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Just curious if any one else is having this issue. While testing zvb rom, cwm corrupted my system folder and cwm would not format/mount it. System would not boot. Could not flash anything that wrote to the system folder. Would not boot so I couldn't flash a tot, normally. Had to flash in emergency download mode. Now everything is fine except that I can't get any ota's. it keeps saying that there is no ota available, that my system is up to date.
Just wondering if anyone that has used emergency download mode then tried to ota, is having this issue.
Not me. That's helpful, right?
I un-rooted and un-CWMed (by resetting the executable bit on install-recovery.sh), so I was, theoretically, stock zv9. I could download the OTA (for the, like, millionth time), but it wouldn't install. Finally I dusted off Windows and did the normal TOT, and then was able to OTA to zvb.
OrangeJoe said:
Not me. That's helpful, right?
I un-rooted and un-CWMed (by resetting the executable bit on install-recovery.sh), so I was, theoretically, stock zv9. I could download the OTA (for the, like, millionth time), but it wouldn't install. Finally I dusted off Windows and did the normal TOT, and then was able to OTA to zvb.
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I'm just curious if anyone else is having or had (previous revo owners) this issue. Nothing more. I couldn't get my phone to boot, therefore, I couldn't flash the v8 tot normally. I had no choice but to use 'emergency download mode'. Doing so, put me in 'test mode'. Once getting out of test mode, I get the "No software update available".
No biggie. OG ZVB runs absolutely flawless on v8. But if there is a way to get back to zvb, then I'm game. I would like to run OG ZVB on zvb Only seems appropriate
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No biggie. OG ZVB runs absolutely flawless on v8. But if there is a way to get back to zvb, then I'm game. I would like to run OG ZVB on zvb Only seems appropriate
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Just curious: how much zv8 is left behind when you flash OG ZVB?
I pm'd you yesterday or the day before about maybe getting zvb back, in case you didn't see it.
OG ZVB is just the software part of ZVB. I'm trying to figure out how to rip the firmware. One of the esteem guys is working on that and we will see where it goes.
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If you previously ran ZVB then installed OG, you have the zvb firmware, correct?
If so, so far it is running great.
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If you previously ran ZVB then installed OG, you have the zvb firmware, correct?
If so, so far it is running great.
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Yes sir you are correct.
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i am having this same issue i just bricked my phone and flashed zv9 in emergency mode and now i cant get any ota updates have we figured this out yet please say that we have
Yeah so i really messed this phone up.
while gaining root i attempted and failed to get a recovery on VS980 27a... got root was thinking i'll fix the recovery thing later... now great day for this to happen April 1st hey OTA lollipop available, not thinking i let it try to update, well it failed miserably.
i was stuck in fastboot, looking around i found 26a laf.img and a few others this got me out of fast boot, unfortunately now my baseband is 26a but OS is 27a. Keyboard crashes and softkeys dont even show up. dont know if i can get back into fastboot(well havent been successful yet), adb devices does not see the phone. i can get into download mode but dont know what to do. Can anyone help?
DL old 11a worked
s4mur41 said:
Yeah so i really messed this phone up.
while gaining root i attempted and failed to get a recovery on VS980 27a... got root was thinking i'll fix the recovery thing later... now great day for this to happen April 1st hey OTA lollipop available, not thinking i let it try to update, well it failed miserably.
i was stuck in fastboot, looking around i found 26a laf.img and a few others this got me out of fast boot, unfortunately now my baseband is 26a but OS is 27a. Keyboard crashes and softkeys dont even show up. dont know if i can get back into fastboot(well havent been successful yet), adb devices does not see the phone. i can get into download mode but dont know what to do. Can anyone help?
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TOT downgrade via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
all better well functional
Has anyone found a KDZ file for the Sprint LG G4?
Nope, and I'm in need of one badly...
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Has anyone found a KDZ file for the Sprint LG G4?
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There will most likely NEVER be a KDZ. If anything it will be a TOT file.
I'm waiting myself. But my phone in a bootloop after using titanium backup. Need this asap
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I am holding off on rooting the phone until TOT or KDZ is available. I am not too worried about the rooting process causing problems. It's more a concern that I will not be able to keep myself from messing around with the system files and get into a phone not booting or boot loop situation with no custom recovery, nandroid backup or restore file to recover with.
Damn, I wish I never followed the directions for rooting the G4. Now I know there are no backup files in case of problems.... Great
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Has anyone found a KDZ file for the Sprint LG G4?
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Nope, and it seems like a lot of people are having boot loops with this phone. We'll just have to wait.
