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[Q] unable to install 4.3 OTA on S4 Google Play Edition [GT-I9505G]

Hi, All -- I rooted my Google Play Edition Galaxy S4 using Chainfire's method, and it's now generating an error when it tries to install the OTA update to Android 4.3. I've unrooted the phone using SuperSU and have wiped it, but it still won't install the OTA.
Can anyone help?
Thanks, Alan

carrot34 said:
Hi, All -- I rooted my Google Play Edition Galaxy S4 using Chainfire's method, and it's now generating an error when it tries to install the OTA update to Android 4.3. I've unrooted the phone using SuperSU and have wiped it, but it still won't install the OTA.
Can anyone help?
Thanks, Alan
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Have you re-locked the bootloader?

gee2012 said:
Have you re-locked the bootloader?
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Ah. No, I haven't. I didn't realize that was necessary, and I'm searching now and not finding instructions on how to do that. Can you point me in the right direction?
Thank you!
Alan

carrot34 said:
Ah. No, I haven't. I didn't realize that was necessary, and I'm searching now and not finding instructions on how to do that. Can you point me in the right direction?
Thank you!
Alan
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Look here for how to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363025. For locking the BL type: fastboot oem lock.

carrot34 said:
Hi, All -- I rooted my Google Play Edition Galaxy S4 using Chainfire's method, and it's now generating an error when it tries to install the OTA update to Android 4.3. I've unrooted the phone using SuperSU and have wiped it, but it still won't install the OTA.
Can anyone help?
Thanks, Alan
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If you rooted using CF-AutoRoot then it's likely your recovery was replaced. You need to flash the stock 4.2.2 recovery in all likelihood.
To be sure, what error does the screen show when you try to install the OTA. That will help us diagnose what isn't passing the OTA pre-check.

I have same issue here trying to update OTA update. Device rooted and bootloader unlocked.
When trying to install 4.3 OTA update, it rebooted into TWRP and start flashing but twrp mentioned some files not found and aborted, didn't even get a chance to look at the errors. After boot back up, it still show 4.2.2 and checking system update doesn't say new update found anymore.

tublah said:
If you rooted using CF-AutoRoot then it's likely your recovery was replaced. You need to flash the stock 4.2.2 recovery in all likelihood.
To be sure, what error does the screen show when you try to install the OTA. That will help us diagnose what isn't passing the OTA pre-check.
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Thanks so much for helping with this. The screen just says "error." Is there any way I can get more information? And if flashing stock 4.2.2 recovery is what I need to do, how would I do it?
Thank you!
Alan

carrot34 said:
Thanks so much for helping with this. The screen just says "error." Is there any way I can get more information? And if flashing stock 4.2.2 recovery is what I need to do, how would I do it?
Thank you!
Alan
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No problem. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43500355 and follow the steps, but try at first only doing the step that flashes recovery. Can you take a photo of your screen? What recovery are you using to flash the OTA?

tublah said:
No problem. Go to this thread and follow the steps, but try at first only doing the step that flashes recovery. Can you take a photo of your screen? What recovery are you using to flash the OTA?
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Thanks, but there isn't any thread listed there. Could you try posting it again?
I can get a screen shot of the error message, but it will take a little while. All it says is "Error!"
Thanks, Alan

carrot34 said:
Thanks, but there isn't any thread listed there. Could you try posting it again?
I can get a screen shot of the error message, but it will take a little while. All it says is "Error!"
Thanks, Alan
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I updated my previous post. If you really want fool-proof working 4.3, you can follow the steps in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388504 and just ODIN the full stock 4.2.2 and then try to apply the upgrade.

tublah said:
If you rooted using CF-AutoRoot then it's likely your recovery was replaced. You need to flash the stock 4.2.2 recovery in all likelihood.
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This. I was stuck on this for a while. You first need to make sure you have stock recovery. I also had to reflash a new system IMG but the recovery was a big problem.

