Hi everyone, I decided to pick up a spare V20 as a walk around device (I won't use it as a phone, especially because you can't use HD voice on a custom Rom with the V20), just as a multi media player, camera, web browsing device, etc.
I picked up another V20 soely to root and put a custom rom on there to play with.
Any how, I saw this walk through for a recent walkthrough on rooting a V20, and apparently the H910 (at&t version) is harder/more tedious to root compared to the VS995 (verizon version):
Did I get the "wrong" V20 variant? Should I return it? Or is it still relatively easy to root the H910 and run a custom ROM in 2022?
TIA
No replies, has anyone bought a V20 lately and rooted? They still have a lot of them on ebay, though I question them, they seem to be refurbished but sold as "new".
ssnova said:
No replies, has anyone bought a V20 lately and rooted? They still have a lot of them on ebay, though I question them, they seem to be refurbished but sold as "new".
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Yes, its not the easiest but it can be done. Therea a lot of information on here & there is a telegram group thats pretty helpful
ssnova said:
Hi everyone, I decided to pick up a spare V20 as a walk around device (I won't use it as a phone, especially because you can't use HD voice on a custom Rom with the V20), just as a multi media player, camera, web browsing device, etc.
I picked up another V20 soely to root and put a custom rom on there to play with.
Any how, I saw this walk through for a recent walkthrough on rooting a V20, and apparently the H910 (at&t version) is harder/more tedious to root compared to the VS995 (verizon version):
Did I get the "wrong" V20 variant? Should I return it? Or is it still relatively easy to root the H910 and run a custom ROM in 2022?
TIA
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Yeah you can Root the H910 and run a custom rom.
[ROOT] HOWTO: AT&T H910 up to v20g (FULLY TESTED)
Make a dump backup first before flashing the H915 KDZ file. Put it in a very safe place it has you EFS. That's what makes your phone work.
h910_root_pkg.zip "DirtySanta root package"
usb drivers for windows
Terminal Emulator for Android "f-droid Download APK at bottom of page"
LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm
Darnrain1 said:
Yeah you can Root the H910 and run a custom rom.
[ROOT] HOWTO: AT&T H910 up to v20g (FULLY TESTED)
Make a dump backup first before flashing the H915 KDZ file. Put it in a very safe place it has you EFS. That's what makes your phone work.
h910_root_pkg.zip "DirtySanta root package"
usb drivers for windows
Terminal Emulator for Android "f-droid Download APK at bottom of page"
LG V20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Developm
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Thanks for the insight and pointing me to the right direction @Darnrain1 !
On one of the H910's, I DEFINITELY want to put your custom rom on there and give it a run!
For now, I was trying to use one as a carry on device. However, with the way things are in my life right now, these projects will be in my backlog, haha... the main thing is, at least I have the hardware on hand.
I'll just leave them be for now. Slightly off topic, but I'd love to get my hands on a LG V50 as well one day. Nice camera, better speakers... though it still lacks the IR blaster, and most importantly, the ability to easily replace the battery. LG might have not been the best, but they certainly did some innovative/unique/great things in their tenure while in the smartphone space.
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So im more from the PC side of things but Just got a ATT LG V20. Can someone just let me know a few things? sorry for Noob and TY
1) Is it possible to ROOT an ATT LG V20?
2) Is it easy? one-button approach far far off?
3) Do any phones that get rooted, NEED to be unlocked first??
4) Kali Nethunter on LG V20 a pipe dream? How about on a Galaxy S6,7?
4) If I got a new Samsung Galaxy S6,7 are these much easier and does it matter if they are Verizon or ATT??
again TY for answering prob very easy questions.
-Drobe31
root isn't available yet for this model, you will need to wait more
remosam said:
root isn't available yet for this model, you will need to wait more
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Dirtysanta works on the 910.. Which is att
drobe31 said:
So im more from the PC side of things but Just got a ATT LG V20. Can someone just let me know a few things? sorry for Noob and TY
1) Is it possible to ROOT an ATT LG V20?
