yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] BROKEN1981:
Could this be the reason it's failing?

Maybe upload a pure stock with only build prop edits?

I think trying to make it vendorized is causing issues. Though only a guess because this is all Greek to me.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
nope. im not vendorizing it. im resizing the system img to fit for those that do vendorize. i do this for ALL my kdz2zips that are on here. they are all made the same. the us998,ls998 and vs996. and [MENTION=3138121]seadersn[/MENTION] uses my script too so his kdz2zips are made the same as this one. ive figured out the issue anyway and it is persist. it seems that the h932 places the persist partition in sde17 but in the update-binary (because all other models use this partition) its sde18. the h932 seems to place it in a different location than the other models
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Awesome. Unfortunately, I'm on a Mac right now. I have platform-tools and all that and I'm sure I have used it before on this machine but it's not recognizing my device at the moment. I'll have to wait until I get home to my PC to test this. I hate Macs. lol
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
[MENTION=6815443]JohnFawkes[/MENTION] So I tried flashing the persist.img but that didn't seem to do anything. The phone is still acting like there is no OS installed and still telling me it can't mount anything. I'll get Telegram and join the group
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] the Doctor:
[MENTION=6815443]JohnFawkes[/MENTION], please have a look at this post regarding posting social media links. I would like to highlight two things here:

1. We allow a developer to place one link in the OP of their ROM development thread and that's it. This is why I removed the link above.

2. The above is conditional upon the developer continuing to provide

thorough support

in the thread on XDA. Telling users they have to join your Telegram group for support is not acceptable.

Thank you for your understanding.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Well I had to go run and do something real quick and now it looks like I'm too late for Telegram. I'm good to try anything out that you may have [MENTION=6815443]JohnFawkes[/MENTION]
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
I was still replying here to users about the issue so not sure how I wasn't providing support here but ok. And nowhere in the link you sent does it say that the TG link has to be in the OP (unless this is in rules and just applies to links in general). It's just easier to get everyone that has issues into a group to chat together about a solution than trying to do it here where there's a ton of people that may not be having an issue and posting and having to sort through the issues/non issues. Anyway I understand
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xionbunny:
He can just pm you the link to the chat.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Well I don't seem to even have a bootloader anymore. I can't boot into it from TWRP. It just goes into a boot loop. I don't know what's going on here. I may have to go full factory reset with the KDZ files. Just don't want to loose TWRP
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
just wait. may have a fix
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Cool. My phone's still sitting in recovery. I have my backup phone luckily. So I'll check back tomorrow.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Yes please stay in recovery. I have a fully working fix. We will have to write the GPT. Seems that the h932 partitions are different than the other models. It's the only one different. My stupidity that didn't know. I spent all night crying. I feel like such an as*h*ole. I apologize to anyone that was affected by this stupidity of mine.

What we will need to do is take an idea from the vendor repatriation guide and we will need to take a working h932 GPT (partition table) and use adb shell to write that partition table to the affected devices. This fix the problem. The issue with the zip is that of my own stupidity I wasn't using /dev/block/by-name. We were writing to the partitions themselves. This isn't an issue on any other model v30. But the h932 partitions are +1 normal. So for example on h932 system is sda22 but the other models are sda21. Why this is I have no clue. Why lg is lg, I have no idea. You would think that they would all be the same. Anyway I'm getting a GPT from a device right now. As soon as i do the first reserved post will be replaced with a guide on how to restore your device
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Thank you so much. I understand accidents happen and we all do this to our phones at our own risk. I'm just glad there is actually a fix. And I appreciate the explanation. I was wondering what was causing it.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] sunmybun:
its alright. now you know about h932 differences.

I am just gonna lgup and reroot because for some time I wanted to start fresh again.

Just take your time so you may be able to fix other peoples phones.

the real as(sh)oles dont recognize their faults and blame on others

Dont beat yourself up too much. :p
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] thephoenixvampire:
**** happens, no one is perfect. All that matters is you own up to it and try to make it right. Just remember, you might have made the zip, but it's our own dumbasses that keep trying to brick our phones every time we have that itch... Who's fault is it; the supplier (lg), the distribution network (xda), the dealer (you), or the addict (us)? ;p

I believe in you... But if something happens, and it can't be fixed, it's our fault, not yours.

