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[OTA][TWRP] ZVA to ZVC modified OTA (See Notes)

DISCLAIMER:
Your device, your responsibility. I am happy to offer these tools but understand the risks before even considering.
Thank you.
OK, I've finally got a working OTA so I'll post this for now.
If we are able to improve on this without breaking something else I will edit this later.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1) This has been tested and will flash TWRP to complete the OTA process.
2) At time of original post you will lose Loki exploit. I have provided suggestions in Post #2 how to get around that.
3) I had latest SuperSU and root prior to flashing this. It held without further action.
4) I highly recommend making a backup and storying a copy off your phone before starting in case TOT is required.
We had several issues in testing and that backup helped get back to a place to keep testing.
5) Do not wipe cache/dalvik between flashes of the OTA zip. You'll lose the stage counter and have to start over.
6) This ZIP will only work on a complete (odexed, bloated) stock ROM. You can be rooted but you cannot be debloated or deodexed.
If you made modifications to the stock ROM you will need to undo them. The most common, wifi tether, I've addressed in Post #2.
Link to current working OTA:
http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Garwynn Projects/LS980/ZVAtoZVC/ZVAtoZVCTest7.zip
Instructions:
1. Download and store on phone. You do not need to store in /cache/fota.
2. Reboot to TWRP. Before flashing this ZIP you will need to turn off signature verification.
This is because I broke the signature when I modified the OTA.
You can certainly turn back on after this has been flashed.
3. Flash ZIP. This is phase 1.
It checks that everything is right for patching, flashes the modem and replaces kernel with TWRP.
When this finishes, reboot to system. This will load TWRP again but from boot partition.
4. Flash exact same ZIP again. This is phase 2 and very quick as it just flashes TWRP to recovery partition.
When this finishes, reboot back to recovery.
5. Flash exact same ZIP one more time to execute phase 3.
This is the actual patch process and will take some time.
It also undoes the aboot revert and drops the ZVC stock kernel in boot partition so TWRP is no longer there.
6. When last flash finishes, wipe cache/dalvik and reboot to system.
If the update fails on any step, stop and restore the recommended backup.
If that doesn't work use the ZV8 TOT and restore your phone.
(This is why I suggest backing everything up before update, better to be safe than sorry)
Thanks to autoprime, savoca and viperboy for bearing with on testing so far.
Thanks and hopefully we'll be able to improve on this in the coming days.

Supplement Post:
Pre-OTA Install Q/A:
1) What if I have Wifi Tether installed?
A: Use ZVAServices.zip in the post below, then flash this zip.
This rule applies for anything that fails on first part. If a patch check fails it means the file doesn't match ZVA stock and needs to be swapped out.
***WARNING***
The information below will show you how to get in and out of TWRP after OTA.
If you didn't use the OTA zip in the first post you must flash TWRP into recovery before anything else. Let's not brick any more, okay?
Please do not use these files before and understand the process before trying this.
This method of getting in and out of TWRP breaks download mode while aboot is reverted.
3 people have bricked and cannot flash a TOT already because the steps were not followed.
There are better solutions in the works now and should be posted soon.
2) What if I want to use TWRP?
A: Download this file:
http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Garwynn Projects/LS980/ZV8_aboot.img
..and this file for later:
http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Garwynn Projects/LS980/ZVAtoZVC/ZVCRadio_Full.zip
and from ADB shell or terminal, su then the following:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/Download/ZV8_aboot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot
(assumes file is in Download folder)
Note: I have assumed you already have TWRP flashed from OTA.
If you're doing this from anything else, flash TWRP in Flashify before anything else.
... then reboot into recovery.
3) Okay, but if I flash the aboot revert I break the stock kernel and download mode, right?
A: Yes, but that's why you grabbed that ZVCRadio_Full.zip.
Flash that in TWRP right before booting back to stock KitKat or to fix download mode.
4) Will there be an easier way for this?
A: Probably, but I don't like leaving loose ends. This is a workaround until a safer solution (in works by Savoca and others) are ready.

Count me in for testing. Im a trucker so battery life and gps a must. Ill test them heavily

I am currently on rooted ZV8 with twrp as the recovery, can I flash this directly or will I have to first update it to ZVA ?

Thanks garwynn for the extremely quick work. You are awesome!
Sent from the Moon using Tapatalk with my G2

Waiting for the full ROM. OTA seems a bit risky.

What is the md5 hash? I think i have a bad download. I got the following:
eb477d1d078b7bad0c7f0565d0717a31

Loki exploit
Mr: garwynn, what's the Loki exploi? And could we still keep rooting after installing this?Thanks.

yournamehere said:
What is the md5 hash? I think i have a bad download. I got the following:
eb477d1d078b7bad0c7f0565d0717a31
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If you're trying sig check that will fail. I did not re-sign this. I'll generate md5 hash in a bit.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

No sig check here it just keeps failing about half way. Also using twrp 6.2.3.3 blue

fail
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No sig check here it just keeps failing about half way. Also using twrp 6.2.3.3 blue
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as soon as I hit install it gives me error as well.

