[LG V20 Questions & Answers] RJH_MUSIC:
Verizon VVM for Unlocked Phones

I have been searching for this for weeks now. I started this process a month ago by buying an unlocked LG V20 US996. First thing i noticed is was that the Verizon Voice Mail app was not transferred to my phone from the old phone and was not available on the Play Store. Why Verizon chose to not support it anymore on non Verizon phones is beyond me, and at the same time really pisses me off. I thought when you buy a phone outright, it is yours to do with what you want. But that is a whole different discussion. So i then purchased a Verizon version of the LG V20 just so i could have the app. One week into the new phone, the front camera went bye bye and now the camera application crashes. SO i am back to trying to figure this out. I am not skilled in anything android other than knowing where some files are located and how to change a few things around.

I would love it if someone could post how to do this for an LG V20 US996. I do not understand what RIL or framework things mean, but i suspect just lie your computer, when an application installs, it places certain operating files in other areas of the operating system, so just copying the APK file and trying to install it on another phone is not going to work.

I would love some guidance on this please. I really do not want to go buy another Verizon VS996. besides, getting one brand new is getting harder and harder.

RJ

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I have been searching for this for weeks now. I started this process a month ago by buying an unlocked LG V20 US996. First thing i noticed is was that the Verizon Voice Mail app was not transferred to my phone from the old phone and was not available on the Play Store. Why Verizon chose to not support it anymore on non Verizon phones is beyond me, and at the same time really pisses me off. I thought when you buy a phone outright, it is yours to do with what you want. But that is a whole different discussion. So i then purchased a Verizon version of the LG V20 just so i could have the app. One week into the new phone, the front camera went bye bye and now the camera application crashes. SO i am back to trying to figure this out. I am not skilled in anything android other than knowing where some files are located and how to change a few things around.

I would love it if someone could post how to do this for an LG V20 US996. I do not understand what RIL or framework things mean, but i suspect just lie your computer, when an application installs, it places certain operating files in other areas of the operating system, so just copying the APK file and trying to install it on another phone is not going to work.

I would love some guidance on this please. I really do not want to go buy another Verizon VS996. besides, getting one brand new is getting harder and harder. I forgot to mention that i used a free app called resource extractor to extract all of the resources for the VMM but i do not know how to repackage these into an APK file to install. Not even sure if that terminology is correct. I wish someone could just post a hacked file that i could install.

RJ