2) Is it easy? one-button approach far far off?
3) Do any phones that get rooted, NEED to be unlocked first??
4) Kali Nethunter on LG V20 a pipe dream? How about on a Galaxy S6,7?
4) If I got a new Samsung Galaxy S6,7 are these much easier and does it matter if they are Verizon or ATT??
again TY for answering prob very easy questions.
-Drobe31
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1) answer is yes. Don't listen to the guy who said it's not. The Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile, and Sprint all have unlocked bootloaders and root.
2)No one click methods exists, but the method is not hard. Just follow the directions carefully and you'll be fine. Also, ask questions before proceeding to make sure you understand. We were all new at one point so don't be ashamed.
3)The process that exists currently actually unlocks the bootloader and roots the phone at the same time basically. You can skip rooting at the end by not doing the very last step but supposedly the phone will have some performance issues.
4)Not sure what Kali NewHunter is.
4)I can't really answer that either because I don't have experience with those devices.
Hey guys! My G3 has begun to crawl on its last legs, it's been a great 4 years but it's time to part ways with it. I'll be getting the V20 tomorrow as an Insurance Replacement for the G3 through Asurion (apparently pronounced "uh-shore-ee-on"), and was wondering what (STABLE) Roms you'd recommend, and also if the V20 has even been rooted and had its BL unlocked? I've fallen out of the rooting scene since I rooted my G3 back in 2015 so haven't kept up with the latest shenanigans.
There is good info about root here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20. I like Weta Rom, but all are good and stable.
as the v20 has like 10 variants, you need to specify what carrier the device is from
by model number (H918) (US996) (LS997) etc.. each rom should be listed by its model or universal if it has multiple modles
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as the v20 has like 10 variants, you need to specify what carrier the device is from
by model number (H918) (US996) (LS997) etc.. each rom should be listed by its model or universal if it has multiple modles
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My bad. I've added H910 to the title!
KingRoot said:
My bad. I've added H910 to the title!
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perfect, keep that number in your head as thats where youll need to spend your time at.
The V20 seems to flash anything, but more then likely wont get service if not " H910 " version.
The Aokp and Resurrection roms both boast multiple devices, the rest you'll need to make sure you get it for the H910 device.
I know that most models can be rooted with dirty santa "formerly dirty cow" and run the stock loaded software as is.
Sprint needed a fully rebuilt stock rom to fix the issues we had.
All devices show static on boot up for the most part due to a kernel issue, there are some kernels that resolve this, and some devices that never have this issue.
Its probably the worst part of root, everything else is fixed or being fixed quickly.
Need Fastboot and Adb on your pc, expecially the first day or two in-case you have issues.
Need to practice booting into recovery using hardware keys also,
hold vol down and power with phone full off,
when lg logo shows up let go of power and re-hold it immediately without letting vol down go,
if done right it will ask you if you want to wipe phone, hit yes to both prompts and you'll enter Stock recovery or TWRP if you have already run dirty santa.
Otherwise it looks like most devices are at the same spots now. good stock roms, a few aops, a few mods, and a lot of hungry users and devs trying to fill the forums full of goodies!
Good-Luck Bro!
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Hey guys! My G3 has begun to crawl on its last legs, it's been a great 4 years but it's time to part ways with it. I'll be getting the V20 tomorrow as an Insurance Replacement for the G3 through Asurion (apparently pronounced "uh-shore-ee-on"), and was wondering what (STABLE) Roms you'd recommend, and also if the V20 has even been rooted and had its BL unlocked? I've fallen out of the rooting scene since I rooted my G3 back in 2015 so haven't kept up with the latest shenanigans.
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you got the g3 a year before it came out!?! I didn't get it until june of 2014 :'[
Just messing with you since the G3 didn't come out until May of 2014 so it's almost 3 years old. Anyway, as far as ROMs and stuff just head over to the dev section and browse around. For root you'll use the dirty santa method. I know the 910 isn't getting as much attention as the 918, 996, and 995 but there are a couple stock based ROMs for it. I have the vs995 so haven't paid much attention to the 910.