This isnt an april fools thing right?
Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk

bishaarcc said:
as soon as I hit install it gives me error as well.
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What does it show in the log? And definitely not joke.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Hmmmm never thought about that. Been on vaca last week. The size is right for the uodate as my phone has the full ota ready to install but im rooted and have wifi hotspot.

yournamehere said:
Hmmmm never thought about that. Been on vaca last week. The size is right for the uodate as my phone has the full ota ready to install but im rooted and have wifi hotspot.
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Wifi tether is the problem. Give me 30 mins and I'll attach a zip to fix that.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Hey garwynn, do you think flashing this over stock rooted would work? Just an idea.
Edit: Stock rooted ZVA*
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jthein1989 said:
Hey garwynn, do you think flashing this over stock rooted would work? Just an idea.
Edit: Stock rooted ZVA*
Sent from my LG-LS980 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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That's what I did. But if you have the wifi tether hack installed that has to be undone first.
The attached file will do the trick. Flash this first in TWRP before trying the modified OTA.

No rush, but will we see a ZVC full, stock rooted ROM anytime soon? I am relying on the permanent sim unlock, so have to be extra careful.

Supplement Post:
1) What if I have Wifi Tether installed?
A: Use ZVAServices.zip in the post below, then flash this zip.
2) What if I want to use TWRP?
A: Download this file:
http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Garwynn Projects/LS980/ZV8_aboot.img
..and this file for later:
http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Garwynn Projects/LS980/ZVAtoZVC/ZVCRadio_Full.zip
and from ADB shell or terminal:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/Download/ZV8_aboot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot
(assumes file is in Download folder)
... then reboot into recovery.
3) Okay, but if I flash the aboot revert I break the stock kernel, right?
A: Yes, but that's why you grabbed that ZVCRadio_Full.zip.
Flash that in TWRP right before booting back to stock KitKat.
4) Will there be an easier way for this?
A: Probably, but I don't like leaving loose ends. So for now I offer a workaround.

Cleaned up instructions so there's a better understanding of what's going on.
Hopefully that resolves most questions. If not, feel free to keep asking and I'll be happy to answer.

How to flash official nougat without wiping internal storage?

Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks

I was the same predicament as you. I finally took the plunge and now I have Nougat running on my OP3. Here is what I did :
Start: OOS 3.2.8 w/ custom kernel and modified TWRP
1. Flash stock recovery (Google for a forum post in the OP3 forums on downloading the stock recovery and flash it through fastboot)
2. Reboot and let 3.2.8 start
3. Download Snap VPN and change the country to Canada. You will be prompted for the system update.
4. Let the update download (~1 GB)
5. Install the update. You may see an error of the installation may fail as your phone is rooted. Ignore and go ahead.
6. The installer will now boot to stock recovery and reboot with Nougat. All settings and apps will be maintained
The only catch is that you may have ext4 instead of f2fs. I am okay with it for now... But your mileage may vary
All the best!

Edit : Nougat running on my op3.

abhibnl said:
Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks
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Are you rooted? Are you encrypted? What file systems are you using for your partitions? You're not giving full information. Why is formatting not an option if it'll give you the results you want?

To get to F2fs (I do recommend it)
Take a backup of your Data partition. , copy it to your pc with "adb pull /sdcard/Twrp/whatever".
Now go to Twrp>Wipe>Advanced select data and click on change file system. Change it to F2fs. Now restore your backup (Reader the guide all info is there). Profit!

anshulajain said:
I was the same predicament as you. I finally took the plunge and now I have Nougat running on my OP3. Here is what I did :
Start: OOS 3.2.8 w/ custom kernel and modified TWRP
1. Flash stock recovery (Google for a forum post in the OP3 forums on downloading the stock recovery and flash it through fastboot)
2. Reboot and let 3.2.8 start
3. Download Snap VPN and change the country to Canada. You will be prompted for the system update.
4. Let the update download (~1 GB)
5. Install the update. You may see an error of the installation may fail as your phone is rooted. Ignore and go ahead.
6. The installer will now boot to stock recovery and reboot with Nougat. All settings and apps will be maintained
The only catch is that you may have ext4 instead of f2fs. I am okay with it for now... But your mileage may vary
All the best!
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I don't have any issues with ext4, infact i do feel ext4 is more stable than f2fs so file system is my last concern. Thanks for your method, but then how did u root again? Installing nougat is fine but what after that? I have read that you can't use modified twrp without formatting internal memory first, as it'll show you the pin issue. Let me know how do you propose a safe method to achieve root.
Renosh said:
Are you rooted? Are you encrypted? What file systems are you using for your partitions? You're not giving full information. Why is formatting not an option if it'll give you the results you want?
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Yes i am encrypted, rooted, stock OOS 3.2.8 + Franco kernel. Official TWRP(not modified). I am using ext4, never used f2fs at all. The time to backup data and then to restore it all back is the reason formatting is not an "preferred" option for me. I can do it, but i would have to wait until i find enough time to do the whole process. I am in a full time job, so i hope you would understand.
Puddi_Puddin said:
To get to F2fs (I do recommend it)
Take a backup of your Data partition. , copy it to your pc with "adb pull /sdcard/Twrp/whatever".
Now go to Twrp>Wipe>Advanced select data and click on change file system. Change it to F2fs. Now restore your backup (Reader the guide all info is there). Profit!
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Well this again defeats the purpose of my original question, but thanks mate. I would definitely read the guide if decide to switch to f2fs.

@abhibnl. BTW your encrypted. So the modified TWRP won't work.
How to fix:
Wipe Userdata with Fastboot / fastboot erase UserData
Boot into Twrp modified twrp.
Flash OOS 4.0 flash SuperSU and let it boot
You should be decrypted DO NOT install a boot password since you will be encrypted again.