Sprint G4 here (LS991)
I rooted my phone successfully, but being that this is my first LG phone I stupidly uninstalled key apps that brings up the "Security Error" boot loop.
Been looking for a KDZ or TOT file, anything that would help me restore my phone back to stock. Looks like Verizon and TMobile have their stock firmwares out already, but Sprint is always the last to get any significant software.
I have been (and will continue) to follow hyelton's page with the released KDZ files : http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
I will follow up as soon as Sprint's KDZ/TOT file is released.
If there is anything I could do to help the devs get this through, I would gladly help. I just want my G4 back
Rooted using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765
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Sprint G4 here (LS991)
I rooted my phone successfully, but being that this is my first LG phone I stupidly uninstalled key apps that brings up the "Security Error" boot loop.
Been looking for a KDZ or TOT file, anything that would help me restore my phone back to stock. Looks like Verizon and TMobile have their stock firmwares out already, but Sprint is always the last to get any significant software.
I have been (and will continue) to follow hyelton's page with the released KDZ files : http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
I will follow up as soon as Sprint's KDZ/TOT file is released.
If there is anything I could do to help the devs get this through, I would gladly help. I just want my G4 back
Rooted using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765
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Welcome to the bootloop ship, its just a waiting game at this point. But as soon as someone has it, it will be posted ASAP!
1. Did you guys not follow the directions when rooting to create a backup of the initial, non-rooted system.img?
2. What about re-flashing the rooted system.img?
Assuming you can reflash either original or rooted system.img, would booting into factory recovery and doing a factory reset work?
natator99 said:
1. Did you guys not follow the directions when rooting to create a backup of the initial, non-rooted system.img?
2. What about re-flashing the rooted system.img?
Assuming you can reflash either original or rooted system.img, would booting into factory recovery and doing a factory reset work?
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No no no. Do not factory reset while rooted. You'll continue to get bootloops. You will just have to wait until the KDZ is released.
Welp, looks like I'm returning my phone.
Wont this solve the problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
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Wont this solve the problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
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No that solves nothing, we still have no .tot file for the ls991
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No that solves nothing, we still have no .tot file for the ls991
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Pardon my ignorance, but it looks like there is a .kdz file for the G4. Will that not work? I honestly have no clue how .kdz or .tot files work, but I trying to figure out the difference.
Somehow messed up my phone using google cardboard of all things... well at least that is what I was using when it rebooted and went into a boot loop. I rooted it days ago and the phone has rebooted since I did it with no problems. I have not done anything with root yet on the phone but for some reason cardboard sent it into a boot loop. I tried reflashing the rooted system image but that didn't work. My phone is now pretty much bricked. There is no tot file and it is impossible to transfer a file onto the phone or sd card(can't mount sdcard) to try another system image.
This is a disaster for me as I bought this through best buy. I'm hoping I can get LG to re-flash the phone and give me the same exact phone back. Why? The plan I signed was for a leased phone. I worry that if I use the warranty and get a new imei number phone that I will void my lease and I have to purchase the broken phone out-right. But I guess if I get another phone I would just be where I would be 2 years down the road anyways.
Only problem is I was double stupid and did the wireless charging mod so I now wonder if LG would even look at the phone let alone getting warranty to replace it.... however, the warranty place probably wouldn't even notice the sticker was changed.
So I have no clue what route to take. On top of all this since I am on this stupid Best Buy plan I can't re-activate my old phone. Only Best Buy can do that. Now I am phone-less to boot. I wonder if Best Buy will even activate the old phone for me.... I guess I will find out tomorrow. If not I will have to pay $5 more a month to change my plan to the official Sprint plan.
If this all turns to crap I might just eat the lease cost, warranty the phone, re-sell and get something else. I am done with this phone.
Has any of you contacted @Sj12345 ?
He made this tool for us over at the G Flex 2 forums and people have been able to restore their phones back to booting normally.
There is a catch as allways... he needs a full backup of system.img from your phones and you have to be able to access DOWNLOAD Mode.
Good luck guys.
Here is the forum check it out.
Credits to OP.
Alex_XV6700 said:
Has any of you contacted @Sj12345 ?
He made this tool for us over at the G Flex 2 forums and people have been able to restore their phones back to booting normally.
There is a catch as allways... he needs a full backup of system.img from your phones and you have to be able to access DOWNLOAD Mode.
Good luck guys.
Here is the forum check it out.
Credits to OP.
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Would the tar.gz file or underlying system.img from here work? When I rooted my phone with that image my camera would get errors where the camera has stopped or the device would freeze up and restart a lot.
