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OTA update file (4.0.19915 to 4.1.26)

Here is the update that the test phones(4.0.19915 to 4.1.26) received right before the launch of the retail unit. You might think this is useless, but it paints a very clear picture of how Moto updates work on the Atrix.
For each file that is being updated it hash checks and then applies the binary patch. This means changing the file permissions, mounting the system as rw will not cause this to fail as someone else had mentioned before. When it comes time to update, we can extract it and run the patch against the retail dump to create an updated dump.
This also tells us we can use recovery to flash update.zip files, we just need to figure it out. This would be very helpful when creating an updated dump.
This file is downloaded to /cache/tmp. A simple script was used to capture it before it was deleted.
Download the file here:
http://www.ponack.net/designgears/atrix/update.7z

This is very good news.
does this also mean that an OTA can be packaged as a zip and "flashed" to a phone?

verrry nice

Thanks DG!
and please stay
we will miss you

GSeeker said:
Thanks DG!
and please stay
we will miss you
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I will still be around doing things here and there

Anyway to unbrick my atrix with this?

hassanjanjua2002 said:
Anyway to unbrick my atrix with this?
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What kind of brick do you have on your hands?
Also, thanks dg

Very informative!

Hmmm, tried to flash it as an update.zip through recovery and signature check failed. I'm guessing since this was prior to release it was test signed? Had to try since I need something via RSD, Recovery, or Fastboot to get my phone up and running again.

navalynt said:
Hmmm, tried to flash it as an update.zip through recovery and signature check failed. I'm guessing since this was prior to release it was test signed? Had to try since I need something via RSD, Recovery, or Fastboot to get my phone up and running again.
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If you look in there you can see that it updates recovery, I am assuming it signs it and requires a signature now.
might want to try one with a test signature and see if that works.

Im on my tablet no computer. . . Is there a boot.bin in therr if so id like to run it through my keyfind program see if i can find the same aes key in it

t0dbld said:
Im on my tablet no computer. . . Is there a boot.bin in therr if so id like to run it through my keyfind program see if i can find the same aes key in it
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baseband_ota.img and mbm_combo.bin

I want Update.zip signed for this orginal files from /system/lib
libskia.so
libskiagl.so
libwebcore.so
Because I changed these files to make the device read Arabic, but the device stops working and Restart
Now I want to push this and return the original files

designgears said:
baseband_ota.img and mbm_combo.bin
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Lol damnit lying in bed so tired , but so tempted by what ever mbm_combo.bin is but linux machine and keyfind back at my store only cr-48 and mac air here not enough processing power :-( anyhow thanks so much for post i cant wait to check it out. On side note you sure you going to leave dg ? I mean ever sense we got dock hack figured out im more leaning twoards keeping it . . Also because this is first cheep device i have bought $150 small invesment payed $500 or more for most my devices and cause i think we will get bootloader now and something seems weird abiut that dev dump of gb being vanilla. Maybe an option they will offer to quiet the devs anyhow at least keep posting us the leaks if you wont stay

designgears said:
If you look in there you can see that it updates recovery, I am assuming it signs it and requires a signature now.
might want to try one with a test signature and see if that works.
Same situation here, as you already know. is there a forum for one with a test signature?
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Im not a dev far from one but from what i am reading this sounds like some pretty good information has been gathered just from this old update.....Also you dont have to stay just keep the leaks and any others a coming....Thanks

it seems as they signed all of the partitions... have you guys looked at the odexed version.... under recoveryand overall... what are they trying to patch... BZIP2 is attached and renamed "updater"??? Also traces of BSDIFF just like in other moto images... .
Also this is from the radio_baseband image...
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_mc.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_error_handler.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_flash.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_configure.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_partition.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_loader.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_auth.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_target_accessor.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/shared/src/dbl_parser.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/target/qsc6695/src/dbl_target.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/target/qsc6695/src/dbl_flash_nand.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/target/qsc6695/src/dbl_flash_onenand.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/target/qsc6695/src/dbl_flash_shared.c
/localrepo/wxnk36/oly16101P/mdm6600/core/boot/secboot2/dbl/target/qsc6695/src/dbl_clk.c
OLYMPUSBP_N_01.61.01P.dbl

hassanjanjua2002 said:
designgears said:
If you look in there you can see that it updates recovery, I am assuming it signs it and requires a signature now.
might want to try one with a test signature and see if that works.
Same situation here, as you already know. is there a forum for one with a test signature?
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are you brave enough to flash the engineering bootloader from the other tread.... ?
It might circumvent the signature checks...
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zambezy said:
are you brave enough to flash the engineering bootloader from the other tread.... ?
It might circumvent the signature checks...
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Not saying that I will do it, but; How would we flash those *.bin files to the phone?