I haven't rooted my phone again. My only reason to root is to install Adaway to block all ads. With DNS66 and Adguard, I have little incentive to root my stock nougat install.
Edit : I had encryption during 3.2.8 and it carried over to 4.0

Puddi_Puddin said:
@abhibnl. BTW your encrypted. So the modified TWRP won't work.
How to fix:
Wipe Userdata with Fastboot / fastboot erase UserData
Boot into Twrp modified twrp.
Flash OOS 4.0 flash SuperSU and let it boot
You should be decrypted DO NOT install a boot password since you will be encrypted again.
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Thanks a lot for informing me mate. I really don't want to decrypt my storage as of now. I guess flashing stock recovery is the only solution now. Will hope someone would pick up the twrp and update it.

anshulajain said:
I haven't rooted my phone again. My only reason to root is to install Adaway to block all ads. With DNS66 and Adguard, I have little incentive to root my stock nougat install.
Edit : I had encryption during 3.2.8 and it carried over to 4.0
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Seems like stock recovery is the best way as of now. Seems like I'll have to love without root until someone updates twrp to support encrypted storage.

I haven't updated to Nougat yet, but I looked over Chainfire's SuperSU changelog and its installation script and both of them confirm that from March installing SuperSU prevents forced encryption. Also many guides suggest installing it as way for disabling forced encryption. Of course you have to flash SuperSU just after flashing ROM, before booting the system.

abhibnl said:
Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks
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Very simple indeed...
1. Switch on wifi
2. Download OTA and click install whem finished
3. Once installation completed, flash twrp .28 and latest su
4. Reboot and ignore any errors, youwill beup and running fine...

Zielony360 said:
I haven't updated to Nougat yet, but I looked over Chainfire's SuperSU changelog and its installation script and both of them confirm that from March installing SuperSU prevents forced encryption. Also many guides suggest installing it as way for disabling forced encryption. Of course you have to flash SuperSU just after flashing ROM, before booting the system.
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That i already knew mate. But i WANT my storage to remain encrypted. And that's the issue with modified TWRP. You can't enter into recovery on that if your storage is encrypted.
kpmohamedhussain said:
Very simple indeed...
1. Switch on wifi
2. Download OTA and click install whem finished
3. Once installation completed, flash twrp .28 and latest su
4. Reboot and ignore any errors, youwill beup and running fine...
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Again, "You can't enter into recovery on modified TWRP if your storage is encrypted." So i won't be able to enter into twrp in the first place, let alone flash anything.

abhibnl said:
Hello all!
I am currently on OOS 3.2.8, and official TWRP. I have read all the instructions on the forums but all lead to one option, formatting internal memory. So, my question are:
1. Will flashing oos 4.0 work with official TWRP or 8 have to use modified 28 version?
2. How can I flash oos 4 with modified TWRP and not have to wipe internal memory?
I would appreciate all the responses. Thanks
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In the same boat as you. I have OOS 3.2.8 encrypted, rooted and TWRP 3.0.2-1.26. I too would like to update but have way to much stuff on my phone to back it all up and restore it. Hope you or someone come's up with a solution. I will be following your thread.
Thanks.

Go to twrp. Press backup. Select only data. Save to PC youre backup for safety..
3.2.8 it's Android 6, 4.0 it's Android 7. Some apps might not work from base to base.
If you want to change to F2FS it will format youre phone, wipe phone full internal memory. If you want to change it back to ext4, same.
Clean flash, full wipe it's always better.

dmoses1969 said:
In the same boat as you. I have OOS 3.2.8 encrypted, rooted and TWRP 3.0.2-1.26. I too would like to update but have way to much stuff on my phone to back it all up and restore it. Hope you or someone come's up with a solution. I will be following your thread.
Thanks.
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My suggestion (and my steps are in #1), install stock recovery, install snap VPN, download the update and install (ignore any errors on root). Once done, you will have Nougat with stock recovery, encryption maintained and all app data also intact.

anshulajain said:
My suggestion (and my steps are in #1), install stock recovery, install snap VPN, download the update and install (ignore any errors on root). Once done, you will have Nougat with stock recovery, encryption maintained and all app data also intact.
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This is the last resort brother. With this method, unfortunately I won't have any root available. The only way now is to wait for updated twrp.

abhibnl said:
This is the last resort brother. With this method, unfortunately I won't have any root available. The only way now is to wait for updated twrp.
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I dont know. I found this on Oneplus forum. May be worth trying. Just not 100% sure.....

Thanks! Will try and let you know

abhibnl said:
Thanks! Will try and let you know
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Well, I tried something, waiting on it to finishing booting and see how it went.
I flashed twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3p version,
Flashed the OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_035_all_1612310359_e10cadfb2af7.zip inside TWRP,
Flashed SR1-SuperSU-v2.79-SR1-20161221223537.zip right after flashing OTA zip.
Its rebooting and says Android is upgrading. Fingers crossed.
EDIT: Its booted and I am on Nougat, didnt lose my data and phone is still encrypted!
Edit: Ended up having issues with settings app locking up. So, I went a different route and its all working great now.
Downloaded the stock recovery image and renamed it to recovery.img
Make sure after you rename it its not named recovery.img.img, If you have show file extensions enabled on your pc you should already see the file extension.
Rebooted to bootloader - adb flash recovery recovery.img
Using the volume keys and power button selected - reboot recovery.
Now in stock recovery - flashed OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_035_all_1612310359_e10cadfb2af7.zip
After rom is done flashing, went right back into bootloader. Did not let my phone reboot to start the OS.
Renamed twrp-3.0.2-1.28-oneplus3p.img to recovery.img
adb flash recovery recover.img
Powered off phone and Manually boot it into recovery by holding Power + Volume Down button.
Phone booted into TWRP
Flashed SR1-SuperSU-v2.79-SR1-20161221223537.zip
Wiped cache / dalvik
Rebooted system from TWRP and waited. System is really smooth now, no issues yet. Been playing with it for awhile now.
During the booting up process it might take a minute and it will reboot twice. Dont get nervous like I did thinking it was going to start bootlooping. It booted just fine. I read in a nother thread that SuperSU is what causes it to boot twice.
So......Now I have OOS 4.0 Nougat, Rooted, Encrypted and everything seems to be working fine.

