Hello and good day,
Just got my new almost mint condition LG G3 VS985, this is a replacement for my Old D851 but as far as I start using it I just realize how different this new baby is from my previous loved one starting with the locked Bootloader, then I realize Im not able to download any Ota, this baby came with 47A, so I downgrade to 10B, everything is running great with KitKat but so far Im not able to update for any way using OTA or even LG Update tool is not able to recognize the phone, so Im kind of jammed in 10B.
Then I root it and install TWRP, my question is if I install TOT file with 10B version, Will I ever be able to download OTA over my At&T Network In Mexico? If not, is there any specific version you suggest me to stay On, I like stock but I have bloatware, also is there any Debloated Stock ROM such some for the D851?
Othe weird situation is that Im not able to enter download mode, Is there any chance this phone was a clone G3?
As I said this came with 47A, LGUP was able to downgrade to 10B so Im not sure what can be wrong.
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I just got this new G3 and i update now its 11c is there a root i would really like to root it please help
Could you always flash back to 10b and then root? I took the update a few days ago went back to 10b so my Foxfi works. Just hope I dont have to take the update later. This is what I did.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/guide-flash-to-stock-10b-kdz-method-t2928140
Yes, drop back to 10b, root, then figure out what you want to do. In my case I applied the modem, boot, and system files from 11c, but did not try to apply the ota directly.
I would flash back to 10b. Then root with Stump, Bump it so TWRP recovery will be accessible. Then download Beanstown 11c rom and flash it. You will then be on the latest version without worrying about ota updates breaking root.
Just wait for the developers to release the updates from here on or you will risk losing root and unlocked bootloader.
sadly, after getting a replacement phone, i am in this boat now as well.
loved what stump did for my old one, just need root access for ti and such.
Later on, no telling how much later yet, replacement phones will come with Lollipop preinstalled. At that point there might be no way to root and bump at all, because rolling back to v10b might be blocked.
Point is, if you need access to your phone as if you really owned it yourself, get it now and protect it best you can. Things are changing.
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How did you roll back to 10b? With 11c you can't get the phone into download mode. I tried it and followed the instructions to the t and all I got was a battery charging screen. I'm not a noob.
JCryselZ33 said:
How did you roll back to 10b? With 11c you can't get the phone into download mode. I tried it and followed the instructions to the t and all I got was a battery charging screen. I'm not a noob.
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You have to use the KDZ method. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/guide-flash-to-stock-10b-kdz-method-t2928140
Downgrade From VS98511C to VS98510B (Stock)
ride5000 said:
sadly, after getting a replacement phone, i am in this boat now as well.
loved what stump did for my old one, just need root access for ti and such.
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Hey I accidentally took the update and thought I was outta luck. But I was able to downgrade back to stock then use Stump to root. Go here. Worked great for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/guide-flash-to-stock-10b-kdz-method-t2928140
Once y'all kdz back to 10b flash a 11c rom. There's 2 to choose from. Jasmine and beanstown. I got Jasmine running. Its a beast. I also recommend the sky kernel in the og dev section. Really helps with battery.
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Correct me if I'm wrong... I thought stump auto installed TWRP? I'm new to Lg... came from an S4..... so I'm not very familiar with downgrading from 11c-10b but I'm slowly figuring it out through multiple forums.... I'm still not sure wth bumping TWRP is though.... I just want to get into CM12 eventually... lol
Edit: N/m I was thinking of BUMP..... damn YouTube videos making me confused at times...
Bump does not install on your phone itself or make any changes to your phone. Stuff like TWRP must be changed slightly by their developers to make them appear signed so they will load - bumpD does that. To the things you are flashing once rooted via Stump or ioRoot or PurpleDrake.
You don't use bumpD yourself, you flash images that have been bumpD.
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I might end up switching over to here from the Galaxy S3 within the next few months and I'm concerned on the bootloader/root status. As of the latest OTA that's been pushed, would this still work to flash custom ROMs and if it does, do I literally just have to follow the thread and I'm running(for example) the latest CM12 nightly? Thanks!
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I might end up switching over to here from the Galaxy S3 within the next few months and I'm concerned on the bootloader/root status. As of the latest OTA that's been pushed, would this still work to flash custom ROMs and if it does, do I literally just have to follow the thread and I'm running(for example) the latest CM12 nightly? Thanks!
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Yes but I believe you'd first need to downgrade to 10b and then root in order for this to work.
What he said. And we don't have root for Lollipop on our phone yet, but some developers here are working on it. You have to downgrade to 10B and root using Stump, then you can re-upgrade to 12B, which is the latest official stock LG version of Android on our phones. Lollipop is expected to officially drop on our phone anytime from a minute from now until the end of 2015. :\
We have a leak of the 23A build of Lollipop for our phone. I like it despite not being able to keep root when upgrading, for now. 23B, according to the open source code released by LG, will be the actual official Lollipop for us.
