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[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] DeeBG:
It seems to be from the provider Brightpoint Wireless (they've had a deal with LG for over a decade now). If we are able to obtain the FOTA file, then using LGUP, it should be possible install it like a regular update (i.e., not wipe everything). I wish there was a way to be able to use the software updates from the official LG website, but I don't know if that will ever be possible from non-factory G710ULM. I'm still considering returning my phone (since it was sold falsely on eBay as a G710ULM for a little under $400). I know this isn't an option for some people, but it looks like updates will be a bit of a hassle for the foreseeable future (I hope I'm wrong!)

Edit: I wasn't planning on using Google Pay, but due to another user talking about how they were unable to set it up I decided to try. Sure enough, after confirming my address I received a message "Couldn't finish setup to pay in stores - This phone can't be used to pay in stores. This may be because it is rooted or altered in some other way." =/
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
Who was the ebay seller you bought it from? There is only one big seller selling these phones and they have fixed the issue with google pay not working if you use the rom in the beggining of this thread and use dual lgup you can get it working and if you want update you can go to lg-firmware's website they usually have the latest.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] DeeBG:
By the way you are talking, I'm going to assuming that you are one of these people (maybe even "the one big seller") purposefully selling these hacked phones on eBay. If I'm incorrect in my accusation, you have my apologies. I don't know who "they" are, but the Google Fi kdz does not provide a working Google Pay experience (if further tweaking is required - I don't know what dual lgup refers to - you may wish to link to it for others who are interested). At the moment 10i seems to be the latest, would you have any advice on performing a FOTA update with it (I think most users would prefer this over formatting) and can a LMG710ULM USA image be used?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
Simply download the 10i firmware from right here https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmg710ulm-firmwares/#tab=firmwares then use lgup dual mode (Search on xda) and use option refurbish with that rom and you will update to the new rom it will wipe phone so back up data first. I have been in phone business for awhile and know a lot of the guys that why i asked most people just sell phones and have no idea how to hack. And simply flashing a phone is not hacking in the slightest :)
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] DeeBG:
I see that there is an update for Google Fi and a generic one for USA (if the generic one is the same that LG releases for their unlocked phones, then I'd think it would be the ideal one to use). I'm sorry if I came off hostile, the person I bought it from is ripping people off by providing a phone that has issues out of the box that most people would not know how to fix (and possibly could never be 100% fixed). When it comes to owning a device, I agree that flashing doesn't automatically = hacking (I just have an issue when people falsify device information for puposes of ripping another person off, which I would consider hacking, and not the good kind!) Cheers for the tips!
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] sting12345:
So even with the full KDZ using upgrade? in LG UP would end up just replacing the entire ROM with the new upgraded one I'm guessing. Am I correct in that assumption, we used the refurbish option to remap it to ULM but upgrade with the entire .kdz I'm hesitant it might wipe it all out. Yeah I'm annoyed too with the seller, same big one but I'm out of the 30 period and wallmart is selling unlocked G7 now for 350 LOL so jokes on us. They also have the G7 one with android one on ebay now too which annoys me also since it is on pie already I think.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] DeeBG:
First, just FYI 11g isn't the latest firmware, 10i is (I don't know why LG switches between 10 and 11, but 11g is from December while 10i is from January... if anyone out there knows the "secret" between 10 and 11 naming, feel free to chime in =). I used the link provided by awireless (which I'm guessing you bought from... maybe they'd be willing to help, sadly I doubt my seller has ever even heard of XDA) and was at least able to upgrade to the latest version using the "refurbish" option (I don't know what, if anything, the "upgrade" option would do, I've only seen people told to avoid it) in LGUP Dual Mode (which I highly recommend... you need the initial drivers installed, but you don't have to do all of the copy/pasting dll files and such from the first page.

Oh, speaking of downloads, even though there is a "Google Fi" and a separate "USA" download, I think they are both Google Fi because I downloaded "USA" and the Google Fi app is included (it's disabled, along with a version of Contacts and Phone that aren't used but I don't think it's included in the unlocked LG version).

Ugh re: Walmart, I saw that deal and didn't act on it... I feel so dumb (they sold out fast too, which is not surprising). I like a challenge, but I like a phone that works to begin with first =p. I thought there was something about the "One" version that I didn't like but I honestly can't remember what it was (I might have been confusing it with another phone too, I was looking at a bunch, trying to find something solid in the $300 - $400 range... I refuse to spend $1,000+ on a phone). There is some secret LG sauce that has yet to be cracked yet, and sadly devs aren't really interested in working with LG phones, since they haven't been very dev friendly. I don't know if it's the IMEI, the issue with the S/N vanishing or something deeper down, but I haven't found a firmware that convinces LG that you are using a ULM on a PM phone.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] sting12345:
oh damn do you have a link to the january one? I'm on sept patch and really would like to be a little more current. Also if I just did the whole process with LGUP a month and half ago I shouldn't have to do it all again I was supposing but when it comes to applying the latest firmware I have no clue if I should hit refurb again, or upgrade or FOTA LOL. ahhhhh.......yeah bought there from them and I should have returned the damn thing but I liked the hardware and figured there would be some progress on it.

