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[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
Alright here is the status on me getting this thing working right.. I'm still on LMG710ULM firmware, which would be ok, but since this is the unlocked firmware, you should not see the warning about the bootloader being unlocked.. I tried to flash the Verzion firmware, but can't because of the anti roll back status and I can't cross flash as well.. I have tried the different was of doing this via the modded LGUP, except the chip erase option. I have tried all other options other than upgrade and refurbish as they both work.. All other options error out.. So If I can get rid of the boot loader unlock warning things would be fine.. But since it is suppose to be for the actual unlocked versions of the phone.. Fastboot oem lock doesn't work either..
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
Try different versions of the Verizon, the ARB should only trip for same or lower firmware versions but you should be able to get one to work (even lower versions). This is because different versions of firmware for different models have different ARB flags that's checked. I can almost guarantee you a Verizon would flash if you find the right ARB version (so try a few older, then newer until one works with different firmware versions). I'm also pretty sure octoplus would force flash but that would need a remote session.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
Right now I'm doing a dumb of the whole system, from my phone to my computer.. For some reason, while trying different methods, I can't even do a refurbish or upgrade anymore. The phone is just stuck in download mode.. This has been going on now for almost 2 hrs.. I'm going to be in a little while, because I have to be up at 2am for work.. So it should be done by then.. Then tomorrow I will try it again... Plus I have not been able to find no more than two Verizon firmware kdz files.. So all I have is the last one I just downloaded a little while ago.. I wish I could find a full Sprint kdz then I could get it back to complete original factory state, before it was activated..

I do believe there is a option to force flash, its' called FAC Upgrade.. Not sure it that is correct, but that would be my last option to try with LGUP.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
As far as I am aware, there is no Sprint KDZ/firmware, this is why the Verizon KDZ as a roll back (for service recovery on Sprint) is so important to test. Trust me when I say this, we ALL wish there was Sprint KDZ's to roll back with. I even reached out to Sprint forums, asking for a KDZ or why they never provide one, they closed my forum and ignored the comment. I am SO DONE with Sprint, after my term is up, I am done with LG and Sprint!
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kim12355:
how about g7 korean variant bro?

is it possible?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
I have a few more things to try,but it might be closer to the weekend. Because during the week when I'm working,and I'm too busy. All I know is that the 2 Verizon kdz I did try they both failed. I'm at the point where I'm either going to sell it broken or I'm going to take a hammer and I'm going to smash the damn thing. this is going to be the most expensive bootloader unlock I've ever had in my life by the time I'm done actually paying for the phone it's going to be a $500 experience. I'll never do it again unless there's detailed instructions from one of the many very experienced devs I'll never do this remote thing again.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
Dont smash it :) we can probably solve it, but the issues you are facing is the very reason you are so critical to the process. If/when you can get the working Verizon (or just CMDA in general working) then we have a solid backout plan, until then, Sprint users are risking the same outcome as you. This is why I jumped in right away before others (including myself) went down the same path you did UNTIL we have a backout/rollback plan (if/when things go awry). I am fairly certain we can fix this on your device but it will take some patience and time to test the KDZ's from other flavors of the Verizon firmware. I will also try to find a few for you (older and newer) so we can bypass the ARB flag to help you in the testing process. I have a few Verizon KDZ's saved for this very reason, can you list out the firmware from Verizon you tested, this is the one I saved for backout "G710VM10f_08_0906.kdz" but it needs to be tested.

I totally get the work comment, this is the same issue I face, I am on-call 99.9% of the day/night so I can only work on my droid off hours in between kids so its tough for me as well. Just dont give up hope, please dont, we need your exact situation to work through and create a backout plan.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
when I get home after work I'll list the two that I used but I also found a link where if you put in your IMEI number you can get a kdz from LG I guess it is but when I put in my IMEI it doesn't give me a link to download anything and I think it's because I have totally different firmware that's not recognized I'll post that link as well when I get home. Don't mind grammar I'm using the microphone on the phone LOL
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
This is the one. I thought I had 2 but only this one. G710VM10i_02_0211.kdz
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
Yeah but the LG site is usually the latest with no mirrors so I didn't link to the LG site. We will probably need to find an older firmware from a mirror. We need to test a few until ARB passes and it works (or possibly octoplus would flash) I'm not sure about that yet but I'm working on it.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
Here is the latest error I get when running LGUP "DLL for G710ULM11g is invalid. Please, install valid DLL package(*.msi). for the model.. Boy I can't win.

