VS98024A - OTA manual install + Patched Stock Kernels
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Thanks for your help for letting me know i could use android terminal.
Am enjoying KK now and its amazingly smooth and fast.
No problem man, congrats, glad you're enjoying KK. Thank JackpotCalvin and xdabbeb for making this possible.
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I wouldn't consider myself a super advanced user and I managed to do this not once not twice but three times with no issues. Just follow the instructions. And by the way, Google Play services is a little more integrated on 4.4 lol so yeah, don't remove that 
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I wouldn't consider myself a super advanced user and I managed to do this not once not twice but three times with no issues. Just follow the instructions. And by the way, Google Play services is a little more integrated on 4.4 lol so yeah, don't remove that
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Now you're making me really want to do it. I've only dabbled with ADB and don't really trust myself. If there's no flashable version this weekend maybe I'll give it a try.
So did someone get the source kitkat kernel?
Never mind I just read back and figured it out.
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Never mind I just read back and figured it out.
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Is anyone having slow charging of the device after the ota?
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i was just like you until enter the nexus talked about android terminal. Just download it and follow instructions. whatever is uppercase make sure it is and the phone will just reboot itself.
I saw it mentioned but didn't know how easily it was done. Good to know that it's pretty straightforward. I recall it being a pain to go back to stock, but it was months ago when I did that so maybe it's easier now.
Hahaha made my night. "Oh sh*t boys LG put up the kernel source" "Its not time yet, We have have new phones coming out and they can not be over shadowed! Shut it down! SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!"
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OK, since I got 2nd post, I'm going to post a FAQ up for newbies here so we don't have to clog the thread with "how to do this" or "can I flash custom recovery?"
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Phew! ?
I looked when it was first posted, thought about saving a copy but thought, nah, someone else will.... So glad you did!
I was even trying to see just now if Google's cache had an available copy, but no...none available. Glad you had the presence of mind to grab it!
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85After interrupting the 11A to 12B OTA to see what was happening and decompiling certain framework bits along with the LGFOTA.apk I was able to figure out how to force the 24A OTA KitKat build to install. Thanks to @JackpotClavin for finding the bin file.
It looks like an official release is near, so if you aren't VERY comfortable with adb, etc. then this isn't for you, and please don't attempt it. As with any procedures of this sort you risk getting your phone in an unusable state and potentially worse. If you are comfortable with this and don't want to wait for the OTA, here's what I did to make it work. Hopefully this will also help others force future OTAs as the procedure should be transferable.
Manual OTA Install:
- Restore to 100% stock VS98012B via one of the available tot/kdz methods, then get root using the latest ioroot from autoprime (or do it manually). Don't install a recovery. Don't modify anything.
- Download the bin file from here and verify that the md5 is ebb9750e33574c7738a8256fb01a9e00
- Rename the file to dlpkgfile and push it to /cache/fota/
- From an adb shell run the following command:
** Note: If the recovery directory does not exist on your phone...create itCode:echo "--update_package=/cache/fota/dlpkgfile" > /cache/recovery/command - From adb shell run the following command:
Code:am start -n com.lge.lgfota.permission/com.lge.lgfota.permission.DmcEzUpdateStart - The phone will restart on its own and go through the software update procedure.
Optional:
If you want a custom recovery, then you have a few more steps. JackpotClavin has already written up an excellent guide on how to do so HERE. Follow his steps 5-8 (as you've theoretically already followed this guide to get to 24A), and substitute one of the .lok files included in this archive for the file named "boot.emmc.win" in step 7. If you have already gone through that procedure and have a custom recovery, you can simply flash either of the following two zips:
xdabbeb_vs98024a_kernel_google_gcc
xdabbeb_vs98024a_kernel_linaro_gcc
Q: What's the difference between the two?
A: One is built with the standard 4.6 gcc toolchain (same as stock LG) and the other is built with a linaro 4.7.4 optimized gcc toolchain.
Note: In order to have a custom recovery you need to be use an older (12b, 4.2.2) aboot/bootloader. At the same time, your laf partition (which is the one responsible for download mode) is now based on the new 24A OTA and won't work with the older aboot. All you need to do to get a working download mode again is dd the laf partition from 12b. You can find it right here. Since the only way you got to this point is by using dd to install an older aboot, I'll assume you can do the same thing for laf.
Devs: Feel free to use the kernels in your roms. Just give credit in your OP.23Here the flashable zip file to test, make sure you did a full wipe before flashing:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407582762
(MD5: 0c0f55f64c5be1a287e2ddec4bcde272)
Remember to keep a copy of your working ROM so you can flash it if anything wrong happend. This one already included the system, kernel and modules needed for KitKat.
If you can boot into the system (patched kernel works), you should enter recovery and flash VS980 KitKat Baseband and SuperSU
If you stuck at boot logo, then flash your previous ROM and wait for a new patch from Savoca. (Then you will need to flash this ROM, and his later patch version)
Please test it and give us feedback.
Thanks @xdabbeb, @Savoca and @JackpotClavin for their hard work.20I'd like to aplogize in advance but the OP clearly states....
Call me what you will for this but if the OPs instructions don't work for you then you're not following them exactly as posted. You're not reading. You're not following the instructions EXACTLY. If this doesn't work for you on the first try - you're doing it wrong. I'm not really sure what the confusion regarding "100% stock" is with people. If you can't figure out what "100% stock" means then you probably shouldn't be trying to follow this procedure. If you can't properly rename a file then you probably shouldn't be trying to follow this procedure. If you can't figure out how to get back to 100% stock then you probably shouldn't be trying to follow this procedure. If you're not sure how to backup the files on your sdcard then you probably shouldn't be trying to follow this procedure.
If this process doesn't work for you on the first, or even second, try then you should probably stop & wait for someone to package up the contents into a flashable zip that you're comfortable with. It's better to wait & do something you're comfortable with than to bork your phone. Once again I apologize but if this doesn't work for you on the first or second try... you're flat out doing it wrong & not following the instructions in the OP & you need to give up before you make things worse for your device.20