Bubba Fett said:
There is good info about root here. https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20. I like Weta Rom, but all are good and stable.
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WETA for the masses! I couldn't be happier than on WETA UNI 4.4....it's compatible with ATT H910, and flat out awesome in all regards!
1st I checked for any posts or threads for my question no results so here we go
I have 3x ls997 one bricked (100% my fault I did something stupid to brick it), one (my 1st one) santa rooted & custom rom (sim-unlocked) today I got 3rd one (again ls997 still full stock out of the box) as replacement for my bricked one. Thing is I want to sim-unlock the stock sprint rom as is out of the box by paying for the service. Tried androidsimunlock but they got me "unavalable unlock code" and refunded me (attached photo). Any suggestions will be welocmed. Phone is sprint bad esn but I live in Europe that's why I bought bad esn since it doesn't matter for international use once you got it unlocked somehow. Thank you for reading. :good:
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1st I checked for any posts or threads for my question no results so here we go
I have 3x ls997 one bricked (100% my fault I did something stupid to brick it), one (my 1st one) santa rooted & custom rom (sim-unlocked) today I got 3rd one (again ls997 still full stock out of the box) as replacement for my bricked one. Thing is I want to sim-unlock the stock sprint rom as is out of the box by paying for the service. Tried androidsimunlock but they got me "unavalable unlock code" and refunded me (attached photo). Any suggestions will be welocmed. Phone is sprint bad esn but I live in Europe that's why I bought bad esn since it doesn't matter for international use once you got it unlocked somehow. Thank you for reading. :good:
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unlock it with dirty santa, then flash the us996 rom. it will be unlocked.
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unlock it with dirty santa, then flash the us996 rom. it will be unlocked.
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that's what I did successfully on my 1 of 3 lg v20 the one I use for myself actually. the thing is after 2 months with us996 rom (used us996 original deodexed rom the original file from december not us996 .kdz which I tried and changes the modem therefore I loose all connections (no service)) the phone becomes more and more super slow. I mean really slow. I have zero to non apps installed. I don't even play games. Also not heavy user in all aspects. ALso there are no OTA you must download new custom rom every time and flash using the existing already twrp since santa rooted.
I love how stock sprint rom works. Fast, reliable, don't mind the bloatware. Also awesome to have hard reset working from the menu not only using fastboot commands. also OTA updates working is great because this phone is getting android 8 (yes a lot of time until that happened)
niki.b said:
that's what I did successfully on my 1 of 3 lg v20 the one I use for myself actually. the thing is after 2 months with us996 rom (used us996 original deodexed rom the original file from december not us996 .kdz which I tried and changes the modem therefore I loose all connections (no service)) the phone becomes more and more super slow. I mean really slow. I have zero to non apps installed. I don't even play games. Also not heavy user in all aspects. ALso there are no OTA you must download new custom rom every time and flash using the existing already twrp since santa rooted.
I love how stock sprint rom works. Fast, reliable, don't mind the bloatware. Also awesome to have hard reset working from the menu not only using fastboot commands. also OTA updates working is great because this phone is getting android 8 (yes a lot of time until that happened)
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Ota will never work once you dirty santa. Have to patch the ota after it is dl or boot loop. But i understand wanting the rom to run faster. You may be able to flash a dif. Boot.img and get it to run quicker on us996. And yeah i wouldnt recommend restoring a ls997 with the us996 kdz.
You can SIM unlock your LS997 using Octoplus LG unlock.
It is up to you to decide will you do it by yourself or use help here's how it looks.
There are a lot of re-sellers also on eBay, for example this one
P.S.: As far as the problem is with the kernel and alot of system garbage for this device you'll get same lags in several months of usage of course even using stock Sprint FW...
I bought a AT&T spec phone from ebay but because I'm not in the USA nor on AT&T the device is stuck on H91010I from Dec 1, 2016.
