LG v60 T-Mobile preventing updates - LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers

Hello! I have an T-mobile version of LG v60. It is permanently unlocked and it has the V600TM20n update. I tried researching on internet about the LG V60 variant, and I couldn't find much information.
Can somebody tell me:
If it is possible to prevent the updates from applying during midnight?
If Android 11 version is still 'root-able'?
If not, is still possible to revert to an older version of Android without losing carrier unlocked status?
My main concern is that these updates will disable my ability to root the phone. Thanks.

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Your carrier can disable OTA updates from their end.
Try this.
Or use a package disabler to do it or an adb edit.
Do Not update to 12, it's fubar.
9 or 10 are likely better and more functional.

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blackhawk said:
Your carrier can disable OTA updates from their end.
Try this.
Or use a package disabler to do it or an adb edit.
Do Not update to 12, it's fubar.
9 or 10 are likely better and more functional.
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I just updated my Velvet to 12.It's not terrible from what I have seen.A few changes here and there but nothing spectacular for me to brag about just yet..lol.

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surgemanx said:
I just updated my Velvet to 12.It's not terrible from what I have seen.A few changes here and there but nothing spectacular for me to brag about just yet..lol.
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CPU cycle sucking scoped storage is fully active in 11. Many have reported issues after upgrading to 12 across many unrelated devices. Issues with 3rd party apps including manufacturer system apps seem to be common. Even Pixels aren't exempt
If your phone is running well on Pie or 10 you have very little to gain and a lot to lose in terms of usability and functionality in exchange for questionable "improvements".

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blackhawk said:
CPU cycle sucking scoped storage is fully active in 11. Many have reported issues after upgrading to 12 across many unrelated devices. Issues with 3rd party apps including manufacturer system apps seem to be common. Even Pixels aren't exempt
If your phone is running well on Pie or 10 you have very little to gain and a lot to lose in terms of usability and functionality in exchange for questionable "improvements".
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How can I prevent update to Android 12?

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Pioneer22 said:
How can I prevent update to Android 12?
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You need to disable the update app. Not sure what it's called on LG's.
You can use adb edit or Package Disabler Pro for other devices. PM me if you want that website, it's [email protected]
This what it looks like on my Samsung:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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I read that if you use adb to remove the FOTA system app (T-Mobile), it will prevent Android updating. If this is true, can I still receive security patches? Are security patches updated separately?

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I don't think that works as the updates will be overided by google play services which youll need root so it automatically stops updates for you.

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Android 12 was a performance benefit of both android 10 and android 11 of the V60. android 11 on the v60 was smooth but had Vulkan issues, and performance was not great as it suffered lag and slowdowns when gaming. On antutu V8.4.5 android 10 got 559,000 overall score, android 11 got 536,000 overall score, and android 12 got 574,000 overall score. So I would recomend A12 update.

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KouaV1 said:
I don't think that works as the updates will be overided by google play services which youll need root so it automatically stops updates for you.
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You disable the OTA update app by using a package disabler or adb edit. No root needed to end it's reign of tyranny.

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blackhawk said:
You disable the OTA update app by using a package disabler or adb edit. No root needed to end it's reign of tyranny.
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I think that works only on some models of the V60, I have the tmobile v60 and yes I have done adb and yet google play will overide it with the software updates have factory resetted and tried again about 5-10 times no work. which is why i turned to root

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KouaV1 said:
I think that works only on some models of the V60, I have the tmobile v60 and yes I have done adb and yet google play will overide it with the software updates have factory resetted and tried again about 5-10 times no work. which is why i turned to root
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The update app is a dependency of Google play Services probably. It likely has the permissions to turn on Google play Services too.
The update app acts like a rootkit
You need to find the update app(s) and permanently disable them. It may take some work but should be doable. Lol, LG can't be worse than Samsung in this regard.
It will have startup at boot permissions.
You can find it with this:

