Flashing LG G Stylo ROMs from Linux?

[ddaddo]

Has anyone been able to successfully flash LG G Stylo ROMs from Linux? If yes, how did you do it? Thanks

 

[ddaddo]

Hard to believe that it cannot be done. Anybody? Thanks

 

[mikedt]

What do you actually need to flash a ROM on an LG Stylo? What's the procedure? If it requires some proprietary device specific tools and drivers that's Windows only, which quite a few phones do, it might be very difficult or impossible to do in Linux. If it's just a question of copying a ROM image zip to a micro-SD, and flashing via the recovery, doing that in Linux should be no problem. Is it a custom ROM or an LG stock ROM?

This guy is using something called LG Flash Tool, which is on Windows, and I presume a Linux version doesn't exist.

 

[viperdink]

I think the needed flashtools may be outdated. Why make it harder than it has to be. Just use lgup on a windows machine. They are starting to catch on now.
See some history here.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2081662

Ps what is a heimdal ? Lol

 

[ddaddo]

What do you actually need to flash a ROM on an LG Stylo? What's the procedure?

The procedure is described here: https://androidforums.com/threads/newest-metropcs-tmobile-6-0-kdz-firmware.1058637/ . It does require windows only tools.

If it requires some proprietary device specific tools and drivers that's Windows only, which quite a few phones do, it might be very difficult or impossible to do in Linux. If it's just a question of copying a ROM image zip to a micro-SD, and flashing via the recovery, doing that in Linux should be no problem. Is it a custom ROM or an LG stock ROM?

It's an LG stock ROM. I was considering doing it the following way on GNU/Linux:
1. Unpack kdz file
2. Concatenate partition files from parts
3. Flash partitions using fastboot

I've never done it though so I'm looking if there's a better way and/or more detailed instructions. Thanks