[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Descent2:
Hi Maxton,

Glad you made it here.

1.You might want to read this:

https://xdaforums.com/t/h918-lafsploit-works-trying-to-install-latest-official-lineage.3821544/

to decide if the LOS (Lineage OS) on H918 is for you or not.

2. And if more information needed after that, try searching for H918 Lineage (or, replace H918 with your own model)

3.

You need to start by finding out:

a. what model is your V20: (In settings and also on the label under the battery)

models with unlockable boot loaders WITHOUT using the engineering aboot:

H918 - (use fastboot oem unlock)(T-Mobile)(engineering bootloader dont work on TMO - instant brick!)

US996 - (use unlock.bin from LG) (GSM Unlocked for US Cellular with CDMA)

models that can use "engineering aboot" (leaked dev version of bootloader)

using the engineering aboot: "BUT we have an engineering aboot for the rest of V20s,

and we can just push the engineering aboot, and twrp just like back when dirtycow worked"

H910 - (AT&T) - some reports of issues

H990 - (T-Mobile, Verizon, Unlocked, AT&T for HK[Dual SIM 990N], Global[Dual SIM 990DS and Mexico[990T])

VS995 - (Verizon with CDMA)

LS997 - (Sprint with CDMA)

b. what ARB you're on, ARB0 or ARB1

dial: *#LGMENU#*model# , so if your model is H918 then ( *#546368#*918# )

choose SVC Menu

choose Version

scroll to bottom

c. what software version you are running:

SETTINGS > ABOUT PHONE > SOFTWARE INFO

d. what Android OS you are running - see that in About Phone as well, it is either Nougat 7x or Oreo 8x

With this information about your phone, a lot more of what you read will start making sense.

4. I can't give you the exact step by step, because I don't know it. However, I can give you this advice:

Do not do anything until you fully unlocked your bootloader (if it applies to your model), and verified it is unlocked. Because if you do, you may get in to a catch 22 situation where to fix it you need the unlocked bootloader, but you can't unlock it because the phone won't boot. Once unlocked, think twice before locking it back, accept OTA, etc. Read about that before doing it.

5. Try to read as much as you can before you do anything to it, especially about every situation that causes a "brick" , and about ways out of a brick. There is so much info here, but all dispersed in so many threads, you might want to think of a method of how to make sure that once you read something, you will never have to read it again, or at least be able to instantly find it. You will appreciate that over time.

6. For your second thread, try naming it in a way that has your main question, like "How to get the latest Lineage on H918?". Thing is, people are busy, they read thread titles and open only those they are interested in. Whats worse, sometimes they only search for threads titles containing certain keywords. So, that way more people are likely to read your thread.

On the other hand, some of the best guys here learned what they know by doing it, and breaking many phones in the process. The trick is that this way, you never forget and you don't waste time, so if this way suits your personality better, it is not a bad way to go, it is only things, you'll have many more.