From my little reading it appears this old version is possible to root using some of the documented methods but I wonder if it would make sense to wait?
If Oreo does come to the V20 would it be worthwhile to skip going through the song and dance of following the myriad of guides now and save that until some good Oreo roms are available for the device?
1) I despise the AT&T branding and bloatware, I have no idea how they get away with putting so much **** on the phone, I would say nearly half of the apps on the device I will never use or have any interest in using
2) I find the battery life really poor, dunno if it's the stock rom, AT&T bloatware or some combination of the two, my ancient Sony Z3 gets better battery life but it's old as the dinosaurs, how is my new V20 so poor?
3) The guides for rooting and updating to a custom rom for the V20 looks pretty gnarly, run script, install files, sacrifice chickens, dance in a circle with a kiwi on your foot. I understand DirtySanta seems to provide access that I need but man the guides look pretty daunting
What do you guys think?
pr0cs said:
I bought a AT&T spec phone from ebay but because I'm not in the USA nor on AT&T the device is stuck on H91010I from Dec 1, 2016.
From my little reading it appears this old version is possible to root using some of the documented methods but I wonder if it would make sense to wait?
If Oreo does come to the V20 would it be worthwhile to skip going through the song and dance of following the myriad of guides now and save that until some good Oreo roms are available for the device?
1) I despise the AT&T branding and bloatware, I have no idea how they get away with putting so much **** on the phone, I would say nearly half of the apps on the device I will never use or have any interest in using
2) I find the battery life really poor, dunno if it's the stock rom, AT&T bloatware or some combination of the two, my ancient Sony Z3 gets better battery life but it's old as the dinosaurs, how is my new V20 so poor?
3) The guides for rooting and updating to a custom rom for the V20 looks pretty gnarly, run script, install files, sacrifice chickens, dance in a circle with a kiwi on your foot. I understand DirtySanta seems to provide access that I need but man the guides look pretty daunting
What do you guys think?
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If you want to root I'd would do it now, no one knows right now if oreo will be rootable with the present methods. If you are weary using the dirty santa method I believe runningnaked has another root method here on the forum
If you want updates you will have to root. Att only pushes updates to devices with an active att sim. So your phone will stay on that old firmware indefinitely. The only root method for the device is dirtysanta. That's it. We have a fully locked bootloader with no fastboot so it is the only way to achieve root. Runninnak3ds guide is dirty santa so there is no difference between the two. Both use the dirtycow exploit to push a debug aboot to the phone. So either you root to stay up to date and debloat or you stay how you are. No other way around it
Clearly I have to bite the bullet and start doing some reading and see if I can follow one of the guides. Thanks for the info!
Followed @runningnak3d guide and it went pretty well. I wanted to try a debloated rom but I couldn't get it to work without seeing the crash screen. Stuck with the rom that was included with the guide and just debloated the installation with root as best I could. I have not tried tethering, which never worked with the legacy rom that came with the phone. Nonetheless, the process wasn't too difficult, the hardest part was downloading the kdz file from lg-firmwares.com which took well over a hour to download. I might try and rehost that file for other people stuck in the same situation.
Also when you root it wipes everything on your phone so might as well do it now instead of waiting for your phone to be full of important data.
So back when I got my phone in Feb 2020, I did what most people do when they have a new device, update it. After some googling, I found plenty of threads about how great the google version of Android 9 is for the v35. Removing the ATT bloatware was my main reason for flashing to it.
I've read on a few different websites that if you flashed to the stock google android 9 rom, that there is no way to flash back to the ATT roms, or upgrade to the current android 10 att rom. My phone is unlocked and is of course, the ATT version.
Model: LM-V350AWM (doesn't show that it's google I guess)
Hardware: Rev 1.0
I have not bought an ATT sim card or gotten there service to upgrade because of what I read. Is it possible to flash back to stock ATT ROMs or to OTA with an ATT sim if I flashed to the google version? Anyway to go back (stock 8.0 even)? I really don't want to switch to a new phone since I got this baby for 190$ and finding something equally good or better in this price range is not happening. I'd appreciate any information you guys have on this.
