Weird: Have Access to Recovery & ROM - But Not Download Mode - Verizon LG G3

Hey folks. I've tried every search here & via Google that I can think of and the answer won't come to me. Here's the weird, surreal, but I assure you very current problem. I screwed around trying to install Jasmine 5.0 and it has bitten me in the rear-end. In order to fix a problem I had with it, I wanted to KDZ back to stock and start over. Unfortunately it won't let me do that. When I try to go into Download mode, it gives me a secure boot error, turns the screen black and flashes the LED at me multicolor-style. The only way to get out of that is a battery pull.
I can boot into Recovery just fine. I'm back on SkyDragon 4.4 as we speak, but not being able to get into download mode is what I'd consider a BIG PROBLEM, considering that's how you fix soft bricks. If I ever have a problem, I'm toast. Thus, my flashing days are pretty well over unless I can get this fixed.
I did find this from @bweN diorD :
bweN diorD said:
well it should be the aboot then. while testing, the only things that gave me a secure boot error were boot (which i just gave you) and aboot.
im not sure how you would install aboot, i dont have a flashable zip. maybe using terminal in twrp, but i have little experience to give advice on that.
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Does that mean I need to figure out how to get 12B aboot & boot properly restored from the img thread? If so, does anybody know HOW one might do that? I apologize, but I'm VERY much at my wit's end here and can't figure it out right now. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT - FIXED!
annoyingduck said:
Download mode fixed, @hsbadr will be along momentarily with a file to flash the same way you did J-5
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Go here for download mode fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59357420&postcount=2237
Don't forget to delete the previous images from your internal sd
Works perfectly, just tested
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From what I've seen told to other people in the same situation, you need to flash the laf.img, but you'll have to look up how to do that. Probably via adb connected through TWRP? Shrug. Good luck dude, sorry to hear.
Sent from my VK810 4G

There may be a kind person that has a solution. If whatever it is works (he's busy right now), I'll definitely post it here and make it as searchable as possible!

roirraW "edor" ehT said:
From what I've seen told to other people in the same situation, you need to flash the laf.img, but you'll have to look up how to do that. Probably via adb connected through TWRP? Shrug. Good luck dude, sorry to hear.
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My thoughts exactly, I'll go over that with him, just want to check a few things first.
hokiealumnus said:
There may be a kind person that has a solution. If whatever it is works (he's busy right now), I'll definitely post it here and make it as searchable as possible!
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How are you going about booting into download mode?

annoyingduck said:
How are you going about booting into download mode?
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Power off, hold volume up & plug in USB cable.

hokiealumnus said:
Power off, hold volume up & plug in USB cable.
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Ok, I'm showing the same symptom. Let me test on my device first. give me a few min

annoyingduck said:
Ok, I'm showing the same symptom. Let me test on my device first. give me a few min
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I've a possible fix... hangouts

just checked to see if i have that issue...ive got everything working fine here...running JasmineROM v5.0 and never had a boot signature error...until...just for the heck of it tried download mode and low and behold my download mode give me that error...

+1 on the secure boot error in download mode. Much appreciated when you guys develop a fix if you could post it here.

jdgesmlls said:
+1 on the secure boot error in download mode. Much appreciated when you guys develop a fix if you could post it here.
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Working on it with the man himself, just need some testing time...

annoyingduck said:
Working on it with the man himself, just need some testing time...
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Let me know if you need anyone to test stuff, I am up and running, can get into recovery and restore but again as stated if .tot is required I am in the same boat....

No worries, take all the time you need. Thankfully our devices are working.
We should probably just hold off on our flashing addiction until it's fixed.

hokiealumnus said:
No worries, take all the time you need. Thankfully our devices are working.
We should probably just hold off on our flashing addiction until it's fixed.
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Yes, definitely... I am fully functional, can make calls and such so your work and expertise is much appreciated!