I'm guessing we need a fresh nonrooted img or tot file. We just need a fresh img or tot file. Can't wait to revert back to complete stock/make a backup/rerun root
http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/lg_g4/lef/LS991ZV5.tar.gz
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Would the tar.gz file or underlying system.img from here work? When I rooted my phone with that image my camera would get errors where the camera has stopped or the device would freeze up and restart a lot.
I'm guessing we need a fresh nonrooted img or tot file. We just need a fresh img or tot file. Can't wait to revert back to complete stock/make a backup/rerun root
http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/lg_g4/lef/LS991ZV5.tar.gz
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I guess it would be better to use a clean non-rooted system.img
But if someone that is rooted and has no trouble with any app can pull their sys.img that would work for you.
Remember the way this restores is exclusively for GFLEX2 so I always suggest you should contact @Sj12345 for guidance, He´s the man.
I just saw y´all had a similar problem to ATT GFLEX2 users no TOT/KDZ.
shared a link to the ZV5 sys.img to ya hope it helps
I got impatient waiting
I followed all the documented procedures.
You apply this exactly like ZV5 Root. This is only for LS991 (Sprint).
I've tested Root Explorer and WIFI Tether Router. It hesitated a little on the first attempt to grant root, I was probably rushing.
Once you apply this image on first boot it will want to upgrade Super User and you have to use "Normal".
YOU MUST BE ON ZV6 before you use this.
http://softronix.com/g4/Rooted.LS991.System.ZV6.zip
Not responsible for any bricking. I followed all procedures posted and I'm not gonna replicate it here.
Make sure you backup your unrooted ZV6 System image. I diffed my backup with the one uploaded by another developer and they are different.
I also tested rerooting a ZV5 stock image and it is different than the one uploaded in the ZV5 Root thread.
Oh, I should mention, I restored my ZV5 image first.
Then tried to take the ZV6 OTA update. It just stayed stuck "Now Rebooting". Tried manually rebooting. And it just went back to ZV5 boot.
So then I tried applying the update through the SD Card. That failed too, I guess it doesn't like my format of SD Card (didn't want to wipe that).
I suspect if I factory Reset ZV5 the AV6 OTA would have been fine, but I didn't want to do that.
So I noticed the ADB Sideload upgrade option in Recovery and tried that and it worked fine.
It even gave you the command syntax for ADB sideload. I had to upgrade ADB to make it work (adb sideload told me the verision I had was too old, which came from the LG_Root.Zip).
I have not done a lot of testing. I can't say tomorrow that LG didn't add some sneaky app that removes root or something. But at this moment it seems fine.
Feel free to mirror it.
How has this been working for you so far?
No problems. Even tethered while roaming with Wifi Tether Router.
Thanks for this!
I picked up a G4 a couple weeks ago for a basically a song. After reading that one thread you wrote, I figured.. why not give it a shot?
Which post, moving from M9 to G4?
Don't wanna sound stupid but how do I install this? I'm new to rooting.
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Don't wanna sound stupid but how do I install this? I'm new to rooting.
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Never mind I found the root tutorial you were referring to...but at what part of the tutorial do I use the image file you attached in the post? Once again sorry if I seem to be lacking common sense (because I am).
You do exactly what the ZV5 root thread(s) do. But you need to be on ZV6 and then use this rooted ZV6 image instead of being on ZV5 using Rooted ZV5 image.
Can someone provide the link on how to backup current stock system.img? I can't seem to find it.
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You do exactly what the ZV5 root thread(s) do. But you need to be on ZV6 and then use this rooted ZV6 image instead of being on ZV5 using Rooted ZV5 image.
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Oh ok, so in this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765 I just replace 'system.rooted.phonemodel.img' with 'rootedsystem.LS991.ZV6.img' and I'm good?
Yes, just make you do a backup first and you are on ZV6.
Backup is in 2nd post by autoprime.
Also be careful when copying dd comands from the web page that you copy the whole command.
note the horizontal scrollbar.
ZV6.img flash over ZV5?
I know the post said I have to be on ZV6, but I don't want to loose the ability to flash tot(I've bricked my phone before). Has anyone tried this? I've read other posts that say you can't reflash tot after taking the update, and nothing about updating through this method. Would this brick my phone, should I try it?
Corrupt file .zip?
I have already tried both WiFi and Phone network, but when I finally download the zv6.img file it says is corrupted and doesn't let me extract it. I don't know what is the problem please help me.