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blackhawk said:
The update app is a dependency of Google play Services probably. It likely has the permissions to turn on Google play Services too.
The update app acts like a rootkit
You need to find the update app(s) and permanently disable them. It may take some work but should be doable. Lol, LG can't be worse than Samsung in this regard.
It will have startup at boot permissions.
You can find it with this:
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Ah I see, Thank You

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I recently got a LM-V600TM on Android 11 and am trying to do my damndest to prevent 12. I don't care about benchmark performance because I don't do mobile gaming. I just don't want to give up control over my phone when LG has a history of putting out half-assed Android updates. It also wasn't cool that 12 removed manual 8K video recording. While it doesn't appear that they broke anything like how Oreo crippled various mods on the V20, I'm not okay with updates that introduce issues and remove features.
Here are the following things I've done so far on my V60:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lge.android.atservice
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lge.gdec.client
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lge.lgfota.permission
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lge.pickme
Source: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/v60-bootloader-unlock-and-magisk-root.4358785/post-85909081
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lge.appbox.client
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lge.appbox.installer
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.lge.updatecenter
Source: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...m-lg-v60-tmobile-or-att.4244333/post-84875105
Some additional info on what apps to disable and what behavior to look out for is here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGV60/comments/rqwwlo/_/hqd9kjk
All of the above should effectively disable OTA updates, but Google Play services will still find a way to annoy the hell out of you every two days. The following system lightbox dialog supposedly comes from Google Play services:
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Install update to keep device running smoothly
Your system is [X] days out of date.
[Link] Learn more
[Option] Install Now
[Option] Remind me later
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I was frustrated to discover it was possible to get almost all the way there without rooting only to find that removing the dialog is the part that requires root.
Source: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-do-i-stop-update-notices.4171467/post-84529465
The only thing I really needed root for in recent years was system-wide ad blocking, and I have that taken care of now with Blokada 5 and an archive of the last version of Vanced, but it looks like I'll get sucked back into the rooting endeavor at least one more time just to get rid of this system update dialog.
Rooting phones felt kind of cool years ago when it was a novel thing to do and doing so actually opened up lots of customization options. Now it just feels like a chore.

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To follow-up my own post:
Because there is currently no T-Mobile Android 12 KDZ (only US Cellular and unlocked Canada) for the V600TM and upgrading to 12 doesn't trip some kind of anti-rollback mechanism like firmware updates did on previous LG phones, I considered letting 12 install itself. The system lightbox nag dialog was too annoying for me.
After reviewing the changes in the LG Android 12 package, I had concluded that it wasn't crippling to the V60 other than dropping the manual 8K recording, which I'm not a fan of removing, but I also don't use. I figured that I have a T-Mobile Android 11 20n KDZ that I could always use for rooting later. However, once I decided to let the 12 update proceed, it kept erroring out and failing no matter what I did.
I tried one last time to root the phone on Android 11 20n and finally succeeded on Windows 10. Previously, QFIL failed on port comms on both of my Windows 7 machines. Anyway, I'm glad this nightmare is done. Just for how bad the initial rooting experience was on this phone, I'm not particularly pleased with it at the moment. Maybe it will slowly win me over if I never get that damn nag screen again after following the instructions in this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-do-i-stop-update-notices.4171467/post-84529465
I'm beginning to realize that I'm probably not going to keep this phone for very long compared to my two V20s. I've used the V20 for nearly 5 years now. I might get 2-3 out of this V60 before I go with a used Sony Xperia 1 IV or a future Xperia 5 if it ever gets good T-Mobile 5G band support. I want something without carrier bloat, has good community support (which this phone has virtually none), and is far more friendly to bootloader unlocking and rooting, but doesn't strip away the ports and external storage like just about every damn phone out there does now.
In case anyone would find it helpful, to revert the disabled app changes I made to my V60 in the previous post, I used the following command for all 7 of the apps I had uninstalled for user 0:
adb shell cmd package install-existing <package_name>
Source: https://android.stackexchange.com/q...l-an-accidentally-uninstalled-app-through-adb