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G710ULM10i_00_NAO_US_OP_1113.kdz is that the most recent one? It has the same file as USA region and GFI region?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] abced123:
The date stamp on the files server does not indicate the anything. 10i shows November security patch ( phone software info), not sure about 11g ( maybe December patch? ; if so then 11g is newer than 10i )
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] DeeBG:
I was going based off of the official LG site - https://www.lg.com/us/support/product-help/CT10000027-20150797062265 - according to the info there the Nov. patch was introduced in 11g and then 10i was a "maintenance release". It's not hard to capture OTA URLs if you have official devices, so perhaps we'll get that in the future so updates can be sideloaded instead of having to flash after every update (which becomes painful when you have your phone setup exactly the way you like it since not everything gets backed up... thankfully most things do though).
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] fabiop10:
Hi,

I also have the G710PM branded as G710ULM.

I upgraded it to the G710ULM10G_00 (Sep patch) and I just upgraded now to the G710ULM10i_00 (Nov Patch).

For those wondering this upgrade will wipe the phone.

I tried to set up Google Pay, but it doesn't work. "Couldn't finish Setup to Pay in stores." It informs the phone may be rooted or altered in some other way.

And the S/N is still blank...
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
I am on the September patch right now... how do I flash the newer 10i firmware on the phone correctly? And is there any fix for google pay or are we still stuck?

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I also seem to have the "enable OEM unlock" option in my settings. Does this make the phone rootable?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] sting12345:
did you use the lgup way in the guide in the beginning? Also did you choose refurbish or upgrade when you went from sept to november patch version?

Thanks

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anyone verify from phone info if 11g is december or still november patch for sure? What would a maintenance update be anyhow, just curious. I just want the latest security patch available.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] fabiop10:
Hi,

I followed the instructions on this post to change the firmware to the G710ULM10G_00.

Then I download the new firmware from here https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmg710ulm-firmwares/#tab=firmwares

Then I put my phone in download mode and used LGUP to refurbish and it worked.

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Hi Sting12345,

According to the LG website:

10g - Released in Oct - Sep Patch

11g - Released in Dec - Nov Patch

10i - Released in Jan - Security Maintenance release

https://www.lg.com/us/support/product-help/CT10000027-20150797062265

I could not find any release notes for the 10i version.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] alecthenice:
Can you unlock the bootloader after following this method?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
I just checked with someone who knows what they're doing and apparently not. LG locks the fastboot commands on all G7 model except for the European (EM) model, so bootloader unlocks unfortunately won't be of much help unless LG changes their minds or someone comes up with an exploit.

I'm dyinggg to get Google Pay running on the September patch and nothing I tried is working. Wish I had the time to figure out how to create some sort of workaround for it.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
Flashing to verizon firmware will keep your phone unlocked and also let you use the google pay currently none of the usa unlocked firmware work it has to do with something in the safetynet security system by google. Go here https://apkpure.com/safetynet-helper-sample/com.scottyab.safetynet.sample and install on your phone run test then it will fail flash Verizon and run test it will succeed (Make sure your connected ti WIFI)

So somehow we need to know why verizon doesnt mess with the safetynet but usa unlocked does.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
Thank you for the information :) unfortunately I don't have Verizon as my carrier so this would cause more problems for me and give me useless bloatware. You are right, and it's a waste of NFC technology not to be able to use such a useful feature on the unlocked firmware.

I think this is my last time buying a phone off of eBay from unofficial sellers :/ got it for a good price but doesn't work with every feature I'd like to use. Still a beautiful phone; the best I've ever used.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
the verizon works with every carrier its just like unlocked just has bloatware but then everything works
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
Ohh good to know! Have you tested this at all and know if it works 100%? Remember that my phone model is originally for sprint (PM) and when I bought it online it was converted to unlocked (ULM) on May Patch. I upgraded to September. I really can't afford to brick or bootloop my phone. What are the instructions for flashing with LGUP? Can you please provide a link to the firmware and the patch level it is on?