Got that figured out.. I found and tried you Verizon file from lg fan club. Tried to flash and got same results.. Next step will take it to Sprint and see what they can do..
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
Update phone is "BRICKED" only shows as 9008 in deivce manager, and that's it. Can't power it on or anything.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] PjLyTam:
unbrick done via medusa pro

unbrick done via medusa pro
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
Where do you purchase this from
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] PjLyTam:
It is a tool for technicians, purchased from medusa dealers
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] idntknoyunw:
[HTMLhttps://www.google.com/search?q=medusa+pro&oq=medusa+dealers&aqs=heirloom-srp..HTML]

Sorry about that I just checked the link I added and it shows not connecting or something anyway it's a Google search of the Medusa pro and it shows a bunch of locations to purchase it one of which is Amazon so just Google the Medusa pro
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
DoubleDragon, octoplusbox.com is where I bought my octoplus (well Ebay user but from Octoplus) but they have anything and everything you would need in this regard. This is where you would buy it from but you shouldn't need to spend 200$'s for a box.

What process did you take that led to the brick?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] kacak11:
Medusa Pro, works for Tmobile model remaining in HS-USB 9008.?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
Well after trying to install the Verizon firmware you mentioned, I was in the middle of doing a whole dump of the files on the phone.. Well the com port kept of going in and out.. So stupid me decided to try a different port. Went to device manager switched ports.. Then after I unplugged the phone it went blank... This is why I wish I still had a back up phone.. Instead of having to buy a whole new one... But I'm determined to get this one figured out.. If I can't buy the thing as I have other things to pay.. Then maybe have Sprint tech do it.. (ya like that is really going to happen). I will check out Ebay and see what I can get, for a decent price.. I do btw appreciate all you help you have been providing.. Hopefully no one else does this stupid crap.. I know we all wanted that phone unlocked, but who knows, I might be the only one who ends up like this.. Like I have said before. First time since being on XDA that I can remember, that I have screwed up a phone while either rooting or unlocking the bootloader.. I know I have run into issue, but was always a simple fix in the end, even if it seemed difficult.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
No worries, and I have been doing this for so long, I have been in your exact shoes many times. I feel your pain, anger, and desires to resolve the issue. I truly feel we can solve this, I just need to figure out the best plan forward now that its in the shape its in. My octoplus doesnt have the JTAG function (I never needed it before so I never purchased it), but I am not 100% sure if we need JTAG yet, but I believe so. I am researching this on my side but hopefully others chime in and answer it for us (JTAG or not).
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] idntknoyunw:
I was trying to determine a little information about the octopus box and the medUSA pro as a newbie and from the manufacturers I give this quote which is interesting because hopefully most of us are concerned about the cost of these tools it looks like substantially cheaper for the same functions?

[HTML Octoplus Pro Box and Medusa Pro Box has the same HW and the same Software possibilities. IHTML]

Sorry about that trying to figure out how to add or paste the quote and I see I've got it wrong with the HTML and it should be? I think quote let's try that.

[QUOTE Octoplus Pro Box and Medusa Pro Box has the same HW and the same Software possibilities. IQUOTE]
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] hooutoo:
Lg v35 att

I would certainly make a donation and would like to get my LMV350awn BL unlocked. Present running Korean(KT) Pie on phone.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hey there, i have been following some of your guys' exchanges here -- sorry to hear about your plight on the dead G7 BUT if you do have functioning QDLoader 9008 access I am fairly certain that the dev who does this remote BL unlocking - - [MENTION=8187877]motogvasyag[/MENTION] - - can do a full system restore remotely via his Octoplus setup or, at the very least he can restore a working Download LAF mode so you can flash a working KDZ. Not sure if you dropped him a line.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] motogvasyag:
About the bootloader unlock, recovery, unlinking from the operator, write to me in Telegram, I will help [MENTION=2712733]octoplus[/MENTION]

+380501504990
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
That's were my problems began.. I'd rather sell it broken, then go through that crap again.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] motogvasyag:
50+ people are doing well, but you don't? so maybe the problem is not in me? I asked you to provide a video or photo of the problem with your phone
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
I find it hard to believe 50 plus Sprint users aren't having a problem. 2 )I can't provide you anything now with a bricked phone. Number three the phone is being sold. Number four by the time I get done paying off my current phone this will be the most expensive unlock I've ever had.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Canadian 710AWM Rooted

After some mucking around I finally got the Canadian G7 rooted after doing this unlock process. I have a copy of the dumped stock boot.img from the phone as well as the patched magisk image for for those who might need it. There are a couple of things to keep in mind here that I wanted to talk about BUT i am wandering if i should just start a new thread about the canadian phone. What do you all think.

