Anyone aware of an exploit or known good method to sim unlock my AT&T V30 H931?
nofroyo said:
Anyone aware of an exploit or known good method to sim unlock my AT&T V30 H931?
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Yes. You Frankenstein to carrier unlocked firmware, like US998. There are several North America carrier unlocked variants you can convert to, but US998 also has the necessary fastboot flash commands if you ever want to bootloader unlock and root.
SEE Frankenstein thread.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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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...
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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.
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.
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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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?
tremalnaik said:
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...
Flashing ROM's after Converting From H931 to US998 using Frankenstein & WTF Method
I am having a difficult time flashing any ROM after I converted my H931 to a US998 using the Frankenstein and WTF method. Would anyone happen to know how to successfully flash ROM's after the device conversion from H931 to US998? Or point me to a discussion thread explaining the process?
boberto777 said:
I am having a difficult time flashing any ROM after I converted my H931 to a US998 using the Frankenstein and WTF method. Would anyone happen to know how to successfully flash ROM's after the device conversion from H931 to US998? Or point me to a discussion thread explaining the process?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/running-h930-aosp-rom-us998-converted-t3889320
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.
Cheers
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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
Etc.
AsItLies said:
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
ChazzMatt said:
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:
hey all does anyone know if verizon pixel phone is unlockable? and will it work on Tmobile? thanks.
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Carrier variant bootloaders are not unlockable.
LOL, no.
No. Carrier models are not bootloader unlockable. If you want an unlockable bootloader don't get a carrier model.
Both of you are partially incorrect, the VERIZON Variant is indeed permanently bootloader locked, however, the AT&T, T-Mobile and other carrier models can be bootloader unlocked after SIM unlock.
V0latyle said:
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Carrier variant bootloaders are not unlockable.
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$cronos_ said:
No. Carrier models are not bootloader unlockable. If you want an unlockable bootloader don't get a carrier model.
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Whoareyou said:
Both of you are partially incorrect, the VERIZON Variant is indeed permanently bootloader locked, however, the AT&T, T-Mobile and other carrier models can be bootloader unlocked after SIM unlock.
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Thanks for the clarification