LG K30 Download Mode, Recovery Mode & Safe Mode – Detailed Guide

Safe Mode, Recovery Mode & Download Mode are the 3 modes of troubleshooting for LG K30 in ascending order.

Most of the time a soft reset (Reboot) does the job in case of minor issues such as lagging, freezing or overheating.

However, if the cause of the trouble is some downloaded app, then safe mode can help us to detect that malicious app without affecting the data stored in internal storage.

If the issue persists, then factory data reset comes to rescue. A factory data reset can be done within the settings.

However, if your K30 is locked out due to forgotten lock screen pin, password or pattern,  then we need to boot the phone into recovery mode & perform a factory data reset using hard keys. A factory data reset would wipe your internal storage.

The last resort, in case of a soft brick such as failed firmware update, is flashing a stock firmware via K30 Download mode. If this fails to restore the phone, the issue is related to hardware and can only be fixed by a service technician.

 

Let’s check out how to enter different modes of Troubleshooting on LG K30  how to get the most out of them when needed –

How to boot LG K30 into Recovery Mode & Do a Hard Reset

LG K30 Recovery Mode

To boot your LG K30 into recovery mode,

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LG K30 USB Debugging & Developer Options – MetroPCS / T-Mobile

USB Debugging is found within Developer Options and its kept hidden by default. So, to enable USB Debugging the first step is to unhide the “Developer Options”.

To connect the phone to PC in ADB / Fastboot mode we need to enable USB Debugging. This way we can boot into Fastboot mode for unlocking the LG K30 bootloader.

For Bootloader unlocking, along with USB Debugging, we need to enable “OEM unlock” in developer options.

Let’s proceed with the tutorial to enable Developer Options & USB Debugging on our LG K30 –

 

How to Enable Developer Options & USB Debugging in LG K30 LMX410 MetroPCS / T-Mobile

 

LG K30 Developer Options

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LG K30 Firmware Download & Update lm-x410(fg) MetroPCS Stock ROM

In this post, we’re going to learn how to restore a bricked LG K30 by flashing the stock firmware (kdz) using LGUP software.

This post can also help you to recover your phone if your K30 firmware update was stuck at some point and now you are unable to boot your phone.

First of all, we’re going to download the required files.  You can download them from respective download links –

LG Mobile Driver v4.4.2  .exe setup file –

DOWNLOAD

LGUP Dual Mode Zip file – Extract the zip file after downloading

DOWNLOAD

LG K30 MetroPCS X410Mk20h Android Oreo 8.1 Stock Firmware Zip file – Extract the zip file after downloading

DOWNLOAD

LG K30 T-Mobile  X410Tk20f Android Oreo 8.1 Stock Firmware kdz file –

DOWNLOAD

 

How to Upgrade / Downgrade / Unbrick  LG K30 LMX410 MetroPCS / T-Mobile  Firmware using LGUP

 

LG K30 firmware download

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