[MENTION=8187877]motogvasyag[/MENTION], keep talking to me on Telegram about changing/merging to an actual 710 G7 bootloader instead of the v35 engineering bootloader as I think this will make more people comfortable. Right now if we stick with the V35 BL the device is recognized as a v35 which has some drawbacks. And as I am sure many folks have found out the hard way if you flash a full KDZ over it we loose fastboot mode; people are very likely to face this scenario at some point or another and then there is no choice but to get you to do the Octoplus v35 flashing all over again. What I was asking you yesterday on Telegram is about flashing full abl_a and abl_b BL partitions from a G710EM, after you have already unlocked it with the v35? If the phone bootloader remains unlocked no matter what KDZ we flash to it AND the EM model has native out-of-the box Fastboot, why cant we flash a full partition DL of 710EM KDZ and retain fastboot mode?

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[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] motogvasyag:
I am ready to provide correspondence from the telegraph to the mail, and mail, I have already done a lot of phones and not just a sprint, everyone is working and everyone is happy, the problem is clearly in your phone
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] otrap:
Everyone is working sans us unfortunate T-Mobile folks. ;)

Seriously, if/when you figure out the T-Mobile model, I'm paying you for the unlock, whether you like it or not. ;)
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
My concern isn't anyone else other than how many Sprint customers have actually had it working from the time we got unlocked. I don't see a lot of activity in this particular form to substantiate that. But in the end it's my loss not yours I'll deal with it.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
*** ANY SPRINT USER WHO WAS UNLOCKED PLEASE CONFIRM SERVICE WORKS ***

I would also like to know that Sprint users who were done could provide us some feedback, if you have mobile service, is it working on Sprint after unlocking, does data work, ETC? We need to know if its a phone issue for doubledragon, or is it a CDMA/GSM issue, if something happened during the unlock process, or if its the process itself on Sprint devices. This is critical for us to know, especially me as I am on sprint but would LOVE to scrap this LG crap OS and move to AOSP, or at least gain ROOT.

I dont think he is blaming you or the process but something clearly happened during his unlock, or after so this is what we need to figure out.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Whoareyou:
I can confirm, Mobile radio works on my bl unlocked Sprint V40.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
That's great, but need to know on G7...

---------- Post added at 12:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 AM ----------

You would be correct.. He did do what he said, he unlocked the device.. What happen after that is a mystery... One thing I did learn.. Since I got this phone free of charge from Sprint.. I said what the heck, lets see if I can do a complete tear down and put it back together.. I did today, to bad it doesn't even power up. LOL If I could find a logic board, I would purchase one, since the tear down process is pretty straight forward.. I only found one for TM with a bad IMEI.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] motogvasyag:
мы можем его восстановить, вернуть в прежнее состояние, если он видится компьютером как 9008 устройство
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
Thanks, good to know but we really need to know if the G7 on Sprint works after unlocked.

---------- Post added at 02:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:02 PM ----------

Translated into English (Google translate):

"we can restore it, return it to its former state, if it is seen by a computer as a 9008 device"
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
Phone is recognized in Device Manager as: "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (Com5) You choose a time US central time, and we will take care of it.. Message me here.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] motogvasyag:
Telegram: [MENTION=2712733]octoplus[/MENTION]

---------- Post added at 07:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:43 PM ----------

The fact is that the sprint firmware does not support unlocking, in order to unblock it you need to fix it in the ULM model, the sellers on EBAY and in our country (Europe) untie the sprint by flashing it on the ULM firmware.

in this case, the person’s network has stopped seeing because of the ULM firmware, although this firmware is being sewn so that the phone can receive all sims in any countries.

I think that he needs to put the root and register the SPR region if he uses the sprint, or to flash the VERIZON firmware to him

I have no knowledge of English and I work through a translator, I did not fully understand what happened to him, and what operator he uses, if the sprint, then let him try another operator
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] doubledragon5:
I'm a Sprint USA user. Phone is shot tried Verizon with no luck.. In fact I have tried all kinds of firmware, and none would even proceed without errors... I sent you a message viz telegram, plus the user id and pswd for team viewer..If you claim you can fix the issue, then do so or not.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] dbolivar:
LMG-710EMW successfully unlocked

Thanks to [MENTION=8187877]motogvasyag[/MENTION] , my LMG-710EMW (Brazilian, dual-sim) has been successfully unlocked. This guy is 100% legit and does a great work, and for FREE, unless you want to send him a donation, which I recommend given his goodwill, time and equipment necessary (I did it, through that TransferWise service).

Basically you install Team Viewer on your computer, and plug in your phone while in 9008 mode (make sure you know how to do it before, to save time; the key sequence is a bit tricky). Remember to BACKUP your data first, the procedure will erase it. He will connect, and install two softwares: one that allows remote access to the phone USB port, and another one from Octoplus Box for remote JTAG. He will then flash the V35 engineering bootloader, run the fastboot oem unlock command, and you are done. To root, though, you need to flash the V35 engineering LAF, backup the original boot.img through LGUP, patch it using Magisk, then flash the patched boot.img back. A more detailed (and complete) procedure is on 4PDA, which has a lot of good information for the G7. No side effects so far. You can flash other firmwares by using Partition DL in LGUP, excluding abl_a, abl_b, laf_a and laf_b.

