[ROM][OFFICIAL][13] LineageOS 20.0 for LG V30 (joan/h932)

[lifehackerhansol]

I'm having a little bit of a trouble here. Turns out that needed to have the latest pie rom. Where can I flash one for US998 and H932? TWRP flashable links are dead.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/jacoas-v30-files/files/Stock%20Roms/H932/H93230d.zip

Flash that, but you NEED TO HAVE TWRP in Recovery, and NOT LAF. The lafsploit instructions tell you how

 

[burdell]

And you were on stock Pie firmware before you flashed LineageOS right?

This really does help me a lot, thanks.

Yes, I was at the last LG firmware before starting, downgraded when rooting, then reinstalled LG Pie.

 

[Cobra11Murderer]

One thing I noticed, wifi is working but not for google apps

 

[burdell]

One thing I noticed, wifi is working but not for google apps

I just tried several (don't have a SIM in the phone, it's my backup/misc use device, so definitely using wifi) and they worked. Chrome, Play Store, Keep, Photos, Gmail, Calendar, Maps, and Voice all worked okay.

 

[Osprey00]

One thing I noticed, wifi is working but not for google apps

Try installing the Google apps from a different source. Ex. If you installed NikGapps, try MindTheGapps, or if you installed MindTheGapps, try NikGapps.

 

[burdell]

In my case (where they work), I used MindTheGapps.

 

[Cobra11Murderer]

@Osprey00 Thanks for the suggestion its been so long since ive updated this phone.. mindthegapps and nikgapps I didnt even know about... Originally when I went to install this I used mindthegapps but that didnt work..

Nikgapps however did I appreciate it your the first member Ive seen say it personally.. but either way its working thanks again brought new life to the backup device

 

[mamamia888]

If we would like to try out LOS20 on V30, what's the better way to backup our existing Stock Pie rom/data and we can "restore" them without issues? thanks!

 

[mmmzon]

Simpler instructions(?):
- H932: unlock bootloader here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/3842550/

After bootloader unlock, do something to update to stock Pie first, be it LG UP or TWRP zip. KDZ seems to be more stable, however. Do NOT update recovery when doing this, and immediately reboot to recovery afterwards.

Then literally just go install the ROM in a recovery of your choice. LineageOS recovery strongly recommended as shown in the guide.

Has anybody actually tested these instructions? I have been trying to follow them to the letter for a few days now, with no success.

 

[lifehackerhansol]

Has anybody actually tested these instructions? I have been trying to follow them to the letter for a few days now, with no success.

so exactly what isn't working?

 

[mmmzon]

so exactly what isn't working?

Thanks for coming back. I managed to downgrade the code to 10d and (I think) load 10h LAF. The part I do not seem to be able to bypass is Step 2 in the instructions, i.e., https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/root-h932-lafploit-1-5-up-to-v20a.3842550/#post-77672203 (lafsploit). I follow the instructions, load twrp.img into the recovery partition, and then do the following

• Power off your phone
• Hold vol down + power.
• When the LG logo appears, immediately release power (and ONLY power) and then immediately hold power again until you get the the factory reset screen.
  You never let go of vol down until the factory reset screen appears. Once it appears, you can release both buttons.
• Choose yes twice by using the vol down key and power to select, this allegedly factory resets the phone.

Per instructions, the phone should boot into TWRP recovery, but all I get is stock loader with TMobile logo, and no sign of TWRP. Perhaps I am using a wrong version, but I downloaded what was linked in the thread, i.e., https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=890129502657598561.

Any help would be really appreciated. I spent already probably close to 3 days trying different TWRP versions, combinations, did the whole LAF load to 10h again, nothing, no way to move past that. I clearly am missing something, just not clear what.

Just to add, this is what I get when I complete factory reset and the phone refuses to boot

 

[lifehackerhansol]

Thanks for coming back. I managed to downgrade the code to 10d and (I think) load 10h LAF. The part I do not seem to be able to bypass is Step 2 in the instructions, i.e., https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/root-h932-lafploit-1-5-up-to-v20a.3842550/#post-77672203 (lafsploit). I follow the instructions, load twrp.img into the recovery partition, and then do the following

• Power off your phone
• Hold vol down + power.
• When the LG logo appears, immediately release power (and ONLY power) and then immediately hold power again until you get the the factory reset screen.
  You never let go of vol down until the factory reset screen appears. Once it appears, you can release both buttons.
• Choose yes twice by using the vol down key and power to select, this allegedly factory resets the phone.

Per instructions, the phone should boot into TWRP recovery, but all I get is stock loader with TMobile logo, and no sign of TWRP. Perhaps I am using a wrong version, but I downloaded what was linked in the thread, i.e., https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=890129502657598561.

Any help would be really appreciated. I spent already probably close to 3 days trying different TWRP versions, combinations, did the whole LAF load to 10h again, nothing, no way to move past that. I clearly am missing something, just not clear what.