Download mode fixed, @hsbadr will be along momentarily with a file to flash the same way you did J-5
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Go here for download mode fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59357420&postcount=2237
Don't forget to delete the previous images from your internal sd
Works perfectly, just tested

annoyingduck said:
Download mode fixed, @hsbadr will be along momentarily with a file to flash the same way you did J-5
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Go here for download mode fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59357420&postcount=2237
Don't forget to delete the previous images from your internal sd
Works perfectly, just tested
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So I have already restored back to Illusion, and I did that because I was getting an LGSmartCover FC in J-5 once I booted up. Can I flash this in recovery and keep my current setup or do I have to go through the install of J-5 again.
Again, thanks for the quick turnaround on this...
EDIT*** I think nevermind, I thought about it for a minute and just use the same install instructions but replace the contents of FixDownloadMode.zip??

annoyingduck said:
Download mode fixed, @hsbadr will be along momentarily with a file to flash the same way you did J-5
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Go here for download mode fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59357420&postcount=2237
Don't forget to delete the previous images from your internal sd
Works perfectly, just tested
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Works like a charm! Thanks to you both - @hsbadr & @annoyingduck !!!! We would have been in a heck of a bind without your help.

you can flash this on anything....when we were testing J-5 we got a little over protective and decided to upgrade what the new download mode fix script installs to 23b images, which conflict with bumped recoveries. It didn't need to be done, so you should do this repair if you flashed J-5 either way - no matter what current rom your on, it won't effect anything other than download mode. Next J-5 will fix it for everyone. Basically bump requires KK aboot. Download mode requires aboot to match rpm,tz,and laf. Once those get upgraded to LP, download mode fails because of the bumped aboot. Turns out, we didn't need those images to get LP booting, so fixes are in the future.

annoyingduck said:
you can flash this on anything....when we were testing J-5 we got a little over protective and decided to upgrade what the new download mode fix script installs to 23b images, which conflict with bumped recoveries. It didn't need to be done, so you should do this repair if you flashed J-5 either way - no matter what current rom your on, it won't effect anything other than download mode. Next J-5 will fix it for everyone. Basically bump requires KK aboot. Download mode requires aboot to match rpm,tz,and laf. Once those get upgraded to LP, download mode fails because of the bumped aboot. Turns out, we didn't need those images to get LP booting, so fixes are in the future.
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That worked perfect!
Thanks @hsbadr, @annoyingduck!! as always, great work!!

annoyingduck said:
you can flash this on anything....when we were testing J-5 we got a little over protective and decided to upgrade what the new download mode fix script installs to 23b images, which conflict with bumped recoveries. It didn't need to be done, so you should do this repair if you flashed J-5 either way - no matter what current rom your on, it won't effect anything other than download mode. Next J-5 will fix it for everyone. Basically bump requires KK aboot. Download mode requires aboot to match rpm,tz,and laf. Once those get upgraded to LP, download mode fails because of the bumped aboot. Turns out, we didn't need those images to get LP booting, so fixes are in the future.
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ok do i have to do a clean flash of jamison5.0 before i flash the fix or can i do a factory reset nd then flash the fix via twrp adb?
nevermind...i just rebooted to recovery and flash...download mode work and didnt have to reflash rom thanks @annoyingduck @hsbadr i was scared here because flashings an addiction

For the download mode fix you shouldn't need to factory reset. Heh, when I used it I was back on KK, booted into recovery, flashed the fix and rebooted straight back into the ROM.

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Fix a bricked sgs3?

I seem to have downloaded a wrong version of a ROM, which apparently wrote mmcblk0p5 and mmcblk0p7 backwards from each other. So now I am unable to boot my device. Talking to some people in #koush on freenode stated that it wrote over my modem.bin with a boot image, which is why I cannot boot. I previously already had a working rom (CM10) and was simply trying another one.
So I am wondering, is thare * ANY * way to fix this bricked phone? I am unable to boot into either normal, recovery, or download mode.
check your PM.
Odin back to stock, it might rewrite your partitions correctly with your modem.
brfield said:
Odin back to stock, it might rewrite your partitions correctly with your modem.
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I cant get into download mode. but I will try and start odin. I need a stock image though. anyone have a link?
There is a stickied thread in every carrier forum for stock.
crash822 said:
There is a stickied thread in every carrier forum for stock.
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Got it thanks. Downloading now. I don't think it will work since I cant get into download mode. but im going to try it. Ill let you guys know.
luckysmack said:
Got it thanks. Downloading now. I don't think it will work since I cant get into download mode. but im going to try it. Ill let you guys know.
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having the phone plugged in, it is not recognized as I figured. Also, I dont see how I would even use odin to install the zip to the device. before it was a tar file and this is a zip. So i dont know if it will work as it does not come up.
luckysmack said:
I seem to have downloaded a wrong version of a ROM, which apparently wrote mmcblk0p5 and mmcblk0p7 backwards from each other. So now I am unable to boot my device. Talking to some people in #koush on freenode stated that it wrote over my modem.bin with a boot image, which is why I cannot boot. I previously already had a working rom (CM10) and was simply trying another one.
So I am wondering, is thare * ANY * way to fix this bricked phone? I am unable to boot into either normal, recovery, or download mode.
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No, there is nothing you can do but use a JTag service..I know, cause I did the same...I thought i was a billy bad-ass, and start flashing with out READING!! what a fool I was, anyways, And, NO a UsbJig will NOT work, again it will NOT work. Use this service...this company is GOOD.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
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luckysmack said:
I cant get into download mode. but I will try and start odin. I need a stock image though. anyone have a link?
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here is a way to check, go into device manager, if there is a device sitting there QHSUSB DLOAD, then you will NOT get flashed from Odin, I tried every program out there, nothing will see the device. JTag service, stop wasting time.
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defnow said:
check your PM.
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Send me the same info if you don't mind, I would like to try it also, although, I have sent my phone out for repair. Just for the record.
Thanks.

Accidently gave the ok on the OTA! HELP!!

I did a quick battery pull and now whenever I turn the phone on, it keeps trying to update. SOOOO, is there a way to stop this or take it off through PC with ODIN????
I'm not ready to lose root yet....
Anybody have any ideas? Can I flash a custom rom through ODIN?
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Anybody have any ideas? Can I flash a custom rom through ODIN?
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You sure you didn't brick your device? I was under the impression doing battery pulls during the update process would mess up your phone.
Someone posted something similar yesterday. Another person suggested pulling the sim card out and then rooting the phone as usual.
Edit: you already have root?
Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
KappaAce2010 said:
Anybody have any ideas? Can I flash a custom rom through ODIN?
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If the update went through, sorry, you're stuck for now. Here's a link to inform you of the situation.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359090
Crooke356 said:
Someone posted something similar yesterday. Another person suggested pulling the sim card out and then rooting the phone as usual.
Edit: you already have root?
Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
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Yes, I already have root. The phone is currently next to me with the battery out.
First off, I'm no expert here. I'm hesitant to offer any advise. Are you able to boot directly to recovery?
Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
Phatdawg said:
You sure you didn't brick your device? I was under the impression doing battery pulls during the update process would mess up your phone.
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Luckily no, but this is very frustrating. It hasn't fully loaded yet. Trying to figure out if there is a to do a factory reset and have go it go back to what it was in the box.
I would've responded sooner but since I'm a new member.... 5 minute interval responses.
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First off, I'm no expert here. I'm hesitant to offer any advise. Are you able to boot directly to recovery?
Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
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I tried that. It keeps trying to do that damn update.
I've never taken an OTA on a Samsung device. In my experience there is a prompt that verifies you want to install after the download. IF it's the same here, I would THINK your safe to Odin.
If you can get to recovery, throw a ROM on your SD card and flash.
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Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
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By "loading" do you mean downloading? Or is actually installing?
Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
you have to poke a accept after it downloads
then it boots to download mode
if you like
you can revert stock to MDK wipes everything
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
flash to complete stock and re-root ??
Not sure how far out of the way you would like to go..
I downloaded the OTA and let it site on the stock MDK phone for over a day before I rooted and installed ota root keeper to test to see if I can restore root..with out bricking
I could of easily delete the fota cache where it downloaded to and frozen the propitiate file to stop the update
Crooke356 said:
I've never taken an OTA on a Samsung device. In my experience there is a prompt that verifies you want to install after the download. IF it's the same here, I would THINK your safe to Odin.
If you can get to recovery, throw a ROM on your SD card and flash.
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Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
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By "loading" do you mean downloading? Or is actually installing?
Dr. Cornelius asks you to calm down.
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Its actually installing. Can't get into recovery.
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KappaAce2010 said:
Anybody have any ideas? Can I flash a custom rom through ODIN?
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no custom roms thru odin.
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get into recovery and just flash a custom rom.
If you have titanium backup, use it to freeze SDM 1.0 and FWUpdate. This will keep the new software from downloading and keep the software update notification from appearing (provided it hasn't been installed by now).
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best idea has been said, get that thing into custom recovery where the OTA cant install. try beating the phone as it tries to install and get it into download mode and see if u can flash a custom recovery though ODIN
What you can do at this point depends a lot on what has already been updated on your phone.
If the bootloader is already updated, then there's no way for you to load the older kernel onto it to get it ready to root.
What I'd suggest you do is to go ahead at try the rooting process.
Boot the phone into download mode and try to push the MD2 kernel onto it,
If the install tries to restart, it'll fail since you don't have the expected software, which hopefully will give you a usable system.
Then use motochopper to try to get "su" access.
If ODIN refuses to flash the MD2 software, it's probably the case that you've already gone past the point of no return (i.e. you've got the updated, locked bootloader) and you might as well let the update finish.
If you succeed, then install MDK and Voodoo OTA Keeper and cross your fingers.
Good luck!

