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[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
My rooted stock Oreo US998 V30+ has very good battery life and performance.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] EstebanxZ:
[MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION]

im one of the guys who could not get us998 pie to work no matter what, even with the workarounds (and even with the new method #2)

but now i succesfully booted in US998 pie with my own method, which people like me should try!

*You need to be on US99820H with unlocked bootloader*

A- First i started with refurbished US99820h

B- Then i proceeded to partition DL US99810d

C- MASTER RESET

D- Booted into OS, let the phone restart and get to the welcome screen, power off then get in bootloader mode

E- Flashed TWRP (fastboot flash recovery twrp.img) then boot to TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img)

F- In TWRP i did this (in steps): swipe to allow modifications->factory reset->format data and type YES->reboot to recovery->factory reset->wipe system->install US99830b zip->install magisk 20.0->install latest disable verity-dm force-encrypt->install AK3 RTCD remover->reboot to system

and here i am in US99830b with magisk (WHICH is what i really wanted, to have both magisk and android 9)

this is the only way i could get my originally H931 to boot to pie with magisk, i could get to pie with H933 kdz but no magisk, because of no fastboot commands.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Interesting.

Almost a combination of #1 (uses TWRP) and #2 (which does not use TWRP).

When I get home I'll add this to post #6.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wesley_fg:
"METHOD #2 -- WITH OR WITHOUT UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER

0) Using Dev Patched LGUP from this thread, REFURBISH back to US998 20h. Turn off phone, go into Download mode.

1) Flash US998 10d Nougat KDZ via Dev Patched LGUP using Partition DL mode. Select ALL partitions.

2) Master Reset. This is NOT Factory Reset.

3) Flash US998 30b Pie KDZ via Dev Patched LGUP using Partition DL mode. Select ALL partitions.

4) Master Reset. This is NOT Factory Reset."

I tried and didn't work.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Worked the this guy:

If it doesn't work for you, then just go back to 20h and wait for better US998 PIR KDZ.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I added this to post #6, quoting verbatim. When I get time I'll re-write it while still giving you credit.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jreed3786:
I actually went back to US998 OREO 20h cuz PIE didn't have volte (voice over LTE) and sounded like crap. Much happier on OREO. Hopefully there's a fix for PIE and volte coming.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
A lot of people going back to Oreo. But at least it still worked for you to check it out.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] crumbling9999:
Can confirm Oreo -> Pie works without needing a data wipe, but there's a lot of issue with the Camera, even with dirty flashes. Originally I thought it was because I forgot to disable AnxiousV30 before flashing, so I disabled it, which took the camera and gallery with it too. After a while of back and forth, I got the camera working with the module disabled, but removing it nuked it again (Camera 8.x just crashes with a random error in logcat, Camera 9.x threw an error about camera unavailable, selfie mode works for about 10s before crashing), and nothing got it back again. GCam 6.2 seems to be stable now so I'm not too miffed, but if you're coming in from Oreo its probably best off to backup everything and start fresh with a KDZ.

Youtube seems to have problems as well, Vanced module won't install either, but non-systemless install works.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I believe your problems seem to be related to that mod.

There's nothing wrong with Pie camera. V30 has had Pie since July. It's just new for US998.

You can't use that Oreo Anxious V30 mod on Pie.

To fix your camera you probably need to flash back to Nougat via Partition DL mode. Then try to re-install Pie via KDZ.

Do not attempt to re-install Oreo Anxious V30 mod on Pie.

You would need the Pie Anxious V30 mod, if you managed to get a copy before she left for another phone.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] crumbling9999:
Tracked down the problem (I think), LG Camera can't access the back camera because of permission problems going through logcat. Replacing them in /vendor with the copies from the Anxious package got them working. Maybe its because the TWRP flashable package is modified for the vendorized people and doesn't flash properly
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gray Fullbuster:
holy lord it worked!

I tried this on my converted H933 to US988 and it worked!! thanks for sharing it man!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] atmfrank:
Just some feedback and a report. I am only part-time here. I have a converted H931/US998 on Oreo 20h. Tried following the various options discussed, in LGUP to get to Pie, but no luck so far. Every way I tried keeps the phone stuck on the LG logo. Decided to go back to 20h and opt for the stability it comes with.

