Have a carrier unassigned H932. I've managed to unlock the bootloader, but I'm not sure if the TWRP recovery used for other variants will work. Anyone have any idea as to whether it will work?
jt1954 said:
Have a carrier unassigned v932. I've managed to unlock the bootloader, but I'm not sure if the TWRP recovery used for other variants will work. Anyone have an idea as to whether it will work?
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Ha! You mean a T-Mobile H932? If you can get TWRP to install that is indeed the correct version for all the V30 variants.
How do you plan to install it? You have no fastboot flash commands.
Ease-up. I made a mistake. If it's true than I guess I'm SOL. Thanks for your feedback...
If
jt1954 said:
Ease-up. I made a mistake. If it's true than I guess I'm SOL. Thanks for your feedback...
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All V30/V30+/V30S variants in the world can be bootloader unlocked and rooted -- except for T-Mobile H932.
Sorry for jumping, it's just there is a prominent 144 page thread on how the H932 can NOT be rooted (yet), and you opened a new thread about rooting it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/progress-root-twrp-roms-achieved-t3690577/page144
I hope TWRP can be installed someday and it can be rooted.
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I'm looking to install custom recovery on my Verizon s4 SCH-1545 4.3 VRUEMK2
what would be the best way to go about it thank you so much for any advice
difficulty is not a factor
thanks again
Can't. Locked bootloader with no exploits. Sorry.
My phone i think is unlocked does that make a difference and thanks again for your help
doriean said:
My phone i think is unlocked does that make a difference and thanks again for your help
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No difference
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doriean said:
My phone i think is unlocked does that make a difference and thanks again for your help
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"unlocked" has nothing to do with bootloader being locked down. Plenty of info in this forum concerning locked bootloaders and the options available to us who don't have a MDK base which had an exploit
Unless you have the MDK bootloader, sadly you are not unlocked.
MDK is the only unlockable bootloader, and if you have no idea what I am talking about, you are NOT unlocked and you should do some reading before attempting anything. Hashcode is currently working on a version of Safestrap that is compatible with MJ7 and up, but it is in alpha/very early beta and does not boot anything at the moment.
tsadev said:
Unless you have the MDK bootloader, sadly you are not unlocked.
MDK is the only unlockable bootloader, and if you have no idea what I am talking about, you are NOT unlocked and you should do some reading before attempting anything. Hashcode is currently working on a version of Safestrap that is compatible with MJ7 and up, but it is in alpha/very early beta and does not boot anything at the moment.
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There's no such thing as an "unlocked" bootloader for this phone. There's an exploit in MDK that lets users bypass the bootloader. That exploit was closed with the ME7 update.
riker147 said:
There's no such thing as an "unlocked" bootloader for this phone. There's an exploit in MDk that lets users bypass the bootloader. That exploit was closed with the ME7 update.
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By definition, when you use said exploit, you unlock your bootloader for modification. Please don't uselessly correct people especially when they aren't incorrect in the first place.
tsadev said:
By definition, when you use said exploit, you unlock your bootloader for modification. Please don't uselessly correct people especially when they aren't incorrect in the first place.
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Not really. Unlocking a bootloader is different than a bootloader with a Loki exploit.
joshm.1219 said:
Not really. Unlocking a bootloader is different than a bootloader with a Loki exploit.
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Just had this discussion with @riker147 over PM. Using his analogy with my additions:
Entering a house through the window doesn't unlock the door, but it does give you free rein to do so.
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Just had this discussion with @riker147 over PM. Using his analogy with my additions:
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That's a very good way to put it lol although you could unlock the door once you're in the house, not exactly the same here. Using Loki is no different to us end users, but a fully unlocked bootloader would make things easier for people like the TWRP team or AdamOutler.
joshm.1219 said:
That's a very good way to put it lol although you could unlock the door once you're in the house, not exactly the same here. Using Loki is no different to us end users, but a fully unlocked bootloader would make things easier for people like the TWRP team or AdamOutler.
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Meh, done arguing. Basically what I'm saying is you can have a custom recovery with the exploit.
/ThreadDerailing
Will unlocked version of sprint get an OTA
aukhan said:
Will unlocked version of sprint get an OTA
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Do you mean "bumped," with TWRP recovery?
If so, you'll still get notified about the OTA. The OTA should fail to run, but on my last device some people had the KitKat update run even though they had a custom recovery, and it screwed up all sorts of things. So don't accept the OTA if you get it.
