up later thru Settings.

But it actually sounds more like something it needs is missing. Did you try DeBloating in the various screens? If so, don't. Install by letting it all install, but also don't add on to it either. I.e., No Custom Launcher, No Camera selection, etc.. Just let it install the Defaults of that stuff. For example, I use Nova Launcher, but I do not install it until after the ROM install and I've got it booting and have gone thru the Settings screens.

That's all I can think of for that situation.

Oh, oh, wait! You should also make sure that in;

SETTINGS >> DEVELOPERS OPTIONS

… that "Enable OEM Unlock" is On.

… both before and after any ROM install and it should ALWAYS BE TURNED ON.

Hope this helps! :)

TTYL

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
My device just won't boot anything other than stock roms! Rooted, unrooted, debloated or not! But idk why it just won't boot any custom rom! No errors in twrp while flashing the rom but after flashing the custom rom, magisk or not, custom kernel or not, the device just gets stuck on lg boot logo like as if its bricked forever! But if I flash stock rom through twrp the phone becomes perfectly normal again! Idk whats wrong with it? Even after successfully flashing twrp and rooting my phone I just can't install anything other than stock rom which is terrible!
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Okay, but did you specifically try the Alpha-Omega ROM? It uses an Aroma Installer. That's why I referenced the "pages". It's not just a Zip decompressing. If you've never seen an Aroma Installer, then you should try it! It just might work! I much prefer it!

And what are you running? Nougat or Oreo?

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[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] SammyKitkat792:
Currently I'm on stock rooted oreo rom! And ok I'm gonna try Alpha Omega Rom! I'll tell u the results tomorrow! Thanks for help!! Wish u to have a great evening :)
[LG V20 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeuszoos:
Yea, I know yer on Stock right now. If you want, try A-O and note the exact thinks I said to pick. Very important, or you'll boot to a white snow static screen!

But CLEAN INSTALL very important! Follow the destructions!!!

https://i95swervin.cf/

Posted from my way cool LG V20 (H910) Nougat 7.0