It would be great to have a summary here, to say where things stand with respect to the various flavors of upgrades, which ones work, which have problems. After all, a decision to upgrade is always coupled with a huge time commitment. In my case, to get the phone back to the previous state. It's hard to follow the threads sometimes... thx.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Top of Post #2 has all your answers. ;) It refers you to Post #6 if regular install method doesn't work.

There are three confirmed Workaround methods and they are all listed in Post #6. If none work, you go back to US998 20h and wait for another KDZ.

That's your summary -- which is already stated clearly in Post #6.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashtrix:
Glad to hear that news. If you watch Juan Bagnell video of LG V50 vs Xperia 1 you'll see how LG changed the whole modes to the paginated thing like all cameras on Android in the world. Vertically sticking in the middle like a sore thumb and the LG modes are buried in there vs V30. Just when Google decided to Copy Apple UI, Shame. And now if you notice in Pixel 4 the UI of the Text has been moved down near to the nav bar/gesture bar which is saner and gives more screen real estate back.

However the Sony Xperia 1's Pro Camera Video mode and Photo modes UI looks much better than this new LG UI but significantly lacks features also their wide angle has a massive fish eye effect it's bad, just go to Anandtech and see the camera samples. Also as I repeatedly mentioned the head change at LG has really massive impact, V20's BL unlock gone from V30 (We are very lucky to have that bug, thanks to that Hero developer who made this possible), V30 had massive QC improvements over V20 but lost a lot however the best that LG has to date.

So yeah back to Camera UI/UX none of them beat the V30s exclusive landscape camera mode which is how you should use this powerful camera system (RAW capture, Focus Peaking, Graphy...) or any. All the settings show up on the landscape mode and no stupid text, just hit that "mode" selector and enjoy the Avantgarde classic experience that stands out in the sea of copying mess.

This camera system shines in the hands of an artist, no one on the planet offers 24FPS recording on smartphones except LG :cool: Until Xperia 1 recently, however that device lacks so many things from BL unlock DRM fuse to DAC and RAW capture, LCF Audio filters, 192Khz 24Bit FLAC recording etc.

Also happy that UX is similar to the existing, Thanks !! Can't stand to the new mega rounded drama of Samsung and LG's as well. That's a huge win, kudos to those real engineers who are working at LG. I wonder LG is still using Waterfall model, thus the release cycle is slow but Agile is bad and unstable because of those Scrum heads..ugh. Microsoft's mess of Windows 10 Semi Annual Channel is a disaster, latest Firefox change etc.. To each their own anyways and it depends on more params too.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yeriorlando:
SAME

The same happens with me. I have the h931 converted to us998.

The only way I could install Stock Pie KDZ was with a KDZ Stock Pie H933 Canada, which works very well for me.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jharkey4:
Could you clarify what you did here?

I purchased an h931 on ebay that had apparently been rooted at some point. Wasn't able to get official updates anymore. I toyed with rooting, but never did. Ended up with plain old US998 which I've been periodically flashing with new security updates. The update from 99820h to 99830b is leaving me with stuck at the LG screen. Went back to 99820h no problem.

Happy to just wait around until a new KDZ comes around and see if that one works, but just curious if you made it work some other way that applies to me.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
He merely Frankensteined to Canada H933 firmware. First back to Nougat H933 then to Pie H933. He's converted his phone to Canada H933. Same way everyone who roots H933 has to Frankenstein to US998 to get fastboot flash commands. He just went the other way.

Yes, there are three workaround methods in post #6.

One method does NOT require unlocked bootloader, and that's what I used on my spare V30+ (which was formerly an LS998). Updated to Pie easily, no problems.

The other two methods do require unlocked bootloader and involve TWRP in some steps.

My daily V30+ (bootloader unlocked, rooted) is still on Oreo. I have not tried to update it yet.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] coollink19:
Hello,

I, like many others, am stuck after trying to update to Pie with the TWRP flashable zip. I get stuck at LG logo. I can get back into TWRP just fine.