OK, I followed the instructions to re-lock my bootloader, which seems to have been done successfully, but I'm still facing the same error (as seen in the attached photo). So I guess I need to flash the stock recovery. I'm game to try the Heimdall approach or the ODIN approach that have already been suggested, but I wonder if there's a simpler way to do this. Based on what I read here, it sounds like I could just download stock recovery from here, and then just type these commands to flash it:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
Does that approach make sense? And sound safe? Or would I be better off going down the ODIN or Heimdall roads?
Thank you all for your help in navigating this!
Alan

carrot34 said:
OK, I followed the instructions to re-lock my bootloader, which seems to have been done successfully, but I'm still facing the same error (as seen in the attached photo). So I guess I need to flash the stock recovery. I'm game to try the Heimdall approach or the ODIN approach that have already been suggested, but I wonder if there's a simpler way to do this. Based on what I read here, it sounds like I could just download stock recovery from here, and then just type these commands to flash it:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
Does that approach make sense? And sound safe? Or would I be better off going down the ODIN or Heimdall roads?
Thank you all for your help in navigating this!
Alan
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Its worth a try. Not sure but you might have to he unlocked to flash stuff.
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tublah said:
Its worth a try. Not sure but you might have to he unlocked to flash stuff.
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OK, that didn't work. I get a "Secure check failed" message.

tublah said:
No problem. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43500355 and follow the steps, but try at first only doing the step that flashes recovery. Can you take a photo of your screen? What recovery are you using to flash the OTA?
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OK! Thank you all for the help. This Heimdall method fixed me up and let me install the 4.3 OTA without a problem. (The ADB commands I mentioned in the previous post not only didn't work, but left me with a phone that wouldn't boot!) Next step is to figure out how to re-root...
Alan

carrot34 said:
OK! Thank you all for the help. This Heimdall method fixed me up and let me install the 4.3 OTA without a problem. (The ADB commands I mentioned in the previous post not only didn't work, but left me with a phone that wouldn't boot!) Next step is to figure out how to re-root...
Alan
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This is basically what I followed to re-root after 4.3. Worked fine. You're just booting to CWM recovery temporarily to install the SuperSU update. Then it will revert back to stock recovery.

ack154 said:
This is basically what I followed to re-root after 4.3. Worked fine. You're just booting to CWM recovery temporarily to install the SuperSU update. Then it will revert back to stock recovery.
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Thanks! Can you share the instructions you followed to do that?
Alan

carrot34 said:
Thanks! Can you share the instructions you followed to do that?
Alan
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Crap, forgot the link. Sorry. Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2365555

ack154 said:
Crap, forgot the link. Sorry. Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2365555
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Awesome!!! That worked great and very easily. Thank you so much!

[Q] Root on lg g2 D80010o?????

Has anyone successfully rooted with this latest OTA? Just purchased phone and dying to get back to kitkat.

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Yep, here's the link to the post in the dev boards:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48256853&postcount=664

I was able to root successfully but not able to flash a recovery.

No recovery for me either hope someone figures it out
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Not 100% sure, but I think you can use the flash tool to put the old image on, root it, and either flash a non-stock rom or use Titanium Backup to freeze the update app and prevent it from re-updating. You can do a Titanium Backup of your apps first so you don't lose quite everything in the reflash (but be sure to move it to your computer, I think the stock reflash wipes out everything).

