yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
No, I don't. Not confirmed. Especially for a bad IMEI phone that T-mobile won't unlock.

I think some people may change IMEIs (again XDA rules to discuss much about that) -- but for it to work with T-mobile app then they would be using someone else's legitimate IMEI, it would seem. Which is wrong to do.

But no, I've not seen bad IMEI T-Mobile H932 be carrier unlocked by 3rd party unlocker keeping the same IMEI.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Exactly!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
When I worked for TMobile we were told that NO new phones will be code unlocked and that it was tmo APP only. I don't care about sim unlock so I never cared enough to try though so maybe that's true?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TPMJB:
So weird thing, I went to Resurrection Remix 8.1 (there's no 8.1 roms other than that on here for H932) and I got "unlock unsuccessful" when I tried. I think that was the real message and the code I got was bogus. I think the company knows it's bogus and is telling me to try through the T-Mobile app in "15 days" so that I can't do a chargeback on my credit card. Though I think I'm still within the 30 days if I do.

Yeah so basically those unlock companies are bogus. First one I tried couldn't deliver me a code in the amount of time that they claimed whilst the second company got two codes within an hour and neither of them work.

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Yeah I think the only way to unlock through a third party is octopus. Doesn't seem like T-Mobile wants their phones unlocked, so they seriously locked it down.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
See last couple of posts of this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/help/h932-unlocking-codes-t3921193/page2
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TPMJB:
Interesting...may be useful for me. Thanks!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Once rooted on the H932, before you try any custom ROMs you should use these TWRP flashable zips (based on stock KDZ) to get back to very recent Oreo (20S at this point in time). I'm not sure the OP instructions have been updated to include these:

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/stock-t-mobile-lg-v30-stock-collection-t3917560

People who try to flash custom ROMs straight from rooted Nougat sometimes have problems with fingerprint sensor.

Also running latest Oreo gives you access to

DTS 3D Surround sound.

(on rooted stock firmware)

Once you have TWRP installed, you can flash any H932-compatible ROM or stock-based H932 ROM.

I have no custom ROM recommendations. After always running custom ROMs on every Android device, and even maintaining a custom ROM thread (options /features/updates) for Moto Quark (Droid Turbo, Moto Turbo, Moto Maxx) this is the first device where I am on rooted stock firmware. I am running some mods, of course. ;)
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
So I've rooted a couple of these before with no issues, but this one isn't cooperating. When I go to flash the H933 laf, it just hangs on the V30 logo after that, and does not reboot into the OS. Instructions were followed 100%. Any ideas?

EDIT: Even though system isn't selected for partition DL, UP still flashes the H933 system, after laf. And I'm guessing it shouldn't be doing that. With the phones I rooted previously, I could have sworn that part of the instructions were to yank the USB cable after laf flashes, to prevent anything else from being flashed. Were the instructions modified to remove that step?

EDIT 2: Yanking USB cable after laf flashes solved everything. Yanked cable, closed UP, re-opened UP, reflashed H932 10d without laf, and everything was fine after that. Maybe consider editing that part of the instructions, to add that? If I was someone doing it for the first time, I'd be pretty confused and scared if my phone was stuck on the V30 logo lol
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
I just rooted for the second time and that's never happened. Glad everything worked out for you.

H933 laf, partition DL, select only laf, hit next, ignore prompt.

Worked for me.

Edit, you did not select laf.bak did you? Not sure if that would cause a problem. Only need to hit 1 item which is laf.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Nope, even scrolled all the way down to make sure laf was the ONLY thing selected. When you did it, did UP flash system, after laf?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
I just did everything Running wrote to a "T".

No, it never flashed system when I did 933laf. Least I don't think it did. I hardly pay attention. Directions are safe so it's really just grab the correct bin file, flash and forget type of thing.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
That's how I remember it being the first couple times, so I'm stumped on why this time was different.

Oh well
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Did your computer have a lag spike while flashing?

I'm actually really curious as to what happened. At least you got it working which is nice.

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Also did you add these 2 lines to build prop yet?

ro.product.brand_dsny=true

ro.lge.globaleffect.dts=true

I'm assuming you are using stock. I've tried custom but just not for me.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
I don't remember seeing a lag spike.