To make sure you don't get the OTA, see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
If by "unlocked" you mean something else, please explain.
As long as the phones system is totally original with no mods or deleted files you should get ota...depends on how it was unlocked.
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meyerweb said:
Do you mean "bumped," with TWRP recovery?
If so, you'll still get notified about the OTA. The OTA should fail to run, but on my last device some people had the KitKat update run even though they had a custom recovery, and it screwed up all sorts of things. So don't accept the OTA if you get it.
To make sure you don't get the OTA, see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/psa-stop-taking-ota-updates-update-t2909412
If by "unlocked" you mean something else, please explain.
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Droid2drummer said:
As long as the phones system is totally original with no mods or deleted files you should get ota...depends on how it was unlocked.
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I am basically getting a used device from a Friend of mine who got it from US and now in India its a Sprint variant and he is currently using it here, Where as he is not in to Rooting and Customizing, Where as I am so Ill be getting the device today evening, I need to know if its unlocked CAN it be locked again by Sprint (Not sure how it was unlocked) if its locked again can i use Bump and Unlock.
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I am basically getting a used device from a Friend of mine who got it from US and now in India its a Sprint variant and he is currently using it here, Where as he is not in to Rooting and Customizing, Where as I am so Ill be getting the device today evening, I need to know if its unlocked CAN it be locked again by Sprint (Not sure how it was unlocked) if its locked again can i use Bump and Unlock.
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Im sure if its unlocked it can still get ota by flashtool. If system is changed. But as far as root or bump. Certainly can. It can be bumped stumped etc. And flashtool back for ota. Depending how it was unlocked. Meaning if it was rooted to unlock then will have to flashtool back im almost sure. Again if your wanting to make sure it stays unlocked usually once unlocked it will stay. I guess it will depend how. And if oem unlocked then im sure re locking is not much of an option. However you should be fine from many of these worries. Hope not to confuse you. Im very tired. Lol. Trying to cover all bases. There are many ways to unlock many devices on many carriers so its really hard to say. But there are mostly generalized options one would believe.
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Im sure if its unlocked it can still get ota by flashtool. If system is changed. But as far as root or bump. Certainly can. It can be bumped stumped etc. And flashtool back for ota. Depending how it was unlocked. Meaning if it was rooted to unlock then will have to flashtool back im almost sure. Again if your wanting to make sure it stays unlocked usually once unlocked it will stay. I guess it will depend how. And if oem unlocked then im sure re locking is not much of an option. However you should be fine from many of these worries. Hope not to confuse you. Im very tired. Lol. Trying to cover all bases. There are many ways to unlock many devices on many carriers so its really hard to say. But there are mostly generalized options one would believe.
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Thanks for such a detailed answer,
Now when I get the bhone should i be unlocking Bootloader ?
Please suggest me an easy way to ROOT this device?
Which is the most customizied Rom available on this Sprint Thread, I am sure I should not be flashing any other Carrier Roms or International Version of ROM which may Brick the device.
My Friend is claiming that is factory unlocked,Is there a way to find if device is Factory unlocked ??
Hello,
[Okay i'm going to be quite honest, i might sound like an idiot on my post haha.] I just got my LG G3 and i've already root'd and got twrp and everything but i just saw a thread about bump and "Unlocking your LG G3" and having to do with Bump. I'm curious does that mean you can unlock your phones sim?? lol i might sound like an idiot or does it mean that we can now flash roms from lets say the GSM model of the G3 or roms from the Verizon model etc. This isn't a troll post i'm just that stupid lol. Anyways if someone can help me get a better understanding of this Bump software.
Does it mean unlocked bootloader? omg lol im an idiot..
Well as of right now there is no bootloader unlock. Bump is just a modified version of twrp for our device. The normal twrp from the twrp website works fine its mostly on prefrence. Before we had offical twrp we had to bump but now you can use either.
Sorry but can you explain what a bootloader is and why its important? Sorry for being stupid ?
No problem! (I have no problem with helping if you want you can PM me)
a bootloader is code that is executed before any Operating System starts to run. Boot loaders are basically packages that have instructions to boot the operating system kernel.
Bootloader are bad because it makes it much much much hard to run custom roms (custom os) and kernels. That is why we have bump it pretty much goes around the face that the bootloader is locked. If someone got ours unlocked then you can make roms a lot easier.