I came from the S3, too. I loved the phone, but got bored. I haven't regretted it, I love the G3 even better. The camera is awesome, I love how it feels. The first Android phone that I haven't wanted a case for.
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What he said. And we don't have root for Lollipop on our phone yet, but some developers here are working on it. You have to downgrade to 10B and root using Stump, then you can re-upgrade to 12B, which is the latest official stock LG version of Android on our phones. Lollipop is expected to officially drop on our phone anytime from a minute from now until the end of 2015. :\
We have a leak of the 23A build of Lollipop for our phone. I like it despite not being able to keep root when upgrading, for now. 23B, according to the open source code released by LG, will be the actual official Lollipop for us.
I came from the S3, too. I loved the phone, but got bored. I haven't regretted it, I love the G3 even better. The camera is awesome, I love how it feels. The first Android phone that I haven't wanted a case for.
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So it's not locked down in any sort of way(minus root)? I don't wanna get a phone not be able to mess around with it
DubleJayJ said:
So it's not locked down in any sort of way(minus root)? I don't wanna get a phone not be able to mess around with it
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The answer depends on what you're looking for. If you want to have a phone with a custom recovery on it, with or without root, then yes we have that and can flash ROMs like crazy under KitKat 4.4.2, make nandroids, flash kernels and even an older modem if you like, etc. Under Lollipop, there's no way to do anything at all until we get a hold of the full ROM KDZ file that they can extract and modify to make flashable, rooted Lollipop ROMs.
I'm liking how smooth stock LG Lollipop is, though, and LG's built-in backup option under 4.4.2 and 5.0.1 make having a clean flash of 4.4.2 and manual upgrade to 5.0.1 even less painful than restoring with Titanium Backup because LG's backup is extremely fast, includes data and also includes the system data although I have yet to see (shortly) just how much system data is restored from an older ROM to a newer one, since it warns that not all system data might be restored when having backed up under an older ROM.
FYI, technically, I think the bootloader is still locked, however they have this thing called bump which evidently tricks the phone into still accepting flashes of non-official ROMs, by way of having a "bumped" version of TWRP installed, which can be done straight from Flashify in the Play Store as soon as you root using Stump brute force under 10B (an older LG stock ROM), reboot, install SuperSU, have it install/update the binary and reboot once more.
Then you can use @autoprime's Flash2 zip files in TWRP to flash the boot.img, modem.img and system.img of stock 12B if that's what you want, and then flash the latest SuperSU.zip, or whatever ROM you want. Sorry if I'm repeating some of what I had already said before.
Good luck, whatever way you decide.
So I'm new here and it's probably best if I start off with happened.
I was having trouble with okay Google working so I uninstalled app and reinstalled app and no change. Then I upgraded my phone. That was a big no-no. I use streaming media with blue tooth and it wasn't working. So I did a factory data reset and still no luck.
I found a Rom file and used LG flash tool and reset back to stock but I don't think my phone came with this software. I feel like there's a newer version but not lollipop. Does anybody have any idea where to get it? I think it's 12b or something like that. Oh and I used a root checker and apparently I'm not rooted?
Or can someone help me find a Rom like the 12b or just a very very stable Rom with good battery life, there are just way to many to check out. And I don't want to FC, I think that's what its called.
11c is the build I'm looking for..
To get 11c I think you will need to return to 10b via tot or kdz then root, install bumped twrp, then flash up from there. We have a 12b kdz and a pre-release 10b kdz, but not released 10b kdz or 11c kdz.
Thanks for your reply. When I went to update software it said update available but I thought it was lollipop. It says now user declined 10b to 11c. When I check for updates now it says no updates available. How could I fix it to I can update? Do I need to do factory reset?
Also, how does 12b kdz differ from 11c if you know off hand.
I got it! I was able to update to 11c after I did the factory rreset. Thank you so much for your help.
My friend has a verizon LG G3. It is currently running 5.1.1 lollipop 35b. It was having a bunch of random reboots, we put in a new battery and the reboots stopped. The phone is working fine, except it keeps downloading the 46a 6.0 marshmallow update, but when it reboots to install, it gets to 2% and says error and reboots and I am back in 5.1.1 lollipop still. I checked software status, and it said "official" and I even used the Lg upgrade and repair assistant from verizon and chose to repair, which downloaded a 1.64 gb file (the 35b software kdz I'm pretty sure) and flashed it to the phone. I have also used lg flash tool 2014 to flash the 35b kdz. It always flashes the 35b kdz just fine, but still fails to take the marshmallow update.