Thanks!
It isn't clear from your note what you want to do. If your objective is to get to A10, I highly recommend following cloud's guide to localize the Korean A10 rom. That would require unlocking the bootloader. Everything on that rom works at least for me and my use cases. Browse around here in the v35 forums and you'll find the threads you need.
If your aim is simply stock A10 with ATT, there is one option. Someone posted a partition dump. You could try writing partitions one-by-one usind qfil. I haven't seem any reports of anyone doing that....
Okay. So is it confirmed that if you flashed the stock Google Fi Android 9 onto your att phone that you can't flash back to atts? Different partition sizes end up bricking the phone? I can't find any att kdz anyway. Not even the older android 8. I know att $oesnt release theirs but plenty of folks normally upload their stock kdz for the community.
Really confused with how dead the LG V30/35 community has been since day 1. I remember when I was learning how to root my viewsonic g tablet and galaxy 3 (2011-12) the forums were bursting with people and stock kdz loaded everywhere. And 30 different roms were being worked on for one device. I think the galaxy S5 community is still more active than this one. Smh
Thank you for the reply. I'll look for the post you mentioned. I haven't worked or played around with modifying android in 10 years. Only thing I've done is a quick flash of googlefi kdz back in 2020 which was brainless. Just looking at the tutorials to root this phone seems daunting now lol.
Jebsauce said:
Okay. So is it confirmed that if you flashed the stock Google Fi Android 9 onto your att phone that you can't flash back to atts? Different partition sizes end up bricking the phone? I can't find any att kdz anyway. Not even the older android 8. I know att $oesnt release theirs but plenty of folks normally upload their stock kdz for the community.
Really confused with how dead the LG V30/35 community has been since day 1. I remember when I was learning how to root my viewsonic g tablet and galaxy 3 (2011-12) the forums were bursting with people and stock kdz loaded everywhere. And 30 different roms were being worked on for one device. I think the galaxy S5 community is still more active than this one. Smh
Thank you for the reply. I'll look for the post you mentioned. I haven't worked or played around with modifying android in 10 years. Only thing I've done is a quick flash of googlefi kdz back in 2020 which was brainless. Just looking at the tutorials to root this phone seems daunting now lol.
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AT&T does not release kdz. Don't know why you think that needs to be confirmed. Partitions for AT&T A10 have been dumped. You can write them one by one by qfil.
As to why V30/V35 development is dead, a huge factor is that lg exited the mobile phone market. LG, despite making good hardware, was also not developer friendly. The V35 is 4 years old.
As for rooting a V35, just follow the instructions if that's what you want or move to newer models with 5G, more memory, and greater battery capacity.
I am still rocking my V35 Fi phone happily.
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AT&T does not release kdz. Don't know why you think that needs to be confirmed. Partitions for AT&T A10 have been dumped. You can write them one by one by qfil.
As to why V30/V35 development is dead, a huge factor is that lg exited the mobile phone market. LG, despite making good hardware, was also not developer friendly. The V35 is 4 years old.
As for rooting a V35, just follow the instructions if that's what you want or move to newer models with 5G, more memory, and greater battery capacity.
I am still rocking my V35 Fi phone happily.
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I thought people who were more tech savvy than me could pull a stock KDZ off their own ATT phone. That's what people did in the past anyway (I believe).
The phone is still great and I'm glad you are happy with it. I just wanted android 10 on my phone. Stock. English. I might try the Korean route since I'm less likely to brick my phone. Who knows, we'll find out. Thanks for the replys.
The localized A10 Korean rom has been fantastic for me. Everything works.
Make sure you backup ftm and efs partitions before starting. You will lose the S/N but it is easily restored. If you are in US, I suggest you flash the localized OP partition. Links are in the localization thread started by cloud.