It is an H931 WTF Frankensteined to US998. I was on Oreo 20b previously. Bootloader is unlocked.

I was looking at the workarounds and I cannot, for the life of me, get LGUP to recognize my device.

I've tried multiple cables, multiple usb ports, uninstalled/reinstalled both the both LGUP and the driver multiple times, switched from SetDev to SetUser and back, restarted computer.

My computer will recognize the V30 when in TWRP or fastboot mode without issue but I just cannot get LGUP to go.

Are there any other alternatives? Can I flash a different rom, like oreo, from TWRP without hard bricking? Am I stuck until I can get LGUP to work?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrsubway:
Wipe data, system and caches, and flash back to Oreo. US998F, then G, then H, Magisk 18.1. IF that fails, flash the H931 ROM. I had the same issue, and was able to flash the H931 20h with no issue. Basically, as long as you have TWRP, it's virtually impossible to brick. Hopefully you have an SD card. You can plug into PC while in TWRP, and go to mount and mount external storage. PC should see it as a plain old external drive and you can copy your zips to it. Get the Magisk Manager apk also so you can sideload it once you're booted. Don't panic. You'll be okay.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] coollink19:
Trying this now. So far so good, I was able to boot successfully into Oreo. Shame I couldn't get Pie running properly. I guess I'll be patient until a better version of pie is released. Still not sure what LGUP's problem is though. I guess that's a problem for another day.

Thanks!
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Khoadang:
I NEED HELP REAL QUICK!!!

so i update ly ls98 to pie using this thread, now my phone stuck at the LG v30thinQ screen, cant turn it off, cant go to download mode, only master reset still working, what should i do now? please help
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] PacSensei:
Hey what about the US99840a? For the Android 10, some notice
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
What does it say to do at top of post #2?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Where do you see that? Some news story, some website?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] PacSensei:
No no no, I am asking if there is any news about that, supposedly LG has promised to update several models to Android 10 before the end of this year
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Oh, no they won't update US998 to Android 10 by end of this year.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] PacSensei:
But will there be any hope that if they will update it? otherwise, I will have to buy the V40 on Aliexpress hahaha, that if they should update it to Android 10, and welcome modular updates through the PlayStore
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
There's speculation but no official word yet from LG. It definitely won't be by end of this year and neither will the V40. LG even says that. Next year.

All the V40 and V50 Android 10 updates will be next year.

Since US998 V30S was released in 2018 like V40, there's speculation it will receive Android 10 also. However, all US998 could run that as long as KDZ is released.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] larciel:
If those instructions above do not work for you for some reason, then go through these full blown steps (adapted from Section 6 of WTF Instructions):

a. Wipe Data – Factory Reset
b. Install – set storage to the External SD (if you have a microSD card) OR drag necessary files over from PC once in TWRP.
c. Install the TWRP-flashable zip
d. Install the latest stable Magisk zip.
e. Install @JohnFawkes AnyKernel 3 RCTD Remover (root checker disabler); this disables LG's firmware root checks, which may impede performance.
f. FORMAT DATA (Select WIPE, then FORMAT DATA, then select yes.)
Do NOT delete your OS, but you do need to FORMAT your data , not just "wipe" it this time. Otherwise you may get an encryption error when you boot up the first time. If you get any red mount errors, go back to the TWRP reboot menu and select reboot to recovery and try to FORMAT DATA again. Then, after successfully formatting...
g. Reboot – "Reboot Recovery" from TWRP reboot menu (choose to reboot back to Recovery). Now that the data partition has been formatted, TWRP needs to reload the recovery partition for usage. If you skip this step, when Magisk is installed again below, it may think that /data is still encrypted and set "preserve force encryption". This is also a good sanity check that LG encryption has been removed from /data.
h. Re-flash the Magisk zip again. (This is to make sure, due to Pie changes.)
i. Reboot – to System (NOW you are finally rebooting your phone! Until now this whole section has been done within TWRP.)

Followed above steps and succesfully flashed to 30b from 20h.

But after starting, system is installing bunch of gambling APPs. Is this normal??
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
This U.S. Cellular KDZ has some game apps I quickly disabled. Like a dozen. But didn't notice they were gambling apps.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] larciel:
Gambling game apps. Card games I meant.