Just to add, this is what I get when I complete factory reset and the phone refuses to boot

Did you enable OEM unlock in Developer Options as seen in the lafsploit guide?

It tells you to do this at the very top of that forum post.

 

[mmmzon]

Did you enable OEM unlock in Developer Options as seen in the lafsploit guide?

Yes, OEM unlock is enabled, as shown below. I did try to follow this guide to the letter.

Just for reference, I am on the right code version (10d) with the LAF replaced from 10h

 

[burdell]

You also need to unlock the bootloader from the firmware side. It's been a few weeks since I went through the process, but IIRC once you enable the debug options and can connect with adb, run "adb reboot bootloader", and once that boots, run "fastboot oem unlock".

 

[lifehackerhansol]

You also need to unlock the bootloader from the firmware side. It's been a few weeks since I went through the process, but IIRC once you enable the debug options and can connect with adb, run "adb reboot bootloader", and once that boots, run "fastboot oem unlock".

This is not true for H932.

For the other user, as I don't have an H932, I'm really uncertain what is up. You may have to ask in the lafsploit post or ask in the Telegram in OP. Seeing as other people are running the ROM on H932 fine I feel as though we just missed a step somewhere.

 

[burdell]

This is not true for H932.

My bad - I know I had to search around for what to do (it wasn't entirely clear in the lafsploit thread IIRC), but I thought that was all I ended up doing for my H932.

 

[mmmzon]

Curious but it actually did help, i.e., I was able to get the TWRP recovery installed and boot into it. The biggest question is what the next step is. Per instructions, the next step would be to root the phone, but I am not really in need of rooting the phone - it does not buy me anything. I would like to install LineageOS, sine there are betas for H932 and I am tired of the old Android 9 on this phone.

Do I just install the LineageOS with Gapps and then the bootloader again?

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ROOTING:
OK, so now you are in TWRP, we need to flash a few things or TWRP will be wiped out, and your phone will be encrypted again.

• First swipe to allow modifications
• Choose wipe / format data / type yes
• Choose reboot / recovery -- this will reload TWRP. Do not choose reboot / system. Make sure that when it reboots you are able to mount data without it prompting for a pin / passcode.
  If it does, then you need to format data again and reboot to recovery because you chose WIPE and not FORMAT.
• Pick install, and browse to your SD card where you have Magisk, dm-noverity-opt-encrypt, and rctd remover
• You can install each one individually, or you can add them all together in the queue -- it is your choice. Also, Magisk needs to be flashed first -- the order of the other two zips doesn't matter.
• Now that they are flashed, reboot to recovery yet again just for good measure. If everything looks good, reboot to system and you should have a rooted phone.

 

[lifehackerhansol]

Curious but it actually did help, i.e., I was able to get the TWRP recovery installed and boot into it. The biggest question is what the next step is. Per instructions, the next step would be to root the phone, but I am not really in need of rooting the phone - it does not buy me anything. I would like to install LineageOS, sine there are betas for H932 and I am tired of the old Android 9 on this phone.

Do I just install the LineageOS with Gapps and then the bootloader again?

===================

ROOTING:
OK, so now you are in TWRP, we need to flash a few things or TWRP will be wiped out, and your phone will be encrypted again.

• First swipe to allow modifications
• Choose wipe / format data / type yes
• Choose reboot / recovery -- this will reload TWRP. Do not choose reboot / system. Make sure that when it reboots you are able to mount data without it prompting for a pin / passcode.
  If it does, then you need to format data again and reboot to recovery because you chose WIPE and not FORMAT.
• Pick install, and browse to your SD card where you have Magisk, dm-noverity-opt-encrypt, and rctd remover
• You can install each one individually, or you can add them all together in the queue -- it is your choice. Also, Magisk needs to be flashed first -- the order of the other two zips doesn't matter.
• Now that they are flashed, reboot to recovery yet again just for good measure. If everything looks good, reboot to system and you should have a rooted phone.

You need to update to stock Pie first without losing recovery.

You can flash this in TWRP: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jacoas-v30-files/files/Stock Roms/H932/H93230d.zip

The above zip file already contains the verity and rctd remover thing. I would prefer if you boot to stock Pie at least once before installing LineageOS, as a final sanity check that everything works before moving to a custom ROM.

 

[mmmzon]

Is it enough to just install the H93230d.zip image and boot into it? I was trying to log into my account into it, but it seems to keep on hanging with "System UI not responding" message popping all the time and then it will not let me log in with my account, asking for "owner" user details.

 

[Frankyxda]

Hi, I have a Canadian V30 H933 that has the bootloader unlocked and it's on stock Pie for H933, it was rooted in the past with a US998 ton but was updated to stock Pie later. The problem is that the USB port is broken, is there a method to flash a recovery without using a PC ? I would like to try a custom ROM like yours.

Thanks