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[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] feezler:
First and foremost, THANK YOU SO MUCH BRIAN.

now for my question to anyone who might know....

Please don't flame me, I am wondering exactly how to get back to an Oreo rom after root. I have seen some roms in our rom section but none of them are listed for H932. Does anyone have a working stable Oreo rom for H932?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Check the OP ;)

That link takes you to another thread with a link to the H932 Oreo 20k TWRP-flashable zip in it that [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] made. It's fully stock. Just remember to flash magisk directly after flashing the zip or you'll be rootless and TWRPless!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] feezler:
Well it looks like I am dumb ! LOL Sorry I totally missed that :P. Any custom roms out there yet?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
We've only had root for a week or less! I wish we had custom roms. Don't flash any you find on XDA unless it's specifically for the h932. You don't want to end up with a paperweight!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] offremike0887:
Because I didn't have access to an SD adapter, I found online someone suggesting Aparted as a way to format it. I tried formatting it to FAT16 using only 500MB of a partition as you suggested but when I put into my V30 (I used my rooted V10 to format it), it says theres an issue and it wants to format it. I put it back into my V10 and it says pretty much the same thing but aparted still sees the format that I did. I couldn't find anywhere online of how to properly do it (or at least my searches words weren't the right ones).
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Addiso:
You're going to need an SD card adapter to actually mount the storage to format it. Our phones use MTP and don't physically mount the storages anymore like the USB mass storage days.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lowkeyst4tus:
I flashed the Oreo zip in twrp and got bootloop.. I'm starting from scratch.. Can someone explain the dirty flash process? I thought it was flashing without wiping.. I like root but nougat is useless.. Was I supposed to adb flash Oreo.. A twrp backup would be a lot more noob friendly than this dirty flash that is not being explained..

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It's not working for me.. I need twrp backup.. The zip sends me into a bootloop.. I'm pissed.. I don't get why when I ask for a simpler method I'm being ignored or sent back to the zip..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Dirty flashing means flashing without first wiping the phone. Clean flashing is at minimum wiping user data first. You could also wipe system beforehand.

You boot to TWRP and install the 20k zip file. It should flash the Oreo files directly over your nougat install. Before rebooting system, you need to flash magisk to keep root and TWRP.

What do you mean you need a TWRP backup? A backup won't have anything to do with the Oreo zip. It's seriously as simple as it could be. Has anyone else already flashed Brian's oreo v20k zip?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I would also flash the no encryption and no root check files AFTER flashing Magisk -- unless [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] included that functionality in the TWRP flashable file, like [MENTION=3642089]westwood24[/MENTION] did for his "ROMs", basically TWRP flashable zip files built off stock KDZ.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] correlljr:
Quick question, I didn't flash the H932 laf back at the end because I don't use any of the LG stuff. If I wanted to flash the Oreo update, do I need to flash the H932 laf first and then the Oreo update and then Magisk?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lowkeyst4tus:
That's exactly what I did.. I get a corrupt zip error.. That's why I need a twrp backup.. It's an easy way to get around that issue.. I don't get why I'm getting more question that help.. All I need is an Oreo backup.. I'm starting to get pissed off that no one is uploading one.. Clearly some people are having issues with this.. Me being one of them.. A backup will fix my problem and make flashing Oreo error free, bootloop free.. Every time I ask for simple things I get back " what's so hard about doing it the other way?" Simple.. Bootloop..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Firstly, we haven't had root on this phone for more than a week. We're all adjusting to this. Getting pissed off because the people on here trying to help others haven't given you what you want isn't going to help anyone. I intentionally ignore helpdesk tickets at work that come in from users with an attitude. Be nice to the tech guy if you want help...

Secondly, that's why I asked in my earlier response if anyone else had flashed Brian's oreo zip yet. In order for you to get an Oreo TWRP backup to flash, someone would need to first flash the oreo zip, make sure it boots, then go in BEFORE setting up the phone (or going into TWRP and doing a factory reset) then immediately making a backup of the reset phone. They then would have to copy the TWRP backup somewhere for you do download, which isn't a ZIP files, but a folder of many files. They could zip it and upload it and then you'd just need to unzip it to a folder, copy it to an SD card, and flash it in TWRP.

I haven't flashed the oreo zip yet. I don't plan on doing that until the weekend, only because between work, meetings, running kids around to dance and cub scouts, I just don't feel like it yet :D If someone already has updated to Oreo with root and TWRP, then they could make a backup, then factory reset, then make a second backup without userdata, then restore their initial backup. IF they were nice, they would then be able to find a place to host a 2.5+GB zip file with the TWRP and send a link.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Check the SHA256 hash of what you downloaded, with the hash I just posted in the Oreo zip post. I think you have a bad download.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] offremike0887:
Finally worked, thanks for the advice.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I flashed the Oreo zip and before leaving TWRP flashed magisk and you should too. My phone rebooted 3 times and I thought it was frozen too before it booted into Oreo.

