Convert TOT file to KDZ - LG V20 Questions & Answers

Hi! I have a rooted v20 (F800K, Korea model) running 10e firmware, and a 10i TOT file for it.
Is there any way to convert the 10i TOT file to a KDZ so that I can update the firmware via kdzwriter without losing root? If this is not possible, is there a way to use the 10i TOT file to update my current firmware?

There are tools to extract TOT files. Extract it, and then flash everything except aboot, and recovery.
You either need to mount system and remove / rename recovery-from-boot.p or you will lose TWRP if your phone boots before you can root it again (boot directly to TWRP after flashing and root).
If it does, then you still have full fastboot so you can flash it again. Alternatively, flash TWRP to both recovery and recoverybak and then you don't have to worry about it.
-- Brian

Thanks.
I have a system dump of 10z (latest ROM for this thing), and I have all sorts of partitions. Can I just flash boot, system, modem and other partitions, then re-flash magisk and custom kernel and be on the latest?

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Fresh flashing question(Kdz and all partitions)

If I flash kdz file with lg flash tool, are there all partitions flashed or just some partitions flashed?
George Jetson said:
If I flash kdz file with lg flash tool, are there all partitions flashed or just some partitions flashed?
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You could download KDZ and TOT Extractor to find out exactly what's inside your .KDZ/.TOT file.
Everything inside your .KDZ/.TOT file will be flashed.

D801 stuck on 20 bootloader, trying to flash 30b and stock rom

I decided to check on CloudyG2 LP which requires 20 bootloader which went find. I decided to flash back to stock LP which requires 30b bootloader. After flashing back to stock (30b bootloader and stock zip file) I am stuck at T-Mobile boot screen. It seems like 30b bootloader isn't flashing but I didn't get any errors in TWRP when flashing it. Any suggestions?
Download Mode says 'secure boot error'
I can get into TWRP
I can flash the CloudyG2 rom again and it boots.
I have tried download mode and the LGFlashTool with the kdz as well as the flash tool with the TOT and they both fail.
Did you flash just bootloader or the whole bootstack zip? I would flash the whole stack just in case. We're you on stock lp before cloudy lp and did you make a backup? If you have one, restore it, it should have all the partitions working properly.

LGUP KDZ Flashing question for VS995...

I'm on the most recent NotSoStock ROM, but want to flash back to stock to trade device in so I'm doing the LGUP KDZ restore method.. However, my phone says I'm on VS99515A in the About section of my device, yet LGUP recognizes my device as VS99511A, so which vs995 kdz should I flash? I don't even see an 11A in the LG KDZ files page, so should I be ok flashing the 15A KDZ file..??
Thanks!
It doesn't matter what the current firmware is on your phone, when you flash a KDZ it gets replaced. You can flash whatever version you want since you are probably on 15A with an 11A bootloader. Either way, you are definitely fine flashing 15A, and that will get your phone back to stock so you can sell it.
-- Brian

Looking ENG File Binary U2 for Samsung SM-M307F

Hi, Just in case...and I belive this is the first chase on the world
I Lost EFS file, no backup, I root the phone early by Magisk, and update by OTA and my binary update from U1 to U2. And I got Bootloop, flash by odin and accidentaly I tick the erase partition.
Now my phone just bricked by samsung logo...Now I Lost my partition. The only way to fix my phone is by flash the ENG EFS, ENG MODEM, ENG SBOOT, etc with U2 Binary.
Anyone here understand my problem, situation and have these file?...please
Flash with stock firmware+PIT File and file combination+PIT File still Useless.
My device is Samsung SM-M307F...
Best Regard From Indonesia...?
https://www.needromarab.com/7574/FAC-FA90-M307FXXU2ASK2 here is the combination file , also you could try to extract modem from the firmware and flash it using HalabTech tool.

Is there any method to convert stock firmware to TWRP flashable zip?

Here is a long story. Please read carefully before reply.
I have SM-G955N which is for South Korea. Also I have latest stock firmware that can be flashed with Odin. It has AP, BL, CP, CSC. With this firmware, I can recover from almost every problems(including bootloop) because these files have everything that my S8+ should have, even PIT file.
As you know, modifying stock firmware is very dangerous and you don't know what would happen if you delete/modify certain file.
You might think 'Hmm... I think it is completely not related to system or samsung so maybe I can delete this' but you can get bootlooped. I even got bootlooped by only deleting DioDict which is just dictionary app!
I think It would be much easier to recover from bootloop when I have flashable ZIP file that is pure stock firmware.
Maybe you can say 'Just use TWRP backup feature!' but I can't trust TWRP backup feature now.
When I flashed stock firmware with Odin and right after(after solving KG State thing), flashed TWRP. Then I should have pure, clean stock firmware because I didn't touch anything about system except recovery(TWRP), right? I backupped whole system except Cache because It has 0 MB size.
After I got bootloop while modifying system, I restored that backup but still got bootlooped. That's why I can't use TWRP backup as fallback plan. I can't trust it 100%.
There are few 'Kitchen' scripts but I think they only handle AP files. When I tried to use SuperR's Kitchen Free, I used stock firmware file(tar.md5) and didn't do any modification. After I made flashable ZIP file with it and flashed it with TWRP, I've got bootlooped because It didn't have critical CSC files that system needed.
I think the Kitchen can't handle CSC well even though It is critical. 'Donate' would be last resort.
I've found batch script that convert S9 stock firmware to flashable ZIP (at GItHub, 'harise100/S9-Stock-ROM-TWRP') but I don't think It can cover S8+ files. In the scripts, it requires some files that S8+ firmware don't have. Maybe I should play with that script to fit with S8+ but It will take a lot of time which I don't have much.
Any good idea or information about converting stock firmware to flashable ZIP file?

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