daveeckert said:
Yep, here's the link to the post in the dev boards:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48256853&postcount=664[/QUOTE
I think im gonna try to exchange my phone being i just purchased. rooting is not working for me. keep getting adb errors
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gbear718 said:
daveeckert said:
Yep, here's the link to the post in the dev boards:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48256853&postcount=664[/QUOTE
I think im gonna try to exchange my phone being i just purchased. rooting is not working for me. keep getting adb errors
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Ok, I finally got around to trying it (wasn't sure if I was going to keep the G2 or go for S4, but G2 it is. I installed the LG drivers (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_nizg6yUZ0NWnp5b2U2VkxKbFE/edit?usp=sharing) and followed the instructions line for line, didn't have any problems. Titanium seems to be working Ok for me. If adb isn't working, it's probably a configuration issue on your computer.
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daveeckert said:
gbear718 said:
Ok, I finally got around to trying it (wasn't sure if I was going to keep the G2 or go for S4, but G2 it is. I installed the LG drivers (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_nizg6yUZ0NWnp5b2U2VkxKbFE/edit?usp=sharing) and followed the instructions line for line, didn't have any problems. Titanium seems to be working Ok for me. If adb isn't working, it's probably a configuration issue on your computer.
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10o can be rooted as pointed out. They were testing recovery for it as well a day or 2 ago. Not sure what happened with it.
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daveeckert said:
gbear718 said:
Ok, I finally got around to trying it (wasn't sure if I was going to keep the G2 or go for S4, but G2 it is. I installed the LG drivers (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_nizg6yUZ0NWnp5b2U2VkxKbFE/edit?usp=sharing) and followed the instructions line for line, didn't have any problems. Titanium seems to be working Ok for me. If adb isn't working, it's probably a configuration issue on your computer.
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You might be right. root method was giving me issues pushing recovery and ytiruces files to my sdcard. so i did it manually and ran root method again. that did the trick.
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I was able to recovery after the ota update finally.
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strose09 said:
I was able to recovery after the ota update finally.
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What version and how
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I used a program called freegee and then used flashify. Previously this method did not work but it works now for twrp 2.6.3.3.

strose09 said:
I used a program called freegee and then used flashify. Previously this method did not work but it works now for twrp 2.6.3.3.
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I used freegee to flash 2.6.3.3. Unfortunately, the version listed is 2.6.3.0 after doing so. I then used Flashify to flash 2.6.3.3, but I received an error and it turned to black. how did you upgrade from 2.6.3.0 to 2.6.3.3?

Sorry I miss spoke. The version of TWRP I have is 2.6.3.0. that I downloaded from freegee. If it's not working I'd try again as I did not do anything special and make sure the file name matches the flash version. I hope this helps. I am on ATT by the way.

strose09 said:
Sorry I miss spoke. The version of TWRP I have is 2.6.3.0. that I downloaded from freegee. If it's not working I'd try again as I did not do anything special and make sure the file name matches the flash version. I hope this helps. I am on ATT by the way.
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Have you been able to flash a rom on 2.6.3.0
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have there been any progress on getting a recovery to work on the ota d80010o

antawnm26 said:
have there been any progress on getting a recovery to work on the ota d80010o
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It seems that the guys in the following link could flash TWRP and loki. I could successfully boot to TWRP recovery using flashify but I can't flash loki using the script they have provided. I get the error
\loki_flash:can't execute: Permission denied
Please help me if you could successfully flash loki, thanks a lot.
Link to the forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589950

Ehkam said:
It seems that the guys in the following link could flash TWRP and loki. I could successfully boot to TWRP recovery using flashify but I can't flash loki using the script they have provided. I get the error
\loki_flash:can't execute: Permission denied
Please help me if you could successfully flash loki, thanks a lot.
Link to the forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589950
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Code:
chmod777 /data/local/tmp/loki_flash

datechnerd said:
Code:
chmod777 /data/local/tmp/loki_flash
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Thanks but it says "chmod777: not found"

Bricked my phone?