As said, I'm on Oreo from the flash. However I have all my data on here now and I'm not going to start all over to make a TWRP backup.

Why didn't you make a TWRP backup of your nougat first? That would have made it much easier on yourself.

Finally, I got the same corrupted zip error until I downloaded it on the pc and then transferred it. The file was a bunch of random letters until I used a computer

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It doesn't matter. I'd personally prefer to flash the LAF zip after everything proves to be working.. Don't forget to flash magisk after flashing the Oreo zip!!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lowkeyst4tus:
I know.. That wasn't towards you.. That was towards the people bragging about they successfully updated, then vanished.. I emailed people directly with no response.. I'm just starting to remember why me and other developers avoid working on xda.. People love when you help them, but when you ask for help, they leave you hanging.. At least you understand the simplicity in what I ask for.. Right now I want to throw my phone.. I'm not stupid enough to do it but that's how I feel.. If no one helps me I'm just going to return the favor.. I started developing on this site and I'm starting to hate it.. I get the same corporate bull here that I get when I call customer services.. ?.. I'm just trying to cheer ☝.. I'm really lit..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
Yeah, that happens a lot on XDA. It's happened since inception, really. You come seeking help, get it, and get on your way with things working. If I could help, I would. Maybe someone will invest in the time to make a clean TWRP backup. Really, though, check the ZIP file's hash. If it's corrupt, it most likely wasn't downloaded right.

For all the time in school I spent working with JAVA, C++, and C, I've never been able to grasp android development. I don't know why, it just didn't fall in place for me. So I just try to help out around the threads I subscribe to. My way of contributing as best I can.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lowkeyst4tus:
I think you're right.. I think something breaks in the download cause of my WiFi.. Making it say complete.. The file size says 2.68gb.. I'm pretty sure it should be over 2.7gb.. Hopefully I fix the connection and get a proper download..

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I also tried flashing from internal memory.. That could have been the issue.. Maybe not..

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I had the nougat backup, didn't help probably because I flashed a corrupt file and corrupted the phone..
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
I will say that the 20k.zip file shows as 2.66gb in Solid Explorer on my v30. SHA256 hash matches what Brian posted in the rom thread. depending on your computer's OS, filesize may differ. Gotta love how Windows, Mac, and Linux compute size.....
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Have you tried downloading the oreo.zip on a computer? I got nothing but corrupt on every try with my v30s browser
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
I will be moving all of my stuff to Android File Host when I get a chance. Should be much better that Google drive.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
It's not that Google Drive is "bad". Google tried to be helpful.. "Oh, you're trying to look at a zip file? Let me show you the contents.. BUT FIRST I need to download a cached copy to show it to you." That's when things go screwy with Android and Drive!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes, because Android File Host gives free storage space to devs.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wtang:
Thanks for your reply Josh. I'm sure why my phone re-encrypted everything again after rebooting into Android is because I didn't flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip in TWRP before rebooting. You did flash that, correct? I believe that's why your phone's data partition remained decrypted and mine didn't. After removing encryption by wiping data with the "yes", I should have flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip before rebooting. Oh well. I guess I can still do it if I feel like losing all my apps and settings again. I just will have to use TWRP to wipe data with the "yes" again, flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip, reboot, and set up my phone all over again.

Maybe I should just bite the bullet and do it.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I actually didn't flash the no verity file and everything is working fine for me
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Magisk takes care of disabling dm-verity and encryption, but you have to flash Magisk after you have formatted data, or it thinks you want to stay encrypted.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lowkeyst4tus:
Should I place Oreo zip on internal or external? Can I use 16gb fat32?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
It doesn't matter what format the SD card is in after TWRP is pushed to the phone. I'd recommend external SD in case you have to wipe internal memory or something

Also don't forget to flash magisk after the Oreo flash
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ewatt99:
I just want to make sure before I do something stupid, ROMs like lineage do not work right now? Just the normal LG ROMs?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Albinoman:
I was about to ask the same thing. This is the first time in like 5 years that ive had the ability to use custom roms so id really like to be on AOSP.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SweetwaterBurns:
If it doesn't say h932 in the title, don't flash it. LG ROMs for other variants do not work, at the moment.