One a nexus for example once you unlock the bootloader you can install custom roms such as cm. Since ours is locked devs have to make the rom then they have to go and "bump" it that way the bootloader doesn't get flagged and brick itself.
Alrightthanks for clarifying that. I didnt know that the LG G3's bootloader was still locked, i guess thats why i see alot of rom threads being closed for the G3
Maybe if we (ls990 users) made a bounty someone may "find" a way to unlock our bootloader
1619415 said:
Maybe if we (ls990 users) made a bounty someone may "find" a way to unlock our bootloader
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Thanks again for the education!
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1619415 said:
Well as of right now there is no bootloader unlock. Bump is just a modified version of twrp for our device. The normal twrp from the twrp website works fine its mostly on prefrence. Before we had offical twrp we had to bump but now you can use either.
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To be clear, "normal" TWRP works fine because it has been "bumped." Without Bump there would be no way to load a non-stock recovery.
Bump, while not a true bootloader unlock , is a work-around that provides pretty much the same benefits. Without it, you would not be able to flash any custom recovery, and without a custom recovery you'd be unable to flash any custom ROMs.
Thank you for more clarification
Hi I recently bought a new G5 H830 (TMO version) off eBay, accidentally I let it upgrade the software and so now it is H830 20n. (I believe it came with 20m).
I searched and found most posts say this version cannot be rolled back and root.
Is this version still rootable?
Many thanks,
You should try to unlock the bootloader with the official LG method, and if you can unlock the bootloader and then install TWRP, you can also root the phone with SuperSU or Magisk.
T-Mobile H830 should be supported, but you have to check if LG allows bootloader unlocking for your specific IMEI.
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You should try to unlock the bootloader with the official LG method, and if you can unlock the bootloader and then install TWRP, you can also root the phone with SuperSU or Magisk.
T-Mobile H830 should be supported, but you have to check if LG allows bootloader unlocking for your specific IMEI.
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He will be able to unlock the bootloader but he can't flash twrp you have to downgrade to 20a
tremalnaik said:
You should try to unlock the bootloader with the official LG method, and if you can unlock the bootloader and then install TWRP, you can also root the phone with SuperSU or Magisk.
T-Mobile H830 should be supported, but you have to check if LG allows bootloader unlocking for your specific IMEI.
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H830 variant is not supported by official bootloader unlock.
cheeze.keyk said:
H830 variant is not supported by official bootloader unlock.
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It should be I unlocked mine and installed linage os
wolf45801 said:
It should be I unlocked mine and installed linage os
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of course yes using the unofficial one.
cheeze.keyk said:
of course yes using the unofficial one.
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Not all the H830 have the same possibility to be unlocked. On earlier versions of the bootloader "fastboot oem unlock" was enough, for newer versions, depending on the market (Asia, Europe, phones for exposition in the stores) LG allows or not the unlocking. Have you already tried the official method with your IMEI?
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Not all the H830 have the same possibility to be unlocked. On earlier versions of the bootloader "fastboot oem unlock" was enough, for newer versions, depending on the market (Asia, Europe, phones for exposition in the stores) LG allows or not the unlocking. Have you already tried the official method with your IMEI?
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i dont own a G5 now. I unlocked the bootloader of my previous G5 but its an H830 variant.
cheeze.keyk said:
i dont own a G5 now. I unlocked the bootloader of my previous G5 but its an H830 variant.
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How did you unlock your phone? I just bought a H830 with Android 8 installed and I am struggling to unlock it...
Hello guys,
I just got this device and I have a few questions about how to go about claiming warranty after unlocking the bootloader. I have not done this yet, I am asking so I can make an educated decision.
1 Is it possible to relock the bootloader?
2 How is the status of the bootloader displayed once relocked? Does it give any clue that it was previously unlocked?
Basically, I want to know if I can experiment with rooting the phone, trying some custom ROMs and switch back to a factory state like nothing happened in case I need to RMA it for any reason.
Cheers
rzarectha said:
Hello guys,
1 Is it possible to relock the bootloader?
2 How is the status of the bootloader displayed once relocked? Does it give any clue that it was previously unlocked?
Cheers
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1 Is it possible to relock the bootloader?
Yes, it's possible. There are a few threads explaining how. I've done it, from what I remember you want to be on a completely stock kdz. I didn't even boot it to enable dev options or anything, just use the key combo to get to fastboot and then do unlock.