And the purpose of rooting was to network unlock it for a customer of mine. So it's already been completely unrooted lol
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] manban10:
Help with FWUL

I succesfully booted with my usb however I cant seem to get the program to recognize my phone that i put into download mode. It waits the 30 seconds then gives me ERROR: 'dev/disk/by-label/fwulforever device did not show up after 30 seconds. Anyone know how to fix?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] manban10:
hey sorry guys, the last step i mstuck on is the second copy of TWRP! I got everything else thankfully :D When i try to type the command in the say abd push requires an argument. I have my twrp img in the same folder i use for adb because thats where i can launch the command. Anyone can guide me through the last step? Also how do i update it? I know to never take an OTA but is there a way to update because some modules work with a higher versio.n Thank you so much for this root method I will donate a few bucks.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Just grab the newest TWRP, it will let you flash TWRP to LAF.

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https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/stock-t-mobile-lg-v30-stock-collection-t3917560/page5

There is the newest stock ROM.

ro.product.brand_dsny=true

ro.lge.globaleffect.dts=true

Add those 2 lines in build prop
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] capeorigins:
Hey guys! I'm looking to root the h932 (just H932) but the link for the LG up is dead. Anyone have a working link? The other forum I found says it's not for h932.

Excited to get root!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
1) NO, it's not dead. I just downloaded it clicking on the link. It automatically downloads. (In fact I just downloaded it three more times, using different devices.) Maybe you missed the automatic download?

2) Use a browser, not an app to read the instructions. Make sure your browser isn't blocking popup notifications or automatic downloads.

3) If you can't figure it how to click on the link I have Dev Patched LGUP attached to every KDZ thread I host (US998, H930, VS996, H930DS, etc) down in the ROMs section, as well as the WTF instructions as well as the Frankenstein instructions. Do NOT use those instructions for T-mobile H932 nor those KDZ, but you can use the attached Dev Patched LGUP found there in those threads.

4) Dev Patched LGUP for LG V30 is Dev Patched for LG V30. There's not a specific "H932" version -- just make sure you have the one for LG V30, which is found in many threads in this V30 forum.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] capeorigins:
Wow thanks, I tried a few things and finally just clicked save file as. And that worked lol.

Onwards I go then!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] capeorigins:
Alright! so I have twrp installed finally! I ran into an interesting thing though, when trying to flash Rctd removal, and or the No verity, twrp gave the error code 1.

Since I figured I didn't need to mod stock anymore, I tried flashing a custom rom. None of the customs are booting, is that something to do with what I did?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] manban10:
I think you should have tried to flash em again right after they failed. My magsik failed to install then I had to flash it again right after.v
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] capeorigins:
Well I would have thought so myself, but I tried changing TWRP versions, and then tried reflashing and its not flashing. And I want to try a custom rom, but they're not booting lol.

Ive tried manually flashing the boot.img from the zip but nada. Ive tried with magisk added, with the other zips added and I'm stumped!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Did you flash latest Stock Oreo before trying the Custom ROMs? If you went straight from Nougat (which you used for rooting) to Pie Custom ROMs, some firmware and drivers may not be sufficiently updated. If so, try flashing the latest Stock Oreo, verify that it works, then go from there.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Well next time you should think about flashing newest stock firmware then go to custom ROM.....

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His post says it all. He rooted on 10D then tried a custom ROM based on O or pie.

I'm pretty sure thoes threads say to be on newest stock firmware.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] capeorigins:
Yep, thanks guys. That sure did fix it and I'm happily romming about. I can't believe I didn't even think of it lol
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Next time just left click on link and select open in new tab. That's what I do when windows decides to spaz out and not download the link.

I know you got the stuff. Just posting for future reference.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Hello !

This is my first post on this forum by the way.

I tried many times this procedure, but I always get the same screen as Septembersrain.

1. Downgrade to 932 10D with 933 10H LAF

2. Switch to FWUL and entered the commands without errors

3. Reboot LG H932, entered factory reset, chose twice YES, but can't go to TWRP.

How can I get through and access to TWRP ?

Thanks for your help !
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Ok so, the very first time I did this, I was spamming yes for factory reset.

Click yes, wait 10 seconds. Click yes again and just wait.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Thank you for your answer.

I tried as you told me, but I still get this stubborn error screen.

I don't know what I did wrong in the process

[IMG="H932"]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47711461391_4a8e5dd56b_k.jpg[/IMG]
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Your not checking oem unlock in development setting. Start from the beginning.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
You forgot to unlock the bootloader man

That should always be the first step
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Hey guys after I unlocked the bootloader its take an extremely long time to boot, is this normal? I can get it to reboot and it gives me the unlocked boot loader security warning but I cant do anything else
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Can you get to download mode and kdz restore?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
All is well I think, going through the steps now
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krimsoneyez73:
V30 h932

Why are people unplugging the USB for the h933laf flash OP says let it finish and reboot for next step? Am I missing something. The unplug method was for my root right?