Well, I did something stupid and accidentally wiped system without backing up and now I don't have a ROM installed. When I try sideloading a ROM in recovery, I get the verification failed. I believe I am somehow back on android default recovery.
Can someone help me get a ROM pushed onto the device?
Thanks

phazey12 said:
Well, I did something stupid and accidentally wiped system without backing up and now I don't have a ROM installed. When I try sideloading a ROM in recovery, I get the verification failed. I believe I am somehow back on android default recovery.
Can someone help me get a ROM pushed onto the device?
Thanks
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have you tried Odin'ing the stock tar back on?
i thought that usually fixes it, but please do a lil searching first before trying that

evilbeef54 said:
have you tried Odin'ing the stock tar back on?
i thought that usually fixes it, but please do a lil searching first before trying that
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I ended up going back into download mode and using odin to install TWRP recovery. I guess that doesn't have problems with ADB sideload. Its sending now.. so I will see if it works. Had to do a few battery pulls =\ hope that didnt harm my device too much
TWRP ADB sideload worked. Weird... wonder why CWM adb sideload was having errors

phazey12 said:
I ended up going back into download mode and using odin to install TWRP recovery. I guess that doesn't have problems with ADB sideload. Its sending now.. so I will see if it works. Had to do a few battery pulls =\ hope that didnt harm my device too much
TWRP ADB sideload worked. Weird... wonder why CWM adb sideload was having errors
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great, i was pretty sure flashing recovery or stock .tar with odin would work, but i am not 100% lol

Bootloop Help After Trying To Root 7.1.1

So I flashed the 7.1.1 update and everything was fine. I then tried to root through TWRP with the most recent version of recovery and and SuperSu and when I went to reboot it would get to the "Google" splash screen and go back to the warning. I then tried to restore to my Nandroid that I made right before the 7.1.1 flash but it does the same thing. I ended up doing a factory reset, still looping. I tried flashing an old firmware but it still would loop. I got desperate and did a full wipe and then flashed the old firmware from September's update but it still will not boot. I'm a long time lurker I just don't post much. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/figure-brick-t3450921/page32
Welcome to the club

jamaniek said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/figure-brick-t3450921/page32
Welcome to the club
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Ahh, great. I tried searching to see if anyone else posted anything, couldn't find it.

jamaniek said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/figure-brick-t3450921/page32
Welcome to the club
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Wait are you able to get into Recovery?

ChazLanier said:
Wait are you able to get into Recovery?
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Nope. And so are other folks.
But if you can, there's still hope to save your device.

What version of twrp were you using?? Also what company makes the storage (not memory) on your device?

jamaniek said:
Nope. And so are other folks.
But if you can, there's still hope to save your device.
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I can still get into recovery. I just can't get it past the Google splash screen.

ChazLanier said:
I can still get into recovery. I just can't get it past the Google splash screen.
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Have you tried installing custom ROM, instead of a stock one?
And tell us what @ArminasAnarion asked for. There may be a pattern here. :good:

I haven't tried a custom ROM. I'll try that if I get any down time at work. Also, I'll check for you @ArminasAnarion in a bit.

Might be a noob question, but how do I get the custom rom files over to my phone to flash in recovery?

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Might be a noob question, but how do I get the custom rom files over to my phone to flash in recovery?
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Well if you cant access twrp then your not flashing anything; did you try downloading the latest Nexus 6p factory image and using adb to flash it?? If you need help with that I can lay it out for you. Also there was an efs partition issue with twrp 3.0.2-1 and down so make sure your twrp is 3.0.2-2!

ArminasAnarion said:
Well if you cant access twrp then your not flashing anything; did you try downloading the latest Nexus 6p factory image and using adb to flash it?? If you need help with that I can lay it out for you. Also there was an efs partition issue with twrp 3.0.2-1 and down so make sure your twrp is 3.0.2-2!
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I can access TWRP. I haven't tried the latest factory image, only September's release. I just tried a custom rom and it gets to the Google screen but then loops just after the G starts to animate.

