Confused with my LG V10 H901 Model :( Help needed badly !!! - T-Mobile LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi v10 folks,
just bought this v10 mobile 3 days before. it came with 5.1 android version, so thought of upgrading it and found some weird observations.
1. on connecting mobile to LG Bridge, model shows as H901 but update shows as F600S30D :crying:
2. downloaded lg phone info app and saw the provider name as SK Telecom
i have attached three screenshots of my mobile phone. is this a genuine t mobile version ? what needs to be done to upgrade my phone to Nougat ??? instead of bricking my phone thought of taking your suggestion guys
thanx in advance

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Do NOT use LG Bridge, or you will brick your phone. Dunno where you got your phone, but it has an F600 IMEI, so LG Bridge thinks you need F600 firmware.
There is a v20L KDZ floating around here somewhere. Grab it, and put your phone in download mode (pull the battery / put the battery back in / hold volume up / plug USB cable in -- you don't have to hit the power button). Once you are in download mode, you can flash the KDZ with LG UP. That will get you to MM 6.0.1 which is still rootable using the dirtycow method (if you care about rooting). If you don't care about rooting, I am uploading the v30b Nougat KDZ right now. It is not rootable with any currently known methods. If you do want root, root on v20L, and then I will also be posting an update.zip that will take you to v30b and keep root.
-- Brian

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runningnak3d said:
Do NOT use LG Bridge, or you will brick your phone. Dunno where you got your phone, but it has an F600 IMEI, so LG Bridge thinks you need F600 firmware.
There is a v20L KDZ floating around here somewhere. Grab it, and put your phone in download mode (pull the battery / put the battery back in / hold volume up / plug USB cable in -- you don't have to hit the power button). Once you are in download mode, you can flash the KDZ with LG UP. That will get you to MM 6.0.1 which is still rootable using the dirtycow method (if you care about rooting). If you don't care about rooting, I am uploading the v30b Nougat KDZ right now. It is not rootable with any currently known methods. If you do want root, root on v20L, and then I will also be posting an update.zip that will take you to v30b and keep root.
-- Brian
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My goodness, thanks for the prompt reply buddy, you saved my @SS im seriously not worried for root or bootloader unlock. im ok with stock nougat without root. so which kdz i need to flash ? im confused

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As far as I know, no one has uploaded the Nougat KDZ yet, so I am in the process of uploading it. Google drive is being REAL slow. Since you don't care about root, you can use the same method that I described above (get into download mode, and use LG UP to flash the KDZ). I will make a post just a soon as it finishes uploading.
You might want to take this time to be SURE that you don't want root, because once you flash Nougat, there will more than likely never be a way to root this phone unless another exploit in the Linux kernel can be found...
-- Brian

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runningnak3d said:
As far as I know, no one has uploaded the Nougat KDZ yet, so I am in the process of uploading it. Google drive is being REAL slow. Since you don't care about root, you can use the same method that I described above (get into download mode, and use LG UP to flash the KDZ). I will make a post just a soon as it finishes uploading.
You might want to take this time to be SURE that you don't want root, because once you flash Nougat, there will more than likely never be a way to root this phone unless another exploit in the Linux kernel can be found...
-- Brian
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mine is running nougat. but after a warm war with the qualcomm 9008 mode

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@SandyKick I uploaded the KDZ in this thread.
-- Brian

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runningnak3d said:
@SandyKick I uploaded the KDZ in this thread.
-- Brian
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hi bro, @runningnak3d
device shows like this when i connected to my linux machine LGF600S16564708 (adb devices). so can i flash this H90130B KDZ ?

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SandyKick said:
hi bro, @runningnak3d
device shows like this when i connected to my linux machine LGF600S16564708 (adb devices). so can i flash this H90130B KDZ ?
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No if you update h90130b your phone will be a hardbrick.
You have to upgrade F600S30d But you might lose the network !!!

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@SandyKick If you can return that phone for an exchange, you might want to. As @dodo73 said, (in not so many words) you are boned. You are going to have to take a risk either way, but the safest route since adb sees the device as an F600, is to flash the F600 firmware. If you lose network, you can then try flashing the H901 modem. Let us know how it goes, but you are probably going to have to do SOME kind of fixup -- it will not be a clean flash / upgrade / happy phone
EDIT: If you flash the F600 firmware and brick your phone, that is also easy to fix -- and you will know that you DO need the H901 firmware.