2 How is the status of the bootloader displayed once relocked? Does it give any clue that it was previously unlocked?
Yes, it's displayed, but only if you do 'fastboot getvar all'. And in that output it will indicated the number of times it's been unlocked. Otherwise, you wouldn't know.
AsItLies said:
1 Is it possible to relock the bootloader?
Yes, it's possible. There are a few threads explaining how. I've done it, from what I remember you want to be on a completely stock kdz. I didn't even boot it to enable dev options or anything, just use the key combo to get to fastboot and then do unlock.
2 How is the status of the bootloader displayed once relocked? Does it give any clue that it was previously unlocked?
Yes, it's displayed, but only if you do 'fastboot getvar all'. And in that output it will indicated the number of times it's been unlocked. Otherwise, you wouldn't know.
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Thank you so much for your answer! I went ahead and the phone is now rooted with LineageOS. Cheers ^^
@rzarectha You didn't mention what your device was originally, and I didn't think to include this info, so in case you don't know, and for posterity...
Many don't realize (I didn't), that only 1 V30 variant kdz is available, the US998. The LS998, H931, H932, etc etc, are NOT available.
What that means is (I think obviously), while one can relock the bootloader using an US998 kdz (as they have the fastboot commands), you won't find a different variant kdz to then flash the now locked device back to (what for some is) stock (if stock was anything other than a US998).
I was surprised by this, but there it is. Had to sell an H931 indicating it was converted to US998, as there is no way to get any other stock kdz.
Cheers
AsItLies said:
Many don't realize (I didn't), that only 1 V30 variant kdz is available, the US998. The LS998, H931, H932, etc etc, are NOT available.
What that means is (I think obviously), while one can relock the bootloader using an US998 kdz (as they have the fastboot commands), you won't find a different variant kdz to then flash the now locked device back to (what for some is) stock (if stock was anything other than a US998).
I was surprised by this, but there it is. Had to sell an H931 indicating it was converted to US998, as there is no way to get any other stock kdz.
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Only Sprint LS998 KDZ and AT&T H931 KDZ are not available. All others are. Verizon VS996, U.S. T-mobile H932, Canada H933, EU H930, all the various H930DS KDZ (Hong Kong, Australia, India, etc) and other variants. are all available. I have threads posting latest KDZ for H930, H930DS, H933, VS996 -- besides US998.
You can find what you need also at LG-Firmwares.com
Here's Verizon VS996, for instance:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/vs996-lg-v30-verizon-vs996-t3865398
Here's Canada H932:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/h933-lg-v30-canada-h933-t3795908
Here's India H930DS:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/h930ds-lg-v30-india-h930ds-t3814426
Here's Europe H930:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/h930-lg-v30-european-market-h930-t3779076
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Had to sell an H931 indicating it was converted to US998
Cheers
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Yes, that is true because AT&T doesn't release KDZ for their H931. They only let customers have updates via FOTA. Sprint is the other carrier who does that. This is why LS998 and H931 owners who do not use those two carriers have to Frankenstein their phones to a carrier unlocked firmware like US998. Prior to WTF method, the choice was US998, AS998, VS996 and even H933 -- to convert to those variants to get updates. But after WTF came out, the obvious choice became US998 as it also has the necessary fastboot flash commands for bootloader unlock.
There's no way to convert back to LS998 or H931 unless you have an Octopus box or something like that -- and you are a dealer may have access to non-public firmware. So, once you convert LS998 or H931 to US998, then unlock bootloader... all you can do to relock the bootloader is stay on that firmware where you have fastboot flash commands. You can't use Dev Patched LGUP to then convert back to LS998 or H931, as there's no KDZ available.
Most other variants outside North America already have fastboot flash commands, like H930, H930D, H030G, H930DS. So, they don't need to convert to anything, and they have pre-July 2018 KDZ they can use.
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rzarectha said:
Thank you so much for your answer! I went ahead and the phone is now rooted with LineageOS. Cheers ^^
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Hope you updated to latest stock firmware first before installing Lineage...
ADVICE ON CUSTOM ROMS
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79459374&postcount=2
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Hope you updated to latest stock firmware first before installing Lineage...
ADVICE ON CUSTOM ROMS
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79459374&postcount=2
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Uh oh, I did not. I did notice a lot of abnormal behavior.
Input lag, random reboots and pretty strong battery drain.
I will go back to stock, update to latest and then give lineage another try.
Thanks a lot to everyone that replied here :victory: