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Kit Kat on Verizon lg g2

Any idea when Verizon g2 will get kit Kat
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boss336 said:
Any idea when Verizon g2 will get kit Kat
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Last couple of weeks, AT&T announced the LG G2 was set to receive the latest and greatest Android 4.4.2 KitKat software upgrade, and now we’re hearing other carriers could soon follow, with T-Mobile offering the update as well. There’s still no word on the Verizon update.

REALLY?! Instead of starting yet another "when is KitKat coming?" thread, adding to the unnecessary clutter in these forums, have you actually read through this, already posted, thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528843
MOD: Please either delete this thread or, better yet, please move his question to the aforementioned thread in my post.
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April 2019.

Probably the ides of March so like the 21st.
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OP please use the thread in place: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528843

(VZW) VS980 Kitkat thread (ota captured and successfully installed)

The guide for manual install is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699123
Big v thanks to @xdabbeb
Ok kitkat was pulled off the servers and xdabbeb was able to install. It successfully.
Kitkat hasn't come yet to the verizon model but the kitkat thread is too cluttered and confusing. A couple guys agreed with me that a new thread just for verizon users would be easier to follow so we don't get all the other info mixed in. So discuss expected release dates, what you think verizon will change, how much more boat they'll add (I'm being kinda negative About this) etc. And once it officially out then we can see if anything is different than the other versions since they tend to change it a little than other carriers. Maybe we'll get something nice that other carriers didn't. Who knows.
And If there's any verizon employees that's like to drop a hint for us. PLEASE DO we won't tell
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I heard March 20 form a best buy employee who owns a g2. Don't really trust the accuracy but thought I'd throw it out there.
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Thanks for taking the initiative on this. Sounds like it's not too dev friendly for the immediate future though. I wonder if 2nd init or kexec might be the direction to go.
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OP thank you for starting this thread lmao finally a place for vs980 it's obviously his month but we will all have to look out for leaks x_x and testing stuff x) I'm prolly guessing that the march 20th date sounds about right or maybe after :0 just my thoughts

Great job for starting this thread? wish someone would start a sprint only thread it's very confusing since there seems to be so many varieties of the lg-g2
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maybe if XDA actually listened to it's members, we'd have had the G2 forums broken up into each variant as a separate board MONTHS ago....

abdel12345 said:
Kitkat hasn't come yet to the verizon model but the kitkat thread is too cluttered and confusing. A couple guys agreed with me that a new thread just for verizon users would be easier to follow so we don't get all the other info mixed in. So discuss expected release dates, what you think verizon will change, how much more boat they'll add (I'm being kinda negative About this) etc. And once it officially out then we can see if anything is different than the other versions since they tend to change it a little than other carriers. Maybe we'll get something nice that other carriers didn't. Who knows.
And If there's any verizon employees that's like to drop a hint for us. PLEASE DO we won't tell
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Thanks for starting this thread. I agree was hard finding info for VS980 on other thread.

I have a feeling verizon will keep the ugly blue icons. I would even settle for jb blue rather than the ugly ics colored ones ha ha
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ricecake2000 said:
I have a feeling verizon will keep the ugly blue icons. I would even settle for jb blue rather than the ugly ics colored ones ha ha
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I think Google is requiring the white icons as a standard now but you never know with verizon lol. They seem to break all the rules especially with how different they made the g2.
The 20th date sounds reasonable. I hope they can get it by then because I hear lots of people estimating April but I hope they're just exaggerating Verizon's slowness
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I would love the white icons. It's grown on me. The blue seams kinda childish
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Agh. You got me so excited when I read the first few words of this forum title
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abdel12345 said:
I think Google is requiring the white icons as a standard now but you never know with verizon lol. They seem to break all the rules especially with how different they made the g2.
The 20th date sounds reasonable. I hope they can get it by then because I hear lots of people estimating April but I hope they're just exaggerating Verizon's slowness
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The droid line kept the blue icons. Lol
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ricecake2000 said:
The droid line kept the blue icons. Lol
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Oh ok. But was that verizon that did it or Motorola? Because lg switched to white. Hopefully they'll keep them. I like the white color or at least a blue on black status bar. The gray one sucks
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Mattecko99 said:
Agh. You got me so excited when I read the first few words of this forum title
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Lol sorry. I made sure to put that "not released yet at the end" because of this I would put it arty the beginning but than the rest of the title won't show. Sorry about that
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I can't wait to get kitkat, but sometime in the future I'm going to end up modding this phone and kitkat breaks the Loki exploit. :/ I really don't want to go back to a safestrap sort of boot like with my razr. Hopefully the devs can find a way around these stupid "fixes" by lg.
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Thanks OP. I just joined Verizon and the g2.
I hope kit Kat has the white icons, but if not, isn't full root and a custom recovery available for the g2?
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Rippley05 said:
Thanks OP. I just joined Verizon and the g2.
I hope kit Kat has the white icons, but if not, isn't full root and a custom recovery available for the g2?
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From what I've read elsewhere it seems the KK update borks the Loki implementation used by most of the root exploits.
I can't imagine it won't be bypassed but at least initially it won't be the same as it has been for JB.
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ooddiittyy said:
From what I've read elsewhere it seems the KK update borks the Loki implementation used by most of the root exploits.
I can't imagine it won't be bypassed but at least initially it won't be the same as it has been for JB.
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Supposedly if you are rooted prior to taking the OTA update, you'll retain root in 4.4. Although if you manually flash the stock 4.4 rom using the LG Flasher tool, it'll wipe and remove root. I'm not sure if they were able to actually root 4.4 yet either (needs verifying).
Still even with root, they haven't been able to get a custom recovery on it yet because of the Loki patch. The G2 is a popular device, so I'm sure it won't be long.

Thanks guys. I'm still researching everything I've missed the last few months
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jayochs said:
maybe if XDA actually listened to it's members, we'd have had the G2 forums broken up into each variant as a separate board MONTHS ago....
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+1
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[Q] Knock Code

Wasn't 4.4.2 supposed to include Knock Code?
Disappointed.

Mazgula said:
Wasn't 4.4.2 supposed to include Knock Code?
Disappointed.
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The knock code should come in the next update for our g2
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Knock code is a simple framework mod, probably only in the lockscreen apk and the touchscreen driver. It *should* be possible to get with a minimal change. If LG had any sense, they'd put it up on the play store for all compatible LG devices and let us update.

ECrispy said:
Knock code is a simple framework mod, probably only in the lockscreen apk and the touchscreen driver. It *should* be possible to get with a minimal change. If LG had any sense, they'd put it up on the play store for all compatible LG devices and let us update.
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Wouldn't that be nice.... Who's got twitter? Someone go tweet at them. LG seems to be in to customer satisfaction, they might like that idea!
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It will drop soon enough. Too impatient? Flash one of cloudyfas 4.4 pro or flex ports.
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Lawlrus said:
It will drop soon enough. Too impatient? Flash one of cloudyfas 4.4 pro or flex ports.
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Waiting patiently
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They gotta let the new flagships shine first.
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New 5.1.1 ota and Verizon users

We can just flash the new ota zip right ? We don't need to flash the T-Mobile radio too? Will this be the same ota we get in like six months cuz Verizon sucks ???
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imablackhat said:
We can just flash the new ota zip right ? We don't need to flash the T-Mobile radio too? Will this be the same ota we get in like six months cuz Verizon sucks ???
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you can flash, but more providers will get otas within the next week or two, not months.

But will there be a difference from most of them ?. It'll all be 5.1.1
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But will there be a difference from most of them ?. It'll all be 5.1.1
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I'm on the new LYZ28E build and am on Verizon but I will certainly be changing over to the build released for Verizon phones in the coming weeks whenever it comes out.

Do you use vvm on the T-Mobile ota ???
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Just my observation don't use the new radio firmware from this ota if you're on Verizon. Couldn't get a signal for over 5 min literally under a Verizon tower. Went back to the .98(or whatever the stock radio is for a vzw branded Nexus 6).

Anyone on Verizon that's using new T-Mobile ota please let me know if you use stock vzw vvm. And if it works.
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I'm on Verizon and flashed new tmo radio and my signal is better..but didn't flash bootloader
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Everything works fine on this new T-Mobile ROM for verizon users. All apps including vvm FYI. So when Verizon makes the new 5.1.1 ota idk what will be the benefit or reflashing to that.
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Any 6.0 Updates?

Sorry if this is the wrong section. Quick question though, Does anyone have any updates on the 6.0 Update? I keep receiving small 35 mb updates but no big updates.

Nobody knows when 6.0 will come out.

They rarely say anything to they are about to release it. ATT also takes the longest out of all 4 major carriers

schhy said:
They rarely say anything to they are about to release it. ATT also takes the longest out of all 4 major carriers
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Actually verizon has been the slowest to roll out updates for every phone I have had through them...
I have AT&T for personal use and verizon for work.
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justda said:
Actually verizon has been the slowest to roll out updates for every phone I have had through them...
I have AT&T for personal use and verizon for work.
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Yeah i know, but this past year, Verizon has beaten ATT on the updates

According to reddit user ballislife4328, AT&T will be pushing Marshmallow update on March 14th.

shichemt said:
According to reddit user ballislife4328, AT&T will be pushing Marshmallow update on March 14th.
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http://www.sammobile.com/2016/03/11...5-tomorrow-and-on-march-14-for-the-galaxy-s6/

cesarsuarez said:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/03/11...5-tomorrow-and-on-march-14-for-the-galaxy-s6/
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Their source is this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3321144 , I tipped them and Android authority

Well that worked out... I don't see an update...