mp2ning said:
Not saying that I will do it, but; How would we flash those *.bin files to the phone?
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I'm guessing with NVFlasher

New 28k T-Mobile images not flashing

Anyone else having issues getting the new T-Mobile 28k update to work? I have downloaded it from the official Google images site. When I try to flash through nrt it will not boot after its flashed just sits at goolge on the device. I've also tried flashing each file individually through fastboot and still same issue. It's like there isn't a system image being flashed even though I flashed one.. Any suggestions? I'm puzzled
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I don't use the NRT, so can't comment on it.
When flashing using fastboot, what images did you flash? And were all successful? (If you flashed bootloader and/or radio, did you reboot bootloader after each of those?)
Did you flash cache.img? If not, flash the cache.img and see if that helps

beachbum40 said:
Anyone else having issues getting the new T-Mobile 28k update to work? I have downloaded it from the official Google images site. When I try to flash through nrt it will not boot after its flashed just sits at goolge on the device. I've also tried flashing each file individually through fastboot and still same issue. It's like there isn't a system image being flashed even though I flashed one.. Any suggestions? I'm puzzled
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I just finished flashing my phone to 28K with NRT. I was on 48M, unlocked it and flashed it to 28J and then flashed it to 28K using the image dowloaded from Google. I had the Force Flash option checked.

Sound more like you have a corrupted boot.img since it looping at the splash. Try fastboot a boot.img from a new or custom download. Have seen images corrupted on download.

jj14 said:
I don't use the NRT, so can't comment on it.
When flashing using fastboot, what images did you flash? And were all successful? (If you flashed bootloader and/or radio, did you reboot bootloader after each of those?)
Did you flash cache.img? If not, flash the cache.img and see if that helps
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Yea I finally got it I don't know what is going on I used fastboot adb and manually flashed about 30 times and still bootloop. I gave up on nrt. I like the tool for time saving but like I said it refused to flash with nrt and manual fastboot then all the sudden it worked. I downloaded the 28K factory images about 30 times as well. If it was corrupted it just finally decided to work. I've never had an issue like this in the past.
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prdog1 said:
Sound more like you have a corrupted boot.img since it looping at the splash. Try fastboot a boot.img from a new or custom download. Have seen images corrupted on download.
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Don't want to sound to ignorant but could you explain to me how these boot.img get corrupted? I'm sure that's what it was because when NRT was checking the images and it said to verify the hash mdn and I copied the mdn from Google's official site and pasted it in the dialog box on nrt it said match the first time when I tried to flashed 28K then it failed. Then I tried again and put the same mdn in the dialog box and nrt said mismatch. So I'm confused as hell.
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beachbum40 said:
Don't want to sound to ignorant but could you explain to me how these boot.img get corrupted? I'm sure that's what it was because when NRT was checking the images and it said to verify the hash mdn and I copied the mdn from Google's official site and pasted it in the dialog box on nrt it said match the first time when I tried to flashed 28K then it failed. Then I tried again and put the same mdn in the dialog box and nrt said mismatch. So I'm confused as hell.
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Usually when get a bad download you can't unzip it. When they put these images inside the zip the zip is good but don't mean the image is good. That is why they give you an MD5 with the download. Under normal conditions such as rom download can pretty much tell if download is bad cause can't access the file with 7zip ect. It is different with the zipped images. Any one image can be corrupt. but zip is good. I have had downloads with either/or/and system.img or boot.img was bad and all the others worked. Hope this makes sense. Lol
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Skip the toolkits till understand how it works with manual fastboot. Will save a lot of head banging when you need to fastboot fix a toolkit fail. I have used toolkit to play with it. Had many fails and used fastboot to fix. If using toolkit never pick the lock bootloader option. Good way to brick the device.

prdog1 said:
Skip the toolkits till understand how it works with manual fastboot.
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Allow me to add an argument.
Manual fastboot requires command line input and the 'speed' is controlled by yourself.
Toolkits use scripts and you won't be fast enough to stop when you choose the wrong option.