Donation sent.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] BROKEN1981:
Is the zip pulled or are you hosting it on telegram?
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
ive pulled the zip for now until i can figure how how to solve the partition issue first. i need [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] in here please. do you mind helping me out? ill pm you the entire problem
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Did LGUP put everything back to normal for you? I'm still waiting for the fix but if I can't wait any longer for whatever reason, I'd like to know that this fixed the issue and got your phone to boot again
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] the Doctor:
That would likewise be against the forum rules, which apply to the public forum, signatures, and the PM system. Users may not use XDA to direct traffic to their social media accounts except for to one exception mentioned in my post above.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] runningnak3d:
Hey man. Just read the entire thread, sorry you got bit.

I haven't checked my PMs yet, but if you haven't give me the quick and dirty. Reading this, I don't think it is a GPT issue, but I want to hear what you have to say first.

EDIT: also, I need the original zip, and dumps of the partitions that got overwritten that aren't in a KDZ. (Except for cache ofc)

-- Brian
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Our savior. I don't know about the other stuff but I have the original zip I flashed. I just pulled my whole sd card to my computer from twrp recovery since that's all I can boot into. I'll upload it in a bit.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Here's the file [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]

"link removed"
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Well I got a little impatient and tried using the official KDZ file. That didn't work either. I flashed everything but recovery so I still have TWRP and can still boot into it. So that's good at least. Still tells me it can't mount persist-lg. I'll just wait for one of the talented devs to hopefully come up with a fix.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Yes we Have a fix in progress. Seems I messed up pretty bad :crying: we are getting a full emmc dump from a working h932. Once we have that (it's being uploaded now for us to download) then we will make sure everything is good and i believe we can make a flashable zip to fix the issues. Me and [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] will post a how to guide of what to do once we get everything situated. I highly recommend that when we upload the dump zip you keep it handy in case something ever happens again. I will be making one for ls998 (that's what I own) as well. Hopefully we can get dumps of the other models and open up a last resort recovery thread
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Good to hear. Is there a reason why flashing the whole kdz file wouldn't fix it? Just out of curiosity. I'm just wondering how this all works and what's preventing things from being flashed properly where they need to be.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xionbunny:
I have no idea, but it didn't work for me either when I tried in several different ways.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Yeah, I'm just glad I still have TWRP. Looking forward to trying out the fix
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] netojbc:
work ?

932dump.zip It's already fleshy?
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
I see there's a zip in there but I would wait for instructions.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] netojbc:
waiting .....

let's wait I'm anxious because I'm with h93220p and I have a problem with the biometric reader
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
My phone's been in recovery mode for two days. I'm anxious too. lol
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xionbunny:
what has been uploaded is a dump of the phone, it's not a fix, please be patient. It could take another few days at least before a fix is made, it all depends on the folks working on it.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Guys please just wait. As I've said 3 times, when the reserved post has the information for fix is when it's ready. Do just go downloading things and messing stuff up
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] ChazzMatt:
And I'm pretty sure you'll post a prominent notification here in the thread too. There won't be any need for anyone to "guess" if there's a fix or where the fix is. ;)
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] sunmybun:
Sorry, i didnt had the time to do it at that time.

But today morning i tried it.

I did flash 10d to reroot. But the step to flash the h933 laf made my phone unusable.

I only can boot fastboot. But my download mode is shot.

So im gonna get a replacement phone. Hopefully i wont get a refurb.