Nexus 5X bricked trying to root via TWRP (SuperSu)

Hi,
Googled a while and looked around in the forum but did not find anyone with the exact same issue as me so here goes.
Maybe someone could tell me where exactly I am doing wrong.
I have a LG Nexus 5X, latest Oreo 8.1 official update.
I want to install a custom kernel to improve performance and/or battery life.
Never rooted or anything like that so I googled around to know what to do.
So I unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest TWRP custom recovery (v3.2.1-0).
The first strange thing unlike what I kept reading in tutorials and forums is that, although I did reboot directly into recovery after flashing TWRP, and completed flashing TWRP using its interface, I was never able to reboot into TWRP unless I flashed it again. As if TWRP could not avoid being overridden by the stock recovery. So to get back to TWRP I always have to:
reboot into the bootloader: adb reboot bootloader
flash TWRP: flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-0-bullhead.img
reboot bootloader: fastboot reboot
immediately start into to bootloader (power + vol down)
choose 'Recovery Mode' from there
Which seemed odd, that TWRP wouldn't 'stick', although I was not root yet.
Which gets me to the second part. All I wanted was to root my phone.
So after not finding a consistent way to do it - it seemed every website I visited gave me slightly different instructions to do so, I took the chance and did the following:
download latest SuperSU flashable zip file (v2.82) and copy it to internal storage
go through the process I describe in the list above to get into TWRP
install SuperSU zip file (via Install TWRP option, logs seemed ok, warned me it would take a while to boot again)
reboot, wait until it boots
But the phone got stuck in the boot screen - OS does not start to load - for at least half an hour.
Luckily, probably because the OS did not load, TWRP was not overridden and so I have access to it.
My main problem at this point is that, as a newbie on this, I am not sure what can I do in TWRP to try to restore the OS.
I have tried to restore a Nandroid backup I performed before all this, and also tried to Wipe Data / Cache and Dalvik.
Both did not work - OS still won't load.
What can I do at this point? Wipe System partition? Wouldn't that delete my Nandroid backup?
Maybe 'sideload' (not sure if the right term) an official google image for my Nexus?
Sorry again if questions like this can be easily found around the forum, but from the threads I checked I did not bump into the exact same scenario...
Thank you in advance

So in the meantime I have wiped system partition, no success either.
Ended up restoring my Nandroid backup and sideloading the latest OTA from Google, which successfully restored my phone.
Of course TWRP was overridden once again.
So back to the start: can anybody help me out on the best way to permanently flash TWRP and root the phone?
Thanks!

Forget SuperSU - Use Magisk to root your phone. As for TWRP getting overwritten - any time you take an update from Google, it will generally (if not always) restore the stock recovery. The way to get around that is to download the entire current update from Google and then use fastboot to flash the individual parts (system.img / boot.img / radio.img / vendor.img)

jbaumert said:
Forget SuperSU - Use Magisk to root your phone. As for TWRP getting overwritten - any time you take an update from Google, it will generally (if not always) restore the stock recovery. The way to get around that is to download the entire current update from Google and then use fastboot to flash the individual parts (system.img / boot.img / radio.img / vendor.img)
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Well yes, the last time I expected TWRP to be gone since I have applied the whole image, and I wouldn't expect otherwise. My problem is that TWRP is always getting overridden each time I reboot my phone. Do you have any idea why?
Regarding Magisk, I will look around to see how to use it. Could you point me in the right direction?
Also I think I read somewhere that the kernel I wanted to flash in the end - Franco's Kernel - required SuperSU and did not work with Magisk. Am I wrong?

disacrol said:
Well yes, the last time I expected TWRP to be gone since I have applied the whole image, and I wouldn't expect otherwise. My problem is that TWRP is always getting overridden each time I reboot my phone. Do you have any idea why?
Regarding Magisk, I will look around to see how to use it. Could you point me in the right direction?
Also I think I read somewhere that the kernel I wanted to flash in the end - Franco's Kernel - required SuperSU and did not work with Magisk. Am I wrong?
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Here's the guide stickied that should walk you through the TWRP install. https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206930
Just curious you are using "fastboot flash recovery ....." and not "fastboot boot recovery...."? The "boot" method doesn't do the install.
As for Magisk. There is a whole forum dedicated to it - https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk - Short story install the latest stable version (16.0) and call it good. I haven't had any issues with recent kernel builds including Franco, EX, etc.... One thing to keep in mind is that Magisk always gets flashed after the kernel install as it does some patching of the boot.img as part of its process.

jbaumert said:
Just curious you are using "fastboot flash recovery ....." and not "fastboot boot recovery...."? The "boot" method doesn't do the install.
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Yes, flash, not boot.
Thanks a bunch for all your help. I didn't meant to be lazy to start by reading sticked topics, but it's so much new information for a newbie that I didn't exactly know where to start. Thanks again for sharing the links.