NLBeev said:
Allow me to add an argument.
Manual fastboot requires command line input and the 'speed' is controlled by yourself.
Toolkits use scripts and you won't be fast enough to stop when you choose the wrong option.
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I only use tool kit as a time saver I do know my way around adb / fastboot. Thanks
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NLBeev said:
Allow me to add an argument.
Manual fastboot requires command line input and the 'speed' is controlled by yourself.
Toolkits use scripts and you won't be fast enough to stop when you choose the wrong option.
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I use adb fastboot and have manually installed plenty times. Tool kits are convenience
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beachbum40 said:
I only use tool kit as a time saver I do know my way around adb / fastboot. Thanks
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Same here. Nice to meet you.

beachbum40 said:
I only use tool kit as a time saver I do know my way around adb / fastboot. Thanks
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timesaver toolkits are not, as things are quicker when done the right way. for example, it takes about 3 minutes to root your phone, if done the right way.

i tend to disagree on this one.
if the tool is made properly, all its doing is automating the commands and steps you would be using manually.
its not like its using a whole different method.
the tool could actually be better to use, if made properly, with Mfastboot. most users would use standard fastboot, instead of moto's fastboot, Mfastboot.

beachbum40 said:
I use adb fastboot and have manually installed plenty times. Tool kits are convenience
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Adb and fastboot are two completely different tools.
bweN diorD said:
i tend to disagree on this one.
if the tool is made properly, all its doing is automating the commands and steps you would be using manually.
its not like its using a whole different method.
the tool could actually be better to use, if made properly, with Mfastboot. most users would use standard fastboot, instead of moto's fastboot, Mfastboot.
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Our point is using tool kits doesn't help the learning process. We mostly believe that people should use fastboot manually to ensure they have a good set up and get accustomed to the commands.. This way, when they get in trouble and we have to help fix it, we don't have to teach them to use fastboot and set up their computer, we can go straight to helping resolve whatever actual issue they have - because tool kits cannot always help them.

danarama said:
Adb and fastboot are two completely different tools.
Our point is using tool kits does help the learning process. We mostly believe that people should use fastboot manually to ensure they have a good set up and get accustomed to the commands.. This way, when they get in trouble and we have to help fix it, we don't have to teach them to use fastboot and set up their computer, we can go straight to helping resolve whatever actual issue they have - because tool kits cannot always help them.
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All I was saying is I use both toolkit and fastboot. That's all. Thank you have a nice day?
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beachbum40 said:
All I was saying is I use both toolkit and fastboot. That's all. Thank you have a nice day?
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I was just correcting you when you said "adb fastboot" as if it was one thing, not two unrelated things.

danarama said:
Adb and fastboot are two completely different tools.
Our point is using tool kits does help the learning process. We mostly believe that people should use fastboot manually to ensure they have a good set up and get accustomed to the commands.. This way, when they get in trouble and we have to help fix it, we don't have to teach them to use fastboot and set up their computer, we can go straight to helping resolve whatever actual issue they have - because tool kits cannot always help them.
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i should have quoted simms last post.
i dont disagree with what you are saying, but do with the inference that toolkits use some inferior method, which isnt the case.

danarama said:
Adb and fastboot are two completely different tools.
Our point is using tool kits does help the learning process. We mostly believe that people should use fastboot manually to ensure they have a good set up and get accustomed to the commands.. This way, when they get in trouble and we have to help fix it, we don't have to teach them to use fastboot and set up their computer, we can go straight to helping resolve whatever actual issue they have - because tool kits cannot always help them.
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your first line. toolkits does help the learning process. with that i disagree 1000000%. why? because the tool kits dont go through and explain each process to the user. they tend not to explain anything actually.
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ok, toolkits.. they do work usually(every once in a while they do mess up). problem is with new users. toolkits dont teach them anything, not even basics, in case they mess up(and they do). by going through the rooting process the first time, properly, instead of toolkit, the user gets to learn the basics of every android process. by knowing thise basics, the yser can fix 99.99% of issues that pop up. with a toolkit, you dont get to learn the basics. so i tell everyone that toolkits are fine, just do thd rooting one time manually, then use the toolkit whenever you want after that.