Teamwin looping after hitting the verizon OTA update button

Hey all i accidentally hit the OTA update "OK" button when it popped up on my screen. I've been deferring it for the past few months but my finger slipped and hit the "OK" instead of the "defer" and choosing a date to ask again.
I have a looping "Teamwin" logo and it keeps looping.. Cant seem to do anything. I've taken out the battery and then start it up but it still does the same thing.
Any advice, step by step to get out of this loop?
Thanks!
David
you can not OTA update with a custom recovery...time for a date with Odin.
Historical coodsen
droidstyle said:
you can not OTA update with a custom recovery...time for a date with Odin.
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Would you care to give me a link to do this with a note 2, droidstyle?
yep click the link in my sig...refer to section 1b. you can probably get away with using root66 so you do not have to reroot and unlock BL.
Also when you get back up and running I would recommend freezing SDM1.0 apk with a App such as Titanium back up pro and you will no longer get prompted for OTA updates.
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hold on a sec, can you boot into recovery? If so you can probably wipe data and re flash the rom you were on.
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yep click the link in my sig...refer to section 1b. you can probably get away with using root66 so you do not have to reroot and unlock BL.
Also when you get back up and running I would recommend freezing SDM1.0 apk with a App such as Titanium back up pro and you will no longer get prompted for OTA updates.
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hold on a sec, can you boot into recovery? If so you can probably wipe data and re flash the rom you were on.
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Whats the key combo to see if i can boot into recovery and ill try it
droidstyle said:
yep click the link in my sig...refer to section 1b. you can probably get away with using root66 so you do not have to reroot and unlock BL.
Also when you get back up and running I would recommend freezing SDM1.0 apk with a App such as Titanium back up pro and you will no longer get prompted for OTA updates.
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hold on a sec, can you boot into recovery? If so you can probably wipe data and re flash the rom you were on.
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I just did the Power+home button+volume up and i get a "WARNING!!!!"
a custom os can cause critical problems......
If you want to download a custom OS, etc etc..
stealthrt said:
I just did the Power+home button+volume up and i get a "WARNING!!!!"
a custom os can cause critical problems......
If you want to download a custom OS, etc etc..
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That's download mode...pull battery and start over.
pwer+home+volume down gets you into recovery.
droidstyle said:
That's download mode...pull battery and start over.
pwer+home+volume down gets you into recovery.
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Well i just started flashing in odin.... will update when its done.
Doesnt look like obin did anything. after it finished it just rebooted and i still have the teamwin loop.
stealthrt said:
Doesnt look like obin did anything. after it finished it just rebooted and i still have the teamwin loop.
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And doing the volume down+home+power sends me to the same screen (WARNING!!!... custom os.. etc etc)
Any other advice?
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Any other advice?
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he accidentally told you to hit the same button combo. its volume UP home and power. probably still wont boot into recovery though
B_I_N_G_E said:
he accidentally told you to hit the same button combo. its volume UP home and power. probably still wont boot into recovery though
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Yeah it still does the same teamwin loop doing it that way.
What else can i try?
stealthrt said:
Yeah it still does the same teamwin loop doing it that way.
I tried again to flash and it still is at the loop after a restart...
and also...
What else can i try?
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did you have the right pda file? for instance was your phone updated to vrall4 or vramc3 and you chose the vraljb file?
B_I_N_G_E said:
did you have the right pda file? for instance was your phone updated to vrall4 or vramc3 and you chose the vraljb file?
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ive only tried the root66 rom.
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ive only tried the root66 rom.
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if you had an updated firmware then that file wouldnt work for you. i also noticed though you put that file in the bootloader field instead of the pda field when you tried flashing it one of those times. that may have been a bad thing. you could try to flash the other file marked vramc from that thread.
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if you had an updated firmware then that file wouldnt work for you. i also noticed though you put that file in the bootloader field instead of the pda field when you tried flashing it one of those times. that may have been a bad thing. you could try to flash the other file marked vramc from that thread.
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Alright i flashed the bootloader and all seems to be fine. I got 2 tutorials mixed up so i though one was using bootloader as the ROM.
All is good now thanks droidstyle and B_I_N_G_E.
B_I_N_G_E said:
if you had an updated firmware then that file wouldnt work for you. i also noticed though you put that file in the bootloader field instead of the pda field when you tried flashing it one of those times. that may have been a bad thing. you could try to flash the other file marked vramc from that thread.
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root66 works on all devices with the current firmware since it does not contain a bootloader, recovery, or wipe data. Sometimes it will cause a bootloop which all that is needed is to wipe data in recovery.
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stealthrt said:
Doesnt look like obin did anything. after it finished it just rebooted and i still have the teamwin loop.
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you need to boot into recovery and wipe data...if you can get into recovery the a full odin package will need to be flashed such as stock VRAMC3. However it looks like you figured it out.