I hope i didnt get anyone's hopes up or make people think my way is plausible.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
It's cool. I tried it earlier today but it didn't take. I at least still have TWRP recovery installed. So I'm just waiting for a fix now.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
[MENTION=6815443]JohnFawkes[/MENTION] [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] Hey guys. Not asking for an ETA here. But I was wondering if there was any update on the progress you guys may have made. I appreciate it.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xionbunny:
there's been no word.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
We are just waiting for [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]. Idk what he has planned. He's gotten the dump from a working phone but Idk what he needs to do with it to make a fix. If i knew I would do it myself. But at this time all hope lies on him. If i understand correctly he needs to check the partitions to see if theres any phone specific stuff like imei and stuff like that. Then we will have to format all partitions on the affected devices with makefs_ext4 and then push the dump from a working phone. I'm not 100% sure if this is what's he's going to do but I'm pretty sure that's the general idea
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Thank you. I appreciate the update. I'm currently using my old Nexus 5. Not all that fun in 2019. Lol. But I was in those forums and saw there is a thread with an issue similar to this and had instructions on how to fix. I'm assuming it's going to be something like this...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/xdafor.../guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576/amp/

Seems to be fixable. I'm hoping this is going to be the same thing and that [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] has made some progress.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xionbunny:
I showed John that exact same thread on telegram day ago.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mattgyver:
That's literally what you did, though, by asking for an update on the progress.. ;)
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] invert_nexus:
Is the working update.zip also dependent on runningnak's input?

Constantly shooing away the update nag is annoying...
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Wasn't asking when it would be done though. Just wanted to know if they made any progress
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xionbunny:
At this point the answer would be no unfortunately.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
We have a fix! Go to reserved post
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
You're making me happy. lol. So just flash H932_Dump.zip and that's it? Problem solved?
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] I'mRonBurgandy?:
Thank you so much. This is the closest I have ever come to a brick. I was starting to worry.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Flash that from the link and make sure to have a rom on your SD card and flash the rom after and good to go
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
[MENTION=3375930]xionbunny[/MENTION] was the first to do this and he can attest that the fix works. Fingerprint lte etc etc all working
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Which ROM? I think I have the 20p zip on my device already.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Should be fine. [MENTION=3375930]xionbunny[/MENTION] flashed potato
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] mattgyver:
This is going to be off-topic, so I'm sorry... I have to say it, though... I literally laughed out loud at your post. ONLY because your user name has Ron Burgundy in it, and you said that's the closest you ever came to a brick. That's a lie. Ron and Brick are super close, they fought together in the epic News Team Fight!

Ok, back on topic. So the zip ISN'T 20r. It's a fix for the 20r zip you initially had?
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Sounds good. One more question, will the dump wipe the internal storage since that's where my 20p zip is. If so, I may have to wait until I get home to do this since I left my SD Card at home.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Correct. The zip in the reserved is emmc dump from a working h932 device. It runs make_ext4fs on all partitions except a few. My initial 20r zip didn't touch those partitions anyway so they are good. Then it dd them to the correct places essentially recreating the original partitions. Flash a working zip and boom.

BTW I'll make a new 20r zip later tonight when I get off work. Save this emmc dump zip too guys this will get you out of anything as long as you have twrp. I'll be collecting dumps from all models and making a recovery thread in the next few days too

Enjoy guys and I apologize again guys. I'm so glad this is fixed and this has definitely taught me a few things
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
It could. I didn't touch userdata at all but to be on the safe side I'd wait
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Ok, looks like I'll just wait until I get home. Thank you and also [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] for everything. And don't beat yourself up over it. We all make mistakes. I'll flash this tonight and report back
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Just edited reserved post to reflect what we've talked about in the past few posts
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
It's been confirmed that this does wipe data and internal storage. Not entirely sure why though as I never touched this partition. So rom HAS to be on SD card only. I'm walking into work now. Please report here and let me know if any questions or anything and I'll post back when I get off work
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] ChazzMatt:
People could wait until your new 20R is ready and flash THAT as the new ROM after the fix is flashed.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] I'mRonBurgandy?:
? I didn't even think about that.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] papsta:
i just downloaded this today, only read the main post and followed those instructions... now i have lg-persist error also and i have no other phone.

seems like the main thread should be edited so nobody else does the same thing.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] xionbunny:
20p is fine, im running it my self now to fix a camera issue i had, and yes im running fine now thanks to that dump fix.

---------- Post added at 10:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:21 PM ----------

i have no idea how you even got your hands on the rom as it was removed, and the only post with it on here had the warning not to flash it, its not on the main post, so i bet you grabbed it from that post without reading the warning. Regardless go to the reserved post flash the dump fix and use a different rom from your sd card both via twrp, you'll be fine after.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
The post with the warning was mine and I have since deleted the file so it wasn't that one. The link in the OP has a dump file in it though. That should probably be removed [MENTION=6815443]JohnFawkes[/MENTION].