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your first line. toolkits does help the learning process. with that i disagree 1000000%. why? because the tool kits dont go through and explain each process to the user. they tend not to explain anything actually.
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ok, toolkits.. they do work usually(every once in a while they do mess up). problem is with new users. toolkits dont teach them anything, not even basics, in case they mess up(and they do). by going through the rooting process the first time, properly, instead of toolkit, the user gets to learn the basics of every android process. by knowing thise basics, the yser can fix 99.99% of issues that pop up. with a toolkit, you dont get to learn the basics. so i tell everyone that toolkits are fine, just do thd rooting one time manually, then use the toolkit whenever you want after that.
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problem is, as long as there is a toolkit, 99% of people wont listen to you and will use the toolkit. there simply lazy and will never really appreciate any mods they do, because they did nothing more than click a few buttons...

bweN diorD said:
problem is, as long as there is a toolkit, 99% of people wont listen to you and will use the toolkit. there simply lazy and will never really appreciate any mods they do, because they did nothing more than click a few buttons...
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thats ok, as long as at least one person listens then im not wasting my time. and i know that at the very least that at least one person has listened to my advice
the other 99%, some will think that their phone is bricked, some will go back and learn, some will be successfull with toolkits. and some just wont ever learn a thing

help

Anyone can tell me easiest way to flash stock image to Nexus 6 I am not very experienced with fast boot and Adb stuffs. Now my phone is getting "this device is corrupted...." Please help..
Btw I am on stock ROM + twrp recovery

The easy way is simply learning how to flash images through fastboot, using the command "fastboot flash [partition] [image.img]". The lazy way is through using a toolkit like Wugfresh.

use Nexus Root Toolkit , with one click you can do so much

AJDA said:
use Nexus Root Toolkit , with one click you can do so much
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This is the single most dangerous thing you can suggest to someone new. Things like this are not really meant for new users. More for the ones that know what they are doing but are in a pinch for time.

zelendel said:
This is the single most dangerous thing you can suggest to someone new. Things like this are not really meant for new users. More for the ones that know what they are doing but are in a pinch for time.
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i dont agree with you , there is guide for use this tool also how its dangerous to select the tgz file and flash all thing with one click for you in the same time
for me its more dangerous to use adb command , and for that reason is the developers create this tool to make it easy for us
plus you have a lot of options when you are brick or in normal mode

AJDA said:
i dont agree with you , there is guide for use this tool also how its dangerous to select the tgz file and flash all thing with one click for you in the same time
for me its more dangerous to use adb command , and for that reason is the developers create this tool to make it easy for us
plus you have a lot of options when you are brick or in normal mode
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And when something goes wrong you come right back here asking for help. And when you tell people you used a one click method you find almost no help. If you don't know what you are doing with command lines then you really shouldn't be messing with your device.
There are very real risks. Even when using things like this.

@AJDA: On another thread a senior member asked me, incredulously, why I didn't push a toolkit. My answer was rather simple: the user needs to know how to use fastboot, as his next device may not have a toolkit available. On top of that, using fastboot is so easy the toolkits are ridiculous. Thus you have the easy way with fastboot and the lazy way with a toolkit.
For the record, the person asking for help in the first place on that other thread successfully used fastboot to restore his device. He learned something in the process and no longer needs a toolkit to do what everyone lately seems unable to accomplish without outside help.

The easy way is to use Wug's tool kit witch I highly recommended. However after you get you're phone back to normal you should really learn the fastboot method. It has saved my device's more time's than I can count,and is way more rewarding knowing you can do it yourself?

i have tried wugfresh toolkit to root yes it easy. but i tried restoring to stock image i keep failing & getting that error all over again and again, i tried 3x on the toolkit i cant get it to work. please help

And @zelendel's point is proven.
OP, search in general for the Nexus 6 all in one flashing guide and start reading.

Why when I flash TWRP or multirom I get that error?

[OBSOLETE] Variants with KDZs Bl Unlock Guide

THIS GUIDE IS NOW OBSOLETE
Links will be added once the new guide using the firehose comes out - No more bricking!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the firehose!
I just cut and pasted the whole guide into a txt file, which is linked below in case there's ever any purpose of looking at it again.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wTRMvweLlsF-3WU9CYlz7X3ZIRE3vtCs/view?usp=sharing

Isn’t Mr. Zhu the author of twrp?