z016D TWRP

i found this trwp recovery floating around i dont know who made it.
it boots fine but no touch screen hopefully someone can fix it
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767138152
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i found this trwp recovery floating around i dont know who made it.
it boots fine but no touch screen hopefully someone can fix it
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767138152
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What's the easiest way to install this?
I didn't install it I just used" fastboot boot image-name"
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I didn't install it I just used" fastboot boot image-name"
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Ok Thanks. I am in and generating a backup. The touch screen was working for me mostly. It won't let me select Micro SDCard to save my backup.
Yeah like I said it need some repair I am pretty sure the mount points aren't perfect and I didn't compile it I had to use an otg and mouse to navigate
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Yeah like I said it need some repair I am pretty sure the mount points aren't perfect and I didn't compile it I had to use an otg and mouse to navigate
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What I did to navigate was I had to push the power button then it would bring the screen up where you can swipe the bottom to unlock the screen and use touchscreen. Navigating the storage was odd because it shows it is stuck on Internal storage, but If i click on SDCard, it will take me to that directory. I hope there is a nice update to this is the near future, so we don't have to access it through "adb reboot recovery"
You can flash it if you like I just don't trust this copy yet waiting for an update before I flash it
You can use" fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" to flash rather than "fastboot boot twrp.img " to boot it
kvip60 said:
You can flash it if you like I just don't trust this copy yet waiting for an update before I flash it
You can use" fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" to flash rather than "fastboot boot twrp.img " to boot it
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Oh man you were so right. I had it flashed and it caused me all kinds of problems, like booting the screen upside down etc. I was finally able to find the recovery.img in another thread and get back the stock recovery. I think I will also wait until there is a more stable TWRP version.
I always use boot to test and I always backup my recovery before flashing because I had that happen to me before
Any idea on when a decent working custom recovery will be available?
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Any idea on when a decent working custom recovery will be available?
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Probably when someone will have the will & time to work on it.
Maybe you'd like to take on this topic?
Lol. I hear you. I have very little understanding of Linux I have tried to make one but there aren't enough information about compiling device /vendor tree for a new device to go on
Just visit this page and you will get TWRP for Z016D. It's a Taiwan website with Chinese but you can see the blue link marked as "TWRP" and there you are.
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/tw/thread-214217-1-1.html
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Just visit this page and you will get TWRP for Z016D. It's a Taiwan website with Chinese but you can see the blue link marked as "TWRP" and there you are.
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/tw/thread-214217-1-1.html
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Thanks for this. Posting the Mega so people don't have to make an Asus account to grab it.
https://mega.nz/#F!EkFF1CJD!C8o2wXMARW3YJFOipDttbA
The 20170218 recovery works perfectly with my phone (6/64gb, 820). The first one posted in the OP worked, but was a bit glitchy. The updated one has working SD reading and touchscreen works without having to lock it first.
Could someone please tell me why twrp is booting upside down on my device, and how do I fix it? I just tried to run it in fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-Z016D-20170218.img and once again it loads upside down, however the touch screen is where it normally is suppose to be, which makes it very difficult to navigate the menus. It is very frustrating. This has happened to me multiple times this week. I can't seem to get it to boot/load properly.
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Could someone please tell me why twrp is booting upside down on my device, and how do I fix it? I just tried to run it in fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-Z016D-20170218.img and once again it loads upside down, however the touch screen is where it normally is suppose to be, which makes it very difficult to navigate the menus. It is very frustrating. This has happened to me multiple times this week. I can't seem to get it to boot/load properly.
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Are you using the Snapdragon 821 version by any chance? Cause people with the s820 seem to be working fine.
I am using 821 my screen is flipped and no touch even after locking it
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Are you using the Snapdragon 821 version by any chance? Cause people with the s820 seem to be working fine.
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No, I am using the sd820.
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I really don't want to wipe everything and start all over from scratch because everything else is working great right now. I guess if there is no easy solution, then I will just leave it alone. I ran it with fastboot and then made a backup and saved it on my microSD card. But I am worried if I wipe everything and start all over again, then I will have to call my bank again to verify my cards for Android pay. I am running the stock firmware version 1698, with stock recovery, an unlocked bootloader, & rooted. Also have Magisk & Titanium Pro installed, and I verified that Andoid pay works for me. (I already bought something using Android pay).
blahforme said:
No, I am using the sd820.
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I really don't want to wipe everything and start all over from scratch because everything else is working great right now. I guess if there is no easy solution, then I will just leave it alone. I ran it with fastboot and then made a backup and saved it on my microSD card. But I am worried if I wipe everything and start all over again, then I will have to call my bank again to verify my cards for Android pay. I am running the stock firmware version 1698, with stock recovery, an unlocked bootloader, & rooted. Also have Magisk & Titanium Pro installed, and I verified that Andoid pay works for me. (I already bought something using Android pay).
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How did you install Magisk having stock recovery? Using the in-app installation?
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It seems @EypCnn is the developer of this TWRP builds...
sebastiandg7 said:
How did you install Magisk having stock recovery? Using the in-app installation?
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I flashed Magisk v11.1 with TWRP, then installed Magisk Manager from the Google Play Store, after I rebooted my device. I did that by booting in to TWRP with fastboot to flash the .zip file. I did not flash TWRP to install Magisk.