I'm not sure if you got this fixed. But if not, first fastboot boot twrp. Then flash supersu or magisk. Then boot back into the bootloader from twrp and fastboot flash twrp. That'll solve the problem.
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jd1639 said:
I'm not sure if you got this fixed. But if not, first fastboot boot twrp. Then flash supersu or magisk. Then boot back into the bootloader from twrp and fastboot flash twrp. That'll solve the problem.
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I tried that but I'm getting no luck with SuperSU, always gets me in a bootloop (actually, technically not a loop since it remains Frozen with the Google logo)
I'll give magisk a try and come back with feedback. Maybe it has something to do SuperSU incompatibility with Oreo 8.1..

disacrol said:
I tried that but I'm getting no luck with SuperSU, always gets me in a bootloop (actually, technically not a loop since it remains Frozen with the Google logo)
I'll give magisk a try and come back with feedback. Maybe it has something to do SuperSU incompatibility with Oreo 8.1..
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What version of super su are you using? Use 2.82 SR 3 or 5
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jd1639 said:
What version of super su are you using? Use 2.82 SR 3 or 5
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V2.82 Stable, not Service Release. Is the last stable not compatible with Oreo? Official website is not specific about it, so I just assumed it was ok.

disacrol said:
V2.82 Stable, not Service Release. Is the last stable not compatible with Oreo? Official website is not specific about it, so I just assumed it was ok.
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3 or 5 work on Oreo. I'm not sure about stable. I don't use it.
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SR5 worked like a charm. I just wish there was a compatibility matrix somewhere in their website to avoid so many forum threads and misinformation on the subject and avoid all the hustle. The whole process is dead simple but it took me days and tailored help from you guys to figure this one out.
Thanks again to all of you for your assistance.

i had that issue with a nex 6 and flashing supersu fixed it. when i got a 6p i tried the same and get stuck on the boot logo and had to sideload factory firmware to get back to go. i have a 5x on the way maybe i will try magisk.

so after i flash twrp reboot the bootloader, i open twrp and flash supersu sr5 and all is well, no more disappearing act for twrp and no more stuck on the "google"?

[STOCK] [H932] [20p] [Oreo] T-Mobile LG V30 Stock Collection (Debloated Added)

T-Mobile V30 H932 20P Stock Collection
Based on OEM 20P KDZ. Extracted and Repacked.
DISCLAIMER
Proceed at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage to your device.
Flashing LAF WILL REMOVE TWRP from your laf partition and restore stock DL Mode
Bins in these packages are unmodified and you may need to flash no-verity-opt-encrypt and rctd remover after to keep force-encryption away.
REQUIRED
TWRP on LAF or Recovery
Latest Magisk Zip (if performing clean flash)
no-verity-opt-encrypt
rctd remover
FILE BREAKDOWN
None of these Zips flash the Recovery partition.
Besides StockLAF, these Zips DO NOT flash the LAF partition.
If you want to restore DL Mode and Stock LAF, you must flash the StockLAF package separately.
​
Bootloader: 20p Stock Bootloader ONLY
FullStock: Full 20p Stock Firmware Only (bootloader, modem, boot, system) - Instructions in Section A
FullStock w/Magisk: Full 20p Stock Firmware + Magisk Root - Instructions in Section B
Debloated w/Magisk: Boot+Debloated System + Magisk Root (force enc & dm-verity removed) - Instructions in Section C
StockLAF: Individual LAF image for returning to stock DL mode
Global Instructions​
Always make a backup first
If device has been encrypted, see encryption notes at the bottom before continuing.
A - FullStock
If coming from Nougat, Clean Flash is Recommended
Wipe Dalvik, System, Data, Cache... then flash
If coming from previous Oreo versions, Dirty Flash works fine. OS and Apps are updated.
Copy All Zips to SDCard
Flash h932_FullStock.zip
Flash Magisk
Flash no-verity-opt-encrypt
Flash rctd remover
Reboot to system and install Magisk Manager (if not installed)
B - FullStock with Magisk
This zip just cuts out the step of flashing magisk manually.
This zip should be dirty flashed on a system that already has magisk. or Magisk may not flash successfully
If this zip is clean flashed, pay close attention to flash logs. If magisk fails to repack the boot image during flash, flash Magisk again.
Flash h932_FullStock_Magisk.zip
Flash no-verity-opt-encrypt
Flash rctd remover
Wipe Dalvik+Cache
Reboot
C - Debloated with Magisk
Be aware
This ROM does NOT flash LAF, recovery, bootloader or modem firmware directly.
If you are coming from an older version of android, this rom does not include the complete device firmware, which you may want.
For those included above, you should flash FullStock before flashing this to make sure all of your device firmware is up to date.
Boot image has been patched to remove force encryption and dm-verity
This ROM has had several pre-loaded and system apps removed. If someone wants to send me a list of any additional apps that can be safely removed, i can update the rom to include them.
system/app/CloudPrint
system/app/Drive
system/app/Duo
system/app/EditorsDocs
system/app/EditorsSheets
system/app/Gmail2
system/app/GooglePay
system/app/LGAccount
system/app/LGAirDrive
system/app/LGAmazonAssistant
system/app/LGAmazonAttribution
system/app/Maps
system/app/Music2
system/app/Photos
system/app/YouTube
system/priv-app/CloudHub
system/priv-app/CollageWallpapers
system/priv-app/facebook-installer
system/priv-app/LG360VideoWallpaper
system/priv-app/LG360Wallpaper
system/priv-app/LGEasyHome
system/priv-app/LGEmail
system/priv-app/LGExchange
system/priv-app/LGQHelpService
system/priv-app/LGVVM
system/priv-app/NameID
system/priv-app/TMO_MyAccount
system/priv-app/xtra_t_app
system/vendor/app/facebook-appmanager
system/vendor/overlay/com.lge.easyhome
system/vendor/overlay/com.lge.email
system/vendor/overlay/com.lge.exchange
system/vendor/overlay/com.lge.lgworld
system/vendor/overlay/com.lge.qhelp
system/vendor/overlay/com.lge.qhelp.application
system/vendor/overlay/com.lge.qmemoplus
For best results a clean flash is recommended for this package
Format data, and remove any apps installed to external sd. Then wipe system, dalvik, cache, data, internal storage
This will ensure no lingering apps are left behind.
If coming from Nougat, Clean Flash is Highly Recommended
Wipe Dalvik, System, Data, Cache... then flash
If coming from previous Oreo Versions
Wipe Dalvik, Cache, and System, and optionally data and internal storage
If you do not perform a clean flash, you may need to manually remove the apps left behind after flashing
Flash h932_Debloated_Magisk.zip
Reboot
DOWNLOADS
Stable v1.0
Project files are hosted on SourceForge​
Bootloader - md5:45d8897c317b2e2e7b02d0766a93556c
FullStock ROM - md5:092585a169b54f067cec27d57b0c041c
FullStock w/Magisk - md5:6854a34ed956e9b30fb8e59c34de6b39
Debloated w/Magisk - md5:5a11334c8e42dfe55f2a71bbb0820612
StockLAF - md5:9090ee8645f2018c6bd88c9169c52c1b
*************************************************************************************************************​
Encryption Notes
In Android, a stock device will have it's data encrypted. Often when working in TWRP on an encrypted device, you will be greeted by prompt asking for a passcode in order to decrypt the device. Unless that port of TWRP has been written for your specific device and supports decryption, you will not be able to decrypt the data on your phone. If you cannot decrypt the data, then TWRP cannot mount system and/or other partitions it needs to mount in order to safely flash anything. In order to solve this problem, sadly, you have to format the data partition on your phone (losing all personal data accumulated on the internal storage, so back it all up manually) The steps for this process are Format Data in TWRP, Reboot to recovery (to mount partitions), then flash your rom and root. There are a few tools out there to disable force encryption on your device. See the Required section above for links for this device.
​
Packages have been successfully tested VIA the methods outlined above.
If anyone has any issues with one or more of these packages, please let me know. Thank you!
-weakNPCdotCom​​
XDA:DevDB Information
[STOCK] h93220p, ROM for the LG V30
Contributors
weakNPCdotCom
Source Code: https://sourceforge.net/projects/t-mobile-v30-firmware/files/h932/20p/
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x
Based On: 20p KDZ
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2018-12-20
Last Updated 2018-12-28