Thank you so much and sorry for so many questions. I appreciate your help.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
Use dev option on lgup dual mode and do repartition dl press select all, ok, yes flash https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmg710vm-firmwares/#tab=firmwares the vrz 10f one

Tested and works for converting sprint to verizon
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
Thanks!!! Will do it sometime in the near future. I can't take any risks at the moment though I'll flash it when I can. At least we know it works.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] alecthenice:
They really got us...jtag exploit is kinda no good because of water proofing. We would have to get the boot.img and change that ourselves. The change is the hard part. The decryption key should be in a partition we can get off our device, then we could use that to decrypt the ota, next patch that then, flash through the recovery or adb update command
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] abced123:
Callendar app that shows current date !

The project Fi firmware includes google app calendar that always shows date 31 . Is there anyway to make it show current date ? what about installing stock LG calendar app ? or any others ?

PS: seems like google calendar cant show current date . I install and use stock LG calendar .

Also, does anyone try File sharing/NFC features ? My 710PM with 10i firmware can not receive anything at all.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] mcslender97:
Followed the guide and everything worked so far. Still, is it possible to revert the phone to its original firmware (back to LG G710PM)? I have one of those V10b_LAO_COM "unlocked" phone from ebay.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
Its possible to go back to PM but only if you have the firmware which we will never get to my knowledge
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] hinghing1113:
Finally, I changed from g710ulm10f to 10g

The 10g have VOLTE option enable and wifi calling and band 2 enable. I am using T-mobile. SN still blank.

10f, don't have the above, I will be in some rural area which don't have any signal on this cell this week and hopes to see the band 12 will come out.

Did anyone try *#546368#*710# for the hidden menu?

I play around, I clicked "field test" > modem Settings> LTE band selection > "any band".

I will be stuck at the band that I select. Does anyone have an idea to enable them all?

By the way, I think I played around the hidden menu when I was in 10f, that's why my phone showing band 4 in the past.

Also there is an OTA setting, I click change from disable to enable, but it won't really OTA.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] normahn:
I too have the Sprint phone with the ULM firmware (purchased from eBay). Apparently I have software version V10b-LAO-COM. Honestly, I'm impressed with everything about this phone and the only thing I can't do is use Google Pay or automatic updates.

My question is this: going back to the original post of this thread... is that the instructions for putting the Sprint (PM) version on this phone or is it to update the ULM version? If it is to put the PM version, would that mean I would be able to use google pay and receive automatic updates? Would I be able to change it back to ULM if necessary? Or are all these instructions geared to updated ULM to a newer ULM?

I have flashed ROM on several Samsung's before but it's been a while, so I'm a little out of the loop.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
You have the converted PM model running ULM based on everything you just said. Follow this guide to update and you'll be set! Unfortunately google pay and OTA will never work for us but you can always manually flash updates so there's really no loss there besides having to factory reset each time you flash an update. Also, if you want to use google pay then you'll have to use the verizon firmware someone above me mentioned not too long ago. It works just like unlocked, just has verizon bloatware but just disable it
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] normahn:
Thank you for your answer. I can live without Google Pay (and have hopes that one day LG Pay - whenever that comes out for us, might work). How often would it be reasonable to update? It is certainly a nuisance to reinstall and set up everything every time there is a minor update. Is it reasonable to wait until Pie comes out for this phone before I flash a new rom? Are there some serious security issues if I leave it at 10b? The eBay seller did offer for me to send it back... but honestly, the phone is working great... it's just the update issue that's a concern.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
You cannot go back to sprint and you do not want to the thread is to go from sprint to unlocked version. Simply flash the Verizon kdz and you will receive auto updates and google pay working. And if you ever want to go back to ULM flash that kdz
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] normahn:
I decided to flash Verizon. Followed the steps in the original post. At the last step I got an error "Not support cross model download G710ULM to G710VM" I wonder if I downloaded the wrong kdz. I followed the link for Verizon and there were two kdz files. I might have downloaded the "VRS" region instead of the "VRZ" region (it had a slightly newer date). would that have been my problem?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
Download this to your desktop https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MJ5sjpzlZyRVoqUhwsNkAo_FHNbaMNy5?usp=sharing Right click on the setdev.bat and run as administrator it will auto put dll for you then open lgup connect phone and press repartition dl then press start then box to select all press ok few seconds later press yes after wards press reset phone when the phone boots up
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] normahn:
The phone seems to have restarted on it's own (I didn't need to press reset)... but it's been on "Verizon" (loading) for about 5 minutes. It takes a while the first time?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
usually takes awhile first time then goes to phone encrypted screen and has button to reset but if you device was unencrypted it should just start right up
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] normahn:
Sorry for asking so many question, but I appreciate your suggestions. Going bad to worse. "Your device has failed a routine safety check and will not boot..." Not sure where to go from here. Does it matter if I downloaded the VRS or the VRZ version of the kdz file? If it doesn't work, maybe I should go back and put the ULM version back on...