I wanted to check the kdz is not compromised. Bit overkill but your phone is everything these days.

Thanks chazz
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
We're hoping if U.S. Open Market PIE. US998 KDZ is ever released it won't have that bloatware.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wesley_fg:
LG and most of Androids only receive 2 Android OS upgrade. Note 8 and S8 Plus won't be upgrade to Android 10. Only OnePlus (the OnePlus 5 and 5T will receive Android 10 and give 3 OS update) and Pixel give more then 2 upgrades. The V30 came with 7 and already receive 2 upgrades with 9. The V20 (korean version) also came with Android 7 and will receive the 9. I think V30 will stick with 9. Only G7 and V35 will receive Android 10.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] cmrntnnr:
I am not sure if this is the right place to let off a little steam, but I am going to anyway. The message is for any lurking LG employees and even more so LG management. Your poor communication and slow software updates for flagship phones is appalling. Here we are in Nov of Q4'2019 and no one knows if or when Pie for the open market US998 will arrive. Please clean up your act. Thank you and no I don't feel better.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jassim0104:
hello everyone I tested the new method of contournemant n ° 1, it does not work for me I tested more than once but nothing I think I will wait a new vertion of android pie
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mon0theist:
Just checking in, is the Global (ie non-US Cellular) Pie KDZ out yet?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
And V40.

G7 (JudyN), V35 (JudyP), V40 (JudyPN) were all new 2018 phones which launched with Oreo.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yeah, checking LG-Firmwares for specific Open Market US998 firmware vs U.S. Cellular US998 firmware, I was surprised to find the last Open Market firmware posted was for Nougat 10d.

That is, ALL Oreo (20x) firmware publicly posted was technically U.S. Cellular. Which was OK, as there was no difference.

Same way for V35 there's no difference between Cricket, Google Fi and Open Market firmware.

However, the Oreo US998 firmware didn't have U.S. Cellular specific apps nor the games bloatware this first US998 PIE KDZ has.

Also the fact people have upgrade issues leads me to believe SOMETHING has changed to differentiate Open Market firmware with U.S. Cellular firmware.

Sprint is the last North American holdout carrier which doesn't have V30 Pie released yet. Allegedly still being tested by Sprint. When US998 got Oreo last, after all the carriers, the excuse was the Open Market firmware has to work with ALL carriers, so has to include all fixes from the other carriers. i.e. Sprint may be the holdup to a true US998 Open Market firmware?

But you are right that LG lack of communication is horrible.

We are having to guess and make deductions which may not be valid.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mon0theist:
I wouldn't even mind the couple US Cellular bloatware apps if I could actually remove them with TitaniumBackup lol
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wesley_fg:
The V30S ThinQ (is the same as V30+ with 6GB of RAM) algo will get Android 10, because it came with Oreo and receive only one major OS update. If they lauch Android 10 only for V30S and not lauch for V30/V30+ is possible to install V30S KDZ in V30/V30+?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
V30S is still a "Joan" Snapdragon variant which launched with Nougat.

V30s was "released" in 2018 with Oreo but did NOT LAUNCH with Oreo. That's why it doesn't have Treble, which all new Oreo phones are required to have. It's still a Joan phone. That's how you know it was not actually a new phone. It does not have TREBLE!

All the 2018 Snapdragon 845 LG "Judy" phones DO have Treble -- because they are new phones which launched with Oreo.

But the 2018 V30S is still a 2017 "Joan" series phone. LG just added more RAM to a V30+ and released it in 2018.

Basically the V30S is just a 6GB V30+ variant which got an Oreo update before the others. ;). Two months after the V30S was released, then all the other v30 variants started getting Oreo with the exact same ThinQ Oreo firmware.

That's why the V30S is not eligible for Android 10.

If LG decides to give the V30S Android 10 anyway, yes all theUS998 can run it. But don't hold your breath.