I don't need root. All I'm trying to do is get from stock 35b lollipop to 46a marshmallow since it keeps failing. Since it didn't work even after successfully flashing the kdz, do I have to go all the way back to 10b and then just take a bunch of software updates ota until I get to 46a? I helped her get this phone on ebay, and it wasn't rooted when we got it, but for some reason it just won't take the update.
I understand there is no 46a kdz available right? I have been reading around about downgrading to 10b and whatnot here on xda, but I would prefer to not have to go through all that extra hassle if I don't have to. I don't need root, just need to update.
Any tips / ideas would be great! thanks.
steven_computer_guy said:
Since it didn't work even after successfully flashing the kdz, do I have to go all the way back to 10b and then just take a bunch of software updates ota until I get to 46a?
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I doubt if that would make any difference - OTAing to 35B gets you the same thing as flashing the 35B KDZ, but this is such a weird problem, I don't know... Try it and let us know.
You could try any extra factory reset even though flushing the KDZ with the official tool does that.
The only other thing I can think of is to try taking the OTA without the Micro SD card in.
I understand there is no 46a kdz available right?
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Correct, haven't seen it. The tool you used should've downloaded the 46A KDZ if it had been available.
So I have rooted 4 other G3 phones over the last 2 years but they were on older firmware. I have a G3 on 47A and for the life of me cannot get LGUP Tool to recognize the phone. The info on the forum is spread around several diff posts with numerous links. Looking for some help here to get this one downgraded to 10B so I can install TWRP and XDEBB's rom.
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So I have rooted 4 other G3 phones over the last 2 years but they were on older firmware. I have a G3 on 47A and for the life of me cannot get LGUP Tool to recognize the phone. The info on the forum is spread around several diff posts with numerous links. Looking for some help here to get this one downgraded to 10B so I can install TWRP and XDEBB's rom.
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Kingroot is the only way to root Marshmallow, but I don't even know if you can root 47A that way depending on the model. To see what model number you have, open the back, take out the battery and look at the Model Number on the sticker in the battery compartment. If it ends in a K, you will be unable to downgrade and Kingroot is the only option, but I believe it's been determined that the Kingroot exploit is patched on the K models.
The typical way now for the VS985 G3 is to TOT flash back to 10B and root with Stump on non-K models or Kingroot on 47A. There are some Marshmallow custom ROMs (stock and AOSP) you can flash after downgrading to 10B and flashing the proper bootstack, but that also depends on the model of the phone.
Dammit!! I just bought a used G3 to get away from a locked up VZW phone (I have a S5) . Guess I'll see if I can cancel the order!! Thought 47A was OK, but the K is the killer.....
ridenickel9 said:
Dammit!! I just bought a used G3 to get away from a locked up VZW phone (I have a S5) . Guess I'll see if I can cancel the order!! Thought 47A was OK, but the K is the killer.....
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You SHOULD be able to root 47A. 48A has been confirmed to not be rootable by Kingroot. And 49A will more than likely be the same, unless they made a mistake and included the exploit from 47A back into 49A.
With the K models, you cannot downgrade before Marshmallow, so you will be unable to KDZ or TOT flash back to 10B where you can root with Stump root and install TWRP. TWRP will not work I believe with 47A because you have to be able to flash a prior boot partition, which you can no longer do with the K models of this phone.
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You SHOULD be able to root 47A. 48A has been confirmed to not be rootable by Kingroot. And 49A will more than likely be the same, unless they made a mistake and included the exploit from 47A back into 49A.
With the K models, you cannot downgrade before Marshmallow, so you will be unable to KDZ or TOT flash back to 10B where you can root with Stump root and install TWRP. TWRP will not work I believe with 47A because you have to be able to flash a prior boot partition, which you can no longer do with the K models of this phone.
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Thanks for the info! I guess I'm still out of luck though with no recovery, unless there is another method to back up and apply ROMs. Sorry for my ignorance I have been rooting Samsung (typing on an S3 on MM now) and HTC for years, this was to be my first LG and I seem to have bought a tough model to deal with. All the reading around makes the K model seem like fort knox.
Guess I'll sell it back on Swappa or Amazon when it arrives in a few days...
ridenickel9 said:
Thanks for the info! I guess I'm still out of luck though with no recovery, unless there is another method to back up and apply ROMs. Sorry for my ignorance I have been rooting Samsung (typing on an S3 on MM now) and HTC for years, this was to be my first LG and I seem to have bought a tough model to deal with. All the reading around makes the K model seem like fort knox.
Guess I'll sell it back on Swappa or Amazon when it arrives in a few days...
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Nope. If you are on a K model of the phone (which was released this year I believe), you cannot flash back to 10B which would then allow you to install the bumped TWRP recovery. TWRP is not compatible with the 47/48/49A versions of the software and the K models cannot be flashed back to pre-Marshmallow images (that is, version before 47A).