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Looks like it is working now.... I repeated the process,this time with the "refresh" option (I think that's what it was) and it reflashed and restarted OK.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] awireless:
Ok great!
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] paco1x:
This method works, i just had some problems with the LGUP and my PC USB 3.0 ports, the software for some reason did not pass the 4% and gave me some errors, then i changed to another PC with USB 2.0 ports and LGUP worked with no problem at all.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] TEXASTRYKER:
hello guys i need some help with this lg g710pm to g710ulm when i try to use LGUP i dont have refurbish buttom only upgrade and Fota Upgrade

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hello guys i need some help with this lg g710pm to g710ulm when i try to use LGUP i dont have refurbish buttom only upgrade and Fota Upgrade
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
Uninstall LGUP and redownload from here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MJ5sjpzlZyRVoqUhwsNkAo_FHNbaMNy5 make sure you have the developer options activated. If you need the DLL you can also get it from here. Also jsut in case make sure LG Bridge is uninstalled and any other LG software besides LGUP.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] TEXASTRYKER:
Thank you for your Help !!!

that one works for me i just select partition and i'm running my lg g7 thinq sprint unlocked now with G710ulm
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
Glad I could help! Enjoy :)
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] gunz.jones:
Used this lgup on my converted mess last night and all went smoothly. Glad the update fixed it so that VZW service started working correctly. Thank for all
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kChemical:
Awesome! And yeah I do agree it is a mess... I think the sellers should at least be honest and tell us that the models are converted because that way, there wouldn't be this type of conflict. Super good price on the phone and it works very well so I'm keeping it, but we have to deal with these issues ourselves.

Sadly even LG can't help us.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] gunz.jones:
Is there a way to do this and not write the phone every time? Security update aren't super important to be most of the time, but it would be nice to be able to load them and not have to start from scratch again.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] story1991:
does anybody try to upgrade to new firmware? ?

G710ULM10i_00_NAO_US_OP_1113.kdz - Android 8.x Oreo - 2019-01-17
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] alesul:
If the Sprint version g710pm have last firmware G710P13A can I crosflash?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] FBIV:
I was able to do this no problem
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] alesul:
awireless Download this to your desktop https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...y5?usp=sharing Right click on the setdev.bat and run as administrator it will auto put dll for you then open lgup connect phone and press repartition dl then press start then box to select all press ok few seconds later press yes after wards press reset phone when the phone boots up

This steps is it legit from G710PM not converted,to flash ULM or VRZ or EM?

Or I must first convert with Octoplus first? IS IT SAFE?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] alesul:
Ok I pay someone on ebay to crossflash my LG G710PM sprint to an european EM G710EM10b_00_0521 ,and now is V10B-lao-com G710ULM ,so what firmware KDZ I must flash with LG UP for updates?EM(european) G710EM10q_00_OPEN_EU_OP_1219, ULM(free USA) G710ULM10i_00_NAO_US_OP_1113,or VM(verizon,full of bloatware)G710VM10f_08_0906 ......I wait a feedback an and a small tutorial! Thank you so much!
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] gunz.jones:
What options do you use so it doesn't fully erase the phone and just does the update?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] fabiop10:
Hi, I updated to the Verizon firmware and here are the good news:

- shortly after I received a couple of updates.

- Google pay seems to be working (it allowed me to add a card, but I did not try using it, but I believe it is OK)

The bad:

- I am using a non-Verizon SIM and I get the warning The SIM card is not from Verizon. It will show up again after every reboot

- The phone did not accept the APN settings. I had to manually add them.

- Another warning trying to set up Wi-Fi calling, but it does not work (probably non Verizon SIM)

- Bloatware: It doesn't seem to be a lot. I didn't try to remove them yet

- Others

- When I added the SIM the phone informed it was a non-Verizon so it switched to the Global mode. Not sure what if the difference

- I service menu *#546368#*710# does not work on this firmware. The ##77647226710 is accepted but it asks for the Service code and 000000 is not accepted. I was looking for the menu to test LTE bands. I had done a list from the ULM version and wanted to compare, but I cannot access on this version.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] alesul:
Is this some kind of secret society,nobody want to share some explanations or respond from previous experiences?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] alesul:
I make it update with Refurbish at G710ULM10i_00_NAO_US_OP_1113,but I want to use european version EM, I want european languages and 24hours format etc,so I can flash safely G710EM10q_00_OPEN_EU_OP_1219.kdz firmware without brick with Refurbish option??