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Also, I'm curious the reasoning for needing a fat16 formatted card. I'll be honest, I ignored that part and used fat32 without issue, maybe because I used a 2gb partition, idk.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wtang:
Thanks Brian. I decided to bite the bullet tonight and try to decrypt my phone once and for all. Here is what I learned. Hopefully this will help somebody else who is having trouble with encryption.

1. Reboot TWRP recovery after wiping and formatting data: I discovered that if you bypass the decryption password by clicking Cancel, then wipe and format data, then immediately flash Magisk, Magisk will think the phone is still encrypted even though it's not (because formatting data removes encryption). I tried this 3 times and all 3 times Magisk saw the phone as encrypted and therefore enforced encryption as it was being flashed. The last time I did it, I chose to restart TWRP after formatting data but before I flashed Magisk. This time Magisk saw the phone as not encrypted and didn't enforce encryption.

2. Magisk shows whether it's enforcing encryption while it's being flashed: If you watch the status messages as Magisk is being flashed you can see what's happening. The messages will say if Magisk detected an encrypted phone and it will say Magisk is enforcing encryption. If Magisk doesn't detect encryption, then none of the status messages will even mention encryption during flashing. That's a good sign.

And as Brian said, I didn't need to flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip. Now I can finally make a TWRP backup.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
For now, only the stock ROMs labelled H932.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Albinoman:
So I have TWRP working but every time I flash oreo i get stuck at an encryption error. Any suggestions?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Has this process become easier yet? And has anyone found out how to get the download mode back? lol

I'm about to throw my phone in the garbage. Everyone is rooting and I'm sitting here watchin.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] t436h05t:
Never got a encryption error, it will ask for a encryption password but u can just push cancel.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Albinoman:
Ok I realized I did something stupid. New problem is Magisk hide doesn't seem to be working.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
This first point is in the WTF guide. It was mentioned in this thread before, because I quoted that section:

Still doesn't hurt to flash both no encryption and no root check files, after Magisk. ;). At least the latter. Not sure why people are ignoring it.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cj719:
I think I goofed I don't have download mode. So 8 unlocked with no issues, then for some reason I jumped to here

PROCEDURE PART 1: Getting a working LAF onto your phone

Make sure you are on version 10d. Again, check in Software Info / Software Version if you are unsure.

Boot to download mode

In LG UP, choose partition DL.

Pick the H933 10h KDZ

Click start

You will be given a list of partitions to flash, ONLY check laf

Click start

You will get a warning about additional modified partitions (cache, OP, userdata) -- ignore it, and click OK.

Click OK and it will start flashing.

Once the flash completes, your phone will reboot into the OS. Just power off, and go back into download mode. And I can boot os, fastboot but no download mode. Please help
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Are you still on 10d? If so, try to take the OTA update to Oreo to restore download mode
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cj719:
No 20k apparently being in such a rush I totally skipped flashing D in refurb mode and went right to flashing D on LAF
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lost_:
I just uploaded a little visual for getting into TWRP. Watch at 0:04 when the power button is momentarily released - https://youtu.be/VJF8oTGqohg

[YOUTUBE]VJF8oTGqohg[/YOUTUBE]
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] kevin71246:
Anyone know if anyone is currently working on a custom rom? Excited! Hopefully I'll get a v30 soon.

BTW I've read this entire thread, and the most common mistake I can very clearly see is that people are not following directions. I'm extremely "everything-computer" saavy, yet you will see me print out the instructions, go through them numerous times until I understand every step, ask questions if a step isn't clear, make notes if needed, and then proceed. You guys need to do that as well!!! Else you'll end up messing up your phone & begging for help. Also, take this seriously. People here are very helpful... But the situations you guys are getting into... Because you didn't read directions... Come on! People will certainly get into situations, but if we can eliminate the common problems caused by not reading first, we would all be in a better place! (My message is to hopefully prevent issues, not cause drama!) Happy rooting!!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
There are no roms that work with the 932 yet even though they are for other v30 variants.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
EXACTLY. You need to PRINT this out and read it two or three times before starting. Besides the first time you read it to download the stuff you need.

And you can't "skip ahead" to get to the "good parts".

In the WTF thread (the other V30 root method), people would ask questions showing they had just randomly jumped to the middle part of the guide. They just totally ignored all the important stuff they had to do first to get to that point.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
[MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION] Is there a way to add some posts after the first post, or is it too late and I should have added reserved posts at the start?

What I want to do is break each part out into a separate post, so MAYBE people will actually read each piece if it is broken up and doesn't look like just some overwhelming mess.