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Was for g6 root not my.... Sorry. Stupid spell check
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Initially [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] said to unplug it (just in case), but then someone didn't in time and was also video recording the words on the screen -- and everything was fine. Dev analyzed the video and said the commands showed it was safe to NOT unplug, just to let it finish. So he edited his instructions after that.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krimsoneyez73:
V30 h932

Thanks for the clarification so quickly. You guys are awesome. Gonna try it once I finish reading entire thread and get all files together.. Been rooting since htc desire and love the freedom root provides. This process is a little more complicated but his instructions are very clear... Had a video been done for this method yet.? Thanks again. Will be donating very soon....
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Is it possible to get google pay working? I added it in magisk but still not working
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Well guys, here was my mistake, thanks a lot !

I went through the process, booted on TWRP, flashed Magisk.

Everything was OK, but now I have errors when trying to flash OPT ENCRYPT and RCTD DISABLER

Update process ended with ERROR : 1

Error installing zip file ...
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
In twrp go to wipe, format data, type yes, then reboot to twrp.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
I already tried to format data, then rebooted system, but I still can't install the 2 zips
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
So I managed to lose magisk/root and download mode by flashing a fullstock rom without those 2 files, pretty lame >.<
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krimsoneyez73:
V30 h932

Has a video been posted for us idiots yet?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ONeal_Pierce:
Yeah I can't get the other 2 zips to install in twrp either. I have stated over 3 times, going slowly step by step. I can get magisk but not no-derity or rctd to install. Updater process ended with Error: 1
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I think that means you have an older version of TWRP. Make sure you're on the latest version

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I don't keep up with this much anymore, but I believe that someone posted a zip to flash through stock recovery that brings back download mode
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ONeal_Pierce:
I used the twrp that is linked joan-3. 3.0-00-no_decrypt? Is that not the newest one?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
That 3.3 TWRP may be too new. Made from Pie sources. Try the slightly older one. Just a suggestion.

This the TWRP I still have linked in WTF:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603869753
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
You are correct but the zip that was posted was 20o and I am on 20s so I am not sure if I can flash that. Does anyone have any insight? Or know where to get the 20s ota update zip? I have spent all day looking through this thread and I am so close lol

Wow this is aggravating. So I found the 20s OTA zip but it gives me an error "0x2000, Fail! . MTP is not Running." So I tried the 20o anyways, it gets through the process , reboots and then stock recovery gives an error. Still no download mode. I cant sideload an update zip because stock recovery just says "No command". Am I SOL?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
This probably won't make any difference but have you enabled adb debugging ? And installed the PC drivers
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Yup tried with it on and off
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
I tried with this version of TWRP, it worked.

Thanks a lot people with your help, my H932 is now rooted : :laugh:
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Make sure you're not using a USB v3.0 port. If all else fails, try a different computer.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Did they gave a code to carrier unlock your device ?

How did you manage to enter it ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
"They" were not T-mobile, but some carrier unlocking service he paid for. Didn't work.

[MENTION=2696368]TPMJB[/MENTION] then used another carrier unlocking service which did work:

[Guide] Carrier unlock H932 - LG V30 T-mobile phone

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-carrier-unlock-h932-lg-v30-t-t3922909
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDannemand:
Just to complement [MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION]'s answer: This case finally confirmed what we had long suspected: There is no way to unlock H932 (or other recent T-Mobile phones) just with a code. It requires an app that can write the necessary bits to the required partitions. Normally that means approval from T-Mobile servers, but 3rd party services like the one linked here seems to bypass that. But it's still an app (in this case one you install on your PC).

So 3rd party services who sell unlock codes for recent T-Mobile phones are not being honest. Or they just don't know.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Feels like we should bookmark this since we all know it will be asked about a million times again
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ONeal_Pierce:
Thanks, this did the trick. Thanks again for the help.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Alright folks I'm good xD

Here's what I had to do, maybe I can save someone some time lol

If you have a bootable and running ver 20s but lost download mode

Follow Wireeater's instructions from page 122, except use this 20s ota zip posted by Mattgyver in another thread

https://ota.googlezip.net/packages/.../92a51ddcc43e9661d23baf7dcaeeee9fbc653359.zip

:good:
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Hi !

Just a question : I did this process for having root access and TWRP, and it works great (I can flash ROM without problem).

But today, I installed Root Checker, and it told me root access is not properly installed.