would it be possible for you to make a "debloated" stock rom?? all stuff we can "technically" reinstall from play store. Something close to stock android as possible.

This did not work. I used the zip with magisk. Magisk was and is not installed I lost TWRP and download mode doesnt work and just reboots to system after a minute.
Anyway to fix this? It boots fine but i dont have fastboot and download mode shows only the download mode screen then reboots

Andi32790 said:
This did not work. I used the zip with magisk. Magisk was and is not installed I lost TWRP and download mode doesnt work and just reboots to system after a minute.
Anyway to fix this? It boots fine but i dont have fastboot and download mode shows only the download mode screen then reboots
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Verify that you did download "h93220p_fullStock_wMagisk.zip". It worked fine for me, and I can confirm it has magisk as I was on 17.3 on 20o and magisk manager says I'm on 18.
Also, were you coming from 20o?

[Cruzer] said:
would it be possible for you to make a "debloated" stock rom?? all stuff we can "technically" reinstall from play store. Something close to stock android as possible.
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Yes, I can make a debloated ROM. Gimme a day or two and I'll try to add one to the OP.

Andi32790 said:
This did not work. I used the zip with magisk. Magisk was and is not installed I lost TWRP and download mode doesnt work and just reboots to system after a minute.
Anyway to fix this? It boots fine but i dont have fastboot and download mode shows only the download mode screen then reboots
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Sorry M8, but i tested this zip and verified that it flashes all partitions and then flashes magisk all in one go. I think maybe you downloaded the package without magisk by mistake.
This zip does not flash LAF, so if you had TWRP on LAF before flashing this, you should be able to just boot to download mode using the usb cable and reflash TWRP to recovery.

Andi32790 said:
This did not work. I used the zip with magisk. Magisk was and is not installed
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After further testing, I discovered that after wiping and doing a clean flash of FullStock w Magisk, Magisk failed to repack the boot image. I had to flash magisk a second time for it to complete the process.
I will update the OP. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I hope you are able to get back into TWRP

weakNPCdotCom said:
After further testing, I discovered that after wiping and doing a clean flash of FullStock w Magisk, Magisk failed to repack the boot image. I had to flash magisk a second time for it to complete the process.
I will update the OP. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I hope you are able to get back into TWRP
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No recovery was not in LAF and was overwritten and I don't have fastboot and download mode doesn't seem to work right. Phone works just no root I guess. I should have paid more attention to what was going on when I flashed it.