EDIT: Just realized even after I deleted the file, it can still be downloaded. Weird. I removed the link
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
That dump one is the dump and not the fix dump zip. That dump isn't even flashable so no reason to delete it
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Ok. Well I don't know what the other guy flashed then
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] ChazzMatt:
EDIT: Apparently some mirrors still show it.

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Bull. No you're didn't. There's no file available in the op to download to flash. That was removed days ago. So where did you find the bad file?
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Yes they could but if they don't feel like waiting, any rom will do. As long as it's working. However yes I will be doing the 20r rom remake zip when I get off work. I've learned alot more about the h932 and kdzs in general thanks to [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] ChazzMatt:
EDIT: Apparently some mirrors still show it.

_______

I don't either. He will have to explain where he found non-existent file in the op. Unless he downloaded it DAYS ago and decided to flash it today, and didn't bother to read any of thread since then...

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] papsta:
i downloaded it from androidfilehost on my desktop just like 20 minutes before i posted today. its still showing on there for me right now also... https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=290776

i did install the fix and got my phone back now though.

i was just mentioning that maybe the OP should be edited and say not to install thats all.

good luck guys and the fix worked eezy peezy.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] ChazzMatt:
Wow. Then it must be present still in some mirrors. Your link shows it to me, but when I try from the op link there's nothing there.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] ChazzMatt:
This still shows it's on some mirrors, apparently?

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
Same with me. I can see it with that link but not when I click the link in the OP

EDIT: You can actually get to it if you click around but the OP link doesn't send you directly to it.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
That's weird because I didn't just delete the link, I deleted the file in my afh folder
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Any who. Once I'm off work and home I'll update the OP with the real 20r zip and delete the fix zip from reserved and create a aio recovery thread
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Id also again like to apologize to anyone who decided to send phone in to t-mobile or LG or wherever if you did. I'm also glad that everyone's phones are fixed. And I'd also like to publicly thank Chris for donating even though I soft bricked his phone. He donated the day it happened to. That meant alot to me and shows how caring this community is. I'm not a bad person. I'm a single dad of 2 little kids who works 40 hours a week in a kitchen cooking food. I dev for fun because I enjoy it. Donating helps but it's not excepted. But im not a bad person, I wasn't out to get anyone or do this on purpose. It was a stupid mistake that I promise will never happen from me again. But one good thing did come out of this. We have a way to go back as long as we have twrp now. The v30 is now essentially non brickable
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
No one thinks you're a bad person. I think it's safe to say we all understand. We all took the risk the second we unlocked our boot loaders. But the fact that you guys came up with a way to fix pretty much anything now totally makes up for it. :good:
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] jsgraphicart:
The fix worked. At first I was worried because I tried flashing the stock 20p zip afterwards and TWRP would reboot and tell me there wasn't enough storage space. Luckily I had a copy of Lineage on my phone so I flashed that and it went fine. My phone is alive again.. I just need to get back to stock now. I think I can handle that. Thank you [MENTION=6815443]JohnFawkes[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION]

By the way. This didn't wipe my internal storage. I still flashed from the external SD Card though
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Nice glad your alive again :good::good: and great that internal is that there as well awesome
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] Xblackberryuser:
If we have yet to flash an update, are we now supposed to use the dump file. Currently on stock 20p rooted. Sorry, just late to the party.
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] ChazzMatt:
No. If you didn't flash the first borked H932 20r, you don't have to do anything except flash the new, improved H9332 20r -- when it's available.

(As of this moment it's not yet available, but soon will be.)

Just make sure it's the new 20r. ;) Someone today found the old one on a mirror, even though it had been removed by [MENTION=6815443]JohnFawkes[/MENTION] days ago.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm] JohnFawkes:
Do not flash the dump unless you flashed my 20r zip and bricked.

I just got home from work so after I eat and get my kids to bed ill be doing a proper non bricking 20r zip