Must I do a factory reset and restart all the process from scratch ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I don't know anything about root checker, but if your apps have root access, I wouldn't worry about it .

Loading a rom, flashing stock etc is just like doing a factory reset, only through TWRP and you MUST flash Magisk and TWRP Installer after that if it's not prerooted
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Well, I have to edit build.prop, but I can't, because I always have a message tolding me I need to root my phone.

Apparently, I need to restart the whole process
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Do you have TWRP still? Or did it go back to stock recovery? If you have TWRP, just flash Magisk again. Also flash TWRP on laf cause you wouldn't be going through this right now if you did cause you'd have a working alternative twrp
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Yes, I still have TWRP, also TWRP on LAF (when the phone is OFF, if I hold vol up and plug USB, I boot on TWRP).

[IMG="ROOT Error"]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47688287112_82cb8084a4_b.jpg[/IMG]
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] TPMJB:
I wrote a guide on how to carrier unlock T-Mobile H932 locked phones. It's fairly simple and isn't ideal - you have to pay $14. Using a code just doesn't work for us.

Edit: DERP. Didn't realize he quoted my guide. Also didn't realize people replied.

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Yeah, if I didn't get an otherwise sublime H932 for $110, I wouldn't have gone through the effort of testing it out. Also was my last two weeks at work so I had a lot of time :D

Turned around and sold it for $225 so I'd say it worked pretty well for me.

But yeah, codes don't work at all. There seems to be some sort of bug in the Nougat T-Mobile unlocking software people are using
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Are you flashing magisk first?

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Probably because magisk hasn't granted root access to the app. Check magisk
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
Yes, i flashed Magic first. I'll try with another version
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] BROKEN1981:
Do you have the magisk app in your app drawer? If so, any errors?

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I ask because I flash magisk but it's never in my app drawer. I first have to extract the APK, install, then download the boot manager and flash that in TWRP. Then it works as normal.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SmokedOUTdev:
Unable to achieve root

hello eveyone,

this will be my first post. I've already had rooted my LG-V30 h932(T-mobile running 10d) before, so i unrooted and put the phone back to stock because i was getting a replacement from the insurance company. So i get my replacement the other day software out the box was 10d so i ran through the tutorial just like before. unlocked bootloader via fastboot command(fastboot oem unlock), flashed the h333 laf(partition dl) via download mode through the patched ver of lgup, after that went back and flashed the 10d firmware through partition dl and selected eveything besides the laf. booted my fwul machine put my phone into download mode opened the running naked exploit, executing the commands git pull

git checkout h932-dd-write

./lglaf.py

then within the lglaf python program i'm executing

!EXEC toybox dd if=/storage/external_SD/twrp.img of=/dev/block/sde bs=4096 seek=10246\0

!CTRL POFF

once that's finished i pull my wire then i hold vol-(down) and power when logo appears let go and hold power button.

slowly selected yes to factory data reset and then slowly select yes again.

after this i'm supposed to be booted into the twrp recovery but i get no luck. im just at the screen with the "erase" and the circle pop up it then goes onto wipe my phones data. i've tried updating the phone then downgrading, and running the exploit again with no luck same outcome. i'm been trying for my than a day fml.

any suggestions?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Your ext SD card MUST be in Fat16
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] sickaz:
OK, I installed Magisk 19.1, it added the software in my app drawer.

Now my H932 is rooted.

Thanks for the tip !
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] d3viou5:
No harm in trying, but I did this with a 32 GB card formatted as Fat32 and it worked fine.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Ya, some people have had luck with it on fat32 but it seems most need Fat16 for whatever reason .
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SmokedOUTdev:
will give that a try when i get ahold of my sdcard adapter and reader.. for some reason i cant get my vm windows machine to format my sdcard in my phone it just wont give me a format option. will post update when i can.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I'm pretty sure the success of this process while inside a VM has been extremely low just fyi
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SmokedOUTdev:
i will keep that in mind, my previous device i was successfully able to root using vmware fusion and having windows 10 with all adb drivers, and have fwul on a vm as well.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] SmokedOUTdev:
UPDATE:

After getting ahold of an sdcard reader I was able to format it to ms-dos on a mac osx machine. Booted my vm version of fwul inputed the commands and BAMMM we have root thanks a lot guys for helping me trouble shoot this problem.

Cheers.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Glad you got it working ?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] manban10:
Hello l, currently in the situation where I don't have download mode or recovery mode. Is my device RIP? Or can I somehow still flash twrp or stock firmware? When ever I try to flash twrp with fastboot I get errors and failure to flash. Does anyone have any ideas