Andi32790 said:
No recovery was not in LAF and was overwritten and I don't have fastboot and download mode doesn't seem to work right. Phone works just no root I guess. I should have paid more attention to what was going on when I flashed it.
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Im sorry man. I honestly have no idea why download mode was affected because these zips don't touch it at all. If you go through the root process again, I recommend keeping a copy of TWRP on both LAF and Recovery.

weakNPCdotCom said:
Im sorry man. I honestly have no idea why download mode was affected because these zips don't touch it at all. If you go through the root process again, I recommend keeping a copy of TWRP on both LAF and Recovery.
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No worries man I still have a phone plus thats why you all add the disclaimer. Idk just looking for a fix at this point.

[Cruzer] said:
would it be possible for you to make a "debloated" stock rom?? all stuff we can "technically" reinstall from play store. Something close to stock android as possible.
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I'm having an issue with my kitchen, but as soon as I'm able to solve what's going on ill cook up this ROM

Thanks weakNPCdotCom. I dirty flashed over 20o and it's working great.

weakNPCdotCom said:
I'm having an issue with my kitchen, but as soon as I'm able to solve what's going on ill cook up this ROM
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No worries take your time. Appreciate the work your doing

I just want to make sure if I dirty flash FullStock w/Magisk that I wont loose TWRP because I dont have back up in LAF.

SIMONAK said:
I just want to make sure if I dirty flash FullStock w/Magisk that I wont loose TWRP because I dont have back up in LAF.
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I just did it and didn't loose TWRP.

It worked thank you.

SIMONAK said:
I just want to make sure if I dirty flash FullStock w/Magisk that I wont loose TWRP because I dont have back up in LAF.
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Just pay attention to the flash logs and make sure everything flashes properly

[Cruzer] said:
No worries take your time. Appreciate the work your doing
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Ok, so I cooked up a debloated and deodexed ROM, but when I tested it, it was really laggy and some system apps crashed all the time.
I think I might be able to get away with not deodexing it for better performance, and probably keeping a few of the apps I removed. Id rather not publish it until it's smooth and stable, so I'll keep working on it.
let me know if you are interested in trying the unstable build and ill upload it but it has issues

weakNPCdotCom said:
Ok, so I cooked up a debloated and deodexed ROM, but when I tested it, it was really laggy and some system apps crashed all the time.
I think I might be able to get away with not deodexing it for better performance, and probably keeping a few of the apps I removed. Id rather not publish it until it's smooth and stable, so I'll keep working on it.
let me know if you are interested in trying the unstable build and ill upload it but it has issues
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Yah I'll wait til you have all the bugs worked out. Side note when I was "trying" to debloat. I removed chrome from system. It broke a few system apps. Maybe that will help. Thanks again for your work

[Cruzer] said:
Yah I'll wait til you have all the bugs worked out. Side note when I was "trying" to debloat. I removed chrome from system. It broke a few system apps. Maybe that will help. Thanks again for your work
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I did remove chrome in the ROM so ill keep that in mind when I try again tonight. I don't think I'm going to deodex it either unless I get a smooth running build.. I'm not sure the advantage in oreo anyway since it's vdex now. but ill give it another go

[ROM/FW][STOCK][PIE] LG V30 (Joan) VS996 Verizon 30c TWRP flashable firmware ROM

LG V30 VS996-30c ROM​Hi!
This Rom is 99% Stock. 3.2.3-7 TWRP should first be installed. Then you can install this Rom and have Pie with working TWRP.
WARNINGS!!!!!
Only for North American variants -- EXCEPT T-mobile H932. NOT for H930, H930G, H930D, H930DS!
This zip is created from the original KDZ. It contains almost the complete 30c firmware, but the partition table rewriting part and recovery image is removed. I changed the system.img, so you do not have to reinstall TWRP (recovery-from-boot.p deleted) when ROM is booted. I also changed the partition size of system.img, so the vendorized people can install this too without having problems because of a too small system partition. This is a continuation of westwood24's idea and work, I've updated it to the newest fw version and edited / advanced it a bit. I followed his idea and made this for users who can not take OTA's because they have Custom Recovery / Root installed.
​
Features
Stock build made from official KDZ
Stock Build.prop (only 2 extra lines added for DTS, full weather lockscreen)
Unrooted
System image modified to keep TWRP
System image size shrunk for being able to flash this on a smaller system partition, mainly caused by vendorizing
Removed dm-verity
Removed rctd (LG's root checker tool daemon)
Enabled opt-encrypt, it's your choice now if you want to encrypt your phone, it's no more forced. TWRP now is capable of decryption (both AOSP and stock) since a few versions
Installation
What you need
Unlocked Bootloader [How to do]
Working TWRP installed (should be installed already, otherwise you wouldn't need this zip )[Link to newest unofficial TWRP]
When you need Root, Latest Magisk [Download]
LATEST ZIP
john-fawkes.com VS99630c.zip [Click to Download]
OLDER ZIPS
AFH ZIPS [Download]
John-fawkes.com [Download]
How to install
When you are still on Nougat,
you should start fresh: Reboot to recovery using button combo or reboot app (needs root; btw, Magisk offers this possibility too: Menu -> Modules -> three dot menu top right - Reboot to recovery)
Then flash this TWRP.img via image flashing function in TWRP, reboot to recovery again (for fully working new recovery) and do a backup, then copy this backup to your PC.
Then initiate a factory reset. Wipe your system partition too in TWRP advanced wiping menu, copy the 30b firmware zip to your SD and install it. Reboot and enjoy
From Oreo:
For clean install: Factory reset and wipe system
You can also keep your data by simply dirty flashing the zip. *Be aware that problems may occur, maybe you need to do a factory reset to start fresh*
Flash the 30c zip, then Magisk zip when you need root, then reboot to System = you're DONE
P.S.: could be, that you first need to boot up your fresh install and set it up before you can flash magisk.
At the first time you boot to system, it can be TWRP says No OS installed. You can ignore it.
If TWRP asks if you want to install SU, hit no (in newest TWRP SU is disabled, and the option to install the TWRP app is disabled too.)​
Rom Version
Android Version: 9.0 Pie
Android security patch level: 2019-09-1
Don´t forget to hit the thanks-button if you like this zip! :good:
You want to help me with a [donation?] Not asking for it, I have fun doing this for you, but feel free...

