I have a LG V20 F800S (SKT) and I need HELP with rooting

[TheChosenOne1108]

I know many XDA developers will say it is not possible,etc but I came across some user who has rooted my model successfully via the DirtySanta method, so I gave it a try and after 4 attempts later (LG UP issues, Downgrading issues, ADB issues, etc (all solved)) I got stuck in STEP 6 (In dirtySanta tutorial) where you had to flash "bootbackup.img". ADB will display as cannot open "error" so abandoning STEP 6, I started to cold sweat and carefully decided to reboot the device into homescreen (Just to make sure that my phone is still alive) and as usual, during the booting up sequence, it displayed a "device is corrupted" screen and booted in and as soon as I see my stock LG lockscreen, a orange full screen popped up saying "Find the Phone Owner!" and nothing besides emergency calls, I saw some videos who came across this screen but they had an alternative option called "UNLOCK", I had no such options like that. So I got scared and decided to boot my phone into download mode to flash stock KDZ but first I was not expecting a static screen in download mode but I successfully connected my phone to LG UP and also successfully flashed it back to stock meaning that I lost all my progress but I saved my phone... Please, if any developers are out there reading this (which I *wish*), please help me or us (who has the same model) to taste and feel the sweetness of being ROOTED.


By the way, I never tried to root a device "manually" so I am quite a newbie.
The guy who rooted F800S : http://cafe.naver.com/develoid/683406 (you need to sign up to see the thread but this is the proof)
Link to the DirtySanta rooting method : https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410

 

[shanishahzad]

I am shahzad from Pakistan and I have LG v20 f800s rooted
It is posibal
1 you want LG up patch
2 you want LG v20 f800l kdz file
3 weta rom vs995 5.0.7
4 and schwifly kernel
Falsh f800l kdz file with LG up patch in your LG v20 f800s
After flash kdz in your v20. And use root mathed f800l
After root and flash twrp in your LG v20 you flash vs995 weta Rom and flash schwifly kernel.
You are rooted LG v20 f800s ok

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

I am shahzad from Pakistan and I have LG v20 f800s rooted
It is posibal
1 you want LG up patch
2 you want LG v20 f800l kdz file
3 weta rom vs995 5.0.7
4 and schwifly kernel
Falsh f800l kdz file with LG up patch in your LG v20 f800s
After flash kdz in your v20. And use root mathed f800l
After root and flash twrp in your LG v20 you flash vs995 weta Rom and flash schwifly kernel.
You are rooted LG v20 f800s ok

So you have to flash it with stock F800"L"?
Is there no turn back after this?

 

[tachiquan3]

Also needs help here. Please help us f800s users.

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

Also needs help here. Please help us f800s users.

Where are you stuck at? I might be able to help you if I can

 

[shanishahzad]

Sorry bro I am besy in home
My answer is
Yes you are back in your f800s kdz
You want
1.you want LG v20 f800s kdz file
2.you want lgup patch
Inter your v20 in download mod
And open lgup patch in your pc
Choose partisan dll and start wait for camplet
And you are back LG v20 f800s stock.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/restore-v20-to-100-stock-bricked-devices-t3524903
And see this page

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

Sorry bro I am besy in home
My and is
Yes you are back in your f800s kdz
You want
1.you want LG v20 f800s kdz file
2.you want lgup patch
Inter your v20 in download mod
And open lgup patch in your pc
Choose partisan dll and start wait for camplet
And you are back LG v20 f800s stock.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/restore-v20-to-100-stock-bricked-devices-t3524903
And see this page

So is it okay to just flash a F800L in a F800S? will you be still able to call or message? does Data network work?

 

[shanishahzad]

and this link LG v20 restore with lgup patch
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/guide-patch-lgup-to-unlock-features-t3652222

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yes it is all ok call and data is ok no problem in f800l is perfect workcontent://media/external/file/2323

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Sorry for my bad English

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

I know many XDA developers will say it is not possible,etc but I came across some user who has rooted my model successfully via the DirtySanta method, so I gave it a try and after 4 attempts later (LG UP issues, Downgrading issues, ADB issues, etc (all solved)) I got stuck in STEP 6 (In dirtySanta tutorial) where you had to flash "bootbackup.img". ADB will display as cannot open "error" so abandoning STEP 6, I started to cold sweat and carefully decided to reboot the device into homescreen (Just to make sure that my phone is still alive) and as usual, during the booting up sequence, it displayed a "device is corrupted" screen and booted in and as soon as I see my stock LG lockscreen, a orange full screen popped up saying "Find the Phone Owner!" and nothing besides emergency calls, I saw some videos who came across this screen but they had an alternative option called "UNLOCK", I had no such options like that. So I got scared and decided to boot my phone into download mode to flash stock KDZ but first I was not expecting a static screen in download mode but I successfully connected my phone to LG UP and also successfully flashed it back to stock meaning that I lost all my progress but I saved my phone... Please, if any developers are out there reading this (which I *wish*), please help me or us (who has the same model) to taste and feel the sweetness of being ROOTED.