You might want to wait until I get to my computer again as I realized there are a few minor edits that could be helpful. It's not letting me edit it successfully on my phone

Malossi94 said:
Isn’t Mr. Zhu the author of twrp?
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Yeah but apparently he stopped development, but le Minh sent the Korean fix after that so I'm not entirely sure lmao

antintin said:
Yeah but apparently he stopped development, but le Minh sent the Korean fix after that so I'm not entirely sure lmao
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Mr. Zhu repaired kor twrp, and my kor skt G8 participated in the repair development:silly:

Malossi94 said:
Mr. Zhu repaired kor twrp, and my kor skt G8 participated in the repair development:silly:
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Nice! I'll edit as soon as I get on my computer

Hi have followed the guide and got stuck at step 7. I get only the LG V50Thinq powered by android screen and nothing more. It just stays like for the past 30 minutes. I have rebooted several times but the same. i cannot access (or do not know) download mode.
Any help!

So, if your on a korean version that wil be a q version of android vulnerable. Therefore at step 6, you will need a pie kdz to flash those 4 xbl files. Do not make my mistake, you will get bricked ))

Marmalux said:
So, if your on a korean version that wil be a q version of android vulnerable. Therefore at step 6, you will need a pie kdz to flash those 4 xbl files. Do not make my mistake, you will get bricked ))
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Sorry I'm afraid I don't understand. That's step 4, and you don't need to flash the whole kdz. Only the partitions the guide says to.

antintin said:
Sorry I'm afraid I don't understand. That's step 4, and you don't need to flash the whole kdz. Only the partitions the guide says to.
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I think he's referring to how its a bit confusing how it says you should use android pie but also implies that you should use latest pre-march firmware, which for korean variant is actually android Q not pie so its little confusing which you should use, i could be wrong though, thanks alot for this guide though!

9RR said:
I think he's referring to how its a bit confusing how it says you should use android pie but also implies that you should use latest pre-march firmware, which for korean variant is actually android Q not pie so its little confusing which you should use, i could be wrong though, thanks alot for this guide though!
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If someone can't deal with the level of instruction I provided here, I would very much advise against attempting it as it is inherently very risky. Probably not what anyone wants to here, but it is what it is

This is great news. Has anyone Tested using a LOS GSI or AOSP GSI? I am on verizon and have found with another phone that all GSIs on android version 9 and 10 have "No Sim Card" errors and you can not make calls or send texts (strangely you can receive both). This error wasn't seen with other network versions of the phone (palm phone). I am a little hesitant to go through this process to find out if data doesn't work on LOS 17 or AOSP 10. If anyone on verizon tries this out, please report back on how well the GSIs work, or if you find a specific ROM that works on Verizon.

CaptainElwood said:
This is great news. Has anyone Tested using a LOS GSI or AOSP GSI? I am on verizon and have found with another phone that all GSIs on android version 9 and 10 have "No Sim Card" errors and you can not make calls or send texts (strangely you can receive both). This error wasn't seen with other network versions of the phone (palm phone). I am a little hesitant to go through this process to find out if data doesn't work on LOS 17 or AOSP 10. If anyone on verizon tries this out, please report back on how well the GSIs work, or if you find a specific ROM that works on Verizon.
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I've used a lot of gsis like bless and caos (use those instead of aosp definitely). I haven't had any data issues

antintin said:
I've used a lot of gsis like bless and caos (use those instead of aosp definitely). I haven't had any data issues
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But I have a sprint model. I'm pretty sure Verizon people have tried it with no issues already though

antintin said:
If someone can't deal with the level of instruction I provided here, I would very much advise against attempting it as it is inherently very risky. Probably not what anyone wants to here, but it is what it is
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Hi, thank you very much for this tutorial.
It was my mistake and got a permanent brick. It is true that the vulnerable firmware for kor is android Q and i have achieved root after downgrading to a older Q version. My problem was at step 4 because i used the q kdz and i did not download a separate pie kdz for that step.
Now i hope no one else will make my mistake since i really do not see how to get DL mode active or to switch slots without the USB. Only thing i got is the image that precedes the DL mode and the IMEI display. And since the USB is basically dead i think firehose (even if i had it) would not recover my phone.
I have flashed and unlock many phones and this is my first unrecoverable brick. My first LG though and probably the last.