[ROM] [H918] H91810q/r/s/t/u Stock ROM TWRP Flashable Zip KEEP ROOT!

with very little activity lately for the LGV20, specifically the H918 T-Mobile variant, I created a TWRP flashable package for the recent H91810q release. this zip flash every partition included in the latest KDZ package with the exception of recovery to keep TWRP. standard disclaimer applies, you do all of this at YOUR OWN risk! because 10q is not rootable, you need to be root'd before flashing this! failure to do so will probably cause you to lose root and/or lose TWRP! and worst of all, because 10q can't be downgraded to 10j (last version where you can still obtain root via dirtycow) because of Anti-RollBack, you're fscked!
NOTE1: you can find the partitions that will be flashed in the updater-script. to be extra cautious you can back up all of the partitions that will be overwritten with the following: dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/{partition} of=/external_sd/backup/{partition}.img.
NOTE2: boot partition has been modified only to remove rctd, nothing else so I consider this to still be stock
Instructions:
download H91810u.zip file listed below and put on microSD card
download your choice of root and put on microSD card, choose from either Magisk or SuperSU *Note: v12.0 of Magisk does not work with the LGV20 device in general and v14.0 is recommended.
backup any data from internal "SD card"
boot into TWRP (requires TWRP recovery to already be installed)
create a TWRP backup of the device
flash zip from microSD card by using "Install"
FLASH YOUR CHOICE OF ROOT - Flashing root is VERY IMPORTANT BEFORE REBOOTING!
reboot
profit!
Download:
H91810q.zip
old 10q md5sum: 8c2e76ded9759a63b1ffac86f3941649
new 10q md5sum: c7d4086b3a0a786d1501ef7e4ce22f32 - re-zipped in Linux for proper alignment
H91810r.zip
wrong 10r md5sum: 9e2e1f8c56079d7bf629ce5e375d7551 (this is actually the md5sum for the KDZ)
correct 10r md5sum: 194b2bc41aa6dbdd7b9a371392f7b930
H91810s.zip
10s md5sum: f187fdefe4c3612c5811e9fbeb0748c5
H91810t.zip - rctd and triton both disabled, previous versions only removed rctd
10t md5sum: b00c2f644b15eb15e459c48830caa5da
H91810u.zip - rctd and triton both disabled, previous versions only removed rctd
10u md5sum: f51b2b11a30dc448b0da0edc750bb587
Flashing Process (what flashing this zip does):
flash necessary partition images with the exception of recovery (to keep TWRP) from the KDZ
rename /system/recovery-from-boot.p to /system/recovery-from-boot.bak to prevent stock recovery from being installed on boot
wipes dalvik-cache and cache
BIG thanks to @McNutnut on guidance, as well as his script to put all of this together!
also thanks to @bullghost for the KDZ extractor (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600575)
@Tilde88 for the original updater-script template w/root (https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/us996-nrd90m-modded-notsostock-rom-v5-1-t3526542)
Awesome thanks.. I'm on it!
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Didn't work... Still shows 10p. I noticed the flash process was rather fast also.
storm68 said:
Awesome thanks.. I'm on it!
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Didn't work... Still shows 10p. I noticed the flash process was rather fast also.
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Dude, thanks for whipping this out so fast! (TWSS) I will get right on making a debloated rom from this. Is it ARB 1?
So I HAVE to flash root? Sometimes I don't flash root because of my gear S3 watch.
I just flashed but still showing 10p. But the kernel info shows Sept 12. So the kernel is updated but wondering on why it still shows 10p on software info @ about phone.
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Awesome thanks.. I'm on it!
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Didn't work... Still shows 10p. I noticed the flash process was rather fast also.
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hold on, let me re-zip and re-upload. I had used two different methods to add the files to the archive so I'm going to re-do it all with one method
texasaggie1 said:
Dude, thanks for whipping this out so fast! (TWSS) I will get right on making a debloated rom from this. Is it ARB 1?
So I HAVE to flash root? Sometimes I don't flash root because of my gear S3 watch.
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yes, this is ARB1 and yes, root is needed if you want to stay root'd
As you can see the updater script shows install 10p.
storm68 said:
As you can see the updater script shows install 10p.
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yep, for some reason using Windows to create zip files causes inconsistencies. I've zipped up everything in Linux this time and double checked the updater script to make sure everything is good to go and am uploading it as I type... I've already updated the OP with the new md5sum and the link should remain the same. I'll give a heads up once it's live
Ok thanks for your time. Appreciate it. ?
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Ok thanks for your time. Appreciate it.
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done! uploaded and downloaded myself to verify everything is the correct one. this should bring you to 10q for everything... sorry for the troubles of flashing again. don't forget to flash root just in case lol