By the way, I never tried to root a device "manually" so I am quite a newbie.
The guy who rooted F800S : http://cafe.naver.com/develoid/683406 (you need to sign up to see the thread but this is the proof)
Link to the DirtySanta rooting method : https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410

Found the problem
I successfully went through flashing the boot2.img but now... after I reboot it, I get a secure start up screen... OMFG why is LG doing this to me?!

 

[cnjax]

Found the problem
I successfully went through flashing the boot2.img but now... after I reboot it, I get a secure start up screen... OMFG why is LG doing this to me?!

Sounds like you forgot to format data in twrp

Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA Labs

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

Sounds like you forgot to format data in twrp

Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA Labs

Oh... that might be the problem and also do know the "Find the owner!" screen? someone said that if you delete the "findmyphone" file it will work but do you know where the file is?
thanks by the way

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

I know many XDA developers will say it is not possible,etc but I came across some user who has rooted my model successfully via the DirtySanta method, so I gave it a try and after 4 attempts later (LG UP issues, Downgrading issues, ADB issues, etc (all solved)) I got stuck in STEP 6 (In dirtySanta tutorial) where you had to flash "bootbackup.img". ADB will display as cannot open "error" so abandoning STEP 6, I started to cold sweat and carefully decided to reboot the device into homescreen (Just to make sure that my phone is still alive) and as usual, during the booting up sequence, it displayed a "device is corrupted" screen and booted in and as soon as I see my stock LG lockscreen, a orange full screen popped up saying "Find the Phone Owner!" and nothing besides emergency calls, I saw some videos who came across this screen but they had an alternative option called "UNLOCK", I had no such options like that. So I got scared and decided to boot my phone into download mode to flash stock KDZ but first I was not expecting a static screen in download mode but I successfully connected my phone to LG UP and also successfully flashed it back to stock meaning that I lost all my progress but I saved my phone... Please, if any developers are out there reading this (which I *wish*), please help me or us (who has the same model) to taste and feel the sweetness of being ROOTED.


By the way, I never tried to root a device "manually" so I am quite a newbie.
The guy who rooted F800S : http://cafe.naver.com/develoid/683406 (you need to sign up to see the thread but this is the proof)
Link to the DirtySanta rooting method : https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410

Finally managed to root without flashing any other ROM.. Thank you all for your support and for those who are struggling to root this model, feel free to ask me

 

[tachiquan3]

How?

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

How?

What do you need help on?
the "find the phone owner!" one?, if that's the problem, get into TWRP recovery and first Mount/system then, go back and Advanced/File explorer/System/Priv-app and find the folder that might say, "findmyphone" or something similar to that and all you have to do is DELETE that folder! TaDa!

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

How?

And also I soft bricked my phone by flashing Xposed Framework (I had to flash stock ROM and root it all back again which took me years but is there an easy way for it?)... idk what to do with this one yet

 

[tachiquan3]

Does f800s have custom roms and kernels?

 

[TheChosenOne1108]

Does f800s have custom roms and kernels?

Well.. idk for the F800S unfortunately because I rooted my phone for a different purpose

 

[arfhel09]

Great! Please post a guide for root bro. I definitely wanted to root my f800s

 

[kailele]

I am shahzad from Pakistan and I have LG v20 f800s rooted
It is posibal
1 you want LG up patch
2 you want LG v20 f800l kdz file
3 weta rom vs995 5.0.7
4 and schwifly kernel
Falsh f800l kdz file with LG up patch in your LG v20 f800s
After flash kdz in your v20. And use root mathed f800l
After root and flash twrp in your LG v20 you flash vs995 weta Rom and flash schwifly kernel.
You are rooted LG v20 f800s ok

:good::good: thank you bro, i changed v20 f800s to f800l and rooted it by your methods. Cannot wait to install weta rom .

 

[justcosmic]

I am shahzad from Pakistan and I have LG v20 f800s rooted
It is posibal
1 you want LG up patch
2 you want LG v20 f800l kdz file
3 weta rom vs995 5.0.7
4 and schwifly kernel
Falsh f800l kdz file with LG up patch in your LG v20 f800s
After flash kdz in your v20. And use root mathed f800l
After root and flash twrp in your LG v20 you flash vs995 weta Rom and flash schwifly kernel.
You are rooted LG v20 f800s ok

I flashed the stock F800L ROM to my F800L, but still had no access to bootloader/fastboot.
Is that normal?
Is your method: Flash F800L, then use Dirty Santa root method ?