EDIT: nevermind -- figured it out. Just had to edit the project.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SweetwaterBurns:
I don't know if anyone has tried it yet, but I uploaded an Oreo update.zip a few posts back that from what people were saying should bring download mode back if it's sideloaded and you can start over.

[MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION], do you know if, after flashing the 933 laf, flashing an Oreo kdz without laf will cause problems? I'm thinking it might be better to get the 20k update.zip since that's the version of Oreo a lot of people will be flashing to using your zip. If it seems beneficial I'll try to grab it when I root my wife's phone this weekend.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
No, the version doesn't matter. If they lost download mode, which I am real curious how that would happen .. I still haven't seen exact steps to replicate it, then they just need to sideload, and then they will have to flash the 10d KDZ again anyway.

EDIT: also, two people have voted that they have a brick. This procedure did NOT brick your phone, it is not possible. So, did you brick your phone using TWRP? If so, you should not have voted that you have a brick, since THIS procedure didn't brick your phone.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Hmm, the forum seems to have lost my post. Anyway, no the version doesn't matter. They will have to flash 10d all over again anyway.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] kevin71246:
In regards to this and what I just posted - what we can't expect is for people to read an entire thread like this, and repeat questions will happen. What we really need to do is update the 1st post with the additionally discovered nuances like flashing verity, root checker, how to remove encryption, how to restart to recovery, and what order. I will argue that these are not things that we should assume users should know; things specific to the v30 &/or H932. Things out of scope would be obvious, like how to format an SD card (but a link could satisfy some). Could add OPTIONAL steps (with a quick explainer like "Step 4b: OPTIONAL: Flash bootchecker.zip in TWRP (or whatever it's called): This will help with performance and remove LGs hook into your phone" or whatever).

I know Brian has already done enough - maybe add Post#2 like u say above, and then give it to [MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION] so he can update with these discovered nuances? Or allow him to update 1st post. (I know you kinda suggested this already but I'm not sure he wants to? :) ) If he's not interested, though I'm thinking he's the most active and qualified on everything V30, find another volunteer? (I would but I'm not nearly as confident as He, and I would get things wrong.) Thoughts?

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Are you saying it's easily possible to restore a broken download mode? I've been seeing users run into this issue but it seemed like they're fate is sealed and there's no fixing it... If so, what method/tool to sideload?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] runningnak3d:
Yes, you can get download mode back without waiting for an OTA. However, unless someone else can explain how, the instructions will have to wait till my V30 gets here on Monday.

-- Brian
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
&

I disagree. While, yes, you can't expect everyone to know how to do everything, users should also get a feel for those procedures before attempting something like what Brian's procedures entail. You don't hand a kid car keys until they've learned how to drive. At least you shouldn't...... Learning how to do something as you're doing it, knowing that there will be consequences if you fail, is a bad way of doing it. Read through the steps. Get used to button combos. Get used to what you need to do. When you're comfortable enough to think you can handle it, then try. Have you ever tried changing car parts on the fly without knowing what to do? "Crap! Why is the nut 7/16 but the bolt is 3/8?!"
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cj719:
I agree about reading which I did. My issue is I tried this at 230am being tired and rushing. Instead of using my better judgement and wait. I'm am computer and tech savvy I even built roms for the sprint version of HTC One M7. I'm not stupid just used poor judgement. Directions are spot on. My resolve is to take my other v30 (wife) root and use that and give her my v30 without download mode unless I figure out sideloading without download mode. No biggie
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] lowkeyst4tus:
Everything worked perfectly with Oreo update.. Thanks to everyone that helped me out.. The issue was I used a cheap USB cable to move the files to the phone the 1st time.. Second time I used the one that came with my phone.. I flashed from SD card this time instead of internal.. I don't know if that made a difference.. Are you going to do the simple unlock for v30 like you did on v20 when you receive your device? Pm me your hangouts so we can talk it over..

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They might have brick using a cheap cable like I did.. It breaks files and the connection doing twrp install.. I recovered from a soft brick.. Could have been worse.. The broken file flashed fast with errors.. Took awhile the second time with no errors.. Worked perfectly as you guys said.. I was worried though, I won't lie.. ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattgyver:
I think you got your point across there ;) :D

We would have never guessed you were worried! ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SweetwaterBurns:
I haven't done it(my download mode works) but if it's like other phones you need to go into recovery and flash the update zip I provided. If you're still on stock recovery, you'll have to connect to a computer, just sideload on the phone and use 'adb sideload whateverinamedit-update.zip' from the cli.

To lazy to make a proper link right now, I'll fix it later, but here's the update I pulled.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rvx3XWlerRNwa8LAxHxJtGTZrR9SKxZN/view?usp=drivesdk