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runningnak3d said:
Do NOT use LG Bridge, or you will brick your phone. Dunno where you got your phone, but it has an F600 IMEI, so LG Bridge thinks you need F600 firmware.
There is a v20L KDZ floating around here somewhere. Grab it, and put your phone in download mode (pull the battery / put the battery back in / hold volume up / plug USB cable in -- you don't have to hit the power button). Once you are in download mode, you can flash the KDZ with LG UP. That will get you to MM 6.0.1 which is still rootable using the dirtycow method (if you care about rooting). If you don't care about rooting, I am uploading the v30b Nougat KDZ right now. It is not rootable with any currently known methods. If you do want root, root on v20L, and then I will also be posting an update.zip that will take you to v30b and keep root.
-- Brian
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i have same model and problem with my phone is that it is not recognised my lg up,,, lgup keep on saying unknown modell please help me if you have any fix for it

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@hapyfaroq What does adb say? If you plug your phone in, and type adb devices, what is the output?
-- Brian

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hapyfaroq said:
i have same model and problem with my phone is that it is not recognised my lg up,,, lgup keep on saying unknown modell please help me if you have any fix for it
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now im facing the same problem.... everything is in korean in download mode mobile not recognizing in LG UP :crying::crying:
read this thread by @shadi47pk - https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v10/general/lg-v10-f600s-conversion-to-t3549884
i think octoplus box is required to get working

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@SandyKick as long as you have download mode, you can fix your phone without needing a jtag box. What KDZ did you flash / how did you flash it to get in the condition you are in?
-- Brian

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SandyKick said:
now im facing the same problem.... everything is in korean in download mode mobile not recognizing in LG UP :crying::crying:
read this thread by @shadi47pk - https://.xda-.com/lg-v10/general/lg-v10-f600s-conversion-to-t3549884
i think octoplus box is required to get working
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IT took 2 hrs to figure out what was the real problem... real problem, with lg up is the common folder ( which is related to the model of the phone) so follow this link for lgup configuration.
https://www.androidsage.com/2016/04/12/update-t-mobile-lg-v10-android-6-0-marshmallow-h90120e-lgup/
and what i need from you is: Which link did you use to upgrade to MM (v20L link?) Thanks in advance.

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runningnak3d said:
@SandyKick as long as you have download mode, you can fix your phone without needing a jtag box. What KDZ did you flash / how did you flash it to get in the condition you are in?
-- Brian
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nope, i didnt flashed anything. installed LGUP exactly mentioned in this post - https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v10/general/guide-lg-v10-stock-firmware-to-stock-t3224170
unknown model is being shown in LG UP.

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hapyfaroq said:
IT took 2 hrs to figure out what was the real problem... real problem, with lg up is the common folder ( which is related to the model of the phone) so follow this link for lgup configuration.
https://www.androidsage.com/2016/04/12/update-t-mobile-lg-v10-android-6-0-marshmallow-h90120e-lgup/
and what i need from you is: Which link did you use to upgrade to MM (v20L link?) Thanks in advance.
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THANKS FOR THE TIP BRO, just bought the phone 3 days back. its still with 5.1 android version. current firmware h90110o. once lgup detects my phone will try flashing F600S30D kdz.

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V20L link required
runningnak3d said:
@SandyKick as long as you have download mode, you can fix your phone without needing a jtag box. What KDZ did you flash / how did you flash it to get in the condition you are in?
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Please provide correct link for the kdz as i have tried to flash F600S20l_00_0503.kdz but lgup says wrong kdz.

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hapyfaroq said:
Please provide correct link for the kdz as i have tried to flash F600S20l_00_0503.kdz but lgup says wrong kdz.
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try here: i downloded the nougat version.
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-f600s-firmwares/

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SandyKick said:
try here: i downloded the nougat version.
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-f600s-firmwares/
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I dont think going straight from 5.1.1 to nougat is a good idea. And after 1 hr of download if lg up is going to say incorrect kdz then why time waste
@SandyKick first we have to upgrade it to 6.0 to see everything goes welll then decide to upgrade it to 7.0
I have been searching for v20L kdz link but which model it is the huge problem
as we can not flash H901 kdz.
f600L?
F600s?
F600K?
There are three model with several updates. :/ Pretty confusing right.

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hapyfaroq said:
I dont think going straight from 5.1.1 to nougat is a good idea. And after 1 hr of download if lg up is going to say incorrect kdz then why time waste
@SandyKick first we have to upgrade it to 6.0 to see everything goes welll then decide to upgrade it to 7.0
I have been searching for v20L kdz link but which model it is the huge problem
as we can not flash H901 kdz.
f600L?
F600s?
F600K?
There are three model with several updates. :/ Pretty confusing right.
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if you see my post here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73087083&postcount=7
in the scrrenshot you can see mine is F600S model. try in linux terminal (adb devices) you can come to know whether it is L / S / K model