Marmalux said:
Hi, thank you very much for this tutorial.
It was my mistake and got a permanent brick. It is true that the vulnerable firmware for kor is android Q and i have achieved root after downgrading to a older Q version. My problem was at step 4 because i used the q kdz and i did not download a separate pie kdz for that step.
Now i hope no one else will make my mistake since i really do not see how to get DL mode active or to switch slots without the USB. Only thing i got is the image that precedes the DL mode and the IMEI display. And since the USB is basically dead i think firehose (even if i had it) would not recover my phone.
I have flashed and unlock many phones and this is my first unrecoverable brick. My first LG though and probably the last.
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I'm very sorry to hear that, but the firehose could almost definitely help you unbrick. I tried to clarify more that it has to be a pie kdz now, because before I just wrote "load your pie kdz" and you probably missed that. There should still be a warranty though, so you could try to use that if you'd like. It might say that yours expired on the website, but you can just click past it.

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I'm very sorry to hear that, but the firehose could almost definitely help you unbrick. I tried to clarify more that it has to be a pie kdz now, because before I just wrote "load your pie kdz" and you probably missed that. There should still be a warranty though, so you could try to use that if you'd like. It might say that yours expired on the website, but you can just click past it.
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Thank you antintin for your reply. You bring me some hope. The warranty will not apply because it is stated clearly that any attempt to BL unlock will void it (I got it from a shop in Spain via Ebay).
But the firehose on the other hand.... When do you think it will be available? And how will i ba able to get it?
Thank you very much!

Marmalux said:
Thank you antintin for your reply. You bring me some hope. The warranty will not apply because it is stated clearly that any attempt to BL unlock will void it (I got it from a shop in Spain via Ebay).
But the firehose on the other hand.... When do you think it will be available? And how will i ba able to get it?
Thank you very much!
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Other people who bricked while different bl unlock methods were tested sent it in for warranty with no issues. The firehose will be available in November at the earliest probably. Proof of purchase from eBay should be enough, but I don't if there's any lg repair centers in Spain that support phones.

antintin said:
Other people who bricked while different bl unlock methods were tested sent it in for warranty with no issues. The firehose will be available in November at the earliest probably. Proof of purchase from eBay should be enough, but I don't if there's any lg repair centers in Spain that support phones.
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In Spain there are several. But i`m in Ireland, and here is none ))

Successfully rooted korean variant, thanks for the guide! I was wondering if its okay now to update to newest firmware via LGUP upgrade mode? (I really want the system wide accent color customization in newest firmware, among other things) I assume it should be but i really don't wanna have to redo all this so id rather just ask, thanks in advance!

Can anyone link/explain to me in simple easy to follow way to edit boot/dtbo.imgs? Unpack, read and edit, and repack without errors?

I have been trying to learn on this and have overclocked the pixel 4xl screen to 120hz, although the touch screen/cameras dont work, it runs it.
I used the crb tool to unpack and edit the dts files with text editor and hex edits.
I have used another tool and it has dts source files (dts.src) on some of them? Editing these doesn't change nothing, but the other files are not readable in text format, and didn't know if it I'm doing it wrong.
Also a question I had was do the boot files need modified as well due to the drivers? I really like modding stuff and need a dumbed down tutorial or insight into this.

Muscledup said:
I have been trying to learn on this and have overclocked the pixel 4xl screen to 120hz, although the touch screen/cameras dont work, it runs it.
I used the crb tool to unpack and edit the dts files with text editor and hex edits.
I have used another tool and it has dts source files (dts.src) on some of them? Editing these doesn't change nothing, but the other files are not readable in text format, and didn't know if it I'm doing it wrong.
Also a question I had was do the boot files need modified as well due to the drivers? I really like modding stuff and need a dumbed down tutorial or insight into this.
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Unfortunately, I can't help you, though I have high hopes you get through your problems.
I am right now trying to force unlock the bootloader, for those that have a carried locked bootloader.
Anyway, let me know how it goes!

#mcl said:
Unfortunately, I can't help you, though I have high hopes you get through your problems.
I am right now trying to force unlock the bootloader, for those that have a carried locked bootloader.
Anyway, let me know how it goes!
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Thanks I appreciated it, and carrier locked? Some will unlock for you but if not, you might be able to use the Qualcomm tool qpst for that, I remember reading people were unlocking their phones that way. Tmobile I believe had an unlock tool and sometimes they will unlock it for you but it's a pain, good luck

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Thanks I appreciated it, and carrier locked? Some will unlock for you but if not, you might be able to use the Qualcomm tool qpst for that, I remember reading people were unlocking their phones that way. Tmobile I believe had an unlock tool and sometimes they will unlock it for you but it's a pain, good luck
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Yeah QPST is a powerful tool, though I am still learning how to use it properly. Thanks for the tip anyway!