ChazLanier said:
I can access TWRP. I haven't tried the latest factory image, only September's release. I just tried a custom rom and it gets to the Google screen but then loops just after the G starts to animate.
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Make sure your using twrp 3.0.2-2; and download the latest factory image for the Nexus 6p (NBD90X) and use adb (fastboot) to flash that whole thing. Extract the files to your android sdk platform tools folder then run the flash-all.bat file. (If you are using a 64gb or 128gb device DONT DO THIS) Only do this with the 32gb model. If its a 64 or 128 model go here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928 and go to sub section 10. How To Flash The Factory Images (And Return To Stock) (On post two) and follow that.

ArminasAnarion said:
Make sure your using twrp 3.0.2-2; and download the latest factory image for the Nexus 6p (NBD90X) and use adb (fastboot) to flash that whole thing. Extract the files to your android sdk platform tools folder then run the flash-all.bat file. (If you are using a 64gb or 128gb device DONT DO THIS) Only do this with the 32gb model. If its a 64 or 128 model go here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928 and go to sub section 10. How To Flash The Factory Images (And Return To Stock) (On post two) and follow that.
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Downloading the image now. I'm familiar on how to flash stock images, they're how I usually do all of my updates.

ChazLanier said:
Downloading the image now. I'm familiar on how to flash stock images, they're how I usually do all of my updates.
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Oh okay cool! Good luck!

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What version of twrp were you using?? Also what company makes the storage (not memory) on your device?
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Samsung storage, and I thought I was on -2 but it seems like I was on -1.

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Oh okay cool! Good luck!
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Newest image didn't work either..

Have you tried WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit? Not sure if it will work for your situation, but it has an option to restore to factory settings and unroot if you're soft-bricked or bootlooped. Might be worth a shot if everything else isn't working.

FWIW, I successfully updated to 7.1.1 NPF10C and rooted by using fastboot to flash bootloader, radio, boot, system, and vendor. Then used TWRP 3.0.2-2 to flash SuperSU 2.78 SR1. No issues.

Howie Dub said:
Have you tried WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit? Not sure if it will work for your situation, but it has an option to restore to factory settings and unroot if you're soft-bricked or bootlooped. Might be worth a shot if everything else isn't working.
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No luck on this either.

VS995 boot loop into TWRP

I followed the root instructions to the letter and now I'm stuck in a boot loop that continually just goes into TWRP. I've down the format data/reflash SuperSU more than once and it doesn't help. Any ideas?

Reflash TWRP and then boot into your ROM
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nexus6r3plicant01 said:
Reflash TWRP and then boot into your ROM
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Did that and still reboots into TWRP. I tried reflashing my ROM and when it finished installing it tried to unmount system and it said failed; no such volume. Could that be the issue?

Only way I fixed this for me was to restore to stock using kdz. I was able to hold volume up with the battery out, plug it in. Kdz ran from there

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Only way I fixed this for me was to restore to stock using kdz. I was able to hold volume up with the battery out, plug it in. Kdz ran from there
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That's what I was afraid of. Which program did you use to flash the KDZ file? I tried LGUP but I just get errors.

mark0820 said:
That's what I was afraid of. Which program did you use to flash the KDZ file? I tried LGUP but I just get errors.
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Have to use Uppercut. LGUp won't work because the model of the kdz won't match the dev bootloader from Dirty Santa I think. There's a few restore threads you should be able to get the link from there

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Have to use Uppercut. LGUp won't work because the model of the kdz won't match the dev bootloader from Dirty Santa I think. There's a few restore threads you should be able to get the link from there
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Thank you. My phone is back up and normal. Now the question is do I try the root method again?

mark0820 said:
Thank you. My phone is back up and normal. Now the question is do I try the root method again?
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Could you point me in the direction to the right kdz stock restore process. Ive been hunting and trying to get my phone out of this loop!

wdcspurs said:
Could you point me in the direction to the right kdz stock restore process. Ive been hunting and trying to get my phone out of this loop!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h915-root-guide-restore-bricked-lg-v20-t3529649
it's very easy, and you have to go out there to find a kdz file for your phone.
if your windows defender is working, disable it.