No problem. No apology needed being you really don't have to do this for the community. Thanks again.
Sorry if I'm asking an obvious question but when did t mobile release a new update? I thought the latest version was 10p???
Flashed... All good!
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Still_living714 said:
Sorry if I'm asking an obvious question but when did t mobile release a new update? I thought the latest version was 10p???
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Mine came yesterday. Updater to 10q. If you haven't gotten it yet you will..
storm68 said:
Flashed... All good!
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Mine came yesterday. Updater to 10q. If you haven't gotten it yet you will..
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Any big improvements that you can see?
i flashed and once i unlocked my phone, it kept saying process.android keeps stopping repeatedly. booted back into twrp to restore the backup i made in twrp and now the keeps rebooting to the lg screen. Can anybdoy help me out please. i was ww kernel and 10k
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Any big improvements that you can see?
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I would have to wait and see. But first hand it's about the same as 10p no rctd.
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Lgv20user said:
i flashed and once i unlocked my phone, it kept saying process.android keeps stopping repeatedly. booted back into twrp to restore the backup i made in twrp and now the keeps rebooting to the lg screen. Can anybdoy help me out please. i was ww kernel and 10k
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First of be advised that this is anti roll back. Once on it you can't go backwards to other older roms. In reference to your problem you'll have to do a battery pull. Put battery back in. Now hold down volume down and power button at the same time, when you see LG screen release power button for two seconds then push again holding down power. During all this never release volume down. Now you'll get a reset screen with yes and no option. Use volume key to choose yes, twice..... This will get you back to TWRP. In your case I wouldn't even bother with back up but you can try again if want. What I would do is flash something else that I know works. Then decide from there what to do... Maybe redownload again. May be corrupt some how. I assume your on h918. Hope so! Good luck.
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I would have to wait and see. But first hand it's about the same as 10p no rctd.
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First of be advised that this is anti roll back. Once on it you can't go backwards to other older roms. In reference to your problem you'll have to do a battery pull. Put battery back in. Now hold down volume down and power button at the same time, when you see LG screen release power button for two seconds then push again holding down power. During all this never release volume down. Now you'll get a reset screen with yes and no option. Use volume key to choose yes, twice..... This will get you back to TWRP. In your case I wouldn't even bother with back up but you can try again if want. What I would do is flash something else that I know works. Then decide from there what to do... Maybe redownload again. May be corrupt some how. I assume your on h918. Hope so! Good luck.
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what do you recommend i flash
Lgv20user said:
what do you recommend i flash
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Well we really don't know if your system went to 10q now, so........ You can try again. On both, the backup or 10q. Since you know now how to get to TWRP with battery pull you can try both, see what works. Try backup first. If it doesn't work you may have system in 10q now being you backed up a 10k system may not work now. If it doesn't try q again. If that doesn't work then download 10p or redownload 10q and side load on TWRP from computer. Then flash again. These are steps I would do.. if someone tells you different then it's your choice. Different ways for different things.
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Well we really don't know if your system went to 10q now, so........ You can try again. On both, the backup or 10q. Since you know now how to get to TWRP with battery pull you can try both, see what works. Try backup first. If it doesn't work you may have system in 10q now being you backed up a 10k system may not work now. If it doesn't try q again. If that doesn't work then download 10p or redownload 10q and side load on TWRP from computer. Then flash again. These are steps I would do.. if someone tells you different then it's your choice. Different ways for different things.
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so 10q is showing up. i am having issues with the modem i believe because i dont get tmobile recepetion and as soon as i put into airplane mode, the error message stops.
I haven't tried the 10p weta kernel yet but it may not work being this stock kernel on 10q is updated to the September security patch. May try later today.
First off, thanks for keeping my beloved H918 alive!. Thought all future dev for the V20 was dead.
Now a question. Any timeframe on a debloated version? Not in a hurry mind you, just curious.

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