So thank you again [MENTION=8187877]motogvasyag[/MENTION] , really appreciate your work. Have a couple of beers (or vodkas :) ) on me, once the money arrive from TransferWise!
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
Great to hear, we just need to tie up some lose ends for us Sprint users before we can try it ourselves (Sprint). So far no one has confirmed working service after unlocking the G7 (yes other LGs worked) but not the G7 yet, as far as I'm aware of. This is the critical bit of info we need (but haven't gotten yet), do we have ANY G7 users on Sprint that has been unlocked with working service (on Sprint) afterwards?

We need to understand what happens for Sprint to better serve the public. I am dying to unlock my phone but not until we confirm service afterwards. So far only 1 user has confirmed no service (but that could be a side effect of anything) so I'm not convinced it's the unlock process. I feel strongly it's the conversion to ULM and lack of CDMA.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] dbolivar:
Yeah, I've been following this issue with Sprint on this thread... Does this variant work for GSM networks as well, or is it exclusively for CDMA? If it works for GSM, one test to isolate the problem would be to try a SIM card from a GSM operator; if there's signal, could be just a case of missing CDMA bands in some configuration files (just a guess). Otherwise, it could be an incompatible modem firmware or something like that.

Has anyone in this situation tried flashing the modem, vendor and oem images from the original Sprint firmware, using LGUP in Partition DL mode? I don't know exactly how the unlock works for this model (you mentioned it needs to be converted first to the ULM model), but perhaps it's worth a try. The bootloader itself shouldn't matter AFAIK.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
As far as I know, the phones are cross compatible across all bands, GSM and CDMA. The problem arises when we switch to ULM (GSM) and lose CDMA so we cannot get the signal back. I suspect if we can get another firmware on there, like Verizon (since Sprint doesn't release them) then we should be able to service back, or AOSP to switch the bands (this happened to me all the time on other phones). I was always able to solve it by hacking the mobile bands and APNs but we can't do that without AOSP. I don't think it's hardware related at all but only the software lacks the needed CDMA support. I believe all G7s are the same in that regard.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Thesnable:
Depends. Budget Phons are Redmis imop. :)

But we will see .. :):D
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] gogogoluke:
I am interested in doing this on my G7, but I have a few questions.

My carrier is Verizon but I'm using the ULM model of the phone, would this have any chance of making me unable to use Verizon like some people with Sprint, as both are CDMA?

Secondly, how easy is it to revert back to stock?

Is there a known way to keep receiving OTA updates, or will we have to have motogvasyag do the process on our phone again after the OTA updates?
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
You're in a less risky scenario than us Sprint users as you're already using ULM, that plus Verizon offers the KDZs to roll back.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
If you haven't given up yet, I suggest we get you back onto the ULM firmware then install the TWRP from the EM forum and then AOSP. If you cannot flash the ULM firmware then just try to get TWRP and AOSP going. Once you're done, we can modify the APN and mobile connection. I suspect that will get you back in service (and my ultimate goal).

https://xdaforums.com/lg-g7-thinq/development/testing-lineageos-16-judyln-t3927594

JOSH1X is the one maintaining this AOSP method so I would refer to that forum for assistance but it should work. This should get you back to a running OS (AOSP) with the needed CDMA support. I believe all G7s are the same in hardware in this regard (baseband) so it should work under AOSP. Yes there are slight variations between certain models (dual SIM) but I believe the CDMA support comes from the OS, not firmware or hardware. This is what we need to test as if this works then we don't care about Sprint firmware.

If I were in your shoes with having successfully unlocked the Sprint G7 variant but now had no service, then I would definitely be focussing on AOSP. Once we have AOSP we can fix anything.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Semitope:
Couple questions since both things use "unlock" which makes it hard to search. (Can we call this jailbreak?)

Since you can do this, are you able to network unlock devices as well? Also how does this bootloader unlock affect a future pie update or otherwise flashing firmwares (on v35)
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
No jailbreak is an iCrap term, not to be used with droids.

The two terms are network unlock, and bootloader unlock. 1 unlocks the mobile, 1 unlocks the bootloader. I believe the process is to first cross-flash to ULM which is the unlocked model (network), then the next step is to unlock the bootloader.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Semitope:
yeah but nobody wants to type network or bootloader before they type unlock so things get weird.

So the process by default network unlocks the phone?