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I have already tried both WiFi and Phone network, but when I finally download the zv6.img file it says is corrupted and doesn't let me extract it. I don't know what is the problem please help me.
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You don't extract the .img file. Just throw it in the sdcard directory root.
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I know the post said I have to be on ZV6, but I don't want to loose the ability to flash tot(I've bricked my phone before). Has anyone tried this? I've read other posts that say you can't reflash tot after taking the update, and nothing about updating through this method. Would this brick my phone, should I try it?
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I was able to flash the ZV6 TOT with no issues after updating to ZV6
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You don't extract the .img file. Just throw it in the sdcard directory root.
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When you download the file it comes in a .zip file. That's what I meant to say when extracting and qhen I did didn't work. Anyways thanks, found another rooted ZV6 .zip on another post and that one let me extract the file in my phone. Don't know why this one won't let me.
Has anyone else had success with this?
A whole bunch of folks are rooted on ZV6. There is also a pseudo custom ROM based on ZV6 called Ultra Pop.
Read through the threads in Development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g4/development
Hello everyone. I just got a Sprint LG G4 today. I would like to root my G4 but not exactly sure how to do it. I have done some rooting in the past so I am a little familar with it. My software version is LS991ZV6, security software version MDF v1.1 Release 5. From what I read, the rooting process is for zv5, is this correct? Is there a rooting process for my software version, and if so, is there a tutorial for it? Does this also install a custom recovery or is there a different process for that? I know this is probably not the place to ask but since I am enquiring, are there any roms for the sprint ls991, ex mm rom, etc? Also, how can I find the files to disable OTA updates. I have googled it and it says to disable sprintinstaller apk but I cannot find that file in settings- apps-all. Also, I read to do a backup before trying to root. I am on stock recovery and when I go into that, there is no option to backup, am I doing something wrong. Thanks again for your feedback.
Going to try it now! Looking forward to trying out xposed! I really don't want to flash an actual ROM because I love the stock camera app way too much.. And the tweaks look awesome.
Hi im on zv9 but want to go back to zv6. Preferably a zv6 rooted. Which guide is the best to follow? If anyone who frequents here could link it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
ok so i just got my device about a week ago my phones on sprint and i thought i'd root it finally. I tried to root my device but i couldn't figure out if i was LS991ZV4, zv5, zv6 because i was on the latest firmware (i believe) but i have no clue what those 3 things mean sadly. It's been years since i tried to root a device and thought i could handle it. But i guess i can't.
Can someone tell me what i SHOULD be on currently if my phone was 100% up to date on sprint? And can someone please link me to a site that has the stock image for my device? i've been searching for over an hour now and the only file i can find is a TOT file which i BELIEVE is for ZV4 and if i am in fact on ZV6 than that means i can't restore it back to that image file. I'm in a serious bind here if i've permanently bricked my device.
update. i can't even get into recovery mode. ;w;
ok i'm seriously getting frustrated. I'm looking for the DLL file so i can attempt to restore my phone using the TOT method but i can't find one for this damn phone. SOMEONE please respond? ;w;
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ok i'm seriously getting frustrated. I'm looking for the DLL file so i can attempt to restore my phone using the TOT method but i can't find one for this damn phone. SOMEONE please respond? ;w;
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start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g4/development/restore-sprint-lg-ls991-zv6-tot-t3213196 read the thread carefully it has all you are looking for and instructions.
At this point, it will difficult if not impossible to determine which firmware version you are on. My guess is that the phone was on ZV5 when you purchased it since ZV6 just came out. I got three G4s for work about three weeks ago and they were all on ZV5. However, if you took an OTA to upgrade the firmware then you would most likely be on ZV6.
Here is your quandary, if you are on ZV6 and use the ZV5 TOT, you will permanently brick your phone. If you are on ZV5 and use the ZV6 TOT, well, no one has reported what will happen in this case - best case is that it fails, puts you in a bootloop, or gives you an authentication error.
My advice to you, is to take your phone back to Sprint, tell them you were trying to take the ZV6 OTA, and the phone went into a bootloop. Pay whatever penalty you have to pay, chalk it up to inexperience, and read more next time before you attempt to root.
If you really want to get your phone back to working condition, I would try the ZV6 TOT again since that seems to not have completely bricked your phone. If that does not work (and because I think you are on ZV5), try the ZV5 TOT. However, if your phone is not on ZV5, this will most likely turn it into a paperweight.
All you need can be found in the G4 Android development forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g4/development
If you do manage to get your phone restored and need the base image files, they can be found here (also in the development forum): http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-g4/development/stock-sytem-image-files-zv5-zv6-t3205640