[LG G7 ThinQ  Guides, News, & Discussion] Kro78:
G710AWM-10 30b

Good Day, XDA Community!

Before I post a request for help, prior to contributing anything, I would like to say thank you for this platform and the information contained within. It has been immensely helpful, the progress made to this point is truly because of this community.

I hope this an appropriate place for this post. I debated putting it in the Q&A section...rest assured, I learn quickly! Here is what I am currently faced with:

End Goal: Running Lineage OS (or other, i.e. UT) in its most stable form on the LG G7 ThinQ.

Current hardware: G710AWM Android 10, 30b. Windows 10 Pro Ver. 2004

Questions to try to keep this on point for you experienced and busy people:

1. Is the problem here Android 10? I have seen forum posts saying I need Android 9 to unlock bootloader. I have seen forum posts saying the version number does not matter. Downgrading the OS is not something I have acted upon yet.

2. Is an ADB response REQUIRED while in EDL mode? ADB reports the serial number of the G7 when in photo transfer USB mode. When in EDL, ADB does not report a serial number. ".\adb commands" from power shell.

Symptom:

1. QFIL - boot phone into EDL while QFIL open; QFIL detects 9008 port. Select firehose elf file, confirm UFS. Partition Manager reports Download failed / cannot find the file specified.

Reboot G7 into EDL mode while QFIL is open; Partition Manager reports Sahara error.

This is a result I can repeat and replicate over and over again.

I have been reading, researching, searching, and reading more to try to solve this with the information that is in this forum. It seems I'm missing something SUPER simple (like A10vsA9?). For the better part of the past 36 hours, I have rebooted the phone and computer, purchased and used new USB-C cables, installed, uninstalled, reinstalled, re-downloaded USB Drivers, firehose, G7 Unlock, G7 Unbrick.....

Not sure if the qfil log file will help:

2020-10-30 13:09:19.571 ***** Working Folder:C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\BHI

2020-10-30 13:09:19.581 Validating Application Configuration

2020-10-30 13:09:19.585 Load APP Configuration

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 COM:-1

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 PBLDOWNLOADPROTOCOL:0

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 PROGRAMMER:True

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 PROGRAMMER:C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\UnlockG7\prog_ufs_firehose_Sdm845_lge.elf

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 RESETSAHARASTATEMACHINE:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 SAHARAREADSERIALNO:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 SEARCHPATH:C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\UnlockG7

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 ACKRAWDATAEVERYNUMPACKETS:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.614 ACKRAWDATAEVERYNUMPACKETS:100

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 MAXPAYLOADSIZETOTARGETINBYTES:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 MAXPAYLOADSIZETOTARGETINBYTES:49152

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 ACTIVEBOOTPARTITION:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 ACTIVEBOOTPARTITION:0

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 PHYPARTITIONS:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 PHYPARTITIONS:0,1,2,4,5

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 DEVICETYPE:ufs

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 PLATFORM:8x26

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 VALIDATIONMODE:0

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 RESETAFTERDOWNLOAD:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 SWITCHTOFIREHOSETIMEOUT:30

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 RESETTIMEOUT:200

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 RESETDELAYTIME:2

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 METABUILD:

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 METABUILD:

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 FLATBUILDPATH:C:\

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 FLATBUILDFORCEOVERRIDE:True

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 QCNPATH:C:\Temp\00000000.qcn

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 QCNAUTOBACKUPRESTORE:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.615 SPCCODE:000000

2020-10-30 13:09:19.616 ENABLEMULTISIM:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.616 AUTOPRESERVEPARTITIONS:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.616 PARTITIONPRESERVEMODE:0

2020-10-30 13:09:19.616 PRESERVEDPARTITIONS:0

2020-10-30 13:09:19.616 PRESERVEDPARTITIONS:

2020-10-30 13:09:19.616 ERASEALL:False

2020-10-30 13:09:19.617 Load ARG Configuration

2020-10-30 13:09:19.681 Validating Download Configuration

2020-10-30 13:09:19.683 Image Search Path: C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\UnlockG7

2020-10-30 13:09:19.687 Programmer Path:C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\UnlockG7\prog_ufs_firehose_Sdm845_lge.elf

2020-10-30 13:09:20.011 Process Index:0

2020-10-30 13:09:20.021 Qualcomm Flash Image Loader (QFIL) 2.0.3.5

2020-10-30 13:11:13.718 Start Download

2020-10-30 13:11:13.720 Program Path:C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\UnlockG7\prog_ufs_firehose_Sdm845_lge.elf

2020-10-30 13:11:13.723 ***** Working Folder:C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_5

2020-10-30 13:11:13.863 Binary build date: Jun 25 2019 @ 03:16:15

2020-10-30 13:11:13.864 QSAHARASERVER CALLED LIKE THIS: 'C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\Qualcomm_Flash_Image_Loader_v2.0.3.5\QSaharaServer.ex'Current working dir: C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_5

2020-10-30 13:11:13.865 Sahara mappings:

2020-10-30 13:11:13.866 2: amss.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.866 6: apps.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.867 8: dsp1.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.867 10: dbl.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.867 11: osbl.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.868 12: dsp2.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.868 16: efs1.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.869 17: efs2.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.869 20: efs3.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.869 21: sbl1.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.870 22: sbl2.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.870 23: rpm.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.871 25: tz.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.871 28: dsp3.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.871 29: acdb.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.872 30: wdt.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.872 31: mba.mbn

2020-10-30 13:11:13.873 13: C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\UnlockG7\prog_ufs_firehose_Sdm845_lge.elf

2020-10-30 13:11:13.873

2020-10-30 13:11:13.873 13:11:13: Requested ID 13, file: "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\UnlockG7\prog_ufs_firehose_Sdm845_lge.elf"

2020-10-30 13:11:13.874

2020-10-30 13:11:13.874 13:11:13: 662599 bytes transferred in 0.078000 seconds (8.1013MBps)

2020-10-30 13:11:13.875

2020-10-30 13:11:13.875

2020-10-30 13:11:13.876

2020-10-30 13:11:13.876 13:11:13: File transferred successfully

2020-10-30 13:11:13.876

2020-10-30 13:11:13.877

2020-10-30 13:11:13.877

2020-10-30 13:11:13.878 13:11:13: Sahara protocol completed

2020-10-30 13:11:13.878 Sending Programmer Finished

2020-10-30 13:11:13.879 Switch To FireHose

2020-10-30 13:11:13.879 Wait for 3 seconds...

2020-10-30 13:11:16.896 Max Payload Size to Target:49152 Bytes

2020-10-30 13:11:16.899 Active Boot Partition:1

2020-10-30 13:11:16.900 Device Type:ufs

2020-10-30 13:11:16.902 Platform:8x26

2020-10-30 13:11:16.905 Disable Ack Raw Data Every N Packets

2020-10-30 13:11:16.907 Skip Write:False

2020-10-30 13:11:16.910 Always Validate:False

2020-10-30 13:11:16.912 Use Verbose:False

2020-10-30 13:11:16.924 ***** Working Folder:C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_5

2020-10-30 13:11:16.927 Download Fail:FireHose Fail:FHLoader Fail:The system cannot find the file specified

2020-10-30 13:11:16.944 Finish Get GPT