All 6GB V30S (US998 and Korean) run the same firmware as their 4GB V30+ counterparts. All US998 V30/V30+/V30S run US998 KDZ. No difference whatsoever.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] wesley_fg:
It has the same motherboard of V30+. But the V30S also has another verion, the V30S+ witch has 256GB. But it was lauched with Android 8 and LG give 2 OS update. So there's a change of it has Android 10. The 3 years old V20 was release with Nougat and is receiving Pie. Only LG G Flex 1/2 only received 1 OS update. Besides, it was release in 2018 with already Oreo, so there's a chance of the V30S receive Android 10. But is not normal if LG give 3 OS updates. Samsung won't update S8+/Note 8 to Android 10.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
NO. V30/V30+/V30S WAS NOT LAUNCHED WITH OREO.

That's why NO V30/V30+/V30S has Treble. I've already explained this.

They're all "JOAN" phones, which LAUNCHED with Nougat. If they weren't, they would have Treble IF they launched with Oreo.

ANY NEW PHONE WHICH LAUNCHES WITH OREO OR NEWER REQUIRES TREBLE.

Do you understand that?

NO V30/V30+ or V30S launched with Oreo. V30S was just "UPDATED" to Oreo before release.

Like building a new house vs remodeling an old house. It may look like new, but it's not.

Did you not read my last post? Is there something you don't understand about LAUNCH vs RELEASE?

I don't care if there's a "new" 2019 V30X with 500GB storage and 8GB RAM that is RELEASED with Pie in 2019. It would still be a V30 JOAN phone series which LAUNCHED with Nougat, and would NEVER get another OS update.

All the "new" V30S were merely "updated" to Oreo before release. Then all the other V30 variants got Oreo a couple months later.

Yes, LG tried to market the V30S as a new phone, but it was not. Because it was still CATEGORIZED as Joan phone and did NOT have Oreo-required Treble. Still had the same FCC number, etc.

Yes, LG can give any phone they want Android 10. They have broken their own rules before by not giving all US998 official bootloader unlock code. (Luckily we found WTF exploit.) So they can break their rules again and give all US998 Android 10. I would be pleasantly surprised.

But Android 10 is not mandated for any V30 phone.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrNobody592:
I tried updating to pie but it keeps freezing on the thinq logo. Tried multiple times, DL partition, refurbish and upgrade but none of these worked.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Why not read and use the suggestions how to do it then?

I don't see you've done that.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrNobody592:
I did. It's still not working
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
#3 is the one with most success but is most complicated. If that doesn't work, then you have to do what the last sentence says.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] kventura:
Is the issue where people who updated to stock pie...Will have issues flashing Havoc roms and such still going on?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yeah, this warning is still valid. The issue is there are some LOS-17 ROMs which do require stock Pie. But there's issues with them, like Wi-Fi. So then people want to go back to "stable" LOS-16 ROMs and now their phones is degraded.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] caquito07:
[MENTION=3250376]ChazzMatt[/MENTION] any news or rumor on another Pie release for US998?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrNobody592:
I wanna know the same thing because 30b keeps freezing at the thinQ logo
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
They are supposed to update at least every 90 days. First Pie KDZ was end of September, so like Christmas? They can update sooner if they wish.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I've added Instructions to post #2 to downgrade to US998 Nougat first via Partition DL mode before attempting to update to US998 Pie. Regrettably this won't help people who already attempted to update to Pie straight from Oreo. All the Post #6 workarounds involve similar procedure (some form of Nougat), but isn't always successful. However, people only try these AFTER first trying to update from Oreo -- which causes some sort of problem.

I believe in their initial attempt if they went to Nougat first, THEN went to Pie, it would work.

So, Post #2 updated to reflect this preferred method.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] deroth:
Does anybody have a link to TWRP 3.2.3.7 in the zip format which I can flash with my current TWRP 3.2.1.0? I'm getting an error message trying to upgrade it with adb tools.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Yes, see Post #1 of this thread, the WTF Instructions, or any Oreo or Pie KDZ thread I maintain.

My goodness. TWRP 3.2.1.0 is VERY old.

If you are trying to root on any Pie KDZ, you also need other updated files.

See this post for what you need to do -- and it also has links/attachments to all files.

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/how-to/wtf-lg-v30-t3790500/post79972584#post79972584