RESERVED
Zip is live

General question for those who might know: is there any advantage (like Volte) for using stock vs996 on a Verizon network? I've got an open market us998 with a vs996 kernel.

Stuckurface said:
General question for those who might know: is there any advantage (like Volte) for using stock vs996 on a Verizon network? I've got an open market us998 with a vs996 kernel.
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yea if your using verizon then its better to use the vs996 rom as you'll get verzion features such as vowifi volte and the verizon apps if you use any. im on ls998 on sprints network and when i flash the us998 rom i get no volte vowifi and i cant even get lte. it only stays at 3g

My service provider is straight talk and I'm on Verizon towers. I've noticed that I get faster data speeds if I use a Verizon ROM. I'm currently on the us998 ROM 9.0 pie. My data speeds are a little faster since I've updated from 8.0 but it's still not quite as fast as the Verizon ROM. So once you make this Verizon zip available I'll probably install it. Thanks @JohnFawkes

I'm on Total Wireless (VZ towers also)... I also recommend VS996 so that VOLTE and VOWIFI work properly. Not, previously, you could not disable/uninstall MyVerizon, otherwise these features would not work, so be aware of that. I don't know if we still need to do that with this version (someone could test).

I'm getting a, 404 file not found notice when I try to download. No rush.
Thanks for all your hard work.

nnjimmy59 said:
I'm getting a, 404 file not found notice when I try to download. No rush.
Thanks for all your hard work.
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You must have overlooked the part where he says he's building the zip file now. It's not completed just yet. He'll have it available very soon

Zip is live guys

nnjimmy59 said:
I'm getting a, 404 file not found notice when I try to download. No rush.
Thanks for all your hard work.
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Well I did say the zip wasn't uploaded yet....

Sorry, reading is hard.

nnjimmy59 said:
Sorry, reading is hard.
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You must see some of the recent posts asking about WTF instructions.
After telling the one guy to please read the WTF instructions, he kept asking me questions clearly detailed in steps in the instructions.
"Does 3.2.3.7 TWRP work with this early Oreo KDZ?"
If the answer was no, I wouldn't list them together in necessary files to download, would I?
"Please give me link to download that KDZ"
It's IN the WTF instructions!
"Please give me link to the instructions."
OK, you're just trolling me now. He asked most of these questions IN the WTF thread.
____
NOW he says he's unlocked the bootloader and rooted, and wants to upgrade to Pie. I gave him link to Pie KDZ thread for his variant (which also has TWRP-flashable zip) and I've just ignored all follow-up questions, because again he's asking stuff I've written about in detail...
I'm not going to re-write everything because someone wants a "personalized" answer to some already-documented process hundreds of people have successfully completed just, following the written instructions...

I know, i see all the time. I don't know how you can be so patient with some of them.
By the way, thanks again for all your help. Both here and back in the Droid Turbo days.
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@JohnFawkes
Thank you so much for all your hard work. It's so much easier to have a TWRP zip to flash.
Really appreciate it.

booting up process is very slow. 5 minutes now and still on verizon logo/4 dots loading. Maybe i did something wrong.......i'll give it a little more time before i restore my backup. I flashed from us998 pie, it did the same thing. So i flashed vs996 oreo then fully booted up, then clean flashed this ROM, rebooted, and it seems to be stuck. Any ideas on where i went wrong?

Big_Bad_Beast said:
booting up process is very slow. 5 minutes now and still on verizon logo/4 dots loading. Maybe i did something wrong.......i'll give it a little more time before i restore my backup. I flashed from us998 pie, it did the same thing. So i flashed vs996 oreo then fully booted up, then clean flashed this ROM, rebooted, and it seems to be stuck. Any ideas on where i went wrong?
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I have the same problem. Probably have to KDZ to VS996-30c REFURBISHED (or PARTITION-DL and select all PARTITIONS) to reset the partitions for VS996-30C (from US998-30B)

HueyT said:
I have the same problem. Probably have to KDZ to VS996-30c REFURBISHED (or PARTITION-DL and select all PARTITIONS) to reset the partitions for VS996-30C (from US998-30B)
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It's possible but shouldnt be needed since all my flash able zips modify the same partitions

HueyT said:
I have the same problem. Probably have to KDZ to VS996-30c REFURBISHED (or PARTITION-DL and select all PARTITIONS) to reset the partitions for VS996-30C (from US998-30B)
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do you happen to have a link to the kdz file? i cant find it anywhere

Big_Bad_Beast said:
do you happen to have a link to the kdz file? i cant find it anywhere
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its in @ChazzMatt thread here on xda

Big_Bad_Beast said:
do you happen to have a link to the kdz file? i cant find it anywhere
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/development/vs996-lg-v30-vs99630a000704arb00-kdz-t3952254

Has anyone successfully dirty flashed the 30C ZIP over their 20K Oreo? Would rather not try until others verify there aren't problems with this.